15 Sep 2018
osu! Mapping Olympiad #4: osu!catch
by JBHyperion

osu! Mapping Olympiad #4: osu!catch

by JBHyperion

Last but certainly not least, the Olympiad official beatmapping contest arrives to osu!catch. Do you fancy yourself as a fruit arranger worthy of becoming the first ever osu!catch Mapping Olympian and ascending to the rank of Elite Mapper? Read inside for all the details and how to enter!

Following in the footsteps of the other game modes, we are excited to announce that osu!catch will be marking its first appearance on the stage of the Mapping Olympiad. Naturally, some fantastic prizes are up for grabs, including the highly coveted Elite Mapper title. Anyone and everyone is encouraged to dive into the editor for some fruity fun; whether veteran or newcomer, could you be the one to rise above the rest?

If you've not followed the previous contests running through the year, the osu! Mapping Olympiad is a successor to the Monthly Beatmapping Contests of the past, featuring a wide array of competitions ranging from traditional beatmap spread contests to more specialized offerings such as speedmapping, thematic challenges and more!

In line with opening round Mapping Olympiad contests for the other game modes, the first offering for osu!catch will follow the more traditional and accessible style of spread beatmapping, so let's introduce you all to your new favourite song!

Song Selection

To kick things off, we have selected a song that should strike a balance between accessibility and variety, accomodating a wide selection of styles and skill levels, courtesy of one of our many fabulous Featured Artists, Thaehan!


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Thaehan's Yuujou features a dizzying array of synthesizers layered with both drum and piano tracks, impressively packed into a bite-sized two-minute package. Offering huge variety at all difficulty levels and for mappers of all abilities, there's bound to be something on offer for all of our contestants!

Rules

  • This contest is for the osu!catch mode only.
  • Each entry must follow the Ranking Criteria. Entries found to break the Ranking Criteria will be subject to penalties, ranging from point deductions to disqualification based on severity.
  • Beatmap submissions must not exceed 15MB.
  • Storyboards will not be considered in the judging process.
  • Custom hitsounds may be used.
  • Submissions must contain a full spread of 3 to 5 difficulties, with the lowest being an Easy (Cup) or Normal (Salad) difficulty. Guidance on what this entails can be found in the osu!catch Specific Ranking Criteria.
  • Collaboration on entries is not permitted.
  • Maps submitted to the contest must not be uploaded using the Beatmap Submission System (BSS) until the contest is concluded and the winners are announced.

Judging Criteria

  • Musical Relevance (10 pts): How well the entry follows the outline of the song through rhythm choices, emphasis, and patterning.
  • Creativity (10 pts): How unique and interesting the concepts and themes utilised are.
  • Technique (10 pts): How well executed the ideas presented in the entry are.
  • Impression (10 pts): The judge's overall impression. How they view the effectiveness of the entry in its entirety.
  • Hitsounding (5 pts): How well the entry utilizes hitsounds to add to overall beatmap expression.
  • Difficulty Spread (5 pts): How well concepts are introduced in lower difficulties and developed in higher difficulties.

Prizes

After the entries are judged and the results are finalized, the top three entries will receive the following prizes:

  • 1st place: 4 months of osu!supporter, 6 Olympiad Points (awards 'Mapping Olympian' Badge), Elite Mapper title
  • 2nd place: 3 months of osu!supporter, 4 Olympiad Points
  • 3rd place: 2 months of osu!supporter, 2 Olympiad Points

For Olympiad contests, we will be using a point system to award the 'Mapping Olympian' badge. This means that top placing results across multiple contests will grant you the opportunity to be awarded a badge, even if you do not win a particular contest. Every 6 points earned will grant you a badge level, with incrementation on the badge for each level achieved.

The expected baseline for points rewards will be 6, 4, and 2 for the top 3 entries respectively, but the specific rewards will vary per contest based on expected effort and challenge for the participants.

How Do I Enter?

You will have 28 days from the date of this post to submit your entries. A pre-timed .osz can be downloaded here, so you can dive right into mapping without delay!

You can find all the information from this announcement, as well as a submission deadline countdown on the contest page — please take a look if you ever need a refresher! We're very excited to see what all of our mappers are capable of, so please do your best to blow us away for a taste of fruity glory!

Good luck and have fun!

—JBHyperion

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Hmm, Thaehan. Still, it is a astonishing song. Looking forward to do my best on it :o ?

so cool that music

Can anyone do it

Chaos Yuma_kasane

Yep, anyone is free to enter :)

ITS TIME ENTER THIS SHIT

actual 2nd time i just makeing an CTB map Directly yolo lol

can everyone participate?

peppy SinisterDMG

yep!

Okay.

wait a sec, taiko olympiads results aren't even out yet wtfff

JBHyperion -Kazu-

taiko organizers and catch organizers are different teams doing their own things, they can run side-by-side just fine!

Vincs!?!

anime

Hmm? Sotarks

coming for elite mapper (round 2)

Congratulations Ascendance!

Rikuka Ancelysia

did you mean JBHyperion ?

Ascendance Rikuka

how can he win when he's a judge :o

Hype

its not anime

spec + clsw ppdose incoming ?

what a nice pp song to map

-Sh1n1- Rikuka

Collaboration on entries is not permitted :'(

KWYJIBO -Sh1n1-

-Sh1n1- pp mapset when

This will be my first time mapping osu catch #yolo

JBHyperion ReFaller

That's the spirit - I look forward to seeing what you can do!

Hard song to map I guess

:thinking:

davidbeh_97 Moeruattack

go murut :D

i'm waiting osu! Mapping Olympiad #5: minecraft

not happening >_>

only thing i dont like about this song is that it suddenly fades out at the end but i can see why

im cute S i n n y

weewee hoohoo

S i n n y im cute

Mokobe

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Mokobe