23 Apr 2021
Results - Monthly Beatmapping Contest: March 2021
by pishifat & radar

Results - Monthly Beatmapping Contest: March 2021

by pishifat & radar

The jury is in! Results for last month's osu! and osu!taiko mapping contests are here, along with our newest Elite Mapper!

Unsure how the Monthly Beatmapping Contest (MBC) works? Unsure what the MBC even is? Conveniently the MBC wiki article covers everything, including how contest winners are selected and their prizes!

osu! winners

A team of experienced mappers (we like to call them screeners) narrowed down the 43 total submissions we received to the top 8. A different group of experienced mappers (aptly called judges) scrutinized the top entries and gave them category-based scores.

Here's how it turned out:

Rank Beatmap Judging Musical representation (60) Creativity (60) Gameplay (60) Limitation (30) Total
#1 Empuxa by Innovation see details 49 44 49 25 167
#2 Traveler ~stand aloof~ by Mao see details 44 45 41 24 154
#3 Melusia by Oriental see details 49 44 45 15 153
#4 Empuxa by Acylica see details 40 37 45 21 143
#5 Empuxa by Sylas see details 42 41 39 12 134
#6 Traveler ~stand aloof~ by Elayue see details 35 33 42 18 128
#7 Empuxa by - Frontier - see details 41 30 39 10 120
#8 Empuxa by Flake see details 37 36 33 13 119

Winner

An underdog among contest veterans, Innovation is this month's winner with a stellar map of Se-U-Ra - Empuxa!

While most entries tried to avoid the "no 1/4 sliders allowed" limitation by shortening sliders to 1/8, Innovation's entry opted for rhythms that didn't even closely resemble 1/4 slider workarounds. You could even call the map innovative (but you really shouldn't — get some new joke material).

Given it's their first MBC win, Innovation has earned the first tier MBC profile badge!

Runner-ups

Yep, there's two! Final scores (both raw and standardized) were practically tied for both Mao's Traveler ~stand aloof~ and Oriental's Se-U-Ra - Melusia, so both received the runner-up position this month. Going forward we'll be trying some new tiebreaker methods for cases like this, so stay tuned for that possibility.

Despite scoring similarly, these maps couldn't be more different. Oriental's is a high-effort storyboard/skinning/keysounding/concept-mapping moshpit that would've scored considerably higher if it actually focused on the "no 1/4 sliders" limitation. Meanwhile, Mao's nearly 7-star entry was a riskier mapping venture featuring "incredibly based doubles" according to screener Chugger.

The runner-up spot isn't enough to earn Oriental any prizes, but Mao was on the cusp of earning the Elite Mapper title and this finally pushed him over the edge. Congratulations to Mao for joining hypercyte and xbopost as mappers who've earned this prestigious title through the Monthly Beatmapping Contest!

Screening crew #1

And last but definitely not least, Acylica's Empuxa earned a nearly universal gut reaction of "awesome map" from the screening crew, with 9 of the 11 screeners putting the map in their top 5.

For those keeping count, this is Acylica's third time achieving the screening crew's #1 pick. That, paired with his two runner-up positions in past contests, makes him just 1 point shy of the Elite Mapper title. Could he be the first mapper to earn the title without actually winning the MBC? Is such a thing even possible? Seriously, this situation is insanely awkward, but we'll see how things progress and hope for a proper win from Acylica one of these days.

In case all this talk of "points" has you confused, the MBC wiki article's rewards section is worth a read. Trust me.

osu!taiko winners

osu!taiko took a different judging approach. Each of the 23 submissions was evaluated by the entire judging panel, so screening wasn't a factor.

Here's the top 5 osu!taiko submissions:

Rank Beatmap Judging Musical representation (80) Creativity (80) Gameplay (80) Limitation (40) Total
#1 Empuxa by Ph0eNiiXZ see details 66 60 62 36 224
#2 Melusia by Nifty see details 65 53 65 33 216
#3 Empuxa by 3san see details 61 60 57 34 212
#4 Melusia by realy0_ see details 59 60 56 32 207
#5 Empuxa by tasuke912 see details 57 51 55 33 196

Winner

An unexpected but welcome surprise, Ph0eNiiXZ takes the gold with his expertly crafted entry of Empuxa! This map combines great playability with excellent use of this month's challenging limitation, pushing its boundaries to create a super nice slow-slider-velocity-based map.

Congratulations to Ph0eNiiXZ for receiving the MBC profile badge! We'll see if they're aiming for the coveted Elite Mapper too.

Runner-up

On the other hand, we have a mapper who should come as no surprise at all. Nifty further proves his skill at crafting an SV map with his entry of Melusia. This entry combines Nifty's classic smooth slider velocity usage, comfortable patterning, and overall creative flair. All of this came together in a way that supposedly brought one of our judges to tears.

Nifty is halfway towards receiving the MBC profile badge. Another win could be enough — well done!


Congratulations again to all the winners! Be sure to check the MBC leaderboards to see how close everyone is to the prize thresholds. And as with every month, we'd like to spread appreciation to everyone who helped make it possible.

For osu!, thanks to Noffy, Uberzolik, Nozhomi, Cheri, Agatsu, Daycore, Akito, Aistre, Fisky, Jacob, and Chugger for screening this month's entries, as well as Nuvolina, xbopost, Seolv, UberFazz, AJT, and Mazzerin for judging this month's finalists.

And thanks to Ulqui, Capu, [Zeth], Axer, Cynplytholowazy, Stefan, davidminh0111, and cdhsausageboy for making the first osu!taiko MBC a reality!

This isn't the end of the road for the Monthly Beatmapping Contest. April's MBC will continue accepting entries for the next 3 days, so put on your speedmapping shoes and get running.

And in case you're looking for even more results, winners for A Labour of Love will be announced on a live stream this Sunday on the osulive Twitch channel with commentary from pishifat, Uberzolik, and Ephemeral. See you there around 17:00 UTC!

—pishifat & radar

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Mao's nearly 7-star entry was a riskier mapping venture featuring "incredibly based doubles" according to screener Chugger.

gratz phoenix, unexpected but well deserved 🎉

Ph0eNiiXZ tadahitotsu

Thank you!! <3

nice

multiacc on 3rd place cool

Uberzolik Acylica

its ok ur also my multi

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its ok ur also my multi