22 Apr 2023
Waifu Jam! Map-Battle Contest
by Kroytz

Waifu Jam! Map-Battle Contest

by Kroytz

Summoning all mappers! Friendly and fun-loving demon queen Ironmouse joins forces with everyone's favourite osu! streamer BTMC for a new type of mapping competition, all based around the new hit Ironmouse & Camellia - Waifu Jam!

For those out of the loop, Ironmouse is an American VTuber known for her exceptional singing skills and an unbridled, energetic personality. Partnered with VShojo, she confidently aims to sing her heart out for the world to hear, and Waifu Jam is proof of that!

By the way, the demon queen herself will gladly offer a $1000 cash prize to the winner of this contest... but you didn't hear that from us.

Format

Mappers, don't get it twisted. This isn't your everyday mapping contest with the usual set of judges and criteria benchmarks. Pfft! This time, you can be the judge!

After a preliminary screening phase, the top 16 submissions will be placed in a 1v1 tournament-style bracket to compete live on BTMC's stream. From there, it'll be up to the community to vote and decide which maps proceed through the bracket!

Each stage of the bracket will focus on a different section of the map:

Bracket stage Beatmap section
Round of 16 00:00 to 00:44
Quarterfinals 00:44 to 01:22
Semifinals 01:22 to 01:50
Grand Finals 01:50 to 02:47

Because of this format, you'll need to create a map where each of these sections stands out individually!

Submission

Entries can be submitted for about 2 weeks from this announcement, so get mapping! The demon queen waits for no one.

Ironmouse & Camellia - Waifu Jam

Download the beatmap template here!

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Be sure to use this exact version of the song, since it's formatted specifically for this contest!

And once your map is ready, submit it here!

Rules

The rules for this contest are as follows:

  • Submission must be in .osz format with only ONE difficulty for the song "Ironmouse & Camellia - Waifu Jam".
  • Beatmap must be in osu! game mode only.
  • Beatmap must be passable without using game breaking techniques. However, the Ranking Criteria does NOT apply.
  • Collaborations are not allowed.
  • Only one submission is allowed per user.
  • Submissions must not be uploaded to the osu! website until after the contest ends.

Remember to use everything at your disposal! Storyboards, hitsounding, timing points, and everything that the game gives you is on the table. This is no ordinary beatmapping contest — this is a mapping battle!

Prizes

The winners of the contest will be awarded with:

  • $1000 provided by Ironmouse and VShojo
  • "Waifu Jam!" profile badge (tentative)

If you're looking for more info about this new spin on a mapping contest, you can read all the most up-to-date info on the contest's forum thread!

And of course, submit your map here by May 7th!

—Kroytz

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too long man

WHEN DO WE GET TO PLAY ITTT :'(

pho W

voting when

ThatAvocado_Boi -MqttFat-

Voting was on BTMC's stream.

voting when

voting when

voting when

voting when (i am new to this)

how long is the screening phase estimated to take

Woey Woey

Never Mind

can we upload our map after the contest entry period ends or after the results

Knowing how many talented mappers are there, I had low expectations about my submission. Before that post I wasn't skilled enough to do storyboarding, hitsounding nor normal mapping. Nothing changed, I am still bad at it xD But just attempting raised my expectations. Everyone who submitted, good luck and have fun <3

How many people will be doing a custom skin for this map? Will be interesting :D

THAT_otaku SiriusOnly

i added a few custom skin elements but ran out of time and space to do a proper one D:

ngl 2 weeks was way too short for this, specially considering we are expected to use "everything at our disposal". but i guess u can just slap a 1k prize on it and people will no-life it to win lol

I finally finished and submit my mapping. I hope i can at list make it to round 16 because this is the first time i'm making a map (i wanted to try since a long time and the contest made me says "why not trying"). It was hard but i got a lot of fun making it even tho i have zero exp and don't know how to use most of the mapping tools.

can i use hitsounds from another person's skin?

i'll be damned if i can't submit it because of some "unknown error" occuring

too soncak

I also got the same error message, I'm asking that error to pishifat.
if there are any updates/responses I will write them here~!

too too

Reply received. It could possibly be a large file size, please try again with less space as we tried with other files and were able to upload them. I guess there is 10MB file size limit

Arvesh1234 soncak

i too am getting the error

nice storyboard contest

pretty funny that the base timing is wrong

not the first time that happend

woah its woey

This is pretty dope I can't wait to see all the Mappers

Extremly hyped to see how this turns out!!!!

cool

This is actually insane, very cool!

It will be interesting to see how many entries there will be and how many will not make it into the top 16

"it'll be up to the community to vote and decide which maps proceed through the bracket!"
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can't wait to see the maps !

im already done lol

SiriusOnly - Logi -

oh no u submitted xD dunno if you automatically out then

Lanaxer - Logi -

idk if you wanted to participate but you werent allowed to submit it on the osu website before the contest ends lol

btmc waifu!11

i feel bad for mappers that must listen to this over and over while mapping this
this is such a bad song

Galleriet Victoor

WAIFU WAIFUU WAIFUUU

MissingNoo Victoor

if a mapper doesn't like the song, can't he just... like... not participate?

THAT_otaku Victoor

If u personally dont like it thats chill but theres nothing objectively bad about it lol

aku merasa ini map cocok untuk 2b atau gak techmap

Are 2b maps allowed

imgradeone KaaiMai

yes

Arvesh1234 KaaiMai

what is 2b?

KaaiMai Arvesh1234

2b is 2 or more notes are placed at the same time as another note like this map

https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/790928#osu/1659472

There are quite a lot of things about submission that's unclear in the post

Voxell Alty

click submit it here, there are more info in there

Speykious Voxell

It's literally the same thing

LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Really cool concept ! I can't wait to see the maps

Beatmap must be passable without using game breaking techniques. However, the Ranking Criteria does NOT apply.

soooo... 2B but not game breaking 2B got it

Voxell Floomy

no, it can be game breaking 2B however make sure the player doesn't fall below zero health

very cool

the osu! community being the osu! community

is there a difficulty criteria? if yes, i will be sad cuz i can't create a beatmap that i can't play

NekroGamer NekroGamer

I mean i only mapped 4 star maps and it might be boring. But okay, thanks for replies

imgradeone NekroGamer

no criteria, if your beatmap is literally passable by human, then it's okay

[[[[[[ NekroGamer

wdym difficulty criteria? as long as your map is good it doesn't matter how hard the map is

Arvesh1234 NekroGamer

this is so true

looking forward to playing all these maps converted

this looks awesome! :) cant wait to watch!

ya ok

Very cool project, looking forward to the results and cool new maps!

Wish i knew how to map this seems like a cool contest

you know, instead of wishing you knew how to map, you could just map...

Megafan Binned

Wish you knew how to map to realise how bad of an idea this is

vodit51321 Megafan

Megafan when they see people having fun: 😡😤

nice profile tho

For those who want some insight into the planning and thinking process for this contest and how it came to be:
https://youtu.be/iCbutLIGpF8

Interpret this as you will.

[[[[[[ Chompy

btmc had WAY too much trust in the screening process lol, didn't he saw the aspire contest? where despire having a screening phase, the end result is still bad? the phase is only useful for picking out bad maps, and is not useful at finding the best maps

so, first time doing smth like that. Do we map only to the 44s or should we do the whole map?

Seitora I am So Silly

whole map

thanks ^_^

someone should play all the maps with a mouse. not me tho

UnknownCoke boobiehonker444

I can, im mouse only player

boobiehonker444 UnknownCoke

🙏

idk if its been done before but the fact that each round is a different section of the song is kinda odd tbh
other than that looks pretty swiggy

Galleriet airballer

i thought it was odd at first too but i actually like this. it motivated me to map every section uniquely

FinnaDie airballer

you are right, the format is dreadful imo

Visilex airballer

its so they can combine it at the end with all the best segments

techmaps here we come

Really excited having mouse in osu is such a surprise

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Really excited having mouse in osu is such a surprise