Another month passes, and another contest arrives! See if you have what it takes to join the mapping elites, and witness the results of the previous contest!
You don't need many brain cells to comprehend what the Monthly Beatmapping Contest (MBC) is. This month is all about osu! and osu!mania, including...
Navigate to whichever topic you're interested in above (or flex your scrolling muscles as needed).
61 submissions were reviewed by our screening crew, 15 of which were evaluated by a separate judging panel!
User | Beatmap | Placement | Badge prize | Contest points |
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acnozei | ginkiha feat. TEA - Haruka | 1st + Screener's pick | +4 (5 total) | |
phyr | Aiobahn - Towa no Utage (w/ YUC'e) | 2nd | +2 (4 total) | |
LeCandy | Redside - Sidequest | 3rd | - | +1 (1 total) |
Lasse | ABSOLUTE CASTAWAY - Musubime | Screener's pick | - | +1 (1 total) |
To start, acnozei and Lasse completely dominated the screening phase! Each of their maps were praised equally, yet both were far ahead of the next map in line, earning the mappers a single contest point towards their future Elite Mapper titles.
acnozei's talent only continued to impress, earning them the top spot in the judging panel and 3 more contest points! phyr and LeCandy were close behind, earning 2 and 1 contest points respectively.
50 piano mashers gave their keyboards a break and explored the editor this month. 10 of them were awesome enough to pass the screening phase, and a separate judging panel thoroughly investigated the entries to determine who wears the crown.
User | Beatmap | Placement | Badge prize | Contest points |
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Lott | Sad Keyboard Guy & Gardens - Waking Shadows feat. eili (Cut Ver.) | #1 | +3 (3 total) | |
hemoo | Camellia - d:for the DELTA (Camellia's "PLANETARY//DUBSTEP" Remix) | #2 + Screener's pick | +3 (3 total) | |
Leeju | Camellia - Break The Silence | #3 | - | +1 (1 total) |
After submitting maps to the Monthly Beatmapping Contest 10 times throughout 2020 and 2021, Lott casually dropped into the first iteration of 2023's MBC with a landslide winning. It's about time, so congrats!
hemoo's runner-up submission is impressive in its own right too! The screening crew almost universally praised their entry, boosting hemoo's contest points total to match Lott's.
Ooooooooookay. That's enough about the past — let's talk about this month's contest!
This month's contest is open to osu! and osu!mania mappers.
Next month's contest will feature osu!taiko and osu!catch, including results for October's MBC.
Each MBC includes a different way to keep mappers on their toes. This limitation/theme is one of the judging categories, so try to implement it in an interesting way!
If you're confused about how these work, feel free to ask for clarification in the comments, or send a message to pishifat (for osu!) or RandomeLoL (for osu!mania).
This month's osu! limitation focuses on rhythm: there must be a 1 beat (or longer) gap within every 2 bars of music.
For example, there are 2 bars of music between these circles:
So this would be an acceptable rhythm:
And this wouldn't:
If you're proficient in LN and normal note layering, this month's contest is for you.
The golden ratio has been a staple in artistic mediums for centuries. It's the closest we can come to a measure for perfection, and perfection is exactly what you'll be aiming for while mapping.
This month's theme for osu!mania: the ratio of normal notes to long notes (or vice versa) should be as close as possible to the golden ratio.
This is best explained with an example. These numbers...
...divide to either ~1.49 (1898/1270) or ~0.67 (1270/1898). The golden ratio is ~1.618, so to fit with the contest's theme, the map should be balanced to have more long notes or fewer normal notes.
The closer to perfection (the golden ratio) your note count ratio is, the better you'll score in the theme category! So aim to be as close as possible to that nonsensical number.
Any song listed on osu!'s Featured Artist listing is eligible for this contest. Cutting songs is allowed too!
The Monthly Beatmapping Contest rewards users with contest points based on their placements:
These numbers may vary depending on how many submissions the contest receives. Check the wiki article for details.
Contest points reward users at certain thresholds:
Additionally, a Mappers' Guild keychain is optionally rewarded to the winner of each month's contest. Its design is based on your beatmap!
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Note that all submissions will be anonymised before they're reviewed by screeners/judges to avoid bias.
Once the perfect beatmap is in your editor, export it and plop it onto one of these pages:
You have until December 4th to submit your entry!
—pishifat, RandomeLoL
any fa song is ok regardless of genre!
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