Kyoku 2024 Results

While the seasons drifted over our heads, mappers and musicians were busy competing to create the greatest beatmaps of their own creation.

If you don't recall, Kyoku was a contest where teams of mappers and music producers needed to work together and collaborate on creating both a brand-new original song, and a beatmap to go along with it. Inspired by BMS OF FIGHTERS, the contest kicked off starting with registrations in April and teams have spent the last 3 months crafting their own works of art, all for a chance for become the top team and win the cash prize, a prestigious badge and highly sought-after contest points, which give progression towards elite user titles.

With 33 total entries, the competition was fierce, and the judges had a lot of work ahead of them. After much deliberation, the dust has settled, and it's time to present the results.

Winners

3rd place - Team RGB

Drum and bass enjoyers can rejoice as Team RGB harnessed the full power of neurofunk. Featuring music by Artackni and craftsmanship of Amon- and ballsmaster69, Encaged is a slider-heavy tech map that is bound to get the adrenaline pumping and keep your attention throughout its course.

Congratulations to Team RGB as they scored themselves 3rd place with a final score of 84.50!

2nd place - Zero Blunders

Team Zero Blunders has put their best foot forward in this contest with a genre mash-up song featuring many osu! references. who's afraid? by fur:trash (a.k.a. Nihkee on osu!) offers many chances for Mysty, Le Mirai, hakashii, Omekyu and [-Evil-] to express their mapping ideas via music genres such as dariacore, dubstep and hyperpop, creating a balanced map that is both fun to look at and play.

Congratulations to Zero Blunders for managing to lock in a total score of 86.00, securing 2nd place and 1 contest point for all team members.

1st place - cosmo/LOGIΛ

Team cosmo/LOGIΛ have managed to concoct what can best be described as a Grand Finals tiebreaker map on steroids. Stellar Evolution from airlemoneX has hints of Camellia as the inspiration behind the track, with expert mappers Lulu-, Slifer and Halgoh fully playing into it with a focus on visuals that complement gameplay.

With a final score of 88.25, cosmo/LOGIΛ have managed to achieve first place, earning badges, $100 to distribute and 2 contest points per person. Congratulations!

Submissions

Every entry deserves your attention for the monumental amount of effort and late nights put into each and every song and map. You can either check out the full VOD from the results reveal below, or download the individual submissions and give them a rating yourself.

#	Score	Team name	Song	Beatmap
1	88.25	cosmo/LOGIΛ		air reXistance (airlemoneX) - Stellar Evolution
2	86.00	Zero Blunders		fur:trash - who's afraid?
3	84.50	Team RGB		Artackni - Encaged
4	82.00	Keyoku		WujuBlade, Astralink, Lamura - Chronomancy
5	78.25	moonleaf++++++++++		Tufani - Encounter!
6	77.25	takeshi's traphouse		$k_Hwa$ vs. nominomu - .hereafter
7	77.00	dragonlady		Axya - Jindan ~ Golden Core
8	76.75	Oort Cloud		Silyn vs HYKARVS - JP fait la course
9	75.75	2006 honda civic		velamy & Turq - Sudden Death
10	74.75	GOFROG		alien3 - alien friend request
11	72.50	BOF:NT Moth Eaters		cygnus - Bloody Mary
12	71.00	Last Minute		Last Minute - Convalescence
13	68.50	totally not rescup internal		Xyris, roer - Frostbit Thorns (Instrumental Ver.)
14	64.50	ඞඞඞඞඞඞ		legless - Status Migrainosus
15	60.75	Collective Dreamers Unchained		Krimek feat. eili & Rafterz - Michi no Zankyou
15	60.75	TOPAZ++		MetaHumanBoi - MAXIMUM FLUFF
17	56.50	Eudaimonia		Eudaimonia - RETUNSUS
18	54.75	GNoKKi124		ptar124 - A Waltz for Two, Under the Gaze of [REDACTED] (feat. flower & SEKAI)
19	50.75	Skizoids		RRolanDD - A.D.H.D.
20	50.00	Heavenstance		jemmy! - STARSHOWER!!!
21	49.75	Rho Ophiuchi		Rho Ophiuchi - Depths of Darkness (Kyoku 2024 Version)
22	43.75	pr0fffremont		coldgiha - Camel Crusher
23	43.50	mo.n.o		etomi - blossom
24	40.50	12 YO		Cityyy - Misunderstood
25	40.25	Beyond 10+		CaliberKat, SeiiYuumi, kongehund - Lightspeed Confetti Cannons
26	38.75	Camel audio		Camel Audio - Seasons
27	34.25	llama go bottom text		Ziondiac - Unfettered (VIP)
28	23.75	Over Heaven		Over Heaven - CUBE
29	17.75	Team boss baby		inno & tekea - evo
30	13.75	nou		JMicc - Vicious Onslaught
31	10.50	Endlessly Small Bombs		treegas500 - Prelude To An Agitated Spring
32	4.00	Spojený Sekoitus		TotalNormalFry & HappyAdam - Stalled Superiority
33	3.25	:sob:		V3ARI - Light In The Dark
DNS		Team Blue but Red		Redside - Ultraviolet

Thank you to all the organisers, helpers, and participants for taking part of this one-of-a-kind event and creating a huge amount of original, high-quality content for the community to enjoy.

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