Gameplay / Spectating

Spectating Spectate (often shortened to "spec") is a term used to describe the act of watching another player playing a beatmap in real time (with approx ... In order a user to spectate another player, said user will need to have downloaded the exact same beatmap that the player being spectated is playing. ... If the player being spectated starts playing a new beatmap, and the spectator does not have said beatmap, the new beatmap will be announced in a private ... However, if the spectator has an osu!supporter tag, the beatmap will be automatically downloaded via osu!direct and processed for them in-game.

Game modifier / Easy (mod)

In all game modes except osu!taiko, the Easy mod will grant the player two additional "lives" during a play if the life bar drops to zero. ... After which the beatmap will then resume play and let the player continue. ... If the player has no remaining lives and the life bar has dropped to zero, the play will fail like normal. osu! In osu! ... catch In osu!catch, the effects the same as in osu! ... osu!mania In osu!mania, the effects are the same as in osu!

nik's Tournaments / nik's Winter Tour 2019

nik's Winter Tour 2019 The nik's Winter Tour 2019 (NWT 2019) was a worldwide 1v1 double-elimination osu! tournament hosted by nikolomara. ... supporter, unique profile badge 2 months of osu!supporter 1 month of osu! ... Any other kinds of registration such as: Discord Direct Messages, osu!forum posts, etc will not count. ... In Round of 16, participants need to win 5 beatmaps to win a match (Best-of-9) and will have to bann 1 map per match. ... In Semifinals, participants need to win 6 beatmaps to win a match (Best-of-11) and will have to bann 2 maps per match.

Contests / Mapping to Pander: Taiko

Mapping to Pander: Taiko Mapping to Pander: Taiko (M2P) is an osu! ... The goal this contest is simple: сontestants must create a map that panders best to the chosen judge for the contest. ... be given any criteria; it will be up to them how they score and rank the entries, either by making their own criteria, or simply sorting the maps from best ... All entries must be osu!taiko beatmaps. ... Heavy and continuous violation of these rules can result in a ban/blacklist from all future iterations of this, or other osu!

Beatmapping / Hitsound

Hitsound See also: Adding custom hitsounds Hitsounds are the sounds that osu! plays in response to user input when interacting with hit objects. ... Hitsounds are typically used to give auditory feedback to the player to help them judge their accuracy in relation to the song. ... These always play at the same time as long as the player is interacting with the hit object, unlike active hitsounds. ... In osu!taiko Unlike the other game modes, osu!taiko hitsounds directly affect the gameplay of their maps. ... Kats are distinguished from Dons using whistles and claps, and large notes are distinguished from normal ones using finishers. osu!

Mania Beginner's Showdown / Mania Beginner's Showdown

supporter 2 months of osu!supporter 1 month of osu!supporter Generous donations from Ladylag and OhDeMills helped fund some of the prizes. ... Even during a tournament, osu! is just a game, please be fairplay. ... In the case of player disconnections, if it occurs within the first 30 seconds, or 25% of the song (whichever comes first) the map will be nullified and ... Here are the BO for each round : Round of 64 and Round of 32: Best of 7 (first to 4 points) Round of 16 and Quarterfinals: Best of 9 (first to 5 points ... ) Semifinals: Best of 11 (first to 6 points) Finals and Grand Finals: Best of 13 (first to 7 points)

Mapping techniques / Unrankable mapping techniques

This forces the player to click and hold the slider without moving their cursor at all. ... These sliders are usually accompanied by a storyboarded message telling the player to "Hold". ... Ninja spinners are extremely short spinners that are usually placed in locations where the player has no time to prepare themselves for them. ... These spinners are prohibited because they can cause the player to lose their combo and/or allow the player to achieve an SS rank. ... By doing this, osu!

Game modifier / Sudden Death (mod)

To be more specific, the Sudden Death mod will only fail the beatmap if any of the following happen: Missing a note Failing to collect a slider tick (osu ... Instead, the player will be left with a normal failure screen upon missing. This mod has the same effect across all game modes. ... Trivia Missing a note with the Sudden Death mod enabled will result in an extra large miss figure to appear in osu!. ... When playing with Sudden Death mod enabled in osu! ... , there are rare cases where the player may survive from a full life bar drain for breaking the combo count.

Community / Manga

Manga This article lists osu!-related manga works made by the community. osu! Combat Championship The best osu! ... Default wants to improve at the rhythm game "osu!". She asks her friend pippi, but pippi doesn't give her a clear answer... ... NamiComi 2024-04-20 Corsace Closed 4koma Miscellaneous side stories centred around Corsace Closed: The Manga @corsace_ on Twitter (1, 2, 3, 4) 2024-04-23 osu ... Winner's Circle The adventures of Default and pippi as they work their way through the competition to become "osu! champions!"

Corgi Cup / Corgi Cup: June 2016

Corgi Cup: June 2016 The Corgi Cup: June 2016 (CC) was a 1v1 single-elimination osu! tournament hosted by M8gazine, Doomsday, and Yazzehh. ... supporter, Corgi Cup 1st place Discord role 3 months of osu!supporter 1 month of osu! ... After 10 minutes, if the player has still not shown up, the other player wins. ... Warm-ups are optional should a player request one. ... Free Mod can be any mod the player decides (including EZ + FL).

Gameplay / Choke

Choke A term used when a player almost obtains a full combo while playing a beatmap, but breaks combo near the end. ... On the contrary, a reverse choke is when a player breaks combo at the beginning, but holds it throughout the rest of the beatmap. In osu! and osu! ... catch, the difference in total score between regular and reverse chokes may be drastic, as late misses cause a player to potentially lose more score due

Beatmap Spotlights seasons / Beatmap Spotlights Season 6 (Spring 2022)

Only the best score results on each beatmap within the playlist are summed up to create a weekly ranked score for each player. ... The individual beatmap score is based on osu!(lazer)'s scoring system. ... Playlists osu! ... (komasy) [Summer], suggested by uone Kikuo - Gakkou o Yasunda Hi no Koto (Alchyr) [Forgotten], suggested by Axer osu! ... Ceui - primal (-Luminate) [Shining Blossom], suggested by SadEgg osu!

Gameplay / Replay

Discussion The button only appears when an in-game osu!account was connected to Bancho and the difficulty/beatmap can be found in the osu! ... The replay will be paused, darken, and with an osu! ... When watching a top play from the Global leaderboard, enable Player (#) to show comments from the player itself. ... By default without active osu! ... To watch a server replay, an osu! account must be signed in and be connected to Bancho.

Judgement / Geki

Geki comes from the Nintendo DS game Elite Beat Agents, which osu!'s gameplay is based on. Screenshots Other game modes osu! ... taiko Geki is only shown on the results screen for successful large note hits. osu!catch osu!catch doesn't have Geki. osu! ... mania Geki denotes a perfectly timed hit, and its osu!mania sprite is a rainbow-coloured 300, often called MAX. ... Storyboard DS Games Geki triggers the best tier on the storyboard during the gameplay, which usually shows very strong spirit during the sequence. osu!

:thonking: Mania Tournament / 2v2 :thonking: Mania Tournament

supporter Organisation The 2v2 :thonking: Mania Tournament was run by various osu! community members. ... The best team attempt of each map will be used to calculate the Total Score of teams. Teams ranked 33rd and below will be eliminated. ... If a player/team is missing, a 10 minutes timer will be created, and the incomplete team will lose by default if the timer runs out. ... The warmup must be downloadable with osu!direct, 4 keys and be no longer than 5 minutes. ... After bans, teams will pick maps alternating with each other until on player reach the required amount of points to win the match.

Asian-Oceanian Taiko Showdown / Indonesian Taiko Showdown

Indonesian Taiko Showdown The Indonesian Taiko Showdown (IDTS) was a 1v1 Indonesian double elimination osu!taiko tournament hosted by fajar13k. ... (Rules also applied for tournament staff) Match instructions Indonesian Taiko Showdown was a one-on-one osu!taiko match. ... (Best-of-7) In the Round of 16 and the Quarterfinals, you need to win 5 beatmaps to win a match. ... (Best-of-9) In Semifinals and Finals, you need to win 6 beatmaps to win a match. ... (Best-of-11) In the Grand Finals, you need to win 7 beatmaps to win a match. (Best-of-13)

DACH 4k Championship / DACH 4k Championship 2023

DACH 4k Championship 2023 The DACH 4k Championship 2023 (DACH4K 2023) was an osu! ... supporter 4 months of osu!supporter 2 months of osu!supporter Organisation The DACH 4k Championship 2023 was run by various community members. ... Every player should join the Discord server. This makes it easier to reach the player and ensures they receive current information. ... If a player disconnects within the first 30 seconds of the map, the map may be replayed. This only allowed once for each player per match. ... If a player disconnects after 30 seconds or it happens twice, the player will lose the map.

Judgement / Notelock

Notelock Notelock, or note lock, is an informal term for a gameplay mechanic of osu! which may prevent a player from clearing a hit object. ... In this case, the second object is said to be locked behind the first one, which makes osu! ... Notelock only becomes a problem if the player is unable to return to the previous object and interact with it properly, thus removing the lock. ... Cause Notelock is a part of osu!'s timing system and happens when the timing windows of two objects overlap. ... Since objects in regular osu!

Game modifier / Target Practice (mod)

The Target Practice mod is an experimental game modifier for osu! ... When Target Practice is activated, osu! hides the health bar and accuracy meter. ... The player has to hit the targets gradually appearing across the playfield, with the intention of hitting their centres. ... The game continues until the first MISS, which takes the player to the results screen. The meaning of different grades is similar to that in osu! ... Failing a play with Target Practice takes the player to the results screen instead of the fail screen.

Game modifier / Autopilot (mod)

The Autopilot mod is a game modifier for the osu! ... game mode that will take control of the cursor movement and systematically move to the exact centre of the next hit object, leaving the tapping to the player ... During a play with the Autopilot mod enabled, the player will not be able to move their cursor, unless they are on the pause screen. ... Additionally, the spins per minute (SPM) value performed by the Autopilot mod is similar to the spins per minute performed by the Spun Out mod, thus the player

Quality Assurance Team / Quality Assurance Team Blog

Beginning in August of 2016, they discussed not only the activities of the QAT, but a variety of other topics spanning osu! ... All earlier posts on the blog were retroactively ported to osu!news afterwards. Post Compendium 2016 August Explore the QAT! ... September Code of Conduct Weekly Report #3 Tips on creating "Beginner Friendly" easies osu! ... BN Examination BN Test Review (osu! ... taiko, catch and mania) 2017 February Best of 2016 April The QAT Gazette #5 May BN Test Review #2 June The QAT Gazette #6 September The QAT Gazette: September

GB Cup / GB Cup 2024 Spring

supporter 6 months of osu!supporter 4 months of osu! ... Player must join this QQ group or this Discord server after registration. For players who cannot use QQ, please use osu! ... To be successfully registered, a player must not have violated any osu! community rules within the last 12 months. ... The multiplayer chat rooms underlie the osu! community rules. ... The room name must follow the pattern of GBC 2024 Spr: ({Player A}) vs ({Player B}). Each player must use !roll once in #multiplayer.

Vaf's Autumn Fiesta / Vaf's Autumn Fiesta

Vaf's Autumn Fiesta The Vaf's Autumn Fiesta (VAF) was a 1v1 osu!taiko tournament hosted by Vaf. ... supporter Physical trophy, 6 months of osu!supporter Physical trophy, 6 months of osu!supporter A prize pool of grand total 18 months of osu! ... If a player is late by 15 minutes, the other player will be declared as the winner by default. ... Ban order is: Player 1 ban, Player 2 ban, Player 1 ban, Player 2 ban. ... To register, each player must follow the posting format: their osu!

GB Cup / GB Cup 2023 Spring

Player must join this QQ group after register. If you cannot use QQ, please use osu! ... To be successfully registered, a player must not have violated any osu! community rules within the last 12 months. ... The multiplayer chat rooms underlie the osu! community rules. ... The room settings are Game mode: osu!mania, Team mode: Team Vs and Score mode: ScoreV2. ... The room name must follow the pattern of GBC 2023 Spr: ({Player A}) vs ({Player B}). Each player must use !roll once in #multiplayer.

Gameplay / Play style

osu! ... Thus, to stream as a Tablet-only player, a player should alternate between tapping their pen onto the tablet and pressing one assigned secondary key (usually ... osu!taiko Keyboard Keyboard was once the only way to play osu!taiko until other playing methods were supported over time. ... osu!catch Keyboard A keyboard is the most commonly used and default play style for osu!catch. ... Another drawback is that osu!

Gameplay / Fingerlock

Although not a term specific to osu! ... Any alleged research or commonly-understood information respective to the osu! ... The osu! community is not qualified to give medical advice; do not use the osu! wiki to diagnose medical conditions. ... Fingerlock is a common sensation that happens to many veteran osu! players. ... However, if a player experiences persistent or painful fingerlock often, it is recommended that that player see a medical professional, as it may be the

Hit object / Fruit

Fruit Fruits are large coloured hit objects present in osu!catch beatmaps. ... Successfully catching a fruit will earn the player score, increase the combo by 1, provide a boost to the health bar, and is treated as 300 in the result ... If the player fails to catch a fruit it will result in a combobreak and a loss in health.

Interface / Health bar

In all game modes except osu!mania, there is an indicator moving along the health bar that shows a player's current health. In osu! and osu! ... catch, if the health bar drains completely, the player will fail the current beatmap (assuming no special game modifiers are enabled). In osu! ... taiko, it is impossible to fail a beatmap during play, but it is possible to fail after the beatmap has ended if the player has not filled the health bar ... In osu!, osu!catch, and osu!taiko, the health bar is displayed in the top-left corner of the screen. Whereas in osu! ... In osu! and osu!catch, the health bar will drain at a constant rate throughout the course of a beatmap, with the exception of breaks.

National Dutch Championship / National Dutch Championship 2022

National Dutch Championship 2022 The National Dutch Championship 2022 (NDC 2022) was a 1v1, double elimination osu! ... Players must have the Dutch flag on their osu! profile. Registrations are only accepted through our website. ... as follows: Points = player score / median score. ... Upon technical difficulties, a player may choose to use a 5-minute timeout. This is only permitted once per player per match. ... If the timer runs out before a player stating a map, the other player may choose that particular ban or pick.

National Dutch Championship / National Dutch Championship 2023

National Dutch Championship 2023 The National Dutch Championship 2023 (NDC 2023) was a 1v1, double elimination osu! ... Players must have the Dutch flag on their osu! profile. Registrations are only accepted through our website. ... as follows: Points = player score / median score. ... Upon technical difficulties, a player may choose to use a 5-minute timeout. This is only permitted once per player per match. ... If the timer runs out before a player stating a map, the other player may choose that particular ban or pick.

Disambiguation / Score (disambiguation)

Score (disambiguation) Score can have multiple meanings: Score submission, a player's individual result on a beatmap Ranked score, the total sum of the best

Community / Projects

Live Event Feed — A live feed of current player events. Website osu! (OS X) — osu! on OS X (results will vary). GitHub | Website osu! ... performance — Player ranking metric of osu!. GitHub osu!stream — A different style of osu! for iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad. Website | osu! ... Stats — Search scores and player statistics. Website osu! ... Music Player — An osu! themed music player. GitHub osu! Windows 60 fps animated cursors — osu!-styled cursors for Windows. osu! ... Elements — An open source .NET framework for osu! applications. GitHub osu!player — A media player just for osu! beatmaps. GitHub Documentation osu!

Beatmap / Break

Breaks usually allow the player to rest their arm for a short while and reposition their input device. In all game modes except osu! ... mania, if there is enough time during a break, a passing or failing graphic and sound may appear to indicate if a player is doing well or not, together

Hit object / Hit circle

Hit circle Hit circles are coloured, circular hit objects present in both osu! and osu!taiko beatmaps. ... Their appearance varies between each game mode but will generally require a player to click on/tap the hit circle in time with the beat to earn score based ... In osu!, hit circles appear with a number on top; showing their place in a combo. ... Once the approach circle overlaps the hit circle, the player should click on/tap the hit circle to earn score. In osu!

Hit object / Slider

Slider A slider is a hit object in osu!, which consists of a sliderhead a sliderbody and a slidertail. ... Once the approach circle reaches the sliderhead's border, like with hit circles, the player must click on/tap the beginning of the slider and then, keeping ... If there is a reverse arrow, the player must follow the slider ball back along the same path. Sliders with reverse arrows are called reverse sliders. ... The player only fails to completely clear a slider if the cursor is outside the slider ball range (defined by the circle around the ball) or the mouse ... This is necessary because the osu! client doesn't take sliderbodies properly into account when hitsound volumes are changed.

Offset / Local offset

Most of the time, the local offset is best kept at 0 (provided that beatmaps have their timing set up correctly), unless individual hardware issues get ... offset by 5 milliseconds Alt + + to increase the offset by 1 millisecond Alt + - to decrease the offset by 1 millisecond If a local offset is defined, osu ... will display the local offset in the interface above the scoreboard. osu! will also notify you of the local offset before starting gameplay.

Corgi Cup / Corgi Cup: September 2016

Corgi Cup: September 2016 The Corgi Cup: September 2016 (CC2) was a 1v1 single-elimination osu! ... supporter or a money equivalent, £20 Steam Gift Card, unique title on Doomsday’s Discord 6 months of osu! ... supporter or a money equivalent, £10 Steam Gift Card 3 months of osu! ... After 10 minutes, if the player has still not shown up, the other player wins. ... Warm-ups are optional should a player request one.

The Roundtable / The Roundtable 1v1 double elimination

Round of 16 and Quarterfinals will be played as BO9 with 1 ban per player. Semifinals and Finals will be played as BO11 with 2 bans per player. ... Grand finals will be played as BO13 with 2 bans per player. ... Each player bans a Tiebreaker with an on-site tournament organizer, and the remaining Tiebreaker is selected. ... Following the first map, the loser of the previous map will pick the next map until one player reaches the required amount of points to win the match.

Game modifier / No Fail (mod)

Compatible game modes: Description The No Fail mod is a game modifier that prevents the player from failing on beatmaps. ... Enabling the No Fail mod makes the player incapable of failing a beatmap even if the life bar drops to zero. ... Although, if the player has not scored any points during the beatmap, the play will fail instead. ... As of 16 January 2021, the No Fail mod may incur a certain penalty to the amount of performance points that a player gains from a play depending on how

Judgement / Katu

Katu See also: Geki Not to be confused with osu!taiko's Katu. Katu (喝), Katsu, or Beat! ... Katu comes from the Nintendo DS game Elite Beat Agents, which osu!'s gameplay is based on. ... Ouendan 2: Countdown - YouTube Other game modes osu! ... taiko Katu is the judgement given when a player hits big notes perfectly by pressing two keys of the same colour simultaneously. osu! ... catch Katu is counted for every droplet player failed to catch. This value is not shown on the results screen. osu!mania In osu!

Corgi Cup / Corgi Cup III: April 2017

Corgi Cup III: April 2017 The Corgi Cup III: April 2017 (CCIII) was a 1v1 single-elimination osu! ... supporter or a money equivalent, £20 Steam Gift Card, unique title on Doomsday’s Discord 6 months of osu! ... supporter or a money equivalent, £10 Steam Gift Card 4 months of osu! ... After 10 minutes, if the player has still not shown up, the other player wins. ... Each player is allowed one ban per match. The tiebreaker cannot be banned.

Mapping techniques / Mapping formations

This forces the player to look at the numbers and/or the approach circles to figure out the order or memorise them. ... This could be combined with a low AR (approach rate) to confuse the player. ... This forces the player to pause in the middle of the stream to complete the kick, before continuing the stream. ... When a player in the chat tells you to "QQ", they are telling you to leave because you are unskilled to play. ... The order of the combos forces the player to go along the square rather than through it.

Medals

All beatmaps have to be cleared in the osu! game mode in order to qualify for the badge unless otherwise specified. ... Dedication Dedication medals are medals awarded upon reaching certain play count milestones in the osu! ... game mode, or by reaching total hit count milestones in osu!taiko, osu!catch, and osu!mania. ... Hush-Hush Hush-Hush medals are "secret" medals awarded for pulling off very specific feats, which are not explicitly told to the player (hence the name ... In order to unlock the medals in this category, a player needs to play through all the maps in any of the four game mode packs that are being contested

Score Attack Showdown / Score Attack Showdown

Score Attack Showdown The Score Attack Showdown (SAS) was a worldwide 1v1 osu!mania 4K tournament hosted by KamaTheCrimson. ... The tournament featured a variety of customly made maps from the most unique and veteran osu!mania 4K mappers in its mappools. ... In order to be eligible to participate in the tournament, follow the instructions below: Participant must have osu! ... LN) map 1 Wildcard map The map will vary from accuracy, speed, and jack oriented skillsets When the participant has achieved a score they feel is the best ... The player with the highest cumulative score in the Final showdown will be crowned the Score Attack Showdown Champion.

UK Community Cup / UK Community Cup X

UK Community Cup X The UK Community Cup X (UKCC X) was a British 1v1 Swiss osu! tournament hosted by Bubbleman and Yazzehh. ... 6,234,206 692,690 9th place LilyFlower 6,217,907 690,879 10th place Doomsday 5,931,218 659,024 Ruleset This tournament is a 1v1 Swiss British osu ... If a player fails to join the lobby in this time, then the default win will go to the other player. ... Two matches will happen every weekend for each player, one on Saturday and one on Sunday—therefore, two matchups will be drawn per weekend for each player ... For each bye a player receives, once all scheduled matches for a round are completed, the player will receive an HP deduction of 90% of the average HP

Corgi Cup / Corgi Cup IV: September 2017

Corgi Cup IV: September 2017 The Corgi Cup IV: September 2017 (CCIV) was a 1v1 double-elimination osu! ... 2017-10-14/2017-10-15 Finals 2017-10-21/2017-10-22 Grand Finals 2017-10-28/2017-10-29 Prizes Qwazar Red Shift (Cherry MX Red) Keyboard, 1 year of osu ... supporter or a money equivalent, £20 Steam Gift Card, unique title on Doomsday’s Discord, profile badge 6 months of osu! ... supporter or a money equivalent, £10 Steam Gift Card, unique title on Doomsday’s Discord 4 months of osu! ... After 10 minutes, if the player has still not shown up, the other player wins.

GST:LIVE / GST:LIVE 2021

GST:LIVE 2021 GST:LIVE 2021 was a 1v1 single-elimination osu! tournament hosted by megumic. ... 3 2 Lunarsol #1 _gt 2 3 Dawnwing #1 Stylus 2 3 Rtzero #1 Jazzie 3 2 Ayano_ #1 Ruleset Tournament registration GST:LIVE 2021 is an open rank, 8-player ... The higher-rolling player gets the first ban and first pick. Players are not allowed to ban the last available map in a modpool. ... Each player is allowed 2 bans per match. ... Players have 2 minutes to select a map; if they fail to choose in the allotted time, the map choice will be passed to the other player.

Beatmap editor / Beatmap editor timelines

Shortcuts For a list of keyboard shortcuts for the timeline, see: Shortcut key reference Song Player The song player is visible in any part of the beatmap ... In the centre, it shows the timeline with markings and the compulsory music player buttons. ... Hit Objects There are two different kinds of hit objects timelines depending on which game mode the mapper is using. osu!, osu!taiko, and osu! ... catch In compose mode, this timeline is underneath the Compose tab for any game mode except for osu! ... Right clicking will remove the selected hit objects. osu!mania In compose mode, this timeline is in the centre of the playfield for osu!mania mode.

osu!taiko World Cup / Taiko World Cup 2011

Taiko World Cup 2011 The Taiko World Cup 2011 (TWC 2011) was a country-based osu!taiko tournament hosted by the osu! team. ... It was the first instalment of the osu!taiko World Cup. ... supporter, unique profile badge 2 months of osu!supporter 1 month of osu!supporter Special 1 month of osu! ... The manager can ban a player or a team from the tournament if the player or the team is considered as disturbing the tournament. ... You can add 1 back-up player, so maximum number of the player in one team is 4.

Game modifier / Double Time (mod)

The Double Time mod is widely regarded as one of the best mods used for gaining large amounts of performance points on easier difficulties in osu!. ... osu!taiko In osu!taiko, the hit leniency is greatly reduced when the Double Time mod is enabled due to osu! ... Because of this, the Double Time mod is widely regarded as the hardest mod in osu!taiko and is seldom used. osu!catch In osu!

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