Ranking criteria / Difficulty naming

osu! Easy Normal Hard Insane Expert osu!taiko Kantan Futsuu Muzukashii Oni Inner Oni / Ura Oni osu! ... catch Cup Salad Platter Rain Overdose osu! ... Some of the common naming schemes that made their way into osu!

Beatmap / Approach rate

It exists only in osu! and osu!catch. AR values range from 0 to 10. ... In osu!taiko and osu!mania, the approach rate setting has no effect. ... Additionally, in osu!mania it can be customised by the player themselves.

Rules / Content usage permissions

Content usage permissions osu! is centred around being able to freely make and share creations with one another. ... See the osu! music licensing page for more information. ... Please exercise due diligence when broadcasting gameplay to an audience. osu! ... Each song on the listing is free for use within osu! and has no risk of removal. When looking for songs outside of osu!' ... It may help to mention that osu! is a free no-ad game, or to link osu!'s licensing page to give them a better idea of how content is consumed.

People / Beatmap Spotlight Curators

Team leaders are marked in bold. osu! ... curators Lefafel Danny Carey DeviousPanda DigitalHypno enri KnightC0re Nowaie piroshki rHO Riot Zelq osu! ... taiko curators meiqth Boaz Horiiizon Maimaing Nifty uone osu!catch curators SadEgg Kimitakari Morusya Phob WadBot wwwww osu!

SV: Summer Exhibition / SV: Summer Exhibition

SV: Summer Exhibition The SV: Summer Exhibition (SVSE) was a 1v1 osu!mania 4K tournament hosted by arccat and Orca-. ... Discord server Challonge Spreadsheets Master Statistics Participants 1 CrewK 2 Jakads 3 TingMomentum 4 Polytetral 5 ICECAKE 6 etterna and osu ... 14 BlackyDay 15 Archaic84 16 DannyPX 17 Eclipse- 18 Shoira 19 Enthalpy 20 [-Leon-] 21 riyoumaji 22 Brunwald_1410 23 Ciel 24 Irone OSU ... Ruleset General SV: Summer Exhibition is an osu!mania 1v1 tournament. The scoring system used will be ScoreV2. ... All warm-up songs must be osu!mania 4K specific beatmaps. The warm-up must be uploaded to the osu!

Staff log / Staff log 2021

Alumni to GMT 2021-02-15: Moved Tommay from GMT to osu! Alumni 2021-02-15: Moved Kurai from GMT to osu! ... Alumni 2021-02-15: Moved Gabe from GMT to osu! ... Alumni 2021-04-19: Moved juankristal from GMT to osu! ... Alumni to GMT 2021-07-09: Moved OnosakiHito from osu! ... Alumni 2021-11-05: Moved - Felix from osu! Alumni to GMT 2021-11-05: Moved ztrot from GMT to osu! Alumni 2021-11-05: Moved Pachiru from GMT to osu!

Music theory / Tempo

Gameplay Many osu! ... elements base their timings around the current song's tempo: Gameplay speed, due to songs with higher tempo having shorter beats Base slider velocity in osu ... and osu!mania default scrolling speed Frequency of kiai time strobbing Main menu flashes, heartbeat of the osu!

Bancho (server)

Bancho (sometimes osu! ... Bancho) is a code name of the server component which handles real-time interactions between players running stable versions of osu! ... : Chat system, online presence, and the IRC gateway Spectator mode Multiplayer system and tournament management In case of poor connection to Bancho, osu

Gameplay / Combo multiplier effect

The combo multiplier effect occurs in osu!, osu!taiko, and osu!catch.

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! ... 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!

Help centre / Beatmapping and Editor

In the editor, click File in the menu, then Open .osu in Notepad. ... I am an osu!supporter, but I don't have 20 pending slots! The number of slots available depends on the number of ranked maps you have. ... For details, see osu!supporter § Increased limits. ... Please file a DMCA claim to copyright@ppy.sh as per the osu! copyright policy. ... report command or the osu! website, as members of the NAT and GMT who manage these reports are not equipped to handle legal matters.

Beatmap Spotlights seasons / Beatmap Spotlights Season 9 (Spring 2023)

conclusion Jun 21, 2023 Weekly multiplayer lobbies As of now, joining the weekly multiplayer lobbies requires participants to download and install osu ... The individual beatmap score is based on osu!(lazer)'s scoring system. ... Playlists osu! Playlist A (Nostalgia) Outkast - Hey Ya! (Lesjuh) [Hey Lesjuh!] ... Lefafel Hatsune Miku - With a Dance Number (val0108) [0108 style], suggested by Nowaie The Ghost Of 3.13 - Forgotten (grumd) [grumd], suggested by Riot osu ... Oni], suggested by [Zeth] Renard - Terminal (mintong89) [mint's Inner Oni], suggested by uone LeaF - MEPHISTO (TKS) [TK'S Inner Oni], suggested by uone osu

Beatmap Spotlights seasons / Beatmap Spotlights Season 5 (Winter 2022)

conclusion Apr 19, 2022 Weekly multiplayer lobbies As of now, joining the weekly multiplayer lobbies requires participants to download and install osu ... The individual beatmap score is based on osu!(lazer)'s scoring system. ... Playlists osu! (led by Nowaie) Playlist A (unorthodox rhythm) Polyphia - O.D. ... by Ryuusei Aika Nekomata Master - Byakuya Gentou [EX], suggested by Ryuusei Aika ELECTROCUTICA - Dependence Intension [AQUARIUM+], suggested by Riot osu ... suggested by uone Digital Math - The Musky Thrust [Inner Oni] (Jaltzu), suggested by uone aran - Mazy Metroplex [Inner Oni] (-Dusk), suggested by uone osu

Beatmap Spotlights seasons / Beatmap Spotlights Season 8 (Winter 2023)

conclusion Feb 7, 2023 Weekly multiplayer lobbies As of now, joining the weekly multiplayer lobbies requires participants to download and install osu ... The individual beatmap score is based on osu!(lazer)'s scoring system. ... Playlists osu! ... , suggested by ChillierPear Kamisama Club - No. 5 (dsco) [Capital], suggested by Riot Foxblood - Bittersweet (Osatia) [Insaner], suggested by Lefafel osu ... by SadEgg xi - Parousia (Deif) [Lost Judgement], suggested by WadBot CustomiZ - COOLEST (TV Size) (Greaper) [GREAPER'S OVERDOSE], suggested by SadEgg osu

Beatmap Spotlights seasons / Beatmap Spotlights Season 7 (Summer 2022)

conclusion Oct 13, 2022 Weekly multiplayer lobbies As of now, joining the weekly multiplayer lobbies requires participants to download and install osu ... The individual beatmap score is based on osu!(lazer)'s scoring system. ... Playlists osu! ... Omgforz FUJIN CLUB - Tabi to Ferry (dsco) [Seaside], suggested by Omgforz a_hisa - Pudding Funfair (Pennek) [MERRY-GO-ROUND], suggested by DeviousPanda osu ... suggested by Hivie Zekk - Foresight (woosungko) [Prescience], suggested by Hivie Culprate & Au5 - Impulse (Megafan) [Creativity], suggested by [Zeth] osu

Beatmap editor / Beatmap editor timelines

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.

Input device / Drum controller

controllers for the PlayStation 4 (PS4) or the Nintendo Switch will need to plug their controllers into the computer via USB and bind the correct keys in the osu ... Owners of the Wii Tatacon controller will need to pair their controller to their computer before enabling the Wiimote/Tatacon support option in the osu ... Most third party drum controllers will also work with osu!, but support may vary.

Staff log / Staff log 2020

Alumni to GMT 2020-03-11: Moved Fycho from GMT to osu! Alumni 2020-03-11: Moved Laurakko from GMT to osu! ... Alumni 2020-06-01: Moved Pawsu from GMT to osu! ... Tatakae Ouendan from osu! ... Alumni 2020-11-15: Removed mtmcl from osu! Alumni 2020-11-15: Removed Maeglwn from osu! Alumni 2020-11-16: Added Intermezzo to osu! ... Alumni 2020-12-28: Moved Spectator from osu!

Beatmap Nominators / Beatmap Nominator Test

question Video and Background RC: 1 question Skinning RC: 1 question Storyboarding RC Mode-specific RC: 4 questions specific to the game mode applied to (osu ... , osu!taiko, osu!catch, osu!mania) For osu! applications, a score below 12.5 will result in a failed application.

Game modifier / ScoreV2 (mod)

ScoreV2 system attempts to scale all hit object scoring values to a hard limit of 1 million at 1.00 Score Multiplier (excluding bonus spinner values in osu ... , dendens in osu!taiko, and collected bananas in osu!catch). This mod has the same effect across all game modes.

Gameplay / Hit object

fruits notes sliders drumrolls juice stream hold notes spinners dendens bananas x x x hyperfruits x From a programming standpoint, hold notes in osu ... mania aren't equivalent to sliders in osu!, though they've been grouped together for simplification in this table. ... In osu!

Storyboard / Storyboard scripting

Storyboard scripting Storyboard scripting is the process of editing osu! storyboards via their .osb and .osu files. ... Concepts and file format See the following articles: General rules for storyboarding Objects Commands Compound commands Audio samples osu!

Staff log / Staff log 2022

Alumni 2022-01-25: Moved Scotty from NAT to osu! ... Alumni 2022-07-27: Moved Uberzolik from NAT to osu! ... Alumni to GMT 2022-11-20: Removed heyronii from osu! ... Alumni 2022-11-29: Added PuffBuck to osu! ... Alumni 2022-12-03: Moved Pereira006 from GMT to osu! Alumni 2022-12-03: Added FAMoss to GMT 2022-12-04: Moved Loneight from GMT to osu!

Interface / Chat console

Chat console From most screens in osu! ... White You Pale Non-supporters Yellow osu! ... Blue Private Message Cyan peppy, the creator of osu! ... Extended Chat Console osu!academy covered this page in Episode 6 (6:52) along with Multiplayer. From most screens in osu! ... /savelog (A folder called "Chat" will be created at the osu!

Staff log / Staff log 2009

Added Alace to Beatmap Approval Team (2009-05-31) June Added strager to Beatmap Approval Team (2009-06-12) Moved An64fan from Beatmap Approval Team to osu ... Added mrtn to Beatmap Approval Team (2009-08-21) Added tieff to Beatmap Approval Team (2009-08-21) Moved buraimaster1234 from Beatmap Approval Team to osu ... Alumni (2009-08-24) September Moved Mogsworth from Beatmap Approval Team to osu! ... November Moved Pasonia from Beatmap Approval Team to BATmanager (2009-11-10) Added Ephemeral to Beatmap Approval Team (2009-11-30) Moved mtmcl from osu ... Added Dangaard to Mapping Assistance Team (2009-12-27) Added -SiN- to Mapping Assistance Team (2009-12-27) Moved vytalibus from Beatmap Approval Team to osu

Silence

Silence Silence is a term used to describe the punishment of limiting a user's means of communication within the osu! community. ... Limitations Users who are silenced by moderators cannot do the following: Use chat (public and private), both in-game and on the website Post on any of the osu ... Make sure to do it from the email linked to your osu! account; mention your osu!

Bot account

Bot account A bot account is a special type of osu! account run by an automated service instead of a real person. ... Creating a bot account If you are looking to start a chat bot, please begin by running it on your own osu! ... bot does not send any messages in public channels The bot does not send any unsolicited private messages The bot is helpful to a wide audience in the osu ... This must be sent from the email address attached to your osu! account. The body of the email should contain the following: Your osu!

Modding / Timestamp

Format Timestamp syntax: <minutes>:<seconds>:<milliseconds> (<combo numbers>) Link syntax: osu://edit/<timestamp> minutes and seconds are padded with zeroes ... to 2 digits, and milliseconds is padded to 3. combo numbers are optional and separated by commas. osu! ... Examples 1 minute and 20 seconds: Hit objects with combo numbers 5 and 6, starting at 12 seconds and 34 milliseconds: osu!

Beatmap / Stack leniency

Stack leniency Stack leniency is a parameter of a beatmap which controls the formation of automatic stacks of circles and sliders in the osu! ... While its displayed possible values in the editor range from 0 to 10, they map to the 0.0–1.0 range of the StackLeniency parameter in .osu files. ... than preempt * StackLeniency milliseconds apart, where preempt is the approach window width, and StackLeniency is the value taken from the beatmap's .osu

Pending Cup / Pending Cup 2024

Since only one submission is allowed, there may be a higher chance of winning by picking the track carefully. 1st $75 USD, 12 months of osu! ... supporter, Elite Mapper contest points, Track Winner profile badge (pending design) 2nd $35 USD, 6 months of osu! ... supporter, Elite Mapper contest points 3rd $15 USD, 4 months of osu! ... of the 3 tracks, there is a special grand prize section. 1st Wooting 60HE+ (courtesy of Ttmnzk), custom Pending Cup 2024 sticker set and keychain 2nd osu ... Cup 2024 sticker set and keychain 3rd Custom Pending Cup 2024 sticker set and keychain Besides that, there will be two lucky draws of 1 month of osu

Guides / Discord Rich Presence

This means that you can now advertise and join osu! multiplayer games from inside Discord servers, see what your friends are playing on osu! ... Make sure Discord detects osu! as a registered game on your system — it generally does this by default, so you shouldn't need to worry about it. ... Joining games You can also click on the Discord profiles of anyone you share a server with who is playing osu!

Sparxe's Two Key Event / Sparxe's Two Key Event

All maps used in the tournament are dedicated 2-key osu!mania maps. ... Warmups should preferably be 2-key osu!mania maps or 2-key osu!mania converts, but teams are free to use something else if their opponent agrees. ... The usual osu! rules apply; therefore, macroing and the likes is strictly prohibited. ... Please note that osu! tournament staff hold the right to screen you out of the tournament. ... Room settings are Game mode: "osu!mania", Team mode: "Head-to-head", Score mode: "ScoreV2".

People / Global Moderation Team

It is important to know what is acceptable within osu! and what is not. Be patient. ... Benefits Global Moderators are granted the following benefits: osu!supporter: An osu! ... supporter: Members are awarded an osu!supporter tag that lasts double the amount of time they spent in the GMT, under the same conditions as osu! ... moderation, forum moderation mangomizer Cantonese, Chinese Tournament management maot Portuguese Mapping/modding community moderation MillhioreF osu ... Niva Indonesian Chat moderation Nozhomi French Chat moderation OnosakiHito German, Serbian Chat moderation, mapping/modding community moderation osu

Gameplay / Play style

osu! ... Mouse and keyboard Mouse and keyboard is the most popular play style for osu! ... 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!

Storyboard

Storyboards are inspired from the animated backgrounds found in Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. ... Storyboards are stored in beatmap folders as either standalone .osb files or extensions to the [Events] section of a .osu file. ... Storyboarding is often very difficult, and requires considerable time and expertise in standard animation and graphic creation. osu!

Beatmap editor / Timing tab

In osu!, there are two types of timing points. Uninherited timing point An uninherited timing point has its own timing settings. ... In addition to that, uninherited timing points can be used for omitting bar lines in osu!taiko or osu!mania. ... Rate How many slider ticks will be in a musical beat To quickly make larger or smaller changes, use the below modifiers: Ctrl + click 0.25 BPM 1 ms 1 osu ... pixel Default 1 BPM 2 ms 10 osu!

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. ... All beatmaps in the pack have to be cleared in the osu! game mode in order to qualify for the badge unless otherwise specified.

Mapping techniques / Antiflow

Antiflow The antiflow is a term used in beatmapping for osu! and osu!

Beatmap / Pattern

Common pattern types osu! Jump Stream osu!mania Chord Stream Jack Anchor Trill Hold note

Community / User title

A user title is a short label on a user's profile page set by the osu! team. ... History Post count titles On the forum sections of the old osu! ... This is a leftover name from when osu! was built on top of phpBB.

Gameplay / Mind block

Although no official science or research has been conducted on this specific phenomenon in osu! ... Remedies & prevention Many players often remedy and prevent mind block by taking breaks or playing different beatmaps, as it is common consensus among osu ... players that giving the mind a break from osu! will allow it to rest, reflect, and recuperate.

Taiko Korean Beatmap Contest / Taiko Korean Beatmap Contest #1

Taiko Korean Beatmap Contest #1 The Taiko Korean Beatmap Contest #1 (TKBC1) was a osu!taiko mapping contest for Koreans. ... Submitting Phase 2020-04-27/2020-05-10 Judging Phase 2020-05-11/2020-05-31 Results Announcement 2020-06-01 Ruleset Contest rules This contest is for osu ... banner 6 months of supporter or 20,000 KRW 2 months of supporter Organisation The Taiko Korean Beatmap Contest #1 is run by members of the Korean osu

Forum / Feature Requests

Feature Requests Feature Requests is a forum created for suggestions regarding osu!. ... Users can promote feature requests and increase their priority by spending stars obtained with osu!supporter.

Ranking criteria / Scaling BPM on the ranking criteria

We'll be using the following osu! ... The same general concept applies to other rhythm-related guidelines as well, such as the osu! ... While this guide is oriented around guidelines for osu! Normal difficulties, it also applies to other difficulties and game modes. For example, osu!

Korean Charting Contest / Korean Charting Contest 2022

Korean Charting Contest 2022 The Korean Charting Contest 2022 (KCC2022) is an osu!mania mapping contest for users from South Korea. ... Sennzai - Morphobia 3:54 145 Results Rio1- JuHaa WintMin Ruleset Contest rules This contest is for the osu!mania mode only. ... The osu! client must be able to load and read your submission. Submissions must be in the .osz format. Custom hitsounds are allowed. ... Submission must not be uploaded to the osu! website through the Beatmap Submission System (BSS).

Harumachi Clover Cup / Harumachi Cup Ω

Harumachi Cup Ω The Harumachi Cup Ω (HCΩ) is a worldwide single-elimination osu! tournament hosted by chromb. ... The tournament is completely comprised of the song Harumachi Clover in various remixes done by individuals in the osu! community and through osu!' ... supporter 6 months of osu!supporter 3 months of osu!supporter Organisation Harumachi Cup Ω is run by various community members. ... This tournament is an osu! tournament. Match scheduling is decided by the organisers. ... A referee will ping the two players 15 minutes before their scheduled match time via osu! private message and Discord.

Play style / Tapping style

A tapping style is a term used to describe a method of tapping keys/sending inputs on one's input device to tap hit objects in osu!. ... Common tapping styles for osu! include alternating, single-tapping, double tap, Hybrid, and tapx.

Disambiguation

Disambiguation Disambiguation articles in the osu! wiki highlight ambiguous terms and explain their various possible meanings. ... List of disambiguation articles Bancho Combo Easy EZ Fail Mod NC NM osu! Ouendan Rank Score Snapping Star Timing Version

Vocaloid Mapping Contest / Vocaloid Mapping Contest

Staff Kuroise, Local Hero, Ixcors Judge Noffy, -White, Shanipika, Mafumafu, Natsu, tutuhaha Designer Mithia Prizes 1st place 6 months of osu ... supporter, Elite Mapper contest points, VMC Winner profile badge, assistance in the ranking process 2nd place 2 months of osu! ... supporter, Elite Mapper contest points 3rd place 1 month of osu! ... Links Announcement news post Contest listing Discord server Ruleset Submissions must be for the osu! ruleset only. ... Your submission must not have any edits to the .osu that would not be possible through the editor.

:thonking: Newbie mania Tournament / :thonking: Newbie mania Tournament

:thonking: Newbie mania Tournament The :thonking: Newbie mania Tournament (TNMT) was a 1v1 osu!mania 4K tournament hosted by the CJB and TMT team. ... supporter, unique profile badge 2 months of osu!supporter 1 month of osu! ... Rank of osu!mania should not be above #4000, and the highest historical rank is lower than #3000. Have a good standing in osu! ... Notice: Any and all whom we deem as a "cheater" or "suspicious", screened by both the tourney and the official osu! ... Warm-up Referee will give host to a random player, they can select any downloadable osu!mania 4K map.

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