Gameplay / Health

Health Health or HP, is the value that determines if a player has passed or failed a beatmap. ... The HP drain rate difficulty setting determines how difficult it is to keep a high health value. osu! In osu! ... taiko In osu!taiko, the health bar starts off empty and must be filled 50% or more to pass a beatmap. ... The player also receives larger boosts if he catches the end of a combo resulting in a geki. Missing fruit will drain health instead. ... mania In osu!mania, only hit objects will affect the health bar, as health drain is disabled.

Ranking criteria

See the osu!, osu!taiko, osu!catch, and osu!mania ranking criteria for more information. ... Hitnormals give feedback to the player, and additions (whistles, claps, and finishes) accent the most important parts of the music. osu! ... These give an inaccurate form of player feedback. Storyboarded hitsounds in other situations are acceptable, but discouraged. osu! ... This is best determined by listening to the audio, rather than using software on its own. ... This goes against the concept of audible feedback, as the sound samples will play independently of any input from the player.

Interface / Chat console

Chat console From most screens in osu! ... White You Pale Non-supporters Yellow osu! ... Extended Chat Console osu!academy covered this page in Episode 6 (6:52) along with Multiplayer. From most screens in osu! ... Dark Blue - Player is currently idle or not doing anything or just chatting. Grey - Playing a beatmap in solo. ... Dark Blue without content - Player is not in-game, but signed in to an IRC client or stats are not available.

Gameplay / Kiai time

While kiai time doesn't affect gameplay mechanics in osu!, osu!catch, or osu!mania, it provides a 20% score gain in osu!taiko. ... time may be enabled for certain timing sections by a mapper from the Style tab of the Timing and Control Points panel, and cannot be deactivated by the player

Taiko Suiji Cup / Taiko Suiji Cup 2020

Taiko Suiji Cup 2020 The Taiko Suiji Cup 2020 (TSC 2020) was an international three-on-three double-elimination osu! ... position earned when playing the qualifiers mappool / 5 Ruleset General rules Taiko Suiji Cup 2020 is an international 3 vs 3 double-elimination bracket osu ... Failure to submit a captain will result in the highest rank player being made captain by default. ... If the captain of a team is not online, the referee will invite any other player from respective team, and invited player will be responsible for inviting ... On FreeMod picks, at least one player from each team must use either Hidden, Hard Rock, or both.

Skinning / Interface skinning

The player can drag and drop an image to overwrite the skin's skinned image. This will replace the image in the skin's folder! ... This element is above the cursor.png element. cursor-smoke.png All Normal Centre - Notes: This element is used when the player presses the smoke key ... This mod will move the cursor for the player while the player just needs to tap or click. selection-mod-scorev2.png All Normal Centre 64x64 selection-mod-spunout.png ... less than 50%, during a long enough break. section-pass.png All Normal Centre - Notes: This element is seen when the player has a high amount of HP ... The marker fades out if the player reaches the critical zone. This element is not used in osu!mania.

Yaz's Summer Cup / Yaz's Summer Cup 2018

Yaz's Summer Cup 2018 Yaz's Summer Cup 2018 (YSC 2018) was a 1v1 double-elimination osu! tournament hosted by Yazzehh. ... Any player that fails to show up 10 minutes after a match is due to start will forfeit the match and a win by default will be awarded to the other player ... Anything after this will result in the match being forfeited to the other player. ... The score of a player who is in failed state when the map has finished will be counted as 0. ... In this stage, there will be warm-ups and 2 bans per player. Players will roll once.

Great Singapore Tournament / Great Singapore Tournament 2

Great Singapore Tournament 2 The Great Singapore Tournament 2 (GST2) was a Singaporean double-elimination 2v2 osu! tournament hosted by youi. ... supporter/cash equivalent 3rd place physical medal, 2 months of osu!supporter/cash equivalent Pick'em winner 4 months of osu! ... (Best-of-7) In the Round of 16 and Quarterfinals, team needs to win 5 beatmaps to win a match. ... (Best-of-9) In the Semifinals and Finals, team needs to win 6 beatmaps to win a match. ... (Best-of-11) In the Grand Finals, team needs to win 7 beatmaps to win a match. (Best-of-13)

North & South American Taiko Tournament / North American Taiko Tournament 2018

North American Taiko Tournament 2018 The North American Taiko Tournament 2018 (NATT 2018) was a double-elimination 1v1 osu! ... 08-11/2018-08-12 Semifinals 2018-08-18/2018-08-19 Finals 2018-08-25/2018-08-26 Grand Finals 2018-09-01 Prizes Unique profile badge 4 months of osu ... supporter (or US$12) 1 month of osu! ... Each player can choose to play up to 1 warm-up map. A warm-up must be shorter than 4 minutes. ... In cases where a map results in a tie, the map is nullified and the Player who picked said map will pick another.

Beatmapping / Combo colour

Combo colour For combo colours beatmapping rules, see: Ranking criteria/osu! and Ranking criteria/osu! ... Combo colours defined in a skin will only be used when a mapper does not define any combo colours, or when the player overrides it in their settings. osu ... In osu!, all combosets have a colour. A new combo is started when the colour of the hit object changes. ... The colours will keep repeating themselves depending on how many the mapper defined (or how many your skin's skin.ini file defines). osu!catch In osu!

Skin

Skin A skin is a set of images and audio clips that replace the default ones used by osu!. ... Most of the important UI elements and sounds in osu! can be overridden, or skinned. ... To import an .osk file, simply open it with osu!, or drag and drop it into the game. ... The resulting folder, which contains the skin.ini file, can then be moved into the Skins folder of your osu! installation. ... Popular skin collections Work In Progress Skins forum Remixed Skins forum Completed Skins Compendium Circle People Pro Player Skin Collection In addition

Game modifier / Perfect (mod)

Description The Perfect mod is a game modifier that aims to aid players who are going for an SS grade by automatically failing and retrying beatmaps if the player ... slider break Any of the following acts will not cause the Perfect mod to restart the beatmap: Obtaining a GREAT Completing a spinner Obtaining a PERFECT (osu ... mania) Obtaining a MEH/OK/GOOD on the head/tail of a long note in ScoreV2 (osu!mania) This mod has the same effect across all game modes.

Storyboard

Storyboards are inspired from the animated backgrounds found in Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan. ... Like their inspiration, storyboards are able to adjust to the player's performance in the game and display different things depending on how well the player ... 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!

TAG2 Tournament / TAG2 Tournament 2019

supporter, profile badge 2 months of osu!supporter 1 month of osu! ... Match rules Referees will create the lobby and invite team captains (or another player) 10 minutes before the match is due to start. ... If your team is one player or more short, a default win will be given to the team with the most players available. ... In Freemod, each player may choose from the following mods: EZ, HR, HD, FL along with NoFail (which is required in all maps). ... If a player disconnects during match play, the referee will abort the match.

FAQ

Through the magical power of male cheerleading, the player has to help the people in trouble. How to play? Full explanation: osu! ... During Kiai Time, every successful hit will give the player 20% more points over the current score amount. ... The player will have to press the correct key for that specific note in time. ... It aims to shift the focus from being on the amount of time played to the actual skill of the player. ... There is no difference in any way when comparing a Level 100 player against a Level 1 player except the player's own skills and experience of the game

Beatmap search

than > Greater than <= Less than or equal to >= Greater than or equal to Client Note: The filters only work at the song selection screen, while osu ... song difficulty Name of the beatmap difficulty ar Approach rate cs Circle size od Overall difficulty hp HP drain rate key, keys Number of keys (osu ... This can be one of osu, taiko, catch, or mania, or o/t/c/m for short. status Beatmap status. ... speed Saved osu!mania scroll speed. The scroll speed is always 0 for unplayed maps, or if the Remember osu! ... of the artist title Name of the song source The medium, such as a video game, movie, series, or event, where the song originated from or which it is best

Gameplay / Mind block

Mind block is a term used to describe when a player repeatedly fails or misses on what was a previously easy section of a beatmap, often as a result of ... 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.

Game modifier / Fade In (mod)

Increasing Score Multiplier: 1.00x Default shortcut key: F Compatible game modes: Variant: Hidden Description The Fade In mod is a game modifier for osu ... I.e., the notes fade in later and later the higher and higher a player increases their combo.

Vocaloid Mapping Contest / Vocaloid Mapping Contest

Mappers were tasked with creating the best beatmap possible, and then having them judged by some of the most prominent VOCALOID mappers in the community ... 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.

People / Beatmap Spotlight Curators

All applicants are assessed based on their proficiency as a player, mapper, modder, and tournament mappool selector for their respective game mode. ... 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!

Aetherian's Summer Singles / Aetherian's Summer Singles 2

supporter, profile banner, profile badge 9 months of osu!supporter, profile banner 6 months of osu! ... supporter, profile banner 4th place 4 months of osu!supporter 5th–6th place 2 months of osu!supporter 7th–8th place 1 month of osu! ... Every player is required to join the tournament Discord server. All times will be in UTC. Mappools There will be a new mappool every week. ... If a player disconnects during a map they can replay it after all other maps have been played and all other players have left the lobby. ... If 10 minutes pass and a player is still not in the lobby, the other player wins the match.

Game modifier / Mirror (mod)

The mod achieves this by reflecting the notes across a virtual y-axis that runs down the middle of the osu!mania keyboard. ... Specifically, the mirroring of notes is as follows: The reasoning behind this is that many osu! ... At the time of the feature request's posting, there was already a Mirror-like mod that was implemented in osu! ... (lazer), but due to the Mirror mod's nature of increasing accessibility, it was added into the Stable release of osu! at the time. ... The Mirror mod is the only game modifier in the "Special" category that affects neither the amount of performance points (pp) nor score that a player gains

Disambiguation / Rank (disambiguation)

Rank (disambiguation) Rank can have multiple meanings: A letter grade The player ranking, or a position in online leaderboards The verb "to rank", which

Hit object / Spinner

Spinner A spinner is a hit object in osu! which takes up the entire play area. ... Older beatmaps, using skin version 1.0, will have a meter/gauge to indicate how close the player is to clearing the spinner.

Options / Ignore list

Ignore list The ignore list is a blacklist of words (or users) that a player does not want to be displayed in the chat console.

Game modifier / Auto (mod)

The Auto mod will always get an SS grade, with the exception of a few special cases. osu! In osu! ... catch In osu! ... mod will actually go beyond perfect and use unlimited speed to catch every single banana in a spinner, despite such a feat being impossible for a human player ... . osu! ... mania In osu!

Mapping techniques / Rhythm mapping techniques

Using this requires the player to alternate between the two stacks. ... Using this will force the player to not only move in a circular direction but also require them to return back to the centre after an object was hit. ... The difference is that there these don't use stacks rather, they require the player to move along back and forth between the hit objects. ... Slider Stream Jumps Nominator(s): dkun and MMzz Slider stream jumps is a more advanced technique for osu!.

Rules / Code of conduct for modding and mapping

Code of conduct for modding and mapping The code of conduct for modding and mapping is a set of rules and guidelines that apply to the entirety of the osu ... modding and mapping ecosystem and an extension to the osu! community rules. ... This will ensure your best intentions are conveyed and your post is easy to understand. Be approachable. Discussions are open to all users.

Skinning / Skinning FAQ

taiko elements (and some interface elements when playing an osu!taiko beatmap). How do I reload my skin in osu!? ... You can also exit and reopen osu! ... For example, the player using your skin may not like it if you had only skinned only half of the default numbers and left the others as to use their defaults ... It is best to keep the following resolutions in mind while skinning. 1024x768 (4:3, standard game resolution, the game is based on it) 2048x1536 (4:3, ... Notice: In osu!mania, osu!

Gameplay / Pass

In the case of reaching a break section, an indicator will display with sound to show that the player has passed the previous section.

Beatmap / Beatmap collaborations

timing points where necessary, and then pass their work back to the host, who then combines the changes into a single difficulty by carefully editing its .osu ... on the parts already completed to make gameplay transitions as smooth as possible, there exist so-called blind collabs such as Mitose Noriko - Unreal Player

Slider / Slider tick

If a player fails to collect all the slider ticks in a slider, they will receive a 100 and break their combo.

Game mode

Game mode osu! has four built-in game modes with different mechanics, originally inspired by other rhythm games: osu! osu!taiko osu!catch osu! ... taiko Ctrl + 3 for osu!catch Ctrl + 4 for osu!mania osu! Main page: osu! osu! ... taiko Main page: osu!taiko osu! ... osu!catch Main page: osu!catch In osu! ... catch, fruits of differing varieties fall from the top of the screen, and the player must catch them to the beat.

Guides / Tutorial for beginners

Tutorial for beginners Welcome to the osu! beginner tutorial. The world of osu! can sometimes be a very competitive place. ... The best way you can practice for aiming without playing osu! is using your computer with input device of your own choice. ... The best way to improve is to challenge yourself. ... This allows for direct reading of your input device into osu! itself. ... Alas, it's another way you can get more enjoyment out of 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! ... Please note that if an offence is heavy enough, or if a player is a repeat offender, it may result in an account restriction instead of a silence.

UK Community Cup / UK Community Cup 11

UK Community Cup 11 The UK Community Cup 11 (UKCC 11) was a British 2v2 double-elimination osu! ... kind of mistreatment on the Discord server or during matches (this includes homophobia, racism, and toxicity) will result in a ban and the offending player ... If a player can't be contacted or is not responding to messages through Discord, in-game messages, or forum PMs, contact the staff. ... If a player fails to join the lobby in this time, then the default win will go to the other player. ... For FreeMod picks, one player from each team must select any combination of Hidden or Hard Rock. Tiebreakers are FreeMod, however NoMod can be used.

UK Community Cup / UK Community Cup 8

UK Community Cup 8 The UK Community Cup 8 (UKCC8) was a British 2v2 double-elimination osu! tournament hosted by Bae- and Yazzehh. ... a go #1 Karthy and AJT's Team 5 0 Divert #1 zyphox big noob 5 3 Daveid gives osu a go #1 zyphox big noob 1 0 Divert forfeit Daveid gives osu a go ... Ruleset This tournament is a 2v2 double-elimination British osu! tournament. ... If a player fails to join the lobby in this time, then the default win will go to the other player. ... Failure to pick a map within this time limit results in pick choice being passed to the opposing player.

Offset / Online offset

customised for individual mistimed beatmaps by a website administrator or a member of the Nomination Assessment Team, and is automatically fetched by osu ... This allows the values to be applied even if a player is playing offline as long as they have been connected to the internet prior to importing or playing

Gameplay / Combo (score multiplier)

Combo refers to the number of hit objects a player has hit consecutively without missing or sliderbreaking once. ... This number is displayed in various places during gameplay: Bottom-left in osu!. On the drums in osu!taiko. Above the fruit catcher in osu!catch. ... Centre of the stage in osu!mania (vertical height varies by skin). Max combo is the player's highest achieved combo throughout the play. ... Game modes osu! The following each add a point to the score/combo multiplier: A successful tap on the hit circle. ... Completing the Denden/Shaker Not completing the Denden/Shaker osu!

Vocaloid Mapping Contest / Vocaloid Mapping Contest 2

Mappers were tasked with creating the best beatmap possible, and then having them judged by some of the most prominent VOCALOID mappers in the community ... supporter, Elite Mapper contest points 3rd place 1 month of osu! ... Links Announcement news post osu! contest listing osu!taiko contest listing osu!catch contest listing osu! ... Judges osu! NatsumeRin, Noffy, Mafumafu, Natsu, Shanipika, Nyxa osu!catch Jemzuu, Greaper, autofanboy, Chatie osu! ... - 3rd Cipse The Cuckoo Bird's Beautiful Youth - osu!

UK Community Cup / UK Community Cup 9

UK Community Cup 9 The UK Community Cup 9 (UKCC9) was a British 1v1 double-elimination osu! tournament hosted by Bae- and Yazzehh. ... 7,443,208 760,232 9th place SteffoST 7,243,298 740,908 10th place Ventus 7,095,593 735,019 Ruleset This tournament is a 1v1 double-elimination British osu ... If a player cannot be contacted or is not responding to messages through Discord, in-game messages, or forum PMs, contact the staff. ... If a player fails to join the lobby in this time, then the default win will go to the other player. ... Failure to pick a map within this time limit results in pick choice being passed to the opposing player.

Play style / Drag

Others also claim that the friction keeps the player grounded.

Judgement / Slider break

Gameplay Slider breaks, by their definition, break combo, but instead of a miss, the player will receive a GOOD.

Aetherian's Summer Singles / Aetherian's Summer Singles 3

EzChock #1 dingleton 5 1 Hanori #1 Intercambing 0 -1 angelkanna win by default Ruleset General This tournament is a 1v1 double-elimination osu ... Every player is required to join the tournament Discord server. All times will be in UTC. Mappools There will be a new mappool every week. ... If a player disconnects during a map they can replay it after all other maps have been played and all other players have left the lobby. ... If 10 minutes pass and a player is still not in the lobby, the other player wins the match.

Guides / How to make properly centred spinners in skins

The template skin is 666x666, and while it's safe to go over that limit, spinners can cause lots of lag on slow computers, so it's best to make it under ... Make the document 664x664, so that when we are done, we can pad the edges with transparency, which lets osu! ... backgrounds which match the beatmap background If you want your spinner to have the same background as the actual map, it can be difficult because of a bug in osu

Guides / How to get your map modded

#modreqs is a channel in the osu! ... After reading any information they have there, you can then message them in osu! chat with your request. ... You will probably want to ask friends who at least have a little mapping experience to get the best results.

Beatmap / HP drain rate

It also affects how heavily a player is penalised for missing notes and how much health is gained back by accurately hitting hit objects.

Beatmap editor / Song setup window

Circle size has no effect in osu!taiko. For osu! ... As a result, missing a single note will trigger a cascade failure and make the player fail the beatmap. ... Mode-specific The Allowed Modes dropdown is used to create osu!taiko, osu!catch, or osu! ... The Use special style (N+1 style) for mania checkbox does not do anything, considering the player can set a personal preference in the options using the ... osu!

Help centre / Account

supporter tags or other items from the osu! ... This username change can be redeemed at the osu!store page. ... If a player has not signed in for at least 6 months and has no plays, their username may be claimed via the osu! ... store player name change page for the standard fee associated with username changes. ... If that player does have any plays across all game modes, a non-linear function is used to calculate how much extra time is added to those 6 months.

Beatmap / Beatmap description

Popular descriptions of ranked beatmaps often include the following: A list of all the guest difficulties and their creators Information that would help a player

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