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osu!taiko Featured Artist Cup #3

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The osu!taiko Featured Artist Cup #3 (o!tfac #3) was an osu!taiko mapping contest where contestants were simply asked to map a song from one of osu!'s Featured Artists, this time with a twist: mappers must form teams of 2.

Contest schedule

Event Timestamp (UTC)
Mapping phase 2022-10-23/2022-11-06 00:00
Screening phase 2022-11-07/2022-11-21 00:00
Judging phase 2022-11-22/2022-12-06 00:00
Results 2022-12-23

Organisation

The osu!taiko Featured Artist Cup #3 was run by various community members.

Position Member(s)
Host Hivie
Designer Tanza3D
Judge Axer, Boaz, Nifty, [Zeth]
Screener Arach, Axer, Burak, Cynplytholowazy, Eyenine, Jaltzu, meiqth

Prizes

This contest featured the re-introduction of MBC points, in the form of contest points, as a reward present in future official contests in order to provide a more streamlined path to the Elite Mapper title. The title is attainable by reaching 6 points.

Placing Prize(s)
Gold crown 6 months of osu!supporter, Ranked status,1 unique profile badge, 3 points
Silver crown 4 months of osu!supporter, Ranked status,1 unique profile badge, 2 points
Bronze crown 2 months of osu!supporter, Ranked status,1 unique profile badge, 1 point

Podium

This contest has come to an end and resulted in the following podium:

Rank Team Beatmap Judging Judge's Impression (20) Ranking Criteria (20) Structure (40) Relevance (40) Creativity (40) Total (standardised/raw)
Gold crown Code:Red ( Ph0eNiiXZ, Kusuhara Yui) Camellia - Kamah (Scythe) details 20 20 38 38 35 5.26 (151)
Silver crown ?XD ( arcpotato, _gt) Kikuo - Ten Sho Sho Ten Sho details 19 19 36 37 37 4.22 (148)
Bronze crown :3 ( woosungko, Horiiizon) Camellia - BAD ACCESS (FROM A MOE MAID) details 19 20 36 34 36 4.15 (145)

Ruleset

Contest rules

  • Entries must be in the osu!taiko game mode only.
  • Entries must be in .osz format.
  • Contestants must submit ONE difficulty of any song they choose from the Featured Artist library.
  • Entries must not exceed the drain time of 7 minutes. There will a bit of leeway in cases where the drain time is really close to the 7 minute mark.
  • Entries should abide by the Ranking Criteria. Mistakes happen and points will be deducted for them, but submissions that cannot be ranked without major changes will be disqualified. The following categories of the Ranking Criteria may be ignored for the sake of this contest:
    • Audio
    • Metadata
    • Skinning
    • Spread requirements
    • Storyboarding
    • Video and background
  • Team name and members must be confirmed through this form.
    • If your country does not support Google Forms, send Hivie a message.
    • Teams consist of 2 members, the captain and the teammate.
    • Only the person who's registered as the captain is allowed to submit an entry through the contest listing.
    • Having someone other than the captain to submit, or submitting an entry without a confirmed team will result in a disqualification.
  • Entries must NOT be publicly revealed before judging concludes and results are announced.

Judging criteria

  • Structure (10 Points): Points will be assigned based on how well the map is internally designed (consistency, concept introduction, etc.).
  • Relevance (10 Points): Points will be assigned based on how well the map represents the song and how well it plays.
  • Creativity (10 Points): Points will be assigned based on how the submission uses creative and fitting elements to make itself stand out.
  • Judge's Impression (5 Points): Points will be assigned based on what the judge thinks about your entry.
  • Ranking Criteria (5 Points): Points will be assigned based on how well the map abides by the ranking criteria.

Notes

  1. Hivie and another Beatmap Nominator will check and nominate the entry if the mappers choose to, and if they get the necessary difficulties to form a rankable spread when needed