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Vocaloid Mapping Contest 2

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The Vocaloid Mapping Contest (VMC) is a beatmapping contest hosted by the Vocaloid Appreciation Team, and is all about promoting VOCALOID, UTAU, and other vocal synth songs and artists that have fallen through the cracks. 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.

This second iteration of the VMC featured a new VOCALOID Featured Artist, support for every game mode, and the return of a legendary VOCALOID mapper as a guest judge.

Contest schedule

Event Timestamp
Announcement 2024-01-28
Submission 2024-01-28 to 2024-03-01
Screening1 2024-03-01 to 2024-03-08
Judging 2024-03-08 to 2024-04-05
Results livestream 2024-04-07 @ 18:00 UTC

The results were streamed live on the Vocaloid Appreciation Team Twitch account with commentary. Recordings for all of the contests are available on the Vocaloid Appreciation Team YouTube channel.

Prizes

Placing Prize(s)
1st place Custom VMC 2 Winner VOCALOID plushie2 (made by Noffy), 6 months of osu!supporter, Elite Mapper contest points, VMC 2 Winner profile badge
2nd place 2 months of osu!supporter, Elite Mapper contest points
3rd place 1 month of osu!supporter, Elite Mapper contest points

All participating mappers receive constructive feedback from experienced mappers in the community.

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Ruleset

  • Submissions must use one of the songs from the selection below. Cut versions are not allowed.
  • Submissions must be in .osz format.
  • Beatmaps should abide by the ranking criteria. While we can be forgiving for mistakes (such as an accidental off-screen object), submissions that contain intentional unrankables (not due to simple error, such as sliderator) will be disqualified. Mappers will be notified if this occurs.
  • Submissions must not be publicly revealed until after the results are announced.
  • Excluding metadata, submissions must not include anything that could reveal your identity. Metadata will be anonymised before submissions are relayed to judges and screeners.
  • Collaborations are not allowed. This is a solo contest.
  • Submissions must not include storyboards or videos.
  • Your submission must not have any edits to the .osu file that would not be possible through the editor. This is not Aspire. You are permitted to change any difficulty settings, backgrounds, green lines, SV, hitsounds, etc.
  • Your submission must have only one difficulty.

Judges

Game mode Judges
osu! NatsumeRin, Noffy, Mafumafu, Natsu, Shanipika, Nyxa
osu!catch Jemzuu, Greaper, autofanboy, Chatie
osu!taiko Alchyr, aceticke, Hivie, Lumenite-, Jonarwhal-
osu!mania Decku, Maxus, Monoseul, BadDragon

Judging criteria

Criterion Points Description
Relevance 30 How well does the map fit the song? Do the elements of the map match the elements of the song, and is the map fundamentally inseparable from the song it is paired with?
Creativity 25 How unique and outstanding is the map and the elements within it compared to the current mapping meta? How well does it stand out from the crowd? Does it evoke a feeling of "wow!", "that's cool!", or "that's super interesting!"? Generic mapping that copies the current mapping meta or concepts from other famous maps is discouraged.
Expertise 20 This refers to how well the map executes the elements it presents, encompassing the technical skills of the mapper, as well as the map's consistency, structure, and style. Judges will score this entry considering the overarching picture of the map, and will avoid nitpicking small details.
Overall Impression 20 The VOCALOID mappers participating as judges for this contest will all have personal biases with regard to how these songs are mapped. The judges will provide comments regarding the score they give.
Hitsounding3 5 Rankable hitsounds can give up to 2 points, but hitsounds that fundamentally add to the experience and complement the map in a unique way can give the full 5 points.

Songs

5 songs were selected by the staff from those provided by iroha(sasaki) for the purpose of this mapping contest. These songs were selected based on several factors, such as whether they have been ranked in the past, their suitability for the purposes of contest mapping, and other factors.

Please be sure to support iroha(sasaki).

Song VOCALOID Lyricist Length BPM Template
The Cuckoo Bird's Beautiful Youth VY1 & Kagamine Rin π 5:18 160 .osz
Shirley!! Kagamine Rin π 4:59 165 .osz
Devolution Kagamine Rin kuma(alfred) 4:26 190 .osz
14 (Miku ver.) Hatsune Miku π 4:55 128 .osz
sigh Kagamine Rin iroha(sasaki) 4:08 148 .osz

Results

osu!

Detailed scores, judge comments, and final placements are available on the Mappers' Guild website.

Placement User Song (map link) Badge prize
1st Nuolong 14
2nd yaspo 14 -
3rd Meijiro McQueen Devolution -
4th celerih Devolution -
5th Nijika Ijichi The Cuckoo Bird's Beautiful Youth -

osu!taiko

Detailed scores, judge comments, and final placements are available available on the Mappers' Guild website.

Placement User Song (map link) Badge prize
1st uone Devolution
2nd Nifty Devolution -
3rd -Kazuha Shirley!! -

osu!catch

Detailed scores, judge comments, and final placements are available available on the Mappers' Guild website.

Placement User Song (map link) Badge prize
1st Dika312 Shirley!!
2nd Unlucky_w Shirley!! -
3rd Cipse The Cuckoo Bird's Beautiful Youth -

osu!mania

Detailed scores, judge comments, and final placements are available available on the Mappers' Guild website.

Placement User Song (map link) Badge prize
1st Micleak Devolution
2nd Vincy_02 Devolution -
3rd TheMoonLoop Devolution -

Notes

  1. Screening will only occur in modes with a large number of entries. ↑

  2. Prize only for participants of the osu! game mode, due to its one-of-a-kind nature. ↑

  3. Hitsounding category is only applicable to osu! and osu!catch. ↑