Expertise

2021-06-26

https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/1501472#osu/3076552 looking at the mbc may winner pretty cool and all default hitsounds except normal-hitclap

looking at zev's entry (#7, mapper of https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/696648#osu/1713392) I can see why it didn't win but it's still kinda cool

for these contests you have to choose a mapping style that enables you to show the most mapping expertise

zev's entry is simplistic in nature compared to DeviousPanda's

side note: this could be why some mappers like andrea that are capable of producing rankable maps don't participate in contests

just using andrea as an example, although the general idea is mappers that are capable of producing rankable content but know that their mapping style won't score high in contests

2021-06-27

have I mentioned fanzhen's map today btw? gonna mention it again anyway since I think it's one of the best maps to reference when it comes to mapping concepts

although I like flux3on's mapping style, the symmetry restriction prevents certain parts of the song from being expressed as well as they could (see https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/1401708#osu/2891558, fanzhen's map doesn't have this restriction)

both are rankable and demonstrate a high knowledge of mapping, the way fanzhen mapped it just demonstrates more mapping expertise

2021-06-28

disappointed that generic high diffs placed higher than me in MSS but they do demonstrate more mapping expertise than I did (I believe I followed the song more closely however)

I assume the judges and the mappers making the generic maps don't know japanese so that could be part of the reason why cool lyrics go unexpressed

my diff was also on the lower side in terms of sr since I wanted to map something I could play (and since higher sr leaves less room for error, it tends to demonstrate more mapping expertise)

some of these maps are pretty good so I don't mind losing to them

for my map I could've remapped the beginning and I also had a snapping error (didn't hitsound either rip)

thought I was improving my mapping speed but these mappers can map way faster than me