FREEDOM DiVE gets the second place. Mostly because it's a hell map? (Considering Scarlet Rose and Mythologia's End are tying for third, this makes sense.)

So most votes fall to popular songs and/or hell maps. A good look at osu!'s demographics.

Congrats for the mapper of Gangnam Style for seizing the opportunity of, well, making the Gangnam Style beatmap so it can win Best of 2012.

The votes were clearly made for the remarkability of the map, and not the song. If it were the song, we wouldn't have maps like Big Black or Freedom Dive, which redefined the standards for extremely tough maps in 2012.

Nevertheless, rainbow dash in #60 was actually very surprising.

simply change the title to "Best song of 2012"

that solves all the problems in 1s

Congratz the guys who win this.

Blue Dragon wrote: 353cq

The votes were clearly made for the remarkability of the map, and not the song. If it were the song, we wouldn't have maps like Big Black or Freedom Dive, which redefined the standards for extremely tough maps in 2012.

Can't agree it. Top 100 of 2012 is still dominated by Touhou, anime op/ed and Vocaloid. However there are still additional cases so we saw FD, big black, dragons and so forth on the list

so the order people vote is basically:

1. songs' popularity
2. date of maps being ranked (Dec→Jan)
3. map's difficulty (Extra→Insane)
4. who's the mapper
5. maps' quality

but all of those don't matter. This is what more important ↓

NatsumeRin wrote: 3k1z6z

I'd try harder in 2013 w.

big black and GANGNAM STYLE can on the list.... it shows that they just vote for the song and how hard it is

Because the best maps are maps you can't even play... and gangnam style

best solution: remove gangnam style and all val/nakagawa/bd maps and re-do it.


/out

LKs wrote: 24g2m

so the order people vote is basically:

1. songs' popularity
2. date of maps being ranked (Dec→Jan)
3. map's difficulty (Extra→Insane)
4. who's the mapper
5. maps' quality

^

Blue Dragon wrote: 353cq

best solution: remove gangnam style and all val/nakagawa/bd maps and re-do it.


/out

add BD as one of my respect mappers

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Gangnam Style #1

STBlack wrote: 3g4gw

LKs wrote: 24g2m

so the order people vote is basically:

1. songs' popularity
2. date of maps being ranked (Dec→Jan)
3. map's difficulty (Extra→Insane)
4. who's the mapper
5. maps' quality

Yep, this pins it down perfectly. People forget about maps which are older than 2-3 months unless they were blasted away by the map or the song is particularly good for them. One just doesn't have a good overview about every single map they've played. even when I voted I forgot a few maps which are actually amazing, yet failed to them (coz I got bad memory mb ? ._.).
Can't change anything about it though, congrats to yeahyeahyeahhh & may the song not influence the votes as much in '13

chaotic_iak wrote: 1b4126

FREEDOM DiVE gets the second place. Mostly because it's a hell map? (Considering Scarlet Rose and Mythologia's End are tying for third, this makes sense.)

So most votes fall to popular songs and/or hell maps. A good look at osu!'s demographics.

Congrats for the mapper of Gangnam Style for seizing the opportunity of, well, making the Gangnam Style beatmap so it can win Best of 2012.

Lol I mapped it cause I liked the song not so it can win best of 2012. Happy30 and I mapped it just for fun.how the fuck was I supposed to know it was going to become so popular? I guess I'm psychic.

Some of you guys are taking this shit wayyyyyyy too personally .

Grats to all mappers of 2012, some great maps I enjoyed this year, looking forward to some good maps this year as well.

Sigh...totally expected this. Like the majority of popular polls,the most popular songs/maps win instead of the other ones. This happened on many polls,and well,I'm not surprised on seeing these results.

What is a gangnam style?

You guys care too much, really.

I request a pp ranking system for this.

Congrats to everyone who made it into the top 100!

i guess this would happen when it was decided that the app maps also count, but i never thought it would be so dominating. i cant say it is better or worse than the past ones, just a little curious that if voters really chose the maps they really consider as "best"

0108 the biggest winner for create/take part in half of the top 10, really amazing, really

Andrea wrote: 1r6d5e

You guys care too much, really.

if we don't care, why we should vote it? for fun?
HAHAHA, it's fun now

Gratz! As expected of Gangnam style...

STBlack wrote: 3g4gw

SRSLY?

Well
Players will need luck for this chart

Mercurial wrote: 5t3f12

Old Times =/

:/

DDT33 wrote: 2j3o2g

Andrea wrote: 1r6d5e

You guys care too much, really.

if we don't care, why we should vote it? for fun?
HAHAHA, it's fun now

Don't forget this is a game ^^

STBlack wrote: 3g4gw

None of my maps made it top 100 as expected. I'm still curious to know how many votes they had. Would it be possible to have that information ?

NatsumeRin wrote: 3k1z6z

Thanks for the guys who ed Utatabigarasu and Tenshinranman High Collar Hime.

I'd try harder in 2013 w.

Tenshinranman High Collar Hime
Very good map!

Andrea wrote: 1r6d5e

DDT33 wrote: 2j3o2g

if we don't care, why we should vote it? for fun?
HAHAHA, it's fun now

Don't forget this is a game ^^

dear andrea, you know it's not easy for every mapper to rank a map. this game has an incredibly rigid ranking system, which is not quite enjoyable to get that shit done.

we love this game and we respect all the mappers who work hard to create the awesome maps that make this game funny enough to play with. you'd better not to tell people they care too much because you don't care, andrea can get a map ranked within 48hrs, but normally, they CAN NOT

Don't be so serious, that's a game and we play it for fun. Everyone has his own best in mind.
I love this community

Glad to see a couple of Ztrots maps got on there *-*

Can't wait to see how 2013 turns out~

Uguu gangnam style .-. and yaay scarlet rose nr 3

My reaction to these results is a tilde.

~

I am heavily disappointed. This is way worse than last year.

Well, it might be unfair towards newer of the community (better call them playerbase) but I think one shouldn't be allowed to vote unless one has decent experience about maps (that means a specific playcount).

Edit: or maybe give more experienced more weigth on their votes.

Ok, that was funny. At least I got #17. Yay.

Best of 2010 Top 32:
AR9: 3
AR8: 24
AR7: 5

Best of 2011 Top 30:
AR9: 17
AR8: 12
AR7: 1

Best of 2012 Top 30:
AR10: 2
AR9: 23
AR8: 4
AR7: 1

Best of 2013:
AR10: ??
AR9: ??


Good Map ≈ AR9

Tshemmp wrote: 8453e

I am heavily disappointed. This is way worse than last year.

I just can agree with this. Stuff like No pain, No game appears three Time at the List. Yeah, tell that this Votes aren't by Fanboys/girls.

I feel nothing, except that my nose is itching.

Ibuki Suika wrote: 5j2d2a

Best of 2010 Top 32:
AR9: 3
AR8: 24
AR7: 5

Best of 2011 Top 30:
AR9: 17
AR8: 12
AR7: 1

Best of 2012 Top 30:
AR10: 2
AR9: 23
AR8: 4
AR7: 1

Best of 2013:
AR10: ??
AR9: ??


Good Map ≈ AR9

Inb4 AR11 introduced

/me runs

i thought they looked alright

Welp, I just can shit bricks by seeing the Top 10. I only wish Mixagji gz for the Map.

Mercurial wrote: 5t3f12

Old Times =/

I have actually tears in my eyes ing how epic 2011 was and how bad 2012 is in comparison

DDT33 wrote: 2j3o2g

dear andrea, you know it's not easy for every mapper to rank a map. this game has an incredibly rigid ranking system, which is not quite enjoyable to get that shit done.

we love this game and we respect all the mappers who work hard to create the awesome maps that make this game funny enough to play with. you'd better not to tell people they care too much because you don't care, andrea can get a map ranked within 48hrs, but normally, they CAN NOT

Dont overreact >_> My map got ranked in almost a whole year and it is not in this ranking, And I dont care that much about it = =

I think the maps are finely mapped and I thought some of them were actually fun to play OAO;;

NatsumeRin, Polie, mintong89 wrote: r2o2d

I'd try harder in 2013 w.

EDIT

Tshemmp wrote: 8453e

Edit: or maybe give more experienced more weigth on their votes.

This would be actually a quite nice idea OAO

No Almagest. Sniff.

Map insane stuff (=we have 8+ nhyperinsane maps in top30) then boom there goes your best of 2012

I do understand ppl who votes for gangnam style. but honestly why the bigblack fd? can even ppl it?

especially freedom dive, not even 10 ppl in this game can it nonemod. I'm not saying that the map is bad but i just cant understand.


ppl votes for something that they cant even play and call it a best of 2012. great job guys

Gangnam Style is heard by millions worldwide, so they wanted to play this song in music games, like osu!. So they think... no other option, just to vote Gangnam Style.

Tells u more about the voters when Gangnam style gets 1st place. LOL.

haha5957 wrote: 6t1fq

Map insane stuff (=we have 8+ nhyperinsane maps in top30) then boom there goes your best of 2012

I do understand ppl who votes for gangnam style. but honestly why the bigblack fd? can even ppl it?

especially freedom dive, not even 10 ppl in this game can it nonemod. I'm not saying that the map is bad but i just cant understand.


ppl votes for something that they cant even play and call it a best of 2012. great job guys

Agree with you!

Are they voting properly? It's appropriate to vote for the mapping style, but not the song.

I WILL NOT

NOT

FUCKING

FORGIVE

THIS

Good Job Everyone!

Shiro wrote: 3e4m3t

None of my maps made it top 100 as expected. I'm still curious to know how many votes they had. Would it be possible to have that information ?

Reposting that. Also wouldn't it be more interesting to have the full results ? I suppose everyone wonders how many votes their maps got.

Chyo-Kun wrote: 1i39

I WILL NOT

NOT

FUCKING

FORGIVE

THIS

I am sorry.

haha5957 wrote: 6t1fq

Map insane stuff (=we have 8+ nhyperinsane maps in top30) then boom there goes your best of 2012

I do understand ppl who votes for gangnam style. but honestly why the bigblack fd? can even ppl it?

especially freedom dive, not even 10 ppl in this game can it nonemod. I'm not saying that the map is bad but i just cant understand.


ppl votes for something that they cant even play and call it a best of 2012. great job guys

my thoughts exactly

Shiro wrote: 3e4m3t

Shiro wrote: 3e4m3t

None of my maps made it top 100 as expected. I'm still curious to know how many votes they had. Would it be possible to have that information ?

Reposting that. Also wouldn't it be more interesting to have the full results ? I suppose everyone wonders how many votes their maps got.

I agree but I got two maps in the top 100 so I'm pretty damn happy

I cried a little on the inside at some of these. But it was expected

6 taiko guest diffs in top 100~
You never know how many got voted because of taiko diffs. 8D

Well, Bangarang got in there. Good for Tic.

Backfire wrote: 5y252a

Well, Bangarang got in there. Good for Tic.

Yes because being #16 in a ranking where Gangnam Style is #1 definitly says something about the mapping quality

BrokenArrow wrote: 6i5o49

Yes because being #16 in a ranking where Gangnam Style is #1 definitly says something about the mapping quality

I think if Gangnam Style was just inelligible, the list would have been 50% better. That said, the rest is mostly anime and "lmao super hart" stuff.

Bangarang is a good, fun map (LC's guest is good) but I was pulling for it because I was involved. Plus, I kind of like Skrillex :p

But I understand where you're coming from. There's not much we can do about these people voting for their "favorite song" instead of favorite map. Even last year it was kind of like that. Neu and Gold Dust were really fucking epic songs that happened to have some of the best maps on them. It's just this year, there is no songs like this, but instead, lots of vocaloid/dubstep/anime/youtube shit.

If you could not have expected this top 10 list when you were voting, then you should have been prepared to be disappointed.

I kind of expected this, and there's no map in the top 100 from the 10 I voted for.

NatsumeRin wrote: 3k1z6z

Thanks for the guys who ed Utatabigarasu and Tenshinranman High Collar Hime.

I'd try harder in 2013 w.

so happy that Utatabigarasu got in XD my favorite map in osu! XD

why croatian rhapsody isn't in top 100?

Nice taste

Norbi wrote: 16160

I kind of expected this, and there's no map in the top 100 from the 10 I voted for.

This.

There're some epic mappers (Shiro, Shiirn are some examples) who didn't get their maps in the 100th list (Except for Chain Destruction, but I'm pretty sure it was by Miku).

Really disapointed.

complaining won't help now, just accept the results, you can't change anything anymore,..
it was kinda obvious that gangnam style would win

Two maps by val0108 and 2 of his guest diffs are in top 10. I'm satisfied

Wow really
who the hell voted those maps
this game is full of .. asdfasdf

*trauma*

also only a few of us voted based on the map itself

edit:

Tshemmp wrote: 8453e

Well, it might be unfair towards newer of the community (better call them playerbase) but I think one shouldn't be allowed to vote unless one has decent experience about maps (that means a specific playcount).

Edit: or maybe give more experienced more weigth on their votes.

this is actually a perfect idea... newbie guys just vote for the songs lol

I predicted that most of the list was going to be approved maps....

It was phrased wrongly IMO. This list described people's favorite maps in osu. Favorite maps != best maps in general. If we're trying to avoid popularity contest and song bias, it's hard to judge the best songs in osu from which songs we've enjoyed the most, because song choice does play a large role in the enjoyment one has in playing the map.

It would have been more accurate if there was different categories. We could them split overall favorite songs in one category and then have a different category for best technical maps (as in gameplay), and best customized. Also this was obviously biased towards a certain mode. It would be obvious that people from other modes would favor the approved maps, because they provide a greater challenge. If we're going for a more fair rating, there would be a category for best technical, and best all around mapset (mapset that overall was highest quality, restriction - must contain full ranked set to count).

P.S. no I didn't vote for gangnam style. I change my vote long ago.

yeahyeahyeahhh wrote: 6v1t3w

chaotic_iak wrote: 1b4126

FREEDOM DiVE gets the second place. Mostly because it's a hell map? (Considering Scarlet Rose and Mythologia's End are tying for third, this makes sense.)

So most votes fall to popular songs and/or hell maps. A good look at osu!'s demographics.

Congrats for the mapper of Gangnam Style for seizing the opportunity of, well, making the Gangnam Style beatmap so it can win Best of 2012.

Lol I mapped it cause I liked the song not so it can win best of 2012. Happy30 and I mapped it just for fun.how the fuck was I supposed to know it was going to become so popular? I guess I'm psychic.

Some of you guys are taking this shit wayyyyyyy too personally .

Grats to all mappers of 2012, some great maps I enjoyed this year, looking forward to some good maps this year as well.

a lot of people are buttmad because their favorite HOLYSHIT500BPMSOFUCKINGHARDCORE map didn't get #1, I knew it would happen l0l.

congrats bro

list is a joke anyways, maps like worldenddominator and AugoEidEs getting ed by shitty TVsized maps

btw I voted Gangnam Style for the madz, and I don't think there's anything bad about the map itself

Glass wrote: 2r5g1b

a lot of people are buttmad because their favorite HOLYSHIT500BPMSOFUCKINGHARDCORE map didn't get #1, I knew it would happen l0l

congrats bro

btw I voted Gangnam Style for the madz, and I don't think there's anything bad about the map itself

uhmm i think you should re-read everything, we are mad because the best mapped stuff didn't even get a nice ranking. And the HOLYSHIT500BPMSOFUCKINGHARDCORE that you talk about actually made it really high.
dat logic

Snepif wrote: 2q3o38

uhmm i think you should re-read everything, we are mad because the best mapped stuff didn't even get a nice ranking. And the HOLYSHIT500BPMSOFUCKINGHARDCORE that you talk about actually made it really high.
dat logic

no, most of you are mad because GS got #1.

also, talk about logic when you actually know what that word means thx.

and are you actually surprised that some bad maps got onto the list? These are the criteria on which a lot of people vote for their "favorites":
1. How popular is the song
2. How popular is the anime
3. How much they jerk themselves when they watch the top players play the map

haha5957 wrote: 6t1fq

Map insane stuff (=we have 8+ nhyperinsane maps in top30) then boom there goes your best of 2012

I do understand ppl who votes for gangnam style. but honestly why the bigblack fd? can even ppl it?

especially freedom dive, not even 10 ppl in this game can it nonemod. I'm not saying that the map is bad but i just cant understand.


ppl votes for something that they cant even play and call it a best of 2012. great job guys

^ this guy gets it.

It doesn't matter if gangnam style got number 1. It's a list of favorites. A map does not need to be a quality map and it doesn't even need to be balanced to be a favorite map.

Glass wrote: 2r5g1b

a lot of people are buttmad because their favorite HOLYSHIT500BPMSOFUCKINGHARDCORE map didn't get #1, I knew it would happen l0l.

hehe,Bestof2013#1isbigmoney

A lot of maps deserved to be higher but weren't. Oh well that's the nature of public voting.

haha5957 wrote: 6t1fq

ppl votes for something that they cant even play and call it a best of 2012. great job guys

^this

I'm honestly surprised about the reactions.
I mean, the results were obvious to begin with, why are you guys so shocked?

also yeah, gratz to all the mappers :3

Tshemmp wrote: 8453e

Well, it might be unfair towards newer of the community (better call them playerbase) but I think one shouldn't be allowed to vote unless one has decent experience about maps (that means a specific playcount).

Edit: or maybe give more experienced more weigth on their votes.

me mappers, I accept bribes

Nothing against gangnam, >I< just think it is a normal map like any other with nothing special (except for the song) and didn't deserve #1 at all.
But it is done, so yeah.

Zarerion wrote: 54f6m

I'm honestly surprised about the reactions.
I mean, the results were obvious to begin with, why are you guys so shocked?

also yeah, gratz to all the mappers :3

Hope never dies.

... I'm so disapointed
Why people is so stupid?

mfw paintings over dragons

This isn't the list of best maps; this is the list of most favourite maps.

Zarerion wrote: 54f6m

I mean, the results were obvious to begin with, why are you guys so shocked?

Then, why we must vote?
If your logic is correct, then all my votes and the rest of the votes are useless.

Nice logic, dude.

Charles445 wrote: 2362o

mfw paintings over dragons

HAHAHAHA LOL wtf?

those wrote: 4o2b6g

This isn't the list of best maps; this is the list of most favourite maps.

Just thought the same thing as I dont like most high placed maps too much :3
But yeah, votes are votes ~
Gratz to mappers whose maps made it in :3

This list is really just a popularity contest, since everyone has an equally weighted vote regardless of if you've only played 2 maps last year or every single one, someone should try reranking these by taking the # of votes divided by the number of plays each mapset has, that may produce a slightly more accurate "best of" list.

I mean, it's no suprise Gangnam Style won, it was the most played map by a landslide this year.

Oh, good thing I mapped some popular animu tv-saizu.
Now I got two maps in the top 100. \o/

Wow guys, please take your negative attitudes away from this thread. This is not a competition. It is a study of what osu! players as an overall group enjoyed the most. Every person has their own method of enjoyment. This is the best – not favourite – of osu! in 2012. Let this be a reminder that not every player out there plays osu! for no-background-no-skin-320x240-tablet-SS-or-nothing-super-serious-600bpm-stream-maps-all-day-every-day. A lot of people play for enjoyment and casually play songs for enjoyment, and get this enjoyment from the songs they voted for. If you cannot accept this, then just turn a blind eye to these threads rather than complaining about the process or results.

I will lock the thread soon if there's no further constructive conversation happening .

I'm no-background-no-skin-1366x768-tablet-SS but... ;_;

Although i disagree, this is pretty much a favourite list. And yes, i've stoped checking these threads after 2010.

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

It's that time of year again, where we round up the beatmaps crafted over the last 12 months and turn to you guys to find out which were the most loved maps! It's been a busy year, with 1,446 maps ranked in total, so make sure to think carefully before choo to ten of your favourite creations. to vote based on the mapping, not the song itself!

http://osu-ppy-sh.jeuxcrack.net/p/bestof2012

Just saying.


Anyways, best does not mean most enjoyable IMO. I voted for a song that I didn't even play that much simply because it was high quality. Most of my selection was songs that I personally enjoyed even if they were not the most technical. I'm surprised He's a Pirate made it on the list at all. I was wholly surprised to see so many people agree with me on that.

What was an even bigger surprised is that Rainbow dash likes girls made the list. If we're talking about best maps, and most enjoyable maps, that song has nothing but hate for it in the comments, and it's so awkward to play. I don't understand why people find those kind of maps enjoyable. If someone who voted for it, would post, and give me a reason why they voted for it, I am very curious to know the mindset behind voting for such a stress-inducing map, that is just spamming overly difficult patterns in areas.

Mercurial wrote: 5t3f12

1 word.

Meh.

As expected..

why aren't people restricted to vote for maps they've actually played?

JappyBabes wrote: 5m344u

why aren't people restricted to vote for maps they've actually played?

*ed, because most of us have tried hardcore maps at least once for the lulz.

peppy wrote: 6w4l42

not every player out there plays osu! for no-background-no-skin-320x240-tablet-SS-or-nothing-super-serious-600bpm-stream-maps-all-day-every-day

love.

But yeah, bitter feelings as usual (for every kind of chart anyway) because none of my maps have made it in, gg will try harder next time

Pika girl...

There should be a rule to ban the vote map unless you have 5.000 playcount or 1 map ranked.

It's stupid I know, but I'm pretty sure of most people who voted here are newbies at all.

They're still part of the community. No reason to leave their votes out. Unless someone makes 40 s to vote 40 times for the same maps.