You guys have spoken and the results are finally in! Personally I was hoping something to overtake Gangnam Style style for #1, but it held strong with a 66% lead in votes over FREEDOM DiVE at #2. Check out the full list of the top 100 maps here!

Best of 2012 Packs: Part 1 Part 2
Best of 2012 Chart

Wow unsurprising, who would've thought.

At least Saten's made it into the top 10 yay.

Gangnam Style?
Гавноедство.

31 maps wow

1 word.

Meh.

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

I'd try harder in 2013 w.

Gangnam style is greatly overrated. People voted for the song, not for the map

\o/

NatsumeRin wrote: 2q1fi

I'd try harder in 2013 w.

I should restart to map more Nightcore Mix seems xD

Reviz wrote: 5j3l9

Gangnam style is greatly overrated. People voted for the song, not for the map

Pretty much this.

Also, no one really good map was picked.

What a shame.

Pokie wrote: 2o5v4s

NatsumeRin wrote: 2q1fi

I'd try harder in 2013 w.

How unexpected not

It is very clear what the votes where based upon and it is clearly not the quality of the map itself, nor the interaction with the storyboard.

I am disappointed, the result are very different of what I voted for:(
Freedom dive, mythologia, big black, scarlet rose ... I don't even have a chance of getting high in the chart

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: 4f31r

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: 2q1fi

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: 37b68

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: 4f31r

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: 5u7256

LKs wrote: 37b68

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: 336t5h

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: 2o4839

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: 5u7256

SRSLY?

Well
Players will need luck for this chart

Mercurial wrote: 6n5l4c

Old Times =/

:/

DDT33 wrote: 1a1e2b

Andrea wrote: 2o4839

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: 5u7256

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: 2q1fi

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: 2o4839

DDT33 wrote: 1a1e2b

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: 4n4t36

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: 162x4

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: 6n5l4c

Old Times =/

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

DDT33 wrote: 1a1e2b

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: n2z38

I'd try harder in 2013 w.

EDIT

Tshemmp wrote: 4n4t36

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: 15w3b

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: t3k6n

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: 726f1o

I WILL NOT

NOT

FUCKING

FORGIVE

THIS

I am sorry.

haha5957 wrote: 15w3b

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: t3k6n

Shiro wrote: t3k6n

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: 5q3u13

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: 2p1611

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: 2q1fi

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: 532rd

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: 4n4t36

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: 3mi6z

chaotic_iak wrote: 336t5h

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: 655a6s

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: 5k1d69

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: 15w3b

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: 655a6s

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: 15w3b

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

^this