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| title: "New Featured Artist: SiLiS" | ||
| date: 2025-02-08 15:55:00 +0000 | ||
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| Anyone who's paid attention to tournaments throughout the last few years has probably heard of **SiLiS**, our latest Featured Artist! | ||
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| With a decade of experience arranging music for concerts and performing in local Chinese Orchestra groups, **SiLiS** has transferred his knowledge to the realm of rhythm game music production, having produced an ever-growing collection of [bespoke music](/wiki/Community/Bespoke_music) for osu!. | ||
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| The Ranked section is no stranger to **SiLiS**'s work either, with maps like [Reminiscing Onward](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/2241960), [GAME MAKE OVER](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/2123356), and [Isekai Magistrate](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/2262171) showcasing his talent. | ||
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| Here's what you're actually here for: **23** new songs on [**SiLiS**'s Featured Artist listing](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/artists/434), each paired with a pre-timed beatmap template. | ||
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| See what's in store for yourself: | ||
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| ### [takehirotei & SiLiS - WATAGASHI RUSH](https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/434/Songs/takehirotei__SiLiS_-_WATAGASHI_RUSH.osz) | ||
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| Attendees at [KEL LAN Tournament 3](https://osu.ppy.sh/home/news/2024-11-18-kel-lan-tournament-3-signups-now-open) were the first to learn that **SiLiS** was a Featured Artist! [WATAGASHI RUSH](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/2320691) was mapped by [netnesanya](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/6017901) and [Kyairie](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/10910405) specifically for the tournament: | ||
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| <source src="https://assets.ppy.sh/media/news/silis_release_showcase.mp4" type="video/mp4" preload="none"> | ||
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| ### [SiLiS - GAME MAKE OVER](https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/434/Songs/SiLiS_-_GAME_MAKE_OVER.osz) | ||
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| If 4K osu!mania is your thing, try [this map](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/2123356) from [4 Digit osu!mania World Cup 2024](/wiki/Tournaments/4DM/2024) mapped by [Saemitsu](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/14262789) and [RuleBlazing](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/7312402)! | ||
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| <source src="https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/434/Songs/SiLiS_-_GAME_MAKE_OVER.mp3"> | ||
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| ### [sugosugiii, SiLiS - Reminiscing Onward](https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/434/Songs/sugosugiii_SiLiS_-_Reminiscing_Onward.osz) | ||
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| Or bash some drums to [this map](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/2241960) by [Slyme](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/11695793)! | ||
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| <source src="https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/434/Songs/sugosugiii_SiLiS_-_Reminiscing_Onward.mp3"> | ||
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| ### [takehirotei & SiLiS - Isekai Magistrate](https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/434/Songs/takehirotei__SiLiS_-_Isekai_Magistrate.osz) | ||
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| Cool off with [this osu!taiko map](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/2262171) hosted by [iRedi](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/8005579)! | ||
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| <source src="https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/434/Songs/takehirotei__SiLiS_-_Isekai_Magistrate.mp3"> | ||
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| ### [SiLiS - Hebe](https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/434/Songs/SiLiS%20-%20Hebe.osz) | ||
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| Finish up with [this 4K osu!mania map](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/2234586) from [last year's 4KMWC](/wiki/Tournaments/MWC/2024_4K) mapped by [RuleBlazing](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/7312402)! | ||
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| <source src="https://assets.ppy.sh/artists/434/Songs/SiLiS%20-%20Hebe.mp3"> | ||
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| Every song above (and a bunch more) can be found on [**SiLiS**'s Featured Artist listing](https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmaps/artists/434) waiting for a mapper like you to do what you do best. | ||
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| What comes next? If you're here a week from now, you'll find yet another Featured Artist announcement on osu!'s home page. If you're here a year from now, you'll have a lot of Featured Artists to catch up on. | ||
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| In any case, stay tuned. | ||
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| —pishifat |
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| title: "Skin of the Year 2024: Voting Open" | ||
| date: 2025-02-11 18:00:00 +0000 | ||
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| Let's take another look back at 2024 and pick our favourite skins to immortalise in the hall of fame! | ||
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| As 2025 rolls around, it's time to continue the annual tradition of going through the [skinship compendium](https://compendium.skinship.xyz/) and voting for the best skins of the previous year. | ||
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| This is also the perfect time to look back at 2024 and remind ourselves of various events and changes that impacted the skinning community. For starters, last year we had 1 official contest with the theme of ["Unchained"](/wiki/Contests/Skinning_Contest/5) — 1839 community members cast their votes on 28 total entries, making the total vote count 4637! That contest also broke records, with **15** all-mode skins and **3** three-mode skins, the biggest counts so far! | ||
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| When it comes to technical changes to the game clients, osu!(lazer) received a bunch of changes that impacted skinning, so here's a full list, ordered by month: | ||
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| - In February, a small fix has been applied to some skin sprites that were not being converted to greyscale when required. | ||
| - In May, a change was made to the anchor and origin point system that's used to place your skin elements, making the editor easier to use. | ||
| - In August, the legacy skin key counter has been added, and some skin elements got additional settings (e.g. the time text can be turned off for the argon progress bar, and the combo element can be adjusted per ruleset). | ||
| - In September, star fountains and star bursts were added to osu!(lazer) with full skinning support. | ||
| - In October, some elements received extra customisation, allowing the aspect ratio to be customised for the avatar skin elements, and other skin elements got the option of changing their colour in-game. | ||
| - In November, the "relative size" option was added for the song progress bar skin element, which means the size will automatically adjust with the game's resolution. | ||
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| Now that we've gone through everything skinning related that happened in 2024, let's go into the details of the contest itself. | ||
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| ## Voting details | ||
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| All skins released in 2024 and added to the skinship compendium are eligible, **including contest entries (regardless of their final placement)**. This year you'll have **12** votes to cast, so be sure to use them wisely! | ||
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| The top 3 entries will all receive a unique profile badge based on their entry along with 4, 3 and 2 months of osu!supporter respectively. Entries #4–10 will all receive a month of osu!supporter each. | ||
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| In total, there have been **233** skins submitted this year across all forum categories ([work in progress](https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/119), [remixed](https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/124) and [completed](https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/109)), with **105** of them in the [skinship compendium](https://compendium.skinship.xyz/). As always, we highly recommended that you peruse through the compendium or view the skins in-game before picking out your 2024 favourites! | ||
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| [**Click here to get involved and vote for 2024's Skin of the Year!**](https://osu.ppy.sh/community/contests/239) | ||
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| The voting will be up for **14 days** after this post goes up, and will close on the 25th at 23:59 UTC, so don't hesitate too long and get your votes in on time! | ||
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| Thank you to all skinning community members who contributed to the compendium this year, good luck! | ||
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| title: osu!tablets return | ||
| date: 2025-02-12 03:30:00 +0000 | ||
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| While mouse can (do) everything, it wouldn't hurt to try out the most iconic input method osu! has to offer. | ||
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| Over 10 years ago, we offered a series of tablets on [the osu! store](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/listing). | ||
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| And they had problems. | ||
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| Those [old school osu!tablets](/wiki/Guides/Tablet_purchase#osu!store) had input detection issues and a *heavy* battery inside the pen, leading to less-than-ideal circle clicking conditions. Also if anyone still has one in active use, very sorry about the degrading rubberised coating on the pen which has become a sticky mess! | ||
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| Despite their downsides, early osu!tablets were still popular among first-time tablet users. Tablets often recommended by pro players were more expensive, and beginners naturally wanted to test the waters before diving in with a pricey peripheral. | ||
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| The tradeoffs between "introductory" and "pro player" tablets are tough to balance, so... we'll leave the choice to you. | ||
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| We plan to offer two osu!tablets: the [**intro tablet**](#intro-tablet) and the [**pro tablet**](#pro-tablet)! | ||
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| ## [intro tablet](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/products/1447) | ||
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| <source src="https://assets.ppy.sh/media/news/tablet_vbr_frame1.mp4" type="video/mp4" preload="none"> | ||
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| This tablet co-produced with **XPPen** has everything you could ask for: | ||
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| [](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/products/1447) | ||
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| True to its name, the ***intro* tablet** even has instructions and recommendations for setting up a tablet in-game! | ||
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| [](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/products/1447) | ||
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| But of course, this isn't *just* a tablet. It's a *beautiful* tablet. Send all of your appreciation to veteran mapper [meiikyuu](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/1043627) for the design! | ||
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| [](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/products/1447) | ||
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| If you feel an urge to keep your osu!tablet on display instead of on your desk, we fully understand. | ||
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| [](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/products/1447) | ||
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| And when you're not setting top plays, you can keep your tablet safely away from dust in the *official osu! box*. (Note: It's a normal box.) | ||
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| [](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/products/1447) | ||
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| Pick up your own osu!tablet on [**the store page**](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/products/1447). Available in **limited stock for immediate shipping** (with future re-stocks based on demand). | ||
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| ## pro tablet | ||
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| ...is coming later this year! | ||
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| In collaboration with **Wacom**, we're already in the production stages for a tablet that suits players who want the highest calibre of circle clicking. | ||
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| [](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/products/1448) | ||
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| While we usually wouldn't announce upcoming products like this, we feel it is only right that we do so for those which would rather wait for this model. If you're exclusively interested in a tablet that top players would advocate for (and you're okay with a somewhat higher price tag), sit tight until everything is ready. Note that the pro tablet will have its own **unique design**, so you're also more than welcome to collect them all! | ||
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| Desperate to know exactly when the **pro tablet** will be here? Head to [the **pro tablet**'s future store page](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/products/1448) and hit the "Notify me when available!" button. | ||
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| As soon as this version of the osu!tablet is in the store, you'll receive an email about it! | ||
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| That's enough words. [Grab your osu!tablet already.](https://osu.ppy.sh/store/products/1447) | ||
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| —osu! team |
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