Hi, it's huu again.
Over the last few weeks, I've done a ton of mapper outreach in osu!, offering them some deleted maps from my collection back to them for reupload. A couple have replied, took the maps & reuploaded them, which is great!
A lot of them, however, were unresponsive, or said they didn't want/need their own maps and don't plan to reupload them. I'm personally of the opinion that content of all types deserves to be preserved, within moderation of course. Which is why I find it to be a huge shame that osu! mappers delete their own work from osu!
On one hand, I get it. You're not happy with your own content. You think your map is "subpar" and that "you can do much better". I get that, trust me. But I don't agree with deleting the maps outright, preventing it from being played by people who might see value in said maps.
That's why I've gone through my osu! folder, wrote "status=n" to filter out unsubmitted maps, and whatever popped up that hasn't previously been uploaded on this site from back in 2016-2017, I've uploaded it myself.
With this change, I've also changed the disclaimer on the osu! page to account for two things:
- Mappers wanting to take downloads of the map down
- Copyright holders wanting to take downloads of the map/song down
Check out all the new additions in the Removed osu! beatmaps page! Let me know by contacting me on osu! if you have any questions, want to add something to the list, or if you're a mapper - to take one of your maps down, just keep in mind the conditions I've laid out in order for me to acknowledge your takedown request.
That's all for now. See you!
- huu
Over the last few weeks, I've done a ton of mapper outreach in osu!, offering them some deleted maps from my collection back to them for reupload. A couple have replied, took the maps & reuploaded them, which is great!
A lot of them, however, were unresponsive, or said they didn't want/need their own maps and don't plan to reupload them. I'm personally of the opinion that content of all types deserves to be preserved, within moderation of course. Which is why I find it to be a huge shame that osu! mappers delete their own work from osu!
On one hand, I get it. You're not happy with your own content. You think your map is "subpar" and that "you can do much better". I get that, trust me. But I don't agree with deleting the maps outright, preventing it from being played by people who might see value in said maps.
That's why I've gone through my osu! folder, wrote "status=n" to filter out unsubmitted maps, and whatever popped up that hasn't previously been uploaded on this site from back in 2016-2017, I've uploaded it myself.
With this change, I've also changed the disclaimer on the osu! page to account for two things:
- Mappers wanting to take downloads of the map down
- Copyright holders wanting to take downloads of the map/song down
Check out all the new additions in the Removed osu! beatmaps page! Let me know by contacting me on osu! if you have any questions, want to add something to the list, or if you're a mapper - to take one of your maps down, just keep in mind the conditions I've laid out in order for me to acknowledge your takedown request.
That's all for now. See you!
- huu
