How Curation Request Works

Guidelines

Last Updated August 2, 2023

Last Updated August 2, 2023

One Request Per Week - The sheet will reject your request if you try to submit more

The overall idea of CR is to give maps a chance that might have been

than 1 per week. This is a volunteer job and we do not want to be overwhelmed. This

overlooked. Maybe it's been a week or 2 and you feel like your map wasn’t noticed.

also allows more mappers to be seen in the list. If your map does not follow this rule, it

Maybe you are a newer mapper looking for your growing skill to get noticed. CR exists

will show a ⌚ on the Form tab. Times on the sheet are eastern US time.

to give you that chance.

10+ NPS maps - Maps with 10+ notes per second in a difficulty that needs to pass

How to Get Started:

review for curation will be moved to the open queue after 1 week even if it's not reviewed. We

Please make sure to review your map's quality. Your map will be reviewed using these guidelines

just can’t guarantee these will be looked at.

Harassment - Harrassing curation team members will not be tolerated. Whether it's over

Some Tips: Get your map playtested by others. Whether its friends, streamers (ask

a decision to not curate a map or begging a curator to play your map. If the curator has

respectfully) or the helpful players in BSMG and BSM discord. Playtest, playtest, playtest.

asked you to stop… stop. If this becomes an issue you will be temporarily banned from

Use checker tools like Kival Evan's map checker:

requesting curation. If you have any issues or want to dispute something, DM a Senior Curator.

(Currently RateGyro, Ken_Monogatari, RhythmShade, DeeDee, & Jonas)

This can be a powerful resource when used correctly. It is just a tool in the end

One Shot Per Map - You may not re-request the same map. If you fix your map, you may contact

and you should always sanity check the info the tool gives you.

a Senior Curator to remove the ❌ and the original request will be moved to open queue.

This is to avoid curators becoming test players (which we are not). So if you want to avoid

When you feel confident in your map, you can submit your map via this form:

this, make sure your map is polished in the first request. Additional requests for the same map will

(also pinned in #curation-request-feed in the BeastSaber discord with a link to this spreadsheet)

be ignored and will show a 🚫 on the Form tab.

2 Week No Play - If your map has been in the new queue tab for 2 weeks without a play

“I requested a map! What happens next?”

then it will be moved to the open queue. In a sense we are no longer guaranteeing a

Your map will show up in the new queue tab if you read and followed the guidelines. If you

play on curation requests. We will try to give feedback. This should be rare but there is

have another request within the last week or are requesting a map that's already been

no point forcing a curator to play if they are just going to eye it.

requested, you will see a ⌚ or a 🚫 next to your request on the Form tab and it will be ignored.

One Suggestion of Any Uploader Per Week - The point of CR is to get a map noticed that might

We try to review/play maps within a week of the request. We are volunteers, so give us

otherwise go unnoticed; and frequent suggestions of the same uploader defeats this purpose.

some wiggle room. After being reviewed your map will move to either the open queue or

Curation Suggestions from anyone for the same uploader within a 7 day period will be removed/🚫

completed. If the map was moved to completed that means the map was curated with a

✅, or ❌ if it has objective issues. If your map is in the open queue with a 👀, the map

👀 The map has been looked at, is free from objective issues but it didn’t meet

has had its one shot but is not “dead”. Another curator might look at it but we don’t want

the curator’s skill, style, or pattern preferences. Maps may be looked at by more

to get your hopes up. Our priority is the new queue. 📅 is to give closure to your map so

than one curator.

you don’t hold onto hope that another curator might look at it after a month in the open

⌚/🚫 There was another request from you found within the last week, or the map has already

queue. Some curators will give constructive notes that you should use for your next

been requested previously.

mapping project.

❌ The map has objectively uncuratable issues. Objective issues are listed here

“I don’t see my map anymore”

✅ The curator recommended the map.

Stuff happens so DM a Senior Curator. If it's been awhile since you checked the doc it

📅 The map has sat on the Open Queue tab for 30 days without being either

might have been moved to completed and old enough to be “hidden”. We hide rows of

curated or rejected and is considered “timed out” of the process and can be

completed requests. We have 3500+ completed requests that we do not want to scroll

moved to the Completed tab.

through. So only the latest completed requests are shown

🚫 A map by the same uploader has been suggested within the last 7 days.

Note: This is a living document of the current guidelines. Additional items may be added in the future as things change.

Have a Question or Issue?

DM a Senior Curator (Currently RateGyro, Ken_Monogatari, RhythmShade, DeeDee, & Jonas)