Top Descriptors featured artist Features song(s) composed by artists in osu!’s Featured Artist listing , marathon A map with a drain time of over 5 minutes. , aim control Patterns with velocity or direction changes which strongly go against a player's natural movement pattern. , collab A map with two or more associated mappers. , chaotic Unpredictable map design, often testing unusual skillsets. , cutstreams Streams in which the spacing of certain notes is much larger than the rest of the stream. , streams Patterns requiring continuous movement and alternating, typically more than 9 notes. , messy Visually chaotic and intentionally disorganised patterns, often involving many overlaps and unequal visual spacing between objects. , variable timing Contains multiple timing points, usually required for songs not recorded to a metronome. , tech Tests uncommon skills.