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WARS: Dance Dance Revolution 20th Anniversary unofficial JAPAN SINGLE SCORE TOURNAMENT
2018-08-18 | Round 1 Fuchu honmachi, 1 Chome-13-番3号, Honmachi, Fuchu, 183-0027, Japan
About WARS
16回目。「WARS」単品だと17年目になるんですか。
物事は5年経ったら取り巻く環境的にも継続が難しくなっていくものの、
昨今のゲーセン事情を考えたら尚更と思うのですが、
ありがたい事に「殆ど何も変えずに」続けることが出来ております。
関係各位に感謝致します。
毎回毎回「よく続いてるなあ」なんて事書いてると思うんですが、
今回はちょっと昔の話からしようかと思います。
「WARS」
開始当時にアメリカの同時多発テロが起きて世界で戦争始めちゃったもんだから、
「大会名不謹慎じゃない？」なんて話し合いが起きたのも良い思い出です。
（結局何も対応せずにそのままやったんですが）
この大会の大元は、今回同時開催されるPSSPという大会です。
2000年にいろいろ大きくやりすぎてPSSPは運営的に大きな失敗をします。
総合大会は難しいんだな、という所にぶち当たった結果、
「スコアラーの為のシンプルな大会がやりたい、俺ほらスコアラーだし」
ということでとにかくシンプルな形式にしたのがWARSでした。
隣のヤツぶっ倒したら勝ち。
冷静に考えてこのルールだからってんで「戦争みたいなもんやろ」という理由だけで、
この大会名付けたの安直すぎたわって今正直思ってます。当たり前だ。
お前は戦争を単純に考えすぎだってツッコミが今思うとあるんですが、
定着したもんはしゃーないなーという感じで今でも変更しておりません。
あんま難しいこと考えずにやれたのが良かったのかもしれないですね。
「WARS」
隣に人が居るからこそ、起こる事が沢山あります。
オンラインじゃ起きないような事が沢山あります。
DDRのスコアで「勝った奴」と「負けた奴」が決まるだけの事に、
いろいろな感情が交差する瞬間を目で見て空気で感じれるのがWARSです。
1平方メートルのパネル上に押し込まれた気合をその場で感じれる、それがWARSです。
我々が積み上げてきた17年目、
DDRが積み上げてきた20年目の夏に何が起こるのか。
是非、見に来てください。そして良かったら参加してください。
その日、その場所の最強を決めるWARS。
正しく勝ちに。正しく負けに。
勝者の笑顔と、敗者の笑顔を見に。
20年目、16回目の”最強”を決める戦場。 “最強”を決める場所にて、皆様をお待ちしております。
WARS. 主催 : YsK439 (Fumiaki Ito) / @ysk439

2003年8月23日、WARS FINAL。
僕がDDRというゲームを始めてから初めての大会でした。
そこから15年。気付けばその初めて参加した大会の共同主催として、こうしてコメントを書いています。
先日のKACでは解説という大役を任せていただいたり、
世の中本当に何がどうなるんだかわかったもんじゃないなと思っています。
不思議な縁には、いつも感謝しきりです。
さて、今回はメモリアル的な開催ということもあり、いつもとルールが若干変わっています。
先日行われた「TWO DECADES OF 5KEYS」リスペクトで、
大会の進行とともに歴史を辿っていく課題曲設定としました。
ですが、基本的に横を殴り倒せば次に進める、というスタイルは変わっていません。
シンプルでわかりやすい、そんなルールがこの大会の良さだと思っている次第です。
変わったもの、変わらないもの。
僕にとっての15年、そして、このゲームにとっての20年。
常識は何度だって滅ぼせばいい。
ゲームが続く限り、あたらしい世界がまた生まれてくるから。
「みんながこの場所に来るのを、ずっと待ってます」
KAC2013で発したこの言葉は、そのまま僕の中に残っています。
そして、これからも残り続けていくでしょう。
次に託す、その日が来るまで。
20年目、16回目の”最強”を決める戦場。
その”最強”を決める場所にて、皆様をお待ちしております。
WARS.共同主催 ： gahou / @gahou
Lower Division

共通ルール
筐体はX筐体を使用します。また、筐体数は2台で大会を進行します。
スコア集計について、全てEXSCOREでのスコアを判断材料とします。LOWER予選曲及びUPPER予選曲は受付後どちらを先に踏んでいただいても構いません。
自由選曲のラウンドではショックアロー譜面は全面禁止です。
また、プレイ中に故意に相手の体に触れる行為は禁止とします。
1Pと2Pの立ち位置は話し合いの結果入れ替わる分には問題ありませんが、原則最初に呼び出された方が1P側となります。
敗者復活戦までは大会運営が用意したカードを使用します。
大会運営が用意するカードのうち、公式サイト上で設定できるオプションについてはデフォルトで統一します。
具体的な内容は下記を参照してください。
矢印：NORMAL
ガイドラインの表示：CENTER
フィルター濃度：DARK
判定表示の優先度：判定優先
タイミング判定の表示：OFF
一回戦から準決勝までは全てトーナメント形式になり、原則同時にプレイした隣のプレイヤーに勝てば勝利となります。
トーナメントの振り分けおよび組み合わせは表計算ソフトを使用し、ランダムで決定します。
なお、参加者多数の場合は予選通過人数などが変動する場合があります。
このトーナメントは「翌日のPSSP2018中のイベントへの出場者選抜」も兼ねております。

LOWER DIVISION ルール
予選を通過した48名を16名ずつ、各トーナメントにランダムで振り分けを行います。 各トーナメントの優勝者は準決勝に進出、準優勝者は敗者復活戦に進出にそれぞれ進出します。
各ラウンド1曲または2曲の合計EXSCOREで勝敗を決し、勝者が次のラウンドへ進めます。
予選課題曲
[通過人数48名]
DanceDanceRevolution　(CHALLENGE)
X-SPECIALではありません
Group A
1回戦 – 4回戦
1回戦 – PARANOiA MAX -DIRTY MIX- (EXPERT)
2回戦 – Healing Vision -Angelic mix- (EXPERT)
3回戦 – Xepher(EXPERT)
4回戦 – SABER WING Ishihara(EXPERT) / on the bounce(EXPERT) (2曲合計)
Group B
1回戦 – 4回戦
1回戦 – TRIP MACHINE -luv mix- (EXPERT)
2回戦 – Sweet Sweet v Magic(EXPERT)
3回戦 – Pluto Relinquish(DIFFICULT)
4回戦 – POSSESSION(DIFFICULT) / Pierce the Sky(EXPERT) (2曲合計)
Group C
1回戦 – 4回戦
1回戦 – Healing Vision(EXPERT)
2回戦 – xenon (EXPERT)
3回戦 – Saturn (EXPERT)
4回戦 – London EVOLVED Ver.A (EXPERT) / SILVER☆DREAM (EXPERT) (2曲合計)
敗者復活戦
課題曲当日発表
準決勝
Condor(CHALLENGE)
IMANOGUILTS(CHALLENGE)
Boss Rush(DIFFICULT)
3曲トータルスコア勝負
決勝
各々2曲自選曲の5曲本数制。3本先取で優勝決定。
自選曲は難易度14〜16の中で選択し、同一譜面を複数回選ぶことは禁止。
4曲目終了時点で決着がつかなかった場合、課題曲にて勝敗を決定。
課題曲：輪廻転生(CHALLENGE)

Upper Divison

共通ルール
筐体はX筐体を使用します。また、筐体数は2台で大会を進行します。
スコア集計について、全てEXSCOREでのスコアを判断材料とします。LOWER予選曲及びUPPER予選曲は受付後どちらを先に踏んでいただいても構いません。
自由選曲のラウンドではショックアロー譜面は全面禁止です。
また、プレイ中に故意に相手の体に触れる行為は禁止とします。
1Pと2Pの立ち位置は話し合いの結果入れ替わる分には問題ありませんが、原則最初に呼び出された方が1P側となります。
敗者復活戦までは大会運営が用意したカードを使用します。
大会運営が用意するカードのうち、公式サイト上で設定できるオプションについてはデフォルトで統一します。
具体的な内容は下記を参照してください。
矢印：NORMAL
ガイドラインの表示：CENTER
フィルター濃度：DARK
判定表示の優先度：判定優先
タイミング判定の表示：OFF
一回戦から準決勝までは全てトーナメント形式になり、原則同時にプレイした隣のプレイヤーに勝てば勝利となります。
トーナメントの振り分けおよび組み合わせは表計算ソフトを使用し、ランダムで決定します。
なお、参加者多数の場合は予選通過人数などが変動する場合があります。
このトーナメントは「翌日のPSSP2018中のイベントへの出場者選抜」も兼ねております。

UPPER DIVISION
ルール
予選を通過した24名を8名ずつ、各トーナメントにランダムで振り分けを行います。
各トーナメントの優勝者は決勝に進出、準優勝者は敗者復活戦に進出にそれぞれ進出します。
各ラウンド1曲のEXSCOREで勝敗を決し、勝者が次のラウンドへ進めます。
予選課題曲
[通過人数24名]
Fascination MAXX (EXPERT)
Group A
1回戦 – 3回戦
1回戦 – MAX300 (X-Special) (CHALLENGE)
2回戦 – POSSESSION (EXPERT)
3回戦 – Astrogazer (CHALLENGE)
Group B
1回戦 – 3回戦
1回戦 – MAXX UNLIMITED(X-Special) (CHALLENGE)
2回戦 – Anti Matter (EXPERT)
3回戦 – Cosy Catastrophe (CHALLENGE)
Group C
1回戦 – 3回戦
1回戦 – The Legend of MAX(X-Special) (CHALLENGE)
2回戦 – New Decade (EXPERT)
3回戦 – Neutrino (CHALLENGE)
敗者復活戦
課題曲当日発表
決勝 (4名)
「Revenge on “BOSS RUSH Ver.SN2″」
PARANOiA -HADES- (CHALLENGE)
NGO (CHALLENGE)
TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX (CHALLENGE)
Pluto (CHALLENGE)
Pluto Relinquish (CHALLENGE)
5曲トータルスコア勝負

PERFECT STEP SOUND PARTY 2018 THE LAST CONTEST
2018-08-19 | Round 1 Fuchu honmachi, 1 Chome-13-番3号, Honmachi, Fuchu, 183-0027, Japan
20th Anniversary – Dance Dance Revolution.
「お前20年やっちまったぞ、ガンシューですら7年ぐらいだったのに。」
20年前の自分にそんな話をしたらどう思うでしょうね。
前回の書き出しでもこんな話をしましたが、果たしてあれから4年が経ちました。
—-この間に本当は100行以上の文章があった—-
上の消えてる所、深夜に数時間かけて１度書いたんですが、
余りにも長いので、起きて今書き直してます。
ここで「20年だぞ！！！！！！！！！！」って長々書いても野暮だなと、
思い直して簡潔にまとめようと思います。
って書いたら結局全然簡潔じゃなかった。ごめんな。許して。
一つだけ、謝辞を。
この大会は、厳密には20周年前に行われます。
DDRの正式稼働は1998年9月、と記録ではなっています。
が、僕が踏んだのは池袋のロケーションテストで、8月でした。
この大会が行われる日付の20年前にはプレイしていたことになります。
今回この厳密ではない20周年の大会を8月に行うのは、
僕のエゴでしかありません。
それを通すぐらい、僕にとって、
誰も居なかったロケーションテスト初日に意味があったんです。
あの日の6プレイ、1200円がその後の人生を変えるなんて誰も思わないじゃないですか。
誰もやってないからと、ステージの上でポケットに手を突っ込みながら、
パネルを踏みっぱなしにしても良いことに気づかず、踏むたびに真ん中の銀盤に足を戻していた少年が、
その後、そこで知り合った多くの人間と今もまだ一緒に遊んでいて、
その事自体を20年も繰り返すなんて、誰が想像したかって話ですよ。
だから僕にとってのDDRの稼働日は「1998年8月」なんです。
この事だけ、どうかご容赦下さい。
DDRってゲームは僕にとっては8月の夏のゲームなんです。
「あの暑い夏に皆と会った」ゲームなんです。
だから、「8月のあの暑い夏」に祝ってやりたいんです。
開催理由はこんな所で良いかと思います。
文章読むより来てもらったほうが早いんですよ。
一緒に祝いませんか。あいつの成人式。
昔やってた人、今やってる人。
このゲームのお世話になった人。
可能ならこのゲーム作ってる人、作ってた人にも是非来てほしい。
この文章見てるか解んないけど。
思いっきり「あんたたちのせいだよ！！！ありがとう！！！」ってお礼が言いたい。
どんなにゲーム上手くったって、楽しんでる奴には敵わない。
これは詭弁じゃなくて何時になっても変わらない。
僕の短いゲーム人生で、直ぐに断言できるようになった事の一つです。
折角の20周年、この暑い夏に、皆さんで「最興」になりに来て下さい。
20年間、踏み続けたあの舞台で遊びに、そして遊んでる奴の笑顔を見に。
さあ、「Dance Dance Revolution」で、遊びましょう。
府中本町の、皆が20年間愛したアイツの前でお待ちしております。
Perfect Step Sound Party 主催 : YsK439 (Fumiaki Ito) / @ysk439

2003年8月24日、Perfect Step Sound Party 2003。
http://www.gamersnest.com/rca/pssp2003/about.html大会のページがまだ残っていたので、この大会の興りについてはこちらを参照してください。
あの日に見たMAX300のパフォーマンスがあまりにも衝撃的で、
「このゲームはこんなにも楽しく遊べるんだ」と驚いた記憶があります。
今思えば、「ゲームってこんなに面白いんだ」って気付いたのはあの日だったかもしれません。
あの日、あの場所にいて、15年後こうして今度はイベントを開催する側に居る。
じゃあ、自分には何が出来るだろうか？
そりゃ、「このゲームこんなに面白いんだぜ」って来てくれた人に思いっきり伝えることっしょ。
そんな気持ちで、今回のPSSPの準備をしています。
今回はDDR20周年ということもあり、多数のゲストの方をお招きしようと奔走しているところなのですが、
その中で二人、どうしても出て欲しいとお願いをした人がいました。
一人には、「もう一度、あんたが楽しそうに踊ってる所が見たいんだ」と。
もう一人には、「今、あの時の続きが見たいんだ」と。
無理は言えないので出てくれるかはわからないですが、気持ちが伝わっていればいいな、とこっそりここに書き記しておきます。
そして、そんなお願いをするほど、僕はこのゲームが好きで、もっと盛り上げたいんだなぁ、
と、自分のことながら笑ってしまいました。
楽しいって、いいよね。
「楽しんでいるやつが最強だとも思う、それだけはどうか、忘れないで。」
“最興”を決める場所にて、皆様と遊べることを楽しみにしています。
Perfect Step Sound Party 共同主催 ： gahou / @gahou

筐体ルール
筐体はX筐体を使用します。
オプションの使用は自由です。楽曲終了時、ゲージ０による死亡判定（Ｅ）があっても失格にはなりませんが、
審査員の減点対象にはなりえますのであらかじめご了承下さい。
（昔の名残で一応書いておきますがEDITの使用は出来ません）

エントリーについて
１部門５００円のエントリー料金が発生します。
（チームの方は参加人数に関係なく１チーム５００円です）以下のようなエントリーが正常です。
○シングルパフォーマンスにエントリー
○チームパフォーマンス（２人以上）にエントリー
○シングルパフォーマンス、チームパフォーマンスに１回ずつエントリー
以下のようなエントリーは出来ません。
×シングルパフォーマンスに２回エントリー　（名前を変えてもダメです）
×チームパフォーマンス（２人以上）にて別々のチームで２回エントリー
参加人数はシングルパフォーマンスは１名、
チームパフォーマンスは２名であれば何人でも結構ですが、
但し度が過ぎている物については「審査対象外」になります。
基本的には1名もしくは2名。多くても3名程度でパフォーマンスを組んでください。
原則条件として「全員が1歩でもパネルを踏むこと」です。
この原則が守られない場合は審査対象外になります。
尚、「シングル」でも「シングル譜面限定」ではなく「１人でプレイ」という意味です。
譜面はシングルでもダブルでもEDITでも何でも構いません。

審査員、審査について
当日10～15名の観客代表者と、運営が指定した５名程度の指名者にて審査を行います。
選ばれた方々はご協力をお願いします。尚、審査方式は10.0点満点を最高点、0.0点を最低点とし、
集計した点数の最高点１つと最低点１つを省き、残った点数を平均化するシステムを採用します。
点数は小数点第一位までの採点でお願いします。

禁止事項・注意事項
竹刀、木刀や刃物などの危険物、長物の使用
度が過ぎた露出をしている格好
コスプレ等は一般のゲームセンターであることを考慮して、
ご自分でやるかやらないか考えてください。（主催側で規制はしません）当日、１名４分もしくは５分のタイムテーブルで考えている都合上、
プレイ開始前のゲーム外パフォーマンスについてはなるべくご遠慮下さい。
また、運営からマイクを貸すことは原則ございません。
マイクパフォーマンスは出来ませんのでご了承下さい。
その他、筐体もしくはゲームセンターに迷惑がかかる行為、物品の使用
それらが発覚した場合はその場でゲームの停止、
状況がひどい場合はゲームセンター側にお願いして退場処分とさせていただきます。

Old Soldier Exhibition

O.S.E.参加資格
PSSP2003以前のWARS/PSSP/R.C.A. BUZZへの参加経験(観戦含む)があり、
かつ直近5回のWARSで予選を通過していないのが条件となります。
それ以外の方は参加できません。ご了承下さい。
老害のお遊びだと思って勘弁してください。
O.S.E.ルール
筐体はX筐体を使用します。
スコア集計については通常スコア方式を使用します。
プレイ中に故意に相手の体に触れる行為は禁止とします。
１Ｐと２Ｐは呼び出し順になりますが、話し合いの結果入れ替わる分には問題ありません。
オプションは全て運営の指示に従っていただきます。
また、カードは運営の用意したものを使用します。オプションの設定内容は以下の通りです。矢印：NORMAL
ガイドラインの表示：OFF
フィルター濃度：DARKER
判定表示の優先度：判定優先
タイミング判定の表示：OFF
尚、参加者が定数に満たない場合については当日良い感じにします。
１回戦以降は隣の参加者にスコアで勝利すれば次のステージに進めます。
トーナメントの組み合わせは表計算ソフトを使用し、ランダムで決定致します。

予選
[課題曲] – 通過人数 16名 (足切り) – Option : x1,FLAT.
PARANOiA MAX -Dirty Mix- (Another)
１回戦
[課題曲] – 通過人数 8名 – Option : x1,RAINBOW.
LOVE THIS FEELIN’ (maniac)
２回戦
[課題曲] – 通過人数 4名 – Option : x1,FLAT
TRIP MACHINE 〜luv mix〜 (maniac)
準決勝
[課題曲] – 通過人数2名 – Option : x1,RAINBOW
ORION.78 (AMeuro-MIX) (maniac)
決勝
[課題曲] – Option : x1,RAINBOW
AM-3P (maniac)
DEADEND (maniac)
PARANOiA (Another)

DDR Derby 2018

ルール
観客も参加できる全員参加型企画です。
特定のテーマの元に4人が同時にプレイし、その勝敗や順位を予想するイベントです。各レースに対して、観客が勝敗、順位を持ちポイント(初期は1000ポイント)を使って予想し、
的中した場合はそのオッズに合わせてポイントが返却されます。
全5レース終了後、持ちポイントが一番多い方が優勝となります。

レースについて
現在、以下のレースを予定しております。
詳しいルールはレース毎に変わってきますので後日ご案内致します。1R : 青空特別(GIII)
ロースコアを得意とする4名によるロースコアアタックレース。
単勝、3連単のみの掛けとなります。
2R : 府中本町大障害(GIII)
DP譜面を1組2名でプレイし、そのスコアを競うレース。
単勝のみが掛け対象となります。
3R : 全一賞(GII)
ゲームの全国一位を取ったことがある4名によるスコアアタックレース。
但しDDRの1位は取ったことがない方々です。
単勝、3連単のみの掛けとなります。
4R : アーティストステークス(GI)
アーティスト4名によるスコアアタックレース。
単勝、3連単のみの掛けとなります。
5R : JAPANCUP (GI)
招待プレイヤー「FEFEMZ」を交えた4名によるスコアアタックレース。
単勝、3連単のみの掛けとなります。

ELITE
本大会の招待選手である「FEFEMZ」氏と選抜されたプレイヤー7名によるエキシビジョントーナメントです。
トーナメントは2部門存在し、難易度分けをしたLower Division、Upper Divisionに分かれます。
トーナメントは当日発表とします。
ルール
筐体はX筐体を使用します。
スコア集計についてEX SCORE方式を使用します。
プレイ中に故意に相手の体に触れる行為は禁止とします。
１Ｐと２Ｐは呼び出し順になりますが、話し合いの結果入れ替わる分には問題ありません。
e-amusement passはご自身の物をご利用下さい。
ELITE
LOWER DIVISION
全てのラウンドについて、選曲は難易度13～16の間で行われ、
2曲設定、各々1曲で難易度内で選曲が自由、
EXSCOREトータルで勝敗が決定します。
トーナメントは6人(うちシードが2名)の予定です。
ELITE
UPPER DIVISION
全てのラウンドについて、選曲は難易度17～19の間で行われ、
2曲設定、各々1曲で難易度内で選曲が自由、
EXSCOREトータルで勝敗が決定します。
トーナメントは8人の予定です。

Bae5cience
2018-08-24 09:00 - 2018-08-26 20:00 (America/New_York) | Igloo Arcade, Chino Hills, CA, United States
Facebook Event PageThere will be both a lower division and upper division. We will be using a PIU Prime 2 LX cabinet to hold the tournament, so it’s best to familiarize yourself with Prime 2 in general.
Male spectators are allowed IF they are a significant other or spouse of a participant. Due to space, we have to limit the amount of spectators. However, this will be live streamed on Seth’s official Twitch, which can be found at: http://www.twitch.tv/happyf333tz
::QUALIFIERS::
There will be 4 songs that each girl must play prior to the tournament. These will consist of 2 singles charts and 2 doubles charts, from both lower and upper division levels. No need to fear! If you are unable to pass some of the songs, THAT IS OKAY. This is more of an interest commitment for girls as well as a way to gauge your level of skill.
LOWER:
Violet Perfume S14
Imprinting D12
UPPER:
Bad End Night S19
Bad Apple D21
MUST BE PLAYED ON HJ. DUE MAY 31ST 11:59PM PST.
::FORMAT::
Every girl will have a 60 minute set consisting of Prime 1 and Prime 2 singles and doubles charts (note: this may change to 2 sets depending on number of girls and time). Shortcut, Remix, Freestyle, Routine, Co-Op, and Full songs not allowed. Scores will be calculated by adding total song scores. If we create a different point system that works better, that will be announced and added here.
Lower Division: Songs will consist of S10-S17 and D10-D17. All songs will be played on HJ.
Upper Division: Songs will consist of S18-S25 and D18-D26. All songs will be on EVENT MODE RANK MODE.
::HOUSE RULES::
{More details to come}
Use common sense and be respectful to those who live in the house.
We will be able to house individuals. HOWEVER, if you are allergic to cats, hate lizards, or don’t feel comfortable sleeping in the same house as male individuals who live here (note: there’s 3 of them), I recommend sharing an Airbnb in the area with other girls. Hotels are an option but do cost more than Airbnb options.
Nearest airports: Ontario (ONT), Santa Ana (SNA)
**If you’re an international guest, LAX is the only option for flights**
Please coordinate with either me or Seth so we can make sure people are able to have rides to and from the airport.
Thank you for your support and I hope to see you all be beastly baes~

Shine 2018
2018-08-25 15:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center, 1 Seaport Ln, Boston, MA, 02210, United States
Facebook Event PageShine is Boston’s biggest Super Smash Bros. tournament. Featured games include 64, Melee, Smash 4, Rivals of Aether, Street Fighter V, and Dragon Ball FighterZ. In addition to the tournaments, there will be merch booths, an artist alley, and live commentary. We’re supplying DDR and ITG on freeplay and partnering with New England Rhythm Games to host a DDR tournament on the newly-released DDr Extreme Pro upgrade! This upgrade allows for “Marvelous” timing during gameplay. For those interested in the DDR tournament, purchasing a “non-competitor” pass will grant you entry into the venue and allow you to enter the DDR tournament.

Midwest Coast Stamina FA 3
2018-08-31 16:00 - 2018-09-03 16:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Qualifiers due July 15th, 2018This will be the third iteration of the Midwest Coast Stamina FA tournaments hosted by Ryan. Ryan and I (Kyle) will both be running this collaboratively, and for conveniences of many potential entrants, it will be hosted instead more toward the east coast this time at my own home.
There will be over $1000 in cash prizes given to the top 4 winners.
We will take the top 16 entrants for this event, similar to last time. You get seeded based on your cumulative ranking between the 2 qualifying songs. Here are your qualifying songs:
Crossroad (Cirque du Enzo) – must be played on FA+ or ECFA mode on SM5
Smashup (Stamina Showcase) – must be played on regular FA
Decents and way offs may be turned off for both songs
CMod, hide background, and hide mines allowed for both
Mirror is permitted
Slow rate mods are prohibited, faster are permitted
Here is the download for the qualifiers (offset set to ITG 9ms)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19bnCk-CTz3522l8wCHGHZo0hQJB2JTMT
Spreadsheet for scores:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1heq8OsLbmHB8oHsC3z47pYWZyR3w1dZzUHulQYlAe1I/edit#gid=0
You may not submit previous scores from before this qualifier announcement.
– Total blues will be counted for Crossroad only.
– Smashup will be normal ITG scoring percentage.
– Qualifiers due July 15th, 2018
– Everyone who competed in ECS 6 automatically receive a qualifier ranking.
– There will be 16 competitors determined from the following ranking:
first by qualifier score then by place in ECS 6
– If you competed in ECS 6 but don’t play the qualifier, you qualify below everyone who did play the qualifier and below anyone who placed higher than you in ECS 6
Events:
Just like MWCSFA 1 and 2, there will be 2 individual sets with time slots chosen in order of qualifications ranking and a 1v1 portion, only this time it will be using a swiss format.. We will also try to incorporate a PIU side tournament for stamina (no qualifying score required).
The packs for the events will be released within a week of qualifiers ending. Expect it to be very similar to ECS 6.5/MWCSFA2 with modifications.
Stamina FA+ 1v1
Similarly to ECFA, this will be a swiss 1v1 with a top 16. If we do not get an even number appropriate to swiss, this will be changed to double elimination
– The event will be 1v1 using the Swiss format
– It will be on FA+ or ECFA mode on SM5
– Swiss format;; in this format, there will be 4 rounds which all players will compete against another player of the same win/loss ratio
– During later rounds, players will never play the same person twice.
– For example, after the first round, everyone will be either 1 to 0 or 0 to 1.
– For the second round, the 0 to 1s will be assigned to play one another, while the 1 to 0s
will be assigned to play one another as well, all based on seeding.
– The same thing will happen for future rounds, being that people play each other with the same wins/losses.
– This format allows for players to never be eliminated, have the same amount of playing opportunity as everyone else, and never be stuck playing the same person twice.
– The higher seed will get choice of song protection, song veto, or side (more specifics below)
– The higher seed will choose first, then the lower seed will choose one of the remaining two options, and the third will fall back on the higher seed
– Song selection (vetoing and protection phase) will be based on card draw. 5 Cards will be drawn, 2 will be protected first (determined by who decides order), and 2 will be
eliminated (also determined by who decides order, one by each player, exactly like how storm and other big events are set up)
– The 5 songs will then be played in the order they are drawn, best 2 out of 3 the decide winner.
– I will allow 2 warm up songs (1 song chosen by each player) before each round starts (nothing that exceeds 2 and a half minutes).
– No mines is permitted
– Greats, Decents and way offs will be disabled unless players agree to have them on
– Hide background and mirror are permitted
– The packs consists of 12s to 17s, varying in BPMs ranging from 130 to 220ish
– You may use CMods for any song
-If we do not have the ability to do swiss, we will do double elimination.
-Scoring is 2 for blue, 1 for white, 0 for excellent, and -1 for each mine hit, roll/freeze dropped, or miss
Pure Stamina FA+
– You will be given a one hour time slot to get as many blue fantastics as you can.
– This will also be played on FA+ or ECFA mode on SM5
– You may hold the green button to back out and have your blue fantastics counted.
– Each song will only be allowed once.
– Just like 1v1, greats, way offs, and decents may be turned off.
– Faster rate mods permitted
FA Set Output
– Your 6 best scores in a single set are summed up to calculate your final score.
– Out of those 6 songs,
1 must be in the bpm range of [150-160)
1 must be in the bpm range of [160-170)
1 must be in the bpm range of [180-190)
1 must be in the bpm range of [190-200)
1 must be in the bpm range of [200-220)
The last song may be from any bpm range
– Your score calculation will be similar to MWCSFA2 FA Raw Output calculation.
– For reference:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Weyimnqyc3nbS5Jj1xiuUxKRraMP0GYHrkaMufj0OqY/edit#gid=1456700467
– Percentage is exponential. For example:
If you get 99.00% you will get around 90% of total possible points for a given song.
If you get 95.00% you will get around 60% of total possible points for a given song.
If you get 90.00% you will get around 30% of total possible points for a given song.
Pump Raw Output
– This is a side tournament with Pump it Up.
– It follows the exact same rules and scoring as the ECS Raw Output sets but played on Pump it Up 5 panel.
– Will update this with more info later.
Overall winner
– Overall Midwest Coast Stamina FA 3 champion will be determined from all of the ITG tournaments.
– There will be prizes for top 4, including trophies and cash
– Placing is determined by the lowest total rank from the 3 ITG tournaments. e.g. 1st + 4th + 3rd = 8 points.
– Tie breakers are as follows in order of resolution: your best rank in any tournament, most number of the best ranks, least worst rank, fewest worst ranks, placement in double elimination.
e.g.
P1 ranks 1st, 1st, 3rd
P2 ranks 2nd, 1st, 2nd
P1 would win overall.

Valkyrie Dimension - GIRLS' DDR A REMOTE TOURNAMENT Fall 2018
2018-09-14 08:00 - 2018-10-21 17:00 (America/New_York) | Online
Facebook Event Page
VALKYRIE DIMENSION IS A GIRLS-ONLY DDR A REMOTE TOURNAMENT.
ヴァルキリー・ディメンションは女性の為のDDR Aのリモート参加型大会。
Participants will do their best on a selection of songs between September 14th and October 21st 2018. You will play as much as you want, at any time, on your local DDR A. Scores will be submitted as a photos of the results screen. This is a DDR A tournament, you must play on a DDR A machine only. If you are a girl who has access to DDR A, consider entering, regardless of your skill level. This is a friendly tournament meant to foster the girls’ community in DDR, and push you to play your best.
２０１８年9月14日〜10月21日までこの大会が行われます。曲は間もなく発表予定です。現地のゲームセンターのDDR Aで回数、時間帯の制限なく、プレイすることが出来ます。スコア結果の画面を写真に撮り、提出するだけ！これはDDR Aの大会なので、DDR A機械でのみプレイしてください。女性プレイヤーはDDR Aのスキルに関係なく、ぜひ参加をご検討ください。この大会の目的は女性のDDRコミュニティーを支えること、そして皆さんのスキル上達です。

SKILL DIVISIONS
各級について
There will be 3 skill divisions – Low, Mid, and High.
Low will be difficulties 8-12, Mid will be 12-15 and high will be 15+.
You must play within your appropriate tier. For example, if you are capable of 17’s, you should not be in low tier. The tiers are there so that girls of all skill levels can compete with other girls on their level. Please enter the appropriate tier so competition is fair. If you think you aren’t good enough – enter anyway. This is a friendly competition!
この大会には「初級、中級、上級」の３つのレベルがあります。
初級の難易度：８〜１２、中級の難易度：１２〜１５、上級の難易度：１５以上
ご自身のレベルに合ったものに参加してください。例えば、１７ができるのであれば、初級レベルには参加しないでください。３つのレベル用意した目的は、同レベルの相手と競合してい頂きたいからです。この大会を公平なものにするため、適当なレベルを選び、エントリーしてください。もし初級レベルにも達していないと感じているのなら…とりあえずご参加ください！これはフレンドリーな大会です！

SONGS 曲
For each division, there will be 6 different charts.
それぞれの級に、６曲あります。
STAMINA SET
スタミナセット
3 designated charts MUST be played in a single game set, similar to how KAC qualifiers were. These songs played in a single set are there to test your endurance. You must submit photos of each score, as well as the summary screen that proves that you played them in the same set.
KAC(Konami Arcade Championship、)と同様に、一つのゲームセットで３曲の指名されたものをしなければなりません。一つのゲームセット内でこれらの曲をして頂くのは、皆さんの忍耐力を評価するためです。それぞれの曲のスコア詳細画面、ゲームセットの最後に出る最終スコアの画面、を写真に撮ってください（同じゲームセット内でプレイした事を確認するため）。
SINGLE SONGS 個別の曲
The other 3 songs do not have to be played in a single set. You only need to submit a photo of the score. These songs might have some trickier things to time, and will test your MA skills!
残りの３曲 は、同じゲームセット内でプレイする必要はありません。曲のスコア詳細画面を提出するだけで大丈夫です。この３曲はおそらくコツを要するものなので、MAスキルを評価します！

SCORING 採点方法
Your EX SCORE is what matters here – it’s at the bottom on the results screen. The total of your 6 EX scores will be your grand total. EX Scoring works as follows – 3 points for a Marvelous, 2 points for Perfect, 1 point for Great. Please make sure the EX score is visible in your photo.
今回EX スコア（スコア結果の下にあるもの）を評価することになりました。６曲のEXスコアの合計があなたの最終スコアになります。EXスコアは：Marvelousは３点、Perfectは２点、 Greatは１点として換算されます。EXスコアがはっきりと見えるように写真を撮ってください。

TOURNAMENT MANTRA 大会の目的
Valkyrie Dimension’s purpose is to encourage women and girls to enter a competitive scene in order to encourage their personal growth in the game. Competition brings out the best in people, and it should be experienced at every level of skill. Dance Dance Revolution has always had it’s share of devoted women players, but it is largely a male-dominated game. This is a chance for girls around the world to put their skills to the test and enjoy the thrill of tournament play.
ヴァルキリー・ディメンションの目的は、女性DDRプレイヤーのゲームの上達を支援することです。この大会で女性プレイヤーが上達し、どのレベルのプレイヤーにもいい試合を体験してほしいと考えています。DDRは女性が参加していいものなのに、従来、ほとんど男性しかプレイされていませんでした。今回は世界中のDDR女性プレイヤーが大会に参加し、ご自身のスキルに挑戦し、大会を楽しんで頂きたいのです。

OFFICIAL RULES
1. You must play on an official DDR A machine. No Stepmania.
2. Scores must be from the time period of the tournament and submitted on time.
3. Photos must be clear, and show your DDR handle and your EX score.
4. Stamina sets must be played as a single set of 3 songs. You must also include a photo of the game summary screen that shows that you did indeed play those 3 songs in a single set.
5. Harassment or bullying of other participants will result in disqualification.
6. Any option can be used except Cut/Little.
7. If you are doing the stamina set, you can use your extra stage to attempt one of the songs again.
8. You must identify as a woman to enter.
1. 公式DDR Aの機械でプレイしてください。ステップマニアは認められません。
2. 9月14 日から10月21日の間にスコアを提出してください。
3. DDR上のニックネーム、EXスコアが、はっきりと分かる写真を提出してください。
4. スタミナセットは３曲を一つのゲームセット内でプレイしないといけません。それを確認する為、ゲームセットの最後に出る最終スコア画面も写真に撮って、提出してください。
5. 参加者対してのハラスメントやいじめ行為があった場合は参加取り上げとします。
If you use Facebook, RSVP to the event もし、フェースブックのアカウントがある方は、下記のイベントに参加してください – https://www.facebook.com/events/180039502632905/
Get in touch with me on twitter 本大会管理人の連絡先 – https://twitter.com/thegalagaship

Fresno Frenzy 2
2018-09-22 11:00 - 2018-09-23 18:00 (America/New_York) | Dave & Buster’s Fresno, 212 East River Park Circle
Following the success of the first Fresno Frenzy back in April, we’re excited to announce our 2nd DDR tournament at Dave & Buster’s in Fresno, CA! This time we’ll be featuring Upper & Lower Singles divisions as well as Doubles and Freestyle competitions over the weekend.Entry Fees:
Participants: $20 for first division, $10 each additional division
Spectators: $5
Tournament Schedule:
Singles – Lower: Saturday, 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Singles – Upper: Saturday, 4 – 9 PM; Sunday, 10 AM – 5 PM
Freestyle: Saturday 9/22, 9 PM – 12 AM
Doubles: Sunday 9/23, 5 – 10 PM
On-Site Registration:
Singles – Lower: Saturday, 9:30 – 10:30 AM
Singles – Upper: Saturday, 3 – 4 PM
Freestyle: Saturday, 8 – 9 PM
Doubles: Sunday 9/23, 4 – 5 PM
Freestyle pre-registration: https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/eaPvhxFvgO
Upper Division Set:
1.) Level 13: WH1TE RO5E ESP
2.) Level 14: Chronos (Walk with you Remix) ESP
3.) Level 15: Desert Journey CSP
RNG Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/…/1MvV8x1qQZZ59ijcU5G815sALrs…/edit…
Submit your set here: https://goo.gl/forms/2dmNCN44qYBaxX0L2
Lower Division Set:
1.) Level 11: Scorching Moon ESP
2.) Level 12: I feel… ESP
3.) Level 13: 宇宙(ソラ)への片道切符 ESP
RNG Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/…/1u4Qxxv56d18ES4pZO5bDB4xPQ8…/edit…
Submit your set here: https://goo.gl/forms/S1NP1otpNyZbRA3y1
Qualifier Rules:
Submit four pictures: one picture of each song, and one picture at the end of your set to this google form. Players must submit their qualifier set by 11:59 PM Friday, September 21st, unlimited submissions.
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Tournament Structure:
Singles – Lower: https://goo.gl/zZczHw
Singles – Upper: https://goo.gl/BpBdgD
Doubles: https://goo.gl/du8Azd
Freestyle: https://bit.ly/2Jv2kdG
Prizes: TBA
Live Stream: www.twitch.tv/sf_evolved
@SF_EVOLVED
General TOs:
Alex Shieh (ALECKS)
(949) 748-9954 | alecks.shieh@gmail.com
David Hua (Azurian)
(415) 794 0183 | azurianrex@gmail.com
Singles Lower + Upper:
Stephen Tyler Russell (JAFAR)
(559) 801-3442 | Stephenrussell2008@gmail.com
Doubles:
Romer Ibo (Zeo)
(408) 657-0903 | Ribo.2102@gmail.com
Freestyle:
James Gowdey (Captain Canada)
(415) 250-2754 | jgowdey@gmail.com | @FSTakeover

The Beast In The East 3
2018-10-12 10:00 - 2018-10-14 17:00 (America/New_York) | Military Circle Mall, 606 Church St., Norfolk, VA, 23510, United States
BITE 3 is back for another wild year! Stay tuned for more game and tournament announcements.The Beast in the East 3
October 12th-14th
Facebook Event Page
Preregistration Page
Official Tournament Games (Coming Soon)
Arcade Game List:
Pump it Up
Dance Dance Revolution
Initial D 7 (2 cabs)
Pop’n Music
Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike
Soul Calibur 2
Windjammers
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
Jubeat
Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax
Super SF2 Turbo
Capcom vs SNK 2
Vampire Savior

Mistake on the Lake - DDR A Tournament
2018-10-20 12:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Round1 Great Lakes Mall, 7850 Mentor Ave., Mentor, 44060, United States
We’re super excited to be running the first major OhioDDR tournament in nearly a decade! All players old and new are welcome for this event!
Full tournament rules can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u1PLTYaKDtLXUpE8_dgazKUNSjp3dYB1JrZxgbmQYAQ
Qualifiers will be handled via remote submission at this google forms page: https://goo.gl/forms/pNcT3DTO3uhl4Aod2
Please note you cannot re-qualify once you submit your scores. The qualifying songs are:
Do the Evolution EXP 10
晴天Bon Voyage EXP 12
野球の遊び方 そしてその歴史 ～決定版～ (Yakyuu / the rules and history of baseball) EXP 14
Registration is $10, plus a $5 venue fee. All registration money will be put back into prizes.
The tournament will be streamed live at twitch.tv/OhioDDR

Spectrum Series IV: DDR A Tournament at Dave & Buster's Irvine
2018-10-27 09:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Dave & Buster’s Irvine, 661 Spectrum Center Dr., Irvine, California, 92618, United States
Dave & Buster’s Irvine, CA is honored to announce its 4th Dance Dance Revolution Make-A-Wish America Charity Tournament, now known as Spectrum Series IV!
Tournament Date & Time: Saturday, October 27th, 11 AM – 10 PM
Location: Dave and Buster’s – Irvine
Address: 661 Spectrum Center Drive, Irvine, CA 92618
Venue: Midway Party Room
Entry Fees:
$20 with Eventbrite Ticket (coming soon)
$25 at the Door
$5 Spectator Fee (covers venue)
Registration:
-Saturday, Saturday, October 27th, 10 AM – 11 AM
Upper Division Rules: https://goo.gl/vYTBYs
Upper Division Pools (NOT UPDATED YET): https://goo.gl/ei77FB
Lower Division Rules: https://goo.gl/kJS7st
Upper Qualifier Submissions: https://goo.gl/forms/EqkzWpsilp1hMzpG3
Lower Qualifier Submissions: https://goo.gl/forms/XNt4MDjUDp47rf2z2
Eventbrite: Coming soon!
Challonge (Brackets): Coming Soon!
Live Stream: Coming Soon!
Prizes:
1st – Event Trophy, $75 Game Card
2nd – Event Medal, $50 Game Card
3rd – Event Medal, $25 Game Card
Coordinators:
Alex Shieh (ALECKS) – alecks.shieh@gmail.com
J.T. Vandenbree (TIZA!) – jtvandenbree@gmail.com
Brandon L Tangi (BLT9) – branblt@cox.net
tj Wa (maki) – graveshift69@gmail.com
QUALIFIER SET UPPER DIVISION:
Level 13: Tribe (Challenge): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFyg805TuQI&t=
Level 14: セツナトリップ (setsuna trip): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqiuYXwQOfI
Level 15: 灼熱Beach Side Bunny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWh1GTPrgg

Google Form: https://goo.gl/forms/EqkzWpsilp1hMzpG3
QUALIFIER SET LOWER DIVISION:
Level 11: A Geisha’s Dream ESP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az4Pr7oAOmg
Level 12: Gamelan de Couple ESP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN_N8r4BsfE
Level 13: STERLING SILVER ESP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WsRIm4ZkGM
Google Form: https://goo.gl/forms/XNt4MDjUDp47rf2z2
Good luck to everyone!!

Trick or Beats [RhythmCore]
2018-10-27 12:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Round 1 Crystal Run, 1 Galleria Dr, East Middletown, NY, 10941, United States
Register here: https://smash.gg/tournament/trick-or-beats-2018SDVX
People are seeded based on total score between both the qualifiers. Double elimination. Song choice format is pick-pick-random. You may not pick a song that you’ve already picked earlier in the tournament. Top seed either gets song choice (first or second) or machine choice (left or right).
Song choices for each round:
– 13 to 16 for the first round
– 14 to 17 for the second round
– 15 to 18 for the third round
– 16-19 for the fourth round if applicable
– Round Robin 17+
If there are less than four rounds due to attendance, this will be shortened accordingly, eliminating the easier song choice ranges.
Any options that don’t include mirror or random are allowed, including excessive, lane colors, judgment position, etc.
A person is allowed any song that they are able to choose provided it lands in the difficulty range of that round. Any song that any player has unlocked can be chosen; if one person has less songs unlocked but wants to choose a song the other person has unlocked, they may do so.
Final four is round robin format, 3 out of 5 for each round. Top seed gets either song choices (first/fourth or second/third) or machine choice. Format is subject to change based on time.
IIDX
Host: Pachy (Pakachu)
Overview:
This tournament will be ran double elimination style bracket.
Song selection will be determined by card draw.
Each player must play a qualifier to determine their spot on the bracket.
All mods are selectable
Card Draw:
Every song will be placed into a pool in which a program will draw 5 songs/difficulty at random.
Higher seed will be able to choose from 3 of the following options with the third option going back to the higher seeder.
Choice of song protection order
Choice of song veto order
Choice of cab (Left/Right)
Song protection – Both players will select a song to not be vetoed
Song veto – Both players will select a song to veto
The remaining 3 songs will be played in the order they were drawn.
All songs with the exception of 11/12s will be played on Another difficulty.
Level range for card draw (May change depending on how many rounds)
Round 1 – (8 – 10)
Round 2 – (9 – 11)
Round 3 – (10 – 11)
Round 4+ – (11 – 12)
Matches are played best 2 of out 3.
Scoring for each song will be determined by EX score
PGreat = 2 points
Great = 1 points
Good/Bad/Miss = 0 point
If there is a tie, a random song will be chosen from the randomizer app.
DDR
Prize: TBD
Rule type: Card draw based on (https://ddrdraw.surge.sh/)
Qualifiers:
Tsugaru Expert 12
The Island Song Challenge 13
EX score based, submit screenshot of score at results screen. Same set not necessary.
On site qualifiers will end at 12PM, tournament begins at 12:30 PM
Tournament Format:
First round is single elimination for time constraint (if player entry exceeds 32 man)
Each round afterwards is double elimination
Round 1 spread: Level 12 – 14 (weight setting 4, 6, 4)
Round 2 spread: Level 13 – 16 (weight setting 1, 3, 3, 1)
Round 3 spread: Level 13 – 17 (weight setting 2, 3, 5, 5, 3)
Round 4 onward spread: 14 – 18 (weight setting 3, 5, 5, 5, 3)
General Ruleset:
EX Scoring will be used
Higher seed chooses pad or veto order, lower seed gets other choice.
Tie results in TO card draw of one song
If card draw set includes a song from the BEMANI SUMMER GREETINGS or more recent, a player can veto the set. Player MUST be informed without seeing the set. Songs include but not limited to:
Life is Beautiful
Puberty Dysthymia
Rejoin
Super Summer Sale
風鈴花火
星座が恋した瞬間を。
Prey
Turn mods allowed
Any pad issues and arbitration MUST be called during your song. TOs will keep a close eye in case of persisting issues. IF no observable issues arise for the rest of the match, the tournament will resume.
If pad issues interfere with a match’s results, a rematch of the same song with both players switching sides may be allowed at TO’s discretion.
Rematches will only be allowed if the EX score difference is within 0-10 EX points and there is an obvious pad issue.
Once the next song is selected, the previous song’s results are recorded. No retroactive arbitration is allowed.
Highest EX score wins.
Players MUST play through their song. Pretending to fail out will result in an automatic LOSS for the song.
TO is allowed to call the end of the song early if a player stops playing midway.
But if they’re about to set a WR just let them do it, it’s kinda hype.
PIU
Seeds are determined based on the total score of both qualifiers (additive).
The tournament will use a double elimination bracket.
Bar use is allowed at all times.
The following mods are forced: HJ, BGA DARK
Any other mods may be used that don’t interfere with the other player’s playfield. No Swords.
Each round will be played using the card draw system. 5 songs in the selected level range will be generated, and each player will veto one song. The remaining 3 songs will be played in the order they are listed (unless the players agree on a different order)
All matches for Top 8 and later will exclusively use Doubles songs. All prior matches will exclusively use Singles songs.
The final match (Grand Finals) will consist of 5 songs, with each player alternating song picks. If necessary, the final song will be random, with a 3 song-set generated and each player vetoing one song.
For doubles, each player will alternate going first (ex. If Player A plays first for song 1, Player B will play first for song 2, and Player A will go first again for the tiebreaker)
The higher seed will either be able to choose one of the following three options. The lower seed will get to choose from the remaining two, with the 3rd going to the higher seed.
Pad side (for singles) or play order (for doubles)
Song veto order (1st or 2nd)
Song protection order (1st or 2nd)
For Grand Finals:
Play order
Pick order
Song veto order
Machine score will be used to determine the winner of each song.
Only arcade charts will be used (no full songs, remixes, shortcuts)
Card Draw Level Ranges:
Round 1: 16-18
Round 2: 17-19
Round 3: 18-21
Round 4: 19-22
Round 5: 20+
(May be adjusted based on number of entrants)
Qualifiers
Pump it Up
U Got 2 Know S17 HJ
Allegro Piu Mosso S16 HJ
IIDX
STAR FIELD – SADA A9
Queen’s Tragedy – Nekomata Master+ A10
SDVX
Lucky Clover EXH 17
Lionheart MXM 16
DDR
Tsugaru – ESP 12
The Island Song – CSP 13

Desert Journey: A Dance Dance Revolution Ace Tournament
2018-11-03 12:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Round1 Coronado Center Mall, 6600 Menaul Blvd., Albuquerque, NM, 87110, United States
Desert Journey is a Dance Dance Revolution Ace Tournament happening at the Round 1 Coronado Center in Albuquerque, NM.This event is open to ALL ages, with prizes and awards on the line!
Entry Fee: $15 – Tournament fee
FREE for Specators*
*Due to the size of the room, we can only have a maximum of 50 people inside the room at all times. Because of this venue regulation, tournament players have higher priority to stay in the room than spectators. We hope you understand.
Tournament Information can be found at this link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z3P-H7I8aRx852bB-0oy0XZPOFyXs6wf7_FTDDXPJdY/edit
More details coming soon!
Let’s D.D.R!
Bracket
Livestream
Watch live video from nmddr on www.twitch.tv

Rumble In The Prairie 10.5
2018-11-09 18:00 - 2018-11-11 23:00 (America/New_York) | Illini Union Rec Room, 1401 W Green St., Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Facebook Event PageSIGNUPS:
SCHEDULE:
WEBSITE: http://rip.ddrillini.club (TO BE UPDATED)
(Packs, remote qualifiers, and rules @ website)
ITG Singles
ITG Doubles
Daikyi SRT
PIU Couples
RIP10.5 is our smaller/more local fall tournament, compared to the one happening in the spring.
We hope to see you there!

DreamHack Atlanta 2018 - The Calm Before the Storm
2018-11-16 09:00 - 2018-11-18 18:00 (America/New_York) | Georgia World Congress Center Authority, 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA, 30313, United States
We’re proud to partner up with Arcade Impact and DDR Storm to host tournaments for Dance Dance Revolution and Pump It Up PRIME 2 at DreamHack Atlanta 2018!
※ DREAMHACK ATLANTA PASSES WILL BE REQUIRED UPON ENTRY OF THE VENUE. ※
You may purchase event passes in advance here in the meantime: https://www.tixr.com/groups/dreamhack/events/dreamhack-atlanta-2018-8474

Registration form for our dance game tournaments at @DreamHack Atlanta next weekend is now live! @MomoCon will also be providing full membership badges as winning prizes for both tournaments!
See you next weekend!Form: https://t.co/CMKPgRVsSOEvent page: https://t.co/Z40dTCs6oQ pic.twitter.com/yDuuLs02Te
— Storm × League (@stormxleague) November 5, 2018

Game Underground Arcade Championship 3
2018-11-16 14:00 - 2018-11-18 21:00 (America/New_York) | Game Underground, 349 Moody Street, Waltham, MA, 02453, United States
Artwork made by Debisco Design.New England’s premiere 3-day arcade game tournament returns!
Featured Games Include:
Dance Dance Revolution
Beatmania IIDX
Sound Voltex
Pop’n Music
Jubeat
Reflec Beat
Tetris: The Grandmaster
Air Hockey
Mystery Tournament
Venue Fee: $10 (You must pay this to enter any tournament)
Tournament fee’s and start times:
Dance Dance Revolution: $10, 1 P.M. Saturday
Beatmania IIDX: $10, 1 P.M. Saturday
Sound Voltex: $10, 1 P.M. Sunday
Pop’n Music: $5, 1 P.M. Saturday
Jubeat: $5, 1 P.M. Sunday
Reflec Beat: $5, 1 P.M. Sunday
Tetris: The Grandmaster: $5, 1 P.M. Saturday
Air Hockey: $5, 1 P.M. Saturday
Mystery Tournament: Free with venue fee, 1 P.M. Sunday.
Games will be set on freeplay during tournament events and will be on tokens before and after tournaments.
Qualifying periods are Friday from 6 P.M. to close, Saturday and Sunday 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.
For more details on tournament rulesets and guidelines, please refer to this drive folder with all GUAC 3 information: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X4-jeCZcJ4JaFIpRf4_4MzLJcMtkjBX6?usp=sharing

Genesis Cup - Road to Infinity
2018-11-29 - 2018-11-30 | Indonesia, Indonesia
– The Genesis Cup will consist of 4 nations: Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore.-
The Cup will contest only 3 games: Gitadora Drummania Exchain, Sound Voltex IV: Heavenly Haven and Dance Dance Revolution A.
– The qualifiers will be determined online and submissions will be via a Google form.
– There will be 2 representatives from each country for each game.
– The representatives will be flown over to Indonesia to take part in an offline showdown!
– The overall winner of each tourney in the Indo offline showdown for each game will receive a trip to Japan to attend the Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO), where they can watch the Konami Arcade Championship.
Final Form Link:
DDR: https://goo.gl/forms/HTMP6mgHT3eekDPw2
Gitadora: https://goo.gl/forms/2pa4JGoGCaRc950n2
SDVX: https://goo.gl/forms/AExaq6HnujOqGks43

Genesis Cup: Road to Infinity 2018 FAQ
Q: What countries will be joining this event?
A: Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and Philippines.
Q: Where and when will this event happen?
A: Indonesia, November 29-30,2018
Q: Do you need a passport in order to join the event?
A: Yes.
Q: Are all expenses paid (Plane ticket, accommodation)?
A: Yes.

Q: What arcade games are participating?
A: Gitadora Drummania, Dance Dance Revolution A, Sound Voltex IV: Heavenly Haven
Q: Is this an online event or an offline event?
A: Online event.
Q: EX score or Normal score?
A: EX Score.
Q: Can players submit entries more than once?
A: Yes, submissions are open until November 11, 2018.
Q: How are we going to participate? Where is the link for submitting my scores?
A: Final Form Link:

DDR: https://goo.gl/forms/HTMP6mgHT3eekDPw2
Gitadora: https://goo.gl/forms/2pa4JGoGCaRc950n2
SDVX: https://goo.gl/forms/AExaq6HnujOqGks43

Q: How am I going to submit my score?
A: Take a photo of your score and upload it in the link of the game you’re participating provided above.

Raj of the Garage 5
2018-12-07 12:00 - 2018-12-09 16:00 (America/New_York) | Hyatt Regency Columbus, 350 North High Street, Columbus, OH, 43215, United States
Facebook Event PageWelcome to Raj of the Garage 5!
Register: http://www.rajotg.com
NOTE TO THE FGC: We are not using smash.gg for registration, please register for the event and tournaments directly on our site.
Raj of the Garage 5 is a 3 day, 24 hour, gaming event. It will feature over 100 free to play arcade machines, a casual fighting game area, and 18 tournaments ranging from rhythm games, to fighting games, to racing games, and more. Whether your interest is in casual gaming or tournaments, Raj is the event for you!
Registration: Full weekend badges are $50 online and will be $60 at the door. Single day badges can be bought at door only for $30. Badges include access to all Raj rooms and free play on all games. Badges are required to enter the venue space.
Hotel/Venue: The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Columbus. We will be located on the bottom level. Our room rate is $109 for a King or Double room. Please make sure to book your room directly from our website to assure you get the room rate.
Tournaments:
DanceDanceRevolution
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme Pro
In The Groove
Pump it Up PRIME 2
SOUND VOLTEX
jubeat
beatmania IIDX
pop’n music
REFLEC BEAT
Bishi Bashi Channel
Initial D ARCADE STAGE 8 Infinity
Street Fighter V Arcade Edition
DRAGON BALL FighterZ
Tekken 7
BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle
Super Smash Bros. Wii U
PuyoPuyo Tetris
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Arcade Games:
SOUND VOLTEX (4 Cabinets)
beatmania IIDX (2 Cabinets)
pop’n music (4 Cabinets)
jubeat (11 Cabinets)
MÚSECA (2 Cabinets)
BeatStream (6 Cabinets)
DanceDanceRevolution (2 Cabinets)
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme Pro (2 Cabinets)
In the Groove (2 Cabinets)
Pump it Up PRIME 2 (2 Cabinets)
Initial D ARCADE STAGE 8 Infinity (4 Cabinets)
Taiko no Tatsujin (2 Cabinets)
DanceEvolution ARCADE (2 Cabinets)
GROOVE COASTER 3 EX (2 Cabinets)
Cho Chabudai Gaeshi! (Super Table-Flip!) (2 Cabinets)
THE☆BishiBashi
Bishi Bashi Champ
Future Tom Tom
Neon FM
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone (2 Cabinets)
maimai MURASAKi
crossbeats REV. SUNRISE
Music GunGun 2
DanceManiax Update
REFLEC BEAT (3 Cabinets)
Street Fighter V Arcade Edition (2-cab head-to-head)
BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle (2-cab head-to-head)
Tekken 7 (2-cab head-to-head)
Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (2-cab head-to-head)
DRAGON BALL FighterZ (2 Pair, 2-cab head-to-head)
Pokkén Tournament (2-cab head-to-head)
Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition (2-cab head-to-head)
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (2-cab head-to-head)
Gitadora Guitar
Gitadora Drum
Silent Scope Bone Eater
House of the Dead EX
Gunslinger Stratos (2 Cabinets)
Kidō Senshi Gundam: Senjō no Kizuna (Gundam Battle Pods) (4 Cabinets)
Street Fighter III: Third Strike
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
Capcom Vs SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Windjammers
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT
Gals Panic S
Espgaluda II
Tetris The Grand Master 3: Terror Instinct
Special Thanks to the following groups for making Raj possible:
Ohayocon: https://fb.me/ohayocon/ (For helping us secure this amazing venue and offering tons of support)
KDog’s Arcade: https://fb.me/kdogsarcade/ (For providing additional arcade machines)
WeDoCa: https://fb.me/wedocagaming/ (For providing 25 Candy Cabinets)
Dead State Design: https://fb.me/DeadStateDesign/ (For providing 30+ freeplay consoles)
No Good Network: https://fb.me/nogoodnetwork/ (For helping with fgc tournaments)

BEMANI esports Championship 2018
2018-12-15 12:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | MBK Center, 444 Phayathai Rd, Bangkok, Patumwan, 10330, Thailand
// BEMANI Esports Championship 2018 //We are very excited for BEMANI Esports Championship 2018 which is the biggest Arcade tournament in Thailand EVER! There are four representatives from four countries in South East Asia.
There are three special arcade tournaments:
1) Dance Dance Revolution
2) Sound Voltex
3) Gitadora
Location : 5 th MBK Center, Thailand
Date : 15 December 2018
Prize pool : 210,000 THB

December 2 Remember
2018-12-29 11:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Esports Arena Oakland, 255 2nd St, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Get hype for December 2 Remember! Our trailer reveals the team captains for our 8v8 squad battle, our remote qualifier set and what’s in store for our first-ever D2R Freestyle Champion! We’re ending 2018 in style at @ESAOakland!#DDR #DanceDanceRevolution pic.twitter.com/uWbaFmeKa5
— Freestyle Takeover (@FSTakeover) November 19, 2018
D2R squad battle rules are up! https://t.co/1TYUSineMW
QUALIFIER SET:– D2R (ESP 11)– Paranoia KCET (CSP 15)– DDR Megamix (ESP 15)
Send your scores to staff [at] https://t.co/WfoVavoMiZ or tag w/ #D2RQualifier by 12/10. Top 8 will be drafted onto @fungah_ + @CHRS4LFE’s teams! pic.twitter.com/x1GMe2T744
— Freestyle Takeover (@FSTakeover) November 26, 2018
We’ll be making next month a DECEMBER 2 REMEMBER on with a premiere DDR Freestyle championship showdown and 8-on-8 technical team battle at Esports Arena Oakland!
This will be a 20th anniversary celebration of the game we love and a huge opportunity for the DDR community to showcase its very best players. Details/mixes forthcoming but you are not going to want to miss this!

FBA9: The 2018 Freeplay DDR Championship
2018-12-29 11:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Freeplay Bar & Arcade, 182 Pine Street, Providence, RI, 02903, United States
Pre-registration is REQUIRED for FBA9. Reg. deadline is 12/24 at noon———-> smash.gg/FBA9REMOTE QUALIFYING IS MANDATORY FOR FBA9———-> See post body for submission rules and e-mail address for qualifier submissions
Welcome to the Facebook event page for FBA9: The 2018 Freeplay DDR Championship! FBA9 will be the finale of the 2018 season of the FBA series of monthly DDR tournaments at Freeplay Bar & Arcade, and we’re doing it big to send everyone off into another year of tournaments in 2019! This will also be the first FBA tournament to move to a Saturday from our usual Sunday dates!
Due to the success of dance games and the FBA series at Freeplay Bar & Arcade, Freeplay has made a big investment into a professional streaming setup, and FBA9 will be the first FBA tournament to be live broadcast on Twitch! Two commentators will be covering the tournament from start to finish, and the tournament stream will feature a direct video lineout of the game screen, a camera on the two players, and a camera on the commentators. The live stream will also feature player stats and matchup data accumulated throughout all DDR tournaments in New England in 2018.
To cap off the event, there will be a pizza party thrown after the tournament (included in the registration fee), at which time we’ll be doing announcements for 2019, and then an awards ceremony! The awards ceremony will feature superlatives for particular player accomplishments, and most importantly, the top players of the FBA series will be recognized with awards and the champion of the 2018 FBA season will be crowned! NOTE to regular FBA players: Player stats are NOT final as of right now, and the top players of the 2018 season will be calculated immediately after the tournament using FBA9’s match data to determine the top rankers. If you’ve been rocking it at the FBA series, you’re in the running! Don’t miss out on the last tournament!
—————–FBA9 Pre-Registration Policy:
Players must pre-register to compete at FBA9 so the Freeplay and New England Rhythm Games team know what to expect in terms of headcount. Registration will run through smash.gg/FBA9. If you’re interested in checking out the tournament but don’t want to compete, you can register as a spectator which will cover you to join in the pizza party / awards ceremony after the tournament! The registration deadline is December 24th at noon.
Note: FBA9 will not be using smash.gg’s bracketing system and will instead be hosted on Challonge as usual.
—————–Contact info and 21+ policy
TOURNAMENT IS 21+
Tournament Director: Nate Lemoi, contact on FB with any questions/comments/concerns
Like the “New England Rhythm Games” FB page to get the most up to date information about the FBA tournament series and community meetups!
——Address, Pricing, and Prizes
Address: 182 Pine St, Providence, RI 02903
(401) 316-4299
Date: Saturday, December 29th
Time: Doors open at 11 AM for check-in and last minute qualifying, tournament starts at 12 PM sharp
$10 Freeplay admission at the door
$25 Registration fee ($15 NERG registration fee, $10 to prize pool)
$10 to register as a spectator (pays to cover your spot at the pizza party and awards ceremony, no tournie registration, does NOT include Freeplay’s $10 cover)
Prizes:
1st: 60% of prize pool, $25 Freeplay gift card, Freeplay Swag
2nd: 30% of prize pool, $10 Freeplay gift card and Freeplay Swag
3rd: 10% of prize pool, Freeplay Swag
NOTE: The New England Rhythm Games and Freeplay team are actively seeking out sponsors for FBA9, prizes are very likely to shoot up between the event announcement and the day of the tournament. The prize structure is also subject to change. Check regularly for updates.
————————–RULESET:—————————————
—————–Qualifiers:
Qualifiers:
Programmed Universe (EXPERT 12)
Osaka Evolved TYPE 3 (DIFFICULT 13)
This tournament welcomes players of all skill levels! If the given qualifier is too difficult, players may qualify on a lower difficulty.
NOTE: REMOTE QUALIFYING IS MANDATORY FOR FBA9.
For the sake of consistency, only remote qualifying scores from DDR Ace will be accepted, and the picture/video must be of the score screen not your E-Amuse record on the song select screen. We do not have the time available to do any more than a strictly minimal amount of day-of qualifying for players who couldn’t make it out to a qualifying location due to work/life obligations, or out-of-region players without access to public DDR Ace machines. The places to qualify in New England are at one of the three DDR Ace locations:
Round 1 @ Silver City Galleria, Taunton, MA
Dave n’ Buster’s, Braintree, MA
Round 1 @ The Maine Mall, Portland, ME
For those New England players who live further out west in the region and have a longer drive to make it to one of the central Ace locations, the best day to make a trip would be during the Nintendo-themed community meetup that will be hosted by Rhythmcore Gaming at Round 1 (Taunton) on Saturday, December 15th. Make the most out of a Round 1 trip and come hang out with the community! The FB event page for the meetup is below:
https://www.facebook.com/events/573425906441799/
You can send your two qualifying scores to newenglandrhythmgames@gmail.com.
In case of a qualifier tie, a random 13 will be selected as a tiebreaker.
Depending on time constraints, there may or may NOT be a warmup song allowed for last-minute in-person qualifiers. Normally we do not do warmups at the FBA series and that is the most likely scenario. For this reason, remote qualifying is HIGHLY encouraged. We want to keep last-minute day-of qualifiers to an absolute minimum. If warmups are granted, you may not play one of the qualifiers as your warmup. Just a note on fairness, if warmups are granted, all players will be granted a warmup. There won’t be a scenario where warmups are granted and then taken back, putting those players without a warmup at a disadvantage.
—————–Format:
30 or less players: Double Elimination
More than 30 players: Single Elimination to top 16, then double elimination
The tournament will be using DDR X3.
The tournament will be seeded using the two qualifiers and run best 2 out of 3 songs using a random card draw for the song picks and a veto/protect system detailed below. Winner of each song will be determined by EX score (3 points for Marvelous/O.K., 2 points for Perfect, 1 point for Great)
[Note for new players who are unfamiliar with tournament seeding: Seeding is the method used to pair the players’ matches in the first round so that the strongest players do not face each other until later rounds. For this tournament, each player’s qualifying scores are added together and ranked from highest to lowest, then paired with their opposite ranking player. For example, in an 8-player tournament, pairings would be 1st ranked player and 8th ranked player, 2-7, 3-4, and 5-6.]
Grand finals will be best 3 out of 5, each song guaranteed to be a 14 thru 19. In the grand finals, 7 songs will be random’ed, and then the normal veto/protect sequence will occur.
*********NOTE: The format for grand finals may change to a longer format, possibly match rules or other format, before or during the tournament based on time constraints.
Each round will have an increasingly difficult range of difficulties that the songs will be selected from. The specific difficulty range per round will depend on the size of the bracket. A full breakdown of the difficulty ranges can be found here:
32-player bracket difficulty ranges: https://i.imgur.com/Cln2lKj.jpg
The difficulty ranges for a 64-player bracket are currently being finalized, will be released asap
FBA9 will utilize weighted randoms, the difficulty weights for each range are as follows:
9-11 (2, 4, 3)
11-15 (3, 5, 7, 4 , 3)
12-15 (3, 4, 4, 3)
12-16 (5, 8, 9, 7, 6)
13-16 (7, 11, 10, 9)
13-17 (4, 5, 7, 6, 5)
14-17 (5, 7, 8, 7)
14-18 (7, 9, 10, 9, 8)
14-19 (10, 13, 15, 13, 10, 5)
—————–VETO SYSTEM:
Prior to each match, 5 songs will be random’ed. From there, the players will each select a song to veto-protect (meaning they pick a song that may NOT be vetoed in the veto round), and then each player will veto one of the remaining 3 songs to give the final 3-song set. The remaining three songs will be played in the order they were selected.
At the beginning of the match: higher seed will choose one of the three following preferences:
-Pad preference (left side/right side)
-Veto-protect order (first or second)
-Veto order (first or second)
Higher seed gets the remaining option not selected by the lower seed.
————–Other rules:
All songs will be on Expert or Challenge, except that any non-Expert or Challenge chart that is a 13 or above in difficulty will also be included in the random draw.
Cut, no freezes, and no jumps are not allowed as modifiers as they affect total EX score. Life gauge modifiers are not allowed. All other mods including turn mods (right, shuffle, etc.), appearance mods (sudden, hidden, etc.) and arrow movement mods (boost, brake, wave) are allowed.
If a player fails a song, their EX score at the time of failure will be used as their final score for the song.
Barring extreme circumstances, there will be no pad arbitration. In the event of close matches with clear pad errors, players will switch sides and play the song again, using their highest score to determine the winner.
***************NOTE: All rules are subject to change, please check the event page regularly for update announcements. While this is highly unlikely and will be avoided at all costs, number of songs per match may be changed in case of a very large player turnout endangering time constraints.

The 8th KONAMI Arcade Championship
2019-01-26 10:00 - 2019-01-27 17:00 (America/New_York) | Makuhari Messe Hall 2～3, 〒261-0023 Chiba-ken, Chiba-shi, Mihama-ku, Nakase, 2 Chome−2−1, Chiba, Japan
アーケードゲームプレーヤーの頂点を決めるKONAMIのeスポーツ公式大会「The 8th KONAMI Arcade Championship」開催決定！JAEPO 2019で開催される決勝大会にてチャンピオンを決定します！参戦タイトル・レギュレーション・スケジュールについては、続報をお待ちください！ #KAC pic.twitter.com/aBgzYJp5k9
— KONAMI KACスタッフ (@konami_kac) October 24, 2018
【掴め！平成最後の栄冠を。】1/12(土)と1/14(月・祝)に開催されるThe 8th KACエリア大会とファイナリスト決定戦の詳細を公開しました！予選ラウンドを勝ち抜いた猛者たちが直接対決します！会場で観戦できるほか、ライブ配信も行います！代表が決まる瞬間を見届けよう！ #KAC https://t.co/kparBqHZcb pic.twitter.com/Q7O1XWAdYX
— KONAMI KACスタッフ (@konami_kac) December 12, 2018

SUPER Extra Exclusive (1.26.19) ~DDR World Tournament 2~
2019-01-26 11:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Eternal Tower, 外神田4-4-7 MTビル3Ｆ～8Ｆ, Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, 1010021, Japan
Dear All DDR Players:The 8th KAC qualifying round has concluded, the rules have been announced, and players from all around the globe are anticipating the big event on Sunday, January 27th at the JAEPO convention in Japan. However, The Konami Arcade Championships only allow a handful of players to compete, and while many have already secured their travel plans to visit Japan to cheer on their friends and show support, tradition would dictate that another event will be shaking Tokyo to its core…
SUPER. Extra. Exclusive!
A REAL tournament, where the greatest DDR players of the world can duke it out in the heart of Japan!
On Saturday, the day before KAC, we will be holding a 32-man single and double elimination Singles tournament AND gauntlet-style Doubles tournament at Eternal Amusement Tower in Akihabara.
We will be renting the 8th floor of the building (for real this time!) where we will have an entire floor dedicated to a DDR A white cabinet to run and stream the event! There will be PLENTY of leg room!
[Location]
Eternal Amusement Tower, Akihabara – 8th Floor
[Time]
Saturday, January 26th @ 11AM
[Rules]
*SINGLES*
The Singles division will be a 32-man single/double elimination tournament.
The first 2 rounds will be single elimination.
The 3rd round and beyond will be double elimination.
The top 4 finals will be Round Robin style.
Seeding:
The top 32 overall rankers for The 8th KAC qualifying period will get a free bye into the tournament for their respective slots. As a handful of these players will not be attending or competing in this event, the remaining bottom slots will be available for players to compete for via a qualifying set to be submitted prior to the event.
Qualifiers:
A qualifying set will be used to determine who will fill remaining seeds in the top 32. The cutoff for submitting scores will be January 20th. Simply take a photo of your set and post here or Tweet your photo with the hashtag #extraexclusive2019 by the cutoff date.
All players are encouraged to submit qualifying scores!
Qualifier songs:
・S!ck ESP Lv16
・PARANOiA-Respect- ESP Lv16
Play a set that includes these 2 songs. Your set may be played in any order, and you can replay any song within that set. If you get Extra Stage, you are welcome to replay any of the songs once more. The higher of each of the 2 songs’ scores will be counted. Take a photo of the grand results screen for your set. As such, machine score will be used.
Tournament:
The first two rounds will be a 4-song card draw using a custom card draw application. Each player vetoes 1 song, with the higher seed deciding pad or veto order. The players will play the remaining 2 songs in the order drawn. The winner will be decided via total EX of the 2 songs.
The third and semi-final rounds will be 5-song card draw. Each player will then select 1 song to PROTECT, and 1 song to veto (a protected song cannot be vetoed by the other player). The higher seed will decide pad, or who decides veto/protect order. The 2 protected songs and the remaining song will be used to decide the 3-song match.
The finals will be a 7-song card draw, with each player selecting 1 song to protect and 1 song to veto. The remaining 5 songs will be played, with the first player to reach 3 song victories winning the match.
*Songs will be played in the order drawn unless both players agree to play in order of ascending difficulty.
*If the same song is drawn twice with different difficulties, the 2nd draw of the song will be redrawn to prevent a single song weighing heavier on a single match than another.
*If both players agree, they may redraw the songs for a new set of songs once.
All rounds will be ESP/CSP only.
Round 1: 13-17 (weighted 15%, 20%, 30%, 20%, 15%)
Round 2: 14-18 (weighted 15%, 20%, 30%, 20%, 15%)
Round 3: 15-19 (weighted 15%, 34%, 34%, 15%, 2%)
Semi-finals: 16-19 (weighted 30%, 35%, 30%, 5%)
Finals: 17-19 (weighted 40%, 50%, 10%)
Pad side will be chosen by higher seed. As of this time, there will be no arbitration.
All rounds will be strictly EX score based.
Scoring for Rounds 1 and 2 will be best total EX of 2 songs (cumulative).
Scoring for Round 3 and Semi-finals will be best 2 out of 3 (not cumulative).
Grand finals will be top 2 of winners bracket and top 2 of losers bracket moving into a Round Robin competition. Matches will be best 3 out of 5 (not cumulative).
*During the Top 8, competitors will be given 1 warm-up song before their set begins. During grand finals, competitors will be given up to 2 warm-up songs before their set begins.
The Round Robin Grand Finals will be played in the following order, with 1 & 2 being the winners of the winners’ bracket, and 3 & 4 being the winners of the losers’ bracket.
Finals order:
3 vs 4
2 vs 4
1 vs 3
1 vs 4
2 vs 3
1 vs 2
This way the winners of losers’ play first, the winners of winners’ play last, and no player is forced to play more than 2 matches back to back.
The player with the most victories is the champion!
*In the event of a tie, the player with the least number of losses during the Round Robin will take priority.
[Notice]
All rules are subject to change, and any changes will be promptly announced, so please check back periodically leading up to the event. The general structure of the event, date, and location will not change.
[Rules]
*DOUBLES*
The Doubles division will be a gauntlet-style tournament.
All players will play the same song(s), with the highest scores moving further in the tournament.
The first round will act as a qualifier to make Top 8.
The top 4 scores of Top 8 will make Top 4.
The top 2 scores of Top 4 will make the Grand Finals.
Grand Finals will be best 2 out of 3.
Seeding:
Seeding will be determined by a qualifier played on the day of the event, on the 4th Floor of Eternal Amusement Tower on the red DDR Ace cabinet. There will be no entry fee for the Doubles event, but players must pay their own game to qualify. The qualifying period will be from 11AM until the Singles tournament finishes. Your qualifer score must be witnessed by a Tournament Organizer, and you must inform the T.O. in advance that the song you will play will be counted as your qualifying score. You are free to play the qualifying song during any of your sets throughout the day, but only your official score will be counted towards qualifying.
There is no limit to the number of players who wish to qualify.
*The qualifier will be decided via EX score.
Qualifier song:
・Trigger EDP Lv16
Tournament:
The top 8 scores of the qualifier will enter the first round.
Top 8 (Round 1):
Random 17 via card draw application.
Top 4 (Round 2):
Five 18’s will be randomed via card draw, with each player removing 1 song in order of lowest seed to highest. The remaining song will be played.
Top 2 (Final Round):
5 songs will be drawn with a 50/50 weight of Lv18’s and 19’s. Each player will defend 1 song and veto 1 song, with the remaining 3 songs being played in order of app draw. The first to 2 victories wins.
*The higher seed decides who defends/vetoes first or decides the play order.
*All other rounds, play order will be decided via a randomizer.
Top 8 begins when Singles finals end.
*All tournament matches will be played on 8th floor white cabinet.
*All other rules are the same as single, unless otherwise specified.
[Other Details]
For those that cannot attend, there will be a live stream setup, this year with both English and Japanese commentation. The link will be posted once details are confirmed.
Stream link: HERE
For a visual of the tournament bracket format, please see below:
https://challonge.com/extraexclusive2019_single
https://challonge.com/extraexclusive2019_double
For a list of confirmed attendees, and the current standings on qualifiers and seeding, see below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VLYE0Q8eU2xNrH5FlsR6CjZgd7tguR96phcMYMVBgZs/edit?usp=sharing
There is a venue fee of ¥1,000 for all spectators and competitors. Those who pre-register by 1/23 can get their venue fee and a SUPER Extra Exclusive T-shirt for ¥3,000 (a ¥500 savings!). Those who pre-register can also reserve other goods (additional T-shirts, a SUPER Extra Exclusive glow-in-the-dark hoodie, towel, etc.). Those who do not reserve will be able to purchase available goods on-site the day of the event. Unsold items may be sold online at a later date (while supplies last).
For pre-registration or to reserve items, please remit payment via PayPal to:
hudsonfelker@gmail.com
To avoid transaction fees, please send payment as “gift.” In the memo section, write your real name and username, what goods you’d like to reserve (please include size in American), and whether you’re a spectator or competitor (and which events you’ll be entering).
If you’re in Japan and would like to pre-register, please speak to Lily directly at Eternal Amusement Tower in Akihabara.
First place in both tournaments will receive a SUPER Extra Exclusive trophy. A separate special award is planned for other finalists. There will be no cash prizes.
Merchandise such as T-shirts and other extremely exclusive items will be available for purchase at the event. To reserve your goods, please include payment with your pre-registration and leave a comment with your name, shirt size (American), and which items you are paying for. They will be available to pick-up at the event.
Prices (as of 12/28/18):
¥2,500 SUPER Extra Exclusive T-shirt
¥4,000 SUPER Extra Exclusive glow-in-the-dark Hoodie
¥1,000 SUPER Extra Exclusive gym towel
*If you are not attending the event, I will be selling the remaining items online at a later time!
*All prices are subject to change, as well as start/finish times. Rules, event location, and other details may need to modified if necessary. In the event that any details change, it will be publicly announced and updated here prior to the event.
*For pre-registration and to reserve goods, please remit payment to hudsonfelker@gmail.com via PayPal with the comment SUPER Extra Exclusive, with your user handle and shirt sizes. Please send as gift to avoid service fees.
If you are participating at the event, we would appreciate anyone who can stay afterwards and help clean up. The players in Japan are helping as much as they can to get this set up and their kindness should be repaid!
If anyone else has anything they’d like to add or that I’ve missed, please comment! We look forward to seeing you all there and on the stream!
KAZE.573

Genesis 6
2019-02-01 21:00 - 2019-02-03 00:00 (America/New_York) | Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
GENESIS 6 is once again back in Oakland, at the spacious Oakland Marriott City Convention Center! 60,000+ sqft of competitive gaming with our Top 8 Sunday taking place at the beautiful Paramount Theatre!LINE UP:
Super Smash Bros. 64
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Rivals of Aether
Splatoon 2
DDR Extreme
Slap City
Magical Drop 3
HOTEL:
Book your hotel rooms today before they’re sold out!
https://book.passkey.com/e/49731337
FEES:
EVENTS:
$10/event, limit 4 events per person
(Due to time constraints, players entering Splatoon 2 are limited to only 2 events total)
COMPETITOR PASS:
$70 for main registration period, until 12/17
$85 for late registration, until 01/07/19
$100 for emergency registration, until 01/15/19
(All Competitor/Spectator passes are non-refundable/non-transferable)
SPECTATOR PASS:
$50 – Two-Day Pass
$30 – One-day pass
(All Competitor/Spectator passes are non-refundable/non-transferable)
(Add $5 for purchasing Spectator pass in person during event)
-A competitor or spectator pass is required for entry into the main ballroom.-
SUNDAY TOP 8 VENUE:
$45
Orchestra Front
$25
Balcony & Orchestra Rear
Limited to registered spectators/attendees until (1/07)
Available to general public at that time and on-site if tickets remain available.
— Top 8 tickets ARE refundable and transferable —
Balcony seating (https://imgur.com/Lt9VptV)
Orchestra seating diagram (https://imgur.com/HWaQUpp)
TRAVEL
The closest airport to GENESIS 6 is Oakland (OAK). SFO is also an option due to BART being accessible from either airport directly to the vicinity of the venue. SJC (San Jose International) is not recommended due to its distance, and lack of public transportation directly to Oakland.
Visit genesisgaming.gg for more information

UPS Tournament 4
2019-02-02 10:00 - 2019-02-03 23:00 (America/New_York) | University of Pennsylvania, Pollock Commons, University Park, PA, 16802, United States
University Park Stepmania Tournament 4!U.P.S. 4 is an ITG Tournament, sort of
It’s more like a casual SM5 Tournament and dance game social event.
RULES AND INFORMATION ARE LOCATED HERE: http://aaronin.jp/boards/viewtopic.php?p=492855#492855
DAN’S 3.95 –> SM5 LUA GUIDE LOCATED HERE: http://dguzek.github.io/Lua-For-SM5/

Girlpocalypse 2019 Qualifiers
2019-02-18 - 2019-03-03 | pin Courcelles-Sur-Seine, Courcelles-Sur-Seine, Haute-Normandie, France
Welcome to Girlpocalypse 2019 Qualifiers! This year, we will be going to a whole new country, because GIRLS will happen August 16-18th, in France!
GIRLS is an international offline tournaments gathering the best female player from all around the world. They will be tested on 3 events: Stamina, Speed, and Timing. The best 12 girls will be invited to the main tournament.
GIRLS qualifiers will serve for 2 purposes : to be used as qualifiers to the GIRLS Tournament, and to offer enough content so that a lot of girls can participate and have fun in it.
Stamina and Speed will both be composed of 33 songs, 3 from each difficulty from 10 to 20. The harder the songs you’ll pass, the more points who will have!
Timing will be composed of 4 songs from each to 12, and will measure your ability to get those fantastics.
Songpack and exact rules will be released on the start of qualifiers, which will start in few days, and last until March 2nd. I hope you’ll all ready for this!

Silver City Summit at R1 SCG
2019-02-22 17:00 - 2019-02-23 23:00 (America/New_York) | Round 1 Silver City Galleria, 2 Galleria Mall Dr, Taunton, MA, 02780, United States
Welcome to the first ever arcade tournament at Round 1 SCG, Silver City Summit, hosted by System Arcadia. System Arcadia is an event promotion company in the Northeast that has been running events in Massachusetts since 2015. Before System Arcadia however, its employees have been involved in many of the major rhythm game tournaments and have deep community involvement. In the past, our crew has worked on the MMG series, the GUAC and CotC multi-game series, and many of the rhythm game tournaments that have occurred at anime conventions in the region such as Anime Boston and ConnectiCon over the last several years.Thanks to the graciousness of Round 1, we are now able to throw you a high-quality event on the newest machines from Japan. We aim to provide the ever-growing rhythm game scene in our region a professional yet entertaining tournament series. For our first event, we will be running 5 rhythm game tournaments.
– Dance Dance Revolution Ace
– Pump It Up Prime 2
– beatmania IIDX 26 Rootage
– Sound Voltex IV Heavenly Haven
– DanceRush Stardom
You can find the rulesets for each tournament in the individual event pages on our Smash.GG page here: https://smash.gg/r1scs
Qualifying times: On Friday, February 22nd, there will be a couple TO’s present to take down on-site registration and qualifying scores from 6 P.M. to 11 P.M. If you can qualify during this time period, it will help us with handling registration on Saturday and gives you more time to prep for the tournament. On the day of the event, you may qualify from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Each game will have its TO present to take down your scores.
All tournaments begin promptly at 1 P.M. and will go until they finish, with DanceRush starting at 2 P.M. There will be no tournament matches on Sunday. There will be a 30-minute intermission at 6:00 P.M. for a group photo and allow people to get food or take a break from the tournaments.

YarkSFA - a Multi-Format Team Stamina FA Tournament!
2019-03-01 00:00 - 2019-03-10 23:00 (America/New_York) | Chinatown Fair, 8 Mott St, New York, NY, 10013, United States
INFORMATION DOCUMENT: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SpXBLvHq-lXoA9pQYPX5EBv8eySpSOPBWZoW26yTVy0/edit?usp=sharing
QUALIFIER PACK (DUE 1/29/2019): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cS_tUXETyg4ePaIkaDn5MkuziXFXA2ap
MASTER SPREADSHEET (WIP): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s60xP0g4nnkArEUeI2XkdigFRHnDy9tJZ0b31-xu4Zg/edit?usp=sharing
Hello hello hello!
It is my pleasure to announce YARKSFA: a live, multi-event, team-centric Stamina FA tournament developed in conjunction with the ECSFA portion of ECFA 2019.
YARK = You already know
SFA = Stamina FA
YARKSFA will be a 20-player team event. The ideology of this tournament is to connect and incite further growth within the intermediate/emerging Stamina FA player base by curating an opportunity to compete and grow alongside a group of like-skilled competitors and elite mentors within this In the Groove skill set. YARKSFA competitors will consist of 4 Team Captains and 16 Competitors. Teams will be drafted by the Team Captains into 4 teams of 5 players once the Competitor roster has solidified.
Qualifiers will be held for Competitors to test their Stamina FA skills relative to the qualifier pool. The delineation between Team Captain and Competitor qualifier eligibility is based on objective performance-based metrics presented in the QUALIFIER ELIGIBILITY section of this document. We will seed entrants based on cumulative ranking in their respective pool between the 4 qualifying songs.
The tournament will consist of 3 parts:
1. 1-Hour Solo FA Output
2. 1-Hour Solo Pure Stamina FA+
3. 1v1 Head-to-Head Card Draw – Pool Play (Competitor) & Round Robin (Team Captains)
Given the locale of this event, 8 Competitor slots will be reserved for the top 8 seeded New York-local players. The other 8 Competitor slots, alongside all Team Captain slots, will be at-large openings.
Prize support and accolades will be based on the following:
1. Team Final Standings (Cumulative Ranking Across Events on a Per-Event Basis)
2. Individual Completion of Targeted Goals
That’s all for now! Please communicate with me with any and all questions, concerns, and comments. This is my first experience running an event and I want this to be as collaborative, exciting, and wholly enjoyable as humanly possible.
DISCLAIMER: The vast majority of YARKSFA’s tournament structure is copied or slightly adjusted from that of the Midwest Coast Stamina FA tournament series created by Ryan Konkul and Kyle Dobay. They have permitted me to utilize and build off of all of the hard work they put into MWCSFA for this. This would not be possible without them!

Show Me Your Moves: Atlanta's DDR Open Invitational
2019-03-02 09:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | Dave & Buster’s Sugarloaf, 5900 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Ste 441, Lawrenceville, GA, 30043, United States
The Atlanta League of Music Gamers welcomes all to come celebrate 20 years of DDR in the U.S. with us at Dave & Buster’s (Sugarloaf Mills) in Lawrenceville, GA. Show us your moves by competing in our DanceDanceRevolution A tournament for a chance to win special prizes!
Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/0bIiXeGAZBbsYlrB3
Rules: https://goo.gl/qukpsi
Tournaments
• $10: DanceDanceRevolution A – Singles Division
• $5: DanceDanceRevolution A – Doubles Division
• $5: DJMAX Respect
• FREE: Spectators
Each tournament will require an entry fee. All payments may be sent via PayPal to musicgamesatl@gmail.com. For other means of payment and/or any other questions/concerns, please contact Vincent Kim.
Check back to this event page for updates!

Rumble In The Prairie 11
2019-03-15 18:00 - 2019-03-17 21:00 (America/New_York) | Illini Union Rec Room, 1401 W Green St., Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
We’re getting started early for our international attendees! Please vote on a set of dates for RIP 11 in the poll!SIGNUPS: Will be posted when they’re open!
SCHEDULE: ^^^
WEBSITE: ^^^
(Packs, remote qualifiers, and rules @ website)
RIP 11 will feature:
ITG Singles
ITG Doubles
ITG Couples
ITG Mods SRT
And possibly more…
RIP 11 is going to be an absolute blast!

The Big Deal 3D
2019-03-29 12:00 - 2019-03-31 17:00 (America/New_York) | Round 1 Grapevine Mills, 3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy
watching some @Tbd_thebigdeal streams this weekend?
DDR: https://t.co/irmMSkHEVmIIDX: https://t.co/IWJiBJuE0cPIU: https://t.co/YSGHZJRyk9SDVX: https://t.co/aJ1pkXyCh3
all day Sat (11a~12M CT)DDR top 16, IIDX EX, PIU FS continue Sun (11a~4p CT) https://t.co/TOZJwMq30x
— Whybarne T. Toubdanxe (@RI74TA) March 28, 2019
THE BIG DEAL: 3D. The largest annual multi rhythm game tournament in the nation is back for its 3rd installment on March 29-31st at Round 1 Grapevine Mills in Grapevine, TX!
PRE-REGISTRATION LINK: https://smash.gg/tournament/the-big-deal-3d
TOURNAMENTS:
Dance Dance Revolution
Pump it up
Beatmania IIDX
Sound Voltex
Dance Rush
Rules/Levels/Other Details TBA. All tournaments will be held on the most recent versions of the above games.
For current discussion on tournaments, please join us on our public discord channel! https://discord.gg/UzvQyew
AIRPORTS:
– Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport: DFW’s main airport. Closest to the venue and most accessible from nearly every other airport in the nation/internationally. Most of the hotels next to the mall also offer free shuttle service to/from the airport.
-Dallas Love Field: Located in Dallas proper. Good alternative airport for flying in via Southwest Airlines. it’s about 30 min drive from the venue.
TRANSPORTATION:
If flying into DFW, you can get a complimentary shuttle for any of the hotels right next to the mall, although you will likely need to call the hotel ahead of time to arrange for the shuttle. If you’re flying into Love Field, there’s no public transit that goes to Grapevine, so you’ll either need to Uber/Lyft/drive a rental over (about a 15-20 mile drive), or have someone pic you up.
HOTELS:
-UPDATE-
THE BIG DEAL 3D ROOM BLOCK @ HYATT PLACE RESERVATION LINK:
https://tinyurl.com/y9qg9nug
Free Breakfast, Complementary Wi-Fi and shuttle pick up @ DFW Airport. Call (972)-691-1199 and Dial “0” once the line picks up. The shuttle runs every 30 minutes upon request
There is a group of 3 hotels located literally right next to the Round 1. We recommend booking at one of these 3 hotels due to the convenience and easy accessibility to the venue.
Hyatt Place:
https://dallasgrapevine.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html
There are a few other hotels nearby that are also available either within walking distance, or just outside walking distance, with the Springhill Suites, Embassy Suites, and Hilton DFW Lakes being the most notable ones (and more upscale).
