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Routing DDR A20 Tournament @ ROUND 1 Stadium Hakata / Handoubashi Store
2020-03-21 10:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
どうも初めましてYoshimizです。RoutingはDDR20周年筐体(金筐体)を使用したScoreAttackTournamentです。
大会概要はページ下からの確認をお願い致します。
大会エントリーの締め切りは3/10,打ち上げの締め切りは3/2までとなっております。
皆様のご参加楽しみにしておりますのでどうぞよろしくお願いいたします。
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System Arcadia Presents Shakunetsu (灼熱) APPEND – We’re Going Global
2020-06-26 19:30 - 2020-06-28 02:00
If you thought a pandemic closing down clubs across the United States was going to stop us from running a show this year, you are all sorely mistaken. For the first time ever, System Arcadia will be running a web-show to entertain you online instead of the club during these uncertain times.System Arcadia presents Shakunetsu Append, our company’s first web-show live exclusively on Twitch via twitch.tv/systemarcadia. This is going to be a two-night event featuring a whopping 16 acts total from 3 different countries: United States, United Kingdom, and Japan. Each night will begin at 7:30 P.M. EST (8:30 A.M. JST) and run roughly until 2 A.M. EST (15:00 P.M. JST). If you’re an avid beatmania fan, you might have noticed we went with a heavy reference to the PlayStation games GottaMix 1 and 2. We decided that since our webshow is featuring broadcasts from multiple countries that the punchline of GottaMix 2 “Going Global” made a lot of sense. The design work was all done by our long-time friend Mike DeBisco, who has been doing design work for System Arcadia since Shakunetsu 2 in 2016. He has such fantastic talent and if you’re curious to see more of his work, please look up DeBisco on Facebook and Twitter and give him a follow.
So what’s the lineup looking like? Below is the full lineup along with scheduled starts. All start times are listed in EST.
Friday
DeBisco: 7:30 – 8:00 PM — Pre-show set
Toste: 8:00 – 8:30 PM
Zach Goin: 8:30 – 9:00 PM
Snack Attack Block: 9:00 – 11:00 PM
W.T. Snacks: 9:00 – 9:40 PM
Snack Attack: 9:40 – 10:20 PM
DJ HYPE*GIRL: 10:20 – 11:00 PM
Flapjack: 11:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Two-hour special performance by the label Enigma, hosted by CUBE in Tokyo, Japan: 12:00 – 2:00 AM
Bound Round & AkuaMarine B2B: 12:00 – 1:00 AM
ni-21: 1:00 – 2:00 AM
Saturday
DeBisco: 7:30 – 8:00 PM — Pre-show set
Badaxe: 8:00 – 8:30 PM
Sawtooth: 8:30 – 9:00 PM
Akemi: 9:00 – 10:00 PM
Badcorey: 10:00 – 11:00 PM
JAKAZiD: 11:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Kent Alexander: 12:00 – 1:00 AM
REMO-CON: 1:00 – 2:00 AM
This show is going to be one for the ages, so don’t miss it. Tell your friends and join us for System Arcadia’s first of many webshows. Make sure to follow us on Twitch, Facebook, and Twitter so you know the second we go live and to stay current with our happenings throughout the Summer because we have a lot more stuff to announce in the coming weeks. See you all at the webshow!
Lastly, if you want to help us promote the show, we are making several pieces of digital promotional materials for people to use to spread word of this amazing show. Send an e-mail inquiry to sigma@systemarcadia.com for more information.
Twitch: twitch.tv/systemarcadia
Facebook: facebook.com/systemarcadia
Twitter: twitter.com/systemarcadia

Freestyle Takeover: In Your House 2
2020-08-29 11:00 - 2020-08-30 00:00
A 2 day marathon stream to fundraise for racial justice! Donations will go towards The Movement for Black Lives and Unicorn Riot. Lineup soon to come.

The Beast in the East ONLINE
2020-09-28 00:00 - 2020-10-04 23:59
Hey everyone!The last four months have been a waiting game for conventions. We’ve been watching as event after event… Posted by The Beast in the East on Wednesday, July 22, 2020

System Arcadia announces Shakunetsu (灼熱) Underground, a Spooky Spectacular!
2020-10-17 20:00 - 2020-10-18 03:00
Hello everyone! Once again we are deciding to throw together a webshow for one night this month as a means to bring our fans together once again in uncertain times. We were optimistic that by now we would at least have an idea of when we could return to a physical venue, so until that day finally comes, we will continue to put on great shows online for you featuring amazing musical talent both domestically and abroad.On the night of October 17th, with a start time of 9 P.M. and going late into October 18 until 4 A.M. (EST), System Arcadia is happy to announce Shakunetsu (灼熱) Underground. This is the 2nd installment in our on-going web series which features music from the JCore and net-label world. Below is our full lineup:
Hommarju – https://https://soundcloud.com/hommarju
Speedycake – https://soundcloud.com/dj-speedycake
Bit_Decay – https://soundcloud.com/bitdecay/
W.T. Snacks – https://soundcloud.com/wt-snacks
Tweak N’ Pizza (Tweak & DJ School Pizza B2B)
DJ REMS – https://soundcloud.com/rems-lille
DJ Green Sweater Woman
Also, VJ cpukun will be making a return to handle live VJ’ing for the entire event, and we credit designer annexworks for their graphical work for the event!
Here is the timeslots for the event. Times are in EST.
DJ Green Sweater Woman – 8 P.M.
Bit_Decay – 9 P.M.
Speedycake – 10 P.M.
W.T. Snacks – 11 P.M.
Tweak N’ Pizza (Tweak & DJ School Pizza B2B) Midnight 10/18
DJ REMS 1 A.M.
Hommarju 2 A.M.
We’re also announcing a 25% off sale of our entire store for the weekend of 灼熱Underground with code ‘snunderground’. We have several albums from two of our favorite past headliners, Remo-con and ni-21 in stock. Check out our store now to see what we got! Sale begins at 8 P.M. EST on October 17th.
Lastly, we are once again accepting donations on behalf of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. This time, all proceeds will be going to the National Black Justice Coalition. Be sure to tune in to help support a good cause.
Make sure to follow us on Twitch for when we go live on October 17th, and if you’re looking for something good to listen to until then, W.T. Snacks runs his weekly music show every Tuesday night on Twitch @MidnightSnacksFM. Lastly, make sure to give us a follow on Facebook and Twitter to stay up-to-date on updates for show and everything System Arcadia is doing.

ECFA 2021
2021-02-01 00:00 - 2021-06-30 23:59
ECFA 2021 – the biggest online event in the tech open-source dance game community’s history – is here! PLEASE read the following very carefully, as this post will contain lots of very helpful information. Firstly – a review of what’s changed: A few things have been adjusted since the last announcement as a direct result of beta testing feedback and other factors. Chiefly, the event scoring system was overhauled for better smoothness and consistency. The planned unlock system has also been shelved in favor of a bi-weekly DLC schedule for all players that will begin 4 weeks from the event’s start. Finally, we just didn’t have the resources to focus on a team event this year. This doesn’t mean that unlocks or team events won’t happen in future editions of ECFA Online, but we wanted to narrow the focus of this year’s event given the massive shift in direction in hopes of nailing the experience. Leaderboard and Chart Reference Guide The main spreadsheet tracker for ECFA 2021 will serve three purposes. Firstly, it will house all the scores submitted throughout the event and organize players onto a singular leaderboard. Secondly, it will show detailed statistics for each player’s ranking for everyone’s reference. Lastly, the spreadsheet will include a very handy chart reference guide containing all the charts in the event, their tech ratings and annotations, and source pack info. The main tabs in the spreadsheet are: Chart Reference: chart reference guide for the ECFA 2021 base pack, plus DLC as it gets released. ECFA Participants: a list of all confirmed participants for the event ECFA Score Sheet (raw steps): this is where all your step information from the scores you submit gets loaded ECFA Score Sheet – DP% Calcs: this is where DP% are calculated for each score and compared to minimum requirements for the block difficulty level. ECFA Score Sheet – Raw ECFA Point Calcs: this is where DP% turns into raw ECFA points Raw Score Summary: a summary of all players’ raw scores submitted in the event ECFA Player Score Summary: a summary of all players’ ECFA scores (i.e. after applying appropriate weights for top 50, top 100, outside top 100) ECFA Leaderboard: main event leaderboard for the event. Now, for some VERY IMPORTANT INFO. Players need to sign up using the sign up form in order to participate in the event. If you are in the ECFA Discord and plan to utilize that medium for posting scores, please make your username for the channel match the alias shown in the leaderboard. This is to reduce the chance of errors or miscommunication. Players may submit scores through the group Discord, Facebook group, or by DMing an event staff member. All score posts, regardless of medium, will need to be made by uploads of screenshots of results screens. Screenshots must clearly show Waterfall judgement grades and ECFA point totals. We have identified a potential solution that would allow us to use the ECFA Summary Screen built into the theme (more on that below), but for now, this is what we’ll need. Score posts in Discord need to be made in the ecfa-2021-score-dumps channel, and may be made by simply uploading photos to the channel. A member of the score tracker team will mark the scores as uploaded with a green “checkmark” react once they have been uploaded to the leaderboard. Score posts on Facebook should be made in the ECFA 2021 group. Please put your alias in your post as text. The first time you load into the new version of the theme, any ECFA 2021 scores you had recorded will be cleared. You shouldn’t have had any anyway, but this mainly affects beta testers who removed the lock on score tracking. The base pack is separated into ECFA 2021 folders by difficulty; however, you may sort charts as you wish, as long as each song folder starts with “ECFA 2021”. This means, for example, you can combine all charts into one big pack, or separate them some other way if you like. If you rearrange your ECFA 2021 folders in some way, any charts that were removed from your game based on folder path will have the recorded scores cleared. This in no way affects your event status or rank, as the leaderboard sheet governs that. Likewise, any duplicate charts within ECFA 2021 folders will not have their scores consolidated into one; if you play a chart from multiple places, it will record them separately. To view your overall ECFA 2021 summary in the theme, press MenuLeft + MenuRight on song select to open the sort menu, and find “View ECFA Scores”. This option will only appear if one of the active players has at least one score recorded for the event. At the summary screen, you can scroll through your scores with MenuLeft and MenuRight, as well as take a screenshot with the Select button. Note that the event does not rely on the theme side score tracking. It’s there for your own convenience, and likewise, exploiting any of this stuff locally won’t do anything for you in the actual event. If you’d like to volunteer to be a score tracker – let us know! We could use the help. There have been a large number of sign-ups in the last 24 hours! If your name or alias isn’t on the sheet, don’t panic – everything should get updated over the next several days. You’ll be able to play and submit scores, they just won’t be on the sheet right away. Apologies! If you notice your name in the leaderboard sheet doesn’t look quite right or would like to change it, ping McJeebie and he’ll fix it. With all that out of the way, here are some important links: ECFA 2021 Base Pack: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1213iPDGmrDeJ-yK74StkjH8c7linpipX?usp=sharing ECFA 2021 Theme: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L-PEUf2XhVk7ng6s1nASg7rVVR9_2HpQ/view?usp=sharing Sign-up form: https://forms.gle/JjKnbYue7AzqZzwW7 Full rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xZF0vxxg-pMOgbiJqOdQxad0gM70tJlXwmCSCLnGxHk/edit?usp=sharing Leaderboard and chart reference: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ft-Jce-ys8V4zbKxCXgwsSOj7wKNaGzvCBPOR-WC-lQ/edit?usp=sharing There are a lot of people that had a hand in making this event possible. Our beta testers Omid Farivar, Tommy Reyes, Leon Charles Brunson, Pattianne Stone, Ekaterina Ageeva, and Alessandro Tenorio-Bucci provided invaluable feedback that helped us validate where we wanted to go and make ECFA 2021 a better experience – thanks very much for volunteering! Also, big thanks to Dalton Runberg, Brandon Sudzius, and other step artists for contributing graphics – much appreciated! The ECFA 2021 event development team of Dyle Kobay, Logan Edward Barnes, Trevor Whitehurst, Tj Barber, Leon Charles Brunson, Mason Hester, C Oliver Wing, and SteveReen have spent countless hours since July 2020 thinking this thing up and getting everything ready – every member of the team have poured their soul into this project for the community, and we are so excited to see it come to life. Finally, SteveReen has gone several extra miles to make sure the user experience inside the ECFA 2021 theme is as good as it can be – we couldn’t have done this without you, Steve. If you are ready, let’s take the plunge down the Waterfall… the revolution is now.

Mistake on the Lake 3
2021-10-09 10:00 - 23:00 | Round1 Great Lakes Mall, 7850 Mentor Ave., Mentor, 44060, United States
Our third tournament here! Come and join the Ohio community as we make another mistake on the same dang lake.
DDR Rules can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WxVTwojOgkMVp9Ph8kP8HnYYsEKKHCuJ_mpuqEnl-sU/edit?usp=sharing
COVID-19 PROTOCOLS
All participants will be required to provide proof of complete vaccination status. Regardless of vaccine used, participants must have received their final dose no later than Saturday, September 25th. Valid medical exceptions will be permitted but must be discussed directly with the head organizer. Players are encouraged to provide their vaccination status prior to the event via twitter DM or emailing ohioddr@gmail.com. If they are uncomfortable doing so, they may do so in person at the event instead. Failure to provide vaccination status will result in DQ with no refund, and the player will be asked to leave the venue.
No, this is not a HIPAA violation.
All participants are strongly encouraged to wear masks at all times, especially when not in a match or actively eating/drinking.
If Round1 chooses to mandate masks during play, players will be required to wear masks during matches.
We are all old enough to know the proper way to wear a mask, and what kinds of masks are worth wearing. Any attempts to “find a loophole” will result in immediate DQ and removal from the venue.
All attendees are strongly encouraged to take a COVID-19 test a few days prior to attending as well as about 1 week after, regardless of the presence of symptoms. In the unlikely event of cases tied to this event, those tests could provide valuable contact tracing info.

LIFE4: Rank Royale
2021-11-19 00:00 - 2022-01-10 23:59 | Online
L4:RR is a team-based remote tournament for LIFE4 participants of all skill levels. Teams will be formed from players of each LIFE4 ranks. Players will be placed in one of three divisions, then compete on songs to score points for their team. The team with the highest score wins!Learn more at https://life4ddr.com/rankroyale Not currently a LIFE4 participant? Head over to our website and learn more! You’re one set away from having your first rank.

MAX300 Birthday Challenge to Benefit Feeding America
2021-11-21 13:00 - 17:00
Join New York, USA area players yyr and DANH (revolutionomega in the FFR community) as they attempt the @OhioDDR MAX300 Birthday Challenge together on Sunday, November 21st at 1PM Eastern!
The Challenge consists of clearing MAX300 as many times as your age, with at least half of those being on the hardest difficulty you can pass. For yyr and DANH, that’s a combined 72 times, with half of those or more on Expert! And you’re not allowed to play any other songs or warmups until the challenge is finished!
The two players will be doing this to benefit Feeding America! Hunger is still a big problem in the USA, affecting millions of people every day. If you’re financially able to chip in, your support will be much appreciated…thanks!

Solstice Arena – Snow Prism EVOLVED
2021-12-05 20:00 - 2022-02-28 18:00 | Online
“INFORMATION FOR Snow Prism EVOLVED (type1)”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4LfFmXuGDJtAIqYnifVftwHZfcSl-Jrndv4M9gGaqg/
“REGISTER HERE”
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdW54FEbhB2Yn8fcq8Yc815nEXmLLUGk-w1qkpkFiQ_ulpsEA/viewform
“DISCORD INVITE LINK”
https://discord.gg/x5HKvbV
“FACEBOOK GROUP”
https://www.facebook.com/groups/667789443671854/
“TWITTER”
Tweets by SolsticeArena_
“LIVESTREAM FOR SONG PICKS”
https://twitch.tv/skayles
“SCORE SPREADSHEET”
COMING SOON
“SCORE SUBMISSIONS FORM”
COMING SOON

Eclipse East 2021
2021-12-10 00:00 - 2021-12-12 18:00
Arrow Eclipse presents: Eclipse EastAfter 3 years since its inception with just a handful of members, the DMV Based Rhythm Gaming Community is ambitiously hosting it’s very first official rhythm gaming tournament in the East Coast from December 10th – December 12th, 2021. The first event will be proudly hosted at the Baltimore Convention Center, just a mere few blocks away from the iconic Inner Harbor that hosts a countless amount of annual large-scale events settled in the heart of the Port of Baltimore.
Address: 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21201
Current Tournaments List for Eclipse East:
Dance Dance Revolution – Upper Division
Dance Dance Revolution – Lower Division (may combine with Uppers based on availability)
Pump It Up XX – Upper Division
Pump It Up XX – Lower Division
Pump It Up XX – Grab-Bag Division (Random Gimmicks & Performances)
Dance Rush Stardom Freestyle
Current Cabinets List for Free-Play (List subject to adjustment):
Pump It Up: XX (x3)
Dance Dance Revolution – White Cab
Dance Dance Revolution – Red Cab
Dance Rush Stardom
EZ2DJ
Technika 3
Beatmania IIDX
Rules List & Schedules to Be Announced at a later date. Each Tournament has a non-refundable entry fee of $10 that go directly to the prize pot, you may enter in as many tournaments as you would like. Prize splits are currently set for 50%/25%/12.5%/12.5% for 1st Place – 4th Place, respectively. Side events will be $5 each additionally.
Preregistration starts at just $35 for all three days, you may purchase individual day passes at the door, subject to availability, Preregistration is the only way to guarantee your space.

ITL Online 2022
2022-03-26 00:00 - 2022-06-24 23:59 | Online
The International Timing League Online 2022 (ITL Online 2022) is an online event for StepMania 5 that is focused on technique and timing. The event is organized by the International Timing Collective (ITC) and features charts from members in the community.Song difficulties range from ITG 7s to 16s, so whether you’re an expert or just starting out there should be something here for everybody! All you need to get started is a home dance pad and a computer! Event details and how to get setup is outlined on the event website. Join our Discord or follow us on Twitter (#ITLOnline2022) to connect with other entrants or for help with getting started!

Desert Journey – A Red Note Teaser Tournament
2022-04-09 00:00 - 23:59 | Red Note of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
OverviewThis will be a fun and casual tournament hosted at a brand new DDR friendly location in Las Vegas! We have two DDR white cabs running on A20 (exact version will be announced prior to the start). Signups are capped at 32 players to ensure that the event runs within a single day. Venue Red Note is a brand new rhythm gaming focused arcade in Las Vegas, NV. In fact, it’s so new that it’s not even open to the public yet! Aside from having a fun tournament, the goal of this event is the give the dance game community a preview of the new arcade. The tournament will be the main attraction, but there will be other rhythm games available to play throughout the day. Check out the arcade’s website for more info: https://rednotelv.com/ For any out of towners, the location is about a 15 minutes drive west of the Vegas strip. A rideshare service is your best bet to get here. Tournament Rules: 32 Player Swiss Main Bracket We will be using a Swiss style format, ensuring that players of all skill levels will get to play the same amount of matches compared to a traditional elimination bracket format where generally lower skilled players do not see much play. For every song you win, you will receive one point. The top (4) players with the highest number of points at the end of the Swiss Bracket will move onto the final round. Tiebreakers may be required to determine the top (4) and will be resolved with additional tiebreaker matches. The amount of rounds played will be based on the amount of entrants and will be determined the day of the event. Each match will consist of two songs with one song being picked by each player. Pad side will be randomly chosen unless both players agree on side selection. Players much choose their songs wisely because they may not pick the same song again for the entire tournament (excluding finals). 4 Player Single Elimination Bracket The finals will be a classic single elimination bracket seeded by the performance in the Swiss Bracket. The semifinal matches will consist of a best of 3 song match with each player picking one song, and if necessary, a random song to resolve a tiebreaker. Each player will receive two song vetoes to be used at any time during the match. The final matches that determine prize money will be the same as the semifinal matches, except it will be best of 5 songs with each player receiving 3 song vetoes. Similar to the Swiss Bracket, players may not choose the same song twice for the rest of the tournament but they do start with a clean song selection slate in the finals. Other Rules Song difficulty allowed: 11-18 EX Scoring In the event of a tie on a song, the player that did not choose the song will win the song. In the event of a tie on a random song, another random song will be played. Pad arbitration will be at the sole discretion of the tournament organizers. Entry Fee $10 Entry Fee. Prizes $573 Prize Pool! 1st Place: $300 Amazon Gift Card 2nd Place: $175 Amazon Gift Card 3rd Place: $75 Amazon Gift Card 4th Place: $23 Amazon Gift Card 5th-8th Place – Mystery Prizes (!??) Covid-19 Policy The city of Las Vegas has recently lifted all masks mandates. Vaccination status will not be required to attend, however masks are still encouraged while not actively playing. Masks will be available for anyone who needs them. About the Organizer Hi! My name is Brandon. I go by the online (and DDR) handle of ChezMix. I’ve been playing dance games since 2001. I’ve organized several tournaments in the past and will aim to run a smooth event. If you have any questions and/or are interested in helping out in any capacity, feel free to visit our discord @ https://discord.gg/Bgn7v9Jqa7 or contact me directly #ChezMix3086. Also Follow us on Twitter!

Nordic Cup 3
2022-04-15 00:00 - 2022-04-16 23:59 | Europe, Netherlands
One of the biggest and best dance gaming tournaments in Europe!Our main focus is to get the community together, have fun and enjoy exciting matches! There are two different main tournaments, one for Precision(FA/TECH) and one for Stamina. These events have multiple different skill divisions, so everyone will have something for them. There will be also one extra passive tournament which is played with one Marathon which contains songs from Official games. Feel free to join the fun! Registration is open until April 10th and everyone around the globe is welcome to join!

Genesis 8
2022-04-15 00:00 - 2022-04-17 23:59 | San Jose Convention Center, 410 Almaden Blvd, San Jose, CA, 95110, United States
Hey all, We’ve made the difficult decision to postpone G8 to April 15-17 due to COVID and operational concerns. Full statementhttps://t.co/jZAcrDAEQs Your registration will be moved to the new date by default For refund/flight/hotel info see our FAQhttps://t.co/pycVop63k4 pic.twitter.com/6KDG0pJYRC — GENESIS 8 (@Genesis_Smash) January 15, 2022 We’re excited to announce some additional titles to our #G8 line up! ◾ Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl ◾ Guilty Gear -Strive-◾ Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo◾ DDR Extreme◾ Magical Drop 3 Sign up today at https://t.co/pK2HtqopQu pic.twitter.com/q4rq6IK9Tf — GENESIS 8 (@Genesis_Smash) October 5, 2021

Tipped Off: Reunion DDR Extreme Bracket
2022-06-11 00:00 - 2022-06-12 23:59 | Joe Mack Wilson Student Center, Marrietta, GA

Panini Fest 2022
2022-07-16 10:00 - 23:00 | Panini Fest, 2200 N Chambers. Unit J. Aurora CO 80013
Panini Fest 2022 Tournament rules and info.Thank you for your interest in the Panini Fest event. The goal of the event is to have an annual gathering for people within the Colorado rhythm game community and to introduce more players from outside the state to the fantastic player base that we have. Tournament participation is not required to attend the event. However, it is encouraged regardless of skill level! Tournament settings are a great way to play against other players you normally wouldn’t match against, meet new people, play new charts, and just have an all-around good time. In addition to the tournament games, there will be several other arcade games to play. TVs will be on site for those that wish to bring consoles to play. The event is BYOB. Food is not provided but options are near the venue, and we are working on getting on site options.
July 16, 2022.
Address: 2200 N Chambers. Unit J. Aurora CO 80013.
Doors open at 10:00. Brackets start at noon.
On site registration is available, but please pre-register if possible. Cut off is 11:30.
Structure of the bracket.
The tournament will be in a round robin format with the top 8 players doing a double elimination bracket. This will give participants more rounds to play. The round robin portion of the event will be best of 3. The player with the best of 3 will be given 1 point. The top 8 players with the most points will move on to the finals bracket. Depending on attendance of the event, the round robin bracket may be limited to 2 songs per round with 1 point given per song. Final 4 is best of 5 songs.
Song pick method
For the round robin bracket, players will have their chance to choose their own song from the entire pack “lowers range”. Each lowers difficulty range can be found in the following game sections. Coin flip will be used for the 2 players in the round. Winner of the flip will decide either first song pick or pad side, while the other player will get their choice of the other. The losing player of the song gets the next song choice. Ex: P1 gets coin toss picks and wins 1st song. P2 then picks the next song. The purpose of this method is to encourage players to study charts before the event and gives both players the opportunity to play a chart that fits their strengths. The top 8 will follow card draw. Top seed in the bracket will get the first pick of either pad side or song veto/protect. Top 4 bracket has no veto/protect due to 5 song play with 5 card draw.
ITG
All songs must be played on M or X Mod. No Cmod. “Boys off” aka fault window disabled. Mines must stay on. Turn mods are allowed. Event scoring will use the Waterfall timing/score system. Player with the highest percentage score wins the song. In the event of a tie, a random song of the same difficulty will be selected and played to satisfy the tie. The round robin portion of the bracket will use song difficulties ranging from 8-10. The top 8 bracket will play chart difficulties 11-13.
DDR
The version of the game played will be DDR A20. (this is so we can stream the event) EX score will be used for deciding the winner of the song. Holds, jumps, freeze arrow must stay on. Turn mods and mirror are allowed. Lowers song selection will be 9-15. Finals will be based on 16 song difficulty. In the event of a tie, a random song of the same difficulty will be selected and played to satisfy the tie.
Pump it up
Version of the game played will be Pump It Up Prime 2. Money score will be the deciding factor for winner of the song. The lower song bracket will consist of song choice 10-16. Upper bracket will be 17-20. In the event of a tie, a song of the same difficulty will be selected to satisfy the tie.
Sportsmanship
Players are to be respectful to each other and the venue during the event. Event staff has the right to remove players at any time. If a player makes the decision to be disrespectful during the event, they will be removed from the bracket.
Pace of the event is very important. If a player is not playing in another tournament bracket or using the restroom when their turn is called, they are to start their round within 3 minutes. EX: if you are playing another arcade cab between rounds and your name is called, you are to stop what you are doing to play your tournament round. Failure to do this will forfeit your round to the opponent.

Nordic Cup 3.5 The Invitational
2022-08-19 00:00 - 2022-08-20 23:59 | Europe, Netherlands
Nordic Cup 3.5 is an invitational tournament where all the best players from previous events compete!The tournament is held during August 19th to 21st, in McKylä Superarcade with currently planned disciplines of Precision and Stamina. The venue is considerably smaller than our usual Arabia Youth Center, so no spectators are allowed to the venue during tournament hours. All spectators are more than welcome to the after parties on both 19th and 20th August! The tournament will be streamed online so all the spectators can watch it from a cozy place. We are hoping to book a nice sauna for both Friday and Saturday. See you all in the summer! <3

Guildhouse DDR Open
2022-08-21 00:00 | Guildhouse, Guildhouse, San Jose, California
Introducing the first ever rhythm game tournament hosted at Guildhouse – your new esports home away from home.We welcome everyone to come watch or compete is both technical and freestyle tournaments! Please visit http://start.gg/gh-ddr to receive up-to-date information!

Official DDR UK Namco Romford Tournament
2022-09-25 12:00 - 15:00 | Namco Funscape Romford, 1st, The Brewery, Romford ROC Dr, Romford RM1 1AU, United Kingdom
The two white cabinets that were at the (now closed) Namco Funscape Waterloo/County Hall, moved to Namco Romford.Management there kindly allowed me to host a tournament, but under certain conditions, including a time limit. We cannot overrun this time limit (even if the machine(s) get put back to regular coin mode).
Therefore I had to set a 16 person limit for double elim.
16 player double elim.
12:00 – 15:00
£5 entry to cover rental fee and prize pot.
Sadly all spots have now been filled!
Posting here for record keeping.

Mistake on the Lake 4: The Big Mistake
2022-11-11 00:00 - 2022-11-13 23:59 | Round1 Great Lakes Mall, 7850 Mentor Ave., Mentor, 44060, United States
OhioDDR is proud to announce Ohio’s next rhythm game tournament event, Mistake on the Lake 4: The Big Mistake. This event will be held just outside of Cleveland at Round1 Great Lakes Mall in Mentor, Ohio from November 11-13, 2022.There will be FIVE tournaments. DanceDanceRevolution A20+ Singles DanceDanceRevolution A3 Doubles DanceRush Stardom Sound Voltex Exceed Gear Pump It Up XX For more information, join the OhioDDR Discord here, follow OhioDDR on twitter, and visit the start.gg page.

Rumble in the Prairie 12.5
2022-11-18 17:00 - 2022-11-20 22:00 | Illini Union Ballroom, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Come hang with ITG players from around the world as we run a variety of fun competitions! We’ll be running:
Tech Singles
Doubles
Couples
Tech Sight Reading Tournament
Hubert & Carter’s Mystery Game SRT
And potentially even more depending on time and interest!

Check our Start.gg page and/or join the DDRIllini Discord server for more info. We can answer whatever questions you may have there!

ITG Christmas Tournament Italy – DDR Extreme 20th Anniversary Edition – 2002/2022
2022-12-10 13:00 - 2022-12-11 03:00 | La Grande Mela, Via Trentino, 1, 37060 Sona VR, Italy
Hello everybody!The team North-Italy is happy to announce you that even this year we’ll have the unmissable ITG Christmas Tournament at C.C. La Grande Mela – via Trentino 1, Sona (Verona – Italy)!
The date is December, Saturday 10th 2022; and the confirm will be set as soon as possible. Why announcement so early? For the high turnout we had in both Christmas 2021 and Rodeo 2022 (another tourney in the South-Italy), we’re expecting lots of people, foreigners too, and we want to give you enough time to organize.
We’re enthusiastic to announce the theme of the event! Corresponding to 20th anniversary of DDR Extreme’s release (Christmas 2002 – Christmas 2022), we’re riding the wave of the more and more resteps that are becoming trendy, so our purpose is a pack of DDR Extreme songs ENTIRELY restepped in according to modern standards, many of which are already famous and existing in modern and trendy packs.
We hope that this original idea might be acting as glue, not only to nostalgic people, but also to players “on point” for the crescent frequency of these resteps!
On behalf of all the staff, I hope you have a good rest of your day, and please stay tuned for more details!
-Italian ITG Community-

Holiday Matsuri 2022
2022-12-16 12:00 - 2022-12-18 17:00 | Orlando World Center Marriott, 8701 World Center Dr, Orlando, FL 32821, USA
Hi everyone, with Holiday Matsuri 2022 being about a month out I wanted to remind/encourage those who are going/considering going that there are many Game Room tournaments that are free to enter with $150 prize pools each. Please register on the start.gg site if you have a badge to Holiday Matsuri and you plan on entering anything!

Relevant to the rhythm gaming groups, Holiday Matsuri will have tournaments for the following:
DDR A20PLUS, PIU XX, and Jubeat festo:
DDR rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HHaL1HEn8VvNv4rDUIOuHx4EZDEuIy-vT7O5nzwZ4Ug/edit?usp=sharing

PIU rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dfjAqWnAUVkZWGrZ_5bM8-GDvhvBUPg_n1LqGgTUwTU/edit?usp=sharing

Jubeat rules:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K8ulS3s4PMUtLVxYBA2MUHriyDpOUfWB2GSHNyrjQaM/edit?usp=sharing

There will also be a premiere tournament for a new Rhythm based Fighting Game, called God of Rock, that I think would be a great opportunity to enter and provide feedback for! Please see the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRAww8VRcBU

Really hope to see you all there! It’s going to be a fun time.

R.I.G.H.T.S 1
2023-01-14 10:00 - 2023-01-15 17:00 | Pollock Commons, State College, PA
R.I.G.H.T.S Tournament 1!PREREGISTRATION IS OPEN!
U.P.S. R.I.G.H.T.S is an ITG Tournament, sort of
It’s more like a casual SM5 Tournament and dance game social event.
Spiritual successor to D.O.W.N.S/U.P.S events
RULES AND INFORMATION ARE LOCATED HERE: https://github.com/CrashCringle12/RIGHTS-1/wiki
Discord: https://discord.gg/vRRh2cFptG

Genesis 9
2023-01-21 10:00 - 2023-01-22 00:00 | San Jose Convention Center, 410 Almaden Blvd, San Jose, CA, 95110, United States
Genesis is back with DDR Extreme and the newest addition of DDR GRAND PRIX!Come on January 20-22 to the San Jose Convention Center for 24 hour venue full of arcade machines, vendors, and different events occurring across the whole weekend!
Register @ http://smash.gg/g9

BEMANI PRO LEAGUE ZERO DDR
2023-02-11 00:00 - 23:59 | Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall Exhibition Hall 9/10, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, 261-8550, Japan
A new type entertainment of “esports x music”　BPL ZERO DanceDanceRevolutionWill be held on Feb 10 and 11!Click here for details on rules, contestants, etc.https://t.co/CWVJEoRzTo#DDR #ビーマニプロリーグ— 【公式】BEMANI PRO LEAGUE🎶 BPL ZERO DDR@JAEPO2023 (@BemaniProLeague) February 10, 2023 KONAMI’s BEMANI PRO LEAGUE SEASON 2 finally includes DanceDanceRevolution in its lineup. Entries to be accepted in the league are now open. 24 accepted players will be drafted into a total of 8 teams of 3, and those teams will play matches against each other. The first draft of BPL ZERO will be held at JAEPO (Japan Amusement Expo) 2023 on February 10th and playoffs on the 11th, 2023 will be a preview for BPL Season 2. To qualify for entry, players must have a KONAMI ID, be a resident of Japan, be 16 years of age or older, and must take an interview and submit a video evaluation of gameplay. Visit the BEMANI PRO LEAGUE site for more details on qualifications and the rules page for how tournament matches will be played.

SMX Winter Cup 2023 (Houston, TX)
2023-02-25 14:00 - 22:00
TOs: JellySlosh & Fano
Location: Fano’s House in Cypress, TX
Overview
Freeplay / Qualifers – 12pm – 2pm~
Teams – 2pm – 4pm~
Wild – 4pm~ – ??

Entry Fee: $5
Prize bonus will be provided based on # of entrants.
Prizes: 60%/30%/10% + Pot Bonus for 1st – 4th.
Maximum Entrants: 20
Bracket Format: Double Elimination
Song Pick Format: Card Draw (includes paid DLC)
Songlist: Whatever Update is at least 2 weeks old by this point in time. (Update #36?)
Bar usage is allowed
Mods that disqualify scores or alter a chart are not allowed
BG 25% and disabling announcers are to be used at all times unless both players agree.
Please follow house rules at all times.

Teams Tournament
EX scoring / Gauntlet

Rules: https://bit.ly/SMX-Winter-Cup-2023
Bracket: https://www.start.gg/tournament/smx-winter-cup-2023-1/event/stepmaniax-wild/brackets
Team Scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GvCih_kKLsa8BpmY-zLAqI26eV_7TisXJ1lESc4mlto/edit?usp=sharing#gid=2055541861
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/jelly_slosh

up^^beat
2023-03-01 00:00 - 2023-03-04 23:59 | Round 1 Southwest Plaza, 8501 W Bowles Ave Space 1183, Littleton, CO 80123
up^^beat is the first dance game tournament with $10,000 USD in cash prizes. Players in the Top 8 will receive payouts! Hosted by Round 1 Southwest Plaza in Littleton, Colorado, this will be DDR’s eSports moment!Online qualifying runs now through 16-Jan 2023 at 5:00pm GMT. The top 48 players will be invited to compete, with minimum guaranteed spots for regions across the world. Hotel and local transportation covered, some travel assistance available for players traveling from outside of North America. Event attendance is free for spectators. For more information check out our main website https://upbeatdenver.com up^^beat is sponsored by SF EVOLVED and Red Note Gaming.

Rumble in the Prairie 13
2023-03-10 17:00 - 2023-03-12 22:00 | Illini Union Ballroom, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana, IL, 61801, United States
Rumble in the Prairie is back! Events this time around:
ITG Tech Singles
ITG Couples
ITG Doubles
ITG Tech Sight Reading Tournament
ITG x Tetris Foot Meld Team Tournament
Classic Tetris World Championship Regional Tournament
Classic Tetris Novice Bracket
Classic Tetris Wars
