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darknote
October 14, 2007, 05:18:18 PM - ORIGINAL POST -



{Watch the video trailer}


What

DSR Squared is a sequel tournament to the highly successful D2SSR that was held in May of 2006.  It is set up as a two day Double-Elimination tournament that will be played on an arcade DDR Extreme "versus" cabinet fitted with Windows XP and Stepmania.  The tournament will feature non-DDR/PIU/ITG songs and original stepcharts written and/or approved by Dyaus and darknote which will have their initial unveiling during tournament play.

When

June 14-15, 2008.

Where

The home of Tyler Harding.  Email for directions.

Fees

Registration: Cost is $10 per entrant.  Players who have not pre-registered by May 31, 2008 will be charged a $5 late-registration fee.  This is designed to encourage pre-reg which will help us with logistics of the tournament, housing, transport, etc. Registration can be achieved by noting your attendance on the Facebook Event Page or by contact either Tyler or Mendel by email so we can make note of it.

Other Expenses: We will be putting together CDs containing all of the content of the tourney and past tourneys, including ITG2 r21 compatible versions.  All media will be free, although donations of $2 to $3 to cover cost of goods and production would be appreciated.

Prizes

1st place: 45% of entry fees, an official DSR Squared trophy, and perhaps some other random goodness
2nd place: 30% of entry fees, an official DSR Squared trophy, and perhaps some other random goodness
3rd place: 15% of entry fees, an official DSR Squared trophy and perhaps some other random goodness
4th place: 8% of entry fees and perhaps some other random assorted goodies
Mulligan 8 winner: 2% of entry fees and perhaps some other assorted stuff.

other random prizes may be distributed for 5th through 8th place depending on number of people and other circumstances.  Updates will be provided on this rule page.

Format

The tournament will be held on an arcade DDR Extreme Cabinet with Stepmania CVS installed. The skin used for the tournament is the latest ITG2 skin downloadable via ITGFreak

Timing windows and judgements are equivalent of ITG2 arcade except the "Way Off" window has been completely eliminated.  Visual synchronization of arrows are more equivalent of DDR than of ITG or ITG2.

Rounds have the following difficulty ratings:

Round 1: diff 7
Winner Bracket Rounds 2-3: diff 8
Winner Bracket Rounds 4 and up: diff 8-9
Loser Bracket Rounds 1-2: diff 7-8
Loser Bracket Rounds 3-5: diff 8
Loser Bracket Rounds 6 and up: diff 8-9
Final Round: diff 9-10
The Mulligan 8: diff 7-8, final round 8-9.

Difficulty ratings have been defined by a standard inbetween DDR and ITG, leaning more towards DDR.  Unlike D2SSR, charts may contain mines or hands.  No charts contain freeze rolls.  Sorry.  We don't like freeze rolls.

Warmup

On day one, all players will be allowed two warmup songs (perhaps more if time permits) prior to the qualifier during the allotted warmup period.  Registrants who arrive in the latter part of the registration period may miss the warm-up window.  Get there early.  Players may not warmup on songs that will be used for the sight-read tourney (duuuuh).  On day two, warmups are restricted to the mulligan 8 and final 16.  Songs available for warm-up will be "pre-synched" to match syncing used for tournament rounds.

Qualifier

All participants upon registration will pick a number out of a hat which will designate what order they will play the qualifier. Players who have not played the qualifier must not be present in the room. Everyone will play the same qualifier which will be rated diff. 8. In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker song will be selected.

Players will be seated on a standard Double-Elimination bracket based on percentage score.  For the qualifier, percentage and percentage alone speaks including any pad errors.

Day One

On day one, each round is played as a Race to Two (i.e. best out of three). Higher seed picks which side they want to play on. The round folder will be opened with three songs on it. Players may scroll through the selection wheel to see song statistics (BPM, number of steps, mines, etc.)  The lower seed will pick the first song that will be played and then the higher seed will pick second.

Songs will be played, and the winner of each song will be determined by percentage score. In the event that a pad error affects the outcome of a match, remaining songs on the list (if applicable) will be played to determine the status of the match. If the match outcome would have been different due to the pad error, players will play the affected song again on Mirror. Judgement on pad error is left to the discretion of the tournament organizers.  Decisions made by tournament organizers are final.

Subsequent matches for that round will contain the same three song options.  New songs will not be revealed until the next round with the possible exception of round one in which songs may switch halfway. Loser Bracket rounds that correspond to Winner Bracket rounds will have the same song selection as well.   Order of play for each round on day one will be determined at random or in an evenly distributed manner to avoid giving certain areas of the bracket advantage by never being the first to play songs of a given round.

Day one will conclude when there are 16 players remaining in the tournament.

Day Two: The Mulligan 8 and the Final 16

On the opening of day two, eight competitors eliminated in day one will be picked randmly to compete in a single elimination race-to-two winner-take-all "Mulligan 8" mini-tournament for a 2% consolation prize pool.  Songs for this mini-tournament will be pooled from those used in day one of the regular tourney.  The final round of the mulligan 8 may come from material that will be used in the first round of the final 16.

The final 16 competitors will be given an ample warm-up period of thee to four songs before competition recommences.  The final 16 rounds will follow the same sound strcutre as the initial rounds on day one with the exception that competitors who have not yet played in the present round must not be in the room until their match.

Finals

The first match between the final two contestants will be race to three.  If a subsequent match needs to be played, it will be a race to two.  The final round folder will have 7 songs on it with a difficulty range of 9-10. Each player will pick a song to be played in order through the two matches.  Lower seed will pick first.  If an eighth song needs to be played (the loser wins the first match 3-2 and the second match is tied 1-1), the Boss Stage Stepchart with a difficulty of 11 will be revealed and will be played by the finalists to determine the crown champion of DSR Squared.

Word.  Up.  Again.

Miscellaneous Rules

Speed modifiers will range from x1 to x6 with x0.5 increments.  CMods are not allowed at any time.

Modifiers which a) disqualify you for ranking and b) modify in any way the placement of the arrows or amount of arrows may not be used at any time during the tournament. All other modifiers are fair game.  Note that mods that reverse arrows for Stepmania have a flaw in that the freeze trail leads the arrow.

Bar use is allowed.  Super power use is prohibited with the exception of certain functions of the green lantern ring.  If you possess a green lantern ring and know how to use its powers, please email one of the tournament organizers to help determine what powers we will consider for legal use.

Who Wrote What

During initial registration, either players OR spectators can opt to participate in the "Who Wrote What" sidequest. Entry fee for the sidequest is fifty cents. Participants will receive a sheet where they can designate who they believe authored the charts that are played during the tourney. The person who gets the most correct will win either a prize package or the entry fee prize pool. In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker game consisting of strawberry jello, speedos, and bowling balls will be played to determine who wins the prize.

RSVP

To help give us an idea of how many people we should anticipate, please let us know if you're planning on attending either as a participant or a spectator and let us know if anything changes via the Facebook Event Page.  You can also email us.   Contact information is below.

Housing logistics will be  addressed soon.  We're a friendly bunch and will most likely be able to find you a place to stay. A running chart of hosts, guests, space available, conditions, etc. is present on the Housing Logistic Chart.

Questions

Questions or issues may be addressed in this forum, my livejournal post, or the ITGFreak forum post i have yet to make.  You can also direct questions directly to the tournament organizers Mendel [darknote at darknote dot org] or Tyler [dyaus7 at gmail dot
com].

« Last Edit: February 04, 2008, 03:48:38 PM by darknote »
 
darknote
Read February 09, 2008, 12:25:42 PM #51

if you want to bring video for your own purposes, cool, but i wouldn't worry too much about stuff for our purposes.  one of the guys driving from utah is planning on bringing a whole write-video-directly-to-large-hard-drives-and-then-bring-a-super-fast-dvd-burner-to-offset-space sort of deals and thinks he'll be able to cover a good majority of the tourney, so we should have plenty of video material.
 
ChilliumBromide
Read February 09, 2008, 10:40:40 PM #52

Alright.  Could you see if I could help with that though, even it it just boiled down to gruntwork and helping with the setup?  I really want to have some firsthand experience so I can know what I need in order to do something similar for Kumoricon.
 
Hooby
Read February 11, 2008, 07:19:21 PM #53

This tourney is badly timed Sad everyone I was planning on bringing has finals those days.
 
darknote
Read February 12, 2008, 03:14:27 AM #54

on the weekend?

most schools are done around that time.  making it a week later would be even worse because of the olympic trials.  busy summer.
 
Hooby
Read February 15, 2008, 11:59:55 AM #55

on the weekend?

most schools are done around that time.  making it a week later would be even worse because of the olympic trials.  busy summer.
Oh jeez, the computer I was on had its calendar set to 2007 xD I feel silly >.>

Guess I might be bringing some new faces then. Also working on shaking the rust off of my legs, planning on getting 4th-5th ^ ^
 
ChilliumBromide
Read February 16, 2008, 12:44:38 PM #56

If I were to bring 143 (11 dozen) doughnuts from Voodoo for everyone, is there any way I could get reimbursed $88?  I'm guessing there isn't, but it's fun to think big.
 
Hooby
Read February 16, 2008, 09:50:46 PM #57

If I were to bring 143 (11 dozen) doughnuts from Voodoo for everyone, is there any way I could get reimbursed $88?  I'm guessing there isn't, but it's fun to think big.

If mass doughnuts were some reason requested, I think it would be best to go the budget $3 a dozen route from albertsons.
 
darknote
Read February 17, 2008, 12:42:26 PM #58

if you got me a few donuts from voodoo, i'd gladly pay for them.

i assume the cock and balls wouldn't really be a part of a dozen deal because it's so big.  maple bacon bar is a good choice, or that apple peanut butter chocolate fritter intense thing.

if not enough people go in for the dozen deal, just hook me up, and i'll be happy. Cheesy
 
ChilliumBromide
Read February 17, 2008, 03:16:25 PM #59

Alright.  Let me know if there's a widespread interest.  I'm happy to pick them up, as long as I'm not losing a ton of money.
 
darknote
Read May 12, 2008, 04:47:18 PM #60

hey everyone.  now that DSR Squared is about a month away, just putting up a reminder about it.

some details that i'll fill in here and will eventually fill in on the rules page:

- registration and warm up will be from 11:00-12:00.  Opening ceremonies and qualifier will start around 12:00.  We expect day one will end some time between 20:00 and 21:00.

- Day two will start at 11:00 with the mulligan 8.  We expect that that consolation tourney will take roughly and hour.  A warm-up period for the final 16 will take place and then the remaining part of the tourney will run.  we anticipate it will last until about 19:00.

- anyone who shows up is eligible for the Who Wrote What contest.  I'm bumping that to a $1 fee instead of 50c just so we don't have to deal with a lot of change.

if you're not registered on the facebook event page or haven't told us already that you're coming, you have until may 30th to tell us before you'll get charged an additional $5 entry fee.  Also if you're status has changed, as in you thought you were going to make it and now can't, make sure we know that too.

if you have any special needs (housing, need to get picked up at an airport, etc.), let me know.  If you have any more questions to ask about the tourney, here we are.
 
ChilliumBromide
Read May 12, 2008, 06:06:45 PM #61

I'm excited!

I need to start practicing. Tongue
 
phylicia
Read May 14, 2008, 06:32:52 PM #62

Me too.

Anyone who cares about DDR/Bemani gatherings should know that this is an event not to be missed.
 
zdr
Read May 15, 2008, 11:19:52 AM #63

I'm in
 
MTJ
Read May 15, 2008, 03:03:20 PM #64

I'm in

Then you're giving me a ride  Grin
 
ChilliumBromide
Read May 16, 2008, 07:56:02 PM #65

Hey darknote, would you have a problem with me discussing the DDR tournaments I'll be running at Kumoricon this year with people at DSR Squared?  I'm planning on having a variety of skill levels and a team tournament.  I'll need highly skilled players for some of the tournaments to work, and this will be the largest gathering of skilled DDR players I'll be encountering in this area, at least before Kumoricon.
 
darknote
Read May 18, 2008, 05:27:13 PM #66

yeah, no issues.  i won't make it a formal announcement or anything, but you're free to spread the word or hand out flyers or something.
 
ChilliumBromide
Read May 18, 2008, 10:04:52 PM #67

Awesome.  Now to make sure I have a ride. Tongue
 
discovolante
Read May 18, 2008, 10:27:53 PM #68

Likewise. A ride on Friday evening or Saturday morning would be excellent. Who's driving?
 
ChilliumBromide
Read May 24, 2008, 09:13:13 PM #69

I'm trying to convince a friend of my with a VW Bus to come.  He's right around the same level of play as I am, and if the gas is split 6 ways from portland, we'd be paying ~$15 each at 10mpg.  It's a VW, so it's probably more efficient than that
(people have modified their VW's to get 80-100, but his isn't that cool; if it was, we'd be putting in about $2 each.), but it's always best to estimate on the low end.  I'll let people know if he's (a) coming and (b) willing to give people rides.
 
ChilliumBromide
Read May 31, 2008, 11:46:54 AM #70

doesn't look like he's coming; I'll check with Will and charlie's hot sister.
 
ChilliumBromide
Read June 01, 2008, 01:36:16 PM #71

Got a ride. Smiley

You have me down as coming, right?  I don't have a facebook because I don't like it in the butt and emails weren't provided so I had no clue how to find them.  I'm pretty sure I'll have to cheat by using certain prohibited functions of my Green Lantern's Ring and removing all sources of the colour yellow from the room if I have to pay $15. :[
 
darknote
Read June 02, 2008, 08:33:10 AM #72

yeah, no worries, although i wasn't sure if you both replied here and also were on fb as one of faces i didn't recognize, but i know you're coming down.  Smiley
 
ChilliumBromide
Read June 05, 2008, 05:31:08 PM #73

Quote
Housing logistics will be  addressed soon.  We're a friendly bunch and will most likely be able to find you a place to stay. A running chart of hosts, guests, space available, conditions, etc. is present on the Housing Logistic Chart.
The link's a 404 Sad   I have a place to stay, but I know some other people who might not, including my ride up there.

Also, what's the timeframe for this?  I want to know when I should get there and whether I'll be able to catch a bus back to where I'm staying.
 
Hooby
Read June 06, 2008, 03:40:35 PM #74

I just kind of assume I will find a place after I get down there. If not, I have spent plenty of nights in the back of my car.  I actually might go for that either way; I have slept on many a less comfortable couches.

If your driver is an attractive female and needs a place to stay, my back seat folds down creating a make shift bed with the trunk  Grin
 
ChilliumBromide
Read June 07, 2008, 11:56:31 AM #75

Nope.  17-year-old male.  My sister wasn't interested in coming and still hasn't gotten her license anyway.
 
 
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