The First Ever Beat Down MetalAtlas Tournament!
 

Welcome to the the first MetalAtlas beat down! Now this is a tournament but it will be a little different then the normal tournament format. The main goal for me is to try and get back to the way I played before and maybe surpass that. So in theory, everyone will be playing against me.

ROUND 4 has begun and will end Monday, Sept. 17th at 11:59PM EST!

Sign-ups are closed.

Also looking for someone to help with picking the round's songs.

The Rules:
This will be a 6 division tournament depending on how many people I can get to sign up and the placements will be based off the official itself. The tournament will last 5 rounds each lasting three days going from midnight to midnight EST.
Also, unless convinced otherwise, this will be a normal combo tournament where both PA and combo matter, so do your best!
Now the idea is, I will play a song for each division. Since I am D3, D3 will be considered par. Now obviously, I'm going to do better in D1 and D2, but worse in D4, D5 and D6. So for each of those divisions will have a handicap.

Example:

So for D3 say I get a 4-0-0-0. The score to beat in D3 would be that. Anyone matching that weould get a score of (0). Anyone getting better woulg get +1, +2 etc for how much higher they were than I. There is now no elimination!! So if you don't do so good one round, you can try to make it up in another. For the other division, such as D2, say I AAA. The handicap might be 5 goods. So division 2 would need to get 5-0-0-0 or better to get points. The same rings true for higher divisions but in reverse. Say I play a D4 song and get a 25-0-0-0. The handicap might be -15 so D4 would need to post a score of 10-0-0-0 or better to get points. Handicaps will be determined on how a person of my division should do on a song versus how well a person of another division should do on that same song. Also, Anybody willing to help me determining the handicaps as well as help choose songs (because I'm not familiar with the newer stuff) would be greatly appreciated.

ALERT!
Since this looks to be a small tourney, we'll all be on the same point board. Obviously, people will still be playing their division songs, but with the handicap it should be fair.

IE- Division 5 Song PCS Score to beat- 35-0-0-0 Handicap -25. So real score to beat=10-0-0-0
bob bob gets 9-0-0-0. he would get 1 point for being the closest to me. RadiantVibe gets a 8-0-0-0. So he would get 2 points etc. The same would be true for each division. So the point board might look like this:

RadiantVibe +2
Panic4Me +1
ic0slayer +1
Bob bob +1
MetalAtlas-0
Hellsrequiem -1
Wargasm -1
Synthlight-2





For those of you who do not remember how to take a screenshot, here's some help:



Mac users:
- Command + Shift + 3: Takes a screenshot of the entire screen, and saves the image to your desktop. From there, you can upload it to a site like imgur.com and crop it if necessary.

Windows users::
- Press the print screen button. From there, open Paint (or another image editing program) and paste your image in Paint. If you'd like, you can re-size it within Paint at this time. From there, you can upload it to a site like imgur.com and crop it (if you haven't done so).

SCREENSHOTS SHOULD INCLUDE:
- The score being submitted
- Server timestamp
- If you are using a standalone, you will include your username located on the top right corner of FFR's window in your screenshot.


The velocity engine is great because it has the name and time already there, but anyone else using a standalone is gonna have to show that on their own.
Prizes!
Prizes will be credits of course. Everyone who makes it to rd 5 in their division will win credits. We have 10,000 from myself, and 90,000 from Panic4me.

Donations!
MetalAtlas-10000
jprox445-50000
Panic4me-90000
PsychoAngel-100000


DIVISIONS!

D1
Sky Dive Score to beat 20-0-0-0
kangolokster
Xiz
Aeroethimetic

D2
Laser Shooter Score to beat 30-0-0-0

femanic
Bobogoobo
Panic4Me
PrawnSkunk

D3 Handicap=0
Phantom Ensemble Score to beat 25-0-0-0

jductape

D4
Travel Demon Score to beat 20-0-0-0

HellsRequiem
i will pwn u
skRAWRk
TheSaxRunner05

D5
Starry Sky (Tunuki Bootleg) Score to Beat: 20-0-0-0

21992
zakvvv666
Xx{Midnight}xX
BlindReper1179
dragonmegaXX
cedolad
shonen7
Untimely Friction
jprox445

D6
The Bird's Poisoned Bathwater Score to beat 15-0-0-0
MrPreggers
yo man im awesome
bob bob
RadiantVibe


Final STANDINGS


femanic +72.5
MrPreggers +68
Xiz +67
jductape +65.5
RadiantVibe +55
Bobogoobo +54.5
21992 +36.5
BlindReper1179 +32
i will pwn you +28
shonen7 +26
kangolokster +16
PrawnSkunk +15
TheSaxRunner05 +8
jprox445 +6
yo man im awesome +5
Zakvvv666 +5
Panic4Me +1


Competitors-

21992
Aeroethimetic
BlindReper1179
bob bob
Bobogoobo
cedolad
ddrkid007
Dragonmegaxx
femanic
HellsRequiem
i will pwn u
jductape
jprox445
kangolokster
MrPreggers
Panic4me
PrawnSkunk
RadiantVibe
shonen7
SkRAWRk
TheSaxRunner05
Untimely Friction
Xiz
Xx{Midnight}xX
yo man im awesome
Zakvvv666

Any questions feel free to PM me and like I said, any extra help would be great! Nice to see you all again!

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Approved.

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Oh my god you're back o.o

In

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Placements based on official tournament placings? I can name twenty thousand D5 players that are better than I am. Hope you realize everyone got better lol I'm in.

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ill give it a shot. in

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Metal you're best off doing all the placements over again. If you'd like help or someone to do it for you I'd be more than happy to assist / do it.

In as well please.

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Looks cool, in

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in

please don't let middie assist placements kthnx

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I'm in.

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Sounds like it could be interesting, in.

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Im in

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Yup, i'd play!

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A chance to play one of the old '10 inters again? I'm in

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I just want to point out that ive gotten some ideas from other competitors and we talked about having a point system in stead of an elimination. So for instance, I would be par. 0 points. Anyone who scored better than I would be +1 +2 etc any one who scored lower woud be -1, -2 etc. That way, everyone could play every round, and if they did bad one round, they could try to make it up in the next round. If any of that sounds good, please vote in the poll! Thanks Guys!

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I'm in.

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I'm actually interested on how this would work. Since it's pretty much 1 v. everyone else, I think it would work great since there's a benchmark. But you never know until you try.

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I want a chance to beat you down, so I'm in. ;)

I also vote yes to the point system. I feel like that would be a lot more fair for most players and it could help everyone improve if they get to play all of the songs and aren't stressing about being knocked out of a certain round.

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Might as well give it a shot. This looks fun, and good luck getting back up to speed. I'm curious how you can tell what Division your in though? If thats a stupid question sorry, And I'm voting with the point system to, I doubt I would make it past the first round. So rather that, and see how much points whether positive or negative I can come up with :)

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In! you going to get a spreadsheet going, or something? :)

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in

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Looks like fun, in

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lol xP

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Divisions are separated based on how well you perform on all the songs you've played. Better players will have good scores on higher ranked songs. Lower players, not so much.

i dont know about a spreadsheet i was thinkin i would manage just fine with the Op. but who knows.

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Okay thank you for clearing that up for me.

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Also in

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Sure, I'm in~

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when does it start?
just wondering..

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green bold text on the first post, yo. ~aprox Wednesday @ midnight est :)

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This sint getting as much attention as i would have thought. i guess if we dont get more people, im gonna have to turn it into one division. which will still work with the handicaps

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Me thinks we need moar ~HYPE~

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In, also Middie is pretty good at placements, but let's not start any drama about that.

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STARTING IN TWO DAYS!!

URRRRRGGGGGAAAAAA LETS JOIN IN AND HELP TRAINING WOOOOOOOO!!!

/faint

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in!

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Sent you 100k

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For no raisin!

Also, it looks like we're going to have a 200,000 pot for only 20 players. now if we pay out to the top 5 players thats like... 45,25,15,10,5k

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In, looks intredasting. :|

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in :D

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So the polls are closed and it has been decided that it will be a non-elimination tourney. everyone is in for every round. Also, since there are so few people, this will be a 1 division tourney. If you're confused, check the OP which explains it better. Thanks all.

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I'm excited. Wonder what the first song is going to be :D

Also might wanna change the whole winning credits you mentioned. Since everyones going to be making every round. Maybe depending on the scores against you? Or if there around the same page if under your division, or I don't know. I never ran a tourney before I'm just offering advice.

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I'm thinking along the same lines as this. It would be a good idea to offer credits to everyone who plays through the final round, since there won't be eliminations. More should go to those with the most points above 'par', decreasing with the final number of points.

Ex:

20,000 credits - RadiantVibe +2
18,000 credits - Panic4Me +1
16,000 credits - ic0slayer +1
14,000 credits - Bob bob +1
0 credits - MetalAtlas-0
12,000 credits - Hellsrequiem -1
10,000 credits - Wargasm -1
8,000 credits - Synthlight-2

Obviously the amount of credits wouldn't be the same since there are more people and I just made up some pretty numbers. :] But you get the idea.

If nobody has a problem with it, I can help out with some of the tournament (considering we live together, it would make things a bit easier). If anyone is worried that there could be some sort of 'conflict of interest', I'd be fine with playing for no credit prize. I'm just interested in helping the tournament run smoothly and making it fun for everyone.

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Hype~

K, so MetalAtlas will be the par standard, and weaker players will receive a score boost while higher tier players will receive a score handicap? Not sure if I follow this one... :)

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Basically. Since Metal is a D3 player, those who are in D3 are considered to be on the same level and have to aim to beat his score on the song for that round. Players in D1 and D2 are going to be slightly 'less skilled' than him, so they may not score as well as him on the song for that round. A positive handicap would be applied to Metal's score on the song to bring it closer to what a player in that division would be expected to get. At the same time, being a D3 player would mean he isn't as skilled as those in D6, so he isn't going to score as well on their song. The negative handicap would be applied to his score to bring it closer to what a player in D6 should get.

Ex:

The song for D1 is Secret Zombie Room. Metal gets 2-0-0-0 ('cause I like picking on his lack of AAAs). The average D1 player may be expected to get a score of 22-0-0-0, so the handicap would be +20 goods.

The song for D6 is vROFL. Metal gets 35-0-0-0 (yeah right). The average D6 player is expected to score at least 15-0-0-0, so the handicap would be -20 goods.

Think of it as playing golf.

Edit: I really know nothing about golf, but I think the points would be going the opposite way?

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thanks Panic4Me :) cleared everything up~

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Divisions are up! picking songs and handicaps. dont freak! remember, im trying to avoid AAA's as much as possible so everyone doesnt have the same score. So the first rd of the tournament is going to be like the second round of a regular tournament. the difficulty will be a bit higher. Like a few levels above normal

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Me and Preggers, reppin

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hype

Lol @ # of participants in D3

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Yea, I think i'm one of the better players in my division.... if not THE best

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Woot low D4, gonna get smashed by high D4 lol, oh wells. Are handicaps set by division?

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Cocky dick :I!!!!!! D1 and D6 aren't looking so bad either lol WAIT bob bob is D5? Why?? OH WAIT NVM JUST REMEMBERED WHY >:I

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yay first

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Lol D5 woot

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WTF really D5!!! no... freakin way. Am I that good? NOOOO

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Songs are up round ends Saturday at midnight goooooo!

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This was actually hard to do

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Just to make things easier.

There may be a last minute adjustment to placements. If/when a player is moved, they will receive a PM informing them of the change. Have fun!

EDIT: Placements have been adjusted and are now final. PMs have been sent to those players who were moved. Enjoy. :]

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I accidentally'd the wrong division :l
but i'm cool with +17 too if you want me in D2

edit: dafuq is Marble Madness?

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Wewt :)

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kinda late but can i join?

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Sure thing. Give me a couple of minutes and I'll put you in.

For anyone else wondering..
Sign-ups are open until the end of ROUND 1.

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Is it too late to join?

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Everyone up to this post has been placed. :]

~Panic

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Just as a note, i've already received two aaa's one of which was a division higher than his placement, and the other of which i made sure that it wouldnt be aaa-able. So obviously, for the next round the songs are going to increase exponentially. The scores are going to be high this round. Already two people with +15 (which is really high)

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Just realised i played the wrong song >.>

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I can't wait, I'll get to play tomorrow.

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Heres mine =]

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Piano x Forte x Scandal OMG I love you so much.. Could whore this song forever.

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I hate guitar sounds so ****ing much!

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Guitar sounds is fantastic

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I'm assuming for the D4 song, you mean "Melted Marble". I can't find any song named Marble Madness.

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Cant say I understand what you mean by 15.0.0.0 having to be beaten... does that mean with any score under 15.0.0.0 I win the round despite others scores?

Atm I have 12.0.0.1 which Im gonna beat cause I saw a 10.0.0.2, but I still dont quite understand.

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Boom! Got it.

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Blah I keep getting teens, I know I can SDG on a good run

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Thank the ****ing LORD this goes on for another 2 days.. my fingers are so weak right now for some reason.

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LOL I'm D6.
Welp, we'll see how this goes.

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Forgot to save my screenshot *Facepalm*

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There technically is no 'winning a round' since it's everyone versus Metal. With the handicap, his score would be 15-0-0-0. You want to aim to beat that. The less goods you have, the more points you will receive. At the end, credits will be distributed to everyone based on the number of points they finish with.

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JEEZ!!! Finally beat Zakvvv666's score! comon zak sup my score :P
BTW... that last 32nd stream and those stupid slow trills killed my score :l

also donated 50k credits!!!

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yeah that one. I dont know how i messed that up lol. Fixed

She's right. Pretty much, for each good you get lower than the score to beat, you get a point. Sometimes it might be worth more depending on the handicap, but this round it ranges from 0-(+15)

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MetalAtlas don't forget to add my 50k credit donation to the prize pot :P
there is a snapshot in my previous post if you need proof XD
or you could check your transactions :P

BTW i'm d4 in official not d5...

but i'll fight to live in d5 anyway XD