New Tournament Format - Blitz Tourney
 

Introducing a new Blitz tournament format that I hope will allow for some more frequent but fairly substantial and challenging competitive tournaments.

THE GOAL OF THIS TOURNAMENT IS TO MAKE EVERY SONG SUPER HARD YOU SHOULD DO BADLY AND STRUGGLE TO IMPROVE SO IF YOU GET DISCOURAGED BY BAD SCORES MAYBE DON'T

How does it work?

In a Blitz tournament, we follow the same scoring system as other non-elimination tournaments: There are 6 rounds, the scoring is cumulative, there are no eliminations, but there are two key differences:

1. The whole tournament is 2 weeks long

2. All six songs are playable, from day 1 to day 14

How do I enter?

You can enter the tournament via the Official Signup Link Here: http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ent/signup.php

What will the rounds be like?

Since all 6 rounds are open at once, and it is a cumulative event, my goal in song selection will be to basically pick 6 songs that would all have been of 'final round' difficulty in a normal tournament. Ideally nobody should be getting a AAA on more than 1 or 2 rounds that happen to dovetail with their particular skills, unless they put in a lot of work on improvement.

Why run this as a Blitz event?

I don't like how most tournaments involve a lot of getting 4 rounds in and deciding you can't catch somebody and quit, having put a month into the event. Since the whole thing is 2 weeks, it's a short enough time to keep attention and focus for the whole duration, and since all songs are playable at all times, I hope it will create more competition as somebody passing you in the standings will cause you to go back to other songs you 'finished' already to try and improve scores.

When will the tourney run?

The tournament starts at 7:00am Server Time Sunday January 20th, and runs until 7:00am Sunday, February 3rd

Other Stuff / FAQ

Things that should go without saying, really.

Don't cheat. Scores will submit automatically. If they don't, let me know and we'll look into it. By default you'll be placed into your division based on your skill rating. I will get somebody smarter than me to look over the list and make sure nobody is sneaking in with a sandbag. Etc etc. We've all done this lots of times.

Q: Can I enter with my lower division alt that plays index/one-hand/whatever?

A: Absolutely just PM me from your main account with the name, what division you want, and that you understand that account won't be eligible for prizes

A Reiteration

The songs are going to be really hard. I don't want anybody to AAA, Heck, I want people to struggle to FC. The goal of this structure is to keep people actively competing and trying for the whole two weeks, to eke out a few more points, not AAA/SDG the first 4 rounds and have the winner be determined in round 5 and 6.

What do I mean? I mean each division is likely looking at nothing but songs at the high end of the division ABOVE them.
Prizing

Credits: 2,027,500
Tokens: Event Tokens for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each division


Eligible Tokens:
You can pick amongst the following tokens. Only 1st place winners may select the bolded tokens.
-The Wises Were Wrong
-FREEDOM DiVE
-Dendrite v2
-Coactive [Over My Shoulder Mix]
-Tell v3 (Extended Mix)
-Touhou Judgment in the Sixtieth Year
-The Bridgeport Run
-Bedtime Story

Donations:
Devonin - 2,000,000 credits
1Kick234 - 2,000 credits
Antori - 25,000 credits
SuperBoi88 - 500 credits

Ghosting/Prize Ineligible Participants

D1
Devonin - Hosting
beealttack - Opting to Ghost due to D2 Rust

D3
icyworld1hand - One-hand style alt

D4
qrrbrbirbel - Opting to Ghost

D6
Hakue - Speedmod 1.0 alt

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Re-reposting this down here too just so people see it in advance:

A Reiteration

The songs are going to be really hard. I don't want anybody to AAA, Heck, I want people to struggle to FC. The goal of this structure is to keep people actively competing and trying for the whole two weeks, to eke out a few more points, not AAA/SDG the first 4 rounds and have the winner be determined in round 5 and 6.

What do I mean? I mean each division is likely looking at nothing but songs at the high end of the division ABOVE them.

So D2 should be expecting 55-58, D5 should be expecting 90+ and D6 likely will all be 100+

Sorry D7, this means Undici, RATO, Death Piano etc.

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count ya boi pup IN

this format kinda reminds me of psychoangel's one div higher tourney that she ran a few years ago. was a lot of fun and helped me improve a lot :D

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ooh this sounds neat!! idk how much time i can really dedicate to it but it's nice that it's short. in

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I was gonna say in until i read that d6 is going to be 100+ songs. I cant even fc most songs above 85 lmao. I can pa them, but fcing is a huge issue

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this is the point of the tourney though!! embrace the burnnnnn (but don't overdo it of course)

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you're gonna in anyways aren'tcha :wink:

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Idk, id rather not play songs that i cant even read. The tourny sounds really fun, though.

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in

ffr isnt fun without competition, though ima get my ass beat w/ 100+ songs

get your ass beat too sk8r it'll be fun

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Oh hell... this is such a good idea...

..in

Mourningfall, Tia-, Moria, Elena-, whatever take your pick. Just another stagnate D6, I hope I can join

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sure, i'll join! hopefully i can break out of my cycle of perpetual derusting and rerusting

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Ehh, theres only like 4 songs above 100 that i enjoy playing. Im not as good as yall think. Everything else is way past my ability and playing them for a tourny wouldnt be a good idea. I doubt any of them would be picked either cuz they are in the 100-103 range. but i hope you guys enjoy it as the idea seems really interesting :)

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i'm in wow can't wait to play Undici, RATO, Death Piano etc.

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I'd like to ghost d4. No prizes necessary here

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i'll join d6! can i also join on my 1 hand account in d3?

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Hell yeah, I'm in :D
This mode sounds interesting :D

BTW, put me into D4 even tho i might get into D5 soon xd

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Thanks to Velocity, we can sign up using the Official Sign-up Link!

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...ent/signup.php

I'll still try to process everybody in here to confirm they're in.

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@devonin will all future blitz tourneys be the same style where you play a division higher in difficulty, or will there be other types as well, like rate tourneys and stuff like that?

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count me in for fun ofc, haven't played in a while and this should be a good motivator.

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"devonin forced me to make this at 5am because he made a thread - Blitz Tourney
Click the button on this page to sign up for the devonin forced me to make this at 5am because he made a thread - Blitz Tourney."

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Rate scores don't record, so a tourney with rates would involve screenshots and manual score submission, so they might get done by somebody less lazy than I, but I have no intention of it.

The difficulty thing, to me, is intrinsic to the point of doing it in this format. If the songs were predominantly AAA-able, people will have maxed out the score in the first couple days. My hope for the tournament is to keep people going the whole 2 weeks trying to improve their scores enough to keep competitive.

Of course, once Velo gets all the kinks ironed out for the format and it's just a checkbox to be a blitz tourney or not, anybody else who can run tourneys can use the system to make it a blitz tourney, so why not expect all kinds of things!

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Sure, you'll need to PM me the name of the D3 account, and also agree that the D3 account is not eligible for prizes, since there's no way to enforce that you play every song solely 1-handed.

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Really like the idea of this (along with the non-AAA'able difficulties). Would join but unfortunately I have a business trip in the middle of the tournament.

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Sounds like a cool idea tbh.

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Velo accidentally leaked my whole song list, now I'll have to do it again!



Okay, there we go. New songs picked. Just to give you a concrete idea of what "hard songs" means, here's the range for each division

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With your consideration and approval I could actually make videos ensuring I am actually using one hand on this account, if not it's all good, I'd still like to play just for the fun of it! But this is definitely the account, all my recorded scores on this account are with one hand 😃

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Like I said, you can definitely register and play with this account, but I think as a general policy "People also playing on lower-division alts" need to be prize-exempt just to avoid any potential issues.

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i understand, i'm cool with that :) i'll join for the sport of it (on icyworld1hand), wouldn't want to start any controversy!

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Plus at the moment, there's just tokens and some credits. Nobody's donated anything cool, and I haven't thought of anything cool I can add in that I can afford.

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Can't wait to lose to the top D5 gods.

EDIT: I got like 70-4-5-14 on a song someone got 3-1-0-2 on in the tournament lol gg.

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imo i dont deserve to be in d3 but still count me in

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im in

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Rondo Alla Turca unAAAable

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thank god D3 didn't get FUNK IN G

that god song :eyes: that song is the bane of me

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Get ready to win my D5 Competition. >:)

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fresh from derust thanks to benguin's tourney and I'M HYPE AF LETS GOO

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I regret rushing D6 now.
Can I just be put in D5 since I'm like barely in it...? ; n;

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I guess I'll join. I blow hard, but it'll give me something to do.

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welcome to D6, BROTHER.

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Considering all the D2 songs in the unofficial were already in the "non-FC-able" range for me, this tournament should be . . . interesting

Can I also ghost D1?

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sign me up baybeeeeeee

edit: I'm stupid

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Ghosting D6. Only using speedmod 1.

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This is a great idea. Reminds me of a couple tournaments that were run years ago

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mfw there's a song that requires skill rating 20 in d1

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Oops, missed that it was a token. I'll change that song out. Thanks!

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We are live! Good luck everybody! You can still register to join for the duration, but it may take a chunk of that day for me to get to you and sort you into your division.

Division 1: Tetris Remix, Guitar Vs Piano, bbblow, Harry Potter Techno Remix, Youkoso! Himitsu no Janbaraya!, Laser Shooter

Division 2: Wish (Reprise), Amefuri Koneko, Play It Loud, Haruka Kanata, Bits and Bytes (Original Mix), Starlight [Macgravel]

Division 3: Extreme Dishwasher Race, LUV CAN SAVE U, Travel Demon, Finder Keepers, Lorem Ipsum, Cloud Nine

Division 4: Danse de Romani, Faint Breath, Een Lijden, Guitars Suck, 0x69, A White Cat Sings Lovely Jazz Waltz

Division 5: Diamante Spectrasplosion, Halcyon [xi], Across Rooftops, Amber Shores, Etude for the Sinners, MANIERA

Division 6: Eclipse (Solar), All your base are belong to ME, La Campanella, J'ai Envie de Plaisir X2, Epileptic Crisis, A Dichroic Glass Snafu

Division 7: Make the Fire Burn, Odd-22, You Universe, Dreamin' attraction!! (Extended), Death Piano, Undici

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Two piano songs for D5 that I can't read for shit lmao. I've done better on a 98-99. Yikes. How are they 91-92s.

I'd probably want to keep trying the first four songs, but I really don't even want to replay the last two.

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thank you for giving me the motivation to unlock dreamin' attraction

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In. Will make me play a bit

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Etude is by far the hardest, at least Maniera is manageable. I'm more worried about some of the easier songs where I'm not so good at.

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I joined but I don't want to be eligible for any token prizes bc I have them

EDIT: actually wait I'm probably the worst in my division at eclipse solar so this is probably irrelevant carry on

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Played em all, lowest boo count was 132. Yup this is gonna be good.

Total score so far: 5616 - 1941 - 349 - 592 - 1301

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interesting song choices! can't wait to die in this tourney

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so that happened

AAA'd the megatrill

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but why... i blackflagged the big boi ;-;

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i just had to share this

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get out of D6.

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breh

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Omg I just got the second best score for "Across The Rooftops" on the third round of the tourney !! So proud of myself haha I thought I wasn't going to do good in this tourney cause I don't play higher level songs that well.

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Phew, glad i decided to not join and get in on the ass whoopin here. D6 too strong... Cannot comprehend your skill levels lol

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waiting for someone in d3 to snipe me so i could stop feeling like i could win this in just a few plays

edit: after like 2 days They Fucking Got Me

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on it o7 gonna give it my best

Edit:nvm i dont think i have a chance against your consistency

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On it.

Edit: Tomorrow lol I'm pretty rattled by the current state though.

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my god that epileptic crisis score

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yo!! Hard!!!!!

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actually, do you mind taking me off the tourney? realized i don't really have time to play lol

good luck to D6 :D

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thought i was still shit but still doing ok, notable stuff:

comfort song

improved from like 90g/22m

multiple steady gains up from previous 58-0-9-9 pb

sightread

unfort i can't do the others to save my life so rip i guess

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fuck yeah i actually signed up on time for this tourney. NOW IT IS TIME TO GAME

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I'm surprised that my 3rd place status is still intact. I don't expect it to stay like that though given some of the players who have yet to play.

It seems getting 1st from where I'm at is quite a bit aways...I need to improve by several hundred goods. Someone please delete my misses for me <3

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I'm just hoping the others forget or aren't motivated to play so I can get a free token. But yeah I'm also surprised I'm 2nd.

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I sent you 500 creds

For the Blitz

#suckageforlife

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trap card activated





edit: THE DOUBLE

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Yall are fuccin D7 i tell ya. I played that today and after a bunch of tries i beat my best with 80-12-16-18. MONSTERS.

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Let's enjoy the bottom of D4 together~

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3g clean on eclipse solar, really suicidaln00b, really

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it looks like i have a lot of work to do to rise to the top of d3! ya'll are good at this haha

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i am growing stronger

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I can't fucking do it guys these scores are beyond me

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dont give up sintgre!

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Wish (Reprise) is a disgusting file and I hate it.