EMG Rivalry [D4/D5/D6]

[Jonlovesddr]

oh yea does this shit run all year
i might as well put more effort into derusting

[Deidara837]

Nice update post here:

@Winrar, I'll get you added to the whole system probably tomorrow, read below for what the deal's gonna be here for the next lil bit

@Jon, Last year we ran for about 40 weeks before we hit a pretty low lull, but the time before, during, and after the OT is when we hit our full surge

The goal is for general skillboosting and OT prep, so since the OT's actually here things are gonna be pretty quiet for the next few weeks so we can mostly focus on that

Also I'm planning on starting season 3 soon after the OT for a couple reasons
I know this season's been running for what like 4 months but a) we got thrown off by no OT last year and b) low key running out of good songs to use in the 76+ range so a nice reset there would help

May try a lil harder phasing in more FFRMania stuff since we've got a recent flurry of uploads to that engine

Also, any suggestions for things you guys wanna see, please feel free to speak up and let your thoughts out, I'm def open to hear new ideas from others, I can only think of so much by myself

[Deidara837]

One thing I do have, and would like to hear thoughts on, is hosting a weekly of sorts, where we can all find one time to meet up in MP and have a mini-tourney or at least a round-robin type deal. Kinda like Smash events if you're familiar, or I think o!m used to do this kind of format. The main difference is this kind of event is live scoring, so it can shake things up a bit.

Each division would break off (or have different times for each division if that ends up working better) and have two people play each other in MP with song bans/picks. Each strike a few songs to not play, agree on a starter song, winner bans a couple, loser has song choice, repeat till Bo5 or whichever we can decide on. Keep a scoreboard, maybe do a live bracket depending on the number of people that show up that week, idk. All the specifics can be discussed of course.

Would this kind of thing be something people would be interested in doing? Something fun, something different, a good chance to hang out and get some community interaction going. There's the FFR Discord we can use too for voice chat and hang out. It all depends on if we wanna take that step. Right now we're a pretty good crew, some of you pop in and out depending on availability and that's perfectly fine. But if people are available at similar times I feel like this is something we can definitely organize and have fun with.

[sweet2kill210]

I'm in MP literally almost everyday at around 7:00 PM CT (server time) or midnight (usually midnight). Also, I think it would be cool to start seeing some more FFRMania songs since I think we're running out of regular ones that aren't memes (for D6 anyway). I can suggest some too.

[Kanzas]

With my work schedule, I can play Saturdays any time. other than that, I'm at work from 2pm sever until 12:30 am server lol

[feelingzwontfade]

I'd prefer weekends obviously, if we can make that work, then yup definitely


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[Kawaii025]

I'm interested and weekends are perfect for me since I don't have to work~ Just let me know of the time and I'll creep in.

[Deidara837]

Sounds like weekends are the general consensus of the few here and in Skype that said something so far
So basically it's Saturday vs. Sunday and what time
Not sure how many other people go out on Sat nights but a good compromise across the country could be something like 8 or 9 pm server time (6 or 7pm PST, 9 or 10pm EST)
Might throw up a poll soon

Edit: It'd end up being 11am or noon the next day for Gruzz
Keep in mind each division can do it whenever works for most of them too

[Gruzzly_Bear]

sounds awesome! as i am in aus there might be some timezone problems though haha

[Cold Kitten]

weekends are fine with me, but it would have to be in the evening. like after 7pm est.

[Gruzzly_Bear]

if it ends up being noon on a sunday that is perfectly fine so that should work for me!

i think it would be better for a saturday considering many people (asia, aus etc) will most likely not be able to play on mondays due to school etc. i dont know how many people are from here in EMG though haha

[axith]

I love the idea of a rivalry mp tourney of sorts. Issue is you guys will have fun without me. I always work weekends and really only have time during the first few weekdays. I'll try to see what's going on when a time is settled upon.

[#_#]

It's unlikely I'd be able to participate as I usually play late at night and that's probably morning for most of you. I might manage to be available but don't count on it.

[sickufully]

I'm in the same boat as Gruzz as I'm Aussie as well. Totally down for some mini tourneys or just some friendly round robins, it all just kinda comes down to what time they're held.

E.g. Server Time - 8pm Saturday = Aussie Time - 11am Sunday

Add 15 hours to the server time and thats what time it is in Aus. If it helps, my timezone is GMT+10.

edit - I'm cool to join in no matter what the time as I'm a bit of a night owl but I'll be less likely to play if its between 4am-8am.

[Winrar]

Weekends are probably best for me.

[Jonlovesddr]

someone get on mp right now lol

[Yoshiisland]

I'll join this rivalry since I have a few weeks to spare for FFR.

Probably barely D5 since I just got Oni.

[happyhardcor3]

after the OT when this rivalry starts back up would it be a bad idea to have the last song in each division the first song in the next division? would help with you running out of songs to choose from and also show each division how they stack up with what they aim to be or show d6 who they can look forward to having their butts kicked by ;D

example: d4's third song heavenly spores, d5's first song heavenly spores, d5 third song 44edit, d6 first song 44 edit

[Deidara837]

Originally Posted by happyhardcor3

after the OT when this rivalry starts back up would it be a bad idea to have the last song in each division the first song in the next division? would help with you running out of songs to choose from and also show each division how they stack up with what they aim to be or show d6 who they can look forward to having their butts kicked by ;D

example: d4's third song heavenly spores, d5's first song heavenly spores, d5 third song 44edit, d6 first song 44 edit

Yeah I've considered doing that, just never really got around to trying it (still had songs lying around here and there haha)
Can def do that though

Also, Yoshiisland, the rivalry's p much chilling while the OT goes on so hopefully you can stick around :/

[Deidara837]

Progress report:

D4 has been slowly getting whittled away, but are still progressing.

D5 did well out of the gate but took a heavy blow last round, we'll see how well they can recover.

D6 lost a few early, but have largely been holding up strong. But will it last much longer?

Keep up with the Official Tournament in the first tab of our spreadsheet.

Anyways, credits for weeks 13-15 will be handed out as soon as the FFR Rivalries account can be resupplied. Thanks for being patient!