Konami Arcade Championship livesteam

[Gundam-Dude]

the moment when chris so confidently said into the mic "EGOISM 440 CHALLENGE", we all knew it was fuckin over

[Arch0wl]

[Arch0wl]

VIDEO OF THE FINAL ROUND FROM THE STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLY_w8xbYPM#t=1h23m40s

[Reincarnate]

EDIT: Here is a video of the entire finals, all players' performances shown in tandem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYzFqlj_BpA


Fungah crushed Trip Machine Evolution (one of the harder level-18s in the game) with that 21-perfect PFC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vlXeV49OUs&t=3h41m50s

Really crazy to pull this off first go in a live competition.

Also an impressive comeback by Chris with his performance on Egoism 440.

I've played and followed these games since I was in middle school / early high school, way back in 2001 or so, and have seen Chris' performance over the years. It was extremely satisfying to see him win, because it just felt so well-deserved after all that hard work.

On a more selfish side-note: Chris and I have never met, and have not really even spoken much. We went to the same college, but he arrived just as I was leaving, so our paths never crossed. It's unfortunate, because I was really frustrated that I couldn't find any other rhythm-game players throughout my four years there. And not only does someone show up as I leave, but it's him, of all people. Talk about irony!

Back to the tournament though, to compare the scores (from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLY_w8xbYPM#t=5h33m52s, reordered by rank per song):

All charts on Challenge mode:

Dead End (“Groove Radar” Special):   FEFEMZ 1584   CHRS4LFE 1577     FUNGAH 1566   o4ma 1542
Paranoia Revolution:                 FEFEMZ 2128     FUNGAH 2106   CHRS4LFE 2100   o4ma 2041
Egoism 440:                        CHRS4LFE 2328     FEFEMZ 2262     FUNGAH 2198   o4ma 2165

Total:                             CHRS4LFE 6005     FEFEMZ 5974     FUNGAH 5870   o4ma 5748

Chris getting 3rd on Paranoia Revolution was somewhat expected, but he still did well enough to maintain 2nd place overall. During round 3, Chris needed to hit 2298 on Egoism in order to beat FEFEMZ -- so talk about your holy-crap moment.

But he did so well on it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLY_w8xbYPM#t=5h30m40s) that it moved him up from 2nd to 1st.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLY_w8xbYPM#t=5h4m51s
o4ma picked Dead End, FEFEMZ picked Paranoia Revolution, and Chris picked Egoism 440. Definitely smart choices to make for maximizing their own chances of winning while minimizing chances for the others. Just turned out to be the case that Chris' pick gave him a better advantage compared to FEFEMZ's pick.

FEFEMZ is not easy to beat: He's a top-level player in DDR (both singles and doubles), PIU (both singles and doubles), Jubeat, Pop'n, Sound Voltex, EZ2AC, IIDX, and Drummania. I'm probably forgetting some. He can hold his own against people who specialize in their respective games.

[Dinglesberry]

Iamchris4life, hype to see he's still the king of rhythm games.

Ayyy first TTFATF FC

[DossarLX ODI]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

Fungah fucking crushed Trip Machine Evolution (one of the harder level-18s in the game) with that 21-perfect PFC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vlXeV49OUs&t=3h41m50s

Really crazy to pull this off first go in a live competition.

I think this is the first time in history that in a KAC, a chart was PFC'd (not to mention that it also tied the world record).

The 6th KAC was significant in that several U.S. competitors participated in the DDR tournament, and that in the top 3, two of those slots were taken with U.S. competitors (with Chris being 1st).

Chris built a tremendous amount of endurance ever since last year and that really paid off in this event. His Egoism 440 CSP score was actually nowhere near close to his best (1g FC) although I think by the last round most players were fatigued.

[kommisar]

my heart was actually fuckin racing during egoism

[MixMasterLar]

Originally Posted by DossarLX ODI

Chris built a tremendous amount of endurance ever since last year and that really paid off in this event. His Egoism 440 CSP score was actually nowhere near close to his best (1g FC) although I think by the last round most players were fatigued.

Too true. I saw him last DDR Storm and while he's always been great he was losing steam towards the end. Def kicked it up a notch since then.

Being fatigued is what I blame Kaze not making it to finals on tbh. I've seen Kaze do some crazy shit

[dAnceguy117]

yooooooooooo this one right here

[Reincarnate]

lmfao @ 1:52

The difference in how they both approached that part is pretty funny

FEFEMZ beasted it with full-on crossovers, Chris just cheesed it with a few jumps, hahahah

[Arntonach]

10 points holy fuck

[DossarLX ODI]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

lmfao @ 1:52

The difference in how they both approached that part is pretty funny

FEFEMZ beasted it with full-on crossovers, Chris just cheesed it with a few jumps, hahahah

If the ending didn't speed up to 840 I think FEFEMZ would also attempt the lateral crossovers at the end. What FEFEMZ does is basically the best way to do hard crossovers: Pivot movements in the waist, his upper torso does not move much.

[lurker]

[Reincarnate]

wtf

[Mahou]

Until they make a DDR machine without bars, people can stfu lool.

[Arntonach]

They probably have a hard time passing Conga's Challenge chart cause they keep bitching about the framerate.

[TC_Halogen]

Man, this really has been a fucking win for the United States players all around.

Chris wins KAC.

Jeff shows the world his ungodly consistency with that ridiculous Trip Machine Evolution PFC - a PFC on an 18 on the biggest stage he's likely ever played on...

Both of them also took 2 out of the top 3 places in KAC.

Then, Hudson (Kaze) does the unthinkable: gets a confirmed pass, on video, of Supernova 2's Boss Rush (ver 2). What the fuck.

[Reincarnate]

Wow, didn't see that Boss Rush video. That's awesome!

[dAnceguy117]

<3 this video

[MixMasterLar]

A worthy bump