DDR and other Bemani, 2008 - Updated 7/3

[DancingTofu]

Trick, Maniac, and Oni are the archaic names for the three higher difficulties (Difficult, Expert, and Challenge, respectively).  The "Trick" tournament is thus the Standard/Difficult bracket, for people who play lots of 6's and 7's, but aren't quite up to 9's or 10's.  Maniac is the traditional tournament that's been held at Kumoricon for the past 5 cons.  It's targetted towards accomplished players who are challenged only by 10's and harder.

Oni/Demon is a bracketing I'm implementing for the first time at Kumoricon, meant for people who are accomplished arrowsmashers.  People who frequently see AAA's and **'s and can pass 12's and 13's should sign up for this one.

The Team tournament combines all of these skill levels in a joint face-off between teams of 3-7 players. 

If you come to Ground Kontrol between 12pm and 5pm on Tuesday, August 26th, I can give you more information and help you figure out what bracket you should be in and help you work out how to get a team set up. 

Note that we'll be using ITG2 because I can hack it and put 800 songs on it and it's slightly more legal than StepMania.  It does have plenty of official charts and songs though (over 500 songs from DDR).

[DancingTofu]

Here's a current list of OFFICIAL DDR CHARTS thus far:

511
1998
.59
1,2,3,4,007
17Sai
20, November
20, November (club 2P)
20, November (DDR)
22 Dunk
22 Dunk (Club Another)
321 Stars
A
A little bit of Ecstasy
A Love Like This
A Minute
A Thing Called Love
AA
Absolute
Abyss
Across the Nightmare
Afronova
Afronova (Nonstop Megamix)
Afronova Primeval
After the Game of Love
Against all Odds
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Air
AM-3P
AM-3P (303 Bassmix)
AM-3P (AM East Mix)
AM-3P (Chaos)
Angelus
Aoi Shoudou
Aromdaon 21C
Arrabiata
As the Rush Comes
B4U
B4U (b4 za beat)
B4U (Voltage)
B4U Glorious Style
Ba Kkwo
Baby Baby Gimme Your Love
Baby Love Me
Baby's Tears
Bad Girls
Bad Routine
Bag
Battle Without Honor or Humanity
Be in my Paradise
Be Lovin
Be Together
Beautiful Life
Been so Long
Beginning of Life
Blind Justice
Block Rockin' Beats
Bloody Tears
Boom Boom Dollar
Boom Boom Dollar (K.O.G G3)
Boys
Boys (Euro)
Break Down!
Brilliant 2U
Brilliant 2U (Club)
Brilliant 2U (K.O.G. G3)
Brilliant 2U (Orchestra Groove)
Brilliant 2U (Stream)
Broken my Heart
Bu Dam
Bumble Bee
Burn Baby Burn
Burnin' the Floor
Burnin' The Floor (Blue Fire)
Burnin' The Floor (Momo)
Burning Heat
Busy Child
Butterfly
Butterfly (Upswing)
Bye Bye Baby Balloon
Byul
Cachaca
Can't Stop Fallin' in Love (Speed)
Can't Stop Falling In Love (Super Euro)
Candy *
Candy <3
Captain Jack
Captivate ~Chikai~
Cartoon Heroes (Speedy)
Celebrate
Celebrate Nite (Euro Trance)
Centaur
Centerfold
Chaos
Chotto Kiitena
Colors
Cow Girl
Crazy in Love
Curus
Cutie Chaser
Cutie Chaser (Morning Mix)
D2R
D2R (Freeze)
Da Capo
Daikenkai
Dam Dariram
Dam Dariram (KCP)
Dance Dance Revolution
Dancing All Alone
DanDanDo
Dark Black Forest
Days Go By
Dead End
Dead End (Groove Radar)
Deep Clear Eyes
Deep Clear Eyes (Club Another)
Deep in You
Destiny
Destiny Lovers
Dive
Dive (More Deep & Deeper Style)
Dive to the Night
Diving Money
Do it all Night
Do it Right
Do it Right (Harmonized 2step)
Do you love me
Do you Remember Me
Don't Stop!
Dr. Love
Dragon Blade
Dream a Dream
Dream of Love
Drifting Away
Drivin'
Drop Out (Nonstop Megamix)
Drop the Bomb
Drop the Bomb (SysSF)
Dub-I-Dub
DXY
Dynamite Rave
Dynamite Rave (Air)
Dynamite Rave (B4 za beat)
Dynamite Rave (Down Bird Sota)
Dynamite Rave (Long Version)
Dynamite Rave (Super Euro)
E-motion
Eat you Up
Ecstasy
Ecstasy (Midnight Blue)
El Ritmo Tropical
Electrified
Electro Tuned
End of the Century
Era
Ever Snow
Every Day, Every Night
Exotic Ethnic
Face
Faint
Fantasy (Lockout)
Fantasy (Melissa)
Fascination (Eternal Love Mix)
Fascination MaxX
Feeling of Love
Feels Just Like it Should
Fire
Firefly
Flash in the Night
Flashdance
Flow
Flow (True)
Fly Away
Follow Me
Follow the Sun
Forever Sunshine
Freckles
Freeway Shuffle
Frozen Ray
Furuhata's Theme
g.m.d
Gagaai
Gambol
Gamelan de Couple
Gamyunwi Shigan
Gekkou Chou
Genie in a Bottle
Genital Stress
Genital Stress (AMD Sexual Mix)
Genital Stress (Sensual Mix)
Genom Screams
Get Busy
Get Down Tonight
Get Me In Your Sight (AMD Cancun)
Get Up
Get Up And Dance
Get Up'N Move
Ghosts
Gimme Gimme
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Girigili Monzen Jakura
Girl In a Daydream
Give Me Up
Golden Sky
Gotcha
Gradius Cyber
Gradius Cyber (AMD G5)
Gradius Cyber (Club Another)
Graduation
Groove
Groove 2001
Gyoung Go
Hana Ranman (Flowers)
Happy Angel
Happy Wedding
Have You Never Been Mellow
Have You Never Been Mellow (MM Groovin')
Healing Vision
Healing Vision (Angelic Mix)
Healing-d-Vision
Heaven
Heaven is a '57 Metallic Gray
Hero
Hero (Happy Grandale)
Hero (KCP Discotique)
Higher
Higher (Next Morning Mix)
Highs off U
Hogism
Hold on me
Holic
Holiday
Honey Punch
Hot Limit
Hunting For You
Hyper Eurobeat
Hypnotic Crisis
Hysteria 2001
I Believe in Miracles
I Do I Do I Do
I Feel...
I like to Move It
I need you
I was the One
I will survive
I'll Make Love to You
I'm for Real
I'm Gonna Get You!
I'm In the Mood for Dancing
If you can Say Goodbye
If you Were Here
If You Were Here (B4 Za Beat)
In the Heat of the Night
In the Navy '99
Injection of Love (Hina)
Innocence of Silence
Insertion
Inside your Heart
Into the World
Irrestiblement
It only takes a Minute
It's Raining Men
Jam and Marmalade
Jam Jam Reggae
Janejana
Jerk it Out
Jet World
Jupiter the Bringer of Jollity
Justify my Love
Kagerow
Kakumei
Keep on Liftin'
Keep on Movin'
Keep on Movin' (Club Version)
Kick the Can
Kind Lady
Kiss Kiss Kiss
Kiss Me All Night Long
Konoko no nanatsu no oiwaini
Kung Fu Fighting
L.E.F.
L'amour et la Liberte
L'amour et la Liberte (Darwin & DJ Silver)
La Bamba
La Bamba
La Copa de la Vida
La Senorita
La Senorita Virtual
Last Message
Leading Cyber
Let the Beat Hit Em!
Let them Move
Let's Get Down
Let's Groove
Let's Talk it Over
Little Bitch
Little Boy
Living in America
Logical Dash
Long Train Runnin'
Long Train Runnin'
Look at Us
Look to the Sky
Look to the Sky (True Color)
Love
Love <3 Shine
Love <3 Sugar
Love Again Tonight
Love at First Sight
Love at First Sight (Twin Masterplan)
Love is Orange
Love so Groovy
Love So Groovy (Club 2P)
Lovin' You
Lupin the 3rd
Luv to Me (AMD)
Luv to Me (Disco)
Macho Gang
Magic Door (Mahou no tobira [supeesu mako no teemu])
Make a Difference
Make a Jam!
Make it Better
Make your Move
Maria
Mars War 3
Matsuri Japan
Matsuri Japan (Nonstop Megamix)
Max 300
Max.
Maximum Overdrive
MaxX Unlimited
Me Against the Music
Melt in My Arms
Midnite Blaze
Mikeneko Rock
Miracle
Miracle Moon
Mobo*Moga
Modern Girl
Mondo Street
Money
Moon
Moonlight Shadow
More Deep
More Than I Needed to Know
Morning Glory
Movin' On
Mr. Dabada
Mr. T. (Take me Higher)
Mr. Wonderful
Mugen
Murmur Twins
Music
Music in Rhythm
My Favourite Things
My Fire
My Generation
My My My
My Only Shining Star
My Summer Love
My Summer Love (Tommy's Smile)
My Sweet Darlin'
Na-Na
Never Ending Story
Never Gonna Let you Down
Never Gonna Make
NGO
Night in Motion
Nijiiro
No Limit
No. 13
Nori Nori Nori
Nothing Gonna Stop
Odoru Ponpokolin
Oh Nick Please not so Quick
On the Jazz
One Two
Only You
Oops!  I did it Again
Oops!  I did it again (fired up)
Operator
Ordinary World
Orion.78 (Ameuro)
Orion.78 (Civ Mix)
Overblast!!
Overdoser
Overdoser (Club 2P)
Paranoia
Paranoia (Hades)
Paranoia Eternal
Paranoia Kcet
Paranoia Max (Club)
Paranoia Max (Dirty in Roulette)
Paranoia Max (Dirty)
Paranoia Rebirth
Paranoia Survivor
Paranoia Survivor Max
Passion of Love
Patsenner
Peace (^^)v
Peace Out
Perfect Free
Petit Love
Pink Dinosaur
Pink Rose
Play That Funky Music
Pluto
Pluto Relinquish
Polovtovesian Dances and Chorus
Poseidon
Prince on a Star
Pump Up the Volume
Put your Faith in Me
Put your Faith in Me (Jazzy Groove)
Queen's Jamaica
Quick Master
R3
R3 (Club Another)
Radical Faith
Rain of Sorrow
Rainbow Rainbow
Raspberry Heart (English)
Remember You
Rhythm and Police (K.O.G G3)
Right Now
Rock Beat
Romance no Kamisama
Rose
Rugged Ash
Saint Goes Marching
Sakura
Salamander
Sana Morrete ne Ente
Sandstorm
Saturday Night Love
Saturn
Secret Rendezvous
Seduction
Senorita
Sexy Planet (Nonstop Megamix)
Shades of Grey
Shake your Booty
Share My Love
Shivers
Shock
Shooting Star
Silence
Silent Hill
Silent Hill (3rd Christmas)
Ska a Go Go
Ska a Go Go (Club Another)
Ska Ska No. 3
Sky High
Smoke
So Deep
So Fabulous so Fierce
So In Love
So Many Men
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Sp-Trip Machine
Special Energy
Special Energy (Club Another)
Speed over Beethoven
Spin Spin Sugar
Spin the Disc
Star Gate Heaven
Star Gate Heaven (Future Love Mix)
Starian
Stars re-tuned by Hal
Stay
Stay (Organic House)
Stealth
Still in my Heart
Still in my Heart (Momo)
Stoic
Stomp to my Beat
Strictly Business
Sung Suk
Sunkiss drop (Alison)
Sunkiss drop (Jun)
Sunrise (Jason Nevins)
Super Star (nonstop megamix)
Surrender
Sweet Sweet <3 Magic
Swing it
Switch
Sync
Synchronized Love (Red Monster Hyper Mix)
Take it to the Morning Light
Take Me Away
Tears
Telephone Operator
Tell Me Tell Me
Test My Best
That's the Way
The 7 Jump
The Centre of the Heart
The Cube
The Earth Light
The Least 100 Sec
The Legend of Max
The Other Side
The Race
The Reflex
The Rhyme Brokers
The Shining Polaris
The Theme From Flo-Jack
The Twist
The Whistle Song
Theme From Enter the Dragon
There You'll Be
Tierra Buena
Tino's White Horse
Tomorrow
Tomorrow Perfume
Toxic
Trance de Janeiro
Tribal Dance
Trim
Trinbee
Trip Machine Climax
Trip Machine Phoenix
Trip Machine Survivor
True (Radio)
True (Trance Sunrise)
True Love
Trust
Tsugaru
Tsugaru (Apple)
Tub Thumping
Turn Me On (Heavenly Mix)
Twilight Zone
Two Months Off
Unbelievable
Under the Sky
Unreal
Upside Down
V
Vanity Angel
Vem Brincar
Venus
Video Killed the Radio Star
Vol. 4
Volcano
Votum Stellarum
Wa
Waka Laka
We are the Champions
We Will Rock You
What a Wonderful World
White Lovers
Why Not
Wild Rush
Will I
Witch Doctor
Wonda
Wonderful Night
Wonderland
Wookie Wookie
www.blonde girl
Xanadu
Xenon
Xepher
You Gotta Move It
You Leave me Alone
You Make Me
Yozora no Muko

[DDRmasta]

Dang, that is a lot of songs. Thanks for the info but I don't know if I can get to Ground Kontrol, for I have no transportation T.T
I am pretty sure I will be in the lower levels [6 and 7], I have never seen an AAA in my life and only spotted AA's thrice before T.T
Whoot, glad Daikenkai is on the list xP

[DancingTofu]

Ballin', just make sure you sign up!  At Sakuracon, the trick tournament only had 8 people in it, and I'm hoping to double that figure with Kumoricon. (I actually enjoyed watching the trick bracket more than the maniac bracket, because everyone was trying their best and doing really well, and being very friendly and polite about it)

Anyway, we got us some LOGO!

[~boogiepop~]

Hopefully I'll be entering Tofu. I keep injuring myself and making it so I can't play DDR! I crashed on my bike again today >:

[DancingTofu]

Okay, here's a list of things you aren't aloud to do until after Kumoricon:

1. Ride your bike
2. Jump
3. Run
4. Walk in streets
5. Walk down or up stairs
6. Use escalators
7. Get cancer
8. Get in gun fights
9. Repair dartboards
10. Talk about not bein' in mah DDR tourneyz.

[~boogiepop~]

So Tofu, from the schedual it looks like the tournament is going from 8-11? I hope that's the case because I don't want to miss anything but with my cosplay and it being the first day of con a full day DDR contest like you were telling me about does not sound cool...

[DancingTofu]

That's when the team tournament is.  The other 3 will be going on all day Saturday as preliminaries.

[NIKO]

sorry, maybe I missed it somewhere but what kind of pads are these? CFs?  Or is it a machine? 

[DancingTofu]

They're GIGANAUT dance pad betas.

They use a DTR03 frame and MT220 sensors.

Handmade here in Portland, Oregon of quality Fir and Galvanised steel components.

[kyletothejones]

Okay, here's a list of things you aren't aloud to do until after Kumoricon:

1. Ride your bike
2. Jump
3. Run
4. Walk in streets
5. Walk down or up stairs
6. Use escalators
7. Get cancer
8. Get in gun fights
9. Repair dartboards
10. Talk about not bein' in mah DDR tourneyz.

Can I still punch her when she does bad things? I know it may affect her DDR skills, but I enjoy violence...

[Nanao_chan]

So I'm guessing that tournament sign up is only at K-con? I want to get my name on the list, but I'm afraid that I'll be too busy with other stuff at the con to get over to the game room to sign up.

[DancingTofu]

Well, I would really appreciate it if you could be in the game room playing DDR at some point before the tournaments so you can get a score in for the qualifier, but if you want to email me your actual name (only need first), badge name/nickname (this will be how we call you for the tournament), and what difficulty range you play in, I can get you signed up.  You would have to run and sign the physical sign up sheet too.

my email is thatlatu@gmail.com

BTW, we will have a digital registration with physical confirmation.  We have the physical sheet to verify that actual people are present.  We have another physical sheet to drop out of the tournament, so if someone removes you from the list or you miss the digital registration, we can look and see that you're on the sign up sheet but not the drop out sheet, and we'll still call you for the tournament.


EDIT: Kyle, you can punch her any time you like, just not with bullets.

[DancingTofu]

So, a few things:

No DMX
No Pump Pro
Guitar Hero 3 will be 2 songs per match
Anyone who participates in the 1v1 DDR tournaments and is around between 3pm and 4pm will get VISO

There will be a challenge system all day Sunday for DDR.  If you miss your match, or can't make the prelims, you can challenge someone (for epeen only; you won't get any prize) for their place in the TRICK or MANIAC brackets.  Each person gets up to 3 challenges and challenge matches must be supervised for us to officially record the changes.  There will also be implied challenges - if someone loses to you then beats someone who did better than you, you get to challenge them for free.

[DancingTofu]

ATTN: DDR
The USB controllers I got for the DDR aren't working; I'll be falling back on my backups.  I can still play 2 pads through my converter if I can get some of my PS2 chips working, but we may wind up playing on the CF's on the PS2 again if I can't get those working. :[

If anyone has a USB or PS2 chip with wires already attached to 4 buttons and ground, I will love them forever if they bring it and let me borrow it; so far I have one chip working out of *counts* eight. D:  Likewise with PS2 to USB converters.  CF's on hacked ITG2 are still better than CF's on US Console Max2. :[

[DDRmasta]

Dibs on Trick Tournament ? T.T

[DancingTofu]

Not enough people expressed an interest; get people interested and I'll run one.

[DDRmasta]

Wow, that'll be hard T.T
Most people refuse to do exhilarating video games that also hand out exercise. Eeesh.
Unless they are cool.

Not many cool people around T.T




Go DDR fanatics!

[DancingTofu]

I actually had lots of people approach me Sunday and even Monday about DDR, even though the time on the schedule was almost accurate, so it was probably mostly just an issue of communication.  A lot of the people who were really serious about the DDR took the time to go to the get-together at Ground Kontrol and check forums, so they had a good idea of what the schedule was like.  Both this year and last year, the fact that DDR was on Saturday cut registration a lot because it's not really all that publicised.  I think I'll try to get clearance to publicise our tournament schedule for Kumoricon by posting it at some of the locations that sponsor us (GK, BackSpace) in the future.  I think that would make the tournaments a lot more competitive and a LOT bigger.

[DDRmasta]

Hopefully.
Anyways, I missed the tournament [but not by a lot... wasn't it supposed to start at 8?].
I came at 7:45 to the Gaming Room and it had already started.
The person told me I couldn't enter anymore.
T.T
I was sad.

[DancingTofu]

Yeah, I was that jerk. :[

I didn't want to say no, but I had to get the tournament started early or it would have run past midnight.  I'm going to want it set up as a panel in 2009 so we don't run into that, and the scheduling will hopefully be a lot more accurate. 

Anyway, if you could actually take the discussion over to the new topic, I'm going to work on getting this one locked, since it's a pre-con topic and I have a post-con topic set up for this purpose.