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The Pinoy Percussion Freaks DrumMania & GuitarFreaks Tournament 2012

To celebrate the Pinoy Percussion Freaks? 10th Anniversary, we at Pinoy Percussion Freaks are organizing our first DrumMania and GuitarFreaks tournament ? organized by DM and GF players, for DM and GF players.
The PPF DM&GF Tournament 2012 is open to all players and fans of Konami?s popular GuitarFreaks and DrumMania series of BEMANI music simulation games. Music gamers of all skill levels are encouraged to join!

How to sign-up for the Tournament:
1. Join the PPF DM&GF Tournament 2012 Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ppftourney2012), and download the registration form (http://www.pinoypercussionfreaks.com/ppfregform.zip). Fill up the form and send it to pinoypercussionfreaks@gmail.com.
2. Prepare your registration fee of PHP50.00, to be paid on the day you will play for the qualifiers, plus any valid photo ID. Your registration fee entitles you to one (1) free game.
3. While we also accept walk-in registrants, we strongly encourage interested parties to visit the Facebook page and register online.
4. Tournament registration will only be until October 20, 2012.

Our PPF GF&DM Tournament 2012 organizers will accept registrants on a first-come-first serve basis. We will assign and put up attendance listings on the Tournament Facebook page according to the order of registration. You must appear on the day you are assigned to qualify/play ON TIME. Please check the Facebook pages regularly for Tournament updates and schedules.
The Pinoy Percussion Freaks community promotes proper decorum and behavior in gaming. As such, PPF Administrators, Moderators, and Tournament organizers have the sole discretion to conduct routine inquiries and to reject or disqualify players based on past or present circumstances or due to disruptive behavior.

Tournament Schedule:
Qualifiers (Weekly Ranking for the Top 24 players):
? October 13, 1-4 PM, TimeZone Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center, Ortigas Ave., San Juan
? October 20, 1-4 PM, TimeZone Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center, Ortigas Ave., San Juan
Knock-Out Stage (Ranking for the Top 8 Players):
? October 27, 1-4PM, TimeZone Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center, Ortigas Ave., San Juan
Quarter-Finals (Top 8 Matchups):
? November 3, 1-4PM, TimeZone Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center, Ortigas Ave., San Juan
Semi-Finals and the Grand Final:
? November 10, Time and Venue TBA

Prizes: To be announced

Tournament Guidelines:
1. Players are strongly encouraged to be at the venue at least thirty (30) minutes before the Tournament proper begins. Players will play on a first-come first-serve basis. Please remember that the Tournament Marshals have the sole discretion to accommodate players if they come late.
2. On the tournament day itself, participants are required to show proper identification (any valid photo ID such as school ID, driver?s license, or any other government IDs) and sign on the attendance sheet to be provided.
3. Players are encouraged to prepare and pay the exact registration fee of PHP50.00 to avoid delay.
4. Players have the option to use their own drumsticks or the default sticks attached to the machine, whichever they may prefer. Marshals will be ready with a spare set of sticks in the event that players lose grip of or drop their sticks while playing. Absolutely no second takes.
5. All tournament stages will require participants to play one (1) set of three (3) music tracks, in order of increasing difficulty, all in EXTREME Difficulty setting; for GuitarFreaks, no Bass or Open Pick modes. Scoring will be based on the Skill Points (SP) garnered for each track. For each set, Marshals will only get the total of the Skill Points for the 2nd and the 3rd track, while the 1st track will serve as an optional warm-up track. Players have to inform the Marshals if they choose not to use this warm-up track.
6. All participants are required to indicate (upon registration) their choice of game modifiers (such as scroll speed, combo placement, Dark/Shutter modes, etc.) to be used throughout the tournament. While the use of Auto modifiers is permitted, take note that these particular modifiers reduce Skill Points by a huge margin. Same goes for advanced modifiers such as Judgment and Hazard/Risky modes. Marshals will be the ones to set the game with the specified modifiers on behalf of the players prior to their turn to play.
7. After each track, players must avoid bypassing the results screen (by pressing the start button on GuitarFreaks/Drummania or hitting the cymbal) to give Marshals enough time to tabulate the results. At the end of each set, Marshals will take a picture of the player holding a whiteboard with his/her results for proper documentation.
8. Consideration of other players waiting their turn is paramount. Besides the standard precautions for playing GuitarFreaks and DrumMania, hitting the pads or kicking the pedal too hard is strongly discouraged. While PPF Tournament organizers and Marshals are doing their best to ensure that participants are able to play on machines in their best possible condition, these machines are for public use and as such, maintenance and machine condition are beyond their control. In the event of general machine malfunction before or during the actual tournament proper, the event may have to be relocated at the same date, subject to the discretion of the Tournament organizers/Marshals.

The Pinoy Percussion Freaks DrumMania & GuitarFreaks Tournament 2012 Tracklist

We will use over 50 of the most popular GuitarFreaks & DrumMania songs/music tracks to decide who will be the 1st ever PPF DM&GF Champion! All interested participants have from today until the final day of the tournament to familiarize themselves with the following songs/music tracks. The 3-track set for each stage of the tournament will be picked randomly before each tournament stage starts. Once a song/track gets picked, it will be eliminated from the list for the succeeding stage. Good luck!

GuitarFreaks
Level 21-30
? CROSS ROAD (GF9DM8)
? Circles (GFDMV3)
? Rebirth of love (GFDMV)
? SEPTEMBER (GFDMV4)
? 愛のしるし / Ai no Shirushi (GF4DM3)
Level 31-40
? 空言の海 / Kuugen no Umi (ee?Mall 2nd avenue)
? Rebirth (GF7DM6)
? Lost in Blue (GFDMV6)
? L.A. Rider (GuitarFreaks)
? BRAND NEW LADY (GF8DM7 Power-Up Version)
? My Favorite Things (GFDMV6)
? VISTA (GFDMV6)
Level 41-50
? walk with you (GFDMV6)
? MONSTER TREE (GF11DM10)
? GLAMOROUS SKY (GFDMV3)
? Micro Fin (GFDMV3)
? Last Train (GFDMV7)
? 本日ハ晴天ナリ / Honjitsu wa Seiten Nari (GF11DM10)
? Blue Feather (GFDMV7)
? 浮舟 / Ukifune (GF10DM9)
? STOP SPINNING ME IN CIRCLES (GF3DM2)
? BAD MUSIC FREAKS (GFDMV4)
Level 51-60
? Destructive Wave (GFDMV)
? Confession (GFDMV7)
? ありがとね。 / Arigatone. (GF5DM4)
? Endless cruising (GFDMV)
? First Date (GFDMV4)
? Light (GFDMV6)
? Believing (GFDMV7)
? MAGIC MUSIC MAGIC (GuitarFreaks 2nd Mix)
Level 61-70
? Idle Gossip (GFDMV4)
? SUNRISE STREET (GF11DM10)
? Go my way (GFDMV3)
? RISE (GF10DM9)
? Water frame (GFDMV6)
? 太陽～T・A・I・Y・O～ (ANOTHER SENSE EDITION) (GFDMV4)
? Reaching for the Stars (GF11DM10)
? Forever free (GFDMV3)
? 凛として咲く花の如く / Rin to Shite Saku Hana no Gotoku (GFDMV5)
Level 71-80
? Deep Forest (GFDMV7)
? OVER THE LIMIT! (GFDMV6)
? 螺子之人 / Neji no Hito (ee?Mall 2nd avenue)
? You can?t do it if you try (GFDMV)
? ESCAPE TO THE SKY ★彡 (GF11DM10)
? El Dorado (GFDMV3)
? Dragon Blade (GF11DM10)
? Agnus Dei (GF10DM9)
? 繚乱ヒットチャート / Ryouran HIT CHART (GFDMV3)
? Die Zauberfl?te (GFDMV)

DrumMania
Level 31-40
? Shower of Love (GF10DM9)
? innocent world (GF7DM6)
? Light (GFDMV6)
? 本日ハ晴天ナリ / Honjitsu wa Seiten Nari (GF11DM10)
? Dance the Night Away (ee?Mall 2nd avenue)
Level 41-50
? Libra (GF10DM9)
? S.T.A.R.S (GFDMV6)
? SEPTEMBER (GFDMV4)
? THE OCEAN AND YOU (GF8DM7)
? GIANT SLUG (GF4DM3)
? 天体観測 / Tentaikansoku (GF6DM5)
? For the Future (GFDMV2)
? My Favorite Things (GFDMV6)
Level 51-60
? SA-DA-ME (GF10DM9)
? 遠雷～遠くにある明かり～ / Enrai ~Tooku ni Aru Akari~ (GFDMV4)
? VISTA (GFDMV6)
? OVER THE LIMIT! (GFDMV6)
? Blue Feather (GFDMV7)
? To the IST (GF8DM7)
? Lost in Blue (GFDMV6)
? Circles (GFDMV3)
? Ru-Ru-Ru (GFDMV3)
Level 61-70
? You can?t do it if you try (GFDMV)
? First Date (GFDMV4)
? Forever free (GFDMV3)
? E-MAIL ME! (GF6DM5)
? 大見解 / Daikenkai (GF9DM8)
? FEEL THE EARTH (GF6DM5)
? Day's! (GFDMV3)
? Water frame (GFDMV6)
? CaptivAte～裁き～/ Sabaki (GFDMV2)
? Lover's High (ee?Mall 2nd avenue)
? Two Hurt (GFDMV7)
Level 71-80
? Confession (GFDMV7)
? 最速逃避行 / Saisoku Touhikou (GFDMV2)
? Endless cruising (GFDMV)
? Vampire Killer (GFDMV6)
? Deep Forest (GFDMV7)
? 5-10 (GFDMV4)
? SUNRISE STREET (GF11DM10)
? RЁVOLUTIΦN (GFDMV4)
Level 81-90
? The Sound of Truth (GFDMV5)
? ツミナガラ... と彼女は謂ふ / Tsuminagara? to Kanojo wa Ifu (GF8DM7)
? Purple storm (GFDMV3)
? MODEL FT2 (GFDMV3)
? Chronos (GFDMV6)
? Agnus Dei (GF10DM9)
? 流氷の去りて / Ryuhou no Sarite (GFDMV5)
? Tizona d?El Cid (GFDMV2)

Kung hindi ito sasagabal sa sched ko, sasali ako.

Also, Happy Isang Dekada sa PPF!

May pasok ka ba pag sabado? Sabado naman ang tournament

Let us clarify a few things:

For the Qualifiers, all who wish to participate the tournament only need to attend EITHER on October 13 OR October 20. We will get the top 24 players then move on to the Knock-Out Stage.

During the Knock-Out Stage on October 27, the top 24 players from the Qualifiers will play to determine the top 8 players who will move on to the Quarter Finals.

The remaining 8 players will now go through the Quarter-Finals on November 3 so we can get the the top 4 players who will proceed to the Semi-Finals.

The Semi-Finals will divide the 4 players into two and the last 2 players standing will battle it out at Grand Finals to be the ultimate champion for 2012.

The PPF Tournament 2012 Tournament Bracket:



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The PPF Tournament 2012 Whiteboard sample:

carried over po ba yung score, kunwari from qualifiers to knock out round?

Nope, siyempreng ibang scores na per round, para hindi magulo

Tanong lang, yun bang settings na ilalagay ko sa Registration Form ay hindi na pwede baguhin? Example, sa Song # 1 ay naka-Auto Bass ako, and gusto ko mag-Manual sa Song # 2.

Kung Auto-Bass lang ang iibahin mo, pwede mo naman i-switch on-off. The specified settings on the Registration Form are your global settings. Naglagay na rin kami ng provision dun para sa multiple speed settings kung nag-iiba kayo ng speed sa certain songs, although hangga't maaari, limited lang sa 2 speed settings para hindi matagal ang pag-setup.

Kung yung warm-up song lang ang io-Auto mo, wag mo na i-Auto, unless di ka magwa-warm-up song. Hangga't maaari, ayaw naming pakumplikahin yung rules about settings so kung Auto-Bass player ka, i suggest you go Auto all the way, kasi nga significant ang difference ng Skill Points pag Manual at Auto. Kaya nga dini-discourage namin na mag-Auto kasi medyo out of contention ka for rankings kung ang mga kalaban mo, Manual players.

On a side note, me mga concerns sa Facebook about dun sa random picking ng songs. To clarify, ganito ang mangyayari:

Sa Qualifiers, organizers will pick 3 songs from the song pool. Unang round ito kaya magsisimula ang difficulty sa pinakamababa (for GF, Level 21-30 and DM, 31-40) WITH INCREASING DIFFICULTY - meaning, the 1st song will be from Lv21-30 (GF) and Lv31-40 (DM), then the 2nd song is Lv31-40 (GF) and Lv41-50 (DM), and the 3rd song from Lv41-50 (GF) and Lv51-60 (DM). As players progress to the next round, the difficulty will increase as well by one step, so technically, ganito mangyayari:

Qualifiers - 1st *(31-40), 2nd (41-50) and 3rd (51-60)
KO Round - 1st *(41-50), 2nd (51-60) and 3rd (61-70)
... and so on and so forth.

The asterisks denote that these 1st songs are optional warm-up songs - may choice ka kung gagamitin mo to o hindi, kasi ang SP totals will only be taken from the 2nd and 3rd songs. Take note, hindi mag-iiba yung difficulty grades at scoring system whether you use the warm-up or not.

Claro na ba yan?

Yosh! Buti may warm-up stage pa. Siguro I'll Auto all the way na lang, kahit mababa ang SP. I'll end up failing pag naka-Manual

I'll practice songs nang naka-Auto Bass muna kung magkaka-oras ako. Sana makasali ako. Hehe.

Thanks sa mga infos, Ser Miff!

question po. Kung hindi naman po recorded ang warm up song nagagamitin ng players, bakit po hindi na lang hayaan yung playar na mamili ng kahit anong song, kahit wala sa song pool for the tournament? suggestion lang naman po.

Syempre, we're trying to make the playing field as even as possible, kaya pati ang warm-up, pare-pareho.

Ok din namang idea yan, kasi not all players handle songs the same way. We'll take that suggestion into consideration. Ia-update naman kayo sa Facebook at dito sa forums so standby lang kayo

Salamat sa mga questions, feedback and suggestions

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the PPF DMGF Tournament may change it's location for the tournament. There are two other possible locations - Toms World, Mall of Asia, and TimeZone Glorietta 4. Please stand by for more updates.

We have decided to make Timezone Megamall the venue for the first PPF DMGF Tournament. This is to make the venue a lot more accessible for everyone. Also, if at any time, we deem that Timezone's Drum Mania or Guitar Freaks V8 machine is not fit to be used for the tournament, we will be moving the venue to Club Synergy, unless we announce otherwise.

Just like the good ol times of Yakisoba tourney where PPF all began...

Subukan kong manood on the 20th.