We figured the anniversary event for the blog focused on Taiko no Tatsujin should have encouraged readers to actually play Taiko no Tatsujin, so here you go! But it is not the same old tournament format you are familiar with...
What is a Challenge Gauntlet Tournament?
A Challenge Gauntlet (挑戦状) in Taiko no Tatsujin terms is basically a duel between Donders, where one Donder plays a specific notechart, asks the opponent to do the same, and have their scores compared to decide the victor. This event will merge that idea into a tournament structure.
The editorial of Taiko Time and moderators on the Taiko no Tatsujin Discord has come together to form "Team Staff". For this event, you can challenge Team Staff on (almost) any track and difficulty from any official Taiko no Tatsujin game of your choice. One of us from Team Staff will play the same track and difficulty. Participants will be ranked by how much they have won over Team Staff.
Rules
We only accept at most one entry for each Twitter handle. If there are multiple submissions from the same handle, the latest one will be taken as final. You are free to retry after your initial submission and submit better scores to replace prior submissions up to the deadline; we would appreciate you deleting your older submission tweets if you choose to re-submit.
Only official Taiko no Tatsujin games can be used for your entry. This includes all arcade, console and mobile releases including trial versions/demos to those games. Entries with minigames within other games (e.g. Yakuza 5), unofficial simulators (e.g. Taiko Sanjiro, osu!, Taiko Web etc.) and Oira (Granblue Fantasy 2018 April Fools), even if the notechart is exactly the same, are NOT accepted. We might ask for additional proof that this is an official copy that you are using.
You can choose to play almost any track and any difficulty in official Taiko games for your entry, with some exceptions. Notecharts with Diverge Notes are accepted but you cannot specify which path for Team Staff to take (it is your responsibility to check whether the path you take is optimal). We are unable to accept your entry if:
- your choice is not available in any of the games that Team Staff has access to. For reference, Team Staff currently has access to (not all DLC included):
Green ver. Asia 2.0, Wii1, Wii2, Wii3, Wii4, Wii5, Wii U2, Wii U3, Switch, DS2, DS3, 3DS1, 3DS2, 3DS3. - your choice is a 2-player exclusive notechart
Using modifiers and/or Performance Characters that change the notechart, input and/or judgement timing is NOT accepted:
- Support, Abekobe/Inverse, Kanpeki/Spartan and random modifiers are NOT accepted
- Tokkun/Perfect, Doron/Vanish or speed modifiers are accepted, but Team Staff does not have to follow
- You can only use the following Performance Characters: Don-chan, Kat-chan, Yomogimaru, Squid, HIKAKIN, Nekoko & Tomomo, Hatsune Miku, Takoyaki; any other Performance Characters are NOT accepted
How to Enter
Entry Submission: 2020/07/31-08/24
Simply play the notechart of your choice and take a photo or video of your results, then post your photo/video to Twitter with the hashtag #TaikoTime10thACGT. To confirm that you are playing an official Taiko game, your entry should have the entire rim of the screen visible. Pure screenshots/screen captures are not accepted.
Example submission picture
Please make sure that we would be able to see your submission tweet through our Twitter handle @taikotimeblog. In case you routinely delete old tweets from your timeline, please make sure your submission tweet is kept at least until 2020/09/14.
Addendum (2020/08/02):
- If you do not have a Twitter account that you can publicly post to, you can send in your submission through the following alternative channels. We will post your submission on our Twitter handle @taikotimeblog after the submission period.
- Twitter Direct Message to @taikotimeblog
- Discord Direct Message to hisashiyarouin
- Reddit Private Message to u/hisashiyarouin
- For games that do not show the drumroll count on the results screen (incl. DS1, DS2, DS3), please submit a video for your entry as far as possible; otherwise, we would not be able to include your drumrolls in the score calculation.
Entry Confirmation: 2020/08/25-09/07
We will confirm your entry submission through Twitter direct messages from our Twitter handle @taikotimeblog and settle any problem it has (if any). Please make sure that we can contact you in this way. If any problems arise or your choice of notechart is not accepted, we would contact you as soon as possible through Twitter DMs to discuss, and (if needed) allow up to 2020/09/07 for you to re-submit.
If you receive no confirmation from us, we might have unfortunately missed your submission. Please contact us by 2020/09/07 or we would not be able to include your entry.
Rankings Announcement: 2020/09/14
All scores will be converted into the 4th-generation scoring scheme. If the track you chose has not been in arcade March 2020/Nijiiro ver. (and hence no 4th-gen. scoring scheme yet), we will set a tentative scheme (on basis of approximately 1,050,000 points when under a drumroll speed of 16.6 hits/second) which will also be openly announced. Participants will be ranked by the net difference between their score and Team Staff's score.
