Hard Drop Open X - 7 Game Tournament

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The Hard Drop community proudly presents Hard Drop Open X, hosted on 7 different Tetris variants! Here's your chance to prove that you're a strong all-around Tetris player!  This is for anyone to enter, regardless of skill level. If you're a novice, come see what it's like to play with the top players. If you’re a top player, come prove your abilities on a bigger stage.

>>> BRACKET: Click Here <<<

How to sign up: Join the Hard Drop Discord: https://discord.gg/harddrop and type !register in the #hdo-x channel.  Discord will be the preferred method of contact for scheduling matches with your opponent.  Sign ups will close on January 11th..  You can also sign up by replying to this thread with your Discord username, but it will be required to join the Hard Drop discord.

Seedings will take place during January 4th - 11th.  Seedings will be determined on NES Tetris Type-A (emulated OK) and ordered by highest scores.  First reported maxout will take top seed, with any after that taking next seed.  The final seedings will be calculated on January 11th, you may submit new personal bests up until that day.

Submit personal bests on the #hdo-x channel with a screenshot of your username and score as proof.  Do not use any custom ROM that affects the gameplay (DAS, timings, etc.)

Prizes:
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1st - Champion role on the Hard Drop Discord, Tetris MicroCard, and Discord Nitro 1-month.
2nd - Discord Nitro 1-month
3rd - Discord Nitro 1-month

Game Pool:
Tetris Friends (Expert PLUS no items/maps): [a href=\\\"http://www.tetrisfriends.com/games/Live/game.php?das=117&ar=16&ihs=true&irs=true]Link[/b]
Jstris (HDO9 Preset): Link
Puyo Puyo Tetris (PC): Link
Cultris II (PC): Link
NullpoMino (Blockbox Preset): Link
TetriNET2 (Classic Mode): Link
WorldWide Combos (Tournament Rules): Link

Format:

You will be expected to play 1 match per week, in a single elimination format until 4 players remain.  At that point, the tourney will be converted to double elimination.

Match start: Both players ban a game from being chosen for the entire match, higher seed announces their ban first.
Game 1: Higher seeded player chooses the first game.
BO11 format (first to 6)
Game 2: Lower seeded player chooses the second game.
BO11 format (first to 6)

Game 3 (if needed):
Both players ban a game from being chosen for the entire match, lower seed announces their ban first.
Final remaining game is played.
BO11 format (first to 6)

Default match time: Saturday @ 5:00 PM PST.  Make sure to schedule with your opponent and play early to avoid disqualification.

Please report your match scores as game wins in the #hdo-x channel. Example:  “Match Report: Lozofan > garbo 2-1”

Make sure to schedule with your opponents as soon as possible to avoid delays or disqualifications!

Entrants: [77]
1Kitaru
2Kirby703
3Experimentators
4Affezippel
5z2sam
6Real
7BeastinShen
8BlaargMallCop
9Martin24
10Captivate
11Tetrian
12Qlex
13Sisu
14egguu
15qmk
16Meiling
17Blink
18Dazer
19dal
20JasonBaby
21OnePunMan
22Lozofan
23garbo
24ModestTomato
25pwn
26iljain
27Profane
28Pokedialga
29ChokladTomte
30Hanna
31VinceHD
32cheep
33Fyzzl
34cubixcreature
35LennyKappa
36crzy
37FireStorm58
38mat1jaczyyy
39ree
40Dmillion
41Delfi
42Neo7
43Shard Nguyen
44Taxl
45popte
46xX_420foxmain69_Xx
47Dnalei
48Vlad_kashirin
49Shana
50championofnoobs
51noelnadal
52ducklife4player
53MIKAMI
54Gamsterdeath
55Rywee
56Non-usual Ecolo
57Corona
58Ting
59ZHL
60Panaman
61AceArrow
62Dagero
63Corrosive
64TancaVN
65andrew4043
66xetblob
67AlexanderGallean
68it was all a dream
69Kirb
70tangeruse
71Romion
72Wumbo
73CatboySlim
74neko_nyaa
75LordMogaren
76davdav1233
77Aki Chu

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Registration has closed and brackets are out:  

https://challonge.com/HDOX

[Sisu]

 a worthy successor to the legendary STARS cross-platform tournament (still waiting to finish @arf)

GLHFHDOX

[Okey_Dokey]

a worthy successor to the legendary ...

Not sure if it's worthy. I really like the pick/ban phase but I have a big problem with the selection of games/rulesets:

• There are 4 guideline games. It should be 3. Let's say one player is better at guideline than the other by a sufficient margin, then it's a guaranteed victory for that player. The other player can only ban 2 guideline games and it's still 2 guideline games left for the 3 played games. Thus guaranteed victory.
• 6 of the 7 games are using the hold feature. I can't be the only one who hates hold. I think guideline works best for those rulesets with hold.
• Tetrinet2 and Blockbox are just bad rules in my opinion. 12-wide matrix and pieces spawning in random orientations, seriously? Blockbox is about stacking Tetrises on the wall, and that's very trivial with the use of hold and an easy randomizer. The faster Tetris stacker wins. The garbage is to messy to downstack efficiently, and your garbage output will decrease significantly because you will lose back-to-back bonus and combos aren't rewarded as compensation.
• Speed triumphs - Cultris2, Jstris, Blockbox, WorldWide Combos are super fast games and if you can play 20 % faster than your opponent, then it's a guaranteed victory.

It's interesting that there's no Tetris Online Poland. That shouldn't be a criticism point, just a remark because there are barely any Tetris Online Poland tournaments on HardDrop.

I can't be the only one who is just waiting for a multiplayer game that doesn't use hold and where the objective is to clear multiple lines at once (RIP Multris). Cultris 2 is the only game without hold and you have to go for Singles there. One could have done so much with Jstris presets.

[jkwon23]

Best tournament ever