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# Semifinal Round: The 4 top-ranked players or teams from each group compete. | # Semifinal Round: The 4 top-ranked players or teams from each group compete. | ||
# Final Round: The 2 top-ranked players or teams compete to be the champion. | # Final Round: The 2 top-ranked players or teams compete to be the champion. | ||
''For the sake of convenience, only the information for BEMANI divisions is reflected in this article.'' | |||
== KAC2011 == | == KAC2011 == | ||
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* Award ceremony: December 4th | * Award ceremony: December 4th | ||
The first installment | The first installment had 12 games in total, including seven BEMANI titles. Each participant participated in one of five regions: Hokkaido/Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai/Chugoku, and Shikoku/Kyushu/Okinawa, based on the participant's prefecture they reside on. | ||
The Qualifying | The Qualifying Rounds are split into two parts that are held on two periods: September 29th - October 23rd for the first part, and October 26th - November 6th for the second part. Each part had three songs with an assigned difficulty for each song, and with some modifier restrictions (such as no using AUTO modifiers and required clearing). The first part qualified 100 players per region who advanced to the second part. The second part qualified only the top four players per region (eight in REFLEC BEAT, twelve in jubeat) to the Final Round. | ||
The Final Round was split into two parts as well: | The Final Round was split into two parts as well: Regional Finals and National Finals. In the Regional Finals, players competed in a series of songs and the player with the highest score moved on to the National Finals. The five finalists advancing to the National Finals competed with the same rules, with each finalist having a song of their choice, and the finalist with the highest score after the round was named the champion for the division. | ||
The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following: | The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following: | ||
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KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 introduced two new BEMANI series to the competition: DanceEvolution and SOUND VOLTEX, of which the latter would become a KAC staple. KAC2012 also allowed Asian contestants to participate in the competition, though with different rules and format. | KONAMI Arcade Championship 2012 introduced two new BEMANI series to the competition: DanceEvolution and SOUND VOLTEX, of which the latter would become a KAC staple. KAC2012 also allowed Asian contestants to participate in the competition, though with different rules and format. | ||
The | The Qualifier Period was held from October 1st to November 4th. At the start of the Qualifying Period, only a few songs were picked as Qualifying songs but as weeks passed, a number of Qualifying songs were added gradually. Similar to the last KAC, only a few players with the top scores moved on to the Final Round. | ||
In addition to the Qualifier | In addition to the Qualifier Round, a special division, ''BEMANI Master'' was added, which would award points based on the participation of nine BEMANI titles. Up to 700 points could be earned for one division by placing first, and minus 1 point per each placement, all the way down to the 500th place (201). The winner of this special division was [[DOLCE.]]. | ||
The | The Finals were held on three days from November 23rd to 25th. Similar to the last KAC, the Finals were held on two parts, Regional Finals and National Finals, with the exception of SOUND VOLTEX for the Asian region. Six finalists advanced to compete in the National Finals and the winner was determined based on the highest score. | ||
For the SOUND VOLTEX division, in addition to the Finals, a special FLOOR contest was held from September 6th to September 19th whereas artists submitted their compositions to participate. The entry deemed best was awarded as Highest Excellence and was unveiled first on the finals on that day. A total of 12 entries were accepted, with [[BlackY]]'s [[Max Burning!!]] being awarded as the Highest Excellence song. | |||
The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following: | The winners of this KONAMI Arcade Championship were the following: | ||