User blog:712a/Garupa Cup 3

Garupa Cup 3
This is the first season of Garupa Cup to feature a whole new Team Competition (players form teams of 3 by entering the Player IDs of their 2 teammates), in addition to the Individual Competition.

First qualifying round
Ran from 2021/7/17 12:00 JST to 2021/7/21 11:59 JST.

Contestants/Teams challenged to the two songs without limit to post their highest score for each song.

Songs:


 * GO! GO! MANIAC
 * Miiro

(any difficulty can be played, and are the same for Individual/Team Competition)

Up to 1,000 contestants & up to 100 teams with the highest combined total score (and fastest play time, in case of tied score) progressed to the second qualifying round.


 * It is found that you need to reach the maximum theoretical score within 1 hour 45-48 minutes (?) to be selected to the 2nd qualifying round (Individual Competition).

Second qualifying round
Ran from 2021/8/14 12:00 JST to 2021/8/17 11:59 JST.

Contestants/Teams challenged to the two songs without limit to post their highest score for each song.

Songs:


 * Daylight
 * mind of Prominence

(any difficulty can be played, and are the same for Individual/Team Competition)

25 contestants & 4 teams with the highest combined total score (and fastest play time, in case of tied score) progress to the championship.


 * As the game did not keep track of the time a player completes their play in the tournament, and not many players did so themselves, the cutoff for advancing to the next round is unknown. It is just known that there were a few disqualified players stated that they achieved the max score within 5 minutes.

Championship (Individual)
Will run on 2021/9/18 in a studio without audience in Tokyo.

Quarterfinals
Each group of five play one common song and one song unique to the group.

Common song: EXPOSE 'Burn out!!!' (SPECIAL 27)

Unique songs:


 * Teardrops (SPECIAL 27)
 * Redo (EXPERT 27)
 * SURVIVOR Never Give Up! (SPECIAL 27)
 * PASSIONATE ANTHEM (EXPERT 27)
 * flame of hope (EXPERT 27)

Two contestant with the highest combined score in each group (for a total of 10) move onto the semifinals.

Semifinals
Each group of five play one common song and one song unique to the group.

Common song: Goka! Gokai!? Phantom Thief! (EXPERT 27)

Unique songs:


 * Amanojaku (EXPERT 28)
 * Paradisus-Paradoxum (EXPERT 28)

One contestant with the highest combined score in each group (for a total of 2) move onto the final.

Final
The two finalists play two songs. The finalist with the higher combined score wins the 3rd Garupa Cup Individual Competition.

Songs:


 * Ringing Bloom (EXPERT 28)
 * ??? (SPECIAL 29/30?)

(The 2nd song will be revealed right at the time of the final match. SP rhythm icons (curved slides & directional flicks) will appear in the 2nd song's SPECIAL difficulty)

Championship (Team)
Will run on 2021/9/18 in Tokyo.

Overall rules
Each match consists of 2 teams playing 5 games, and the first to win 3 games win the match.

For each game:


 * The song for the 1st game is randomly selected, then the team that lost the previous game can choose one of the remaining songs.
 * One player from each team will play against the player from the other team.
 * Each team member can play up to 2 games. Once a member has played a game, he/she cannot play the following 2 games.

Semifinals
4 teams are divided into 2 matches. The winning team of each match move onto the finals.

Songs:


 * Roki (SPECIAL 26)
 * Zettai Sengen ~Recital~ (EXPERT 27)
 * R (SPECIAL 28)
 * Rettou Joutou (EXPERT 28)
 * Sugar Song to Bitter Step (EXPERT 28)

Final
2 winning teams in the semifinals compete, and the winning team wins the 3rd Garupa Cup Team Competition.

Songs:


 * Nevereverland (EXPERT 27)
 * SAVIOR OF SONG (EXPERT 28)
 * SENSENFUKOKU (EXPERT 28)
 * Setsuna Trip (SPECIAL 29)
 * Roku-chou Nen to Ichiya Monogatari (EXPERT 29)