What is ECS6.5?:

ECS6.5 is the eleventh (after ECS1, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, and 6) tournament in the East Coast Stamina series. The objective is to try to clear as many of the hardest stamina charts as you can within the format of the tournament. It is a team tournament, and you may enter it on a team of up to three individuals.

Once again, since this isn't a "main" ECS (like, one of the whole number ones), it's going to be split into an upper and lower division to make it more accessible to a wider range of participants.

When:

Entrants can submit their sets at any time BEFORE May 14th, 2018 to count towards the ranking. Within that timeframe, when and where they do this is at their discretion, so long as they adhere to the rules detailed further on.

Where:

Wherever. Any ITG machine that's running an ITG theme and not the StomperZ one. Stepmania 5 is acceptable as long as you're using ITG's life/scoring mechanics (using the Simply Love theme on Competitive mode is the easiest way to accomplish that).

What are the prizes?:

• Each player that competes gets a special ECS6.5 poster.
• The members of each team in the lower division that breaks 1100 total points between their marathons and their Raw Output set (after scaling) get a special ECS6.5 shirt.
• The members of each team in the upper division that breaks 700 total points between their marathons and their Raw Output set (after scaling) get a more special ECS6.5 shirt.
• Each member of a team of my choosing from each division that I note as having performed especially well relative to their skill level gets a special, three of a kind poster.
• Each member of the winning team of each division gets a special, three of a kind poster and a trophy.

Keep in mind it'll probably take me a while to mail everything once the tournament is over.

Format:

ECS6.5 is a team tournament split into an Upper Division and a Lower Division, with two portions to the tournament for each division.

• Teams are comprised of up to three individuals total; deciding who to team up with is up to you.
• It is strongly preferred that you enter with people you are able to play on the same machine with, but in special cases, if you advise me in advance, I will permit you to play on separate machines. This is really only an issue for the Raw Output set; you must coordinate between your other team members if they're not playing at the same place as you to ensure that you are not playing songs at the same time on different machines, or else you're giving yourself an unfair advantage over other competitors. I would recommend streaming to each other if possible or at least using messaging to make sure you know when you can start your next song. Again, it is strictly against the rules for two different people on a team to be playing songs at the same time during Raw Output. You may also take the approach of just dividing your four hour block up amongst your team, but it goes without saying this puts you at a disadvantage in terms of efficiency.
• Each entrant can enter on up to two teams for EACH of the Upper and Lower divisions, but they are not eligible for duplicate prizes (meaning if I were to enter on the maximum of four teams, and all of the teams happen to win the same prize, I only get that prize one time rather than four times)
• There is no concept of 'local ranking' versus 'remote ranking' in this tournament-- each division has its own ranking, period, and all teams entering are eligible for winnings regardless of where they play.
• The lower division has songs in it from 12s-17s and marathons made up of 13s. It is recommended that you at least be comfortable with 13s if you're going to enter. If you/your team fails the marathon(s), it will still count towards your team's marathon total, however.
• The upper division has songs from 16s-24s and a marathon with charts ranging from 16s to 21s. It's recommended that you be able to pass at least a few lower 18s on command if you're going to enter the upper division.
• C-mods are legal. Mirror/other turn mods are legal. No Mines is legal. Any mods that add or subtract arrows, holds, or rolls-- those are not.
• You may rate mod songs, but only at rates that are at or above 1.0x, and you will not receive any point bonus for doing so.
• Bracketing/mashing is not permitted in any portion of the tournament.
• You must compete on ITG. The StomperZ theme is not allowed due to different life and scoring metrics.
• You may turn off way-offs and decents (it will only really help you in the marathon portion, though).

Set 1: Marathon

Each division has ONE marathon this year. You have two options on how you approach the marathon.

• Play the full marathon as a group. You may switch between team members between each song. You may not switch team members mid-song-- you can only do it at the beginning or end. Each member must play at least one song.
• Each team member plays at least one of the provided marathon splits in its entirety solo. If you're a team of three, that means each member plays one. If you're a team of two, one person plays one and the other plays two. If you're a team of one, you play all three. I'll be calculating your team's score based off of the combined DP across the three splits.

Your team gets 30 minutes to split up however you want to warm up for your marathon (if you're doing option 2 and splitting it up individually, each team member gets 30 minutes). If you fail, or you are just dissatisfied with your score, you may reattempt the marathon(s) as many times as you like or can manage before May 13th. However, you cannot try more than once in the same day (defined as any time that falls on the same calendar date as the initial attempt). This also means you cannot play prior to your 30 minutes of warm-up on any day you plan to attempt the marathon.

If you're going with option 1, during the marathon ONLY, you may have team members play on the unused pad to stay warm. You are still not allowed to do this during Raw Output.

The points yielded by the marathons/splits are based off of the max points for each marathon/split * the score obtained on it.

The marathons are as follows:

LOWER

Weebuild Of Stamina (13) [1000 Points Max]

13	Vendita di Magia	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	RAVE2000009	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	For You	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	Lost in Singularity	Helblinde 2016
13	Touch the Angel	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	World Sound (Xephon)	Sharpnelshortz
13	Orbital Strike	Helblinde
13	Locus (Helblinde Remix)	Helblinde
13	Hero	Helblinde 2016
13	Complecks Baby	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	Die Now	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	Monado	Helblinde
13	Linuks	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	Aim Burst	Rebuild of Sharpnel
13	G.K.Surviver	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 1
13	BF2014	Rebuild of Sharpnel
13	Mmmmmmm	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 1
13	Grief & Malice	Helblinde
13	A Reyvateil's Curse	Helblinde
13	Summer Triangle	Helblinde 2016
13	Heaven's Fall	Helblinde
13	Dreams Come True	Helblinde
13	Yoshino's Boner	Helblinde 2016
13	Memoria Reborn	Helblinde

The splits are as follows:

Weebuild Of Stamina - 1.11 (13) [340 Points Max]

13	Vendita di Magia	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	World Sound (Xephon)	Sharpnelshortz
13	Orbital Strike	Helblinde
13	Complecks Baby	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	Aim Burst	Rebuild of Sharpnel
13	Grief & Malice	Helblinde
13	Heaven's Fall	Helblinde
13	Yoshino's Boner	Helblinde 2016

Weebuild Of Stamina - 2.22 (13) [338 Points Max]

13	RAVE2000009	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	Lost in Singularity	Helblinde 2016
13	Hero	Helblinde 2016
13	Die Now	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	G.K.Surviver	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 1
13	Mmmmmmm	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 1
13	A Reyvateil's Curse	Helblinde
13	Dreams Come True	Helblinde

Weebuild Of Stamina - 3.33 (13) [321 Points Max]

13	For You	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	Touch the Angel	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	Locus (Helblinde Remix)	Helblinde
13	Monado	Helblinde
13	Linuks	Sharpnelstreamz v2
13	BF2014	Rebuild of Sharpnel
13	Summer Triangle	Helblinde 2016
13	Memoria Reborn	Helblinde

UPPER

Human Instrumentality Project (23) [1000 Points Max]

16	Evaquated	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 2
17	Takecore of Yourself	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 2
17	War in the Dance (DJ Sharpnel Remix)	BaguetteStreamz
18	End Of The World	French Coast Stamina 2
18	I Love LSD	The Apocalypse Sampler
18	Pacific Girls	Jimmy Jawns
18	Phantasmal Blaze	Stamina Showcase
18	Over the Fullereneshift Oh Henry!	Oh Henry! Mad Stamina
18	Animegabbattle	Sharpnelstreamz v2
18	He Was Alone	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 2
18	Black Chocolates	Jimmy Jawns
18	Longinus	Cirque du Enzo
19	Mind Grinder	Scrapyard Kent
19	After End Start Before	Scrapyard Kent
19	The New Conciousness	Psychedelia
19	The Mask	Psychedelia
19	FASTER Animu Music	French Coast Stamina 2
19	In my life, my mind Oh Henry!	Oh Henry! Mad Stamina
20	Cosmic Energy	Scrapyard Kent
20	First Trip	???
21	Penultimate Trip	???

The splits are as follows:

Human Instrumentality Project - First Impact (22) [344 Points Max]

16	Evaquated	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 2
18	End Of The World	French Coast Stamina 2
18	Animegabbattle	Sharpnelstreamz v2
18	Longinus	Cirque du Enzo
19	After End Start Before	Scrapyard Kent
19	FASTER Animu Music	French Coast Stamina 2
20	Cosmic Energy	Scrapyard Kent

Human Instrumentality Project - Second Impact (21) [323 Points Max]

17	Takecore of Yourself	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 2
18	Pacific Girls	Jimmy Jawns
18	Over the Fullereneshift Oh Henry!	Oh Henry! Mad Stamina
18	He Was Alone	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 2
19	Mind Grinder	Scrapyard Kent
19	The Mask	Psychedelia
20	First Trip	???

Human Instrumentality Project - Third Impact (22) [332 Points Max]

17	War in the Dance (DJ Sharpnel Remix)	BaguetteStreamz
18	I Love LSD	The Apocalypse Sampler
18	Phantasmal Blaze	Stamina Showcase
18	Black Chocolates	Jimmy Jawns
19	The New Conciousness	Psychedelia
19	In my life, my mind Oh Henry!	Oh Henry! Mad Stamina
21	Penultimate Trip	???

Set 2: Raw Output

Each team gets 4 hours to try to pass as many of the songs on the list for the team's respective division. Score does not matter. Each song counts only one time, so there's no reason to replay anything. You may change out whoever is playing at any time, provided it is not during a song (I had considered allowing this, but ultimately decided against it). You may not play while someone else is playing a song to warm up-- part of the challenge is coming up with a strategy for your player rotation to stay warmed up without burning out!

You do not get dedicated warmup time for the raw output set. This means you cannot play prior to the set on the calendar date that you're attempting it.

Each song is worth a certain amount of points, and that is determined as follows:

Points = (Steps^1.05*Stream%*BPM Multiplier)^(1+((Difficulty-(LowestDivisionDifficulty-1))/100))/PointConstant

...where:

Steps = Number of steps in the chart
Stream% = Percent of measures of stream versus total measures in the chart
BPM Multiplier = ((SONG BPM-MIN BPM FOR DIVISION))/(MAX BPM FOR DIVISION-MIN BPM FOR DIVISION)*3.5)+1.
Difficulty = Block level of chart.
PointConstant = This is just a value to scale things such that the 'best possible set' in each division is worth roughly 1000 points (This helps us avoid having to normalize scores).


Basically, though, all you need to know is that denser, longer, faster songs at higher ratings are worth more than shorter, less dense, slower songs at lower ratings. Also, to reiterate, you only get points if you pass the song.

The spreadsheet provided with the pack handles all these calculations for you-- all you need to do is take the ID from the first column on the Songlist tab and enter that into the second column on your scoresheet for each song your team passes. You can optionally enter the name of the team member who passed the song in the first column on the scoresheet, which will automatically calculate some extra metrics just for fun if you also fill in the team members on the far right section.

If this is too much trouble, all you need to do is write down or type up what songs you pass in your set and I'd be happy to take care of the data entry and score tracking for you after you're done your set. Just send the information my way! If you keep track of who passed what song, I can give some more interesting statistics, so try to do that if you can manage.

IMPORTANT: You may ONLY select a song if you have enough time left to complete it. I don't expect you to predict song load time or anything, so as long as the timer says you have enough time when you proceed from the mods menu, that's fine.

MORE IMPORTANT: If you back out of a song, you do not get the points for the song. Nice try.

EQUALLY IMPORTANT: Each song is only worth points once. Duplicate passes on a song do not get you additional points.

The list of songs each division can select is below.

LOWER

12	September Rain	TranceMania 3
12	The Ones We Loved (Dogzilla Remix)	TranceMania 3
12	Visions	Pendulum Act II
12	Theme From the Rock	Zarkonic Originals
12	Sands of Evolution (Paul Vinitsky Remix)	TranceMania
12	Listen Feel Enjoy	TranceMania 2
12	Pernicious Deed	Nav's Spicy Singles
12	Airis	VocaJawnz II
12	Electric Angel	VocaJawnz
12	Go Beat Crazy	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
12	Pamela	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
12	Wheelpower & Go	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
12	Cloud Nine	I Have No Feet and I Must Stream
12	Speedy Runner	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
12	The Final Hour	Cirque du Zeppelin
12	Unfolding	I Have No Feet and I Must Stream
12	R.E.M. III	SSSC1
12	Vortex Infinitum	Cirque du Zeppelin
12	Crystal Moonlight	Mozee Metal
12	Stay Alive (Jun Kuroda Bootleg Remix)	Cirque du Enzo
13	No Shields	SlowStreamz
13	Surrender (Nhato Remix)	You're Streaming Again
13	Valyrian	TranceNation
13	Ecstasy	TranceNation
13	Switch !	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
13	Elysium	SlowStreamz
13	Viola 2005 (Tek^tonik Remix)	TranceMania 3
13	Mental Hotline	SlowStreamz
13	Over Again	Wubstream
13	Deja Vu	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
13	Killing My Love	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
13	Blood Error	VocaJawnz II
13	The Top	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
13	Beamsabre Beat Zero v2 Mega Man X2	Cirque du Zeppelin
13	Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land	Trails of Cold Stream II
13	Winter	SSSC2
13	Stronger	Nav's Spicy Singles
13	Not Found	VocaJawnz II
13	Sakura Fubuki (Ata Remix)	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
13	Ninelie (REDSHiFT x Vesuvia Remix)	Cirque du Enzo
13	Plus Boy	VocaJawnz II
13	Ashen Paradise	SSSC2
13	A Parenthisis in Eternity	SSSC2
13	Degeneration	VocaJawnz II
14	Dreamenddischarger	SlowStreamz
14	Spirit The Atom	SlowStreamz
14	Let's Go, Come On	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
14	Deep Sequence	TranceNation
14	Gas Gas Gas	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
14	Beloved Julieta	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
14	Sunlight	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
14	Hooligans	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
14	When the Sun Goes Down	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
14	The Fourth Legacy	Kamelot
14	Engage (Radio Edit)	Cirque du Zeppelin
14	Parodia Sonatina	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
14	Imperial	Noisiastreamz
14	Tension	Hospitality
14	Reset	I Have No Feet and I Must Stream
14	squartatrice	Cirque du Enzo
14	Buzz Steps Get Bass	Sharpnelstreamz v2
14	Cmd+Ctrl+C	Sharpnelstreamz v2
14	Future Never Dies	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
14	Over the Limit	VocaJawnz II
14	Dark Comet's Reign	Rhapsody of Fire
14	The Black Mare	Mozee Max Metals
14	Together As One	Sharpnelstreamz v2
15	Hallucinogen	French Coast Stamina 2
15	Night Of Fire v2	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
15	Rockin' Hardcore	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
15	Zusammengehorigkeit Hommarju Remix	BaguetteStreamz
15	Les Histoires	Scrapyard Kent
15	Eye of the Storm (Part 1 - Escape)	You're Streaming Again
15	Atrocious Raid	Trails of Cold Stream
15	Bright Star	You're Streaming Forever
15	The Words I Never Said in D&B	I Have No Feet and I Must Stream
15	Masochist	Pendulum Act II
15	Wrong	Hospitality
15	Get Over the Barrier! (-Evolution!!-)	Trails of Cold Stream II
15	Parallels	VocaJawnz II
15	So Sweet Bitter Days	Betwixt & Between
15	Illusion (Sunrize Mix)	You're Streaming Forever
15	Circus Black	Mozee Max Metals
15	AO-INFINITY	Cirque du Enzo
15	Overwatch Main Theme	Cirque du Enzo
15	Miracle Rose	VocaJawnz II
15	Fragments of Memories	VocaJawnz II
15	Zelda's Boner	Helblinde 2016
15	Elemental Power	Mozee Max Metals
15	Re-Construction EX-001	Lolistyle GabberS
16	Eurobeat Is Fantastic ~Part 3~	Eurobeat Is Fantastic
16	Despair	French Coast Stamina 2
16	Initialize	Psychedelia
16	Heaven (kors k 170 Bootleg)	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
16	Moonstone	Psychedelia
16	Meteor Shower	Cirque du Enzo
16	Space Dust	BaguetteStreamz
16	Black Room	Psychedelia
16	Heretic Witch	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 2
16	Nous	Jimmy Jawns 3
16	Don't Touch The Kore	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 1
16	Dive Archive	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
16	Night sky	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
16	Dignity -alzando-	Cirque du Enzo
16	NUCLEAR-STAR	Cirque du Enzo
16	Disconnected	Helblinde
16	MEGA BONER	Helblinde 2016
16	Yasuha Kominami	Jimmy Jawns 3
16	Deus ex Machina	Cirque du Enzo
17	Neurostreamz	BaguetteStreamz
17	Funk It! + NN + So Damn Tough! Mash-Up	Psychedelia
17	Space Box	Scrapyard Kent
17	The Fall of Icarus	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
17	Lambda Fighter	Lolistyle GabberS
17	FL	Jimmy Jawns 3
17	Nergal Burning	Rebuild of Sharpnel
17	I Miss You	Trails of Cold Stream
17	Subconscious Girl Koishi (monochromed)	Rebuild of Sharpnel
17	Swamp	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
17	ESE LOVE MUSIC	Cirque du Enzo
17	Savior of Song (Zekk Remix)	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
17	Fight To Be Free	Dragonforce SSJ2
17	Mishima Mecanica	Rebuild of Sharpnel
17	Vergina	Rebuild of Sharpnel

UPPER

16	Himitsu	Scrapyard Kent
16	Incomplete	Cirque du Enzo
16	Kamsheen	Betwixt & Between
16	Survive Or Perish	Cirque du Enzo
16	Liberation	Betwixt & Between
16	From That Day Prologue	Lolistyle GabberS
16	Reunion	Nav's Spicy Singles
16	Dawn of the Kore (XAVI BCN Remix)	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 1
16	Ready to Die Between Stars	Mozee Max Metals
16	Fuwatanity	Rebuild of Sharpnel
16	Aeria of Silver	VocaJawnz II
16	Master Maid	Sharpnelstreamz v2
16	The Rise of Pre-teen Homosexuals	Helblinde 2016
16	Imagine Breaker	Helblinde
16	Ad Futuram Rei Memoriam	Mozee Max Metals
16	T-Minus 0	Cirque du Enzo
17	Animaniacs	Scrapyard Kent
17	Evening Epidemic	Pendulum Act III
17	Perfect Happiness	Scrapyard Kent
17	Extrasolar Planets	Scrapyard Kent
17	Try N Base	Scrapyard Kent
17	Destination Talos	Cranked Pastry
17	Subaru in the Wind	Rebuild of Sharpnel
17	Hydra	Betwixt & Between
17	Last Samurai	Scrapyard Kent
17	Don't Be Defeated By A Friend! (Super Arrange)	Trails of Cold Stream II
17	Catoblepas	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
17	Breaking the Habit	Jimmy Jawns 2
17	Synchrockers	Lolistyle GabberS
17	Over the Top	Cirque du Enzo
17	Little Lies	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
17	ANOMALY	Cuties Party
17	The Last Battle	The Apocalypse Sampler
17	Long Invulnerability	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
17	Zap Your Channel	Rebuild of Sharpnel
18	Call Of Beauty	BaguetteStreamz
18	White Laguna	Scrapyard Kent
18	Universe	Psychedelia
18	Trails of Cold Stream FC (Part 5)	Trails of Cold Stream II
18	^/7(L|?[_(L+#<>+&|^(o)	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
18	Shihen (Piece of Poetry)	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 2
18	Marunouchi Surviver	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 1
18	Indriya	Psychedelia
18	Hello Dangdut (Kubus Hardfunk Remix)	Jimmy Jawns 3
18	Teknologik	Scrapyard Kent
18	We Luv Lama	Rebuild of Sharpnel
18	Extreme Panchira Flash	Lolistyle GabberS
18	You Don't Know What	Jimmy Jawns 2
18	Strangeprogram	SHARPNELSTREAMZ v3 Part 2
18	Ghetto Blast	BaguetteStreamz
18	NINJA IS DEAD	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
18	The Lightning Sword	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
18	Send My Love to Mars	Jimmy Jawns 3
19	Trails of Cold Stream FC (Part 3)	Trails of Cold Stream II
19	Extraterrestrial Pudding	Scrapyard Kent
19	One More Lovely (After After Hours)	Crapyard Scent
19	Trails of Cold Stream SC (Part 4)	Trails of Cold Stream II
19	The Bell	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
19	Try Again	Psychedelia
19	Mental Spectrum Hacker	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
19	Intense Chase (Super Arrange)	Trails of Cold Stream II
19	Mystic PsyTerror	SPEEEDCOOOORE 6
19	Kuru Kuru Ki Ki	Betwixt & Between
19	Sayonara Planet Wars	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
19	Daydreamer	Wubstream 2
19	Struggle In Your Room With J.	Jimmy Jawns 2
19	Mario-chi Survivor	Tachyon Epsilon
20	Spacetime	Psychedelia 2
20	Chaos Theory	Masochisma Mark 1
20	Trails of Cold Stream SC (Part 5)	Trails of Cold Stream II
20	Seven	Scrapyard Kent
20	Metal Squad	Stamina Selects
20	Out Of Time	Psychedelia
20	Animetek_Vol. 1	Lolistyle GabberS
20	is it?	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
20	Heisei Memehunters	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
20	Ragnarok	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
20	The Game	Dragonforce SSJ2
20	Concentrate All Firepower!! (Evolution)	Trails of Cold Stream II
20	Madness	SPEEEDCOOOORE 4
20	We Want To Run	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
21	Cranked Pastry Megamix (Side B)	Psychedelia
21	Scared Frequencies	Scrapyard Kent
21	Lunar Eclipse	Psychedelia
21	Kuusuo Misorogiwi	Masochisma Mark 1
21	Astral Reaper	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
21	Hypercollider	ITGAlex's Stamina Safari
21	Omakeno Stroke (HARI KARI REMIX)	Jimmy Jawns 3
21	I'm A Maid (C-type Remix)	Rebuild of Sharpnel
21	Shakunetsu Candle Master Tomosy	Confetto
22	120 Little Fragments of Silence	Masochisma Mark 1
22	eat it up, boi!	???
22	Groovy Rollercoaster Acid Trip	Psychedelia 2
22	Maybe it was fated (instrumental ver.)	Trails of Cold Stream II
23	Chipspeed Allstars	French Coast Stamina 3
23	Dlaczego Tak Daleko	???
23	A Mighty Power	Trails of Cold Stream II
23	Speed of Link	???
24	Parallax	Psychedelia 2
24	Severe Blow	Trails of Cold Stream II
24	South Bank	BangerZ

Acknowledgments: Huge thanks to Sam, Jim, and Chino, who basically busted ass at my nagging to finish Scrapyard Kent so that I wouldn't have to pre-release any more charts from it. And thanks to myself for that too. Wow that sucked.

Thanks also to ITGAlex, Nav, Rems, Arvin, Okami, and anyone else I'm forgetting that provided unreleased material to me to use in the tournament. Awesome to have some fun, fresh new stuff to use.

Lastly, I just wanna say how deeply I appreciate all of the support and interest everyone has shown in these tournaments over the years. It means a lot.

Please don't hesitate to contact me on here or on Facebook with any questions or concerns-- I'll usually respond quickest if you reach out to me on FB. There may be playing scenarios I haven't thought of or something I haven't explained clearly enough, so definitely speak up; it'll be helpful to everyone if you do so.