RESULT
Contest Staff
Organiser
Judges
Seeded Charters
The following charters are seeded directly into the Formal Group of the exhibition match. The organiser and judges will not be participating in the Guest Group.
Contest Staff:
Placed top 3 in the Formal Group in the last contest:
Winner of the Guest Group in the last contest:
Persons with outstanding result from previous contests, and has not been absent for 2 consecutive Marlo Cups:
Schedule
All times are in GMT+8.
Quest Match
1. Songs Reveal
The songs will be revealed on Jan 12 2025 00:00.
The template charts will be available for download from the in-game chart shop once the songs are revealed.
2. Chart Submission
The submission period is from Jan 12 2025 00:00 to Jan 26 18:00.
Participants can choose any 1 of the quest songs to chart and submit to the contest.
3. Quest Charts Release
The submitted charts will be released on Jan 26 20:00 .
The charts will be assigned a code for reference.
4. Chart Judgement
The judging period is from Jan 26 to Feb 02.
The charts will be reviewed and marked by the judges.
5. Results Release
The results will be announced on Feb 02 20:00.
A new wiki page for the results of the quest match will be created.
The ranking is determined by the total sum of the scores.
Charters with charts above the overall score of 17 will advance into the Formal Group. In the case that less than 40% of charters advance, the top 40% in overall score will advance instead. Outstanding charts in the quest match will be made stable.
Exhibition Match
1. Chart Submission
The submission period is from Feb 03 to Feb 10 18:00
In this section of the contest, participants can choose whatever song they like to join either the Formal Group or Guest Group.
The Formal Group will be open to participants who did well and advanced from the quest match, and the seeded charters who either had a good record in previous matches, or are one of the contest staff.
The Guest Group will be open to anyone who does not qualify for the Formal Group. This includes participants who unfortunately did not qualify from the quest match, or other charters who did not join the quest match.
2. Chart Release
The charts will be released on Feb 10 20:00
The charts will be released after the submission period is over in this page.
Charts will be uploaded by the organiser.
3. Chart Judgement
The judging period is from *Feb 11 to Feb 26.
The charts will be reviewed and marked by the judges.
4. Results Release
The results will be released on Feb 26 20:00 in the page previously used for the results for the quest match. Results of the Guest Group will be announced first.
The highest and lowest scores will be halved and added up with the other scores to produce a final score of a chart.
Eligibility
If you meet any one of these criteria, you are not permitted to join the contest. If you break any one of these criteria during the contest, you will be disqualified.
- Non-possession of a Malody account;
- Failure of using any of the submission methods;
- Impersonation or the use of two or more accounts to participate;
- Has or had been suspended or disqualified by misconduct in previous contests, and;
- Has or had actively impeded the flow of a contest. (E.g. Taking a long time to judge, affecting the organisers and other participants substantially)
Submission Method
Please compress the chart, song and background image files into a .mcz or .zip file, and send it to the organiser along with a confirmation that you want to join the contest. A template of the confirmation is shown in the next section. While handing in your submission, please do not include any unnecessary files.
Quest Match
Exhibition Match
Submission Method
Tencent QQ: 2409724495
E-mail: jiromatch8[at]126.com
Chart Rules
Charts with obvious problems will not be accepted into the contest. Please make sure you follow all the rules listed here.
This holds true for ALL parts of the contest
- The chart submitted must be of Taiko mode.
- The chart submitted must be of Extreme (or equivalent) difficulty.
- Only 1 chart is accepted per phase of the contest.
- The chart submitted must not be or had been public. This includes collaborations.
- The chart submitted only allow once.
- The chart submitted must be of .mc or .tja format.
- The sound file for the song must be of .ogg format.
For .mc, functions allowed are hs (>0), sign (>0), showbar and ggt. scroll and jump functions are not permitted.
For .tja, functions allowed are #SCROLL (>0), #GOGOSTART/END, #MEASURE (>0), #BPMCHANGE (>0), #BARLINEON/OFF and #DELAY. Fake notes created with the #DELAY function are not allowed.
#HBSCROLL, #BMSCROLL, #BRANCHSTART/END, #E/N/M, #SECTION and #LEVELHOLD functions are NOT permitted.
Exhibition Match
- Play time should be between 60-180 seconds. (Sound files can be longer than 180 seconds.)
Please do not use any sound files that are abruptly cut before the end of the song.
- The song submitted should not be or had been present in any Taiko no Tatsujin games before Jul 4th 2024 23:59.
- The song submitted should not have a stabled chart in Taiko mode in Malody.
- The song should not be the subject of any copyright disputes. (If you’re not sure, please ask the organiser.)
- The song should not have any unruly and inappropriate elements. (If you’re not sure, please ask the organiser.)
- The same song can be submitted twice by all participants. If your song of choice has already been submitted twice, your submission will be rejected. Please choose another song to submit.
Caution
Please be aware that, while ggt and #GOGOSTART functions are allowed, they do not have any visual effect in Malody 4.3.7.
Additionally, if there are too many numbers after the decimal point in the number inputted into a sign or #MEASURE function, the chart may not run properly.
Please confirm your chart does not run with any problems using Malody 4.3.7.
Scoring Method
1. Quest Match
Each judge will give a score from 1 to 5.
2. Exhibition Match
Each judge gives each participant a score of maximum 10. For each participant, the score from all judges are summed, then cut by a half of the highest score and a half of the lowest score. The sum-reduced score will be used for the ranking.
Organiser also gives scores to the participants. If any judge joined the match, the score for the judge is replaced: if the judge gets rank X according to Kuromaku's score, the judge gets a score of rank X among his/her scores to other participants.
Rewards
All participants will be given 2000 gold and the “Competitor” achievement.
Winners from all groups will be given the “Gold Chart” achievement.
The top 3 of the Formal Group and the winner of the Guest Group will earn a bye to the Formal Group in the next Marlo Cup contest.
Participants who advanced from Quest Match and who get 24 point or higher in The Guest Group will get the invite codes.
Concluding Remarks
This contest is held with the intention to provide a platform for charters to learn from each other and improve on one’s charting skills. Please follow all the rules of the competition, and participate in discussion in a friendly and respectful manner to avoid conflicts.
The organisation committee holds the rights to final interpretation of any rules and regulations. If you have any questions or feedback, please do not hesitate to contact the organiser. We are committed to improving your experience participating in the contest, so all feedback is appreciated. Thank you for your cooperation.
Thank you for reading. Please enjoy the contest!