Sunday, May 17, 2015

News: Upcoming VGCS Tournaments for June through August

Pending playmat illustration for the first-place tournament prize at the fourth Brave Cup. Illustration by Gunjima Souichirou.
The following sixteen Vanguard Championships will be taking place in Japan during the months of June through August. Dates, tournament formats and projected participation caps are listed below where they are known. Expect to see tournament result reports within a few days of each tournament.

Many of the organizers of these tournaments are longstanding members of the Japanese professional community. The third Hokusetsu championship will be overseen by kuroneko (sic, top 4 at sixth Cardbox national tournament, top 8 at second Kansai VGCS, organizer at the first and second Hokusetsu CS), the Yamato championship by Gugnnir (first place at the first Tsurumai championship, fourth place at the fifth Fateclock CS, first place at the Hachioji Cup), the Shimon championship by Pest (forward on the championship team at the third Kansai CS, organizer for the third Hachioji Cup, top 16 at September 2014 Ibaraki CS) and the fourth Tsurumai CS by Shiretoko (organizer for the first, second and third Tsurumai championships, assisting manager on the Brave Cups).

5/21/2015 Update: The Dolce Cup has been added to the list.
5/22/2015 Update: Kaguya VGCS added to the list.
5/23/2015 Update: Eighth Hakata VGCS, Kyoto Joker Cup, Vanguard Bon Festival, and Sixth Sapporo VGCS added to the list. Added information about Battle Dome CS, Second Odawara CS.

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June
June 6th - Eighth Hakata VGCS (70 participants; 85 preregistered): Clan fight, five rounds of double elimination with a best-of-one 20 minute time limit, followed by a cut to top 16 with a best-of-three 50 minute time limit tournament bracket. First place wins a New 3DS XL, second place two boxes of G-BT03: Sovereign Star Dragon and one box of Fighter's Collection 2015, third place on box of G-BT03: Sovereign Star Dragon and fourth place one box of Fighter's Collection 2015.

June 7th - Third Hokusetsu CS (48 3-person teams, 144 participants): Clan fight, five rounds of Swiss draw with best-of-one 20 minute time limit, followed by a cut to top 8 teams with a best-of-three 50 minute time limit tournament bracket. First place receives a New Nintendo 3DS XL for each teammate. Second place 9 boxes of G-CB01: Academy of Divas, third place 3 boxes and fourth place 1 box.

June 13th - Yamato CS (42 3-person teams, 126 participants): Clan fight, four rounds of Swiss draw with best-of-one 20 minute time limit, followed by a cut to top 16 teams with a best-of-three 50 minute time limit tournament bracket. First place receives a New Nintendo 3DS XL for each teammate. Second place 6 boxes of G-BT03: Sovereign Star Dragon, third place 3 boxes and fourth place 1 box.

June 14th - Dolce Cup (40 participants): Clan fight, three rounds of Swiss draw with best-of-one 30 minute time limit and mutual loss at time limit ruleset, followed by a cut to top 16 with a best-of-one 30 minute time limit tournament bracket. First place wins three boxes of Sovereign Star Dragon and a rubber playmat, second place two boxes of the same and a playmat, third place two boxes and fourth place one box.

June 20th - Shimon CS (48 3-person teams, 144 participants): Clan fight, no teammates may share clans. Five rounds of Swiss draw with best-of-one 20 minute time limit, followed by a cut to top 8 teams with a best-of-three 50 minute time limit tournament bracket. First place receives free participation at the fourth Hachioji Cup in August and a New Nintendo 3DS XL for each teammate. Second place 9 boxes of G-BT03: Sovereign Star Dragon, third place 3 boxes and fourth place three Cardfight!! Vanguard playmats (Dragonic Overlord the Great, Blaster Joker and Thing Saver Dragon.)

June 27th - Fourth Chiba Brave Cup (96 participants): Clan fight, five rounds of Swiss draw with a best-of-one 20 minute time limit, followed by a cut to top 16 with a best-of-three 50 minute time limit tournament bracket. First place receives a rubber “Ω” Glendios playmat illustrated by Gunjima Souichirou, as well as two boxes of G-CB01: Academy of Divas. Second place will receive one box of Sovereign Star Dragon, and third place one box of Academy of Divas; second, third and fourth will all receive playmats illustrated by 47AgDragon. Fifth through eighth will receive fifteen packs out of Sovereign Star Dragon.

June 28th - Second Kitokito CS (32 participants): Clan fight, five rounds of Swiss draw with a best-of-one 25 minute time limit, followed by a cut to top 4 with a best-of-one 25 minute time limit tournament bracket. Intentionally agreeing to a draw is prohibited in this tournament. First place will win one box of Academy of Divas.
July
July 11th - Battle Dome CS (Team tournament)

July 12th - Kaguya VGCS (32 3-man teams, 96 participants): Clan fight, four rounds of Swiss draw with a best-of-one 20 minute time limit, followed by a cut to top 8 teams with a best-of-three 60 minute time limit tournament bracket. First place wins one New Nintendo 3DS for each teammate, second place three boxes of either Title Booster 01: Touken Ranbu -ONLINE- or G-BT03: Sovereign Star Dragon, and third place whichever prize second place did not choose.

July 18th - Fourth Tsurumai CS (64 participants): Clan fight, five rounds of Swiss draw with best-of-one 20 minute time limit, followed by a cut to top 8 with a best-of-three 50 minute time limit tournament bracket. First place will win a New Nintendo 3DS, second place may choose between three boxes of Title Booster 01: Touken Ranbu -ONLINE- or three boxes of Academy of Divas. Third place will have the same option for two boxes, and fourth place for one box. The rest of top 8 will receive one box of Fighter's Collection 2015.

July 26th - Second Kyoto Joker Cup
August
August 15th - Vanguard Bon Festival (Corresponds to this year's annual Bon Festival celebrations)
August 16th - Sixth Sapporo VGCS
Fourth Hachioji Cup (Not yet dated)
Fifth Petit Vanguard Festival (Not yet dated)