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Newbie Taiko Journey 3
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Please note that we will NOT be forming teams for you based on the Free Agent Registration form.
If you would like to form teams with Free Agent, please contact each other directly in Discord.

The Free Agent list can be found in the Main Information Sheet.

Current Phase: Open for Registration (Signup extended to 17th Jul) & Looking for Staff

Staff Application Form
Looking for Playtester / Referee / Streamer / Commentator / Custom Mapper.

How to Register:

Restrictions

Rank #6000 or below when registration ends.
Each team can only include a maximum number of the following players:
- 2 Beginners' Taiko Tournament (BTT) Season 7 / 8 / 9 - top 3, or
- 2 Newbie Taiko Journey (NTJ) 1 / 2 - top 3, or
- 1 Intermediate Global Taiko Showdown (IGTS) 2025 / 2023 / 2022 / 2021 - top 3
Must join the Discord Server and go through verification process in the server.

Registration
Join the Discord Server | Fill in the Team Registration Form

Schedule
Registration: 23th Jun - 17th Jul
Qualifiers: 18th Jul - 20th Jul
Round of 16: 25th Jul - 27th Jul
Quarterfinals: 1st Aug - 3rd Aug
Semifinals: 8th Aug - 10th Aug
Finals: 15th Aug - 17th Aug
Grand Finals: 22nd Aug - 24th Aug

Rules

General

4 vs 4 Double Elimination
Maximum Team Size of 6
ScoreV2
Unlimited amount of spots.
Anyone who meets the rank requirement, other than Host, Mappool Selector and Referee, can join the tournament.
Follow osu!'s Code of Conduct. No unruly behaviour is allowed.

Stages

Includes 6 stages - Qualifiers, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Finals and Grand Finals.
The winning conditions for each state are as follows:
　- Round of 16: Best of 9 (First to 5 points)
　- Quarterfinals & Semifinals: Best of 11 (First to 6 points)
　- Finals & Grand Finals: Best of 13 (First to 7 points)

Qualifiers

Only the best 16 teams in Qualifiers will advance to Round of 16 Stage.
Multiple lobbies will be available during the Qualifiers. Team captains will sign up for their desired lobbies on behalf of the entire team.
A private lobby will be created 10 minutes before the lobby start time.
Lobby name will be in this format: "NTJ: Qualifiers Lobby XX"
Lobby will be delayed by 5 minutes if someone is late.
You have a maximum of 15 minutes (a.k.a. 10 minutes after the lobby started) to join,
otherwise a new lobby will be rescheduled.
All maps will be played twice.
Failed scores will count. NoFail will be enforced.

Match

A private lobby will be created 10 minutes before the match start time.
Lobby name will be in this format: "NTJ: (Team 1) vs. (Team 2)"
If no referee is available, the match will be postponed.
If a team does not have 2 members present at the time of the match, they have a maximum of 15 minutes to join,
otherwise the team with at least 2 members present in the match will Win by Default (WBD).
If both teams do not have 2 members present at the time of the match, they must coordinate and reschedule the match before the next round commences.
If such coordination is not possible, the team with more members present will advance to the next round.
If none of the players are present, the higher seeded team will advance to the next round.
1 warmup is allowed for each team. Map length must be below 3:00.
After the warmup is played, the referee will ask the team captains to !roll.
Roll winner bans 2nd and picks 1st.
Roll loser bans 1st and picks 2nd.
If a tie happens the team captain will be asked to reroll.
Teams have 2 minutes to announce their ban.
If a ban is not announced in time, their ban will be made with a roll by the referee.
Teams will have 2 minutes to pick a beatmap and 2 minutes to get ready.
If a team didn't announce their pick before the end of the timer, the map will be picked with a roll.
If players didn't get ready before the end of the timer, the match will be started anyways.
If a player disconnects between the beatmaps, the match can be delayed 10 minutes maximum.
This delay can only be applied once per team.
If a player disconnects 30 seconds after the map commenced, their scores will not be counted in the total team score.
If a player disconnects within 30 seconds of the map, the map will be replayed. This can only be applied once per team.
Failed scores will count. NoFail will be enforced.
If teams end up with a draw in any maps, the map in question will be replayed.

Mappool

The mappool consists of the following:
1. Qualifiers: 3 No Mod | 2 Hidden | 2 Hard Rock | 1 Double Time | 1 Mixed Mod
2. Round of 16: 5 No Mod | 2 Hidden | 2 Hard Rock | 2 Double Time | 1 Mixed Mod | 1 Tiebreaker
3. Quarterfinals & Semifinals: 5 No Mod | 3 Hidden | 3 Hard Rock | 2 Double Time | 1 Mixed Mod | 1 Tiebreaker
4. Finals & Grand Finals: 6 No Mod | 3 Hidden | 3 Hard Rock | 2 Double Time | 2 Mixed Mod | 1 Tiebreaker
Each team must utilize the following combination of mods in a Mixed Mod pick:
1 Hidden + Hard Rock | 1 Hidden | 1 Hard Rock | 1 No Mod
Tiebreaker maps can be played with at least 1 of the following mod:
No Mod | Hidden | Hard Rock | Flashlight | Easy
Easy will have a scoring multiplier of 0.85x.