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¥Event Report

When you're talking autumn, you're talking sports! And when you're talking sports, you know you're talking about SurviorShot!! And on that note (grin), the "Second SurvivorShot World Championships" were held on November 9, a nice, clear Sunday afternoon, somewhere in Kichijoji, Tokyo.
Created by Tomy, SurvivorShot was the highest exponent of the light-gun genre of games. This event, established to find which company was best in the industry at this game, was held for the first time in June of this year, under the auspices of GAINAX. We had about 80 participants that time, but this time the numbers swelled to over 170--more than twice the previous tournament! Fanatics came from all over, having heard about the intensity of that first time, just itching to say, "Not bad, but that skill would only make you No. 2 in the world." Among those who showed up this time were a good-looking group of lady costume players. Bunka Broadcasting even sent a crew to report on the event. It was wild.


Now, last time we had a more or less standard outdoor survival battle, in a big, grassy park. The situation this time, however, was all indoors: GAINAX rented an entire building, five stories aboveground, two stories below, for this event. And the SurvivorShot beams would bounce off the white walls and ceilings. All of this made for a setting with a very high level of difficulty, which would test the ability of those involved to make strategic use of its special features.
Each team had eight members. Since some companies sent two or three teams, making seventeen teams in all. GAINAX naturally sent a full contingent: three teams, 24 members.
In order to win the championship, one first had to get through the preliminary rounds. Teams were paired up in this part of the event, making for 16 vs. 16 matches. They were then grouped into five blocks, all fighting at once, making for a battle royal. Only the top team in each block advanced to the semifinals.


Takarajimasha and NineLives, the heavy hitters of the previous contest, kicked all over the preliminaries, proving that their victories last time hadn't been a fluke. All of a sudden, they were favorites to repeat! And right behind them in points were last time's second-place winners, the ASCII A&B teams. The ASCII editors, said to be the top gathering of talent in the industry, stalked their first world championship mercilessly.
And of course, the GAINAX teams, led by Chief of Staff Takeda and Field Marshal Yamaga, showed what they were made of too. Yielding to no one in terms of boldness, GAINAX made good use of the building's elevators for repeated sneak attacks on the enemy. Unfortunately, that same boldness meant that the GAINAX team took a lot of hits themselves, resulting in not many points being scored. Verily, there is a fine line between boldness and foolhardiness. And to think they had a full-blown council of war this time too... Yamaga's team managed to force a draw against the Takarajima and NineLives teams, only to be wiped out just shy of the semifinals. Well, there's always next time.



¥Preliminary Round Results
L
 Craft & Zassosha
 Vs.
 NineLives & Takarajimasha
 W
W
 ASCII B & Mainichi Communications
 Vs.
 GAINAX B& GAINAX C
 L
W
 NineLives & Takarajimasha
 Vs.
 ASCII A & Sega-Kadokawa
 L
W
 GAINAX B & GAINAX C
 Vs.
 Hakusensha-Bandai & Kodansha
 L
W
 ASCII A & Sega-Kadokawa
 Vs.
 GAINAX A & Imagineer
 L
L
 Hakusensha-Bandai & Kodansha
 Vs.
 Taito & Tomy
 W
W
 GAINAX A & Imagineer
 Vs.
 Inticreate & Namco
 L
W
 Taito & Tomy
 Vs.
 Shinseisha & Kobayashi-NERV
 L
W
 Craft & Zassosha
 Vs.
 Inticreate & Namco
 L
W
 ASCII B & Mainichi Communications
 Vs.
 Shinseisha & Kobayashi-NERV
 L
W
 NineLives & Takarajimasha
 Vs.
 Inticreate & Namco
 L
L
 GAINAX B & GAINAX C
 Vs.
 Shinseisha & Kobayashi-NERV
 W
W
 NineLives & Takarajimasha
 Vs.
 GAINAX A & Imagineer
 L
W
 GAINAX B & GAINAX C
 Vs.
 Taito & Tomy
 L
L
 Craft & Zassosha
 Vs.
 GAINAX A & Imagineer
 W
W
 ASCII B & Mainichi Communications
 Vs.
 Taito & Tomy
 L
L
 Craft & Zassosha
 Vs.
 ASCII A & Sega-Kadokawa
 W
W
 ASCII B & Mainichi Communications
 Vs.
 Hakusensha-Bandai & Kodansha
 L
L
 ASCII A & Sega-Kadokawa
 Vs.
 Inticreate & Namco
 W
L
 Hakusensha-Bandai & Kodansha
 Vs.
 Shinseisha & Kobayashi-NERV
 W
W
 ASCII A & ASCII B
 Vs.
 Sega-Kadokawa & Tomy
 L
L
 Cosplay Girls Team
 Vs.
 ASCII B
 W
T
 Cosplay Girls Team
 Vs.
 ASCII A
 T
L
 ASCII B
 Vs.
 ASCII A
 W


Thus went the preliminaries. As predicted, Takarajimasha and NineLives went straight through, with no problems. Ditto the ASCII A team. The ASCII B team didn't survive the preliminaries themselves, but won a rock-scissors-paper contest to make it to the semifinals anyway. Thus, the same company had two teams advance. The odds were very good that ASCII would have a championship team.
But in a twist of fate, the first semifinal match pitted both ASCII teams against one another. How ironic that teams with the same goal should have to shoot it out. The ASCII A team won this awful battle, but were those lights in their eyes caused by tears...?
On the other major front, Takarajimasha and NineLives, allies since the previous contest, finally confronted each other as well. Takarajimasha won.
And after several more battles, the final bout came down to ASCII A and Takarajimasha. This was just like the final match in the previous contest. It seemed as if it had to happen.
Both sides had top people. Nothing else in the world existed but them. All anyone else could do was wait for reports, swallowing hard. And then, it was over.
The winner was the ASCII A team. They laid low the Goliath of Takarajimasha to bring home their first championship.
They're the best there is, the ultimate Survivors!!


¥Semifinal Results
Round One, First Match
 W
 Takarajimasha
 Vs.
 NineLives
 L
Round One, Second Match
 W
 Shinseisha
 Vs.
 Mainichi Communications
 L
Round One, Third Match
 W
 ASCII A
 Vs.
 ASCII B
 L
Second-Place Finish
 L
 Shinseisha
 Vs.
 ASCII A
 W
Championship
 L
 Takarajimasha
 Vs.
 ASCII A
 W

The Winners: the ASCII A team

Champions' Remarks
To tell the truth, I have no idea how we wonƒiƒ“. (^^;
During the battle I was in what you might call a "rearguard" position, and I can't say for sure just how my team was conducting themselves, but I had a real feeling tension among them. I'm a little worried that they did something they shouldn't have done. Whatever they case, we did win, so now I'm scared for what's going to happen next time. Please don't pick on me, Takeda.
(Miyachi, Login Editorial Dept.)


And thus did the long battle end, with the autumn sun set. I think it's a good thing to get people together like this, and turn them loose where they can just run around like kids for a while. Since this one was so successful, you can bet there'll be a third contest. And it'll be on an even bigger scale. Who knows what the next battlefield will look like?
Until that time, all you Survivors can take a well-deserved rest.



¥And Now, a Word From Our Sponsor

To all you brave soldiers:
You did well, coping with such unfamiliar surroundings. My congratulations.
With so many participants, plenty of dramas unfolded as well:
The ones who shouted at the top of their lungs and kept charging regardless of how many times they were shot, like some aboriginal tribe.
The team who promptly scattered at the start signal.
The team whose members took their places and repelled their opponents, all without saying a word.
The team who headed straight for the roof, and wiped out their enemies before they knew what was going on.
The team which got slaughtered as it simply wandered here, there, and everywhere.
Seeing the cosplay girls show themselves as serious fighters.
All in all, there were numerous terrific fights.
One thing, though: whoever broke that door glass better come forward!
Until next time, fellows.

P.S.:
To Miyachi at ASCII: I may have been beaten, but rest assured that I'm not mad about it. (--)
Oh no, I'm not mad. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

(Takeda Yasuhiro, GAINAX)
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