Kong Off 5: Rough Dates, Location, Format, and Qualification Details

[homerwannabee]

Well I will be there on Saturday.  If the score is crazy low, I may just decide to play, and win the event with a 2014 era Staal 300k in points.

[marky_d]

In that case, it is unlikely that any seasoned players are attending the event.

Alright, seasoned players aside, I wonder if at some point there will a list posted anywhere of the players who are participating in this Kong Off 5 qualifier?

[WCopeland]

I wonder if it's possible  or  may use this as an opportunity to qualify?

[Adam_Mon]

I wonder if it's possible  or  may use this as an opportunity to qualify?

Will there be private rooms at the venue? 

[tilt]

At this point, it looks like the only qualifiers will be this KO 4.5 and the Z82 qualifier...

[marky_d]

Did anyone happen to hear who won the Kong Off 4.5? Congrats to that person.

[homerwannabee]

Did anyone happen to hear who won the Kong Off 4.5? Congrats to that person.

I was there in Banning.  From the looks of it there wasn't enough people to show up, and so there was talk of calling off the contest.  Not sure that was what happened because I didn't attend on Sunday.

[dd0ck]

Did anyone happen to hear who won the Kong Off 4.5? Congrats to that person.

I was there in Banning.  From the looks of it there wasn't enough people to show up, and so there was talk of calling off the contest.  Not sure that was what happened because I didn't attend on Sunday.

We played. I didn't see Richie much Sunday. I overheard they called it off, but Richie/nobody never told me what happened. I just pressed for a huge game and it didn't happen. I just assumed "it didn't count" or whatever on Sunday, but just played anyway to represent Donkey Kong and try my best to show the crowd how great a thing high-level Donkey Kong can be. (Relax, I said I tried.) Billy rocked it, Ken House threw up some scores but mostly hung out, and Eric played a couple games and was pushing for a big score too.  Richie and Ken had their kill screen challenge going. I only saw one game, not sure if they played more.

And Richie brought in some great custom Donkey Kongs. I liked the color scheme and the art. At first glance online I wasn't sure about the black cab with black molding. But they looked great in person. Played great. And really had that tournament cabinet look with no coin door and a credit button. A row of them would look sick. Richie always rocks that shit.

[marky_d]

MAGFest 2016 starts tomorrow, so I guess that can be removed as a potential qualifier location.

[MickyWinz]

I thought there was one qualifying spot coming from the DKOs.

[aarontruitt]

Dan Solis from Z82 Retrocade in Arkansas is rumored to announce his qualifier date this weekend...

[WCopeland]

Briefly chatted with Richie today on what's going on w/ qualifiers.

Until any new info comes up, assume things will work like KO4: dedicated machines for the top 12 HSL, with wildcard machines available. Richie has some personal things going on that are dividing his time more than I think he'd like, but I don't know much I can really get into that. It's safe to assume machines seeded from Eric's tournaments will still be available, so one minimum, maybe two of those are up for grabs.

In other words, right now you have two concrete qualification routes for a dedicated cabinet:

#1. Get into the arcade top 12.
The score to beat is Dean Saglio's 1,100,200.

#2. Beat Dan Desjardins' DKO score of 1,059,700.
While there may be a 2nd DKO seed, getting the 1st seed would assure you a cab. We don't know how many cabs beyond the top 12 will be available.

If scenario #1 is met, it should be noted that the DKO score to beat will go from being 1,059,700 to a monolithic 1,177,600 set by Dean Saglio.

[WCopeland]

One more thing to add. Last Kong Off there were several players in the top 12 who for various personal reasons decided not to attend the event. If one player drops, the score to beat goes from 1,100,200 to 1,076,000... and so on and so forth:

[Milehighdt]

In other words, right now you have two concrete qualification routes for a dedicated cabinet:

#1. Get into the arcade top 12.
The score to beat is Dean Saglio's 1,100,200.

#2. Beat Dan Desjardins' DKO score of 1,059,700.
While there may be a 2nd DKO seed, getting the 1st seed would assure you a cab. We don't know how many cabs beyond the top 12 will be available.

I think only the DKO's done after the last Kong off count. So #2 should be Mick Winzeler score of 1,035,400

[tilt]

Does this mean that the regional qualifiers aren't happening?