Hello and welcome to the Anime Cover Quiz, a contest in which you will have to put your anime music knowledge to the test and compete with others to be the first to guess which anime song is playing. The kicker is that the song will not be the original, but a fanmade cover!
In order to celebrate diversity in anime fandom, the covers are sung in different languages and sometimes music genres –they can also be instrumental!–. It is meant to be a fun challenge that lets you know a different part of the anime community, and a different twist to regular anime music guessing.
The event is held on the event stage in Discord. There will be 5 games during the weekend. If enough people are interested, more rounds could be planned on Sunday at different times (depending on host availability). Tickets will be awarded to those who watch live, but if there aren't enough participants to play a game there will be no game, and therefore no tickets will be given, so it's suggested that you join to have a good time playing.
RULES
Every game will have 3 participants (either individual or in pairs), who will compete against each other to see who is the first to guess each of the 20 songs.
Once the song starts playing, a participant will have to sound the buzzer in order to answer. Once the buzzer sounds, the song will be stopped while the participant answers. If the answer isn't fully correct, there will be a rebound to the second person who played the buzzer (if nobody did, the song will resume playing).
Samples are between 45 and 80 seconds long, and participants will have that long to press the buzzer, plus a few courtesy seconds. There is no penalty for a wrong answer.
Up to 3 points can be given to a correct answer. Guessing the correct anime series but the wrong season will give 2 points, and guessing the right season is worth 1 additional point. Guessing the name of the song is equivalent to guessing the right season of the anime.
Additional data:
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
In order to have a smooth event, every participant is asked to have:- A laptop or a computer (not a phone).
- A sufficiently stable internet connection.
- Access to the bunkasai role on the MyAnimeList Discord server.
- (Not required but strongly recommended) A source of stereo sound on your computer –such as earbuds or headphones– and a workong microphone.
SCHEDULE
The games will be hosted on the dates below. Sign-ups for a game will be opened one hour before its scheduled start, and participants will be randomly chosen 10 minutes before the stream begins.
Note: Games 2, 3 and 4 have been rescheduled to a different time on the same day they were supposed to be held. I'm sorry for the inconveniences this may cause, particularly to users in Asia and Oceania. The reason is some personal matter that I learned today, which is why I had to do the changes with so little anticipation (nothing bad happened, so no need to worry on that front).
The covers used in each game will be properly credited in the forum chat after each game; and posted here (at some point) after the game in which they appear ends.
Disclaimer:
Games scheduled for pairs are subject to turning into individual games if the participation is not high enough.
People who sign up as a pair to a game in pairs will be given priority.
Games in pairs are not necessarily harder than individual games.
GAME 1: Friday 22nd - 15:00 UTC (Pairs)
11:00 EDT / 17:00 CEST / (Saturday) 00:00 JST
Congratulations to @BocchiTheRock and @okappi for winning Game 1! Here's the list of songs used, please give some love to the artists.
GAME 2: Saturday 23rd - 05:00 UTC
01:00 EDT / 07:00 CEST / 14:00 JST
Congratulations to @Game-enthusiast for winning Game 2! Here's the list of songs used, please give some love to the artists.
GAME 3: Sunday 24th - 15:00 UTC (Pairs)
11:00 EDT / 17:00 CEST / (Monday) 00:00 JST
Congratulations to @ChainsTrollList and @rkgz for winning Game 3! Here's the list of songs used, please give some love to the artists.
GAME 4: Sunday 24th - 17:00 UTC (Pairs)
13:00 EDT / 19:00 CEST / (Monday) 02:00 JST
Congratulations to @AC9123 and @Caramel36 for winning Game 4! Here's the list of songs used, please give some love to the artists.
GAME 5: Sunday 24th - 20:00 UTC
16:00 EDT / 22:00 CEST / (Monday) 05:00 JST
Congratulations to @ChainsTrollList and @AfroDeity for winning Game 5! Here's the list of songs used, please give some love to the artists.
SPECIAL THANKS
This event wouldn't be the same without the help of:- @MitsuhaWatanabe: co-host of the event.
- @Bricksticks, @Everything-Fan and @Aeveny: playtesters.
- @iN3krO and Doxnom: beta testers and technical helpers. (Doxnom has no MAL account, I linked his Twitch channel).
- @Natsuaki, @YuukiTheFlash, @Karasian, @death_scythe, @MisatoMyMommy, @Lonecrit and Nico: beta testers. (Nico has no MAL account).
- @Shishio-kun: ticket design.
- @Firefractal: The true heroine of the Bunkasai event, who has to put up with my constant schedule changes.
- Everyone who made the covers that I used, as well as those I ended up not using for this event, for their passion and for leaving a mark of their own culture in the anime fandom.
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