Sorry for the bump but I was wondering if there is any updates to this event of any kind.
Well originally they were talking about running a national DDR tournament in conjunction with a national Metal Gear Online competition, and were talking about possibly doing it through MLG or WCG. If you paid attention to E3, Konami announced they would have a national MGO tournament, but said nothing about DDR, so obviously that idea fell through.
(On another note, I was also told they were planning to run a "huge" DDR tournament at PAX. On home versions. Interestingly enough, if you look at the attendance list that came out for PAX, Konami isn't on it.)
I heard rumors also that a Konami Rep was also going to be at the US Open as well and since that event has pass, did this happen? Thanks.
Well technically a Konami rep was there (Dukamok). But no, the main person (Gail) wasn't there, and she told me originally that she'd see if she could go if E3 wasn't in the way. E3 started 48 hours after the tournament ended.
I know Ryan's been working with people trying to see if they can put together a tournament, and quite frankly he can do more than I can do at this point. Realistically though, I wouldn't expect to see a national tournament this year (unless I'm really surprised).
HOWEVER...
After the US Open, we discussed the possibility of running a joint DDR and ITG tournament at the next Open. Because of DukAmok's position, he's able to rent out machines from Konami's location in El Segundo, and if I remember right he said they had EIGHT SN2 cabs. The idea is we'd be able to borrow a couple of the SN2 cabs (or, if it's out by then, DDR X), truck them down to wherever the tournament location is, and run a joint DDR and ITG tournament. We'd be using mint condition machines straight from Konami's office, brought to us by someone who works for Konami, so in that sense it would be as close to a national Konami DDR tournament as possible =)