KAC The 9th - DDR A20 GRAND FINALS (CHRS4LFE, o4ma., HIBIKI, DEMON, TSU, RSS)

[@DJ-Fakie]

Grats to Chris for taking the title, but I want to give props to o4ma as well for opening with Max 360 CSP and FCing it. Pulling that off with no warmup time shows how well these top rankers can perform.

[@LilMafs]

@Chaf Cancel yup

[@SpiritSquadMTG]

FACTS. Like, I got wild hype watching that combo ACTUALLY getting to the 1,000 mark!

[@neferazure]

yeah well it's impressive but consider that he was doing this in his own territory, in his own timezone that he was already used to. Chris had to do what he did after flying at a high altitude, at LEAST a 12-16hr flight, plus dealing with jetlag and other things that take a toll on your body when having to travel like that. The fact that he was performing at such a high level with all that in mind is arguably more impressive. I'd like to see O4ma travel to the U.S. and still perform under that kind of pressure with all of that working against him. That is definitely not easy being jetlagged and having to pretty much fight against your own body trying to fall asleep on you. Takes a particular level of dedication and focus. And KAC is only for a few days trip, so it's not like you truly have the proper amount of time for your body to adjust to the new timezone. That can take weeks or even months for your body to adjust to. I remember when I traveled to Europe and back, it took nearly 2 weeks for my body to readjust from the jetlag.

[@drdvids]

Thanks for watching my videos. It's my passion to share DDR with the world. Congratulations Chris on another impressive showing and to all the other players giving it their all. This is a reupload. In my first upload I left out o4ma in the player introduction. I apologize, that wasn't intentional so I reuploaded this with him included. Thanks!

[@WziaHere]

Big thanks editing this together once again Dr. D. I never get a chance to watch the stream and I like how you edit it down to only the essentials.

[@soba3853]

yo thanks as always dr.d! kinda wish you showed that touching moment at the end of endymion. Everyone that I was with shed a tear, o4ma is a beast.

[@DIOcelot]

Everyone did such a great job. Congrats to Chris for bringing home the victory to the USA. O4ma did so good. Demon looks like he never skips leg day. Big ups to everyone that competed.

[@kermitthefrog1819]

O4MA has really come a long way! He gets better and better every year

[@herikhi7315]

He shows improvement but still a long way off before he could catch up to FEFEMZ or Chris

[@kermitthefrog1819]

heri khi Oh definitely! But he definitely has made so many improvements haha

[@kermitthefrog1819]

heri khi Especially compared to the other KACs he’s competed in

[@ariamentio]

I mean he won in 2012 and came 2nd the two years after that but I see what you mean

[@fissshh]

DDR has come very far. I remember I almost FC'd Xepher challenge in DDR Super Nova and I was very happy that time. Now that's super easy for players nowadays.

[@jonny_san_]

Chrs / o4ma: Plays 18's and 19's consistently and convincingly in order to meet in the Finals of an official Konami tournament Konami: *Suffer* 19:32

[@DDRaHolic]

Very impressive performance by Hibiki. He looked focused. Chris looked very frustrated throughout; I'm glad he kept trying hard and won.

[@luisvelasquez4639]

Ralph Caffery the first song long notes misses kinda pissed him off , but he recovered so hats off to that (mentally must have extremely stressful)

[@PkGam]

Thank you for making this condensed cut of the tournament! There is so much to sift through otherwise to see the intros, gameplay and awarding.

[@Fkjlh]

Thanks Dr. D for putting this together so quickly. Can't wait to watch this over and over again. Maybe we'll even see you in one of these one day :)

[@drdvids]

You can already, just find the 2013 one aka kac the 3rd. I was also a finalist in 1 & 2 but the didn't save recordings of that as far as I'm aware

[@カランコエ-x9w]

何度見直しても泣けるほどに熱い試合だった！

[@inujosha]

I actually screamed holy shit when o4ma got the 1000 combo.

[@seantan8841]

Thank you Dr D! Grants to Demon for repping Singapore too! Gogogo

[@syuchan27]

頂上決戦はいつ見ても熱いですね！ 決勝トーナメントで戦った皆さんお疲れ様でした、そして熱い戦いを魅せていただきありがとうございました！

[@ohgunz02]

I first properly learnt about Chris from the short documentary on him competiting in KAC for first time, really like him. Great work and keep going!!! DDR champion!!!

[@SeanTheJ3di]

just watched it all, chris’ timing is on another level sheesh

[@DesROWUnited]

O4MA is probably the best Japanese DDR player of all time and he's growing and growing every year.

[@gab_gallard]

Chris totally deserved this, so props to him, but damn that FEFEMZ is surely missed here. Hopefully he will come back as strong as ever after he finishes the military service.

[@darksyde3000]

Insane performances by everyone, the DDR A hard stuff is really rough. Chris earned TF outta the belt on this one.

[@DC-uc4ji]

Congratulations to everyone who competed this year especially those competing for the first time! You all played amazing on the big stage.

[@JaysWorld92]

I know I'm late. But can we please take a moment to appreciate O4MA vs Chrs4lfe. Its been years since I've watched a tournament, these two opponent's have impressive speed and technique. It made me appreciate the old days of playing DDRE.

[@Nooooomnm]

00:41 「EGOISM 440」CHA HIBIKI vs TSU 02:43 「MAX 360」EXP HIBIKI vs TSU 難 05:32 「PARANOiA Revolution」CHA CHRS4LFE vs DEMON 07:45 「Pluto Relinquish」CHA CHRS4LFE vs DEMON 10:06 「MAX 360」CHA o4ma. vs RSS 12:25 「EGOISM 440」CHA o4ma. vs RSS 14:41 「MAX 360」CHA HIBIKI vs CHRS4LFE 17:03 「Over The "Period"」CHA HIBIKI vs CHRS4LFE 19:56 「Prey」CHA o4ma. vs CHRS4LFE 22:00 「EGOISM 440」CHA o4ma. vs CHRS4LFE 23:58 「Over The "Period"」CHA o4ma. vs CHRS4LFE

[@LG65]

The last one is actually Endymion.

[@________1516]

Egoism is ROUGH! Wow! Great job everybody! This was awesome!

[@davidhunter2824]

Awesome DDR tournament. Congrats to Chris for his second win at KAC. Also, mad respect to the other finalists.👍

[@オレンジジュースくださゐ]

11:58 鳥肌立った、ここKAC決勝やでｗ

[@arhabersham]

I am impressed that this speed, the fast eye-feet coordination, is humanly possible!

[@jeremyquiros5483]

Damn, Hibiki was beasting on Over the Period. He really gave Chris a run for his money on that.

[@DVNGEKO]

興味がないのに鳥肌がたって感動した。 おめでとうございます。

[@Vddrice]

12:09 That look you give the camera when you know shit done popped off

[@xepher416]

16:16 Chris probably thought to himself "What the f**k"

[@CeltyYT]

Yay, another year without Dead End Groove Radar Special xD

[@ddrpimp123]

Celty what’s up with everyone and that song lol

[@CeltyYT]

@@ddrpimp123 It was an always-pick song by many japanese players during 2011-2018, and being honest the song and steps aren't so good for being chosed in a KAC.

[@2DKAPS]

It's gonna be replaced by Prey CSP now

[@jeffreyscottsgames9308]

To my big brother. I remember how kick ass you were at this game. If this game makes a come back. Ill try to make you proud. Rest in peace. My brother used to play this all the time.

[@michaelstarlight]

Big congratulations to Chris a.k.a. CHRS4LFE. He's definitely a beast. Also, is this the first time where *at least* one finalist got an E?

[@ProfRenderer]

Where did a finalist get a E?

[@IAmBatman369]

@@ProfRenderer Literally the first song first match TSU fails egoism csp.

[@ProfRenderer]

@@IAmBatman369 Ohhhh. I was looking for it, that's unusual.

[@DanielL121041]

In KAC2012, 3 finalists failed Valkyrie Dimension, and one of them also failed PARANOiA Revolution.

[@ProfRenderer]

@@DanielL121041 Valk Dimension I can understand since there's that speedup at the start, Paranoia Revolution too since that's when X3 came out, right?

[@mequetrefe413]

Chris4life had a mission on his mind, and he succeeded! Not only he won the championship, but literally swept everyone in a way not to leave any doubt to the entire DDR community he meant business.

[@snowy324]

5:35 "Pluto Relinquish"

[@tasi8217]

paranoia relinquish

[@lovelymayapop]

10:04 for brosoni's fc

[@meowskull]

Chris is the GOAT of GOATs.

[@mrblackjacker32.03]

THERE'S NO ESCAPE FROM ENDYMION

[@KGR0000]

O4MA has definitely contributed the most to the spread of DDR in the world!!!!

[@carloscontreras4707]

Ive been playind ddr for over 20 years and i never seen this 😂 well done

[@ADTRS25]

"Cuz it's Chris..."

[@たた-p5p]

再びこの大会が開催される事を祈っています

[@kfkt7828]

何度見返しても大島さんのパーフェクトは鳥肌モノだわ…

[@ストライクカート]

12:00 MAX360 FC達成の直前

[@xCha0sRaiNx]

Also big congrats to Chris! It was definitely a good show!

[@Verlisify]

Was the left pad a little faulty? It seemed like there were more random misses coming from it

[@jijon805]

i’m pretty sure this machine that they were playing on at the time was a brand new un tested machine.

[@Sammy4549]

DDR is the one game they won't introduce a new song to, unlike the other games.

[@rlspzxc03]

This is badass!

[@Miligram573]

That ending was fucking cursed

[@boyalegre6028]

the rematch of CHRS4LFE, and o4ma since of 2018.

[@wdfshampoo]

These people are in a trance, blending humans and machines

[@SaintoraXBL]

I feel so bad for o4ma, he was soooo exhausted towards the end of the tournament, he defs would’ve performed better if he wasn’t so burnt out.

[@Shuey187]

What a beast! The fact that Chris has been SO good for so many years is such a testament to how hard he's worked and for how ridiculously talented he is! It's rare for an American to reach the top in a sport that's predominantly dominated by Asian players!

[@35mm]

It's dominated by Americans actually, they're just not allowed to compete because Konami.

[@herikhi7315]

@@35mm how many Americans out there that could compete with FEFEMZ or o4ma except from Fungah and Chris? I'm seriously asking since I don't know any Americans DDR athlete except those that have been featured on KAC

[@35mm]

@@herikhi7315 Chunka, Nat8 (Canada), Matt Magdon, Kevin Boddy. Chris is still the best but any of them could take an upset song off anybody.

[@kgdgwn98]

9:18 Chris4Life's step is so stable... amazing

[@DaAznT1m]

Hibiki trailed by 60 points.....that's insane.

[@MetallicalCatastroph]

He actually f*cking did it The absolute madman.

[@leun88]

@26:45 ):

[@andrewortiz9226]

my first DDR machine I danced too is DDR 3rd mix!! I liked 3rd mix also because it was uncensored and had cussing and dirty talk lol

[@davidhunter2824]

Same. Actually, the first DDR machine I played was DDR 3rd Mix Korean Version 2. What I loved about this machine was that, even though there was no speed mods, the song selection was impressive. Also, to play every song on expert (hard?) mode, you had to input a code that unlocks "Step Step Revolution". The memories😎

[@andrewortiz9226]

@@davidhunter2824 I also like DDR 4th mix plus!!

[@codecaine]

Insane skill

[@snorf5]

We need this but with tapping shoes

[@rizalajo8942]

Omedetou Chris.. 👏👏👏

[@山田一郎-u4b]

EXScoreならぶろすよりもHIBIKIのほうが高いしピック次第ではHIBIKIが来年決勝出るのかも...?

[@danielyate7414]

Lo haré en mi idioma nativo ya que estoy descuidando el inglés. Me dió un poco de pesar con algunos jugadores ya que los ví que estaban en desventaja pero bueno que se le va a hacer.

[@mdubleyew7924]

Is that T.s.u as in Kevin T.s.u from Brisbane Australia?

[@mtape1234]

Are any of these players even on the same level as Chris? Cause I'm just thinking in terms of overall scores at the time of this post I'm making he's MFC'd like almost every song 16 and below other than a few and some above. I don't know all the WRs but in terms of overall "best" scores I don't see them coming close If so, in what way are they?

[@wwpl8371]

If you're talking about just overall singles scores, then no-one can compete with Chris -- save for maybe Fungah back in 2017-2018 when he was actually active. Fungah was probably the only other player in the world who could compete with Chris in terms of getting MFCs on 15s-16s during that time; but ever since Fungah's hiatus, Chris has gotten way too good. Dude has like double-digit MFCs on 17s and 18s, and the only other person in the world who's even gotten a 17 MFC is Brosoni who only got his Possession MFC extremely recently. I guess there's also Nate from Canada who fluked an MFC on Prey CSP 18, but that just seems like a fluke outlier run more than a real indicator of where his skill is truly at. However, if we're talking about tournament play, there's quite a few people who are capable of beating Chris on song-by-song EX (as opposed to cumulative EX) depending on the draw. Back when they were active, Matt Magdon and Fungah won tournaments in America over Chris pretty consistently. You see, as good as Chris's play is, I think his strength lies primarily in his ability to -- over many repeated plays -- hone in on a target and maintain laser-life focus in reaching that target. It seems to me that he's not as good as the others I mentioned at just playing a song on a whim and instantly performing well on it. It's like it takes time for him to get going. For KAC, whose format is most often based on cumulative EX over multiple songs, it's even more difficult to beat Chris because his timing is just too fucking good. In fact, it's so fucking good that he can miss twice the amount of arrows as his opponent and still win because his Marvelous count will just straight up make up for the difference in EX and then some. Your only shot is to pick the hardest, twistiest 18s and 19s and hope to God that Chris hasn't warmed up his footspeed and crossover ability yet. You can see this strategy work somewhat effectively with Hibiki, who managed to give Chris a run for his money on Over The Period CSP. This is essentially the strategy that Fefemz used to win all of his KACs over Chris.

[@mtape1234]

@@wwpl8371 Thx for that post! Who's Nate btw? I'm from Canada

[@wwpl8371]

@@mtape1234 NAT8

[@CeltyYT]

What happened to Fungah this year? Did he not make it?

[@elblogdelfeno]

There's one spot per area and one extra spot to the highest score from any area that wasn't first, probably failed to qualify this year.

[@lupin6741]

Fungah hasn't been active on his socials for months and was banned from all ITG/DDR events in NA along with ITG player Little Matt for sexual assault/abuse allegations

[@yooslippp]

@@lupin6741 can you post the article ? I found stuff about little Matt but nothing on fungah

[@TonyTheTGR]

Good stuff. :D

[@LR-1977]

there was a lot of variety this year. New spots for korea, se asia, and the wild card. why is it so different this year?

[@StepManiatic]

Congrats to Chris, I think only FEFEMZ is at Chris level

[@rdrage53]

FEFEMZ is the best piu player ever

[@addisonjudah]

Have you made KAC 10th?

[@うけ-g2w]

23:58　#ENDYMIONから逃げるな

[@mtape1234]

Dang... I'm just rewatching this and it's like those Max 360 scores... Chris MFC'd it and was just getting others nonstop so it seemed like no big deal... huge difference lol

[@ashwoned]

where's the o-dead-ma?

[@edyoung2621]

Can someone please tell me how prey is an 18 on challenge? I get expert but it's just jumps on challenge

[@Jack-if7lt]

What is the name of the song from 0:00 to 0:15

[@mtape1234]

When is the next tournament taking place?

[@mjz5853]

Where is FEFEMZ?

[@cakefinale]

Mandatory military service, he'll be out for a couple of years.

[@seasoningpacket3464]

@@cakefinale oh shit :(

[@geckomcvr]

Congratulations Chris4life

[@qqquasar]

I missed Valkyrie Dimension CSP in this KAC.

[@lilstinker1949]

Is this what aspergers looks like

[@ICTtoken]

Dr. D needs to make an edit of just the hot translator lol

[@thespadenetwork4552]

I cringed a little when Brosoni chose Prey Challenge

[@solomontran2150]

My guess is that Brosoni *knew* he was going to lose to Chris in the final, so he picked Prey CSP just for the lulz

[@elblogdelfeno]

Weird choice, he probably has some songs where he beats Chris or performs similarly at least. Chris is tremendous in Prey CSP

[@mungmung7298]

he wanted to perform 19s(probably egoism from chris and endymion from konami) with all his might, so he chose Prey challenge that won't make a big difference while not using so much stamina. twitter.com/BROSONI/status/1226050053904551936?s=20

[@DeshaunXD]

Energy conservation. Endymion CSP was at the end

[@banapass69]

ちょいちょいクリス下げ入れてくるのに結局1曲も負けてないという現実

[@渡辺孝宏-g1v]

こういうのほかのスポーツでも結構ありますけど、下げられてる選手のやってることが高度すぎて運よく勝ってるように見えてしまうんですよね

[@KA.A.RU_DDR]

what's the title of the song at the player introductions?

[@michaelstarlight]

Hands Up In The Air by U1.

[@Yozakura00000]

やっぱo4maすげぇわ

[@piusincanzo5315]

9:44

[@rbermea]

Chris 4 Life is the World's best DDR player.

[@noahruanchang4125]

Congratulations 🥳 Chris4Life

[@xCha0sRaiNx]

Did FEFEMZ not compete this year?

[@michaelstarlight]

No. Military/Air force service.

[@xCha0sRaiNx]

鏡音レン - LEN4LIFE ahh makes sense. Thank you.

[@eldente]

I honestly feel like these pads are probably awful compared to what Chris plays at his home arcade lol

[@agantrenown3959]

It's not awful per se. It's just that chris is so accostumed to his custom tuned pad that he suffered in this very cabinet. That's why last year KAC, FEFEMZ is far more consistent because maybe he's used to playing on more than one pad, aka playing PIU and DDR on different arcade places.

[@RoflCopterDesigner]

Why is RSS not in the video title? He played a match, right?

[@drdvids]

Fixed, thanks

[@frankzapata9132]

SOMETHING MISSING?! WHERE FEFEMZ?

[@gab_gallard]

He started the Korean military service, so he is retiring from rhythm games for 2 years.

[@seanluo8369]

Why is the view count so low relative to your 8th KAC video?

[@shizzler7176]

Was Chris's pad bad or something really really bizarre how many misses and NG he got in his first play of Max360 CSP ffs he had 7 greats and 13 misses

[@mrblackjacker32.03]

The pads on the gold cabin weren't the best.

[@ぬら-u7c]

FEFEMZさんいてほしかったなー

[@ikebunn853]

ぬら 彼は兵役なんだ…2年後にはバケモノになって戻ってくるぞ

[@ぬら-u7c]

Amasaki Ryoko はやく帰ってきてほしいですね

[@ikebunn853]

ぬら マジモンのゴリラと化してchirsといい戦いをして欲しい

[@randypelaez4104]

FEFEMZ no longer plays this because it is for babies ... he dedicates himself to Pump it UP which is much more difficult

[@alexarthurs2063]

Has anyone ever seen chris4life and drake in the same room?

[@connoremsley1692]

O.K, Chris.

[@CLITKING]

AMERICA! FUCK YEAH! COMING AGAIN TO SAVE THE MOTHER FUCKIN' DAY YEAH!

[@audioyulio]

me fuera gustado mas escuchar la musica que los comentaristas >.