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Title  :  Dragon Quest RTA Marathon II
Type  : Online marathon, no donations
Dates:  : April 7, 2016 - April 10, 2016
Schedule : https://horaro.org/dqrta2/schedule
Channel : http://twitch.tv/cleartonic

Overview

This is the official announcement of our second marathon, Dragon Quest RTA Marathon II ! Our marathon last year was successful, where a handful of community members offered the main series of either Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior) 1 through 9, along with some side titles. This is a community marathon to showcase our hard work and talents into the mostly-English speaking DQRTA community. No donations or fundraising will be handled for this marathon. There will be a few key changes this time:

- Submissions will be open to everyone (more below)
- DQ1-9 won't necessarily be featured with all installments, but rather a mix of whatever DQ games are submitted and what creates a strong schedule

The timeline for this event is above, and we'll plan to hold the marathon some time in late March or early April, which should be well in advance of RPG Limit Break and other main marathons.

Submissions

Submissions will be open via Google submission form. Similar to many other marathons, submissions will include the game title, console version, localization (language), estimate to complete, and any bonus content. Videos and demonstration of skill are especially helpful. No donation incentives, as donations are not handled for this event. Submitters are limited to 3 games, with as many reasonable categories a submitter could offer for each game. Races are welcome. All DQ titles are entitled to submission, including main entries and spinoffs, however the marathon as a whole will be more-so weighted to main series entries.

Game Schedule

Due to the nature of these games typically being long and the commitments needed to perform, scheduling of the marathon dates will take place after games are decided, among the runners who have made it in the marathon. As stated before, we'll try to focus on having a marathon highlighting strong game submissions as opposed to squarely focusing on getting all DQ1-9 featured (but that may still happen).

Entertainment

The below is a copy/paste from last year's marathon- it's still the same this year:
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Our goal is to provide an entertaining stream that simultaneously focuses on 1) the actual content of the RTA (real time attack) and 2) engaging the viewer.

For 1), various people will help provide commentary about the RTA. Our stream layout will be relatively simple, highlighting the importance of focusing on the RTA.

For 2), we have a few ideas. Although the RTAs are sophisticated at times, there are certainly points where there is "down-time", such as Metal Slime grinding or having to revisit a dungeon after dying to a boss. During these types of down-times, we will attempt to keep the viewers/chat entertained, such as holding Dragon Quest trivia (potentially with small perler prizes or other DQ knick-knacks).

Again, our primary focus is on the actual RTA, but our overall goal is for people to be engaged during the entire marathon.

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As well, this marathon will aim to focus on the English speaking community, which is a key factor for entertainment for a mostly-Western audience (the two points above). Some of our Japanese friends have been extremely helpful with learning DQRTA, but this marathon will highlight mostly English speakers, regardless of the game language. Of course, some exceptions may occur.

Organization

This time around, I'd be really grateful to get some help from the community. My rough estimate of the manpower to help run the event would be:

- 2-4 "admins" : People who would be willing to answer questions and generally help organize the event, as little or involved as available.
- 2-3 re-streamers : Especially anyone available in a different time zone
- 2 decisions committee members : I will likely choose these individuals, but if you are highly interested and not planning on appearing in the marathon, please let me know via direct message
- 1 layout/artwork specialist : I can certainly do this, but if someone more qualified & willing wants to help, I'm more than happy to delegate

None of these are mutually exclusive, feel free to sign up as two or more of these. And generally, if you want to help out with commentary on any of the games or to help with one-off tasks, I'm happy to hear you out.


Communication

This post serves as a central hub of information, which will be updated over time. However, all communication among runners will be taking place on a Discord server, which will be given to the organizers, runners, commentary and anyone else involved. There will be zero exceptions for communications outside of Discord for those involved with the marathon. Last time, I struggled to communicate with everyone via Twitter, SRL IRC, Twitch and Skype. Discord is free, easy to use and there's no reason to not have it.

Otherwise, general information will be updated in this topic. You can follow me on twitter @cleartonic if you'd like to see updates regarding this marathon, mostly reminders about upcoming deadlines.


Stay tuned for developments, and see you soon!
- Tonic
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Nice to see this happening again. I'd love to actually contribute in some way but outside of being an enthusiastic viewer and telling a few people here and there I alas don't see how...
I'll be happy to help with whatever I can, if you think I can make you some good layouts then I'm up for it, and if you need an administrative hand I can provide as well.
I'll gladly help with the admin side, I'm usually free most of the time outside of late Saturday Night/Sunday mornings
I must simply laugh.
Since I won't have a game I can submit, i'd be happy to help with any admin/restreaming/decision work that needs to be done, feel free to hit me up if you need help with that.

also should you not find any artist, i could probably work something out for you (i would have to pay for it though).
This is a very exciting thing.
Why Hello it is Me
Looks cool. I tuned into a bit of last years runs, looking forward to this one.
I run The World of Dragon Warrior, Torneko the last hope. I could submit that if anyone would like to see it. Of course I think there are like 5 other people on the planet that know what it is.
For anyone that needed to see my run with commentary I saved it under for DQ Marathon in my highlights here http://www.twitch.tv/lightningluke81/manager/highlights.
Why Hello it is Me
Note that I submitted a run with a VOD that lacks any commentary but I would be able to provide commentary during my run if accepted.
bichGOAL
I can offer some restreaming options once some scheduling is in place, assuming it is needed
Looks like we've got some pretty good coverage on submissions; I like that we've got some spinoffs and potential races submitted.  Not much love for the originals, but I guess that's okay since DW1 is just six hours of the trivia bot...  I went ahead and added DW3 to my submission, though.
The accepted games list is live! https://goo.gl/0UkBww

If you are on this list, please download Discord and contact me or Starofviolence to join DQRTA's Discord channel. There will be no exceptions for communication for the event going forward.
Quote from bichphuongballz:
I can offer some restreaming options once some scheduling is in place, assuming it is needed


Do you happen to know anyone that restreams to Japanese audio. 62% of my Torneko viewers on youtube are from Japan.
The schedule is live! Updated in the topic, and here:  https://horaro.org/dqrta2/schedule

Check out the games list this year and spread the word!
Giving some bump love to the marathon, starts in 5 days!
The marathon was a great success! Thanks for watching & to all participants.

Here are all of the Twitch VODs from the Marathon. This post will be updated with the YouTube playlist once it is ready:

Dragon Quest V
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59929541
World of Dragon Warrior : Torneko The Last Hope
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59930062
Dragon Quest Monsters 3D
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59929874
Dragon Quest II
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59930298
Dragon Warrior VII
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59930514 (1/4)
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59930618 (2/4)
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59930710 (3/4)
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59930874 (4/4)
Dragon Quest Monsters 2
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59931003
Dragon Quest Swords
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59931406
Dragon Quest III
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59931676
Dragon Warrior IV
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59931998 (1/2)
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59932213 (2/2)
Dragon Quest IX
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59932472 (1/2)
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59933389 (2/2)
Dragon Quest VIII
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59933738 (1/2)
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59933855 (2/2)
Dragon Quest Heroes : Rocket Slime
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59934105
Dragon Quest I
https://www.twitch.tv/cleartonic/v/59934364
Any news on when we can expect Youtube links? I'm definitely interested in these - wasn't able to watch them live due to other plans/work, but don't want to have to deal with Twitch VoDs.
You can find them right now actually. Just click on this link to Clear Tonics youtube channel, and search for DQRTA Marathon II playlist in his created playlist. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsRBXiVMnvVPFDXPRH-2GIA
Thank you very much!
Finally caught up on most of the marathon, great stuff. Kudos to everyone who put it together