Live Start Battle

What are Live Start Battles?

All you need to take part in this event is to purchase your very own Live Start Deck! Whether you are an experienced player or totally fresh out of your first holoca demo session, you can relax and play comfortably on an even playing field. That's because this beginner-friendly tournament series can only be played with unmodified Live Start Decks! So don't worry about winning or losing, just choose your favorite deck and dive straight into the world of hololive OFFICIAL CARD GAME with your Oshi holomem!

What are the basic rules of this tournament?

• Matches will be played in an individual format using Standard Game Rules of the hololive OFFICIAL CARD GAME.
• The winner of each round will be determined by a Best-of-1 format, where the first player to win one game wins the match round.
• The time limit for each round is 35 minutes.

*Players may choose to change to a different Live Start Deck between rounds.
*Due to the varying number of participating players, hosting shops may adjust the tournament structure to provide a better playing experience for participants.

Please kindly check with your hosting card shop if you have any inquiries about the event details on the day of the Live Start Battle tournament.

How do I participate in the Live Start Battles?

The purchase of a Live Start Deck from your hosting shop and a Bushi Navi account is required to participate in this tournament series.
You can easily access Bushi Navi on your personal devices by downloading the app from the App Store for Apple users, or from Google Play for Android users!

• Registration dates on Bushi Navi will be updated at a later date.
• Please note that due to time zone differences, it might take some time for entries to appear.

*If you do not have a smartphone, registrations can be done via the webpage here.
*Do note that the purchase of a Live Start Deck is only valid for one Live Start Battle entry. The purchase of another Live Start Deck will be required to be eligible for another entry, and so on.

Step 1: How do I download the Bushi Navi app?

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Step 2: How do I register for a Live Start Battle?

After downloading Bushi Navi, you can use the app to find card shops around you that are hosting Live Start Battles and check their event schedules.

Click here for a tutorial on how to search using the Bushi Navi mobile app!

Step 3: What do I need to participate in Live Start Battle?

On the day of the event, all you need is to bring along the device you used to register your Bushi Navi account to the hosting shop, purchase your favorite Live Start Deck out of the 6 available types, and you're good to go!

*For inquiries on the event details and questions on how to participate, please kindly reach out to the hosting shop for the Live Start Battle that you are interested in.

What can I use to participate in the Live Start Battles?

All you need is your very own Live Start Deck!

*Please note that to participate in this tournament series, your deck cannot be modified in any way from the original card composition that came in the product.

Live Start Deck Shirakami Fubuki
Live Start Deck Juufuutei Raden
Live Start Deck Sakura Miko
Live Start Deck Hoshimachi Suisei
Live Start Deck Mori Calliope
Live Start Deck Oozora Subaru

What prizes can I look forward to?

[Participation Prize]

"Red Cheer hY03-018 P" or "Blue Cheer hY04-015 P" x 1 Card
Participants will receive an exclusive cheer card with special illustrations featuring Takanashi Kiara or Hoshimachi Suisei!

*The images are for illustrative purposes only.

Guidelines for Hosting Shops

Tournament Structure

To better introduce new players to how officially sanctioned tournaments are usually organized, we highly recommend the following tournament guidelines:

• Overall Rounds: Swiss-system tournament
• Time for Each Round: 35 minutes
• Time Up Determination: Double Loss
• Overall Winner: More rounds may be added until a player with no losses can be determined.

Tournament Reporting

Please conclude the Live Start Battle on the same day that your shop has organized the event by clicking/tapping on the "Proceed to End & Report" button in your Bushi Navi organizers' account.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is a Swiss-system tournament format?

A: The Swiss-system is a tournament format where every participating player will play the same number of matches and their winning results are used to determine their overall placings. After the first round, players are matched to opponents with similar results.

Q: Can we organize the Live Start Battles using a tournament structure besides the Swiss-system tournament format?

A: If circumstances make it difficult to run the event in a Swiss-system tournament format, you may consider using a Single-Elimination or Double-Elimination format to host the Live Start Battle at your shop's discretion.

Q: Is the "Time Up" ruling strictly limited to 35 minutes per round?

A: You may adjust the timing to be more than 35 minutes per round at your shop's discretion.

*However, please kindly inform all participating players about the change in round timings before you start the tournament.

Q: What should we do about the prize if we only have one officially registered participating player?

A: Please kindly provide them with one "Participation Prize."