Here is a break down of what has been published so far:

    * 3 Age Divisions
      - Youth 3rd through 7th grade
      - Young Adult 7th through 12th grade
      - Adult age 18+
    * Locations are unannounced. They are looking for participating locations. Locations can appoint a tournament administrator to register and organize the tournament for their location. They will be given a tournament packet, online training and tournament support.
    * Three total Rounds
      - Round One, Open to all, July 15, 2010 and September 30, 2010
      - Round Two , Open to Top 3 from Round One, October 1, 2010 and November 19, 2010
      - Round Three (Finals), Open to Top 3 from each Age Division (9 players total) of Round Two, Saturday, December 4, 2010
    * Prizes for 1st place Finals winners for each division are a $250 Gift Certificate. Round 2 winners (9 players total) receive paid travel and hotel expenses for the finals.

Time to start practicing! Looks like I'll be at gameworks half the time now.
Hello SuperNova and SuperNova 2!

Jon, would you like to admin?  They are mailing the info packet soon, and I can pass it along to you.

Cool!  It would be cool if Konami allowed SN2 for the event, since its basically a better version of SN.

I imagine the marvelous timing vs non-marvelous timing in SN1 would cause some debates over the net.

Tournament organizers who have registered their locations for participation in the 2010 DDR US Championships have started receiving information about the tournament. Below is an updated version of what we have gathered from reading through the documents.

Round One – These are tournaments locations that have been registered through the website by tournament administrators who will run the tournament for their area.

Once a tournament location has been registered and accepted by Konami, competitors that have registered on the website will receive an email directing them to the nearest Round One tournament location.

Any official Konami DDR game can be chosen by the Tournament Administrator. The official rules states that a "DanceDanceRevolution game system" is to be used and suggested a PS2 version in other documentation.

3 Age Divisions

    * Youth, age 8 through 12
    * Teen, age 13 through 18
    * Adult, age 18 through 32

3 songs and difficulties for each age division will be chosen by the Administrator. A 4th song will be chosen for tie-breakers. Competitors choose between one of these 3 songs.

“The winner‟s score in Round One is determined by multiplying the number of “difficulty blocks” the song has (i.e. a score of 100,000 on a 7 difficulty block song comes to a final score of 700,000).” This is what is stated in the official rules, but the Admin Training PDF states “Scores will appear on the bottom of screen once play ends, this is the score that is recorded.” Going back though to the official rules says “Following Round One all winning scores are determined by the number of “Perfect” steps of each competitor.”

Round Two – These are 4 locations across the US that will be announced.

Dates: October 1, 2010 through November 20, 2010

Four total regional qualifier tournaments will be held, unlike last year’s 8. The official rules state that only the First and Second place winners from each Round One division are eligible to compete in the Round Two regional’s, but in other places it states top 3 places.

Rules are the same as last year’s regional's. Single elimination, first 3 rounds are best of 3, song choices are randomed from specific list, semis and finals participants are able to choose one song and the third song is randomed.

Round Three – Finals, location to be announced.

Date: December 4, 2010
Rules are single elimination, random seeding, best of 3 . “In order to qualify for the US Finals, you must win your age group and have one of the top four scores nationally.”

Prizes

Only the prizes for the Regional tournaments are stated in the Official rules. 1st and 2nd regional winners receive a trophy and a copy of a DanceDanceRevolution game. The website states that $250 gift certificates will be awarded to the top 3 in each age division.


A lot of what I've been reading has been taken from the West Virgina DDR State Championship. There are many small details that are stated differently in different places from the Official Rules, so its very hard to understand what to expect. We still do not know which arcade version of DDR players will be expected to compete on for the Regional and Final tournaments.

The available tournament administrator documentation along with the official rules can be found in these two PDF's

Round One Admin Packet includes Official Rules PDF
Round One Admin Training includes tournament summary PDF

Source: http://www.ddruschampionship.com/index.html