Another GBB qualifier in a few days woohoo!
Eliminations:
Bracket:
King Inertia vs Heiwatoasty -> King Inertia
Penido vs TRC -> Penido
Crythix vs G-Wizz -> G-Wizz
Osis vs Doobsama -> Osis
King Inertia vs Penido -> King Inertia
G-Wizz vs Osis -> Osis
King Inertia vs Osis -> Osis
Congratulations to the participants qualified to GBB and everyone who participated!
Tag team: UMA
Loopstation: Mokbay
Crew: Novel Vintage
Solo: Bookie Blanco
This is a huge GBB qualification with 4 teams being able to qualify into GBB! The winner of the Solo, Tag team, Crew, and Loopstation category will qualify to GBB2026!
Solo:
Ver.Φ, RTR, s1on, Corey, Riku Matsushima, Gz7v, Bookie Blanco, Adi Kerang, Viva, Bly Crepsley, Waddle
Area Prelims Redemption: Akky, Yuichi, NeoN, MarioHash
*CJ (2nd wildcard) and RTAB (8th wildcard) dropped out.
Tag team:
SARSHIANS, Fruit Baskets, RUSY & KOKI, UMA, SHMIX, Blue Mountain Beatbox
*Future Monster (2nd wildcard) dropped out.
Crew:
NOVEL VINTAGE, orbitt, THE PORTCITY, Sound of Sony Ω
*Barcode (3rd wildcard) dropped out.
Loopstation:
TAMRO, Raje, Sora', Taro, MOKBAY, Duncan
Note, these are predictions and I could be wrong. I have my own biases and opinions.
Solo:
Area Prelims Redemption: NeoN
Seeding:
1st Round:
Rika Matsushima vs NeoN | Winner: NeoN
Adi Kerang vs Waddle | Winner: Adi Kerang
Bookie Blanco vs Bly Crepsley | Winner: Bookie Blanco
Viva vs Gz7v | Winner: Gz7v
Top 8 Bracket:
Quarterfinals:
Ver.Φ vs NeoN | Winner: NeoN
Corey vs Bookie Blanco | Winner: Bookie Blanco
RTR vs Gz7v | Winner: Gz7v
s1on vs Adi Kerang | Winner: Adi Kerang
Semifinals:
NeoN vs Bookie Blanco | Winner: Bookie Blanco
Gz7v vs Adi Kerang | Winner: Gz7v
Finals:
Bookie Blanco vs Gz7v | Winner: Bookie Blanco
Tag team:
Elimination:
Top 4 Bracket:
Semifinals:
UMA vs SARSHIANS | Winner: UMA
Fruit Baskets vs SHMIX | Winner: SHMIX
Finals:
UMA vs SHMIX | Winner: UMA
Crew:
Top 4 bracket:
Semifinals:
NOVEL VINTAGE vs Sound of Sony Ω | Winner: Sound of Sony Ω
orbitt vs The Portcity | Winner: orbitt
Finals:
Sound of Sony Ω vs orbitt | Winner: orbitt
Loopstation:
Elimination:
Top 4 bracket:
Semifinals:
TAMRO vs Sora' | Winner: Sora'
MOKBAY vs Raje | Winner: Raje
Finals:
Sora' vs Raje | Winner: Raje
Beatcity Japan is the next GBB challenger series that will happen next, being on May 5 and 6.
The people who are qualified in the solo category of Beatcity Japan are 7 wildcard winners, 4 regional qualifers, and an Area prelim that is yet to be decided.
The 4 people who are regional qualifiers are automatically top 8 in the bracket. However the wildcard winners need to do a seeding round. After that, the 7 wildcard winners and the Area prelim winner will have to battle to get into top 8.
I feel like it's unfair for the wildcard winners as they have to do a elimination and a battle to reach top 8, yet for the regional qualifiers, they are automatically in the top 8.
I feel like a better way to make it more fair to all the participants is have everyone do an elimination and then a top 8 bracket.
It's not just solo but also loopstation category. The winner of Japan Loopstation Championship is automatically in the top 4 while the rest of the wildcards have to do an elimination.
My guess is that they want to have a chance for Japanese people to get into GBB, which is totally understandable especially with other GBB challenger series like Africa/Mena and APAC targeting specific regions to have the chance to qualify into GBB, but I don't think the format is fair. Even in other GBB challenger series, beatboxers who are qualified besides wildcard still need to follow the same steps as everyone (like German Beatbox Championship: Global or Great North Battle 2024).
What are your thoughts about this? I would love to hear what other people have to say about it.