- World Pump Festival
World Pump Festival better known as WPF, is an annual competition/event on the dance game "
Pump It Up " which takes place at the end of each year. cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Gamesindustry.Biz article | date = | url =http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=20046| accessdate = 2007-11-17 ] . "Pump It Up" is a Korean game that requires physical movement of the feet. The game is open for breakdancing and many people have accomplished this feat by memorizing the steps and creating dance moves to hit the arrows on time. What separates this from other Machine Dance Tournaments is the large amount of prize money on offer and national qualifiers around the world.At WPF, the best technical and freestyle players are flown from across the world to compete in their respective categories: Speed and Freestyle. As of 2006, a Female Speed category was introduced. The candidates are selected by tournaments held in their respective country by Supporters and Club Leaders - Members of the Pump community who work unpaid for Andamiro, organise tournaments and social events during the year. As well as the competition itself,
Andamiro takes players and spectators on a tour of the host country, as a form ofTourism aiming to promote the game as aSport forWeight loss using videogames and Korean culture to create friendship between players. Previous locations of WPF have been held in Korea at G Star, Lotte World and more recently, Mexico City. Nationals (qualifiers for WPF) in Mexico and Brazil have been held in sports stadiums. Currently, qualifiers for the next WPF will be held in December 2008 and the world competition to take place in the first quarter of 2009.Competitors in the freestyle category incorporate elements of
Locking (dance) ,Salsa (dance) ,Funk styles ,Popping ,Hip hop dance ,breakdance andStreet dance into performances. It has become the norm to make a routine usingChoreography while facing the audience.ponsorship
*Andamiro will provide a round trip flight, hotel, meals, transportation and tour at WPF for national winners.
*Spectators wishing to travel also have accommodation and all expenses covered (except their flight).
*The total prize money on offer for 2005: $ 129 000, 2006: $146 000 and for 2007 it is $148 000. cite news | last = | first = | coauthors = | title = Andamiro USA – WPF announcement | date = | url =http://www.andamiro.com/eng/news/notice_view.html?code=notice_usa&number=39| accessdate = 2007-11-17 ]
*When an athlete wins prize money, 30 percent of the money should be given to his or her club.Tournament Categories
Speed category: Rankings based on high scores. Normally technical players, in order to better focus on timing and pattern reading, will minimize any extraneous body movement during gameplay. These players are commonly referred to in the Pump Community as "Speed" players. Speed entrants (both in the male and female category) will practice the game on the most difficult songs/highest difficulty levels in an attempt to perfect their scores.
* Preliminary ~ Quarterfinal (M, F): Crazy
* Semifinal ~ Final (M, F): Nightmare
* Male: use of the bar is forbidden
* Female: use of the bar is permitted
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