S9 Tournament

Hello, and welcome to the Season 9 Tournament for Wind Waker Randomizer, the randomizer's premier tournament! This document tells you what you need to know before joining. If you have more questions, ask on the WWR Racing Discord or contact a tournament organizer (anyone with the Organizer role in Discord). 

Dates

Qualifiers

You can use this site to convert to your time zone.

You can find the current standings for the qualifiers here: https://hth.zeldaspeedruns.com/event/twwrmain/s9/teams

Bracket

Bracket races start on June 29. Note that we expect the best-of-3 series to be played within a week for lower bracket matches beyond LB Quarters.

Settings

The tournament uses the dev_tanjo3.1.10.7.3 build of the randomizer (linked below) with the following settings:

• Dungeons 

• 3 Required Bosses

• Add Inter-Dungeon Shortcuts

• Split Warp Pots by Required

• Open DRC: Off

• Dungeon Secrets

• Earth Temple - Behind Curtain Next to Hammer Button is excluded

• Tingle Chests

• Only Tower of the Gods - Tingle Statue Chest is included

• Puzzle Secret Caves

• Combat Secret Caves

• Only Horseshoe Island, Boating Course, and Fire Mountain are included

• Island Puzzles

• Windfall Island - Jail - Maze Chest is excluded

• Great Fairies

• Northern Fairy Island, Outset Island, and Western Fairy Island are excluded

• Submarines

• Only Six-Eye Reef - Submarine is included

• Lookout Platform and Rafts

• Only Bomb Island, Cyclops Reef, Islet of Steel, and Stone Watcher Island, and Fire Mountain - Destroy the Cannons are included

• Short Sidequests

• Long Sidequests

• Only Windfall Island - Kamo - Full Moon Photo is included

• Kamo Accepts Any Moon Phase

• Spoils Trading

• Hoskit 20 Golden Feathers, 15 Blue Chu Jelly, and Mrs. Marie Joy Pendants are excluded

• Big Octos and Gunboats

• Only the Two-Eye Reef Big Octo Great Fairy are included

• Miscellaneous

• Minigames

• Only Dragon Roost Island - Rito Aerie - Mail Sorting is included

• Shorten Mail Sorting Minigame

• Free Gifts

• Mail

• Letter from Hoskit's Girlfriend and Letter from Tingle are excluded

• Expensive Purchases

• Only Windfall Island - Zunari - Sail is included

• Overworld Rupees

  • Dragon Roost Island - Rupee Above Grapple Post

  • Gale Isle - Rupee on East Pillars 2-3

  • Greatfish Isle - Rupee on Small Island 1-2

  • Headstone Island - Rupee Behind Headstone 1

  • Headstone Island - Rupee on Lone Spire

  • Ice Ring Isle - Rupee Frozen in Ice

  • Outset Island - Rupee Above Water Pool Near Link's House

  • Outset Island - Rupee Behind Trees Near Link's House

  • Outset Island - Rupee on Link's House

  • Outset Island - Rupee Underneath Mesa's Door

  • Shark Island - Rupee on Upper Ledge 1-2

  • Tingle Island - Rupee On Top of Tingle Tower

• Only the following rupees are included:

• Dungeon Rupees

  • Earth Temple - Rupee Under Destructible Statue in Shortcut

  • Earth Temple - Rupee in Third Crypt 2

  • Wind Temple - Rupee Hidden Under Cracked Floor 1-3

• Only the following rupees are included:

• Blue Chu Jellies

• Only Eastern Fairy Island, Needle Rock Isle, and Thorned Fairy Island are included

• Item Randomizer Modes:

• Sword Mode: No Starting Sword

• Chest Type Matches Contents

• Small Keys: Own Dungeon

• Big Keys: Own Dungeon

• Dungeon Maps and Compasses: Start With

• Boss Soul Shuffle

• Dungeon Entrances Randomized

• Randomize Starting Island

• Start with:

• Telescope

• All Songs

• Din's and Nayru's Pearls

• 3 Tingle Statues

• 19 Skull Necklaces, 10 Knight's Crests, 14 Green Chu Jellies

• 1 Extra Random Starting Item

• Logic Tricks:

• Boating Course Cave with Only Hookshot

• DRC - Use Deku Leaf to Enter Gaping Maw

• DRC - Use Ice Arrows to Enter Gaping Maw

• FF - Use Floormaster to Reach Upper Jail Cell

• FF - Trick Mounted Cannons to Blow Up Gate

• Reflect Light Arrows with Skull Hammer

• Hint Options:

• Place Hints on King of Red Lions: 3 Path, 5 Barren, 6 Location

• Prioritize Remote Location Hints

• Hint Importance

• Kreeb Hints Bows

• All Magic Meters are Double

Additionally, the following convenience tweaks are on:

• Swift Sail

• Instant Text Boxes

• Reveal Full Sea Chart

• Add Shortcut Warps Between Dungeons

• Skip Boss Rematches

• Remove Title and Ending Videos

You may turn on or off the following options and convenience tweaks at your preference:

• Randomize Enemy Palettes

• Invert Camera X-Axis

• Invert Sea Compass X-Axis

Here is an example permalink for these settings: eJxLSS2LL0nMy8o31jPUMzTQM9czjk8xNkgxMk9mcGS4//1Tc+mHA/HnJOY/kNiv9INfkeHfX/4/wgYMDA5PT/3n/K/J/ceehUGg4Ub9f3v/nE32d0rsjf//L663/v+fg5UBBBy8liYysDEJKDRdnfGzJYFHgIGJkYkFIsUgzODAWMCgxMMBAMVjLfw=

Find the downloads for the build here: https://github.com/tanjo3/wwrando/releases/tag/dev_tanjo3.1.10.7.3

And a link for a tracker here: https://www.wooferzfg.me/tww-rando-tracker/wwrando-dev-tanjo3/

Tournament Structure

The tournament consists of a qualifying stage and a main stage.

Qualifying Stage

• There are eight (8) qualifier races. Only the first four (4) races that a runner enters count towards their qualifier results. Only a runner's two (2) best results will count.

• A forfeit or disqualification (DQ) will still count as one of the four (4) races.

• Runners are assigned points for each race based on their performance relative to the average of the top 3 times in the race.

• Points will be assigned according to the following formula:
  

• All runners are eligible to be a part of the top 3 average, even if they have already finished four (4) races.

• Runners will receive at least 100 points if they finish the race.

• A forfeit or a DQ will result in 0 points.

• Ties are broken based on which runner has more points in their best race.

• Qualified runners will advance to the Season 9 Tournament bracket.

Main Stage

• There will be a double-elimination bracket.

• Matches will be best of 3, starting in Winners Bracket (WB) Quarterfinals and Lower Bracket (LB) Round 1. WB Rounds 1 and 2 will be best-of-1 matches.

• Grand Finals will be a best-of-5 series, with the runner from WB starting with a 1-0 advantage.

Resources

• Tourney Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OW6L5d0b9xyYhEyPKvjEk4675Z9yeaKZUt7Lp_V9dTg/edit?tab=t.0

• Storage Tutorials: Basic Concepts and Advanced Wind Waker Dives

• Playlist of Useful Strats: TWWR Strats by wooferzfg

• Dungeon Route Primers:

• Dungeon Routes Playlist by Kwalla

• DRC, FW, TOTG, FF, WT by Claireeon

• ET by ofc2000alex

• TWW Trick Logic: Google Sheet by Chavu

• WWR Category on racetime.gg: https://racetime.gg/twwr