The Bandori franchise has thrown so much news at us today it's almost a bit overwhelming. > o<

It's so exciting though, seeing how far Bandori as a whole has come. This time last year, I thought GBP was going to be one of those things that eventually faded out of the hype and was slowly forgotten. A lot of people I had known had started to give up and quit the game, but I held onto it because I had faith.

Seeing how much the game has throttled the franchise forward is inexplicably amazing. A continuation of the anime with not one, but two seasons (with hopefully better animation than the first), a chibi anime coming out quite soon, a new male project branching out... It's so cool to see how this franchise has grown so much in the last year.

I may not have been around during the very beginning of the Bandori franchise, but it still means so much to me and it's so heart-warming to see it grow and succeed.

I'm ready to support the rest of the Bandori franchise, and whatever it plans to release next! 💕

Announcing the Launch of Activities!

It's been a long time coming, but we've finally got activities on Bandori.Party, as well as a lot of other updates that come with it.

Starting with activities, you can now post how you're feeling about a variety of stuff! Check out the tags you can attach when you go to make an activity of your own. You can specify the language of the post as well! MAKE SURE you are posting within site guidelines!

Terms of Use for Activites

There is a NSFW Tag, however it will NOT be used to solicit porn or sexually aggressive content. This is more for "the spoopy stuff" or questionable content. Post within this tag at your discretion, but know our moderator team will be checking these out! You can also opt-out of seeing specific tags within your profile settings.

Block Feature

You can now "block" users or content you do not want to see. Check out the details of the "Block" function on our wiki page. We want a happy website, so making you happy with making sure you're avoiding content you know you don't want to see was a priority for us and the Circles Management team!

Other New Features!

Our homepage has been updated to view 1 of the most recent 20 cards. This includes 4⭐s, 3⭐s, and 2⭐s! If you have a girl set in your favorite slot, you have a 20% chance of seeing any of her non 1⭐ cards on the front page! You can also see a feed of activities if you scroll down. If you see a card you don't know, there's a small "i"con in the bottom left that will take you to that card's detail page.

New "Error" pages featuring "Uwee" Kanae-chan! Now you'll see an upset Kanae chibi holding onto her tablet trying to debug an error when you can't access a page due to several error types. Who is Kanae?

New Staff pages where you can learn more about the staff and what they do! Hover over a "i"con and see a description of the jobs they do for our site! Meet us!

Additional changes made to the site include an "original" filter for the initial cards not tied to a gacha, event, or promo. We are also now available in Portugal-Portuguese, with Vietnamese on the way!

Thank you everyone for sticking through with us this past year. We celebrated our first anniversary on April 9, 2018! We will be hosting a belated contest & activity launch giveaway in the future. Stay tuned for those!! :'3

As you may have noticed, most of Michelle's live2d models are currently bugged. I'm just letting you know we're releasing a fix soon. Sorry! The fix is out!

been seeing a lot of these unpopular opinion posts recently 🤔

just wanted to remind you all that everyone is entitled to an opinion and it's okay if you're in the minority about some things!

but the line between unpopular opinions and hateful comments is a very thin one, so please think about how you write your opinions! we don't want anyone to fight or feel offended!

we just want everyone here to get along〜☆

banner by violetR

-=- ENTRY FORM -=- DISCORD -=- MORE DETAILS + RANKINGS -=-

In conjunction with our launch giveaway, the staff team is pleased to announce our first community event - Bandori.Party Battle of the Bands! We apologize for the various delays we've had, they were caused by unexpected errors in our planning as well as the majority of our staff team being busy for a short while, and would like to thank the users who have had so much patience with us!

And now that we've finished the introduction, let us begin introducing the event~!

General Outline

The purpose of this event is to rack up points for a band of your choice by participating in moderated live rooms! After event sign-ups are over, we will announce which band you will be representing - please keep in mind that you may not get your first choice band, but we will do our best to accommodate everyone into either their first or second choices. In each live room, we will have at least one moderator (who will be representing a band as well), as well as one player from every other band. These players and moderator will then play a song (which will be 'voted' on by players, provided that they fit with the 'theme'), and will be judged based on performance, and will receive points based on their performance. Each live room will have a specific "theme" that will be rotated throughout the duration of our sessions - a specific list can be found below.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The majority of our communication will be done through Discord - be sure to have an account, and have joined our Discord group!

Specifics - Scoring System

The scoring system is based off a “Perfect Million” scoring system, where each player will be scored out of one million points based on their performance. More details and formula are available here. Players will also receive bonuses to their score based on their chosen difficulty, as indicated below:

• Easy → no bonus
• Normal → +20 000 to total score (2% of total possible score)
• Hard → +50 000 to total score (5% of total possible score)
• Expert → +90 000 to total score (9% of total possible score)

After each player has been scored, and difficulty bonuses applied, players will then be ranked against each other based on their total score, to receive points for their band. The number of points each player will receive are broken down as such:

• 1st Place → 10 pts.
• 2nd Place → 8 pts.
• 3rd Place → 7 pts.
• 4th Place → 6 pts.
• 5th Place → 5 pts.

Furthermore, there are additional bonuses/penalties! For those overachievers out there, there's a bonus for full comboing a song - 1 point on Easy or Normal, and 2 points on Hard or Expert! Also, should a player be exhausted (this will be determined by your number of Bads/Misses at the end of the song - healers will not help!) by the end of the song, there is a deduction of 3 points (not score!) to the number of earned points for that run. Please keep the above points in mind while selecting your difficulty for songs - be sure to play at the appropriate difficulty~

Specifics - Song Rotation

As explained above, the songs that are available to be played in rooms will be based on a specific 'theme'. There is a list of these available themes, which will be randomly picked before a room is hosted.

1. Poppin' Party! {Original Songs}
2. Roselia {Original Songs}
3. Pastel * Palettes {Original Songs}
4. Afterglow {Original Songs}
5. Hello Happy World! {Original Songs}
6. Poppin' Party! {Cover Songs}
7. Roselia {Cover Songs}
8. Pastel * Palettes {Cover Songs}
9. Afterglow {Cover Songs}
10. Hello Happy World! {Cover Songs}
11. Any Song!

These will be selected via a random number generator - however, moderators may repick a theme based on their own judgement, should they feel a certain theme is selected too often, or a certain theme is not being used often enough.

Specifics - Conduct During the Event

Of course, there's all the stuff about being nice to one another, having good sportsmanship, and other such things that needs to be mentioned in this section... But this section is not only for these matters, but also things that help make our lives easier!

1. Changing Your Nickname in the Discord Server - After the event begins, please include your Bandori username in your Discord nickname, if it isn't the same/already in there. You do not have to delete your existing username - for example, simply attach your Bandori username at the end of your username, like this: < Username > [ Bandori Username ].

2. Setting your In-Game tag to Support your Band - Be sure to show support for your band by setting your in-game 'tag' to support your band! This also helps with keep track of who's part of what team during lives, helping us organize players, thanks for doing this in advance~

3. Setting your Discord Status - If you are not available for play at any time during the sessions, for one reason or another, but don't want to be disconnected from Discord/the chat, be sure to set your status to Idle/Do Not Disturb! We will not select you to participate in a live should your status be set to Idle/Do Not Disturb. Being available when you're selected really helps with running the event smoothly, so this is an important note! Additionally, the reverse also applies - if you want to be selected, be sure to set your status to Online!

4. Setting a Team Leader - Please do NOT use a Perfect Lock leader for your teams! Because players will be judged based off their performance instead of their score, Perfect Lock skills will severely affect results. Yes, we get that you want to support your band by showing off the best copy of the card you have. However, we sincerely ask all users to refrain from using a Perfect Lock leader, thank you~

If you don't know how to perform any of the above things, simply comment below or contact us, and we will do our best to provide assistance!

Specifics - Exhaustion

Many users have been confused about our rules about Exhaustion during a live, as we cannot accurately measure whether or not somebody fails. Therefore, we have enacted a new system that will allow for more flexibility and accuracy when declaring whether somebody is "exhausted" or not.

Details

• At the end of the live, each player's Bads and Misses are tallied up, then added together to form a "penalty score".
• For the purposes of the penalty score, each Bad will count as half a point, and each Miss will count as one point.
• A player will be declared "Exhausted" if this penalty score exceeds a certain threshold.
• This threshold will be determined by 2% of the total notes in the song, always rounded up to the nearest half number.
• Even if a player is not actually exhausted at the end of a live, if their penalty score exceeds the threshold for that song, they will be declared "exhausted".
• Conversely, even if a player gets exhausted in-game, as long as their penalty score does not exceed the threshold, they will not be declared "exhausted" for the purposes of the event.
• Unlike the scoring system, this mechanic has not been tested by our moderators or staff team. This system may be changed during the event (especially regarding the % of notes that makes up the threshold value) should it be deemed 'inappropriate'.

Tentative Schedule

Bandori.Party Battle of the Bands will be held over a period of two "meta" periods (where events are not taking place). Here is a schedule for this next "meta" period (05.19 - 05.21). Once again, you do NOT need to participate in every session~!

Regular Sessions

These sessions will take place at the following times, provided that there are enough members from each band to do so. You may not join a room with a moderator from your own team - keep this in mind! (Moderators' teams are provided in brackets)

LatidoReMe (HaroHapi)

• Saturday / 05.20 / 6:00 UTC
• Sunday / 05.21 / 6:00 UTC

BAGU (Poppin')

• Friday / 05.19 / 18:00 UTC
• Friday / 05.19 / 20:00 UTC
• Saturday / 05.20 / 10:00 UTC

TiffyNinja (Roselia)

• Friday / 05.19 / 4:00 UTC
• Friday / 05.19 / 6:00 UTC
• Saturday / 05.20 / 4:00 UTC

aorteau (Aglo)

• Friday / 05.19 / 23:00 UTC
• Saturday / 05.20 / 22:00 UTC
• Sunday / 05.21 / 22:00 UTC

Nacko (Aglo)

• Friday / 05.19 / 22:00 UTC
• Saturday / 05.20 / 23:00 UTC
• Sunday / 05.21 / 23:00 UTC

Infinity (PasuPare)

• Friday / 05.19 / 20:00 - 21:00 UTC
• Saturday / 05.20 / 20:00 - 21:00 UTC

Wildcard Sessions

This is a new free session system. Staff will be available all day to fill in during times of high volume and traffic, as well as allow more flexibility within the schedule. They will run as normal games, but will happen sporadically.

Staff are also allowed to host a session at any time besides the times they assigned themselves. The only limitation is that they are required to have 4 members of competing bands online to do so.

violetR (PasuPare)

• Friday / 05.19 / 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
• Saturday / 05.20 / 10:00 - 16:00 UTC

Passionate (HaroHapi)

• Friday / 05.19 / ???
• Saturday / 05.20 / ???

natsushi (Poppin')

• Friday / 05.19 / ???
• Saturday / 05.20 / ???

jadii (Roselia)

• Friday / 05.19 / ???
• Saturday / 05.20 / ???

Prizes

And of course, we can't forget about prizes! The prizes for this event will be badges on our site, Bandori.Party! Each and every participant will receive a badge for participating, and the members of the winning band will receive an additional badge, be sure to show them off your friends!

Miscellaneous Rules + FAQ

Any further questions about the event that wasn't answered in this post, or any of the related documents? Feel free to PM us or comment your question below, and we'll answer it to the best of our ability!

Furthermore, should any additional rules need to be added (for the sake of organization, balancing, and whatnot), they will be posted in this section, so stay tuned!

Rules about Exhaustion - Read in Section "Specifics - Exhaustion"

Summary: If you miss a certain number of notes (2% of the total notes in the song), you will be declared "exhausted", regardless of whether you actually failed or not. Conversely, even if you are actually exhausted, as long as your misses don't exceed this number, you will not be declared "exhausted" for the sake of this event. In regards to this rule, two Bads will count as a Miss.

1. What is Garupa?

Garupa is the shortened form of BanG Dream!, taking the "Girls' Band Party" part of the name.

2. Does my centre have to be a member of my assigned band? Do all members have to be from my assigned band?

No, your centre/team can be made up of any member you wish. At the same time, there's nothing against it, so if you want to show off a shiny 4* from your favorite band, go for it! However, like stated above, no Perfect Lock leaders please!

3. Speaking of Perfect Lock leaders, can I use them anywhere else on my team?

Yes! Since their skills will NOT be activating during live shows, it is fine to have Perfect Lock characters on your team, provided they are not your leader.

-=- ENTRY FORM -=- DISCORD -=- MORE DETAILS + RANKINGS -=-

We look forward to seeing everyone at the event~!

edit on May 5th - addition of a FAQ, as well as tentative schedule

edit on May 12th - fixed Discord link + added rules about exhaustion

BANDORI.PARTY PRESENTS: DESIGN OUR MANAGER!

Have you noticed in the world of Bandori, there's all sorts of managers? We have the old lady in SPACE, our fearless leader Marina at CiRCLE... But we don't have one for Bandori.Party!

We don't have many guidelines, because we want to see what you come up with! All we ask is you design a live-house manager with Bandori.Party in mind! If you don't think you're the best artist, we will take your design idea and one of our staff artists will redraw your vision! You don't have to do a fully rendered art piece to win!

WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE!

FAQ

Why a Manager?

In the BanG Dream! Universe, its focused on girl bands operating in girl-band specialised live houses. As a database and "hub" for the game, we think having a manager mascot would be an obvious choice. Even though it seems like there aren't many men in this universe, we aren't closing that option for the contest. So just submit what you think will be the best fit for a Bandori.Party manager!

Okay, so, What's a Bandori.Party Live House?

Not being literal here, it's just the theme for this contest. We're pretending that the site is like a live-house, due to the parallels in the networking/hub like atmosphere, and asking for a 'manager'.

What do you mean by a 'rendered image'?

This would mean you provided a full body image, fully colored/shaded and in high resolution. However, we realise not all great ideas come from people who can fully render their idea.

So, what should I include if I submit just a design?

You can be as detailed or not as you would like, however keep in mind overall design will be judged. So we'd like to see a hairstyle, hair/eye color, the outfit, any accessories they might have, and a color palette.

What Happens to my design if it wins?

This is covered in the Terms & Conditions you accept when you submit your design/image. Please read it on the submission form.

Anything else?

Please take all the liberties you want, but keep in mind that the character is a manager of the Bandori.Party live house, and should reflect that. You can name them for an added touch if you'd like. If you have anymore questions, we would be happy to answer them below in the comments!

Contest Ended 08/01/17

CONTEST CLOSED-- SEE WINNERS HERE!!!

Let's Celebrate! Collectible Launch Giveaway!

Hi all, aren't you super excited about the collections and activities being implemented on the site? We sure are! We're so excited, we're holding a few contests and giveaways for the occasion. Read below for some different ways to enter and prizes we have included for this fantastic occasion! You can enter the contest in all 2 areas of entry if you'd like to bolster your chances. However, you can only win a category once. If you win in multiple, the runner-up in that area will be getting the prize. YES, THIS IS OPEN WORLD WIDE!

Twitter Giveaway

1. Add your cards to your collection from this link.

2. Customize your profile to fit your style: settings.

3. (Optional) Add your list of participated events, played songs, and favorite cards.

4. Enter through gleam.io for the random entry category. Then reply to the tweet generated from gleam.io with a profile link and any extra stuff you want to include (photos for example) to wow the Staff for staff pick!

Note: If you include images, only use official artworks, artworks you own, or fan artworks that are approved by the artist and credited.

Prizes

• Most popular

The tweet with the highest number of likes + retweets (combined) will get 1 Maya Yamato -OR- Moca Aoba pick.

• Staff favorite

The nicest profile handpicked by staff (with cards & details filled, links added and nice presentation at the top) will get 1 Saaya Yamabuki -OR- Yukina Minato rubber strap.

• Random

One tweet will be selected randomly. The winner will get 1 Arisa Ichigaya badge.

If you win and you want to swap prize with another winner, ask them and let us know!

Feedback Giveaway

If you want a simple approach, you can leave a line about what else you think needs to be on Bandori.Party, how you feel about the site, or if you wanna let us know we're awesome and the site is worth crying ourselves to sleep in exhaustion sometimes (I'm joking) (but really). We will choose 3 random people that submit valid feedback from the form. What's valid feedback? Anything longer than 4 sentences and isn't just a random "owo what's this" or a spammy link to check out your Myspace account or whatever.

Fill it out here.

Prizes

A custom twitter icon/header combo for your profile by BrokenMadnessu!