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Mikado arcade in Japan will once again be holding its Guilty Gear league, Tenkaichi Budokai, and is asking for aid in determining the event's competitors.

Tenkaichi Budokai is an arcade-based, offline league where eight players are split into two groups in a round-robin format. The player with the most points in each group is then moved into the final round. Those two players will be joined by a third player who wins a "last chance qualifier" comprised of the next-highest-placing competitors.

Tenkaichi Budokai will be streamed on Jonio's Twitch channel with live commentary in English and Japanese provided by MajinObama and Jonio, respectively.

For the upcoming 2017 league, this year's winner, Karinchu, will be joined by three players who win qualifier events. The other four participants, however, will be decided by a public vote. From Nov. 18 through Dec. 2, 2016, players and spectators are given four votes a day to support the candidates of their choice for the league. Voters can mark their ballots at ftg-reversal.net, but for those who do not understand Japanese, MajinObama and Eiji have put together an explanation of the voting process and a guide to the potential players.

For more information on Tenkaichi Budokai, including league dates as they become available, follow MajinObama, Eiji and Jonio on Twitter.