Heat-Haze
Chorus Battle

Heat Haze Chorus Battle is a 3-round non-elimination lore-based CB centered around following the events of the Kagerou Daze. Participants will create entries following their "mekakushi dan"s story while covering songs from the Kagerou Project discography.

Up Next - Chapter 1 End

    Rules

    General Rules

    - Plagiarism will result in automatic elimination.
    - Please be polite to both judges and participants.
    - Please don't publicly or privately send unsolicited critiques to teams. Unless the specific team grants you permission to critique their work, this job goes to the judges.
    - Please don't DM judges or hosts for any inquiries regarding the CB.
    - For any inquiries, use the #questions channel or the #support-tickets channel in the official discord server.

    Team Requirements

    - A group can consist of a minimum of 5 members and a maximum of 12 members.
    - A group must consist of a minimum of 3 vocalists and a maximum 12 vocalists
    - Members must have an active social media account (ie. Instagram, twitter, youtube, etc.)
    - A member can only be part of one team during a specific round.
    - Teams can change their roster at no cost at any time during the CB. Please notify the staff team of any changes.
    - Members can be anonymous, however, identities must be disclosed to the HHCB staff.
    - Each team must have a leader and a co-leader and will be the staff's point of contact.

    Submission

    - Members must NOT be in any outfits of the original characters in Kagerou Project. Designs must be original.
    - For songs, you can cover any of the songs in the Kagerou Project discography.
    - Remixes, translated lyrics and mashups are allowed!
    - Videos must be 2:30 mins minimum and 6 mins maximum.
    - Song can be any language and is not limited to one.
    - Each member must be credited unless anon.
    - Original artists must be credited and and external assets doc must be in the description.
    - Script, A capella, art, WAV, alt video links may or may not be placed in the video description. However, they must be submitted on the entry submission form for judging.
    - Title format is : 【 #HHCBC1 】 song name 【Team Name】

    Grace period

    - Grace period will start after the round deadline and go on for 48 hours.
    - For rendering issues, a screenshot must be provided before the grace period starts to submit your entry in grace without deduction.
    - Each hour in the grace period is a 0.5 deduction unless the team submitted a proof of render screenshot.
    - The team won't receive more deductions once the screenshot is submitted (ex. team sent a screenshot 4 hours into grace, team will receive 2 points of deduction even if team submitted 10 hours later).
    - Any team who submitted after the grace period is automatically eliminated.

    Scoring

    Each chapter (round), each team will be able to earn up to 220 points, divided into:
    - 200 points for the main categories (vocals, mix, art, visual, animation).
    - 12 points for bonus challenges.
    - 8 points for lore evaluation.
    Since this is a non-elimination CB and everyone's reaching chapter 3, the total points for each chapter will be added to a culminative total which will be how the HHCB winner will be decided.

    Schedule

    All these dates end at 23:59 JST

    ChapterStartEndGraceJudging
    15/22/20268/14/20268/16/20269/18/2026
    29/19/202612/12/202612/14/20261/16/2027
    31/17/20274/11/20274/13/20275/16/2027

    Staff

    Kurai
    Host Graphics

    Hey guys! Kurai here doing CB graphics for the 4th time. I'm so glad to be able to organize this CB I'm a big KagePro fan and I can't wait to see all of your stories <3

    Kai
    Host Lore

    I’ve been involved in the CB scene for a number of years now, as a huge KagePro fan I’m super excited to be co-hosting HHCB! I hope participants have a great time, and I can’t wait to see everyone’s entries!!

    Chace
    Website Server

    Hiiii!! I'm Chace, a CB host for 2 CBs and a baby YouTaite during the KagePro era. I'm excited to see what you guys are going to make!

    Nash
    Lore Spreadsheets

    Hello! I've been in the behind-the-scene in CBs before and so I joined Heat Haze CB to help with stuffs!! Feeling burst of joy to see future entries

    kanalia
    Vocal Judge

    Helloooo I'm kanalia!!!! I think Kuroha helped me awaken a lot of things in me. I have a B.A. in Music Education, and have worked with many companies like Holostars, NIJISANJI, Phase Connect, V4Mirai, etc!

    Ying
    Vocal Judge

    Hey!! I’m a youtaite and songwriter of over 15 years now, and forever an avid fan of CBs! ‘Tis an honor to be of service as a judge. o7

    Kazu
    Mix Judge

    Hi! I’m Kazu - mixer, vocalist and a voice actor. I am a graduated actor and a vocal audio engineer with 7 years of experience. I can't wait to be a part of this experience with everybody else!

    Xiel ✧
    Mix Judge

    Hello! I have a Bachelor's in Music Production and I've done a lot of mixing in various collabs & for clients. I thank the team for trusting in me to be a mix judge. I look forward to hear what everyone shall create!

    糕Pastry
    Art Judge

    Heyo! I'm an illustrator/graphic designer that sometimes streams! (a big kagepro nerd too) looking forward to see all the amazing entries <3

    yejin
    Art Judge

    hello! i'm a freelance illustrator and enthusiast!! looking forward to seeing all the beautiful entries yippeeee

    Nashuuki
    Animation Judge

    Hello! I’m Nashuuki. I do too many things but I’ve been doing motion graphics for over 10 years, and I’m excited to be one of HCCB’s animation judges! I look forward to everyone's entry!

    NekoNat
    Animation Judge

    Hey! I have participated in 9 CBs so far (which apparently makes me a veteran sobbing) and I’ve worked with talents from Phase Connect, Densetsu and vocaloid producers like Vane Lily.