(Guide by Milk and initial translations by Leche)
Paradox Live includes the fans in its production by letting them decide the outcome of each stage battles as part of the projects Battle System, which also affects the contents of the story.
Voting to support your favorite team will require you to collect “dope points”. You can acquire and accumulate dope points through designated support actions, including buying the CDs. The audience may vote for each team using their points. The teams with most vote points wins the battle, and the team with most overall points will become the winner of the Paradox Live Stage Battle.
The Dope Point Site is where fans can vote for their favorite Paradox Live team during the duration given for each battle. The site is open to all fans around the world, so you can support your favorite team. However, the site is only available in Japanese. So this guide will help you go through the process of earning points and how to vote.
Site Account
Sign In & Account Creation
For you to start collecting dope points, you must have an account in the Dope Point Site. Click the “SIGN IN” button from the main menu, and it will lead you to where you can sign in or make an account.
If you already have an account, sign in with your e-mail and password, and click the green button that says サインイン. Otherwise, click on the last transparent button アカウント作成 to create an account.
Account Registration
The create account button will lead you to a page that will require you to fill up the following information:
- Username
- E-mail address (make sure it’s active because you will need to confirm your registration via e-mail address)
- Password (should include at least one capital letter, a small letter, a number, and a special character, and should be 8 or more characters long)
- Ticking the box to agree to the site’s Privacy Policy.
- Submit by clicking the button that says 次へ once it becomes green.
Registration Confirmation
After completing and sending the form, an automated e-mail from registration@paradoxlive-dopepoint.jp will be sent to your e-mail address, asking for registration confirmation. Simply click the hyperlinked アカウント作成を完了する and it will lead you to your “MY PAGE”, where you can edit your account settings and profile.
Make sure that you complete your confirmation within 2 hours upon sending your registration form!
My Page
Going to “MY PAGE” will let you see and edit your 1. Account Settings and 2. Profile. You can also connect your 3. Twitter account and 4. AWA account to help you get dope points to vote for your favorite team. The page also shows your usable points and the history of your point transactions, i.e. by how and how much points you’ve earned or used.
Account Settings & Profile
The アカウント設定 button will lead you to where you can control the following details:
- E-mail Address
- Password
- Twitter Account Connection
- AWA Account Connection
- Delete Account
While プロフィール編集 will lead you to where you can edit your 6. avatar icon and 7. username. Click the 8. green button to save changes.
Dope Point Collection
Methods
Paradox Live provides you various ways to earn dope points. Some of them are simple, some are free, some requires daily effort, and some that requires you to pay. Collecting points requires that you have a registered account in the Dope Point Site. Please refer to Site Account to know how.
- Dope Point Site Daily Log-in Bonus (FREE)
- Twitter Action (FREE)
- AWA Action (Partially FREE)
- CD Serial Code
- Collaborated Goods Serial Code
Daily Log-in Bonus
Whenever you log in your dope point site account, you will receive free daily dope points. Each day gives you different amount of points as shown by the numbers below.
Twitter Action
To earn points through Twitter action, your Twitter account must be connected to your dope point site account. (Refer to My Page & Account Settings & Profile) You can get 1 point by doing either of the following actions:
- Tweeting with the hashtag #ParadoxLivepoint or #ParadoxLive
- Retweeting any tweets from the Paradox Live Official Twitter account, @paradoxlive_PR
- Quote-tweeting any tweets from the official twitter account while including the #ParadoxLivepoint or #ParadoxLive hashtags or mention @paradoxlive_PR on the tweet
- Tweeting while mentioning @paradoxlive_PR
- Follow the official twitter account, @paradoxlive_PR (one time only)
Make sure that when you tweet or quote-tweet, write something aside from the required hashtags and mentions to make your action count. You can get a maximum of 5 points per day by Twitter Action. Site dope point counts are updated every 12 midnight and 12 noon JST.
AWA Action
AWA is a paid music streaming service that you can access in your desktop and via its mobile application. They have a 30-day trial if you wish to test them out. To earn points through AWA action, your AWA account must be connected to your dope point site account. (Refer to My Page & Account Settings & Profile)
- You can earn points by playing any Paradox Live songs in AWA for at least 30 seconds.
You can collect up to 500 points per month with AWA action. Site dope point counts are updated every 1:30 am JST the next day.
Serial Codes
You can get dope points by using the serial codes enclosed in the CDs and with the one that comes from buying specific collaborated goods or merchandise. The serial codes enclosed in the CDs gives 1000 dope points. The other serial codes will give you less and will depend on the collaboration event information.
- Click the “SERIAL CODE” from the main menu, enter the code on the box, then click the button that says 次へ to submit. The points will automatically register into your account.
Claim the points while they are still valid, as written on their validity period. Make sure you enter the codes correctly because if you enter them wrong two times, you won’t be able to enter any codes for the next 24 hours.
Voting
Voting will require an account registered in the Dope Point Site. If you haven’t registered yet, please read from Site Account. Voting will only be available when a battle is ongoing. Click on “VOTE” from the main menu and it will lead you to the page that shows the current battle status, and the leading team’s point difference during quarterly announcements. You can vote or send dope points multiple times as long as it’s within the voting period. You can refer to Dope Point Collection to know how to get dope points.
Scroll down and you will find the two teams that are currently in battle, provided there is an ongoing battle. Click on the team that you want to vote for and enter the amount of points that you want to send, and you’re done!