SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League/Episode 8

It'z a New Start was the eighth episode of SSAS Beastmaster: The Darkside's League, the second season of SSAS's spin-off series, Beastmaster. It was aired on April 14, 2022.

Information
Taping date(s): August 19-20, 23-26, 2021 Aired date: April 14, 2022


 * Format
 * Group Stage: Group A

In each group, all competitors will be competed in 3 levels, like during the previous season. However, in each level, there were 2 rounds, the first round would be competed individually, while the second round would be competed in teams of two, in a relay style.

In the first round, all competitors will run individually, the points are determined by competitors' efficiency as well as time trial. For each obstacle completion, competitors are awarded 5 points. There are also bonus points located at the middle of obstacles two, three and four, each worth 10 points. A mega bonus points also located at the end of the fourth obstacle (third in Level 3), which starts counting down from 60 in Level 1, 70 in Level 2 or 80 in Level 3, by 1 point every second, as long as the competitor started his or her run. A course clear grants 10 points if the finish time is less than 1:30 in Level 1, 20 points if less than 2:00 in Level 2, whereas 30 points if less than 2:30 in Level 3. At the end of the round, in terms of furthest to the fastest, the first place gets 15 points, 2nd place with 12 points, 3rd place with 9 points, 4th place with 6 points, while the 5th place gets 3 points.

During the second round, the team will be assigned according to the rankings in the first round, the competitor who finishes in 1st place would team up with the 16th place competitor, the 2nd place teams up with 15th place, the 3rd place teams up with 14th place, and so on. The first teammate (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) will attempt the first three obstacles, while the second teammate (16th, 15th, 14th, etc.) will attempt the other two obstacles. In case of the first teammate failed on any of the obstacles, the run continues with the second teammate with the time where the first teammate failed would be recorded and will reset as the second teammate began to run. There would be no bonus points or mega bonus points existed during this round, but the ranking points are still applied. In terms of ranking points, the distribution determined by the number of obstacles cleared, whether the buzzer was hit by the second teammate, and faster combined time.