[09/07/13] SSE Presents: AZ Ranbats (Ranking Battles) - SSF4:AE, SFXT, UMvC3 (Tempe, Arizona)

Date:

Saturday, September 7th at 1:00PM

IMPORTANT>> Please be ON TIME for your tournament, as we want everything to run smoothly!! WE WILL NOT HOLD BYES FOR ANYONE!!

– AZ Ranbats are back with a new home and new organizers! SSE realizes how important Ranbats are to the community, and is looking forward to providing high-quality events for the new season. We hope to see everyone out, competing and having a good time!

  • Location:

— The Gaming Zone*
930 W Broadway Rd, Ste 15
Tempe, AZ 85282

  • Schedule of events:

1:45pm SFxT signups close

2:00pm - 4:30pm SFxT: ver. 2013

4:15pm SF4: ver. 2012 signups close

4:30pm - 7:00pm SF4: ver. 2012

6:45 UMvC3 signups close

7:00pm - 10:00pm UMvC3

***This event will be streamed by SSE at http://www.twitch.tv/spiralseries ***

  • We will be running winners bracket ONLY on the stream until we get through the bulk of the tourney. Most likely will start running losers bracket matches around losers quarterfinals or losers semi’s.

  • Fees:

— Organizational Fee*: $5
— SFxT Entry Fee: $5
— SF4 Entry Fee: $5
— UMvC3 Entry Fee: $5

  • The organizational fee is 100% non-profit and will go towards helping improve the quality of future SSE events. Pot bonuses from SSE will also be awarded throughout the season.

Ranbat Rules:

Ranbat stands for “Ranking Battle,” which is a series of 5 tournaments that count towards an overall Ranbat season. In each individual tournament, $1 of the entry fee will go to the overall season’s pot and the remaining $4 will go to that particular tournament’s pot. At the end of the tournament, top 8 will be awarded points. This will repeat for each tournament in the season while players accumulate more points. At the end of the season, the top 3 players with the most points will be the winners of the overall season and win a portion of the season’s pot.

The Ranbat Dates:

September 7th
September 21st
October 5th
October 19th
November 2nd

Ranbat Payouts (Season):

1st place - 60% of season pot
2nd place - 30% of season pot
3rd place - 10% of season pot

Ranbat Point Distribution:

1st place - 7 points
2nd place - 5 points
3rd place - 4 points
4th place - 3 points
5th place - 2 points
7th place - 1 points

Tournament Payouts (Individual):

1st place - 70% of tournament pot
2nd place - 20% of tournament pot
3rd place - 10% of tournament pot

Game Rules:

Street Fighter x Tekken ver. 2013
Double Elimination Tournaments
2/3, loser can change team
Gems Allowed (Default presets only)
Grand Finals 3/5 Winners Finals and Losers Finals 2/3
Will be played on Xbox 360

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v.2012
Double Elimination Tournament
2/3, loser can change character and winner can change Ultra
Grand Finals 3/5, Winners Finals and Losers Finals 2/3
Will be played on Xbox 360

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Double Elimination Tournament
3/5, loser can change team and winner can change assists and order
Grand Finals 3/5 Winners Finals and Losers Finals 3/5
Will be played on Xbox 360.

awesome, ill be there. the last event was awesome!

Really hope I can make it!
IM MOTIVATED

I’ll be there, I hope to see all of AZ there.

I’m gonna try to make it out!!

Just a reminder that the Arizona Ranking Battles begin later today at around 1:00PM PST, and the stream URL is:

Schedule:

2:00pm - 4:30pm SFxT: ver. 2013

4:30pm - 7:00pm SF4: ver. 2012

7:00pm - 10:00pm UMvC3

If you live in AZ, please try to come out to support your games and have fun!