[Apr 12 -14, 2013] Texas Showdown 2013 (Houston, TX)

Javi · February 1, 2013, 10:11pm

Texas Showdown 2013 
 Entire Schedule is Post #2, Streaming Schedule is Post #3! 
Now Planet Zero FREE!! 
 
<img src=“http://www.txshowdown.com/html/txshowdownbanner.png” alt=“txshowdownbanner.png” class=“bbcode_img”> 
 
On April 12-13, 2013, Texas Showdown returns to its roots and now is 100% player run! We’re excited to announce the long running tournament series to Houston for three full days of fighting games mania! With original founders Javier ‘Javi’ Moreno and Chris ‘Ranma0005’ Chou back at the helm, Texas Showdown aims to once again be one of the premier tournaments in the United States. 
 
Why should you go to Texas Showdown now? 
 
The gang is back! 
With Javi and Ranma0005 now having 100% complete control of the tournament, we will maintain excellence and a dedication to the tournament like the way it first started. 
 
Fighting Game Community 
Many top fighting game players have visited our tournaments in the past to show their support and skills with the games that they love to compete in. Many friendships and contacts have been made in the tournament series. You may just find your next rival here! 
 
Competition 
Texas has been home to many top players around. With a state as big as Texas, can you doubt that? 
 
Broadcasting/Streaming 
Texas Showdown 2013 will be streamed, live as the action happens by <a href=“levelup-series.com”>Level Up</a>! Stay tuned for updates! 
 
Official Texas Showdown 2013 Trailer: 
Coming soon! 
 
Feature Game Lineup 
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition 2012(Xbox 360) 
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3(Xbox 360)<div style=“font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt;”>Street Fighter x Tekken (XBox 360) 
Tekken Tag Tournament 2(PS3) 
Persona 4 Arena(PS3) 
King of Fighters XIII(PS3) Mortal Kombat(PS3) </div><div style=“font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt;”>Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo(Arcade) </div><div style=“font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt;”> </div><div style=“font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt;”>
Dead or Alive 5(Xbox 360)</div><div style=“font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt;”>Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus (PS3) 
Soul Calibur V(PS3) 
Skull Girls(PS3) 
More coming soon! 
 
Exhibitions: 
TBA 
 
Monitors Texas Showdown will be using <a href=“http://www.asus.com/Monitors_Projectors/VH238H/”>ASUS VH238H</a> monitors. 
Sponsors <a href=“http://www.insomniavgc.com”>Insomnia Video Game Culture</a> 
<a href=“http://www.madcatz.com”>Mad Catz</a> 
<a href=“http://www.displaylag.com”>Displaylag.com</a> 
<a href=“http://www.thepopculturecompany.com”>The Pop Culture Company</a> 
<a href=“http://www.gameovervideogames.com”>Game Over Video Games</a> 
<a href=“http://www.gem-u.org”>Gem-U</a> 
<a href=“http://www.namco.com”>Namco/Bandai 
<a href=“http://www.sentai-filmworks.com/”>Sentai Filmworks</a>
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 Prize Distribution:
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<li>-SSF4:AE, SFxT 2013, and Ultimate MvC3 – If 128 but under 256 entrants – Top 8 pay out – 1st (60%), 2nd (20%), 3rd (10%), 4th (4%), 5th (2%), 6th (2%), 7th (1%), 8th (1%). If 256 entrants – Top 16 pay out – prize distribution TBA</li>
<li>-TTT2, P4A, KOFXIII, GGAC, DOA5, SCV – Top 8 pay out – 1st (60%), 2nd (20%), 3rd (10%), 4th (4%), 5th (2%), 6th (2%), 7th (1%), 8th (1%)</li>
<li>-SG, MK, SSF2T– Top 4 pay out – 1st(65%), 2nd(20%), 3rd(10%), 4th(5%)</li>
</ul>
Official Site: 
<a href=“http://www.txshowdown.com/” rel=“nofollow” class=“bbcode_url”>http://www.txshowdown.com/</a> 
 
Online Registration Page: 
Online Registration is now closed - you must register at the venue! 
 
Registration:
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<li>Standard Registration (OVER): $30 registration fee, plus $10 per game.</li>
<li>Late Registration (March 1 - March 31): $40 registration fee, plus $10 per game.</li>
<li>On-Site Registration(April 12 Only!): $50 registration fee, plus $10 per game.</li>
</ul>
Spectator Fee:
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<li>On-Site Spectator Fee: 3 Day Pass: $10</li>
<li>Spectator fee applies to all attendees not participating in any headliner games.</li>
<li>Kids 12 years or younger are free, with adult supervision. (Not eligible for complimentary raffle)</li>
</ul>
Date: 
April 12-14 2013 
 
Venue: 
Crowne Plaza, Galleria Area 
7611 Katy Fwy 
Houston, TX 77024 
 
Web Site: <a href=“http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/houston/houtg/hoteldetail” rel=“nofollow” class=“bbcode_url”>http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/houston/houtg/hoteldetail</a> 
Parking is free, Valet is optional. 
 
Food and Beverage: 
Oak Room Sports Bar and Grill - in the hotel 
Fast Food: Jack in the Box, Chick-Fil-A, Subway, Quiznos, Panda Express within 5 minutes 
Sit down Restauants: WIngs-N-More, Cafe Adobe, Kpop, Red Robin, Dave & Buster’s, all within 5 minutes 
 
Airports: 
Houston Hobby (HOU) 
Bush Intercontinental (IAH) 
 
Hotel Rates: 
Call 1-877-227-6963 and mention “TEX” for a rate at $109/night 
 
Stream Channels: <a href=“http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive”>http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive - Level|Up</a> 
<a href=“http://www.twitch.tv/shinkensou”>http://www.twitch.tv/shinkensou - Level|Up</a> 
 
Coordinators 
Chris Chou 
Javier Moreno 
 
 
 
 
 
Web Design and Programming: 
Javier Moreno 
 
Twitter: 
Follow <a href="/profile/Texas_Showdown">@Texas_Showdown</a> 
Offical Tag: #txs13
 
Youtube: 
<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/ranma0005”>Ranma0005’s Channel</a> 
<a href=“https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7X2OhAVQkVnLLycGnRzLOjrIKhdYzprU&feature=view_all”>Texas Showdown archive matches</a> 
 
Facebook Fan Pages: 
<a href=“http://www.facebook.com/TxShowdown” rel=“nofollow” class=“bbcode_url”>http://www.facebook.com/TxShowdown</a> 
 
Disclaimer: 
*Texas Showdown and its staff is not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged articles. 
*Texas Showdown and its staff can eject any groups/individuals that cause harm or malicious intent from the event at anytime. 
*Texas Showdown and its directors can change/modify tournament rules at any time.</div>

Javi · February 1, 2013, 10:13pm

Tentative Schedule

Friday
i. Check In(12-5pm)
ii. Side Tournaments(5pm-12am)
7pm - DOA5(PS3)
9pm - GG(PS3)
iii. Main Tournament Pool play(KOF/P4U/???)(6pm-12am)
6pm-9pm - P4U(PS3)
9pm-12am - KOF(PS3)

Saturday
i. Main Tournament Pool play (Capcom/Tekken/MK)(8am-8:30pm)
8am-10am – Warm ups
10am-12:30pm – SFxT(360)
12:30pm-3pm – TTT2(PS3)
3pm-5:30pm – AE2012(Xbox)
4pm-7pm – MK9(PS3)
5:30pm-8:30pm – UMvC3(Xbox)
ii. Side Games
1pm - SC5(PS3)
4pm - ST(Arcade)
7pm - SG(PS3)
10pm - GG top 8
iii. Friday Main Tournament Finals(8pm-12am)
Top 8 from Friday
P4U - 8pm-10pm
KOF - 10pm-12am

Sunday
i. Saturday Main Tournament Top 8(10am-12am)[Main]
Top 8 from Saturday
10am-12:30pm – MK9
12:30pm-3pm – TTT2
3pm-5:30pm – SFxT 2013
5:30pm-8pm – AE 2012
8pm-10:30pm – UMvC3

Javi · February 1, 2013, 10:13pm

Stream Schedule
Friday, April 12th
Stream 1 (http://www.twitch.tv/shinkensou/)
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Casuals, testing, interviews
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Persona 4 Arena Pools
9:00 PM - 12:00 AM: King of Fighters XIII Pools

            Saturday, April 13th
                Stream 1 (http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive)
                    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Street Fighter x Tekken v.2013 Pools
                    12:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Pools
                    3:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Street Fighter 4 AE 2012 Pools
                    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Pools
                    8:00 PM - 10:00 PM: Persona 4 Arena Top 8
                    10:00 PM - 12:00 AM: King of Fighters XIII Top 8

                Stream 2 (http://www.twitch.tv/shinkensou)
                    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Street Fighter x Tekken Pools (alt)
                    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Soul Calibur 5
                    4:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Mortal Kombat 9
                
           Sunday, April 14th
                Stream 1 (http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive/)
                    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Mortal Kombat 9 Top 8
                    12:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Top 8
                    3:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Street Fighter x Tekken v.2013 Top 8
                    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM: Street Fighter IV AE 2012 3 Pools
                    8:00 PM - 10:30 PM: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Top 8

                Stream 2 (http://www.twitch.tv/shinkensou/ )
                    10:00 AM - 12:00 AM: Interviews

J.D · February 1, 2013, 10:14pm

PLANET ZERO FREE?!!!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?
I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH

Thank you. Thank You.
I’m there. Do you guys need any volunteers for the event???
Can we call this TX Showdown 7 BTW? :lovin:

DaRabidDuckie · February 5, 2013, 2:58am

Kinda sad that it’s separate from AM this year (gonna miss those hot cosplayers walking around while I’m trying to mod sticks!), but I’ll definitely be back!

(especially if there’s Skullgirls! XD)

dance_robot · February 5, 2013, 3:31am

Registration page says ‘Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2013’.

Who needs an update from Ono? v.2013 confirmed!

Ranma0005 · February 5, 2013, 6:11am

Working on bringing cosplayers just for you Duckie

Cows_say_meeeow_1 · February 5, 2013, 8:32am

Whoo! Texas Showdown is at Houston and the venue is only 40 minutes away! This is my first FG event I’ll be attending so I’m fucking psyched and cant wait to attend. Maybe I’ll compete in SF4 to get my anus kicked lol.

Darc589 · February 5, 2013, 8:54am

I’m trying to get to the website but it goes to SCR’s site. O_o

Javi · February 5, 2013, 10:52am

Fixed the links on the first post.

DaRabidDuckie · February 5, 2013, 8:28pm

They have to flash pantsu at me or it’s just not the same.

Oh, and EVO is supporting Skullgirls. C’mon, show the game some love.

power-dn · February 6, 2013, 10:54am

Chris and Javi!

SVTomar · February 6, 2013, 4:22pm

Great PZ free! I Will be attending this year, any chance for a CVS2 side tournie ??? I can take a setup

Sent from my iPhone 5…

Yar1n · February 11, 2013, 9:56pm

Is there another way to register for the event (Paypal maybe?) I cant use the online registration form because I dont have a US billing address nor a US credit card

Ranma0005 · February 12, 2013, 10:25am

<blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“power-dn”>Chris and Javi!</blockquote>

Dude, you’re still around?! Hit me up sometime!

Ranma0005 · February 12, 2013, 10:26am

<blockquote class=“Quote” rel=“SVTomar”>Great PZ free! I Will be attending this year, any chance for a CVS2 side tournie ??? I can take a setup 
 
 
Sent from my iPhone 5…</blockquote>

There will be a BYOC area, you are free to set up whatever you want as long as there is open space.

tbird71889 · February 16, 2013, 8:20am

what if i only have ps3 fight stick and want to play AE???

Ranma0005 · February 17, 2013, 8:20pm

<blockquote class=“Quote”>
<div class=“QuoteAuthor”><a href="/profile/52396/tbird71889">tbird71889</a> said:</div>
<div class=“QuoteText”>what if i only have ps3 fight stick and want to play AE???</div>
</blockquote>

Unfortunately, you will either need to find an Xbox 360 stick, or an adapter. AE will be played on Xbox 360 this year.

Solidterry · February 18, 2013, 11:46am

No SFXT 2013???

Javi · February 18, 2013, 11:04pm

<blockquote class=“Quote”>
<div class=“QuoteAuthor”><a href="/profile/58673/Solidterry">Solidterry</a> said:</div>
<div class=“QuoteText”>No SFXT 2013???</div>
</blockquote>

Whoops, forgot to add it on this list. Thanks!