A Dead or Alive 5, Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 tournament on the Xbox 360 AND a Soul Calibur V, Virtua Fighter 5, & Injustice: Gods Among Us tournament on the PS3.
The Games
Xbox 360
Dead or Alive 5
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
PS3
Soul Calibur V
Virtua Fighter 5
Injustice: Gods Among Us
When?
Saturday, August 3rd 2013
Sign ups start at 11:00am
Tournament starts at 1:00pm
Where?
401 E Taylor st
Suite 130
San Jose, CA 95112
(Located in the stretch parking lot next to Gordon Biersch brewery. The suites with the blue awnings. In between Hurtswell Tattoo and Duong Sang printing)
Entrance Fee:
$10
Entrance fee money will go towards the prize pot
Venue Fee:
$10
Fee is only for participants.
Participants will receive a gift bag, bottle waters, canned sodas, and 5 raffle tickets.
No spectator fee.
Prizes
1st place: 60% of total prize pot
2nd place: 30% of total prize pot
3rd place: 10% of total prize pot
DOA5 Rules (Xbox)
Double Elimination
Best 3 out of 5 rounds for a match
Best 2 out 3 matches for advancement/elimination
Best 3 out of 5 sets for winners, losers, and grand finals
Bracket reset for grand finals if losers bracket player wins the 3 out of 5 set
Normal Life
60 Seconds
Random stage select
Dangerzones on
Character lock on
Loser may switch characters
If a participant accidentally presses start during a match then they will have to forfeit the round.
UMVC3 Rules (XBOX)
Double Elimination
Best 2 out of 3 matches for advancement/elimination
Best 3 out of 5 matches for winners, losers, and grand finals
Bracket reset for grand finals if losers bracket player wins the 3 out of 5 set
Winner has team character lock and team order lock
Loser may switch characters and team order
If a participant accidentally presses start during a match then they will have to forfeit the round.
Random Stage unless players agree on specific stage
Turbo button features are not allowed
Galacticus is banned
Auto Super Jump OFF
Normal Mode ONLY
SSF4:AE Rules (XBOX)
Double elimination
Best 2 out of 3 rounds for a match
Best 2 out of 3 matches for advancement/elimination
Best 3 out of 5 matches for losers, winners, and grand finals
Bracket reset for grand finals if losers bracket player wins the 3 out of 5 set
Character lock on
Loser may switch characters
If a participant accidentally presses start during a match then they will to forfeit the round
Random stage select unless characters agree on a specific stage
Virtua Fighter 5 Rules (PS3)
Double Elimination
Best 3 out of 5 rounds for a match
Best 2 out 3 matches for advancement/elimination
Best 3 out of 5 sets for winners, losers, and grand finals
Bracket reset for grand finals if losers bracket player wins the 3 out of 5 set
Default Health
45 Seconds
Glitches are allowed, provided they do not crash the game
Infinites are allowed
All characters are allowed
Soul Calibur V Rules (PS3)
Double elimination
Best 2 out of 3 rounds for a match
Best 2 out of 3 matches for advancement/elimination
Best 3 out of 5 for losers, winners, and grand finals
60 second time limit
100% health and soul gage
Viola back throw infinite banned
Create a Soul banned
Custom outfits banned
Devil Jin banned (banned by coincidence since Create-a-Soul characters are banned.)
Bracket reset for grand finals if losers bracket player wins the 3 out of 5 set
Character lock on
Loser may switch characters
If a participant accidentally presses start during a match then they will have to forfeit the round
Random stage select unless characters agree on a specific date
Injustice: Gods Among Us Rules (PS3)
Double elimination
Best 2 out of 3 rounds for a match
Best 2 out of 3 matches for advancement/elimination
Best 3 out of 5 for losers, winners, and grand finals
Interactables and stage transitions will remain ON
Scorpion is banned
Bracket reset for grand finals if losers bracket player wins the 3 out of 5 set
Character lock on
Loser may switch characters
If a participant accidentally presses start during a match then they will to forfeit the round
Random stage select unless characters agree on a specific stage
BRING YOUR OWN STICKS / BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER / NO WIRELESS CONTROLLERS!!! Participants that bring wireless controllers will have to play without their battery packs on and use the provided wire ports. If you have a charge & play kit BRING IT. Take out the battery pack and keep both pieces with you at all times. BRING YOUR OWN STICKS / BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER / NO WIRELESS CONTROLLERS!!!
Gaming will take place inside the Breezy Excursion warehouse and at Hurtswell Tattoo Co. (the suite next door). There is an abundance of parking directly in front of the venue so you won’t have to worry about parking your car far from the entrance. Throughout the day there will be raffles taking place for a variety of prizes including tee shirts, hats, stickers, custom 1-of-a-kind fighting game artwork, and more. Each game will have a maximum cap of 32 contestants per game.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: What system are we playing on?
A: DOA5, UMVC3, and SSF4:AE will be on Xbox 360. VF5, SCV, and Injustice will be on PS3
Q: What is double elimination?
A: Say you lose a 2 out of 3 match set against your opponent, this will knock you into the losers bracket. This means you still have 1 more chance at going undefeated in a 2 out of 3 match set throughout the rest of the tournament to win in the grand finals!
Q: What will be raffled?
A: Fighting game paraphernalia such as tee shirts, hats, 1-of-a-kind custom fighting game artwork, posters, and more.
Q: What is the tournament max cap?
A: 32 players max per game
Q: What if want to compete in (this game) and (that game), may I?
A: Yes you may, just make sure you check in frequently with the bracket runner of each game to see when it’s your turn.
If you have any questions or concerns feel free to post here or message me.
