Event: Super Battle Opera 2007 Qualifiers for 3rd Strike and Anniversary Edition
Dates:
-SF3 3rd Strike: Saturday, May 12th 2:00pm
-SF2 Anniversary Edition: Sunday, May 13th 2:00pm
Location:
Family Fun Arcade
10363 Balboa Blvd
Granada Hills, CA 91344
(818) 360-0419
SF3: 3rd Strike Rules
-3v3 Teams
-Double Elimination
-Best 2 out of 3 including finals
-Single Character selection
-No Duplicate Characters on a team
-$25 Entry Fee per person ($75 per team)
-ONE Team Slot (3 people)
-Head to Head Cabinet (SBO Qualifier Standard, USA/JPN Stick Option)
-Judgment In Effect
-Yellow Card/Red Card system for false equipment calls.
-Player’s Responsibility to halt match on equipment failure
SF2: Anniversary Edition Rules
-2v2 Teams
-Double Elimination
-CHANGED: Waseda-type 2v2 Battle (Winners fight each other), 2 out of 3
-CHANGED: Character Switching Allowed (due to N-Type restrictions).
-CHANGED: Blind Pick enforced.
-CHANGED: Speed - Turbo 2
-No Duplicate Character+Type on a team (ST-Sagat + ST-Sagat illegal, but ST-Sagat + WW-Sagat is okay)
-$25 Entry Fee PER PERSON
-Head to Head Cabinet (SBO Qualifier Standard, USA/JPN Stick Option)
-Yellow Card/Red Card system for false equipment calls.
-Player’s Responsibility to halt match on equipment failure
-Special Rules in the event of Original(N-Type) SF2 duplicate match
For 3rd Strike, USA Sticks are Happ Competition Joysticks(Model #50-6070-10), with Heavy Springs (Model #95-1309-01). Japanese stick types are Sanwas with Square gates.
Our event dates were coordinated with the help of John Choi of SRK and Andy McGuire of Tokyo Game Action. Since TGA will be hosting 3rd Strike and Anniversary Edition qualifiers as well in June, we highly recommend considering them as a ‘Second Chance’ qualifier if you’re serious about going to Japan. Please visit their site for more details at http://www.tokyogameaction.com. Their address is here:
Tokyo Game Action
5 Summer Dr.
Winchendon, Massachusetts 01475
We may have previously reported having two teams for 3rd Strike- We’ve since received a decision from Tougeki that we will only be getting ONE team for 3rd Strike.
All matches will be recorded with player and background feeds, and there will be a singles tourney after the Qualifier event for each respective game. ALL money from these Singles will go towards top three winners- this is not a fundraiser for the winning team!
Post-tournament events:
-SF3:3s Superpot Singles: Saturday, May 12th, 7:00pm, $20 entry fee, 70/20/10 split
-SF2:AE Superpot Singles: Sunday, May 13th, 7:00pm, $20 entry fee, 70/20/10 split
For more details, please PM us or visit www.denjin-video.com.
Rules are subject to change.
Additional rules:
After consultation with the owner of FFA and with John Choi of SRK:
A Drug-Free policy will be in effect. Being under the influence of restricted substances, including marijuana and alcohol, is grounds for instant disqualification, with the exception of prescriptions.
Harassment or disorderly conduct during an SBO-sanctioned event may result in immediate disqualification from the SBO Qualifiers. This includes: inflammatory language (‘fighting words’ which are not protected by Free Speech rights), physical altercations, and/or intimidation (direct or by proxy).
Furthermore, harassment, disorderly conduct and/or assault after a warning from FFA will result in a one-month suspension from the venue, including all events. Committing and/or organizing a felony against another FFA patron on premises (including the parking lot) will be a permanent ban.
Disorderly conduct by an SBO Qualified player may result in disciplinary action. This applies within Japan as well.
Both Michael Fauson(Pyrolee) and Yi Wang(5 Star) are on official warning notice.
Additional AE (Anniversary Edition) Rules (As communicated to me by Andy McGuire of TGA)
Current SBO rulings for a WW vs WW character match (aka “N-Type”) state that Rock-Scissors-Paper will determine who may remain as their WW Character. Furthermore, characters of the same name/type but of a different version (i.e.: ST Sagat and WW Sagat) are considered different characters and are allowed to co-exist within the same team.
Since Blind Pick is in effect, if we run into a situation where two teams both have an N-Type selected (Team 1 has WW-Sagat and ST-Guile and Team 2 has WW-Sagat and HF-Zangief) then the matchup will AUTOMATICALLY be shifted so that the two WW-Sagats will not fight each other. So match 1 would be WW-Sagat vs HF-Gief and match 2 would be ST-Guile vs. WW-Sagat.