[Jun 16, 2012] Texarkana's Tri-state Throwdown! June 16th 2012 Featuring the... (Texarkana, Tx)

Announcing Texarkana, Tx’s next tournament: The First annual Tri-state-Throwdown, featuring the 5 v 5 regional championships!

Texarkana is a great meeting point for all players in the community around the ark-la-tex area to come together, duke it out, and have a great time. Players from Central Arkansas, Dallas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and anywhere else all over the nation are welcome to come!

When: Saturday June 16th, @ 2pm

Place: Borderland Games
2846 Richmond Rd
Texarkana, Tx, 75503
903-255-7857

Games to be featured in double elimination brackets will be will be:
Street Fighter X Tekken (Xbox 360)
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (Xbox 360)
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Xbox 360)
Mortal Kombat 9 (PS3)
Soul Calibur V (PS3)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
Also, there will be a 2v2 SF X T doubles tourney if time allows.
Introducing the regional 5 v 5 Championship: Players from each region of the ark-la-tex will compete in a multi-game challenge to determine which region can be crowned as the best fighting game players around.

A player will be chosen from each team to represent each of the 5 games included: SFXT, SSFIVAE2012, UMVC3, MK9, and SCV. Round Robin brackets will be held, meaning each team will face each other, no matter what. When two teams collide, each member of the team plays against the corresponding member of the opposing team in their corresponding game. Whichever team wins 3 out of 5 games wins that round and earns points.

After every team has faced each other, the team with the most points becomes the ark-la-tex regional champions!

Registration starts @ 12 noon. Tournament starts @ 2pm.
$10 entry fee. $10 per game. (Brawl will be $5, unless the brawl players decide otherwise).
Each games pot will be split 70/20/10.
Additional prizes may be awarded to finishes beyond top 3. (still to be determined)
The regional 5 v 5 Championship will be $50 per team, and the winning team will receive the entire pot!

Rules:
Double Elimination.
Console specific characters banned. (kratos, cole, etc.)
All tournaments are best 2 out of 3 games, except for winners finals, losers finals, and grand finals, which are 3 out of 5 games.
No game breaking glitches allowed.

Thanks go out to all those interested in attending! We hope you can be here to strengthen the ark-la-tex fighting game community! We look forward to seeing you here!

Attendees: Please post in this thread to confirm that you are attending so I can begin a head count. Also, please list what games you will be playing. If can bring set ups, please do so, as it will speed along the process of the tournament greatly!

A lot of Shreveport people are coming. Like around 10-12, I believe. Will be bringing several for MK. Can I post this on Test Your Might to see if I can get more? Also, do you need any systems for MK9 and will it be streamed at all?

Any idea on how many people are at least confirmed to come? The drive is only 1 hr and a 1/2 for Shreveport, but it’s silly to drive and play against ourselves.

I’m sure the more setups they have, the smoother things will run. As far as streaming, I’m not sure what Deezee wants to do, but I’d like to at least get top 4 for MK. It really depends on what the schedule looks like.

The Facebook event page has 28 confirmed. I know the guys from Little Rock are coming for sure. Dallas is a maybe.

Cool

Well, if I get a guy from Oklahoma to come, he could bring his own stream equipment (and really if we can get enough people together) and we could have an MK devoted stream if you guys didn’t care.

I’m not sure we’ll have the bandwidth to run two streams. This will be my first time streaming from this venue, so I’m not sure what the upload speeds are gonna look like.

Central Arkansas is coming; we’re working on Dallas. Oklahoma SHOULD come, but apparently the entire state only has one car.

APPARENTLY this is true. lol. I’ve had this same experience talking to the Okies, but hopefully they can come. :slight_smile: I know for MK, several people are coming from Dallas and maybe Houston. Are the Arkansas MK players coming?

The OK people I know have confirmed they’re not coming. I’m hoping others come, but who knows. The Arkansas MK players have shown interest, but have not confirmed yet.

maybe ill come and play smash

16+16=32

Stream is live! http://www.twitch.tv/rawkusx

Good games.

Always a blast to hang out with you guys. GGs all!