Ladies and gentlemen, Joe “iloveu” Ciaramelli (AKA Long Island Joe) and John
"SweetJohnnyCage" Gallagher are proud to present:
East Coast Throwdown 4
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SPONSORED BY:
One Frame Link
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NAMCO-BANDAI Games
Mad Catz
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Autumn Games
Reverge Labs
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East Coast Throwdown 3 marked a new milestone for the ECT legacy. Every year we nearly double attendance. In 2009, we had a mere 168 players come down to compete in one of the most tense weekends in east coast fighting game history. Players fought through a gauntlet for a chance to play on Team East Coast at Evolution that year. East Coast Throwdown 2 was no different, only that year it was 344 players coming to New Jersey. In 2011, we relocated to a bigger venue, and were one of the first tournaments on the East Coast to host playable demos of Street Fighter X Tekken as well as Skullgirls. ECT3 was also the year that the a west coast player by the name of Michaelangelo took the East Coast’s money in Mortal Kombat 9 in one of those most visceral fights versus Chris G. Needless to say, East Coast Throwdown 4 will be no different.
Hello everyone! Joe on the mic here. First I want to say thank you for the continuous support of this event. Every year just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I am sure this year will be no different. I would like to go over a few things which occurred at last years event. We ran into a few problems last year day 1 of the event. These problems were a conglomeration of preventable issues i.e. staff attendance, pool runners, and others things we couldn’t have prepared for. We were one of the first to have AE console tournament. It was before the disc was. All of our systems had AE on it but for some reason a handful of them wouldn’t load the game properly. This really hurt the AE bracket in general. There was also power outage along the whole left wall which hindered a few different games start and finish time. We have taken these major problems into consideration and already have more staff on hand for this coming year and an extra power supply ready to go. Using the EVO pool system should also make things run a bit more smooth allowing our players to not feel rushed or stretched between the different games.
I want to say I am very excited for this year. I have met some of my best friends through this community by traveling and playing. I hope we can create the same experience for you guys. There is no other community I’d rather be apart of. Thanks everyone for the ongoing support.
Joe and I are really happy with the direction that this tournament is moving in. With an exciting lineup of brand new titles as well as returning favorites, 2012 and East Coast Throwdown 4 are shaping up to be one hell of a year. So, without further ado, here’s the information for this year’s event!
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Hyatt Morristown
3 Speedwell Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960
(973) 647-1234
=====MASS TRANSIT INFORMATION!!!=====
To get to the hotel using mass transit, please take the Morristown Train Line from Penn Station in New York to the Morristown station.
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HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE!!!
Venue fee is $25 pre-reg and $40 at the door.
East Coast Throwdown 4 has been chosen to be a part of the EVOLUTION 2012 Tournament Season. Much like last year, players who place in the Top 16 in each game’s tournament will be awarded seeding points at each of the EVOLUTION 2012 Tournament Season events. These games include Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v2012, Street Fighter X Tekken, Soulcalibur V, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat 9, as well as King of Fighter XIII. Here’s how the point system will work for 2012:
1st Place: 50 points
2nd Place: 25 Points
3rd Place: 10 Points
4th-16th Place: 1 Point
Again, these points will be awarded to players at all Tournament Season events, so be sure to enter as many events as you can leading up to ECT4!
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Online registration is now open through www.ecthrowdown.com . We will be taking registration at the door for a premium fee in order to save time and allow everyone to get started with their brackets at the schedule times. If you register at the door, you will not get a choice of what bracket you are placed in. IF YOU REGISTER LATE YOU HAVE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF PLAYING PEOPLE FROM YOUR AREA!! We can’t stress online registration enough. It’s quick, easy, and painless.
We will also be utilizing a smaller pool system than last year, similar to how EVOLUTION 2011 ran. By ensuring that around 16 or 32 (depending on the game) people are in each bracket, pools can run very fast and very efficiently. I will be doing brackets by hand again this year in order to better guarantee that people don’t have to play 2 games at once. Since we’re using smaller brackets, there will be more pools available to place players in, making sure you guys don’t have to be in 2 places at once. Just report to your pool, stick around for 2-3 hours depending on how you play, and you’re done! If you do have to play more than one game at a time, it is YOUR responsibility to tell your pool handler that you’re in another game. If you go missing for 20 minutes because you were playing in another tournament, you might get DQ’d because the handler doesn’t know where you are.
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The games that will be held as main tournaments are as follows:
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[]Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v2012 (PlayStation 3) - $10
[]Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (PlayStation 3) - $10
[]Street Fighter X Tekken (PlayStation 3)
[]Tekken 6 (PlayStation 3) - $10
[]Mortal Kombat 9 (PlayStation 3) - $10
[]Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition (PlayStation 3) - $10
[]Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (MAME on PC, sticks will be provided) - $5
[]King of Fighters XIII (PlayStation 3) - $10
[]Soulcalibur V (PlayStation 3) - $10
[]BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend (PlayStation 3) - $10
[]Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (PlayStation 2) - $10
[]Skullgirls (PlayStation 3) - $10
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Tournament Rules
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[]Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v2012
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[]2/3 Rounds
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Grand Finals
[]Double Elimination
[]All available in-game button macros are legal (PPP, KKK, etc)
[]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees
[]Please scroll up for EVOLUTION 2012 Tournament Season Point delegations
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[]Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
[LIST]
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Grand Finals
[]Double Elimination
[]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees
[]Please scroll up for EVOLUTION 2012 Tournament Season Point delegations
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[]Street Fighter X Tekken
[LIST]
[]2/3 Rounds
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Grand Finals
[]Double Elimination
[]GEMS ARE BANNED
[]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees
[]Please scroll up for EVOLUTION 2012 Tournament Season Point delegations
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[]Tekken 6 - Being handled by Juan “tHe real Law”
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[]3/5 Rounds
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Grand Finals
[]Double Elimination
[]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees
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[]Mortal Kombat 9
[LIST]
[]2/3 Rounds
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Grand Finals
[]Double Elimination
[]Kratos is BANNED
[]DLC Characters are allowed
[]Please scroll up for EVOLUTION 2012 Tournament Season Point delegations
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[]King of Fighters XIII
[LIST]
[]2/3 Games
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Grand Finals
[]Double Elimination
[]Please scroll up for EVOLUTION 2012 Tournament Season Point delegations
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[]Soulcalibur V
[LIST]
[]3/5 Rounds
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Grand Finals
[]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees
[]8WayRun’s Tournament Rules will be in effect for SCV
[]Please scroll up for EVOLUTION 2012 Tournament Season Point delegations
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[]Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
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[]2/3 Rounds
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals, 4/7 Grand Finals
[]Double Elimination
[]Noob Saibot is BANNED
[]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees
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[]Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition
[LIST]
[]2/3 Rounds
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Grand Finals
[]Double Elimination
[]Gill is BANNED
[]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees
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[]Super Street Fighter II Turbo - Tournament of Legends Qualifiers (1 Saturday, 1 Sunday)
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[]Being played on Japanese cabinets with Japanese parts
[]American parts CAN NOT BE USED
[]Matches are 3/5 games, Grand Finals 4/7 Games
[]Entry Fee is $20
[]Payout is 60%/10%/5%
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[]20% goes to the EVO Main Event Pot (will be around $3000 after all qualifiers)
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[]BlazBlue Contiuum Shift Extend
[LIST]
[]2/3 Rounds
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals and Grand Finals
[]Double Elimination
[]Unlimited Characters are BANNED
[]Loser can change character, winner is character locked
[]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees
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[]Guilty Gear XX Accent Core
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[]2/3 Rounds
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals and Grand Finals
[]Gold, Shadow, and EX Characters are Banned
[]Loser can change character, winner is character locked
[]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees
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[]Skullgirls
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[]Rules are still being determined by the community
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[LIST]
[]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals and Grand Finals
[*]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + $500 bonus pot
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If you guys have any comments, questions, or concerns, please feel free to voice them here or shoot me a PM! Let’s get hype!!!
Can’t have a beta one year and no tournament the next 