We’ll be getting a tentative schedule out this week hopefully. We know that emergency registration ($40 venue so be sure to register online and save $25!) will start at 8:00am and end at 10:30am. We’ll start the tournaments at 12pm and they will end at 12am. Sunday will resume with tournaments beginning at 10am and ending at like 12am the absolute latest. We actually ended all singles tournaments at like 8:30pm last year and teams finished up before 10pm Sunday.
Man I can’t wait for this ect4 will be off the hook.
Most likely in there for AE.
I hope so you did good at bar fights.
So I’ve been getting messages on Facebook about how the brackets will be working. This year, we’re completely ditching laptops and we’re just running them with paper brackets. I helped out at Final Round this year and that’s how it was done there. They are 10x easier to manage than a laptop running Tio and much easier to keep track of. I’m actually at school right now abusing the library printer by printing out 400 sets of brackets. We’ll be well prepared for anythign this year!
Since before East Coast Throwdown was even conceived in Joe’s apartment all those years ago, I had been running tournaments at Castle Golf here on Long Island. There was one man in particular at those tournaments who helped me out by bringing Mortal Kombat II and Ultimate MK3 to the tournaments. His name was Phil, AKA 9.95. Phil has been an absolute asset to the East Coast Throwdown staff and his efforts these past few years have paid off like no one ever imagined. If there’s anyone out there who wants to talk about how to create a local tournament scene, Phil is a man whose brain you should be picking. He created the weekly sessions known as “Valley Stream Monsters”. Since the inception of VSM, that community has grown by leaps and bounds. They now have one of the most popular Mortal Kombat streams in the country that has gained national attention through regular players such as CDjr, Maxter, Crazy Dominican, KT Smith, Shock, summ0ning, Tom Brady, and countless others. Phil is able to create an environment dedicated to the Mortal Kombat Kommunity and shows no signs of slowing down.
Phil has decided to create a 2 day event called “On The Edge II” and Joe and I have made it an East Coast Throwdown 4 qualifier. On The Edge II will be held at the Gamer’s Edge in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York on May 12 and 13, 2012. As an added bonus, winners of the EVO games will receive free entry to East Coast Throwdown 4, covering venue fee as well as tournament entry fee. That means the winners of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Street Fighter X Tekken, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v2012, Soulcalibur V, King of Fighters XIII, along with Mortal Kombat 9, will be able to come to East Coast Throwdown 4 in June and not have to worry about a thing (unless they’d like to register for other games, which can be taken care of at the door). These players will also receive seeding in their respective pools to give nod to their achievements at On The Edge II.
We’re really excited to be having a qualifier for East Coast Throwdown 4 and we can’t think of a better person to have run it. The MK guys are a huge part of East Coast Throwdown’s history. They are always there helping us plan the event from the earliest stages until the night before it starts. Show these guys some love and check out On The Edge II!
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On The Edge II - 8WayRun
As announced last night on The Late Nite Show with LI Joe, One Frame Link will be putting an extra $3000 into the Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3! One Frame Link is an amazing website created and operated by the man behind sf4answers, Nicholas Paldino. One Frame Link is still in its infancy, but there are a lot of powerful tools geared toward the fighting game community in the works that will be revealed soon. If you thought using a zip code to find a tournament in your area was impressive, you ain’t seen nothing yet! Here’s the official release from One Frame Link:
While One Frame Link is a supporter of the Fighting Game Community at-large, we’ve never lost touch with what makes this community great – the individual connections that we form because of our shared love for fighting games.
Even though we live in an era where where online battles have become the norm, it’s those connections that we make in-person that help define us as a community. And what better way to make those connections than at a tournament?
To that end sf4answers has sponsored East Coast Throwdown for the past two years. With our transformation from sf4answers into One Frame Link we are privileged to continue supporting John and Joe by sponsoring East Coast Throwdown 4.
The foundation of our support comes from the great relationship I have with SweetJohnnyCage and L.I. Joe. How this relationship formed is a long story (OK, not that long, it involves a bunch of tweets and Evo 2009), but needless to say, we all share the same vision of elevating the community to new heights. Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with them on a professional and personal level, supporting their initiatives and vice versa. We’re all trying to make the fighting game community a better place.
It’s in the spirit of realizing that vision that we here at One Frame Link are proud to announce that we are contributing a $3,000 pot bonus to the Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament at East Coast Throwdown 4!
This was a difficult decision for One Frame Link because there are so many tournaments to choose from at ECT4; from the latest titles like Street Fighter X Tekken, Skullgirls and Soul Calibur 5 to old-school classics such as Super Street Fighter II Turbo (oh, it’s aTournament of Legends qualifier) and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, the fighting game community is represented very well here.
However, the Marvel series is without-a-doubt one of the fundamental pillars of the fighting game community. Starting with MvC2, it’s provided us with the most hype-inducing, memorable moments in the community. Here’s just a sampling of what went down in the 10+ year tournament history of MvC2:
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[]Duc Do vs. Sanford Kelly at Evo 2006
[]Fanatiq vs. Toan
[]Clockw0rk vs. Neo at West Coast Warzone 3
[]Justin Wong vs. Yipes at Evo 2007
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MvC3 is just getting its legs as a tournament game, but it’s already shown hints of potential to bring out great moments:
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[]Justin Wong vs. Richard Nguyen at Evo 2011
[]P.R. Balrog vs. Viscant at Evo 2011
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And of course, who could deny Marvel’s impact on the vernacular of the community?
So come out, player and spectator alike, and be there to forge the next generation of moments in our community.
Be sure to follow Nick and OneFrameLink on all of your favorite social network sites below!
Twitter: @casperOne @OneFrameLink
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Yo this is sick.
Can we add even more hype by hosting a high stake money match between Fanatiq and the east coast representative Ray Ray to see who really has the best Magneto?
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Damnnnn all this money on the line, who wants it.
What is the setup for ST legends? What type of arcade and joysticks are going to be brought? Thanks.
ST will be played on Japanese sit-down cabs. It’s the same cabinets that were used at Winter Brawl. We’ll have 4 cabinets total, making 2 head to head setups. I’ll get the part specs from Mike, who is bringing the cabinets.
Thanks Johnny.
I can provide US perfect 360s for this if there is currently not a plan to provide US sticks.
Well, the tournament must be played on specific parts as per the Tournament of Legends ruleset, so using American sticks is not something we can allow for tournament play. I’ll get the full rules from the ST ToL guys and post them up.
That is where I got the idea from when you said Japanese sit down cabs. I remember reading that the rules mention US sticks - they say that the regional events can do what they want, but the two last chance and finals will have both types. Seeing as most of us have been using US sticks since 1984 when Karate Champ came on the scene, it would be beneficial to have the option.
ill be brining the cabs and they currently have sanwa sticks and seimitsu LS56’s. i don’t think you could put american sticks in if you wanted to. i will bring a super gun setup for those of you who gotta have US sticks but I’m not sure how this will affect those who’d rather play on cab. the super guns use PS2 sticks.
Format: Japanese cabinet or Supergun with Sanwa sticks. NO machine that only has U.S. parts can be used, unless you also provide JAMMAà PSX converters installed + Sanwa HRAP (or similar brand) sticks.
U.S. or Japanese arcade board is OK. (U.S.: set on Free Select speed in service menu, players must pick Turbo 2 in-game every single match. Japanese: pre-set Turbo 3, i.e. don’t set machine on Free Select)
Payout: 65% (1st) 10% (2nd) 5% (3rd) and 20% is set aside for the EVO Main Event pot.
That is from the official ruleset from the ST Committee that was given to all TOs. I also spoke to Ghaleon today. It’s Japanese style or bust :\
Well, you guys asked for it!
As announced on The Late Nite Show With LI Joe this evening, there will be a high stakes money match between California’s Fanatiq and New York’s RayRay. The stakes are already at $2000 and will continue to grow until the match happens. We will be setting up a PayPal account so everyone can get in on the backing of either Fanatiq or RayRay. We’re still trying to work out a way to handle side bets between spectators, but it will more than likely have to be handled in person. This match will be played on the stage and streamed by Team sp00ky on Sunday. We’re still finalizing a time, but we will post up a schedule very soon. There’s 6 weeks until East Coast Throwdown 4 so both of these players have over a month to get in the lab and bring their best game!
Be sure to register for East Coast Throwdown and save yourself $15. Click the link on the top of every page!
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We’ll be creating a running tally to put on the site so everyone can keep up with the money being put into the match!
Could this the best ECT4 to date?
It just gets better!
It’s really just getting started 