(FINAL ROUND)XIII "The New Era!"
This is a FINAL ROUND L.L.C. Production.
Date: March 12-14 ,2010
Location:
Holiday Inn - Atlanta
Northeast/Doraville
2001 Clearview Avenue
Atlanta, Ga. 30340
Phone: (770)455-3700
Anyone that wants to Pre-Register PLEASE USE THE FOLLOW EXAMPLE:
Real Name “Tag name” : city, state= games playing at final round
ex.
Larry S. Dixon Jr. “ShinBlanka” : Tha “A”= st, sf4
Also directions from the airport
Get on the public train system from the airport. The public train system is called ***“MARTA”***! You will take the "DORAVILLE" train to the "DORAVILLE" station! Call the hotel so they can pick you up with the shuttle. If you want you can walk to the hotel also. Get off the train and walk down to the road outside of the doraville train station. Cross over the road and head down hill towards buford hwy. You should see the doraville police station as you walk down the hill on the right hand side. When you get to "buford hwy" turn left. Then go until you get to a WAFFLE HOUSE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD. You turn right at the waffle house. and you should see the Holiday inn in the cut! Easy if you want to walk from the station.
Introduction:
1st of all as always I would like to thank all of the people that support FINAL ROUND tournaments and support the ATL South Fighting Game scene. With the help of the community supporting (Final Round) every year it has grown into one of the best tournaments in the usa and a staple Major Tournament in the Fighting Game Community! The history of FINAL ROUND is based on the"Console Warriors" style tournament and this year we will usher in the NEW ERA of fighting games for the begining of the Major 2010 tournament season! New games like Blazeblu, King Of Fighters 12, and Tekken6 BR will join the staple fighters like Street Fighter 4, GGxxAC, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl to make this years event one to remember!
With that said, I grew up learning how to play fighters in the arcades. I’ve always want to keep that old school tournament feeling with FR tournaments. That’s why we have some old school capcom games that will be played only on an arcade cabinet at Final Round. We can’t forget our roots and I won’t let people forget how we use to play back in the day! We will have atleast 1-2 arcade cabinets on games that the console version are truly not worth playing on a tournament level. Games like ST and 3rd strike teams will be on arcade cabinets having Sanwa’s japanese sticks and other’s having 8 way standard switch joysticks. The arcade cabinets are donated by me. I will put a star(*) by the games that will be on the cabinet’s and the rest will be on console.
There is a entry fee that is separate from the entry fee to each tournament. FRXIII entry fee is “$30”. (This fee is to pay for the VENUE/Event BADGES) Like I always say I need FINAL ROUND to pay for itself.
OFFICIAL SIGN UP’S FOR BADGES START AT 9:30AM ON MARCH 12, 2010!
unofficial sign up’s will be on Thursday March 11, 2010 around 9pm.
The games, how much, and the days games will be played on are as followed:
Friday March 12, 2010
Starting time 2pm
BlazeBlu=$10 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
Super Smash Brothers Melee= $10 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
LOW TIER MvC2=$5 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
Mark Of The Wolves=$5 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
Team tournaments:
Super Smash Brothers Melee (Teams)= $5 per team mate= 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
Street Fighter Four (5 vs 5 teams)= $5 per team mate= 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
Saturday March 13, 2010
2pm
Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Teams)= $5 per team mate= 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
SuperSmash Brothers Brawl “Regular Brawl”=$10 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
Street Fighter Four=$10 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
SC4=$10 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
GGXX(AC)=$10 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
ST(*)=$10 1st-70%, 2nd-20%, 3rd-10%
Sunday March 14, 2010
2pm
Tekken6BR=$20 Top 5 1st-65%, 2nd-15%, 3rd-10%, 4th-5%, 5th splits 2.5% (unless they want to fight it out)!
KOF12 =$10 1st-70% 2nd-20% 3rd-10%
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike=$10 1st-70% 2nd-20% 3rd-10%
Rules
All CAPCOM and SNK games are Double Elim.–Best 2 out of 3
You can ask for Blind Pick!
CONDUCT
Players must conduct themselves in a reasonable manner. Permanent ejection of a player from the tournament is at the staff’s discretion. Any sign of cheating will also result in forfeit of the game. Any intentional forfeiting or conspiring to manipulate the brackets will result in ejection and possible suspension from future tournaments.
On all console tournament games:
This is a (B.Y.O.C. = Bring Your Own Controller/converter or Joystick) tournament for all of the console games being played at FINAL ROUND. You are responsible for your equipment and we will not supply anyone with a controller or converter at this tournament for any console tournament. I won’t supply anymore converter’s for finalround. I’m tired of getting my stuff stolen by some people that don’t have any home trainning.
If you hit the start button or a malfunction in your equipment happens during a
match that makes the game pauses or resets during a tournament match get the head judge in charge of running that tournament to decide what will happen next for that match. Replays are automatic if it’s at the beginning of the match and you have played 5-10 seconds in the game with no one having an advantage in the match. It’s not my problem if “YOUR STICK” malfunction’s during a tournament. I WILL BE THE FINAL SAY ON ANY PROBLEMS THAT MY TOURNAMENT JUDGES CAN’T RESOLVE!
I want to keep FinalRound as close to arcade perfect as I can, but this isn’t the way that some 3d players view button shouldering gameplay. So I came up with this solution:
“Button shouldering” will NOT be allowed at FR in the following games:
***All capcom 2d fighters, Tekken6 BR, and all snk fighters ***
(THAT MEANS IF YOU RESET YOUR BUTTONS YOU MUST PUT THE DEFAULT MULTI-BUTTONS ON BLANK or no function!!!) So that mean you won’t have your 3xkick button, or 3xpunch button. This applies to snk games also. Any default presets that are NOT like the arcade set up are not allowed. If you don’t have a 3x punch or kick button in the arcade then you won’t use it at FR! We are trying to make it as close to arcade type tournament as possible and NO button mapping the traditional way to play capcom and snk games IMO. I don’t care where you put them on your controler/joystick but you should only have the following buttons input’s for the following games:
Capcom games that are on consoles will have only ***6 button inputs***allowed on your controller/joystick and they are:
1. Jab punch=light punch
2. Strong punch=medium punch
3. Fierce punch=hard punch
4. Short kick=light kick
5. forward kick=medium kick
6. roundhouse kick=hard punch
This goes for the following games:
Street Fighter Four
Street Fighter III 3rd strike
Street Fighter 2 Super turbo
SNK-Playmore games on console inputs that are allowed:
1. Light punch
2. Heavy punch
3. Light kick
4. Heavy kick
This goes for the following games:
MOTW If we don’t play on arcade equipment
KOF12
“Button Shouldering/mapping” "Will" be allowed for SC4.
Tournament game list:
STREETFIGHTER FOUR
PS3
Winner keeps the same character. The loser can choose a new character.
All characters are tournament legal!
(*) Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
Winner keeps the same character. The loser can choose a new character.
King Of Fighters 12
PS3
Winner keeps the same team/characters but can switch the order, while the loser can switch teams.
BlazeBlu
PS3
Winner keeps the same character. The loser can choose a new character.
Rest of the rules TBA
LOW TIER Marvel vs Capcom 2
Game version: US Dreamcast or PS3
You may not use any glitch that prevent the game from being played. This includes game freezing, game resetting, player freezing, etc.
Deadbody infinites are allowed to gain a positional advantage, but not to delay the game.
Button switching during the loading screen is allowed (e.g. Holding ASSIST 1 to switch your first assist with the point).
You may not use the same character twice on one team.
Winner keeps the same team, while the loser can switch teams.
Rest of the rules TBA
Tekken6 BR
PS3
If the players do not agree on a stage within 15 seconds the match judge will enforce blind random stage select. Winner keep the same character and the loser can change characters.
***Guilty Gear AC Singles ***
PS2 - American GGXX:AC copy (All bugs removed)
No ex, gold, shadow, or any other alternate characters allowed.
Button mapping for RC, Burst etc allowed.
Winner keeps the same character and the losers can change characters.
Super Street Fighter II Turbo()*
Arcade Cab Japanese board
Turbo speed 3!
Winner keeps the same character. The loser can choose a new character. “Akuma” is not allowed in tournament play.
Soul Calibur 4
PS3
Standard Tournament Rules
US Version
NO Bonus Chars Allowed
No Custom Chars
Random Stage Select ONLY
Winner keeps the same character. The loser can choose a new character.
Default Damage
Default Time
Buttom Mapping Allowed
Camera altering glitches banned
Console exclusive characters and AGOL BANNED!!
Mark Of The Wolves
PS2
Winner keeps the same character. The loser can choose a new character. All Characters are tournament legal.
Super Smash Brothers Brawl "Regular brawl"
Super Smash Brothers Brawl "Regular Brawl"
Nintindo Wii
General Tournament Rules
Double Elimination Bracket Best 2 out of 3 matches
Winners Finals= 3/5 matches
Losers Final= 3/5
Grand Finals=3/5, the player from the losers must win 2 sets of 3/5
***3 Stock, 8 MINUTE TIME LIMIT for singles ***
All items OFF (including Smash Balls)
Doubles Team Attack is ON, LIFE stealing is allowed.
BYOC: (BRING. YOUR. OWN. CONTROLLER.) WIIMOTES OR CLASSIC CONTROLLERS are allowed!!! You MUST take the batteries out of your controller after your match to desync your wiimote! Failure to do so may cause you to be DQ’ed!
All decisions made by tournament officials are FINAL!
Controller mods of ANY kind (short-hop mod, L-trigger mod, etc), except for cosmetic changes (paint job, different colored plastic), are banned. Tournament staff may randomly inspect any controller at their discretion. If you are caught using a banned controller you will be immediately disqualified from the tournament.
Stage List:
Starter
Battlefield, Final Destination, Smashville, Yoshi’s Island
Counter
Brinstar, Castle Siege, Delfino, Frigate Orpheon, Lylat Cruise, Halberd, Pokmon Stadium 1
Banned STAGES
75m, Big Blue, Bridge of Eldin, Corneria, Distant Planet, Flat Zone 2, Green Hill Zone, Hanenbow, Hyrule Temple, Jungle Japes, Luigi’s Mansion, Mario Bros., Mushroomy Kingdom I, Mushroomy Kingdom II, New Pork City, Norfair, Pictochat, Pirate Ship, Rainbow Cruise, Rumble Falls, Shadow Moses, Spear Pillar, The Summit, Wario Ware, Green Greens, Mario Circuit, Onett, Pokmon Stadium 2, Port Town Aero Dive, Skyworld, Yoshi’s Island (Pipes)
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At the beginning of a set, each player may strike 2 stages from the available 11. Of these, only 1 can be from the 4 Neutrals listed above. You may however choose to strike 2 counterpick stages.
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1st match, characters are chosen with double blind picks. After that, advanced slob picks- Loser of 1st match pick stages, the winner of the 1st match picks character, then loser of 1st match picks character. Continue this as necessary until the set reaches completion. Standard sets are best of 3, finals or semi-fianls are left to the discretion of the tournament host, although best of 5 is recommended for time constraints.
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All forms of stalling are banned. Stalling- The act of deliberately avoiding any and all conflict so that one may make the game unplayable. This includes MK infinite cape, excessive edge stalling, or any form of stalling under the stage (DK spin, sonic charge B, snake infinite down B teching, etc).
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Any suicide KOs on the final stock resulting in sudden death will result in a loss for the user of this tactic. If it would be a suicide KO and the match screen shows a decisive winner, go with that instead. A Bowsercide final KO results in a win for the Bowser player.
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If the timer runs out, the victor is determined first by stock and then by percentage. In the event of a sudden death, both players are to suicide IMMEDIATELY. No fighting with bombs @ 300. At the results screen, regardless of what the screen says, the player with the higher DAMAGE TAKEN is the loser. No exceptions. In the result of a tie, the match will be discarded and played over, same characters and stage. For teams, if this should ever happen, add the damage taken instead for both teams.
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Any action that can prevent the game from continuing (i.e., freezing, disappearing characters, game reset, etc.) will result in a forfeit of that match for the player that initiated the action. You are responsible for knowing your own character, and must be wary about accidentally triggering one of these effects.
Super Smash Brothers Melee
Wii
Rules:
?4 stock
?2/3 sets
?3/5 finals
?8 minute time limit
?Items off
?Ties broken by lives, then %
?First stage agreed upon or random
?Dave?s Stupid Rule (DSR): No stage may be used twice in a single set if the counter-picking player has already won on that stage.
?Double Blind character pick can be called at anytime.
?Stage Knock Out: Each person may choose one stage to be disabled for the entire set, it must be chosen at the beginning of the set, after initial characters are chosen.
?Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or select to go random. The winner may then change their character, followed by the loser.
?Bring your own controller
?Controller Mods, Glitches (IC Freeze Glitch, Mewtwo Soul Stunner, etc), and tactics used to stall a match (wall-bombing, rising pound), are banned.
?Team Attack will be ON
?Life stealing allowed
? Wobbling is BANNED
The Mages DQ Rule is applicable when a player is late for a match and it goes as follows:
2 Minutes Late ? Warning
4 Minutes Late ? Loss of first match of set
6 Minutes Late ? Loss of set
- Singles Stages on random ? Final Destination, Dream Land 64, Fountain of Dreams, Battlefield, Yoshi?s Story And Pokemon Stadium.
- Singles Stages Banned - Hyrule Temple, Yoshi 64, Fourside, Icicle Mountain, Flatzone, Venom, Brinstar Depths, Big Blue, Great Bay, Onnett, Princess Peach’s Castle, Great bay, Yoshi’s island (pipes), Mushroom Kingdom 1/2
All other levels open for counter picks.
If you are playing in multiple games you need to notify a organizer when you are about to play in another game, so they can skip your match on the brackets and come back to you after you completed the other tournament match.
Also once the tournament starts you are responsible for knowing when your next match will come up. If you have to go for a food or bathroom break, then “PLEASE” notify the judge at your station or “me” that you will be gone for a few minutes. The judge should beable to tell you when your next game will be and how long you have before your next match up. Just act like you have been to a tournament before people and everything will run smoothly.
Anyone that get’s out of line inside or outside of the hotel will force me to call the police on you. Keep that “B.S.” online or at home. I don’t care where you keep it just don’t bring that drama to FINAL ROUND. Act like you have some home training people. I don’t want to break up any more arguements over dumb stuff!
I have 60 rooms reserved for people/groups that are attending FRXIII. We need these rooms sold for that weekend since the hotel was nice enough to hold those rooms at a reduced rate for everyone attending FRXIII. So if you are reserving a ROOM at the hotel for FINAL ROUND, MAKE SURE YOU TELL THE HOTEL STAFF YOU ARE WITH THE FINAL ROUND GROUP . When you call up the hotel, don’t just say you want to reserve a room, say you want to reserve a room for FINAL ROUND.
The 2 queen size beds in 1 room are $79.00 when you tell them your with the Finalround group. Anyone is willing to bring a tv+system+games I WILL PAY for your badge! You can never have too many tv’s+systems imo at a console tournament! Make sure they aren’t TV’s with lag. You maybe use to playing on them, but if they have lag I can’t use them due to everyone will complain playing on them! We will test them out before we give you the badge.
Anyone that plans on entering the SSBM and SSBB “regular” tournament needs to make sure they sign up no later than Friday morning. I’m trying to start SSBM tournament at 1pm sharpe on Friday march 12, 2009 if everyone is sign up on thursday night! That’s why I need the Melee and regular brawl players to sign up on thursday night or friday morning.
There will be an EARLY BIRD ONLINE PREGISTER DISCOUNT for those that want to pay early for a discounted entry fee. This offer will run for 3 months. $25 Venue fee if you pay for the early bird pre-register/prepay online. This will also help us make the brackets early and post the brackets online the week before the event. After 3 months the early bird special will end, but you will still beable to pre-register/prepay online. You will also beable to walk up to the door and pay the day of the event, but I would advise everyone to pre-pay online to aviod the pre-reg line at Final Round. You will have your name on your badge if you prepay online. There are “NO REFUNDS” on the online prepay, so make sure you will be attending Final Round before you prepay.
Final Round is 8 months away and it will be here before you know it people! Let the hype and games begin!
