Windy City Showdown and Nickel City present
Windy City Showdown Prime
Saturday, May 12th: Three to Get Ready
Nickel City
555 Waukegan Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
847-559-8727
www.nickelcitygames.com
Here we go again! Just a couple weeks until UFGT8, this is Chicago’s chance to make a statement.
The Tournaments: Six (!) will be held, in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat 9, King of Fighters XIII, Street Fighter x Tekken, and** Skullgirls**. More may be added for other games (Soul Calibur V, HD Remix, Guilty Gear XXAC) if there is enough interest.
The Setups: PLEASE BRING EQUIPMENT! If you have a system, game disc, or cables and you can bring them to the event, please do. We want to make sure we have enough set-ups for both the tournament matches as well as casuals. Be sure to bring your own stick or pad as well.
The Systems: All Capcom games will be held on Xbox 360. All non-Capcom games will be held on PS3.
The Price: All tournaments are $10 to enter. There is also a venue fee of $2, which is paid upon entering Nickel City.
The Payout: The top 25% of people who enter will be paid. Here’s how the payout scale works, along with pot bonuses:
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[]8-12 entrants - 1st place: 50% of pot, 2nd place: 30%, 3rd place: 20% - $10 pot bonus
[]13-16 entrants - 1st: 50% of remaining pot*, 2nd: 30%, 3rd: 20%, 4th: Entry fee - $20 pot bonus
[]17-24 entrants - 1st: 50% of remaining pot, 2nd: 30%, 3rd: 20%, 4th: Entry fee + $5, 5th/6th: Entry fee - $40 pot bonus
[]25-32 entrants - 1st: 50% of remaining pot, 2nd: 30%, 3rd: 20%, 4th: Entry fee + $10, 5th/6th: Entry fee + $5, 7th/8th: Entry fee - $70 pot bonus
[]33-48 entrants - 1st: 50% of remaining pot, 2nd: 30%, 3rd: 20%, 4th: Entry fee + $15, 5th/6th: Entry fee + $10, 7th/8th: Entry fee + $5, 9th-12th: Entry fee - $130 pot bonus
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And so on.
- “Remaining pot” means the pot after all places 4th and lower have been paid out.
** If a tournament has fewer than 8 entrants, then it may still be held if everyone involved is still interested. In these cases, 2nd place will receive their entry fee back, and 1st place will be paid all of the remaining pot. If the event cannot be held, either due to lack of entrants or lack of interest in participating in the smaller tournament, money will be refunded.
The Schedule (Subject to Change):
6:00 pm - Venue available
6:45 pm - Sign-up starts for all tournaments
7:20 pm - Sign-up ends for SSF4: AE12 and Skullgirls
7:30 pm - SSF4: AE12 and Skullgirls tournaments begin
8:35 pm - Sign-up ends for SFxT and KoFXIII
8:45 pm - SFxT and KoFXIII tournaments begin
9:50 pm - Sign-up ends for UMvC3 and MK9
10:00 pm - UMvC3 and MK9 tournaments begin
Early Sign-up: If you do not think that you will be able to make it to the venue on time or you would just prefer to have your name entered early, please notify the tournament organizer ahead of time (see below) so you will be entered into the bracket.
The Volunteers: We will need volunteers to help out with the duty of running brackets. Please contact the tournament organizer (see below) if you are willing to volunteer. Take note that if you are entered into a tournament, you will not be permitted to run the bracket for that tournament unless there is another volunteer–possibly also entered into the same tournament–available to assist you.
The Rules: The rules for the six tournaments are as follows:
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v. 2012
Double elimination, best of 3 games; winners, losers, grand finals are best of 5 games
Losing player can change character and/or ultra; Winning player can change ultra, cannot change character
Blanka Alternate Costume 3 is banned
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Double elimination, best of 5 games; grand finals are best of 7 games
Losing player can change team; Winning player cannot change team
Players may opt to select Bonne Wonderland or Shield Air Show for stage
Street Fighter x Tekken
Double elimination, best of 3 games; grand finals best of 5 games
Losing player can change team; Winning player cannot change team
Gems are banned
Mortal Kombat 9
Double elimination, best of 3 games; winners, losers, grand finals are best of 5 games
Losing player can change character; Winning player cannot change character
Kratos is banned
Kratos stage and Street stage are banned
All combat codes are banned, apart from No Blood (900 900), which is encouraged
King of Fighters XIII
Double elimination, best of 3 games; grand finals best of 5 games
Losing player can change team and/or order; Winning player can change order, cannot change team
Purgatory stage is banned
Skullgirls
Double elimination, best of 3 games; winners, losers, grand finals are best of 5 games
Losing player can change team, order, and/or assists; Winning player can change assists, cannot change team or order
General Rules
PS3 Dualshock Wireless controllers are permitted only with a connecting cord and with the understanding that they must remain off when they are not being used. If any irregularities or disputes occur, the players involved should attempt to resolve them among themselves. If they cannot, only then may it be referred to the tournament organizer.
The Tech: Dannkk will be on site at the event providing dual mods to those in need.
The Stream: Stream will be provided by Callisto: www.twitch.tv/bgcallisto
The Pizza: For people attending the tournament, Nickel City is offering a special deal: A one-topping slice of pizza and a small fountain drink for $3!
The Tournament Organizers:
Max aka CurlyW (Phone 301-404-0316, E-mail maxwasserman@gmail.com, Twitter @maxwasserman)
Domingo aka Tactics (Phone 630-433-6979, E-mail domingoayala3@gmail.com, Twitter @WCS_Tactics)
If you have any questions or concerns about the event, please contact one of the tournament organizers.
Hope to see everyone there. It’ll be pretty freakin’ bueno.
