Midwest Championships 20TH ANNIVERSARY in Antioch, TN June 22-23!

Storyteller · February 27, 2013, 11:56pm

We will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Midwest Championships this year at Game Galaxy Arcade! Come out for this 2 day event and show some love for the scene, as well as play big to win big! Costs: $20 cover charge for your first tournament. $10 per tournament entry fee. Your cover charge also nets you free play all day on our arcade and pinball machines! Your tournament crew: Jason “DreamTR” Wilson Richard “SlowJamzMixTape” Smith Chris “Negro Justice” Brown Brandon “GoldenOreos” Brocius Ian (Vandy) -Tekken Jonathan “Milln” Conaway Your tournament security: “Beat-em-up” (6’2, 400 pounds) Location: 5346 Hickory Hollow Parkway (across from Freeland Chevrolet, in the same shopping center as the barbershop, 360 burger, and Li-en Nails) Antioch, TN 37013 (615) 678-4599 Rules: Please note the ONLY items allowed for use in the tournament are unmodified pads and standard joysticks. Hitboxes, or “stickless sticks” which use buttons for movement WILL be allowed in this tourney. Turbo is not allowed in any tournament. If you have a question about a specific stick/pad to use, please contact us. You must be on time. If you are not on time and REGISTERED before each tournament and want to enter late you will be charged an additional $10 IF we have room to place you in the bracket. Arriving late? Have friends SIGN YOU UP and PAY FOR YOUR ENTRY FEES/COVER CHARGES. Payout: 60/25/10/5 split for Top 4 spots in all games FOR SATURDAY (Sunday payouts TBA) POT BONUSES! $500 TO 1ST PLACE IN SFAE2012 $200 TO 1ST PLACE IN TEKKEN TAG 2 Schedule: Saturday June 22nd, 2013 11am-Signups 12pm-Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition 2012 (360) 2pm-Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3) 5pm-Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (360) Sunday June 23rd, 2013 11am-Signups ??-Guilty Gear AC+ (360) ??-Persona 4 Arena ??-Mystery tournament Super Smash Bros. Melee is TBA Any questions, comments, or suggestions? Please feel free to contact us and ask. You may also join our event page on Facebook if you have any questions! <a href=“http://www.facebook.com/events/514032561981842/” target="_blank" style=“outline: none; color: rgb(44, 99, 60); text-decoration: none; font-family: Tahoma, ‘Trebuchet MS’, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;”>http://www.facebook.com/events/514032561981842/</a>

SquirtsMcGirk · March 1, 2013, 7:45pm

I’m gonna be all over this! But the most important thing I got from this is milln’s real name. I found you out… Jonathan!

KinetiK · March 11, 2013, 10:26am

Probably going to be making this

Storyteller · March 17, 2013, 10:05pm

Get hype guys, it’s going to be a blast! Make your plans now to come and celebrate MWC’s 20th anniversary with us!

Storyteller · June 2, 2013, 5:30am

Sunday schedule is as follows:

11am-Signups
12pm-Persona 4 Arena (360)
12:30pm-Smash Project M (Wii)
2pm-Guilty Gear AC+ (360)
5pm-Acceleration of Suguri X Edition (PS3)

Shin_Blade · June 6, 2013, 11:47pm

Hey, Is the pot bonus games have plus entry fee if someone gets 1st place also?

AnneIFrank · June 7, 2013, 4:34am

The most hype tournament at the event is going to Suguri. We are so in there.

bgj76 · June 12, 2013, 3:55pm

Whats the turn out looking like??? Whos Mahvelen

Kinderparty · June 17, 2013, 11:03pm

this is a good question.

Kinderparty · June 18, 2013, 9:04pm

Elena's healing!

We will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Midwest Championships this year at Game Galaxy Arcade! Come out for this 2 day event and show some love for the scene, as well as play big to win big!Costs:$20 cover charge for your first tournament. $10 per tournament entry fee.Your cover charge also nets you free play all day on our arcade and pinball machines!Your tournament crew:Jason “DreamTR” WilsonRichard “SlowJamzMixTape” SmithChris “Negro Justice” BrownBrandon “GoldenOreos” BrociusIan (Vandy) -TekkenJonathan “Milln” ConawayYour tournament security:“Beat-em-up” (6’2, 400 pounds)Location:5346 Hickory Hollow Parkway (across from Freeland Chevrolet, in the same shopping center as the barbershop, 360 burger, and Li-en Nails)Antioch, TN 37013(615) 678-4599Rules:Please note the ONLY items allowed for use in the tournament are unmodified pads and standard joysticks. Hitboxes, or “stickless sticks” which use buttons for movement WILL be allowed in this tourney. Turbo is not allowed in any tournament. If you have a question about a specific stick/pad to use, please contact us.You must be on time. If you are not on time and REGISTERED before each tournament and want to enter late you will be charged an additional $10 IF we have room to place you in the bracket. Arriving late? Have friends SIGN YOU UP and PAY FOR YOUR ENTRY FEES/COVER CHARGES.Payout:60/25/10/5 split for Top 4 spots in all games FOR SATURDAY (Sunday payouts TBA)POT BONUSES!$500 TO 1ST PLACE IN SFAE2012$200 TO 1ST PLACE IN TEKKEN TAG 2Schedule:Saturday June 22nd, 201311am-Signups12pm-Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition 2012 (360)2pm-Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3)5pm-Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (360)Sunday June 23rd, 201311am-Signups??-Guilty Gear AC+ (360)??-Persona 4 Arena??-Mystery tournamentSuper Smash Bros. Melee is TBAAny questions, comments, or suggestions? Please feel free to contact us and ask.You may also join our event page on Facebook if you have any questions!http://www.facebook.com/events/514032561981842/

is there anyway we can pledge a signup here on the boards? there are a bunch of us driving from KY, but getting there by 11am might be a really tight squeeze.

KinetiK · June 19, 2013, 11:17am

I’d try to contact Jason Wilson directly about it through facebook. Just saying from experience that he runs great tournaments but he’s not the type of guy that’s gonna push a tournament back 2 hours without getting advance notice. If you let him know beforehand he will try and accommodate most likely.

Kinderparty · June 19, 2013, 7:13pm

rad. do can you PM me a link to his facebook profile? there’s like a billion jason wilsons.

Storyteller · June 20, 2013, 8:21pm

Hey guys, just a reminder, Midwest Championships 20th Anniversary is coming up this weekend at Game Galaxy Arcade in Antioch, TN! All of the tournament info (games, fees, payouts, etc) is on our Facebook event page here:

We are also looking for some dedicated commentators for MWC this weekend for our awesome stream, which will be hosted by Panda Gaming on Twitch. Let us know on our event page if you are interested and what game knowledge you have.

We’re going to have pot bonuses, tons of games to play, as well as a large selection of arcade and pinball machines to play as well. It’s going to be a blast and we look forward to seeing you all there!

Storyteller · June 21, 2013, 6:30am

Just a last minute reminder for MWC:

The tournaments will start on time or 15 minutes after scheduled start time only if we are running late. If you are late entering/not at your matches when called, you will be disqualified or go into losers’ bracket. LISTEN for your name, and PAY ATTENTION. If you are called whoever knows you will need to get you; we are not chasing/waiting for anyone. If a tournament starts at 2pm and you are out getting food, don’t be surprised if you are called and wonder why you are in the loser’s bracket.
Any “side” tournaments can not be on the main tournament area. Most of the stations are going to be running tournaments but we will move as quickly as possible so more casual stations will open up during tournaments. We can not “guarantee” a side tournament for anyone. There is one setup on the other side of the arcade that can be used for that if you want. BYOC or game(s), etc. We will be too busy to be involved.
Please ask Richard Smith of any questions you may have during the tournament. Jason is very busy and the more interruptions he has the slower the tournament will go.
Sharing sticks can be a cause for disqualification. Don’t get caught up forgetting to bring your own stick/pad. If you bring a wireless pad for ANY system you MUST turn it off IMMEDIATELY after leaving your match.
Get practice on the TVS there BEFORE you play. We use standard ASUS EVO monitors, a Sony Trinitron CRT, and a VewLix Arcade System for our tournaments. These do not have lag. The Vewlix is a commercial grade high end Japanese cabinet. This is EXACTLY the cabinet played on in Japan for SSF4AE. I do not want to hear that you “can’t get your plinks out” on a CRT because you are used to the timing on ASUS. Get accustomed to the timing FAST if need be. If you request ASUS we can do that but request it FIRST.
If you think you are scheduled to play one of your local area buddies early that you drove 10 hours with, TELL US FIRST BEFORE YOU PLAY. We do float based on region. We float randomly if this occurs. We seed based on skill/region.
This is a smaller venue than what you are used to, so it will be packed and exciting at the same time. Play the arcade games if you get bored, don’t crowd the areas if you don’t have to. We purposely designed this with the “cramped arcade” in mind with all of these pinballs/arcades to play while you wait for matches.

We are going to do the best we can with our venue. We have 10-12 setups and 8 of these will be for tournament play throughout the days, but there are non ASUS casual setups and plenty of games to play in the arcade throughout the 2 days. We hope everyone has a good time and look forward to seeing everyone, but please adhere to our rules to make it a more enjoyable environment for everyone.

Thanks!