As Act has finally passed, we’re in need for another big New England Tournament. Along with Stryfe’s Uprising (7/17), I present: New England Revolution!
On September 18th, 2010 we will hold a 2 Day tournament to September 19th.
The following games are: Melty Blood: Actress Again, Super Street Fighter 4, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, Blazblue: Continuum Shift, Soulcalibur 4, and a game of your choice!
Please place a vote down for a game you would like to see in this upcoming tournament! Rules for voting in the game of your choice: it must be a fighting game and if your game wins, PM me with the rules, play fee, and if you can provide a setup. Voting will be tallied up combing votes from all forums this tournament has been posted on including SRK, Dustloop, Melty Bread, and 8wayrun. Check this post to see the results thus far. The last day to vote for your game of choice is 9/11/2010.
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED! Thanks to all who voted!
We will also use Tonamento to run and seed for this tournament. Pre-registration for the tournament is now available! You may pre-register yourself on Tonamento.
Venue:
The Battle Ground Game Arena
378 Kelly Road, Unit #3
Vernon, CT USA 06066
[1-]860-896-5288
The venue opens at 12:00pm.
Registration for Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, GGXXAC Teams, and the Game of Choice will be on Saturday the 18th.
Registration for Melty Blood: Actress Again, Super Street Fighter 4, Blazblue: Continuum Shift, and Soulcalibur 4 will be held on Sunday the 19th.
The Games and Times
Saturday
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (PS2) 2:30pm
Hokuto no Ken aka Fist of the North Star (Game of Choice) (Japanese PS2) 4:00pm
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Teams (PS2) 5:00pm
Blazblue: Continuum Shift Teams (PS3) 6:45
Sunday
Blazblue: Continuum Shift (PS3) 2:45pm
Melty Blood: Actress Again (Japanese PS2) 3:30pm
Super Street Fighter IV (PS3) 4:15pm
Super Street Fighter 4 Teams (PS3) TBD
Soulcalibur 4 (PS3) 5:00pm
Venue fee - $5 each day
Saturday
Guilty Gear singles - $5
Hokuto no Ken - $5
Guilty Gear 3v3 teams - $15/team ($5/teammate)
Blazblue 2v2 teams - $10/team ($5/teammate)
Sunday
Blazblue: Continuum Shift singles - $10
Melty Blood: Actress Again singles - $5
Super Street Fighter 4 singles - $10
SSF4 2v2 teams - $10/team ($5/teammate)
Soulcalibur 4 singles - $5
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Pot information:**
Singles - 70/20/10 (or 70/30, if the turnout is low)
Teams - 70/20/10 (or 70/30, if the turnout is low)
Rules:
**General:**
-BYOC (BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER)
-Wireless controllers must have sync cable attached throughout the whole set and must be turned off after the set is finished.
-No pausing during match
-Rounds are set at 3 (unless otherwise noted)
-Best 2 out of 3 matches
-Best 3 out of 5 matches for all finals (losers, winners, grand)
-Double elimination
-Time limit set to 99 (unless otherwise noted)
Guilty Gear singles (PS2):
-See general rules
-EX, gold, and shadow characters are banned
-Kliff and Justice banned
-Button mapping allowed
Guilty Gear 3v3 teams (PS2):
- SBO Style: After team member loses match, next team member of the losing team plays. Winner stays until opposing team is defeated or the winner is defeated himself
- Teammates must have different characters from each other (ie. Sol, Ky, May)
- EX, gold, and shadow characters are banned
- Kliff and Justice are banned
Soul Calibur 4 singles (PS3)
- Standard Versus
- Rounds best 3 out of 5
- Timer set to 60 seconds
- Random stage select. If the loser does not change characters, they can rematch on the same stage or random select a new stage. If the loser switches characters, stage select must be random.
- Algol, Hilde, and Bonus Characters are banned
Blazblue: Continuum Shift singles (PS3):
- See general rules
- Latest version will be used (Current version: 1.01)
- DLC characters (ie. Makoto) are allowed
- Unlimited Characters are banned
- Beginner mode not allowed
- Astral Heats allowed
Blazblue: Continuum Shift 2v2 teams (PS3):
- Waseda Style: After team member loses match, next team member from both teams plays until one team is eliminated
- Teammates must have different characters from each other (ie. Ragna, Jin)
- Latest version will be used (Current version: 1.01)
- DLC characters (ie. Makoto) are allowed
- Unlimited Characters are banned
- Beginner mode not allowed
- Astral Heats allowed
Melty Blood singles (PS2):
- See general rules
- Original Balance settings will be used
- Archetype Earth is banned
- Button mapping allowed
Super Street Fighter 4 singles (PS3):
- See general rules
- All characters allowed
- Winner must keep the same character, but can select a new ultra in game 2 or 3, but has to pick the ultra before the opponent picks theirs. This does not apply to blind pick.
Super Street Fighter 4 2v2 teams (PS3):
- Waseda Style: After team member loses match, next team member from both teams plays until one team is eliminated
- Teammates must have different characters from each other (ie. Ryu, Cammy)
- All characters allowed
- Winner must keep the same character, but can select a new ultra in game 2 or 3, but has to pick the ultra before the opponent picks theirs. This does not apply to blind pick.
Hokuto no Ken singles (PS2):
- Timer set to 77
- Rounds 2 out of 3
- 1 star recovery after each round
- Glitches that cause a character or the game to freeze are not allowed
- Dribble combos/infinites are allowed
- Anyone playing as Mr. Heart must submit to a coin toss to determine player side. Coin toss must be done before the match starts. Winner of the coin toss may chose which side to be on.
- Ken-oh version of Raoh is banned
- Button mapping allowed
WE NEED SETUPS!
PS2s:
- Tales (Guilty Gear & Melty Blood)
- kona (Guilty Gear & Melty Blood)
- blueNINE (Guilty Gear)
- Furok (Guilty Gear)
- LordPangTong (Guilty Gear & Melty Blood)
- The Lazy One (Melty Blood)
PS3s:
- blueNINE (SSF4)
- CrownEmpress (Blazblue)
- Furok (Blazblue)
- Danny Schme (Blazblue)
- Y-Disciple (SC4)
Laptops (If a Computer game is chosen):
- Tales
Tournament Organizers:
-Fraga (Guilty Gear, Melty Blood, Blazblue)
-kona (Super Street Fighter 4, Guilty Gear)
-Tales (Game of Choice)
-Jian (Soulcalibur 4)
Also, PS3 SSF4 setups would be greatly appreciated!
