[Oct 6, 2012] Michigan Ranbats - Fall 2012 Event #2 (Detroit, MI)

Come on out and see where you stand among the best fighting game players in Metro Detroit! Ranked tournament season and casuals at the event.

=== DATE & TIME ===
Saturday October 6th
1030am to 9pm

=== LOCATION ===
Wayne State Student Center Ballroom
2nd Floor, Student Center
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

PARKING:
Not sure where exactly you should go once you arrive at the WSU campus? If you are paying in credit, check out this map!

That parking structure is CREDIT CARD ONLY. If you need cash (also $5, quarters and/or dollar bills), check this map out:http://maps.wayne.edu/#guest-parking Parking Lot 31 and Parking Structure 6 both accept cash.

Some players have been paying cash and parking in Lot 32 as well, across from Parking Structure #1. It is located here: [SIZE=4][FONT=arial]http://maps.wayne.edu/view/#lot-32[/FONT][/SIZE]

Once in the Student Center building there are stairs and elevators to take up to the ballroom on the second floor. Make sure you enter from the front of the building too, don’t try to enter from the back.

=== VENUE FEE ===
Venue fee is $5, everybody who is playing games in the hall will be charged venue.

=== SETUPS ===
Our scene is volunteer driven, we need consoles and copies of games to be able to ensure we can run the tournaments on time, anything you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

= CASUALS =
We will also have room for people to bring their own setups for casual play, the tournament setups will be available for casual play before and after the tournaments.

=== SCHEDULE ===
Registration starts 30 minutes before each game is scheduled to start, prices for each tournament are noted next to the game.

11:00 AM
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ($10)
King of Fighters XIII ($5)

2:00 PM
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 ($10)
Dead or Alive 5 ($5)

5:00 PM
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition 2012 ($10)
Persona 4 Arena ($5)

RETRO GAME TOURNAMENT
2:00 PM
Street Fighter Alpha 2 - PS2 ($2)
Note that these tournaments will most likely be run all day on one setup unless someone provides another. They’re mainly something fun to do for people who are attending the event, we can’t guarantee they’ll finish in a timely manner.

=== PAYOUT ===
The payout will be a 70/20/10 percent split of the whole pot paid out to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers of each tournament.

=== RULES ===
All games except the retro game will be ranked, see the Fall 2012 Season Info page for more information about rankings
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gn1ujXY5PbKwhJp2tDL52dIkZS5_MJhiePn52r4J6i8/edit

All games abide by the following rules

  • Any console specific characters are banned
  • Winners/Losers/Grand Finals best 3/5 matches
  • Timer, health and other match options are default unless noted otherwise.
  • Winner of match keeps their character, loser may switch
  • Button mapping/binding that is allowed in-game is legal
  • Turbo/rapid fire/programmed controllers are illegal

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will be best 3/5 rounds, and all preorder exclusive DLC characters are banned.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be best 3 out of 5 games
All other games will be best 2 out of 3 games, except for the finals matches.

=== LINKS ===

Michigan Fighting Game Community Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/148687751876381/

Stream - AddMitt’s Twitch TV page: http://www.twitch.tv/addmitt