Hello gaming community,
First off, here at Best Bout Gaming we would like to give a big shout out to the NW fighting gaming community, and give our appreciation for the support we have received from the people and players. It’s been a great last couple of years for competitive gaming, for the first time since the early days of Street Fighter 2 the scene has achieved a new peak in terms of exposure, promotion, and popularity. Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Eugene, and pretty much everywhere else have seen their communities expand in the last couple of years, interest and excitement over competitive gaming has been on the rise. In Portland, we have had our share of good exposure, thanks to the combined efforts of the players in the scene. Last year some of the players in the local community merged together to form Best Bout Gaming, an LLC dedicated to the promotion of competitive gaming. In the fall of 2010, we opened shop at Purest Cafe. The establishment was kind enough to let us host our public casuals, and for the duration that we were there our weekly event continued to grow with great turn outs and support from the community. At the same time, we continued to host the ongoing tournament called Slugfest at Portland’s great retro arcade Ground Kontrol. Exposure was high, and with this the scene continued to evolve. Best Bout would not be where we are now without the support of these two great establishments, we will always be indebted to them for helping us get to where we are now. A big shout out to Ground Kontrol and Purest Cafe, two great local businesses that are down for the cause! Now, without further adieu…
Grand Opening!
We are proud to announce the opening of Best Bout Gaming, a commercial location dedicated to the promotion of the competitive gaming scene. This includes fighting games, as well as first person shooters, sports games, Rock Band, anime games, and so on. Depending on the night, we will have different themed casuals, such as the reoccurring Throwdown Tuesday for fighting games. We will host a variety of tournaments on various weekends depending on the type of game. Our flagship fighting game tournament will be called Best Bout Beatdown, and will occur once a month. Our main objective is to have a location that is exclusively for the gamers, free of constraints or any other obstacles. For Portland, we hope this location will act as home base for our competitive scene, and we encourage everyone to come check it out. The layout will be similar to a gaming hall, with tables lining the walls, and consoles/set ups running various games. We will also be streaming our events, as well as shooting various video segments for broadcast and promotion on a regular basis. Our good friend Chris Nguyen has been working on a documentary that will chronicle our efforts to level up, it should be available for viewing in a month’s time or less. The Best Bout location will have regular hours of operation (to be announced) be heavily advertised and promoted in Portland area. We feel this is the next logical step for the gaming community, locally we simply are looking to offer a center point for all the hungry gamers out there. Essentially this location will act as a commercial entity, gamer’s dojo, and community resource. Here are the details;
What: Best Bout Gaming, Competitive Gaming Establishment
Where: 2409 SE 49th Ave. Portland, OR 97206
When: Ground Opening: Friday May 6th starting at 7pm.
Best Bout Beatdown, (monthly fighting game tournament) SSF4, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, MK9 and others. $5.00 venue fee (pays the rent!), $5.00 entry fee.
Weekly: Throwdown Tuesdays, 6pm to midnight or later : ) For fighting game casuals, $5.00 at the door for unlimited play. This will begin regularly after the weekend of the grand opening and tournament.
Website: www.bestbout.com (still under construction until opening night)
Facebook: Best Bout Gaming | Facebook
Email: info@bestbout.com
Phone: 503-488-5766 (goes active starting next week)
Best Bout Weekend:
Our first event is actually a collection of events Friday and Saturday May 6th and 7th. Details below:
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Grand Opening Night: **
Friday May 6th, 7pm
Our grand launch will be on Friday 5/6/11, starting at 7pm. Expect this event to go late into the evening ; ) To show our appreciation to the community, this will be a Free Play Night, no entry fee all games are free. We welcome everyone to come check it out, take in a game, and enjoy the location. The cross street of SE 49th and Division has many fine restaurants, bars (if of age), food carts, and even a convenience store. It is a very lively area, we encourage the people to check out the neighborhood and what it has to offer! Out of towners, we have rented a townhouse three blocks away (which is inhabited by gamers and friends, also as office for the location). This will be available for people to crash at if they would like, come in Friday for the Grand Opening and stay Saturday for our first ever Best Bout Beatdown tournament. Please contact Ethan (pdx_jive) at ethan@bestbout.com, or pm him on shoryuken.
**Cost: ** Free!
Best Bout Beatdown SSF4/MvC3/MK9 Tournament:
Saturday May 7th, signups at 4-5pm, event starts at 5pm
This event will be dedicated to the above mentioned fighting games, and will be heavily promoted before and the day of the event. It will be streamed live on Best Bout Gaming - live streaming video powered by Livestream
Come check out the best Portland has to offer in competitive fighting games, it will be a fun/friendly atmosphere and all skill levels are welcome!
Costs:
Venue Fee: $5.00
Entry Fee: $5.00 per game entered
We look forward to seeing everyone there, again a big shout out to the gaming community and all the people who have supported the cause. We are excited to see what the future holds!
Thanks and see you there,
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Best Bout Gaming LLC**
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