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Focus Fire, Galloping Ghost Arcade, Good Games Live, and Medina4Life are pleased to present:
The Fighter x Shooter Chicago Qualifying Tournament
A Windy City Showdown Special Event
Thursday, September 1st
Galloping Ghost Arcade
9415 Ogden Avenue
Brookfield, IL 60513
708-485-4700
www.gallopingghostarcade.com
Focus Fire and Galloping Ghost Arcade are teaming up to bring you the Fighter x Shooter Qualifying Tournament. One day before the main event, you will have a chance to win free entry and venue fee to Fighter x Shooter, September 2-4 at the Crown Plaza in Northbrook, IL.
Here are the details:
Tournaments will be held for four (4) games: Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat 9, and Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition.
Entry fee is $5 per tournament you enter plus a $5 venue fee. Venue fee should be paid to the front desk upon entering Galloping Ghost Arcade. The tournament fee should be paid upon signing up for entry into the bracket(s).
Here are the prizes on offer:
SSF4: AE
1st Place - Free Entrance/Venue to FxS, GGA Day Pass, T-shirt, 70% of Pot
2nd Place - Free Entrance/Venue to FxS, T-shirt, 20% of Pot
3rd Place - Focus Fire Swag Bag, T-shirt, 10% of Pot
MvC3
1st Place - Free Entrance/Venue to FxS, GGA Day Pass, T-shirt, 70% of Pot
2nd Place - Free Entrance/Venue to FxS, T-shirt, 20% of Pot
3rd Place - Focus Fire Swag Bag, T-shirt, 10% of Pot
MK9
1st Place - Free Entrance/Venue to FxS, GGA Day Pass, T-shirt, 70% of Pot
2nd Place - Free Entrance/Venue to FxS, T-shirt, 20% of Pot
3rd Place - Focus Fire Swag Bag, T-shirt, 10% of Pot
3S Online
1st Place - Free Entrance/Venue to FxS, GGA Day Pass, T-shirt, 70% of Pot
2nd Place - Free Entrance/Venue to FxS, T-shirt, 20% of Pot
3rd Place - Focus Fire Swag Bag, T-shirt, 10% of Pot
In addition, Galloping Ghost Arcade will be adding $30 to the pot for each game.
Important Note: If you have already paid to get in to Fighter x Shooter and finish first or second in a qualifying tournament, then you will be refunded when you show up to Fighter x Shooter.
Tournaments will be singles competition, double elimination, best 2 out of 3 games, with finals being best 3 out of 5. Players will be competing on ASUS monitors and PS3’s. Please bring your own controller(s). All tournament rules will align with those of Fighter x Shooter unless otherwise noted.
Here’s the schedule for the qualifying event:
5:00 pm - Venue doors open, Casuals start
6:30 pm - Sign-ups for all tournaments begin
7:30 pm - Sign-ups for all tournaments end
7:50 pm - Casuals end
8:00 pm - All tournaments begin
If you do not think that you will be able to make it to Galloping Ghost Arcade 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. If you are so late as to hold up the bracket, you will be moved to the losers bracket or eliminated.
The stream for the event will be provided by Medina4Life, www.justin.tv/medina4life.
Please note that the team tournament, originally scheduled for August 31st at GGA, will be moved back to September 15th as we make the transition from Wednesday night gatherings to Thursday night gatherings.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this event, please contact one of the tournament organizers:
Max aka CurlyW (Phone 301 404 0316, E-mail maxwasserman@gmail.com)
Domingo aka Tactics (Phone 630 433 6979, E-mail domingoayala3@gmail.com)
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about Fighter x Shooter, please see the official SRK forum thread.
Hope to see everybody there.