When and Where?
This tournament will take place on September 7, 2012, with registration starting at 5:30 PM on site. Matches will start around 6:30 PM.
All games will be played at The Game Room in downtown Lincoln, located at 1709 O street, Lincoln, NE 68508.
We’re very grateful to The Game Room for letting us do this at their location free of charge. We encourage all of our participants to show the owners their appreciation for supporting eSports locally. We also remind our contestants to practice common sense rules of good sportsmanship. It is the support of businesses like The Game Room that make it possible for us to have events like these.
Registration and Prizes
All registration will take place on site, beginning at 5:30 PM. Entry to each tournament is $10. Of each entry, $7 will go into the prize pool, and the remainder will go into HLeSports towards building the local and regional fighting game community and hosting future events.
For each tournament, prizes will be as follows:
First Place: $50 + 60% of the pool (i.e. ~$117 with 16 registrants).
Second Place: 40% of the pool (i.e. ~$45 with 16 registrants).
We reserve the right to cancel a tournament and refund entry if fewer than 8 contestants sign up.
Tournament Format and Rules
General Rules
- All tournaments are double elimination.
- A player may not program functions on a controller using methods outside the basic functions of the game (i.e. programmable/turbo controllers).
- Pausing a game will result in forfeit of that round unless the opponent chooses to waive this option.
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
- Bo5 for all match sets, including Winners, Losers and Grand Finals.
- Loser has option of switching team and order and also taking player side of choice.
- Winner must stick with same team and order for the next game, unless Loser made changes, then Winner can change order only.
Super Street Fighter 4: AE 2012
- Bo3 Rounds 99 sec.
- Bo3 Matches, Bo5 for Winners, Losers and Grand Finals.
- Winner keeps same character, Loser may pick a different character/stage…
- Winner may change Ultra but must choose before Opponent picks their Ultra.
Soul Calibur V
- Bo3 Rounds 60 sec.
- Bo3 Matches, Bo5 for Winners, Losers and Grand Finals.
- 100% health and soul gauge.
- Winner keeps same character, Loser may pick a different character/stage.
King of Fighters XIII
- Bo5 for all match sets, including Winners, Losers and Grand Finals.
- Loser has option of switching team and order and also taking player side of choice.
- Winner must stick with same team and order for the next game, unless Loser made changes, then Winner can change order only.
Official announcement: http://heartlandesports.org/archives/613