Sometime last month, BIFU Insaynne (AKA CoachSteve) posted in the other facebook group when we were going to start planning for SFxT at EVO. Since I had just confirmed with Markman that our Top 8 would be streamed by Madcatz, I shot him some PMs and together we came up with an idea of what we were going to do this year. Last year was a ton of fun, but a lot of it was played by ear. There were quite a few things I would have done differently if I had more prep time, particularly since that was my first EVO altogether and I wasn’t aware of how things were done differently as opposed to other majors.
But that’s in the past. I know exactly what I want now.
First off, the main point. This year’s SFxT event at EVO will be FREE TO ENTER. Last year was a complete pain in the butt because we had people entering the tournament twice because they forgot they pre-registered, and as such the brackets were done in such a way that Kohei Tamura had to wait almost two hours for his first set even though we had four setups to go around. I don’t want that to happen again.
Because it is free to enter, this tournament will be PRE-REGISTRATION ONLY. Registration will close on JULY 4th so that I can create pools. I expect AT LEAST 64 people to sign up for this. God willing, we can cap out at 128 or maybe even more than that, depending on the outcome of the next point I make.
You’re probably wondering, “If it’s free to enter, how much will the pot be?” The answer is, simply put, however much you want it to be. In collaboration with Bruce Kenneth Louis Brown, our tournament will have a DONATION POT, OPEN AS SOON AS NHASTALJIK POSTS THE LINK TO THE DONATION TRACKER. There are over 6,500 members in this group. If everyone here donated $5, right now, and went on their merry way, we would have over $30,000 as a pot. That means we’d be able to distribute it among our Top 16! That’s one hell of a participation award if you ask me.
I myself am pledging to match last year’s pot in its entirety, which amounted to $300. You international peeps deserve the finest EVO experience, and as a community, we owe it to the players who have stuck with this game for so long.
UPDATE: I am guaranteeing at LEAST $500 for the tournament pot, no matter what. If we fall short of $1000, I’ll throw in some extra FG swap like stuff from Avermedia or Madcatz.
Everything else is straightforward
-Xbox 360. Volunteers, sound off if you can bring 360s and monitors
-Best 2 out of 3, double elimination
-Best 3 out of 5 WInner’s Finals, Loser’s Finals, and Grand Finals
-If you have Avermedia LGPs to record off-stream sets, we could use your help, as well
-No set time yet, but plan your EVO trip as if this will happen on Friday. I requested to Madcatz that we fight on Saturday, but since i don’t know what time slot they’ll give us, for now plan on a 2-day event.
That’s all for now. Stay tuned for more info as the date rolls closer.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DsxlGcKs_Rl9ReWxj2TPzGKotMsVDKn6FpNw0T0G07w/viewform
MAJOR EDIT!
Now, here’s the second part of our SFxT @ EVO2015 plans.
As mentioned before, Bruce Kenneth Louis Brown will be holding the pot for us, built up entirely by donations through the community and the FGC. As I said, if everyone here were to drop even as little as one dollar, right now, that’s over $6,500 right there. We could close the pot and consider everything a lock. Since the chances of that happening are unlikely, here’s what I’m going to do instead.
Anyone who donates at least $50 to the pot will receive a commission for custom-made pad art or stick art from the FGC’s own Vicious Shadi. If you were at EVO and playing SFxT, you might have seen Windalf play on a Dualshock 2 with very unique artwork on it. Shadi was the artist who did this, and she has volunteered to provide her services to whoever drops $50 in the pot. She has templates for virtually all known sticks and pads so whatever you want, she’ll get it for you.
You just have to forward your paypal receipt to my tournament e-mail, sfxtevo@gmail.com, and from there I will bring you in contact with her. This will be completely complementary to you: there will be no further payment on your end. I should also note that you do not have to put in the $50 all at once. You could also do something like put $25 in twice and just forward me both receipts.
And again, I am pledging to match last year’s pot in its entirety out of my own pocket. Let’s make this tournament worth our while and drop some coins in the hat!
http://www.donation-tracker.com/u/nhaztaljik
