SSF2THR Go Big or Go Home Tournament! Saturday February 7th, 2009!

Raven_Zwei · January 21, 2009, 3:29am

Here it is folks, the official thread for the Go Big or Go Home tournament! Here is a link to the official rules thread as well as the sign up thread. Make sure to read the rules before signing up and be sure to sign up with your gamertag or you will not be added to the list.

The Official Rules Thread

Official Sign Up Thread

You are going to have to go big or go home to win this one, so everyone better bring their A game. As you can see, the tournament is scheduled for Saturday, February the 7th. Here are the rules:

Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009

**Time: ** 5 PM EST and will go until complete

Format: Single elimination, all matches will be best 2/3 round, 2/3 games, with semifinals being 3/5 rounds, 3/5 games, and finals being best 3/5 rounds, best 4/7 games. All players will be randomly seated.

Mode: All games will be played Remix mode, player matches between the two opponents. You will use the default setting for player matches. You are also allowed to switch characters between games.

Sign-up: You must sign up in the sign up thread on this board no later than February 6th, 2009 at 10 PM EST. You must post with your gamertag as well. If you fail to do so, you will not be added to the tournament.

Reporting: You will report to the forums no later than 4:45 PM EST the day of the tournament. There is a chatroom here and you will post in the chatroom when you are ready. Once you find out who your opponent is, you will play your matches, then report your results in the chat, where you will found out who your next opponent is. If you are eliminated, feel free to hang around in the chat to find out who wins, to chat, set up casuals, talk trash, whatever.

Prizes: Prize money will be distributed as follows:

First Place - 50.00USD
Second Place - 25.00 USD
Third Place - 10.00 USD

I will try to answer a few questions that commonly come up.

What about lag? Dropping? Etc?

Here is how lag will be handled. Once you have your opponent and you have exchanged Gamertags, one of the players will host a player match. Make sure you set it to only have two spots and one private. Once the match starts, you have the first round, AND ONLY THE FIRST ROUND, to determine lag. If you have lag, or feel you have lag, you will drop before the first round ends. If you do not do this, the match will count. If you do drop, the other player will host a player match. Same rules will apply. If you still find it unplayable, then you may drop and come back to board, and post in the chat about your problems and I will see about rearranging the bracket. You are only allowed to do this once, so if your second opponent still lags, you will just have to deal with it.

Dropping will not be tolerated. If a connection is lost after the first round has been completed, either the players work it out among themselves, or you may come back to board and post in the chat your grievance. I will be the sole authority on determining the consequences, if any, that will be assessed. Make sure you remember the details of the match, so an accurate assessment can be made. Also know that that Claw (Vega) has been known to cause de-synchs and disconnects. If you or your opponent are using Vega, and you get disconnected, you will start another match, and recreate, as closely as you can, the conditions before the disconnect. If either player has a problem with this, come to the board and post in the chat. as I said,I will be the sole authority on determing how disputes will be handled.

Any other problems that arise shall be brought to the board and will be dealt with then. If you have any questions about these rules, please post before the start of the tourney.

How will I know who I play? Will someone message me?

A bracket will be posted the day before the start of the tournament and will be continually updated throughout the tourney. If for some reason you can’t check it, i.e. you don’t use a router, then tell me in when you sign up and I will make sure you know who your next opponent is.

If you have any questions that haven’t been answered, please post them here prior to the start of the tournament.

I know it’s the same weekend as Sinsation here in the DC area, but hopefully we can still have a decent turnout. thanks and hope to see you all online!

gridman · January 21, 2009, 4:05am

im in. just gotta take the day off of work. so thatll be good though, ST tourney in the mid day, gettin my drink on at night.

Kendrik · January 21, 2009, 6:43am

I’m in the 90% certainty range on signing up… but I can’t commit quite yet. I’ll sign up formally once I know I can commit to it.

Raven_Zwei · January 22, 2009, 6:31am

Cool man. I saw that you signed up on the boards, but didn’t post in the the thread. Just post there and I will add you to the list.

And I’m gonna be getting my drink on as well!

Once you are sure, head over to the board and sign up man. Hope you can make it.

Raakam · January 22, 2009, 12:09pm

Every time I try and sign up, I get a SQL error on that website… I’ll keep trying, but on the off chance you see this, sign me up please. XBL tag = Raakam

Thanks.

Raven_Zwei · January 22, 2009, 6:17pm

I’ll add you to the list. Apparently, the forums we are using are having a problem, and it’s not just us, it’s sitewide. I’d appreciate it if you would trying signing up again later today or in a few days, that way you could be in the chat for the tourney.

Sorry about the inconvenience.

Battosai · January 22, 2009, 7:26pm

Someone please record the finals and post them on youtube.com

Raven_Zwei · January 24, 2009, 8:27am

We are actually going to do this. We are also asking anyone who has a capture card to capture their matches as well. But definitely look for at least the finals online soon after the tournament is complete.

dragonJAB · January 24, 2009, 10:28am

I’m down for this.

KILABEE · January 24, 2009, 10:57am

im in just let me know what time

GAMERTAG is kilabeep3

Raven_Zwei · January 24, 2009, 9:12pm

Sorry to do this to you Kilabee, but you are going to have to head to the sign up thread that I posted to sign up. it’s just easier for me to keep track of names, and also the chat there will be used during the tournament to keep track of W/L and to match up opponents.

topknot · January 24, 2009, 10:43pm

sign me up plz!
gamertag: topmato

gridman · January 24, 2009, 11:27pm

hello i dont read at all

Ultimate_Braver · January 26, 2009, 1:08am

so is this US only?

Amp · January 26, 2009, 2:42am

If I’m too tired of registering to random forums I will use maybe twice in my life to register on that freeforum, can I still sign up for the tournament?

Raven_Zwei · January 26, 2009, 7:04am

We’ve had some Canadians sign up, but no one outside of that. I haven’t specifically ruled it out, but it’s probably going to be on a case by case basis as far as oversees peeps go.

I’m sorry, but we are using the chat in the forum the day of the tourney to schedule things. You can’t use the chat without signing up. Sorry about that. It’s just easier to run a one day tourney with constant contact then posting over and over on a message board.

Ev1L · January 29, 2009, 11:03am

im down for the tourney, GT is XlegionariousX

System_1 · January 29, 2009, 11:13am

y only xbox??? hu? dissapointing!

Mr.SNK · February 3, 2009, 7:52am

im in

Kendrik · February 3, 2009, 7:59am

Oh. I need to go register. :lol:

Gonna have to play it pad since I’m not skilled on the stick yet.