West Coast Warzone - Irvine, CA - Sept. 4th-6th, 2009 - SF4 BONUS $1000 | KoF12 $500

[Teppelin]

This is a passion project. This post will be updated regularly with information as questions are answered and I come across new tidbits.

Hi folks! So Cal has been missing out on the large venue tournament events and so, I hope to bring one that will be an enjoyable time for all!

Official Site: www.warzonetournament.com

Pre-Registration - Pre-registration ends AUGUST 29th!! You will pay an extra $10 at the door for the venue fee so don’t wait, and sign up today!
Available through the Warzone Website!

When - Labor Day Weekend - Sept. 4th - 6th, 2009 | Pool Party on the 4th!

Location - Yahoo Maps Link -
Orange County Airport Hilton
18800 MacArthur Blvd
Irvine, CA 92612
949.833.9999

Literally across the street from the airport!!

Games -
Street Fighter IV
3rd Strike
BlazBlue
Super Street Fighter II: HD-Remix 2v2
King of Fighters XII
Marvel vs Capcom 2

Setups
I will be purchasing every TV used at this tournament to ensure that it has no lag and every station is standardized. This way, everyone has an equally positive experience.

ASUS VH236 Monitors have been purchased.

This tournament will be run on XBOX360s over HDMI. Top 8 for all games will be on a projector in a ballroom with theater seating.

3rd Strike will be on PS2 Anniversary Edition on SD TVs.
Marvel vs Capcom 2 will be on Dreamcast on SD TVs.

Details -
Venue Fee - $20

Each game entry will be $10.

Prize payouts - 70/20/10
SFIV will have a bonus $700/$200/$100 added to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd from me.
King of Fighters XII will have a bonus $500 for 1st place from Team False Hope!
If BlazBlue gets more than 128 players, an additional $500 will go to first place.
If Marvel gets more than 64 players, an additional $300 will go to first place.

Schedule
Click Here

Hotel
I have rooms blocked out for the event so out of towners, you guys are very welcome to come! Room rates at the Hilton are usually $165 for a double but our special rate is at $85 a night. $250 for a suite for you ballers (the hotel has 4, I already bought two of them =D). Just ask for the Warzone tournament group rate.

Aug. 22nd is the last day you can book a room at this rate so GET ON IT!

Click to make a reservation!!

Come make a weekend out of this event! I have setup a cash bar for the tournament on both days so get your drink on, hit up the 24 hour IHOP a block away, and crash on Saturday at the Hilton.

Make sure to cheers me when you got a drink in hand. I’ll be the guy with the vodka tonics in one hand and long islands in the other. =D

NOTICE
We are working on a social event for Friday night as well so you may want to book both Friday and Saturday night! It will be worth your time!

Parking:
As this is near an airport, there is a parking fee for the hotel. Worry not, I’ve lowered the rate to a measly $3 a day. Carpooling is encouraged.

Food:
There is a 24 hour IHOP down a block as well as a Carl’s Jr, El Torito, Gulliver’s Prime Rib, and more. I will update this information as soon as I get the tournament website up.

More details to come.

[Teppelin]

Promo Videos -

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Extras -

We are giving away Madcatz Tournament Sticks in a drawing for those who book hotel rooms.
Aug 22nd is the last day you can book a hotel room at this rate so get in on it!!!

http://www.warzonetournament.com/tournament-stick-giveaway/

Steam -
A live stream will be provided at the official website, starting on Saturday.

Visit warzonetournament.com and the stream will be starting at roughly noon on the 5th.

Gootecks Show Podcast -
http://www.gootecks.com/podcast/street-fighter-podcast-29-featuring-john-rog-and-kai/

What’s up everybody.

Below is the link for the flyer that will be used as the PR for WcW. You’ll see these at the various arcades in SoCal, but it is also saved as a 4x6 PostCard Club flyer (thus the cutoff and bleed sections at the bottom of the flyer), so if any of you feel like helping us out a little, please print out a few and throw them around.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n256/happytang/WcWFlyer.jpg

Now for the most IMPORTANT PART of this post:

Please understand how much planning and money have gone into this tournament. Hosting an event like this is not cheap.

The point of this event is to make sure that ultimately, our close friends and the California community have an event that they can call their own, at a nice venue and not some shack in the middle of nowhere. Regardless of how you do or how far you go in your respective tournaments, as long as you have a fucking AMAZING time, our goals have been met.

That being said, I urge you as one of the partners, if you are an out of towner or even more importantly one of our close friends, please PURCHASE A ROOM. It includes FREE INTERNET, and we also worked very hard to lower the price.

We understand that because of the plethora of players in SoCal, you might be leaning towards just staying over at another players house down the street or driving back home between the days. We ask that if it is within your ability to purchase a room, please do so, as not only does it help us recoup the money initially thrown into this event, it also allows us to plan bigger and better things for the next one.

So stay with a significant other, a partner, a friend. Stay one night or two. Talk to us if you need some help. We need these rooms filled a week before the end of August.

Now in regards to tournament brackets and seeding.

All tournaments under 64 entrants will most likely be under a normal bracket form.

All tournaments over 64 entrants will be left at my discretion on whether or not pools are formed.

(IMPORANT) SEEDING: I will be in charge of all seeding and bracket placements. I will be implementing a new system, which will be a nice breath of fresh air for players and spectators alike.

Tournament brackets will be created and seeded by SKILL and REGION in such that:

1. Seeds will not vs. until Top 8, Top 16, Top 32, etc. should they make it through their initial bracket.
   a. For each bracket, seeds will be shuffled and then placed respectively at the Top and Bottom of each (mini) bracket.
   b. 16 Players - 4 Seeds, 32 Players - 8 Seeds, 64 players - 16 Seeds, 128 Players - 32 Seeds.

2. Seeds aka Top Players are determined by (In decreasing imporantance):
   a. Tournament Rankings / Results
   b. Region RanBat Tournament Points
   c. Reputation
   d. Vouching
   i. If the amount of seeds is less then required, another seed will be selected at random to vouch for another player they believe is qualified to be used as a seed.

3. If seeds are from the same state / region, they are not to play until the last possible / reasonable match. In the event that this might accidently occur, floating will occur.

4. Players will be sorted by region. As of now, with the exception of California and New York / East Coast, no player shall play another person from their state until the last possible / reasonable match.
   a. California and New York / East Coast will be sorted in such that players from these regions will not vs. one of their own unless it is unavoidable.

5. GOOD TOURNAMENT RULE: [COLOR=White]In the event that the above rules do not separate players enough, or in the case that a CA/CA or NY/NY match is unavoidable, the Good Tournament Rule will apply. If the match/players in question drove together, flew together, or are room mates, it will become an automatic float for one of the players. They will most likely be replaced with another player from the same state from another bracket.[/COLOR]

6. SEEDING DIRECTOR / PANEL: [COLOR=White]All seeds will be chosen by the [/COLOR]director. In the case that the director is not aware of or does not know who should be used as a seed, he will confer with the panel for advice.
   a. The panel will be made up of 5 seeds selected at random from the state in question, or from the Top 5 seeds in a tournament.
   Example: A California Seeding Director is unaware of who the remaining seeds are from East Coast. A group of already designated seeds from East Coast will then confer with the Director as to who is a liable candidate.
   b. Panels can veto [COLOR=White]Director decisions by acquiring 5 more seeds to agree with them.

More rules to be added.

ELLL FUUEERRTTTEEEEEEEE
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[THE_Legend_OF_Lore]

im too down john rog!

[iidxutj]

John Rog why are you so sexy?

[shoo]

john rog for president!!!

you know if you need anything hit me up man. im glad to help out

btw this shit needs avatars imo

[Shooting_Blankss]

Near UC Irvine? Fucking there.

How did you pull this off?

[Teppelin]

john rog for president!!!

you know if you need anything hit me up man. im glad to help out

btw this shit needs avatars imo

Shoo, I know I already mentioned it to you, but yes, I will absolutely need your help~

Avatars would be amazing! Unfortunately, my graphics abilities are pretty terrible. If anyone could make avatars, I would greatly appreciate it and I will host them at the tournament website as soon as I finish up a few more pages and get the hotel registration/tourney pre-reg setup.

Near UC Irvine? Fucking there.

How did you pull this off?

Spending far more of my future house down payment savings than I should.

[iidxutj]

Spending far more of my future house down payment savings than I should.

Aww. You didn’t have to do that for us.

Edit: I’m down to help out a filipino friend as well.

[Frizzo]

I’ll be there to help you out negro

GET HYPE!

[shglbmx]

john rog, of course you know i’m down for this. get this shit stickied ASAP plz. i will also be more than happy to help out as well.

[Dentron]

A big tournament only 5 miles away…this is a really tough decision.

[SoLiDswindler]

I’ll be there!

[pherai]

thanks for showing 3s love :lovin:

[Teppelin]

Jesus, you know I got you!!! =D

3S is definitely going to be there!

[BEEFCAKE]

awesome, myself an other SD heads will def come through for this.

[JO50]

John Rog, All Dae EveryDae will try to make it down for you. Give me a holla if you need help running shit.

[Teppelin]

I’m down to help out a filipino friend as well.

I’m Korean d00ts.

[MinhHoang]

holy crap!! i’m pretty sure i’m going to be going to this

[PuFF]

Mini Evo? I think so!

So Cal all the way.

Time to actually level up -_-

[Gasp]

awesome
will come