SUMMARY
Our second ARK tournament has come and gone and it was just as successful as last time! Some events had more entrants, some had less, but overall we had a great turnout and hope everyone had a fantastic time. We thank everyone for making it out and supporting our community, especially our out of state entrants! I'll save all the shoutouts for the second post though.
Like before, Super Street Fighter IV had the most entrants at 43, while Tatsunoko vs. Capcom had only 7. The Mystery Game Tournament, a new addition and considered by some to be the main event, had 10 entrants. The total pot money for our tournaments ended up being $1130 with $430 of that going to the Super Street Fighter IV pot (of which first place received $301).
Also like ARK I, we had participation from five different states (Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas). Unfortunately, we had less participation from Oklahoma and Missouri, but a much better turnout from Texas and Tennessee. Each state took home prize money as Oklahoma's AnimeFreak took first in BlazBlue, Tennessee's Lil Majin took first in Tekken, Arkansas' Chamberlin, Edison, Meximelt, and Yosh took firsts in Melee, Mystery Tournament, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, and Brawl respectively, Texas' FindMyFarms and Team Jop took firsts in SSFIV Singles and Teams respectively, and Missouri's Warden took 2nds in the Mystery Tournament and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.
RESULTS
Enough of the blabber though, let's get to the results:
BlazBlue:Continuum Shift - 14 Entrants
Full Results and Bracket
Bracket
1: Anime Freak ($98.00)
2: Bishop. ($28.00)
3: Little Weng ($14.00)
4: Lil Majin
5: Kage
5: Warden
7: Seel
7: Shinblade
9: Tree
9: Solid Blake
9: Chamberlin
9: Misfit
13: ShinSuko
13: Seif
Tekken 6 - 10 Entrants
Full Results and Bracket
Bracket
1: Lil Majin ($70.00)
2: Shinblade ($20.00)
3: JoJo ($10.00)
4: Thriller Man
5: Professor Gene
5: FlyMike
7: Anime Freak
7: Seel
9: Chase Jackson
9: Cordero
Super Smash Brothers: Melee - 16 Entrants (Players agreed on 25% cut for top 4 finishers)
Full Results and Bracket
Bracket
1: Chamberlin ($40.00)
2: VTS ($40.00)
3: ACE ($40.00)
4: Arbustos ($40.00)
5: Seif
5: Anden
7: Tyler Sullivan
7: Modular
9: B.B.
9: Koholint Knight
9: Yoshi Man
9: Tree
13: JoJo
13: Erica
13: Adryend
13: J-Banga
Mystery Game Tournament - 10 Entrants
Full Results and Bracket
Bracket
1: Edison ($35.00)
2: Warden ($10.00)
3: Misfit ($5.00)
4: MexiMelt
5: MaxX Fingers
5: Soul{n}BT
7: Ish
7: Little Weng
9: Solid Blake
9: Kage
Games included by round:
Round 1: Urban Champion
Round 2: Jackie Chan Fists of Fire
Round 3: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition
Round 4: Dong Dong Never Die
Round 5: Dino Rex
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom - 7 Entrants
Full Results and Bracket
Bracket
1: MexiMelt ($24.50)
2: Warden ($7.00)
3: Deezee ($3.50)
4: Lan Di
5: Misfit
5: Solid Blake
7: MaxX Fingers
Super Smash Brothers: Brawl - 8 Entrants
Full Results and Bracket
Bracket
1: YOSH ($56.00)
2: Thriller Man ($16.00)
3: Haruhi-ism ($8.00)
4: Sam Parker
5: Nick
5: Erica
7: JoJo
7: ACE
Super Street Fighter IV - 43 Entrants
Full Results and Bracket
Bracket
1: FindMyFarms ($301.00)
2: Yungb254 ($86.00)
3: Little Weng ($43.00)
4: Chuvy
5: solidxpanda
5: Lil Majin
7: Kookie
7: JoJo
9: Shinblade
9: Warden
9: Edison
9: RawkusX
13: Thrawn
13: Janin
13: Cee
13: MexiMelt
17: MaxX Fingers
17: nmbr1krush
17: w00tsick
17: FlyMike
17: pJan
17: Special Buddy
17: Galvan
17: Yusuke
25: Flacko
25: SFighterlove
25: Exceed
25: Professor Gene
25: Deezee
25: Haruhi-ism
25: Ish
25: Ian
33: Kage
33: Swing Tail
33: Modular
33: Soul{n}BT
33: Chaotix
33: JDH
33: Scarlett XX
33: 2 Reality
33: Misfit
33: Lan Di
33: DisturbinglyZen
Super Street Fighter IV: 3 vs. 3 Teams - 9 Teams
Full Results and Bracket
Bracket
1: JOP (Adnan, Chaotix, SFighterlove) ($94.50)
2: Asian Molesters (Max, Mike, Chuvy) ($27.00)
3: Dufong (nmbr1krush, yungb254, ian) ($13.50)
4: Chris Hanson (Special Buddy, Galvan, Thrawn)
5: Eggroll (Yusuke, Panda, Swingtail)
5: aiyafiyajamochashake (dennis, jojo, courtney)
7: i don't care (modular, kage, junin)
7: diversiteam (exceed, SoulFroZBT, lan di)
7: hot sauce (deezee, meximelt, rawkus)
MEDIA
In addition to providing the full results and brackets for each event, we had managed to archive select matches thanks to stream organizer, Rawkus. More videos are on their way including Melee Finals and SSFIV singles.
Recorded Archived Stream
BlazBlue Archive 1
BlazBlue Archive 2
BlazBlue Archive 3
SSFIV 3v3 Teams Archive
Individual Matches
Tekken Grand Finals 1
Tekken Grand Finals 2
Anime Freak (Bang) vs. KageGiovanni (Mu-12)
Bishop. (Bang) vs. Chamberlin (Lambda-11)
Lil Majin (Tager) vs. Chamberlin (Lambda-11)
Tree (Ragna) vs. Warden (Litchi)
Warden (Litchi) vs. Mike (Bang)
Seel (Tager) vs. Tree (Ragna)
Seel (Tager) vs. KageGiovanni (Mu-12)
Anime Freak (Bang) vs. Bishop. (Bang)
Lil Majin (Tager) vs. Warden (Litchi)
Lil Majin (Tager) vs. Shin Blade (Ragna)
Bishop. (Bang) vs. Lil Majin (Tager)
Losers Finals - Bishop. (Bang) vs. Mike (Bang)
Grand Finals - Bishop. (Bang) vs. Anime Freak (Bang) - Part 1
Grand Finals - Bishop. (Bang) vs. Anime Freak (Bang) - Part 2
Pictures of the event were also taken.
ARK II Photos
SHOUTOUTS
Wow, our second ARK II tournament is done and even with ARK I under our belts, I can honestly say we were (pleasantly) surprised many times throughout the entire tournament. Whether it be the venue having great communication with us or community members stepping up whenever and wherever we needed it, we truly appreciate everything that has happened to us.
I personally apologize for the venue getting too hot and tournaments not running exactly on time. We (the TOs and the venue owners) tried to get the venue cooled down, but unfortunately failed due to the large number of people, consoles, and tvs. Next time I promise heat will not be a problem as we will have several additional fans on standby. As for the tournament start times- as much as we wanted to get all of the tournaments started exactly when we claimed we would, we were concerned that players would show up after registration ended and be disappointed that they could not enter. Unfortunately, it caused us to push back the tournament schedule, but there were several gamers that would not have gotten to play if we had not done so. However, it is still a valid concern that is actively being discussed among the tournament organizers. We will seek to find a better solution than forcing several players that arrived on time to wait for a single player that arrives late.
I guess I'll start the shoutouts off by saying thank you everybody for coming and having a great time. The sheer number and variety of people made the event very entertaining and worth it for me. I wish we had a better turnout or at least have a higher percentage of those that preregistered show up, but ARK II was still very successful in achieving our number one objective: building the community.
Special shoutouts to Warden (Missouri) and AnimeFreak (Oklahoma) for single-handedly representing their states and doing a damn good job. Warden knocked our AR state champ to loser's in SSFIV while AnimeFreak won the BB:CS tournament with his impressive Bang. Warden- sorry I kept having to cut our conversations short. It was a busy day. We can talk Bison strats some other time. AnimeFreak- thanks for coming dude. Sorry you had to miss the BB:CS quals to come, but I'm glad you did.
Special shoutouts as well to the entire Dallas crew that came up here and partied with us Friday and Saturday nights. Y'all are seriously a ton of fun (even you Chuvy!) and we'd be more than happy to host y'all again anytime. Even if you're just driving through and need a place to stay for the night, just give us a call. Hit us up for the next big thing in Dallas (Bar Fights? Absolute Battle?) and we'll be there. Thanks for the advice/training from all of y'all. Rep that Dufong (DuPhuong?)!
And I can't forget the special shoutouts to the Memphis crew for rocking that Tekken and showing us how it's done. Better luck next time on Super. Sorry I didn't get to watch any of your matches w00tsick; I was looking forward to it too. Other than that, apparently Melty and Vanguard were getting hype as well. Next time come in early and y'all can party with all of us! FlyMike- I'll have to find out where you got your stick art from. I might want to throw one of those on my new custom stick haha.
Shoutouts to our venue, Conway Gaming Center, for being phenomenal hosts. We couldn't ask for better people to work with. They went out of their way to help us with whatever concerns/problems we had. They allowed us to use their equipment, tables, chairs, arcade cabinets (which were awesome btw), and whatever we needed without any problem. It was beyond successful (besides the heating hiccup) from our end. I hope they feel like the partnership was successful from their end as well. I heavily recommend this place to anybody who lives in central AR. Go there, meet the employees, and have a good time. They're truly nice people and they share our vision of trying to build a better gaming community.
Shoutouts to all of our volunteers. Without y'all, this tournament wouldn't be possible. From Anna, our registration table worker, to Kevin, Justin, VTS, YOSH, and Zen- our bracket runners, to Rawkus, our stream broadcaster, thank you guys. Anna, Kevin, and Justin didn't have to show up, but they each did a great job. VTS and YOSH- it's always a pleasure having some of the leaders of the Smash community come and help out in our events. Zen- great job on the brackets as well as designing/running the mystery game tournament. Every game seemed well thought out (or possibly picked randomly out of a hat). Rawkus- great job on the stream. Even though the internet kept going down, the stream looked great and I'm glad we got so many games/matches recorded. Thanks to Ish for designing the fliers and Seel and SeiferSythe for putting up the fliers. Thanks Kage for offering to help.
Shoutouts to the entire Arkansas fighting game community. There's so much to say here. Thanks to everyone who traveled, especially those who traveled far. It was great seeing Jojo, Dennis, Courtney, Kage, Warp, Mexi, and DeeZee again. It was nice finally getting some matches against you Jojo. Thanks to the SRK community- Panda for hosting the out of towners, Seel for bringing everybody including the white wimmenz (Chuvy says thx), as well as everyone else. Thanks to all the other communities that showed up including our Blaz players, our Smash players, our Facebook attendees, etc. It really feels great to see you guys come up to us and say "we had a great time" or "when are you doing this again?" We do this for y'all and we'll do this next time there's a lot of interest.
Thanks again everyone. I know I didn't cover every single person, but this post is way too long already.
PS: Thanks for coming Lan Di. I hope everything worked out for you and I hope you don't still have a hanger stuck in your car.
*Arkansas Residents: Please remember to visit our state thread here in the regional forums and contribute! We value your contributions!*
UPDATES
7-27-10
-New Instructions on Venue (please read!)
-Most Tournaments Listed
-Tournament Schedule Fixed
-Tournament will now be STREAMED. Details coming soon.
-Mystery Game Tournament Details incoming.
-If you have my new number (972 area code), then feel free to call me if you have any problems/concerns. Otherwise, contact me at 512 522 8563 which will forward calls to my phone.
Introduction:
Come join us again as we duke it out with the region's finest at the second iteration of A.R.K. (Arkansas Regional Knockouts)! Players from everywhere are invited to come hang-out and throw-down with gamers from all across the region. We really want to build a scene down here and what better way than to gather everyone together and see how we all stand? Please join us, have a good time, and hopefully win some big money!
Our last event was quite successful as we had over 70 gamers from 5 states compete. However, we are hoping to get an even larger turnout this time!
Please, Please, PLEASE Preregister (by posting below) if you plan on going. If you are bringing multiple people, can you give us a head-count so we can better organize this tournament? Also, PLEASE bring equipment, if at all possible (especially you Arkansans!). We will take anything and everything and return it all to you as it was given to us.
To contact me, please post here, PM me, or email me at
Date:
07/31/10 (Schedule below)
Location:
If you try to Google Maps Conway Gaming Center itself, it'll lead you to some random location NOT in Conway so use one of the below links to find the location.
Conway Gaming Center
2455 Washington Ave Suite 104 & 105
Conway, AR USA 72032
General Location
Audio Express is literally next door to Conway Gaming Center (they share a parking lot):
2455 Washington Avenue, Conway, AR 72032-2732 (Audio Express)
Audio Express
Games Played:
Super Street Fighter 4 (Singles and 3v3 Teams)
Tekken 6
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Mystery Game Tourney
HDR
TvC
Plus MORE based on YOUR votes.
Cost:
$10 Entrance Fee. Included in the entrance fee are free pizza and drinks. Thus, it cannot be waived for spectators. Each participant will be marked during their payment of the entrance fee to avoid multiple charges.
$5 Per Minor Tournament Fee (Mystery Game Tourney, HDR, TvC, plus Vote-Ins).
$10 Per Major Tournament Fee (SSF4, T6, BB:CS, Smash Bros Brawl, Smash Bros Melee).
The 3v3 SF4 tournament will be $5 per person ($15/team).
Prizes: All pots are split 70/20/10.
Preliminary Schedule:
Set-up: 10AM-Noon
Registration for Set 1**: Noon-2PM
Tournament Set 1: 2:30PM - End
Registration for Set 2: Noon-3PM
Tournament Set 2: 3:30PM - End
Registration for Set 3: Noon-4PM
Tournament Set 3: 4:30PM - End
Food Served: ~5-6 PM
SF4 3v3: Immediately following SF4 Singles.
** - The games are divided into "Sets" which will be played at different times to run the tournament as efficiently as possible.
Set 1: BlazBlue: CS, Tekken 6, HDR
Set 2: Super Smash Brothers Melee, Mystery Game Tournament, TvC
Set 3: Super Street Fighter IV, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Vote-Ins
Rules/Formats: We try to adhere to major tournament standards with as little modifications as possible. Thus, the rules we go by are the same rules encouraged by places such as Evo and the Smashboards.
Universal Rules:
- All brackets are double elimination except for SF4 3v3 Teams.
- Double-Blind Select can always be chosen to begin a match.
- The winner of a game must stick with the same character used to win for the following game, except in the case of Smash Bros. Loser can always change characters.
- Player's Choice: All rules are subject to be ignored if agreed upon by both parties, however due to time constraints, matches cannot be extended longer than their allotted time (i.e. cannot play best 3 out of 5 when supposed to play 2 out of 3, or cannot change timer limits to infinity)
- Please Bring Your Own Controller: While there will probably be many players willing to lend you a controller/stick, there is NO guarantee. You WILL be disqualified if you cannot start the match within the allotted time.
- Players have six minutes to report to and begin their matches and will be disqualified if unable to do so.
- It is the player's responsibility to notify a staffer over a dispute on rules.
- Staffers will be identifiable through the use of name badges.
- Button mapping and converters ARE allowed while turbo is NOT.
- Winners are required to notify staffers of the results of their match. This will speed up the process greatly and help us run a smooth tournament.
- Wireless sticks/pads/remotes will be allowed. However, we require that you pull out your battery when you are not playing to avoid disrupting tournament matches.
- In addition, pausing or restarting the game/match for any reason, except with the consent of the opponent will result in a forfeit of that particular game/round (whichever is smaller). This includes battery/controller problems.
- Every person is responsible for the functionality of their controller. A "button check" may (and should) be asked for prior to every match. A player cannot request a button check once damage has been taken and must finish the game (but may ask for another button check at the beginning of the next game). If a controller is non-functional or is functioning incorrectly, the player must receive consent from his or her opponent before pausing the match.
SSBMelee:
- 4 stock, 8 minute time limit
- 2/3 games, 3/5 games Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals
- Items off
- Games decided first by lives, then %. Sudden death is used to break ties.
- Stage Knock Out: Stage Striking will be in effect for the first match of the set. The player with the lower port will get to choose the first strike. Loser chooses ban before next match.
- Modified DSR: You cannot go back to the last stage you won in a set, unless agreed upon by the other player.
- Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or select to go random. The winner may then change their character, followed by the loser.
- Controller Mods, Glitches (IC Freeze Glitch, Mewtwo Soul Stunner, etc), and tactics used to stall a match (wall-bombing, rising pound), are banned.
- Wobbling Banned
Neutrals:
FD
Yoshis
Dreamland
Battlefield
Fountain of Dreams
Counterpicks 1v1:
Kongo Jungle
Brinstar
Rainbow Cruise
Pokemon Stadium
SSBBrawl:
SBR Certified
- 3 Stock, 8 minute timer
- Items are set to "off" and "none"
- 2/3 games, 3/5 games Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals
- Players are allowed to ban ONE Starter/Counter stage prior to a match.
- At the beginning of the first game, players alternate "slashing" starter stages until one stage is left.
- Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or select to go random. The winner may then change their character, followed by the loser.
- In the event of a dispute, controller ports will be selected by Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Port slob picks: On a player's counterpick, that player may opt to redo the port selection process with that player picking his or her port first.
- No player may choose a stage they have already won on in that set unless agreed upon by both players.
- Games decided first by stock and then by percentage. If percents are the same or both players die simultaneously, there will be a 1 stock overtime. Bowser's suicide klaw is exempt from this rule.
- If a game ends with Bowser doing his suicide klaw and it ends in sudden death, the sudden death will be ignored and that game will count as a win for Bowser.
- Metaknight's Infinite Cape glitch is banned.
- Stalling is banned. Stalling: The act of deliberately avoiding any and all conflict so that one may make the game unplayable. Running away from an opponent to reach a better position is not stalling, while doing an infinite grab endlessly against a wall is. Any infinite chain grabs must end quickly after 300% has been reached so as to prevent excessive stalling.
Stage Lists
Starter
Battlefield
Final Destination
Smashville
Yoshi's Island
Pokemon Stadium 1
Counter
Castle Siege
Halberd
Lylat Cruise
Brinstar
Delfino
Frigate Orpheon
Jungle Japes
Pictochat
Pirate Ship
Pokemon Stadium 2
Rainbow Cruise
Luigi's Mansion
Norfair
SSF4:
Default Settings.
2/3 rounds, 2/3 games, (Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals are 3/5 games).
Player's must agree on a stage within 15 seconds or match will be RANDOM stage select.
Only bans are infinite combos.
Ties result in replays.
3v3 Teams:
Same rules as above except as follows.
Single Elimination
"Everybody Plays" Elimination style (Waseda Style). Basically, not Pokemon style (i.e. winner of game 1 does not stay until he/she is knocked out).
Tekken 6:
Default Settings
3/5 rounds, 2/3 games, 60 Seconds (Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals are 3/5 games)
Player's must agree on a stage within 15 seconds or match will be RANDOM stage select.
No customizing colors, names or items at any time before or during a tournament match.
BlazBlue:CS
Round Time 99 Seconds
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games.
Easy Specials: OFF (Easy Specials involve the use of the right analog stick to perform instant specials with zero effort).
Unlimited Characters in BlazBlue BANNED.
TvC:
Default Settings
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games.
Banned: Any glitch that freezes the game or prevents the match from being played. Instigating such tactics results in a loss of the game.
Player's must agree on a stage within 15 seconds or match will be RANDOM stage select.
Burning Ruins is banned unless agreed upon by both players.
SSF2T: HDR:
Speed 3, Remixed Mode.
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games.
Banned: Akuma
4:3 Aspect Ratio
Additional Details:
We encourage everybody to bring any and all equipment if possible. This will speed up tournaments and help everything run more smoothly. We request that all equipment be "checked-in" 30 minutes before tournaments begin to run the smoothest possible tournament.
We require all incoming equipment be labeled at Check-In to avoid theft and accusations thereof. Even so, we encourage all people to keep their sticks/controllers/battery packs on-hand at all times as we are not responsible for missing equipment.
Photography of the event and recording of matches is allowed and even encouraged. However, flash photography is not allowed during matches, due to obvious concerns of distraction. Unfortunately, we cannot stream matches for this tournament due to inexperience and lack of manpower. If you record videos or take pictures, please contact me and I will upload the videos to my Youtube account and pictures to my Photobucket account, accessible to everybody on the results page (credit given to you, of course).
For the major tournaments, PS3 is the console of choice used due to compatibility concerns within the community. The 360 may be used for games that are not supported on PS3 (i.e. if Garou gets voted in) or if there is not sufficient equipment. CRTs and lagless LCDs are the televisions of choice for the tournament, but due to using equipment from the community, LCDs with lag may be set up accidentally. A player always has a right to not play on a setup if lag becomes an issue and if lag is discovered, the set up will be removed from competition.
We appreciate everybody that travels and know that players are just looking for competition. If you inform us of your party, we will do our best to ensure that you do not play each other in the opening round of the bracket (location-based seeding).
Attendees are encouraged to participate in multiple tournaments. The brackets will skip you if you are currently in a match.
The three games with the most votes will be allowed into tournament play. However, if there is sufficient interest for more than three tournaments, we will consider including other games as well. We reserve the right to cancel tournaments at any time if there is no "real" interest. That is, if a game gets 20 votes and only 3 people show up to the event, we will not host a tournament. Please do not vote unless you think you are going to go.
Results will be posted within 48 hours following the event. Pictures, brackets, standings, and pay-out will all be posted accordingly.
Pre-Registration List:
MaxX Fingers - SSF4/TvC/HDR
Mike "Puttin' out da Fiyah" Weng - SSF4
DisturbinglyZen - SSF4
DeeZee989 - SSF4/TvC/UMK3/Killer Instinct
MexiMelt - SSF4/TvC
Lan Di - SSF4/HDR/CvS2/KoF
SeiferSythe - BB/Melee/GGAC
Seel007 - SSF4/T6/UMK3/MvC2/KI/SS/SC4
Seel's 2 friends
iTorres - SSF4/HDR/MvC2
Edison - SSF4/HDR
Flacko - SSF4
Afierymisfit - SSF4/BBCS/MBAA/TvC
Warpticon - MB:AA/SSF4/BB:CS
Allen K.
Yusuke - SSF4 / GGAC
FindMyFarms - SSF4
Arthur
Tony Wu
ibme
Chuvy
Jon
Brian
VTS
Seel's friend - UMK3
Exceed - SSF4
Warden - SSF4/BB/TvC
Tha Shogun - Melee/Tekken/SC4
W00tsick + 3 for SSF4
Cha0tix - Smash 64 / DBZ Hyper Dimension/SSF4/Melee
ShinBlade - T6 / SSF4
FlyMike - T6
Facebook RSVPs:
iJoJo - MvC2/T6
dlimited
Rawkus HDR/3rd Strike/GGAC
Taylor B.
Adrian H.
John Booher
Whateverfighter
Taylor W.
Zach J.
Jessica P.
John B.
Blake M.
Clay L.
Yuri G.
Tony B.
John E.
Shane R.
Kirby M.
Alex S.
Maybe Attending
Friend of SeiferSythe?
KageGiovanni (not sure if you're for sure coming)
Yetti
JDH the Auditor
MCSR
AnimeFreak6969 - SC4
Kyoji24 - SSF4
Kerry
Joe
Tristen
Bracken
ODLei - T6
Freak (Tim) - T6
Captain (Nick) - T6
Professor Gene - T6
Rell
Bishop - BB
Equipment List: (We need EVERYTHING you can bring)
SmokeMaxX - 2 13" CRTs, 1 Wii
Seel007 - 1-2 PS3s + T6/SSF4/MvC2
iTorres - 2 PS3s + SSF4 + HDR + MvC2
Afierymisfit - CRT + PS3 + HDR + T6 + KOF12 + T5DR + MvC2 + Wii + TvC + Brawl
Panda - 2 CRTs + PS3 + SSF4
Whateverfighter - PS3
Zen - 1 CRT, 1 Asus Evo montior, Mystery Game Tourney games
VTS - Smash Setups?
Lan Di- CRT/PS3/PS2/SSF4
Potential Equipment (If coming)
None Yet
Vote-in list
UMK3 - 3
Killer Instinct - 2
CvS2 - 1
MvC2 - 3
Smash 64 - 1
DBZ Hyper Dimension - 1
SC4 - 3
Samurai Showdown - 1
MBAA - 2
GGAC - 3
KoF - 1
3rd Strike - 2
*Note: If your game is not voted in, please feel free to bring a setup and enjoy casuals.
Fliers:
Fliers
Feel free to post these at your gaming centers/campuses/etc. Tell your friends. We are trying to build a community and make this big. You can help!
Acknowledgments:
Credit to iTorres for making the beautiful fliers.
Credit to deezee989 for thinking of the name of the tournament.
Credit to Seifersythe, VTS, Rawkus, and everybody else for promoting the event!
Credit to Imperator for allowing us to use the ARFGN Blog.
Credit to DisturbinglyZen for creating a Facebook group and event page.
Credit to Conway Gaming Center for allowing us to use their facilities.
Get Hype Section:
Yo Yo Yo- Memphis' Shin Blade is talking that mad shit not only sayin' that he's taking our SSF4 tourney but that his boy Bishop is only comin to get some free money in BlazBlue. He's accepting money matches in SF, Tekken, or Guilty Gear if you're man enough to face him.
Currently Arkansas' own JoJo ain't phased and has already challenged him to FT3 T6 and SSF4 for $10 each.
We all know the bad blood between Texas and Arkansas with FindMyFarms callin' out AR last time and then taking our fight money. What's even worse is Chuvylicious saying AR is free as hell and claiming he's gonna take us out. Kinda funny comin' from the scrubbiest player in Dallas. He's so free he was scared to play one of his matches at Evo and didn't even show up.
For my Dallas peeps- I might pick up Honda or Gen and show y'all why they call me MaxX Fingers.
Sorry for the late update on ARK Results. The information has been freely available on the forums of choice for our gamers like Shoryuken.com, TekkenZaibatsu.com, and Smashboards.com.
Wow. So first thing's first. I want to apologize to everyone who came for being a little behind on our schedule. I know people were traveling in from out of state and wanted to get into their tournaments. We were a little short on man-power, but I hope once our tournaments got going, they were run smoothly and efficiently. Second, I'm sorry for any set-ups that had lag on them. As soon as people complained, we tried to switch to CRTs. Unfortunately, BlazBlue and HDR had to play on a few laggy setups, but I hope it wasn't that bad. Thank you guys for understanding.
Next, I'd like to give mad props to all of the gamers that showed up to rep their respective states. We had peeps from FIVE states show up to our tourney (TX, OK, MO, TN, and AR). Our biggest turnout was Street Fighter 4 (37 entrants; pot was $370). Our smallest turnout for one of our main games was CvS2 (8 entrants; pot was $40). Garou was voted in (11 votes) but only 6 people wanted to pay when the time came, so it had an even smaller pot ($30), but it was winner take all.
It's 4AM in the morning and I'm super tired, but I'm sure people want to at least see a partial results page. Without further ado, here's a brief summary of the results (Top 3 + Payouts). Note: Full results + Brackets + Payouts + Pictures/Videos of some matches will be here in the coming days. Btw, if you have a nickname that you go by and you want me to put it on here instead, let me know.
BlazBlue
1. Lil Majin ($59.50)
2. Jerrod ($17)
3. Tim ($8.50)
HDR
1. Edison ($49)
2. Professor Tick Throw ($14)
3. Lil Majin ($7)
T6
1. Lil Majin ($126)
2. ShinBlade ($36)
3. Professor G ($18)
Melee
1. WT Snacks ($84)
2. IHaveSpaceBalls ($24)
3. Chamberlin ($12)
Brawl
1. Chuck ($91)
2. AfroStatic ($26)
3. ThrillerMan ($13)
CvS2
1. Lil Majin ($28)
2. Mr. Sagat ($8)
3. Allen ($4)
TvC
1. Meximelt ($35)
2. Warden ($10)
3. DeeZee ($5)
SF4
1. FindMyFarms ($259)
2. Arthur ($74)
3. Mike ($37)
SF4 3v3 Teams
1. Team White Guys (Justen, Jeff, Arthur) - $73.80
2. Team Jop (FindMyFarms, Professor Tick Throw, Galvan) - $21
3. Team M&MS (SmokeMaxX, Putting Out The Fire Mike, ThyAllMighty) - $10.50
Garou
1. Arthur (Winner Take All $30)
Alright first off: Lessons learned. 1) It's hella hard to make tournaments run on schedule. 2) Ban Dallas from the SF4 tournies and Memphis from every other game. Haha, just kidding. Good shit guys. We'll get to y'alls level soon.
Time for some shout-outs. First off, shout-out to everyone who came. We are trying to build a community and put Arkansas on the map. I hope this is a baby step towards where we need to be. We got peeps repping all different places (get to those more specifically later). More importantly, we got a good turnout from Arkansas. I'm proud of you guys. A little disappointed with the Brawl turnout, but SmashBoards has been down for the past few days, so I'll cut them a little slack.
Next, shout-out to everyone who brought equipment, even if we didn't use it. Seriously, we asked the community and you guys delivered. We had at least 20-30 TVs. and a lot of Wiis and PS3s.
Shout-out to FlyMike, Lil Majin, and the entire Memphis crew for representing their city and taking back some fight money. I hope you guys had a good time and I'm glad y'all drove down here to hang with us. Y'all were really chill and definitely helped hype things up. Sorry our boy Jeremy (Viper) had to show that Honda what's up. But yeah, you guys are on a whole 'nother level in Tekken it seems.
Shout-out to Adnan, Arthur, and the entire Dallas crew for also bringing home some money and showing us what's up in SF. You guys are really classy and it was fun hosting y'all. I got your Cammy next time Adnan. I can work towards your Rog after that haha. Oh and Arthur, it's not your fault. Guile's top tier in "First Attack." Let the record show that I won $.25 in a First Attack money match with Arthur.
Shout-out to OneDirtyLei, Saif, and the Oklahoma Crew for probably driving the longest distance and showing up to play. I'm glad y'all could come out and I want everyone who's around the Oklahoma area to visit OKgamers.com for more info on tournaments that Saif will be hosting all over Oklahoma.
Special Shout-Out to Warden for representing West Plains, MO! The only guy to rep a state that we never thought we'd get players from. I didn't really get to ever talk to you much dude, but I respect that you came all the way here by yourself and you definitely have a really solid Bison. Thanks for coming out man.
Shout-Out to our special volunteers for working their asses off just so they can support the scene. The guys running the brackets? If it wasn't me or Mike, it was someone who doesn't play video games and had no reason to even come to our tournament except as a favor to me and Mike.
Shout-Out to Imperator for lending his time and wisdom and also sacrificing his SF4 spot. Thanks so much man. You've been a huge help to the community, always providing almost anything we need. I really appreciate it.
Shout-Out to DisturbinglyZen for generating and running some brackets. You didn't have to and it was pretty time consuming, but you eased a huge burden on us. Thank you so much also.
Shout-Out to Warpticon for going to drastic measures to attend and participate in the tournament. I tip my hat to you.
Like I said, thanks everyone for coming out. I know I'm missing some shout-outs. I apologize if I didn't put you down. It was great meeting so many people for the first time and seeing so many familiar faces all over again. I just wish I could've played/watched more matches, but that's what running a tournament does.
Please feel free to offer insight/advice. Give us feedback. We wanted to make this as smooth as possible and it ran a little late, but I hope everyone still ended up happy. Oh and one final thing, y'all tore that pizza UP.
Next, I'd like to give mad props to all of the gamers that showed up to rep their respective states. We had peeps from FIVE states show up to our tourney (TX, OK, MO, TN, and AR). Our biggest turnout was Street Fighter 4 (37 entrants; pot was $370). Our smallest turnout for one of our main games was CvS2 (8 entrants; pot was $40). Garou was voted in (11 votes) but only 6 people wanted to pay when the time came, so it had an even smaller pot ($30), but it was winner take all.
It's 4AM in the morning and I'm super tired, but I'm sure people want to at least see a partial results page. Without further ado, here's a brief summary of the results (Top 3 + Payouts). Note: Full results + Brackets + Payouts + Pictures/Videos of some matches will be here in the coming days. Btw, if you have a nickname that you go by and you want me to put it on here instead, let me know.
BlazBlue
1. Lil Majin ($59.50)
2. Jerrod ($17)
3. Tim ($8.50)
HDR
1. Edison ($49)
2. Professor Tick Throw ($14)
3. Lil Majin ($7)
T6
1. Lil Majin ($126)
2. ShinBlade ($36)
3. Professor G ($18)
Melee
1. WT Snacks ($84)
2. IHaveSpaceBalls ($24)
3. Chamberlin ($12)
Brawl
1. Chuck ($91)
2. AfroStatic ($26)
3. ThrillerMan ($13)
CvS2
1. Lil Majin ($28)
2. Mr. Sagat ($8)
3. Allen ($4)
TvC
1. Meximelt ($35)
2. Warden ($10)
3. DeeZee ($5)
SF4
1. FindMyFarms ($259)
2. Arthur ($74)
3. Mike ($37)
SF4 3v3 Teams
1. Team White Guys (Justen, Jeff, Arthur) - $73.80
2. Team Jop (FindMyFarms, Professor Tick Throw, Galvan) - $21
3. Team M&MS (SmokeMaxX, Putting Out The Fire Mike, ThyAllMighty) - $10.50
Garou
1. Arthur (Winner Take All $30)
Alright first off: Lessons learned. 1) It's hella hard to make tournaments run on schedule. 2) Ban Dallas from the SF4 tournies and Memphis from every other game. Haha, just kidding. Good shit guys. We'll get to y'alls level soon.
Time for some shout-outs. First off, shout-out to everyone who came. We are trying to build a community and put Arkansas on the map. I hope this is a baby step towards where we need to be. We got peeps repping all different places (get to those more specifically later). More importantly, we got a good turnout from Arkansas. I'm proud of you guys. A little disappointed with the Brawl turnout, but SmashBoards has been down for the past few days, so I'll cut them a little slack.
Next, shout-out to everyone who brought equipment, even if we didn't use it. Seriously, we asked the community and you guys delivered. We had at least 20-30 TVs. and a lot of Wiis and PS3s.
Shout-out to FlyMike, Lil Majin, and the entire Memphis crew for representing their city and taking back some fight money. I hope you guys had a good time and I'm glad y'all drove down here to hang with us. Y'all were really chill and definitely helped hype things up. Sorry our boy Jeremy (Viper) had to show that Honda what's up. But yeah, you guys are on a whole 'nother level in Tekken it seems.
Shout-out to Adnan, Arthur, and the entire Dallas crew for also bringing home some money and showing us what's up in SF. You guys are really classy and it was fun hosting y'all. I got your Cammy next time Adnan. I can work towards your Rog after that haha. Oh and Arthur, it's not your fault. Guile's top tier in "First Attack." Let the record show that I won $.25 in a First Attack money match with Arthur.
Shout-out to OneDirtyLei, Saif, and the Oklahoma Crew for probably driving the longest distance and showing up to play. I'm glad y'all could come out and I want everyone who's around the Oklahoma area to visit OKgamers.com for more info on tournaments that Saif will be hosting all over Oklahoma.
Special Shout-Out to Warden for representing West Plains, MO! The only guy to rep a state that we never thought we'd get players from. I didn't really get to ever talk to you much dude, but I respect that you came all the way here by yourself and you definitely have a really solid Bison. Thanks for coming out man.
Shout-Out to our special volunteers for working their asses off just so they can support the scene. The guys running the brackets? If it wasn't me or Mike, it was someone who doesn't play video games and had no reason to even come to our tournament except as a favor to me and Mike.
Shout-Out to Imperator for lending his time and wisdom and also sacrificing his SF4 spot. Thanks so much man. You've been a huge help to the community, always providing almost anything we need. I really appreciate it.
Shout-Out to DisturbinglyZen for generating and running some brackets. You didn't have to and it was pretty time consuming, but you eased a huge burden on us. Thank you so much also.
Shout-Out to Warpticon for going to drastic measures to attend and participate in the tournament. I tip my hat to you.
Like I said, thanks everyone for coming out. I know I'm missing some shout-outs. I apologize if I didn't put you down. It was great meeting so many people for the first time and seeing so many familiar faces all over again. I just wish I could've played/watched more matches, but that's what running a tournament does.
Please feel free to offer insight/advice. Give us feedback. We wanted to make this as smooth as possible and it ran a little late, but I hope everyone still ended up happy. Oh and one final thing, y'all tore that pizza UP.
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Introduction:
Come duke it out with the region’s finest at the A.R.K. (Arkansas Regional Knockouts)! Players from everywhere are invited to come hang-out and throw-down with gamers from all across the region. We really want to build a scene down here and what better way than to gather everyone together and see how we all stand? Please join us, have a good time, and hopefully win some big money!
Please, Please, PLEASE Pre-Register (by posting below) if you plan on going. If you are bringing multiple people, can you give us a head-count so we can better organize this tournament? Also, PLEASE bring equipment, if at all possible (especially you Arkansans!). We will take anything and everything and return it all to you as it was given to us.
ALL recent rule/information changes is posted here (on top) so that player’s do not have to re-read this entire post multiple times.
Updates:
04/01/10
- Updated Pre-Registration and Votes.
- HDR, BlazBlue, and CvS2 are confirmed as tournament games (provided everyone who voted will actually play in those respective tournaments). We will possibly have one more tournament if we can get enough “write-in” votes the day of the tournament. We need to have that game on hand though, so if you have a game (such as Soul Caliber) bring it and get other people to vote!
- Unlimited Characters in BlazBlue BANNED.
- Addendum to first place SF4 prize: Custom TE Stick Art provided by HighVelocityPrinting!
- Tourney Fees have been raised to $10 for ALL major tournaments (Smash Bros Brawl, Smash Bros Melee, Tekken, and SFIV Singles).
- Located here are old updates and set money matches / proposed money matches.
To contact me, please post here, PM me, or email me atarktourney@gmail.com .
Date:
04/03/10 (Schedule below)
Location:
New China Buffet (Name of venue may change prior to April 3rd, but will still be at this address)
9210 North Rodney Parham Road Little Rock, AR 72227
Games Played:
Street Fighter 4 (Singles and 3v3 Teams)
Tekken 6
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
BlazBlue
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo: HD Remix
Capcom vs. SNK 2
Possibly plus more based on YOUR votes. Voting will be done on location.
Cost:
$10 Entrance Fee. Included in the entrance fee are free pizza and drinks. Thus, it cannot be waived for spectators. Each participant will be stamped to mark their payment of the entrance fee to avoid multiple charges.
$5 Per Minor Tournament Fee (TvC, BB, HDR, CvS2).
$10 Per Major Tournament Fee (SF4, T6, Smash Bros Brawl, Smash Bros Melee).
The 3v3 SF4 tournament will be $5 per person ($15/team).
Prizes: All pots are split 70/20/10.
Preliminary Schedule:
Set-up: 10AM-Noon
Registration for Set 1**: Noon-1:30PM
Tournament Set 1: 2PM - End
Registration for Set 2: Noon-2:30PM
Tournament Set 2: 3PM - End
Registration for Set 3: Noon-3:30PM
Tournament Set 3: 4PM - End
Food Served: ~5-6 PM
SF4 3v3: Immediately following SF4 Singles.
** - The games are divided into "Sets" which will be played at different times to run the tournament as efficiently as possible.
Tentative Set Listings (subject to change)
Set 1 - BB + HDR
Set 2 - T6 + SSBM
Set 3 - SF4 + SSBB + TvC + "Voter's Choice" games
Rules/Formats: We try to adhere to major tournament standards with as little modifications as possible. Thus, the rules we go by are the same rules encouraged by places such as Evo and the Smashboards.
Universal Rules:
- All brackets are double elimination except for SF4 3v3 Teams.
- Double-Blind Select can always be chosen to begin a match.
- The winner of a game must stick with the same character used to win for the following game, except in the case of Smash Bros. Loser can always change characters.
- Player's Choice: All rules are subject to be ignored if agreed upon by both parties, however due to time constraints, matches cannot be extended longer than their allotted time (i.e. cannot play best 3 out of 5 when supposed to play 2 out of 3, or cannot change timer limits to infinity)
- Please Bring Your Own Controller: While there will probably be many players willing to lend you a controller/stick, there is NO guarantee. You WILL be disqualified if you cannot start the match within the allotted time.
- Players have six minutes to report to and begin their matches and will be disqualified if unable to do so.
- It is the player's responsibility to notify a staffer over a dispute on rules.
- Staffers will be identifiable through the use of name badges.
- Button mapping and converters ARE allowed while turbo is NOT.
- Winners are required to notify staffers of the results of their match. This will speed up the process greatly and help us run a smooth tournament.
- Wireless sticks/pads/remotes will be allowed. However, we require that you pull out your battery when you are not playing to avoid disrupting tournament matches.
- In addition, pausing or restarting the game/match for any reason, except with the consent of the opponent will result in a forfeit of that particular game/round (whichever is smaller). This includes battery/controller problems.
- Every person is responsible for the functionality of their controller. A "button check" may (and should) be asked for prior to every match. A player cannot request a button check once damage has been taken and must finish the game (but may ask for another button check at the beginning of the next game). If a controller is non-functional or is functioning incorrectly, the player must receive consent from his or her opponent before pausing the match.
SSBMelee:
- 4 stock, 8 minute time limit
- 2/3 games, 3/5 games Loser’s/Winner’s/Grand Finals
- Items off
- Games decided first by lives, then %. Sudden death is used to break ties.
- Stage Knock Out: Stage Striking will be in effect for the first match of the set. The player with the lower port will get to choose the first strike. Loser chooses ban before next match.
- Modified DSR: You cannot go back to the last stage you won in a set, unless agreed upon by the other player.
- Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or select to go random. The winner may then change their character, followed by the loser.
- Controller Mods, Glitches (IC Freeze Glitch, Mewtwo Soul Stunner, etc), and tactics used to stall a match (wall-bombing, rising pound), are banned.
- Wobbling Banned
Neutrals:
FD
Yoshis
Dreamland
Battlefield
Fountain of Dreams
Counterpicks 1v1:
Kongo Jungle
Brinstar
Rainbow Cruise
Pokemon Stadium
SSBBrawl:
SBR Certified
- 3 Stock, 8 minute timer
- Items are set to "off" and "none"
- 2/3 games, 3/5 games Loser’s/Winner’s/Grand Finals
- Players are allowed to ban ONE Starter/Counter stage prior to a match.
- At the beginning of the first game, players alternate “slashing” starter stages until one stage is left.
- Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or select to go random. The winner may then change their character, followed by the loser.
- In the event of a dispute, controller ports will be selected by Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Port slob picks: On a player's counterpick, that player may opt to redo the port selection process with that player picking his or her port first.
- No player may choose a stage they have already won on in that set unless agreed upon by both players.
- Games decided first by stock and then by percentage. If percents are the same or both players die simultaneously, there will be a 1 stock overtime. Bowser's suicide klaw is exempt from this rule.
- If a game ends with Bowser doing his suicide klaw and it ends in sudden death, the sudden death will be ignored and that game will count as a win for Bowser.
- Metaknight's Infinite Cape glitch is banned.
- Stalling is banned. Stalling: The act of deliberately avoiding any and all conflict so that one may make the game unplayable. Running away from an opponent to reach a better position is not stalling, while doing an infinite grab endlessly against a wall is. Any infinite chain grabs must end quickly after 300% has been reached so as to prevent excessive stalling.
Stage Lists
Starter
Battlefield
Final Destination
Smashville
Yoshi's Island
Pokémon Stadium 1
Counter
Castle Siege
Halberd
Lylat Cruise
Brinstar
Delfino
Frigate Orpheon
Jungle Japes
Pictochat
Pirate Ship
Pokémon Stadium 2
Rainbow Cruise
Luigi's Mansion
Norfair
SF4:
Default Settings.
2/3 rounds, 2/3 games, (Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals are 3/5 games).
Player's must agree on a stage within 15 seconds or match will be RANDOM stage select.
Only bans are infinite combos.
Ties result in replays.
3v3 Teams:
Same rules as above except as follows.
Single Elimination
“Everybody Plays” Elimination style. Basically, not Pokemon style (i.e. winner of game 1 does not stay until he/she is knocked out).
Tekken 6:
Default Settings
3/5 rounds, 2/3 games, 60 Seconds (Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals are 3/5 games)
Player's must agree on a stage within 15 seconds or match will be RANDOM stage select.
No customizing colors, names or items at any time before or during a tournament match.
TvC:
Default Settings
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games.
Banned: Any glitch that freezes the game or prevents the match from being played. Instigating such tactics results in a loss of the game.
Player's must agree on a stage within 15 seconds or match will be RANDOM stage select.
Burning Ruins is banned unless agreed upon by both players.
SSF2T: HDR:
Speed 3, Remixed Mode.
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games.
Banned: Akuma
4:3 Aspect Ratio
BlazBlue:
Round Time 99 Seconds
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games.
Easy Specials: OFF (Easy Specials involve the use of the right analog stick to perform instant specials with zero effort).
Unlimited Characters BANNED.
Capcom vs SNK 2
Round Time 99 Seconds
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games. * Roll Cancelling is allowed.
No EX Grooves allowed.
You may not use the same character twice on one team.
Ultimate Rugal, Super Akuma, Evil Ryu, and Evil Iori are not allowed in tournament play.
Switching the order of your characters during the loading screen is only allowed on your first match.
After winning, you must pick the same characters, same order.
Additional Details:
We encourage everybody to bring any and all equipment if possible. This will speed up tournaments and help everything run more smoothly. We request that all equipment be "checked-in" 30 minutes before tournaments begin to run the smoothest possible tournament.
We require all incoming equipment be labeled at Check-In to avoid theft and accusations thereof. Even so, we encourage all people to keep their sticks/controllers/battery packs on-hand at all times as we are not responsible for missing equipment.
Photography of the event and recording of matches is allowed and even encouraged. However, flash photography is not allowed during matches, due to obvious concerns of distraction. Unfortunately, we cannot stream matches for this tournament due to inexperience and lack of manpower. If you record videos or take pictures, please contact me and I will upload the videos to my Youtube account and pictures to my Photobucket account, accessible to everybody on the results page (credit given to you, of course).
For the major tournaments, PS3 is the console of choice used due to compatibility concerns within the community. The 360 may be used for games that are not supported on PS3 (i.e. if Garou gets voted in) or if there is not sufficient equipment. CRTs and lagless LCDs are the televisions of choice for the tournament, but due to using equipment from the community, LCDs with lag may be set up accidentally. A player always has a right to not play on a setup if lag becomes an issue and if lag is discovered, the set up will be removed from competition.
We appreciate everybody that travels and know that players are just looking for competition. If you inform us of your party, we will do our best to ensure that you do not play each other in the opening round of the bracket (location-based seeding).
Attendees are encouraged to participate in multiple tournaments. The brackets will skip you if you are currently in a match.
The three games with the most votes will be allowed into tournament play. However, if there is sufficient interest for more than three tournaments, we will consider including other games as well. We reserve the right to cancel tournaments at any time if there is no "real" interest. That is, if a game gets 20 votes and only 3 people show up to the event, we will not host a tournament. Please do not vote unless you think you are going to go.
Results will be posted within 48 hours following the event. Pictures, brackets, standings, and pay-out will all be posted accordingly.
Pre-Registration List:
SmokeMaxX (SF4, Rock-Paper-Scissors, Rainbow Edition)
Putting-Out-The-Fire Mike Weng (Probably everything)
Chamberlin (Smash, BB)
Tha_Shogun (SC4, Brawl, TvC)
Onedirtylei (T6)
The Captain (T6)
Seifersythe (Smash, Blazblue)
Imperator (SF4, Garou, CvS2)
Lan_Di (SF4, TvC, Garou, HDR)
solidxPanda (SF4, SFA3)
DisturbinglyZen (SF4, Garou)
Warpticon (SF4, MBAA)
iTorres (SF4, HDR, MvC2)
whateverfighter (SF4, HDR)
Tryptamine (SF4, SFA3)
flako2nd (HDR)
alan909090 (SF4, HDR, MvC2)
Cleverghost (SF4, HDR)
Mr. Sagat (SF4, CvS2, A3)
Kagegiovanni (SF4, MBAA, BB, Rock-Paper-Scissors)
Inebro_The_Amazing (SF4, Rock-Paper-Scissors)
Yusuke (SF4, GGAC)
Yetti (SF4, SC, BB)
Meximelt (SF4, SC)
Flacko05 (SF4, HDR)
Spuzmocker (SF4, HDR)
TurianX (SF4, BB)
Allen (SF4)
Thyallmighty (SF4, T6)
SolidBlake (SF4, T6, BB)
lBloodWolFl (BB, GGAC)
FindMyFarms (SF4, T6) + 5 (SF4)
Allen (SF4, CvS2, BB)
Dark Iori Yagami (Smash, CvS2)
Myztek (Smash)
X_A (SC4, Smash)
FlyMike (T6)
Lil Majin (T6)
ShinBlade (T6)
Arbustos (Smash)
Warden (SF4, BB, TvC) + Friend (SF4)
Galvan 2356 (SF4)
Ceeway24 (SF4)
Maybe Attending
Sudai (Smash)
Handorin (Smash)
NastyBisonUser (SFIV)
Hiryu02 + TN crew (SFIV)
Chuvylicious (SFIV) *Needs more white meat
galvan2356 (SFIV) *Needs more white wimminz
Afrotastic + Josh
IShouldBeStudying (Smash)
subzero44
K yoji24 (CvS2) + 3 more
animefreak6969 (Blazblue)
Andrew Marino (GGAC)
Keith (GGAC)
Toxic Lemon (Smash)
Thrawn2112 (SF4)
LYCAN (SF4, T6)
Ricon (CvS2) / Lan Di (not Andrew) (CvS2)
Uni_Lunax (SC4) + roommate (SC4)
outkst949 (Smash, SC4)
Jack (SF4)
VTS (Smash)
Yoshimanssbm (Smash)
Kurasa (TvC)
Josh (SSB, TvC, SSM)
Equipment List: (We need EVERYTHING you can bring)
SmokeMaxX- 1 ~20” CRT
Mike- 1 Vizio 32”, 1 ~28” CRT
Imperator- 360, 20” CRT, 27” LCD, sticks, Garou
Solidxpanda- 46”, 32”, 2 PS3s
DisturbinglyZen- 360 + Garou
Whateverfighter- ps3 + 42” Vizio
Cleverghost- Evo quality 27” Asus, PS3, HDR, SF4, MvC2, MKII (real-talk)
Lan_Di- 13” CRT, Wii, PS3, SF4, BB, TvC, Garou (DC)
Mr. Sagat- PS2 + Viera TV + PS3 + SF4
FindMyFarms- CRT
DaMangoSentinel-32”
X_A- PS3 + SC4
VTS- 4-6 TVs with 2 melee set-ups
Potential Equipment (If coming)
Sudai- Wii + games
Animefreak6969- PS3 + Blazblue + SC4 + SF4
Myztek- 2 Melee setups
Fliers:
Here are links to the fliers. Feel free to post these at your gaming centers/campuses/etc. Tell your friends. We are trying to build a community and make this big. You can help!
Color
Black and White
Acknowledgments:
Credit to iTorres for making the beautiful fliers.
Credit to deezee989 for thinking of the name of the tournament.
Credit to Imperator for allowing us to use the ARFGN Blog.
Credit to DisturbinglyZen for creating a Facebook group and event page.
Credit to New China for allowing us to use their facilities.
Credit to Yoshimanssbm, Tryptamine, whateverfighter, deezee989 and iTorres for their contributions in putting up fliers.
Future Local Events:
T-Town Throwdown – 5/8/10.
Red September – Contact K yoji24 on the Shoryuken forums for more information.
Introduction:
Come duke it out with the region’s finest at the A.R.K. (Arkansas Regional Knockouts)! Players from everywhere are invited to come hang-out and throw-down with gamers from all across the region. We really want to build a scene down here and what better way than to gather everyone together and see how we all stand? Please join us, have a good time, and hopefully win some big money!
Please, Please, PLEASE Pre-Register (by posting below) if you plan on going. If you are bringing multiple people, can you give us a head-count so we can better organize this tournament? Also, PLEASE bring equipment, if at all possible (especially you Arkansans!). We will take anything and everything and return it all to you as it was given to us.
ALL recent rule/information changes is posted here (on top) so that player’s do not have to re-read this entire post multiple times.
Updates:
04/01/10
- Updated Pre-Registration and Votes.
- HDR, BlazBlue, and CvS2 are confirmed as tournament games (provided everyone who voted will actually play in those respective tournaments). We will possibly have one more tournament if we can get enough “write-in” votes the day of the tournament. We need to have that game on hand though, so if you have a game (such as Soul Caliber) bring it and get other people to vote!
- Unlimited Characters in BlazBlue BANNED.
- Addendum to first place SF4 prize: Custom TE Stick Art provided by HighVelocityPrinting!
- Tourney Fees have been raised to $10 for ALL major tournaments (Smash Bros Brawl, Smash Bros Melee, Tekken, and SFIV Singles).
- Located here are old updates and set money matches / proposed money matches.
To contact me, please post here, PM me, or email me at
Date:
04/03/10 (Schedule below)
Location:
New China Buffet (Name of venue may change prior to April 3rd, but will still be at this address)
9210 North Rodney Parham Road Little Rock, AR 72227
Games Played:
Street Fighter 4 (Singles and 3v3 Teams)
Tekken 6
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
BlazBlue
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo: HD Remix
Capcom vs. SNK 2
Possibly plus more based on YOUR votes. Voting will be done on location.
Cost:
$10 Entrance Fee. Included in the entrance fee are free pizza and drinks. Thus, it cannot be waived for spectators. Each participant will be stamped to mark their payment of the entrance fee to avoid multiple charges.
$5 Per Minor Tournament Fee (TvC, BB, HDR, CvS2).
$10 Per Major Tournament Fee (SF4, T6, Smash Bros Brawl, Smash Bros Melee).
The 3v3 SF4 tournament will be $5 per person ($15/team).
Prizes: All pots are split 70/20/10.
Preliminary Schedule:
Set-up: 10AM-Noon
Registration for Set 1**: Noon-1:30PM
Tournament Set 1: 2PM - End
Registration for Set 2: Noon-2:30PM
Tournament Set 2: 3PM - End
Registration for Set 3: Noon-3:30PM
Tournament Set 3: 4PM - End
Food Served: ~5-6 PM
SF4 3v3: Immediately following SF4 Singles.
** - The games are divided into "Sets" which will be played at different times to run the tournament as efficiently as possible.
Tentative Set Listings (subject to change)
Set 1 - BB + HDR
Set 2 - T6 + SSBM
Set 3 - SF4 + SSBB + TvC + "Voter's Choice" games
Rules/Formats: We try to adhere to major tournament standards with as little modifications as possible. Thus, the rules we go by are the same rules encouraged by places such as Evo and the Smashboards.
Universal Rules:
- All brackets are double elimination except for SF4 3v3 Teams.
- Double-Blind Select can always be chosen to begin a match.
- The winner of a game must stick with the same character used to win for the following game, except in the case of Smash Bros. Loser can always change characters.
- Player's Choice: All rules are subject to be ignored if agreed upon by both parties, however due to time constraints, matches cannot be extended longer than their allotted time (i.e. cannot play best 3 out of 5 when supposed to play 2 out of 3, or cannot change timer limits to infinity)
- Please Bring Your Own Controller: While there will probably be many players willing to lend you a controller/stick, there is NO guarantee. You WILL be disqualified if you cannot start the match within the allotted time.
- Players have six minutes to report to and begin their matches and will be disqualified if unable to do so.
- It is the player's responsibility to notify a staffer over a dispute on rules.
- Staffers will be identifiable through the use of name badges.
- Button mapping and converters ARE allowed while turbo is NOT.
- Winners are required to notify staffers of the results of their match. This will speed up the process greatly and help us run a smooth tournament.
- Wireless sticks/pads/remotes will be allowed. However, we require that you pull out your battery when you are not playing to avoid disrupting tournament matches.
- In addition, pausing or restarting the game/match for any reason, except with the consent of the opponent will result in a forfeit of that particular game/round (whichever is smaller). This includes battery/controller problems.
- Every person is responsible for the functionality of their controller. A "button check" may (and should) be asked for prior to every match. A player cannot request a button check once damage has been taken and must finish the game (but may ask for another button check at the beginning of the next game). If a controller is non-functional or is functioning incorrectly, the player must receive consent from his or her opponent before pausing the match.
SSBMelee:
- 4 stock, 8 minute time limit
- 2/3 games, 3/5 games Loser’s/Winner’s/Grand Finals
- Items off
- Games decided first by lives, then %. Sudden death is used to break ties.
- Stage Knock Out: Stage Striking will be in effect for the first match of the set. The player with the lower port will get to choose the first strike. Loser chooses ban before next match.
- Modified DSR: You cannot go back to the last stage you won in a set, unless agreed upon by the other player.
- Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or select to go random. The winner may then change their character, followed by the loser.
- Controller Mods, Glitches (IC Freeze Glitch, Mewtwo Soul Stunner, etc), and tactics used to stall a match (wall-bombing, rising pound), are banned.
- Wobbling Banned
Neutrals:
FD
Yoshis
Dreamland
Battlefield
Fountain of Dreams
Counterpicks 1v1:
Kongo Jungle
Brinstar
Rainbow Cruise
Pokemon Stadium
SSBBrawl:
SBR Certified
- 3 Stock, 8 minute timer
- Items are set to "off" and "none"
- 2/3 games, 3/5 games Loser’s/Winner’s/Grand Finals
- Players are allowed to ban ONE Starter/Counter stage prior to a match.
- At the beginning of the first game, players alternate “slashing” starter stages until one stage is left.
- Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or select to go random. The winner may then change their character, followed by the loser.
- In the event of a dispute, controller ports will be selected by Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Port slob picks: On a player's counterpick, that player may opt to redo the port selection process with that player picking his or her port first.
- No player may choose a stage they have already won on in that set unless agreed upon by both players.
- Games decided first by stock and then by percentage. If percents are the same or both players die simultaneously, there will be a 1 stock overtime. Bowser's suicide klaw is exempt from this rule.
- If a game ends with Bowser doing his suicide klaw and it ends in sudden death, the sudden death will be ignored and that game will count as a win for Bowser.
- Metaknight's Infinite Cape glitch is banned.
- Stalling is banned. Stalling: The act of deliberately avoiding any and all conflict so that one may make the game unplayable. Running away from an opponent to reach a better position is not stalling, while doing an infinite grab endlessly against a wall is. Any infinite chain grabs must end quickly after 300% has been reached so as to prevent excessive stalling.
Stage Lists
Starter
Battlefield
Final Destination
Smashville
Yoshi's Island
Pokémon Stadium 1
Counter
Castle Siege
Halberd
Lylat Cruise
Brinstar
Delfino
Frigate Orpheon
Jungle Japes
Pictochat
Pirate Ship
Pokémon Stadium 2
Rainbow Cruise
Luigi's Mansion
Norfair
SF4:
Default Settings.
2/3 rounds, 2/3 games, (Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals are 3/5 games).
Player's must agree on a stage within 15 seconds or match will be RANDOM stage select.
Only bans are infinite combos.
Ties result in replays.
3v3 Teams:
Same rules as above except as follows.
Single Elimination
“Everybody Plays” Elimination style. Basically, not Pokemon style (i.e. winner of game 1 does not stay until he/she is knocked out).
Tekken 6:
Default Settings
3/5 rounds, 2/3 games, 60 Seconds (Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals are 3/5 games)
Player's must agree on a stage within 15 seconds or match will be RANDOM stage select.
No customizing colors, names or items at any time before or during a tournament match.
TvC:
Default Settings
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games.
Banned: Any glitch that freezes the game or prevents the match from being played. Instigating such tactics results in a loss of the game.
Player's must agree on a stage within 15 seconds or match will be RANDOM stage select.
Burning Ruins is banned unless agreed upon by both players.
SSF2T: HDR:
Speed 3, Remixed Mode.
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games.
Banned: Akuma
4:3 Aspect Ratio
BlazBlue:
Round Time 99 Seconds
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games.
Easy Specials: OFF (Easy Specials involve the use of the right analog stick to perform instant specials with zero effort).
Unlimited Characters BANNED.
Capcom vs SNK 2
Round Time 99 Seconds
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games. * Roll Cancelling is allowed.
No EX Grooves allowed.
You may not use the same character twice on one team.
Ultimate Rugal, Super Akuma, Evil Ryu, and Evil Iori are not allowed in tournament play.
Switching the order of your characters during the loading screen is only allowed on your first match.
After winning, you must pick the same characters, same order.
Additional Details:
We encourage everybody to bring any and all equipment if possible. This will speed up tournaments and help everything run more smoothly. We request that all equipment be "checked-in" 30 minutes before tournaments begin to run the smoothest possible tournament.
We require all incoming equipment be labeled at Check-In to avoid theft and accusations thereof. Even so, we encourage all people to keep their sticks/controllers/battery packs on-hand at all times as we are not responsible for missing equipment.
Photography of the event and recording of matches is allowed and even encouraged. However, flash photography is not allowed during matches, due to obvious concerns of distraction. Unfortunately, we cannot stream matches for this tournament due to inexperience and lack of manpower. If you record videos or take pictures, please contact me and I will upload the videos to my Youtube account and pictures to my Photobucket account, accessible to everybody on the results page (credit given to you, of course).
For the major tournaments, PS3 is the console of choice used due to compatibility concerns within the community. The 360 may be used for games that are not supported on PS3 (i.e. if Garou gets voted in) or if there is not sufficient equipment. CRTs and lagless LCDs are the televisions of choice for the tournament, but due to using equipment from the community, LCDs with lag may be set up accidentally. A player always has a right to not play on a setup if lag becomes an issue and if lag is discovered, the set up will be removed from competition.
We appreciate everybody that travels and know that players are just looking for competition. If you inform us of your party, we will do our best to ensure that you do not play each other in the opening round of the bracket (location-based seeding).
Attendees are encouraged to participate in multiple tournaments. The brackets will skip you if you are currently in a match.
The three games with the most votes will be allowed into tournament play. However, if there is sufficient interest for more than three tournaments, we will consider including other games as well. We reserve the right to cancel tournaments at any time if there is no "real" interest. That is, if a game gets 20 votes and only 3 people show up to the event, we will not host a tournament. Please do not vote unless you think you are going to go.
Results will be posted within 48 hours following the event. Pictures, brackets, standings, and pay-out will all be posted accordingly.
Pre-Registration List:
SmokeMaxX (SF4, Rock-Paper-Scissors, Rainbow Edition)
Putting-Out-The-Fire Mike Weng (Probably everything)
Chamberlin (Smash, BB)
Tha_Shogun (SC4, Brawl, TvC)
Onedirtylei (T6)
The Captain (T6)
Seifersythe (Smash, Blazblue)
Imperator (SF4, Garou, CvS2)
Lan_Di (SF4, TvC, Garou, HDR)
solidxPanda (SF4, SFA3)
DisturbinglyZen (SF4, Garou)
Warpticon (SF4, MBAA)
iTorres (SF4, HDR, MvC2)
whateverfighter (SF4, HDR)
Tryptamine (SF4, SFA3)
flako2nd (HDR)
alan909090 (SF4, HDR, MvC2)
Cleverghost (SF4, HDR)
Mr. Sagat (SF4, CvS2, A3)
Kagegiovanni (SF4, MBAA, BB, Rock-Paper-Scissors)
Inebro_The_Amazing (SF4, Rock-Paper-Scissors)
Yusuke (SF4, GGAC)
Yetti (SF4, SC, BB)
Meximelt (SF4, SC)
Flacko05 (SF4, HDR)
Spuzmocker (SF4, HDR)
TurianX (SF4, BB)
Allen (SF4)
Thyallmighty (SF4, T6)
SolidBlake (SF4, T6, BB)
lBloodWolFl (BB, GGAC)
FindMyFarms (SF4, T6) + 5 (SF4)
Allen (SF4, CvS2, BB)
Dark Iori Yagami (Smash, CvS2)
Myztek (Smash)
X_A (SC4, Smash)
FlyMike (T6)
Lil Majin (T6)
ShinBlade (T6)
Arbustos (Smash)
Warden (SF4, BB, TvC) + Friend (SF4)
Galvan 2356 (SF4)
Ceeway24 (SF4)
Maybe Attending
Sudai (Smash)
Handorin (Smash)
NastyBisonUser (SFIV)
Hiryu02 + TN crew (SFIV)
Chuvylicious (SFIV) *Needs more white meat
galvan2356 (SFIV) *Needs more white wimminz
Afrotastic + Josh
IShouldBeStudying (Smash)
subzero44
K yoji24 (CvS2) + 3 more
animefreak6969 (Blazblue)
Andrew Marino (GGAC)
Keith (GGAC)
Toxic Lemon (Smash)
Thrawn2112 (SF4)
LYCAN (SF4, T6)
Ricon (CvS2) / Lan Di (not Andrew) (CvS2)
Uni_Lunax (SC4) + roommate (SC4)
outkst949 (Smash, SC4)
Jack (SF4)
VTS (Smash)
Yoshimanssbm (Smash)
Kurasa (TvC)
Josh (SSB, TvC, SSM)
Equipment List: (We need EVERYTHING you can bring)
SmokeMaxX- 1 ~20” CRT
Mike- 1 Vizio 32”, 1 ~28” CRT
Imperator- 360, 20” CRT, 27” LCD, sticks, Garou
Solidxpanda- 46”, 32”, 2 PS3s
DisturbinglyZen- 360 + Garou
Whateverfighter- ps3 + 42” Vizio
Cleverghost- Evo quality 27” Asus, PS3, HDR, SF4, MvC2, MKII (real-talk)
Lan_Di- 13” CRT, Wii, PS3, SF4, BB, TvC, Garou (DC)
Mr. Sagat- PS2 + Viera TV + PS3 + SF4
FindMyFarms- CRT
DaMangoSentinel-32”
X_A- PS3 + SC4
VTS- 4-6 TVs with 2 melee set-ups
Potential Equipment (If coming)
Sudai- Wii + games
Animefreak6969- PS3 + Blazblue + SC4 + SF4
Myztek- 2 Melee setups
Fliers:
Here are links to the fliers. Feel free to post these at your gaming centers/campuses/etc. Tell your friends. We are trying to build a community and make this big. You can help!
Color
Black and White
Acknowledgments:
Credit to iTorres for making the beautiful fliers.
Credit to deezee989 for thinking of the name of the tournament.
Credit to Imperator for allowing us to use the ARFGN Blog.
Credit to DisturbinglyZen for creating a Facebook group and event page.
Credit to New China for allowing us to use their facilities.
Credit to Yoshimanssbm, Tryptamine, whateverfighter, deezee989 and iTorres for their contributions in putting up fliers.
Future Local Events:
T-Town Throwdown – 5/8/10.
Red September – Contact K yoji24 on the Shoryuken forums for more information.
We are pleased to announce the new Arkansas Regional Knockouts tournament (A.R.K.) coming soon to Little Rock, AR.
More information will be posted within the coming days, but the basic details are as follows:
Date: 4/3/10
Location: 9210 North Rodney Parham Road Little Rock, AR 72227
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9210%20North%20Rodney%20Parham%20Road%20Little%20Rock%2C%20AR%2072227&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&tab=nl
Entry Fee: $10
Per Tournament Fee: $5 (or potentially $10 depending on community feedback).
More information will be posted within the coming days, but the basic details are as follows:
Date: 4/3/10
Location: 9210 North Rodney Parham Road Little Rock, AR 72227
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=9210%20North%20Rodney%20Parham%20Road%20Little%20Rock%2C%20AR%2072227&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&tab=nl
Entry Fee: $10
Per Tournament Fee: $5 (or potentially $10 depending on community feedback).
Hey guys. Been a while since there's been a post on here, so let's make this active again. I don't know exactly what to put on here since I usually post my thoughts on the SRK forum, but we'll see what we can do about this blog and hopefully it'll grow into something new and different. Justin, I'll have to talk to you about what we should do with this thing. How can we make this different so people who already go to the forums will want to visit this.
Anyway, not a lot to say. Just had our 3rd meetup and it was a blast. We had ~16-17 people and 13 competitors for SFIV. Let's make it bigger and better every week guys. Mike won again, but he was sent into loser's by Adrian. Panda made things interesting, but unfortunately that footage can't be seen for some strange reason (Mike probably stopped the recording when he lost a round). I started off strong with a win against Bye, but then had to play Mike. He beat my Bison pretty handily and I switched to Zangief, but couldn't churn the butter fast enough. All in all, it was a lot of fun.
We played some DDR afterwards. Blake did some nice Cowgirl, Allen did some mean Holic, Chris showed off his nice PA skills, and Panda acted like he was a noob in DDR while doing pretty damn well on a song on Heavy. Might have to have some money matches next time guys haha. Justin, didn't you say you might jump in on this?
Anyway, let's get this blog going. Let's plan out our monthly tourney. What does everybody think of having one somewhere between 2-4 weeks from now? I'm thinking a March tourney, an April tourney, and a May tourney.
Anyway, not a lot to say. Just had our 3rd meetup and it was a blast. We had ~16-17 people and 13 competitors for SFIV. Let's make it bigger and better every week guys. Mike won again, but he was sent into loser's by Adrian. Panda made things interesting, but unfortunately that footage can't be seen for some strange reason (Mike probably stopped the recording when he lost a round). I started off strong with a win against Bye, but then had to play Mike. He beat my Bison pretty handily and I switched to Zangief, but couldn't churn the butter fast enough. All in all, it was a lot of fun.
We played some DDR afterwards. Blake did some nice Cowgirl, Allen did some mean Holic, Chris showed off his nice PA skills, and Panda acted like he was a noob in DDR while doing pretty damn well on a song on Heavy. Might have to have some money matches next time guys haha. Justin, didn't you say you might jump in on this?
Anyway, let's get this blog going. Let's plan out our monthly tourney. What does everybody think of having one somewhere between 2-4 weeks from now? I'm thinking a March tourney, an April tourney, and a May tourney.
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