*UCC* A.R.K. III (Feat. JWong, Toan, $3700+, 150+ People) Results and Shoutouts!

Had a great time at the tourney guys. Thanks everyone who came and supported us either in person or on the stream. Good stuff all around! Let's get started.

SPECIAL THANKS

To start off, I'd like to give a very special thanks to all of our sponsors for making this event as great as it was. You guys will want to watch out for Saber Gaming in the near future! They will become a force to be reckoned with within the tournament scene in the South. They donated $1000 to our event and will surely be doing much more for the community in the near future! Also, shoutouts to Game On Apparel, Borderland Games in Texarkana, TX, Broken Tier, the Bat Cave in Conway, AR and Shadaloo.EU for their generous donations as well. Let's not forget the DFW Fight Club for providing equipment for our event as well. Make sure to not miss their UCC Tournament in May! We'll be there!

Also a special thanks to RawkusX and the stream crew (DeeZee, AfroMH, DGA Gdlk_Rushdown, and everyone else) for making our stream wildly successful. Also, shoutouts to EG Justin F'ing Wong for coming down and helping make our event as hype as possible.

SUMMARY

The third A.R.K. tournament is done and I think we can all say that it is something Arkansas can be proud of. For our third tournament, we managed to get MvC2 legends Justin Wong and Toan (who showed us how Marvel should be played) to come out, over $1000 in sponsorships, over 150 people, and ten states representing (Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Utah, California, and Virginia)!

Fierce competition was had in every tournament with heavy-hitters such as EG Justin Wong, Toan, Ihavespaceballs, Iori, ARK XI, TWG Arthur, and several more high-quality players participating. Participation in each tournament varied between 8 for Arcana Heart 3 and 64 for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. The Main Event (aka the Mystery Game Tournament) was hype as ever with 23 players.

Total payout was $3730 dollars with Marvel and Super Street Fighter IV having over $1000 EACH in pot totals. Anyway, enough of the statistics- on to the results! Shoutouts in the second post!

RESULTS

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (64 Entrants)
Bracket
1. EG. Justin Wong $623.00
2. Toan $178.00
3. ARK XI $89.00
4. GBS Giovanni
5. Futile Silencer
5. ARK MisfiT_T
7. DGA BossBishop
7. Warden
9. GNB Deezee
9. Justus
9. DGA Gdlk_Rushdown
9. Supwichu
13. Lil Majin
13. Shinblade
13. Flav
13. Rawkus
17. Arkansas Sam
17. Chaku
17. PB Chuvy
17. Animefreak
17. Fox
17. SippyCup
17. game weasel
17. HyperSurge
25. jofo11
25. Donny V
25. ARK SmokeMaxX
25. ZBT Afro MH
25. Ninja Meep
25. DGA Rabid Duckie
25. Thriller Man
25. Solidus
33. Azure Phoenix
33. Lycan
33. Bunny Foo Foo
33. Focus Flute
33. Daxaranavenamas
33. ABCDEFG Flymike
33. rexstrider
33. GREEN!
33. Heklr
33. Seel007
33. Osaka Kunio
33. Jack Khounthikon
33. Andy Five-Oh
33. Mouse5050
33. Haruhi-ism
33. solidblake
49. Mini-K
49. Blastphemyl
49. Lan Di
49. Fly17
49. Inebro the Amazing
49. RGC Sjugs117
49. Amp
49. Bivier
49. Sozun
49. CCM
49. IXXholylightXXI
49. Vtec
49. Slayer Carvo
49. Captain Joseph
49. Rukus
49. Triox

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Teams (12 Teams)
Bracket
1: Noel Arroyo (SolidXPanda, Toan, EG. Justin Wong) $126.00
2: Genosha $36.00
3: Big Guys (Flav, Vid-Ian, ARK The Amazing) $18.00
4: Minority Report (Supwichu, ARK M, GBS Giovanni)
5: Asian Molesters (ARK SmokeMaxX, ARK XI, ARK Justus)
5: Team Mexico
7: Animefreak, Mr. Sagat, Southern Gentleman (Animefreak, Mr. Sagat, Southern Gentleman)
7: Diversiteam
9: Smackaroni
9: SNSD (Donny V, Illestgno, Jack Khountuikou)
9: Willma Dicfit
9: Puerto Rican Black and Mild (DaRabidDuckie, Rukus, Lord Jas)


Super Street Fighter IV (58 Entrants)
Bracket
1 EG. Justin Wong $581.00
2 ARK XI $166.00
3 TWG Tostito Salsa $83.00
4 PB Chuvy
5 HyperSurge
5 SippyCup
7 Poker Student
7 TWG Arthur
9 sm411pox614k37
9 Rod
9 dlimit
9 Lycan
13 ARK the Amazing
13 Professor Gene
13 Solid x Panda
13 Adrian "Mel" Bipson
17 Mattiikus
17 Rukus
17 Eraser
17 Bunny Foo Foo
17 ARK MisfiT_T
17 C. Deleon
17 Supwichu
17 Rawkus
25 Daxaranavenamas
25 Sir Corn
25 Jack Khounthikon
25 ARK Harry McKenzie
25 Kirby
25 GNB Deezee
25 snoooootch
25 B7gB50
33 Lan Di
33 CCM
33 Squabbler
33 GREEN!
33 Jim
33 Joshua Bhagat
33 ARK SmokeMaxX
33 Chips-Ahoy
33 Donny V
33 Reco0331
33 Fly17
33 JondaKingdom
33 solidblake
33 rexstrider
33 Amp
33 Tenindo
49 Tornado Jones
49 Vagrant
49 Tai
49 illestgno
49 xxxxharveyxxx
49 Imperator
49 Blastphemyl 1080
49 IXXholylightXXI
49 RGC Sjugs117
49 Triox

Super Street Fighter IV Teams (13 Teams)
Bracket
1: Asian Molesters (ARK SmokeMaxX, ARK XI, EG Justin Wong) $136.50
2: Last Minute (Hypersurge, Sippy Cup, Exceed^) $39.00
3: Team White Guys (TWG Arthur, TWG Tostito Salsa, ARK Harry McKenzie) $19.50
4: Bipson, Misfit, and ThyAllMighty (Mel Bipson, ARK Misfit, Sebastian)
5: Team Black Marn (Dax, Rukus, Prof. Gene)
5: T.O. (Poker Student, Amp, FocusFlute)
7: Sort Your Life Out (Eraser, Lycan, Squabble)
7: Panic At The Disco (Southern Gentleman, Mr. Sagat, Lan Di)
9: Rib-And-Chicken (Animefreak, Flip17, Tenindo)
9: Psychic Hotline (ARK The Amazing, Andy Five-Oh, GBS Giovanni)
9: SNSD (Donny V, Illestgno, Jack Khountuikou)
9: Bastards From Hell (Master Explodes, Green, Its hef)
13: Free Rider (Snoooootch, SolidXPanda, Rawkus)

Super Smash Brothers: Melee (30 Entrants)
Bracket
1: sasperella (iori) $330.00
2: ihavespacepwny $165.00
3: chamberlin $55.00
4: VTS
5: Gravity
5: g.vice
7: arby
7: ace
9: kokujin-kun
9: The Saberguy
9: Dual Cats
9: Solidus
13: Yoshiman
13: Yi
13: SPE Joseph
13: seif
17: Ark Harry Mckentie
17: Sol Inertia
17: jamz
17: Don
17: Twg Tostito Salsa
17: Sir Corn
17: Tai
17: anis
25: roke
25: mosweep
25: Mel Bipson
25: blue shroom
25: Tomado jones

Super Smash Brothers: Melee Teams (11 Teams)
Bracket
1: G.vice has balls (bracket will say something different) $66.00
2: battery acid $33.00
3: kaiba corp $11.00
4: stfu
5: the chinaman
5: slow jamz
7: gravity cats
7: Bastards of hell
9: sol inertia
9: sir corn and tai
9: Cunt Punt

Mystery Game Tournament (23 Entrants)
Bracket
1 EG. Justin Wong $80.50
2 dlimit $23.00
3 rexstrider $11.50
4 Futile Silencer
5 Chaku
5 HyperSurge
7 ARK the Amazing
7 Imperator
9 I'd Like To Humbly Request That Everyone Please...
9 ARK XI
9 Hecklr
9 SippyCup
13 Green!
13 Supwichu
13 ARK MisfiT_T
13 Joker 4237
17 ZBT Afro MH
17 Al Cadda
17 Warden
17 IXXholylightXXI
17 Lan Di
17 ABCDEFG Flymike
17 ARK SmokeMaxX

Super Smash Brothers: Brawl (22 Entrants)
Bracket
1: Chuck Nasty $282.00
2: Afrotastic $141.00
3: Thriller Man $47.00
4: Bobo
5: Sasperella
5: YOSH
7: AR Sam
7: The Saber Guy
9: I'd Like to Humbly Request that Everyone Please...
9: Don
9: Lash D
9: Kirby
13: Heklr
13: Jamz
13: Tboykin
13: Sir Corn
17: Tai
17: Roke
17: Blue Shroom
17: Sol Inertia
17: Pac-Man
17: L

Super Smash Brothers: Brawl Teams (11 Teams)
Bracket
1: Chuck Nasty and Afro $66.00
2: Yosh and AR_sam $33.00
3: Thrillerman and Kirby $11.00
4: Roc and Save the jelly
5: Tboykin and Lash D
5: Superwolf and Doctor Holmes
7: Yi and Don
7: Sol Inertia and Blue Shroom
9: Roke and Jamz
9: It's Hef and Master Exploder

Tekken 6 (12 Entrants)
Bracket
1 Lil Majin $84.00
2 Shinblade $24.00
3 Professor Gene $12.00
4 Justus
5 OD Lei
5 Sebastian
7 Gamer X
7 ABCDEFG Flymike
9 Mini-K
9 The Captain
9 Seel007
9 Tenindo

BlazBlue: CS (12 Entrants)
Bracket
1. Animefreak $84.00
2. Southern Gentleman $24.00
3. DGA BossBishop $12.00
4. Lil Majin
5. GBS Giovanni
5. ARK MisfiT_T
7. Bivier
7. Bloodwolf
9. Shrike
9. Jamz
9. Seif
9. solidblake

Arcana Heart 3 (8 Entrants)
Bracket
1. Haruhi-ism $28.00
2. GBS Giovanni $8.00
3. Azure Phoenix $4.00
4. Warden
5. Arkansas Sam
5. ARK MisfiT_T
7. ARK SmokeMaxX
7. Imperator

MEDIA

Stream Archive (Chronological Order):
Justin.tv - Interrupted Gaming - ARK III! Featuring EG Justin Wong!
(Four Parts; Part 1- Casuals SSF4/MvC3; Part 2- Casual MvC3/MvC3 Singles; Part 3- SSF4 Singles/Team Matches)
Justin.tv - Interrupted Gaming - ARK III! Featuring EG Justin Wong!
(Two Parts; Parts 1 and 2- SSF4 Team Matches)
Justin.tv - Interrupted Gaming - ARK III! Featuring EG Justin Wong!
(Two Parts; Parts 1 and 2- SSF4 Teams Completed/SSF4 Singles)
Justin.tv - Interrupted Gaming - ARK III! Featuring EG Justin Wong!
(One Part; SSF4 Grand Finals)
Justin.tv - Interrupted Gaming - ARK III! Featuring EG Justin Wong!
(One Part; MvC3 Finals)

Individual Matches:

SSF4
Youtube - ARK3 Tournament - solidblake (Cody) vs Triox (Abel/Juri)
Youtube - ARK3 Tournament - Mike Weng (Ryu) vs Triox (Abel) (1 of 2)
Youtube - ARK3 Tournament - Mike Weng (Ryu) vs Triox (Abel) (2 of 2)
Youtube - SSF4 Teams PATD vs. Free Ride ARK III

MvC3
Youtube - Justin Wong VS Meximelt - 1 / 2
Youtube - Justin Wong VS Meximelt - 2 / 2
Youtube - ARK III - Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Shinblade vs. Chuvylicious
Youtube - ARK III - Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - HyperSurge vs. EG Justin Wong
Youtube - ARK III - Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Seel vs. AfroMH
Youtube - ARK III - Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - DGA Gdlk_Rushdown vs. SmokeMaxX
Youtube - ARK III - Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Steve-ism vs. Toan
Youtube - ARK III - Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - EG Justin Wong vs. Mini-K
Youtube - Dark Phoenix, The Salt Stops Here
Youtube - Dark Phoenix, The Second Salty Helping

Melee
Melee Matches will be uploaded on this channel

Arcana Heart 3
Youtube - A Reluctant Ark III Arcana Hearts 3 Tournament Ditto
Youtube - Haruhi-ism Serves Some Mei Fang Justice
Youtube - Arkansas Sam Chaining and Planting

Additional Media:
Pictures of the Event
ARK III Mini-Documentary
Youtube - Toan Sentinel Clowning.... (Sick Sent. Combo)
Youtube - Justin Wong goofing off with Thor at ARK III
Youtube - Triox's Video Journal: 2 Days Before My First Tournament

Promotional Materials:
Youtube - Arkansas Regional Knockouts Tournament Promo!
Youtube - Super Freeze - E. Honda's Super Killer Head Ram - Plus Extra ARK III Promotion!
Gaming tournament set in Conway | TheCabin.net

We were also featured in THV's (Conway's CBS Affiliate) News at 10 as well as in UCA's News6.

SHOUTOUTS

Well it's a few days after out event and it's good finally being conscious for more than a few hours at a time. This event turned out pretty well: 150+ people, 10 states, $3730 in total pot money, several wonderful sponsors, and amazing players in attendance! We got coverage on different news stations and as a community, we've built a ton of new relationships! As always, I appreciate everything that EVERYONE has done whether it be helping run tournaments, traveling from a different state, or even just choosing ARK III as their first competitive tournament. Mike and I might have created the A.R.K. tournaments, but it's you guys who have made everything worthwhile. So thanks to everyone!

Now before I start the formal shoutouts, I'd like to take a moment to apologize for a few problems we've had. First off, the heat- Yes we had this problem last time, yes we said we'd fix it, and yes it was still hot. While it wasn't nearly as hot as last time, no excuses. We made arrangements that weren't satisfactory. I'm sorry. No matter what, it won't be that hot at ARK IV. Next, I'm sorry tournaments didn't start on time and ran way longer than we expected. They didn't start on time because we had several issues with Tonamento that couldn't be fixed in a timely manner. They ran longer than intended because several people wanted to play on the stream. Once again, we'll get these issues fixed for next time. I've been in talks with the creators of Tio Tournament Organizer about adding features to a future version so that we will be more confident in using them again in the future. That's the program we used at ARK I and II and that's what we're familiar with. Also, sorry that we never got the MK9 and Project: M tournaments started. By the time we were able to start, there was little to no interest in running them. Shoutouts to getting 20+ entrants for a free tourney for a demo though. And finally, sorry that region-based seeding turned out to be a bust. That was one of the problems we had with Tonamento that we couldn't find a great solution for. This won't be a problem at ARK IV. I hope any other issues were addressed in a timely manner. We're always eager to please so please give us feedback (both positive and negative)!

Once again, thanks to everyone that showed up! I feel like every time we have one of these tournaments, we play a big part in building a scene in Arkansas, and more importantly building the community as a whole. If you're an Arkansas resident, please join the Arkansas Fighting Game Network so we can keep you guys connected on all of the cool events happening around the region!

Shoutouts time! Massive shoutout once again to our sponsors- Saber Gaming (tournament organizers in Arkansas that'll be doing something similar to what we do in the very near future; keep your eyes peeled for them!), Game On Apparel (awesome network of gamers; please register for a free profile on their site to show your support for us AND them), Borderland Games (THE place for gamers in Texarkana; they'll give you better prices for your games than GameStop and even have an ITG2 machine!), BrokenTier (Let's be real, go to their website and check out their awesome shirts; they don't even really need me to plug them!), the Conway Bat Cave (one of the best comic book stores in Arkansas. They have a huge collection of comics, cards, and other related memorabilia), and the DFW Fight Club (Check out their UCC tournament in May! We'll be there to support these amazing tournament organizers!).

Shoutouts to our venue: Conway Gaming Center- Probably the best card-shop / LAN Center in Arkansas. They have big plans to support the Arkansas fighting game community in the future so please support them!

Big ups to all the big time players that came out of the woodwork to support our event! EG. Justin Wong, Toan, TWG Arthur, IHaveSpaceBalls, Iori, etc. It's always a pleasure having you guys and we're looking forward to seeing all of you at ARK IV!

Speaking of which, shoutouts to everyone who helped get Justin Wong here! Why are you guys so godlike?

Shoutouts to all of the media outlets and people that have covered us including THV (Arkansas' CBS Affiliate), Crosby Dunn with UCA's News6, the Log Cabin Democrat, Eventhubs, and Snoooootch! If I missed you, please let me know.

Shoutouts to our stream crew that held it down. Honestly Rawkus (with Interrupted Gaming!) you really held it down. I'm very impressed with how the stream went and 1500+ viewers for an Arkansas stream obviously meant something went right. Other TOs, if you're reading this- hit up Rawkus on SRK and fly him in to do your stream. This guy knows what he's doing. Just watch the stream archive and see how awesome of a job he does. Big ups to the commentators. I actually rewatched our stream (since I couldn't watch most of the matches at the tourney) and you guys did a great job. I was worried about the commentators making our event hype, but... WHAT AN ANSWER! Amazing job Lord Jas, DeeZee, JWong, Afro and everyone else on the mic!

Shoutouts to everyone who traveled from far away- Solidus, Animefreak, Tyler, Flip, and the entire OK crew; FlyMike, Lil Majin, Lord Jas, and the entire Memphis Crew; Ian, Kerry, Chuvy, Andre, Joe, and the entire Dallas crew; Jeff, Kent, and the entire Fort Worth crew; Phillip and the entire Louisiana crew; Deezee, Mexi, Rawkus and the entire Texarkana crew; Green, Dennis, Sam, and the entire NW AR crew; Alex and the entire SE AR Crew; Duckie, Warden, Jwong, Toan.... I could go on and on. Everyone who traveled, thanks for coming and showing your support!

Shoutouts to all of the TOs and various volunteers. I'm sure we were all frustrated at one point or another during the tournament, but we held it down and got things done. Good job!

Shoutouts to the Smash community. You guys don't get enough respect around these parts, but you showed up in number (50+?) and donated $500 to Marvel/SSF4. I can't thank you enough for that!

Shoutouts to "I'd Like To Humbly Request That Everyone Please Stop Farting. This Place Already Smells Bad Enough" who single-handedly managed to delay the tournaments starting for about 5-10 minutes as we tried to enter your name into Tonamento.

Shoutouts to everyone who brought equipment. Shoutouts to free pizza and drinks during a tournament. Shoutouts to having two PS3 -> 360 converters and EVERYONE bringing a PS3 pad.

Shoutouts to the ARFGN for making this event possible. Also BIG shoutout to Imperator, the FATHER of the ARFGN for showing up at ARK III! We've missed you buddy!

Shoutouts to Duckie for providing awesome modding services at our event! A lot of satisfied customers!

Shoutouts to having a horrible memory and knowing that I'm missing people that deserve shoutouts.

Thanks again for supporting us! We'll be back for A.R.K. IV and we hope you will be as well!