vigiliante
Smash Journeyman
I will be retiring from smash because SF4 is just too amazing and it is going to take up most of my time. This will be the last tourney for brawl/melee so no more crazy antics from me so please go nam nam nam for me. WARIO!!!!
I am going to need set-ups for this tourney so please if you can bring any Wii's, tv's, and copies of brawl that would be great.
Time:
2pm for smash tourney
Entry Fee for singles:
$5
Pot split will be determined by the amount of people that show up
Address:
Tokyo Game Action / Playaway Lanes
5 Summer Drive
Winchendon, MA 01475
(978) 297-1295
Store Hours for Sat. the first only.
12pm-12am
TGA Games they will have avaible
BEMANI/Music Games
DDR SuperNOVA 2
DDR Extreme
DDR 5th Mix
In The Groove 2
beatmania IIDX 15 - DJ Troopers
beatmania THE FINAL
Pop'n Music 16 - Party
Pop'n Music 15 - FEVER
DrumMania V5
GuitarFreaks V5
DrumMania V3
Pump It Up New Xenesis 2
DanceManiax 2nd Mix J-Append
Para Para Paradise 2nd Mix
Taiko no Tatsujin 10
Shamisen Brothers
Fighting Games
Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter III Third Strike
Capcom vs SNK 2
Guilty Gear Accent Core
Melty Blood Act Cadenza ver B rev
King of Fighters XI
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Super Street Fighter II X
Street Fighter Zero 3
Tekken 5 Dark Ressurection
Other Games
Initial D4 (2 Player)
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 (4 Player)
Super Puzzle Fighter II X (Konami Windy Cabinet)
Mr Driller G (NeoGeo Candy 29 cabinet)
Gradius 4 (Astro City cabinet)
Espgaluda (Astro City cabinet)
Ultracade (Astro City cabinet)
Battle Gear 2
Mrs. Pacman
Air Hockey
These games will be avaible at the tourney if you want to play all of them all day then you pay $26. If you only want to play the fighters you only pay $20 for the day. How awesome are those deals there a steal. I will be trying to get a smash only fee which will be cheaper but I think you should go for the all day deals.
Brawl ruleset (Borrowed from Cort :])
-> General
Double Elimination
All matches are best of 3, winners'/losers' finals best of 5, finals best out of 7
3 stock, 7 minute limit
Ties broken by lives/percentage
Items OFF Smash Balls OFF
-> Stages
Neutral Stages: These will be on random.
Battlefield
Final Destination
Pokemon Stadium
Lylat Cruise
Smashville
Brawl Yoshi's Island
Counterpicks available:
Delphino Plaza
Frigate Orpheon
Luigi's Mansion
Norfair
Halberd
Pokemon Stadium 2
Distant Planet
Pictochat
Hanenbow
Rainbow Cruise
Brinstar
Anything that is not mentioned is banned
Teams will be using the same rules as singles except friendly fire is on. NOOBS!!
General:
- Bring your own controller, or ensure someone is bringing one for you.
- No controller mods allowed aside from cosmetic changes, no programmed buttons allowed.
- No pausing during a match....also, please have respect for your opponent and do not do answer your phone, text, blast your iPOD, etc.
- No infinite stall/freeze glitches (ie: Jigglypuff's rising pound, Peach’s wall bomber, etc). If you use these in a match, you forfeit that match.
- Once a match has been announced, it must be started within 3 minutes...to keep things running smoothly.
Match rules:
- All matches are 4 stock, 8 minute time limit.
- All Items are OFF.
.- Dave's Modified Stupid Rule: No stage may be used twice in a single set if the player choosing the stage has already won on that stage, unless both players agree to use that stage.
- Stage Knock-out: Each player (or team, in teams) may choose to eliminate two of the legal stages (neutral OR counterpick) to be chosen at the beginning of the set.
- Double blind character pick (may be called for the first game): A double blind pick is when each player secretly tells a neutral third-party what character they will use. The third party then announces the character choices, and the players must stick with their character choices.
- Advanced Slob Picks (for the second or later game in a set): For a given game, the loser of the previous game may either choose the next stage or elect to go to a random stage. The winner of the previous game may then either change character, or stay as their current character. The loser may then either change character, or stay as their current character.
-Wobbling is allowed
-> Other
Dave's Modified Stupid Rule: No stage may be used twice in a single set
if the player choosing already won on that stage.
Random Knock-Out: Each player may choose to eliminate 1 of the random
stages to be chosen at the beginning of the set.
Stage Banning: Each player may choose to eliminate 2 of the stages available for counterpicking.
Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or elect to go
random, then winner may choose to change characters, then loser may
change characters.
Double blind for character selection may be used if a player wants to.
MM DQ Rule:
1 Minutes Late – Warning
2 Minutes Late – Loss of first match of set
3 Minutes Late – Loss of set
-> Other Rules & Special Issues
Controller mods of ANY kind (short-hop mod, L-trigger mod, etc),
except for cosmetic changes (paint job, different colored plastic), are
banned. If you are caught using a banned controller you will be
disqualified from the tournament.
Turbo or programmed buttons of any kind are banned. You may use
third party controllers or pads that have these features, but if you
are suspected of using the banned features you will not be allowed to
use that controller any longer.
Glitches used to stop your opponent from controlling their character
or indefinitely freezing them, or any glitch or trick that freezes the match
or makes it in any way unfinishable are banned. Using them will result in the
immediate forfeit of the match.
Tactics such as Jiggly's Rising Pound are allowed as methods of recovery or
to manuever around the stage. Using them (or any similar tactics) to excessively
stall a match, such as dropping below levels intentionally and stalling underneath,
is banned. Judges will be on the tournament floor can be called in at any time to
enforce this rule during a match.
You are responsible to bring your own controller. Any controller is suitable
for this tournament (wii mote/nun chuck/classic), just make sure people around
you are not also syncing at the same time as you.
Other tourneys that will be going on.( These rules will only apply to these tourneys)
Tournament Schedule & Games:
- November 1st, 2008 (Saturday)
- Store hours are 12pm-12am
- 12pm sign ups will begin
- 2:45pm sign ups will end
- 3pm we will begin with the following games:
3 pm start:
- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
- Super Street Fighter II X
- Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core
- Capcom vs SNK 2 - Waseda Style (Tag) 2v2
7 pm start:
- Marvel vs Capcom 2
- Melty Blood: Act Cadenza
- Street Fighter IV
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE!
Venue fee details:
*******$20 Flat rate fee.
SFIV, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, and BlazBlue kit donations are welcome but Andy wants you to know that just showing up to the ranbats are helpful enough.
********^------ Now, i know its tough times with the economy BUT..... as some of you guys know Andy is a very promising guy. SFIV was delivered as promised and with many more games are coming out soon and hes putting down payments on the Tatsunoko and Blazblue kits. Support him, and he'll give you guys what you deserve!!
-The Flat rate charge will let you play for FREE the ENTIRE night, including the tournament and casual matches later on. This way people can have a lot more matches in and be able to enter every tournament without worry about expenses (except the entry fee).
-All the flat rate money made from these ranbats will be put towards: paying off and buying more cabinets+games and keep these cabinets in the BEST condition they can be in.
Entry fee & prize structure:
$5 entry fee for SFIII:3S singles , GGXX:AC
$2 entry fee for every other game
*Game entry fees are subject to change upon the requests from the community, by the majority rule.
-$5(or more) entry games: 1st place = 70%, 2nd place = 20%, 3rd place = 10% (if less than 16 players 1st = 70%, 2nd = 30%)
-$2 entry games: "WINNER TAKES ALL"
Tournament Rules:
-Seeding will be based on your "TGA Ranking Battle Points". If you do not have any points you will be seeded randomly.
-Minimum number of players needed for each game: 8
-DOUBLE ELIMINATION! Best 2/3. FOR ALL GAMES
-Winners, losers and grand finals will be 3/5
-Team tournaments will be Double elimination, 1 game and 2/3 for grand finals.
Match-up and Game Rules:
-If you lose, you can change your team/character. Winner must stick with the same character until he loses.
-MvC2: You can change your team order, even if you win.
-SF:3S: You can change your SA (super art), even if you win. Judgment In Effect.
-SSF2X: Gouki/Akuma is banned!!!!!
-CvS2: Waseda Style/Tag Team 2v2 Battle - (A1 beats B1, B2 beats A2, A1 has to fight B2) A single player is allowed to enter twice using 2 different teams.
-There are to be NO GAME FREEZING GLITCHES IN ANY GAME. If you do i'm going to kick your *** and make your head EXPLODE! Plain and simple.
Point system details:
1st Place - 10 Points
2nd Place - 7 Points
3rd Place - 5 Points
4th Place - 3 Points
5th Placers - 1 point
About TGA's Arcade:
- TGA is an authentic Japanese Arcade. It has Bemani (music), racing games, Fighting Games..etc ALL fighting games are in Japanese cabinets and in working condition.
- TGA has been home to the SBO (Tougeki) 06/07 east coast qualifiers.
- There are also 12 lanes for bowling.
- Cafe Yamanoi is up and running! YUMMY FOOD! No outside food or drinks allowed please.
- Footage from our previous ranbats:
http://www.youtube.com/Frenzish
http://www.youtube.com/smoothcat
-Results from the last ranbat
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=157289
Hope to see you all there! Bring on the HYPE!
Directions:
Google Maps
From 95 North, take the EXIT towards 495 North.
- From 495 N, take EXIT 29B, then that'll be Rt.2 WEST. (20-30 min drive)
- From Rt. 2 W, take EXIT 24B, then tha'll be Rt.140 NORTH. (10-15 min drive)
- From Rt. 140 N, keep going straight down for about 15 min.
- Eventually you are going to run on a little bridge with a pond on your right, from there take a RIGHT onto Beech Street.
- At the end of Beech St., take a right onto 5 Summer Dr. and you'll see our beloved www.tokyogameaction.com
Hotel Info:
TGA is in Winchendon, MA.
(Approximately 15 mins away from Gardner, MA and 30 mins away from Leominster, MA)
Nearest Motel's:
http://www.super8.com/Super8/control...etSession=true
http://www.motel6.com/reservations/m...=&dDa=&CP=&TA= ---> Closest Motel6 (Leominster)
Nearest Hotel's:
http://www.colonial-hotel.com/
More links via mapquest:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/hotels:...::d::25:::::/e
Just so everybody knows I will need set-ups which is Melee,Brawl,Wii's,Cubes,Surge Protectors, TV's, and last but not least a laptop with the tourney maker on it or else I will have to do this by hand which would be horrendous so please help out.
Taken from TokyoGameAction.com
November 1st ranking battle to include side tournaments - DUAL FUNDRAISER FOR BLAZBLUE AND EMPRESS!
The following tournaments will be added to the November 1st Ranking Battle. All games are already included in your venue fee (fighting game or flat rate entry fee). Entry fees for the prize funds are separate and will be updated by Eric and Tom.
Smash Brothers Brawl
Puzzle Fighter
Puzzle Bobble
Mr Driller (Will Chie hop the kitchen counter and enter?
)
This ranking battle is going to serve as our Blazblue fundraiser AND our first Empress Fundraiser. I will be making a post explaining more later, but I wanted to get the word out asap. If you would like attend this event, we would encourage you to do so. It will be a fun way to help raise funds for our upgrade kits and did I mention SFIV??
As this is a fundraiser and due to our projected attendance, all persons coming to TGA on this day will have to select the $20 or $26 flat rate. There will be no single games available AT ALL for the fighters, Puzzle Fighter, Puzzle Bobble, Driller the Ultracade or Bemani
All persons entering the building will have to pay one of the venue fees as all games including Fighters Bemani and racers will be set to free play
Thanks for your continued support, we are sending out our advance BB payment with our projected income going towards Empress and other upgrade costs, also don't forget Gavin's birthday shindig on Saturday October 25th.
Thanks everyone!
Andy
I am going to need set-ups for this tourney so please if you can bring any Wii's, tv's, and copies of brawl that would be great.
Time:
2pm for smash tourney
Entry Fee for singles:
$5
Pot split will be determined by the amount of people that show up
Address:
Tokyo Game Action / Playaway Lanes
5 Summer Drive
Winchendon, MA 01475
(978) 297-1295
Store Hours for Sat. the first only.
12pm-12am
TGA Games they will have avaible
BEMANI/Music Games
DDR SuperNOVA 2
DDR Extreme
DDR 5th Mix
In The Groove 2
beatmania IIDX 15 - DJ Troopers
beatmania THE FINAL
Pop'n Music 16 - Party
Pop'n Music 15 - FEVER
DrumMania V5
GuitarFreaks V5
DrumMania V3
Pump It Up New Xenesis 2
DanceManiax 2nd Mix J-Append
Para Para Paradise 2nd Mix
Taiko no Tatsujin 10
Shamisen Brothers
Fighting Games
Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter III Third Strike
Capcom vs SNK 2
Guilty Gear Accent Core
Melty Blood Act Cadenza ver B rev
King of Fighters XI
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Super Street Fighter II X
Street Fighter Zero 3
Tekken 5 Dark Ressurection
Other Games
Initial D4 (2 Player)
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 (4 Player)
Super Puzzle Fighter II X (Konami Windy Cabinet)
Mr Driller G (NeoGeo Candy 29 cabinet)
Gradius 4 (Astro City cabinet)
Espgaluda (Astro City cabinet)
Ultracade (Astro City cabinet)
Battle Gear 2
Mrs. Pacman
Air Hockey
These games will be avaible at the tourney if you want to play all of them all day then you pay $26. If you only want to play the fighters you only pay $20 for the day. How awesome are those deals there a steal. I will be trying to get a smash only fee which will be cheaper but I think you should go for the all day deals.
Brawl ruleset (Borrowed from Cort :])
-> General
Double Elimination
All matches are best of 3, winners'/losers' finals best of 5, finals best out of 7
3 stock, 7 minute limit
Ties broken by lives/percentage
Items OFF Smash Balls OFF
-> Stages
Neutral Stages: These will be on random.
Battlefield
Final Destination
Pokemon Stadium
Lylat Cruise
Smashville
Brawl Yoshi's Island
Counterpicks available:
Delphino Plaza
Frigate Orpheon
Luigi's Mansion
Norfair
Halberd
Pokemon Stadium 2
Distant Planet
Pictochat
Hanenbow
Rainbow Cruise
Brinstar
Anything that is not mentioned is banned
Teams will be using the same rules as singles except friendly fire is on. NOOBS!!
General:
- Bring your own controller, or ensure someone is bringing one for you.
- No controller mods allowed aside from cosmetic changes, no programmed buttons allowed.
- No pausing during a match....also, please have respect for your opponent and do not do answer your phone, text, blast your iPOD, etc.
- No infinite stall/freeze glitches (ie: Jigglypuff's rising pound, Peach’s wall bomber, etc). If you use these in a match, you forfeit that match.
- Once a match has been announced, it must be started within 3 minutes...to keep things running smoothly.
Match rules:
- All matches are 4 stock, 8 minute time limit.
- All Items are OFF.
.- Dave's Modified Stupid Rule: No stage may be used twice in a single set if the player choosing the stage has already won on that stage, unless both players agree to use that stage.
- Stage Knock-out: Each player (or team, in teams) may choose to eliminate two of the legal stages (neutral OR counterpick) to be chosen at the beginning of the set.
- Double blind character pick (may be called for the first game): A double blind pick is when each player secretly tells a neutral third-party what character they will use. The third party then announces the character choices, and the players must stick with their character choices.
- Advanced Slob Picks (for the second or later game in a set): For a given game, the loser of the previous game may either choose the next stage or elect to go to a random stage. The winner of the previous game may then either change character, or stay as their current character. The loser may then either change character, or stay as their current character.
-Wobbling is allowed
-> Other
Dave's Modified Stupid Rule: No stage may be used twice in a single set
if the player choosing already won on that stage.
Random Knock-Out: Each player may choose to eliminate 1 of the random
stages to be chosen at the beginning of the set.
Stage Banning: Each player may choose to eliminate 2 of the stages available for counterpicking.
Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or elect to go
random, then winner may choose to change characters, then loser may
change characters.
Double blind for character selection may be used if a player wants to.
MM DQ Rule:
1 Minutes Late – Warning
2 Minutes Late – Loss of first match of set
3 Minutes Late – Loss of set
-> Other Rules & Special Issues
Controller mods of ANY kind (short-hop mod, L-trigger mod, etc),
except for cosmetic changes (paint job, different colored plastic), are
banned. If you are caught using a banned controller you will be
disqualified from the tournament.
Turbo or programmed buttons of any kind are banned. You may use
third party controllers or pads that have these features, but if you
are suspected of using the banned features you will not be allowed to
use that controller any longer.
Glitches used to stop your opponent from controlling their character
or indefinitely freezing them, or any glitch or trick that freezes the match
or makes it in any way unfinishable are banned. Using them will result in the
immediate forfeit of the match.
Tactics such as Jiggly's Rising Pound are allowed as methods of recovery or
to manuever around the stage. Using them (or any similar tactics) to excessively
stall a match, such as dropping below levels intentionally and stalling underneath,
is banned. Judges will be on the tournament floor can be called in at any time to
enforce this rule during a match.
You are responsible to bring your own controller. Any controller is suitable
for this tournament (wii mote/nun chuck/classic), just make sure people around
you are not also syncing at the same time as you.
Other tourneys that will be going on.( These rules will only apply to these tourneys)
Tournament Schedule & Games:
- November 1st, 2008 (Saturday)
- Store hours are 12pm-12am
- 12pm sign ups will begin
- 2:45pm sign ups will end
- 3pm we will begin with the following games:
3 pm start:
- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
- Super Street Fighter II X
- Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core
- Capcom vs SNK 2 - Waseda Style (Tag) 2v2
7 pm start:
- Marvel vs Capcom 2
- Melty Blood: Act Cadenza
- Street Fighter IV
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE!
Venue fee details:
*******$20 Flat rate fee.
SFIV, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, and BlazBlue kit donations are welcome but Andy wants you to know that just showing up to the ranbats are helpful enough.
********^------ Now, i know its tough times with the economy BUT..... as some of you guys know Andy is a very promising guy. SFIV was delivered as promised and with many more games are coming out soon and hes putting down payments on the Tatsunoko and Blazblue kits. Support him, and he'll give you guys what you deserve!!
-The Flat rate charge will let you play for FREE the ENTIRE night, including the tournament and casual matches later on. This way people can have a lot more matches in and be able to enter every tournament without worry about expenses (except the entry fee).
-All the flat rate money made from these ranbats will be put towards: paying off and buying more cabinets+games and keep these cabinets in the BEST condition they can be in.
Entry fee & prize structure:
$5 entry fee for SFIII:3S singles , GGXX:AC
$2 entry fee for every other game
*Game entry fees are subject to change upon the requests from the community, by the majority rule.
-$5(or more) entry games: 1st place = 70%, 2nd place = 20%, 3rd place = 10% (if less than 16 players 1st = 70%, 2nd = 30%)
-$2 entry games: "WINNER TAKES ALL"
Tournament Rules:
-Seeding will be based on your "TGA Ranking Battle Points". If you do not have any points you will be seeded randomly.
-Minimum number of players needed for each game: 8
-DOUBLE ELIMINATION! Best 2/3. FOR ALL GAMES
-Winners, losers and grand finals will be 3/5
-Team tournaments will be Double elimination, 1 game and 2/3 for grand finals.
Match-up and Game Rules:
-If you lose, you can change your team/character. Winner must stick with the same character until he loses.
-MvC2: You can change your team order, even if you win.
-SF:3S: You can change your SA (super art), even if you win. Judgment In Effect.
-SSF2X: Gouki/Akuma is banned!!!!!
-CvS2: Waseda Style/Tag Team 2v2 Battle - (A1 beats B1, B2 beats A2, A1 has to fight B2) A single player is allowed to enter twice using 2 different teams.
-There are to be NO GAME FREEZING GLITCHES IN ANY GAME. If you do i'm going to kick your *** and make your head EXPLODE! Plain and simple.
Point system details:
1st Place - 10 Points
2nd Place - 7 Points
3rd Place - 5 Points
4th Place - 3 Points
5th Placers - 1 point
About TGA's Arcade:
- TGA is an authentic Japanese Arcade. It has Bemani (music), racing games, Fighting Games..etc ALL fighting games are in Japanese cabinets and in working condition.
- TGA has been home to the SBO (Tougeki) 06/07 east coast qualifiers.
- There are also 12 lanes for bowling.
- Cafe Yamanoi is up and running! YUMMY FOOD! No outside food or drinks allowed please.
- Footage from our previous ranbats:
http://www.youtube.com/Frenzish
http://www.youtube.com/smoothcat
-Results from the last ranbat
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=157289
Hope to see you all there! Bring on the HYPE!
Directions:
Google Maps
From 95 North, take the EXIT towards 495 North.
- From 495 N, take EXIT 29B, then that'll be Rt.2 WEST. (20-30 min drive)
- From Rt. 2 W, take EXIT 24B, then tha'll be Rt.140 NORTH. (10-15 min drive)
- From Rt. 140 N, keep going straight down for about 15 min.
- Eventually you are going to run on a little bridge with a pond on your right, from there take a RIGHT onto Beech Street.
- At the end of Beech St., take a right onto 5 Summer Dr. and you'll see our beloved www.tokyogameaction.com
Hotel Info:
TGA is in Winchendon, MA.
(Approximately 15 mins away from Gardner, MA and 30 mins away from Leominster, MA)
Nearest Motel's:
http://www.super8.com/Super8/control...etSession=true
http://www.motel6.com/reservations/m...=&dDa=&CP=&TA= ---> Closest Motel6 (Leominster)
Nearest Hotel's:
http://www.colonial-hotel.com/
More links via mapquest:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/hotels:...::d::25:::::/e
Just so everybody knows I will need set-ups which is Melee,Brawl,Wii's,Cubes,Surge Protectors, TV's, and last but not least a laptop with the tourney maker on it or else I will have to do this by hand which would be horrendous so please help out.
Taken from TokyoGameAction.com
November 1st ranking battle to include side tournaments - DUAL FUNDRAISER FOR BLAZBLUE AND EMPRESS!
The following tournaments will be added to the November 1st Ranking Battle. All games are already included in your venue fee (fighting game or flat rate entry fee). Entry fees for the prize funds are separate and will be updated by Eric and Tom.
Smash Brothers Brawl
Puzzle Fighter
Puzzle Bobble
Mr Driller (Will Chie hop the kitchen counter and enter?
)This ranking battle is going to serve as our Blazblue fundraiser AND our first Empress Fundraiser. I will be making a post explaining more later, but I wanted to get the word out asap. If you would like attend this event, we would encourage you to do so. It will be a fun way to help raise funds for our upgrade kits and did I mention SFIV??
As this is a fundraiser and due to our projected attendance, all persons coming to TGA on this day will have to select the $20 or $26 flat rate. There will be no single games available AT ALL for the fighters, Puzzle Fighter, Puzzle Bobble, Driller the Ultracade or Bemani
All persons entering the building will have to pay one of the venue fees as all games including Fighters Bemani and racers will be set to free play
Thanks for your continued support, we are sending out our advance BB payment with our projected income going towards Empress and other upgrade costs, also don't forget Gavin's birthday shindig on Saturday October 25th.
Thanks everyone!
Andy
