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Arcadia UFO 2009 / April 17-19 2009 / Austin, TX; A dream come true!
Topic Started: Jan 24 2009, 10:53 PM (346 Views)
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Taken from srk thread:



Arcade UFO and Smoke 'n O's present . . .
Arcadia UFO 2009 - The First fubarcade Major
April 17-19 2009

Greetings!

It is with great honor that we will be presenting a new annual tournament series in Texas with the hardcore fighting game community in mind. While most tournament series in the U.S. now focus on "console" with an "arcade" afterthought, this tournament will be especially for those players that prefer to play in a head-to-head Japanese arcade environment. However, that doesn't mean that there won't be a place for console fighting gamers. Read on!

What about SBO?!
While this line-up is incidentally very similar to SBO's line-up, this tournament is not affiliated with SBO, Arcadia, or Enterbrain in any way. In other words, this is not a "qualify for SBO" event, and if there is one, it would be held at a later date.

What about that "other" tournament in Texas?
We're not competing with other events; we're all in it together, after all. This was the best time to hold a "major" with the plethora of other tournaments popping up in 2009, and we made sure to schedule it for a separate weekend from the other Texas tournament. In fact, we encourage you to come to both if you can--they're only a week apart!

Date:
April 17-19, 2009

Location:
Arcade UFO / Smoke 'n O's
3101 Speedway
Austin, TX 78705
http://www.arcadeufo.com/map.html
Closest Airport: AUS (Austin Bergstrom Int'l Airport)
13 miles from airport, 20 minutes by car, 30+ minutes in traffic.

Line-up
Singles Tournaments (1v1)
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Street Fighter IV
Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix
Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion
BlazBlue
Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Sugoi! Arcana Heart 2
Fate: Unlimited Codes

Team Tournaments (3v3)
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Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - 3v3
Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core - 3v3

Registration
We WILL have online registration at a deeply discounted price to encourage this type of registration. At-the-door registration will be considerably more expensive as to ensure the tournaments will start exactly on time.

Venue Fee - To Be Determined (Working out with neighboring business)
Per-Game Fee -
$5: SF3, GGXX, TvC, T6:BR, S!AH2, F:UC
$10: SF4, Blazblue, HD Remix

Prizes
70/20/10 split (not counting venue fee) for each game. Possibly some cool schwag as well.

Details and BYOC Area
For those haven't seen Arcade UFO yet, it is not a big place! Therefore, we are planning this event with the following main goals in mind:

- As little overcrowding as possible
- Running one game at a time whenever possible
- Finishing promptly (10pm-ish) to give everyone a chance to go out or play more casuals at night
- To have as much fun as possible!

We are going to try to have a TV or projector screen set up outside to see some of the action to encourage viewers to use the patio. We're also partnering with Smoke 'N O's, a hookah cafe right next-door. Smoke 'n O's will have a BYOC area set up for players to bring consoles/TVs, and everyone will be welcome in the venue for the entire weekend to play free casual games. Arcade UFO's games will still take coins like normal, but will be on Free Play / Event Mode for tournament matches. If the players are split between both venues, along with Arcade UFO's patio, we should have just enough space.

Of course, all matches in the Top 4 or Top 8 of each tournament will be recorded via direct-feed and uploaded to the glorious Internet. There might be a DVD or something, I don't know yet.


Area/Hotels
[Hotel info will be posted here]

Arcade UFO is located about 10 minutes away (by foot) from the University of Texas, and is nestled in a small shopping center in between a largely student-populated residential area.

Austin is a GREAT city, plus we should be in "perfect weather mode" in April (not too hot yet). The nightlife here is popping. Arcade UFO is in central Austin, and there's a bus stop right in front that can take you downtown which is lined with bars and clubs, if that's your thing. There are some more low-key (but popular) alcohol/coffee spots within walking distance of the venue.


Individual Game Details
Individual game days and start times will be determined at a later date
Events will start around 11:00am and finish around 10:00pm daily

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Street Fighter IV

Player Cap: 128 players

Format: Double Elimination bracket, best of 3 rounds, 2 out of 3 matches.
If the bracket exceeds 64 players we may use double-elimination pools to speed things up. One-match, double-elimination pools would be a last resort/worst case scenario.
Grand Finals will remain 2 out of 3 matches.

System: Console PS3 version with all characters (or latest update of Arcade version with added characters if it's out by this time) on head-to-head HD arcade cabinets. Banned characters will be determined pending the newest version.

Controls: Sanwa JLF-TP-8Y joysticks, Sanwa OSBF-30 buttons OR your own PS2/PS3 pad (bring adapters).
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Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix

Format: Double Elimination bracket, best of 3 rounds, 2 out of 3 matches.

If the bracket exceeds 64 players we may use double-elimination pools to speed things up. One-match, double-elimination pools would be a last resort/worst case scenario.
Grand Finals will remain 2 out of 3 matches.

System: Console PS3 version with all characters on head-to-head HD arcade cabinets. PS2/PS3 pad is optional (bring your own). Akuma will not be banned.
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Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion

Format: Double Elimination bracket, best of 5 rounds, 2 out of 3 matches.
Grand Finals will remain 2 out of 3 matches.

System: International Arcade version on head-to-head HD arcade cabinets. PS2 Controller Ports are available, so pads will be 100% supported and allowed.
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BlazBlue

Format: Double Elimination bracket, best of 3 rounds, 2 out of 3 matches.
Grand Finals will remain 2 out of 3 matches.

System: Arcade version on head-to-head HD cabinets. Sanwa JLF-TP-8Y joysticks, Sanwa OSBF-30 buttons.
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Tatsunoko vs Capcom

Format: Double Elimination bracket, best of 3 rounds, 2 out of 3 matches.
Grand Finals will remain 2 out of 3 matches.

System: Arcade version on head-to-head HD cabinets. Game will be in 16:9 (widescreen) mode. Sanwa JLF-TP-8Y joysticks, Sanwa OSBF-30 buttons. There will be more characters available in the arcade version by the time this tournament takes place, but we do not know if all console characters will be playable.
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Sugoi! Arcana Heart 2

Format: Double Elimination bracket, best of 3 rounds, 2 out of 3 matches.
Grand Finals will remain 2 out of 3 matches.

System: Arcade version on head-to-head Blast City cabinets. Sanwa JLF-TP-8Y joysticks, Sanwa OSBF-30 buttons.
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Fate: Unlimited Codes

Format: Double Elimination bracket, best of 3 rounds, 2 out of 3 matches
Grand Finals will remain 2 out of 3 matches.

System: To Be Determined
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Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - 3v3

Format: 3v3 teams, no same characters, Pokemon-style, best of 3 rounds, 1 match
Grand Finals will remain 1 match.

System: Arcade version on head-to-head Blast City cabinets. Sanwa JLF-TP-8Y joysticks, Sanwa OSBF-30 buttons.
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Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core - 3v3

Format: 3v3 teams, no same characters, Pokemon-style, best of 3 rounds, 1 match
Grand Finals will remain 1 match.

System: Arcade version on head-to-head Blast City cabinets. Sanwa JLF-TP-8Y joysticks, Sanwa OSBF-30 buttons.
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And that's a wrap. Of course, expect more details as they become available, and let's get hype for 2009!!!




TX got NO EXCUSE for not showing up. Who else plans to show up? I'm hoping I can save up... IT'S GON BE EPIC!!!!!!!
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UGGGGGH!!! I can't go guy. :(

Reason being is cause the week before is Anime Matsuri where World Houston Official Brawl Organization (WHOBO) and most likely I'll save all my money for this event.

Plus the hotel room and all the other stuff will eat away at my money.
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