The Wheel Of Hype Is Turning!

Voa

Rebel 1! (Action!)

Seeing as how we've had 11 SF tourneys, let's see if we can't have a regular BB tourney on the grounds, shall we?

The tournament will be held in the XCG in Dublin on the 11th of September (to be confirmed by next Wednesday) and the entry to the tournament will be free. However, casual play will still require a pay in of standard €5. For those only attending for the tournament and not the casual play, a lower rate may be allowed on the day, as we will still need to cover rental costs.
Tournament registration will open at 12:00 in the centre, and will close at tournament start (1:30). Casual play after wards will run as long as people are happy to play.
People who arrive after the tournament starts are not guaranteed a place in the tournament but we will try to accommodate them if possible.


Tournament Rules and Format.

Format is as follows; A double elimination. Each match will consist of 3 games with each game beings best of 3 rounds. The third game of a match in the group stages will only be played in the event of a tie after the second set. If one player wins the first 2 games the third game is not played.All player will be randomly drawn against each other on the day. The first round of the lower bracket will also be a random draw from the players who lost in the first round of the upper brackets.

1. All characters are selectable. (By special request, Makoto and Mu-12 may be playable [confirmation needed, again, Wednesday])

2. Custom controllers and button configuration is allowed.

3. Turbo is banned. Anyone who is caught using this feature will be disqualified.

4. Players can change characters in each round of the double elimination phase. However once a match has started they may only change characters in a match after loosing a set. The winner of the first set must stick to his character he started the set with and may only change if he looses the second set, in which case the winner of the second set must then stick to the character he used in the second set.

4. Double Blind select available in the event of people being concerned about counter picking. An admin will assist with this if required.

5. Rock, paper, scissors is used in the event of people being unable to agree on which side they want to sit on.

6. In the event of a player pausing a game during a round or his stick/pad fails during a round, he forfeits the round unless both players agree to carry on. If there is a dispute an admin will resolve the dispute.

7. In the event of a game ending in a draw, the game will scrapped and not counted towards the results. It will then be replayed. (Though it will be pretty damn hype.)

7. Players who are overly disruptive during a competition or who are distracting other players can be removed from the tournament at the discretion of the tournament admins.

8. No white track suits please.

9. All glory to the hype dog.

Voa

Also, I will most likely go to those who have far far more experience than me in running tourneys for some advice on how to make it go slightly more smoothly...and any who feel like maybe making some recordings on the day, that'd be super awesome too*:D


As it stands, with my repeats coming up, I won't be in the XGC after this next Wednesday till the 1st of September and then again I'll be missing till the day of the tourney. Joe is pretty much my number 2 guy here, since it's his PS3 he so graciously volunteered to bring on the day so we can tool about with Mu-12 and Makoto. Being significantly boarder versed in each character, he'll also be on hand to help any new players with starting out during this coming month.


And I am well aware that the pub night is on on the 11th as well, but are ye really going to be drunk at 2 in the afternoon? Well, it IS a Saturday...


Anyway, I'm not sure of the general channels of spreading this news around, but I'll be telling all the ones up north about it tomorrow. If anyone can pass it around, even to a couple of their friends, that'd be hype.

Ramza

My bus arrives at 1.30 Voa so could you count me as a sure definite (lands me at about a one min walk from XCG)

GorySnake

Unless something major comes up around that time, count me in to bring the Ice Car

Orim

I'll bring the beez.

Also I have some brackets sheets that I can bring in for you.

Voa

Would be awesome man, thanks.

Monkeyto

I'm hype for this. HYPE FOR THIS.

Voa

Get Hype?

Doctor DooM

Im going to use the VSHG.

That means you're all going to lose.

chueytoo

GorySnake wrote: »

Unless something major comes up around that time, count me in to bring the Ice Car

not the ice car :eek: yeah i'm up for this

Voa

Just to say it's all confirmed; we CAN use the DLC characters (provided Joe can make it *on the day) and the Tourney will go off sans-hitch.


I hope*;)

chueytoo

Voa wrote: »

Just to say it's all confirmed; we CAN use the DLC characters (provided Joe can make it *on the day) and the Tourney will go off sans-hitch.


I hope*;)

I should be able too.

chueytoo

chueytoo wrote: »

I should be able too.

HMMM might have hit a slight prob. My sis is leaving for america for a year on the 12th so i'm not sure if i'm gonna be doing something on the 11th now.

Scavenger XIII

I'll try and make it down for this if Translink will let me book a bloody return ticket.

Xinkai

I'll come to a BB tournament, but feck SF.

Edit: I'll bring Lambda as usual... You can't CCCCCCCC me!!! xD

Thomas-G

Ack terrible date for me, going on the piss that night for back to college celebrations, however if there's an online tourney running I'd be more than willing to join

Orim

No pressure but Wheel of Hype is now a published event.

http://streetfighter.ie/?p=1302

Voa

Orim wrote: »

No pressure but Wheel of Hype is now a published event.

http://streetfighter.ie/?p=1302

Sweet! Thanks man!
Soon, all the hype shall be gotten =3

Xinkai

I call for Tager to be banned. Clearly broken like.

Voa

Yeah, those bottom 2 are broke as hell, son.;)

Scavenger XIII

Looks like I'll not get to this unless I pay for a single down and a single back up. :pac:

Stupid bloody translink booking.

Voa

You up the North or some such? There's the 13 quid on the Aircoach there and back again. Or you off some other, less developed region?

chueytoo

I'm gonna use rachel if i can make it or maybe try mu 12 not sure.

tager broken nah :P lamda srk is tho

Xinkai

Joe so jealous

GorySnake

Screw the Ice Car, gonna practice up my Ragna on Wednesday and try and use my limited knowledge to scrub my way to the top on Saturday

Ramza

I AM THE WHITE VOID!!!11

Yes I will be playing Hakumen XD

D4RK ONION

If I can get to this, I'll be playing Hakumen or Noel, but I don't own CS and I'm pretty crap, so don't expect much :P

chueytoo

D4RK ONION wrote: »

If I can get to this, I'll be playing Hakumen or Noel, but I don't own CS and I'm pretty crap, so don't expect much :P

no worrys it's just to get more people intrested in BB. You can always ask ramza to tell you some bnb combo for haku.

No one i know main noel in Cs. I don't even her BnB combos in it.

Scavenger XIII

Do yourself a favour and don't pick Noel, you will get absolutely slaughtered by anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of what the buttons do.

For a beginner I'd say she's easily one of the worst characters you could pick apart from the obvious Rachel.

Normally I'm all for picking whoever you like the look of and rolling with it, but she's just so awkward to learn and ridiculously high risk now - I'm pretty much waiting 'til the PAL release to try and figure her out. Mu and/or my super-scrubby-Tager for now. :pac:

(Maybe worth noting that I played her pretty much exclusively in CT - It doesn't help.)

chueytoo

Scavenger XIII wrote: »

Do yourself a favour and don't pick Noel, you will get absolutely slaughtered by anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of what the buttons do.

For a beginner I'd say she's easily one of the worst characters you could pick apart from the obvious Rachel.

Normally I'm all for picking whoever you like the look of and rolling with it, but she's just so awkward to learn and ridiculously high risk now - I'm pretty much waiting 'til the PAL release to try and figure her out. Mu and/or my super-scrubby-Tager for now. :pac:

(Maybe worth noting that I played her pretty much exclusively in CT - It doesn't help.)

But Rachel is made of pure win. :rolleyes:

Scavenger XIII

chueytoo wrote: »

But Rachel is made of pure win. :rolleyes:

I've heard a ban is imminent. :pac:

Orim

Can't make it. Working Saturday

Doctor DooM

Orim wrote: »

Can't make it. Working Saturday

but... you have to sit there being smug about how they're running the tournament.

Orim

At least we didn't push Inferno forward a week.

Voa

Orim wrote: »

At least we didn't push Inferno forward a week.

And believe me, I'm quite thankful for that*:D

Placebo

Orim wrote: »

At least we didn't push Inferno forward a week.

21st century events should be pushing for diversity

Doctor DooM

Placebo wrote: »

21st century events should be pushing for diversity

There were a bunch of people happily playing blaz blue at Inferno, and Dan and I were just discussing how cool it is to see them working hard to build up interest in it.

Speaking of which lads thanks very much for your helpfulness when I kept needing ps sticks

Voa

Sure, it was for the tournament; no bother on us*:D*
(or me specifically, since I was the only BBer not in Inferno. Though Joe's TE saw some fair useage)

Orim

Placebo wrote: »

21st century events should be pushing for diversity

??

The pushing forward of Inferno was to do with me not being around when the whole idea behind pushing it forward was becuase I was doubtful of making the 4th. hence I brought it up after saying that I couldn't make Inferno and Doom had brought up my 1337 tournament running skills.

We have Day of Champions for diversity, Inferno is still not comfortable enough to run more tournaments on the day.

chopperbyrne

My copy of CS was waiting in the mailbox when I got home from Electric Picnic today, so all you PS3 folks add ChopperByrne for free wins.

I'm not working on Saturday so should hopefully be at this.

UberPrinny_Baal

I'd like to come to this, but not sure if I can yet.

My experience with BBCT on the PSP will totally transfer right?

I can press up on the analog nub for instant gigantic Tagers?

Right?

Voa

I can totally show you how to finish a 360 on an upwards motion and not jump...:D


Other than that, 'fraid not. They took out the easy inputs from the game, and replaced it with a beginners mode.


Which I really aught to ban... 1 button 720s might make a little mockery of the game in some ways.
Though maybe the pay off is a total lack of magnet control and no burst, and like, half the special moves for each character being undoable. And without the basketball loops, tager has no skill on the court.;)

UberPrinny_Baal

I was mostly kidding, but on the PSP I did end up resorting the nub a lot, because I simply couldn't input diagonals consistently on the PSP d-pad, even watching my inputs in training mode trying to 360 was "Right, Down, Left, Up", all I had to do then was press A and Start and I could pick whatever level I wanted in Sonic 1.

I'm looking forward to the training mode in CS (whenever I get mine) so I can try and wrap my head around the game's combo system.

I think I could probably play Ragna okay on stick, but I still fully expect to get murderised.

GorySnake

Voa wrote: »

without the basketball loops, tager has no skill on the court.;)

lol good one.

Was wondering if BB casuals will be running before/during/after the tournament?

Also, will SSF4 be banned?

Voa

BB casuals will be running from 12 onwards, until the tourney opens. Then casuals after as well, for as long as people are happy to play. We'll probably have 2-4 consoles rented from the word go, with 1 of them running the DLC characters.


And since Dan was perfectly willing to let us get away with BB training during Inferno with some minor harassment, we'll just minorly harass the SF. Fair's fair*:D

GorySnake

I'll try head in for 12 so I can get in as many games as possible, looking unlikely I can make it for Wednesday casuals so tournament day is the only day for practice for me.

Also without Dan there, who will be there to remind us what a terrible game we're playing

chopperbyrne

GorySnake wrote: »

Also without Dan there, who will be there to remind us what a terrible game we're playing

I bring both the hype and the hate!

Doyler01

Il try turn up sometime AFTER BB

Voa

Doyler01 wrote: »

Il try turn up sometime AFTER BB

Xinkai

Doyler01 wrote: »

Il try turn up sometime AFTER BB

Yreval

Doyler01 wrote: »

Il try turn up sometime AFTER BB

Anyway, I might try to head over to this myself.