Inferno XV - Exchange, Temple Bar - 04/12/10

chopperbyrne

Only a couple of weeks away so having a thread would be handy.

Inferno XV will be held in the Exchange again on Saturday the fourth of December. As always anyone who can bring equipment, please do.

Doors will open at 10:00 for casuals and registration. The tournament itself will start at 12:00. If you're coming you can let myself or Dan know and we'll do our best to accommodate you but can't guarantee anything once the tournament has started.

The cost remains the same. It's €5 in, which covers the venue and then it's €10 into the tournament which goes towards prize pot.

Format and Rules:
Prize pot will be split 60/30/10 among the top 3 finishers.

Format is as follows, a seeded group stage followed by a double elimination stage. Each match in the group stage 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.

After the group stage is over a draw will take place to determine the first round upper bracket matches of the double elimination stage. Winners of a group will be randomly drawn against the runner ups of other groups. 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.

Each match in the double elimination stage will be best of 3 games and each game is best of 3 rounds.

Should we get 64 attendants, the tournament will be run with pools rather than groups. The pools would be 16 man double elims with the top 4 of each pool going through to the top 16. It would be first come first served with the last couple of people having to play in a play-off group(s) to get into pools.

People who arrive after the tournament starts are not guaranteed a place in the tournament but we will try to accommodate them if possible.

1. All characters are selectable.

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.

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.

Placebo

No

its my birthday, I EXPECT FREE WINS FROM ALL

Fergus_

No

And mine 2 days after it on the 6th!!!

Sairus

No

And mine 4 months later on the 8th!

Dreddybajs

No

good stuff, looking forward to this!

DPjohnny

Ill be playing dressed as Santa. I'm sure not to lose

Ken B

No

Suggestion:


I believe 4th place should get their fee refunded. It would be a nice bonus/reward for a decent showing.

Dreddybajs

No

Ken B wrote: »

Suggestion:


I believe 4th place should get their fee refunded. It would be a nice bonus/reward for a decent showing.

3rd place doesn't exactly get much more than their fee refunded as it is.

K.O.Kiki

No

Maybe in Soviet Russia, Ken.

In NON-COMMUNIST America Ireland, you get top 3 or you get zilch!

Placebo

No

How much do exchange charge or what percentage do they take?

chopperbyrne

No

I believe we had agreed to €3 of every €5 which would leave a bit left over for community funds (to pay back Dan for buying four monitors out of his own pocket), but they only charged us €50 last time.

Owwmykneecap

20 quid prize for the person with most perfects.

Also, I'll be there.maybe.

Placebo

No

chopperbyrne wrote: »

I believe we had agreed to €3 of every €5 which would leave a bit left over for community funds (to pay back Dan for buying four monitors out of his own pocket), but they only charged us €50 last time.

anyone know how many people we got last month? 27 replied yes to poll but i believe it was less than that ? I hate to revisit the entrance fee again but i still believe €15 is a slightly high price for a monthly tournament

chopperbyrne

No

We had 25 people last month.

HandiCapanda

Another suggestion... can you sticky this thread? last inferno slipped to the bottom and i completely forgot about it. Ill try to make this one with seth (maybe).

I think €15 is reasonable if most of the money was up for our taking but you gotta cover overheads, so really i think we're just stuck with it.

Game-on

Placebo

No

chopperbyrne wrote: »

We had 25 people last month.

€375-€5O = €325


How much of this goes towards community equipment ? and whats the 60/30/10 cut? We should pay dan back in full asap

Orim

€250 euro went into the prize pot.
€90 went back into the community (We had some people who came for the day and only paid the €5 entrance fee)

ayjayirl

No

Does anyone have a projector? Now that we have all the equipment ever made ever, we could put the last 16/8 up on the projector?

Does the Exchange have one there?

Orim

ayjayirl wrote: »

Does anyone have a projector? Now that we have all the equipment ever made ever, we could put the last 16/8 up on the projector?

Does the Exchange have one there?

Yes the exchange has a projector. We're building up to use it, just trying to get properly comfortable there.

ayjayirl

No

Orim wrote: »

Yes the exchange has a projector. We're building up to use it, just trying to get properly comfortable there.

Bring a pillow . Should be easy enough to setup for at least one of the screens tbh.

Suppose we could try it. What the worst that could happen.....

Placebo

No

I think €25O is a lot for the prize pot. Thats first place taking €15O, i think we should limit first prize to a €1OO, or €115 given that we have X number of attendees, rest either should go on equipment.

ayjayirl

No

Placebo wrote: »

I think €25O is a lot for the prize pot. Thats first place taking €15O, i think we should limit first prize to a €1OO, or €115 given that we have X number of attendees, rest either should go on equipment.

This would also allow for the community as a whole to benefit when a large turnout happens. I am sure, for example, we could maybe sub Brian for the significant cost of the equipment he has been buying for the last couple of months. I know he wouldn't ask or even want it but that's not really the point. Or to pay back Dan more quickly.

I am not complaining about how it is now just think that Farz's suggestion merits consideration. (One of the rare times he says something of value )

Dreddybajs

No

I disagree, I think things are fine the way they are, unless Dan specifically thinks himself that he needs to get paid back faster.

A healthy prize pool is an important factor in making the tournament attractive to people who travel for it (which hopefully in the near future will begin to include people from overseas).

Also I doubt anyone on the committee has a problem with paying Brian back for the equipment he's bought once Dan's money has been gotten back, but we can definitely discuss it anyway.

ayjayirl

No

Dreddybajs wrote: »

I disagree, I think things are fine the way they are, unless Dan specifically thinks himself that he needs to get paid back faster.

A healthy prize pool is an important factor in making the tournament attractive to people who travel for it (which hopefully in the near future will begin to include people from overseas).

Also I doubt anyone on the committee has a problem with paying Brian back for the equipment he's bought once Dan's money has been gotten back, but we can definitely discuss it anyway.

Yey - prob right. if all are happy then leave it as is so. Just stop the Cog this time lads - I know I wont!

Farz - you actually don't matter so.......

Placebo

No

Realistically speaking inferno - a monthly tournament is never going to attract an overseas crows. This will only happen if we have an annual , bigger event.
These ranbats are great get togethers and they only thing that would attract more people is a lesser fee and a bigger crowd. I dont think the fee is justifiable anymore, specially given the rent of the venue. In fact If anything a 'wages' should be considered for the promoters, example if DAN and BRIAN were to leave. No videos/site. Not that they would agree to it, i just think there are other places money could go in hand, either that or reduction of fee.
Just a recommendation, committee should give it a thought.

Dreddybajs

No

They're not ranbats, and the thought that a monthly tournament won't attract an overseas crowd isn't true imo - UK guys regularly go over to Paris for Bushido, and there've been some notable European players at Guard Crush the last while (obviously that's a bit rarer though).

Jim

No

ayjayirl wrote: »

Just stop the Cog this time lads - I know I wont!

I'm on the job.

Orim

Forgot to say that I should be there.

Hopefully I'll be able to leave the monitors there so as not to miss post inferno beers.

Fergus_

No

Will be there with the same friend. Could someone take a controller converter if they have one ? That would do me a big favour

The Hound

No

Fergus_ wrote: »

Will be there with the same friend. Could someone take a controller converter if they have one ? That would do me a big favour

I'll have a converter and I shall be there

Placebo

No

The Hound wrote: »

I'll have a converter and I shall be there

Ry

No

Won't be there. Next year maybe.

Owwmykneecap

Dreddybajs wrote: »

They're not ranbats, and the thought that a monthly tournament won't attract an overseas crowd isn't true imo - UK guys regularly go over to Paris for Bushido, and there've been some notable European players at Guard Crush the last while (obviously that's a bit rarer though).

That's as easy as hopping on the tube, chunnel and the metro though.

FutureGuy

No

I'll be there. I literally cannot do any worse than my last inferno.

Jim

No

Article in the Guardian about the venue if anyone is interested.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/nov/22/dublin-arts-scene-recession

Orim

Nice little read. Could also give us some other venues to approach if we ever need them.

GorySnake

Seedings?

Will most likely be there.

Orim

Seedings :

Cobelcog
Dreddybajs
The Hound
Azza
Bush
Doctor Doom
D4RK Onion
Gory snake
Ian McTetley
AnimaX
Blag
Ken B
Kirby
Dark Talent
Prenelf
Foamy mushroom

Doctor DooM

No

Orim wrote: »

Seedings :

Cobelcog
Dreddybajs
The Hound
Azza
Bush
Doctor Doom
D4RK Onion
Gory snake
Ian McTetley
AnimaX
Blag
Ken B
Kirby
Dark Talent
Prenelf
Foamy mushroom

Normal order restored.

The Hound

No

Placebo wrote: »

Something about this picture that I dont get. Reminds me of Michael Jackson or something

Azza

You must of seen this before!

FoamyMushroom

F'uckin hell, finally made the top 16..

The Hound

No

ha ha, Ye Azza thats it

Sisko

This looks good, I look forward to it.

Ry

No

FoamyMushroom wrote: »

F'uckin hell, finally made the top 16..

****in' hell, still haven't made top 16

Azza

Perhaps we should have the seeds based on saltyness....Orim think you can do one up?

Placebo

No

The Hound wrote: »

Something about this picture that I dont get. Reminds me of Michael Jackson or something

wait,
so you've never heard of or seen home alone?

chopperbyrne

No

FoamyMushroom wrote: »

F'uckin hell, finally made the top 16..

Fairly positive you were in top 16 quite often during the Vanilla days, just took a while for you to find your character in Super.

The Hound

No

Placebo wrote: »

wait,
so you've never heard of or seen home alone?

Is that the film with Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci where basically an eight year-old, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars? If yes, then no I haven't seen it

Placebo

No

Well, your comment seems highly sarcastic but i guess you're were truely being sincere. I was just wondering either way as your initial comment seemed bit unclear



all time classic :pac:
getin back on topic , THE YES VOTES, lookin interesting ! hopefully guest commentator lives up to the vote

The Hound

No

Lmfao, that was just an easier way out of typing it, I cant believe you went and searched it an all