Waterford Tournaments

Sairus

This recent G4X tournament has clearly shown that there are enough players (particularly MK9 players) in Waterford.
Who's going to man up and run some Waterford tournaments?

They're not terribly hard to start: Find a bar or a community room (or your living room or whatever) that will give you a room for a decent price, get the tournament players to bring in a bunch of consoles and monitors, bam. Tournament.
We've only ever had 2 or 3 setups going at Tempests and they run decently smoothly.

aeonfusion

Well having only been in waterford for about 2 hours in my life i think me organising it would be a bad idea :P But yea i would definatly be up for going to any tournaments in waterford and if someone in the wexford area (i live in enniscorthy) would be able to give me a lift down i'd certinally bring down my monitor and stick, i don't have a console yet but i will be buying a ps3 before christmas so i'd bring that too when i get it. I can get to waterford by bus but i definatly don't wanna be bringing hundreds of euros worth of breakable stuff onto a bus in plastic bags or whatever, especially the monitor, one bad bump in the road = death :P

Hopefully some waterford natives take up the organising of tournaments down there and even casuals, it's nearly impossible for me to make it to dublin for the casuals on one or two days notice as is often the case, but waterford is only about 35 or 40 mins from me, i'm sure some other people are in the same boat and would love to get to play more offline.

chopperbyrne

Fairly certain Bush lives in Enniscorthy.

You'll often see him in Burgermacs.

aeonfusion

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Fairly certain Bush lives in Enniscorthy.

Well i'm off to burgermacs with me arcade stick so Had no idea that anyone round here played, guess you all know where each other are from posting on here so long, don't think there's any way for us nubs to find out without just flat out asking...which in hindsight i shoulda done in the first place :P

spacenugget

I think Revolution (pub where it was held) is our best bet, unless theres still somewhere like Cybermart (used to be across from the park many moons ago ) or another hangout like it?

I would try help as best I can as Im more than close to waterford city. Unfortunatlry having a tourney at home isnt an option for me

Ill get asking around, as maybe one of the guys around the Hive apartments have some space we could use. We had a bandflat down in one of them for a long time and the council is wanting people to use the space. Its unlikely but worth a shot.
(Its an empty corner of town thats very near tourist spots that the council leases out to artists/musicians and the like.)

mackg

I'd nearly make the trip down for one of these to make up the numbers. I'm sure one or two of the other lads from Cork would come along as well.

Sairus

I would be terrible shocked if I didn't make it down to Waterford for tournaments every now and then.

Owwmykneecap

A wicklow tournament is not looking good; Me, Ry and Monkeyto...

Flanders536

Hi all.

Just a quick heads up, G4X will be holding an event in Waterford every month.

We already have the date and venue for the next event will be released officially on our website and Facebook in the coming days.

If the mods allow I can keep the SF4 forum posted on this?

Regards,
Flanders536

Owwmykneecap

Fighting game forum.

As long as you have some fighting games in your line up you fit the bill.

Equipment wise what's your setup?

Flanders536

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

Fighting game forum.

As long as you have some fighting games in your line up you fit the bill.

Equipment wise what's your setup?

At the moment we have SSF4/MK/Tekkan 6

I would rather not discuss what we have as it would be talking about our business and we have been advised by the mods not to do so

Any one who was at the event last week could advise of our set up and what equipment we have. We also aim to include 8 more PS3's for the next event

Regards,
Flanders536

chopperbyrne

Eight setups is more than most other tournaments in the country.

Hopefully these events really take off and we get a proper Waterford scene out of it.

Flanders536

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Eight setups is more than most other tournaments in the country.

Hopefully these events really take off and we get a proper Waterford scene out of it.

We currently have 10 Xboxs and 2 PS3's hoping to even that out at 10 and 10, we also use these consoles for other tournaments as well as our main aim from these events is to get the Irish gaming scene back on the map.

regards,
Flanders536

Owwmykneecap

The reason I asked is because attending a tournment with 2 jap ps2s and b&w TVs and attending a tournment with actually decent equipment is two very different experiences.

You sound like you're on the right side of that divide

Monkeyto

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

A wicklow tournament is not looking good; Me, Ry and Monkeyto...

In a week it's just gonna be you and Ry. Soz Kneecap





...p.s. I'm not sorry!

bush

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Fairly certain Bush lives in Enniscorthy.

You'll often see him in Burgermacs.

Ye ill be down there with dancing on the crossroads on the jukebox.

1man3letters

would be very intrested to head to one of these for the mk
keep boards updated with all the info!
sounds awesome!!

Doctor DooM

Flanders536 wrote: »

Hi all.

Just a quick heads up, G4X will be holding an event in Waterford every month.

We already have the date and venue for the next event will be released officially on our website and Facebook in the coming days.

If the mods allow I can keep the SF4 forum posted on this?

Regards,
Flanders536

Yup, not a problem, welcome to in fact.

J0hnick

Looking forward to the next one, any word on a date yet Flanders ?

Flanders536

J0hnick wrote: »

Looking forward to the next one, any word on a date yet Flanders ?

At the moment the unofficial date is set at October 5th, we want the gamers from Waterford and the surrounding areas to think of the first week of each month as G4X gaming week, as we will hold our events within that first week.


Once we have the date and venue set in stone(hopefully by end of business tomorrow) I will update the forums.

Regards,
Flanders536

chopperbyrne

Flanders536 wrote: »

At the moment the unofficial date is set at October 5th, we want the gamers from Waterford and the surrounding areas to think of the first week of each month as G4X gaming week, as we will hold our events within that first week.


Once we have the date and venue set in stone(hopefully by end of business tomorrow) I will update the forums.

Regards,
Flanders536

Don't know if you run these mid-week or on weekends, but I'm sure several of us from outside Waterford would be interested in attending one of these.

We have the first Saturday of October, November and December booked for tournaments in Dublin, if you want to try avoid clashing with them.

J0hnick

Flanders536 wrote: »

J0hnick wrote: »

Looking forward to the next one, any word on a date yet Flanders ?

At the moment the unofficial date is set at October 5th, we want the gamers from Waterford and the surrounding areas to think of the first week of each month as G4X gaming week, as we will hold our events within that first week.


Once we have the date and venue set in stone(hopefully by end of business tomorrow) I will update the forums.

Regards,
Flanders536

Would ye consider Marvel vs Capcom 3 as a legit game ?,i know ye had it as a mystery game at the end but id definitely be up for it, but ye nee to unlock all the characters if ya do (cause i play taskmaster ;-) ) and probably get the 2 dlc characters

aeonfusion

Flanders, i just wanted to say that as this tournament and Inferno both fall on the first week of the month i most likely wouldn't be able to afford to go to both. With it being easier to get buses home from dublin late at night and the fact that Inferno is solely a fighting game tournament (perticulaly that) i would definatly be more inclined to go to Inferno over G4X even though it's farther away. I know my circumstances are a very perticular set but i'm sure many other FG fans would be in the same boat as me, say people from Cork not wanting to travel to both Waterford and Dublin within 3 or 4 days of each other or not being able to afford petrol, ect ect. Don't take this as critisism or complaining, it just occured to me looking over the thread and i thought i'd offer my two cents. I'm sure there are various reasons why people would prefer to go to Waterford or even be able to go to both, as i say, it's something to think about.

Flanders536

Hi Aeon,

Thanks for your feedback, it is always welcome.

The Waterford gaming event is an evening event where all gamers get to attend and make new friends, take part in other tournaments(maybe not just FG) and provide an event which Waterford so dearly needs.

The reason that it is taking place at the start of each month is due to ourselves holding events in other parts of Ireland in the remaining 3 weeks.

We will also be holding all Day events where we will have sectioned areas for each game type. This will start to be advertised in the near future. We are stilling deciding on locations ect.

At the moment we don't cater to sole games and that's where Inferno and other such gaming events will stand out a little more on your event calendar but we hope once our all days events begin that we will have an event for any type of gamer who can attend every month and make sure to accomodate gamers coming from farther locations.

We are also in talks with hotels and a specific bus service to supply cheaper rates in which other gamers from around the country can attend our events for a much cheaper cost.

As always I hope this helps and if you have any further feedback please let us know, we aim to provide the best experience for all gamers so all your opinions matter.

Regards,
Flanders536

J0hnick

Article about the event is up on StreetFighter.ie

http://streetfighter.ie/index.php/2011/09/12/g4x-revolution-bar-waterford-september-2nd/#more-3102

Flanders: Would you have room for Marvel vs Capcom 3 at the next event ?, I know ye planned need for speed but didnt get the numbers and that Rockband didnt really work because you couldnt hear the music (or sing or play drums), so would ye have an opening for MVC3 ?.

spacenugget

This cant come soon enough, my internet has gone stoneage again for some reason... all day its been unplayable in SF4 and cant get a single game in 3so.

Its like going cold turkey or something, I need my fix. Maybe this is a sign that I should go hand in CVs and start job hunting or something :rolleyes:

Edit: It was that stupid Fifa demo:mad: lol bastards sucking up every bit of bandwidth there is :rolleyes:

Flanders536

Hey Guys and Gals,

Just to confirm the next Gaming event in Waterford will take place on the 5th of October.

I will confirm game titles available on the night as and when they are finalized.

Regards,
Flanders536

J0hnick

Thats a Wednesday right ?, probably get a load of students but not a great night for the average Joe . Ill be there regardless, be going into my 2nd last day of work in Talk Talk the following morning, what are they gonna do ?, fire me ?

Flanders536

Ok Folks, Latest Update for you:

Gaming event on the 5th of October

Featuring:

• Mortal Kombat - PS3
• Tekkan 6 - PS3
• GT5 PS3
• COD Black Ops - PS3

All of the above will be available on Xbox also, if we get the numbers/requests.

• Halo Reach - Xbox
• Fifa 12 - Xbox
• SSF4 AE - Xbox
• Need4Speed - Xbox

As with Xbox all games will be available on PS3(excluding Halo)

The tournament rules have also changed to co-inside with other events and feedback from the gamers from the last event.

If you require any further info please just ask

Regards,
Flanders536

Sairus

Flanders536 wrote: »

The tournament rules have also changed to co-inside with other events and feedback from the gamers from the last event.

Do you have a list of rules for the fighting games? (I don't see much need to post the others here... we're kind of specialised )

Orim

Sairus wrote: »

Do you have a list of rules for the fighting games? (I don't see much need to post the others here... we're kind of specialised )

Although I'm sure the folks at www.codblops.com would love to know the Black Ops rules :pac:

Flanders536

Sairus wrote: »

Do you have a list of rules for the fighting games? (I don't see much need to post the others here... we're kind of specialized )

No problem

At the last event we ran with, best of 5, one round match ups, this was my fault as I did not alot enough time and did not fully comprehend the rules required for competitive fighting games.

The feedback I got was great allowing me to change the rules so gamers get the fullest experience taking part.

I hope the below co-insides with what you would expect. If any of it does not make sense or is incorrect please reply.
My Beat em up expert is on holidays at the moment

Beat em up's will consist of the best of 3 games

Game 1 - Best of 3 rounds

Loser of the game may select a different character for Game 2. Winner may not.

Game 2 - Best of 3 rounds

If the loser from Game 1 loses again the match up is over.

If he wins the other player may chose another character for the deciding game. The winner may not.

Game 3 - Best of 3 rounds

Winner progress's to the next stage of the tournament.

The finals may consist of blind selection(were still contemplating it)

Regards,
Flanders536

chopperbyrne

Your use of the word Round is confusing.

All matches should be best of three games (which are set to three rounds for Street Fighter/MK/BB and five rounds for Tekken/Soul Calibur/VF).

If you lose a game, you may switch character, winner must pick the same character, but may switch Ultra/Super (game dependent).

For each new match, you may pick whatever character you like.

Flanders536

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Your use of the word Round is confusing.

For each new match, you may pick whatever character you like.

By this, do you mean tournament stages? As that would be correct.

I have also altered my post, changing the wording so it is less confusing.

Regards,
Flanders536

Orim

Flanders536 wrote: »

Beat em up's will consist of the best of 3 rounds (Double elimination)

Match 1 - Best of 3 rounds

Loser of round may select a different character for round 2. Winner may not.

Match 2 - Best of 3 rounds

If the loser from Round 1 loses again the match up is over.

If he wins the other player may chose another character for the deciding round. The winner may not.

Match 3 - Best of 3 rounds

Winner progress's to the next stage of the tournament.

I don't know if this is the edited version but I believe the combination of the word round at the top and in the description is the confusing part. I see what you mean but it just goes against our normal lexicon and seems rather disjointed in your description. FYI we would say that there is Rounds > Games > Matches.

So to fix up what you have written would follow as such :

Beat em up's will consist of the best of 3 games (Double elimination)

Game 1 - Best of 3 rounds

Loser of the game may select a different character for round 2. Winner may not.

Game 2 - Best of 3 rounds

If the loser from Game 1 loses again the match up is over.

If he wins the other player may chose another character for the deciding game. The winner may not.

Game 3 - Best of 3 rounds

Winner progress's to the next stage of the tournament.

Your use of double elimination is also confusing. Double elimination would refer to the way the entire tournament bracket. This is explained here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-elimination_tournament

From your post I don't believe you are planning to do this and tbh for the event I don't believe you should. However, as I say, the use of the phrase is confusing.

Hope this helps.

Flanders536

Hey Orim,

Thanks for the clear up, I just wanted to get the information out.

I have removed the double elimination(nice catch) from this post as we will only use this for our all day events starting next month.

Regards,
Flanders536

J0hnick

No sign of Marvel, shame, though I guess it isnt as popular in Ireland as Mortal Kombat or Tekken

Doctor DooM

J0hnick wrote: »

No sign of Marvel, shame, though I guess it isnt as popular in Ireland as Mortal Kombat or Tekken

Lol, Marvel is way, way more popular than either as a tournament game.

As a casual, I guess not so much.

1man3letters

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Lol, Marvel is way, way more popular than either as a tournament game.

As a casual, I guess not so much.

for now doom, for now
has got very little tourny play here compared to others

Flanders536

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Lol, Marvel is way, way more popular than either as a tournament game.

As a casual, I guess not so much.

We do have MVC, we did not get a huge call for it at our last event,

The main problem we face is we need to be sure we have a prize for every tournament we run, we also need to make sure we have one of our TVs' and an Xbox available for the 2 hour tournament.

What I can do is have the game available on the night, and if we get 16 signs for it we will run it. I will also guarantee a prize.

The only thing I would require is rules. As I've said my expert is on holidays, if anyone here would like to contribute a basic tournament rule list, I could work from there.

Regards,
Flanders536

J0hnick

Flanders536 wrote: »

The only thing I would require is rules. As I've said my expert is on holidays, if anyone here would like to contribute a basic tournament rule list, I could work from there.

Regards,
Flanders536

Same as every other fighter, but I did notice ye didnt have the the full roster unlocked at the last event, you'll need to make sure they are unlocked if your gonna run it. This just means somebody is gonna have to beat the arcade mode a couple of times till they meet the following requirements

Akuma - Gain 2000 player points by playing any mode
Hsien-Ko - Gain 6000 player points by playing any mode
Sentinel - Gain 4000 player points by playing any mode
Taskmaster - Gain 8000 player points by playing any mode

Theres also the two DLC characters, Jill and Shuma, they cost 400ms points each. Seeing as there wasn't much interest in Marvel the first time you could give them a miss this time round, they arent that popular, but if you get decent numbers for Marvel you will want to have them going forward.

Doctor DooM

Flanders536 wrote: »

We do have MVC, we did not get a huge call for it at our last event,

it's probably easy to miss but what I meant by that was the "serious" scene has quite a few Marvel players but for random casual players Tekken or MK would probably attract more.

It's a difficult situation too for people like me who would gladly travel to a tournament but are certainly not able to on a week night and are already generally booked out for the first weekend of the month by the established "Inferno" event. So I would not be suprised if Marvel is not drawing figures (of course you should go with whatever does).

Flanders536

UPDATE: The date for this event has been changed to the 8th of October(Saturday) due to feedback and also to accommodate gamers from other county's.

Regards,
Flanders536

J0hnick

Flanders536 wrote: »

UPDATE: The date for this event has been changed to the 8th of October(Saturday) due to feedback and also to accommodate gamers from other county's.

Regards,
Flanders536

Cool, Talk Talk going away party on the 7th, then this the next night

Flanders536

For those "Ye Olde Gaming" types, here are a few games for our retro corner on the 8th.

Street Fighter II for the Amiga.



Street Fighter II for the Sega Mega Drive.



Mortal Kombat for the Amiga.



Regards,
Flanders536

spacenugget

Around what time will this start, and can you bring your own arcade stick?

Sairus

http://randomselect.ie/index.php/2011/10/04/g4x-egl-gaming-event-night-8th-october/

Start time is 18:30 with tournaments running throughout the night till 01:00.
€5 entry to the venue. To enter tournaments you also have to buy a €5 Gamer Card which will let you enter 5 tournaments. If you want to enter any more tournaments on the night they'll be an additional €1 each.
Tournaments will be running in:

Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition (360)
Tekken 6 (PS3)
Mortal Kombat (PS3)

FIFA 12
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit
Halo Reach
Gran Turismo 5
CoDBlOps
Starcraft 2

I would assume you're allowed bring your own stick, but I'm not 100%

spacenugget

suppose its not that big of a deal to lug the stick onto town anyway, Ive a friend living just behind revolution so I could fire it up there if it comes to that

I was hoping to drive in and play a game or two, now it looks like Ill be biking in and getting a drink or two instead awesome

edit: You making the trip Sairus? Never had a game against you even though your on my friends list since the start of the year

J0hnick

Just back from tonight's G4X, for the most part, totally awesome (mainly cause I won the 2nd tournie ;-)).

There were 2 SSF4:AE tournaments, I think the 6:30 start time kind of hurt them as they didnt have enough people for a 32 man tournament at first and had to make it 16. I turned up at 7:30 and just barely missed sign ups for the first tournie, and had to wait till 9:30 till I could actually play a competitive game outside casuals. Araforn/BanjobB was destroying everybody with his Chun and made it to the finals, but apparently left before the finals started , so by default Dale (who he beat but won both previous G4X tournaments) took his place and won the first tournament.

The 2nd Tournament was interesting to say the least, as a Guy player I knew I was one of only 2 people in Ireland on both XBL and PSN who plays Guy at an above average level, the other being Astro Tuned. I knew there was another Guy player called Space Nugget from Waterford but seeing as I never saw him online, never thought anything of it. Well ladies and gents, it turns out Astro Tuned and Space Nugget are the same guy (no pun intended). I had some awesome games against him, his execution is better then mine, but I think with my age making me the Alex Valle of waterford I had the upper hand in the mind game department.

I won the 2nd tournament, but Astro Tuned/Space nugget was the real winner, because in the raffle he ended up winning the grand prize of a 320gb PS3 :eek:. Lucky bastard

Some other notes, due to demand Mortal Kombat had twice as many setups as SSF4:AE and Tekken 6 was almost dead untill the end of the night, it definitely showed there is a MK scene in Waterford.

Great night, my only gripes were that the LG TV's we were playing on were laggy as hell, I enabled game mode which helped a lot but didnt totally eliminate it. The fact that I was waiting almost 2 hours to play a serious game just showed that whilst the turn out was low at first, it got a lot bigger as the night went on, so maybe think of having some more SSF4:AE setups.

All in all though, good ****,but maybe Im being bias because I won

Ive got some matches recorded from my phone I will up soon, quality is not great but watchable, peace .

spacenugget

J0hnick wrote: »

as a Guy player I knew I was one of only 2 people in Ireland on both XBL and PSN who plays Guy at an above average level, the other being Astro Tuned. I knew there was another Guy player called Space Nugget from Waterford but seeing as I never saw him online, never thought anything of it. Well ladies and gents, it turns out Astro Tuned and Space Nugget are the same guy (no pun intended).
I had some awesome games against him, his execution is better then mine, but I think with my age making me the Alex Valle of waterford I had the upper hand in the mind game department.

I won the 2nd tournament

I was Astro Turd, then they (xboxlive) added turd to the naughty words list :mad: so had to change it. AstroTurd/SpaceNugget almost makes sense, but now its a bit lame.... Ill have to change my GT I think. :pac:

Nah man your really selling yourself short, but I suppose I agree on the Valle comparison, your safe as houses. I was Looking for gaps or mistimed jumps and couldnt find any. While I was looking your winning. Plus you forced me to try counter with Makoto :rolleyes: That went.... urrgghh
Deserved wins overall man.
Also that Ibuki player was tricky as hell. Everything he did seemed random as hell but wasnt.... it was like trying to call bluffs in poker but on every hand he was all in. When I finally though 'ha ha gottcha' he was baiting me. lol

J0hnick wrote: »

Some other notes, due to demand Mortal Kombat had twice as many setups as SSF4:AE and Tekken 6 was almost dead untill the end of the night, it definitely showed there is a MK scene in Waterford.
Great night, my only gripes were that the LG TV's we were playing on were laggy as hell, I enabled game mode which helped a lot but didnt totally eliminate it. The fact that I was waiting almost 2 hours to play a serious game just showed that whilst the turn out was low at first, it got a lot bigger as the night went on, so maybe think of having some more SSF4:AE setups.

Mortal Kombat got good numbers, that game confuses the hell outta me so I gave it a wide berth. Tekken.... man I'll go out on a limb and say Tekken is fun as fu*k, I havent played it since Tekken3 and I couldnt resist having a go. I somehow mashed my way to second place lol, Twas epic and the luckiest thing I thought I done tonight :pac:

The TV was laggy, this Im 100% sure of because after the shock I got at inferno I moved my 360 and have been using the CRT in the sitting room the last week to break the habits Ive gotten from my HDtv (;)). Funnily it wasnt as bad as my HD and I guess after a game or two I fell back into the old timing.

The tv was fecking huge though... it was like sitting in the cinema in the front seats. I guess (I could be in the minorty tho) a tv around the size of the Tekken/Kombat ones would be better, but I must say as a spectator the larger screen was a plus.

J0hnick wrote: »

All in all though, good ****,but maybe Im being bias because I won

Ive got some matches recorded from my phone I will up soon, quality is not great but watchable, peace .

Ah it was a great laugh, really relaxed outside of the games, and I honestly had a great night. Will attend the next.


My only suggestions:
1: Super Street Fighter Turbo tourny should be run. The Sega Megadrive in the corner pretty much had SSF2 on it all night and was being played by everyone. HD remix set to classic on an Xbox would be ideal. Everyone in the SFIV tourny would sign up and others will because it looks like SF. Could be a great laugh.

2: It was very hot at times I have no Idea what could remedy it, but an open window would have been awesome.

3: I cant think of a three.

J0hnick wrote: »

but Astro Tuned/Space nugget was the real winner, because in the raffle he ended up winning the grand prize of a 320gb PS3 . Lucky bastard

LOL man I'm honestly still in shock over that.... absolutly fu*king delighted. Seriously, now I can buy little big planet and stop playing this crappy street fighter thing. But yeah..... lol.... I just got handed a PS3.. deadly.
:D:D:


Slightly tipsy Dan signing off. I apologise for grammer, spelling or coarse language

BanjoB

Ggs last night lads.
Had to leave at 9 unfortunately. Next time I won't drive in, have a few beers and even try some of the other games. Fair play to G4X though, the whole place was very well set-up and I can see a bigger venue needed in the future.
Seems there's a decent level of players around these parts too . 2 setups next time for street fighter would be excellent, especially if more people signed up after I left.