Test Your Hype! (Saturday, 10/12/11)

Kuro Tao

It has come to my attention that there is not nearly enough mindless violence in our little community, and so with great anticipation, I present TYH, a tournament headlining Mortal Kombat 9!

The people have spoken, and I have listened.
TYH will now be hosting a King Of Fighters: XIII tournament INSTEAD of a Street Fighter: Third Strike tournament. Get Hype!

The tournament will be hosted at the XGC, with three side tournaments.
Those side tournaments will be a 2v2 MK tourney, BB, and KoF XIII.

Entry Fee
Entry to the main tournament will be 5 Euro, with entry into any other side tournament being 3 Euro.
Alternatively, entry into all tournaments will be 10 Euro.

Schedule/Times
I will be at the XGC for about 11:30 on the day, anyone is welcome to turn up early for casuals.


13:00
Blazblue CS2 Tournament begins.

14:00
King Of Fighters: XIII Tournament begins.

16:30
Mortal Kombat: 2v2 Tag Tournament begins.

17:30
Mortal Kombat Main tournament begins.

Bear in mind this schedule is not concrete, and may subject to change depending on the running's of the day.

Rules

Each tournament will run the same format. Double elimination, with each match being first to two rounds, and best of three games, with the exception of the Grand Finals.
(With the exception of KoF, which will be best of one game only.)

The Grand Finals being best of five games, with the player coming from the losers bracket needing to win two sets of best of five.
(KoF Grand Finals will be best of three.)

Character change between games is allowed only by the loser of the previous game. If a player wins a game, they must stick to the character they used until either they lose, or the match is over.
(KoF will be character lock throughout the tournament, however order is changeable.)

Double-blind select is available if requested.

Button checks should be done before the match has started.
If the game is paused during a tournament match (accidental or otherwise), the player who paused will forfeit that game unless both players agree to continue.

Custom pads/sticks are allowed.

Custom button config/layouts are allowed.
For the MK tourney, if a player requires a custom button layout, please bring it to the attention of an Admin beforehand. (This is because of the awkward button config option in MK, which allows only 4 preset layouts.)

Concerning the MK 2v2 tournament; Partners will be decided by a random method. Certain players will be selected as "pickers", and the rest of the players names will be put into a hat, drawn out one by one.
Partners are not changeable/trade-able.

Ban List;
White Stage (KoF)
Kratos (MK)
Desert (MK)
Subway (MK)
Chamber Of The Flame (MK)
Street (MK)
Training Stage (BB)
Turbo settings


Cash pools
The cash prizes will be divided up amongst the games in percentages as follows:
MK 1v1: 25% for winner, 10% for runner up.
MK 2v2: 10% each for winners.
BB: 15% for winner, 5% for runner up.
KoF: 15% for winner, 5% for runner up.

5% of the cash pool will go towards paying off rentals and community pot.

Test Your Hype will be the first tournament headling MK in Ireland, so show us some love folks!

So "Let's see what you're made of!" and "Show me what you can do!".

chopperbyrne

Inferno is also scheduled for that day.

Kuro Tao

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Inferno is also scheduled for that day.

Oh crap... Wasn't paying attention, I'll have to re-schedule for a week later. Until then this thread will serve as a feedback/suggestion outlet. Thanks for pointing that out.

Doyler01

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Inferno is also scheduled for that day.

I think Nutrient has casuals planned for that day too

K.O.Kiki

Kuro Tao, edit your first post ASAP before people create schedules.

Sairus

You can edit the title of the post if you Edit the post, then click 'Go Advanced'

OriginalRazer

Kuro Tao wrote: »

It has come to my attention that there is not nearly enough mindless violence in our little community, and so with great anticipation, I present TYH, a tournament headlining Mortal Kombat 9!

The tournament will be hosted at the XGC, with two side tournaments and with any luck, space for one more.
Those side tournaments will be a 2v2 MK tourney, and either BB or 3SOE (Depending on what you guys want to see more).
Prizes/Pots are still very much undecided, so you guys will have to bear with me until I can sort some further details.

Test Your Hype is still very much an open concept (Hence the date being so far off) and so any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

So "Let's see what you're made of!" and "Show me what you can do!".

I'll be very happy to meet you in person at DoC5 (Your attending right?) as well as 1man3letters and my ood buddy DR.

This is December right? (Used to reading american dates lol)

I WILL be there.
And I'll bring om other players with me.

Mk forever bro.

PS I personally have no interest in BB I like 3S though

But its up to everyone so I wouln't mind.

All the best,
Razer

chueytoo

Hope this goes well for you. nice to get a new scene going. I might pop in for mk , but if BB was there you know I'll be there ^__^

actully if I'm not busy I can help you run it as well etc etc

OriginalRazer

My PS3 is there if you need it too dude.
Just say the word.

All the best,
Razer

powerofscience

chueytoo wrote: »

Hope this goes well for you. nice to get a new scene going. I might pop in for mk , but if BB was there you know I'll be there ^__^

actully if I'm not busy I can help you run it as well etc etc

Same here, especially if BB is there I'll go. I unfortunately only have MK for 360 and on top of that only have an American 360 so it would be more of a hassle than anything if I brought it.

OriginalRazer

I kould try and konvince my friend to bring his PS3 too.
I would just need to get the latest patch for him and buy him the DLC too.
Im willing to do it.

So that would be 2 fully patched and DLC'd PS3s to help with your Tourney.
Just let me know.

All the best,
Razer

Doctor DooM

Hey Kuro, I edited the first post, if I didn't get it right let me know.

Kuro Tao

A quick question, if we began the tournament at say 12-12:30, and ran on until about 9, do you guys think we could run two side tourneys?

Consoles/DLC shouldn't really be an issue, we should have everything on the day. The only encouragement I would give to people, is to bring your own pads/sticks/converters.

Naphiel

Kuro Tao wrote: »

A quick question, if we began the tournament at say 12-12:30, and ran on until about 9, do you guys think we could run two side tourneys?

Consoles/DLC shouldn't really be an issue, we should have everything on the day. The only encouragement I would give to people, is to bring your own pads/sticks/converters.

Considering DoC runs for about that length of time and has 5 tournaments, I reckon you could manage as long as there are enough set ups. It's normally when there are several tournaments on at once that things start to slow down, so I'd advise running them at separate times throughout today.

I'll probably hunt down a copy of MK for cheap or borrow it off my friend for some practice and enter the main and side tournaments. If you need any help organising this, I'll help out, whether it's managing brackets or just running around telling people who they're up against next.

Nutrient

Doyler01 wrote: »

I think Nutrient has casuals planned for that day too

I'll have something planned alright

Nutrient

I think you made a mistake Kuro

10th December?

You were saying it's a week after inferno right?

Kuro Tao

Nutrient wrote: »

I'll have something planned alright

Why so salty bro?

Nutrient

Kuro Tao wrote: »

Why so salty bro?

Salty?


Just fix the date for the tourney scrub:pac:

Kuro Tao

Nutrient wrote: »

I think you made a mistake Kuro

10th December?

You were saying it's a week after inferno right?

Doom edited the post to show the 10th. I had originally planned for the third. So, yeah. A week after Inferno.

Nutrient

Kuro Tao wrote: »

Doom edited the post to show the 10th. I had originally planned for the third. So, yeah. A week after Inferno.

Okay then disregard the last post then

I believe there should be a bomber man tourney

You would be surprised how hype it gets

Kuro Tao

Nutrient wrote: »

Okay then disregard the last post then

I believe there should be a bomber man tourney

You would be surprised how hype it gets

No.

Nutrient

Kuro Tao wrote: »

No.

OriginalRazer

KuroTao: OK then Ill just bring my pad. Just say if you need the system bro.
No problem at all.

Oh and by the way ill be working Nightshifts in December man, so I might only be able to play the main Tourney before traveling back for work.

All the best,
Razer

Nutrient

I have everything for Xbox 360 if one is needed for the day

OriginalRazer

Nutrient wrote: »

I have everything for Xbox 360 if one is needed for the day

Iv been told that the patches do not work on 360 unless it is signed in online.
Some sort of loophole Miscrosoft used to not have to pay or something like that.

All the best,
Razer

Nutrient

OriginalRazer wrote: »

Iv been told that the patches do not work on 360 unless it is signed in online.
Some sort of loophole Miscrosoft used to not have to pay or something like that.

All the best,
Razer

The XGC has internet, each console is signed in online so that shouldn't be an issue, chances are though that it may be run on PS3 Exclusively this is just a precaution for people without 360 converters or w/e

Doctor DooM

I'm probably going to be in Germany around this time so if you need recording you may need to find someone with an easy cap and a splitter or something.

Nutrient

Kuro Tao wrote: »

Liu Kangs OP

Can you send me 1man3letters number privately?

Need to contact him and as you know his Internets down

1man3letters

super props to kuro for doing this!

needless to say i shall be there
excited bout the tag tourny,such a good idea

can i just make a statment right now bout something since this mainly a mk thing rather than other mutli games tournies...

desert
subway
street
chamber of flames
kratos(obviously)

please BAN all the above


ya got any idea on the pricing yet kuro?
also i might not play mileena at this

ps.with doom saying he be in germany and sarius mentioning he might take a brake,it would be a real shame if there was no recording of this

D4RK ONION

If one of you has a camera, any kind, it'd do. That's how Doom used to do it!

Nutrient

D4RK ONION wrote: »

If one of you has a camera, any kind, it'd do. That's how Doom used to do it!

Cams gonna have to do for now

I'm gonna try invest in a dazzle for when a secondary recording setup is needed

UberPrinny_Baal

1man3letters wrote: »

ps.with doom saying he be in germany and sarius mentioning he might take a brake,it would be a real shame if there was no recording of this

You don't necessarily need a pro hauppage/laptop/commentary station to be able to record matches.

Ladnopoka has a neat little camera he just sneakily sticks on a tripod and points at matches. He's recorded nearly whole tournaments without anyway even noticing the camera was there (like a pro!)

You won't get the highest quality of video, or any live commentary but hopefully one of you has some video-recording capable piece of kit.

1man3letters

UberPrinny_Baal wrote: »

You don't necessarily need a pro hauppage/laptop/commentary station to be able to record matches.

Ladnopoka has a neat little camera he just sneakily sticks on a tripod and points at matches. He's recorded nearly whole tournaments without anyway even noticing the camera was there (like a pro!)

You won't get the highest quality of video, or any live commentary but hopefully one of you has some video-recording capable piece of kit.

thanks dave, ye i know a hd live com streamed on twitch is ideal but not nescarry just that with my ignorant community knowledge doom and sarius only people i know did recorindings no disrespect meant towards ladnopoka

but yea if anyone could do it for kuro be nice to have some footage for here or tym

chopperbyrne

1man3letters wrote: »

desert
subway
street
chamber of flames
kratos(obviously)

please BAN all the above

For the uninformed, why should these be banned?

I know Kratos is a PS3 exclusive character, but considering PS3 is the tournament standard for MK9 anyway and Kratos is apparently quite crap, there really doesn't seem to be a need to ban him.

UberPrinny_Baal

1man3letters wrote: »

no disrespect meant towards ladnopoka

I'm sure nobody thought there was any intended, and that wasn't why I pointed it out.

I had actually meant to link to Ladno's channel too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd1EjSLiwek)

My main point was that you can probably get the entire tourney recorded, as long as someone has a tripod, or some method of holding a recording device stationary.

That's really your minimum requirement.

Nutrient

chopperbyrne wrote: »

For the uninformed, why should these be banned?

I know Kratos is a PS3 exclusive character, but considering PS3 is the tournament standard for MK9 anyway and Kratos is apparently quite crap, there really doesn't seem to be a need to ban him.

First off, Kratos, 2hit combo=24% damage, his parry is mind boggling and broken beyond reason, I'm sure I missed a bunch of reasons but trust me hes banned for a reason:)

As for stages

half of him lag the game, and the chamber stage shakes so much it is seriously the most distracting game stage in all of fighting game history

Linoud

I don't know why, but MK's banlist of silly stages reminds me of Smash Bros. Melee/Brawl and the hate for any stage that isn't Final Destination.

K.O.Kiki

At least the Smash Bros reasoning was justified (some characters can get a life lead and then turtle for the rest of the game, some stages are random as fúck).

Kuro Tao

Apologies for the delayed reply folks, limited access to the net etc.

Anyway, I'm going to make it my business to track down a cheap-ish capture card, all I would need is someone to volunteer a comp, microphones, etc.
If anyone would be willing, please contact me by pm. Much obliged.

It would be a real shame if we couldn't get any footage of the tourney, so I'm going to try my best to make sure we do.

Orim

Walk before you run.

I wouldn't worry too much about footage and especially not about commentary and such. Get the tournament up and running first before you worry about that.

Sure DooM will probably help out with his gear when he can. And that didn't come overnight. I think Inferno 6 was the first tournament to have footage. What's happening with with recording and such for the tournaments is only there because it's been built up over the last couple of years. A part of the reason it was built was because there was a good solid tournament base to justify it.

So as I said, for now worry about making the tournament happen and let the rest come naturally.

Kuro Tao

Orim wrote: »

Walk before you run.

I wouldn't worry too much about footage and especially not about commentary and such. Get the tournament up and running first before you worry about that.

Sure DooM will probably help out with his gear when he can. And that didn't come overnight. I think Inferno 6 was the first tournament to have footage. What's happening with with recording and such for the tournaments is only there because it's been built up over the last couple of years. A part of the reason it was built was because there was a good solid tournament base to justify it.

So as I said, for now worry about making the tournament happen and let the rest come naturally.

I hear you. I may have come across as hasty, that wasn't my intention.
There was no disrespect to DooM intended, footage isn't essential but it would be nice.
I'm simply trying to provide a good tournament for all, if I have to sacrifice a few things in the process, so be it.

There are only a few details left for me to finalize, and I hope to have a schedule, rules, and entry fees/prizes posted by the end of this weekend.

K.O.Kiki

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB05C9EAA09AB121B&feature=mh_lolz

Some very early cam-footage of how we got our start.

UberPrinny_Baal

Kuro Tao wrote: »

I hear you. I may have come across as hasty, that wasn't my intention.
There was no disrespect to DooM intended

I don't think there was any disrespect implied or taken, just that you should probably focus on the core needs of your tournament before fancy extra stuff like footage/commentary.

Core needs of a first time tournament in my opinion would be:

(1) Having enough attendees for a tournament bracket
(2) Having enough set-ups with MK/PS3/TV on the day to run it in a reasonable time

You'ld be surprised, but one or two key people flaking out and not showing up can wreck your day.

Doctor DooM

Just to point out- there's no way I am bringing the ful recording kit into the XGC anyway. I've been saying that a while over in SF land. The end of DoC3 was an exception.

That said, an easycap (don't bother with a dazzle, it's pointless) and a couple of splitters and you could record easily.

Kuro Tao

Pretty much all of the info needed has been posted guys, check it out.
(Thank you again DooM)

If you still have queries, ask away.

Naphiel

Random select for 2v2 in MK?
I've no doubt that me and Ken will be partners regardless and crush you all.

Might use the character I just picked up today for BB.

Kuro Tao

Naphiel wrote: »

Random select for 2v2 in MK?
I've no doubt that me and Ken will be partners regardless and crush you all.

Might use the character I just picked up today for BB.

Care to grace us with a hint there Naphiel? :P

1man3letters

thanks for posting rules etc

well played on the ban list

the random parnters is a nice touch2,will be more fun
more than likely it will be baraka for the tag matches :cool:

and nutrient that t-shirt will be mine!!!!:pac:
t-shirt match!!!! :pac: :pac: :pac: if you wont sell it to me ill beat it outta you :P

OriginalRazer

What shirt would that be if you don't mind me askin'

All the best,
Razer

1man3letters

OriginalRazer wrote: »

What shirt would that be if you don't mind me askin'

All the best,
Razer

nuitrient has a mk tshirt he got in a tourny in holland but he wont sell it 2 me
so called t-shirt match (irish scene's 1st?)
cmon man mk shirt vs captain america shirt

OriginalRazer

1man3letters wrote: »

nuitrient has a mk tshirt he got in a tourny in holland but he wont sell it 2 me
so called t-shirt match (irish scene's 1st?)
cmon man mk shirt vs captain america shirt

Is it the shadowloo.eu/dutchnoobz.nl mk finalist 1? or the **** water drink beer 1?

iv a load of mk shirts not for sale lmao

All the best,
Razer