sfxt launch event

chunkis

Sup guys,

Capcom are going to help us run a launch event in ireland for sfxt on the 10th of march, basically they can`t do anything before release in terms of giving us early copies of the game, but they are going to help us with coving the cost of the venue and will supply copies of the game on the day, David Hinds aka dogtanian will be at the launch event and will bring the promo copies with him.

Right now i need you guys to find a venue in dublin thats sutible to run the event, i was thinking either the hotel that was used last time or something similar, if nothing can be decided within the next day or two i will just run the event in the xgc just like we did with the launch event of super.

ayjayirl

chunkis wrote: »

Sup guys,

Capcom are going to help us run a launch event in ireland for sfxt on the 10th of march, basically they can`t do anything before release in terms of giving us early copies of the game, but they are going to help us with coving the cost of the venue and will supply copies of the game on the day, David Hinds aka dogtanian will be at the launch event and will bring the promo copies with him.

Right now i need you guys to find a venue in dublin thats sutible to run the event, i was thinking either the hotel that was used last time or something similar, if nothing can be decided within the next day or two i will just run the event in the xgc just like we did with the launch event of super.

I can make arrangements for that hotel, I have the guys number and I was talking to yesterday, funnily enough. Chunkis, pm me and we can sort it out.

Azza

There any point hosting an Inferno the week before this then?

ayjayirl

Azza wrote: »

There any point hosting an Inferno the week before this then?

Yes.

Azza

Would merging the 2 not be a better idea. Get a bigger turnout?

Xinkai

No.

ayjayirl

Azza wrote: »

Would merging the 2 not be a better idea. Get a bigger turnout?

Merging the two and having a Inferno & SFxT event is a better idea than not having inferno.

..and to do that, we need to discuss with Chopper.

Chunkis, I really think Azza is right in saying holding both together.

chopperbyrne

Merging it with Inferno would mean running three tournaments, plus for these launch events it's supposed to be free entry. That's a rule set down by Capcom.

I'd rather have three events three weekends in a row than merge to be honest.

Dreddybajs

Good stuff chunkis. Agreed with not merging the events.

Azza

Merging events would lead to larger numbers. The higher the turnout out we get the more interested Capcom might be in hosting future launch events with us.

We don't have to run 3 competitions at Inferno, we could drop 1 of the other games. Secondly we can have free entry into a SFxT competition. I don't see what issue Capcom would have with that, they had it at Cannes and other events that required an entry fee for other games.

chunkis

Unfortunately capcom are quite strict when it comes to events, we can`t charge people to come into the venue, especially one that they have paid for and one that is running there promotional copies of the game.

I don`t really see this event clashing with inferno as its a different game on a different date, and it is also free to enter. So financially its not going to break the bank to attend. Its also going to be the first time that the game is in the wild for the irish players so i think its definitely one event worth trying to attend, even if you have the game at home.

Full details of the event have not been decided yet, but there might be one or two surprises in store, we will see.

However, i would like to run a small tournament on the day like what we did with the launch of super and give away a few small prizes, also if its possible we could stream the event.

ayjayirl

chunkis wrote: »

if its possible we could stream the event.

This all depends on venue, we won't have recording equip @ xgc and I am not sure the exchange's interweb can handle streaming. A hotel would better suit for this. PM me if you want me to go ahead with the Clarence.

I hear what you are saying re combining them, fair nuff. Just a thought.

Dreddybajs

I think we should definitely go with the Clarence or a similar venue and from talking to chunkis earlier I think that's what he wants to do as well. Hopefully we can sort that and get a stream going.

Goody2shoes15

Azza wrote: »

Merging events would lead to larger numbers. The higher the turnout out we get the more interested Capcom might be in hosting future launch events with us.

Seeing as we will have a free venue could a free Street Fighter Tourney not be run alongside SFXT? I do think Azza is right, this is a good chance to show capcom we can muster good numbers and they might be more willing to throw good stuff our way for things like the Evo Quals?

ayjayirl

Chunkis, you need to get back to me with a yeh/neigh on the Clareance, I'll have to call him.

Azza

Goody2shoes15 wrote:

Seeing as we will have a free venue could a free Street Fighter Tourney not be run alongside SFXT? I do think Azza is right, this is a good chance to show capcom we can muster good numbers and they might be more willing to throw good stuff our way for things like the Evo Quals?

Yeah, I wouldn't mind something like this if Capcom premitted it. I don't have 2 weekends in a row spare currently so I'm limited to picking 1 of these events.

Dreddybajs

I'd prefer the focus to be on SFxT for the day personally.

chopperbyrne

Me too. Running an SF IV tournament would take the attention away from Gem Fighter at a launch event for it.

Silver Steeez

I was also planning on heading up to dublin for the next inferno and now this sounds really good so want to try and attend this aswell but will most likely only be able to attend one , its quite an expensive and long day trip from cork but if they were on the same day in the same place :eek:
I reckon anyway having a Sf4 tournament will only be a good thing , will help fill out the place and is another capcom thing to do while in the venue.

chunkis

I've already been in contact with the hotel cheers, i am just waiting on Capcom to get back to me. In regards to running an sf4 event I think we should just focus on sfxt.

ladnopoka

anyone else is mad hype for gems?

Fergus_

No.

GEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMMMMMSSSSSSSSSSS

chunkis

Just to keep you guys in the loop, this event is going to go ahead on the 10th of march, the hotel is in the process of being booked and paid for, its slightly more expensive than i thought it was going to be, but capcom are paying so its alright, we get more space and the use of the internet so its not too bad for the price and location, hopefully we will be able to set up a stream and get some exposure for the irish scene and of course sfxt

hdaniel

I might try make it down for this excited for sfxt.Has it been decided if there will be any other games?

Kanped

I'm going to really try to get down to this. I'm liking the look of this game.

deathrider

Is this opened to the public then? Just so happens that I'll be in Dublin the day before this, so I might have to stick around...

Owwmykneecap

Since this is now confirmed (or there abouts) we should start advertising soon.

That is; official threads and Randomselect.ie pages about it.
Mentions on twitter etc, contacting other websites etc for publicity.

A Poster with a QR code would be great.

Streaming if going ahead this can be submitted to srk and eventhubs well ahead of time, and i'll throw up a thread in forthcoming tournaments section.

A video... nutrient? dubstep is played out... use Zef instead.

If we play this right we could attact over 1 new people into our community.


Also: Hype.

PPC

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

use Zef

Something a bit classier! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE7XkaFFtGE

Doctor DooM

deathrider wrote: »

Is this opened to the public then? Just so happens that I'll be in Dublin the day before this, so I might have to stick around...

Yeah, I think the whole point is to attract people to the game

Dreddybajs

Great stuff chunkis.

Placebo

if anyone is interested i put together something real quick for the event.
If they are to be printed you need to adjust the canvas size [landscape] and scale some of the elements up. PSD attached, you can change the text in there.



http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6562060/randomselect.psd
[font used: http://www.dafont.com/search.php?psize=m&q=%21pepsi%21]

Dreddybajs

You beast Farz.

Kirby

Nice thinking man.

I don't mean to be "that guy" but if its possible I would make the street fighter x tekken part alot bigger. At a glance, it's very busy and not clear what it's about. The SFxT bit only takes up about 20% of the whole image.

deathrider

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Yeah, I think the whole point is to attract people to the game

Excellent stuff. Looking forward to this. I'm dying to try out that game. I'll spread the word. I'll also mention it on this week's podcast too, to get the word out there.

Owwmykneecap

http://www.facebook.com/streetfighter/posts/312282812167059

I'm sure we could get a shout out on facebook too come the day.

deathrider

So this hotel that's being used as the venue; what hotel is it? And where is it?

Naphiel

deathrider wrote: »

So this hotel that's being used as the venue; what hotel is it? And where is it?

Presuming it's the same hotel we had the last Inferno at, it's the Clarence hotel and it's literally less than a minute walk from the Exchange.

deathrider

Naphiel wrote: »

Presuming it's the same hotel we had the last Inferno at, it's the Clarence hotel and it's literally less than a minute walk from the Exchange.

Excellent stuff. Cheers, man.

ayjayirl

Naphiel wrote: »

Presuming ......

Its Chunkis, never presume/assume anything.

Chunkis - can you confirm the Clearance?:D

chunkis

yeah Ajay everythings sweet, capcom are dealing with it why? Do you know something i dont?

ayjayirl

chunkis wrote: »

yeah Ajay everythings sweet, capcom are dealing with it why? Do you know something i dont?

no no, just public forum etc. in case there are people who are interested and haven't seen other material - this thread hadn't confirmed the location as done is all.


No white track suits rule still applies!

chopperbyrne

Who's supplying the equipment for this?

Our community, Capcom, Chunkis?

chunkis

Ill know exactly what we need to bring by the middle of next week, am just sorting out the logistics of the hotel first, little things like tables and chairs, internet and space all those things first, once i know all that we will worry about equipment and set ups after, capcom have consoles and tvs but i think its mostly debugged machines, but ill see what they have, chopper how many sets do we have at our disposal?

chopperbyrne

We have four monitors stored at Exchange, but we always rely on people bringing consoles.

Kirby

Out of curiousity chopper, those good monitors that we use for tourneys at the exchange, whats their input lag in ms? 5,10,15? I've been looking around at different tv's and would like to know what to compare to.

Cheers.

Dreddybajs

The monitors we have at the Exchange are pretty laggy.

Also if you're shopping around for monitors Kirby, response time doesn't mean much when you're trying to see if they lag - a lot of the lag comes from postprocessing. If you check SRK's Tech Talk forum there's a megathread with tests of various monitors.

Myself and ladnopoka recently bought the BenQ G2420HD which is pretty much lagless, under a frame anyway.

UberPrinny_Baal

Kirby wrote: »

Out of curiousity chopper, those good monitors that we use for tourneys at the exchange, whats their input lag in ms? 5,10,15? I've been looking around at different tv's and would like to know what to compare to.

Cheers.

Onion might be the person to ask. We used Konata's Rock Band 2 guitar to test them.

Doyler01

UberPrinny_Baal wrote: »

Onion might be the person to ask. We used Konata's Rock Band 2 guitar to test them.

All you need is Chunkis + Ken jump tatsu

Azza

Response time has nothing to do with input lag. Respone time measure how quickly blacks change completely to white and vice versa.

Input lag is rarely advertised on monitors and TVs, you will need to check reviews online to find out.

As Dreddy was saying TV's tend to have alot of post processing effects to improve image quality but that increases input lag.

Generally with PC monitors the cheaper TN manufactured panels tend to have low input lag and are best suited to gaming. They general have poor image quaility, (color reproduction, contrast, uniformity etc) and poor viewing angles. The better more expensive monitors like PVS and S-PVA planels are the opposite.

16ms input lag equals 1/60th of a second which is 1 frame in SSFIV.

It should be pointed out that the Arcade release and Xbox 360 version of SF4 have inherent input delay of 2 frames and the PS3 version has 3 frames delay.

Kirby

The one im using at the moment is about 15ms apparently. Im crap so it makes little difference but it would be nice to be roughly the same as the ones we use.

chopperbyrne

If your television has 15ms input lag then it's about as good as you'll get outside of a CRT.