Evo Qualifier Tournament - April 14th, v2012 A.E. - Trinity College Dublin

ayjayirl

On Saturday the 14th of April the Irish Fighting Game Community will hold its third annual Evo qualifier tournament.

This years is being held in Goldsmith Hall, part of Dublins historical Trinity College. It's looking like the best one yet and will be streamed on www.twitch.tv/randomselectie for the world to see.
You can register on the day or pre register at http://evo.randomselect.ie

Doors open at 9.00 for registration. Entry to event is €10.

Game|Time|Cost (euro)|Prize
SFxT|10am|10|Hori MvC3 Stick
MK9|10am|10|PDP MK Stick
UMvC3 |12pm|10| Soul Calibur TE
SSF4AE2012|1.30pm|15|Flights to Las Vegas and registration for Evo


There'll be more prizes and much more merriment on the day.
Come along for the biggest day in the Irish Fighting Game calender year!

Hi all,

Tis that time of year again - Evo is coming. We, the Fighting Games Community of Ireland, are hosting a qualifying tournament for the event with a first prize of flights to Las Vegas to represent Ireland and compete for honour!

The main tournament will be SSF4AEv2012. We will also be running uMVC3, SFxT teams and, MK9 tournaments. If possible we may also run other smaller tournaments. This will depend on capability. A Timetable for the days events and the cost of entry will be confirmed and put up later in the week. We are hoping that everyone in the community can make it to this event and make it the biggest we have had so far. After the success of last years event I think we can go one better.

The rules will follow inferno for SSF4 and the other tournament formats for MVC3 and SFxT. MK9 format is tbc.

Prizes so far include flights, entry to EVO, some vouchers. Hopefully we will expand this to other prizes but the main point of course is to fund the main prize.

The event will be held at Goldsmith Hall, Pearse Street/Westland Row, Dublin 2, Co. Dublin City, Ireland on the 14th April, 2012 (Thanks to the Trinners crew for their help with this). There will be no inferno in April to help with this event (Thank you guys)

We are taking early registrations on the official website at http://evo.randomselect.ie (a completely different design to last years).

I could really do with everyone registering on the website as soon as possible if you can. Please goto the registration page and put in your details so we can plan to make the event memorable.

We will, for the first time, be streaming this tournament as well as the usual of recording equipment, the projectors setup and the latest technique of turtling and raging.

I will use this thread to update you as we get closer to the event. We only have 6 weeks to plan and execute this! I hope everyone can make from all over Ireland, up north, in Cork and the other wilds as well as Dublin.

I'll be putting up another thread for equipment and volunteers to help me with my madness.

COME ONE, COME ALL - GET HYPE!

Orim

Hound, Ladnopoka and Fergus are too scared to post but you should be aware that this is the same weekend as Stunfest. I imagine it's locked in place at this stage though.

Fergus_

Stunfest is on around that time. It would be a bad time because people outside Ireland would most likely attend that instead, maybe consider changing the date if it's possible or whatever to bring in more people.

EDIT: Damn you Orim

ayjayirl

Date change is unpossible at this point I'm afraid...... Soz

Dreddybajs

ayjayirl wrote: »

Date change is unpossible at this point I'm afraid...... Soz

Really? Is there more to it than just having Goldsmith for the day? Seems like it'd be worth working around that rather than clashing with one of the biggest European tournaments of the year.

ayjayirl

Dreddybajs wrote: »

Really? Is there more to it than just having Goldsmith for the day? Seems like it'd be worth working around that rather than clashing with one of the biggest European tournaments of the year.

The main concerns for timing this event in April were consideration for college exams in May, the lateness of start of planning (busy few weeks), and the proximity of Evo this year (early July instead of the last week). This is even more important this year as we do not have a couple of sticks lying about to offer as prizes and the cost of running this years will be higher - the earlier we book the flights, the cheaper they are. TBH I didn't know there was another event on that week but the venue is booked and website finished.

imho success would be everyone in Ireland (North and South) attending. Getting international people to come over would be nice but this is an irish qualifier (unofficial). I am not trying to be obstinate here.

Konata

Ah, shíte. I'm running the game tourneys at Anime Dublin on April 14th - it's basically a one day mini convention thing and we've a games room all day. I'm going to be hopefully running an SFxT tourney and it's only a fiver in for the whole day.

Was hoping some of you guys might pop in for the tourney but alas ;_; Also sad that I have to miss this now! Evo qualifiers last year were really fun.

1man3letters

if mk is there i'll be there :D:D

Lythero

Dude that registration page looks sliiiiiiick.

Owwmykneecap

Cool. will sign up there now.

As an aside Randomselect.ie needs to be fixed, people are going to click that home button yo, and could do with a quite a few people updating it too.

chopperbyrne

Registered. It was a struggle though as the site doesn't appear to like the android browser.

Doctor DooM

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

Cool. will sign up there now.

As an aside Randomselect.ie needs to be fixed, people are going to click that home button yo, and could do with a quite a few people updating it too.

Maybe you should start the annual thread about it

ayjayirl

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Registered. It was a struggle though as the site doesn't appear to like the android browser.

Shud've got an iphone - works fine on that

bush

Any chance of running singles in sfxt instead of teams?

Dreddybajs

Yeah I'd agree with Bush on that one.

Owwmykneecap

gotta say I like the idea of teams.

ayjayirl

We may be able to do both. This will depend on the number of setups people bring. If we get enough setups to cater for running another tournament, I will. We have the venue from 9am until 6pm. This is a strict timetable. Last year we got 12 setups. We have the space with this venue to have 20 setups. So far we have commitment from community members for 6 consoles and TV's in the thread (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056568685). That was one day so I am hopeful we can reach a 20 setup target. This will allow for a quicker pace through the tourneys and maybe even concurrent ones.

This raises something I remember people had an issue with last year that some were unhappy about having to play in 2 tourneys at the same time. Whilst I will try to minimise this as much as possible, there will invariably be a time where it might happen and it is just a fact of running tournaments on a shoe string.

Fergus_

bush wrote: »

Any chance of running singles in sfxt instead of teams?

+1

Misty Chaos

bush wrote: »

Any chance of running singles in sfxt instead of teams?

I'm with bush on this as well.

Also, Cork people, we need to organize a Pilgrimage to Dublin once again for this!

stev0knev022

Any chance of either banning gems or banning sfxt, im fine with either.

OriginalRazer

Ill be there for MK like the rest of the "K"rew

@Letters: I hope you bring directions dude!

@Doom/Orin: How much is entry for each tourney?, I might enter SF X T too.

Also EVO ticket and **** only for SSF4AE?

All the best,
RAZER

ayjayirl

I'll finalise prices later this week.

Flights are for sf only. I'm looking for other prizes.

OriginalRazer

ayjayirl wrote: »

I'll finalise prices later this week.

Flights are for sf only. I'm looking for other prizes.

Cheers well iv registered for MK anyway.
Can we update it at a later time to register for another game?

Thanx for the info.

May MK be with you..... ALWAYS! lol

All the best,
RAZER

UberPrinny_Baal

Augh, this is the same date as my nephew's Christening on the other side of the country.

Will have to see what I can do about this. I don't want to be a terrible Uncle, but I also don't want to have missed every single evo qualifier ever

1man3letters

OriginalRazer wrote: »

Ill be there for MK like the rest of the "K"rew

@Letters: I hope you bring directions dude!

dont worry ill play tour guide again,ill just meet you at the spire
vulcan coming?
ill let glue know and ill put it up on tym when theres more stuff finalised

Kanped

Ugh... booked to play a wedding that night. I wouldn't want to risk not making it back to Belfast in time. Damn shame, last year was fantastic; best event I've been to by far. Best of luck guys, hope it goes well.

OriginalRazer

1man3letters wrote: »

dont worry ill play tour guide again,ill just meet you at the spire
vulcan coming?
ill let glue know and ill put it up on tym when theres more stuff finalised

Ill see if hes up for it man. Ill try to get as many down as possible.

The Spire it is amigo.

All the best,
RAZER

the 1st hardter

First tournament I entered in this scene last year and of course I'll be there to raise funds for the plane ticket (don't want to say get bodied)

OriginalRazer

the 1st hardter wrote: »

First tournament I entered in this scene last year and of course I'll be there to raise funds for the plane ticket (don't want to say get bodied)

You bringing Kitana with you?

All the best,
RAZER

WasterEx

Misty Chaos wrote: »

I'm with bush on this as well.

Also, Cork people, we need to organize a Pilgrimage to Dublin once again for this!

Yup..for sure. I'd say we go the day BEFORE this time.

unky chop chop

Will go to this..to me the qualifier last year really showcased how the community has progressed and grown.Quality event.

Wonder if there is a boozer near for pre-game jars..Neenak,your round lad

animaX

I'll be there too. Returning to the motherland on the 9th - just in time

Azza

Just give animaX the prize so we can have another few days without him in the country

ayjayirl

Update first:

We currently have 33 people registered on the site for the event in April. This is not bad but we would love it if we could double that over the next 2 weeks. Can I ask anyone who is coming along but has not yet had to chance to register to try and register soon. It will help us immensely

ok, the schedule. We have goldsmith hall from 9am until 6pm on the 14th. I have been informed that this is a strict timeline with no wiggle room so it'll be a little earlier than we are used to

THIS IS PROVISIONAL

9.00-9.45 registrations for all tournaments. Creation of brackets and layout of tourney structure. I will have a few people taking names at tables. We will leave the registration table open up until 45 minutes before tournament start (except the first two obviously).

10.00 - SFxT singles brackets begins and run on all of the xboxs set up. This tournament is straight single elimination and there will be no seeding. All matches except Grand Finals

10.00 - Mortal Kombat Double Elimination brackets begins and run on the Ps3's set up we will have setup. I am hoping to have around 4. All matches except Grand Finals

12.00 - uMVC Starts. Double Elimination brackets begins. This will run on 10 xboxs with SFxT team winding down to latter stages and run on the remaining oxbows. All matches except Grand Finals

13.30 - Super Street Fighter 4 - Arcade Edition v2012 starts. This will follow a groups and then double elimination format. The groups for this will be seeded based on the inferno seeding where possible and reputation if necessary. I will make sure there are international players are kept in separate groups (if any - ye northerners don't count as internationals ). I will initially allocate 10 xboxi to this and will stagger the groups on starting and wind down the other tourneys until SSF4 - AEv2012 is running on all machines. All matches except Grand Finals

16.30 - Grand finals. Something a little different this year. The Grand finals of all the tournaments will take place on the projector screen and on the stream at 16:30ish. I am hoping this adds a little hype for them and will also enable to wind down the setups.

The costs and prizes are:

Event Entry : €10

Tournaments
Super Street Fighter - Arcade Edition v2012: €15 (Groups & Double Elim)

Marvel v Capcom : €10 (Double Elim)

SfxT : €10 (Single Elim)

Mortal Kombat : €10 (Double Elim)

Prizes
SSF4 - Flights to Las Vegas and Entry into EVO.

Prizes for the other events are TBC. I think Capcom have sent us some goodies but I will confirm when I have them in hand - more to follow on this as I know it.

The SSF4 prize will be allocated as following:
The top 8 for the SSF4 tournament will all have until 21st April to email me about whether or not they can make it to EVO in Vegas. (Remember, there are people who work, study, cannot afford etc) This will allow each of the top 8 to see if they can make the necessary arrangements to go. I will then, starting at 1st and working my way down in order, give the prize to the person who placed highest and who has confirmed that they can go. If I have no received an email from someone before midnight on the 21st Arpil, they will forfeit their option. In the unlikely event that all of the top 8 cannot go, it will goto the people from 9th-16th. Each placing will determine the preference as above. Rinse and repeat until we have a traveler.

I want to mention again that we have zero wiggle room for people being late. The days schedule means that we must start each tournament at the allocated times. I cannot delay matches. This will also be true for the whole day. If people are heading off to get lunch or something, then please ensure that you are not missing a game. I will have no choice but to forfeit a player from a match if they are absent when their match is due. I will do my best to make sure we know when your match will be played (hopefully a projector based bracket illustration can be done) but basically, it works well for all if you are not gone for hours on end.

Thanks,
Aj

Ramza

I'll be there! Last year was great, I'll get back to you and see what equipment I could bring

chopperbyrne

I think you should do Single Elim for some of the tournaments like SFxT teams and SFIV should just be double elim from the start.

Better to have plenty of time left over than run out of time.

FutureGuy

chopperbyrne wrote: »

I think you should do Single Elim for some of the tournaments like SFxT teams and SFIV should just be double elim from the start.

Better to have plenty of time left over than run out of time.

I do think that SFIV needs to be groups/double elimination. Give people some value for their money by getting a minimum 4-6 games.

As a person who cannot attend Inferno and as someone who is not very good, I'm a little concerned by the following..."The groups for this will be seeded based on the Inferno seeding where possible and reputation if necessary". If this is a separate event, then surely the groups should be random? It's tough to get any ranking in Inferno if you cannot attend them on a regular basis. Also, repuation would be heavily biased towards Inferno attendees. There are plenty of great Cork players for example. If some groups are tougher or easier, then that's the luck of the draw. It makes it more exciting.

Also why would foreign players play in the same group? One of the big reasons for attending is to play new players. I'd love to play a big name from elsewhere, and I'm sure I am not the only one.

I'm sorry if this is the done thing in other international events and I'm going against convention. Thanks for running this AJ, I'm trying to get a group going from Limerick to this.

Orim

I believe Ayjay means that any international players will be kept sperate from each other as opposed to a seperate group away from the unwashed masses.

Azza

I put in a vote for SFxT to be changed to 1v1. Will be almost certainly be there. not 100% confirmed yet.

ayjayirl

chopperbyrne wrote: »

I think you should do Single Elim for some of the tournaments like SFxT teams and SFIV should just be double elim from the start.

Better to have plenty of time left over than run out of time.

I think we will be fine if we get the number of setups. I am confident it will be fine.

FutureGuy wrote: »

As a person who cannot attend Inferno and as someone who is not very good, I'm a little concerned by the following..."The groups for this will be seeded based on the Inferno seeding where possible and reputation if necessary". If this is a separate event, then surely the groups should be random? It's tough to get any ranking in Inferno if you cannot attend them on a regular basis. Also, repuation would be heavily biased towards Inferno attendees. There are plenty of great Cork players for example. If some groups are tougher or easier, then that's the luck of the draw. It makes it more exciting.

Dan is right, I am gonna keep two Engerlish players, for example, in different groups just cause.

As for seeding, this always crops up. The pros and cons of seeding or not. This worked well last year and I think it is best to use a system that is proven to work. I do want to clarify one thing about my reputation comment. This is not just an opinion. If Ryan Hart comes over (lol) then he's gonna get his seed based on his reputation. Chunkis saying he can beat Ryan hart will not constitute a seeding place

Azza wrote: »

I put in a vote for SFxT to be changed to 1v1. Will be almost certainly be there. not 100% confirmed yet.

To be honest I am not that pushed on Teams being the format for SFxT. I like the idea of teams but maybe that's more of a 'if there's time' job. I am happy enough to change this to 1v1 as that seems to be the desire of most. I know there are people also like to idea of teams, so on the day, if we can, I'll make it happen. I will say one thing though. If we are going with 1v1 then I am going to take Choppers point on board re single elim and have that format for the 1v1. I'll update the website & previous post

Dreddybajs

The best player who's at the tournament (who's available to travel) should go to Evo. Seeding is the way to achieve that. There are maybe 4 or 5 unseeded players in Ireland that I'd rate as being as good as/better than the currently seeded Inferno players, and they've all actively attended Infernos in the past.

Pity they won't be seeded for this but the players that are consistently placing in the largest and most competitive SF4 event on the island are the people that deserve seed spots imo (for anyone that thinks that this is self-serving as I'm a seeded player, I very much doubt I'll be entering the tournament).

1man3letters

is mk9 being seeded?

ayjayirl

Kanped wrote: »

Ugh... booked to play a wedding that night. I wouldn't want to risk not making it back to Belfast in time. Damn shame, last year was fantastic; best event I've been to by far. Best of luck guys, hope it goes well.

Just saw this. The event will end at 6pm sharp - we have no choice on this so depending on travel time........

ayjayirl

Hi all,

Due to popular demand, the SFxT tournament has been changed from a team tournament to a singles tournament. This will be a single elimination tournament. The website has been updated to reflect this. All existing registrations for the team event will be counted for the singles one.

If we have capacity on the day, we can look at a side team tourney but I cannot say this for certain yet.

Thanks,
Aj

Sairus

I'll hopefully be at this, but I have a tonne of stuff to deal with on my end over the next few weeks so it's not a certainty
At the very least I'll try and get some equipment sent up.

ayjayirl

UPDATE

We are announcing another prize for the event. We are giving a Madcatz TE to the winner of uMVC at this years Evo Qualifier in April.

We are sorting more prizes for the other events and will announce as we know.

Thanks
Aj

Fergus_

Bumped up the NeoEmpire thread with updates.

http://neoempire.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12704&page=2

1man3letters

1man3letters wrote: »

is mk9 being seeded?

hi ayjayirl, could i get a answer on that? ^

Nutrient

ayjayirl wrote: »

UPDATE

We are announcing another prize for the event. We are giving a Madcatz TE to the winner of uMVC at this years Evo Qualifier in April.

We are sorting more prizes for the other events and will announce as we know.

Thanks
Aj

Finally I can learn Stick!

ayjayirl

1man3letters wrote: »

hi ayjayirl, could i get a answer on that? ^

Only SF is seeded as groups are involved. All other events are straight double/single elim and do not require seeding imo.

Dreddybajs

Why would it being a bracket mean it shouldn't be seeded? It would take 30 seconds to seed the MK9 bracket and there's plenty of data available to do it with, seems unfair on the lads heading down for MK to not seed it.