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NORTHEAST CHAMPIONSHIP (NEC XIII) Dec 1st & 2nd -- IN PHILADELPHIA PA -- The Family Reunion.
NECXIII will be sponsored by:
Big E Gaming
Philadelphia PA 19143
www.necphilly.com (http://www.necphilly.com)
Team Sp00ky
201 Battery Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11209
http://www.facebook.com/l/e7c04TX1DyfvwzC58TPI8e7WPiQ (http://www.facebook.com/l/e7c04TX1DyfvwzC58TPI8e7WPiQ)
http://iplaywinner.com/ (http://iplaywinner.com/)
Namco Bandai Games
http://www.namcobandaigames.com/home (http://www.namcobandaigames.com/home)
Madcatz and Markman
http://www.madcatz.com/ (http://www.madcatz.com/)
Atlus USA
http://atlus.com/ (http://atlus.com/)
Team Ninja / Tecmo
http://teamninja-studio.com/index.html (http://teamninja-studio.com/index.html)
Gaming Vision Network
GVN homepage (http://www.gamingvisionnetwork.com)
More Sponsor Info to coming.
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DATE:
12/1/2012 – 12/2/2012
LOCATION:
Holiday Inn Stadium
900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Located in the South Philadelphia area 1 mile from the Philadelphia International Airport.
Rooms at the Holiday Inn Venue are SOLD OUT!. We managed to secure you rooms at the Sheraton Suites Hotel. DO NOT RESERVE A ROOM THERE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A MEANS OF TRAVEL FROM THE SHERATON TO THE HOLIDAY INN.
Sheraton Suites Hotel Discount: $95 a night before taxes. https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1211139204&key=A14D5 (https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1211139204&key=A14D5)
STREAM:
Will be streamed by none other than the infamous Team Sp00ky! The stream can be found here:http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
CONTACT:
Big E
(267)-231-8996
Eric2necphilly@yahoo.com
VP--Zack/Kattermari
(201)-650-1318
kattermari@gmail.com
VP--Rob Hubbs
(610) 573-8305
hubbsdoctor@gmail.com
REGISTRATION/FEES:
Online Venue Pre-Registration: $30
www.bigegaming.com (http://www.bigegaming.com)
At The Door Venue Registration: $40
Spectator Fee: $20
Pre-order your NEC XIII T-shirts
Link coming soon
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Special Announcement:
Recently, Alan “St1ckBuG” Bakes of Team St1ckBuG has been dropping hints of a Japanese qualifier for the upcoming Northeast Championships (NEC) XIII. At Summer Jam 6 this past weekend, he officially announced the event, which will bring three players from Japan to compete at NEC XIII, December 1-2. H.H of Japan hasposted details for the tournament on his blog.
The event, called “Team St1ckBuG x OgreLive Presents NEC2012 Japanese Player Selection Tournament,” will take place on Sunday October 7 at Akihabara Clark Studio in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The games for the event will be Persona 4 Arena and BlazBlue Continuum Shift EXTEND, both on console versions. Both titles will use single-game, double-elimination format.
The 1st and 2nd place finishers in the P4U tournament and 1st place in BBCSEX will have both flight and room costs covered to attend NEC XIII this December. The tournament will be streamed on both TwitchTV and Nico Nico Live.
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Special announcement 2:
It's been a long time coming, but TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 is finally here and ready for tournament play! Whether you're a veteran of the TEKKEN franchise or a new player altogether, the TEKKEN community is always welcoming players of all walks of life into their ranks. TEKKEN has long since been a part of tournaments across the country, especially here on the east coast.
It's for that very reason that we're very proud to announce the TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 Circuit! This circuit will bring the winners of the TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 tournaments from Northeast Championships in Philadelphia, PA, to FINAL ROUND XVI in Atlanta, GA, to East Coast Throwdown 5 in Morristown, NJ, all the way out to the EVOLUTION 2012 World Finals tournament.
The east coast is a huge place when you really think about it. Not everyone is able to travel up and down from Pennsylvania to Georgia then back up to New Jersey, especially if they come from states nowhere near these three. That's why we want to reward our winners with not only the prize money they've earned, but with the opportunity to go to a part of the country they may not have been able to see and compete in before.
The rules to this tournament circuit are simple. If you win the TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2 tournament at Northeast Championships 13 in Philadelphia, then you will be awarded a plane ticket to FINAL ROUND XVI. If you win FINAL ROUND XVI, you will be flown to East Coast Throwdown 5. If you win ECT5, you will be flown to Evolution in Vegas. If you're local to any of these tournaments that you've won a trip to, we will pay for your hotel room instead of the flight. The four of us from Big E Gaming, FINAL ROUND, and East Coast Throwdown want to make sure TTT2 is the most memorable TEKKEN for you guys yet, and what better way than to fly you around the country to represent your home turf?!
Now that that's all said and done, get your pads and sticks out and GET READY FOR THE NEXT BATTLE!
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GAME RULES:
Unless otherwise stated all console tournaments will be played on PS3.
All singles tournaments will be standard format 2/3 games for normal matches and 3/5 for finals matches. (UMVC3 will be 3/5)
Team tournaments are single match the entire tournament including all finals matches.
SCHEDULE:
Venue and entry fees will be collected between 9am and 5pm both days. Please allow 1 hour prior to tournament start time to register. Even if you preregistered online you will still need to check in at the registration desk for each tournament.
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Saturday 12/01/12
Team Tournaments:
SSF4:AE teams 3v3 -- 11:00am -- $30 per team
UMvc3 3v3 -- 11:30am -- $30 per team
3S:OE 3v3 -- 6:30pm
DOA5--tbd
SfXt--tbd
MK9--tbd
ScV--2v2 --12pm--$30 per team
TTT2-2v2 --- 12pm--$30 per team
Brawl and Melee Teams
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Sunday Team Games:
P4A--tbd
BB--tbd
Kof13--tbd
More to Come.
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SATURDAY 12/01/12:
Singles Tournaments:
SSF4:AE -- 6:00pm -- $10 -- will continue Sunday--ps3-- $500 pot Bonus plus some HOT prizes
UMvC3 -- 6:30pm -- $10 – will continue Sunday--ps3--$500 pot Bonus plus some HOT prizes(half the pools will start Saturday and the 2nd half will start sunday at 11am)
MK9 – 3pm-- start time -- $10--ps3-- pot Bonus plus some HOT prizes
SC5 – 3pm-- start time -- $10 (top 8 sunday)--ps3-- Pot Bonus info coming soon
TTT2 – 2pm-- start time -- $10 (top 8 Sunday)--ps3--Pot Bonus info coming soon(free plane ticket to FR16)--Plus more news to come
P4U -- TBD start time -- $10--Ps3- $750 bonus pot(Atlus sponsored).
BB – 1:00pm start time -- $10--ps3-- $100 pot Bonus plus some HOT prizes.
GG – 4:00pm start time --$10-- ps2
DOA 5 -- TBD -- $10 -- Ps3-$500 pot bonus (sponsored by Team Ninja)
Melee Doubles -- 11am start time--
Brawl doubles/Melee Singles--1pm--
Brawl Singles--3pm--
ST -- 5pm-- start time -- $10 – held on arcade cabinet Or Super Gun--Pot Bonus info coming soon
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SUNDAY 12/2/12:
SSF4:AE – continued from Saturday – 1:00pm
UMvC3 – continued from Saturday – 1:30pm
KOF13-- tbd--Start time--$10--ps3
$750 pot bonus (sponsored by Atlus)
SC5-- continuned from Saturday--12pm
TTT2-- continuned from Saturday -- 12pm
SfXTekken -- 3pm--start time--$5 --entry fee
MB:AA – TBD-- start time -- $10--Pot Bonus info coming soon
AH3--TBD-- start time-- $10 entry fee--ps3
3S:OE – 3pm start time -- $10--ps3--Pot Bonus info coming soon
CvS2 – TBD-- $2 – PS2
UMK3 – TBD -- $5
KI – TBD - $2
A3/A2--TBD--$2
CE -- tbd--$2
Vf5 ---2pm start time---$10 entry fee--$250 pot bonus--(sponsored by Hubb and Gvn) more info to come.
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Much More info to Come.
If time permits after all tournaments have finished we will bring back the long awaited coin flip tournament! Rules to follow soon!
I will also be adding more games to this list in the next few weeks.
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I want this to be the BEST NEC ever but i can only do it with the players help. There will be food and drinks available to purchase for cheap.
So that's it for now. To get a rough head count just please post or e-mail me at eric2necphilly@yahoo.com with your first, last and gamer name, the state your from and game(s) you plan on entering.
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I will Post players update list on other pages.
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Guys if you see names down twice or if you don’t see your name on the list let me know.
I HOPE TO SEE ALL THE REAL PLAYERS HERE.
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SOMETHING NEW
NECXIII will be helping out the local community by having a CAN DRIVE ... so bring canned food and non-perishable foods for donation ... let's show the rest of the community that we do more than play fighting games all day everyday!
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WORD TO THE WISE
Keep the negativity at home. We’re all here to have a good weekend with such an amazing community.
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Will be here 100%, I had a blast last year & I'm planning to having more fun this time around as well as looking to seriously win.
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Here is some more info about the surrounding area near the venue:
For those who want to see the venue:
https://www.facebook.com/events/512870628726577/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/512870628726577/)
https://www.facebook.com/BigEGaming (https://www.facebook.com/BigEGaming)
http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/philadelphia/phlps/hoteldetail (http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/philadelphia/phlps/hoteldetail)
I really like where the venue is located. Parking is free. Chickies & Petes is down the street and going to be packed on Sunday for football. I'm getting some crab fries fasho.
http://chickiesandpetes.com/location/south-philadelphia/ (http://chickiesandpetes.com/location/south-philadelphia/)
They just built a dining & entertainment complex a couple of blocks away which will definitely be poppin on Sunday night for the Eagles/Cowboys game.
http://xfinitylive.com/ (http://xfinitylive.com/)
5 minutes away you can get beer, doughnuts, liquor, Popeyes, smokes, cheesesteaks, Burger King, McDonalds, pretzels, KFC, strippers, etc. 8 minutes away you can get barbeque, WaWa, Wendys, Chick Fil-A, iHop, pizza, chinese, etc.
I would suggest coming early and going out and see the actual city. $2 gets you on the subway and downtown in a couple of minutes where there's plenty of places to eat, shop, drink, go clubbing, and see shit. Don't just sit in the hotel all weekend playing games. Start planning.
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BOOK YOU ROOMS NOW!!!!!! They have less rooms than the Sheraton, first come first serve. They will go fast!
Group code for discount is "NEC"
http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/philadelphia/phlps/hoteldetail? (http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/philadelphia/phlps/hoteldetail?)
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Why is kof only on sunday? And at 4pm?
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KOF is on both days. Singles sat and teams sun.
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The new Big E Gaming site is live. Register now for NEC 13. Gogogogogo!
http://bigegaming.com/?page_id=5 (http://bigegaming.com/?page_id=5)
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KOF is on both days. Singles sat and teams sun.
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The new Big E Gaming site is live. Register now for NEC 13. Gogogogogo!
http://bigegaming.com/?page_id=5 (http://bigegaming.com/?page_id=5)
Ohhhh ok. Thanks hubbs.
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Atlus USA has sponsored NEC 13 by adding a $750 pot bonus towards Persona 4 Arena and KoF 13!
THANK YOU ATLUS!
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THANK YOU BASED ATLUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Can't wait, this is going to be hype!!
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Guys if ya getting getting there to Philly Friday. Check this event out http://www.facebook.com/events/276487112472239/ (http://www.facebook.com/events/276487112472239/) Buttons N Beers. Let's do kof and get drunk!!
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KOF and VF5 have been moved to sunday
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KOF and VF5 have been moved to sunday
So I'm assuming it's gonna start early & finish fast because that drastically changes a ton of players minds including myself about the event and if that's the case can we have teams on Saturday?
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Sure.
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I'd say we do an exhibition match D.M.V. vs NY metro.
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Could teams be 2v2 Mi-Ka-Do style, double elim, and Best 2 out of 3 for Grand Finals only?
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Rooms at the Holiday Inn Venue are SOLD OUT!. We managed to secure you rooms at the Sheraton Suites Hotel. DO NOT RESERVE A ROOM THERE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A MEANS OF TRAVEL FROM THE SHERATON TO THE HOLIDAY INN.
Sheraton Suites Hotel Discount: $95 a night before taxes. https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1211139204&key=A14D5 (https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1211139204&key=A14D5)
Could teams be 2v2 Mi-Ka-Do style, double elim, and Best 2 out of 3 for Grand Finals only?
That depends on what the TO says. Mono is running KOF.
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Rooms at the Holiday Inn Venue are SOLD OUT!. We managed to secure you rooms at the Sheraton Suites Hotel. DO NOT RESERVE A ROOM THERE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A MEANS OF TRAVEL FROM THE SHERATON TO THE HOLIDAY INN.
Sheraton Suites Hotel Discount: $95 a night before taxes. https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1211139204&key=A14D5 (https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?id=1211139204&key=A14D5)
Could teams be 2v2 Mi-Ka-Do style, double elim, and Best 2 out of 3 for Grand Finals only?
That depends on what the TO says. Mono is running KOF.
Ok where could I ask the TO, here or SRK?
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Sorry for double posting but who's going to have a setup Friday night for casuals?
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Sorry for double posting but who's going to have a setup Friday night for casuals?
Im bringing my ps3 and getting there friday. Not sure about a screen tho lol
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I'll have a full setup in my room.
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The hotel TV's will lag unless you bring an HDMI cable & set the resolution correctly on the system.
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Well, I guess I can bring one extra monitor with me. So if anyone wants to bring their ps3 to my room, we can have two full set ups.
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You people have less than 3 hours to pre-reg online for NEC. Hurry up or pay $40 at the door.
http://bigegaming.com/?page_id=5 (http://bigegaming.com/?page_id=5)
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Room 625 is the official room for casuals
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Hey Guys, this is Jeremy.
I wanted to give a huge thanks to everyone that came out this weekend for KoF. I was really energized and motivated by everyone and their attitudes. I also wanted to thank everyone for their kind words and informative feedback. When a few of you said that these were the smoothest brackets you played in out of the whole tournament I was surprised and humbled, after all this the first time I ran brackets at a "major." Summer Jam is like a minor major if you know what I mean. I also wanted to make a public post to address some concerns. This post reflects only my personal thoughts on how KoF (singles focused) went this past weekend, which was my responsibility. This is not an official Big E Gaming statement.
First off I would like to address the issue of feeling "shunned." This feeling can come from a few different areas, but I feel as if it all branches off of two issues, and that was starting late with a limited number of setups. We started 30-45 minutes late, and that was due to me trying to do too many things at once. I was setting up the stream feed in the bar way too close to having to set up the brackets. I would like to personally apologize for that. While I haven't received word that we may have made it on the big screen, we would have had a better chance to do so. The number of setups also goes hand in hand with finishing earlier and a chance on stage. Late into the second pool, monitors opened up that I could have utilized, but I didn't have systems to place there. I apologize for not asking everyone if they had extra setups because again, we may have finished earlier providing a greater chance at recognition.
This is why I feel there is a feeling of being shunned. We had to then play our top 8 during the two largest (and loudest) finals of the weekends, incidentally towards the corner of the ballroom during the last few hours of the whole event.
The stream quality wasn't something that I could control, but I would like to thank bifuteki for streaming, because I remember a time when it was a big deal just to be able to record game play for youtube (it is standard fare now a days I know, but no reason we shouldn't at least appreciate it.) I just hope that he looks into a dedicated hotspot and not phone tethering for the future.
I will be working all year to make NEC14 much better then NEC13 for all of us. I will be more involved with the community and will make it something to remember; seriously, I don't mess around. With that said, I will start playing more KoF then Garou:Mark of the Wolves, but I don't expect my skill to amount to much in either title, lol.
Any feedback is appreciated, both positive and negative. You can count on me using it either way to make a positive change in any future events I run or I am apart of.
Again, thank you all for coming out and being rock solid community. Cali, you guys were amazing coming out to NEC, I hope return the gesture and to see you all at EVO (I haven't traveled out of the tri-state area majors, so it is a big deal to me). To all my East Coast players, keep your eye out for me, I hope to kick off a few KoF only events in the coming months. To ATLUS if you are reading, you are the best company a FGC community could ask for when making and supporting a game. Thank you for your continued support.
Goodnight guys and happy holidays. Congratulations to our winners this weekend.
-Jeremy @DES_Mono out
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Hey Guys, this is Jeremy.
I wanted to give a huge thanks to everyone that came out this weekend for KoF. I was really energized and motivated by everyone and their attitudes. I also wanted to thank everyone for their kind words and informative feedback. When a few of you said that these were the smoothest brackets you played in out of the whole tournament I was surprised and humbled, after all this the first time I ran brackets at a "major." Summer Jam is like a minor major if you know what I mean. I also wanted to make a public post to address some concerns. This post reflects only my personal thoughts on how KoF (singles focused) went this past weekend, which was my responsibility. This is not an official Big E Gaming statement.
First off I would like to address the issue of feeling "shunned." This feeling can come from a few different areas, but I feel as if it all branches off of two issues, and that was starting late with a limited number of setups. We started 30-45 minutes late, and that was due to me trying to do too many things at once. I was setting up the stream feed in the bar way too close to having to set up the brackets. I would like to personally apologize for that. While I haven't received word that we may have made it on the big screen, we would have had a better chance to do so. The number of setups also goes hand in hand with finishing earlier and a chance on stage. Late into the second pool, monitors opened up that I could have utilized, but I didn't have systems to place there. I apologize for not asking everyone if they had extra setups because again, we may have finished earlier providing a greater chance at recognition.
This is why I feel there is a feeling of being shunned. We had to then play our top 8 during the two largest (and loudest) finals of the weekends, incidentally towards the corner of the ballroom during the last few hours of the whole event.
The stream quality wasn't something that I could control, but I would like to thank bifuteki for streaming, because I remember a time when it was a big deal just to be able to record game play for youtube (it is standard fare now a days I know, but no reason we shouldn't at least appreciate it.) I just hope that he looks into a dedicated hotspot and not phone tethering for the future.
I will be working all year to make NEC14 much better then NEC13 for all of us. I will be more involved with the community and will make it something to remember; seriously, I don't mess around. With that said, I will start playing more KoF then Garou:Mark of the Wolves, but I don't expect my skill to amount to much in either title, lol.
Any feedback is appreciated, both positive and negative. You can count on me using it either way to make a positive change in any future events I run or I am apart of.
Again, thank you all for coming out and being rock solid community. Cali, you guys were amazing coming out to NEC, I hope return the gesture and to see you all at EVO (I haven't traveled out of the tri-state area majors, so it is a big deal to me). To all my East Coast players, keep your eye out for me, I hope to kick off a few KoF only events in the coming months. To ATLUS if you are reading, you are the best company a FGC community could ask for when making and supporting a game. Thank you for your continued support.
Goodnight guys and happy holidays. Congratulations to our winners this weekend.
-Jeremy @DES_Mono out
I'm not gonna lie & say everything's alright because I had an awful time in regards to KOF which was what I was looking forward too for MONTHS but everyone makes mistakes, miscommunication occured, and many issues come up, but if you need help, don't hesitate to ask, especially with experienced TO such as myself, Lazie Freddie, and Marco Polo, who are also well known on the EC community.
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Oh shit, that's right! Thank you to Freddie and Nick for offering and covering the fourth setup. I meant to mention that as well.
I'm not gonna lie & say everything's alright because I had an awful time in regards to KOF which was what I was looking forward too for MONTHS but everyone makes mistakes, miscommunication is done, and many issues come up, but if you need help, don't hesitate to ask, especially with experienced TO such as myself, Lazie Freddie, and Marco Polo, who are also well known on the EC community.
Thank you and I will.
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Thanks for the explanation Jeremy. I heard it didn't go all that well, but I wasn't able to check out the stream for myself due to work, but at least we know why things went sour. I thank you for what you did and trying to hold everything together on your end. I'm sure you'll have plenty of eager and experienced help for the next NEC, as well as the KOF only events your looking to run in the EC. Please let us know as soon as you can details about this so we can promote it as early as possible.
Thanks again.
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Hey Jeremy, thank you very much for stepping up and taking over the brackets at summer jam and NEC. I had a great time throughout the weekend meeting everyone.
I feel like a lot of the problems we ran into were beyond our control, like the power failure at the KOF station on Saturday and spotty 4G internet for the Bifuteki stream on Sunday. Despite the hiccups, I think the event turned out fine.
I think next time it would be helpful if we could have the sign up and tournament start times clearly posted somewhere on the hallway. We could even set up a mini poster board in the hallway for communications (looking for team mates, casual sessions inquiry, etc)
Another thing that would make it easier for both players and you would be to make it possible to sign up for the tournament earlier in the weekend, that way you will have more time to set up the brackets, estimate the number of setups required, and give players some free time to go do their own thing before the tournament as opposed to be waiting around for sign ups.
Like others said, we are all here to help if you ever need it. Don't hesitate to ask.
That being said, I think we as a community could also do a better job at promoting the event. Every other community (anime, mk, capcom, 3d, smash) has at least one established streamer, we on the other hand seem to be lacking in that department, especially on the East Coast. I really appreciate Bifuteki for providing stream time for us (and for streaming Kumate lately), but I think we as a community could grow a bit faster if we could get more dedicated streams. I am personally looking into starting up a stream, I hope others do too.
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Hey Guys, this is Jeremy.
I wanted to give a huge thanks to everyone that came out this weekend for KoF. I was really energized and motivated by everyone and their attitudes. I also wanted to thank everyone for their kind words and informative feedback. When a few of you said that these were the smoothest brackets you played in out of the whole tournament I was surprised and humbled, after all this the first time I ran brackets at a "major." Summer Jam is like a minor major if you know what I mean. I also wanted to make a public post to address some concerns. This post reflects only my personal thoughts on how KoF (singles focused) went this past weekend, which was my responsibility. This is not an official Big E Gaming statement.
First off I would like to address the issue of feeling "shunned." This feeling can come from a few different areas, but I feel as if it all branches off of two issues, and that was starting late with a limited number of setups. We started 30-45 minutes late, and that was due to me trying to do too many things at once. I was setting up the stream feed in the bar way too close to having to set up the brackets. I would like to personally apologize for that. While I haven't received word that we may have made it on the big screen, we would have had a better chance to do so. The number of setups also goes hand in hand with finishing earlier and a chance on stage. Late into the second pool, monitors opened up that I could have utilized, but I didn't have systems to place there. I apologize for not asking everyone if they had extra setups because again, we may have finished earlier providing a greater chance at recognition.
This is why I feel there is a feeling of being shunned. We had to then play our top 8 during the two largest (and loudest) finals of the weekends, incidentally towards the corner of the ballroom during the last few hours of the whole event.
The stream quality wasn't something that I could control, but I would like to thank bifuteki for streaming, because I remember a time when it was a big deal just to be able to record game play for youtube (it is standard fare now a days I know, but no reason we shouldn't at least appreciate it.) I just hope that he looks into a dedicated hotspot and not phone tethering for the future.
I will be working all year to make NEC14 much better then NEC13 for all of us. I will be more involved with the community and will make it something to remember; seriously, I don't mess around. With that said, I will start playing more KoF then Garou:Mark of the Wolves, but I don't expect my skill to amount to much in either title, lol.
Any feedback is appreciated, both positive and negative. You can count on me using it either way to make a positive change in any future events I run or I am apart of.
Again, thank you all for coming out and being rock solid community. Cali, you guys were amazing coming out to NEC, I hope return the gesture and to see you all at EVO (I haven't traveled out of the tri-state area majors, so it is a big deal to me). To all my East Coast players, keep your eye out for me, I hope to kick off a few KoF only events in the coming months. To ATLUS if you are reading, you are the best company a FGC community could ask for when making and supporting a game. Thank you for your continued support.
Goodnight guys and happy holidays. Congratulations to our winners this weekend.
-Jeremy @DES_Mono out
Shout outs to mono for having the least hiccups in a tourney. You ran the smoothest brackets that i have noticed and was chill with everything. Let buy this guy a beer next time we see him
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Hey Jeremy, thanks for explaining things. Next Sunday I'm interviewing Romance about NEC for the podcast, would you (or any others here) would be interested in talking with us? We will be on Skype. Let me know.
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To be honest, it just felt like a lot of stuff just didn't go our way. From the power outage to the teams that no one knew we had until 2 hours beforehand, to the constant downtimes on the stream (terrible wifi made everyone use 3G/4G. I'm talking 56k to dialup speed here, so that was out of Bifuteki's control), to the timing of our singles tournament (running a final against Marvel Top 8 was brutal. Simply brutal.) Just so many things felt like the dice refused to roll in our favor that the real saving grace was that we were all able to get together and at least drink and play together.
As I said in KOFCast, I remember falling asleep during pools (only ran on 3 hours sleep before), and when I woke up we were still in pools 1 and 2. When I saw Soul Calibur on stream, I just couldn't believe it, thinking to myself "Since when has SCV been on the main stream in 6 months?" It's not necessarily a jab at SCV, but they do have a dedicated streamer in Jaxel, but because FilthieRich was there, they had to put SCV up on Spooky's stream. It was just so much bad luck, and it seemed like, with the exception of a (godlike) Persona scene, everyone got on spooky's stream. Persona was blessed enough to have stickbug hold their entire event and create a memorable Top 8. We didn't have a dedicated streamer like MK or Persona or the 3D fighters. We had none of those. Heck, we only had 4 setups and 1 1/2 hour warmup, and with 56 people willing to play KOF and a good number of them coming ONLY for KOF, it just looked really bad. As I said on the podcast, Romance and Bala took the risk of coming to NEC knowing fully well that KOF was a side tournament and nothing else so they shouldn't really be super upset. But just the way things were going period, even for a side tournament, it was easy to understand the frustration and anger everyone was feeling. We were all tired, and a bit agitated. I completely understand the reasoning why Bala and Romance came to NEC in the first place; and that was to show love to the EC KOF scene and, I think and believe, to get Spooky to stream at least Top 8 and show the stream that, hey, KOF is alive and well, and there IS interest for it. And the biggest thing was that there WAS a great amount of interest for it. I don't know how anyone else feels, but 56 people feels great in my book, and it was a solid amount of skill too.
So much bad luck happened that there's no way I could really say anything that could balance it out. KOF just wasn't in the cards in NEC. I didn't even know we had a $750 pot bonus; I just happened to hear it from a Tekken player.
In the end, I don't really think we were shafted, but with the way things were going, if you didn't know anyone in the staff to talk to and were just some guy who entered KOF cause you wanted to, it's not hard to think you did. Thankfully Bifuteki was there for us and took care of us through teams and Top 8, and I'm supremely grateful, but we all want to be on that grand stage, and show everyone just what they were missing the entire weekend.
-FM Sway
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As I said on the podcast, Romance and Bala took the risk of coming to NEC knowing fully well that KOF was a side tournament and nothing else so they shouldn't really be super upset.
So, if a tournament game is labeled as a side tournament, that means that people should risk traveling to that tournament and not try to make that tournament as hype and skillful as possible? Even if it had a good show the last year, and there is a pot bonus?
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So, if a tournament game is labeled as a side tournament, that means that people should risk traveling to that tournament and not try to make that tournament as hype and skillful as possible? Even if it had a good show the last year, and there is a pot bonus?
I don't think a lot of people even knew there was a pot bonus. But for guys who travel such a long way, it's a bit of a risk since those people pay a lot of money to come through and support. A lot of games get pushed to the corner for the main event games, and while I want a huge turnout for every game I support, if I see that it's not even on the pre-register list, I don't want to have huge grand expectations of it because obviously the TOs didn't have that much to begin with.
Yes, it was awesome last year. But when I noticed that we weren't even able to pre-register, I kind of had this inkling feeling that KOF was going to be overlooked for a lot of other games, especially when the other games had dedicated streams.
All I'm saying is, if you're gong to come through, then come through and let's make it as hype as possible; let's do our best and get in there. But if it's labeled as a side tournament, don't be -too surprised- if stuff like this happens. And by stuff, I mean being told we're able to get a bit of the main event spotlight not just by staff members but even on the stream itself when Spooky closed out that Saturday night, but suddenly, we're not there anymore.
By no means do I say not to come or not to try and make it as hype as possible, I really hope I'm not making you guys have that assumption. But it's hard to have expectations when they tell you beforehand that KOF isn't on the pre-reg and we're starting the entire singles tournament on Sunday. I wanted it to work out, I think we all did, and we were so close. I wanted to get on Spooky's stream and hype KOF the way it deserved to be, but it just wasn't in the cards, and it sucks.
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Got this quote from NeoGaf about Jaxel talking about what happened with KOF at NEC
"Jaxel discussing what happened to KoF.
Kor had to make a flight out mid-day, so the entire Tekken tournament was pushed up by NEC staff going out of their way for Kor instead of DQing him and therefore fucked up the entire schedule and leaving no time for KoF. "
Looking for the stream where he talked about this now.
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Hey Jeremy, thanks for explaining things. Next Sunday I'm interviewing Romance about NEC for the podcast, would you (or any others here) would be interested in talking with us? We will be on Skype. Let me know.
I would love to, but what time? I have work on Sunday and will be home 6 PM EST. After then, let me know when and I will make the time.
Fredie, thank you for the words. I have a streaming setup from a couple years ago when streaming my team's local tournament "Body Shop." If you need help, let me know, a lot of it is written about now a days though.
Sway, after Eric's post on FB, you can bet that KOF is faaar from a "side" tournament at NEC. Thanks for the support!
Solid, I'll keep everyone up to date as I get news as well as establish things.
Thanks for the comments everyone.
-Jeremy
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Hey Jeremy, thanks for explaining things. Next Sunday I'm interviewing Romance about NEC for the podcast, would you (or any others here) would be interested in talking with us? We will be on Skype. Let me know.
I would love to, but what time? I have work on Sunday and will be home 6 PM EST. After then, let me know when and I will make the time.
We will be talking 9pm central time which is 10pm eastern. Is that okay for you? That time will be 7pm, and we might start recording 30 minutes afterwards. Pm me your skype details if you can!
Thanks.
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I would love to, but what time? I have work on Sunday and will be home 6 PM EST. After then, let me know when and I will make the time.
Fredie, thank you for the words. I have a streaming setup from a couple years ago when streaming my team's local tournament "Body Shop." If you need help, let me know, a lot of it is written about now a days though.
Sway, after Eric's post on FB, you can bet that KOF is faaar from a "side" tournament at NEC. Thanks for the support!
Solid, I'll keep everyone up to date as I get news as well as establish things.
Thanks for the comments everyone.
-Jeremy
I saw the news, and you can bet that, despite the things that happened, I know E is a good guy, and I'll still go to Winter Brawl regardless. I had a fantastic time meeting pretty much most of the EC KOF community and learning from them, and I'm sure WB will be something great!
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Hey Guys, this is Jeremy.
I wanted to give a huge thanks to everyone that came out this weekend for KoF. I was really energized and motivated by everyone and their attitudes. I also wanted to thank everyone for their kind words and informative feedback. When a few of you said that these were the smoothest brackets you played in out of the whole tournament I was surprised and humbled, after all this the first time I ran brackets at a "major." Summer Jam is like a minor major if you know what I mean. I also wanted to make a public post to address some concerns. This post reflects only my personal thoughts on how KoF (singles focused) went this past weekend, which was my responsibility. This is not an official Big E Gaming statement.
First off I would like to address the issue of feeling "shunned." This feeling can come from a few different areas, but I feel as if it all branches off of two issues, and that was starting late with a limited number of setups. We started 30-45 minutes late, and that was due to me trying to do too many things at once. I was setting up the stream feed in the bar way too close to having to set up the brackets. I would like to personally apologize for that. While I haven't received word that we may have made it on the big screen, we would have had a better chance to do so. The number of setups also goes hand in hand with finishing earlier and a chance on stage. Late into the second pool, monitors opened up that I could have utilized, but I didn't have systems to place there. I apologize for not asking everyone if they had extra setups because again, we may have finished earlier providing a greater chance at recognition.
This is why I feel there is a feeling of being shunned. We had to then play our top 8 during the two largest (and loudest) finals of the weekends, incidentally towards the corner of the ballroom during the last few hours of the whole event.
The stream quality wasn't something that I could control, but I would like to thank bifuteki for streaming, because I remember a time when it was a big deal just to be able to record game play for youtube (it is standard fare now a days I know, but no reason we shouldn't at least appreciate it.) I just hope that he looks into a dedicated hotspot and not phone tethering for the future.
I will be working all year to make NEC14 much better then NEC13 for all of us. I will be more involved with the community and will make it something to remember; seriously, I don't mess around. With that said, I will start playing more KoF then Garou:Mark of the Wolves, but I don't expect my skill to amount to much in either title, lol.
Any feedback is appreciated, both positive and negative. You can count on me using it either way to make a positive change in any future events I run or I am apart of.
Again, thank you all for coming out and being rock solid community. Cali, you guys were amazing coming out to NEC, I hope return the gesture and to see you all at EVO (I haven't traveled out of the tri-state area majors, so it is a big deal to me). To all my East Coast players, keep your eye out for me, I hope to kick off a few KoF only events in the coming months. To ATLUS if you are reading, you are the best company a FGC community could ask for when making and supporting a game. Thank you for your continued support.
Goodnight guys and happy holidays. Congratulations to our winners this weekend.
-Jeremy @DES_Mono out
Jeremy,
If you are the guy I'm thinking of that ran SJ6 and NEC, this is Gunz. I'm 75/25 for WB cause I'm trying to be ready for Atlanta. I can also help out as well.