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CIVIL WAR 4 REGISTRATION TIMELINE

Civil War 4 Registration Timeline

Tuesday, April 24th, 11:59pm Cut off for 30$ preregister venue fee

Non paid invoices will be edited and resent at the 40$ venue fee.

Thursday, April 26, 5 p.m.: Cut off for online registration
No more new pre-registrations

Thursday, April 26, 7 p.m.: Cut off for completing Paypal payments
Any pending Paypal bills will be cancelled at 7 p.m.
If not paid by this time, registration is cancelled and player will need to register on-site. If you do not pre-pay you are not “pre-registered.”
On-Site registrations will not be seeded and may have to play in conflicting tournaments.

Friday, April 27, 6 p.m. to Saturday, April 28, 12 p.m.: Badge pick-up and on-site registration
Pre-registered players may pick-up badges and pool assignments
Players registering on-site may do so and will be added to pools as space permits
Players who have paid the venue fee may continue to add games as needed until 2 hours before game pools are scheduled to be begin

Registration for any given game ends two hours before first pool is scheduled.
This includes games with 11am start times on Saturday!
These games will likely be: Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition,  Tekken 6, Blazblue, and Smash Melee Singles.

CIVIL WAR 4 TENTATIVE SATURDAY SCHEDULE!

11am AE pools 1-8, Tekken 6, Blazblue
1pm AE pools 9-16, SCV
3pm SFXT pools 1-8, SG
5pm SFXT pools 9-16, KOFXIII
7pm Marvel pools 1-8,  MK9
9pm Marvel pools 9-16, 3S

Pool assignments will be posted Thursday night, but are not final.
Smash pools will be running all day.
Again these are tentative.
IF YOU PRE-REG and PRE-PAY, you are AUTOMATICALLY IN THE BRACKET! Allowing you to be late, hit traffic, whatever.
Pre-Reg ASAP!

Civil War 4 Friday Night Team Tournaments!





Friday: 6pm doors open at Venue 7pm tournaments start.

Team tournaments:

KOFXIII “Hot Potato” 3v3 tournament_ 3 people, 3 characters, 1 team, 1 stick.

5$ per person, double elimination. 2 of 3 matches.

Street Fighter AE “character auction” 3v3 team tournament

- Each character will be auctioned off once, then allowing you to form teams.  Obviously, max of 13 teams.

Double Elimination, pokemon style, 1 match per character. Always 1 set.

UMVC3 3v3 team tournament

-5$ per entry.

-Single Elimination. 1 game per player.

Street Fighter X Tekken Pair Play Tag Battle

2v2

5$ per player. Double elimination.  2 of 3 games.

200$ pot bonus!

Mortal Kombat 9: Tag Battle

2v2. Double Elimination.

5$ per player.

Additional Events can be added as necessary!

Arcade Games! (available 24/7, tournaments possible on ad-hoc basis)

A sit down Naomi Universal cab with a Naomi GD-ROM w/ CvS2, MvC2

Astro City w/ MVS: Garou, Real Bout 2, SS2, SS5sp, Last Blade, as well as multi carts

Impress w/ CPS2: A2, A3, MvC, VS, VS2, ST(jp)

MK4 dedicated cab running UMK3

American woody upright w/ viewlix layout w/ CvS2/ MvC2

American woody upright w/ viewlix layout w/ 3rd Strike or CPS2 games

Big Red Neo Geo 4 w/ MVS Games

American woody dedicated SF2:WW cab with Super Turbo running

Final Round KOF Team Tournament?

Hot Potato style?

Yeah, her command grab has invincible startup. Stupid, isn't it? I've seen some DP's go through it. Benimaru's for example.

It's not as fast as some of the other ones though (Yuri/Clark/Daimon), but it's the #1 reason why athena is scary when she corners you.

As far as combos go, I never really go for more than 1 meter or 1 drive cancel in a combo, since I like to run Athena 1st to build bar for everyone else.

In the corner,   ,   ,   ,   should be your #1 priority. Great damage, no meter, and leaves them cornered.

Unless you're just doing close C->A fireball as a block string, I wouldn't go for that A fireball, Stand C at all. It's too risky to use that link in an otherwise guaranteed combo.

Her EX Super is almost never really "worth it", unless it's a situation where the HP DP or the level 1 wouldn't hit. An example I can think of is her midscreen combo:
close  ,   ,   ,    ,     +

Any other time it's probably best to end w/ C DP.

For reference, C DP does 165
Shining Level 1 Does 210
EX DP does 233
EX Shining does 320
Psycho Medley does 410

Hey I don't know if this is known but I think you can link Cr.b into things like Psycho Sword, heavy Psycho ball etc. You just have to do it real fast like link timing.

I'm pretty sure if you do two (hit confirm) it won't link into heavy psycho ball or command throw.

Two Lk into psycho sword is a mid screen B&B though.

I really like Athena. I think people kinda sleep on her, but her buffs from Arcade seem pretty significant, esp the Target combo w/ the butt.

Her command grab is too good. Invincibility plus the ability to do great damage w/o meter? Yes plz.

this looks pretty awesome, just wondering, any idea of any kind of pot bonus or expected number of entrants? i'm actually thinking of flying out from socal for this...

Pot bonuses depend entirely on sponsors, and not all sponsors have lined up for this tournament yet.

As far as attendees, I can only really say that KOF has had really solid numbers in in VA/MD/NC region. Not a whole lot of novices like AE or Marvel, but really solid turnouts. A recent richmond monthly type event had 45 Marvel, 37 AE, 24 KOF, and 22 SCV at 10$ a piece. Meanwhile MK9, 3S, and T6 all had about 10 entrants, while BB got a big doughnut. There was also competing tournaments in VA and NC on that date.

RyRy is above and beyond everyone else here though, he's scraping everyone.

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Civil War 4 Trailer! A Road to EVO Event!

Trailer:


Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/events/284773714913236/?context=create



SRK:

http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/apr-28-2012-civil-war-4-richmond-va.152852/




REGISTER:
HTTP://WWW.RVAtournaments/CivilWar
Greetings to everyone from RVAtournaments.com and RVA Fight Club!
It’s time once again to announce Virginia’s biggest major, CIvil War!
We’re coming at you with all 6 EVO main games, as well as 5 more tournaments!
We’re also proud to announce that Civil War 4 will be a “Road to EVO” event for all 6 of these games, so if you want your Evolution seeding points and a chance to get on that big stream event, come to Richmond, Virginia at the end of April!

The date
We will be hosting it from 6pm April 27th to Sunday 29th 2012. That’s right, a 2.5 day event! Schedule is to be announced and is dependent on registrations, but plan on most tournaments taking place saturday, and top 16’s (or even 32’s) taking place on Sunday.

The venue
will be Comfort Inn Midtown Conference Center in Richmond, VA.
We will have two ballrooms with over 7000 sq ft of space! This is the same location we’ve had River City Runbacks and River City Bowl, with the added bonus of a secondary ballroom.
Room blocks have been added at an ULTRA discount rate of 69$ per night. That’s SUPER cheap! Book now, because it’s a NASCAR race weekend in Richmond, and those rates won’t last! Rate will expire April 16th!

EDIT: ROOMS ARE SOLD OUT. PLEASE CHECK OUT NUMEROUS HOTELS IN AREA FOR ADDITIONAL LODGING.

The price
Every game is 10$ to enter with one exception (more on that later).
Pre-reg venue fee (CHANGED FEB 12th)
is 20$ from now until March 31st.
After that, it’s 30$ from April 1st-24th.
Registration will be 40$ at the door Saturday morning.
We will be handing out badging and allowing “at door” purchases of badges at the event on Friday night.
Please, please don’t wait until the last minute. The tourney experience is always better when I have more time to plan for the correct amount of attendance!

The pre party!
Team tourneys and side tourneys will be the night before on April 27th. Expect old school tournaments, team tourneys, and just general merriment. Also, we will be doing pre reg check ins, pool assignments, and last minute (at door) registrations there.

Without further ado…
SRK Thread:
http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/apr-28-2012-civil-war-4-a-road-to-evo-event-richmond-va.152852/

The Games!
-All games will be on Xbox 360 using VGA CRT monitors. True HD, True lagless.
-All games will be best of 3 games, loser’s grand finals 3 of 5 games.
-3d games will have the standard 3of5 rounds/ game format.
-All games will be double elimination, pool style.
-If you are a PlayStation pad user I recommend visiting Etokki.com and buying a PS2->xbox 360 converter. If you use a PS3 stick, I’d recommend one of fabulous in state modders, such as Matthew Gummo.
-If you main or secondary a DLC character, please try to let me know. I’d like to have an accurate barometer of DLC character usage to be properly prepared.

Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition 2012: Singles
Xbox360 10$

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3: Singles
Xbox360 10$
-DLC characters are allowed

Street Fighter X Tekken: Singles
Xbox360 10$
-As of now, gems are banned.
King of Fighters XIII: Singles
Thread: http://dreamcancel.com/forum/index.php?topic=1962.0
Xbox 360 10$
-All DLC characters are allowed.

Soul Calibur 5: Singles
Thread: http://8wayrun.com/threads/apr-28-2012-civil-war-4-a-road-to-evo-event-richmond-va.11182/
Xbox 360 10$
-Ezio is allowed.
-Create a characters are not allowed.

Mortal Kombat 9: Singles
Thread: http://testyourmight.com/threads/apr-28-2012-civil-war-4-a-road-to-evo-event-richmond-va.14020/
Xbox 360 10$
-DLC characters are allowed
Kratos & Kratos stage are banned: randomly shakes mid match and can mess up combos amongst other things.
The Street stage banned: vehicles driving by blind players from projectiles, etc.
Do not use the Hell stage. The stage lags character animations.
Do not use the Wastelands stage. The stage drops Jump Kicks.
For any colorblind players, use The Courtyard (Day)
Winner stays with character, and character keeps same costume from previous match.
No game altering Kombat Kodes. IE Dream Kombat, Dark Kombat or Jumping Disabled, etc..
Tekken 6: Singles
Thread: http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=123248
Xbox 360 10$

Skullgirls (Singles)
Thread: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?13434-Civil-War-4-Road-to-EVO-Event-Richmond-VA-4-28-4-29
Xbox 360 10$

Street Fighter 3 Third Strike Online Edition:Singles
Xbox360 10$
-Gill is banned.

Blazblue CS2 Extend: Singles
Thread: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?13434-Civil-War-4-Road-to-EVO-Event-Richmond-VA-4-28-4-29
Xbox360 10$
-DLC characters are allowed
Smash Bros Melee (gamecube)
Thread: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=318539
Singles: 15$
Doubles: 15$
Sets are Best of three matches, 4 stock, no items.
8:00 minute timer
Lowest Port Priority gets to pick who goes first in stage striking. If there is a fight over who gets their preferred port, just play a game of rock paper scissors.
Because of the number of legal stages, when best of five sets are played during the tournament, dave’s stupid rule will not apply. Quarterfinals and all matches above that will be best of 5. Grand finals will be best of 7.
Otherwise, we will be using Apex’s ruleset. For all the rules follow the link below:
http://apexsmash.com/rules/rules-melee/
Super Street FIghter 2 Turbo: Singles Grand Master Tournament
Arcade (either supergun or cabinet setup will be provided) 20$
-Akuma is banned.
-Tourney format will be Round Robin style groups that will seed into a single elmination bracket. (think world cup). Group matches will be 3 of 5. Knockout Matches will be 4 of 7.
Registration is now open! Please allow 24 hours for registration to process and for you to receive your Paypal invoice.
Streams: (updated Feb 12th)
MAIN EVENT STREAMED BY TEAM SPOOKY
Side Streams (possible)
Own3d.tv/rvafighters
www.twitch.tv/dunhamcw
www.twitch.tv/f_swipes
CIVIL WAR 4 REGISTRATION TIMELINE
Civil War 4 Registration Timeline

Tuesday, April 24th, 11:59pm Cut off for 30$ preregister venue fee

Non paid invoices will be edited and resent at the 40$ venue fee.

Thursday, April 26, 5 p.m.: Cut off for online registration
No more new pre-registrations

Thursday, April 26, 7 p.m.: Cut off for completing Paypal payments
Any pending Paypal bills will be cancelled at 7 p.m.
If not paid by this time, registration is cancelled and player will need to register on-site. If you do not pre-pay you are not “pre-registered.”
On-Site registrations will not be seeded and may have to play in conflicting tournaments.

Friday, April 27, 6 p.m. to Saturday, April 28, 12 p.m.: Badge pick-up and on-site registration
Pre-registered players may pick-up badges and pool assignments
Players registering on-site may do so and will be added to pools as space permits
Players who have paid the venue fee may continue to add games as needed until 2 hours before game pools are scheduled to be begin

Registration for any given game ends two hours before first pool is scheduled.
This includes games with 11am start times on Saturday!
These games will likely be: Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition,  Tekken 6, Blazblue, and Smash Melee Singles.
CIVIL WAR 4 FRIDAY NIGHT TEAM TOURNAMENTS!

Friday: 6pm doors open at Venue 7pm tournaments start.
Team tournaments:
KOFXIII “Hot Potato” 3v3 tournament_ 3 people, 3 characters, 1 team, 1 stick.
5$ per person, double elimination. 2 of 3 matches.
Street Fighter AE “character auction” 3v3 team tournament
- Each character will be auctioned off once, then allowing you to form teams.  Obviously, max of 13 teams.
Double Elimination, pokemon style, 1 match per character. Always 1 set.
UMVC3 3v3 team tournament
-5$ per entry.
-Single Elimination. 1 game per player.
Street Fighter X Tekken Pair Play Tag Battle
2v2
5$ per player. Double elimination.  2 of 3 games.
200$ pot bonus!
Mortal Kombat 9: Tag Battle
2v2. Double Elimination.
5$ per player.
Additional Events can be added as necessary!
Arcade Games! (available 24/7, tournaments possible on ad-hoc basis)
A sit down Naomi Universal cab with a Naomi GD-ROM w/ CvS2, MvC2
Astro City w/ MVS: Garou, Real Bout 2, SS2, SS5sp, Last Blade, as well as multi carts
Impress w/ CPS2: A2, A3, MvC, VS, VS2, ST(jp)
MK4 dedicated cab running UMK3
American woody upright w/ viewlix layout w/ CvS2/ MvC2
American woody upright w/ viewlix layout w/ 3rd Strike or CPS2 games
Big Red Neo Geo 4 w/ MVS Games
American woody dedicated SF2:WW cab with Super Turbo running

CIVIL WAR 4 TENTATIVE SATURDAY SCHEDULE!
11am AE pools 1-8, Tekken 6, Blazblue
1pm AE pools 9-16, SCV
3pm SFXT pools 1-8, SG
5pm SFXT pools 9-16, KOFXIII
7pm Marvel pools 1-8,  MK9
9pm Marvel pools 9-16, 3S

Pool assignments will be posted Thursday night, but are not final.
Smash pools will be running all day.
Again these are tentative.
IF YOU PRE-REG and PRE-PAY, you are AUTOMATICALLY IN THE BRACKET! Allowing you to be late, hit traffic, whatever.
Pre-Reg ASAP!

t's time for some competition, Virginia style!

2/4/2012

Where: Comfort Inn Conference Center Midtown
3200 W Broad St
Richmond VA

(mention RVAtournaments or River City bowl and get a room Friday and/or Saturday for the special rate of 55$ a night!)


Preregistration is NOW OPEN on RVAtournaments.com, please allow 24 hours for paypal response until we can get the system automated.
Registration is 10$ if you pre-reg
15$ at the door

Pre reg closes Thursday 2/2/2012 night at midnight!


Now on to the games!

Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition :2012 Singles
Xbox 10$

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3: Singles
Xbox 10$

King Of Fighters XIII Singles
Xbox 10$

Soul Calibur 5 Singles
Xbox 10$

Mortal Kombat 9 Singles
Xbox 10$

Blazblue CS2: Singles
Xbox 10$

Tekken 6 Singles
Xbox 10$

Street Fighter 3: Third Strike Online Edition Singles
Xbox 10$


And... as a special treat we're having Smash!
Hosted by honored guests Tope as well as VCU Smash Club's very own Max Tibbits and Fardeen C!

Super Smash Brothers: Melee SIngles (Gamecube)
10$

Super Smash Brothers: Melee Doubles (Gamecube)
10$ per person

Super Smash Brothers: Brawl SIngles (Wii)
10$

Super Smash Brothers: Brawl Doubles (Wii)
10$ per person



Please show up early, don't make us DQ you or send you to losers.

For those who haven't been there before, the ballroom is approximately 3000 Sq Ft of space. Quite roomy and not hot as balls. There are PLENTY of eating options within short driving distance.

All xbox setups will be using:

RENEGADE SETUPS

Xboxes hooked via VGA to CRT Dell Monitors for lagless HD gaming.


The event will be streamed at RVAfighters.twitch.tv