Frosty Faustings III Chicago IL. Jan 8

[syxx]

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Frosty Faustings III (GGXXAC, SSFIV, BB, MBAA, KOFand more!) Chicago IL. Jan 8th 2011

   Without further delay, I am proud to preset Frosty Faustings III. Chicago's newest major tournament series. If you care at all about support the Guilty Gear scene and showing the world that GG is far from dead, come support this event. There will also be SSFIV and more.

   I AM TAKING PRE REGISTRATION IN THIS THREAD. IF YOU PLAN ON COMING, PLEASE POST YOUR TOURNAMENT NAME AND THE GAMES YOU WISH TO ENTER. I WILL COMPILE A LIST AND KEEP IT UPDATED.

   When: Saturday, January 8th, 2011.

   Where: Nickel City
   555 Waukegan Road
   Northbrook, IL 60062

   Closest Airport: Ohare Airport (ORD)

   Signups begin at 2:00 pm. All tournaments start at 3:00 pm (DONT BE LATE!) We can stay as late as 3 am, so there wont be a problem finishing everything.

   Though Nickel City is an arcade, all games will be played on console

   Fees: There will be a $10 venue fee.

   Please help out by bringing any TVs or consoles that would help things run smoother and allow for more casuals and tournaments to run faster. Anyone who brings a setup that we use in the tournaments will get 5 dollars off the Venue fee.

   Tournament games:

   the main event...
   Guilty Gear XX Accent Core: singles
   PS2
   $10 entry fee
   best 2/3, double elimination. Semi finals 3/5. Grand finals, 4/7.
   prize split 1st - 70%, 2nd - 20%, 3rd - 10% (pot bonus)
   Standard tournament rules (no Kliff, Justice, gold, or shadow characters)
   Winner must keep character, loser my switch

   Super Street Fighter IV: singles
   Xbox360
   $10 entry fee
   best 2/3, double elimination. Semi finals 3/5. Grand finals, 4/7.
   prize split 1st - 70%, 2nd - 20%, 3rd - 10%
   Standard tournament rules (all characters and ultras are selectable)
   Winner must keep character, loser my switch
   Ultra may be switched anytime

   BlazBlue CS
   PS3
   $10 entry fee
   best 2/3, double elimination. Semi finals 3/5. Grand finals, 4/7.
   prize split 1st - 70%, 2nd - 20%, 3rd - 10%
   Standard tournament rules
   Winner must keep character, loser my switch

   Melty Blood Actress Again
   PS2
   $10 entry fee
   best 2/3, double elimination. Semi finals 3/5. Grand finals, 4/7.
   prize split 1st - 70%, 2nd - 20%, 3rd - 10%
   Standard tournament rules
   Winner must keep character, loser my switch

   King Of Fighters 2002 Unlimted Match
   Xbox360
   $10 entry fee
   best 2/3, double elimination. Semi finals 3/5. Grand finals, 4/7.
   prize split 1st - 70%, 2nd - 20%, 3rd - 10%
   Standard tournament rules
   Winner must keep characters, loser my switch

   Guilty Gear XX Accent Core: teams
   PS2
   $10 dollars per player ($20 dollars per team)
   2 on 2 team tournament
   no same character teams
   single match, double elimination
   prize split 1st - 70%, 2nd - 20%, 3rd - 10%
   Standard tournament rules (no Kliff, Justice, gold, or shadow characters)
   winner stays on
   (this is the same format currently being used at the Johnny-o cup team tournament in Japan)

   Super Street Fighter IV: teams
   Xbox360
   3 on 3 team tournament
   no same character teams
   $10 entry per person ($30 per team)
   best 2/3. double elimination. Semi finals 3/5. Grand finals, 4/7.
   prize split 1st - 70%, 2nd - 20%, 3rd - 10%
   Standard tournament rules (all characters and ultras are selectable)
   Winner stays on
   Ultra may be switched anytime

   (team games begin after singles)

   Other tournaments:
   The games listed above are the full list of official tournament games. If we have the resources and time, I am happy to let people run whatever other games they would like, but the main events get priority.

   Special events and exhibition matches:
   If there is time after the main event ends, we can run some special tournaments and exhibition matches. Things like regional 5 on 5, grudge matches, high stakes money matches, etc.

   Parking: Nickel City has a very large parking lot and there will be plenty of parking space.

   Hotels: Red Roof Inn Chicago - Northbrook/Deerfield
   340 South Waukegan Rd
   Deerfield, IL 60015
   847-205-1755
   http://www.redroof.com/reservations/...aspx?pid=00188

   Cheap rooms and right accross the street from Nickel City.


   Please help out by bringing any TVs or consoles that would help things run smoother and allow for more casuals and tournaments to run faster.

   About me and Frosty Faustings: I used to live in Chicago and am one of the most well known Guilty Gear players from the US. I have been living in Japan for almost 3 and a half years. Every year, I visit Chicago and run Frosty Faustings to help out the scene and get some games in with everyone. Please come support this event!

[solidshark]

I'll definitely see if I can make this one. Is this supposed to be (one of the) biggest tourneys in the Midwest?

[bzerk]

yeah for this time of year it is chitowns biggest tourny. we usually dont have another major until MWC unless im mistaken

[syxx]

hey bzerk

i forgot or didn't know you played KOF

if you can make it, please pre-register at the srk thread I posted in the first line

hope to see you there.  A lot of people are playing 2k2um but i'm not sure who is gonna be there.  But I will be there for sure that day.

Yes, this is one of the bigger MW tournaments that is held every year.

If you guys want to practice AuhsojSivart is holding a KOF gathering this coming friday in Hammond so please pm him on SRK if you are interested.

[bzerk]

hey bzerk

i forgot or didn't know you played KOF

if you can make it, please pre-register at the srk thread I posted in the first line

hope to see you there.  A lot of people are playing 2k2um but i'm not sure who is gonna be there.  But I will be there for sure that day.

Yes, this is one of the bigger MW tournaments that is held every year.

If you guys want to practice AuhsojSivart is holding a KOF gathering this coming friday in Hammond so please pm him on SRK if you are interested.

Yo sup syxx, yeah I just started to get into kof seriously about 4 months ago.  Always played causally but I never knew we had players or a scene for it in chicago.

Anyways I pre regd in the srk post and I should be able to make it there. Moving back to chivago at end of year anyways  so catch you there