Final Round is the major fighting game tournament of the southeast, usually taking place in the spring. This have already announced pans for this years event (six months in advance, wtf) and Melty Blood is currently
not on the roster. However, after a small shitstorm on shoryuken.com, the game has been brought up for consideration. I've been asked to gauge interest in a Melty Blood tournament there, if it were to happen.
Final Round is one of the longest running tournament series in America, and a strong showing here would be a significant boost to the community as a whole, especially in the south, where there are a lot of fighting game players and a disproportionate lack of MB players (to my knowledge).
Update:
Melty Blood is now an official game at Final Round XI.
Tournament vitals:
Date: March 15 & 16, 2008
Location:
Holiday Inn - Atlanta
Northeast/Doraville
2001 Clearview Avenue
Atlanta, Ga. 30340Phone: (770) 455-3700
The tournament itself has a $20 cover and all tournaments are $10 to enter
Tournament games:
Saturday March 15, 2008
Street Fighter 3: Third Strike
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core
King of Fighters 98: Ultimate Match
Soul Calibur 4
Sunday March 16, 2008
Capcom vs SNK 2
Newest Tekken (DR or T6)
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Arcana Heart
Other information:
The official event thread on shoryuken.com