Michigan Bi-Weekly Ranbats, Season 5 (BBCS, SSF4, MBAA, GGAC)

[koun]

Welcome to Michigan Ranking Battles season 5, brought to you by TFA AaronS and Toasty. This is going to be the smoothest, hypest, and biggest ranbat season yet, so you better be ready to fight!

Schedule and Games
2:00 – Blazblue Continuum Shift double elimination tournament, Super Street Fighter 4 Danisen Battle, FREE Melty Blood: Actress Again double elimination side tournament.
5:00 – Super Street Fighter 4 double elimination tournament, FREE Guilty Gear Accent Core double elimination side tournament.

Location and Dates
MI Ranbats take place at The Game Yard, a gaming center in Garden City, MI. It’s conveniently located between Ann Arbor and Detroit.
Directions can be found at www.thegameyard.com
Next event: Saturday, November 6th
The tournaments will follow a biweekly schedule, so there should be another one on November 20th.

Pricing and Prizes
There is a $3 venue fee to participate in the ranbat. This money goes to Gameyard.
Blazblue costs $7. $5 goes to the prize for the ranbat, and $2 goes towards the prize for our end-of-the-season-event, Michigan Masters (more on this later).
The SF Danisen Battle is free.
The SF bracket costs $12. $10 goes to the prize for the ranbat, and $2 goes towards the prize for our end-of-the-season-event, Michigan Masters (more on this later).
Both Guilty Gear and Melty Blood are free to enter so if you haven’t played them before, come and try them out.
All cash tournaments have a 70/20/10 prize split.

Rules
Blazblue Continuum Shift:
This is a regular double elimination event. If you lose, you are allowed to switch characters. Matches are 2/3 games, 2/3 rounds. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals are all 3/5 games, 2/3 rounds. Unlimited characters are BANNED. All DLC characters are ALLOWED.

Melty Blood: Actress Again:
This is a regular double elimination event. If you lose, you are allowed to switch characters/Moon styles.  You can still switch Moon styles even if you win. Matches are 2/3 games, 2/3 rounds. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals are all 3/5 games, 2/3 rounds. Archetype Earth and all Eclipse characters are BANNED.

Guilty Gear Accent Core:
This is a regular double elimination event. If you lose, you are allowed to switch characters. Matches are 2/3 games, 2/3 rounds. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals are all 3/5 games, 2/3 rounds. Kliff, Justice, all EX, Gold, Infinite tension, etc. characters are BANNED.

SF Danisen Battle:
Danisen Battle is a tournament format in which players compete to reach the highest possible “Dan”. The ranks are 1st Dan through 10th Dan. All players start at 1st Dan, and can only play against opponents that are within 1 Dan of themselves (i.e. a 2nd Dan can fight a 3rd Dan, but not a 4th Dan.) Each match you win will earn you a point. Each match you lose will lose you a point (to a minimum of 0.) Every 3 points you earn will advance you to the next Dan, every 3 points you lose will drop you by a Dan (1st Dan is the lowest). The player at the highest Dan at the end of the season is the winner.
If you win a game you can stay on the station and take on another opponent. If you lose or you rank up you have to get up and let someone else have a chance.
The purpose of the Dan Battle is to allow us to have a structured environment to practice in. It allows you to play a lot more games against players of similar skill than you are going to be able to play in a regular double elim format. There is no prize for the Dan Battle, but it will allow us to raise the skill level of Mi a lot quicker. Make sure if you win a match to give some tips to the other player. Make sure if you lose a match to ask your opponent what you can improve on. And have fun!
Dan battle matches are 2/3 games, 2/3 rounds.

SSF4 bracket:
This is a regular double elimination event. The brackets are seeded according to the Season 5 rankings (details below). Matches are 2/3 games, 2/3 rounds. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals are all 3/5 games, 2/3 rounds. If you lose a game you can switch your character. You can switch your ultra if you win or lose.


Ranking and Michigan Masters
This is a ranking battle series, which means you will be ranked throughout the season based on your performance in each tournament. Points are awarded based on your placing in the bracket:
1st – 8 points
2nd – 5 points
3rd – 4 points
4th – 3 points
5th – 2 points
7th – 1 point
This ranking system will be applied to the BB brackets, and the SSF4 brackets. The Dan Battles are separate.
Brackets will be seeded according to these rankings.
At the end of the season the top 6 players will be invited to participate in the Michigan Masters Exhibition Event. This is a tournament featuring the best players in MI, with a large cash bonus (collected from the league fees from the ranking battles). More details will be posted towards the end of Season 5. Season 5 will be comprised of approximately 6 tournaments (3 months).

I’ll see you guys at Gameyard!

[koun]

I will be updating this post for every ranbat to get a list of who's bringing harddrives and setups.

harddrives:
(360)Prototype909
(360)ShadowFlash



Setups:
(PS2's)-
Prototype909
ShardZ
ShadowFlash

(CRT TV) One will be already provided-
ShardZ


Games:
(BBCS)-
Prototype909
ShadowFlash

(GGAC)-
Toasty
Prototype909
ShardZ
ShadowFlash(if needed)

(MBAA)-
Prototype909
ShardZ
ShadowFlash

No need to bring 360/PS3 consoles, the Gameyard will provide them.

Shoutouts to AaronS for writing most of the first post other than the BB/GG/MB rules.

Please let me know if you are going to bring anything, and don't forget to bring your arcade sticks.:v:

[koun]

holding for more info also check out the dustloop thread if you get free time on your hands.
http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?10340-Michigan-Bi-Weekly-Ranbats-Season-5-(BBCS-SSF4-MBAA-GGAC)