PowerUp 2011 - EVO 2011 Tournament Season - Cincinnati, OH - April 29 - May 1

[Osirun]

The second annual PowerUp tournament is live! We're doing it bigger and better than last year, guaranteed.

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Download the FREE PowerUp 2011 avatar pack from the PowerUp website! Use the included PSD files to make your own avatar and represent PowerUp in your own style!

More info about the main event, the food, and all other details will be coming soon! Spread that hype!

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LOCATION
Arcade Legacy
322 W. Crescentville Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45246
513-874-8766
arcadelegacy@yahoo.com

Arcade Legacy will have more cabinets out this year for casual play, along with multiple pinball machines. There will be a list of available machines provided before the event. Any machine needed for a tournament, though, will be taken over : )

DATE
April 29 - May 1

REGISTRATION
Pre-registration for getting into the venue and for the individual tournaments is online from now until April 21 at the PowerUp Store. If you wish to pre-register in person at Arcade Legacy anytime before PU2011 weekend, bring your information to Jesse and he will take care of it for you.

Once you register, you may go back and register for more games without paying additional venue fee. Just make sure you use the same name and handle for brackets.

To view the most up to date pre-registration listing, please go to the PU2011 Pre-Registration Listings page

3 Day Venue Pass Pre-Reg Online - - $20
3 Day Venue Pass In-Person - - $30
3 Day Spectator/Casuals Pre-Reg Online - - $10
3 Day Spectator/Casuals In-Person - - $15

Emergency In-Person Registration ends for a tournament 30 minutes before that tournament is scheduled to begin.

Spectators will be wearing wristbands while tournament players will be wearing badges. You may not enter any main or side tournament at PU2011 if you are a spectator.

Tournament venue fees are NON-REFUNDABLE. Please be certain that you will attend the tournament before pre-registering. Individual game entry fees are refundable up until the start of the brackets for the game in question.

MAIN EVENT
TBA

GAMES

SSFIV (PS3) - - $10
MvC3 (PS3) - - $10
T6 (PS3) - - $10
BB:CS (PS3) - - $10
GGAC (PS2) - - $10
MK9 (PS3) - - $10
UMK3 (Cabinet) - - $10
ST (Cabinet) - - $10
PowerUp Mystery Tournament for Child's Play charity (see details below) - - $10
MvC3 3v3 - - $15 per team
GGAC 3v3 - - $15 per team

SIDE TOURNEYS

All side tournaments at PU2011 will not have priority over main games. If a side tournament does not end on time we will take steps to refund participants and/or finish the following day.

MvC2 (Dreamcast) - - $5
TvC (Wii) - - $10
MBAA (PS2) - - $5
AH3 (PS3) - - $10
3S 2v2 (PS2) - - $10 per team
Vampire Savior (Cabinet) - - $5
KOF98 (360) - - $5
KOF2k2:UM (360) - - $5

Exhibition/Special Events

PU2011 is part of the EVO 2011 Tournament Season

Starting in early January, EVO is partnering with the top grass-roots tournament organizers to form a regular season of fighting games. Our 2011 season will run from January through July, culminating in the EVO World Finals July 29-31 at the Rio Hotel and Resort, Las Vegas. At each stop of the tournament season, players will earn ranking points that will directly determine their seed in the tournament brackets at the EVO World Finals. With literally thousands of players attending the finals, you're going to want to secure that seed if you want to advance far in the brackets.

More info on EVO2k.com

PU2011 is VGF Sanctioned

The VGF (Video Gaming Federation) is a new rating system founded by Xiang from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a long time member of the community and avid Tekken player. Players at PowerUp 2011 will be invited to join the VGF and be acquire a rating for SSFIV, T6, and/or MvC3 that they can follow on the VGF website. For more details than I want to post here, check out the VGF website and PowerUp Podcast Episode #45 with Xiang himself.

Mystery Tournament for Charity

The PowerUp 2011 Mystery Game Tournament will see half of the players' entry fee go directly to Child's Play ($5 to the pot, $5 to the chairty). Child's Play is a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in their network of over 60 hospitals worldwide, and it is one of my favorite charities. So get ready to play some wacky games and feel extra warm and fuzzy because you've given to a great cause spearheaded by fellow gamers.

The Mystery Game Tournament will still be part of the PowerUp Bonus Structure. I will also be able to provide a receipt to prove the donation has occurred after PU2011 has concluded.


VOLUNTEER INCENTIVES
Anyone who is asked, and agrees, to any particular job at PU2011 (including help with registration or running brackets, for example) will receive at least the following:

*$10 flat entry for the whole event
*A FREE PowerUp 2011 staff shirt (the shirt will be different from last year!)

PAYOUT & BONUS
This year we're doing things a bit differently with our payout and bonus structures.

8 - 9 entrants, payout is Winner Take All

10 - 31 entrants, payout is to Top 3 at 70/20/10

32 - 95 entrants, payout is to Top 5 at 55/20/10/5/5 x2 (accounting for ties)

96 - 159 entrants, payout is to Top 8 at 45/20/10/5/5 x2/5 x2

160 - 319 entrants, payout is to Top 16 at 35/20/10/5/5 x2/5 x2/1.5 x4/1 x4


And for those coming in 1st Place, never fear! The PowerUp Bonus Structure is here!

Starting at the 32-entrant level we'll begin taking $2 out of each tournament entrant's venue fee and putting it toward bonus money for 1st Place in that specific tournament. Just multiply the number of entrants in a tournament by 2 and you'll get the bonus amount!

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

*You have 5 minutes to report for a match after your name has been called. Failure to arrive will result in disqualification.

For a breakdown of the schedule, please go to the PowerUp 2011 Event Details page

FOOD
Pulled Pork
Pulled Chicken
Baked Beans
Corn
Homemade Mac n Cheese
Cornbread

Pricing

Single sandwich – $3.00 (Sandwich can be plain or with your choice of sweet or spicy BBQ sauce)
Large sides – $2.00
Cornbread – 50 cents

Combo #1 – One sandwich, 2 medium sides and cornbread – $5
Combo #2 – Two sandwhiches, 2 medium sides and cornbread – $7

Drinks

All flavors of Jones Soda
Monster
Bottled Water
Gatorade
Character Energy Drinks (Sonic, Mario, Ghostbusters, Street Fighter, Gears of War, Resident Evil, Pac-Man, Dragon Ball)

Among other various soft drinks, energy drinks, and juices.

HOTELS
For PowerUp 2011, the La Quinta Inn and Suites Cincinnati North will be handling all player lodging reservations. The La Quinta is literally three minutes down the street from Arcade Legacy, so it's a very convenient place to stay for the weekend.

La Quinta Inn
Cincinnati North
12150 Springfield Pike
Springdale, OH 45246
Phone: 1-513-671-2300

When calling in, you have to mention you are part of the "PowerUp 2011" group in order to receive the discounted rates on rooms.

The universal check-in date is Thursday, April 28, and you can then check out up to May 2 with the discounted rates. This means you can checkout on May 1 and still get the discounted rates. Just make sure you let the La Quinta's front desk know exactly what you need.

The cutoff date for reserving your room with the discounted rate is April 1. No, this is not an April Fool's joke, the cutoff date is really April 1!

Double Rooms (per night): $55

King Rooms (per night): $60

Some Amenities & Services

    * Free Bright Side Breakfast
    * Free High-Speed Internet Access
    * Free Local Calls
    * Free Parking

The TVs in the room do not accept outside input. So bring your own TV if you want to have games in your room.

The La Quinta has been very generous and easy to work with, so I encourage all players traveling to PU2011 to support them if you need a hotel for the weekend.

STREAM
Team Sp00ky

Team Sp00ky on Justin.tv

Team Spooky X iPlayWinner

Team Sp00ky on YouTube

Spooky, NerdJosh, Arturo Sanchez, and supermin are all coming down to help us out! Get hype!!!

Also, your handle on the stream/bracket will be identical to the handle you write on your PU2011 Sign-in Sheet at the registration desk or the one you entered during pre-reg.

RULES
Official PU2011 Rules

[Osirun]

PU2011 online pre-registration is live! Go to the PowerUp Store to pre-register until April 21.

KOFXIII and MK9 are not available for pre-registration (pending official console release dates).

MvC2 is also not yet available for pre-registration (pending low-tier rules finalization).

T-shirts will be available for pre-order in the near future. I will make announcements about all of these topics as needed.

[Osirun]

We'll be going with this ruleset from the SRK Low-Tier League for MvC2. I found this ruleset in the Naptown Clutch thread, and the individual post was made by BeaTs*:

Banned characters
Magneto
Storm
Cable
Sentinel
War Machine
Iron Man
Black Heart
Spiral
Doom
Strider
Cyclops

Banned Assists
Tron (Projectile)

And with that, MvC2 Low-Tier registration is online!

[Osirun]

The PowerUp 2011 menu has been added to the OP. With one of our house rules being "No outside food or drink" I bet you may have wondered what we were offering up at the venue. Well here you go!

[Osirun]

PU2011 Hotel Information has been added to the OP.

[Osirun]

With the official release date of MK9 being April 19, that allows me to put the game up for pre-registration for PU2011. So if you'd like to give MK9 a shot in tournament, sign up!

[Osirun]

Happy February, everyone, now give me your PS3s.

I jest, I jest, but seriously we will need your help to make sure PU2011 runs smooth. Donating your hardware and software is important to the event, and all of the PU2011 staff will make sure your donated materials are kept safe all the way to the end of the event.

Take a look at what we need on the TV/Setup Incentive List. First come, first serve! So PM me fast if you're sure you can bring stuff.

[Osirun]

For all those people interested in MvC3, here's something special for you at PU2011. The MvC3 Combo Video Competition!


Here are the details:

Submission Deadline: April 21st

Length Limit: 4 minute minimum - 7 minute maximum (not including opening or credits, but actual combo footage)

Eligibility:

- USA national citizen(s)
- You can complete the video as a single person project or a team effort. However, the prize(s) will have to be split among all those who participated in the video's creation.
- No one may enter the competition using more than one video.

Prize(s): Arcade Legacy merchandise. You'll have selections from the media store composed of music CDs, DVDs, classic games, and more. To collect your prize(s) you, or someone representing you, must attend PU2011.

Method of Submission:
- Upload your video to YouTube.
- Next, email the URL of your submission to osirun"at"powerupfighters"dotcom".

Method of Scoring:

5 Judge Panel (TBD but the members of the panel will be announced)

Scale:  1 – 5 (1 being lowest) per category

A)   Creativity
-   Visual appeal of combos
-   Relative difficulty/quality of combos

B)   Editing Quality
-   Transitions
-   Music
-   Graphics / Video quality

C)   Variety
-   Spotlight a large number of characters
-   Various ways to deal damage / resets
-   Extended combos / DHC / Assist usage

In the event of any tie in scoring, the five judges will go back to compare/contrast the finalists' videos and then determine through a vote which entry will be the winner.

This idea was conceived by Doragonkoroshi, so thanks to him!

[Osirun]

The tentative schedule has been updated. MvC2 has moved to Saturday, and ST has moved to Sunday. XvSF has been dropped from the official lineup to make it easier to run head-to-head cabinet tourneys. And most of the tourneys are now starting earlier as well.

[Osirun]

DEADLINE ALERTS

April 1st: LaQuinta Inn special discount group rate reservations cutoff. Get in there and get that discount!

April 13th: PU2011 T-Shirt pre-orders cutoff. Last chance to purchase a different color variant!

April 21st: Last day to pre-register for PU2011 online. Remember, in person registration is $30. Also last day for MvC3 Combo Video Competition entry submission.

[Osirun]

PowerUp 2011 will be streamed by Team Sp00ky! Spooky, NerdJosh, Arturo Sanchez, and supermin are all coming down to help us out! Get hype!

[Osirun]

    Pre-Registration is now MANDATORY. We want to ensure a smoothly run event for everyone, and mandatory pre-reg will push us one step closer to that goal. If you do not pre-register you will not be allowed to compete in any official PU2011 tournaments.

[Osirun]

Had the first conference with Sp00ky regarding the stream / game scheduling. The tentative schedule has received an overhaul. To see the current schedule and for any final revisions, go to the PowerUp 2011 Event Details page

[Osirun]

Only 16 days left to pre-register for the event!

[Osirun]

I was going to wait a bit longer, but I'd like to announce that we will still be accepting emergency registration at the venue. Mandatory pre-registration doesn't seem to be a very good motivator, and I'd rather not leave people out in the cold.
Prices are the same as they were: $30 for Venue Pass in person, $15 for Spectator Pass in person.

You will only have until 30 minutes before the start of a tournament to register for that tournament. Remember to take a look at the Final Schedule now posted at the bottom of the Event Details page. In person spectators may pay at any time during the event.

I would also like to mention a specific point to anyone who has ordered but not paid for their venue pass online. If you wait until you get to the venue to pay for your venue pass I will not honor the $20 rate; that rate is only for people who complete their order online before April 21st. You will know if you're payment has gone through because your handle/nickname will appear on the Pre-Registration Listing.

So I hope that spurs some people to pre-register and see their orders through to completion. I hope it also quells the fears of anyone who may have thought they would have to miss the event because at-the-door registration would be unavailable.

Remember that we want to put on a good show for all of you, and the biggest part of that is making sure your bracket's run smoothly and are seeded well. Pre-register now if you share that goal. Thanks : )

[Osirun]

Only 5 days left to pre-reg!

[Osirun]

Tomorrow is the last day to pre-reg for PU2011!

[Osirun]

Remember that walkups are welcome at PU2011 : )