tehdrewsus
UMK3+
What a great time! This year's event was an absolute blast. We had a 2 day event as opposed to 1 day last year, which led to 4 tournaments total as opposed to 1. AND we had two nights of casuals at @McLOV1NS place! Coolest MK man cave in the world IMO.
We were fortunate to have a great venue/arcade owner, Jesse over at Arcade Legacy allow us to use his equipment and venue - the most important piece was undoubtedly the UMK3 machine WITH adapters for pad hook up! We initially ran into a few issues that forced a few matches to be streamed via MAME, but that's what backups are for! We resolved the issue (incorrect buttons being pressed at times prior to calibration, and any kind of jarring of adapters would cause the pads to "default" back to non-calibrated values.
As my second time as TO for this event, it was every bit as stressful as last year, but the turnout, the competition, and the comraderie made it more than worth it! It was great to meet some new people and see some returning faces from last year. I'd like all of you guys that participated, or maybe even watched on stream to share your accounts from the weekend in this thread!
We had 17 this year, up from 13 last year - the MKT event had 11!
I'll be working this week to get the videos uploaded to youtube (or work with someone who will do it, not sure yet), in the mean time you can catch the past broadcast from the weekend at http://www.twitch.tv/arcadelegacy
We also got to meet Coury from "My Life In Gaming" on youtube - he's documenting different fighting game "scenes" in the area, and when he found out about the tournament he wanted to come down. Pretty awesome!
And of course, a big thanks here to @MRIGOTBASS and @YourMKArcadeSource for their generous contributions to the prize fund. And also @9.95 for the championship trophy, and @UndefinedRican for his steel-crafted MK dragon for 2nd place! The prize breakdown was $800 to first, $111 for 2nd, $59 for 3rd.
FINAL RESULTS:
Main Event, UMK3, 1v1 - 3 out of 5, WF/LF/GF 4 out of 7.
1. @NoDoubt
2. @Spic Unit
3. @McLOV1NS
4. @DemoniChris
5. @tehdrewsus
5. @Ziggy
7. @Dank_Sinatra
7. ToneCapone (local player, did great for his first big offline event)
9. @dubson
9. @ddy_08
9. @killa corona
9. Magister
13. sparklelord (local player, very good player and I hope to see more of him in the future)
13. Clarence FTW (@Spic Unit get this dude on here)
13. Derek Legend (another local player, not a big MK guy but excellent SF player I believe)
13. @UndefinedRican
17. Troll
Check out the challonge bracket for the full event breakdown: http://challonge.com/GIIO2017
2v2 Teams UMK3 - $46 to winners, $24 to 2nd place - 2 out of 3, WF/LF/GF 3 out of 5
1. @ddy_08 and @dubson
2. @tehdrewsus and @Dank_Sinatra (forced reset)
3. @McLOV1NS and @DemoniChris
4. @NoDoubt and @Spic Unit
5. Magister and @killa corona
5. @UndefinedRican and @Ziggy
7. Clarence FTW x2 (someone had to leave early leaving Clarence without a partner, he played on his own)
Challonge bracket: http://challonge.com/giio20172v2
N64 MK Trilogy - $35 to winner, $20 to 2nd - 2 out of 3 throughout
1. @NoDoubt
2. @Spic Unit
3. @DemoniChris
4. @Ziggy
5. @McLOV1NS
5. @ddy_08
7. @tehdrewsus
7. @dubson
9. Clarence FTW
9. @UndefinedRican
9. @killa corona
Challonge Bracket: http://challonge.com/giio2017mkt
UMK3 1v1 random select - $20 to winner, $10 to 2nd - 2 out of 3 Round Robin
1. @ddy_08
2. @NoDoubt
3. @DemoniChris
4. @dubson
5. @Spic Unit
6. Clarence FTW
Challonge Bracket: http://challonge.com/umk3randomgiio/standings
On a personal note, I'm VERY glad for everyone who made it out, everyone who tweeted it/shared it on facebook (@Shock, Tim Static, RvA) that didn't have to. I think our viewership was down a bit because this event was basically ignored here on TYM. Last year we got a feature and front page. This year it didn't even get tweeted out from TYM, from my understanding (just going on what I'm told, I don't have twitter). This site's foundation was built on 2D MK - you can even look at the TYM logo and see - Ninja Uppercut, teleport punch, Kabal victory pose - ALL from UMK3. I don't know the politics of this place and don't care to; was just a bit disappointed.
Missed some familiar faces from last year, sorry they couldn't make it - @YourMKArcadeSource @Trukuu777 @Juggs @Drakonian and some of their buddies that came along. Look forward to seeing you guys at the next event!
It was great meeting some new faces and seeing some familiar ones - the MK community can be VERY divisive at times, but let me tell you - when friends come together to play MK, there's no getting in the middle of that. Some people think 2D MK is dead or at least dying. to paraphrase @McLOV1NS - "Yeah let's see if MK9 or MKX are being played almost a quarter century later". Can't say it much better than that.
TWB GIIO2018
Add your weekend stories guys! Also tagging those below from the original event thread:
@dubson
@MRIGOTBASS
@9.95
@Shock
@YOMI REO
@McLOV1NS
@Drakonian
@nwo
@ddy_08
@YourMKArcadeSource
@Platinum Shinobi
@Mikemetroid
@MKillBill
@Trukuu777
@dubson
@STORMS
@NoDoubt
@Juggs
@Tim Static
@Biggs
@ClevelandMenace..JAX WINS
@DemoniChris
@necoarc12
@Konqrr
@Kensidj
@Horde
@EdFig81
@BustaUppa
@Dank_Sinatra
@THTB
@jamessmk
@Ziggy
@UndefinedRican
@ComboMaster7
@Stew
@AnTi
@Younng734
@MRIGOTBASS
@Biggs
@RM AtK!
@CRAZY DOMINICAN @MRIGOTBASS @OUIJA WARRIOR @Shock @Juggs @Ziggy @UndefinedRican @YOMI REO @GokuRen @GoldenOreos @KIKI AKA GAME @HSB SKILLZ @He Is Close @dubson @Dank_Sinatra @9.95 @DC HUSTLE @ETHIOPIAN 514 @marvirrasta @w1nter warz @MKK hanzo @MKillBill @Twin Paradox @Mane @Hspeed @NobilityV3 @ComboMaster7 @Goblin Bones @mistaKM @Annihilator83 @BustaUppa @AnTi @iSwampy @darxyde @wazz @oBryant @Remz @Onewhite1Gold @Ninja Ryo @Shaney @Lex @DarKNaTaS @Tim Static @QuiGonZel @X820 @Br0ken @Pikachu @SweetJohnnyCage @RollTide8569 @Dreamcatcher @EdFig81 @Grindfox @Plinko Chip @Nitrogoose @AC1984 @Professor_Rouse @TRIGGAVELLii @DoctorRouse1.0 @crazylebanese @ashapeshifter @JOHNNY ERMAC @xhChrishx @Lucky Day @fugee don @BuhRock v2 @Killmaim420 @skateblind @Rin Andrechentov
We were fortunate to have a great venue/arcade owner, Jesse over at Arcade Legacy allow us to use his equipment and venue - the most important piece was undoubtedly the UMK3 machine WITH adapters for pad hook up! We initially ran into a few issues that forced a few matches to be streamed via MAME, but that's what backups are for! We resolved the issue (incorrect buttons being pressed at times prior to calibration, and any kind of jarring of adapters would cause the pads to "default" back to non-calibrated values.
As my second time as TO for this event, it was every bit as stressful as last year, but the turnout, the competition, and the comraderie made it more than worth it! It was great to meet some new people and see some returning faces from last year. I'd like all of you guys that participated, or maybe even watched on stream to share your accounts from the weekend in this thread!
We had 17 this year, up from 13 last year - the MKT event had 11!
I'll be working this week to get the videos uploaded to youtube (or work with someone who will do it, not sure yet), in the mean time you can catch the past broadcast from the weekend at http://www.twitch.tv/arcadelegacy
We also got to meet Coury from "My Life In Gaming" on youtube - he's documenting different fighting game "scenes" in the area, and when he found out about the tournament he wanted to come down. Pretty awesome!
And of course, a big thanks here to @MRIGOTBASS and @YourMKArcadeSource for their generous contributions to the prize fund. And also @9.95 for the championship trophy, and @UndefinedRican for his steel-crafted MK dragon for 2nd place! The prize breakdown was $800 to first, $111 for 2nd, $59 for 3rd.
FINAL RESULTS:
Main Event, UMK3, 1v1 - 3 out of 5, WF/LF/GF 4 out of 7.
1. @NoDoubt
2. @Spic Unit
3. @McLOV1NS
4. @DemoniChris
5. @tehdrewsus
5. @Ziggy
7. @Dank_Sinatra
7. ToneCapone (local player, did great for his first big offline event)
9. @dubson
9. @ddy_08
9. @killa corona
9. Magister
13. sparklelord (local player, very good player and I hope to see more of him in the future)
13. Clarence FTW (@Spic Unit get this dude on here)
13. Derek Legend (another local player, not a big MK guy but excellent SF player I believe)
13. @UndefinedRican
17. Troll
Check out the challonge bracket for the full event breakdown: http://challonge.com/GIIO2017
2v2 Teams UMK3 - $46 to winners, $24 to 2nd place - 2 out of 3, WF/LF/GF 3 out of 5
1. @ddy_08 and @dubson
2. @tehdrewsus and @Dank_Sinatra (forced reset)
3. @McLOV1NS and @DemoniChris
4. @NoDoubt and @Spic Unit
5. Magister and @killa corona
5. @UndefinedRican and @Ziggy
7. Clarence FTW x2 (someone had to leave early leaving Clarence without a partner, he played on his own)
Challonge bracket: http://challonge.com/giio20172v2
N64 MK Trilogy - $35 to winner, $20 to 2nd - 2 out of 3 throughout
1. @NoDoubt
2. @Spic Unit
3. @DemoniChris
4. @Ziggy
5. @McLOV1NS
5. @ddy_08
7. @tehdrewsus
7. @dubson
9. Clarence FTW
9. @UndefinedRican
9. @killa corona
Challonge Bracket: http://challonge.com/giio2017mkt
UMK3 1v1 random select - $20 to winner, $10 to 2nd - 2 out of 3 Round Robin
1. @ddy_08
2. @NoDoubt
3. @DemoniChris
4. @dubson
5. @Spic Unit
6. Clarence FTW
Challonge Bracket: http://challonge.com/umk3randomgiio/standings
On a personal note, I'm VERY glad for everyone who made it out, everyone who tweeted it/shared it on facebook (@Shock, Tim Static, RvA) that didn't have to. I think our viewership was down a bit because this event was basically ignored here on TYM. Last year we got a feature and front page. This year it didn't even get tweeted out from TYM, from my understanding (just going on what I'm told, I don't have twitter). This site's foundation was built on 2D MK - you can even look at the TYM logo and see - Ninja Uppercut, teleport punch, Kabal victory pose - ALL from UMK3. I don't know the politics of this place and don't care to; was just a bit disappointed.
Missed some familiar faces from last year, sorry they couldn't make it - @YourMKArcadeSource @Trukuu777 @Juggs @Drakonian and some of their buddies that came along. Look forward to seeing you guys at the next event!
It was great meeting some new faces and seeing some familiar ones - the MK community can be VERY divisive at times, but let me tell you - when friends come together to play MK, there's no getting in the middle of that. Some people think 2D MK is dead or at least dying. to paraphrase @McLOV1NS - "Yeah let's see if MK9 or MKX are being played almost a quarter century later". Can't say it much better than that.
TWB GIIO2018
Add your weekend stories guys! Also tagging those below from the original event thread:
@dubson
@MRIGOTBASS
@9.95
@Shock
@YOMI REO
@McLOV1NS
@Drakonian
@nwo
@ddy_08
@YourMKArcadeSource
@Platinum Shinobi
@Mikemetroid
@MKillBill
@Trukuu777
@dubson
@STORMS
@NoDoubt
@Juggs
@Tim Static
@Biggs
@ClevelandMenace..JAX WINS
@DemoniChris
@necoarc12
@Konqrr
@Kensidj
@Horde
@EdFig81
@BustaUppa
@Dank_Sinatra
@THTB
@jamessmk
@Ziggy
@UndefinedRican
@ComboMaster7
@Stew
@AnTi
@Younng734
@MRIGOTBASS
@Biggs
@RM AtK!
@CRAZY DOMINICAN @MRIGOTBASS @OUIJA WARRIOR @Shock @Juggs @Ziggy @UndefinedRican @YOMI REO @GokuRen @GoldenOreos @KIKI AKA GAME @HSB SKILLZ @He Is Close @dubson @Dank_Sinatra @9.95 @DC HUSTLE @ETHIOPIAN 514 @marvirrasta @w1nter warz @MKK hanzo @MKillBill @Twin Paradox @Mane @Hspeed @NobilityV3 @ComboMaster7 @Goblin Bones @mistaKM @Annihilator83 @BustaUppa @AnTi @iSwampy @darxyde @wazz @oBryant @Remz @Onewhite1Gold @Ninja Ryo @Shaney @Lex @DarKNaTaS @Tim Static @QuiGonZel @X820 @Br0ken @Pikachu @SweetJohnnyCage @RollTide8569 @Dreamcatcher @EdFig81 @Grindfox @Plinko Chip @Nitrogoose @AC1984 @Professor_Rouse @TRIGGAVELLii @DoctorRouse1.0 @crazylebanese @ashapeshifter @JOHNNY ERMAC @xhChrishx @Lucky Day @fugee don @BuhRock v2 @Killmaim420 @skateblind @Rin Andrechentov