GGA HAN
Galloping Ghost Arcade
Galloping Ghost Arcade (GGA, for short), home to many well-known MK9 players, is proud to announce its new weekly Injustice: Gods Among Us tournament: "Ghost Battle Series". In the same vein as Wednesday Nights Fights, Next Level Battle Circuit and the Atlanta Kombat Arena, this will be a weekly double elimination tournament, occurring every Thursday night.
The intentions we have for starting this new series:
1) Improve the level of local Injustice: Gods Among Us competition, while showcasing the talent of our players to the nation.
2) Encourage more nearby players to make the trek out to Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, IL and participate in our events. We love having "new blood" come out and welcome anyone in the area to come out and play.
Even if you have never been to a tournament before, coming out to an event like this is a great way to get your feet wet in the competitive scene for a low cost (5.00 venue fee) and test your skills in smaller scale event before heading to a Major tournament like UFGT (where venue and tournament fees can reach 40-50 easily). Players of every skill level will be in attendance; don't feel like you have to be great (or even good) to participate. Although these are technically competitions, these weeklies are also to assess your level of gameplay, improve your skills if you want to (and if you don't, that's fine) and meet others of similar interests.
2) Encourage more nearby players to make the trek out to Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, IL and participate in our events. We love having "new blood" come out and welcome anyone in the area to come out and play.
Even if you have never been to a tournament before, coming out to an event like this is a great way to get your feet wet in the competitive scene for a low cost (5.00 venue fee) and test your skills in smaller scale event before heading to a Major tournament like UFGT (where venue and tournament fees can reach 40-50 easily). Players of every skill level will be in attendance; don't feel like you have to be great (or even good) to participate. Although these are technically competitions, these weeklies are also to assess your level of gameplay, improve your skills if you want to (and if you don't, that's fine) and meet others of similar interests.
You all know the drill, no more "breath of fresh air" here - we bring you hype matches of all different player skill levels every week, along with a large helping of SALT, pack-ups, and a JIM chants. Look out for our new "Sniper-cam", and "Eyes-On" alerts!
Due to the Christmas holiday falling on our regular Thursdays, we aer running our local Tuesday this week. In this early GBS, we will be opening our gift from SECRET SANTA on stream before the bracket begins.
Some of the top players you see every week include:
@GGA Max - Runner-Up at Kumite in Tennessee last year, and the "Bane" of @GGA 16 Bit 's existence. Along with his trademark legendary commentary, :16Bit has placed in more tournaments than I can count on my fingers, but I'll just mention his Evolution 2014 top 8 and MLG Anaheim Runner-up placements with a his animal-lady waifu. Speaking of animal-ladies, we also showcase the antics and odd-ball commentary of @GGA pimpimjim , Winner of NEC 2013 and 4th at Evolution 2014 who brings with him his diverse character "team". Recently stepping up and improving greatly is Naptown Clutch IV Winner @GGA Saucy Jack whose great Superman play completes our META each week.
@GGA Max - Runner-Up at Kumite in Tennessee last year, and the "Bane" of @GGA 16 Bit 's existence. Along with his trademark legendary commentary, :16Bit has placed in more tournaments than I can count on my fingers, but I'll just mention his Evolution 2014 top 8 and MLG Anaheim Runner-up placements with a his animal-lady waifu. Speaking of animal-ladies, we also showcase the antics and odd-ball commentary of @GGA pimpimjim , Winner of NEC 2013 and 4th at Evolution 2014 who brings with him his diverse character "team". Recently stepping up and improving greatly is Naptown Clutch IV Winner @GGA Saucy Jack whose great Superman play completes our META each week.
Tournament Rules
We will be running on Xbox!
ALL DLC Legal
5.00 venue fee
Double Elimination
3/5 games for all matches (new for season 4!)
DOUBLE RANDOM stage select for all matches; Loser may change character, but the stage will randomly be chosen after characters are selected
Bracket: http://gga.challonge.com/
Stream channel: http://www.twitch.tv/gallopingghostarcade
(stream usually begins around 8:30 pm central)
Tournament sign-in begins at 8pm, first match to start at 9pm (central). Call the arcade at 708-485-4700 or post in this thread if you have questions. The arcade can lend out controllers with an ID left for collateral.We will be running on Xbox!
ALL DLC Legal
5.00 venue fee
Double Elimination
3/5 games for all matches (new for season 4!)
DOUBLE RANDOM stage select for all matches; Loser may change character, but the stage will randomly be chosen after characters are selected
Bracket: http://gga.challonge.com/
Stream channel: http://www.twitch.tv/gallopingghostarcade
(stream usually begins around 8:30 pm central)
We will seed all tournaments based on a cumulative results point total from the previous weeklies in the "season". The top 8 players in accumulated points will be seeded in the bracket, and everyone else will be placed randomly in the bracket.
Current Seeded Players
1 16 Bit - 30 points
2 Max - 17 points
3 N1k0lasss - 11 points
3 Saucy Jack - 11 points
5 Twisted - 10 points
5 Jim - 10 points
7 Jeremiah - 9 points
8 Truth - 6 points
seeding tracking
NEW FOR SEASON 2 - Point Bonus for Current Champs "Bounty"
1 16 Bit - 30 points
2 Max - 17 points
3 N1k0lasss - 11 points
3 Saucy Jack - 11 points
5 Twisted - 10 points
5 Jim - 10 points
7 Jeremiah - 9 points
8 Truth - 6 points
seeding tracking
NEW FOR SEASON 2 - Point Bonus for Current Champs "Bounty"
If you defeat the last week tournament winner the week after they won, you will receive an extra point for that week! If you beat the champ and send him to losers, and also eliminate him in the same tournament, you can get another point! So there are 2 bonus points up for grabs every week.
NEW FOR SEASON 3 - HAN's "Dynamic Seeding System"
In order the keep the brackets from stagnating and fighting the same matches by the 2nd or 3rd round every week, I have developed a new system that will prevent this (in theory). There will still be seeds 1 through 8, as usual. However, seeds 1-4 will be considered "Major" seeds and seeds 5-8 will be considered "Minor" seeds. Once they major and minor seeds are determined, they will be randomized within each other, meaning seed position 1 through 4 could be the top seed on any given week. For example, if Max is currently the top seed for the season, a random number sequence between 1-4 (determined by random.org) will determine his actual position for the bracket being made. If anyone has any questions on how this would work or affect them, please ASK!
New for SEASON 4 - 3 out of 5 matches!
New for Season 5 (Year 2) - 3 out of 5 is a go, if attendance is low!
As a group, the majority of the players have decided that running the entire tournament in a 3 out 5 games format would be best and would still be done in a timely manner if we have 10 or less players show up for the event.
Even if you don't have the means to play on Xbox, please show up and we will find a way to play your match; Whether we have you go off-stream on a PS3, have you borrow someones' stick/pad or use a converter, we would hate to have someone not show up because we are using Xbox on the stream. People have asked why the switch Xbox, and the short answer is to prepare for other tournaments (Evo events, UFGT, ect).
