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[Jan 21, 2013] SoCal Regionals 2013 (Irvine, CA)

SoCal Regionals 2013



After a little break in 2012, SoCal Regionals returns bigger and better for the fighting game community in 2013! We're excited to announce our return to Irvine in collaboration with the Fighting Gamers @ UCI for 3 full days of fighting games action!



Fighting Gamers @ UCI
“FightingGamers@UCI (FG@UCI) is a student organization on the campus of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) for people who have an interest in fighting games. What began as a small club for UCI students, FG@UCI is now a community comprised of Southern California’s most passionate fighting gamers.
Our mission is to host gatherings where fighting gamers can befriend, play, and learn with others. We accomplish this by providing a positive and enriching environment through our weekly sessions and occasional special events, which are all held at UCI and open to the general public. We strive to provide our members with resources necessary to enable their passion for fighting games.” - Fighting Gamers @ UCI



Casual Gaming Stations provided by Epic Gamer Productions
Our good friends at EGP will be providing many set ups to accommodate the onslaught of tournament games we're featuring at SCR2013!

Website: www.EpicGamerProductions.com
Twitter: @EGP_Compton
Facebook: www.facebook.com/EpicGamerProductions

Photography: Kara 'KaraFace' Leung

Why should you go to SCR?

Fighting Game Community
Over 1,200 fighting game fans have come together to showcase their skills and support of the games they love at SCR2011. With the ongoing camaraderie since the '90s, your next opponent could be your rival/friend for the next 15+ years.






Competition
Southern California has hosted some of the memorable competitive gaming events since the release of the Street Fighter series with legends such as Tomo Ohira, Mike Watson, Jeff Schaeffer, and Alex Valle. Today, the demand of competition at SCR has spread through many more games and more regions which has featured Daigo Umehara, Justin Wong, Ricky Ortiz, Filipino Champ, Gamerbee, Sako, and many more hungry for the title.






Prize Distribution
SCR2011 has successfully provided over $20,000 worth of cash and prizes to 100+ competitors and spectators participating in dozens of gaming events. SCR2013 will continue to provide support for the dedicated players and fans in the fighting games we love. Announcements on SCR2013 prizes will be revealed soon!




Broadcasting
State of the art exposure will be provided in house by the Level Up team. Gaming, entertainment, and innovation is our motto and we're pushing the envelope at SCR2013 once again. Smile for the camera, you may be the next player/fan to be featured in front of a worldwide audience!




Merchandise
SCR2013 will have community driven merchandise on sale such as apparel, peripheral, toys, and more! There will be on site discounts on many products for all your fighting game needs available at SCR!




In case you missed the action in SCR2011, here's what you missed:


Who is going?
Check the official SCR2013 Facebook page for updates:
http://www.facebook.com/events/548436501848759/

Feature Game Lineup
Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition 2012(Xbox360)
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3(Xbox360)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2(PS3)
Persona 4 Arena(PS3)
King of Fighters XIII(PS3)
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown(PS3)
Mortal Kombat(PS3)
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo (Arcade)
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale(PS3)
Dead or Alive 5(Xbox360)
Soul Calibur V(PS3)

Exhibitions
Coming Soon!

Sponsors
TBA

Prize Distribution:
  • -SSF4:AE and Ultimate MvC3 – If 128 but under 256 entrants – Top 8 pay out – 1st (60%), 2nd (20%), 3rd (10%), 4th (4%), 5th (2%), 6th (2%), 7th (1%), 8th (1%). If 256 or more entrants – Top 16 pay out – prize distribution TBA
  • -TTT2, P4A, VF5:FS, KOFXIII,DOA5,SCV– Top 8 pay out – 1st (60%), 2nd (20%), 3rd (10%), 4th (4%), 5th (2%), 6th (2%), 7th (1%), 8th (1%)
  • -MK, SSF2T,PSABR – Top 4 pay out – 1st(65%), 2nd(20%), 3rd(10%), 4th(5%)
SoCal Regionals Official Site:
http://www.socalregionals.com/

Online Registration:
http://www.socalregionals.com/?page_id=6

*Note – Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition ver.2012 and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 are the only headliner games with a $20 buy in.
  • Standard Registration (Nov.26-Jan.6): $35 registration fee, plus $10 per game.
  • Late Registration (Jan.7 – Jan.13): $45 registration fee, plus $10 per game.
  • On-Site Registration(Jan 18 Only!): $55 registration fee, plus $10 per game.
**Note – Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale is a 2v2 team tournament. If you're registering for this event, please follow the instructions below in order for us to identify your teammates:
  1. After completing registration and clicking 'Register Me', you will be taken to PayPal login and pay.
  2. Once you're logged in, under your address info, there will be a field for 'Notes to Seller'- click 'add'.
  3. A window will pop up where you can enter your PSABR team name and click 'Save; after completion. Your team name must be the same for each member otherwise we won't know who your teammate is.
  4. Complete PayPal purchase and you're set!
Spectator Fee:
  • On-Site Spectator Fee: 3 Day Pass: $10
  • Spectator fee applies to all attendees not participating in any headliner games.
  • Kids 12 years or younger are free, with adult supervision. (Not eligible for complimentary raffle)
Spectator Benefits:
  • 2 complimentary raffle tickets to win various prizes from our supporters
  • Access to casual gaming stations with players from all over the world.
  • Exclusive SCR vendor deals from gaming peripheral, apparel companies, and more!
  • Hands-on the latest titles and attractions from our sponsors. (More to be announced!)
Date:
January 18-20 2013 (MLK Weekend)

Venue:
University of California, Irvine
Student Center
Ballroom C&D
Irvine, CA 92687
Web Site: www.studentcenter.uci.edu
Policies: http://www.policies.uci.edu/adm/tableofcontents.html
Campus Map:


Parking Structure on Pereira Dr -
All day parking $10
(In and out access is available as long as you keep your parking ticket)

Food and Beverage:
University Town Center – across campus
Food Court – Wendy’s, Wahoo’s, Panda Express, and Subway with limited hours above ballroom

Recommended Airport:
John Wayne Airport
18601 Airport Way, #41
Santa Ana, CA
(949) 252-5200 ‎ ·

Recommended Hotel:
Atrium Hotel
18700 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine, CA 92612
(949) 833-2770, Fax: (949) 757-0330
UCI Rate: $95

*IMPORTANT: Mention that you're a traveler visiting UCI and that you chose the hotel from this listing found on SNAP UCI.They should honor the rate posted on the aforementioned listing site to UCI visitors, which still stands at $95 as of now. Note that the rate is subject to change.
Atrium Complimentary:
Shuttle to and from UCI and John Wayne Airport
Full breakfast buffet
In-room Internet access
Parking
Stream Channels:
http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive
http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive2
http://www.levelup-series.com/live/ (leveluplive & leveluplive2)

Level|Up - SoCal Regionals Event Coordinator
"Level|Up actively works to improve the cohesion, collaboration, and awareness of local and worldwide communities by focusing on elements that are socially accepted; gaming and entertainment.
Level|Up brings a positive recreational atmosphere in gaming with others at events such as Wednesday Night Fights, The Runback, and premier tournaments. These events help defeat society’s video game pessimism through infallible community appreciation, acceptance, and encouragement to any generation of gamers." - Level Up LLC.

Level|Up President:
Alex Valle
Level|Up Operations Manager:
Jimmy Nguyen
Level|Up Stream Producers:
AJ Papa/Frank Reyes/Louis Vigil
Level|Up Photography/Web Design:
Bryan Gateb

For more information on Level|Up events or interested in community programs and media, visit our sites:
www.levelup-series.com
http://www.levelup-productions.com

Twitter:
Follow @levelupseries

Youtube:
www.youtube.com/levelupseries

Facebook Fan Pages:
www.facebook.com/levelupseries
www.facebook.com/AlexValleSF

Disclaimer:
*Level|Up or SCR staff is not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged articles.
*Level|Up or SCR staff can eject any groups/individuals that cause harm or malicious intent from SCR at anytime.
*Level|Up can change/modify tournament rules at any time.
 

EGP Wonder_Chef

Official Quan Chi Nerf Demander™
Now that NEC is over let's discuss who is making it out here.

EGP is running the entire MK portion, including a dedicated stream for the entire thing.

This is going to be a GREAT tournament, and it looks like we are going to have a really big turnout including people like GGA 16 Bit + maybe more GGA , STB Shujinkydink , WoundCowboy + Norcal , the beasts from Vegas like MITDJT Denzell and DAB , multiple people from Utah, multiple people from Arizona, maybe Texas guys, THE GREAT Tom Brady , and of course So Cal will be defending their home turf with our killers like XBlades and @Tyrant

Seriously this has the potential to be a HUGE tournament. Take a chance to travel out to beautiful Southern California for a tournament that I promise will be amazing.

SCHEDULE FOR MK:


Event Schedule: (*all times are Pacific Standard Time)
Friday, January 18th, 2013
10:00am-12:00pm; Pool 1
12:00pm-2:00pm; Pool 2
2:00pm-4:00pm; Pool3
4:00pm-6:00pm; Pool 4
6:00pm-10:00pm; Exhibition Matches

Saturday, January 19th, 2013
10:00am; Completion of any additional pools, top 8, possibly more exhibition
 

Son ov Timett

Bork, No Jin
From EGP website,


last event at ReactorCon was epic! Thank you to everyone who supported this event. dDue to the holiday season in December and our involvement in SoCal Regionals in January our next [EGP] Redemption will be back strong in February.
 

CptXecution

Brain Dead Bro
Seems like this will have a GREAT turn out, hopefully bigger than last year.

Good luck to you all, sadly I'm very East Coast.
 

EGP Wonder_Chef

Official Quan Chi Nerf Demander™
From EGP website,


last event at ReactorCon was epic! Thank you to everyone who supported this event. dDue to the holiday season in December and our involvement in SoCal Regionals in January our next [EGP] Redemption will be back strong in February.
damn two months off?

that's a real bummer, it's going to be a REALLY long time until a tournament...
 

EGP_Compton

Brian Compton
damn two months off?

that's a real bummer, it's going to be a REALLY long time until a tournament...
Lotus is moving again so we couldn't confirm a date for December. We could possibly hold something before SCR in January but it's still up in the air. That's why I haven't scheduled anything yet. I would like to do something before SCR but we'll have to wait and see.
 

EGP Wonder_Chef

Official Quan Chi Nerf Demander™
Lotus is moving again so we couldn't confirm a date for December. We could possibly hold something before SCR in January but it's still up in the air. That's why I haven't scheduled anything yet. I would like to do something before SCR but we'll have to wait and see.
ah okay

those guys are like nomads
 

EGP Wonder_Chef

Official Quan Chi Nerf Demander™
Updated my first post (which is the second post) with the schedule.

SCHEDULE FOR MK:


Event Schedule: (*all times are Pacific Standard Time)
Friday, January 18th, 2013
10:00am-12:00pm; Pool 1
12:00pm-2:00pm; Pool 2
2:00pm-4:00pm; Pool3
4:00pm-6:00pm; Pool 4
6:00pm-10:00pm; Exhibition Matches

Saturday, January 19th, 2013
10:00am; Completion of any additional pools, top 8, possibly more exhibition
 

Krayzie

Co-founder
Founder
Updated my first post (which is the second post) with the schedule.

SCHEDULE FOR MK:


Event Schedule: (*all times are Pacific Standard Time)
Friday, January 18th, 2013
10:00am-12:00pm; Pool 1
12:00pm-2:00pm; Pool 2
2:00pm-4:00pm; Pool3
4:00pm-6:00pm; Pool 4
6:00pm-10:00pm; Exhibition Matches

Saturday, January 19th, 2013
10:00am; Completion of any additional pools, top 8, possibly more exhibition
*Bump
 
Updated my first post (which is the second post) with the schedule.

SCHEDULE FOR MK:


Event Schedule: (*all times are Pacific Standard Time)
Friday, January 18th, 2013
10:00am-12:00pm; Pool 1
12:00pm-2:00pm; Pool 2
2:00pm-4:00pm; Pool3
4:00pm-6:00pm; Pool 4
6:00pm-10:00pm; Exhibition Matches

Saturday, January 19th, 2013
10:00am; Completion of any additional pools, top 8, possibly more exhibition
Is there a schedule for the other games? I'm having trouble finding it on the SCR website. I'm thinking of going for DOA5 and PSA, and if pools for both those games aren't until Saturday, I could probably get away with going to this without taking any time off work.
 

EGP_Compton

Brian Compton
Is there a schedule for the other games? I'm having trouble finding it on the SCR website. I'm thinking of going for DOA5 and PSA, and if pools for both those games aren't until Saturday, I could probably get away with going to this without taking any time off work.
Level Up will update their SCR website with a schedule as soon as they have one set in stone so keep checking back.
 
Krayzie, one issue for me, that day has to be on my finals exam day......, i can skip my weight training exam but i MUST take my AP Composition exam. So basically, unless the schedule changes where mk9 starts later, i know for a fact that me and denzell will need to be put in the later pools for sure.
 

EGP_Compton

Brian Compton
Krayzie, one issue for me, that day has to be on my finals exam day......, i can skip my weight training exam but i MUST take my AP Composition exam. So basically, unless the schedule changes where mk9 starts later, i know for a fact that me and denzell will need to be put in the later pools for sure.
No problem.