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KIT Presents Midwest Championships May 29-30, 2015

Vandy

Vandy

Kumite!



Midwest Championships 2015 presented by KIT and DreamTR!
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Date: May 29-30, 2015

Venue: Lane Agri-Park Community Center
315 John R. Rice Blvd, Suite 101
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Airport: Nashville International (BNA) approx 30 minutes from venue.

Venue Fee: $20 Pre Registration or $30 onsite on Friday only
Game Fee: $10 per game
Payout is 60/30/10 for 1st/2nd/3rd

Please register online here
Last day to register online is Monday May 25!

Hotel Information
Baymont Inn and Suites Murfreesboro
2230 Armory Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 US
(615) 896-1172
http://www.baymontinns.com/hotels/tennessee/murfreesboro/baymont-inn-and-suites-murfreesboro/hotel-overview

Clarion Inn
2227 Old Fort Parkway , Murfreesboro, TN, US, 37129
(615) 896-2420
http://www.clarionhotel.com/hotel-murfreesboro-tennessee-TN484

Super 8
127 Chaffin Pl, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
(615) 867-5000
http://www.super8.com/hotels/tennessee/murfreesboro/super-8-murfreesboro/hotel-overview

Games:
Friday
Injustice: God Among Us (XBox 360)
Persona 4 Arena (PS3)
Project M (Wii) - Round Robin Pools
Melee (Gamecube) - Round Robin Pools
Smash Bros. 4 (Wii U) - Round Robin Pools

Saturday
Project M (Wii) – Double Elimination Bracket
Melee (Gamecube) – Double Elimination Bracket
Smash Bros. 4 (Wii U) – Double Elimination Bracket
Ultra Street Fighter IV (XBox 360)
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (XBox 360)
Mortal Kombat X (PS4)
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round (PS4)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3)
Guilty Gear Xrd (PS3)
Killer Instinct (XBox One)

Stream Channels:
www.twitch.tv/PandaXGaming
www.twitch.tv/SixFortyFive
www.twitch.tv/KOsGanonDunk

Venue Rules:
- The venue will close at 2 AM on Friday night and 11 PM on Saturday night
- Alcohol and Tobacco are strictly prohibited
- Sportsmanship and respect are expected between all players

Game Rules:
- All Games will be run as a double elimination tournament.
- All Controller Setups configurable by the in-game menus are legal. Hardware binds are not legal.
- Pausing the Game during a tournament match will result in a loss of round/game for the player who paused.
- One coach can be assigned to a player. Coaches are allowed to talk to players in between games only

Contact: [email protected]

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/784618544962213

Be sure to like our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KumiteInTennessee
Follow us on twitter: @KITVandy @KITBeely @KiT_CodEZ

MKX Trophy:
 
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Chaosphere

Chaosphere

The Free Meter Police
Pig Of The Hut said:
Combo breaker first then this immediately after? Then CEO
Those three weeks will kick ass for MKx

I'll be there
Click to expand...
Likewise.

But... I just looked up CEO and it's at the end of June, not the first week of June. Did something change since you posted this?
 
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Vandy

Vandy

Kumite!
Q&A History Lesson since a lot of people are confused - kinda long, only read if interested =)

Q: Why is KIT running a tournament called Midwest Championships when it is located in the South?

A: Midwest Championships (MWC) is a long running tournament - 22 years now to be exact - that originated out of Chicago, IL as an arcade Street Fighter tournament so when it started the name made a ton of sense. The tournament was founded by Capcom in 1993 and taken over by Jason "DreamTR" Wilson in 1997 who ran the event in Chicago for years despite seldom actually living there. By 2009 he had moved to Nashville, TN and started an arcade there - Game Galaxy Arcade. The demands of running an arcade and family life made it unfeasible for him to keep the tournament in Chicago, so in 2011 he made a peaceful split with associate Adam "Keits" Hart and brought MWC to Middle Tennessee but kept the name which had nearly 20 years of history.

Keits revived Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament (UFGT) the same year, 2011, so that Chicago could keep a major tournament. That lasted until UFGT X in 2014 when Keits retired the series. In its place Combo Breaker was born as a replacement tournament in Chicago and is having its inaugural tournament Memorial Day weekend of 2015 and run by Richard Thiher.

Anyway, back to MWC - since 2011 the tournament remained in Tennessee but shrunk in size each year as Jason was too busy with opening new arcade locations and building his family. After MWC 2014, Ian "Vandy" Davis, co-tournament organizer for Kumite in Tennessee (KIT) approached him about taking over the main organizational responsibilities of MWC to build it back up to prominence in the FGC and he agreed. DreamTR remains on board as the head director of the Street Fighter portion of the event. Which brings us to MWC 2015 now in Murfreesboro in the same location where KIT 2015 was held. We decided to take a step-up approach by first making it a big two-day event with plans to turn it into a three-day event as early as 2016. We are keeping it where it is in Middle Tennessee because that is where we all are, and we are keeping the name Midwest Championships to preserve its 20+ year history. Confusing as we know it is =)

In related news the MidWEST lies primarily in the EASTern half of the United States and the Big 10 has 14 teams. The point is that names have history and meaning which people want to preserve
 
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