PowerUp 2011 - Cincinnati, OH - April 29 - May 1 (very first MK9 tourney; UMK3 too!)

[Tim Static]

The FIRST MK9 Major, Power Up 2011. Original thread found here @ SRK:

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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 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
[email protected]

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
Walkups are welcome at PU2011!

You may also call Arcade Legacy and Jesse will take your order over the phone; you can then pay with credit card.

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

3 Day Venue Pass In-Person - - $30
3 Day Spectator/Casuals In-Person - - $15

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 until the start of your tournament. Individual game entry fees are refundable up until the start of the brackets for the game in question.

MAIN EVENT

SSFIV 5v5
Team Illinois vs Team Michigan to determine the best SSFIV scene in the Midwest! Special challenger: Team Ohio

T6 5v5
Team Ohio vs Team Michigan will be laying down some cash to back up their skills!

MK9 5v5 Round Robin
5 teams of 5-players each battle it out to determine the first champions of MK9! More Details

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.

MvC3 Combo Video Competition

Submission Deadline: April 26th

For all details, go to the original posting on PowerUp

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!

PRIZES

MK9 Singles 1st Place will receive a Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition arcade stick from the Tournament Edition bundle of the game. This prize brought to you by Devildigimon; many thanks!

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

PU2011 is being catered by Brad's Pit BBQ.

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
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

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.

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

 

[Shark Tank]

Good shit

 

[Tim Static]

PU2011 is fast approaching and we are working on making the MK @ PU2011 very special.

Anyone interested or thinking about going to the FIRST MK9 tourney, as well as a great UMK3 tourney, please post here and let me know. Also might need to get a couple other set ups for MK9 (PS3, game, tv). Ideas, suggestions, etc. COME ON PEEPS!

 

[THTB]

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

Oh my god. Fucking count me in for PowerUp.

 

[Tim Static]

Oh my god. Fucking count me in for PowerUp.

lmao attaboy!

that we need to make up some teams for UMK3 and maybe tag teams for MK9 too

 

[Osirun]

Big thanks to Tim for making the PU2011 thread here on Test Your Might. I'm the main organizer of PU2011 and I too want MK to have a prominent place in exhibition events and on stream.

Like Tim said, we're looking to put together a UMK3 exhibition. Quite possibly it will be a 3v3 pitting some of Ohio's best UMK3 players against a visiting team from throughout the Midwest and beyond. If enough players are interested we may even get more than two teams battling it out!

For MK9, we won't really know what's hype because the game will only have been out a week. However, despite there not being any official MK9 teams tourney, if the players at PU2011 are interested we could definitely run a MK9 team event (2v2 or 3v3) after the singles tournament has concluded.

And yes, the food at PU2011 will be epic. Can't wait for a pulled chicken sandwhich, myself

 

[STORMS]

Big thanks to Tim for making the PU2011 thread here on Test Your Might. I'm the main organizer of PU2011 and I too want MK to have a prominent place in exhibition events and on stream.

Like Tim said, we're looking to put together a UMK3 exhibition. Quite possibly it will be a 3v3 pitting some of Ohio's best UMK3 players against a visiting team from throughout the Midwest and beyond. If enough players are interested we may even get more than two teams battling it out!

For MK9, we won't really know what's hype because the game will only have been out a week. However, despite there not being any official MK9 teams tourney, if the players at PU2011 are interested we could definitely run a MK9 team event (2v2 or 3v3) after the singles tournament has concluded.

And yes, the food at PU2011 will be epic. Can't wait for a pulled chicken sandwhich, myself

Good shit. I'll give you exclusive access to the tournament organizers' forum.

Welcome to the site.

 

[Tim Static]

Big thanks to Tim for making the PU2011 thread here on Test Your Might. I'm the main organizer of PU2011 and I too want MK to have a prominent place in exhibition events and on stream.

Like Tim said, we're looking to put together a UMK3 exhibition. Quite possibly it will be a 3v3 pitting some of Ohio's best UMK3 players against a visiting team from throughout the Midwest and beyond. If enough players are interested we may even get more than two teams battling it out!

For MK9, we won't really know what's hype because the game will only have been out a week. However, despite there not being any official MK9 teams tourney, if the players at PU2011 are interested we could definitely run a MK9 team event (2v2 or 3v3) after the singles tournament has concluded.

And yes, the food at PU2011 will be epic. Can't wait for a pulled chicken sandwhich, myself

Thank bro for signing up here. Just PM when you make any changes to what is the original post on SRK etc so i can edit this one. We'll talk again very soon

 

[Pistol]

That's going to be tough, because it's finals week.

Right now, put me down for some MK9.

 

[Osirun]

Good shit. I'll give you exclusive access to the tournament organizers' forum.

Welcome to the site.

Thank you, thank you : )

Thank bro for signing up here. Just PM when you make any changes to what is the original post on SRK etc so i can edit this one. We'll talk again very soon

Sounds good! Will do.

 

[EnterTheGecko]

I'm looking forward to meeting everyone there.

 

[THTB]

Oh nice Gecko is coming as well? GS!

 

[THTB]

FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!! MY 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY IS ON THE 30TH!



EDIT: AFAIK, plans are still in effect, though... >.>

 

[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!

 

[ViciousShogun]

Glad I noticed this, was just about to post a new thread.

Good shit. I can't wait. Ill be there.

 

[Osirun]

@ViciousShogun: Excellent! Glad to have you attending.

EDIT: The tentative schedule has been updated. Not here, but on the regular schedule list. 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.

EDIT: MvC2 Low-Tier is for $10 is now normal MvC2 for $5.

 

[STORMS]

@ViciousShogun: Excellent! Glad to have you attending.

EDIT: The tentative schedule has been updated. Not here, but on the regular schedule list. 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.

EDIT: MvC2 Low-Tier is for $10 is now normal MvC2 for $5.

You're the owner or T.O. of PowerUp, correct?

 

[AC1984]

I'm considering it...

 

[ViciousShogun]

Anyone getting a hotel when they come?

 

[Tim Static]

Anyone getting a hotel when they come?

working on it because im not driving back to C-Bus each night.

 

[STORMS]

@ Osirun: Made you Elder God status btw.... I didn't know you were the PowerUp guy.

 

[Krayzie]

I'll be coming from So-Cal for some MK9.

 

[Lucky Day]

Let's start looking into or discussing hotel rooms for this. I may just be there Sat/Sun, but I don't want to drive back Saturday night to CBus, so I'll need a place to stay.

Hotel room casuals for MK all night wherever we stay. Start making those money matches now.

 

[ViciousShogun]

Yeah, not feeling like driving back to kentucky myself either.

If someone gets a hotel room, let us know!

 

[Osirun]

Anyone getting a hotel when they come?

Remember to use the LaQuinta, whose information is in the OP. They'll give you a nice discount by saying you are part of the "PowerUp" group.

Also, in regards to hotel casuals, you will need to bring your own TV. The TVs in the hotel rooms do not accept input from outside devices.

@ Osirun: Made you Elder God status btw.... I didn't know you were the PowerUp guy.

Not a problem at all, and thank you very much!

Glad to see so much MK hype!