[Sep 2, 2011] Focus Fire and Keits Present - Fighter X Shooter - $2k in Bonus... (Northbrook, IL)

[FocusFire]

Focus Fire and Keits are coming together to put on a Labor Day Weekend event you'll never forget. Fighting games, shooting games, and an expertly run event with professional grade equipment.

Introducing Fighter X Shooter! (Fighter Cross Shooter)

Registration -

Head over to the Registration website. Here are pricing details -

COST -
$10 entrance fee per tournament game
$30 venue fee per player (fighters, sports) (good for entire weekend)
$60 venue fee per team (shooters) (good for entire weekend)
$10 spectator/casual pass (good for entire weekend)
WARNING: If you do not pre-reg, you MAY still sign up for tournaments at the door day of. However, the venue fee day of will be $40 for fighter/sports players and $80 for shooter teams! To avoid this higher fee, please pre-register online before Aug 31, 2011.

Hotel Reservations -

Crown Plaza Chicago-Northbrook - Online reservations coming soon.
Use group code FXS
2875 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Northbrook, IL 60062
Room rate is $69/night, and you support the event by staying at the hotel.

Games List -
Marvel vs Capcom 3 (singles, PS3)
Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition (singles, PS3)
Mortal Kombat 9 (singles, PS3)
Mystery Game Tournament (singles, Various Consoles)
3rd Strike Online Edition (singles, PS3)
Call of Duty Black Ops (4 vs 4 teams, 360)
Halo Reach (4 vs 4 teams, 360)
Madden 2012 (singles, Platform TBA)

Side tournaments for Super Turbo and Vampire on Zenblaster's cabs!

PAYOUTS/BONUS POTS -
$2,000 in bonus pots will be paid out! Bonus pots will spread across the top 8 players/teams (poker style). 100% of tournament entrance fee's will also go to the top 8.

Bonus Pot Payout – Super Street Fighter AE ($300)
Bonus Pot Payout – Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 ($300)
Bonus Pot Payout – Mortal Kombat 9 ($250)
Bonus Pot Payout – 3rd Strike Online ($150)
Bonus Pot Payout – Madden 12 – Starts at 2pm ($100)
Bonus Pot Payout – Call Of Duty Black Ops 4v4 – Starts at 2pm ($500)
Bonus Pot Payout – Halo Reach 4v4 – Starts at 2pm ($400)
Note: Shooters have a larger bonus pot due to the teams consisting of 4 players

Special Event List-
Marvel vs Capcom 3 Team-of-Characters Auction
Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Character Auction
Mortal Kombat 9 Character Auction
SSF4AE TEAM WAR - New team tournament format filled with absurdity. Enter alone, join a team of your peers, and take your enemy's money.

GIVEAWAYS/RAFFLES -
There will be plenty of free items given away and tons of raffles taking place. Companies such as Focus Fire, Madcatz, NetherRealm, Atlus, Gaming Generations & others will be showing off items and giving away some great stuff. More info on giveaways & raffles will be coming soon.

STREAMS -
There will be 2 professional streams setup w/ commentary, one for fighters and one for shooters. If you would like to help commentate, please contact us immediately.

SCHEDULE -

FRIDAY
- Coming soon

SATURDAY
VENUE OPENS AT 10AM
- Super Street Fighter AE (ps3)
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (ps3)
- Mortal Kombat 9 (ps3)
- 3rd Strike Online (ps3)
- Madden 12 – Starts at 2pm (xbox 360)
- Call Of Duty Black Ops 4v4 – Starts at 2pm (xbox 360)
- Halo Reach 4v4 – Starts at 2pm (xbox 360)

SUNDAY

VENUE OPENS AT 10AM
Mystery Game Tournament
- Finals For:
- Super Street Fighter AE
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
- Mortal Kombat 9
- 3rd Strike Online
- Madden 12 – Starts at 10am
- Call Of Duty Black Ops 4v4 – Starts at 11am
- Halo Reach 4v4 – Starts at 4pm

Info from Focus Fire's Evan and Ben -

Online sign ups and more detailed info on this event will be coming before the end of the weekend.

What we do know thus far...

*All monitors will be Asus for both fighters and shooters (70+ monitors total).
*Booths will be brought to the event from a variety of companies.
*Stream will be separately ran for both fighters and shooters.
*Top level players will be in attendance for both fighters and shooters.
*There will be plenty of giveaways and raffles taking place!

This may be the last Focus Fire & Keits event in 2011, so we are gonna make sure it's the best one of the year!
Official Flier

 

[AU_IM_DIGIMON]

Guys I will be there running MK9 at this tournament. Thanks to Focus Fire and Keits. So LETS DO THIS!!!

Chicago has ANOTHER fantastic event.

Register today.

 

[catch22]

am planning on attending this event with m1 or 2 of my kids.
would love to meet up with people from here.
dont know if me or alex jr will be playing tho, havent decided yet.
for sure will be there saturday morning as it is just an 1:20 minutes from here, will be spending the night at the hotel for sure to support the event.
would also like to know about people from here so we can still hang out afterwards and play some casuals, itll be good for me and my kids, as we really havent played any one besides ourselves

thanks.
and hope to see some of the cool people from here

 

[Chaosphere]

I'm going to have a room there Friday and Saturday night if anyone wants to get together for some casuals. It'll be on xbox 360, but we should be getting there around 10pm on Friday night.

 

[AU_IM_DIGIMON]

Guys can't wait to see yha this weekend. It's going to be a great event. Make sure to show the thread on Shoryuken.com some luv too.

Especially if you have questions about the tournament.

 

[Chauncy Talon]

I can't wait for this. I'm trying to level up more and more for this event. I want the title of King of Mortal Kombat but I have so much work to do to get to it.

I want to be Frank White!

 

[GGA MOE30W]

I was not going to be able to make it to this one but plans have changed! See you there digimon.

 

[kabelfritz]

stream is on:

http://de.twitch.tv/focusfirefighters

 

[Euphoric]

Is MK on a seperate stream or something? All I see is SF.