Ephraim Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 (edited) I am not the TO, but as an active member in the Indianapolis scene I am spreading the word. Original post: http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/feb-25-2012-naptown-clutch-ii-broken-threshold-indianapolis-indiana.149984/ (from barzaad9564 on SRK) Naptown Clutch 2: Broken Threshold Last Febuary, less than a week after the release of the much anticipated Marvel vs. Capcom 3, a tournament called Naptown Clutch was hosted. With the goal being to test the newly honed skill and ability of the Midwest's playerbase in a fresh, nearly unplayed game. Beyond just MvC3, we saw a big doubles tournament for Third Strike, 2 vicious SF2 tournaments for both HDR and ST, 2 dedicated tournaments for MvC2, the initial debut of our Money Match Station, and the premiere of the now cult classic SF4: Sudden Death. As always a great time was had and it became Indianapolis's biggest fighting game tournament to date. Last Year's Naptown Clutch: Grand Prix results thread - http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.ph...ix-results-and-shoutouts.128440/#post-5028302 With almost 100 competitors in more than 8 diverse tournaments, Frankie G, Humbag, Big Marcus, Riotgaurd, Mr.Gone, Thelo, and ImmortalBrent all had plenty of competition to accredit their skill after winning that day. Since then our scene has still been growing and competing steadily, just as it has been for the last 4 years after the first Naptown Clash. In the Midwest we commerce in a very close way. Last year the TOs (much more than just myself) received assistance from every corner of our vast community; PowerUp, Tilt, Downtown Comics, CherrySwitch and plenty of players to boot. But even with all of the help and camaraderie, we didn't think more than a one day tournamnet was within our capabilities. Here in Indy we've never had a multi-day tourney but we've done what we've planned and had a blast every time. However our way of gaming is about going beyond what you see as your ability to truly give out the best challenge, much the way life is in that same mold.... Here in the heartland I don't just believe, I know that we are just as dedicated and capable as the rest of the world's fighting game kingdom. With a solid year of planning, collaborating, arguing and a fair amount of procrastination I'm proud to announce Naptown's first 2-day tournament.... I would like to invite any and everyone to... our Broken Threshold! My name Is Gregg, most people call me G, in the gaming underworld I'm also know as G^2, Barzaad, Yyin, No Dice, Gemini, and a host of other aliases, and this year i will again be NTC's master of ceremonies. I, along with most if not all of the fighter scene here in Indy have been working to-and-fro on this year's NTC. We've had a particularly difficult time planning out what games to host. But with suggestion from the more dedicated players and organizers here, a lineup has been decided on. I've planned a few special events, and the usual choice incentives. All in all I'm doing everything in my power to make this Indianapolis event bigger and better. With about 3 months left to settle everything into place, I've made this thread to put the word out and cement the date, I hope everyone who is interested can make it. I plan to pull every resource i have and put in everything i can to make this our next best event. When: Saturday Febuary 25th and Sunday Febuary 26th, 2012. Pre-tournament day Friday the 24th. Doors open on gameday (sat.) at 10am, and tournaments commence at 1pm, with finals, casuals, side tournaments,and anything else on Sunday Where: Our Tilt Studios Arcade is still our proud venue. Located at the Circle Centre Mall (address: 49 W Maryland St. Suite #101) on the top floor. We will have the run of the arcade, and our tournaments will be showcased in both theater rooms. Venue Pricing: $20 for a two-day tournament pass, getting you in your tournaments, and on the tournament floor for both tournament days, Saturday and Sunday, aswell as a gamecard and free roam on Friday if you're up to it. $12 per day for individual day passes, and of course if you only believe in your skill enough to only play for one day or not stick around for finals, then that's backwards so we obviously suggest paying for both days. $5 spectator passes are available, which not only gets you sanctioned on the tournament floor for the whole weekend but also gets you a free gamecard to play any of the in house arcade games. Payout and $$: All main and secondary tournaments payout to the top 3 competitors, unless otherwise stated. They payout in the standard 70/20/10 split of the whole pot, with the winner getting %70, second place getting %20, and third place getting %10. And a special announcement this year, the arcade has agreed to fatten the pots with a $500 pot bonus. Each of the main 5 tournaments (look below) will get an equal amount of the bonus, $100 to each games pot in total. Main Tournaments and Rules: Third Strike Doubles: Played on Xbox 360 online edition. 2v2, $15 a head, $30 per team, double elimination. the team format is TBD. 2/3 rounds, first team to 2 games. And as always Gill is banned and Sean is encouraged. I would like this to be winning team takes all, but for now it's standard. 3S doubles are likely to be ran by our local 3S players, RiotGaurd, Indy, and Mr.Gone Street Fighter 2 Super Turbo: Played on community donated SuperGuns. I'm a little torn on the pricing for this tournament again, I would love to make it a more highroller tournament but for now it stands at $10 entry. If anyone thinks it should be higher stakes like i do please let me know. The rules stand as; 2/3 rounds, first to 2 games, loser can switch their character, winner stays, double elimination. ST tournament will probably be ran by Patrick aka Zamza aka Honeyboy Mortal Kombat: We have much love here for MK.$10 entry, to be played on either 360. The rules being 2/3 rounds, 2/3 games, default fight settings (calssic music allowed), loser can swap their character, winner must stay, double elimination. This tournament will be ran by our arcades event manager and world-record MK player Mike Valenti aka VAL. Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition 2012: Man i kind of hate typing all that out. $10 entry, and will be played on either 360. The ruleset is the standard EVO rules. 2/3 rounds, 2/3 games, loser can switch their character and ultra, the winner must maintain their character choice but can swap their ultra. No character bans and running double elimination. I will probably be running brackets for this tournament. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3: We have arrived full circle. $10 entry, game will be played on either 360. 2/3 games, loser can switch his team and his order, winner cannot switch their characters or order. No character limits, and double elimination. This year's Marv3l tournament will be regulated by... someone... probably Bank The above 5 games will be our main lineup, but we will have more than enough room for side tournaments. All of this information is subject to change. If anyone has any suggestions for the rules or anything please let me know, but as far as I'm concerned these rulesets have worked for a decade so there's not much to do. Side Tournaments KOFXIII -by popular demand, we're having a lot of fun with KOF right now and i've always loved KOF more than SF anyhow so, $10 entry fee, 2/3 games, double elim, and as of right now no character bans, pot split goes 70/20/10 and will be played on Xbox 360 Guilty Gear - We're preferring this more than BlazBlue around here, but if there's a hardcore demand for BB on game-day we'll consider going through with BB too. I'm not up-to-date on the current version of GG but we'll be playing the regulated one on PS2. 2/3 rounds, 2/3 games, double elim, no EX, gold, or black characters, the pot split will go 70/20/10 Mortal Kombat Tag Team - MK9 tag mode, 2 players for each team, 1 per character duh. This might get complicated but right now the rules go something like: 2v2, 2/3 games, no character bans, and the winner pot split will be decided on Mystery Game Gauntlet - I'm hoping this gets more attention than last year, and i've rearranged the usual mystery game rules so: each round will feature a different game. round one will be a 4-play free for all elimination round, the winner and runner up will go on to face one another in the next round and game, while the 2 on the losing side will face each other in the lower bracket in a different game. the idividual rules for each game are likely to change round to round obviously. SSF4 AE Sudden Death Tournament - A huge hit at all of our regular tournaments since we first did it last year. Thought up by Patrick 'Honeyboy' Galagan. The rules are simple: any character, best 2/3 games, best 4/7 rounds ... each player has to lower their health handicap to 1 star. That means 1 hit and it's all over... qutie fun held on Xbox 360 So far we have 3 side tournaments with plenty of room for more... I'm looking into Soul Calibur 5 and SkullGirls which both deserve a main game spot in my opinion. MvC2, possibly a high roller deal, and/or UMK3 since we have a record holder on the staff. I'll post up the rules for each side game soon. In the mean time what do you guys think so far? The Power Up Prize - Osirun has added a special incentive to this year's Naptown Clutch. Anyone who wins any of the main 5 games (3S, MK9, AE, ST, or Ultimate) will recieve a voucher for free entry into this year's PowerUp Tournament. This is a big deal. In addition to you pot winnings you'll get a free pass to what is the MidWest's premiere EVO circuit tournament. Everyone is going to want to bring they're A-game, this opportunity will get you a big jump on the competition come the summer. And both members of the winning 3S team will receive a voucher. Tilt vs. Arcade Legacy - A 5on5 team competition, between our Tilt Studios players and Arcade Legacy's. We'll be having a friendly contest of skill. We'll be competing in all 5 of our main tournament games, Ultimate, ST, 3S, AE, and MK9. We'll be playing rotation style all 5 matches will go down regardless of winners. Each match will be played to first to 2 games. I will be captaining team Tilt whether or not im on the squad, and likewise Osirun will be captaining team AL if he happens to make it out. We've been tossing this idea around since SB this year, and let it be known there is no bad feelings between these 2 teams or arcades... and this was thought up long before AL absconded with our cabinets DownTown Comics - Downtown Comics is returning this year aswell. DT Comics is not only the biggest Indiana-based comicbook chain (since 1993) but it's also a dear store to me. I personally drop by my DT comics place atleast once a week to get my fix. Last year the owner and operator Doug was on hand himself selling merchandise and providing spectacular prizes for our players. This year they've offered to provide the same luxuries and anything else they can. Doug and his staff will once again be onsite selling comics, figures, art prints, cards, and a heap of other nerd merchandise. If there's anything specific that you're looking for let me know and I can easily sway them to bring it. Last year DownTown Comics did us (or rather me personally) a very big service by coming. And Doug brought us a slew of prizes positively oozing badass. The winner of MvC2 got an original giant-sized X-men comic from the 70s which was easily worth $100 or more which went to Otter. The runner up for MvC3 got some limited edition Captain America shot glasses (still in the box of course) and i'm fairly sure Humbag has had some use for them. And the crown jewel?... this hand drawn Gambit and Rouge double-date cover :http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.ph...0182688832453.323814.659322452&type=3&theater ... Priceless in my eyes... I absolutely looooooooove Gambit and Rouge and had no intention of competing in my own tournament until Doug revealed this as a prize. And on top of that he went through the trouble of getting it framed and adding a plaque to show it as a trophy for us: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150182692647453&set=a.10150182688832453.323814.659322452&type=3&theater#!/media/set/?set=a.10150182688832453.323814.659322452&type=3 and it's now in the hands of the dastardly Frankie G. who will hopefully be back to defend his title. That's dedication from sponsors, and I certainly couldn't ask for more. So please check them out on game day, and let me know if you want to see anything in particular. Sponsor and Partner info - Downtown Comics, CherrySwitch, ModJunkiez and more Hotel Info Raffles and Contest! Food Service from Villa Pizza and Chik-fil-A The Indy vs. FW 5v5 Edited January 13, 2012 by Ephraim
Ephraim Posted January 26, 2012 Author Posted January 26, 2012 Tilt Indy's facebook page has an update saying the date of this tourney has been changed to Feb 18th & 19th, still waiting on an official update in the SRK thread fyi
Ephraim Posted February 1, 2012 Author Posted February 1, 2012 Official update received, date is not changing GG will happen Sunday at 2pm
Ephraim Posted February 5, 2012 Author Posted February 5, 2012 Podcast about the event and event location, some Indianapolis and Indiana info, 48mins, check it out! http://www.powerupfighters.com/2012/02/powerup-podcast-episode-75-naptown-clutch-ii/
Ephraim Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 Bump reminder for this coming weekend, hope some GG players show up!!
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