Kensou Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 We are proud to present the 12th installment of the Showdown tournament series. This year we are pleased to be a part of the Road to Evo series. *link:http://shoryuken.com/2012/01/03/introducing-the-evo-2012-game-linup-and-tournament-season/ Date: April 6-8. 2012 Location: Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center 1601 Lake Robbins Drive The Woodlands, TX 77380 1-281-367-9797 The Woodlands is in the North part of Houston, the closest airport would be Bush Intercontinental(IAH) Hotels: http://animematsuri.com/registration/accommodation/am-hotels/ The rate at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott is $139 as long as you mention you're with Anime Matsuri. The overflow hotels are within close proximity to the venue and are also honoring the $139 rate. Residence Inn Houston The Woodlands 1040 Lake Front Circle The Woodlands, Texas 77380 USA 1-281-292-3252 Courtyard Marriot The Woodlands 1020 Lake Front Circle The Woodlands, Texas 77380 USA 1-281-292-3262 Entry: Venue fee is a badge into Anime Matsuri - Currently pre-reg 3day passes are $45. Prices will rise to $55 at the door. You can order your pass either at Planet Zero or online at http://animematsuri.com/registration/attendees/register-now/ Tournament fee is $10 per game Game List: Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Evo ranked Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition 2012 - Evo ranked Soul Calibur 5 - Evo ranked King of Fighters XIII - Evo ranked Mortal Kombat 9 - Evo ranked Street Fighter X Tekken - Evo ranked BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend Arcana Heart 3(PS3) Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code(PC) Puzzle Fighter Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike *All games are held on Xbox 360 unless otherwise stated Prizes: 1st 70% 2nd 20% 3rd 10% Additional pot bonuses and prizes TBA All Evo ranked games and BlazBlue will be a 3 part event: Pool play 32 player Semi-finals 8 player finals All pools will begin on Friday and run throughout the day. Top 4 will qualify out for the reset 32 player semi-final bracket on Saturday. The semi-final will be run until we reach the top 8, then stop. Depending on the game, the top 8 will either be played Saturday night or Sunday. For the rest of the games, they will be run in their entirety on Saturday. Format will be double elimination, best 2 out of 3 for all games. We will be streaming the event live at http://www.twitch.tv/planetzero and http://www.twitch.tv/shinkensou More information will be added and updated as we get closer to the event. You can contact me for more information and registration questions at Ranma0005@txshowdown.com or Follow me on Twitter for updates and news http://www.twitter.com/ranma0005 Official Texas Showdown Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Showdown-Championships/163909740322337 Official Anime Matsuri Website - http://www.animematsuri.com
Emotiongear Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Awesome! Will Extend Your Game be recorded during this tournament? :D
AzureRage Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 An anime convention that does EVO Qualifiers? Gaming and Anime together? Too awesome! GET HYPE FOR IT! Hope you players who enjoy video games as much I do out there will attend to this qualifiers. Make sure ya brushing up your skills and prepare yourself to fight people and show what ya make of also people will come from different states besides Houston. The prizes are good and it's hard to not miss out not this! GET READY FOR THE ROAD TO EVO 2012~!!!
Shugotenshi Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Texas Showdown Championships?! Oh Snap! It's that time of year again! Not only that, it'll be a ROAD TO EVO Major Tournament this year! HOW HYPE IS THIS?! Not only that, we can get enjoy our ANIMEZ too?! Because it's held alongside an ANIME CONVENTION?! THIS IS TOO GOOD! What more could you ask for?! Get your skills ready and head on down to Texas, because this'll be one hell of an event! WE IN THERE! LET'S GET IT! LET'S GO! LET'S ROCK!
linkdude Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Its that time of the year again! I choked it up last year in BB (first time i've ever choked in tournament in my life!), so this time, i'm gonna tear a hole through the competition! Still a month to train up, so i'll be more than ready! Bring it on!
Ranma0005 Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Skull Girls is being officially sponsored by Autumn Games at Showdown, $500 bonus pot and custom stick for the winner.
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