Frosty Faustings VI - December 28th and 29th - Chicago IL - Game Pazzo! Over $2000 in pot bonuses!!!

[ElvenShadow]

I am proud to announce that I will once again be flying in from Japan and will be organizing the next addition in the Frosty Faustings tournament series! Frosty Faustings VI will be taking place on Saturday, December 28th and Sunday, December 29th. That's right, for the first time ever, Frosty Faustings will be a 2 day event! This means that you can expect a much larger tournament game selection.

I am also proud to announce our new venue! Frosty Faustings VI will be held at Game Pazzo! (http://www.gamepazzo.com/) Some features of our new venue...

13,000 square foot facility!

More room for tons more setups than we have been able to have in the past!

Full bar and kitchen right in the tournament area!

Stage area!

Much, much more (check out the website)

Master Tournament game list (in no particular order)

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R singles (main event)

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R teams

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R special exhibition

Super Street Fighter IV AE 2012 singles

Super Street Fighter IV AE 2012 teams

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 singles

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 teams

Persona 4 Arena

Skullgirls

BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma

King of Fighters XIII

Vampire Savior

Arcana Heart 3

Divekick

Injustice

Mortal Kombat 9

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Mystery Game Tournament

Game Schedule by day

Day 1 (Saturday, December 28th 2013)

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R singles (top 8 as main event Saturday night)

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (pools until top 8, continued Day 2)

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 2012 (pools until top 8, continued Day 2)

Persona 4 Arena

Skullgirls

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Arcana Heart 3

Mystery Game Tournament (to be carried over on Sunday)

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 team tournament (after singles pools)

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 2012 team tournament (after singles pools)

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R Special exhibition invitational tournament event (after GG singles grand finals)

Day 2 (Sunday, December 29th 2013)

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R team tournament

BlazBlue Chrono Phantasma

Divekick

Vampire Savior

Mortal Kombat 9

King of Fighters XIII

Mystery Game Tournament (continued until finished)

Super Street Fighter IV AE 2012 (top 8)

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (top 8)

(All game tournaments will finish within the same day except for SSFIV singles, Marvel singles and Mystery tournament. )

Registration: Please make sure to be at Game Pazzo on time for check-in and registration. Venue registration will be handled on the day of the event at the front counter. Individual game tournament registration will be able to be done online or at the venue on the day of the event. If possible, we would prefer that you register in advance online. It ensures that we are able to make the brackets as fair as possible as far as regional seeding and also ensures the tournaments will begin on time without delays. Last minute registration for tournaments will still be available the day of the event for those who decide to enter a game they were on the fence about. I will be posting more information very soon about advanced tournament registration payment.

Saturday Schedule:

11:00 AM: Game Pazzo opens. On-sight tournament registration begins. You may start playing casuals.

12:00 PM: Tournaments begin. SSFIV and Marvel will have pools and they will start at 12:00, 3:00 and 6:00. Other games will have traditional brackets. Specific start times for other games will be posted later.

3:00 AM: Game Pazzo closes. Time to go drink/play money matches/sleep somewhere else

Sunday Schedule:

11:00 AM: Game Pazzo opens.

12:00 PM: Some tournaments start, more specific details to come.

9:00 PM: Game Pazzo closes. We plan to have all tournaments finished before then. If necessary, they will stay open later until everything finishes but we plan to finish well before 9:00 PM in consideration for those people who need to travel far to get home.

Game tournament entry fees: Every game tournament will be $10 to enter for each player. Team tournaments will be $10 for each person (so a 3 player team would be $30).

Prize split for all games (not includeing pot bonuses): 1st - 70%, 2nd - 20%, 3rd - 10%

Pot Bonuses: Each game may have different pot bonuses (some may have none). Distribution and amount will vary based on game. This section will be updated as more pot bonuses are announced.

Guilty Gear XX AC+R Singles: $700/$200/$100 bonus for GG singles top 3 (provided by ElvenShadow and Game Pazzo and ShinSyn)

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 2012: $300 pot bonus for first place! (provided by Game Pazzo.)

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3: $300 pot bonus for first place! (provided by Game Pazzo.)

Persona 4 Arena: (Shinsyn)

16 Entrants: $50 1st Place Pot Bonus.

32 Entrants: $100 1st Place Pot Bonus.

50+ Entrants: $200 1st Place Pot Bonus.

BlazBlue ChronoPhantasma: (Shinsyn)

16 Entrants: $100 1st Place Prize bonus

32 Entrants: $200 1st Place Prize bonus, $100 added to the Pot total, split amongst Top 3 payout

50+ Entrants: $300 1st Place Prize Bonus, $200 added to the Pot total, split amongst Top 3 payout.

In addition, the game with the next two games with the highest amount of entrants will get an extra another $100 pot bonus for first place (Thanks to Max!) Support your games and sign up ASAP!

More prize announcements to come soon!

General Singles Tournament rules: All games will follow the community standard tournament rules that you would expect them to. Glitches, stages and characters that are banned in their respective games in most respected majors will also be banned at FFVI. There will be specific rules posted for each game soon. All single tournaments are 2/3 except for UMvC3 which will be 3/5. Semi finals and Grand finals for all singles tournaments are 3/5. Grand finals for Guilty Gear singles will be 4/7. All singles tournaments are double elimination. Winner must keep the same character, loser may switch characters. You may select a different character if you are fighting a new opponent. Rapid fire settings on buttons are banned for all controlers in all games. Wireless controlers are banned. If you want to use a wireless pad or stick, you must plug it in.

Pot Splitting: There has been a lot of drama about pot splitting in the FGC lately. This has never been a problem at Frosty Faustings before. What you do with the prize money is your own business, but all finals should be played out seriously out of respect for the community and the people watching the stream. This is about the spirit of competition and respect. Please bring your A game until you win the tournament or are defeated.

Game specific rules

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core + R singles rules: Gold, Shadow, and EX Characters are banned. Boss I-no stage is banned. Kliff and Baiken console only FDC glitches are banned. Macros are banned.

more to come

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R special exhibition tournament: We would like to get the best players in the US to do a regional 5 on 5 where each player fights each player from the other team and the total wins are tallied. Teams will be decided in advance. If you are interested in participating, please tell me (ElvenShadow). More information to come.

Streamed high stakes money match in GG: I would like to have a high stakes money match on stream against someone. If you are interested please let me know. Any amount is fine. I also encourage side bets. If anyone else has a high stakes grudge match against someone else they would like to set up. Please let me know.

Request for Setups: Frosty Faustings is a community driven event and the event planning staff does not make profit aside from any tournament winnings. As such, all of the consoles and games are provided by the community and tournament attendees. Please bring any consoles and games that are on the tournament list. The more setups we have, the faster things run and the more time there will be for matches. We VERY MUCH appreciate your help! (we are looking into venue discount options for people who bring consoles games and monitors.)

Casuals area and side tournaments: There will be some space to set up casuals and side tournaments. If you plan to run a side tournament, please inform me first.

Registration

It's time! Frosty Faustings VI registration is LIVE!

Please PLEASE take the time to follow the instructions! It is not super clean but this two step process means we will get all the proper information! Note: All team tournaments and special events will be done at the tournament venue. These are just for singles!

Note: When you pre-reg it is only $10 venue fee which covers both days! If you do not pre-reg it will be $15 and you will not be seeded by skill or region and may possibly face a cap....

REGISTER HERE: http://ifdhumbag.wordpress.com/

Streams: We will have 2 streams this year! More details to come.

Closest Airport: Chicago O'hare

Recommended Hotel: Holiday Inn-Express Chicago-Downers Grove.

3031 Finley Rd. Downers Grove IL 60515

m.ihg.com/hotels/holidayinnexpress/us/en/hoteldetail/chidg

Only $67 a night!

Edited November 13, 2013 by ElvenShadow

[Chris Chaos]

I'll be the first to say it: I can't wait for Frosty this year! Going to spread the word to others so they are aware of the date.

[Zerashi]

I'm hyped, can't wait.

[Blade]

I'd be interested in going if I had a ride and maybe a chance to bring my private PS2 collection again (this time featuring Korean #Reload!) at a casual venue.

As for tournaments though, that was kinda scary last time (you guys are way above my skill level), hahah.

2 days might be el-expensivo for my budget though...

Anyone in Milwaukee planning on going?

[miller483]

Let's go!

[seventyxxtimes7]

GamePazzo is a godlike spot to hold a tournament. Yo food and booze in the arcade!

[wiredgod]

I'd be interested in going if I had a ride and maybe a chance to bring my private PS2 collection again (this time featuring Korean #Reload!) at a casual venue.

As for tournaments though, that was kinda scary last time (you guys are way above my skill level), hahah.

2 days might be el-expensivo for my budget though...

Anyone in Milwaukee planning on going?

Only person I know that lives in Wisconsin is Duckator. Maybe he could give you a ride.

[Sym_]

Operation "Dethrone Elvenshadow"

[MacArthur Blunts]

Going to make it this year and get really really annoyed with Faust's awesome abare and matchup vs. Slayer.

[ElvenShadow]

Yo GG players. Would you prefer GG singles to finish all on Saturday for convenience or would you prefer us to hold top 8 on Sunday and make it more epic and drawn out?

[Sym_]

1 Day please

[KBnova]

There is a really good chance I will be making it up there! Also Mike mode will there be teams and potential 'Altered Beast' times?

Edited September 11, 2013 by KBnova

[Klaige]

Kenji showing up to midwest tournaments??? Best Xmas present ever!!!

I'll also cast my vote for GG finishing in one day. People tend to need to get back on the road on Sunday.

[KBnova]

Kenji showing up to midwest tournaments??? Best Xmas present ever!!!

I'll also cast my vote for GG finishing in one day. People tend to need to get back on the road on Sunday.

Aww man, I miss all you MW! It's time to party it up!!

[ElvenShadow]

First post updated with tournament list and basic schedule

Kenji, awsome dude! We are going to have some serious sessions! Also, I hope you can play in the special exhibition tournament

[KBnova]

Mike man, come back home already For sure I am down for the special exhibition tourney.

[AKA]

I'm down for the special exhibition tournament. Sounds like a lot of fun this year.

[Chris Chaos]

I've been talking to a few people, sounds like a few guys from the south might be coming down for this. I'll keep spreading the word and gaining more interest so others come down for this.

[Klaige]

The special exhibition sounds awesome. I'm also looking forward to commentating GG for a 3rd straight year. Should be a blast.

[Sym_]

Teams and special exhibition sounds great, but we need to give Gear more time. Like...a HUGE chunk of Saturday should be dedicated strictly to gear. Last year there was such a long pause in between matches we barely finished with the singles tournament.

Assuming we can get singles, special exhibition and teams done in 1 day sign me up.

[SuperFX]

I'm trying to block out the time right now. I should be in STL for Christmas, it's just a matter of getting away from the family to come out.

I'm also voting for more time dedicated to GG. I know people want to play other games, but FF has always been a GG tournament first and foremost. I understand if it's too hard to do everything (exhibition, singles and teams) in one day but I would rather worry about ASW games than shit that is featured every tournament all year. Hell, if CP takes off BB could actually be a sizable tournament as well, something to think about. I would even push for it to be Saturday as well if it looks like it could be a good turnout.

[wiredgod]

There needs to be Chaos Code.

[Humbag]

Game Pazzo is putting up $1000 in pot bonuses! (to be determined how to split up later but GG is definitely one of the games).

[ElvenShadow]

It's time! Frosty Faustings VI registration is LIVE!

Please PLEASE take the time to follow the instructions! It is not super clean but this two step process means we will get all the proper information! Note: All team tournaments and special events will be done at the tournament venue. These are just for singles!

Note: When you pre-reg it is only $10 venue fee which covers both days! If you do not pre-reg it will be $15 and you will not be seeded by skill or region and may possibly face a cap....

REGISTER HERE: http://ifdhumbag.wordpress.com/

I am also proud to announce that Game Pazzo is adding an extra $1000 in pot bonus money! This is IN ADDITION to the $500 that I am throwing down for Guilty Gear singles.

Let me break it down for ya...

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core + R singles: $800 pot bonus for first place!

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 2012: $300 pot bonus for first place!

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3: $300 pot bonus for first place!

The remaining $100 in pot bonus money will go to the next game with the highest amount of entrants! Show support for your games and register ASAP!

There will be more prize announcements to come. Stay tuned!

Also, if you are interested in being a contender in the Guilty Gear special exhibition event, please post up or contact me!

Edited October 16, 2013 by ElvenShadow

[KBnova]

Cant wait to see many old friends again. I guess old literally,.......im professor x status with wheel chair soon. Mike and travis and aaron lets drink to memory lane!!!