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Information Regarding Side Events I've been asked a couple of times now if there will be side events for DFC/MB/AH and here's your answer: if you want it to happen then it most definitely can happen, but no one is going to run it for you. The events I listed above are not main events. They cannot be registered for on the NEC XVI Pre Registration Page. Sign-ups will be taken for these events at the event, but how do you know if your side event is even happening? Where is it listed? In order for there to be a side event for any of these games, they must be registered first using this Google Form. From there, NEC staff will contact you directly to work out the details (time slot/space). From there it will be added to the side events list. Keep your eyes on the Big E Gaming Facebook Page for updates regarding NEC XVI. I WILL NOT SIGN YOUR GAME UP FOR YOU. Work within your community and figure out who should sign-up to run it and go from there.

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Depends what games you have on your console. When the room is opened up the first day just bring down your stuff and find either Tigre or myself.

Please post in this thread or tell me on Twitter if you're able to bring setups. Consoles, games, and monitors are all helpful to both Tigre and myself. All games will be on PS3. We need GGAC+R/BBCP/P4U2/AH3LM/UNIEL/DFC. Monitors are welcome too.

Eric, in order to do something we would need space. You'll be setting up in the main ballroom while teams is going on right?

The ballroom we're setting up in will have Marvel in it on Friday, so unless the other ballroom allows for casual setups on Friday then no, there won't be any setups for our games on Friday. Last year no one had any problems finding games in the hotel on Friday (that I'm aware of) and it's the exact same situation. The Copa is not happening this year because it's too small of a venue. As far as playing the JP go: I'm not even 100% sure what their schedules are, so I can't speak to setting anything up with them.

Anime has no special event event planned Friday.

Looks like the cut-off is one week before NEC. No. You can only sign-up for games at the door after you already pre-registered online.

Just throwing this out there since a lot of people look past it then complain later: If you do not pre-register, there is no guarantee you will be seeded by region and/or skill in the tournaments you enter at the door. You will be placed into the bracket randomly. This is to save time the day of the tournament. By pre-registering you are helping the TOs schedule and plan their event accordingly. When 3 people pre-register but 80 people show up for the tournament and only 1 setup + 1 hour was allocated for that game... get the idea? Please pre-register if you can. You save yourself money and you help the event organizers plan a smooth event. It's a win-win for everyone!

So you might have noticed that there has been some cleaning up in this forum recently. This is to keep upcoming events from getting lost is a sea of old events. Please don't take it personally if you see your event thread gone a week or so after the tournament has ended! If you want to post results for your tournament, please post them in the Results Archive. (I would also recommend posting any shutouts there as well!) Here are some "rules" I'm enforcing on this forum (but don't worry, they're nothing you really need to be worried about): 1). Unless your event uses the same thread for each iteration of your tournament, the event thread will be moved to the results archive (linked above). 2). If there hasn't been an update or post in your event thread for more than a month it will be moved to the Events Archive. If I made a mistake and your tournament is still active, please send me a PM and I'll correct the error! 3). Please keep events in this forum to single-day tournaments only. All multi-day events should be posted in the Majors and Regionals Events Forum. Thanks! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to send me a PM!

There won't be a teams side event. Xrd single elim will be taking that slot. Thought I would be open to single-elim Xrd teams if people wanted it.

Historically team events require character lock. I was thinking about maybe letting people enter alone (by allowing them to team with themselves and not have character lock), but that's too weird of a format IMO. It's either teams with character lock or singles no-lock.

To clear up one thing: the JP asked for it but that didn't make or break anything. I had been thinking about it for a while (~half a year) and long before it was ever brought up by someone else, but it took me a really long time to come to a final decision (too long in this case). I love Guilty Gear. And I love Guilty Gear teams even more. If I could, I would make every tournament teams, but there are too many "main event" games this year. You could say the JP recommendation was the last nail in the coffin, but I waited too long to act. I'll revert it back to singles. Also, the only reason it's being reverted back is because I waited too long and too many people have made irreversible plans already. The tournament logistics of changing from singles to teams is laughable compared to the power going out, not having enough setups, the brackets being lost, or only 20% of the actual entrants pre-registering (see: not having enough setups). A majority of tournaments run late because not enough people pre-register and TOs have to look into their magic balls to make the schedule. The type of tournament being run is irrelevant, but the number of people entered, however, is a completely different animal. Sorry Zinac, lofo, Essay, and thelo! I can understand if you don't want to come to NEC out of spite. It was my mistake! IMO, and totally irrelevant to anything, the other side of the coin (and what I think about when choosing to make something teams vs singles): Teams and singles still both require you to be good in order to win. Teams are interesting because you get to make up team compositions that cover bad match-ups. Teams let you team with your friends instead of having to eliminate them in the losers bracket. If your friends get mad at you for not teaming with them then I don't know how you can enter the same tournament since you might have to eliminate one another early on. Teams are more interesting to watch (what most of your time is spent doing) because you see more character diversity (more players = more character diversity unless everyone plays the same characters). There are obvious downsides to almost every point and I understand that, but please understand that I was trying to make the event more exciting! Thanks for your feedback!