TaoFTW

I hate you all. >:[

Can't ANYBODY bring Sano over?!?!?! ;_________________;

This is what I'm donating for the raffles: - Higurashi Figurine Set - Blazblue Poster - Blazblue Poster with signed Daisuke/Toshimichi To be honest, it's rare to go to a tournament that -only- charges you $8 for tournament entry, casuals, exhibitions, entry discounts AND raffle prizes. If you think that this is expensive, then you won't be able to find anything worth the bang for your buck...except maybe the McD dollar menu. Unlike Blanka707, this is a community effort to bring about the hype. Also, I don't see you pre-reg'd. If you don't pre-reg, then you have to pay the full price of $10!

I just realized that you are still seeded with the top 5 in NorCal from the previous ranbat. So I would say you're on the team lol.

Yes. :3

Unless Mike Z decides to not come, we will be able to see Skullgirls! :D Skullgirls Special Exhibition Presented by: Mike Z

Sure! I'm happy to hear a good-hearty soul volunteer for grunt work. They're not hard, but can prove to be a worthwhile experience. Since you are the first volunteer, and seem like someone who's willing to learn, I'll put you at the Front Door Receptionist. The job is simple; (1) greet all the tournament attendees, (2) write down their names/handles, and (3) bring them to the Registration desk. The only exception to volunteering is that you have to come early. All volunteers are - highly - encouraged to come no later that 11am. And in case you missed out on the volunteer list, here it is: Volunteer Checklist Front Door Receptionist (1 position available) 11am - noon - Volunteer description: Manage, and redirect, all tournament attendees to registration desk while working under the supervision of EUdemonia staff. Registration Check-in (1 position available) - Volunteer description: Register tournament attendees while managing payroll transactions under TaoFTW's supervision. Caller IDentifier (3 positions available) - Volunteer description: Direct and manage all late registration while contacting all late, or no-show, players; you will work under the supervision of the T.O. hosts. *** Mike, would it be possible for you to come a little bit early to setup your Skullgirls? By early, could you arrive at 10am? You can get acquainted with Haunts and the rest of our motley crew. Edit: 5th BBCS spot was taken by Coopa. Scott and Coopa were tied for the most votes, but Mr. Sprt yielded his spot for Coopa. Everybody else only had one vote.

Says the guy who's not going b/c he can't do public transportation? :3 :HIGHFIVE: :^)

Rin has room, but he lives in the north bay. San Rafael is a good - hearty - 40 minutes from SFO.

Alright guys, be sure to look at the front page for new details.

Yeah, why not? BBCS 5v5 NorCal vs. SoCal NorCal: Dacidbro, Goryus, Whiteboywilly, Kelvin, ??? SoCal: TBA GGAC 5v5 NorCal vs. SoCal NorCal: Honnou, Magz, Ehuangsan, YaR, Tenkai SoCal: TBA MBAA 5v5(?) NorCal vs. SoCal NorCal: YAT, CT_Warrior, Tsubasa, Snozz, Dakanya SoCal: TBA I would recommend going to SFO instead of Oakland. One, it's closer to tenkai and rod. Two, tenkai and rod have a house. Three, I believe most of socal wants to crash at rod's house. Four, I will be near Rod's house to pick up Haunts.

Fixed Edit: Coopa, take out Kijiyama's MMs. BBCS 5v5 NorCal vs. SoCal NorCal: Dacidbro, Goryus, Whiteboywilly, Kelvin, ??? SoCal: Zenmetsu, Zong_One, Pulsr, Xie, Severin GGAC 3v3 NorCal vs. SoCal NorCal: Honnou, Magz, Ehuangsan SoCal: Hellmonkey, Purrin, Pulsr MBAA 3v3 NorCal vs. SoCal NorCal: YAT, CT_Warrior, Tsubasa SoCal: Xie, Spidey, Hellmonkey

The fifth BBCS qualifier spot will be voting only! VOTE HERE! - Polls close at Wednesday 8/25 Okay, I know that there are some flunkies who want to volunteer and help out with this tournament. Here are designated positions for people who wish to contribute: Front Door Receptionist (1 position available) 11am - noon - Volunteer description: Manage, and redirect, all tournament attendees to registration desk while working under the supervision of EUdemonia staff. Registration Check-in (1 position available) - Volunteer description: Register tournament attendees while managing payroll transactions under TaoFTW's supervision. Caller IDentifier (3 positions available) - Volunteer description: Direct and manage all late registration while contacting all late, or no-show, players; you will work under the supervision of the T.O. hosts. Hey, you guys should be able to get a -real- job after this tournament.

Pre-reg ends at thursday 8/26 11:59pm. You'll have one day to work on the brackets. You could start now, but keep in mind that there are still people who haven't pre-reg'd from SoCal (Kennyon, Zong_One, some random people). I'll keep updating the front page pre-reg list. It's unorganized cause I'm not taking it seriously. I only stepped in to make some structure on something people wanted to have done. Btw, people better start leveling up their T.O. experience instead of relying on me (LIKE CHUN & ORION). If you have questions, then ask me and I'll tell you how to get things done. I want to make this clear, 'I'm going to take a breather after NCI.' The following people are management material who can organize future tournaments during my absence: - KatanaDash - Spirit Juice These are -qualified- people who can serve as the right-hand man (micro-managing brackets and setups): - Qwerty - Aginor - Tsubasa - PhaethonH - Dacidbro These are people who you want to connect with for 3rd party media attention: - Haunts (CEO of iplaywinner) - Koogy - Rinhara5aki - Coopa If you guys have any questions on how to find venues; if you want to know how to get some inside connections with media publicity; if you want to know how to organize larger-scale tournaments; then contact me (either by AIM or PM) or email (taoftw@gmail.com). Edit: For the 5th qualifier spot, voting will be done on the google spreadsheets (this includes people who are seeded from SVGL tournaments).

fifth person will be determined by vote. Let the battle royale begin!

Yay! Ken is coming! I am happy soul! :3 Edit: Ken, please pre-register https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHRRaUlLOHBCdUN5RFJoRG5GSWFoa0E6MQ&ifq

I play Ragna. I have the best one ever! :3

You guys -do- know that no same characters are allowed? :3 Edit: Xie, since you're coming, could you pitch to Aksys to help promote the tournament? We'll be showcasing BB with IPW, so -surely- they wouldn't mind getting more publicity on a well-known FG site. If so, then could we get some tiny trinkets to help support the cause? ;3

WHAT A GREAT GAME! Kennyon is Japanese Ken from socal. :3 Jared isn't coming. Here's hoping we find an extra setup for you. Everything is on Saturday; there's nothing happening on Sunday. Knowing SoCal, they'll probably find some random place and drink till their kidneys explode. So, in all likelihood, you shouldn't take monday off.

I tried sifting out 50 pages of weeaboo talk. Yeah, I was going insane. In any case, Coopa is in charge of the MM posts. Just post them and it'll be up there.

I can't help it when 90% of the posts are about someone getting salty over something that has to do with some meaningless carp. >:3 Now that I gave Coopa the framework, he just needs to pay attention and update the MM posts.

Just check the first three posts of the thread. As far as setups go, XBOX are only secondary. So, no, don't bother bringing it.

hence, the (?) extra extension cords + lots of surge protectors =

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