It has been 8 months since East Coast Throwdown happened. That weekend will live with Joe and myself forever. Since that weekend, people have been asking us nonstop when the next one would be. Well guys, it's here!
This tournament will once again be held in New Jersey, which we feel is a central location for the Northeast to gather. The venue will be the same as last year, in the same ballroom. We got a lot of feedback on the venue last year and the consensus was that people liked it a lot.
To get to the hotel using mass transit, please take the Morristown Train Line from Penn Station in New York to the Morristown line. Call the hotel, and ask for the shuttle from the train station. SHUTTLE FROM THE STATION IS FREE!!!
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ROOMS CAN BE BOOKED!!The room rate will be $89/night.
Book your rooms by phone at 973-451-2609. YOU MUST ASK FOR CHRISTA. She is the booking manager and is the only person capable of giving the discounted rate. Christa is available from 9am - 5pm.
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[COLOR="Green"]East Coast Throwdown 2 will be host to EVOLUTION 2K10's East Coast Qualifier for all Evo games. As of right now, Super SFIV, Tekken, Melty Blood, HD Remix, and Tatsunoko vs Capcom are getting two (2) seeds for EVO in Vegas. The 1st and 2nd place winners of each tournament will receive seeds into Round 2 of the final tournament, along with their respective prizes.[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Red"]If the first or second place winner of the tournament has already been granted a seed for EVO2k10, then the seed will roll over to the next person in line, i.e. 3rd place. In the rare circumstance that 3rd place already has a seed, both 5th place winners will play a 2/3 set for the seed.[/COLOR]
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For more information on the Bonus Prizes, please look at each specific game's ruleset.
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Venue fee will be $25
Spectator fee will be $10. Spectators can play casuals and hang out, but may not enter tournaments. Parents of players do not have to pay spectator fees. Neither do girlfriends/boyfriends who don't play anything. This will be strictly enforced.
The games that will be held as main tournaments are as follows:
Super Street Fighter IV (PlayStation 3) - This will be the FIRST EAST COAST Super Street Fighter IV MAJOR - $10
Tekken 6 (PlayStation 3) - $10
Melty Blood: Actress Again (PlayStation 2) - $10
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PlayStation 3) - $10
Tatsunoko vs Capcom (Wii) - $10
Marvel vs Capcom 2 (PlayStation 3) - $10
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (PlayStation 2) - $10
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (PlayStation 2) - $10
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (MAME on PC, sticks will be provided) - $5
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We will have about 25 PlayStation 3 setups with ACER Monitors and a few CRTs. We learned our lesson last year with the setup situation. About 10-15 of these setups are being provided by Big E from Philly and his crew. The rest is coming from NY heads.
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Ian Cofino will be making a special 10-15 minute cut of his feature-length documentary film, "I Got Next", and showing it at East Coast Throwdown 2. We'll run it on the projector and possibly the stream at the event. Thanks Ian!!
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East Coast Throwdown 2 will be streamed all weekend long by Seb from Frame-Advantage.com. Commentary will be provided by Nick/CasperOne from sf4answers.com along with various commentators for each game. We are going to be working on a strict schedule that will allow for each game to have their final matches streamed, including, for the first time at a major tournament, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.
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East Coast Throwdown 2 will be run using Damdai’s Tonamento event organizing website.
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One of the biggest changes for this year will be the aforementioned scheduling for games. We are going to do something that we haven’t seen at a major before. Taking a suggestion made over a steak dinner by Damdai, we will be running Super Street Fighter IV by itself as the first tournament. This means that at 3pm on Saturday, we are going to shut everything down except for the 25 PlayStation 3 setups and run the Super Street Fighter IV tournament by itself. We have worked this scenario out time and time again, and if we stick to the formula, we can have the entire tournament whittled down to Top 8 in just under 3 hours. And that’s going by a full 256 man bracket. If everyone knows that the ONLY tournament going on is SSFIV, then there is NO EXCUSE for people to be anywhere else aside from the bathroom.
The logic behind this decision is simple. EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER PLAYS SFIV. Most, if not all, other tournament games are niche communities. There aren’t too many crossovers between Tekken and 3rd Strike, or Guilty Gear, or Melty, or any other game. The biggest time waster we see in tournaments is finding people for matches only to hear that they are playing another match in another game. We’re eradicating this problem by not giving it the chance to arise.
If we start Super by 3, we can have it done by 6. This leaves about 5 hours to get the other tournaments as far as possible, if not completed to Top 8.
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Tournament Registration Times
Super Street Fighter IV - 10:00am - 2:30pm
Super Street Fighter IV Teams - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Tekken 6 - 10:00am - 5:30pm
Melty Blood: Actress Again - 10:00am - 5:30pm
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - 10:00am - 5:30pm
Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate Allstars - 10:00am - 5:30pm
Marvel vs Capcom 2 - 10:00am - 5:30pm
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - 10:00am - 5:30pm
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core - 10:00am - 5:30pm
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 - 10:00 - 5:30pm
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Tournament Rules and Scheduling
Super Street Fighter IV - Starting at 3PM
[list]
2/3 Rounds
2/3 Matches, 3/5 Grand Finals
Double Elimination
WINNER MUST STICK WITH ULTRA THROUGHOUT THE MATCH. ONLY LOSER MAY SWITCH ULTRAS BETWEEN GAMES.
Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + [COLOR="Red"]$1000 Bonus[/COLOR] (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
1st and 2nd Place will also each receive a seed in EVOLUTION in Las Vegas this July.
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Tekken 6 - Starting at 6:30PM
[list]
3/5 Rounds
2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals, 4/7 Matches Grand Finals
Double Elimination
Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + [COLOR="Red"]$325 Bonus[/COLOR] (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
1st and 2nd Place will also each receive a seed in EVOLUTION in Las Vegas this July.
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Melty Blood: Actress Again - Starting at 6:30PM
[list]
2/3 Rounds
2/3 Matches, 3/5 Grand Finals
Double Elimination
Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + [COLOR="Red"]$200 Bonus[/COLOR] (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
1st and 2nd Place will also each receive a seed in EVOLUTION in Las Vegas this July.
Archetype: Earth is BANNED
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Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - Starting at 6:30PM
[list]
Akuma/Gouki is BANNED!
2/3 Rounds
2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals, 4/7 Matches Grand Finals
Double Elimination
Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + [COLOR="Red"]$125 Bonus[/COLOR] (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
1st and 2nd Place will also each receive a seed in EVOLUTION in Las Vegas this July.
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - Starting at 6:30PM
[list]
2/3 Rounds
2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals, 4/7 Matches Grand Finals.
Double Elimination
Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + [COLOR="Red"]$100 Bonus[/COLOR] (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
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Tatsunoko vs. Capcom - Starting time 6:30pm
[list]
2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals, 4/7 Matches Grand Finals
Double Elimination
Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + [COLOR="Red"]$100 Bonus[/COLOR] (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
1st and 2nd Place will also each receive a seed in EVOLUTION in Las Vegas this July.
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Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Starting at 6:30PM
[list]
Gill is BANNED
2/3 Rounds
2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals, 4/7 Matches Grand Finals
Double Elimination
Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + [COLOR="Red"]$50 Bonus[/COLOR] (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
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Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core - Starting at 6:30PM
[list]
2/3 Rounds
2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals, 4/7 Matches Grand Finals
Double Elimination
Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + [COLOR="Red"]$50 Bonus[/COLOR] (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
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Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 - Starting at 6:30PM
[list]
2/3 Rounds
2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals, 4/7 Matches Grand Finals
Double Elimination
Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + [COLOR="Red"]$100 Bonus[/COLOR] (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
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Super Street Fighter IV 3v3 Team Tournament: Starting at 7-7:30pm
[list]
3 Different Characters MANDATORY. No Ryu/Ryu/Ryu
SBO Style Elimination (Winner stays on, loser is eliminated from the match. Once one team has no players left, the match is over and that team has lost)
SINGLE MATCHES UNTIL GRAND FINALS. GRAND FINALS IS 2/3
Tournament is DOUBLE ELIMINATION
$15 PER TEAM ($5 per person basically)
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More information will be added periodically, so please be sure to keep up with this thread and this post! Any suggestions, questions, comments, or concerns, please post up or send me a PM! GET HYPE!!
PRE-REGISTRATION
Super Street Fighter IV:
1) Joe "iloveu" Ciaramelli - NY
2) Carlos "xerostar" Arvelo - NY
3) Javits "Jav1ts" Arias - NY
4) Brad "Bisonopolis" Levine - NY
5) Damien "Damdai" - NY
6) Ryan "gootecks" Gutierrez - CA
7) Alejandro "Zohta" Chavarriga - NY
8) Ian Cofino - NY
9) Kirby Cofino - NY
10) Kevin "Scrubmaster_K" Vong - NY
11) Ken "Henaki" Sk - NJ
12) Bob "bmoney" Ventura - NY
13) Darren "Lavaheart" Belin - NY
14) Matt "Hold Dat" Daniels - NY
15) kona - MA
16) Jeffrey "DoomieJ" Young - NJ
17) Andrew "bbqsauce" E - NJ
18) Emmanuel "blazeu25" Marte - NY
19) Peter "PTO" Pilone - NY
20) Patrick "keninblack" Kelly - VA
21) Eugene "XhoOph212" Lugo - NY
22) Jonathan "Epedemic" Alvarez - NJ
23) Frankie "Frankie4.0/frenzii" Nunez - NY
24) Alexander "blueNINE" Smith - MA
25) Joshua "Mr. Quotes" Sunarso - NJ
26) Brian "Diaper Bomb" Nowakowski - PA
27) James "jamsmasterp" Williams - NY
28) Michael "Infinite" - NY
29) Real Decoy - NJ
30) Carlos "rebound" Mercado - NY
31) Farhad "Tweleve" Firouzeh - NY
32) SNAAAAAAAKE - NYC
33) Ben "HBRD" Feingersh - MD
34) FightClubHuBBs - PA
35) Soko - NY
36) Mike "BKBalrog" G - NY
37) Greg "RZO" Job - NJ
38) Spencer "Classy Sasquatch" Salamy, NY
39) Tyrone "XAQshinor" Casey, NY
40) PHATAL PHD - PA
41) Matt "Cables" Kovacs - NY
42) Sai Kandala - NJ
43) Chulak
44) Kenguy - NY
45) Christopher "Deluxe" Haas - NY
46) Francisco "Frantastic" - NJ
47) Kooper - NJ
48) gman521 - PA
49) Martin "marn" Phan - CA/NY/TX
50) Robert "delirium" Paul - NY
51) Tolga "cyphead" Durum - NJ
52) Reaper - PA
53) John "Supersonic9" Macone - NJ
54) Comeback - PA
55) Al "Qbanace" Salas - MI/NY
56) Ryan "DMG Inthul" Burke - RI
57) Zabi - NY
58) NinjaCW - DE
59) Kreatzion - NJ
60) Jason "KYJellyDonut" Lein - NY
61) Reggie "Krazen" Duvivier - NY
62) Flare McCool
63) Philski - NY
64) Tinshi - NY
65) Abel-man
66) Eric "EXIST" V - VA
67) PrincesaStacy - GA
68) Eronios - PA
69) Eric "SmoothViper" Arroyo - NY
70) H Dubz - NY
71) mtler - Montreal, Canada
72) Jamie "Blackula" Washington - VA
73) Jon "Johanito" Nitti - NJ
74) Ahmed Attia - NY
75) Tyrell "Basic_Complex" Morris - NC
76) DMG Rico Suave
77) DMG Inthul
78) DMG Slob Murph
79) DMG Dr. Chaos
80) DMG Knucklez
81) DMG LaughingHyena
82) DMG Sky
83) DMG Insaynne
84) DMG Lud
85) DMG ProjectJustice
86) Shawn " Truancy " Kashiwakura - NJ
87) Ninja Zephyr - Philly
88) Malik "dumba989" Johnson - NJ
89) Nery "ESL" Avila - NJ
90) Dr. Chaos - Philly
91) Julian - Philly
92) Zack - Philly
93) Josh Wong - Philly
94) Bryheem - Philly
95) Ron - Philly
96) Hal - Philly
97) PhillyOne - Philly
98) Avery - Philly
99) Jeron Grayson - NY
100) Harmon "nomrah" - OH
101) Dynicksty - NJ
102) Bakuryu42
103) Ben "networkingyuppy" Fong - NY
104) Lunchbox!
105) Phatal Phd - PA
106) CapcomsHero - NY
107) ShinLad - PA
108) HAV
109) Pacifist - NJ
110) Raymond "RIL" Lee - NJ
111) Henri "Chi-Rithy", Montreal, Canada
112) Stephane "Smoon", Montreal Canada
113) Woolie "ThirtyHitCheapz", Montreal Canada
114) lflako17 - Puerto Rico
115) Nunie - NY
116) Kevin Spears - NY
117) Braxton973 - NJ
118) Cowman715 - NY
119) Eddie "Cla" - NJ
120) ProjectJustice - NJ
121) JohnnyMo - NJ
122) Pirate13 - NJ
123) Sittipong "Mr.Dash" Sayphrarath - RI
124) dizzam - RI
125) Bodie21 - NJ
126) mtler - Montreal, Canada
127) Jan - TX
128) Adam 'Chronos' Lane - VA
129) Pirate Mike - PA
130) Hasani "mrAgua" R - MD
131) Jason G. "Golf Rat" - PA
132) DS
133) Zinc Elemental
134) Steve "Halochicken" Ropizar
135) FT - NJ
136) Vyers - NH
137) Marcelino Villa - CT
138) AldaGOD
139) Ryry - VA
140) Danny Lee
141) Guyofkaillera - NY
142) berserkotaku45 - NY
143) Bacardi - CT
144) Adnan - NY
145) Chris "Zero Cool" H - NJ
Tekken 6:
1) FightingGM
2) kPc
3) Skkra
4) Damus
5) Will "Shakugan" Sykes - NJ
6) Joshua "Mr. Quotes" Sunarso - NJ
7) protege_00
8) Benjamin "Ben111" Ingraham - NY
9) Spencer "Classy Sasquatch" Salamy, NY
10) Tyrone "XAQshinor" Casey, NY
11) Kyle "zzy" Sheridan - NY
12) sandy4v
13) Jamie "Blackula" Washington - VA
14) DMG Grimy Grizzly
15) Julian - Philly
16) Bryheem - Philly
17) Eddie "Cla" - NJ
18) Steve "Blood Hawk" Palakas - NY
19) Zachary "OFdp?" Lang
20) Don Frye - NY
21) FT - NJ
Melty Blood: Actress Again:
1)
2) White Lotus
3) Rayza
4) Master Chibi
5) Nas
6) Bob "bmoney" Ventura - NY
7) Darren "Lavaheart" Belin - NY
8) Raymond "RIL" Lee - NJ
9) Jeffrey "DoomieJ" Young - NJ
10) Andrew "bbqsauce" E - NJ
11) GenericSuperhero
12) riceman789
13) Carlos "rebound" Mercado - NY
14) Fox
15) Ben "HBRD" Feingersh - MD
16) Tyrone "XAQshinor" Casey, NY
17) Tinshi - NY
18) Mindgam3 - CT
19) Hal - Philly
20) Bakuryu42
21) LordPangTong
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD REMIX:
1) Damien "Damdai" - NY
2) Matt "Hold Dat" Daniels - NY
3) kona - MA
4) Eugene "XhoOph212" Lugo - NY
5) James "jamsmasterp" Williams - NY
6) Real Decoy - NJ
7) Chulak
8) Louis "Thelo" Paquin - Montreal, Canada
9) Comeback - PA
10) Al "Qbanace" Salas - MI/NY
11) H Dubz - NY
12) Malik "dumba989" Johnson - NJ
13) Julian - Philly
14) Damian - Philly
15) Jeron Grayson - NY
16) Bhop - PA
17) ChrisLICK - PA
18) Harmon "nomrah" - OH
19) Eddie "Cla" - NJ
20) Bacardi - CT
Marvel vs. Capcom:
1) Eugene "XhoOph212" Lugo - NY
2) Frankie "Frankie4.0/frenzii" Nunez - NY
3) Michael "Infinite" - NY
4) R0kzztar - NY
5) Ghaleon - OH
6) Eric "EXIST" V - VA
7) Eric "SmoothViper" Arroyo - NY
8) Harmon "nomrah" - OH
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom:
1) Will "Shakugan" Sykes - NJ
2) Patrick "keninblack" Kelly - VA
3) Eugene "XhoOph212" Lugo - NY
4) R0kzztar - NY
5) Matt "Cables" Kovacs - NY
6) Chulak
7) Martin "marn" Phan - CA/NY/TX
8) John "Supersonic9" Macone - NJ
9) Kreatzion - NJ
10) Abel-man
11) Eric "EXIST" V - VA
12) Ryry - VA
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike:
1) John "SweetJohnnyCage" Gallagher - NY
2) Joe "iloveu" Ciaramelli - NY
3) Kevin "Scrubmaster_K" Vong - NY
4) Lloyd "NicaKO" Peralta - NY
5) Bob "bmoney" Ventura - NY
6) Darren "Lavaheart" Belin - NY
7) Matt "Hold Dat" Daniels - NY
8) kona - MA
9) Patrick "keninblack" Kelly - VA
10) Frankie "Frankie4.0/frenzii" Nunez - NY
11) Joshua "Mr. Quotes" Sunarso - NJ
12) Brian "Diaper Bomb" Nowakowski - PA
13) Carlos "rebound" Mercado - NY
14) Farhad "Tweleve" Firouzeh - NY
15) Francisco "Frantastic" - NJ
16) Ghaleon - OH
17) Flare McCool
18) Tinshi - NY
19) Eric "EXIST" V - VA
20) Malik "dumba989" Johnson - NJ
21) Eddie "Cla" - NJ
22) xXxDa_RaGexXx - NY
23) ProjectJustice - NJ
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core:
1) Raymond "RIL" Lee - NJ
2) kona - MA
3) Alexander "blueNINE" Smith - MA
4) Jeffrey "DoomieJ" Young - NJ
5) Andrew "bbqsauce" E - NJ
6) Joshua "Mr. Quotes" Sunarso - NJ
7) Tyrone "XAQshinor" Casey, NY
8) gman521 - PA
9) Tinshi - NY
10) Mindgam3 - CT
11) Shine - NY
12) Nunie - NY
13) Jan - TX
14) FT - NJ
15) Vyers - NH
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3:
1) John "SweetJohnnyCage" Gallagher - NY
2) Tim Static - Columbus
3) Shock - NJ
4) Joe "iloveu" Ciaramelli - NY
5) Nit "Summoning" - NJ
6) kona - MA
7) Simon "AC1984" - Bulgaria
8) Alexander "blueNINE" Smith - MA
9) R0kzztar - NY
10) Phil "9.95" Siegel - NY
11) FightClubHuBBs - PA
12) Chulak
13) Ghaleon - Cleveland
14) DommieJ - NJ
15) Julian Robinson, Philly
16) AldaGOD
Super Street Fighter IV Teams:
1) Team FYC
2) DMG Warriors
3) DMG Honor
Last edited by SweetJohnnyCage on May 15th, 2010 at 03:28
Thanks for the support guys! I updated the first post with some hotel information, as well as the date change in the thread title. Rooms will be opened up by the end of the week! Get hype!!!
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