Waterford Tournaments

Sairus

This recent G4X tournament has clearly shown that there are enough players (particularly MK9 players) in Waterford.
Who's going to man up and run some Waterford tournaments?

They're not terribly hard to start: Find a bar or a community room (or your living room or whatever) that will give you a room for a decent price, get the tournament players to bring in a bunch of consoles and monitors, bam. Tournament.
We've only ever had 2 or 3 setups going at Tempests and they run decently smoothly.

aeonfusion

Well having only been in waterford for about 2 hours in my life i think me organising it would be a bad idea :P But yea i would definatly be up for going to any tournaments in waterford and if someone in the wexford area (i live in enniscorthy) would be able to give me a lift down i'd certinally bring down my monitor and stick, i don't have a console yet but i will be buying a ps3 before christmas so i'd bring that too when i get it. I can get to waterford by bus but i definatly don't wanna be bringing hundreds of euros worth of breakable stuff onto a bus in plastic bags or whatever, especially the monitor, one bad bump in the road = death :P

Hopefully some waterford natives take up the organising of tournaments down there and even casuals, it's nearly impossible for me to make it to dublin for the casuals on one or two days notice as is often the case, but waterford is only about 35 or 40 mins from me, i'm sure some other people are in the same boat and would love to get to play more offline.

chopperbyrne

Fairly certain Bush lives in Enniscorthy.

You'll often see him in Burgermacs.

aeonfusion

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Fairly certain Bush lives in Enniscorthy.

Well i'm off to burgermacs with me arcade stick so Had no idea that anyone round here played, guess you all know where each other are from posting on here so long, don't think there's any way for us nubs to find out without just flat out asking...which in hindsight i shoulda done in the first place :P

spacenugget

I think Revolution (pub where it was held) is our best bet, unless theres still somewhere like Cybermart (used to be across from the park many moons ago ) or another hangout like it?

I would try help as best I can as Im more than close to waterford city. Unfortunatlry having a tourney at home isnt an option for me

Ill get asking around, as maybe one of the guys around the Hive apartments have some space we could use. We had a bandflat down in one of them for a long time and the council is wanting people to use the space. Its unlikely but worth a shot.
(Its an empty corner of town thats very near tourist spots that the council leases out to artists/musicians and the like.)

mackg

I'd nearly make the trip down for one of these to make up the numbers. I'm sure one or two of the other lads from Cork would come along as well.

Sairus

I would be terrible shocked if I didn't make it down to Waterford for tournaments every now and then.

Owwmykneecap

A wicklow tournament is not looking good; Me, Ry and Monkeyto...

Flanders536

Hi all.

Just a quick heads up, G4X will be holding an event in Waterford every month.

We already have the date and venue for the next event will be released officially on our website and Facebook in the coming days.

If the mods allow I can keep the SF4 forum posted on this?

Regards,
Flanders536

Owwmykneecap

Fighting game forum.

As long as you have some fighting games in your line up you fit the bill.

Equipment wise what's your setup?

Flanders536

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

Fighting game forum.

As long as you have some fighting games in your line up you fit the bill.

Equipment wise what's your setup?

At the moment we have SSF4/MK/Tekkan 6

I would rather not discuss what we have as it would be talking about our business and we have been advised by the mods not to do so

Any one who was at the event last week could advise of our set up and what equipment we have. We also aim to include 8 more PS3's for the next event

Regards,
Flanders536

chopperbyrne

Eight setups is more than most other tournaments in the country.

Hopefully these events really take off and we get a proper Waterford scene out of it.

Flanders536

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Eight setups is more than most other tournaments in the country.

Hopefully these events really take off and we get a proper Waterford scene out of it.

We currently have 10 Xboxs and 2 PS3's hoping to even that out at 10 and 10, we also use these consoles for other tournaments as well as our main aim from these events is to get the Irish gaming scene back on the map.

regards,
Flanders536

Owwmykneecap

The reason I asked is because attending a tournment with 2 jap ps2s and b&w TVs and attending a tournment with actually decent equipment is two very different experiences.

You sound like you're on the right side of that divide

Monkeyto

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

A wicklow tournament is not looking good; Me, Ry and Monkeyto...

In a week it's just gonna be you and Ry. Soz Kneecap





...p.s. I'm not sorry!

bush

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Fairly certain Bush lives in Enniscorthy.

You'll often see him in Burgermacs.

Ye ill be down there with dancing on the crossroads on the jukebox.

1man3letters

would be very intrested to head to one of these for the mk
keep boards updated with all the info!
sounds awesome!!

Doctor DooM

Flanders536 wrote: »

Hi all.

Just a quick heads up, G4X will be holding an event in Waterford every month.

We already have the date and venue for the next event will be released officially on our website and Facebook in the coming days.

If the mods allow I can keep the SF4 forum posted on this?

Regards,
Flanders536

Yup, not a problem, welcome to in fact.

J0hnick

Looking forward to the next one, any word on a date yet Flanders ?

Flanders536

J0hnick wrote: »

Looking forward to the next one, any word on a date yet Flanders ?

At the moment the unofficial date is set at October 5th, we want the gamers from Waterford and the surrounding areas to think of the first week of each month as G4X gaming week, as we will hold our events within that first week.


Once we have the date and venue set in stone(hopefully by end of business tomorrow) I will update the forums.

Regards,
Flanders536

chopperbyrne

Flanders536 wrote: »

At the moment the unofficial date is set at October 5th, we want the gamers from Waterford and the surrounding areas to think of the first week of each month as G4X gaming week, as we will hold our events within that first week.


Once we have the date and venue set in stone(hopefully by end of business tomorrow) I will update the forums.

Regards,
Flanders536

Don't know if you run these mid-week or on weekends, but I'm sure several of us from outside Waterford would be interested in attending one of these.

We have the first Saturday of October, November and December booked for tournaments in Dublin, if you want to try avoid clashing with them.

J0hnick

Flanders536 wrote: »

J0hnick wrote: »

Looking forward to the next one, any word on a date yet Flanders ?

At the moment the unofficial date is set at October 5th, we want the gamers from Waterford and the surrounding areas to think of the first week of each month as G4X gaming week, as we will hold our events within that first week.


Once we have the date and venue set in stone(hopefully by end of business tomorrow) I will update the forums.

Regards,
Flanders536

Would ye consider Marvel vs Capcom 3 as a legit game ?,i know ye had it as a mystery game at the end but id definitely be up for it, but ye nee to unlock all the characters if ya do (cause i play taskmaster ;-) ) and probably get the 2 dlc characters

aeonfusion

Flanders, i just wanted to say that as this tournament and Inferno both fall on the first week of the month i most likely wouldn't be able to afford to go to both. With it being easier to get buses home from dublin late at night and the fact that Inferno is solely a fighting game tournament (perticulaly that) i would definatly be more inclined to go to Inferno over G4X even though it's farther away. I know my circumstances are a very perticular set but i'm sure many other FG fans would be in the same boat as me, say people from Cork not wanting to travel to both Waterford and Dublin within 3 or 4 days of each other or not being able to afford petrol, ect ect. Don't take this as critisism or complaining, it just occured to me looking over the thread and i thought i'd offer my two cents. I'm sure there are various reasons why people would prefer to go to Waterford or even be able to go to both, as i say, it's something to think about.

Flanders536

Hi Aeon,

Thanks for your feedback, it is always welcome.

The Waterford gaming event is an evening event where all gamers get to attend and make new friends, take part in other tournaments(maybe not just FG) and provide an event which Waterford so dearly needs.

The reason that it is taking place at the start of each month is due to ourselves holding events in other parts of Ireland in the remaining 3 weeks.

We will also be holding all Day events where we will have sectioned areas for each game type. This will start to be advertised in the near future. We are stilling deciding on locations ect.

At the moment we don't cater to sole games and that's where Inferno and other such gaming events will stand out a little more on your event calendar but we hope once our all days events begin that we will have an event for any type of gamer who can attend every month and make sure to accomodate gamers coming from farther locations.

We are also in talks with hotels and a specific bus service to supply cheaper rates in which other gamers from around the country can attend our events for a much cheaper cost.

As always I hope this helps and if you have any further feedback please let us know, we aim to provide the best experience for all gamers so all your opinions matter.

Regards,
Flanders536

J0hnick

Article about the event is up on StreetFighter.ie

http://streetfighter.ie/index.php/2011/09/12/g4x-revolution-bar-waterford-september-2nd/#more-3102

Flanders: Would you have room for Marvel vs Capcom 3 at the next event ?, I know ye planned need for speed but didnt get the numbers and that Rockband didnt really work because you couldnt hear the music (or sing or play drums), so would ye have an opening for MVC3 ?.

spacenugget

This cant come soon enough, my internet has gone stoneage again for some reason... all day its been unplayable in SF4 and cant get a single game in 3so.

Its like going cold turkey or something, I need my fix. Maybe this is a sign that I should go hand in CVs and start job hunting or something :rolleyes:

Edit: It was that stupid Fifa demo:mad: lol bastards sucking up every bit of bandwidth there is :rolleyes:

Flanders536

Hey Guys and Gals,

Just to confirm the next Gaming event in Waterford will take place on the 5th of October.

I will confirm game titles available on the night as and when they are finalized.

Regards,
Flanders536

J0hnick

Thats a Wednesday right ?, probably get a load of students but not a great night for the average Joe . Ill be there regardless, be going into my 2nd last day of work in Talk Talk the following morning, what are they gonna do ?, fire me ?

Flanders536

Ok Folks, Latest Update for you:

Gaming event on the 5th of October

Featuring:

• Mortal Kombat - PS3
• Tekkan 6 - PS3
• GT5 PS3
• COD Black Ops - PS3

All of the above will be available on Xbox also, if we get the numbers/requests.

• Halo Reach - Xbox
• Fifa 12 - Xbox
• SSF4 AE - Xbox
• Need4Speed - Xbox

As with Xbox all games will be available on PS3(excluding Halo)

The tournament rules have also changed to co-inside with other events and feedback from the gamers from the last event.

If you require any further info please just ask

Regards,
Flanders536

Sairus

Flanders536 wrote: »

The tournament rules have also changed to co-inside with other events and feedback from the gamers from the last event.

Do you have a list of rules for the fighting games? (I don't see much need to post the others here... we're kind of specialised )

Orim

Sairus wrote: »

Do you have a list of rules for the fighting games? (I don't see much need to post the others here... we're kind of specialised )

Although I'm sure the folks at www.codblops.com would love to know the Black Ops rules :pac: