Project Fi.G.H.T.S. Ep. 3: SF3 3rd Strike, 18.12.10

Yreval · 26-11-2010 02:27PM #1

Project Fi.G.H.T.S. Episode 3: The Cakey Runback

Another Slayers24 has just been announced, and you know what that means - it's Project Fi.G.H.T.S. time!

Tournament format is groups into double elimination.
All matches except for the grand final will be decided by a single game. (probably 2/3 since it looks like we'll have a second setup)
The grand final will be best two out of three. (3/5)
Button binding is OK.
Character selection is completely free. (except for Gill of course)

Placebo · 26-11-2010 02:37PM

there

Ramza · 26-11-2010 03:34PM

In it to win it

Sairus · 26-11-2010 03:37PM

I might try and head up for this one. 15 hours on a bus here I come! =D

Scavenger XIII · 26-11-2010 03:49PM

Sairus wrote: »

I might try and head up for this one. 15 hours on a bus here I come! =D

You're a brave, brave man, 7 hours of train to Dublin and back does my head in.

Speed Boat · 26-11-2010 03:55PM

Will try get to this.

Placebo · 26-11-2010 06:15PM

hopefully that girl that beat me last time is there, some sweet vengence
anyone wanna stay there and head out, nightclubs there are awesome

Cloudpaul · 26-11-2010 07:08PM

Placebo wrote: »

hopefully that girl that beat me last time is there, some sweet vengence
anyone wanna stay there and head out, nightclubs there are awesome

Was it at last year's Dramatic Battle? That'd be Tsukiko-Chan if it was.

I'll practice a bit for this, people generally seem to be playing 3S again up here now anyway.

K.O.Kiki · 26-11-2010 07:29PM

- Double elimination

I stand a chance!

- Single game

... oh

Srsly, please up it to best 2/3 games. Japanese rules suck, and you can get 3 games in the time it takes a single SFIV match to finish!

Yreval · 26-11-2010 08:21PM

Cloudpaul wrote: »

I'll practice a bit for this, people generally seem to be playing 3S again up here now anyway.

Don't know if this little tidbit has been posted here yet, but the 3S side-tourney at CXC outdrew any of the main games (21 - SSF4 and BB drew 16 each. GGAC wasn't far behind, on 15).

Srsly, please up it to best 2/3 games. Japanese rules suck, and you can get 3 games in the time it takes a single SFIV match to finish!

Well, there will most likely be only one setup available. We could go with 2/3 but we'd be doing very well to finish the tourney in less than four hours in that case.

That said, if it's possible to run two or more setups we'll switch to 2/3, definitely.

Dreddybajs · 26-11-2010 08:36PM

Would definitely be more likely to come up for this if it was 2/3. Hope you can secure a second setup

Cloudpaul · 26-11-2010 09:24PM

I can secure a 2nd setup easily for it, even if it means bringing my own TV down too.

Yreval · 26-11-2010 10:15PM

Excellent. First post edited.

Scavenger XIII · 26-11-2010 11:06PM

Oh yeaaaah! 3rd strike y'all!

Ramza · 26-11-2010 11:34PM

What's my prize?

Blinn · 27-11-2010 12:39AM

Wow! Cakey runback is a great name for a tournament.

I will be there, yeeeeehaw

Owwmykneecap · 27-11-2010 01:07AM

A semi final with dreddy.

Blinn · 27-11-2010 01:52AM

Owwmykneecap wrote: »

A semi final with dreddy.

Newtype is a 3s beast... watch out!

K.O.Kiki · 27-11-2010 03:10AM

So do I pick Ken/Chun, or do I go with my heart.

Hmm...

Doctor DooM · 27-11-2010 01:57PM

Blinn wrote: »

Newtype is a 3s beast... watch out!

I've seen both play, and Newtype is really good, but Ramza is a mo foing beast!

Ramza · 27-11-2010 03:15PM

I used to play with Simon and Mike ages ago IIRC (definitely Simon at least), I just don't think he remembers :pac:

3RD STRIKE!!!

Owwmykneecap · 27-11-2010 05:14PM

This taking place in the middle of one of them 24 hours things right? The journey is just too long for me to bother with otherwise, I had to run off the last day, so I could get a decent bus home.

And +1 for best of 3

Cloudpaul · 29-11-2010 03:32AM

Doctor DooM wrote: »

I've seen both play, and Newtype is really good, but Ramza is a mo foing beast!

Well Mike hasn't played the game properly in aaaaaaaaages, since he prefers to put more effort into getting good at 1 game rather than thin out. Still, it'd be nice to get people back into playing 3S up here properly again (not that many of us did the first time round, lol). Looking forward to a night of proper FGs again, anyone wanna play GG too then hit me up.

Ramza · 29-11-2010 04:17AM

Cloudpaul wrote: »

anyone wanna play GG too then hit me up.

All day if you can :pac:

Looking forward to this

Yreval · 11-12-2010 08:54PM

Just letting you guys know that I'm bringing the start of the tourney forward to 1:30 pm (in order to make sure it's finished before 5:30, by which time I'll be leaving Slayers24 because of something that's come up). I'll probably put together a new poster to reflect this soon.

EDIT:

Yreval · 18-12-2010 08:34PM

So, this couldn't go ahead as both of the guys who were supplying copies of the game were delayed by the snow. I've (tentatively) rescheduled this for the 15th of January, with the next Project Fi.G.H.T.S. taking place the following weekend.

Vyze · 12-01-2011 01:48PM

Hey man I checked my calendar and I won't be able to make this one at all, sorry!

Sucks too since I've really been in a 3S mood this past week!

Yreval · 12-01-2011 04:33PM

No problem, Paul's bringing a setup - time might be a bit tight, though, if we get a big turnout, although I doubt that's likely at this stage.

Blinn · 12-01-2011 04:42PM

I'm comin! Heck yeah. I have lots of uni projects but you gotta make time for 3s

Scavenger XIII · 12-01-2011 07:00PM

Out of interest do many of fighting game crowd usually show up to saturdays sessions?

I've always been under the impression that saturdays are a bit dead, think someone told me that when I first joined.

Ramza · 12-01-2011 07:40PM

Savin money so don't think I can go

Let someone else win innit

inb4 dodger, I'll take y'all on

Yreval · 13-01-2011 03:53PM

Scavenger XIII wrote: »

Out of interest do many of fighting game crowd usually show up to saturdays sessions?

I've always been under the impression that saturdays are a bit dead, think someone told me that when I first joined.

I don't usually go to Saturdays myself but I believe quite a few do. Like I said though, I'm not expecting too much in terms of turnout.

Yreval · 15-01-2011 04:39PM

Yet again, the game itself was a no-show. Not only that, but with the turnout being as poor as it was I think the idea of holding these tourneys at Saturday afternoon DS meetings is a non-starter. From now on, these will take place at either Tuesday night meetings or 24-hour events. This one's been moved to this Tuesday, the 18th, with the CvS2 tourney on the 25th.

Cloudpaul · 15-01-2011 07:08PM

Yreval wrote: »

Yet again, the game itself was a no-show. Not only that, but with the turnout being as poor as it was I think the idea of holding these tourneys at Saturday afternoon DS meetings is a non-starter. From now on, these will take place at either Tuesday night meetings or 24-hour events. This one's been moved to this Tuesday, the 18th, with the CvS2 tourney on the 25th.

Sorry Robert, I missed your phone call. I doubt I was going to go anyway, a rare saturday off work and I was feeling rather ill. Go figure.

Yreval · 15-01-2011 07:20PM

No problem, then. Hopefully you'll be OK to come on Tuesday.

K.O.Kiki · 15-01-2011 09:59PM

I had stuff to do in Dublin.

Plus I'm going broke from Uni expenses.
Sorry

Yreval · 18-01-2011 11:03PM

Results:

1. The Truth (Alex)
2. Blinn (Ken/Ryu/Yun)
3. Akodet (Ryu/Chun-Li)
4. Liquidswords (Ken/Dudley)
=5. Ian McTetly (Ken)
=5. QMM (Akuma/Makoto)
=7. Blag (Ken/Chun-Li)
=7. SADX (Alex/Akuma)

Shoutouts to:
- Akodet and QMM for providing setups
- Inferis for lending his stick to various people
- Blinn for pulling off the comeback of the tourney, defeating SADX in the winners' quarter finals after at one point being one blocked special move away from being sent to the losers' bracket

Only one week to go until the next Project Fi.G.H.T.S.!

Project Fi.G.H.T.S. Ep. 3: SF3 3rd Strike, 18.12.10

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