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(Test for Saif)

UPDATES: 8-31-11

- A.R.K. IV is NOW Sponsored by Rebel Son Management and Entertainment (Refreshments), Inebro

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The biggest games at our tournament were AE, Marvel, Melee in that order. If you have a tourney in Feb, you're looking at
AE2012, UMvC3, SFxT, and several other new releases. New games are always popular.

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Results and Shoutouts may be found here:

http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/ark-iv-sponsored-by-the-traveling-circus-9-17-18-11-feat-marn-and-eg-jwong-results.146150/

or here:

www.arfgn.com

Be sure to keep in mind our bonus offer!

BONUS OFFER
If you visit The Traveling Circus's site (http://thetravelingcircus.net/) and comment at one of the above links with your favorite shirt style (i.e. PHX - White) then for one lucky winner, we'll BUY YOU THAT SHIRT and ship it to you FREE OF CHARGE. Throw in how much you like The Traveling Circus for bonus points :D. This is open to EVERYONE so even if you didn't show up to the event, you may still win a shirt from The Traveling Circus on us! Find out if you're a winner via our Twitter @ARKTourney! The winner will be announced one week from today.

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You should get into Brawl or Melee Tim. It'd be a Smash + Bang fusion.

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Whoops, forgot you're under age. Most money matches will occur during the after-party but you can money match him prior to the tournament if you want.

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I'm sure we'll have a sheet somewhere where we can keep track of all that.

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EDIT: (Something's wrong with the code; my posts keep getting cut off on here).

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Updates: 8-26-11
- Kratos banned.
- A.R.K. IV is NOW Sponsored by The Traveling Circus, Funimation, Shadaloo.EU, Game On Apparel, Borderland Games, Verizon, Game Zone Alpha, and Monster Energy. We would like to thank these companies for their continued support.
- We are pleased to announce that Marn has confirmed attendance at ARK IV! Other well known players that have committed to coming include Toan, RanmaSama, Jakob002, Raekw0n, and several more!
- We are also pleased to announce that we will be debuting the ComboVid.com SSf4:ae Combo Exhibition v.one video featuring Snoooootch, Maj, Doopliss, Error1, Smileymike101, Pokey86, and lukeness monster on Sunday between Marvel and AE Grand Finals. Visit these guys at ComboVid.com!
- After-party details have been added as well as a listing of money matches currently scheduled for the after-party. Several players are currently accepting money matches as well so check it out!
- We will be having a raffle at ARK IV for prizes from our sponsor which includes Anime-related items from Funimation, shirts from The Traveling Circus and Shadaloo.EU, and a stick (T.E.? VLX?) from Verizon!
- Local modder DaRabidDuckie will be on site to do stick mods (360 <–> PS3 Dual mods or RJ45 mods). Here is his contact information.

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yo smokey. What if I wanna come to the after party and not drink?? Being 19 sucks...

We can't allow anyone under the age of 21 into the venue. Hopefully there will be an adequate afterparty for minors afterwards. I'll let you know what we can do on that part.

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Arkansas should be sending a crew to SBW. Not 100% confirmed, but they are in talks to do so.

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Facebook RSVPs:
~98 Attending
~74 Maybe Attending

Rules/Formats: We try to adhere to major tournament standards with as little modifications as possible. Thus, the rules we go by are the same rules encouraged by places such as Evo, Smashboards and MLG.

Universal Rules:
- Double elimination brackets
- Double-Blind Select can always be chosen to begin a match.
- Winner keeps same character, except in the case of Smash Bros. Loser can always change characters.
- Player's Choice: All rules are subject to be ignored if agreed upon by both parties.
- Please Bring Your Own Controller: While there will probably be many players willing to lend you a controller/stick, there is NO guarantee. You WILL be disqualified if you cannot start the match within the allotted time.
- Button mapping and converters ARE allowed while turbo is NOT.
- All players are required to notify staffers of the results of their match. This will speed up the process greatly and help us run a smooth tournament.
- Wireless sticks/pads/remotes will be allowed. However, we require that you pull out your battery when you are not playing to avoid disrupting tournament matches.
- In addition, pausing or restarting the game/match for any reason, except with the consent of the opponent will result in a forfeit of that particular game/round (whichever is smaller). This includes battery/controller problems.
- Every person is responsible for the functionality of their controller. A "button check" may (and should) be asked for prior to every match. A player cannot request a button check once damage has been taken and must finish the game (but may ask for another button check at the beginning of the next game). If a controller is non-functional or is functioning incorrectly, the player must receive consent from his or her opponent before pausing the match.

SSBMelee:
- 4 stock, 8 minute time limit
- 2/3 games, 3/5 games Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals
- Items off
- Games decided first by lives, then %. Sudden death is used to break ties.
- Stage Knock Out: Stage Striking will be in effect for the first match of the set. The player with the lower port will get to choose the first strike. Loser chooses ban before next match.
- Modified DSR: You cannot go back to the last stage you won in a set, unless agreed upon by the other player.
- Advanced Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or select to go random. The winner may then change their character, followed by the loser.
- Controller Mods, Glitches (IC Freeze Glitch, Mewtwo Soul Stunner, etc), Wobbling, and tactics used to stall a match (wall-bombing, rising pound), are banned.

Neutrals:
FD
Yoshis
Dreamland
Battlefield
Fountain of Dreams

Counters:
Kongo Jungle
Brinstar
Rainbow Cruise
Pokemon Stadium

SSBBrawl:
Unity Ruleset v1.4
- 2/3 games, 3/5 games Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals
- 3 Stock, 8 minute timer; Items set to "Off" and "None"
- Infinites are legal until 300%.
- Banned: Metaknight's Infinite Cape and Extended Cape Glitches, as well as anything that may hinder the game from continuing (such as freezing, disappearing characters, game reset) or stalling (examples include becoming invisible, continuing infinites past 300%, and reaching a position that your opponent can never reach you).
- There is a Ledge Grab Limit of 35 for Meta Knight and 50 for all other characters. If a game goes to time and one player goes over the Ledge Grab Limit for their character, they will automatically lose the game. If both players exceed their Ledge Grab Limit, then this rule is ignored. In the event of a tie, a Ledge Grab Limit of 13 is used for Meta Knight, and 18 for all other characters.
- Games are decided by 1) Ledge Grab Limit, 2) Stock and then 3) by Percentage. In the event that both players die at the same time or if both players have an equal percentage at the end of time, a one stock, three minutes overtime will be played on the same stage.
- Players are allowed to ban ONE Starter/Counter stage prior to a match.
- At the beginning of the first game, players alternate "slashing" starter stages (at a 1:2:1 ratio) until one stage is left.
- In the event of a dispute, controller ports or stage striking initiation will be selected via Rock-Paper-Scissors or a coin flip.
- Whoever gets first stage strike does not get controller port selection and vice versa.
- Slob Picks: Loser may choose the next stage or select to go random. Loser also may opt to redo the port selection process with that player picking his or her port first. The winner may then change their character, followed by the loser.
- No player may choose a stage they have already won on in that set unless agreed upon by both players.

Neutrals:
Battlefield
Castle Siege
Final Destination
Smashville
Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
Lylat Cruise
Pokemon Stadium 1

Counters:
Battleship Halberd
Brinstar
Delfino Plaza
Frigate Orpheon
Pokemon Stadium 2
Rainbow Cruise

2v2 Teams:
- Team Attack On and Life Stealing allowed
- If time limit is reached, check Ledge Grab Limit. If this does not apply, then lowest combined percentage wins.
- If a team has Sonic, Lucario, or Pokemon Trainer then either team may request a color change to distinguish teams.
- Port selection goes 1-2-2-1

SSF4:
Default Settings.
2/3 rounds, 2/3 games, 99 seconds (Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals are 3/5 games).
Player's must agree on a stage within 15 seconds or match will be RANDOM stage select.
Ties result in replays.

MvC3:
Default Settings.
2/3 games (Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals are 3/5 games).
Simple Mode: OFF
DLC Characters: ALLOWED

Tentative ruling on all game-breaking glitches which make it impossible for at least one player to continue fighting (such as the Zero glitch):
- If the instigator of the glitch is winning before he performs the glitch, the game is to be replayed as if it never happened. If he/she is losing, the game counts as a loss.
Other glitches (i.e. TAC canceling and damage scaling reset glitches) are ALLOWED.

MK9:
Default Settings.
2/3 rounds, 2/3 games, 99 seconds (Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals are 3/5 games).
All non-exclusive DLC characters ALLOWED
No game-altering Kombat Kodes (leads to restart of game)
Banned: Kratos, Kratos' Stage, Alternate Costumes, The Street, Freddy

BlazBlue:CS II:
Round Time 99 Seconds
2/3 games until Loser's/Winner's/Grand Finals which is 3/5 games.
Beginner Mode: OFF (Beginner Mode involves the use of the right analog stick to perform instant specials with zero effort).
Unlimited Characters in BlazBlue BANNED.
DLC Characters ALLOWED

Additional Details:
We encourage everybody to bring any and all equipment if possible. This will speed up tournaments and help everything run more smoothly.

We require all incoming equipment be labeled at Check-In to avoid theft and accusations thereof. Even so, we encourage all people to keep their sticks/controllers/battery packs on-hand at all times as we are not responsible for missing equipment.

Photography of the event and recording of matches is allowed and even encouraged. However, flash photography is not allowed during matches, due to obvious concerns of distraction. If you record videos or take pictures, please contact me and I will upload the videos to my Youtube account and pictures to my Photobucket account, accessible to everybody on the results page (credit given to you, of course).

The official ARK IV stream will be hosted by Arkansas' own Rawkus.

All tournaments will either be on CRTs or community-tested "lagless" monitors (most likely the ASUS VH236H).

We appreciate everybody that travels and we know that players are just looking for competition. If you inform us of your party, we will do our best to ensure that you do not play each other in the opening round of the bracket (location-based seeding).

Attendees are encouraged to participate in multiple tournaments. The brackets will skip you if you are currently in a match.

Any game with sufficient interest (via vote-in) will be run as a minor tournament. We reserve the right to cancel tournaments at any time if there is no "real" interest.

Results will be posted within 48 hours following the event. Pictures, brackets, standings, and pay-out will all be posted accordingly.

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Presented by Game Zone Alpha and the Arkansas Fighting Game Network
Visit us at www.arfgn.com!

Thanks to GBS Giovanni for the official ARK IV Trailer

UPDATES: 8-31-11

- A.R.K. IV is NOW Sponsored by Rebel Son Management and Entertainment (Refreshments), Inebro’s Amazing Adventures (Bonus pot), The Traveling Circus (Apparel), Funimation (Swag), Shadaloo.EU (Swag), Verizon (Swag), Monster Energy (Swag), Game On Apparel, Borderland Games, and Game Zone Alpha. We would like to thank these companies for their continued support!
- We are pleased to announce that Marn and EG. Justin Wong have confirmed attendance at ARK IV! There are several other high level players that are confirmed (or nearly confirmed) including Toan, Jan, RanmaSama, Jakob002, Toi504, Raekw0n, etc. You don't want to miss this tournament!
- ARK SmokeMaxX, ARK XI, and ARK The Amazing are sponsoring the bonus pot of $500 ($250 for MvC3; $250 for SSF4:AE).
- Official ARK IV shirts are on sale for $10 each! They will look very similar to this. Limited supply so reserve yours today!
- Half of the proceeds from the Mystery Game Tournament will go towards the Child’s Play Charity!
- 3rd Strike Online will be played on 360.

Introduction:

A.R.K. (Arkansas Regional Knockouts) III had over 150 people, over $1000 in bonus pots, and special guest EG Justin Wong! You can bet A.R.K. IV will be even bigger than that! Players from everywhere are invited to come hang-out and throw-down with gamers from all across the region. We really want to build a scene down here and what better way than to gather everyone together and see how we all stand? Please join us, have a good time, and hopefully win some big money! We are expecting approximately 200 people to be here!

If you have any problems/concerns, feel free to contact me. To do so, please post here, PM me, email me at [email protected], or call me at 512 522 8563, which will forward calls to my phone.

Date:
September 17-18, 2011 (Schedule below)

Location:
Game Zone Alpha
620 West Main Street
Jacksonville, AR 72076
Game Zone Alpha - 620 West Main St. in Jacksonville, AR

Games Played:
- Super Street Fighter 4 (360) (Singles and 3v3 Teams)*
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (360) (Singles and 3v3 Teams)*
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Singles and 2v2 Teams)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (Singles and 2v2 Teams) - In memory of Forest "Solidus" Sharp
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (PS3)
- Mortal Kombat 9 (PS3)
- 3rd Strike Online (360)
- Mystery Game Tourney (???) - Half (50%) of the proceeds that go into this tournament will be donated to the Child's Play Charity. The remaining 50% will go to the 1st place winner.
- Plus MORE based on YOUR votes.

*Playstation Pad Users: We encourage people to bring their own pads and converters for the 360 games. However, if you are unable to do so, we will have PS2 -> 360 converters (they also do PS2 -> PS3 and 360 -> PS3) available to buy at $10 or rent at $3 ($10 collateral required). These converters have not been thoroughly tested, so they are not guaranteed to be lagless. However, initial tests as well as anecdotes from Tech Talk and Youtube seem to suggest that they have no/low lag. Remember, bring your own PS2 controllers!

Cost:
$15 Entrance Fee. This covers the entire weekend. Included in the entrance fee are free pizza and drinks as well as unlimited casuals, thus it cannot be waived for spectators.
$5 Per Minor Tournament Pot Fee (3SO, BB:CS II, Mystery Game Tournament).
$10 Per Major Tournament Pot Fee (SSF4:AE, MvC3, Brawl, Melee, MK9).
$5 Per Person for each Team Tournament ($10 total per team for Smash; $15 for Marvel/AE).
$5 After-Party Entrance*
$1 Per Raffle Ticket - See Raffle Ticket section below

*There will be an after-party on Saturday night for those 21 and older. Admission will be $5 but we will bring the beer! Money matches, grudge matches, and team battles will be taking place all night and most/all of it will be streamed so don't get blown up!

Prizes: All pots (except Smash) are split 70/20/10. Smash pots will be distributed at a 60/30/10 ratio.

Schedule Of Events:
NOTE: Registration for each game will end PROMPTLY one hour before that game's tournament begins. If you are late, you will be charged a fee to be added to your respective tournament(s) (provided there is room). Please add my phone number (512 522 8563) so that you may call/text me BEFORE REGISTRATION CLOSES to reserve a spot for you if you happen to be late for any reason. We are working very hard to make sure tournaments are ran ON TIME for ARK IV.

Preliminary Schedule (Subject to Change):
Saturday
12 PM - Registration BEGINS for all games
2 PM - Super Smash Bros: Brawl; Mortal Kombat 9; Super Street Fighter IV: AE Teams
4 PM - Super Smash Bros: Melee; BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II; Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Teams
6 PM - Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition; 3rd Strike Online; Brawl Teams
8 PM - Marvel Vs. Capcom 3; Mystery Game Tourney; Melee Teams

Afterparty (~Midnight)
There will be an after-party following Saturday's events. Admission is $5, but we will provide the alcohol (21+ only) and entertainment. State-by-state and regional exhibition matches should be going down here. Because alcohol is involved, no minors are allowed into the building during the after-party. We are arranging for alternate plans for those who don't want to or can't attend. For a list of money matches arranged for the after-party, as well as a list of those currently accepting offers please see "Money Matches" below.

Sunday
12 PM - Doors Open
1 PM - Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Top 16
4:30 PM - ComboVid.com SSf4:ae Combo Exhibition v.one*
5 PM - Super Street Fighter IV: AE Top 16

Stream Schedule (Also Subject to Change):
Saturday
2 PM: SSF4: AE Teams
4 PM: MvC3 Teams
6 PM: SSF4: AE
8 PM: MvC3

Sunday:
1 PM: MvC3 Top 16
4:30 PM - ComboVid.com SSf4:ae Combo Exhibition v.one*
5 PM: SSF4: AE Top 16

*The ARK IV crew is proud to announce that we will be premiering the ComboVid.com SSf4:ae Combo Exhibition v.one video at our event starring Snoooootch, Maj, Doopliss, Error1, Smileymike101, Pokey86, and lukeness monster. A teaser for this video is attached to the end of our trailer here.

DaRabidDuckie's Modding Services:
Modder DaRabidDuckie is Open for Business at A.R.K. IV! If you are interested in getting a mod, please post here so he'll have adequate parts! He will be doing dual mods (PS3 <-> 360) as well as RJ45 mods on site. If you want Dreamcast or PS2 cables, with your mod, let him know so that he can stock up! If, for some reason, he does not have time to mod your stick at our tournament, he can take it and send it back to you at an additional cost.Here is his information including prices and pictures of his previous works! Support a great local modder!

Raffle Tickets:
We will be selling raffle tickets for $1 each. Prizes will include (but are not limited to) swag from our sponsors such as Funimation (DVDs, Shirts, Posters, etc.), The Traveling Circus (apparel), Shadaloo.EU (apparel), Verizon (T.E. Stick or a VLX), etc.

Money Matches:
Planned Money Matches for the after-party:
SSF4:AE
-Oklahoma vs ARK 5v5 for 100
-ARK SolidxPanda vs Mattikus - FT5 for 20
-ARK SmokeMaxX vs Mattikus - FT5 for 20
-ARK SolidxPanda vs Ruty - FT5 for 20
-ARK SmokeMaxX vs Ruty - FT5 for 20
-ARK XI vs Kyoji24 - FT5 for 20
-ARK SmokeMaxX vs Kyoji24 - FT5 for 20
-ARK XI vs Rex0r - FT5 for 30/FT7 for 50 (pending confirmation)

Marvel vs Capcom 3
-ARK SmokeMaxX vs ARK SolidxPanda - FT3 for 10
-ARK SolidxPanda vs Trigger Happy - FT5 for 20

CVS2
-Mr. Sagat vs FindMyFarms - FT5 for 100

Those accepting offers for money matches:

-Lan Di - Twinkle Star Sprites/Money Idol Exchanger
-Justin Wong - AE, Marvel, A3, CVS2, 3S; $10 FT3; $20 FT5; $50 FT7; $100 FT10
-Mr. Sagat - Alpha 3, CvS2, Arm-Wrestling
-Seel/Techn9ne - MK9?
-Flacko - MK9

Fliers:
Version 3
Feel free to post these at your gaming centers/campuses/etc. Tell your friends. We are trying to build a community and make this big. You can help!

Stream Link:
Interrupted Gaming! By RawkusX

Facebook Group and Event Page:
Arkansas Fighting Game Network
ARK IV Event Page

Twitter:
@ARKTourney

Sponsors:
Shadaloo.EU, Funimation, The Traveling Circus, Game On Apparel, Borderland Games, Verizon, Game Zone Alpha, Monster Energy, and MORE Coming Soon!

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I think the Street Fighter was Ran Smoothly.  And the Arkansas Folks where great they popped in and helped me seed Regionally. Thanks to SmokeMaxx for the help there!


Thanks for being receptive! Things got adjusted appropriately (at least for SF) and most of us were happy with how things went on that side of thing. As for Marvel and the equipment... not as happy haha. I actually beat the guy who ended up getting third in Marvel until they reset the brackets and put me against Animefreak first <_<. Ended up 0-2

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