University of California, Irvine: Tuesday Night Casuals & Monthly Tourney

FightingGamers@UCI

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What:
UCI Fight Night 06/11/13

Where:
University of California, Irvine
A311 Student Center
Irvine, CA 92697 - 2050

Room:
Newport Beach A in the Student Center

When:
06/04/13 5:30pm - 11:30pm

*Equipment*:
Please feel free to bring any equipment. Remember, the more setups you guys bring, the more games you guys can play. BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER!!

Maps:
The following link contains the campus map for your convenience. It is color coded to show you where we will be located as well as where you are able to park.

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/4308/ucicampus.jpg

The following link contains the Student Center map.

http://www.studentcenter.uci.edu/files/Directory-letter.pdf

Description:
The Fighting Gamers @ UCI organization hosts weekly sessions in the student center at UCI for players ranging from beginners to the most hardcore enthusiasts. The goal of these sessions is to provide gamers the chance to meet new people and possibly make new friends with a common interest. It is also designed to help the hardcore gamers gather up for competition and level up their skills. For more on our history and goals, check out the description page on our Facebook page or our Shoryuken thread.

Fighting Gamers @ UCI is not responsible for any items lost at the session.

FightingGamers@UCI

Tournament @ November 10th, 2012

Our third 'monthly' tournament. We had to skip October due to scheduling issues. Schedule reflects the number of entries at the last tourney. A lot of you complain that so-and-so game gets crappy poverty time. Well, if no one shows up, then it will continue to get poverty time. I'm not going to give a certain game a better time slot just cuz you don't like the current time. If we don’t have enough signups, obviously a game may not be played. We also may finish sooner than expected.

For those that are unfamiliar with Swiss format, it works like a round robin, except you’re kept within a defining skill level, similar to a danisan.
Example: Everyone (32 people)will be paired up first round, making for 16 matches. 16 people will go 1-0 and 16 people will got 0-1. In the 2nd round, the 16 people who went 1-0 will be paired up and the 16 people who went 0-1 will be paired up for matches. When finished, there will be 8 people 2-0, 16 people 1-1, and 8 people 0-2. 3rd round will pair up those with the same score again, and this will be continued till rounds 4-6 (depending on number of entrants). I'm removing the Top 4/8 single elim after the swiss. Its a tad too redundant, especially when some goes 4-0. They don't need to prove 1st place again. We will impliment this if we have a lot of entrants in one game (ie: Marvel). If there is a tie for 2nd place however, we will hold a match to determine 2nd and 3rd.
We find that this lets people play others at their level and also maximizes the play time you get for how much you spend. Instead of going 0-2 and out, you get to just as many games as anyone else, regardless of your score.

Since this is mainly a test tourney for us, venue fee is $3 and it’ll be $5 entry for each game, which will go to the pot for respective game. Your venue fee can be waived if you provide a full setup (system and monitor, preferably Asus). If you are willing to provide a setup, then you understand that FG@UCI will need to borrow your setup all day. You don’t have to be there all day if you don’t want to enter all games. If you’d like to provide one, please message me (Darryl) and we’ll discuss details. There is a limit to how many people can get their venue fee waived though, so first come first served.

There will be a maximum amount of entrants per game, so if you are interested in playing in a particular game, please make sure to sign up. Below is the schedule of games to run, their allotted time slots, and the signup list with capacity.

12:00pm-2:00pm - Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 2012
2:00pm-4:00pm - Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena
4:00pm-6:00pm - Tekken Tag Tournament 2
6:00pm-8:00pm - King of Fighters XIII
8:00pm-10:00pm - Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3


Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 2012
Swiss Format
16 max entrants

1. BJ
2. Foster Elmendorf
3. Kevin Bui
4. Aaron Smith
5. Alvin Lo
6. JaycetheAce
7. Michael Occhino
8. Brian Bui
9. Rick Croom
10. Ryan J Gan
11. calipower
12. Daniel Ramirez

Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena
Swiss Format
16 max entrants

1. Ragnarok
2. Alvin Lo
3. Choysauce
4. toki
5. Aaron Smith
6. kaoticdragon
7. calipower
8. Galz
9. Ken

Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Double Elim Format
16 max entrants

1. Ricky Bantog
2. AZ
3. Alvin Samaco
4. Matt Gruber
5. Ryan Yabuta
6. calipower

King of Fighters XIII
Swiss Format
16 max entrants

1. Ragnarok
2. BJ
3. Choysauce
4. Masoud Karkehabadi
5. Wild Wallice
6. bland_wolf
7. Jasom Lam
8. Aaron Smith
9. DJ Divine
10. AZ
11. Jose Maalihan
12. Matt Gruber

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Swiss Format
32 max entrants

1. Choysauce
2. wentinel
3. Kevin Bui
4. toki
5. Masoud Karkehabadi
6. Ethan Shin
7. Alex Yu
8. Kiet Truong
9. Rante Cimafranca
10. Kevin Chien
11. DJ Divine
12. AZ
13. Jose Maalihan
14. Brian Bui
15. [ER]MCZ.Spoderzard
16. Libby
17. tovu
18. Haganail
19. Albert Luo
20. supa
21. William Zhang
22. calipower
23. Galz
24. Ken
25. Hitbox Jint
26. Darth Daniel

FightingGamers@UCI

Reserved

FightingGamers@UCI

Welcome to the Fighting Gamers @ UCI

About Us:
FightingGamers@UCI (FG@UCI) is a student organization on the campus of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) for people who have an interest in fighting games. What began as a small club for UCI students, FG@UCI is now a community comprised of Southern California’s most passionate fighting gamers.

Our mission is to host gatherings where fighting gamers can befriend, play, and learn with others. We accomplish this by providing a positive and enriching environment through our weekly sessions and occasional special events, which are all held at UCI and open to the general public. We strive to provide our members with resources necessary to enable their passion for fighting games.

Facebook:
Aside from our sessions or events, members of the FG@UCI community can also interact amongst themselves through our Facebook page.

Perspective members must first request to join our page. We have a procedure for requesting membership in order to ensure the quality of our organization for our current members and in order to verify legitimacy. We have had incidents in the past where malicious members joined our page in order to spam or verbally attack others.

Please follow the steps below if you wish to become a part of the FG@UCI Facebook group.

1) Request to join our Facebook page
2) Email fighting.gamers.uci@gmail.com with your name, Facebook profile link, and answers to the following questions:
• How did you hear about us?
• What fighting games do you play?
• What do you expect to get out of this group?

Once we have received and reviewed your message, you will be accepted into our page. Once you have joined, you will receive updates for our upcoming events, as well as have access to our page wall and chat, where you are able to interact with the rest of the members.

Note: You are not required to have membership of our Facebook page in order to participate in our sessions and events. Information regarding our organization, including our schedule of events, can also be found on our Shoryuken.com thread.

Communication:
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/fightinggamersucigroup
UCI SRK Thread: http://bit.ly/fightinggamersuci
E-mail: fighting.gamers.uci@gmail.com

Rules:
1. You shall adhere to the UCI campus policies. (http://www.dos.uci.edu/conduct/uci_policy.php)
2. You shall respect every member in our group.
3. You shall not gamble of any sort, including money matches. It is prohibited on campus.
4. You shall not commit a violent act during our events. Zero tolerance toward thuggery, violence, threats and intimidation.
5. You shall not have possession or use illegal drugs at our events.
6. You shall not steal.
7. You shall not post spam or useless material on our Facebook page or SRK thread.
8. You shall report any problems to the FG@UCI cabinet.
9. You shall arrive to tournament events on time.
10. You shall have a good time.

Failure to adhere to these rules will lead to the appropriate punishments:
- Warning
- Suspension from the club/page
- Indefinite suspension from the club/page

Please encourage friends and others around you to join if they have an interest in fighting games.

Cabinet:
Andrew Zaldivar – President/Treasurer
Darryl Le – Vice President
Brian Jeon – Event Coordinator
Aliza Le – Event Coordinator

EasierToRun09

The hardest 16 man bracket in SoCal. Come play with us here if you want to level up. :D

offcast

Kobe likes to stop by after going to the ARC just to watch Team Hori practice.

demontium

No pre-registration?

offcast

nah just show up and get bodied, ranbat this saturday!

evilragnarok

You can prereg here if you'd like and I'll add you to the bracket and make my life easier. I just need your name and you gamer tag. =)

Lord Zaldivar

Folks,

Just wanted to give this thread a little bump so everyone in SoCal can read about all the cool stuff we got going on this Summer. =]

offcast

TL:DR Mo' tourney matches Mo' leveling up!!!!!

Binkley

I love the idea of bringing the modified swiss format of CCGs to the fighting game world. Looking forward to how it goes!

Lord Zaldivar

Binkley, post: 5419064 wrote:

I love the idea of bringing the modified swiss format of CCGs to the fighting game world. Looking forward to how it goes!

Yeah, the idea was inspired from my days of FNM and PTQ grinding (never did win that envelope, but I came close several times). We're looking forward to seeing how this goes, too. Hopefully everyone has a good time and in the process improves their game. At the very least, it allows all all players (not just those that continually win) to experience playing a variety of other players in a tournament setting. ^_^

AMEnoMURAKUMO

Will there be a Tuesday Casuals tomorrow (6/14/11)? Just got back from RevLA, will be attending NCR and all in all I'm just looking to meet new people!

FightingGamers@UCI

AMEnoMURAKUMO, post: 5433258 wrote:

Will there be a Tuesday Casuals tomorrow (6/14/11)? Just got back from RevLA, will be attending NCR and all in all I'm just looking to meet new people!

Yes, we'll have our casual sessions this week. In fact, I just posted all the information in the second post on this thread (thanks for reminding me). =]

AMEnoMURAKUMO

Thanks, I'll be there! Should I pack my PS3 or XB stick?

Mezzo

Pre registration , for Wed 22nd for Marvel Vs Capcom 3.
-Robert Adofo
-Mezzo

stream0nster

FightingGamers@UCI, post: 5142497 wrote:

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Any reason why you are switching to Sundays in July?

FightingGamers@UCI

AMEnoMURAKUMO, post: 5434754 wrote:

Thanks, I'll be there! Should I pack my PS3 or XB stick?

I would recommend you bring both, if it's not too much trouble for you. Otherwise, you can check our Equipment section to see which console our players are bringing. Right now there's a slight edge toward Xbox, but better to be safe than sorry, no?

Mezzo, post: 5436764 wrote:

Pre registration , for Wed 22nd for Marvel Vs Capcom 3.
-Robert Adofo
-Mezzo

I got you down, Mezzo. Thanks! :)

stream0nster, post: 5437377 wrote:

Any reason why you are switching to Sundays in July?

What are you talking about? All I see is...

06/15/2011 8:00pm AE
06/22/2011 8:00pm MvC3
06/29/2011 8:00pm AE
07/06/2011 8:00pm MvC3
07/13/2011 8:00pm AE
07/20/2011 8:00pm MvC3
07/27/2011 8:00pm (Reserved in case we have to post-pone a session)

;)

Thanks for pointing out those typos. Great website, by the way. Oh, and thanks for adding UCI to the StreamMonsters calendar!

Binkley

I can probably go to the session tomorrow, do you guys need a setup? I can bring 1-2 360s with AE and maybe 1-2 monitors if my friend is willing to help me out lol

Lord Zaldivar

Alright, I included a directory in the first post. You no longer have to scroll all the way down to read up on certain information. Instead, click on the links provided at the top of the first post.

Also, there was a suggestion made regarding our Swiss format that I'd like to incorporate for this week's event: we're going to do a cut-off. Instead of declaring the top 2 players from the Swiss rounds our winners, we're going to pull the top 4 players and place them in a single-elimination, best 2 out of 3 bracket. The finalists will then receive prizes accordingly (70/30 spilt). This suggestion is contingent on the amount of time we have left during the event and is subject to change. Let us know what you think.

...Oh, and one last thing. Rumor has it that we might have a guest from out-of-state, who came for NCR, attend our event this week (6/22 - MvC3). So definitely come out this week, folks!

EasierToRun09

Do I need to pre register for Marvel on Wednesday?

Guess I just did. :D

Dr.Spr0cter

I will be there..oh yes..I will be there..

marn

Pre-reg:
Marn
NerdJosh

Binkley

Pre-reg:

Binkley
Temjin Alpha

marn

Pre-reg:
Viscant

offcast

Make sure you get there by 7:30/8 at the latest or you are SOL!!!

SuperIrvine

Sign me up:
Super Irvine

Lemme know if you need me to lug my setup over (32" TV/360).

inControl

ill be there too

Upa

camsteh

I'll be down tomorrow. Name's Cameron, aka cams

EasierToRun09

My Cousin wants to play as well, I'll be taking him down there for his first UCI session, so sign me up for a +1.

AyoChip

http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/jul-3-2011-july-3-2011-alexs-arcade-ssf4-ae-3v3-tournament-reserve-now-santa-ana-ca.137756/
http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/jul-3-2011-july-3-2011-alexs-arcade-ssf4-ae-3v3-tournament-reserve-now-santa-ana-ca.137756/
http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/jul-3-2011-july-3-2011-alexs-arcade-ssf4-ae-3v3-tournament-reserve-now-santa-ana-ca.137756/
http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/jul-3-2011-july-3-2011-alexs-arcade-ssf4-ae-3v3-tournament-reserve-now-santa-ana-ca.137756/
http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/jul-3-2011-july-3-2011-alexs-arcade-ssf4-ae-3v3-tournament-reserve-now-santa-ana-ca.137756/
http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/jul-3-2011-july-3-2011-alexs-arcade-ssf4-ae-3v3-tournament-reserve-now-santa-ana-ca.137756/
http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/jul-3-2011-july-3-2011-alexs-arcade-ssf4-ae-3v3-tournament-reserve-now-santa-ana-ca.137756/

one more week!

FightingGamers@UCI

AZ here. Looks like we're getting close to our 32-man cap! I'm going to add you all (including the folks that R.S.V.P. on Facebook) to Challonge's sign-up sheet.

It also looks like we'll have plenty of set-ups to run the event smoothly. We have two extra ASUS monitors, though. So you don't have to bring additional monitors, SuperIrvine, but we could use more consoles and games.

Everyone else, just do the good folks at UCI a favor and make sure you've read the rules and arrive on time. I'd hate to drop people, but I really have no choice as we have only 3 1/2 hours to run an event and I want people to leave early because most of us have school or work the next day. Also, please come equip with joysticks for both consoles or at least know people that are willing to lend you a stick for a console you don't own a stick for. I will provide non-Sanwa HORI sticks for PS3 and 360.

Thank you all for taking interest in our event, and I hope you enjoy this slightly different format!

Lobster Johnson

If there is still room, I'd like to join in on the festivities tonight for Marvel :)

temjinalpha

i will bring a 360 and mvc3

FightingGamers@UCI

I got you, Lobster Johnson. Thanks Tenjin Alpha.

Folks, looks like we got a full list, though there might be some overlap due to people R.S.V.P. as their real name on Facebook and their screen name elsewhere.

1. Robert Adofo
2. Mezzo
3. Dr.Spr0cter
4. Marn
5. NerdJosh
6. Binkley
7. Temjin Alpha
8. Viscant
9. Super Irvine
10. Upa
11. Cams
12. Lobster Johnson
13. Wentinel
14. Choysauce
15. HORI AndyOCR
16. ytwojay
17. DJ Divine
18. Patrick Stanley
19. ETR
20. Andy Louie
21. Nerses
22. Henry Wong
23. Daniel Cheng
24. Jonathan Soon
25. Kiet Truong
26. Michael Hughes
27. Kenneth Phuong
28. Michael Jung-Ying Liu
29. Richard Nguyen
30. JoeKwonDoe
31. Jint
32. Christian's Cousin

33. Andre Wong
34. P.Gorath
35. Nero Fenix
36. Robtradamus
37. Juan Doe
38. Duey
39. Tony

Nero Fenix

If there is still room.
R.S.V.P.
Nero Fenix

EasierToRun09

Just bringing my 360, see you guys there!

FightingGamers@UCI

Okay, folks. Sorry for the last minute. Everyone that's underneath number 32 on that list can enter our event this week, no problem. Besides that, we're fully capped. Sorry. =[

KaiSing

Could I swing by for casuals?

FightingGamers@UCI

KaiSing, post: 5475007 wrote:

Could I swing by for casuals?

We are not going to have casuals unless we finish the tournament earlier than scheduled. However, you still have a chance to enter the tournament if you can make it here by 8pm.

FightingGamers@UCI

I want to thank everyone -- all 37 of you -- for making it out and participating in our event this week! We're still trying to implement Swiss rounds into fighting games, but generally it seems like everyone, from top players to newcomers, really enjoyed the format.

I need to do a better job in recording matches down, though -- there were a few typos in the recording of matches that I managed to salvage in time. Sloppiness on my part. ^^;

I'm also thinking about cutting Top 8 instead of Top 4, and instead running a single- or double-elimination finals, since we've comfortably ran 5 Swiss rounds with 32+ players in 2 hours -- which is over 80 matches!

Thanks again! Come out next week for AE action!

Galz

Is there an entrance fee for tuesdays--didn't see anything just making sure

Lord Zaldivar

Hey GalzPanic. Sorry for the late response. There's no entrance fee for any of the events we host. The only thing you might have to pay for is parking, but there are parking spots available that's free of charge (see our Map section in the first few posts).

Did you make it out tonight? Next time I'll go around and introduce to you. =]

FightingGamers@UCI

Folks,

We have about a dozen players that pre-registered for this week's tournament on our Facebook event page, with several more that might attend. So it looks like we have plenty of room for sign-ups -- so just come on by!

We'll also have a few stations for MvC3 casuals during the event.

But yeah, we understand that WNF is coming back this week, and some of our regular attendants are going there instead (shorter drive, closer to home, different competition, etc). But, if you can't make the drive out to LAX, and you need to get your practice in, then at least come out to UCI. Though our format is different (Swiss-style; see first post), we've received a lot of praise from those that have attended our sessions. So check us out if you haven't already and best of luck where ever you go. We're all here to level up!

Galz

Lord Zaldivar, post: 5501307 wrote:

Hey GalzPanic. Sorry for the late response. There's no entrance fee for any of the events we host. The only thing you might have to pay for is parking, but there are parking spots available that's free of charge (see our Map section in the first few posts).

Did you make it out tonight? Next time I'll go around and introduce to you. =]

yeah I made it just fine. I'll say sup when show up again

FightingGamers@UCI

The main posts has been updated for this week's casuals and tournament, as well as last week's results. So come on out this week!

FightingGamers@UCI

Attention folks! This week's (07/06) Wednesday summer session room has been moved to Emerald Bay DE! It's still the same building. Don't get lost!

Lobster Johnson

Are Tuesday casuals still set for this week? Was thinking of stopping by after work.

Lord Zaldivar

Hey Lobster Johnson! Yes, we're still having casuals on Tuesday. I'll go ahead and updated the second post for more details. =]

bike_seat

I graduated from UCI a couple years ago and i've been looking for a group to fight with. Do you think I could join? What games do you guys play?