Ladies and gentlemen, Joe “iloveu” Ciaramelli (AKA Long Island Joe) and John “SweetJohnnyCage” Gallagher are proud to present:
East Coast Throwdown 2
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SPONSORED BY:
FnA Gaming.net
UltraSpec Cables
sf4answers.com
FocusAttack.com
UltimateMK.com
Montreal Street Fighter
VideoGameCentral.com
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Official Trailer by Ian Cofino
Official ECT2 Poster (logo by Ian Cofino, poster by Jigsaw is FnA)
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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.
Westin Governor Morris
2 Whippany Road
Morristown, NJ 07960
(973) 539-7300
=====MASS TRANSIT INFORMATION!!!=====
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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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.
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.
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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:
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[*]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
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[*]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
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[*]Super Street Fighter IV - Starting at 3PM
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[*]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.
[*]All available in-game button macros are legal.
[*]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + $1000 Bonus (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
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[*]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 + $325 Bonus (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
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[*]2/3 Rounds
[*]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Grand Finals
[*]Double Elimination
[*]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + $200 Bonus (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
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[*]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 + $125 Bonus (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
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[*]1 Round Matches
[*]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals, 4/7 Matches Grand Finals.
[*]Double Elimination
[*]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + $100 Bonus (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
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[*]Tatsunoko vs. Capcom - Starting time 6:30pm
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[*]2/3 Matches, 3/5 Matches Finals, 4/7 Matches Grand Finals
[*]Double Elimination
[*]Prizes are 70/20/10 of entry fees + $100 Bonus (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
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[*]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 + $50 Bonus (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
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[*]Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core - Starting at 6:30PM
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[*]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 + $50 Bonus (Bonus cash is also divided into that 70/20/10).
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[*]Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 - Starting at 6:30PM
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[*]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 + $100 Bonus (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
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[*] 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:
- Joe “iloveu” Ciaramelli - NY
- Carlos “xerostar” Arvelo - NY
- Javits “Jav1ts” Arias - NY
- Brad “Bisonopolis” Levine - NY
- Damien “Damdai” - NY
- Ryan “gootecks” Gutierrez - CA
- Alejandro “Zohta” Chavarriga - NY
- Ian Cofino - NY
- Kirby Cofino - NY
- Kevin “Scrubmaster_K” Vong - NY
- Ken “Henaki” Sk - NJ
- Bob “bmoney” Ventura - NY
- Darren “Lavaheart” Belin - NY
- Matt “Hold Dat” Daniels - NY
- kona - MA
- Jeffrey “DoomieJ” Young - NJ
- Andrew “bbqsauce” E - NJ
- Emmanuel “blazeu25” Marte - NY
- Peter “PTO” Pilone - NY
- Patrick “keninblack” Kelly - VA
- Eugene “XhoOph212” Lugo - NY
- Jonathan “Epedemic” Alvarez - NJ
- Frankie “Frankie4.0/frenzii” Nunez - NY
- Alexander “blueNINE” Smith - MA
- Joshua “Mr. Quotes” Sunarso - NJ
- Brian “Diaper Bomb” Nowakowski - PA
- James “jamsmasterp” Williams - NY
- Michael “Infinite” - NY
- Real Decoy - NJ
- Carlos “rebound” Mercado - NY
- Farhad “Tweleve” Firouzeh - NY
- SNAAAAAAAKE - NYC
- Ben “HBRD” Feingersh - MD
- FightClubHuBBs - PA
- Soko - NY
- Mike “BKBalrog” G - NY
- Greg “RZO” Job - NJ
- Spencer “Classy Sasquatch” Salamy, NY
- Tyrone “XAQshinor” Casey, NY
- PHATAL PHD - PA
- Matt “Cables” Kovacs - NY
- Sai Kandala - NJ
- Chulak
- Kenguy - NY
- Christopher “Deluxe” Haas - NY
- Francisco “Frantastic” - NJ
- Kooper - NJ
- gman521 - PA
- Martin “marn” Phan - CA/NY/TX
- Robert “delirium” Paul - NY
- Tolga “cyphead” Durum - NJ
- Reaper - PA
- John “Supersonic9” Macone - NJ
- Comeback - PA
- Al “Qbanace” Salas - MI/NY
- Ryan “DMG Inthul” Burke - RI
- Zabi - NY
- NinjaCW - DE
- Kreatzion - NJ
- Jason “KYJellyDonut” Lein - NY
- Reggie “Krazen” Duvivier - NY
- Flare McCool
- Philski - NY
- Tinshi - NY
- Abel-man
- Eric “EXIST” V - VA
- PrincesaStacy - GA
- Eronios - PA
- Eric “SmoothViper” Arroyo - NY
- H Dubz - NY
- mtler - Montreal, Canada
- Jamie “Blackula” Washington - VA
- Jon “Johanito” Nitti - NJ
- Ahmed Attia - NY
- Tyrell “Basic_Complex” Morris - NC
- DMG Rico Suave
- DMG Inthul
- DMG Slob Murph
- DMG Dr. Chaos
- DMG Knucklez
- DMG LaughingHyena
- DMG Sky
- DMG Insaynne
- DMG Lud
- DMG ProjectJustice
- Shawn " Truancy " Kashiwakura - NJ
- Ninja Zephyr - Philly
- Malik “dumba989” Johnson - NJ
- Nery “ESL” Avila - NJ
- Dr. Chaos - Philly
- Julian - Philly
- Zack - Philly
- Josh Wong - Philly
- Bryheem - Philly
- Ron - Philly
- Hal - Philly
- PhillyOne - Philly
- Avery - Philly
- Jeron Grayson - NY
- Harmon “nomrah” - OH
- Dynicksty - NJ
- Bakuryu42
- Ben “networkingyuppy” Fong - NY
- Lunchbox!
- Phatal Phd - PA
- CapcomsHero - NY
- ShinLad - PA
- HAV
- Pacifist - NJ
- Raymond “RIL” Lee - NJ
- Henri “Chi-Rithy”, Montreal, Canada
- Stephane “Smoon”, Montreal Canada
- Woolie “ThirtyHitCheapz”, Montreal Canada
- lflako17 - Puerto Rico
- Nunie - NY
- Kevin Spears - NY
- Braxton973 - NJ
- Cowman715 - NY
- Eddie “Cla” - NJ
- ProjectJustice - NJ
- JohnnyMo - NJ
- Pirate13 - NJ
- Sittipong “Mr.Dash” Sayphrarath - RI
- dizzam - RI
- Bodie21 - NJ
- mtler - Montreal, Canada
- Jan - TX
- Adam ‘Chronos’ Lane - VA
- Pirate Mike - PA
- Hasani “mrAgua” R - MD
- Jason G. “Golf Rat” - PA
- DS
- Zinc Elemental
- Steve “Halochicken” Ropizar
- FT - NJ
- Vyers - NH
- Marcelino Villa - CT
- AldaGOD
- Ryry - VA
- Danny Lee
- Guyofkaillera - NY
- berserkotaku45 - NY
- Bacardi - CT
- Adnan - NY
- Chris “Zero Cool” H - NJ
- Andy “citiofbrass” Dumornay - NY
- Nikko - NY
- David “Goliath” Baez - NY
- Ryan “Ryder” Halvorsen (FYC) - NJ
- One “Drakefang” - PA
- Sanford “Santhrax” Kelly - NY
- Jake “toiyet” Patenaude - PA
- Nam “ngk1977” - PA
- Armando “YoungFox” Morales - NY
- Linwood/4thgate - OH
- Nemesys_Syndrome - MA
- Merkilo - MA
- Van “Van-Hyuk” , Montreal, Canada
- Richard “Snafoo”, Montreal, Canada
- Freddy “FreddyL0c0”, Montreal, Canada
- Rene “Mana-Boy”, Montreal, Canada
- Song “Akuma_Matata”, Montreal, Canada
- Maverick - NJ
- eronius - PA
- HTY - RI
- LordPangTong - CT
- Xander - NJ
- SolidOutlaw - PA
- Christian G - NY
- Haitian Sensation - NY
- Marvisto - NY
- BGLaugher - NY
- Paul Wall - MA
- SmoothCat - MA
- CP - MA
- Will - MA
- LuckyD - MA
- Asiantom - MA
- Rob - MA
- Justin “MARVELOUS” Wong - NY/CA
- KillaBee - NJ
Tekken 6:
- FightingGM
- kPc
- Skkra
- Damus
- Will “Shakugan” Sykes - NJ
- Joshua “Mr. Quotes” Sunarso - NJ
- protege_00
- Benjamin “Ben111” Ingraham - NY
- Spencer “Classy Sasquatch” Salamy, NY
- Tyrone “XAQshinor” Casey, NY
- Kyle “zzy” Sheridan - NY
- sandy4v
- Jamie “Blackula” Washington - VA
- DMG Grimy Grizzly
- Julian - Philly
- Bryheem - Philly
- Eddie “Cla” - NJ
- Steve “Blood Hawk” Palakas - NY
- Zachary “OFdp?” Lang
- Don Frye - NY
- FT - NJ
- Shaun “Fab” Swain - NY
Melty Blood: Actress Again:
- White Lotus
- Rayza
- Master Chibi
- Nas
- Bob “bmoney” Ventura - NY
- Darren “Lavaheart” Belin - NY
- Raymond “RIL” Lee - NJ
- Jeffrey “DoomieJ” Young - NJ
- Andrew “bbqsauce” E - NJ
- GenericSuperhero
- riceman789
- Carlos “rebound” Mercado - NY
- Fox
- Ben “HBRD” Feingersh - MD
- Tyrone “XAQshinor” Casey, NY
- Tinshi - NY
- Mindgam3 - CT
- Hal - Philly
- Bakuryu42
- LordPangTong
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD REMIX:
- Damien “Damdai” - NY
- Matt “Hold Dat” Daniels - NY
- kona - MA
- Eugene “XhoOph212” Lugo - NY
- James “jamsmasterp” Williams - NY
- Real Decoy - NJ
- Chulak
- Louis “Thelo” Paquin - Montreal, Canada
- Comeback - PA
- Al “Qbanace” Salas - MI/NY
- H Dubz - NY
- Malik “dumba989” Johnson - NJ
- Julian - Philly
- Damian - Philly
- Jeron Grayson - NY
- Bhop - PA
- ChrisLICK - PA
- Harmon “nomrah” - OH
- Eddie “Cla” - NJ
- Bacardi - CT
- Paul Wall - MA
Marvel vs. Capcom 2:
- Eugene “XhoOph212” Lugo - NY
- Frankie “Frankie4.0/frenzii” Nunez - NY
- Michael “Infinite” - NY
- R0kzztar - NY
- Ghaleon - OH
- Eric “EXIST” V - VA
- Eric “SmoothViper” Arroyo - NY
- Harmon “nomrah” - OH
- Jake “toiyet” Patenaude - PA
- Linwood/4thgate - OH
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom:
- Will “Shakugan” Sykes - NJ
- Patrick “keninblack” Kelly - VA
- Eugene “XhoOph212” Lugo - NY
- R0kzztar - NY
- Matt “Cables” Kovacs - NY
- Chulak
- Martin “marn” Phan - CA/NY/TX
- John “Supersonic9” Macone - NJ
- Kreatzion - NJ
- Abel-man
- Eric “EXIST” V - VA
- Ryry - VA
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike:
- John “SweetJohnnyCage” Gallagher - NY
- Joe “iloveu” Ciaramelli - NY
- Kevin “Scrubmaster_K” Vong - NY
- Lloyd “NicaKO” Peralta - NY
- Bob “bmoney” Ventura - NY
- Darren “Lavaheart” Belin - NY
- Matt “Hold Dat” Daniels - NY
- kona - MA
- Patrick “keninblack” Kelly - VA
- Frankie “Frankie4.0/frenzii” Nunez - NY
- Joshua “Mr. Quotes” Sunarso - NJ
- Brian “Diaper Bomb” Nowakowski - PA
- Carlos “rebound” Mercado - NY
- Farhad “Tweleve” Firouzeh - NY
- Francisco “Frantastic” - NJ
- Ghaleon - OH
- Flare McCool
- Tinshi - NY
- Eric “EXIST” V - VA
- Malik “dumba989” Johnson - NJ
- Eddie “Cla” - NJ
- xXxDa_RaGexXx - NY
- ProjectJustice - NJ
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core:
- Raymond “RIL” Lee - NJ
- kona - MA
- Alexander “blueNINE” Smith - MA
- Jeffrey “DoomieJ” Young - NJ
- Andrew “bbqsauce” E - NJ
- Joshua “Mr. Quotes” Sunarso - NJ
- Tyrone “XAQshinor” Casey, NY
- gman521 - PA
- Tinshi - NY
- Mindgam3 - CT
- Shine - NY
- Nunie - NY
- Jan - TX
- FT - NJ
- Vyers - NH
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3:
- John “SweetJohnnyCage” Gallagher - NY
- Tim Static - Columbus
- Shock - NJ
- Joe “iloveu” Ciaramelli - NY
- Nit “Summoning” - NJ
- kona - MA
- Simon “AC1984” - Bulgaria
- Alexander “blueNINE” Smith - MA
- R0kzztar - NY
- Phil “9.95” Siegel - NY
- FightClubHuBBs - PA
- Chulak
- Ghaleon - Cleveland
- DommieJ - NJ
- Julian Robinson, Philly
- AldaGOD
Super Street Fighter IV Teams:
- Team FYC
- DMG Warriors
- DMG Honor
- Team UYG
- Team JRB