Reizilla
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NEXUS
July 8th-9th, 2011 (see below for schedule)Venue:
McAllen Convention Center (Omnicon Anime Convention)
http://www.mcallenconventioncenter.net/
Venue pictures coming soon!
More information:
www.omnicononline.com
Location:
McAllen Convention Center
700 Convention Center Blvd.
McAllen, TX, TX 78501
(956) 681-3800
Please be at the venue by 11am on Saturday, especially if you're registering. We WILL be starting at 12:30.
Specifics:
The Rio Grande Valley's stop for this year's Lone Star Circuit will be a part of the Omnicon Anime Convention's Nexus tournaments. It will be a two-day event, but all of the main events will be held on Saturday. Charro Punks have graciously decided to put $1000 of pot bonus ($500 for SSF4AE and $500 for Brawl Singles) into this event.
On the Friday portion of the event for the people that can make both days, we will be holding many different Brawl side events, such as Waseda doubles, Mid/Low tiers, whatever people want. On Saturday will be Singles and Doubles.
Rules
We will be using the latest version of the Unity Ruleset, so make sure you keep up with it:
http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=301032
This event will be archived and streamed courtesy of Charro Punks:
www.justin.tv/charropunks
HOUSING!!
There are several people willing to house crews for the night, I would advise posting up for inquires before booking one of the two cheap hotels near by. PM me or post here and I can get back to you with potential housing opportunity or discounted hotel rates courtesy of Omnicon.
Registration and Venue Fee
The usual and initial thought of Convention prices scares potential tournament participants. However, we have been able to secure a special rate that allows access to the tournament room only. This tournaments pass is as follows:
Two day pass [Friday and Saturday]: $15
This is the only option to get into the convention and tournaments that is cheaper than the Convention Pass. I highly suggest attending both days to get the total bang-for-the-buck!
If you happen to love anime Conventions and wish to have full attendance, you can purchase a regular convention badge from the Omnicon website. The Convention badge will allow you full access to everything including the tournaments, former Power Ranger panels, and other fun things the convention has in store for you!
Also, conventions [down souf, at least] typically provide controllers, however, this event is BYOC to bypass bag searching. Watch your controllers carefully, if you are caught stealing or trying to steal, you will be totally ejected courtesy of the Convention Centers security staff.
Game list and (tentative) Tournament Schedule
Friday-
1pm
BlazBlu CSII [360]
Tekken 6 [PS3]
2pm
Halo CE & Halo 2
FFA, 2v2, 4v4
Super Smash Bros. Melee Doubles [GC]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Side Events [Wii]
3pm
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike [PS2]
Capcom vs. SNK 2 [PS2]
5pm
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 [DC]
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix [Console TBD]
7pm
Super Street Fighter IV AE Teams 2v2 [360]
Saturday-
1pm
Mortal Kombat (360)
Halo: Reach (360)
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (360)
2pm
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) [$500 Pot Bonus]
Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles (GC)
3pm
Super Street Fighter IV (360) [$500 Pot Bonus]
Entry Fee and Payout Distribution
All Friday events are $5 entry (per person)
Payout for Brawl will be:
Singles:
1st=44%
2nd=22%
3rd=16%
4th=10%
5th=6%
5th=6%
7th=3%
7th=3%
Doubles:
1-9 teams = 80 / 20
10 - 19 teams = 60 / 30 / 10
20 - 39 teams = 55 / 30 / 10 / 5
40-59 teams = 55 / 25 / 10 / 5 / 2.5 / 2.5
60+ teams = 50 / 25 / 10 / 5 / 3? / 3? / 1? / 1?
Raffles and Prizes:
Information coming soon....
Food
There is no outside food or drinks allowed in the venue with the exception of their concession stand. Within 5 minutes drive you can find tons of restaurants located in the plaza just south of the Convention Center.
Such As...
PF Chang's
Macaroni Grill
Etc
I believe that wraps up all the information. Please post up with any questions or concerns regarding the tournament or convention and I will do my best to answer them.
If you need to contact me, you can reach me here, or
AIM: myzombiedogateme
Phone: (956) 310-2862
Link to the Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=227447763951090
Link to the shoryuken.com thread:
http://shoryuken.com/forum/threads/...ae-mcallen-tx-july-8th-9th-mcallen-tx.137880/