TODAY'S THE DAY!!! GH/RB tournaments at Foxwoods! (9/20)

[Brockbfball1563]

Edit: Here's the thread over on the GH side.

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FINAL UPDATE!!!!

Hey guys, so I guess I will be heading to Foxwoods shortly where I will set up the TVs and get ready for tomorrow. I know the rhythm games will have their own room away from the fighting games to make it a little easier for us. The GH3 tournament will start at 1pm and the RB2 guitar tournament will start at 4pm, but I will be setting up earlier in the day if you guys want to stop by and practice or just hang out for a while.

Hope to see you there!

Brock

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UPDATE #3!!!! Alright guys, this thing is FOUR DAYS AWAY!!! Guess it's about time I finally put the rules out there.

This will absolutely be a very laid back tournament, so all I ask is that you play fair and don't be jerks. Also, please try to be there on time for your match. I would also very much recommend bringing your own guitar. We will have a couple available, but we know how used guitars from video game stores can be. ^_^

This will be a double elimination tournament with the lower seed picking the first song. The higher seed will then pick the next song regardless of who wins the first song, followed by the lower seed picking the third song and the higher seed picking the fourth song, if it's needed. If a fifth and final song is needed, I will use a random number generator to pick a song from the list of available tiebreaker songs listed below.

I will personally seed the players that enter the tournament based on either how I've seen them play in person in past events or based on their scores here on SH. The players that I don't know or do not have scores posted here will be seed randomly at the bottom of the list.

All matches will be best 3 out of 5, unless we happen to get far more entries than I'm expecting, in which case only the Winners' Finals, Losers' Finals, and Grand Finals matches will best 3 out of 5 and the other matches will be best 2 out of 3. We have three hours for this tournament, so I can't imagine it taking this long.


Console: Xbox 360
Game: Rock Band 2
Instrument: Guitar
Mode: Score Duel
Difficulty: Expert
Character: Player Preference
Breakneck Speed: Allowed, ONLY IF both players agree to it. If both players don't want it, it will be turned off for their match (sorry ).
Other Options/Cheats: Not Allowed


IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Throughout the tournament, each player can is only allowed to pick each song ONCE. Once you pick a song, you cannot choose it for the rest of the tournament. However, if a song you previously picked is chosen by another player against you or is selected as a tiebreaker, it will be allowed. The only other rule regarding song selection is that you cannot play the same song in the same match no matter what. So if your opponent picks Panic Attack against you, whether you win or lose that song, you cannot pick the song against him in this match. Additionally, if Panic Attack is chosen as a tiebreaker song, a new song will be selected. You would, however, be allowed to pick Panic Attack in another match if you would like.


Below are the list of songs available to choose from.

[-]All songs from the Challenging, Nightmare, and Impossible tiers



Below are the list of ten songs available as a tie breaker song (to be randomly chosen by me, if needed)

[-]Shoulder to the Plow
[-]Get Clean
[-]Colony of Birchmen
[-]Peace Sells
[-]Souls of Black
[-]Bodhisattva
[-]Battery
[-]Panic Attack
[-]Visions
[-]Painkiller



That's about all I could think of. Thoughts? Suggestions? See you all there!

Brock

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UPDATE #2!!!! CLICK HERE for the link for the official GUTS 3 event trailer!!!

Also, tickets are now on sale!! CLICK HERE to purchase your ticket. If you want to compete in the tournaments, you must purchase the $40 weekend venue pass and then it's $10 (or less) for each tournament you want to enter. Or if you just want to go and watch the tournaments and hang out, it's $20 for the weekend or $10 for a single day.


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UPDATE!!!! It looks like it's a go for BOTH tournaments! Official announcement here! https://www.facebook.com/events/1427297670873472/permalink/1441425196127386/

So here we go guys, this thing is definitely happening. It would be a huge help to me to if you guys can share this on social media and, obviously, also attend! Also be sure to keep checking out the event page on Facebook since they've been making some pretty big announcements recently. Everything from players known around the world that will be going to the event to new tournament announcements (they just announced a Texas Holdem tournament today JUST for people who preregister for GUTS 3!). I think it's about time our community does something fun together that isn't PAX East, so I hope to see you all there!


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Hey ScoreHero!!!

So as some people here may (or may not) know, GUTS 3 (Game Underground Tournament Spectacular 3) will be taking place at Foxwoods this year from 9/19-9/21. This tournament series is run by the wonderful people at Game Underground in Framingham, MA. GUTS is primarily a huge fighting game tournament that include Street Fighter, various Smash games, MvC, Mortal Kombat, and over a dozen more titles. The last two GUTS events were extremely successful, so them having a third event is basically a no-brainer.

Anyway, I was asked by Jamie, the owner of Game Underground, if there would be any interest in having a Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band 2 guitar tournaments at this year's tournament, and also if I would be interested in organizing and running both tournaments. Although I've known Jamie for years and know the event will be well-run, I was hesitant at first since I don't know of any large-scale GH/RB LAN tournaments that happened within the last couple years. However, when I think about the huge rhythm gaming turnout at PAX East over the last few years, I can see this actually being very successful. Foxwoods is a fantastic venue in a great geographic location and people of ALL AGES will be allowed. Plus there's also a ton of other stuff to do at the event, both gaming and non-gaming related (It's Foxwoods after all ).

I haven't gotten all the details about the event yet from Jamie, but I've already addressed several issues with him that often pop up at GH and RB. Luckily, Game Underground, and previously Game Universe, has already hosted several GH and RB tournaments at their store over the years, not to mention regional tournaments like GameUniCon 2009 and GU Fest 2010, and all of them have been a lot of fun. If you think I'm exaggerating the quality of these tournaments, feel free to ask players like HellAshes, Tobias911, GanonMetroid, and eddaket who have attended these tournaments as well, among others. They know how to put on a good tournament, but I figured I'd confirm a few things with them to pass along to the rest of you guys.

• We will be using standard definition TV's, even if it means me having to bring my own TV and setup to help make it happen.
  
• All competitors should bring their own 360 guitars. They will likely have a couple guitars there for use as well, but we all know how reliable these guitars can be when you have stupid kids bashing on them for so long.
  
• Although the event itself will span three days, I talked to Jamie about possibly having both tournaments take place during one day, possibly Saturday 9/20. This would make it much easier for people who many not want to stay overnight (but I mean, c'mon, it's Foxwoods! Of course you want to stay at least one night!)
  
• I don't know everything about all fees, prizes, etc., but I do remember him saying that the venue fee will be $40 for the entire weekend, and then it's just $10 to sign up for each tournament you'd like. I can't speak to the prizes yet, but I would imagine the prize pool would grow the more entries we get.
  
• I don't know exactly how many tournaments you can sign up for, but considering the GH and RB tournaments shouldn't take long compared to the larger fighting game tournaments, I definitely don't think there will be a problem signing up for multiple tournaments in addition to GH/RB.

I've been to dozens of tournaments over the years. Great events, bad events, local events, regional, and even national events, so I know what makes a great LAN event. I even co-ran the vVv Guitar Hero Invitational a couple years back with Paradise, which is still the only fully-commentated online Guitar Hero tournament to date. This tournament was also very successful in terms of the number of viewers, the quality of the competition, and the production value. After putting together a national online tournaments and streaming the best players in the country, I'm confident I can successfully put on a good LAN tournament as well.

In any case, I just wanted to let you all know that this tournament is very likely to happen, but I wanted to gauge the interest in an event like this beforehand and also just let everyone know when it's happening so you can mark your calendars. I know of a pretty large group of people in the New England and Mid-Atlantic area that attend PAX East every year and always has a great time, so I'm hoping that they will like to hang out more than just once this year. By no means will I think this tournament will be at the same scale as many of the other tournaments, but it should definitely be a lot of fun. I don't have any tournament rules in place or anything like that, but it will likely be similar to the potential MLG rules Paradise and I came up with a few years back, but much less strict. That's not to say this won't be a fierce tournament with great competition, but I want to keep this fun for everyone too. Official rules and all that will come later on, but I'm always open to suggestions.

Please feel free to ask me any questions about this event and I will either answer myself or see if I can have Jamie pop in to clarify anything for you guys.

-Brock


P.S. If you're wondering why I'm not posting this in the Tournaments subforum, it's because I can count the number of comments in that forum in the past year on two hands. Figured there'd be much more interest here.
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[Brockbfball1563]

Edit: Here's the thread over on the GH side.

--

FINAL UPDATE!!!!

Hey guys, so I guess I will be heading to Foxwoods shortly where I will set up the TVs and get ready for tomorrow. I know the rhythm games will have their own room away from the fighting games to make it a little easier for us. The GH3 tournament will start at 1pm and the RB2 guitar tournament will start at 4pm, but I will be setting up earlier in the day if you guys want to stop by and practice or just hang out for a while.

Hope to see you there!

Brock

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UPDATE #3!!!! Alright guys, this thing is FOUR DAYS AWAY!!! Guess it's about time I finally put the rules out there.

This will absolutely be a very laid back tournament, so all I ask is that you play fair and don't be jerks. Also, please try to be there on time for your match. I would also very much recommend bringing your own guitar. We will have a couple available, but we know how used guitars from video game stores can be. ^_^

This will be a double elimination tournament with the lower seed picking the first song. The higher seed will then pick the next song regardless of who wins the first song, followed by the lower seed picking the third song and the higher seed picking the fourth song, if it's needed. If a fifth and final song is needed, I will use a random number generator to pick a song from the list of available tiebreaker songs listed below.

I will personally seed the players that enter the tournament based on either how I've seen them play in person in past events or based on their scores here on SH. The players that I don't know or do not have scores posted here will be seed randomly at the bottom of the list.

All matches will be best 3 out of 5, unless we happen to get far more entries than I'm expecting, in which case only the Winners' Finals, Losers' Finals, and Grand Finals matches will best 3 out of 5 and the other matches will be best 2 out of 3. We have three hours for this tournament, so I can't imagine it taking this long.


Console: Xbox 360
Game: Rock Band 2
Instrument: Guitar
Mode: Score Duel
Difficulty: Expert
Character: Player Preference
Breakneck Speed: Allowed, ONLY IF both players agree to it. If both players don't want it, it will be turned off for their match (sorry ).
Other Options/Cheats: Not Allowed


IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Throughout the tournament, each player can is only allowed to pick each song ONCE. Once you pick a song, you cannot choose it for the rest of the tournament. However, if a song you previously picked is chosen by another player against you or is selected as a tiebreaker, it will be allowed. The only other rule regarding song selection is that you cannot play the same song in the same match no matter what. So if your opponent picks Panic Attack against you, whether you win or lose that song, you cannot pick the song against him in this match. Additionally, if Panic Attack is chosen as a tiebreaker song, a new song will be selected. You would, however, be allowed to pick Panic Attack in another match if you would like.


Below are the list of songs available to choose from.

[-]All songs from the Challenging, Nightmare, and Impossible tiers



Below are the list of ten songs available as a tie breaker song (to be randomly chosen by me, if needed)

[-]Shoulder to the Plow
[-]Get Clean
[-]Colony of Birchmen
[-]Peace Sells
[-]Souls of Black
[-]Bodhisattva
[-]Battery
[-]Panic Attack
[-]Visions
[-]Painkiller



That's about all I could think of. Thoughts? Suggestions? See you all there!

Brock

--

UPDATE #2!!!! CLICK HERE for the link for the official GUTS 3 event trailer!!!

Also, tickets are now on sale!! CLICK HERE to purchase your ticket. If you want to compete in the tournaments, you must purchase the $40 weekend venue pass and then it's $10 (or less) for each tournament you want to enter. Or if you just want to go and watch the tournaments and hang out, it's $20 for the weekend or $10 for a single day.


--

UPDATE!!!! It looks like it's a go for BOTH tournaments! Official announcement here! https://www.facebook.com/events/1427297670873472/permalink/1441425196127386/

So here we go guys, this thing is definitely happening. It would be a huge help to me to if you guys can share this on social media and, obviously, also attend! Also be sure to keep checking out the event page on Facebook since they've been making some pretty big announcements recently. Everything from players known around the world that will be going to the event to new tournament announcements (they just announced a Texas Holdem tournament today JUST for people who preregister for GUTS 3!). I think it's about time our community does something fun together that isn't PAX East, so I hope to see you all there!


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Hey ScoreHero!!!

So as some people here may (or may not) know, GUTS 3 (Game Underground Tournament Spectacular 3) will be taking place at Foxwoods this year from 9/19-9/21. This tournament series is run by the wonderful people at Game Underground in Framingham, MA. GUTS is primarily a huge fighting game tournament that include Street Fighter, various Smash games, MvC, Mortal Kombat, and over a dozen more titles. The last two GUTS events were extremely successful, so them having a third event is basically a no-brainer.

Anyway, I was asked by Jamie, the owner of Game Underground, if there would be any interest in having a Guitar Hero 3 and Rock Band 2 guitar tournaments at this year's tournament, and also if I would be interested in organizing and running both tournaments. Although I've known Jamie for years and know the event will be well-run, I was hesitant at first since I don't know of any large-scale GH/RB LAN tournaments that happened within the last couple years. However, when I think about the huge rhythm gaming turnout at PAX East over the last few years, I can see this actually being very successful. Foxwoods is a fantastic venue in a great geographic location and people of ALL AGES will be allowed. Plus there's also a ton of other stuff to do at the event, both gaming and non-gaming related (It's Foxwoods after all ).

I haven't gotten all the details about the event yet from Jamie, but I've already addressed several issues with him that often pop up at GH and RB. Luckily, Game Underground, and previously Game Universe, has already hosted several GH and RB tournaments at their store over the years, not to mention regional tournaments like GameUniCon 2009 and GU Fest 2010, and all of them have been a lot of fun. If you think I'm exaggerating the quality of these tournaments, feel free to ask players like HellAshes, Tobias911, GanonMetroid, and eddaket who have attended these tournaments as well, among others. They know how to put on a good tournament, but I figured I'd confirm a few things with them to pass along to the rest of you guys.

• We will be using standard definition TV's, even if it means me having to bring my own TV and setup to help make it happen.
  
• All competitors should bring their own 360 guitars. They will likely have a couple guitars there for use as well, but we all know how reliable these guitars can be when you have stupid kids bashing on them for so long.
  
• Although the event itself will span three days, I talked to Jamie about possibly having both tournaments take place during one day, possibly Saturday 9/20. This would make it much easier for people who many not want to stay overnight (but I mean, c'mon, it's Foxwoods! Of course you want to stay at least one night!)
  
• I don't know everything about all fees, prizes, etc., but I do remember him saying that the venue fee will be $40 for the entire weekend, and then it's just $10 to sign up for each tournament you'd like. I can't speak to the prizes yet, but I would imagine the prize pool would grow the more entries we get.
  
• I don't know exactly how many tournaments you can sign up for, but considering the GH and RB tournaments shouldn't take long compared to the larger fighting game tournaments, I definitely don't think there will be a problem signing up for multiple tournaments in addition to GH/RB.

I've been to dozens of tournaments over the years. Great events, bad events, local events, regional, and even national events, so I know what makes a great LAN event. I even co-ran the vVv Guitar Hero Invitational a couple years back with Paradise, which is still the only fully-commentated online Guitar Hero tournament to date. This tournament was also very successful in terms of the number of viewers, the quality of the competition, and the production value. After putting together a national online tournaments and streaming the best players in the country, I'm confident I can successfully put on a good LAN tournament as well.

In any case, I just wanted to let you all know that this tournament is very likely to happen, but I wanted to gauge the interest in an event like this beforehand and also just let everyone know when it's happening so you can mark your calendars. I know of a pretty large group of people in the New England and Mid-Atlantic area that attend PAX East every year and always has a great time, so I'm hoping that they will like to hang out more than just once this year. By no means will I think this tournament will be at the same scale as many of the other tournaments, but it should definitely be a lot of fun. I don't have any tournament rules in place or anything like that, but it will likely be similar to the potential MLG rules Paradise and I came up with a few years back, but much less strict. That's not to say this won't be a fierce tournament with great competition, but I want to keep this fun for everyone too. Official rules and all that will come later on, but I'm always open to suggestions.

Please feel free to ask me any questions about this event and I will either answer myself or see if I can have Jamie pop in to clarify anything for you guys.

-Brock


P.S. If you're wondering why I'm not posting this in the Tournaments subforum, it's because I can count the number of comments in that forum in the past year on two hands. Figured there'd be much more interest here.
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I also posted this in the thread on the GH side, but a heavy rumor of a DDR tournament also taking place at the event as well. There's know of plenty of people great in the New England area, so that would also be a great tournament to check out.
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[Brockbfball1563]

I also posted this in the thread on the GH side, but a heavy rumor of a DDR tournament also taking place at the event as well. There's know of plenty of people great in the New England area, so that would also be a great tournament to check out.
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UPDATE!!!! It looks like it's a go for BOTH tournaments! Official announcement here! https://www.facebook.com/events/1427297670873472/permalink/1441425196127386/

So here we go guys, this thing is definitely happening. It would be a huge help to me to if you guys can share this on social media and, obviously, also attend! Also be sure to keep checking out the event page on Facebook since they've been making some pretty big announcements recently. Everything from players known around the world that will be going to the event to new tournament announcements (they just announced a Texas Holdem tournament today JUST for people who preregister for GUTS 3!). I think it's about time our community does something fun together that isn't PAX East, so I hope to see you all there!
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Brocky 'n' the Chief - RB2 Coop

[Brockbfball1563]

UPDATE!!!! It looks like it's a go for BOTH tournaments! Official announcement here! https://www.facebook.com/events/1427297670873472/permalink/1441425196127386/

So here we go guys, this thing is definitely happening. It would be a huge help to me to if you guys can share this on social media and, obviously, also attend! Also be sure to keep checking out the event page on Facebook since they've been making some pretty big announcements recently. Everything from players known around the world that will be going to the event to new tournament announcements (they just announced a Texas Holdem tournament today JUST for people who preregister for GUTS 3!). I think it's about time our community does something fun together that isn't PAX East, so I hope to see you all there!
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Another quick update since I just posted this in the GH thread.

I haven't determined the rules yet for either game, but I can't see DLC being available for the actual tournament, but you can feel free to play whatever songs I have on my harddrive for fun/practice. For GH3, it'll probably just be the setlist songs and the bonus songs available for the tournament, and then for RB2 it'll just be the setlist songs. The only DLC I would consider allowing for GH3 would be the boss battles, but even those I'm not sure (maybe if both competitors agreed to the song? IDK). I'll probably also narrow down the available songs by difficult and not allow the really easy songs.

At GameUniCon 2009, the RB2 guitar tournament only allowed songs that were Challenging and above (tier 4+), and I think that worked pretty well. I'll likely do something similar for GH3, maybe only allow songs Tier 4 and above and individually pick out the bonus songs that can be selected. I will also probably implement the rules that you can only select each song once during the tournament so you don't have a really good player just picking TtFaF or Visions the entire time (sorry HellAshes ). I'm definitely open to suggestions for rules since technically this is the first LAN tournament I've run, but the tournament is still two months away.

Finally, for people that live really far away and thinking about not coming, I actually made the trip to Phoenix for DEVASTATION a couple of times on my own dime from New Hampshire and it ended up being two of the most fun trips I've ever had. Got to meet a bunch of new people and had an absolute blast the entire weekend. It's kind of hard to not have fun at Foxwoods (at least if you're 21), especially with so many different games being played at the event. Again, the fighting games will obviously be the major draw for this tournament, but there are plenty of other things to do as well.
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Another quick update since I just posted this in the GH thread.

I haven't determined the rules yet for either game, but I can't see DLC being available for the actual tournament, but you can feel free to play whatever songs I have on my harddrive for fun/practice. For GH3, it'll probably just be the setlist songs and the bonus songs available for the tournament, and then for RB2 it'll just be the setlist songs. The only DLC I would consider allowing for GH3 would be the boss battles, but even those I'm not sure (maybe if both competitors agreed to the song? IDK). I'll probably also narrow down the available songs by difficult and not allow the really easy songs.

At GameUniCon 2009, the RB2 guitar tournament only allowed songs that were Challenging and above (tier 4+), and I think that worked pretty well. I'll likely do something similar for GH3, maybe only allow songs Tier 4 and above and individually pick out the bonus songs that can be selected. I will also probably implement the rules that you can only select each song once during the tournament so you don't have a really good player just picking TtFaF or Visions the entire time (sorry HellAshes ). I'm definitely open to suggestions for rules since technically this is the first LAN tournament I've run, but the tournament is still two months away.

Finally, for people that live really far away and thinking about not coming, I actually made the trip to Phoenix for DEVASTATION a couple of times on my own dime from New Hampshire and it ended up being two of the most fun trips I've ever had. Got to meet a bunch of new people and had an absolute blast the entire weekend. It's kind of hard to not have fun at Foxwoods (at least if you're 21), especially with so many different games being played at the event. Again, the fighting games will obviously be the major draw for this tournament, but there are plenty of other things to do as well.
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UPDATE #2!!!! CLICK HERE for the link for the official GUTS 3 event trailer!!!

Also, tickets are now on sale!! CLICK HERE to purchase your ticket. If you want to compete in the tournaments, you must purchase the $40 weekend venue pass and then it's $10 (or less) for each tournament you want to enter. Or if you just want to go and watch the tournaments and hang out, it's $20 for the weekend or $10 for a single day.
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UPDATE #2!!!! CLICK HERE for the link for the official GUTS 3 event trailer!!!

Also, tickets are now on sale!! CLICK HERE to purchase your ticket. If you want to compete in the tournaments, you must purchase the $40 weekend venue pass and then it's $10 (or less) for each tournament you want to enter. Or if you just want to go and watch the tournaments and hang out, it's $20 for the weekend or $10 for a single day.
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Forgot to update the thread title saying that tickets were on sale.

I also forgot to post here that an announcement was made on the Game Underground website announcing the addition of these two tournaments to GUTS 3.

So anyone have any questions about the event? With all the talent in and around the New England/Mid Atlantic area, I'm hoping for at least a decent turnout. Competitive rhythm gaming isn't exactly popular like it used to be, so allowing GH and RB at a large regional tournament like this is kind of a big deal. Anything you guys can do to help spread the event around either on social media or just word-of-mouth would be great.
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Forgot to update the thread title saying that tickets were on sale.

I also forgot to post here that an announcement was made on the Game Underground website announcing the addition of these two tournaments to GUTS 3.

So anyone have any questions about the event? With all the talent in and around the New England/Mid Atlantic area, I'm hoping for at least a decent turnout. Competitive rhythm gaming isn't exactly popular like it used to be, so allowing GH and RB at a large regional tournament like this is kind of a big deal. Anything you guys can do to help spread the event around either on social media or just word-of-mouth would be great.
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Reporting this here since it was asked in the GH thread.

Both the GH3 and RB2 guitar tournaments will be Saturday, most like at 1pm and 4pm. Figured it would be best to have them both on the same afternoon in case people can't stay over, although I'm just as excited for the rest of the weekend and everything that will be going on. I will be setting up well before that so whoever wants to can feel free to stop by and warm up. Should've plenty of time before the tournament actually starts.

Edit: And GH3 will be first if I wasn't totally clear
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Reporting this here since it was asked in the GH thread.

Both the GH3 and RB2 guitar tournaments will be Saturday, most like at 1pm and 4pm. Figured it would be best to have them both on the same afternoon in case people can't stay over, although I'm just as excited for the rest of the weekend and everything that will be going on. I will be setting up well before that so whoever wants to can feel free to stop by and warm up. Should've plenty of time before the tournament actually starts.

Edit: And GH3 will be first if I wasn't totally clear
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UPDATE #3!!!! Alright guys, this thing is FOUR DAYS AWAY!!! Guess it's about time I finally put the rules out there.

This will absolutely be a very laid back tournament, so all I ask is that you play fair and don't be jerks. Also, please try to be there on time for your match. I would also very much recommend bringing your own guitar. We will have a couple available, but we know how used guitars from video game stores can be. ^_^

This will be a double elimination tournament with the lower seed picking the first song. The higher seed will then pick the next song regardless of who wins the first song, followed by the lower seed picking the third song and the higher seed picking the fourth song, if it's needed. If a fifth and final song is needed, I will use a random number generator to pick a song from the list of available tiebreaker songs listed below.

I will personally seed the players that enter the tournament based on either how I've seen them play in person in past events or based on their scores here on SH. The players that I don't know or do not have scores posted here will be seed randomly at the bottom of the list.

All matches will be best 3 out of 5, unless we happen to get far more entries than I'm expecting, in which case only the Winners' Finals, Losers' Finals, and Grand Finals matches will best 3 out of 5 and the other matches will be best 2 out of 3. We have three hours for this tournament, so I can't imagine it taking this long.


Console: Xbox 360
Game: Rock Band 2
Instrument: Guitar
Mode: Score Duel
Difficulty: Expert
Character: Player Preference
Breakneck Speed: Allowed, ONLY IF both players agree to it. If both players don't want it, it will be turned off for their match (sorry ).
Other Options/Cheats: Not Allowed


IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Throughout the tournament, each player can is only allowed to pick each song ONCE. Once you pick a song, you cannot choose it for the rest of the tournament. However, if a song you previously picked is chosen by another player against you or is selected as a tiebreaker, it will be allowed. The only other rule regarding song selection is that you cannot play the same song in the same match no matter what. So if your opponent picks Panic Attack against you, whether you win or lose that song, you cannot pick the song against him in this match. Additionally, if Panic Attack is chosen as a tiebreaker song, a new song will be selected. You would, however, be allowed to pick Panic Attack in another match if you would like.


Below are the list of songs available to choose from.

[-]All songs from the Challenging, Nightmare, and Impossible tiers



Below are the list of ten songs available as a tie breaker song (to be randomly chosen by me, if needed)

[-]Shoulder to the Plow
[-]Get Clean
[-]Colony of Birchmen
[-]Peace Sells
[-]Souls of Black
[-]Bodhisattva
[-]Battery
[-]Panic Attack
[-]Visions
[-]Painkiller



That's about all I could think of. Thoughts? Suggestions? See you all there!

Brock
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UPDATE #3!!!! Alright guys, this thing is FOUR DAYS AWAY!!! Guess it's about time I finally put the rules out there.

This will absolutely be a very laid back tournament, so all I ask is that you play fair and don't be jerks. Also, please try to be there on time for your match. I would also very much recommend bringing your own guitar. We will have a couple available, but we know how used guitars from video game stores can be. ^_^

This will be a double elimination tournament with the lower seed picking the first song. The higher seed will then pick the next song regardless of who wins the first song, followed by the lower seed picking the third song and the higher seed picking the fourth song, if it's needed. If a fifth and final song is needed, I will use a random number generator to pick a song from the list of available tiebreaker songs listed below.

I will personally seed the players that enter the tournament based on either how I've seen them play in person in past events or based on their scores here on SH. The players that I don't know or do not have scores posted here will be seed randomly at the bottom of the list.

All matches will be best 3 out of 5, unless we happen to get far more entries than I'm expecting, in which case only the Winners' Finals, Losers' Finals, and Grand Finals matches will best 3 out of 5 and the other matches will be best 2 out of 3. We have three hours for this tournament, so I can't imagine it taking this long.


Console: Xbox 360
Game: Rock Band 2
Instrument: Guitar
Mode: Score Duel
Difficulty: Expert
Character: Player Preference
Breakneck Speed: Allowed, ONLY IF both players agree to it. If both players don't want it, it will be turned off for their match (sorry ).
Other Options/Cheats: Not Allowed


IMPORTANT NOTE!!! Throughout the tournament, each player can is only allowed to pick each song ONCE. Once you pick a song, you cannot choose it for the rest of the tournament. However, if a song you previously picked is chosen by another player against you or is selected as a tiebreaker, it will be allowed. The only other rule regarding song selection is that you cannot play the same song in the same match no matter what. So if your opponent picks Panic Attack against you, whether you win or lose that song, you cannot pick the song against him in this match. Additionally, if Panic Attack is chosen as a tiebreaker song, a new song will be selected. You would, however, be allowed to pick Panic Attack in another match if you would like.


Below are the list of songs available to choose from.

[-]All songs from the Challenging, Nightmare, and Impossible tiers



Below are the list of ten songs available as a tie breaker song (to be randomly chosen by me, if needed)

[-]Shoulder to the Plow
[-]Get Clean
[-]Colony of Birchmen
[-]Peace Sells
[-]Souls of Black
[-]Bodhisattva
[-]Battery
[-]Panic Attack
[-]Visions
[-]Painkiller



That's about all I could think of. Thoughts? Suggestions? See you all there!

Brock
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FINAL UPDATE!!!!

Hey guys, so I guess I will be heading to Foxwoods shortly where I will set up the TVs and get ready for tomorrow. I know the rhythm games will have their own room away from the fighting games to make it a little easier for us. The GH3 tournament will start at 1pm and the RB2 guitar tournament will start at 4pm, but I will be setting up earlier in the day if you guys want to stop by and practice or just hang out for a while.

Hope to see you there!

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FINAL UPDATE!!!!

Hey guys, so I guess I will be heading to Foxwoods shortly where I will set up the TVs and get ready for tomorrow. I know the rhythm games will have their own room away from the fighting games to make it a little easier for us. The GH3 tournament will start at 1pm and the RB2 guitar tournament will start at 4pm, but I will be setting up earlier in the day if you guys want to stop by and practice or just hang out for a while.

Hope to see you there!

Brock
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Al right, I'm at the grand ballroom now setting up for the tournaments. GH3 at 1pm and then RB2 at 4pm. Anyone can feel free to stop by and practice if they want. We also have pop n music, DDR, Beatmania, and sound voltex for other rhythm games, and I did bring every GH and RB THATS KN 360. We have two TV , probably one for the tournament and the other for people to just practice on. Hope to see some of you here!
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Al right, I'm at the grand ballroom now setting up for the tournaments. GH3 at 1pm and then RB2 at 4pm. Anyone can feel free to stop by and practice if they want. We also have pop n music, DDR, Beatmania, and sound voltex for other rhythm games, and I did bring every GH and RB THATS KN 360. We have two TV , probably one for the tournament and the other for people to just practice on. Hope to see some of you here!
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