Console Gaming

AX Console Tournament 2009 Rules

Tournament schedule

The first tournament of the day begins at 11:30am. The second tournament begins at 6pm.

Thursday

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Wii)
Soul Calibur 4 (360)

Friday

Street Fighter 4 (360)
Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Wii)

Saturday

Blazblue (360)
Guilty Gear Accent Core (PS2)

Sunday

Halo 3 (360)

General Rules and Setup

The tournament will use ASUS VH236 Monitors on a VGA connection. For viewing purposes, the signal will be split to a larger television so that the audience may watch.

• A change from last year is that bringing your own controller or joystick is allowed, as long as it is wired. All controllers must be plugged in by a staff members. We have joysticks available for renting. When signing up on-site, please write down which joystick you want to borrow. It will be ready for you when the tournament begins. Bringing your own controller is highly recommended because we are not responsible for any controller malfunctions.
• Signups for each tournament begin when the console room opens that day.
• Mapping multiple buttons to one button is only allowed if you use a pad. Mapping more than one instance of a button is NOT allowed.
• No trash talk during or after the match will be allowed. Contestants will be given 1 warning before being disqualified from the tournament.
• When signing up, all entrants will be split into groups of 16 or 32. Each group of 16 will play out until a winner emerges. All 4 winners will then meet in a finals match. The exception is Halo, where teams will be in groups of 4.
• All controls MUST be set before the match begins. Staff will remind the players to set the controls before the match starts (if they forget, you get a free pass). A pause in the match will automatically disqualify the player for that round. If there are no rounds, it will be considered an automatic loss of the game.
• If you beat a staff member, you get a prize!

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom

• Single game (OR best of 3 games. Haven’t decided yet.)
• Banning gigantic characters

Soul Calibur 4

• Best of 5 rounds, 3 games
• Vader, Yoda banned
• Stage will always be random select
• Only loser can change character

Street Fighter 4

• Single Elimination, best of 3 games, best of 3 rounds.
• No character bans
• The SF4 tournament will feature a $5 entry fee, with all proceeds going to a pot. It will be distributed across the Top 3 with a 70/20/10 split.
• Only loser can change character

Smash Bros. Brawl

• Keits All Brawl, adjusted with Bo3 games instead of Bo5.

BlazBlue

• Best of 5 rounds or best of 3 rounds, 3 games. I haven’t decided yet.
• -Only loser can change character

Guilty Gear Accent Core

• Best of 3 rounds, best of 3 games
• Only original characters will be allowed
• Only loser can change character

Halo 3

• MLG Settings, MLG Maps (BR start, 90% Shield, 110% regen time, 110% player speed, powerup mods, no radar)
• Banning certain camping spots per MLG rules
• Roll a die to determine game type and map
  1. Team Slayer // The Pit
  2. CTF // MLG Onslaught
  3. Team Slayer // Narrows
  4. KOTH // Construct
  5. Team Slayer // Guardian
  6. Oddball // Guardian
• Ties will be broken by K/D Ratio / Deaths / Kills / 2 minute Sudden Death Team Slayer. If there is a tie in the sudden death match, both teams will be eliminated. Play for blood!

Blazblue and Guilty Gear Guests of Honors Toshimichi Mori and Daisuke Ishiwatari will be on hand to officially start our Blazblue tournament Saturday at 11am.