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March 20-22, 2015 Atlanta, GA (FINAL ROUND18)

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FINAL ROUND LLC proudly presents:
 
FINAL ROUND 18 
 
WEBSITE: www.finalround.org
 
Date/Location:
 
March 20-22, 2015 
 
Hilton Atlanta Airport
1031 Virginia Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30354
Tel: (404) 767-9000 
 
 
My how times flies when you're having fun! We are back at it again for a 18th year and we aren't stopping anytime soon! There's 6 months until FINAL ROUND XVIII and the event will be here before you know it. Of course I personally would like to thank everyone in the FGC and the sponsors that have supported FINAL ROUND throughout the years because without you guys there wouldn't be any FINAL ROUND or scene! Online Registration for your games are up now and we are running an early bird registration special right now so get it while you can! ($30 for badge online while it's $50 at the door) We recommend you to register online as soon as possible to take advantage of the "Early Bird" special! You will receive a discount on the badge price based on the schedule below:
 
◦ $30 Player Badge if you register BEFORE November 1, 2014 
◦ $40 Player Badge if you register BEFORE March 2, 2015 
◦ $50 Player Badge Emergency Registration at the door unofficially on:
 
Thursday, March 19, 2015 - 5:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Friday, March 20, 2014 - 8:00 AM EST to 12:00 NOON EST
 
NOTE: EMERGENCY REGISTRATION IS NOT GUARANTEED - WE WILL ONLY ALLOW EMERGENCY REGISTRATION AS LONG AS THERE ARE AVAILABLE SPOTS LEFT IN THE BRACKETS - THE ONLY WAY TO GUARANTEE ENTRY TO THE EVENT IS TO REGISTER ONLINE! 
 
$20 Spectator fee. Children under the age of 10 (accompanied with parent) unless they are competing are free to spectate and elderly are also free to spectate. We will also have a lost badge fee of $10 for those that miss place your badge during the event, but you must show PROOF OF PURCHASE to receive the lost badge fee. If you can not show proof of purchase you will have to pay the full emergency door fee of $50 to regain entry to the event. If you are competing in ANY singles/teams/exhibition/side tournament at FR18 YOU MUST GET A PLAYERS BADGE TO COMPETE DURING FR18!
 
If you don't want to be in that long registration line on Friday please preregister online as soon as you can to make sure you're entered into the game you wish to compete in at FR18. We at FINAL ROUND LLC understand that sometime you don't have the entire amount ready to pay for badges and your games at the same time, so with said you can pay for your badges right now and add the games you wish to play later at a later date before online registration closes. Please preregister at the following link:
 
 
At FINAL ROUND LLC we care about our attendants and we have gotten a reduced room rate for everyone that will attend FR18. To reserve a room under the FINAL ROUND 18 group rate you would need to click on the following link and in the left top side it will say (To get started, choose a guest type) and in the box you should select "Attendee" and the dates you wish to reserve!
 
2 DOUBLE BEDS=$95 PER NIGHT
1 KING BED= $95 PER NIGHT
2 QUEEN BEDS EXECUTIVE FLOOR= $115 PER NIGHT
1 KING BED EXECUTIVE FLOOR= $115 PER NIGHT
 
Remember that they will not charge your credit card when you reserve the room online. The only time they charge you is when you arrive to check into your room! Please go to this link to reserve your room today:
 
 
If you that link doesn't work you would need to call the hotel to reserve a hotel room. if that is the case please call the hotel at 404-767-9000 and ask for the final round 18 group rate. They will not charge your card until you check in so don't miss out on getting your room today! Don't call the 1-800 number on the national website because they will not know about the fr group rate.
 
Here's the list of the following games that are on the official tournament line up:
 
Games:
 
Under Night In-Birth (PS3) - $10
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (WiiU)
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (360) - $10
ULTRA Street Fighter IV: (360) - $10
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3) - $10
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (PS3) - $10 
Injustice: Gods Among Us (360) - $10 
Killer Instinct (XB1) - $10 
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- (PS3) - $10
King of Fighters XIII (PS3) - $10
Soul Calibur V (PS3) - $10
 
All team/Community ran events will be must held on Friday March 20 as this is the only day we have available to run them in a timely manner. All team/exhibitions/community events must get approved by ME to be ran at FR18 period! Any "Community event" will be ran by the communities that requested their game to be played at FR18. Remember that Community event doesn't mean it won't happen. If I allow it at FR then it's a tournament regardless of the label. Hence the name EVENT in the title. We would just need some help with the systems/games and you will have an area to play and run the tournament. All community events registration will be at the door only. 
 
Team/exhibitions/community events that are confirmed as of now are as followed:
 
Of course we are going to bring back the popular series "CURLEY MUSTACHE BATTLE ROYALE" 5v5 team Regional tournament. The hype of FR + CM is too powerful and I know there will be more regions/teams allowed this year! More details coming soon for this instant classic!
 
VF5US
BB
P4U2
MvC2
ST - in the arcade room
3S - in the arcade room 
A2 - Arcade room
 
We will have a BYOC room for people to play casuals during the event that spectators can play also. We will also have a FINAL ROUND Arcade thanks to Tony Majors. The same guy who brought the arcade to TFC is packing up his gear and driving to the ATL so everyone can enjoy the acrade scene! Here's a small list of games that will be at FR18:
 
Street Fighter 2 Super Turbo - on h2h Japanese cabinets
Street Fighter 3: 3rd strike - on h2h Japanese cabinets
Street Fighter Alpha 2 - on American stand up cab with Sanwa parts 
Capcom VS SNK 2 - Japanese cab
Marvel VS Capcom 2 - Japanese cab
Samurai Showdow 2 - American stand up cab Japanese parts 
Double Dragon!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and many more. 
 
As always I really don't want people to forget the origins of the FGC, so having some type of link to the past is important to me and the arcade is where this community came from. Spectators can play casuals in the arcade.
 
We will have multiple streams for FR18 for those that can not attend FR18 to get a small taste of the event. We are glad to have the following streamers for FR18:
 
Stream #1= Team Spooky - http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
Stream #2= FunkyP - http://www.twitch.tv/funkyp
Injustice = Kombatnetwork - http://www.twitch.tv/kombatnetwork
 
We will have more updates as the months pass by so keep your eyes open for the goodies in future post! Man how times flies when you're having fun! I can't wait to see everyone and again and hopefully meet some new players in the FGC at FR18. It's on now shawty! See you guys in march.

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Made it to the last two and with Xrd announced as a main game, I fully intend to make it this year and getting a ton of Chicago Guilty Gear players to Final Round XVIII!

 

Would people be down for doing a High Stakes Guilty Gear Xrd 5v5 Teams Event on Friday? $20 per person ($100 per team) winner takes all?  I think it would be something to hype up Xrd before the tournament on Saturday, if we gather enough interest for it. We CAN make it a Region vs Region event if enough people from each region show up for it so, would people down for doing this?

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Made it to the last two and with Xrd announced as a main game, I fully intend to make it this year and getting a ton of Chicago Guilty Gear players to Final Round XVIII!

 

Would people be down for doing a High Stakes Guilty Gear Xrd 5v5 Teams Event on Friday? $20 per person ($100 per team) winner takes all?  I think it would be something to hype up Xrd before the tournament on Saturday, if we gather enough interest for it. We CAN make it a Region vs Region event if enough people from each region show up for it so, would people down for doing this?

 

This is a great idea!  Kinda like a curleh for xrd?!?!? Get the teams up and we can def do this on friday!  Have it streamed also!!!!

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This is a great idea!  Kinda like a curleh for xrd?!?!? Get the teams up and we can def do this on friday!  Have it streamed also!!!!

I'll get right on it boss!

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so who are the teams?!?!?  What states will be represented at FR18 in GG Xrd?  They have to have atleast 5 players on each team Pokemon style.  With Xrd coming out guys let's make FR18 huge like back in the day when it was the 1st gg tournament to have 200+ players!  Reserve your hotel rooms today before they run out.  You know how they disappear the closer you get to the event.  lol https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=11618166

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So when is P4 going to be scheduled? I need to know when I can arrive so I don't miss it. Can't get my ticket w/o knowing this.

 

Nevermind. My question was answered. Happening "sometime" on Friday.

 

Shinobi made a doc to help handle side game tourneys: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YOA9eN39qnjpk3ST2-SurmeCqsdIC9okapBrqsPjVyM/edit#gid=519424319

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If you guys can give a good time for the side tourney i may be able to show up on friday cause I really want to play in a offline persona tourney.

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Hope someone sets up a P4U2 side tournament. Will participate in BB as well even though I'm more free in that than in Persona.

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Hope someone sets up a P4U2 side tournament. Will participate in BB as well even though I'm more free in that than in Persona.

100% with ya that's why i want to know what time is the event cause i have a baseball game on the Friday where I'm a hour from atl and thinking about going straight there after the game if i can make it on time.

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Sorry for the delay guys, I've been REALLY busy and had a lot going on but I will still be pushing for the 5V5 Tournament. I'm going to talk with Silent Shinobi and make sure things are underway. Once I hold a discussion with him over the weekend, I will post up with more information. Once again, sorry for the delay, I'll be getting on this for you all.

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After going over a few details with Silent Shinobi, we've decided to move forward with the Regional 5v5 for Final Round this year, I'm talking with Players who are confirmed for the event, to form teams as we speak! We're striking for Eight Teams for this exhibition! Once I gain confirmation of handles and players representing states/regions that will be in attendance on Friday, I will post up all their information here and in the Final Round Event Page on Facebook! Going to post a few rules so people are aware of how the Exhibition will work:

 

Final Round XVIII - Guilty Gear Xrd: Battle By the Backyard (B.B.B.) 5v5 Exhibition

  • Start Time: Friday March 20th, 2015 - 8PM EST
  • Entry Fee: $20 per person ($100 Per Team)
  • Payout: Winner Takes All
  • Stream: FunkyP
  • Basic Rules
    • This Exhibition will be a Double Elimination Bracket.
    • The Exhibition will be played in an original team format (Pokemon Style).
    • The Exhibition will be character locked (Choose your character wisely).
    • Each Team Captain will send players to face off against each other.
      • Winner stays on, loser gets up, the Team Captain will send the next player to play the next game.
      • First Team to take out all the opposing team's players are considered the winners and will advance.
      • This will be a One-and-Done exhibition, there will be no 2 out of 3 sets amongst the players.
    • Grand Finals
      • If the Winners Side wins the first set, that will be the end of the High Stakes Exhibition.
      • If the Losers Side wins the first set, a reset will happen and there will be another team set played.
      • After that, the next team to win the following set, will be declared the champions of the Exhibition.

We're also looking into setting up a possible Wild Card slot for the event! So even if you aren't in the set slots for the exhibition, you still have a chance to get in as a Wild Card Team! Be sure you're there Friday Afternoon before 5PM to fight for the last available spot!

 

Final Round XVIII - Guilty Gear Xrd: Wild Card Qualifying Tournament:

  • Start Time: Friday March 20th, 2015 - 5PM EST
  • Entry Fee: None
  • Rules
    • This Exhibition will be a Single Elimination Bracket.
    • The Exhibition will be played in an original team format (Pokemon Style).
    • Each Team Captain will send players to face off against each other.
      • Winner stays on, loser gets up, the Team Captain will send the next player to play the next game.
      • First Team to take out all the opposing team's players are considered the winners and will advance.
      • This will be a One-and-Done exhibition, there will be no 2 out of 3 sets amongst the players.
    • If there is one Wild Card Slot available, the winner of the Finals Set will advance to the exhibition.
    • If there are two slots available, the top two teams will participate in the exhibition.

*Be sure that if you're in the Wild Card Tournament, you are able to pay the fee to get into the

High Stakes Exhibition*

 

Confirmed Teams:

 

Team Chicago (Midwest):

Within Team Chicago, you have some prime players from the Midwest Region! Veterans, champions and new blood! On the team you have:

  • FF|ElvenShadow :FAU:
  • blackSNAKE :VEN:
  • Sym  :MIL:  
  • Zinac :FAU:
  • JCS|ShinSyn :CHP:

This team based from Chicago, IL, will be representing the Midwest Region Friday night. With ElvenShadow still on his Championship run since KiT15, being backed by the solid accolades of his teammates: blackSNAKE, one of the best Venom's in the USA! Sym showing off at FFVII with the power of Setplay. Zinac's consistent top placements in recent tournaments and the student of all these veterans; ShinSyn will be there to face off against the competition! Be prepared for a "Fatal Duel" when clashing with this powerful team from the Midwest!

 

Team Alabama "Birmingham Quarter" - South:

This team from the Southern region is nothing to mess around with! A list of Well known veterans, a strong newcomer and an SBO qualifier for GGAC! Within this team, you have:

  • Doren2K :ELP:
  • SolidPlay :FAU:
  • Raekw0n187 :POT:
  • Silent Shinobi :KYX:
  • Nagato :ZAT:

With history following these players, you know they are a force to be reckoned with! Silent Shinobi with his Recent Top 8 Placing at Frosty Faustings, Doren2K with his Top 8 Placement at KiT, and Raekw0n as a previous SBO Qualifier in GGAC! Loud and proud The Birmingham Quarter within Alabama is coming to the exhibition with the intent of giving "No Mercy" to their opponents!

 

Team Florida - South:

Another team representing the Southern Region! This team has players with Tons of history with their roster of veterans, victories and strong up-and-coming players! Within Team Florida, you have:

  • DC|FlashMetroid :CHP:
  • Senkei :FAU:
  • DC|Juggernaut :SLY: / :SOL:
  • DC|The Arm :RAM:
  • DC|Mystic :CHP:

 

This team is coming to this exhibition with a TON of experience under their belt, and players making a return after years of being absent! FlashMetroid making an appearance at WB9 placing in Top 8 alongside with Senkei already makes a Scary combination! Florida is coming to Final Round XVIII ready to make some "Babel Noise" in the venue!

 

Team Vet Coast** - Champion's Team:

This Veteran team has a ton of players from all around! Last Year's Champion of GGAC+R, MacArthur Blunts has joined forces with the likes of other vets to bring the competition!

  • MacArthur Blunts :SLY:
  • TS|NerdJosh :FAU: / :ELP:
  • BT|MarlinPie :ZAT:
  • TS|Lord Knight :MIL:
  • DaiAndOh :VEN:

*Yes, I know, there is no Veteru, hence the Asterisks.*

 

This team has TONS of experience ranging from coast to coast! With MacArthur Blunts (Final Round XVII GGAC+R Champion) on the team along with the WB9 GGXrd Champion MarlinPie, backed up with the powerhouses of NerdJosh, Tasty Steve and DaiAndOh, they make quite the dominating team! If you're not careful when the Champ and his team hit the stage! Do you think this team is a threat? "Well Haven't You Got Eyes in Your Head?"

 

Team Georgia - South:

  • dot_Nova :POT:
  • Daedalurus :LEO:
  • Ariscool24 :INO:  :FAU:
  • Eshi :VEN:
  • Nitronoodlez :ZAT:  :MIL:

The hometown team that will be representing the hometown state of Georgia! Lots of new blood here but this group shows a lot of promise, as of late grinding it out in locals and playing with some of the best veterans in the south! dot_Nova has been doing it big with the big man Potemkin and showing he's a force in this game. Alongside him is Eshi, Justice player in GGAC+R, now moves his skills into a new character Venom, and with other players such as Nitronoodlez, Ariscool24 and Daedalurus backing them up, they are sure to "Engage" the competition fiercely!

 

Team Texas - South:

  • Boost|Jan :POT:
  • R0BOT :SOL:
  • Kensou :CHP:
  • Sylint :BED:
  • Joe Shyne :INO:

This Team has a ton of players with quite a lot of history behind it. Representing Texas you have Boost|Jan who is considered one of the best Potemkin players in the US currently, alongside with Rob0t who plays a very mean Sol! Kensou who has shown that Chipp is a force to be reckoned in previous Guilty Gears and plans to continue that in Xrd! Sylint is ready to show of some of his Bedman skills and lay the competition to rest and Joe Shyne down to pummel the competition! Team Texas is ready to show off it's "Burly Heart" in ATL and show everyone why Texas is beastly!

 

Team Tenkai (Tennessee/Kentucky) - South:

  • KiT|Shinblade :SOL:
  • KrazyKorean :MIL:
  • TheSlyMoogle :LEO:
  • Yasha :KYX:
  • ???

Both Tennessee and Kentucky have combined some of their best forces together to create Team Tenkai! A ton of players here with pretty solid history here and plans to keep writing their names in the books of US Guilty Gear! Shinblade, known for his Too hot to Handle Sol will be fighting alongside with the well established KrazyKorean! Alongside with the two Tennessee natives, you have TheSlyMoogle who is not equipped with a terrifying Leo and Yasha who has displayed nothing but clean Ky play since Xrd has been out! Now the question remains: Who is their 5th player? We'll find out soon...

 

Wild Card Slot (???) - ???:

  • (TBD at the venue)

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We're still finalizing our team for Atlanta, not sure of the last 2 members and should have it settled by the saturday after next.

 

also, lol @ raekwon still playing potemkin, that liar said he was gonna switch! :P

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Dude... My name is all wrong in that post... also can we be team Fuck Mountain?

 

1) Fixed your handle, my bad. :(

2) I cannot name you "Team Fuck Mountain" for obvious reasons... since this is more than likely to be streamed.

 

Currently working on the details of that but once I get an official word, I'll post up here.

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not if you want it to be streamed!  Please no profane names.  TY  Also this is a great idea that I can't wait to see unfold!  I would like to thank the animeeeeeeeee community for your continued support of FR!  186 player pre registered for Xrd at FR18 and Under nights in birth hit that 69!  So with walk up Xrd could max out a 256 man bracket!  Would you guys want the old school huge table size bracket?  lol  Surely we can get 8 teams to compete in the anime 5v5 with that many people competing!  yooOOoooooo animeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Team Tennesse/Kentucky (TenKai) has 4 players so far:

1. KIT ShinBlade (TN)

2. KrazyKorean (TN)

3. TheSlyMoogle (KY)

4. Yasha (KY)

5. ???

 

Just need a fifth to confirm.

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The Teams for the Final Round 18: Guilty Gear Xrd - High Stakes Exhibition have been set! My previous post has all the teams on it. Good luck to all 7 official teams and best of luck to those fighting in the qualifier.

 

EDIT: Updated the post with changes since there is only one remaining slot for the exhibition. Also, Shoutouts to ShinBlanka for getting us a stream hookup through FunkyP for this exhibition!

 

We Made It Y'all!

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NOTICE:

 

The 5v5 Qualifier will be taking place at 5PM on Friday. If you're team is NOT there at 5PM, you will not participate, I am not starting at 5:01PM, I will NOT start at 5:30PM.  You guys can pre-register for the qualifier by Directly Messaging me here on the forums or PM via Twitter. I will put you Team Name down and set you up for pre-registration. However, if you did pre-register and you are not there at 5PM, we will start without you and you will not be able to play.

 

I will be doing roll call at 4:45PM and finalizing the brackets at 4:50 and the tournament WILL start at 5PM.

 

Do not be late for this, we're on a tight schedule and to confirm a final team we need to make this go as smoothly as possible.

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