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Big thanks to the players who showed. It was great meeting all of you.
Congrats to @LeifErikson on taking home the title!
Full results here: https://challonge.com/c8aww1cp
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Current signups:
- Dan OConnor
- Tristen Larson
- Igot5onit
- Darij Aho
- LeifErikson
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The Haynesian Theory
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The trophies are in
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EVENT INFO
Dates: April 7, 2019
Location: The Pourhouse, 10 South 5th St, Minneapolis, MN 55402TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
100% of entries go into prize pool11:30am – Tecmo Super Bowl (NES) – $20 Entry fee
1:30pm – NHL ’94 (Sega Genesis) – $20 Entry fee
3:30pm – NBA Jam T.E. (Sega Saturn) – $10 Entry FeeREGISTRATION
http://retroworldseries.com/2018-19-season/2019-the-pourhouse-retro-sunday/
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1 minute ago, smozoma said:
That's a nice looking stream. How did you hook up the Genesis to get it nice and crisp like that?
Thanks! SCART -> OSSC -> Datapath e1
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Rewatch gameplay here:
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5 hours ago, Brutus said:
I'd assume that's Hal & Fett.
Congrats on the W
No that is ChrisO and Matt Hurray
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We have winner. No fights occurred
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The winner's award
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14 minutes ago, kingraph said:
Is the '94 tourney on Fri or Sat? 23rd is a Sat.
Yeah sorry about that. Its the 22nd (Fri)
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57 minutes ago, Lupz27 said:
I think @kingraph and @chaos are about an hour away with no traffic. But that Friday afternoon summer traffic is a b***h.
I’m about 2:00-2:15 away I’d have to leave around 11 AM to avoid it not being a 4 hour trip.
Hmmmmm I am off that weekend if some of the other NY buds make that trip maybe I will also.
We're going to go ahead and move start time to 6pm
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Come join us Friday night in Philly at Too Many Games for an NHL '94 tourney!
June 22, 2018 6pm
Entry Fee: $20
Console: Genesis
Registration: http://retroworldseries.com/2018-19-season/toomanygames2018/
Rules: http://retroworldseries.com/info/gameplay-rules/versus-tournament-rules/#nhl-94
Live Stream Channel:
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Were there cash prizes for this? If so, we can update our [E-Sports Earnings](http://www.esportsearnings.com/games/416-nhl-94) page. Need the prize amounts and player names and/or nicknames. Player nationality as well (I assume all American at this one?).
Yes, there was a cash prize. Due to the turnout, only first place received a cash prize.
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I dunno, if you win and say you're Home, then really the other guy needs to pick DET because they are strong away, then the home guy can pick CHI, MTL, VAN... Seems like being home is a big advantage, other than the fact you're playing vs DET. No? In another thread where Raph did the math, it seemed like the home team basically has a 5% advantage.
More than anything, it's just kind of a dull way of doing it because there's no variety, because the teams are not meant to be balanced.
The goal is to keep it as simple as possible. We are going to be having a lot of tournaments and have a limited amount of time. We are also going to experts playing as well as novices, so we want to keep the team selection process as easy as possible. There's no perfect way, and if the coin flip doesn't satisfy enough people that actually play in the tournament, we can definitely look into adjusting the rules.
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OK, cool that existing tourneys can manage their format
How many players are in each round robin group? Is it 8 players in each round robin group, top 2 make it? Elimination day 1 starts with 16 players, and 2 rounds are played, bringing it down to 4 players, then the last day is 2 more rounds to crown a champ?
I'm fuzzy on the team selection rules. Flip a coin and you can choose to be home/away or choose your team first. Does this mean the person who picks their team first can pick any team, and the 2nd person can pick any other team? (ie not allowed to pick the same team)
For example, if 64 people sign up for the NHL 94 tournament, then the group round would consist of 16 groups of 4 players. The top 2 in each group would move on to the single elimination bracket, so the 1st round of the elimination bracket would be Round of 32.
With the coin flip, most often the winner will choose to select the team rather than home/away, but if you do win the coin flip, you do get first choice in team or to be home/away. You can't pick the same team. So if you and I played, and I won the coin flip, I'd choose to select my team first (e.g. Penguins). Then you get to choose who is home or away and then your team.
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They'd have to allow our triple elimination format, unless we want to go single elim. "The satellite tournaments will feature single elimination versus tournaments "
Although actually... I suppose the winner of the last game before the loser bracket guy comes back in is the single elimination winner, so we could actually do both at once.. In other words, the last undefeated player wins the World Series prize, and then we continue the triple elim for the King of 94 prize. Works fine!
Hmm except that our team choice method is someone picks both teams, which isn't how the World Series rules are. But we're doing it the Madison Tecmo Bowl way, so I'm confused because the Madison Tecmo Bowl is a satellite event, too.
The Satellites events are not restricted to a specific format. The difference between Tecmo Madison and the rest of our events is that we are partnering with Tecmo Madison to make it a Satellite event. We have no intention of changing what they do. The other events are being hosted by the RWS at various conventions in large booths we've rented. Since we are having three at each convention, and each convention is only two days long, we are restricted due to time constraints on the format we can have. Tecmo Madison is an established tournament dedicated to one game that lasts all day, so they are fully capable of having the format that best suits them. For example, if we were to partner with King of 94 to make it a Satellite event, there would be no change to its format at all.
As far as the 94 tournament at the Main Event, there will be a group round robin of four players in each group. Each player in a group will play each other once. The top two in each group will advance to the single elimination bracket. The semifinals and finals (the last 4 players) will play on that Sunday when all of the semis and finals will be played.
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Where's badnews baseball at?!
LOL Can't have them all in one year. The great thing about retro gaming is there's literally hundreds of good ones to choose from, so if this is successful this year, we can keep adding new games year after year. Bad News is on the list.
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Nice! I'd rethink auto goalies to manual, because that can get brutal. I'd be down for all the Genesis events (Road Rash, SFII and '94)!
I definitely get your point there. That's certainly worth considering.
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So, if I'm reading this correct, Satellite events are not required for the Main Event in Houston, but do enable you to win a free entry/extra cash prizes?
Or do you need to qualify for the Main Event down in Houston?
I've got a brother that lives down in the Houston 'burbs, and I'd consider a trip to visit him and catch some cool NHL '94. Not sure I'd be able to get to any of the Satellite events, especially if they aren't games I'm familiar with!
Thx for inviting us either way bud.
You don't have to play in the Satellites to enter the Main Event. The Satellites do allow you to win prizes, win entries, and earn points towards the POY award which has a cash prize.
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Just wanted to introduce myself. I've created a new series of events called the Retro World Series. The big Main Event at the end of the year will have an NHL '94 tournament. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
01/21/2016
Today, Hal Hawkins announced the first inaugural season of the Retro World Series. There will tournaments held across the country at various events as Satellite Tournament with the season finishing off at the Main Event on August 11-14 in Houston, TX (Thursday-Sunday)."I hope to create an opportunity for recreational and serious retro gamers alike to be able to take part in an event that's both fun and competitive," said Tournament Director Hawkins. "The retro gaming community has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years, and the Retro World Series wants to give this community the ability to enjoy retro games throughout the year with a great, big finale at the end."
The Main Event will feature 12 versus tournaments for Atari, NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis.
The Satellite Events will consist of high score, speed run, and versus tournaments.Players who compete in the events will earn points towards the Player of the Year award with a big cash prize awarded at the end of the Main Event to the winner.
The Satellite Tournaments will be free to enter with prizes awarded to the winner and runner up.
The winner also receives an entry into the Main Event tournament of their choice. Gameplay at the Satellite Tournaments will be recorded and uploaded after each event.
The Main Event will be a $26 tournament entry. Cash prizes will be awarded in the Main Event, including trophies to each tournament winner. The Main Event will also be live streamed.
There will be vendors and free play arcades at the Main Event, so guests and spectators are invited to join as well.
If you're an interested gamer, vendor, sponsor, or just want to come watch, visit www.retroworldseries.com to get more information and sign up.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/retroworldseries
Twitter: @RetroWrldSeriesWebsite: www.retroworldseries.com
Hal Hawkins
Tournament Director
(979) 224-2660
hal@retroworldseries.com-----
smozoma: here is additional links/info
- Game rules: http://retroworldseries.com/2016-season/main-event/tournaments-2/
- Schedule: http://retroworldseries.com/2016-season/main-event/
- Prize amounts: http://retroworldseries.com/2016-season/prizes/(top 8 get prizes)
- You can enter multiple tournaments, so if you want to be in the RBI baseball or whatever tourney, too, you can, although you pay for each tourney
- If you volunteer as a judge, you get food and a free entry into one tourney
[Friday June 22, 2018 - Oaks, PA] - Too Many Games
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Unfortunately, I do not know. We had a verbal agreement to return, but they never signed the contract so we are not returning