kingraph Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 We will be hosting another live tournament as part of the Retro World Expo in Hartford, CT on October 14th, 2017! Registration / Cost: The tournament is free as part of your admission to the Retro World Expo! Date/Time: 1:00 pm, October 14th, 2017. Prize: TBD, something fun. Livestream: https://www.twitch.tv/kingraph Format: 32 player cap (registration continues after 32, but can't guarantee a spot) Round Robin play will be 8 groups of 4 players in a 3 game round robin. Groups will be random, but we will try to accommodate requests for friends/groups to be in separate groups as best we can. Top 2 players from each group move on to a 16 player elimination bracket. 16 players are eliminated after Round Robin play. Players will be seeded by win total, followed by goal differential, followed by total goals for. This is the same tiebreaker rules. 16 team bracket will be single elimination format, best of 3 series for all rounds (16, quarters, semis, final). Game Settings: 5 Minute Periods No Offsides, Penalties On No Line Changes Manual Goalie Control Selecting Teams: A coin flip will take place between the 2 players. The loser of the coin flip will choose 2 different teams. The winner of the coin flip will choose to play as 1 of the 2 teams chosen and play as the Home team. If the same 2 players meet again later in the tournament, no coin flip will occur. The players will simply reverse the coin flip results from the first meeting, and so on for further matchups. You can't pick the same teams, so no CHI-CHI or DET-DET matchups All Star teams are ineligible Preset matchups cards will be available for everyone to see and use if wanted. This is for those who are not familiar with every team, or players who just want to reduce the stress of selecting two teams! The cards will have matchups that have two teams that are reasonably similar in strength. @chaos and I will be running the tournament, and will be head referees if needed. We expect the 32 spots to fill up easily (the crowd will be up to 50% larger than Long Island), so it's unlikely either of us will be actually be playing. LET ME KNOW IN THIS THREAD IF ANY VETS ARE PLANNING TO GO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halifax Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Awesome stuff bud! I give myself about a 0.094% chance of attending at this point. Just trying to get @angryjay93 to pay for my flight and hotel and expenses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB27 Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Sounds like fun! I'm hoping to be there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sdogg Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 (edited) strong possibility I will attend. I am located 15 min south of Hartford ✔ sd Edited October 5, 2017 by Sdogg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceStorm70 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 who else is all in? I may be able to make it. Pinged Brutus and he prolly wont make it but wont know till last minute. I'd get a hotel room so if anyone I know is going and wants to crash let me know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gastonguay99 Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 The expo opens at 10am but the tourney doesn't start till 1pm... any way to ensure registration without being there right at door opening? We just checked into Hartford, but the marathon may complicate travelling in the city tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted October 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 1 hour ago, gastonguay99 said: The expo opens at 10am but the tourney doesn't start till 1pm... any way to ensure registration without being there right at door opening? We just checked into Hartford, but the marathon may complicate travelling in the city tomorrow PM me your name and I'll make sure you're in bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupz27 Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Good luck with the Tourney today @kingraph hope it all goes smooth, and maybe get a few new recruits, wish I could make it, but stuck at work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Hey guys, Twitch feed is up: Twitch Feed Challonge is coming soon, once the Round Robin is completed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Challonge Bracket - Retro World Expo NHL '94 Tourney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualizard Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 1 hour ago, chaos said: Hey guys, Twitch feed is up: Twitch Feed Challonge is coming soon, once the Round Robin is completed. Cool, thx! I am at the gym but gonna watch while I am on treadmill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupz27 Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Either of those guys forum members? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Those were some pretty good games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 35 minutes ago, Lupz27 said: Either of those guys forum members? No forum members. One of the guys went to Vegas though (the winner, Eric). Him and his brother in the finals today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 On 10/14/2017 at 4:15 PM, chaos said: No forum members. One of the guys went to Vegas though (the winner, Eric). Him and his brother in the finals today. I thought I recognized him! He went 2-4 in Vegas http://challonge.com/w2x9wv82 The A group was actually pretty tough. Kevin/corbettkb/Tex: 4th chris o: 5th-6th smozoma: 7th-8th alfredo: 9th-13th (and he nearly beat me, I scored with 7s left then won in OT) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualizard Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 The guy who won was in Vegas with a buddy who came in 4th, Kevin, I think. I think he goes by KB27 here, as he has since joined the forum. Was he there? Dayum, was expecting Tex to at least be in the final. The Twitch feed was great. Hearing the brothers talking was awesome, and then the play-by-play by was great, too! These two were highly skilled. As Raph mentioned, the stops and starts, the manual goalie on and off to reset. Not your average dudes playing in their basement. Hope they join up here, if they haven't already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupz27 Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 13 minutes ago, aqualizard said: The guy who won was in Vegas with a buddy who came in 4th, Kevin, I think. I think he goes by KB27 here, as he has since joined the forum. Was he there? Dayum, was expecting Tex to at least be in the final. The Twitch feed was great. Hearing the brothers talking was awesome, and then the play-by-play by was great, too! These two were highly skilled. As Raph mentioned, the stops and starts, the manual goalie on and off to reset. Not your average dudes playing in their basement. Hope they join up here, if they haven't already. Don't think Tex was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted October 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Lupz27 said: Don't think Tex was there. Confirmed, not here. Good games though! The guy who came in 4th won 1st place at the Nintendo World Championship tourney. Arda came in 3rd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefmurray Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 2 hours ago, kingraph said: Confirmed, not here. Good games though! The guy who came in 4th won 1st place at the Nintendo World Championship tourney. Arda came in 3rd! Thor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted October 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 3 hours ago, davefmurray said: Thor? sorry, first place at the Nintendo World Championship Tourney as part of the Retro World Expo 2017. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbettkb Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 On 10/14/2017 at 4:34 PM, smozoma said: I thought I recognized him! He went 2-4 in Vegas http://challonge.com/w2x9wv82 The A group was actually pretty tough. Kevin/corbettk/Tex: 4th chris o: 5th-6th smozoma: 7th-8th alphonso: 9th-13th (and he nearly beat me, I scored with 7s left then won in OT) Thats cool, first time ive seen the round robin breakdown from Vegas. And yea, unfortunately was in Minneapolis this past weekend (you know you can get from the airport to downtown on public transportation for $2, amazing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualizard Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 2 hours ago, corbettkb said: Thats cool, first time ive seen the round robin breakdown from Vegas. And yea, unfortunately was in Minneapolis this past weekend (you know you can get from the airport to downtown on public transportation for $2, amazing). You can get to the Airport on normal public transit her en Toronto, too. It is $3, the usual fare, but requires a subway and a bus ride. (It is pretty far away.) Conversely, in Vegas the last night I was there, I wanted to take a bus back to my hotel, which was a straight line down Las Vegas Blvd. When I tried to board the bus -- to take a 10 minute ride straight down the street -- I was told it was $6 minimum, which covered me for 2 hours, which was overkill. In short, it was about the same price as an Uber, but with crap seats and full of drunks. I took and Uber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 20 minutes ago, aqualizard said: You can get to the Airport on normal public transit her en Toronto, too. It is $3, the usual fare, but requires a subway and a bus ride. (It is pretty far away.) Conversely, in Vegas the last night I was there, I wanted to take a bus back to my hotel, which was a straight line down Las Vegas Blvd. When I tried to board the bus -- to take a 10 minute ride straight down the street -- I was told it was $6 minimum, which covered me for 2 hours, which was overkill. In short, it was about the same price as an Uber, but with crap seats and full of drunks. I took and Uber. I had a weird bus experience in Long Island. They don't take bills. If you don't have a pass or tickets, you have to pay ENTIRELY in change. Needless to say, gf and I didn't have 22 quarters on us at that moment (2x$2.75). Thankfully the bus driver was nice and let us on anyway! We saw another person come on and crack open an entire roll of quarters from the bank before paying. Other than that, the bus was nice, though! The train was nice, too (except for trying to find the ticket machine, which was pretty well hidden under the platform and behind a building). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted October 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 I didn't take many photos, mainly because I was using my phone for the livestream . But here are a few pics I managed to snap: OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT: Dinosaur spotted playing arcades: Our table of competitors Crowd watching the (very awesome) finals games: We didn't get the turnout we expected, but a lot of the guys were folks we knew from Long Island and/or Vegas! It was great to see familiar faces, something I never considered! In one way, having a solid group of 16 '94 players is better than 32 made up of those 16 solid and 16 "walk-ins" as it's unlikely the "walk-ins" would have made it past the RR or 1st round. Having said that, we will ALWAYS welcome more players because at the end of the day it's all about having some fun playing. These guys who participated all had a great time, and just about every one of them said "thank you for running this tournament", which really goes a long way with me. It's quite a bit of work to put this on, all free, and a simple "thanks" makes it all worth it! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 I think the fact that the tournament sign-up table was kind of hidden from the main row made it difficult for people to find. I did have a few people ask me about signing up after we had already started and were a few games in. A lot of the other tournaments suffered from low turnout too. The SF5 tournament, which was on the other side of our table had like 8 signups, yet they had 8 PS4s set up. On the flip side, the Mario Kart 64 tournament had 3 set ups, and a billion people. We also could have promoted it a little more too. All in all, it was a great time, some really close games, and multiple TB-SJ match-ups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gastonguay99 Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 I really enjoyed this and would love to come to more... Thanks again! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted October 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 1 hour ago, gastonguay99 said: I really enjoyed this and would love to come to more... Thanks again! Great meeting you, and thanks for the positive feedback! Also, @gastonguay99 wore an epic Guy Herbert retro '94 hockey jersey! Totally won the day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted January 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Video of the finals: Game 01 & 02: Game 03 has commentary by me and Arda Ocal. Lots of fun, and quite an amazing series overall to cap out a great tournament: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smozoma Posted August 29, 2018 Report Share Posted August 29, 2018 Is this happening again this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted August 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2018 6 hours ago, smozoma said: Is this happening again this year? Couldn't swing it this year... schedules were just too busy unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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