MTLSF’S UNDERGROUND HYPE XII

We are back once more with our 12th tournament series, just in time with the launch of SFV! The event will take place about 1 week and a half after the launch to give a little practice before crowning our first champion for this brand new title. For the past months, SFV was probably on everyone’s mind and finally it has arrived! While USFIV helped build fighting game communities for close to a decade, this brand new title has a lot of promise in strengthening those communities and we are very pleased in being a part of that. With this game, a brand new chapter is opened, new legends will arise as well as feared and fearless warriors will be created. While some had more time to spend on the beta or the cracked version, the game is still brand new and it’s anyone’s chance to rise. For this next event, we are going to focus mainly on this brand new title and so, the tournament will start a little bit earlier and there will be no side event. Once again, we are very pleased to announce that we will still have “Orange Maison” as a sponsor for our next event, which will provide free cans of “Base” energy drinks to keep the hype going for the whole evening! As usual, there will be interesting raffle prizes to be won if you entered the tournament. Also, with only 2 months left until LANETS which will feature a Street Fighter V tournament, if you haven’t done so yet, be sure to register at lanets.ca as the prize pool should be influenced on the number of registries.

For those who already been at our last events or who have read the description of our previous events, the following is pretty much a copy-paste of the same description, however, be sure to check out the “Equipment and stations” section below for new information regarding the events.
Here is a resume of the main points of the evening:
–5$ entry
-Open from 2pm to 11pm
-SFV main event starts at 6pm, 5$ tournament fee, PS4 only
-Hot-dogs available at 1$ each
-Free bottles of water
-Free cans of “Base” energy drinks (provided by “Orange Maison“)
-Raffles draw at 6pm

If you are new to this event, its objective is simply to bring the local FGC together where anyone is welcome to join (underage included). If you consider yourself a casual player, this event will give you the experience of participating in a casual tournament. Instead of fighting your regular friends or people you don’t know online, you will have the opportunity of fighting real local people, each with their own style and knowledge, who share the same hobby as you. Although it will revolve a lot around Street Fighter, if you play other fighting games, you are more than welcome since we will have several other fight games title available for casuals and you can also bring your own.

Equipment and stations
We recently acquired several gaming monitors for the events so there should not be a problem with screens. However, we are missing PS4 consoles for the tournament and casuals. Anyone willing to bring a PS4 console to the event will receive a refund for their 5$ entry fee. If you think about bringing your PS4 to the event, please message one of the two hosts in order to let them know what to expect and so they can plan accordingly. For the nostalgic USFIV players, most of the PS4 stations on site should have USFIV installed so you should be able to kick in some casuals for this game and there will also be a XBOX360 with the game as well. For those who wish to play as many people as possible at SFV during the casuals, many stations will be playing the game and you can just call out “next” anytime you wish.

Time, date and fees
The event will take place on Saturday February 27th and the place will be open from 2pm until 11pm. The casuals will start at 2pm and going until closure, the tournament for SFV will start at 6pm. An entry fee of 5$ will be charged per person to enter and an extra 5$ will be charged for the tournament entry if you wish to enter the tournament (explained in detail below) to help cover the expenses. Please note that the point of this event is not to make money, but to assemble the local Fighting Game Community together. As a matter of fact, once the expenses are covered, the extra money will go to the winners of the SFV tournament.

Main Tournament (SFV)
Other than the 5$ entry fee, an additional 5$ will be required if you wish to enter the tournament. The tournament will be for Street Fighter V and will be played on PS4 only. The tournament will be starting at 6pm and will be a double elimination style (Winners and Losers brackets). The tournament will be a best 2 out of 3 until the finals (Winners, Losers and Grand Finale), which will be a best 3 out of 5. The winning prizes will be the exceeding of profits over expenses made during the evening (100% entry fees + 100% SFV tournament fees – 100% minor expenses) and will be spread as following: 1st – 55%, 2nd – 30% and 3rd – 15%.

Location
The local itself is situated at the main floor of a condominium and is usually used for war veterans meetings, so we only ask of you to treat it respectfully. The local was the best location I could find for the relation quality/price and will allow a bigger pot for the winner(s) of the tournament. It can hold around 60 persons, so we would greatly appreciate if you could click the “Going” button under the event if you are serious about coming to help us keep track of the number of participants. The local is situated at 4885 Boulevard Henri-Bourassa West (corner Henri-Bourassa and Marcel Laurin), and is located at the BACK of the building. The entrance is easily identifiable with the big maple leafs stickers on the door and the mention LEGION written.
If you come by car, there is a train station right in front of the local which you can use for parking. I discussed this point with the owner of the local in order to not have any problems with towing since the parking spot is for the users of the train, but he assured me that there should be no such problems. He always refer to that parking spot for people who are using this local and had no problems in the past since there is nobody present on place nor cameras that verifies if you truly are a customer for the train. So as for the parking spot, it is only a suggestion and is at your own discretion. Note that if you park your car there, it will be easily visible from the local itself. The train station parking mentioned is the second entrance on your right, just after you passed Henri-Bourassa while going on Marcel-Laurin north, and not the first one, which is reserved for residents with a pass.
If you come by either metro or bus, I suggest you to use the STM website and the “Itinéraire” tab which will allow you to enter your address and the local’s address and will propose you different travel options which you can then choose the most convenient one for you. If you managed to come by public transportation and are willing to tag along until closing time (around 11h30pm), it will be my pleasure to drop you off afterwards to the metro or even home depending on where you live.

Other basic information
– There are men and women bathrooms.
– There will be free bottle of waters provided.
– There will be free cans of “Base” energy drinks provided by “Orange Maison”
– A kitchen will be at our disposal so you can bring your own food or soft drinks if you want. Please note that the only thing you cannot bring regarding food and beverages is alcohol.
– For all of you who would like to enjoy an alcoholic beverage while gaming, rest assured as the owner will be present at the bar for alcohol selling. When you pass through the main entry door, at your left will be the gaming room and at your right will be the bar with the owner. To enter the bar you must be at least 18 years old. It will be possible for you to bring the alcohol beverage bought from the bar into the gaming room.
– Due to the lack of restaurants in the nearby area, the owner will be selling hot-dogs at 1$ each during the event.
– Wi-Fi connection will be available (very limited connection though).

If you like the sound of this event, please help support it by coming by and having a good time gaming with people who share the same hobby as you. With your participation and support, it could easily be an event that we could arrange to host regularly for you guys.

I tried to be as much detailed as I can for this post by giving as much information as I could, but if you have any questions regarding subjects that aren’t covered in this post, feel free to send me your questions by Facebook messaging and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Hope to see you guys there in great numbers!

Sincerely yours,
Pavel (EVO–777) & Yuk (Red_Cel)