GVN 3rd Greater Philly challenged! Virtua Figher 5 & Tekken 5 DR!

This will be GVN's 3rd sponsored tournament and we are looking to continue hosting more of these tournaments over time.

The Tekken 5 Dark Ressurection & Virtua Fighter 5 for PS3 tournament will be held Saturday April 21st, 2007 at the Virtual Rush Cyber Cafe in Media, PA. In the Granite Run Mall Parking Lot.

Registration will begin at 4pm. The show will begin at 6pm. Money matches may be held after the Tournament.

Venue Information:

Virtual Rush
1145 W. Baltimore Pike
Media, PA 19063
www.virtualrush.net
610-545-9300

Use mapquest to locate if traveling by car.

Directions via train and bus from Center city Philly.

Catch the train at either 30th Street station, Market East, or either Suburban Station. Take the R3 train towards Media/Elwyn. Hop off the train at Elwyn station. Walk to the bus stop and take the northbound 117 bus. The next stop is to the granite run mall. Get off at the mall and walk to the AMC theatre. Virtual Rush is located behind the AMC theatre.

*Note* Virtual Rush is behind the AMC theatre in the granite Run Mall Parking. Not in the Mall itself.

Sponsor information:
http://gamingvisionnetwork.blogspot.com

Venue fee is $15($10 for VR Hosting, $5 GVN fee)
Tekken 5 DR Tournament entry fee is $10
Virtua Fighter 5 Tournament entry fee is $10

Prize money will be divided:

1st place - 70%
2nd place - 20%
3rd place - 10%

Plus trophies for each placer

Rules:

Double Elimination

3/5 Rounds - 2/3 Games normal, 3/5 Game Semis, 4/7 Games Finals

Feel free to bring your own controller. No programmable/Macro controllers.

Character customization is not allowed.(Tekken 5 DR)

Life setting is 100%

Time is 60 seconds

Guard damage is off(Tekken 5 DR)

Stage select is random, unless players agree to a stage.

Winner of a match must continue using a character, loser may change his character.

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I hope we have a good turnout for this tournament since Tekken has a bigger community than DOA. Our last tournament had 24 people in attendence.

Coming Soon... on the GVN homepage.

This week will be the premiere of episode 5 of the GVN podcast. Also details of our next tournament will be unveiled. Stay tuned...

GVN 2 Philly Challenge was a smash!

The torunament has come and gone and I am happy to report that 24 people have attended this tournament. the results of the tournament are below.

DOA 4.1 Singles

1st Rikuto
2nd OoP Rabies
3rd Ninja CW
4th Lowsweep

5th Hatrify
5th Fumetsu
7th Evil
7th Highguy
9th OoP Escaping Jail
9th Vanessa PMS
9th P1553D
9th Muggs
12th MasterGamer
12th Chosen1
12th Fred
12th Divine Plague
16th Neurotic Sword
16th Viper
16th Rolento
16th Kasumi Chan PMS
20th Phoenix
20th HuBBsDoctor
20th Hakke Fuuin (aka Chris)
20th Dee (that silly Tekken guy)

DOA 4.1 tag

1st Rikuto
2nd OoP Escaping Jail / OoP Rabies
3rd Lowsweep
4th Highguy

5th Evil
5th Hatrify
7th Ninja CW
7th Kasumi Chan PMS/ Vanessa PMS
9th MasterGamer
9th P1553D
9th Fred
12th Ainsley
12th HuBBsDoctor
12th Viper

While I didn't place well, I had fun hosting and look forward to runing more tournaments. Congrats to Rikuto for placing first in both.

Big day for GVN! DoA4 tournament is here!

at 6pm est, the 2nd GVN philly challenge will begin. This time planning in advance has helped alot and the turn out is expected to be great. I will post tomarrow with the results, pics and video of the tournament. Goodluck to all contestants.