Chivalry is Dead - Femme Fatales SSFIV:AE 2012 Tournament

On Saturday January 21, 2012, YRSF is proud to present: Chivalry is Dead - Femme Fatales SSFIV:AE 2012 Tournament! While this is quite a mouthful, we are proud to host one of Toronto’s first ladies only fighting game tournaments.

Date: Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Location: A&C World

Official Tournaments:
Rise of The Underdogs Redux Double Elimination SSFIV:AE 2012 Edition & UMVC3 Singles
Ladies-only Double Elimination SSFIV:AE 2012 Edition Singles

Stream: provided courtesy of TorontoTopTiers’ own Vince “RXS” Hui (@TTT_RXS)

Prize Distribution:
SSFIV: AE 2012 Edition and UMVC3 singles:
1st – 70% pot
2nd – 20% pot
3rd – 10% pot

Ladies-only SSFIV: AE 2012 singles:
1st – 60% pot
2nd -20% pot
3rd – 10% pot
4th – 10% pot

Schedule (tentative): Regardless of the final schedule, please be prompt! We will not show any tardiness immunity.

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Registration
2:00 p.m. – SSFIV AE 2012 Singles begins
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Ladies only SSFIV: AE 2012 Singles
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. UMVC3 Singles

Entry Fee:
All tournaments carry a $10.00 pot entry fee
Femme Fatales participants will receive a FREE GIFT with entry

Venue Fee: $5.00 (applies to both tournament participants & spectators)

Bring your own controllers/sticks/pads/gizmos.

Directors:
Hideyuki Henderson
Emily Chow
TBD

More details and updates to be provided as the date draws near.

Related Links:
Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/106602986124530/
SRK Tournament Thread: http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/jan-21st-2012-yrsf-presents-the-double-barrel-rise-of-the-underdogs-redux-chivalry-is-dead.149754/


*Bonus*
Starting Wednesday December 7th at both Heroes World in Markham and A & C World in Toronto, Ladies get in free during Wednesday night casual sessions.

Don’t be shy! We’d like to encourage everyone to come out and participate. There will be no shortage of players available willing to help out and show you the ropes, how to improve on fundamentals, and get you prepared for the tournament itself.


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As pretty much one of the few female competitors who show up to fighting game events, I’m a big advocate for building up Toronto’s community of female gamers. If you have any questions about this event, please message me here, on twitter (@Emlarr), or on Facebook! (Please reblog too!)

I went to LoveGety arcade located in Richmond Hill last night to check out Super Street Fighter: Arcade Edition. This was a new experience for me because I never grew up in the era of arcades in Toronto. Well to be honest I did, but I was quite young at the time and didn’t have anyone to take me to arcades at the age of 10. 

Thus far, I’ve only ever played competitive fighting games at arcades when I was in Hong Kong this summer but that was Soul Calibur 3. Due to the fact that it isn’t as popular a game anymore, there wasn’t much competition unlike last night. I found it a lot of fun to be able to socialize with people while watching others play. It made the hour long wait times to get a chance to even touch the cab much more bearable. Playing itself wasn’t even as nerve wracking because I knew the majority of people there.

Testing Rose out, I’m rather disheartened with the nerf on her U2. The lack of invincibility makes it impossible to use as a defensive technique on wakeup now. I’m pretty sure my heart broke every time I tried to use it out of habit and just ended up eating damage. I’m also fairly certain that I let out a couple anguished cries as well.

If I choose to stick with her when AE gets released on console, I’ll have to start using it in a more offensive manner instead. I’ll try testing some things out on Super to see how I can do this and make it work. 

During the SSF:AE degen session last night at LoveGety we actually did take a break to eat dinner. I was amused that the two white guys (+1 Asian) at our table ordered sweet and sour pork.