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Edit2: Daigo confirmed for Evo APAC!
http://evoapac.ozhadou.net/event-inf.../daigo-umehara
This is a repost. Here is the original link at the ozhadou forums.
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For those who don't already know, EVO is the largest fighting game tournament in the USA, run annually in Las Vegas by the people from Shoryuken.com.
The EVO team has given OzHadou approval to run an EVO-brand tournament in Sydney. The event will be called EVO APAC which is short for "Evolution Asia-Pacific". The reason for this choice of title will become clear as time progresses.
We're still working out the finer details, but here's a summary of what EVO APAC will involve.
Where: Gallery Function Centre, UTS, Sydney.
When: Sat 29th -Sun 30th May 2010.
Tournaments
EVO APAC will be similar to OHN, in that we'll provide an opportunity for tournaments across several games. Most (if not all) of the usual open entry tournaments will be held on the Saturday of the event.
However the primary purpose of EVO APAC is to run a major tournament for the forth-coming Super Street Fighter IV which will tie-in to the SSF4 tournament at EVO 2010.
The console tournament for SSF4 will be split across 2 days.
Saturday: Qualifying pools.
Sunday: Finals.
This will give organisers a chance to provide a finals atmosphere that is more friendly to spectators.
Finally, the most important part about the SSF4 tournament is the prize:
Top 2 in SSF4 - APAC Finals win flights to Las Vegas for EVO 2010!
This includes free entry to EVO *and an advance seed in the tournament, bypassing the first round of pools. So the winner of SSF4 at EVO APAC will effectively get a top 10-20% seeding at EVO 2010 for SSF4 (out of 1000+ competitors).*
Edit: Due to some minor miss-communication, the winner of EVO APAC will NOT bypass the first round of pools at EVO 2010. However, they will be seeded top when pools are formed.
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