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Tournament Rules
As a contestant in an official ConnectiCon 2009 Console Gaming Tournament, a certain level of conduct will be expected of you. Please be kind and courteous to your fellow gamers and follow all the instructions of the Event Leader in charge of your tournament. Any failure to comply with these rules, or any others, may result in you being disqualified and/or removed from the convention.
- I. Unsportsmanlike conduct and cheating: bug exploits, cheats, codes, and so on are expressly forbidden, and will result in immediate disqualification. Just don't do it.
- II. Pausing is reserved solely for rules calls and should be used sparingly. Take time during free play to learn the controls, turn cell phones off, and go to the bathroom before the tournament – none of those are acceptable reasons to pause a game in the middle of a tournament!
- III. All-loss times are in effect, and will be declared at the start of every round of every tournament. If any contestants fail to finish their game and have their scores reported before the all-loss time, they will be disqualified. Time is a factor in all tournaments, so it is up to you to promptly begin and complete your game before time runs out.
- IV. No, you cannot use your own save file/profile/screen name/Mii/controller/hard drive/whatever. No exceptions will be made. This is to ensure all tournaments are fair and balanced.
- V. Any problems should be brought the attention of the nearest Event Leader immediately. Don't complain later on that the controller wasn't working – tell us so that we can set things straight and get your game resumed or restarted in a timely fashion!
- VI. Cheese. You know what it is: repetition of an unblockable move, repeatable combos, endless juggles, and so on. While there's plenty of room for debate outside tournaments about what constitutes “cheese,” inside a tournament, it is the Event Leader's call that counts. If you are warned not to use a certain technique, don't do it again, or you will be disqualified. Tournaments are supposed to be fun for everyone, and nobody likes playing a cheeser.
- VII. Punctuality is very important to our being able to run the amount of tournaments we plan on having. If you are more than 5 minutes late to the start of a tournament you will be removed from the competition and will forfeit any entry fees paid for the tournament.
- VIII. ConnectiCon reserves the right to reschedule, change, add, or remove any tournament or event for any reason. Please check in at the console gaming desk for any changes made to the printed schedule.
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Burnout Revenge
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Criterion Games
Capacity: Unlimited
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: All Weekend, Finals Sunday Morning
Burnout Revenge brought racing games to a whole new level - of destruction! Connecticon '09 will host a weekend long Burnout Revenge crash tournament. Players will have the opertunity to show of their destructive skills on 3 predetermined stages each with a different car and requiring different skills. The top 10 from Friday and Saturday will compete Sunday morning on three different tracks to determine the overall winner.
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Dance Dance Revolution
Publisher: Konami
Developer: Konami
Capacity: Unlimited
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: 3 Hours
Dance the night away! Or at least Saturday morning. All the classic techno beats will be pushing feet and raising the heat at the Connecticon '09 Dance Dance Revolution Tournament. Bring a towel, because this one is hot ? tons of wannabe dancers will be trying to prove they've got the moves to be the best DDR player at Connecticon. Are you ready to bust a move, or are those two left feet going to slow you down?
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Forza Motorsport 2
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: Turn 10 Studios
Capacity: Unlimited
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: All Day Friday, Finals Saturday Evening
Get into one of the most realistic driving simulators ever created for a console, the Xbox360 Platinum seller, Forza Motorsports 2. Qualifying rounds will be against the clock, with the top eight best times moving on. The final round will consist of multi player heats with three different classes of cars. Eligible finalists will receive a special custom-designed car, courtesy of our own in-house master designer, via XBox Live!
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Gears of War 2
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: Epic Games
Capacity: 32
Entry Fee: $5.00
Length:
15 years after E Day COG forces fight for the very survival of the human race. Against them is the insidious Locust Horde a unknown species bent on humanities destruction. Play as either the valiant COG Gears, lead by the Likes of Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago or the Horde Led by the Kantus Preist Skorge.
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Guitar Hero
Publisher: Red Octane
Developer: Harmonix
Capacity: 16
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: 3 Hours
Guitar Hero combines classic video game skill with modern showmanship. Now is your chance to show them all that you really can rock the hardest! Power ballads, hard core, classic rock, even punk songs let you show off serious fret skills and impress the fans with spandex and big hair. Go head to head with the best Guitar Heroes at Connecticon '09!
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Guitar Hero III
Publisher: Red Octane
Developer: Neversoft Entertainment
Capacity: 16
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: 3 Hours
Are you ready to rock? Test your shredding skills against the best of the best at Connecticon '09! The qualifying round will be a one-player Hard-level song, and anyone who doesn't get at least four stars will be sent back to their high school music class for remedial lessons. Following rounds will be head-to-head fret-burning challenges, and the championships will feature downloaded content songs on Expert Face-Off, so be sure to get your hammer-ons on and your pull-offs off for Connecticon '09!
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Guitar Hero: Metallica
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Neversoft Entertainment
Capacity: 16
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: 3 Hours
16 Band Tournament
Yes there was metal before Metallica but lets be honest it all sucked in comparison. The masters of metal have answered our rhythm game prayers and given us Guitar Hero Metallica. Compete against the best Connecticon has to offer in this blistering showdown of fret burning insanity. In the first few rounds you need to prove your worth by destroying your opponents in single elimination showdowns the winner being based on score alone. In the semi finals you will pick one song, your victim the second, and we will supply the third. The finals will explore the bands first five albums, the ones that made them legends.
RIP Cliff
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Guitar Hero: World tour
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Neversoft Entertainment
Capacity: 16
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: 3 Hours
16 Bands will compete.
For those about to rock we salute you!!! For those who cant rock well find a nice bingo tournament to enter. Connecticon 2009's World our tournament will be a true test of any aspiring rockers skills where you and your band will face off head to head against the posers who claim to be competition. The first few rounds will be single elimination one song score battles, the semi finals will feature a 2 song total score fight, with the final round being a 4 song set list. Individual instrument competitions will be going all weekend long so check the video game room for postings. True Rock Gods only need apply.
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Halo 3
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: Bungie Software
Capacity: 32
Entry Fee: $5.00
Length: 2 Hours
Halo 3 Singles Tournament
Master Chief may be the meanest alien hunter in the galaxy, but who's the best Master Chief? We'll find out who has the skills to claim the title of the best Halo players at Connecticon 2009! The tournament will follow the standardized Major League Gaming rules for Halo 3 play, giving everyone a fair chance at Number One. Are you brave enough?
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Halo 3
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: Bungie Software
Capacity: 32
Entry Fee: $5.00
Length: 3 Hours
Halo 3 Team tournament. 32 Teams, $5.00 per person entry fee.
Squad mates need to anticipate each others actions, they need to know each other as well as they know themselves, they must fight as one. In this 2 player team event your ability to work together and survive will be put to the test. The tournament will follow the standardized Major League Gaming rules for Halo 3 play, giving everyone a fair chance at Number One. Are you brave enough?
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Madden NFL '08
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Tiburon
Capacity: 16
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: 2 Hours
On a balmy August night two teams take to the field, grizzled warriors of the grid iron facing off once more for NFL glory. For one team the exhilaration and immortality of victory, for the other the bitter ashes of defeat. Will you be the victor or the vanquished? We will find out in Connecticon?s 2009 Madden Tournament.
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Mario Kart Wii
Publisher: LucasArts
Developer: Nintendo
Capacity: 32
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: 2 Hours
The race has begun yet again in Nintendo's crazy kart racer on the Wii, Mario Kart Wii. Dodge blue shells and take over the Rainbow Road at Connecticon '09! This points-based tournament aims to find the best Mario Karter at Connecticon, so sign up to test your skills and your luck against the fastest, fiercest competitors this side of the Mushroom Kingdom!
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Backbone Entertainment
Capacity: 32
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: 2 Hours
The crown jewel of Capcom's ?Vs? series, MvC2 pits legendary Marvel heroes and villains against a huge cast of Capcom's own heroes. Each player will choose a three-character team to take on all comers in a bracket-style single-elimination tournament. Whether you're commanding Captain Commando or slinging webs with Spider-Man, this is the tournament to challenge the masters of a true 2D masterpiece!
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MLB 2K9
Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Visual Concepts
Capacity: Unlimited
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: All Weekend
The crack of the bat, the smell of pine tar, fresh cut grass, and egomaniacs getting paid millions to play a child?s game - nothing says summer quite like baseball. If you think you can drive it over the Green Monstah like Big Papi, hammer it into the black seats like A-Rod, or send it into the bay like Barry then prove it. The Connecticon '09 Home Run Derby will give you the chance to put up or shut up in a fast paced pure power showcase. So bring your A game (and a small cup for the steroid test) and show us who can touch them all with the big boys.
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Rock Band 2
Publisher: MTV Games
Developer: Harmonix
Capacity: 40
Entry Fee: $20.00
Length: 5 Hours
8 Bands per Round, Cost: $20.00 per band.
The show must go on! Connecticon presents our premier music gaming event, the Rock Band 2 Battle Of The Bands. This competition will pit teams of four (singer, guitarist, bassist, and drummer) against some of the hardest songs in the Rock Band 2 library, including downloaded content. This will be a five part tournament with four separate qualifying rounds and a final round pitting the victors against each other. This tournament will be judged using a scoring system unique to Connecticon and high scores alone won't cut it. The final round will be hosted by 106.9 WCCC and will have a special panel of judges who will score each bands performance and overall Rock and Roll attitude.
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Soul Calibur IV
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Developer: Project Soul
Capacity: 32
Entry Fee: $5.00
Length: 3 Hours
The Soul Blades have finally met their match! Master Yoda and Darth Vader join the Soul Calibur cast for the greatest weapon-simulator fighting game ever. Connecticon's tournament will be a grueling contest pitting challengers against each other in a bracket-style tournament. Find out if you have enough soul to claim the prize ? a lightsaber commemorating the entry of Star Wars legends into the fourth installment of the Soul Calibur series.
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Star Wars Battlefront II
Publisher: LucasArts
Developer: Pandemic Studios
Capacity: 32
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: 2 Hours
501st, reporting for duty, Lord Vader. Connecticon's SW Battlefront II tournament will feature many of the different matches available in LucasArts' masterpiece, including space battles, hunts, hero battles, and of course, plenty of open battlefield action ? you'll have to know every corner of this game to rise to the top of this wretched hive of scum and villainy!
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Street Fighter IV
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Capacity: 64
Entry Fee: $5.00
Length: 2 Hours
Back and better than ever Street Fighter finally makes is return to the counsels. In this bracket style tournament you will face off against the classic characters we all remember as well as a few new additions to the franchise. Put your quarters on the rail and work on those fireballs because this will be a fight to the death and only one warrior can survive.
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Capacity: 64
Entry Fee: $5.00
Length: 2.5 Hours
Nintendo's best-selling smash-fest comes to Connecticon '09! We will be running 4 tournaments all weekend each using a different format so everyone will have the opportunity to prove they are the best brawler at Connecticon.
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Tiger Woods PGA tour '09
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Tiburon
Capacity: Unlimited
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: All Weekend
The Game of Kings awaits those brave enough to take on one of the most famous courses on the tour. This tournament will be available all weekend long and a live leader board will be kept so you can track your progress. The winner will be determined Saturday night with a 9 hole playoff on Sunday morning in the event of a tie. Tiger Woods may be the greatest on the Fed Ex tour but who is the greatest on Tiger Woods?
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Wii Sports
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
Capacity: Unlimited
Entry Fee: Free!
Length: All Weekend Long, Finals Sunday Morning
Covering all aspects of Wii Sports, the Wii Sports Roundup will allow players to enter and compete in all of the WII Sports events. Power strikes, homerun derby, singles tennis, golf and boxing ? all facets of the popular Wii Sports game will be included in mini-tournaments throughout the weekend. Stretch out your wrists and get ready for fierce competition on Nintendo's cute little super-console!
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