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Tempest 16 – Mardyke Bar, Sheares Street, Cork – 27 / 10 / 2012

Posted by Misty Chaos on October 16, 2012 1 comment

This October Bank Holiday Weekend, Cork will be holding it’s Monthly Street Fighter Tournament.

As usual, it is to be held in the Mardyke Bar, Sheares Street, Cork on October 27th from 1pm to 6pm. Casuals will begin at 1pm with the actual tournament getting underway at 2pm.

The cost of entry to this tournament is 12.50. Not only will this entitle you to entry to the tournament but there will also be some free finger food and drink served on the day as well.

So come all and get hype!

( Dressing up in your Halloween costumes is optional. )

Here is a map as to the location of the venue in relation to the train station and the bus station;
Map of location of venue in relation to Train & Bus Station

Street Fighter 25th Anniversary – Irish Qualifier – October 6th, The Exchange, Dublin

FGC Ireland are hosting an official qualifying tournament for the 25th Masters Series to be held in Paris in November. We are running this event on the 6th of October with prizes of seeded positions in the main event, flights to and from Paris and accommodation!!!!* Other cash prizes on the day.

We will be running tournaments in Super Streetfighter 4 – Arcade Edition v2012, , Street Fighter X Tekken, 3s, HDR classic, Ultimate Marvel v Capcom 3, MK9 & Tekken Tag Tournament 2!

So come along if you think you’ve got what it takes to compete with the very best in fighting games in Ireland and around the world.

We have the registration page up and running at www.sf25.eu. If you can, please go to that site and put your name in so we can gauge numbers.

The price structure for the day is as follows;

Entry to venue : €3

Single Tournament Entry : €10
SuperCombo Deal (Any 4 Tournaments) : €30
UltraCombo Deal (Any 6 Tournaments) : €40

And here is a the most up to date timetable of how games will be played on the day;

Irish SF 25th Event Timetable

Please note that while the timetable is pretty much set in stone at this point, it is still subject to change.

* Flights, seeded place and accommodation prizes available to residents of Ireland and Northern Ireland only. Cash prizes available to all.

Tempest 14 – Mardyke Bar, Sheares Street, Cork. Saturday, September 1st, 2012

Posted by Misty Chaos on August 27, 2012 2 comments

It’s being a while since the last Tempest, I know. Better late than never, so they say.

Anyway, we’ve got a new ( slightly cheaper ) venue, all thanks to the efforts of Shokashi; The Mardyke. What’s more, we’re also getting more bang for our buck as he has being able to secure us a package that includes free food and drink ( soda in this case. )

The time for the event is from 12pm to 5pm. We’ll be opening at 12pm for registration and casuals and will be beginning the tournament at 1pm, all going to plan. The game that will be played at this event is Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Version 2012.

SSFIV details:

Entry is €10 to the Street Fighter 4 tournament. You will receive a 5 euro discount if you bring a friend to the event.

Casuals and registration start from 12.00. The tournament itself will start at 13.00.

The tournament will be run exclusively on Xbox 360s.

There’ll be a couple of extra pads on hand for those without, but please bring your own controller of choice if possible.

Here is a map as to the location of the venue in relation to the train station and the bus station;

Map for Tempest

For more information, the discussion on boards.ie can be found here;

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056733883

Tempest 13 – Newport Bar, Paul St, Cork – June 16th 2012

Posted by Misty Chaos on May 27, 2012 No comments

Following a highly successful last Tempest where we gave Sairus a good sending off as leader of the tournament, I ( Misty Chaos ) am now stepping into his boots and will be running Tempest for the next few months.

Now normally this would be on every 4th Saturday of the month but due to the fact that June 23rd clashes with Q-Con in Belfast, I decided to go with the earlier date of June 16. That means no one has any excuse now to not come down!

There will also be a station set aside ( numbers permitting ) after group stages for casual games / money matches and you’ll be more than welcome to play as you please on it.

Anyway, with that out of the way, onto the tournament details;

SSFIV details:

Entry is €10 to the Street Fighter 4 tournament.

Casuals and registration start from 12.00. The tournament itself will start at 13.00.

The tournament will be run exclusively on Xbox 360s.

There’ll be a couple of extra pads on hand for those without, but please bring your own controller of choice if possible.

Anyone who can bring equipment (Games, consoles, monitors, etc) please do so!

If anyone needs to contact me and wants my mobile number, email me at adrianc1986@gmail.com

Here’s a quick map of the venue in relation to the bus and train stations.

Map of Venue in relation to bus and train stations

For more information and to ask any questions, please refer to this topic on the boards.ie fighting games forum

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056652277

Street Fighter X Tekken: Akuma and Ogre reveals.

Posted by Owwmykneecap on February 15, 2012 No comments

In a shocking turn of events, the original “Evil Ryu” and a green Seth, with a hat, have been revealed for Street Fighter X Tekken ahead of its March 8th release.

The first of 4 new trailers and gameplay videos is below, with the remainder embedded for your perusal, after the break. Well hopefully anyway, this computer is really slow and doesn’t play too well with the wordpress editor.

For more Devil Gem action keep it on randomselect.ie, Ireland’s no.1, and only, fighting game news site.

Akumakon 2012 – A Review

Posted by Sairus on January 25, 2012 4 comments

The Irish anime convention circuit started this last weekend with Akumakon in Galway, and as is now the standard for all Irish conventions, there were plenty of fighting game tournaments on show. This was Akumakon’s second year running and it was a pretty hefty improvement over last year, however that’s not to say everything went entirely smoothly.

There were tournaments scheduled across the weekend for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition v2012, Blazblue Continuum Shift 2 and a retro tournament for Marvel vs Capcom 2 on Dreamcast. Unfortunately there was some technical difficulties tuning the Dreamcast into the TVs and the MvC2 tournament was replaced with an Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 event instead.

Inferno XXIII – SSFIV:AEv2012 and UMvC3 – Dublin, February 4th

Posted by Sairus on January 25, 2012 No comments

Ireland’s longest running fighting game tournament is finally back after a Christmas break. As with last month, in addition to the usual Super Street Fighter 4 tournament, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 will be represented. Also note that this will be the first proper Irish tournament to feature Arcade Edition Version 2012 – so I hope you’re all up to speed on this latest balance update.

Make your way to the Exchange in Temple Bar, Dublin on February 4th to take part. Doors open at 10:00 and registration starts at 11:00. The tournament itself will start at 12:30 and should be finished up around 17:30. Entry fee is €5 for the venue fee and €5 per tournament. Both tournaments will be running on Xbox 360. These tournaments will be seeded based on the three previous tournaments Please bring your own controller or converter.

For full details and discussion of the event, please check the forums.

KOF XIII Belfast Ranking Battles Session 1 – Belfast, 4th February

Posted by Sairus on January 6, 2012 1 comment

Dragon Slayers from the Queen’s University Belfast are running Ireland’s first dedicated King of Fighters XIII season with their ranking battles next month. This will be the first of six sessions for this ranking season.

As usual, the Space in Queen’s University Belfast Student’s Union is the host for the event.
The tournament will start at 14.00 sharp so please show up before then. Entry to the event if gloriously free so you have no excuse not to go!

As usual, for full details and discussion of the event, head over to the forum thread.