PIU ZERO Tournament, Bloomington IN, March 24-25

FLAKK · Post by **FLAKK** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:33 pm

I hope Louisville is able to get Zero before the tourney. Then, I can get in some more practice.

Fluffyumpkins · Post by **Fluffyumpkins** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:28 pm

Maybe I can make shirts for the events.

"I'm with owned. ---------------->"

Secef · Post by **Secef** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:35 pm

I talked to the owner today. He said he has the upgrade for Zero, and is going to try and contact his supplier so it can get installed in the next few days.

He mentioned some other things that he'd have as prizes or benefits of the $10 entry. Something about Chic-Fil-A supplying sandwiches to the participants (free or not I don't know, but I'd assume so. The two places are pretty buddy-buddy) and some coupons for various places in the mall maybe. I think he said he's also going to have PIU T-shirts of some sort from Andamiro or somewhere.

He also said he thought he saw something in the rules about "the bar being forbidden," but I told him that 1) some of the songs in the game really need that thing and 2) that kind of rule would probably not sit well with most people. Further review of the rules at the place showed that it wasn't a rule, but he still seemed to think there was something like that in them. Weird.

FLAKK · Post by **FLAKK** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:22 pm

Secef wrote:He also said he thought he saw something in the rules about "the bar being forbidden," but I told him that 1) some of the songs in the game really need that thing and 2) that kind of rule would probably not sit well with most people. Further review of the rules at the place showed that it wasn't a rule, but he still seemed to think there was something like that in them. Weird.

My playing the game no bar has not gone to waste

. The nationals and WPF were no bar, even when they began the Nightmare portion at WPF. He may have been referring to that. But I still agree with you. Having the no bar rule in a non-official/national event is kinda pointless.

Jason Dread · Post by **Jason Dread** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:46 pm

PIU shirts from Andamiro?! Hell yeah, this tournament gets better and better every time I check the thread.

I'd have to say that if the bar is not allowed at all would not sit well with many people. I personally could do it, but I'm not sure of very many others who would even want to attempt most of the harder stuff without the aid of the bar. I'm pretty sure it would draw a good deal of the people away.

And keep us updated on when the upgrade goes in the machine (in fact, the guy could probably do it himself; from my understanding it's not too hard) and I should be up there ASAP to give it a spin.

Post by **MonMotha** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:53 pm

I'd be happy to show up and install the upgrade if he'd rather not pay someone to do it. My only cost is a few "test games" to "make sure everything works properly".

It's not that difficult to install, but if you've never been inside the system unit, it may not be immediately obvious what to do, and there are a few mechanical tricks that can help out a lot.

And yes, no bar would make some things kinda tough. That would pretty much drop me back down to 12-13s, whereas I can easily A upwards of a 17-18 with the bar. The harder stuff just gets so flat out crazy that never touching the bar is extremely difficult.

Post by Ho » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:13 pm

MonMotha wrote:It's not that difficult to install, but if you've never been inside the system unit, it may not be immediately obvious what to do, and there are a few mechanical tricks that can help out a lot.

I wonder if his kit came with any instructions. Lord knows ours didn't!

It's pretty simple stuff for anyone moderately familiar with a PC but may not have much correlation to most other arcade machines. I could easily understand either a no-brainer reaction or one of trepidation.

malictus · Post by **malictus** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:51 pm

When I talked with Christina (who also works for Great X-scape and is handling publicity and stuff for the tournament), we agreed to NOT forbid bar-holding. She was a little bit ambivalent about it, but I explained to her that the hardest PIU songs are pretty much impossible for most people without at least a little bit of help from the bar. Not to mention disallowing the bar entirely might be somewhat dangerous.

So bottom line is bar-holding IS allowed.

EDIT: I'm meeting with Christina tomorrow afternoon to make final plans; so full details, including prize info and times, should be posted sometime this weekend.

Jason Dread · Post by **Jason Dread** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:35 am

malictus wrote:EDIT: I'm meeting with Christina tomorrow afternoon to make final plans; so full details, including prize info and times, should be posted sometime this weekend.

WHEE

I'm ready to see it.

Arka · Post by **Arka** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:22 am

Ho wrote:
MonMotha wrote:It's not that difficult to install, but if you've never been inside the system unit, it may not be immediately obvious what to do, and there are a few mechanical tricks that can help out a lot.
I wonder if his kit came with any instructions. Lord knows ours didn't!

It's pretty simple stuff for anyone moderately familiar with a PC but may not have much correlation to most other arcade machines. I could easily understand either a no-brainer reaction or one of trepidation.

IIRC, he characterizes his level of knowledge as "nontechnical but literate," but he seemed to have plans to do it himself (and was fairly confident that he'd succeed). Given that, what's your best ETI (estimated time of installation)?

MonMotha wrote:And yes, no bar would make some things kinda tough. That would pretty much drop me back down to 12-13s, whereas I can easily A upwards of a 17-18 with the bar. The harder stuff just gets so flat out crazy that never touching the bar is extremely difficult.

Aww, you poor thing...

Yume_Taira · Post by **Yume_Taira** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:35 pm

MonMotha wrote: And yes, no bar would make some things kinda tough. That would pretty much drop me back down to 12-13s, whereas I can easily A upwards of a 17-18 with the bar. The harder stuff just gets so flat out crazy that never touching the bar is extremely difficult.

Hm, maybe I'd stand a chance, then...

Too bad the bar's allowed.

malictus · Post by **malictus** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:02 pm

An ultra-quick update because I'm almost out the door till tomorrow...

ZERO is CONFIRMED (I just played it; mission mode = money funnel

)

Friday times are 5PM - 9PM; Saturday times are 10AM-9PM (all day)

Quals for the tech tourney on Friday and Saturday morning, anytime.
Tech tourney starts 1:30pm or so on Saturday.
There will also be a FREESTYLE tournament; 2 rounds; first round before the tech tourney, and the second round about 4PM or so.

There will be PIU and Great X-Scape T-shirts, and various food coupons.

and the iPod of course

Gotta go!

Post by Ho » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:08 pm

malictus wrote:There will also be a FREESTYLE tournament

Quoted for emphasis.

HOORAY!

FLAKK · Post by **FLAKK** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:23 pm

This tourney keeps looking better and better. I can't wait.

Jason Dread · Post by **Jason Dread** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:53 am

What is the mall's address? I'd like to hit this arcade once or twice before the tournament comes around.