CEO 2022 - VF5US Official Side Tournament

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Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown comes to CEO 2022 as an official side tournament!

Team Strike First will contribute a $1,000 bonus to the prize pool! In addition to the standard prize pool, a pot bonus in the amount raised through Matcherino (here) will be awarded.

Getting there: The CEO venue is the Ocean Center Convention Center located at 101 N Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach, FL 32118, USA. The VF5US tournament will be in the BYOC area.

For travel and hotel information, including info on shuttles to and from MCO airport, visit: https://ceogaming.org/ceo/hotels-travel/

When: CEO will take place on the weekend of June 24-26, 2022. Tournament matches will begin on Sunday at 12pm Eastern, with the stream of the top 4 matches starting at 3pm Eastern.

Where to watch: The CEO tournament organizers expect to stream Top 4 or Top 8 matches of this event. The twitch channel for the stream has not yet been confirmed by the CEO TOs.

Matches prior to Top 4 (or Top 8) will be streamed live on twitch.tv/DropkickEvents if a stable internet connection is available in the Community Tournament area. If a stable internet connection is not available, recorded matches will be posted as soon as possible to the Dropkick Events YouTube channel.

Registration

• The tournament has an entry cap of 64 entrants.
• Registration for VF5US will be available start.gg/VF5atCEO until a few hours prior to the start of the tournament (exact start time is yet to be determined by CEO TOs).
• You will need either a Spectator or Competitor pass for CEO 2022 to enter the venue space to compete in the VF5US side tournament. Registration is available from this page.

Seeding: Final seeding will be posted shortly after the close of registration.

Entry fee, prizing, and Global Showdown points:

The VF5US entry fee is $10. 100% of the entry fee goes to the prize pool.

The payout of the prize pool and pot bonus will follow CEO's standard payout model as follows:

Tournaments with 63 competitors or fewer will pay out to the top 3.

• 1st Place – 50%
• 2nd Place – 30%
• 3rd Place – 20%

Tournaments with 64 competitors or more will pay out to the Top 8.

• 1st Place – 42%
• 2nd Place – 24%
• 3rd Place – 14%
• 4th Place – 8%
• 5th Place (tie) – 4%
• 7th Place (tie) – 2%

Global Showdown points will be awarded to top placers in this event, as determined by @Harpooneer and the Global Showdown staff.

Rules:

This double-elimination tournament will follow CEO's general tournament rules defined here. All CEO attendees are expected to abide by the rules and Code of Conduct defined on this page, including rules surrounding vaccination and masks.

All matches will be played on PlayStation 4. Players must provide their own controllers.

• Following the game’s default settings:
  • All games are first-to-three rounds to win.
  • Rounds are 45 seconds by the in-game timer.
• Non-Finals matches are first-to-two games to win.
• Winners Final, Losers Final, and Grand Final matches are first-to-three games to win.
• Stage selection for the first game in each match is random.
• The loser of each game has the option to do one or both of the following:
  • Switch character
  • Switch stage (random select)

Tournament Process

• Check in with the tournament organizers 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.
• If you are competing in another game at the same time as the VF5US tournament, please let a TO know as soon as possible and they will find a way to help schedule your matches without penalty. You can message Montage on twitter if you'd like to alert the TOs to any conflict ahead of time.
• After the tournament begins, stay in or near the tournament area so you can hear your match being called. If you must leave the area during tournament play, be sure to let the tournament organizers know you will be stepping away.
• Report promptly to the station when your match is called.
• Report your score to the tournament organizers after your match.
• Players who do not report for their matches in a timely manner will be penalized with a match loss (DQ).

Helpful links:

• General event registration (spectator or competitor badge is required to enter the event): CEO Start.gg page
• VF5US registration (required to compete in VF5US): VF5US Start.gg page
• Find out more about CEO 2022 at ceogaming.org
• To communicate directly with the VF tournament organizers, message Montage on twitter or join the Dropkick discord here: https://discord.gg/tU7NvsYG4B
• To ask questions directly to the CEO tournament organizers, or communicate with other attendees, join the CEO Gaming Discord: https://discord.com/invite/pXtn2Tyz7U

 

Hello! I've received the side event schedule from CEO, and updated the post above accordingly:

Tournament matches will begin on Sunday at 12pm Eastern, with the stream of the top 4 matches starting at 3pm Eastern.

 

An hour of match footage prior to the top 4, plus all the top 4 matches, are live on YouTube at the links below!

Dropkick bracket match recordings, prior to top 4 (includes time stamps):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTFt0PFcwV8

CEO top-4 stage footage with commentary:

Winners Final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfyY99gbuOc
Losers Semi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd24Y_LvdAY
Losers Final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYF1tWpPD_M
Grand Final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5yCBnNeJos