| 01 March 2010
UPDATE: The bracket has been modified with two of the opening rounds changed. Every entry prior to 6 p.m. PT Monday is now invalid, and those participants can submit two new entries anytime before the Saturday deadline.
The LA Riots III tournament is Saturday, and Get Your Tournament will be doing a few things leading up to and during the event. The first is our Bracket Challenge; we'll be giving away some cool prizes to those that can guess how the tournament is going to go. If you're really good, you'll have a lot coming to you.
Here's how the contest goes: Your goal is to fill out the bracket above (click to see a bigger version) with how you think Saturday's LA Riots III tournament will turn out. Points will be awarded for each round of the tournament. They are ….
- Round 1: 1 point per match
- Round 2: 3 points per match
- Round 3: 5 points
- Rounds 4 and 5: 1 point per match
- Round 6: 2 points
- Round 7: 3 points
- Round 8 championship: 7 points
The person with the most points will win the contest. In the event of a tie, we will take all of those in the tie and do a drawing on a live stream to see who is the winner.
Here are the prizes you can win:
- First place: Your choice of an iPod Shuffle or Marvel vs. Capcom fight stick (Xbox 360)
- Second place: A MadCatz TE keychain
- Third place: A MadCatz TE keychain
If you predict a perfect bracket – that means you get the result of every match correctly – you will win an iPod Shuffle AND the MadCatz Marvel vs. Capcom fight stick, plus a World Warrior II T-shirt from Kineda.com and an iTunes gift card and a MadCatz TE keychain!
Some other notes before you get started working on your bracket:
- The double jeopardy rule will be enforced in the tournament. That means that the same match can't happen twice in a tournament unless it's unpreventable. This situation would only happen in Round 5. If you believe that is going to happen, then switch the two players that lost from Round 2 (A goes to B, and B goes to A), and continue to fill out your bracket.
- For the championship match, you only need to say who will win the tournament, regardless of whether it goes to a second grand finals.
- No sticking players more than it's possible to happen or else you will be disqualified. Example: Don't stick (just an example) Shizza vs. Justin Wong in every spot of the bracket.
- Incomplete brackets will not be counted.
- None of my current teammates, former teammates, LA Riots organizers or competitors in the tournament can enter (sorry, for the most part).
- You can submit up to TWO different brackets, however you can only win one prize.
- If the official bracket is altered prior to Saturday, all submissions are absolved, and the contest will re-start.
- Once you submit your entry, that's it, no changes.
- I have the right to change the rules at anytime including, and up to, the day of the tournament.
You can submit your bracket predictions two different ways:
- Leave it in the comments section below, with a name.
- E-mail me at info@gytnews.com with the headline BRACKET CHALLENGE and a name.
The deadline is 11 a.m. PT Saturday!
If you need an example of how to submit your answers, here you go. This is an example only:
More after the jump ...
Submission example:
Round 1
Player A beats Player B
Player C beats Player D
Player E beats Player F
Player G beats Player H
Round 2
Player A beats Player C
Player E beats Player G
Round 3
Player A beats Player E
Round 4
Player B beats Player D
Player F beats Player H
Round 5
Player B beats Player G
Player F beats Player C
Round 6
Player B beats Player F
Round 7
Player B beats Player E
Round 8
Player B wins the tournament
