Slappy 6-0
Flip 4-3
Maximum Rafiki 3-5
Swifty McQuick 1-6

Lets avoid the “I hope your ______ was ______.” formalities and cut straight to the chase. A lot has happened since the year started so here’s a quick run down of the action.

Frosty Faustings IV was on the 7^th of this month. First place went to MCZ|MRN Wolfkrone. However, a couple of local players placed in the tournament as well. Holden ‘Holdy’ Isom took 9th place, while Ben ‘OctopusOnFire’ Wilson took 10^th. The tournament stream was archived; so if you’re patient you can see them in action. Octopus also did a review of the tournament on The Fighters Alliance website.

On the 14^th our very own Slappy participated in what was supposed to be a Michigan Vs. Illinois 5v5 tournament at Experience Points in Elkhart, IL. While the tournament was plagued with last minute cancellations and an impending snow storm Slappy still attended; and even took 3^rd in the tournament.

Lastly (almost done) we have the upcoming events for the next couple of weeks. Keep in mind that these events will be posted on the GrapSF calendar, and updates will be posted when needed.

• Jan. 21^st – GRRanbats 4.3
• Feb. 18^th- Elkhart vs Kalamazoo 5v5: The Beginning

That’s it for now; if we missed anything or you would like your event posted on the main site or calendar just private message Natetendo64 in the forums.

Fall Brawl 2011
Dearborn MI
Saturday, November 26 · 12:00pm – 3:00pm
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114752308631204

WTR1BE Fighter’s Brawl Tournament
Kalamazoo MI
Friday, December 2 at 7:00pm – December 3 at 12:00am
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=237079306345642

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
1. EG | Momochi (Cody)
2. EG | Ricky Ortz (Rufus)
3. Uryo (Sakura)
4. MCZ | Tokido (Akuma)
5. MCZ DMG | PR Balrog
5. Totalheads | Poongko (Seth)
7. EG | Justin Wong (Rufus)
7. MCZ | Mago (Fei Long)
9. cc. Col | Mike Ross (E. Honda)
9. Dieminion (Guile)
13. EG | fLoE (Sagat, Yang)
13. Infiltration (Akuma)
13. Alucard (Balrog)
13. Wolfkrone (C. Viper)

Mortal Kombat 9
1. VSM CD Jr
2. vVv REO
3. VSM Maxter (Raiden)
4. VSM Erik Warda (Kabal)
5. LB NYChris G (Reptile/KungLao)
6. m2dave (Freddy)
7. DRS THTB (Reptile)
8. EMP Tom Brady (Kung Lao)

Marvel vs. Capcom 3
1. Flocker
2. BOX | Viscant
3. MCZ DMG | PR Balrog
4. CoL.cc | Filipino Champ
5. IFC BT | Yipes
5. EG | Justin Wong
7. FC | Twisted Jago
7. Dj Huoshen

The results of the round robin we had this last Saturday. Bracket’s are still open if anyone needs to play catch-up.

Top 5 will be the West-side team in the East vs West 5 on 5 at Michigan Masters.

When: October 29th Where: The Gamerz Lounge Questions? Ask: Daniel Streety Details and RSVP here!Webpoll: Donate our setups?

The date has been moved from the 1st to the 29th, please plan to support the Michigan scene by showing up to this!

This is the annual tournament East Michigan has been throwing after their RanBat seasons. Usually the top two players of the day (who haven’t already qualified) get to play in a special exhibition tournament afterwards with other top Michigan players who qualified during the course of the East Michigan RanBats.

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GrandLAN seems to be a good fit. Plenty of room, just enough privacy, creepy haunted house attached.

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Tournament Results:

Mortal Kombat
1st. Hove
2nd. Chauncy “True” Talon
3rd. YoJimbo

BlazBlue
1st. Leonil Requiem
2nd. CommanderofTroy
3rd. Lance

3rd Strike
1st. Alucard
2nd. Miller
3rd. Cakes

Marvel
1st. Alucard
2nd. Hove
3rd. Freddie Audio

Super Street Fighter 4 AE
1st. Wolfkrone
2nd. Checkmate
3rd. Weapons Left

Full results coming soon.

We’ll be posting the full brackets for the first Michigan Power Glove Tournament very soon, but before that, I’d like to thank a few very specific people for their contributions to making the organizational side a success:

Aaron “CommanderofYomi” Frankhouse, that wildest of Tagers, for being an awesome partner and holding it down in BlazBlue;

Eric “LazarusReturns” Frankhouse for sparking this whole thing in the first place, for excellent beer, and for tiny plastic Blanka;

James “Yojimbo” Harris, for being the workhorse of MPGT and representing Jax all the way to third place;

Ian “Epic Vandal” White, for holding down the brackets, the dopest hipster sandwich ever, and being an all around great guy;

Matt “Slappy” Meade, founder and High Grand Poobah of GRAPSF.com for making the stream a reality and lending his support;

Brandon “Swifty McQuik” Poeder for the set up assistance, bracket assistance, and incredible shirt.

Thanks go out to all the players, and to GrandLAN for being an incredible venue and to Gamerati.com for being an incredible source of random connections, toys, and Founders Beer. Thanks to everyone who attended, and to everyone else: we’ll see you next time!

The first Michigan Power Glove Tournament is brought to us by the gentlemen at Grand Rapids Street Fighter and Gamerati.com. Short notice, but what the Hell: lets make it the best we possibly can. (Discuss)

Please stop by and view Gamerati’s website and tour updates.

When and Where

This Friday, August 26th at GrandLAN Gaming Center located in Grand Rapids, MI.

(Directions and map below)

Fees

$5 for the venue + $5 per game

Games Being Played

Mortal Kombat 9
Registration: 4:00 to 5:30 pm
Play: 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Blazblue Continuum Shift 2 and
Street Fighter 3rd Strike
Registration: 7:30 to 8:00 pm
Play: 8:00 to 9:30 pm

Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Registration: 9:30 to 10:00 pm
Play: 10:00 pm to midnight

Super Street Fighter 4 AE
Registration: 12:30 to 1:00 am
Play: 1:00 am to ???

Side Tournaments?
There is already talk of Tekken

Console

All games will be ran on XBOX360

Bring setups and copies of the game! Contact G-Boobie (facebook or SRK) to volunteer these!

Rules

* Double Elimination
* Winners must keep character, losers can switch
* May counter pick ultras between matches
* Winners keep same team in Marvel, losers may switch
* No DLC characters in MK
* Show up for your match in a timely fashion
* No Pausing/Turbo/Hacks/Macros
* No Misconduct (Taken from Evo rules: excessive bad sportsmanship or trash-talking, racial slurs, theft, hitting, spitting, stalling, throwing or slamming sticks/monitors/setups, causing a disruption which delays the tournament etc.)

RSVP

Sign up via SRK by clicking here.

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