SNK Combo Tournament Hosted by UC, KoFU, and CX

Some time ago, Maiden Masher from Ultracombos got the idea to revive the good old days when SNK combo makers would pit their creativity against each other in a combo video. We assembled some of the well-known people of the remaining KOF communities (or at least the ones dedicated to combo videos) to finally open a multi-community tournament of SNK combos.

We hereby extend an invitation to every combo maker to participate in our ULTRACOMBOS, KOF Union, and Cyberfanatix Tournament.

Entry rules:

• Only SNK games are available. So, if you feel like sending combos from Fatal Fury Special to KOF XIII, all of them are more than welcome.
• The participant who obtains the highest score from the judges will be declared the champion. Judges will consider game version, set-up, creative use of bugs or situational combos, and originality.
• Task Overs and Bugs are allowed if it happens inside the combo. If a certain bug is necessary to trigger a conditional combo, it’s always welcome. Needless to say, we won’t allow cheats or hacked versions of the game.
• Infinite stock bar is not allowed, however, infinite time is allowed. We give preference to combos done in arcade mode if possible. If it’s necessary to use training mode, please make sure to use the default or the maximum number of stocks allowed inside a normal game.
• If the combo includes a text file with the transcription and explanation of the combo it would rack more points to the contestant. This is certainly something I’d personally encourage to all the participants to do. Judges have the right to discard a combo that looks shady (i.e., suspected to use hack or cheats) and doesn’t bring a proper transcription to validate his combo as legit. We also encourage the contestants to record their full set-up if possible to let know the judges the procedure of the combo. This way we can understand better what’s going on, to give us a clear judgment of the received works.
• Participants can send as many combos as they want. However, only one will enter in the tournament. The judges will choose the best of the pack.
• Only accepted combos will get a direct feedback from the judges. The judges have the responsibility to watch each and every combo submitted to the tournament, but the ones that qualify will have a displayed scoring, comment and details in the qualification combo video. All judges’ decisions are final and not open to appeal.
• Combos using boss characters are not allowed.
• Combos can be submitted by rec input files (if you are using winkawaks) or in video captures. It’s not necessary to send raw files or high quality captures, as long the combo can be displayed clearly and completely (this is mostly to make easier for the participants and the judges to upload/download the files). In case the combo gets selected to appear in the qualification video, we will request a high quality capture (raw files if possible) with the BGM off and in native resolution. If you are sending YouTube links, please make sure to set the video in private view (you don’t want to burn out your entry combo, do you?), but if selected, we will request the original capture for the video.

The reception deadline is set on February 6th, 2011. There will be no extensions. Please send your works to recselection@hotmail.com

Video Editor: CyberXkXdashX

Director: Maiden Masher

Judges: Richter, iCebounD_ING, Siedler Pompiani, Elixir, and Vice Vecta

So if any of you wanna try stuff in SNK games, please feel free to join us!