[29 Sep 2013] VF Circuit Individuals - September Qualifiers (Online - PSN and XBL)

http://vfcircuit2.challonge.com/na_xbl_finals

Follow that order, and read the directions.

 

Thanks to everyone that participated in yesterday's event!

Will write up a bit more when I have time, but the people that qualify for the December Championships so far.

Europe PSN - Pana (LI, September Champ), Kingo (Last Season's Champ)
Europe XBL - Kingo (AO, September Champ), Krye (Last Season's Champ)
North America PSN - ExZetyXat1 (KA, September Champ), VFnumbers (Last Season's Champ)
North America XBL - KADAJ757 (VA, September Champ), Phanatik (Last Season's Champ)

Also post as much feedback as possible (positive and negative) so that we can make this better for everyone. Next month (October) is Double Elimination format!

 

Okay, time to address some of the feedback I have received. If I forget anything, post about it please.

Scheduled Time of Event

I won't be changing the time anytime soon. Everything is schedule on the same day so that I don't have to work on two different days like last year's season. I also need to give enough time in between each division so that they don't overlap.

Replays
To alleviate some of the benefits from using the room mode in last season, I implemented the use of the save/upload replays to this season's Circuit. The main reason for the save/upload is not to verify people being truthful, but its so that other people participating in the event can save or watch those matches for their entertainment, education, or what else.

For Sunday, some divisions did not upload the replay after their two matches were finished or after the single elimination part (I think both PSN / XBL Europe) though all matches were saved. Even if you don't want to take the 20 minute break before your next set of matches, I strongly encourage people to upload them. This gives people who do want to watch the replays a chance to at least save them.

One pleasant surprise, at least for the XBL, the replays were available on the XBL server immediately after upload. A couple months ago, when I try to run the event, replays took at least 10-15 minutes to appear on the server for both PSN and XBL. Hopefully the immediate appearance is more the norm than the latter.

1) Besides issue of finding your opponent and if people follow protocol you always have the right to ask opponent to wait until people's matches of interest have been uploaded from the previous round.

2) You don't need to have people on your friend list to find the replays (it is not like people are using the feature with hundreds of uploads at one single time). After you finish your two matches and upload your match, just go to the "overall" replay section and continue refreshing. The newest uploads are always on top. But again, people need to follow protocol

3) I agree, but PSN room gave me more headache from last year that I don't want to even go there for this season.

If you really wish to see Pana/Kingo matches, you can always ask them to uploaded them. If the original rules were follow (which I don't think I have actually posted how to deal with the save/upload replays for 2 out of 3 matches...), after their first 2 matches they should have uploaded them imediately after playing them. Then they go finish up playing their third match and upload that afterwards.

Absentees

No worries, thanks for explaining. People with valid reasons in which they can't notify me they won't make it are ok.

People forget at times, so its ok. Just don't let it happen a second time in a season, please! You won't be able to participate in other events in a season if it happens again. People consistently flaking out without valid reason and not letting me know before event start time, creates more hassle than needed.

October's qualifier event thread have been posted - http://virtuafighter.com/threads/27...-october-qualifiers-online-psn-and-xbl.18345/

Any additional feedback would be appreciated to improve on the events.