TempleCon 2011: The Neo Anthology Tournaments Strike Back!

Yeah, it's almost that time of year again. I know a few of you guys hit the Anthology tournaments I held at last year at TempleCon 2010 in Warwick RI, and I'm happy to announce that we're bringing the NeoGeo events back to the convention this year with a new Garou tourney on Sunday, as well as adding a fourth cab to the lineup.

Here's what we have planned. Prizes are TBA, but we should have some some decent stuff yet again, and possibly sponsorship from SNK again as well. There was surprisingly great turnout last year, and it would be awesome if we topped it.

For more info on the convention, hit www.templecon.org

For extended info on the Neo events specifically and photos from last year, hit this link.


Saturday, February 5th 2011, 10:00 AM
Bristol B Entrance

TempleCon King of Fighters Anthology Tournament II
Ready for the second annual King of Fighters anthology tournament at TempleCon? This year we have four dedicated Neo Geo Arcade Cabinets, and will be holding yet another tournament to find out who stands at the top of the KOF pile. will includes original SNK cartridges of King of Fighters 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Players will be bracketed and paired off in a double elimination tournament using the standard match structure of Best out of Three games. Winners will progress through the winners bracket, and losers will progress through the losers bracket or be eliminated. Three matches will take place at one time. Since this is an Anthology format tournament, there is special rule in effect. The winner with the best record in their previous match in comparison to their opponent will be allowed to dictate which version of the game to compete in in their next match, from the currently unchosen titles. The first bracket of the tournament will feature solely King of Fighters '94.

Strength of record in the previous round will determine a player's priority in choosing titles. In the case of a record tie, the winning player who completed their match in the quickest elapsed time will be given priority. A player MAY NOT choose to play the same title twice during the entire event, but may be forced to play the same title by another player's choice, or deferred randomization. A player may defer his or her game choice to his or her opponent, or allow the choice to be randomized.

Sunday, February 6th 2010, 1:00 pm
Bristol B Entrance

TempleCon Samurai Shodown Anthology Tournament II
Prepare for our second annual casual tournament held on our four dedicated Neo-Geo MVS Arcade Cabinets using the entire Neo-Geo Samurai Shodown collection of games, which includes original SNK cartridges of Samurai Shodown I, II, III, IV, V, and V Special.

Players will be bracketed and paired off in a double elimination tournament using the standard match structure of Best out of Three games. Winners will progress through the winners bracket, and losers will progress through the losers bracket or be eliminated. Four matches will take place at one time.

Since this is an Anthology format tournament, there is another rule in effect. The winner with the best record in their previous match in comparison to their opponent will be allowed to dictate which version of the game to compete in in their next match, from the currently unchosen titles. The first bracket of the tournament will feature solely Samurai Shodown 1.

Strength of record in the previous round will determine a player's priority in choosing titles. In the case of a record tie, the winning player who completed their match in the quickest elapsed time will be given priority. A player MAY NOT choose to play the same title twice during the entire event, but may be forced to play the same title by another player's choice, or deferred randomization. A player may defer his or her game choice to his or her opponent, or allow the choice to be randomized.

Sunday, February 6th 2010, 4:00 pm
Bristol B Entrance

TempleCon Garou: Mark of The Wolves Tournament

Our first annual Garou: Mark of the Wolves tournament celebrates one of the greatest fighting game titles ever released, SNK’s Garou: Mark of the Wolves! Compete on our authentic, fully restored Neo Geo arcade cabinets to become the Garou: Mark of the Wolves Champion!

Players will be bracketed and paired off in a double elimination tournament using the standard match structure of Best out of Three games. Winners will progress through the winners bracket, and losers will progress through the losers bracket or be eliminated. Four matches will take place at one time.

Rounds consist of 99 second time limit

All normally selectable stages and characters are currently legal for tournament play

Grant and Heinlein selectable through codes are not legal.

That SS tourney sounds awesome. I wish I could attend but I am moving around the time of your event. If this was a month later I might have bought a bus ticket just to check this out.

Wow this is really great! I'll do what I can to be there, I might notbe able to swing both days so I might just show up Sunday. Mass crew represent!

Lost first place by one match. Story of my life. Next year!

Which tourney fakeXsound?

KoF. The other guy was using King in 03. He spammed her double projectile and psyched me out.

Too bad. I really wish I could have seen all these Neo tourneys go down, especially the SS one.

It's too bad I couldn't go, well maybe next year. Any pics out there?

I'll have pics soon.

This is the only photo of mine that came out OK. Maybe Xionicist has some better ones though.

So, you actually won the tournament? Please forgive me for what I'm about to say, if I recall it clear enough you're not much of a fighting gamer (your own words), how did you manage to crush the competition?

ElectricGrave said:

So, you actually won the tournament? Please forgive me for what I'm about to say, if I recall it clear enough you're not much of a fighting gamer (your own words), how did you manage to crush the competition?

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There wasn't any? Seriously, how many people actually showed up for this thing? (to play neo that is)

I didn't win; I got second place.

Hmm, don't recall saying that. When we were hanging out I think I said I was new to sticks and had only made that transition since HD Remix came out. I haven't been playing fighters forever, but long enough - maybe 7 or 8 years. So probably less time than most people on here, but longer than people just getting into SFIV or MVC3 or whatever. At the meetup in 09 I won 14+ rounds of Alpha 3 in a row, so I'm not a scrub or anything - just not top tiere.

I'm not that good at KoF in comparison to SF, but the competition wasn't feirce. I mean, I defintely had to know what I was doing or I would have lost. Like I don't know any 15+ hit combos, but I can hold my own. The other guys just couldn't handle rush downs. I think that's how I beat most of the other guys. There were a few that knew what was up. For them, I had to be careful and string pokes into DMs and only use SDMs when I knew they'd connect.