Tuesday 27 February 2007

Australian SBO Qualifiers (3S/VF5/T5DR)... NEWS!



I just got the word back the other day from the guys at Arcadia Magazine and I am proud to announce that for this years Arcadia/Enterbrain 5th Annual Tougeki aka 'Super Battle Opera' tournament, Australia will be holding a qualifying tournament with direct entry spots into the main event for the following games:

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1. Virtua Fighter 5 (3v3)
2. Tekken 5 Dark Ressurection (3v3)
3. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike (3v3)

SBO will be held in Tokyo, Japan over 3 days from Friday August 10th to Sunday August the 12th.

So to repeat... Australia has 1 spot in each game listed above for SBO5 in 2007. All 3 games are team tournaments. (3v3)

The Australian SBO Qualifiers will be held in central Sydney on Saturday May the 5th. The venue for this event has yet to be finalised. Game format will be as follows:

1. Virtua Fighter 5 - PS3 (Singles tournament, double elimination best 2/3, top 3 players qualify)
2. Tekken 5 Dark Ressurection - PS3 (3v3 team tournament, double elimination, top team qualifies)
3. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike - Arcade/CPS3 (3v3 team tournament, double elimination, top team qualifies)

More details like entry fee cost, venue etc will be released within the next 2 weeks. However if you intend to come to Sydney for this the date for the qualifiers are set as shown above so you can plan around it accordingly. More discussion about this can be found over on ozhadou.net here!


Stay tuned,
TSC - Australian SBO Director

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