Details of the USA qualifier for Namco Bandai’s Global Championship for Tekken Tag 2 has been released. The qualifier tournament will be held August 17th-18th at Round 1 Arcade in Puente Hills, California. Entry fee is $20 and venue fee is $5. The event will be spread across the two days with pools on the first day being 2/3 matches and top 16 on the second day being 3/5 matches. The winner of the tournament will be flown to Korea to compete in a 16 man tournament with qualifiers from around the world. Full details and prizes info after the jump
August 17: Pool Play; Signups start at 12 pm; Tournament begins at 1 PM
August 18: Top 16
Address:
Round 1 Puente Hills
1600 S Azusa Ave, Ste 285
City of Industry, CA 91748
Entry: $10 Venue fee; $15 entry fee
Rules:
Solo Mode is banned
Character Lock
Double Elimination
Pool Play will be 2/3 matches
Top 16 and on will be 3/5
Arcade cab only
Prizes:
70/20/10 split
1st place winner will receive a trip to South Korea for the Global Championship Finals on September 28th in Seoul, Korea.
In the scenario the 1st placer is unable to travel, the trip will go to the next placing competitor capable of traveling
Other prizes will include:
-TTT2 Sticker
-Special Bana Passport Card
-T-Shirt
-Dogi (胴着: costume looking like Judo or Karate players wear, Tekken Special Ver.)
-More TBA