Chip Damage is holding our annual March 2 Battle (M2B) Tournament this year on March 10th, 2012! This time we’re trying something new and we’re holding a pre-registration which will determine the five games to be played at the event.

The games we’re putting in the running are:

• Street Fighter x Tekken
• Mortal Kombat 9
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend
• Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition
• King of Fighters XIII
• SoulCalibur V

Keep checking the front page for more details and for the full event details, please visit our March 2 Battle Event page! Be sure to Pre-Register too!

So if you weren’t able to get in on the action at the event or were too busy to load our stream last night, do not fret, it’s all archived. Check below for the 2 parts and all 3 hours of last night’s successful streaming event. Congratulations to the winner who I won’t spoil if you have yet to watch.

Check it out below and be sure to check back at http://live.chipdamage.com for future live events coming soon.

Also be sure to check out TorontoTopTiers Smash Up II stream next Saturday, February 4 starting at Noon on http://twitch.tv/TorontoTopTiers

Part 1

Watch live video from Chip Damage LIVE on Justin.tv

Part 2

Watch live video from Chip Damage LIVE on Justin.tv

If you happen to be on Campus for January 20th, you can find the Games on Campus Kiosk on First Floor University Center. There’s no real method to which desk we get on the 20th, so you’ll have to do a little searching from there but in the past we’ve been stationed right beside the Tim Horton’s.

At the Kiosk we’ll be demoing some of the games we play and everyone is welcome to come and enjoy them with us. Expect to see our most popular games like Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition (ver.2012), Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, King of Fighters XIII, BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2, Mortal Kombat 9 and some stuff that gets less play like Tetris Attack and maybe even a little Hokuto no Ken if I can help it. We’ll have our usual equipment provided along with some controllers so there’s no reason to bring your own unless you want to!

We encourage you to come down, bring a friend and play some games. Come meet the staff and see what Chip Damage and Games on Campus are all about. Hope to see some new faces for 2012!

If you want more information about our weekly gatherings at the U of Manitoba, please check out the gatherings thread on our forums.

Winnipeg’s Namco and 3D fighter fans are in for a treat with next month’s release of the highly anticipated fighter Soul Calibur 5. With that in mind, Chip Damage is proud to announce Winnipeg’s first Soul Calibur 5 tournament held on February fourth at the U of Manitoba GSA Lounge! Like all of our launch tournaments, the Chip Damage Soul Calibur 5 Launch tournament will have free entry. Our tournament rules are still largely the same as they have been for similar games in the past:

• All tournament matches are to be held on the Sony PlayStation 3
• Prizes (to be announced) are awarded to the top three competitors
• Double elimination tournament bracket
• Matches are best two of three with rounds running best of five
• As of this post, no characters aside from custom characters are currently banned*

* We realize that Dampierre is a pre-order bonus so if he cannot be obtained through means other than a game pre-order, he will most likely be banned. Stay tuned for more on that as the game launch comes closer.

For details on all our tournament rules please visit our forums post here. Feel free to take part in the community discussion about this event on our forums. Doors open at 1:00 for casuals and the tournament starts at 4:00. As usual, you can register at the venue on the day of the tournament. Details are subject to change, so make sure to check back again in the coming weeks!

Everyone is welcome and we hope to see you there!

It’s that time again. Winnipeg’s biggest annual fighting game tournament is back with That Summer Tournament 6. We’ve got the big games, smaller games, older games, and mystery games. Lots of stations, come one come all.

There is a bit of stuff still TBD, but we’ll keep you up to date with what’s going on, using BIG BOLD LETTERS.

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Venue
Room 543-544
5th floor University Centre
University of Manitoba

Parking
U of M has ample FREE parking near the tournament location. Check back soon for more information.

If you can’t find the room, check the video below for directions to the venue.

Registration Fee: $5.00
Yes, there is a registration fee this year. It’s necessary to cover the costs of the venue rental. However, if you don’t wish to enter tournaments, site entrance is still free and gets you access to casual play, exhibitions, and/or money matches.

Registration usually begins 1 or 2 hours before each tournament, so get there early and warm up some too.

If you wish to enter any tournament, you pay for the tournament entry fees on top of the 5 dollars.

Games will be Playstation 3 version.
Here’s the current lineup of games and tourneys:

• Saturday
• 2:00pm: Soul Calibur 4
• $2.00/player
• 2:00pm: Super Smash Bros Melee
• $10.00/player
• 3:00pm: BlazBlue CS2
• $5.00/player
• 4:00pm: Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition 2v2 Teams
• $5.00/player
• $10.00/team
• 6:00pm: Marvel vs Capcom 3 2v2 Teams
• $5.00/player
• $10.00/team

Teams will be single game all they way through. Therefore, if you have any sort of MMs or exhibitions planned, please do them on the Saturday after the tournaments as opposed to Sunday.

• Sunday
• 2:00pm: Mystery Game Tournament
• $2.00/player
• 2:00pm: Super Street Fighter II Turbo
• $2.00/player
• 3:00pm: Mortal Kombat 9
• $5.00/player
• 4:00pm: Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Singles
• $10.00/player
• 6:00pm: Marvel vs Capcom 3 Singles
• $10.00/player

Rules:
Standard EVO rule set. This includes banned wireless controllers unfortunately. Their full rule-set can be found here: http://evo2k.com/player-guide/tournament-rules/

This is largely a BRING YOUR OWN STICKS/CONTROLLER event but.
The console equipment will be labeled and registered to ensure its safety. However, please be careful with your sticks. Furthermore, if you know you’re attending and you do not have a stick to use, make sure you have a friend who can donate.

For pad/PS2 stick players, we tend to have PS2 pads and/or converters around, but don’t take this as confirmation of us having them there for you. Bring your own to be safe as opposed to sorry.

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Let’s have a big turn out and see what everyone can bring to the table.

Saskatchewan usually has a presence at this tourney too, so if you want to see what they can do too without the horror of actually going to Saskatchewan, this is your ticket .

Yes, we’re aware that it’s close to EVO but unfortunately it can’t be helped. You should come make back some of the money spent in Vegas and abound anyway.

Brought to you by the wonderful folks at ChipDamage.com Make sure to check back regularly for updates, or follow our Twitter account @ChipDamage to stay in the loop. We hope to see you there!

Original forum post can be found by clicking here.

Note: It took all of my willpower to not call this tournament thread “Bringing Sixy Back: That Summer Tournament 6 (TST6)”

Our charity tournament, Fight for the Future has returned! This time, we will be donating towards Japan for the tsunami relief. We felt it was only appropriate as the majority of games we play at our events, the strategies we’re spoonfed, the players we admire all come from Japan. The tsunami may be old news but Japan is no doubt still hurting from it. Therefore, we will be holding a tournament in support.

Entry fee will be 10$. This 10$ will grant you entry into all the tournaments of your choice.

Blazblue: Continuum Shift 2: 2pm
Mortal Kombat 9: 3pm
Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition: 4pm
Marvel vs Capcom 3: 6pm

We’re going to be doing a pizza order around 5pm. 5$ gets you half a pizza with 2 toppings from Pizza Hotline. Obviously you can order more if you pay more. If you want to order pizza, just give the tournament director your money at the signup desk when you sign up for your tournaments as well as what toppings you want before 5pm.

We also will have a donation box by the signup desk if you would like to donate more towards the fundraiser. We also encourage any other things to help raise money so long as they don’t interfere with tournament schedules. Things perhaps like a charity money match where the loser donates towards the fundraiser rather than pay the winner.

Info is subject to change. We’ll notify you of whatever changes.

Just thought I’d update the front page with details on the things we’re doing in March and early April. If you need time off from work or if you’re coming here from one of the posters you’ve seen, you know ahead of time. If you need any more info on what games are being played or the rules, you’d best head on to the Events section of our forums.

March 19th – March 2 Battle

March 26th – Play n’ Trade Winnipeg MvC3 Local Rounds Tournament (Must be signed up at the store for this)

April 9th – PNP Games Marvel 3 Tournament (Facebook Page)

We hope to see you guys there! Peace!

On December 18th at the University of Manitoba, come down to the GSA Lounge in University Center. Admission is free and open to everyone. The party will start at 4 and we’ll be having dinner around 6. I believe we will be serving Pizza and Fried Chicken. You’re also encouraged to bring drinks and snacks too. Like all of our gatherings, we will have stations for casuals open to everyone, and as always BYOC. In addition to that, we also will have board games and party games to play at the event. You are also encouraged to bring your own games.

Chip Damage Secret Santa
The event will have a $20 gift limit. The gift exchange will take place at the Holiday Party. Sign up for the Secret Santa in this thread by December 4th. We’ll PM you your Secret Santa name on December 5th. If you happen to not know what kind of gift to get for your Secret Santa, we will try to give you some info for a gift. Remember to sign up for this only if you’re sure you can make it to the Holiday Party.

TLDR:
What: Chip Damage Holiday Party
When: December 18th, 4-12
Where: University of Manitoba, GSA Lounge 2nd Floor University Center
Bring snacks and drinks and party games. BYOC.

Everyone is invited so please make sure to come down!

If you have questions or you want to sign-up for the Secret Santa, please visit this thread.

Here are our full results from Saturday’s tournament:

1. Shane (Undefeated)
2. Graeme (Lost to Shane x2)
3. BMike (Lost to Shane, Graeme)

4. Jericho (Lost to BMike, Graeme)
T5. Duong (Lost to Matt, Graeme), James Kim (Lost to Graeme, Jericho)
T7. Paks (Lost to BMike, James Kim), Andrew (Lost to James Kim, Duong)
T9. Jo A (Lost to Rain, James Kim), Rain (Lost to Jericho, Andrew), Matt (Lost to Shane, Paks), Tyler (Lost to BMike, Duong)
T13. David (Lost to Tyler, Paks), Eissan (Lost to Jericho, Jo A), Kiet (Lost to Graeme, Andrew), Steed (Lost to James Kim, Duong)
T17. Sandeep (Lost to Graeme, Duong), James Howard (Lost to Shane, Steed), Charlee (Lost to Duong, Kiet), Nate (Lost to Shane, Andrew)
T17. Branden (Lost to Paks, Eissan), Mark A (Lost to David, Jo A), Karel (Lost to Jo A, David), Dylan (Lost to Jericho, Paks)
T25. Stephanie (Lost to Tyler, Mark A), Matt “Clark” H. (Lost to Rain, DQ’d against Karel), Stewart (Lost to Eissan, Dylan)
T25. Matt J. (Lost to Kiet, Sandeep), Ian (Lost to Andrew, Steed), Mark T (Lost to Matt, Charlee), Andy S (Lost to James Howard, Nate)