From organizer adamYUKI:

Hi guys, I'd like to introduce LAG: HOMESTAY | FINAL SHOWDOWN @ REDONDO BEACH

It was so inspiring getting slaughtered by Homestay during Evo 2018, that I invited him to come play and hang with us. He will come with his wife and they both will do a little sightseeing, but he is looking forward to playing Final Showdown with us.

It would be nice to have a sister event to NYG here on the west coast, where we invite Japanese players, get to know them a bit, and level up our game. (We used to do this with early NYGs during the VF4 era.)

DATES

Start: Friday, January 18th, 2019

End: Saturday, January 19th, 2019

LOCATION

Residence Inn Redondo Beach 2420 Marine Avenue Redondo Beach, CA 90278 10 rooms (each with 2 queen beds) blocked at a negotiated rate of $139 + tax per night Conference room for casual and tourney play on Jan 18th & 19th - with access until 11pm each night Use this link to book your rooms: http://www.marriott.com/meeting-eve...9`1/20/19`12/27/18&app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes Please reach out to one another here if you would like to share rooms and split costs Amenities: Bar-B-Q and/or picnic area, complimentary hot breakfast, convenience store, vending machines, outdoor pool + whirlpool, cash machine / ATM

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY

11 AM - Casuals

12 PM - Homestay Dojo I (Keep questions brief for Homestay)

1 PM - Lunch Break (venue still open)

2 PM - Homestay Dojo II

3 PM - Random Select Tournament

5 PM - 3v3 Team Tournament

9 PM: FT10 Grudge Match Exhibitions Rodnutz vs Denkai adamYUKI vs Gentleman Thief Open slots for requests

SATURDAY

12 PM: VF4 tournament

1 PM: VF2 tournament (on stream)

12 PM - 3 PM: Okamoto Food Truck

3 PM: Check-In for VF5 Singles Closes

3:30pm: VF 5 Singles Begins

3v3 Team Captains

Denkai

AdamYuki

GentlemanThief

Rodney

Homestay

Cobratron

Oneida

Chief_Gutti

SINGLES TOURNEY FORMAT

Double Elimination 2/3 3/5 Winners/Losers Finals 3/5 Grand Finals (2 sets for Losers)

TEAM BATTLE TOURNEY FORMAT

Double Elimination 2/3 3/5 Winners/Losers Finals

EVENT PRICING

Full access to weekend's events: $30 Tourney entry fees: $5

THE KILLERS

By the way, a rogues gallery of VF killers is expected to show up: Homestay @Rodnutz @Denkai @ChiefGutti Cid Kid Gentleman Thief @oneida @cobratron @Cobra_Kai @kungfusmurf @Montage @Oioron (Monty) @KilgoreTheFish @Shang @Shou @Azusabo (CrewNYC aka Andy!) @Air Jacky (Boyd!) @Brisal73 @HotSauceNelly (GhettoSHUN aka Nelson!) L A Akira (Gerald!) My other homies from NYC VF (@cruzlink2, @Harpooneer, @Tricky, etc.) have also expressed excitement, so I hope they come. With their & Dropkick Events' help, we will stream this, of course.

PRIZES

1st place - TBA 2nd place - TBA 3rd Place - TBA Raffle - TBA

STREAM INFORMATION

twitch.tv/DropkickEvents (notify KilgoreTheFish if you would like to commentate anything)

PLAYER REGISTRATION

http://smash.gg/LAG

DONATIONS

If you would like to donate some money to help with the organization of this event, please send your contribution via PayPal to paypal.me/AdnanR

Money earned from donations will go towards:

Prizes Even organization Those who need help with covering some travel costs Overall experience of the event Group Dinner This needs to be made very clear: THIS EVENT IS NON-PROFIT, AND ALL OF THE MONEY EARNED WILL GO TOWARDS THE EVENT AND THE PLAYERS!

I love this game. I'd like to do my little part to keep it going, "by force, if necessary" as my boy @cobratron said to me. Let's do this!

"The Cheeks Are Tight!"