The House of Cicada crew is back 3v3 style!

When: Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010 at 9pm

Registration: Pre-registration is mandatory and will be capped at 16 teams. Register at http://challonge.com/tournament/signup/zdkwi73d and be sure to sign up by your TEAM NAME. If there are spots open at the day of the event then in-person signup will open at 8pm. Brackets will be generated at 9pm and tournament will start shortly. If you will require a substitution or cancellation, please e-mail ot.cicada@gmail.com at least 2 days prior to the event with the Subject line "Tournament Substitution".

Fees and payout: Cash only! $25 per team and $5 goes to House so $30 total per team. Payout is standard 70/20/10 split.

Rules:
- 16 Team cap
- 1 of each character per team (no 3 sagats on a team)
- Double elimination
- Default time and round
- 1 set
- Grand final is 2 out of 3 sets
- No characters banned
- Pokemon format (ie. Team 1, 2, 3 vs. Team 4, 5, 6 – 1 beats 4, 1 beats 5, 6 beats 1, 2 beats 6. Team 1, 2, 3 wins.)
- Bring your own sticks and pad controls are ok!

Setups: Playstation 3 consoles connected to ASUS and Samsung monitors (confirmed lagless) via HDMI/Component.

This event will be streamed live @ http://www.justin.tv/CicadaTehL337

For questions you may pm Cicada, waldo98 or MOVAL on Shoryuken.com

In case you’re wondering what the event is/will be like – check out GYT’s coverage HERE.

Also, be sure to check out videos from previous “House of Cicada” Events HERE.

UPDATE: House take will now go to the family of moval's own Dasrik, who passed away recently.

In addition, Madcatz will be raffling off a few arcade sticks. Raffle tickets will be offered on the day of the tournament. More details to come.