If anyone here is from Edmonton, there will be a Mario Karts tournament at Sou Kawaii (12923 - 97st) on August 30th, 2008 starting at 2:00pm.

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REGISTRATION
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All contestants must register in-store.

Pre-registration in store:

August 4th – August 28th, 2008: $3.00 per registrant, $5.00 per registrant for non-WiiMote/Wii Wheel controllers.
Game Day Registration (August 30th, 2008 - Before 1:30pm) : $4.00 per registrant, $6.00 per registrant for non-WiiMote/Wii Wheel controllers.

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PRELIMINARY ROUND RACES
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All players will be randomly placed in 4 player races, and will receive a minimum of 4 races.

Each race will be chosen at random via a name from the hat.

Players will be reward points placed on their finish.

15 points first place
12 points second place
10 points third place
8 points fourth place
7 points fifth place
6 points sixth place
5 points seventh place
4 points eighth place
3 points ninth place
2 points tenth place
1 points eleventh place
0 points twelveth place


Top 16 in terms of points will move onto the double elimination playoffs

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Double Elimination Playoffs
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In this portion of the playoffs, each player will be matched up to another of the top 16 from the preliminaries, in a 1 vs 1 vs computers race. Best of 3 races.

First Race will be randomly chosen via a pick from a hat.
Second Race will be chosen by the loser.

The higher placing competitor will be considered the winner.

In Double Elimination, each player is allowed to lose once and still be considered to winning the championship.


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GLITCHES AND SHORTCUTS
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Known and intentional shortcuts will be allowed.

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IN GAME SPECIFICS
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All characters, karts and cycles are allowed.

Race mode is 100cc.

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CONTROLLERS
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Wii Motes and Wii Wheels and will be provided by Sou Kawaii if you do have one of your own.

Gamecube Controllers and/or Classic Controllers are allowed, but the registation fee will be $5.00 for pre-registration and $6.00 for game day sign-ups.

With you own controllers, do use some sort of identification associated with your personal property is incase of dispute.

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SPORTSMANSHIP RULES
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We hope that you have a fun time at this video game tournament. Any inappropriate behaviour due in part to or related to poor sportsmanship will result in a disqualification.