Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

1  » Tournament Rules
2  » Team Tournament Rules
3  » Entry Fee
4  » Bonus Prizes - Singles
5  » Bonus Prizes - Teams

tournament rules

Rules for the singles 3S tournament are as follows:

• Game version: Arcade (ver. A board).
• Game settings: Best of 3 rounds, 99-second timer and Damage 2.
• Judgement results will not be replayed.
• Double Elimination using 4 Pools.
• All Matches are best of 3 Games, except for the Grand Final, which is best of 5 Games.
• Makoto vs Ken glitch: if Ken wins a round against Makoto using neutral throw, the game will freeze/reset. Players are asked to avoid executing this glitch. Should the glitch occur, Judges will replay the match if the round count was 1-0 in Ken’s favour. 2-0 or 2-1 to Ken will recorded as a won Game for the Ken player. If it is 1-1 or 0-1 against Ken, the Ken player will forfeit the game. Repeated use of this glitch will be grounds for disqualification of the Ken player, at the discretion of the Judges.
• The tournament will be seeded by a panel of 3S players and tournament organisers from around Australia. The seeding team for 3S includes the following people:
  • Ziggy (Tournament Organiser)
  • bbbenson, eks and TSC (Sydney 3S Organisers)
  • Kechu and Monky (Melbourne 3S Organisers)
  • Haichii (Brisbane 3S Organiser)

team tournament rules

Rules for the team 3S tournament are as follows:

• Game version: Arcade (ver. A board).
• Game settings: Best of 3 rounds, 99-second timer and Damage 2.
• Judgement results will not be replayed.
• Double Elimination.
• Players are formed into Teams of 3.
• Players must keep the same character for the entire tournament (Super Arts may vary).
• Characters may be used by multiple players on the same team (e.g. Ken/Ken/Chun Li is permitted).
• Team order is decided at the start of each match.
• Before a match begins, a coin toss will take place. The winner can choose which side of the machine they will use (1P or 2P), or allow their opponents to choose a side.
• The team that gets to choose their side of the machine must reveal their team order first.
• Players compete “team battle” style (i.e. as in CvS2 and KOF2K2) until one team runs out of players. The other team is then the winner of the Match.
• Makoto vs Ken glitch: see SF3:3S rules for details on this glitch.

entry fee

The entry fee for the 3s Singles will be $10, and the fee per person for teams will be $5.

bonus prizes - singles

The following Japanese swords have been been donated by Solidsnake (Tian) as bonus prizes for the SF3:3S singles tournament.

1st place  » Full length Japanese Katana (valued at $200)
2nd place  » Full length Japanese Wakizashi (valued at $150)
3rd place  » Full length Japanese Tanto (valued at $90)

In addition, » SNK-CAPCOM have donated the following Nubytech PS2 SF controllers as bonus prizes for the SF3:3S singles tournament.

1st place  » Nubytech Akuma controller for PS2 (valued at $25)
2nd place  » Nubytech Ryu controller for PS2 (valued at $25)

bonus prizes - teams

The following Nubytech PS2 SF controllers have been donated by » SNK-CAPCOM as bonus prizes for the SF3:3S team tournament.

1st place  » 3 Nubytech controllers for PS2 (Ken, Chun Li and Akuma - valued at $25 each)