(Artwork above courtesy of @emperorshadox. He was super generous with his time and did an incredible job!)

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
  
• Manhattan Beach - 3 miles west of hotel

The hotel is really really nice! Feel free to check it out!
















SCHEDULE

• Jan 17th Thursday: Casuals in hotel rooms, picnic and hanging out at the beach --> lounge & drink!
• Jan 18th Friday: Team tourney & casuals --> lounge & drink!
• Jan 19th Saturday: Singles tourney & casuals --> group dinner & lounge & drink!

We have the meeting space on the Friday and Saturday - until 11pm or so. That's a lot of play time for:

• Money Matches
• FT Exhibition Matches
  @Rodnutz vs @_Denkai_
  @adamYUKI vs Gentleman Thief
  More to come!

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
• Gentleman Thief
• @oneida
• @cobratron
• @Cobra_Kai
• @kungfusmurf
• @Montage
• @Oioron (Monty)
• @Montage
• @KilgoreTheFish
• @Shang
• @Shou
• @Azusabo (CrewNYC aka Andy!)
• @boido
• @Brisal73
• 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
Commentators:

• TBA
• TBA

Streamers:

• Dropkick Events' @Montage @Phoxx @KilgoreTheFish
• @cruzlink2 ???

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!"