[29 Mar 2013] FINAL ROUND 16 (Atlanta, GA)

You CAN dual mod your sticks (and pads and hitboxes) to work with both systems. It's not easy to do it on your own tho, as it requires working with circuitry, and often requires that you learn how to solder wires. The most common way to get your stick or pad dual modded is by getting in contact with a modder. There's always a modder booth in Final Round, and this year shouldn't be any different. (that's how I got my 360 stick dual modded last year. I believe my TE stick has a ChimpSMD) It usually is charged around $80 to do (which is not bad, considering the mod chip itself usually costs around $50ish with shipping). If you decide to go this route, you should come as early as possible, as it usually takes an hour or a few hours for them to mod your controller, and queue lines with dozens of people form quick. Also, note, that ANY dual mod will have lag, but with a dual mod chip, the amount of lag is negligible(for most chips). And coming from playing Marvel as well, its EVEN MORE negligible for VF players. Dual mod chips are the most reliable of all options.

That being said, that doesn't leave you with a whole lot of time to get your controller ready for the tournament (the VF tournament will be on the first day of FR16, friday). The next option for you is to find a modder in your area. You can arrange with them to get it done on your time, and the price is usually around the same (though likely with added shipping costs). Not all modders are of the same quality, so see if you can talk or get some recommendations to a modder first. If you know you only feel comfortable using your stick, and ABSOLUTELY want to make sure your controller is dual modded in time for Final Round, this is your best option. I'm not a big resource for modder directories, but the first place I'd look is the Tech Talk forum within shoryuken.com: http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.ph...-builder-in-your-area-check-this-post.114465/

(yo, ToyDingo: osiriskidd, aka Ky Phung would be a very good local modder in ATL -- https://www.facebook.com/osiriskidd
There's also a modder in Statesboro as well, from what I know, but I don't have his info unfortunately)

Your third and easiest option (or should I say 'easiest' option) is to by a dual modded stick or buy an adapter. If you happen to play stick, you should be good, as the eightArc Fusion line of sticks (eightArc is a California offshoot of Quanba) are really good: http://eightarc.com/fusion-ivory . Plus they are almost the same price as a TE Stick now.
As for pad-players, well.....good luck. There aren't any professionally produced dual-mod pads that I know. Your best bet is to buy a converter, and two that I know are the hyper-expensive Cronus and Cronus Extreme converters ( http://cronusdevice.com/ ) and the Xim3 ( http://xim3.com/ ). NOTE: ALL CONVERTERS LAG SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN CHIP DUAL MODS. The question is not 'if they lag' but 'how much offline lag you are willing to tolerate'. I've heard things like 8-10ms lag. I dunno, do the research yourself.
And if you own a hitbox........well, I mean c'mon, you are rocking a HITBOX. It's totally a mod in itself, so more than likely you've had it built for you, so hit that person up. If that's not possible, they have dual mod controllers made by the hitbox originators themselves, hitbox Arcade. ( http://www.hitboxarcade.com/products/hit-box-multi-console ) But then again, 225 bucks?! OUCH that's almost Viewlix Premium level pricing

 

Alright, thank you everybody for the inputs, I've read all of them multiple times.

I've decided to make it PS3.

I'm going to supply 3 setups on my own (PS3 + Asus monitors). If anyone is available to bring a setup themselves to help out to make it six setups, I would really appreciate that too.

 

Just letting you know, according to the FR16 rules, money matches are NOT allowed on the ballroom floor itself (its for a variety of reasons, from what I hear). You might wanna ask Shin Blanka to know for sure, but I think that's the rule from what I've heard: http://www.finalround.org/rules.cfm

HOWEVER, you can do whatever you want outside of it, including your hotel room, so money matches can take place there. As a matter of fact, I might wanna take you up on a money match challenge!

 

I don't have a time schedule for all the other events, and I probably wont get one before FR. But Friday is team tournament day, so there probably won't be much else going on.

As for the VF tournament, I'm 90% sure I'm gonna start it in the early afternoon (2-,3-ish), and signups will likely start at 1pm. Of course it's all subject to change, but thats my plan