Coming on August 11th: Sacred Fools Presents Its Second Guitar Hero 2 Tournament

FIRST PRIZE: $200

SECOND PRIZE: A copy of Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the Eighties

THIRD PRIZE: Free entry into the next Foolish Frets tournament

ENTRY FEES: $20 (to enter tournament), $5 (general audience)

HOW TO ENTER: Please email GuitarHero@sacredfools.org to reserve a spot in the tournament. Entry fee is due at registration the day of the tournament. At 1:00pm, all unpaid reservations will be dropped and the tournament will be filled from a waiting list (first come first served).

SCHEDULE: Noon-1pm: Registration 1-2pm: Seeding 2pm: Tournament Begins

GENERAL INFO:

* 48 person tournament

* Game will be played on Playstation 2. Players are encouraged to bring their own controllers, though guitars will be provided at the event.

* Hyper speed is not allowed.

* All songs are to be played on “Expert.”

* Playlists for each round are currently TBD but will be announced in advance of the tournament.

* For single song elimination rounds, higher seeded player will choose song; for “Best Two out of Three” matches, each player will choose a song, with a tie-breaking third song chosen at random if needed.

* Within each round, every song from the specified playlist must be played once before repeats are allowed.

* All participants under the age of 13 must be accompanied by an adult.

TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE:

12pm - Doors open and registration Begins. Practicing will be allowed until seeding begins.

1pm - Registration ends and seeding begins

-Each player will play “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight” one time.

-Players will be seeded by score. Tie breakers: Note percentage, then Note streak.

-Top 16 players receive a bye in Round 1. Round 1

-Remaining 32 players compete in a single song elimination round. Round 2

-Bracket will be re-seeded to include top 16 players who received a bye in seeding round.

-Remaining 16 players from Round 1 and the top 16 players from the seeding round will compete in single song elimination round. Round 3

-Bracket will be re-seeded

-Remaining 16 players from Round 2 will compete in “best 2 of 3” elimination round.

-After this round, we will break until 8:00pm to allow time for dinner, etc. Round 4

-Bracket will be re-seeded

-Remaining 8 players from Round 3 will compete in “best 2 of 3” elimination rounds. Round 5

-Bracket will be re-seeded

-Remaining 4 players from Round 4 will compete in “best 2 of 3” elimination rounds. Round 6

-Remaining 2 players from Round 5 will compete in “best 2 of 3” elimination rounds.

Write GuitarHero@sacredfools.org with any Questions or visit www.sacredfools.org

Location: Sacred Fools Theater 660 North Heliotrope Los Angeles, CA 90004