The Mystery Game Tournament is, to us, a test of both your ability to quickly adapt and your arcane knowledge of random ass games.  The spirit of the tournament is quickly broken, however, by the use of smartphones and laptops, and coaching from friends.

As such, this year, Mystery Game players will need to agree not to use their smartphones, tablets, or laptops for the duration of their pool.  If you do use it, you will be given a loss in your upcoming match.  If you are already in losers, you will be eliminated.  While we can’t stop the crowd from shouting advice at the players, we do kindly ask that event attendees avoid direct coaching of the players.  Just enjoy the show!

At UFGT9, we will be using the 5/21/13 balance patch, and we will also allow Lobo in tournament play.  Batgirl will not be allowed in tournament play, but will be part of the Injustice Character Auction event.

Stage selection is a difficult issue, and a lot of players and regions have differing opinions on how to handle it.  For that reason, we’ve decided to “play it as is”, so to speak, and just use the rules presented in the game itself to govern this.  This means that both players get to choose a stage and the game will 50/50 between them each time.   I personally don’t view this as ideal, but it will help to avoid confusion from players and keep the tournament moving on schedule.

Injustice has a huge turnout at UFGT9, and we can’t wait to see how the tournament plays out.

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Testers Among Us

For many years now Perfect Legend and Tom Brady have come to symbolize both what it means to excel at a game, and what it means to champion a community removed from the decades developed interest shown to Capcom properties. With accolades and successes, both within their games and within the fighting game business as a whole, both these players compete to live up to the weighty expectation and underestimated skill-sets simultaneously put upon them. Most recently Perfect Legend & Tom Brady took part in the Injustice: Gods Among Us player tests and strategy guide development, using their long developed gaming knowledge to help give back to the studio whose games have brought them respect. Join us for an in-depth look at the type of resolve necessary to become a champion, and the views of two men helping to balance modern fighting games.

Panel features a brief lecture and open Q&A with the hosts.