Hey hey! This one got away from me a little, so it may be too short notice for you to travel last minute - in that case I want you to tune into the stream at least! But I'm getting ahead of myself. The community is hosting a tournament at Combo Breaker next week, Sunday May 28. Two players had already committed a $350 pot bonus. We are rounding it up to $500. If you happen to be in the area that day (Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center near Chicago) and want to take part: All community tournaments only require a spectator pass, which is $30 for a day. Got that or already are a competitor at Combo Breaker? The signup for Blaze is over on the All In Together: Community Tournaments page. (signup may be closed while they arrange brackets for minimal conflicts - check again later, if you cannot sign up at the moment) The tournament will start at 4PM and the top 4 stream will begin around 6PM (the time this steam event is scheduled for) on IFCYipes. Now, to get a bit ahead of the curve and prepare you for what's to come before we post individual events about each, a list of other local tournaments this year:

• Hessen Crash XX, Frankfurt am Main - Germany, June 30th - July 2nd
• Fte 3: By the Sea, Pontins Camber Sands Holiday Park - UK, July 14th - 16th
• Defend The North 2023, New York City - USA, July 14th - 16th

• Up to 4 players:
  Play locally AND online with up to 4 players.
  
• Easy to pick up, hard to master gameplay:
  Start off simply hitting the ball faster and faster back and forth. Improve by learning how to use Smashes, Bunts and Special Abilities to your advantage. Then go further beyond with parries and countering with throws ending with the pure psychological goodness: taunts.
  
• Tons of unlockable extras and secrets:
  Unlock characters and their outfits as you play. New modes and stages are in there too and even the soundtrack can be unlocked to play at leisure.
  
• Play on your own:
  Step up to the plate by yourself and beat a series of opponents in the Arcade Mode to reach the beat-blasting bossfight. Then check out the event-based Story Mode that has you playing all sides of the going-downs in Shine City.
  
• Modes and options:
  Pick your preferred style of play like with HP, one-shot kill or points. And then there are game modes like Strikers, using goals, and something called Lethal Volley...
  
• Wicked Tracks:
  A Breakbeat, Hip-Hop and House soundtrack featuring the likes of Hideki Naganuma, Frank Klepacki, Pixelord, Bignic and of course Klaus Veen.

• OS: Ubuntu 14.04
• Processor: Core 2 Duo or equivalent - 2.0 GHz or higherMemory: 4 GB RAMStorage: 4 GB available space
• Memory: 4 GB RAMStorage: 4 GB available space
• Storage: 4 GB available space