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SPLI Events

Mario Golf Mini Golf Tournament

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Join StreetPass Long Island in celebrating the new Nintendo 3DS game Mario Golf: World Tour by grabbing a putter and showing off your skills at Heartland Golf Park in Edgewood, NY!  We are going to compete for the best score on Mini Golf Mountain, which is a gorgeous course and pretty challenging!  Of course we will be playing Mario Golf in between holes too!  See you on the green!

WHEN:  Friday, May 9th at 8PM

WHERE:  Heartland Golf Park in Edgewood, NY

PRICE:  Each game on Mini Golf Mountain costs $7 per person.

RSVP:  http://www.facebook.com/events/1443940209181025/

For more information about the Heartland Golf Park, please visit their website at www.heartlandgolfpark.com

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Mini Golf Mountain at Heartland Golf Park
Conventions, SPLI Events

PAX Panel: Pokemon X&Y Competitive Trainer Seminar!

Here’s a special treat for all of you attending PAX East 2014 at the Boston Convention and Expo Center:  StreetPass Long Island, StreetPass NYC and The Pocket Players are hosting a Pokemon panel!  It’s called the “Pokemon X&Y: Competitive Trainer Seminar” and our goal is to help you improve your battle skills.  We are going to discuss the different strategies to breed, train and battle using all of the new features that Pokemon X&Y have to offer.

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The panel will be located at the Badger Theater at PAX East 2014 on Saturday, April 12th from 1-2pm.  This panel is located within the convention and attendees are required to have an official PAX East badge in order to attend.  Please arrive early as space is limited!

For more information, please click here!

 

SPLI Events

SPLI’s Pokemon X&Y Kalos-Born Tournament Rankings

Here are the rankings from SPLI’s Pokemon X&Y Kalos-Born Tournament, held at Empire Gaming in Farmingdale, NY on February 23, 2014.

Top 4 Single-Elimination Bracket

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Player Rankings:

  1. Dan “Fox”
  2. Albert “PrideNPrime”
  3. Peter “Shellshock”
  4. Dul “theDuL0R”
  5. Geoff
  6. Anton
  7. Dani
  8. Jeff
  9. Joe
  10. Will
  11. Draven
  12. Grace
SPLI Events

“I Luv SPLI” Poetry Winners

StreetPass Long Island recently concluded the “I Luv SPLI” Poetry Contest for Valentine’s Day.  All winners will receive a Shiny Luvdisc holding an Ability Capsule.  Now we are proud to present the top winning poems!

1st Place – Lissanne L.

SP-L-I (or 33 Pokemon hidden in 16 lines of a florid love poem)

SP on! Probe…Oh! Pass you!
Ho, ho, ho, I must rate you.
Be sharp and flow it ‘Fantastic’
And from you, your sprite’s beauty flies
Cherry be your hair and inky sable eyes.

‘Ell hath Dark Rays that tore us apart.
Zap dose thoughts thrown from my heart.
With a spear. Oh, Fear, oh rapid dash
To the Unknown, a Tranquil crash.
Happiny ever after.

I peek at you and Venus soars,
Lifts me spir’t from gloom’s doors.
Nine tales from you, all evil tales fracture far
A slow king grovels to Scherazade’s star.
You have stories to seal in me like a star.
Me and you, SPLI.

2nd Place – Jordan W.

Joining from an early stage,
On accomplishing group resurrection,
Rewriting gaming history on every page,
Driving up the region’s gaming perception,
Another group but not the ordinary,
Now thrusted in lime’s light,
Lovers profess on pocket monsters scary,
Officially great in their own right,
Valor and spirit enthused from each member,
Each with 3DS in hand,
StreetPassing as gone a twitter,
Supporting Nintendo’s greatest fans,
Please continue into future’s hands,
Lined up with fun events,
I’ve been very fortunate to know you all with time well spent.

Thank you to everyone who participated!  We “luv” you too!

SPLI Events

Pokemon X&Y Event: 2/23

Do you want to be the very best, like no one ever was?? Then come prove your Pokemon prowess at StreetPass Long Island’s Pokemon X&Y Event at Empire Gaming in Farmingdale, NY.  The event will start at 12pm on Sunday, 2/23! RSVP on Facebook now!

  • Pokemon X&Y Tournament: Prepare yourself for the upcoming official PVGC tournaments by battling your fellow SPLI members!  We will be using the official tournament rules set forth by The Pokemon Company: Doubles Standard Format. Please remember that all Pokemon entered in this tournament must be Kalos Native (meaning it must be a Pokemon that was hatched or caught in the Kalos region. You can tell if your Pokemon is Kalos Native if there is a blue pentagon on their Pokemon details screen.) but they can be from the National Pokedex. The winner of the tournament will win a shiny competitive-ready (perfect IV’s, ability, nature, etc.) in-game Pokemon and a perler bead Pokemon prize! As usual, the final round will be broadcast on our big display monitor for everyone to see!
Note the blue pentagon under Chespin, next to the marker symbols.
  • Pokemon X&Y PR Video Contest:  Have you created the coolest Pokemon X&Y PR Video for your trainer character? We will be hosting a PR Video Contest and whoever has the best video will win a great prize! Show off your style, video editing, favorite Pokemon, or whatever you want! All videos will be broadcast on our big screen display monitor for all attendees to see, and we will vote by applause to determine the winner.
  • Pokemon Rumble U Freeplay:  Throughout the event, we will be hosting Pokemon Rumble U on the Wii U for SPLI members to play. Bring down your Pokemon NFC figures to trade with other members too! StreetPass Long Island even has some NFC’s to give away during the event, so you won’t want to miss it!
  • Pokedex 3D Pro Quizzes:  For those who want to show off their Pokemon knowledge, we will switch back and forth from Rumble U to Pokedex 3D Pro, and offer prizes for the winners! We have some great prizes thanks to donations from SPLI members.
  • Pokemon TCG fans are welcome to bring their decks and battle each other! Note: Since SPLI is exclusively a Nintendo video-game based group, we aren’t hosting an official TCG tournament, but Empire Gaming manager Joe has all of the info for upcoming TCG League games! You can also pick up new X&Y TCG packs at Empire Gaming!
SPLI Events

What You Missed: Setsubun

Earlier this week, StreetPass Long Island members who are Animal Crossing: New Leaf fans got to experience an exclusive holiday: Setsubun!  Thanks to SPLI Co-Founder Debbie’s Japanese 3DS, members were invited to participate in the event via WIFI on Monday, 2/3/14.

The event was streamed live on StreetPass Long Island’s Twitch TV channel, and the entire 3 hour broadcast can be replayed by clicking here: http://www.twitch.tv/streetpasslongisland/b/500593097

For those who don’t have the time to watch the whole event, here are some video highlights!  Thanks to everyone who came and participated.  The next Japanese exclusive holiday is the Dolls Festival on 3/3/14, so stay tuned for that!

SPLI Events

The “I Luv SPLI” Poetry Contest

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Valentine’s Day is coming up on 2/14! But even if you don’t have a Valentine this year… you still “luv” SPLI, don’t you? Show us how much you “luv” us by writing a haiku, a romantic poem, maybe a funny limerick!

Ten winners will be selected, and the prize is a Shiny Luvdisc holding an Ability Capsule for your Pokemon X or Y game!

To enter, simply visit this link and submit your poem today: http://bit.ly/ILuvSPLI

The contest will be open starting today 2/2/14 and will close on 2/16/14.  The winners will be chosen and informed of their prize shortly after the 16th.  All winning poems will be featured on the SPLI Fan Page, Group, Twitter and Website!

SPLI Events

Pokemon X&Y Meetup!

Now that Pokemon X&Y have been out for a few months and the PVGC in Massachusetts is fast approaching, it’s time for the StreetPass Long Island Pokemon X&Y Meetup!  Join us at Empire Gaming in Farmingdale, NY for tournaments, quizzes, giveaways and more!

DATE: Sunday, 2/23/14

TIME: 12pm – 5pm

WHERE: Empire Gaming – 337 Main Street, Farmingdale, NY

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1480365758857417/

More details regarding tournament rules and prizes will be revealed at a later date so stay tuned! RSVP on the Event Page to stay updated on all important information.  See you there!

SPLI Events

WIFI Event: Setsubun 2/3/14

Animal Crossing: New Leaf players will want to clear their schedules for Monday night! On 2/3/14 from 9pm – 11pm, SPLI Co-Founder Gluxbox will be hosting the Setsubun Festival in her Japanese ACNL town of Wasabi.  All participants will receive a free Ogre Mask!

DATE: Monday 2/3/14

TIME: 9pm – 11pm

WHERE: Wasabi Village, ACNL.  For details on how to participate, please visit the Event Page below.

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1461491234064525/

NOTE: To make the event run more smoothly, we are going to do a Live Stream of the event on the StreetPass Long Island Twitch TV Channel. This means that only two visitors will be able to enter at a time, since the streaming 3DS will be in Wasabi Village continuously throughout the event. Please use the chat room on the Twitch TV feed to coordinate on when to enter Wasabi Village. Please be patient, as there will be many people trying to enter at the same time and we don’t want to have disconnection and game crashing issues. Please also be considerate of others and keep your visit brief so that others can have their turn.  Thank you!

About Setsubun

From Wikipedia: Setsubun (節分?, Bean-Throwing Festival or Bean-Throwing Ceremony) is the day before the beginning of Spring in Japan.[1][2] The name literally means “seasonal division”, but usually the term refers to the Spring Setsubun, properly called Risshun (立春) celebrated yearly on February 3 as part of the Spring Festival (春祭haru matsuri?). In its association with the Lunar New Year, Spring Setsubun can be and was previously thought of as a sort of New Year’s Eve, and so was accompanied by a special ritual to cleanse away all the evil of the former year and drive away disease-bringing evil spirits for the year to come. This special ritual is called mamemaki (豆撒き?) (literally “bean throwing”). Setsubun has its origins in tsuina (追儺?), a Chinese custom introduced to Japan in the eighth century.[2] 

In Animal Crossing New Leaf, visitors must go to the Town Plaza to receive their free Red or Blue Ogre Mask from Isabelle. If you put the mask on your character and talk to the town residents, they might just give you a surprising reaction!

SPLI Events

THE 2013 SPLI AWARDS!

Happy New Year from StreetPass Long Island! It’s time for the results of the 2013 SPLI AWARDS!

During the month of December, SPLI members filled out a survey to cast their votes for their favorite Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games.  Here are the best games of 2013, according to StreetPass Long Island members:

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StreetPass Long Island was thrilled by the number of votes received in the Second Annual SPLI AWARDS event. We had more than three times the responses in 2013’s voting phase than in 2012. If you participated by voting in the 2013 SPLI AWARDS, thank you very much for taking the time to give us your insight on the best games of the year. If you’d like to participate in more SPLI surveys in the future, please sign up for our email mailing list!