***CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND*** - Street Fighter IV Tournament

[RoXer]

So I've decided to get the ball rolling with this thing. I'll start the first round in couple of weeks once I get your guys' feedback on a few things. Things being:

- Should it be double elimination?

It would suck to have to face Kalyx in the first round making it almost pointless to practice and take it seriously. Making it double elimination would be more fun for the mid-level experienced players. Even the NEWBS would enjoy the rule.

- Best of 7? Best of 9?

It'll be 3 round matches, 99 time limit, higher seed on the RIGHT side. But should it be best of 7 or 9? Which brings me to my next point...

- 4 character MINIMUM

This rule isn't debatable in my book. You'll have to be well-versed in more than 1 character. If it was best of 9 it would make for interesting strategies/matchups. More of a mind game. Save your best for last? Start off with your best? Who knows.

*Edit* Not sure if I was clear. If we do best of 7, then it is possible to win using only your top 2 characters. You can sweep the other guy 4-0 by using your top two characters. You don't have to play the first 4 matches with 4 seperate characters. Just know that if you use your top 2 characters in the first 4 rounds, you may be at a disadvantage for the last 3 if you're not strong with your other characters. Like I said, ALL IN THE MATCHUPS

- No Sagat

I was thinking about this and I dunno. For the experienced players, it probably wouldn't be a problem getting around him. For the mid-level guys it might be. I dunno. Need feedback on that.


QUICK TIPS:

- Definitely get in as much practice as you can. I will set this up in 2 weeks. Maybe even 1 depending on how quick this goes.

- DEFINITELY practice against other TPWWers. Try to memorize their techniques/patterns to give you an edge. Remember, it's not the character but the person controlling him who you're fighting.

Gamertags/Seedings:

1. Super V - Chiszmo
2. Gaylx - Kalyx triaD 360
3. RoXer - RoXer1
4. Fignuts - Fignuts82
5. Funky Fly - Busted Funk
6. Hasney - Hasney
7. thecc - falloftheage
8. Boomer - jtboomer2
9. Blitz - Luneknight
10. Drakul - Drakulbites
11. G - sgand
12. Ant - TonyRomoASL

[RoXer]

Also, it is the middle of summer so I don't wanna hear about "Oh I have school" and "Oh I'm visiting my family for the holidays" and all that. Go fuck yourselves.

[Kalyx triaD]

Leave Sagat legal, he's legit. Seth can go fuck himself. I like the best of seven, nice number and it gives you more than enough chances to get your act together.

So whenever you start up an entry list, count me in by default.

[RoXer]

Oh yeah, respond to this thread with your gamertag if you want in obv.

I'll send a link to here via PMs to those who I think will join.

[Fignuts]

2 weeks.

Need more practice time than just one.

Several of us havn't played in months.

[Fignuts]

fignuts82

[Blitz]

luneknight

Don't care what the rules are I will likely get swept in the first round regardless.

[G]

Toughest1Stuff

[G]

luneknight

Don't care what the rules are I will likely get swept in the first round regardless.

Nah, you'll at least beat me. My play count is up to 1:32 :o

[Funky Fly]

1. Busted Funk

2. Sagat is fine.

3. SON OF A BITCH! BlazBlue just arrived and now I gotta fuckin' practice at Street Fighter? :'(

4. 2 weeks. Need a lil time.

[G]

So I went online for the very first time, and got my ass handed to me by Sagat. I can see why he's a problem for some (most). :(

[Funky Fly]

He has the ultimate fireball trap.

[Heyman]

Just curious - why would it be a disadvantage for someone of average talent, to go against Sagat?

The last Street Fighter game I played was for Super NES (SSFII). The only reason I can think of, is perhaps Sagat's fireballs are too fast? :?:

[thecc]

falloftheage

[Boomer]

No, he's probably just got that least amount of weakness of any character in the game. His moves have high priority and he's very good at close range and far away. He just walks slow...that's about it.

[RoXer]

Yeah and both his specials can break focus attacks and his normal moves are very strong and his ultra is very powerful.

Boomer, are you in? I sent you a PM and I think I played you on Live a few times.

[Boomer]

Yeah I'm in sorry. Jtboomer2

[Blitz]

So I went online for the very first time, and got my ass handed to me by Sagat. I can see why he's a problem for some (most). :(

Yeah same. Felt like a scrub.

[Emperor Smeat]

I think the issue with Sagat in IV had to do with some chart that rated him as top fighter or in top 3 based on win percentage vs each other fighter.


Found the chart : http://www.capcom-unity.com/s-kill/blog/2009/03/24/street_fighter_iv_unofficial_rankings_chart

[#BROKEN Hasney]

My Live isn't working, I'm waiting for an ISP fix :(

[RoXer]

Practice offline. And it better be fixed in 2 weeks.

Or else.

[Super V]

I want in. GT - Chiszmo

[Kalyx triaD]

Sagat is top tier, but these lists are often formed by 'great' players who use them a certain way and set the precedent. In my personal experience, most of the Sagat's I faced blew ass. And how many of his players chose him on his listing alone? So yeah, Sagat's in. I don't even give a shit about tier lists.

[RoXer]

K. Hows about double elimination?

[Kalyx triaD]

Gotta be honest; very unfamiliar with these tourny terms.

Explain them to me.

[RoXer]

2 losses and you're out instead of 1 basically.

I'm posting on my phone, but google might help you out.

[Kalyx triaD]

Okay, 2xElim sounds good.

[G]

lol what is double elimination

[Kalyx triaD]

Don't laugh at me. :(

[Super V]

Shit forgot. Gamertag = Chiszmo

[Super V]

I don't understand the 4 character minimum concept.

[Kalyx triaD]

I don't understand the 4 character minimum concept.

You would if you played my Cammy or Sakura. Not only would it make things interesting, there's a meta-game involved as far as choosing characters. Something like choosing your leader in KoF games. You're gonna want to face my Vega or Ken (*shudders*) before my girls - this element presents that chance.

[Y2Ant]

TonyRomoASL

i'll play, but i'll probably get owned tbh

and i'd rather face sagat than akuma

[Kalyx triaD]

Akuma's easy as Hell. He's like a bonus round in Championship Mode. RoXy's pretty good with him, though.

[Fignuts]

fucking hate roxer's akuma

[Kalyx triaD]

Fireball volley, eh? I know ways around it.

[Kalyx triaD]

"Gaylx"

And no Khuntri? :mad:

[Fignuts]

I should be 3rd seed. I punched Funky Fly all over his jeans, when we played.

[Kalyx triaD]

God damn Capcom and no 'open' replay function.

[Fignuts]

Fireball volley, eh? I know ways around it.

My abel was the most effective. Beat his akuma once with him. But every other time he's beaten me.

His Fei Long is good too. Was satisfying when I finally beat him. He could still prolly take me with him 9/10.

[Kalyx triaD]

I see he wants Fei Long to be his main but my conclusion on Fei Long is that HE FUCKING SUCKS AND HAS NO VIABLE ATTACKS. I'm not speaking in a tier sense or any shit like that, either. His move list is just weak and I'm not 'afraid' of him at all. His fire spin kick thingy has ass range and is good for 'panicked last resort' at best. His dash punch doesn't have the speed and range of his HDRemix self. His special throw is a 'screenshot move'. And they didn't even give him an overhead normal for all his trouble. Flashy Ultra, though.

[Fignuts]

I don't even know who I'd main with, but it's definitely between Abel, E. Honda, and Ken. Maybe Vega too, dunno.

[Kalyx triaD]

Fuck Abel.

[RoXer]

God damn Capcom and no 'open' replay function.

That's exactly what I was going to bitch about earlier but I forgot. It would be great if we could see some of these matches.

I guess we're going to have to have to get out a legal pad and crayon and take notes after each match.

[RoXer]

I should be 3rd seed. I punched Funky Fly all over his jeans, when we played.

I agree

[Fignuts]

Fuck Abel.

Nah, he's a lot of fun.

[Funky Fly]

Fuckin' fuck, still can't get by Roxer's Akuma. Thought I had him on the ropes as Sagat, cuz it's round 1 and I got half my bar and he needs like 2 hits to go down, right? Like fuckin' Sodom and Gomorrah, it's raining fire and I'd dead in the (firey) water the rest of the fight. :'(

[Kalyx triaD]

EX Tiger Knee?

[Fignuts]

oh wait that's right, I DID beat Roxer's akuma once. With sagat.

[RoXer]

So you're 1-472 against my Akuma

[Fignuts]

Pretty much, but I'm happy with 1.

[Fignuts]

Had my first online session since may, with funky. From the beginning, it showed. Was getting my ass handed to me, but when I got down to 1-5, I got back into the swing of things and ended up going 9-7 when it was all over. Feels good, cause I thought he was gonna walk all over me.

Oh, and sorry roxy. Having not played in so long, I didn't want to play one of the strongest players here right off the bat.

[Kalyx triaD]

Never settle. Beat his ass.

[Kalyx triaD]

Can't wait to make my competitive return, been off a few days.

[Fignuts]

I will. Just need to play more. Everytime I play roxer, the matches get closer and closer. Though I suspect the gap has widened greatly, the past couple months.

[Kalyx triaD]

Learn the game.

Learn your opponent.

Learn the meta-game.

Beat his ass.

[RoXer]

Had my first online session since may, with funky. From the beginning, it showed. Was getting my ass handed to me, but when I got down to 1-5, I got back into the swing of things and ended up going 9-7 when it was all over. Feels good, cause I thought he was gonna walk all over me.

Oh, and sorry roxy. Having not played in so long, I didn't want to play one of the strongest players here right off the bat.

I hear ya

[RoXer]

Let's stop calling me roxy

[Kalyx triaD]

Not happening.

[Fignuts]

I wanna learn how to do this with abel. Skip toabout 2:50

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[Kalyx triaD]

Good match.

[Fignuts]

So sfter playing funky, the game decided to put me up against 50 people in a row who are way out of my league.

Now I hate this game and I don't ever want to play it ever again.

[Kalyx triaD]

What mode were you playing?

[Fignuts]

Both ranked and player matches. Priority set to "same skill"

Same skill my ass. I got butchered.

[Kalyx triaD]

Perhaps you just choked. For many matches straight.

But all you need is some sessions.

With me.

[G]

Both ranked and player matches. Priority set to "same skill"

Same skill my ass. I got butchered.

See, I set it to same skill too. I've only played like 12 matches online and went from 0-84-44 BP. I have been matched with 1800+ BP people constantly. Nothing like getting slaughtered while trying to learn the game.

[Funky Fly]

Funny thing about last night, I played 3 of our tourney guys, 2 of whom I played before a long time ago. First time I played Roxer and Fig I got slaughtered. Last night, facing them again I did alright, even though I came out losing the series both times. My strategies fell apart when I played Roxer waaay back, then I got totally demoralized and couldn't do shit. Jeanpunchfest '09 round 1 against Figburt was a disaster too. As I recall, I couldn't keep my cool and kept getting caught off guard. Massive slaughter, like 1-10.

Also, I need to stop playing Zangief. Try as I might, I cannot use him consistently, even though I actually like him.

Also also, thecc is probably going into this tourney mad underrated. He's gonna surprise some of you.

[RoXer]

Funny thing about last night, I played 3 of our tourney guys, 2 of whom I played before a long time ago. First time I played Roxer and Fig I got slaughtered. Last night, facing them again I did alright, even though I came out losing the series both times. My strategies fell apart when I played Roxer waaay back, then I got totally demoralized and couldn't do shit. Jeanpunchfest '09 round 1 against Figburt was a disaster too. As I recall, I couldn't keep my cool and kept getting caught off guard. Massive slaughter, like 1-10.

Also, I need to stop playing Zangief. Try as I might, I cannot use him consistently, even though I actually like him.

Also also, thecc is probably going into this tourney mad underrated. He's gonna surprise some of you.

Yeah I need to play him and Super V and figure out where to seed them.

[Fignuts]

INTENSE session with roxer just now. Lost the series 9-10, but I'm liking where this is going. His akuma still destroys most of my characters, but my abel is starting to get through and pick up some rounds. And his fei long isn't giving my blanka and abel the trouble he was before. Should have used my honda more tho, as he's one of my main guys.

[Fignuts]

Funky kicked my ass.

Super awesome.

[Drakul]

Drakulbites is my Gamertag.

Yeah, I guess I'll give this a shot. Like a few people here, I've not played in a few months so I'll have to get some practice in starting today.

I've been having trouble with my connection recently but I cleared my cache. That should help my connection, right? I heard it would.

I can only think of 3 character I'll be using in the tournement. I'm unsure on who the 4th will be.

[Kalyx triaD]

Look how live the scene has gotten since I've been offline. Suck it up boys, the beatings are forthcoming.

[thecc]

Funny thing about last night, I played 3 of our tourney guys, 2 of whom I played before a long time ago. First time I played Roxer and Fig I got slaughtered. Last night, facing them again I did alright, even though I came out losing the series both times. My strategies fell apart when I played Roxer waaay back, then I got totally demoralized and couldn't do shit. Jeanpunchfest '09 round 1 against Figburt was a disaster too. As I recall, I couldn't keep my cool and kept getting caught off guard. Massive slaughter, like 1-10.

Also, I need to stop playing Zangief. Try as I might, I cannot use him consistently, even though I actually like him.

Also also, thecc is probably going into this tourney mad underrated. He's gonna surprise some of you.We had some awesome fights. I'm still ashamed of my lame abel usage. I used to be awesome with him.

[Boomer]

I fear I'm not going to have any time to practice, getting ready for my new job and all. I'm going to be terrible.

[Super V]

Is RoXy always so quiet during a session?

[RoXer]

There were people over so I left the mic on mute. Also wasn't really concentrating.

Still better than me though. Probably Kalyx too.

[Super V]

There were people over so I left the mic on mute. Also wasn't really concentrating.

Still better than me though. Probably Kalyx too.

Ah hah!

[RoXer]

All weekend we'll have a scrimmage basically. Go on, fight against others and post about it here. Maybe even open up a party chat and get a few people in.

Also, it gives you a chance to bitch about your seeding if you feel it's too low after beating a few people.

It looks like the top 4 seeds are getting a few byes so you might wanna chime in and say you deserve the 4 spot.

[RoXer]

Still better than me though.

I admit it.

[RoXer]

Kalyx, what is the deal? Why are you silver?

[RoXer]

http://www.your360connection.com/13month.html


ffs

[Super V]

I don't really mind either way. But I'll get in the matches that I can.

[Blitz]

Think I should pull out of this, on account of being terrible at actually doing tournaments and stuff like this.

[RoXer]

Just come practice with us this weekend.

[G]

lol my BP is now 0.

[Blitz]

Just come practice with us this weekend.

Not a matter of being bad. Matter of being lazy. I always do this shit then get bored and not actually want to do it.

[Kalyx triaD]

Still better than me though. Probably Kalyx too.

This I gotta fucking see. Not being pompous, I'm just excited at the prospect of a new challenger. Gotta get Gold Ranger this weekend and check you out.

[RoXer]

http://www.your360connection.com/13month.html


ffs

[Kalyx triaD]

Don't really shop online.

[G]

Then you are paying too much.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'll look into it.

[G]

Everything is cheaper online, Kalyx. It's just a matter of finding it.

[Kalyx triaD]

Aye.

I don't know... I always had this fear about buying stuff online. Guess it's something worth getting over.

[Funky Fly]

1. Super V - Chiszmo
2. Gaylx - Kalyx triaD 360
5. Hasney - Hasney
7. Boomer - jtboomer2
9. Blitz - Luneknight
10. Drakul - Drakulbites
11. G - sgand
12. Ant - TonyRomoASL

Ok you lot, I have either never played you or have not played you in ages. Let's make it happen soon. I'm kinda free most of the rest of this week and the weekend (except Satuday night). No excuses, lads.

I take it Super V is the man to beat. I still wanna see how I stack up against Kalyx because I played him the same day I first played RoXer and that was disaster city.

[Kalyx triaD]

lol

I cannot wait to see Super V's gameplay. I'm awestruck. On one hand, RoXer has some legitimacy regarding skill evaluation, on the other hand - I'M FUCKING GOOD.

This battle must happen.

[RoXer]

Aye.

I don't know... I always had this fear about buying stuff online. Guess it's something worth getting over.

By my guesstimations, it's half price. You're not going to beat that.

Also, I bought 4000 MS points from himand had no trouble.

If you want something more reputeable buy.com should even be cheaper than most retail.

[G]

I seriously should be ranked 12. So terrible

[RoXer]

Also, everyone should be battling for that fourth spot since the top four are going to have it kinda easy.

[Boomer]

I bought the 13 months from that guy...and same as everybody else I've seen, I got my code in one minute.

I'll be on tonight playing SFIV or The Bigs 2. Just let me know if you want to play.

[Khuntry]

gamertag= KHUNTRY

[Kalyx triaD]

Bored as shit so I'm gonna discuss myself for a bit.

I'm what most observational people would call a defensive player. The first thing I do in most matches is see what you do first. You do something (not necessarily offensive) and I gauge your reasoning, aggression levels, play style, 'combat IQ', etc. After your move I react, and we make what I call a 'turn'. A turn is basically action-reaction events from a neutral stance. After the 4th or 5th turn I'm conclusive about how to treat the fight and maintain from there.

Some of you have experienced me acting in ways that seem aggressive and bulldog-ish. Even then I'm merely being defensive. I understand if this seems subject to... subjectivity (am I attacking you in offense or hitting you before you hit me? Hmm...). In any case I will play the clock and look at you the entire time if it keeps me in a safe place (that is: a position that yields the least surprises). Me playing another defensive player is hilarious.

Know that fighting me, everything that happens is your fault.

I'm actually shit when my anger gets into the mix, so if I'm beating you it means I'm calm. If I'm calm I'm not scared. If I'm not scared you're playing my game and not yours. I take impulse and expectations into account, and I feel I do well against my direct opposites. More importantly, I know my characters well - yours, too. I know the EX immunities and the ranges. This of course is stuff you need to know just to play at a certain level, but combined with my patience I think it helps me greatly.

That's it for now.

[Khuntry]

Interesting.....

[Kalyx triaD]

Hardly a code to my gameplay but if it helps let it swim in your head for a bit.

Also, my Cammy is probably the 'purest' translation of my fighting style - of all fighting games, I mean. And for trivia, I'd say my Nightmare (SC4) is closest to me playing in an aggressive, 'mean' way.

[Super V]

I've never thought I played any sort of style. I just go to it.

[Super V]

RoXer's Akuma's and Fei Long's Kung-Fu are quite good, he was narrowly defeated.

[Kalyx triaD]

His HDRemix Akuma is far more difficult. Fei Long... I don't know... I go into FL matches with gleeful confidence.

[RoXer]

I have a feeling Super V was going easy on me and come tourney time he's going all out.

[Khuntry]

I've learned a great deal from Kalyx in the last recent months and its always a pleasure facing him in battle (not only in SFIV). I used solely rely on offense to win games but after going against Kalyx my defense and metagame shot up.

Just had a session with him last month btw. Although I felt that he wasn't at his best (I've face a more punishing Kalyx earlier) his sakura is something to look out for in the future.

Need to get back in the groove.

[Khuntry]

BLAZBLUE + DRAGONFORCE = ECSTASY
just had to put that out there

[Super V]

Where is everyone anywayz?

[Kalyx triaD]

I still think it's funny how my Sakura just... came out of nowhere and stepped into Cammy and Vega's circle. Equally funny is me dropping Ken just as fast (fucking hippie).

I can say Khuntri's Ryu taught me to watch out for that gay-ass DP juggle. RoXy's Akuma taught me to consider projectile speed at greater priority. Can't tell you how many times I jump into a fireball. The slow ones, too.

[Kalyx triaD]

BLAZBLUE + DRAGONFORCE = ECSTASY
just had to put that out there

Oh fuck you. :mad:

[Kalyx triaD]

Where is everyone anywayz?

I'm Silver Surfing for a bit.

[Kalyx triaD]

http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/5/55/Tourneyfag_itam_gaem.jpg

[Super V]

Am I the only one that thinks Guile looks hardcore racist?

[Super V]

Boomer's pretty damn ruthless. I'd say our session was inconclusive. Needed more matches.

[Kalyx triaD]

My friend's sister said Guile reminded her of John Cena.

[Super V]

I dunno man I could see him sittin in a bar with his army buddies talkin about "darkies" and all that.

"Darky tried to use some kickboxing max out crap. I sonic boomed his ass."

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4628/42260053.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/42260053.jpg/)

[Boomer]

I had fun Super V. Sorry about the constant Bison, but he's currently my only credible tourney character. The practice was well needed, and helped me work on switching up my game, albeit in small bits. Dan was the only character you pulled that I felt like I was lost against.

I would prefer to get a few simple combos into my game, but I feel pretty good about not making many rookie mistakes. I really really really want to cut all those stupid early Ultras out of my game completely. Hate it when its an obvious block situation. Want to work in the focus and pressuring attacks too.

[Kalyx triaD]

Some Audacious Tips:


'Toe games', or the concept of rapid crouch weak kicks (or punches), pushes your opponent away until mid kicks are needed and so on. On defense, after you block three (sometimes four) toe kicks, absorb the ensuing mid-kick with a quick FA and dash out into defense. A quick FA will not stun your enemy, but they will be freaked out into doing a bigger move out of retaliation. This is why you dash out from FA recovery into neutral position, so you can defend their response (usually some anti-air attack). Practice this against Guiles: wait for their toe game to lead to the inevitable 2x Sweep. Block the first sweep and FA the second, dash out into defense to block their Flash Kick (90% swear to God). Make them pay on their recovery.
Stop jumping. Develop new ways to transport yourself safely across the stage. Dash more often and use moves that travel just for movement and not attacking (though landing a hit isn't so bad). Jumping is fucking dangerous in this game, so the meta-game is staying grounded. I promise you will see players for what they are after you lessen your dependency of jumping like a blind rabbit and half their strategy fades away.
So when do you jump? I'm still trying to crack that code myself! But I like to think of jumping as a counter move rather than a mode of travel. Jump in such a way that somebody wishes they seen it coming, and no - jumping forward over projectiles does not count (people prey on that reaction). Jumping forward is great if there's enough space between you and your opponent that you can land safely and defend. Ryus, Akumas, and Sagats (more like Fagats, amirite?) try to abuse their fireball (non)recovery all the time. You jump over their fireball and they're already good for an attack. Play against this. Let them throw fireballs and just jump over them. Don't retaliate. Only retaliate attacks, not baiting. Believe me, those fireballs are baiting.
This leads me to Cross-Ups. I don't like Cross-Ups, personally. I find them to be a long standing bug tournyfags would kill themselves if Capcom ever 'fixed' it. But it's here, and this is how I deal with them (trivia: it just so happens my top characters have poor cross-up moves, so I play against them more often than use them). Cross-ups work at a certain range that you can train yourself to see before they jump. It's just inside sweep range, or optimum fierce range if you will. You can fix this by using a traveling move as they jump over, taking you to safety (Fierce Hurricane Kick, Abel's roll). You can also merely be mindful of this range and stay close or far depending on your current strategy.
Also: If your opponent is in the corner and he Cross-ups you, shame on you. If they're in the corner, let them breathe more often than not. Punish their attempts to leave the corner.


That's all for now.

[Funky Fly]

When I try to think all this out, I do terrible. I try to commit new moves and tactics permanently to memory and just let reflexes and instinct take over (you don't think about breathing, do you?). The less I'm trying to deduce while playing (beyond a given feeling out period), te more likely I am to enter "The Zone" and just play well.

[Kalyx triaD]

I certainly understand 'The Zone', but I think it's more than impulse. In fact, I'd argue impulse accounts for most mistakes. If your instinct is based on outdated tactics and rigid combat structure, than your reflex will output bad decisions - however quickly they come out.

I like to think my best matches are driven by a number of micro-theories and executions than 'autopilot'. I do like your mentioning of instinct, anyway, because I believe that is very important in competitive gaming.

There's things I do in Halo 3 that I don't think about - it just happens, but only after having a theory, testing it, seeing it work, and executing until it goes into the instinct file.

[Kalyx triaD]

Essentially relying on reflex and autonomous execution should be based on practiced actions that worked for you in the past - and consistently. Conversely, actions that gave you shit should be rinsed out from your 'reflex list' (just making up terms here). And the only way to do that is to not do whatever it is you have a habit doing. You can't just stop, you have to practice playing without it. So to have good habits and reflexes that promote good decisions they must be practiced first.

[Funky Fly]

Essentially relying on reflex and autonomous execution should be based on practiced actions that worked for you in the past - and consistently. Conversely, actions that gave you shit should be rinsed out from your 'reflex list' (just making up terms here). And the only way to do that is to not do whatever it is you have a habit doing. You can't just stop, you have to practice playing without it. So to have good habits and reflexes that promote good decisions they must be practiced first.

Isn't that just I just said?

I learn it, test it, let it happen naturally and never think about it again.

[Kalyx triaD]

Shut up and let me wax technical.

[RoXer]

Gunna be up all night tonight so "holler at me"

[Funky Fly]

Roxer, was that you the first couple of fights, tonight? Didn't seem like it was you till it was your Cammy and my Zangief.

[RoXer]

Yeah was dickin around. Still looking for a solid 3rd/4th character

[Funky Fly]

Just thought of something: should we use headsets for the tourney?

[Kalyx triaD]

Why?

[G]

To hear my bitching and moaning

[Super V]

Yeah no one I've faced has really used em.

[Funky Fly]

I wanna use mine, but none of you fucks ever use them. Anyway, I'm gonna be unavailable for today for practice. I'll be on Live probably, but I'll be at my buddy's place probably busting out some drunken Rock Band before we bounce to go see UFC 100 and then hit up a house party. Stacked Saturday night.

[G]

My Stacked Saturday Night consists of a bubble bath, glass of wine and the newest Danielle Steel novel.

[Super V]

Opportunities to fight a drunk Chiszmo tonight around 11PM-ish.

[Boomer]

I'm again coming to a small realization that my stick probably needs some better parts if I ever want to execute links and such any better. Plus it would give me a fun project to work on.

[Funky Fly]

So that's why you're so accurate, you've got a stick.

I played Boomer earlier, but our connection was fucked. His Bison is pretty good but I think he's actually better with Balrog. Kept trapping me with distance. His Guile isn't bad either. Anyone who's played probably knows my 4 guys already, but I'm working on having more available for variety and specific character stoppers. Now all I need is a way to shut down Roxer's Akuma and I'm good.

[Boomer]

You were giving me some tough matchups with Bison...and you might be better at him than me. Didn't have enough of a sample size to really tell. I would have had fun playing a few more because I've always had trouble in a mirror match. And I really have trouble with Sagat-Bison matchups. I can't efficiently do pokes, and pretty much have to resort to pressuring when I am most frequently a defensive player.

With Guile, I just don't feel like he has weapons. I mean two moves and whatever combos you can muster is basically it. I still have a lot of fun with him, especially since his sonic boom can change speeds so drastically, but I definitely have a long way to go with him.

And Balrog is pretty damn new for me. I mean I've watched a lot of people play him, so thats just what I've picked up. That's a fun v. Bison matchup always.

I still wish my stick were better, but it obviously works better than a controller. Since its a square-gated joystick, charge characters are a lot easier for me to play. Cammy is about the only non-charge character I ever play.

So Funky is definitely better than me, but if I faced him some more I'm sure I could make it close.

[Funky Fly]

Hasney, I'm calling you out, man. Dunno how you stack up in this, as you are seeded above me and below Fig, but I gotta know. I say this cuz I am real close to Fignuts in terms of skill, so I feel like I should be fighting for that #4 slot.

So yeah, bring it sucka!

[Funky Fly]

Hasney, I'm calling you out, man. Dunno how you stack up in this, as you are seeded above me and below Fig, but I gotta know. I say this cuz I am real close to Fignuts in terms of skill, so I feel like I should be fighting for that #4 slot.

So yeah, bring it sucka!

[G]

LOL WOW I read through that second post before I realized it was a double post. :lol:

[Funky Fly]

Callin you out too, G. Laying down the gauntlet today, lads. :mad:

[G]

K. I will show you what being 1:75 is all about SON

[RoXer]

thecc is alright. Nothing special really. I was making a lot dumb mistakes.

[thecc]

thecc is alright. Nothing special really. I was making a lot dumb mistakes.Psh, sounds like someone's mad i got a perfect round against their akuma. ;)

[Funky Fly]

Roxy Takes akuma mad serious. I win a round and he makes sure to absolutely slaughter me the next.

[thecc]

out of the 4 times he used him i won twice.

[RoXer]

dumb mistakes

Also, your jumping nonsense will be swiftly taken care of come tourney time.

[Funky Fly]

So what's up with that 6th seed? Cuz I don't see how I'm 6th when Hasney's probably not even gonna show and I'm def on par with Figburt.

Also, played Khuntry tonight. Really good control of distance and excellent poking. Never failed so many throw escapes in my life, though.

[Fignuts]

Just played funky again. Went 3-3.

Last match was my ryu vs his ken, and it went to the 5th. Should have come out with it, but I got ahead and got overconfident. Stopped playing smart and funky didn't waste the oppurtunity.

So I think jeanpunchfest is still up in the air, to determine which of us is higher up in seeding. Will have to play eachother more during the week.

But both me and funky need to play hasney, to get him out of that spot.

[Fignuts]

Also, would love to get a perfect on roxer's akuma. He must have had an off day if you could manage that.

I did get a perfect on his fei long, but that's not as tough.

[RoXer]

Hasney is better than both of you. The two of you should battle for the 5 spot.

I'm also kinda giving him the oppurtunity to get internets in order too seeing as the first 4 get a bye. He deserves it.

If he can't get it done by then then oh well.

And besides, just win your matches and everything should be hunky dorey. I kinda like how the seedings are.

[Funky Fly]

We will see...

[Fignuts]

Dunno, Roxer. Unless the gap between us and him is huge, it's not always that black and white.

Sometimes people match up with eachother differently.

Also, don't forget we went almost match for match, last time we fought. So if you're comparing him to yourself first, remember I'm not THAT far behind you.

[Super V]

RoXer and thecc, apologies for the sudden exit. Now thoughts on my fights with thecc:

He is good. Damn good IMO. But I think he gets too comfortable when he's dominating someone, either that or my clutch is just way better than I ever imagined (even I marked out for myself when I got that awesome comeback on our first fight). Also plays a unique hit & run atyle (you'd know what I meant if you ever played him.)

[RoXer]

Fignuts and Funky are not better than me seeing as how I was testing characters for my 3rd and 4ths most of the time.

I believe the gap is big enough for Hasney to be ranked higher than both of you. But if he hasn't been practicing, I dunno.

I'm not giving in to the thecc hype. He might get 5th seed. Not 4th though.

I WILL RESEED LATER TONIGHT FOR THE LAST TIME. PRobably after I play a few matches tonight. ANd then I'll even post brackets and we can get moving.

[G]

I take it that when it's time to actually fight, no one is gonna stop playing and tell me how to do moves and shit.

[Fignuts]

Fignuts and Funky are not better than me seeing as how I was testing characters for my 3rd and 4ths most of the time.

I believe the gap is big enough for Hasney to be ranked higher than both of you. But if he hasn't been practicing, I dunno.

I'm not giving in to the thecc hype. He might get 5th seed. Not 4th though.

I WILL RESEED LATER TONIGHT FOR THE LAST TIME. PRobably after I play a few matches tonight. ANd then I'll even post brackets and we can get moving.

what? thought we were doing this, this weekend?

[Fignuts]

G, you are a horrible shark.

[Kalyx triaD]

Give me time to get my damn Gold Ranger Card. Some of us have school and shit.

[RoXer]

what? thought we were doing this, this weekend?

Might start Thursday night.

[Super V]

Shit's goin down son.


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[Kalyx triaD]

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[Boomer]

I'll be in and out of town for the next few weeks, but I'll do what I can to play. I just got a new job and I'm moving from Atlanta to Athens. Have to be done by August 1. Hopefully won't be a problem.

[RoXer]

Give me time to get my damn Gold Ranger Card. Some of us have school and shit.

You'll get a 1st round bye anyway. Also:


Also, it is the middle of summer so I don't wanna hear about "Oh I have school" and "Oh I'm visiting my family for the holidays" and all that. Go fuck yourselves.

[Kalyx triaD]

:(

[G]

Shit's goin down son.


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I had that soundtrack on cassette. :D

[Fignuts]

Just practiced my ryu against roxer. Shoulda started with him earlier, cause there's no way he's gonna be ready in time. Maybe next tourney.

As it is, I know I'm using Abel. But I have no idea who else. E.Honda, Vega, and Ken are the likely candidates, but everyone here has probably played so many kens online, that I'm not going to be able to bring anything new up against them.

[Kalyx triaD]

My four (in order of lethality):

Cammy
Sakura
Vega
Ken

[G]

I don't think I even know the moves for 4 people.

[Fignuts]

Also, still having technical difficulties with sweep blocking. Like, I could already be blocking low, and then the person goes for the sweep andhits it, despite my finger not even budging.

At least it only happens 50% of the time, instead of the 80% it was before, but still. Gave up a lot of hits that shouldn't have happened.

[Funky Fly]

I don't think I even know the moves for 4 people.

You know, you can go to the training mode and learn, right? They have this challenge mode that shows you how to do the moves and how they link for combos and stuff.

[G]

You know, you can go to the training mode and learn, right? They have this challenge mode that shows you how to do the moves and how they link for combos and stuff.


Yes, but there's this thing called motivation which I don't have.

[Funky Fly]

There's achievement points and extra colours and taunts for doing it.

[G]

I know, but I'm on a "Wii high" right now with all my downloaded games.

[Boomer]

Your downloaded games will last forever, pending Nintendo trying to do any temporary blocking with firmware updates.

Our love of you will not last forever, sadly.

[Funky Fly]

Get on Live and let's do this, G. You don't really even need specials to win if you know what you're doing.

[RoXer]

Played Fignuts this morning when I got home. My eyes started to water and I wasn't pressing buttons after a while. Then I shut it off and fell asleep right on the floor for like 4 hours. Didn't even make it to the bed.

BUT HEY I'm well rested for tomight so hit me up.

[Funky Fly]

Will do.

[Super V]

I'm on tonight. Brushin up the ole skills. Tbh I still don't know the rules regarding the 4 characters. Is it 1 per round in tournament?

[Funky Fly]

Well, best of 7 matches and it's possible to beat a person with only 2 guys... so I'm guessing it's 2 rounds to a character.

[RoXer]

Yes. You can only use a character twice.

[Blitz]

Just finished a nice sesh with Funky. Got my ass kicked of course (I think it was like 10-4 or something), but I surprised myself with how well I did with Ken, and Cammy is getting there. Still trying to decide on 3 and 4. I liked Gouken, but I didn't do so well with him tonight. Maybe Fei.

[RoXer]

Final seedings are up. Will make for interesting mathcups. G might get into the next round. So will Blitz I bet. Funky/Fignuts for round 2?!?!?!?

Kinda makes me wanna post the brackets and just start the damn thing.

[Drakul]

My four (in order of lethality):

Cammy
Sakura
Vega
Ken

My four seem to be

Zangief
Dan
Seth
and leaning towards Sakura but I'm not entirely sure just yet.

I'm test driving most of the characters today to see who I would be best with for a fourth.
I'm aware my team is laughable.

2 questions: How often can someone do a move before it's considered spamming and what happens if someone gets disconnected in the tournament?

The spamming question isn't just for the tournement but for online in general.

[Fignuts]

So who gets a bye in round 1? Top 4?

[Kalyx triaD]

My four seem to be

Zangief
Dan
Seth
and leaning towards Sakura but I'm not entirely sure just yet.

I'm test driving most of the characters today to see who I would be best with for a fourth.
I'm aware my team is laughable.

2 questions: How often can someone do a move before it's considered spamming and what happens if someone gets disconnected in the tournament?

The spamming question isn't just for the tournement but for online in general.

Spam all you want, don't even worry about it. I don't suspect any moves that can really trap you, and if so non of us are that good to keep up such a chain in battle. So don't worry about it. After some training you'll prefer people to spam shit.

As far as DC goes, I think we should try a rematch afterward. If we can't connect perhaps we should allow others to place us?

[Y2Ant]

Just got a couple of pms about this, lol. Been really ill the last week and I went on XBL today to dl the new monkey island :cool:

When is this shit going down for definite? Just so I know what day/time I have to be available for, as i'm only unavailable for like 5 hours sat and sun night when i'm working the next 2 weeks.

Also has the amount of characters/rounds etc been decided for definite?

[RoXer]

It starts this weekend, gunna post the brackets after I eat. PM your opponet to set up a time.

[RoXer]

IT STARTS. GET EXCITED. TEAR DOWN WALLS, SCREAM AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS, RIDE SOME FUCKING WHALES, BITCHES WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!


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Round 1 is underway.

RULES:

- Higher seed fights on the RIGHT side of the screen. (Meaning, if you are the lower seed, you must create the lobby and send the invite to your opponent. Example: #16 is on the left, #1 is on the right)

- Time Limit: 99, Rounds: 5

- Best of 7

- 4 character minimum OR you can only use the same character twice. However you want to describe it.

TIPS:

- Clean up your connection. Do what you can, at least. Stop downloading porn/movies/whatever. Tell your MOM to get off the computer, you're playing in a fighting video game tournament for an internet wrestling message board. I think the only one who had an iffy connection anyway was Drakul and I think it's because he lives in wherever he lives. We shouldn't have too much of a problem connecting to each other. I don't think.

- Bust out the legal pad and crayon. The only way we can get your results is by your first hand account. So after a match, try to do your best to dramatically recreate what just happened. Don't concentrate so hard on your summary that it distracts you from the game, but a little effort would be appreciated. Sure you could say "I lost 4-2" and be done with it, but a little drama would be appreciated. It also helps to keep track of who you used, who they used and what happened.

- Take a break between matches. Like 2-6 minutes or so. Take a breather.


BRACKETS:


Round 1 Bye:
1. Super V - Chiszmo (0-0)
2. Gaylx - Kalyx triaD 360 (0-0)
3. RoXer - RoXer1 (0-0)
4. Fignuts - Fignuts82 (0-0)

These 4 don't have to fight this round. Awesome.

Here are the real combatants:

5. Funky Fly - Busted Funk (0-0)
vs.
12. Ant - TonyRomoASL (0-0)

- I thought this was going to be a first round walkthrough by FF since Ant was MIA but now that he has posted and is, presumably, alive who knows what will happen.

6. Hasney - Hasney (0-0)
vs.
11. G - sgand (0-0)

- Can G get to the next round on a technicality? Will Hasney's ISP continue to fuck him over? What a shame if it does. He could have been the dark horse.


7. thecc - falloftheage (0-0)
vs.
10. Drakul - Drakulbites (0-0)

- 7/10 matchups are always fun. Can Drakul pull of the upset? Or can the cc jump around him?

8. Boomer - jtboomer2 (0-0)
vs.
9. Blitz - Luneknight (0-0)

- Very even match. If blitz is able to keep up his morale after Bommer's Bisons, I think he'll be able to advance to the next round! (To fight the #1 seed. But her, one step at a time.)


So there it is. Get to it. Try to be done by Monday. PM your opponent or talk to him in this thread and set up a time between you two.


FUCK YEAH RIDE SOME WHALES!!!!

[RoXer]

Damnit. You know, It hought that was the actual picture of Blanka riding the whale in his ending in the ga,e. But now that I can see it clearly on my phone, it's a fake. Not even photoshopped. Just MS painted.

What a shame :nono:

[Funky Fly]

When does the next round after this one happen?

[RoXer]

The moment this one finishes.

TPWW is full of procrastonators so I gave them the entire weekend.

[G]

I sent the friend request. So how long do I give him to respond.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I can accept it right now on xbox.com but still no connection.

Luckily my ISP is in my apartment complex so I can go "kick-off". They don't work weekends so I can let you know by about 8pm BST tomorrow about if you have a free ride or not.

[G]

aight homes

[G]

british summer time

[#BROKEN Hasney]

STREET FIGHTER IV (http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/Achievements/ViewAchievementDetails.aspx?tid=%09%5d%3abn%2bi6%04%01)
Last Played Online: <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- _xbcDisplayDate(4, 10, 2009, 15, 8); --></script>5/10/2009

lol

[Boomer]

Me and RoXer had fun timez. Getting some practice in with other charaterz.

[thecc]

Me and Drakul had our fights earlier and boy were there a few barn burners.

first fight was his Zangief against my Ryu and I just got decimated. Drak was pulling suplexes and piledrivers like nobodies business. he took this one 3-0

Second fight I pulled out Cammy to take on Seth. I played much more fluidly and took this one 3 rounds to 1

In the Third Fight his Ken Dragon punched my Akuma to hell and took this fight 3-1

Here is where things started to get interesting. As my Sakura and his Dan pulled out several close rounds. In the end I took it narrowly 3-2

In the Fifth fight it seemed like I found Zangief's Kryptonite in the form of E. Honda, as I swept 3-0

At this point Drak had some rallying to do as we pulled a Ken mirror match. I took the first two rounds and it looked like that this series would be mine. In the third Drakul put the massive ass whupping on me. As it came to the fourth round things became incredibly close. We gave everything but in the end I was able to pull out the clutch with a super dragonpunch.

It was an incredibly fun series of fights and for whoever plays him next round watch out for Zangief.

[Fignuts]

wooooooooooooooo bye.

Prolly gonna face funky next tho, and that one could honestly go either way.

[Funky Fly]

Gonna try and see if Ant is down to put in his rounds tomorrow. Trouble with being 7 hours apart though is that it will make for a weird meeting time. This may actually end up going down on late Sunday (for me) early Monday (for him) if this keeps up.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

My IP address should be in my mailbox just after 6 so we shall have confirmation one way or the other then!

[Y2Ant]

Gonna try and see if Ant is down to put in his rounds tomorrow. Trouble with being 7 hours apart though is that it will make for a weird meeting time. This may actually end up going down on late Sunday (for me) early Monday (for him) if this keeps up.

:wave:

I'll probably be up late tonight if you wanna do it sooner rather than later, i'll be going to bed at like 4am, so like 11pm EST, if that's any good?

[Funky Fly]

Should be all good, provided my weekend doesn't get any crazier. If I see you on I'll message you. I'm the higher seed meaning I have to be on the right of the screen, so you have to host, btw.

Just in case you've never done it before, you go into XBox Live battle, then Player match, then set it up like so:

Rounds: Best of 5
Time: 99
Private Slots: Yes

Then confirm it, send me an invite and prepare for battle. :y:

[G]

Can't wait to try out my lag switch for this.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

My ISP still fucked up but I worked around it by tethering my iPhone.

Also just found out I'm alright with Balrog, that was like the 2nd time I've ever used him too.

[RoXer]

Yeah was really laggy but at least its something.

[G]

I'll probably be able to do this on Sunday.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Was it? It didn't seem that bad on my end, had worse on my real connection.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I'll probably be able to do this on Sunday.

Cool, what time ish?

[G]

I dunno yet. I'll let you know Sunday.

[RoXer]

Was it? It didn't seem that bad on my end, had worse on my real connection.

It was the laggiest match I've ever had

[Y2Ant]

Well that one certainly went down to the wire :|

[Y2Ant]

Lost 4-3

Game 1 I destroyed with Ken
Game 2 and 3 I got owned using Akuma and Cammy
Game 4 I think I lost too, I can't remember who I used in that one :o
Game 5 and 6 I won, with Ken and Cammy against Bison and Sagat I think?
Game 7 was Ryu vs. Balrog, went down to the final round, both with no health, and I choked and lost. Funky wins :'(

Awesome finish, great series. :y:

I should start playing this online more, was my first time and I had a blast.

[Y2Ant]

also I suck with anyone who is not Ken, as i'm sure you may have noticed Funky

[RoXer]

Don't forget, you're not done yet. You still have a small chance to win it all.

[Funky Fly]

Yeah, Ant is a lot better than he lets on. I have slightly more details

1. Ken v Ryu. Ant took it and I woke up and got serious.

2. Cammy v Balrog. I swept the series, but he gave me some trouble. He is an unconventional Cammy player. Threw me off. Every fight was "next hit wins."

3. Akuma v Bison. Swept this one too. Ant, you're playing Akuma like Ken and that doesn't work.

4. C. Viper v Sagat. I took the first round and then he dstroyed me the next. Squeeked out the last 2 rounds barely. His play style keeps forcing me to make mistakes.

5. Ken v Blanka. Never have I ever been so badly humiliated with Blanka. Shut me down completely. Mad props.

6. Cammy v Sagat. Ant straight swept me again. Uh oh, it's going the distance...

7. Ryu v Balrog. Balrog is my Ryu killer but Ant took it all the way to the final round. It's down to like 1 or 2 hits each, he goes for the hadouken, which he uses very effectively, and I bust out the Ex Straight and take it.

Ant is basically the man.

[Funky Fly]

Sorry about the delay after the first fight tho. Had some unexpected guests and I was held up.

[Super V]

During my last 7 fight session with RoXer I realize my attack tactic in Street Fighter IV is very similar to Spartan tactics.

[Funky Fly]

Turtling while slowly advancing and then murdering all in your path once you get close?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I dunno yet. I'll let you know Sunday.

Alright, it would have to be between 4am and 4pm your time if its Sunday though.

[Y2Ant]

Yeah, Ant is a lot better than he lets on. I have slightly more details

1. Ken v Ryu. Ant took it and I woke up and got serious.

2. Cammy v Balrog. I swept the series, but he gave me some trouble. He is an unconventional Cammy player. Threw me off. Every fight was "next hit wins."

3. Akuma v Bison. Swept this one too. Ant, you're playing Akuma like Ken and that doesn't work.

4. C. Viper v Sagat. I took the first round and then he dstroyed me the next. Squeeked out the last 2 rounds barely. His play style keeps forcing me to make mistakes.

5. Ken v Blanka. Never have I ever been so badly humiliated with Blanka. Shut me down completely. Mad props.

6. Cammy v Sagat. Ant straight swept me again. Uh oh, it's going the distance...

7. Ryu v Balrog. Balrog is my Ryu killer but Ant took it all the way to the final round. It's down to like 1 or 2 hits each, he goes for the hadouken, which he uses very effectively, and I bust out the Ex Straight and take it.

Ant is basically the man.

:love:

Yeah basically i've never played anyone except Ken and Cammy properly, I really need to round out my game :(

[Boomer]

Sorry I left the practice just now Rox, need to get some packing done before my match today.

[Blitz]

Boomer takes our match 4-2.

Round 1: Balrog/Cammy: 'Rog has always been one of my kryptonites. He dominated, 3-0.
Round 2: Bison/Ken: I did well, winning 3-1.
Round 3: Guile/Ryu: A double KO! in round one. I need to stop jumping into flash kicks.
Round 4: Cammy/Fei: Boomer's got a nice Cammy. 3-0 for him.
Round 5: Balrog/Ken: I found my cure for 'Rog in Ken. 3-1 for me.
Round 6: Guile/Cammy: I kinda suck with Cammy now. Real close to a comeback at the end of round 3 when I hit the Gyrodrive Smasher and left Guile with a sliver of life. Unfortunately I only had a sliver as well. 3-0 Guile.

[Boomer]

Our match is over. I beat Blitz 4-2.

Match 1 - Balrog v. Cammy (3-0)
Pretty quick match. Was spamming straights for some reason, but was pressuring him into the corner as you should.

Match 2 - Bison v. Ken (1-3)
I figured I would save at least one Bison match against a Ken/Ryu, but the strategy didn't work out. I felt really rusty with Bison honestly, since I've been practicing up on everybody else. Blitz jumps back a lot, so that defends Bison's Head Stomp perfectly. He handled me pretty easily, which disappointed me just because I like playing Bison so much.

Match 3 - Guile v. Ryu (3-1)
Been having a lot of fun with Guile lately, and was looking forward to playing vs. a shoto. I played a pretty patient Guile, but I still have a few patterns I'd like to get rid of. Useless EX flash kicks and stuff. Really love pulling Guile's Ultra in a timely manner, but didn't get a chance in this match.

Match 4 - Cammy v. Fei Long (3-0)
EX Hooligan FTW.

Match 5 - Balrog v. Ken (1-3)
Blitz is obviously best with Ken, and I still don't have Balrog down well enough to play Blitz's jump-in style. Kept trying to do an EX Buffalo but I'm not well practiced with that move just yet. Honestly surprised I won a match in this one.

Match 6 - Guile v. Cammy (3-0)

The last hit came down to the wire, but I figured with an EX Flash Kick I was pretty safe. I almost gave it up though. Didn't want him stealing any momentum.

----

Well I only used Bison once and lost with him, so are you all happy?

Blitz is fairly aggressive with Ken, but far too defensive with everybody else. And he jumps a lot, which someone better than me would punish greatly.

[Kalyx triaD]

Good series I see. Going gold today so I'm gonna have a short session with whoever (if I could stop playing Transformers for a sec). Really liking the characters you guys are choosing.

[G]

If Transformers is the same as on the Wii, then you shouldn't have any problems putting it down. Such a shit game, but I got such a great speed while downloading it. Never had uTorrent reach 1.2mb/sec.

[Kalyx triaD]

Transformers has damn fun multiplayer. Been playing on my bro's GT all night. Surprisingly strategic once you work out the 'flow' of it all. Nobody's online, though. :(

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Kind of a story so far right now as my XBox locked up reloading the lobby after the 3rd match and when I came back on G was gone as well so trying to get it reset for the last matches.

First: Akuma/Sakura. Started the first round like shit, woke up (caffiene I chugged before hand must have kicked in or something) and came back into it. ended up taking him 3-1

Second: Balrog/Akuma. Same story here, I thought G was a secret Akuma master to start, couldn't touch him. Came back and took that first round and then perfected the second round. Took it 3-0

Third: Ryu/Ken. G won all the arial battles so I had to take it to the ground. If I can give G's Ken a tip, he gets far too aggressive making it easy for fireballs when he gets up off the ground. Won that 3-0


Just shot him a PM, see if we can finish this tonight.

[G]

you win.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Sweet, I thought you might Rocky me if I went back on

[RoXer]

You have a real shit connection though, Hasney.

Gunna eat and then post round 2.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Should have my real connection back by the next round since I was supposed to have it by 6pm yesterday, motherfuckers.

[RoXer]

Everything went as planned with the higher seeds advancing. Should be interesting this round though.


Round 2



RULES:

- Higher seed fights on the RIGHT side of the screen. (Meaning, if you are the lower seed, you must create the lobby and send the invite to your opponent. Example: #16 is on the left, #1 is on the right)

- Time Limit: 99, Rounds: 5

- Best of 7

- 4 character minimum OR you can only use the same character twice. However you want to describe it.

TIPS:

- Clean up your connection. Do what you can, at least. Stop downloading porn/movies/whatever. Tell your MOM to get off the computer, you're playing in a fighting video game tournament for an internet wrestling message board. I think the only one who had an iffy connection anyway was Drakul and I think it's because he lives in wherever he lives. We shouldn't have too much of a problem connecting to each other. I don't think.

- Bust out the legal pad and crayon. The only way we can get your results is by your first hand account. So after a match, try to do your best to dramatically recreate what just happened. Don't concentrate so hard on your summary that it distracts you from the game, but a little effort would be appreciated. Sure you could say "I lost 4-2" and be done with it, but a little drama would be appreciated. It also helps to keep track of who you used, who they used and what happened.

- Take a break between matches. Like 2-6 minutes or so. Take a breather.


BRACKETS:

1. Super V - Chiszmo (0-0)
vs.
8. Boomer - jtboomer2 (1-0)

Not sure what to say here. I don't think Boomer is prepared for what's about to happen.

2. Kalyx - Kalyx triaD 360 (0-0)
vs.
7. thecc - falloftheage (1-0)

Kalyx might lose this being rusty and all. Also, thecc is very good which may also surprise him. Theres good odds on an upset here.

3. RoXer - RoXer1 (0-0)
vs.
6. Hasney - Hasney (1-0)

I'm going to wait until the very last possible second to give Hasney time to get his internets fixed.

4. Fignuts - Fignuts82 (0-0)
vs.
5. Funky Fly - Busted Funk (1-0)

*MARQUEE MATCHUP* right here. These two are constantly practicing against each other and I think have just about split even.

9. Blitz - Luneknight (0-1)
vs.
11. G - sgand (0-1)

Since G kinda got screwed with Hasney's connection, I let him decide his next opponent. He said said Blitz is the most pussiest out of all of them. You hear that, Blitz? He just called you a cunt. Loser is eliminated.

10. Drakul - Drakulbites (0-1)
vs.
12. Ant - TonyRomoASL (0-1)

Ant could pull off the upset here since he gave Funky a run for his money. We'll see. Loser is eliminated here as well.


So I think that's it. Try to be done by...Wednesday? Go ahead and PM your oppenent, set up a time.

[Kalyx triaD]

After I get Gold (my bro's dragging his ass taking me to the store), I'll be on throughout the weekend.

Rocking Vega first.

[G]

(Meaning, if you are the lower seed, you must create the lobby and send the invite to your opponent. Example: #16 is on the left, #1 is on the right)


Should have been a rule in round 1. Oh, it was? Hmm, that's odd. I was the lower seed and fought on the right. SO, not only did I have to pull through with the laggiest match I've ever played, but I was also on the wrong side of the screen. But whatever, I'm not going to bitch and be a sore loser.






I just hope the next dick Hasney sucks gives him AIDS.

[Funky Fly]

Oh shit, Jeanpunchfest 09: The Finale. When's a good time, Fig?

[Super V]

Any time any place Boomer. Just let me know.

[Boomer]

Everyone is being so nice to me.

[Super V]

Yeah, until it's time to get in the ring.

[Boomer]

No see, I avoided the /sarcasm in hopes that people would understand it normally, but sadly that does not seem to be the case.

And I obviously know that Super V is better than me. We've played already, and I'm sure I didn't see everything because he played with a different character every single match.

I will do my best to make it a better fight than you fuckers seem to think it will be. :p

[Super V]

I'm pretty sure this IS gonna be a tough ass fight for me than Roxer really thinks (you 2 I believe and thecc were the only TPWWers I got some practice in against). You took a few fights last time and it's a little known fact that charge characters give me difficulty. Seein your line-up in the last round this is gonna be a 2nd round match worthy of seeing. I'm sure we'll be givin these TPWWers a show on YouTube. :cool:

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm Gold so I'm ready to go.

[Boomer]

I had some terrible games against G3-As tonight. Only one was better than his ranking seemed (a sick-ass Balrog), and some were terrrrrrible but I still lost. Rather be off tonight than whenever I lose to Super V.

[Kalyx triaD]

Kalyx vs. thecc

Fight 1:

Vega(KxD) vs Honda(tcc)

My first fight in ages pretty much went as expected. My timing was off, and I'm trying to throw with BLAZBLUE COMBINATIONS. thecc's Honda took advantage and slapped me around literally. My expectations for myself dwindled.

Thecc wins, 3-1.

Fight 2:

Sakura(KxD) vs Ryu(tcc)

I knew my Sakura was gonna be a major force, and I needed something to bring my hopes up. Fortunately, Ryu's are my favorite prey for Sakura. I played the distance and let thecc toss away with the fireballs. I was patient and let him make the missteps. One round saw me choke hard, but I relented. I was happy he wasn't privy to some of Ryu's dirtier tricks.

Kalyx wins, 3-1.

Fight 3:

Vega(KxD) vs Bison(tcc)

I usually have issues with Bison, and my Vega gave me bad tastes in my mouth - I was worried. I actually played out of fear, begging for Bison to leap at me. I get the feeling thecc isn't too strong with Bison, so maybe this was his chance to exorcise a weak link. Thank God.

Kalyx wins, 3-1.

Fight 4:

Sakura(KxD) vs Ken(tcc)

If Ryu is prey to Sakura, Ken is her bitch. I smiled at this one. Although, thecc was becoming knowledgeable of my exploits at this point. Unfortunately Ken was not the character to start getting his act together with. This match was strictly a frame game, he couldn't keep up.

Kalyx wins, 3-1.

Fight 5:

Ken(KxD) vs Ryu(tcc)

This match was kinda hype, but mostly because I was taking risks like a motherfucker. I was completely expecting to lose this one, because Ken's a fucking tool. Yet... well... I guess thecc lost his fire or whatever. My stunts paid off when they shouldn't have. His Ryu could have done better against my worst character (whom I retired mostly, he's in cause I needed four). I was half hoping he'd beat his ass so I can send in Killer Bee herself, but Ken took the series home.

Kalyx wins, forgot the score.

Good series, and I felt energized. Back in the spirit, I say. Feeling pumped for round three! Nice fights, thecc, you put me in the mood to fight!

[Kalyx triaD]

This tournament now has a page (http://tpww.net/forums/group.php?&do=discuss&groupid=74&discussionid=821&gmid=17484#gmessage17484) in the Fighting Gamers United group. I suppose that counts as sponsorship?

Anyway, tried to make it dramatic, hype, and all that jazz (ugh).

[RoXer]

I did not approve of any such action.

I will have to investigate.

You may be disqualified Kalyx.

[Kalyx triaD]

Get over it, damn you.

[G]

You may be disqualified Kalyx.

Nah, son. I got 1000 points riding on him. :mad: