1st-Lil Majin – Gief
2nd-Cylus – Balrog
3rd-Severin-X – Abel
4th-Joe – Sakura
5th-pJan – Blanka/Honda
5th-Lycan – Ryu/Akuma
7th-eraser224 – Bison
7th-FlyMike – Honda
9th-Shin
9th-Hiryu02 – Abel/Gen
9th-Tza
9th-Ma
13th-Crazybrownman
13th-Squabbler – Akuma/Ryu
13th-Gene
17th-Hampton – Bison
17th-Apollo
17th-Duckie – Sagat
17th-Red Dragon
17th-Tkal
25th-Pwner

My apologies if your sig is misspelled, this is how it was logged in Tio.
Anyway, congrats to the winners, and thanks to everyone who attended. We had a great turnout, much better than expected for a small local tourney like this. I was hoping to get maybe a dozen, and we had over 20 people show up. Hopefully we can all do this again sometime, I think there will be some vids posted later. I hope everyone had a great time. Thanks again, and I hope we all fight again sometime.
For more post-tourney comments, check this thread here.

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SFIV Powerplay Beatdown Tourney RESULTS!

• My SWTOR weekend
• Interview with James Casey
• New Year
• New ping on my radar
• Since it’s launch day
• MWO – Cockpit view concept art
• My SWTOR PvP experience so far
• DOTA 2 is brilliant
• Pathfinder Online
• Bounty Hunter PvP

- Registration fee is $10, which includes the $5 venue fee

- Official platform is Xbox 360, but we will try to have a PS3 setup also available for those who prefer.

- Bring your own controller or stick. This is VERY important. We will try and have classic pads and fightpads available, but if you prefer a stick, bring your own.

- Start time is 5:00 PM, but I suggest showing up by 4:00 PM for early registration and to get warmups in.

- We will be playing on in-house monitors, which will be tested beforehand to ensure we are using the ones with less lag.

Full info is at the link below, I hope to see you there!

http://www.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=225602

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SFIV Tournament is TOMORROW.

• MWO – role warfare, hmmm yum
• StarDrive Alpha Video
• WAR Producer update
• A House Divided
• Interview with James Casey
• Overload!
• About a dwarf and his oath
• TOR Datacron: Early Access is when?
• Server Merges Incoming
• Crafting Choice

However, you may not have seen the Japanese version yet, which in my opinion contains vastly superior voice acting, especially in Dudley’s and Makoto’s case. The new Ultras are sick, especially Dudley’s Rolling Thunder, which thanks to 3D camera angles is now revealed as an homage to the Dempsey Roll from Hajime no Ippo!

To view the trailer, just click here and select the SUPER Promotion Trailer #4. Oh, and bonus tease at the end…heh.

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Makoto, Ibuki and Dudley CONFIRMED!

• MWO – Cockpit view concept art
• Try before you buy
• Bonus Weekend 02/03 – 02/06
• CCP sure know how to make trailers
• STO dings 2
• SWTOR Temptation
• PTS Events
• Nintendo 3DS Starter’s Guide
• Relic Bonuses
• StarDrive Alpha Video

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New SSF4 Video! Fight Night Tonight.

• Dominus jetpacking to the top of my ‘gimme now’ list
• DOTA 2 insight and SWTOR replayability
• Too Many Games
• SWTOR vs WoW: Battle of the Bears?
• 3 posts in one day? Doctor Who demands it!
• Happy Thanksgiving, and Happy Deal Season!
• RvR in SWTOR?
• New Year
• StarDrive Alpha Video
• More Tests Sessions on Warpstone

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Thanks for coming to Fight Night!

• Farewell Lydia
• Dominus jetpacking to the top of my ‘gimme now’ list
• StarDrive Alpha Video
• TOR Nexus
• SWTOR Pre-ordered but now I have two Origin accounts
• Server Maintenance – 11/30
• PTS Events
• Server Merges Incoming
• Stardrive
• Introducing the TOR Nexus

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Fight Night is Tonight!

• Stratics returns to WAR
• Introducing the TOR Nexus
• SWTOR Pre-ordered but now I have two Origin accounts
• Interview with James Casey
• More Tests Sessions on Warpstone
• SWTOR 1-40 Commentary
• Follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and stay current on all things Keen and Graev
• Promising PvP news for SWTOR in January
• STO is now F2P
• DOTA 2 insight and SWTOR replayability

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Cody interview!

• SWTOR Temptation
• RvR in SWTOR?
• Uncovering a Treasure Trove of Old Games
• Tribes: Ascend
• Producer’s Interview on MMORPG.com
• Well spank my arse and call me Charlie! WAR stuff
• MWO – role warfare, hmmm yum
• MWO: Information Warfare
• Belsavis and Voss
• Nintendo 3DS Starter’s Guide

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Stay Tuned, Fight Nights are Coming.

• Christmas Recap
• I had reasons for the silence
• Uncovering a Treasure Trove of Old Games
• Tobias and Rockgut
• Skyrim, MMOs and dead eyes.
• Skyrim, MMOs and dead eyes.
• Nintendo 3DS Starter’s Guide
• SWTOR vs WoW: Battle of the Bears?
• MMO Names
• PvP Stats: Not Necessary Before, Not Necessary Now

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WCW Recap: GET HYPE!

• Promising PvP news for SWTOR in January
• SWTOR Temptation
• TOR Datacron: Early Access is when?
• Who needs a ship?
• SWTOR, MWO and X news.
• Skyrim So far
• Keen and Graev’s Most Anticipated Games of 2012
• Keen and Graev’s Most Anticipated Games of 2012
• MMOs are not given room to grow anymore. Launch perfect or die!
• MMOs are not given room to grow anymore. Launch perfect or die!

NOTE: “Yomi” is a japanese term that loosely translates as “knowing the mind of your opponent”. And since Abel’s gameplan is reliant on mixups and baiting, yomi is a big part of his game.

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Playing Abel: Another Approach.

• Wrath of Heroes Beta Update
• SWTOR Temptation
• SWTOR Patch 1.1 Rumors Dispelled
• New ping on my radar
• Hero Academy for iOS
• Would Reckoning make a good MMORPG?
• Would Reckoning make a good MMORPG?
• SWTOR Story Impressions
• Reckoning Demo Impressions
• Happy Winter Holidays

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The Ties that Bind, the SF4 Anime Review

• Too Many Games
• LEGO Heroica: Castle Fortaan
• TOR Datacron: Early Access is when?
• Belsavis and Voss
• Skyrim So far
• Dominus jetpacking to the top of my ‘gimme now’ list
• Server Merges Incoming
• Reborn
• Trooper is the answer
• Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure … 3DS!

I’ve also unlocked Gouken now, and I’m practicing with him and Abel. Strangely enough, Abel seems to be a good fit for my fighting style. His rolls are KOF-ish, and he has a easy to perform command throw, and a Fei-Long style punch/rekka combo. I’m still spotty with him, but when i get momentum going, it can be hard to stop me. Of course, smart players still drink my milkshake, but I feel that I have potential with Abel. Gouken is much the same, great when i can get momentum going, but some matches it’s like I’m beating my head into the wall. I also have a bad habit of under utilizing certain moves of his, like EX palm thrusts, and overusing his demon flip and fireballs. I can get a pretty decent zoning game with him, but under pressure I tend to crack. I do like his mixups and how you can use his Ultra in multiple ways: after a back throw, as an anti-air, and in certain corner combos. I just need to get used to his unique quirks, and I think I can be a decent player. Especially once I stop whiffing Ultras.

Speaking of Ultras, I may be setting aside Ryu for a little while. Why? Well, because his main setup for his Ultra involved an FADC’d shoryuken. And on a pad, it’s very difficult to do. Because of the way i have to hold the pad, quickly executing Focus Attacks can be a challenge by itself. And so FADC-ing anything for me on the pad is hard to do in the heat of the moment. The main thing is that the buttons are too close together for me to do it comfortably if I hold my button hand piano-style, and if I use the regular grip with my thumb, certain normal links get harder to do. So it’s a no-win situation for me without constantly changing my grip. Also, it’s getting to be murder on my left thumb So it looks like getting a stick just became a much higher priority.

I should be able to purchase a stick within the next few weeks, hopefully. The pad will have to tide me over til then. In the meantime, it looks like Abel and Gouken will be taking up most of my time, unless I somehow figure out a way to do Ryu’s FADC shoryu into Ultra on the pad reliably.

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Good Times and Pad Woes.

• DOTA 2 insight and SWTOR replayability
• Bounty Hunter PvP
• A bit more Skyrimming
• Dominus jetpacking to the top of my ‘gimme now’ list
• Tobias and Rockgut
• Skyward Sword Impressions
• Promising PvP news for SWTOR in January
• About a dwarf and his oath
• TOR Datacron: And We’re Off!
• SWTOR, MWO and X news.

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My first online fights, defeats and victories.

• On the eve of Reckoning, Boo goes for the eyes
• Promising PvP news for SWTOR in January
• SWTOR, MWO and X news.
• Stardrive Q&A
• Reckoning Demo Impressions
• PvP Stats: Not Necessary Before, Not Necessary Now
• Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure … 3DS!
• Lag problems
• Netflix Party Play Removed from Xbox 360
• My 2012 online gaming schedule

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New WoW Races confirmed?

• SWTOR vs WoW: Battle of the Bears?
• Christmas Recap
• Battle.net Balance and Diablo 3 will earn me money
• SWTOR Beta Impressions
• Skyrim Plan
• Almost there! (lol as if somebody hasn’t already used that for a post title)
• Playing on launch day
• Bounty Hunter PvP
• Server Merges Incoming
• New Map

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Have Stick, Will Fight!

• Skyrim So far
• Star Trek Online F2P launch date
• Gameplay over Graphics
• Overload!
• Reckoning Demo Impressions
• STO is now F2P
• First day of SWTOR and plenty more to go
• Dominus jetpacking to the top of my ‘gimme now’ list
• Hero Academy for iOS
• Here we go!

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Let’s Do This! Coming back to Street Fighter.

• Skyrim Plan
• The 5 most Bootaefull games of 2011
• SWTOR Story Impressions
• On the eve of Reckoning, Boo goes for the eyes
• Too Many Games
• Here we go!
• Would Reckoning make a good MMORPG?
• Would Reckoning make a good MMORPG?
• Just scenery (part 2)
• Tribes Ascend Improving

If you have more than a cursory interest in 2-D fighting games, the release of SNK’s flagship fighting series on July 24th is well known to you. However, what you may not know yet is that somehow SNK has taken the game that could have theoretically turned their fortunes around in the USA and royally screwed the pooch with it. No, I’m not talking about the graphics, engine or gameplay. I’m talking about the netcode. 

Reports from multiple websites and forum posters reveal that the online play for KOF XII is nigh-unplayable. A patch was released for the PS3 version shortly after launch to fix the lag issues, but it seems to have not had a noticeable effect as well as adding some bugs to the game. Compared to BlazBlue, or even SF4, KOF XII fails painfully in its implementation of the online experience. Players report difficulty connecting to matches, and laggy inputs when they do get a match going. Character Select lag, even. Other issues include being able to re-map the button assignments of the other player online and unintuitive menus with a lack of certain features. The poor online experience only emphasizes the poor single-player AI. The AI is so bad that players report no difference between the difficulty setting, the AI is equally stupid. So if you don’t have any local friends to play against and were depending on the online play, you’re currently out of luck. The patch has also been uploaded to XBL recently, but results are mixed. I wish to quote someone from the PA forums who summed up my feelings on this with a masterful post.

slash000 wrote: 

Yeah, I mean, SNK has always had a kind of small but strong following over the years. They’ve always been niche.  This was their opportunity to kind of re-invigorate their main franchise, and bring in new (or returning) fans. And they dropped the ball, big time. Seriously. This was their opportunity to go from a tiny hardcore fanbase to expanding to at least the more broad fighting game market (which itself is still small honestly).  But all this game has done is made everyone who took new interest, or renewed interest, in the KOF franchise, and basically made them feel like a shmuck for taking interest and having renewed faith in SNK and paying $60 for the game. Even those among the big longtime SNK fanbase are getting pretty sour over this. It’s a major problem. Not only is this going to completely turn off a large portion of would-be potential fans, but it’s even starting to wear down on fans that have followed SNK for a long time. What could have been a rebirth for the series both in appearance and style AS WELL as market appeal is turning out to be something that is doing more damage than good, possibly with greater negative effects in the long term.

He’s completely on the ball here, I’m saddened to say. I love KOF. I’ve played it since its inception in 94′. But this really sucks. It sucks even more because the game itself is very good! The art is beautiful, the engine solid, and the animation is breathtaking. I don’t even care that Mai isn’t in this game, I just want it to be playable online! I know that it’s not too late, perhaps a miracle patch is being worked on as we speak, but I really hope that if they do manage to fix this, that the damage done to KOF and SNK’s rep isn’t irreversible.

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KOF XII: Rebirth is Re-botched

• SWTOR 1.1 patch is not the PvP disaster people think it is
• New ping on my radar
• SWTOR or Skyrim?
• Interview with James Casey
• Too Many Games
• SWTOR Fears
• Best and Worst Games of 2011
• SWTOR 2 days later
• Upcoming WAR Changes
• Tribes Ascend Improving

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Grumble and Mutter 2009-07-31 18:39:00

• MWO: Dev Interview Randal Bills
• A Look at WAR
• SWTOR Story Impressions
• MWO – Another mech revealed and it makes for a good comparison
• SWTOR Fears
• Bounty Hunter PvP
• Best and Worst Games of 2011
• Mario Kart 7 Review
• MMO Worlds should be like Skyrim
• KDR Leaderboards in MMO’s