Showing posts with label ssf2t. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ssf2t. Show all posts
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Top Ten ST Match-ups, X-Mania EU 2k12, Blog Updates
These are my favorite cards in ST. Which matches do you guys like the best?- Ryu vs. Guile
- Ryu vs. Ryu
- Guile vs. Dictator
- Ryu vs. Boxer
- Dhalsim vs. Dictator
- Zangief vs. DeeJay
- Chun-Li vs. Cammy
- E.Honda vs. Dhalsim
- Chun-Li vs. Blanka
- Chun-Li vs. Ryu
Honorable mention:
Honda vs. Claw, Ken vs. Fei-Long, Sagat vs. Boxer, Zangief vs. Ryu
X-Mania Europe 2
This year's X-Mania Europe contest has been scheduled for May 19th and 20th. So far Professor Jones, Damdai, Komoda, yaya, Kusumondo and Kenpachi have been announced as special guests.
Official site
Blog Updates
I made some minor updates to the multi-game champs and favorite search qs posts. Some funny stuff in that last one — take a look.
Also sometime not too long ago Google implemented various alternative view options like this one. Some posts here get broken but the new views seem great for browsing old posts. Also perhaps a nice way to check out the site on a tablet. It looks like most of the views keep on scrolling indefinitely very cool.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
…It Was Tuesday — Versus Casuals 092011
Sasori came up and asked me if AfroLegends was with us. He looked pretty disappointed when I said no. I guess they've fought on GGPO a lot.
Muteki and Nuki were playing a long, fierce set before the team battle started. You can hear them yelling "are you serious?", "what was that?", etc. in some of these.
I posted some Damdai vs. Nuki videos from that evening a while ago. Plus some pictures from the previous Tuesday.
By the way, over here there's a wonderful collection of Akiman art.
Muteki and Nuki were playing a long, fierce set before the team battle started. You can hear them yelling "are you serious?", "what was that?", etc. in some of these.
I posted some Damdai vs. Nuki videos from that evening a while ago. Plus some pictures from the previous Tuesday.
By the way, over here there's a wonderful collection of Akiman art.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Blanka Diagram and Tourney Trends
The first section below features character ranking information for Super Turbo Blanka from a wide variety of sources. In the second section we'll look at how Blanka players have fared at tournaments for the past decade or so.
When I first started working on this I thought I would come up with a scientific approach to character rankings. That was foolish of me. It's the ineffability of tier lists that makes them fun to discuss! Some characters are stronger than others, but the precise order is unknowable. Good news is that a simple name change was enough to keep the ship afloat:
Blanka Diagram Project
Blanka Diagram and Tourney Trends
Below I juxtapose players' rankings with real-world tourney results. This is offered as an academic curiosity; I want to stress that I make no claim about a relationship between the two sets of figures.
UPDATE 3/20/12: AFO sent some updated match-up assessments.
In this table I've compiled character ranking information for Blanka from a wide variety of sources.
Internet
I was going to include the numbers from this wiki but it's broken at the moment.
T.Akiba
Super Diagram Turbo
Average of all rows and columns. Also see that link for a basic explanation of the character ranking diagram concept.
Huekie Saver
Individual Players
Real Decoy and Kareeeeem are new for this post. Thank you, brothers. The other ranks are older — all from before the Arcadia chart.
Magazines
Gamest - 1994
Arcadia - 2008
Real Results
The percentages from part two below rounded to the nearest five with the decimal point moved one place. Again, I make no claim about what this means.
These two charts show Blanka players' wins and losses going back to 2000. Results come from Japanese tournaments in various formats. I've got events big and small: from X-Mania and SBO through five-man Game41 tourneys but I'm light on Star Cup results as those are not typically posted game-by-game. No gachi battles nor casuals. HSF2 when both sides used ST characters.
The grey bars for Blanka just show how often they encountered each other. Results vs. other Old Honda players were set aside. Also set aside were characters that came up very few times: O.Sagat (10), O.Ryu (8), O.Zangief (6), O.Dhalsim (1), O.Cammy (1), Akuma (1)
The "top player" graph includes fights amongst the following players. There were too few matches for Blanka vs. Cammy and Blanka vs. Sagat.
Ryu: ShootingD, Daigo, Gotoh, Kurahashi
Ken: Mattsun, Aniken
E.Honda: Hamaki, Kusumondo, Roku
Chun-Li: Otochun, Tojo, Nuki
Blanka: Komoda, Nakamu, AFO
Zangief: Kakky, Pony, Gunze
Guile: Kurahashi, Muteki, ShootingD, Kikai
Dhalsim: Gian, Hakase, Yoshimura
Hawk: Mayakon, Viper, Toutanki
DeeJay: Seki, Ito, YuuVega, Yuzuru
Fei-Long: Noguchi, K, Hanashi
Boxer: Tama, Tsuji, Shiki
Claw: ARG, MAO, Noguchi
Dictator: YuuVega, Taira, Onishi
When I first started working on this I thought I would come up with a scientific approach to character rankings. That was foolish of me. It's the ineffability of tier lists that makes them fun to discuss! Some characters are stronger than others, but the precise order is unknowable. Good news is that a simple name change was enough to keep the ship afloat:
Blanka Diagram and Tourney Trends
Below I juxtapose players' rankings with real-world tourney results. This is offered as an academic curiosity; I want to stress that I make no claim about a relationship between the two sets of figures.
UPDATE 3/20/12: AFO sent some updated match-up assessments.
Part One: Blanka Diagram
In this table I've compiled character ranking information for Blanka from a wide variety of sources.
Internet
I was going to include the numbers from this wiki but it's broken at the moment.
T.Akiba
Super Diagram Turbo
Average of all rows and columns. Also see that link for a basic explanation of the character ranking diagram concept.
Huekie Saver
Individual Players
Real Decoy and Kareeeeem are new for this post. Thank you, brothers. The other ranks are older — all from before the Arcadia chart.
Magazines
Gamest - 1994
Arcadia - 2008
Real Results
The percentages from part two below rounded to the nearest five with the decimal point moved one place. Again, I make no claim about what this means.
| Char. | RY | KE | EH | CH | ZA | GU | DH | TH | CA | FE | DJ | BX | CL | SG | DI | +/- | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -3 | T.Akiba |
| 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 3.5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 4 | 2.5 | 5 | -9 | Super Diagram Turbo | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | -2 | Huekie Saver | |
| Players | 5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 7 | 7.5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 5.5 | +0.5 | Decoy |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -15 | Kareeeeem | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -17 | AFO | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | -14 | AR2-CNA | |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 8 | 5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 6 | -3.5 | Shinryu | |
| Magazines | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Gamest |
| 2.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 6.5 | -18.5 | Arcadia | |
| Results | 4.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 7 | 6 | 4.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | -6 | All Matches |
| 3.5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 7 | - | 4.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 4.5 | - | 5.5 | -9 | Top Players |
Part Two: Tourney Trends
These two charts show Blanka players' wins and losses going back to 2000. Results come from Japanese tournaments in various formats. I've got events big and small: from X-Mania and SBO through five-man Game41 tourneys but I'm light on Star Cup results as those are not typically posted game-by-game. No gachi battles nor casuals. HSF2 when both sides used ST characters.
The grey bars for Blanka just show how often they encountered each other. Results vs. other Old Honda players were set aside. Also set aside were characters that came up very few times: O.Sagat (10), O.Ryu (8), O.Zangief (6), O.Dhalsim (1), O.Cammy (1), Akuma (1)
The "top player" graph includes fights amongst the following players. There were too few matches for Blanka vs. Cammy and Blanka vs. Sagat.
Ryu: ShootingD, Daigo, Gotoh, Kurahashi
Ken: Mattsun, Aniken
E.Honda: Hamaki, Kusumondo, Roku
Chun-Li: Otochun, Tojo, Nuki
Blanka: Komoda, Nakamu, AFO
Zangief: Kakky, Pony, Gunze
Guile: Kurahashi, Muteki, ShootingD, Kikai
Dhalsim: Gian, Hakase, Yoshimura
Hawk: Mayakon, Viper, Toutanki
DeeJay: Seki, Ito, YuuVega, Yuzuru
Fei-Long: Noguchi, K, Hanashi
Boxer: Tama, Tsuji, Shiki
Claw: ARG, MAO, Noguchi
Dictator: YuuVega, Taira, Onishi
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Persona Video 030112, Chun-Li B-Day
Blog update: links spruced up a little.
Let's break in a new tag!
Buppa vs. Shadow at Goi Chariot
Art by M-Tomoyohi
Let's break in a new tag!
Persona Day One Video
Buppa vs. Shadow at Goi Chariot
Happy Birthday Chun-Li
Art by M-Tomoyohi
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Mikado 091611 Vids Part 2
Mattsun has a reputation for being a little chilly but he would always light up when he saw Damdai. He said it was funny that Damdai used a different character each time he came to visit: Zangief, Shotos, Hawk. For me, scooping up Mattsun videos from the old Hameko uploader six years ago was one of the first things that led me to this point so capping some footage myself was a treat.
Masao, Makky, Saito, (Gunze). Pic from Tougeki website.
Masao Ken had arrived with his teammates from Osaka that afternoon. Their home arcade is Neyagawa ABC, Shooting D's stomping ground. Masao's Ken was excellent and very different from Mattsun's. His mashing was especially on point; over here you can see how Hawk let a cross-up chance slip by because Ken broke out after one elbow.
I put the videos from that night in this playlist. Check it out!
Masao, Makky, Saito, (Gunze). Pic from Tougeki website.
Masao Ken had arrived with his teammates from Osaka that afternoon. Their home arcade is Neyagawa ABC, Shooting D's stomping ground. Masao's Ken was excellent and very different from Mattsun's. His mashing was especially on point; over here you can see how Hawk let a cross-up chance slip by because Ken broke out after one elbow.
I put the videos from that night in this playlist. Check it out!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
VIPER Explains the Hajiki Screw
A hajiki Screw ("flick SPD") motion lets you do a Spinning Pile Driver or Mexican Typhoon extremely quickly, and it's ideal for grabbing whiffed low kicks. More explanation below but first a quick 2ch note.
I've been reading about the hajiki Screw technique on 2ch for a long time, but based on context I thought it simply referred to a quick walk-in SPD. Also the term comes up most commonly when people are saying silly stuff about Rikiya so I never paid much attention.
One night at Versus, VIPER kindly explained the motion to us Yanks. To do a hajiki Screw you give the joystick a small but firm flick in a circular direction and tear your hand away allowing the spring to carry it around. For 1P side you start with the joystick right and flick it clockwise. For 2P start at left and flick counter-clockwise.
It might sound a little alien but this motion isn't very difficult. VIPER said it took him twenty minutes practice to get the hang of it on one side and about an hour on the other. Your humble blog editor was able to do a hajiki Hyper Bomb almost immediately. You can try it on the character select screen: with a proper hajiki motion the highlight rectangle should go around and land where it started.
Do not practice Flick SPDs on your laundry!
VIPER said the motion is easier on a looser (broken-in) stick. He didn't mention this, but I'd speculate that it's easier on Seimitsu than on Sanwa — dead zone is a little different — but it's definitely possible on both.
Here's a quick video of VIPER demonstrating the hajiki Screw. First for 1P side then for 2P side.
I asked if Pony used hajiki Screw and Shu (Ken player) laughed and said no but he said Gunze and most Hawks use it. Shu said that when a Zangief player uses it well vs. whiffed Shoto low medium kick and low roundhouse the match starts to get unwinnable. Daigo supposedly said as much after losing to Rikiya thirty times in a row.
Here's one more video of an actual match. Attempted Hajiki early in the second round. The YouTube interface covers it up; you have to mouse away to see it.
I've been reading about the hajiki Screw technique on 2ch for a long time, but based on context I thought it simply referred to a quick walk-in SPD. Also the term comes up most commonly when people are saying silly stuff about Rikiya so I never paid much attention.
One night at Versus, VIPER kindly explained the motion to us Yanks. To do a hajiki Screw you give the joystick a small but firm flick in a circular direction and tear your hand away allowing the spring to carry it around. For 1P side you start with the joystick right and flick it clockwise. For 2P start at left and flick counter-clockwise.
It might sound a little alien but this motion isn't very difficult. VIPER said it took him twenty minutes practice to get the hang of it on one side and about an hour on the other. Your humble blog editor was able to do a hajiki Hyper Bomb almost immediately. You can try it on the character select screen: with a proper hajiki motion the highlight rectangle should go around and land where it started.
Do not practice Flick SPDs on your laundry!
VIPER said the motion is easier on a looser (broken-in) stick. He didn't mention this, but I'd speculate that it's easier on Seimitsu than on Sanwa — dead zone is a little different — but it's definitely possible on both.
Here's a quick video of VIPER demonstrating the hajiki Screw. First for 1P side then for 2P side.
I asked if Pony used hajiki Screw and Shu (Ken player) laughed and said no but he said Gunze and most Hawks use it. Shu said that when a Zangief player uses it well vs. whiffed Shoto low medium kick and low roundhouse the match starts to get unwinnable. Daigo supposedly said as much after losing to Rikiya thirty times in a row.
Here's one more video of an actual match. Attempted Hajiki early in the second round. The YouTube interface covers it up; you have to mouse away to see it.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Mikado 091611 Vids Part 1
Blog Updates
New tags: interviews, [character] rankings, comics, trickery
Some of Gunze's 2009 results added to the chart below. The post title makes more sense now.
I'm working on something small for everyone who enters the contest. Please include your snail mail address with your entry if you're interested. Also international entries are welcome!
Mikado on the Eve of SBO 2k11
I got to thank Kurahashi in person for the X-Mania EU Q&A. He said he would like to attend a US tourney but it'd probably be boring because he'd win easily.
The Kyushu team had flown up earlier that day. They qualified at G-COM Wajiro but their home arcade is "Supolakuhonji." Chai wrote it out for me like that — I think it's a Sega joint further to the South. Hal traveled with her husband; she had a decent Chun-Li.
Chai, Hal, Kumadhal, Aiderun
Here's a highlight for the evening. More to come!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
To-do List, Special Thanks, Best Posts
I'm going to wrap up Super Turbo coverage on this blog pretty soon. There are some things I'd like to post before then - in particular:
Please look for those posts over the next few months. This blog may stay open after that with a bit of Morrigan fan art, some translated comics and possibly some Persona Ultimate news. We'll see.
Better late than never!?
NKI
I got back into ST after nearly 10 years away because of Nick. The way he played Chun-Li blew my mind. Also his enthusiasm and level-headedness online really inspired me.
Quick personal confession: I have a serious problem taking "yes" for an answer. If I agree with someone, but they're using a faulty premise or mixing up correlation with causation, I'm never satisfied. NKI always makes an effort to argue in good faith and I really appreciate it.
Tianyuan2k4
This guy encouraged me to start this blog in the first place. Also he uploaded most of the videos to the Superturbor account. Thank you, brother.
Harahi
People think I got started with Blanka by watching Komoda videos, but it was Harahi's web page that *cough* got the ball rolling: studying what he wrote, chatting about it with TY! and trying stuff out against NY players like FlashG, Doyle Bros and Shag.
Here are some of my favorite posts:
Muteki Interview
Even though it was just a stock Tougeki Spirits questionnaire, Mute Guile put a lot of thought into his answers. One of the best ST player interviews.
Emiko Iwasaki Interview
Fascinating look at the state of fighting games (before SF4 at least) — take a look at this even if you aren't interested in Battle Fantasia.
Haitani Interview
Short but insightful Q&A with one of the toughest multi-game players. Again highly recommended even if you don't follow the games Haitani plays.
- Contest!
- Player Report Update
- Videos from Japan Trip
- Hajiki Screw with VIPER
- Blanka Diagram
- Miscellaneous Graphs
- Secret Project JBH-1KG-FIG
Please look for those posts over the next few months. This blog may stay open after that with a bit of Morrigan fan art, some translated comics and possibly some Persona Ultimate news. We'll see.
Acknowledgements
Better late than never!?
NKI
I got back into ST after nearly 10 years away because of Nick. The way he played Chun-Li blew my mind. Also his enthusiasm and level-headedness online really inspired me.
Quick personal confession: I have a serious problem taking "yes" for an answer. If I agree with someone, but they're using a faulty premise or mixing up correlation with causation, I'm never satisfied. NKI always makes an effort to argue in good faith and I really appreciate it.
Tianyuan2k4
This guy encouraged me to start this blog in the first place. Also he uploaded most of the videos to the Superturbor account. Thank you, brother.
Harahi
People think I got started with Blanka by watching Komoda videos, but it was Harahi's web page that *cough* got the ball rolling: studying what he wrote, chatting about it with TY! and trying stuff out against NY players like FlashG, Doyle Bros and Shag.
Best Hits
Here are some of my favorite posts:
Muteki Interview
Even though it was just a stock Tougeki Spirits questionnaire, Mute Guile put a lot of thought into his answers. One of the best ST player interviews.
Emiko Iwasaki Interview
Fascinating look at the state of fighting games (before SF4 at least) — take a look at this even if you aren't interested in Battle Fantasia.
Haitani Interview
Short but insightful Q&A with one of the toughest multi-game players. Again highly recommended even if you don't follow the games Haitani plays.
Monday, January 23, 2012
The Red Cyclone of Ko-Hatsu
In this post I've got a short interview with Gunze from the Tougeki program plus some of his tourney placings from the last couple years. State of the blog: please check back next week! Art by Keroman.Looking back at the qualifier, how did it go?
Even though we got through with three OCVs, I could keenly feel the difference in team strength between 2on2s and 3on3s.
Any rival teams you're looking out for?
I'm personally watching Team Byakkotai [Taira, Sashishi, yaya] since they've got three cool masters. I see Gotoh as my rival. In studliness.*
Tell us a bit about your teammates.
Of course, my faith in the SBO '08 champs is absolute. With Otochun who can break through any situation and the mature tachimawari** of ARG you couldn't hope for better synergy. A guy like me was lucky to wind up with them. Whether or not I can show the appropriate strength to back up those two is the biggest question.
Any specific things to look out for?
In a single elimination tourney the mental game is relatively important. But with teams, particularly 3on or more, tactics based on counter picks become extremely important. Watching the matches with an eye for characters' strengths and weaknesses is fascinating.
Anything you'd like to say to the spectators?
In the past the early round games happen simultaneously, so there may be a lot of matches that can't be viewed from the stands. Still, those early rounds have many exciting games. Remember the excitement of the event and when the DVD comes out (it will, right?) see our way of life for yourself!
* "Gotoh is a stud," is an old 2ch ST player thread refrain.
** cf.
I made a list like this a couple years ago for Seki.
UPDATE 2/16/12: added some 2009 results
| Gunze Zangief 2009-2011 | ||
| 6/6/09 | Ko-Hatsu | Third (w/ Teppei) |
| 7/12 | Ko-Hatsu | First |
| 7/30 | Ko-Hatsu | First (w/ Seki) |
| 8/16 | Ko-Hatsu | First |
| 8/23 | X-Mania 10 | First (w/ Seki, Otochun) |
| 9/13 | Ko-Hatsu | First (w/ Kusumondo) |
| 11/1 | Ko-Hatsu | Second (w/ Seki) |
| 2/21 | Thunder Beast Cup | First (w/ Otochun, Seki) | 1/31/10 | Ko-Hatsu | First (w/ Kuro) |
| 2/21 | Ko-Hatsu | Second |
| 3/22 | Sega Avion | Second |
| 10/31 | Ko-Hatsu | First |
| 11/14 | A-cho | Second (w/ Kusumondo) |
| 12/26 | Ko-Hatsu | Second |
| 4/24/11 | A-cho | Second (w/ Yomiaido) |
| 7/31 | Ko-Hatsu | Second (w/ Teppei) |
| 9/17 | SBO | Second (w/ Otochun, ARG) |
| 9/18 | X-Mania 12 Dash | Second (w/ Komoda, Kusumondo) |
| 12/18 | Ko-Hatsu | Second |
Monday, October 17, 2011
Kawachikko vs. Shanghai?
Komoda vs. Shangai Rematch 043010
Komoda apparently had another showdown with the Shanghai ST players last year. Videos from that day (name starts with "30上海") over here. Thanks to Mixah for the nudge!
2008 photo from this article.
十字火焰 (Shizhi Huoyan, aka Crossfire) and 清水 (Qing Shui) went to SBO '08.
Kusumondo vs. Shanghai Oct 2009
Kusumondo also visited Shanghai the year before that. There are a bunch of videos here.
There's an interview from a visit this year here.
EDIT: Papasi kindly translated it into English link
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Versus Casuals 092011
On the Tuesday after SBO, Versus had the usual team battle. Earlier that evening Nuki and Muteki were playing a long set and we snuck in when Mute went to get change. I recorded all of Damdai's matches.
I have a bunch more footage I'd like to post plus maybe talk briefly about some players we met and trickery we learned. Please check back in a bit. Also: buy a shirt!
I have a bunch more footage I'd like to post plus maybe talk briefly about some players we met and trickery we learned. Please check back in a bit. Also: buy a shirt!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Versus Team Battle 100411
XSPR! Looking good, brother! Also: Yoshio Hawk, Okafei visiting from Kansai
Friday, September 30, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
X-Mania 12 Dash Results
Taking advantage of the fact that people were visiting from out of town, Mattsun ran another 3on3 today. Not 100% sure about the 3rd place team.
25 teams
1st Mattsun (Ken), Kikai (Guile), KKY (Dhalsim)
2nd Komoda (Blanka), Kusumondo (E.Honda), Gunze (Zangief)
3rd Numa (Boxer), Muneo (O.Sagat), tomo (Ryu)
4th VIPER (T.Hawk), Toutanki (O.Hawk), Hiroyan (O.Hawk)
Bai Bai Baison!
Komoda, Gunze and Kusumondo fighting the triple Hawk team.
AFO win pose!
Shogatsu vs. Gian casual game.
Next weekend: Vampire Savior!
25 teams
1st Mattsun (Ken), Kikai (Guile), KKY (Dhalsim)
2nd Komoda (Blanka), Kusumondo (E.Honda), Gunze (Zangief)
3rd Numa (Boxer), Muneo (O.Sagat), tomo (Ryu)
4th VIPER (T.Hawk), Toutanki (O.Hawk), Hiroyan (O.Hawk)
Bai Bai Baison!
Komoda, Gunze and Kusumondo fighting the triple Hawk team.
AFO win pose!
Shogatsu vs. Gian casual game.
Next weekend: Vampire Savior!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
SBO Results and New Ranks
32 teams
1st Okafei (Fei-Long), Seki (DeeJay), ShootingD (Ryu)
2nd ARG (Claw), Otochun (Chun-Li), Gunze (Zangief)
3rd YuuVega (Dictator), Yoshimura (Dhalsim), Keishin (Chun-Li)
3rd KKY (Dhalsim), Kikai (Guile), Mattsun (Ken)
I didn't take many pictures at the tourney but we happened to run into the winners waiting for the train.
EDIT: more pics
Masashi Sawatari and Riz
Before this match...
ARG: [his rival/student MAO lost so he wants to represent that Chubu Claw]
Mattsun: Your student? I just took him out a minute ago.
Cracking finals.
Guide Book Character Ranking
Per Gian and T.Akiba the list from the Tougeki program.
1) Dhalsim, Claw, Boxer, O.Sagat
2) Chun-Li, DeeJay, Ryu
3) Guile, O.Hawk, Dictator, Honda, Ken, Sagat, Fei-Long
4) T.Hawk, Blanka, Cammy, Zangief
Friday, September 16, 2011
Odds and Ends Friday Plus Royal Video
An old woman with dementia stopped me on the street to tell me about her dead husband. She seemed to be completely oblivious to the fact that I was a foreigner. It's a little hard to put into words, but the experience was profound. Something out of Twilight Zone.
Here are a few random pictures:
Riz at Hey when we just got to town.
Chun-Li slot machine at Super Potato. I scooped up some old Gamest back issues with WW, CE and ST coverage there. *nudges Crayfish*
Shibuya Kaikan used to be an ST hotspot but I wasn't able to find a machine.
Xiaohai best KoF98 player in the world.
Three-fifths of the women's team at the SSF4AE 5on.
I recorded a whole bunch of footage at Mikado tonight featuring Mattsun, Damdai, Shiro, Kusumondo, Riz, Immortal, Murasaki, Pony and other SBO guys. If you like this blog please donate or buy a shirt!
Photos below.
Senbon (TH), Toukon (CH), Kita (CH), Nakano Guile, Combat Echizen (RY), YuuVega (DI), Cafe au Lait (KE), Bai (BX), Naoki (BX), Keishin (CH), Suzuki (ZA), San (RY), Oji (RY), MOR (GU), ImmortalBMW (CL), Riz0ne (DI), Damdai (OTH), PECO (OK), Chojin (KE), Takahashi (RY), Kikai (GU), Pyonkichi (ZA), Kawamata (RY), Nakamura (CA), Ootsun (CH), Mayumura (OR), Isaji (CA), ARG (CL)
Tomorrow: SBO Saturday!
Here are a few random pictures:
Riz at Hey when we just got to town.
Chun-Li slot machine at Super Potato. I scooped up some old Gamest back issues with WW, CE and ST coverage there. *nudges Crayfish*
Shibuya Kaikan used to be an ST hotspot but I wasn't able to find a machine.
Xiaohai best KoF98 player in the world.
Three-fifths of the women's team at the SSF4AE 5on.
I recorded a whole bunch of footage at Mikado tonight featuring Mattsun, Damdai, Shiro, Kusumondo, Riz, Immortal, Murasaki, Pony and other SBO guys. If you like this blog please donate or buy a shirt!
Nakano Royal 091511
Photos below.
Senbon (TH), Toukon (CH), Kita (CH), Nakano Guile, Combat Echizen (RY), YuuVega (DI), Cafe au Lait (KE), Bai (BX), Naoki (BX), Keishin (CH), Suzuki (ZA), San (RY), Oji (RY), MOR (GU), ImmortalBMW (CL), Riz0ne (DI), Damdai (OTH), PECO (OK), Chojin (KE), Takahashi (RY), Kikai (GU), Pyonkichi (ZA), Kawamata (RY), Nakamura (CA), Ootsun (CH), Mayumura (OR), Isaji (CA), ARG (CL)
Tomorrow: SBO Saturday!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Royal Thursday and Versus Videos
At Game Royal in Nakano there's "free play" on Thursdays where 800 yen lets you play all night plus they have a small tourney. Tonight there were 28 people. EDIT: one more pic below
1st YuuVega (Dictator)
2nd Kikai (Guile)
3rd Toukon (Chun-Li) and ARG (Claw)
Takekawa and your humble blog editor just chatted instead of entering.
Shirts (O.Dhalsim) vs. YuuVega (Dictator)
Kurose MC
Takekawa and Toukon
Nishinippori Versus 091311
Check out the photos below. CCL visiting from Belgium. Atomiwa Boy is Aoki Cyclone using Toutanki's color.
Tomorrow: odds and ends Friday!
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