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[10] Knight
Here are the finals results for the 550 person online tournament that took place 2 months ago through GGL, in where Alex J, Black Mamba, CNP and I- were the 4 bracket finalists that were flown to LA to compete for 1st place live on X-play on the channel g4.
The semi-finals, pre-game commentary and final set will air on special episode of X-Play at 8pm on 12/10-- WATCH IT! Support more things like this happening in the future!
1. Black Mamba- Sophie/Lizard
2. Alex J- Voldo/Amy
3. Akazukin Cha Cha- Tira/X
4. CNP- Raph/Lizard
Summary- Our semi finals matches were round robin format, where we each played each other 2 matches, 2 times each, where each win was tallied. Alex J swpt the round robin with a perfect 6-0, while me and Black Mamba finished 4-2 each, CNP rounded it out for 4th place. IN DRAMATIC FASHION, me and black mamba had to play a tie breaker to see who would face Alex in the finals live on x-play. It of course came down to the last round, last match, but I have to hand it to Mamba, the kid adjusted like a pro and edged out my plethora of characters & gimmicks :p to get the spot. Mad props, very good reaction time and very aggresive counters to my style. Can't say enough good things about him, he's a solid up and comer. Watch our for this kid. Alex was easily the solidest player overall there, just needs some TV nerves :p CNP had some great Raph stuf and hopefully will get to some more competitions to get that crucial experience under his belt!
Next day we all were taken to he G4 building and appeared on the set of X-play. There Alex and Mamba squared off for the live finals, with everyone in the studio cheering them on. Though Alex was super solid in prelims, it looks like his TV nerves got the best of him, and Mamba again DISPLAYED a great adjustment to his game and beat Alex 2-0 to earn 1st place and all the bragging rights.
Both Alex and Mamba really played well all weekend, I was really impressed. CNP has a solid Raph, but his lack of offline competition really showed up when it came to defense. He still put up a great fight in most matches. Infact most if not ALL of everyone's matches were extremley CLOSE, every time. All my matches were quality, and my only regret is not stickng with X and being stubborn with Tira :(
Our parting gifts for being the 4 best players, was Limited copy of the game for 360 and a SC4 Hori arcade stick, tight!
Retrospect-
First of let me say, that this ended up being a great & exciting event. Not only were the other 3 finalists great guys and MAD fcool to chill with, but GGL was extremley accomodating and heeded a lot suggestions for future events and our curent one. The G4/X-play staff were all EXTREMELY cool and really made us enjoy our experience there! A lot of things went into this event and it all came together nicely, Mamba even got to plug 8wr.com on the air for his shout outs! Even though this was online and run a little bit on the sketchy side out of the gates (it was GGL'sfirst online fighter bracket, they learned a lot from it and our response to it), it really ended up being a great thing for us 4 players and the community in the end, I am happy I was lucky enough to make it and be a part of it.
THANK YOU GGL and G4 for making this happen with assistance from Namco's sponsorship!!
To Alex, Jeremy and Chi- It was very cool hanging out, and I hope you guys consider me a friend in the future and I hope to see you at a LOT of future sc4 events! We had some wacky adventures, saw Lindsay Lohan get mobbed by papparatzi and got to hang out with some great So Cali players like Naomi, Spman, Aris and Vicious, mad good times! Jeremy watch out for that Monte Cristo son, you know it's gonna come back to haunt you! lol... Plus we'll always remember not to trust a sleep deprived Naomi with a GPS! :p Crazy good times even though that little punk on the plane made me sick x_x...sorry if I got anyone else sick.
I hope everyone who has G4 gets a chance to watch, we had some quality matches capped and it shold be a GREAT thing for our community. Please be a welcoming place to the newcomers that this may generate. Haha, let's hope they don't edit all the good stuff out ^_^;
Also, NAMCO now knows we are here (weird, but the reps there didn't know about this place or our hardcore community), I told them to contact Jaxel about advertising on this site, Jaxel let me know what comes of it.
Thanks everyone, great times, CLOSE matches and just a quality experience for all involved. CNP, Alex and Mamba post up guys, post pics, stories and discuss:)
Now I must go rest, i got madddd sick from that cold x_x...
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The semi-finals, pre-game commentary and final set will air on special episode of X-Play at 8pm on 12/10-- WATCH IT! Support more things like this happening in the future!
1. Black Mamba- Sophie/Lizard
2. Alex J- Voldo/Amy
3. Akazukin Cha Cha- Tira/X
4. CNP- Raph/Lizard
Summary- Our semi finals matches were round robin format, where we each played each other 2 matches, 2 times each, where each win was tallied. Alex J swpt the round robin with a perfect 6-0, while me and Black Mamba finished 4-2 each, CNP rounded it out for 4th place. IN DRAMATIC FASHION, me and black mamba had to play a tie breaker to see who would face Alex in the finals live on x-play. It of course came down to the last round, last match, but I have to hand it to Mamba, the kid adjusted like a pro and edged out my plethora of characters & gimmicks :p to get the spot. Mad props, very good reaction time and very aggresive counters to my style. Can't say enough good things about him, he's a solid up and comer. Watch our for this kid. Alex was easily the solidest player overall there, just needs some TV nerves :p CNP had some great Raph stuf and hopefully will get to some more competitions to get that crucial experience under his belt!
Next day we all were taken to he G4 building and appeared on the set of X-play. There Alex and Mamba squared off for the live finals, with everyone in the studio cheering them on. Though Alex was super solid in prelims, it looks like his TV nerves got the best of him, and Mamba again DISPLAYED a great adjustment to his game and beat Alex 2-0 to earn 1st place and all the bragging rights.
Both Alex and Mamba really played well all weekend, I was really impressed. CNP has a solid Raph, but his lack of offline competition really showed up when it came to defense. He still put up a great fight in most matches. Infact most if not ALL of everyone's matches were extremley CLOSE, every time. All my matches were quality, and my only regret is not stickng with X and being stubborn with Tira :(
Our parting gifts for being the 4 best players, was Limited copy of the game for 360 and a SC4 Hori arcade stick, tight!
Retrospect-
First of let me say, that this ended up being a great & exciting event. Not only were the other 3 finalists great guys and MAD fcool to chill with, but GGL was extremley accomodating and heeded a lot suggestions for future events and our curent one. The G4/X-play staff were all EXTREMELY cool and really made us enjoy our experience there! A lot of things went into this event and it all came together nicely, Mamba even got to plug 8wr.com on the air for his shout outs! Even though this was online and run a little bit on the sketchy side out of the gates (it was GGL'sfirst online fighter bracket, they learned a lot from it and our response to it), it really ended up being a great thing for us 4 players and the community in the end, I am happy I was lucky enough to make it and be a part of it.
THANK YOU GGL and G4 for making this happen with assistance from Namco's sponsorship!!
To Alex, Jeremy and Chi- It was very cool hanging out, and I hope you guys consider me a friend in the future and I hope to see you at a LOT of future sc4 events! We had some wacky adventures, saw Lindsay Lohan get mobbed by papparatzi and got to hang out with some great So Cali players like Naomi, Spman, Aris and Vicious, mad good times! Jeremy watch out for that Monte Cristo son, you know it's gonna come back to haunt you! lol... Plus we'll always remember not to trust a sleep deprived Naomi with a GPS! :p Crazy good times even though that little punk on the plane made me sick x_x...sorry if I got anyone else sick.
I hope everyone who has G4 gets a chance to watch, we had some quality matches capped and it shold be a GREAT thing for our community. Please be a welcoming place to the newcomers that this may generate. Haha, let's hope they don't edit all the good stuff out ^_^;
Also, NAMCO now knows we are here (weird, but the reps there didn't know about this place or our hardcore community), I told them to contact Jaxel about advertising on this site, Jaxel let me know what comes of it.
Thanks everyone, great times, CLOSE matches and just a quality experience for all involved. CNP, Alex and Mamba post up guys, post pics, stories and discuss:)
Now I must go rest, i got madddd sick from that cold x_x...
cha cha