Wow I love tourneys! Not just for the competition itself but all the stuff that goes along with it: Traveling to the location. Meeting new players for the first time. Watching all the intense matches during the tourney. Hanging out afterwards and shooting the shit. And of course all the casual matches that follow after.
HRD: Gotta start off with you of course. You are the fucking MAN! Totally took care of Xeph, NDK, and myself with food and drinks. Entire 6 pack of blue moon for myself, Jaeger for Xeph, 4 boxes of pizza for all of us....EXACTLY what we needed after the drive from Pasadena to San Diego. Had a great time at your place man, and I enjoyed our Maxi mirrors. Thanks for hosting for that gathering on Sunday, I remember a time when I used to have cool sessions like that at my place :( Oh well, looking forward to the next time buddy! Anytime you find yourself in NorCal, you got a place to stay at my house.
Xeph: All I got to say is 'I told you so'. I could tell from our session at NDK's a month prior that you had totally leveled up in this game after FSAK. I've pretty much told you all that I thought about your skills and shit like that so no need to post some long story here. You are fucking pro and you, myself, and NDK need to try to meet up at least once a month and play the shit out of this game so we can keep our skills up.
NDK: You have also leveled up a whole bunch from before and I am glad for that. Now when I come up there for sessions it won't just be me beating you and Koomp into the ground but I'll have some great competition. I notice you also finally showing some swag, saying shit during matches now. I must be rubbing off on you, fucking finally you start opening your mouth lol. Pretty soon you'll be ready to 'kill that weak ass Maxi shit' totally lol. Looking forward to making the hour drive to session more often now, so when we playing again?
NFK: Still the solid muthafucka that I remember, ya big pimp! I don't know why you let us off the hook at the tourney by using no Ivy against Xeph and only using her once against me. I think you would've taken 1st if you used Ivy exclusively. Glad you finally figured out the Maxi matchup also, so no one will get away with any BS wins on you like I used to lol. Anyhow, good to see you again and glad you didn't quit like you threatened to after Dev. See you this year's Dev? Or even earlier?
Signia: Nice meeting you dude, like I said in person for some reason I pictured you as being shorter lol. Anyhow good matches, your Sophie is nice but of course there is more you can add to your game, just like I need to add more. And you'll get that from playing more offline matches, sorry to say but those online matches don't really help IMO. Yeah I did beat your Sophie with Maxi but I'm not gonna give you a bunch of shit for it like I originally planned to. I just hope that you see that some matches against an ok Maxi online isn't enough prep to really learn the matchup. I think if we had played for a couple more hours you would have learned 30x more than you did playing Duragon619 online for all those months. Anyhow I hope you're serious about coming out to NorCal for sessions and bringing NoFace and whoever else out here because we need all the offline practice we can get.
Ridley: Nice to finally meet you in person after all those games online lol. You are a lot quieter than I thought you'd be haha. Anyway, thank you for posting the info for this tourney on this site and bringing us all together like this. Hope you continue to try to meet up with people offline for games and good luck planning another SoCal tourney.
Revin: You solid muthafucka you, where you been?? You also impressed the shit out of the NorCal crew, you came out of nowhere. Excellent Yun, reminiscent of King Salmon. Whatever you do to stay solid, keep at it. Try to come up with Signia and Noface if they ever do come to NorCal. I'll be sure to try to get NDK, Xeph and others to show up when you do come.
Juece: Nice to meet you also. The Vader is nice but now I hope you see how 1B,A isn't the greatest move in the world now lol. It's not your fault though, online kinda teaches you bad habits in this game. More offline games buddy!
Dani California: LOL j/k, nice to meet you hungerford. Me, Xeph, and NDK agreed that you were probably the most skilled online player there and you displayed excellent knowledge of frames and character specific matchups. I hope you find someway to get more offline games because you definitely have the skills to be a top player in this game, but online play only won't get you there.
Okami: Thanks for being a lifesaver by bringing the only good TV to the venue, and for taking the time to stream all those matches. You're a cool guy, start playing SC4 with Signia!
All online players: I hope you see how all the complaints that me and Xeph and other offline players made about online being so different (and worse) than offline were verified now. Step G, GI, and reacting to lows, throws, and duckable highs make a huge difference in this game.