Ultra Combo Finish

ULTRA COMBO FINISH NEW SITE!

2009-04-13T01:48:00.000-07:00

We've moved! Check out the new site at

http://ultracombofinish.wordpress.com

GO THERE NOW!!!!

Blogspot and Wordpress?

2009-04-05T20:33:00.000-07:00

I'm thinking of switching this site to wordpress since it seems a bit better at format than blogspot.

Not so sure.

SDTekken SF4 Tournament Videos!

2009-04-03T22:37:00.000-07:00

Hey all, Faiz again. I just finally got to upload the videos on youtube for the matches so check them out.

Alright, that should be all of the videos that I was able to tape. Sorry for the lack of tripod or proper video capturing equipment, it was a last minute thing to be here in this tournament. Anyways, subscribe or keep an eye out on our youtube to check out other SF4 match vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/ultracombofinishTV

Protip: Wait for "K.O." before you start dancing.

2009-03-31T09:21:00.000-07:00

First off, Kensou has some sick viper moves, much love to him and Houston reppin' in Atlanta. For all of those that don't know what's happening, at the final match, Viper whiffs and ultra so Sagat initiates one. Liston starts dancing cuz he thinks the Sagat ultra is gonna hit, Kensou starts to walk away but sees viper NOT DEAD. Kensou proceeds to finish the match before Liston got back on the sticks.

Lesson learned: Dance when you're sure he's dead.

SDTekken SF4 Tournament in Games On at Pacific Beach, San Diego

2009-03-29T18:29:00.000-07:00

Wassup all, it's Faiz posting in sunny sunny San Diego.

I just got back from the SDTekken SF4 tournament and it was awesome. Good turnout, no problems whatsoever, and great players came to play great games.

Anyways, I got up with N8monster from SDTekken crew this morning to help him set up for the tournament at Games On in Pacific Beach. Pardon any mistakes in my blog as I'm not sure of the places around here.

First check SDTekken out at: http://www.sdtekken.com

So we started the tournament at 2pm today and it ended roughly around 5. First off, N8 pretty much gave me ideas on how to run tournaments as I'm trying to learn how to get things started for us East Coasters; and their setup was dope. They had 3 stations of ps3 that were all being showed at large screens that are hanging in the middle of the store so no one had to be behind the players to watch them. I was pretty much the bitch of SDTekken today, running around setting up systems, grabbing boxes of prizes, and filming the fights aside from being in the tournament myself!

But I found out that N8 doesn't even take commission from these tournaments, he's in it for the love of the game and the community. Very noble of him, but I still wanted a wall scroll for all the stuff I did, haha.

Look at me with my shit-eating grin. I look like a creep, and adding to it is me with no voice since I lost it yelling my ass off the night before. Saying, "Good match man, hehehehe" with your voice gone makes you look like a rapist.

Speaking of which, I didn't do as bad as I thought I would. I repped east coast, y'all heard?!

I still lost but it was a great learning experience; and the one thing I learned from Socal SF4 players: SoCal is the army of BOXERS AND BLANKAS. Holy shit, everyone and their mamas was a Boxer or Blanka user.

Either way, there were a lot of people that I believed enjoyed themselves in this tournament.
With groups like SDTekken, I can understand why they have such a cultured and strong video game/tourney community. Players give back to their community without asking for anything in return. That's something we can learn from them.

If you guys wanna see the full album of the tournament (there's other photos in the album too, just don't mind them), you can check out the full album right here.

And here are the top 4!

From left to right:

First place: Sanchez - sick dictator right here here. Funny guy too, and oh! He recognizes me from movies! Yay! Matters alot for a lowly stuntman/actor such as I.

Second place: Jay aka Viscant, Blanka and Dhalsim player. He and Sanchez had a great match.

Third place: Shiggles? Shigel? I don't know if I got his name right but this dude was funny as hell too. Go get those burgers you said you wanted to have, haha.

Fourth place: Probably the dude that I was following all day, Andrew V. He had a great Blanka and I probably came off like a wierdo trying to talk to him while I lost my voice.
And he had his lady friend at the tourney too, aww. My ex wouldn't go to my tourneys. >_<

Alright, Faiz out, getting some sleep. I haven't slept yet, FUCK.

Mucho thanks to SDTekken for letting me come to the tourney and help out. Also, thanks to those who contributed their help for the tourney like Angelo and to all of those who came to the tourney today. Keep supporting your local video game community! East Coast, we gotta catch up!

Faiz in the West Coast...and is in a tourney?!

2009-03-27T16:44:00.000-07:00

What's good everyone, Faiz here...but in the west coast.

Funny story, not 10 minutes has passed after 'I touched down here in Cali, but I'm already in a tournament held by the SD Tekken crew.

They're holding a SF4 Tournament at Game On in sunny San Diego and I happen to be here so I'm going to get a camera and tape the event for you all AND compete. I know I'm a bit scrubby, but if I could win at least one match, I'm good. Reppin' East Coast afterall, right?

Check these guys out and their page on : http://www.sdtekken.com

Alright peeps, more updates later!

Ultra Combo Finish Podcast: Real Talk Episode 1

2009-03-26T23:43:00.000-07:00

Wassup everyone, Faiz here again.

Due to bad luck and schedule, Blizzy and I didn't get to finish this latest podcast so the second part has to wait until I get back. Still, I wanna put this out here first then we'll continue it at a much later date.

For all of you that listen to our podcasts, we usually just shoot the shit. Talking about games or just life in general but we figured that we'd set this particular podcast up specifically for more personal topics. So please, listen and enjoy.

Ultra Combo Finish Podcasts:
Real Talk Episode 1 - Love in the Club -

Starship Troopers and SFW Porn

2009-03-26T10:48:00.000-07:00

Haha, I was just talking to Gelt (the Zangief user in the tourney) and he just sent me this thing. I dunno, I found myself swaying to this disco beat.

Thanks for Gelt for making my morning while I pack.

BUT ALSO! For all of those that haven't seen this from a while back, check this shit out. If you don't find this funny, there's something wrong with you.

Alright people, I'll pop in later with Blizz.

Faiz in the west coast >_<

2009-03-25T23:18:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone. Faiz here.

Sorry for not being able to keep this blog up, I am trying to find a way to really be able to post something here everyday but my schedule seems a bit cluttered. Actually, for the next two weeks I'll be over in California.

Cuz you know, it knows how to party.

Anyways, while I'm over there, I'll still try to hit this blog up as much as I can. Who knows? I might be able to get some free time and shoot over to arcades in the west coast and see some Street Fighter 4 action. Not like I'm gonna win though >_<

Also....people! We haven't set up the exact day of our next tournament but....IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETIME IN MID MAY!

So keep that shit locked, once I get back from my little business trip, Blizz and I are going to knock out an exact date so we can have UCF II: Street Fighter 4 Tournament!

So get your game up, this time around I hope to have more players to come and I want everyone to battle it out. In the meantime, have this video to keep you company ^_^

I don't agree with the guy but it's a funny watch I suppose.

Ultra Combo Finish: Street Fighter 4 TOURNAMENT VIDEOS!

2009-03-22T20:34:00.000-07:00

Faiz here.

I just had a fucking bro night and I didn't even notice it. Had beers, watched Walking Tall with the Rock in it,. etc...

What the fuck man.

OH SHIT, THE FIFTH ELEMENT IS ON! I love that movie. Multipass.

Well getting back to my main reason of posting: I finally finished a little promo video of the tournament with fight highlights and I uploaded all of the matches on Youtube! Yeah, a lot of work and a lot of hard drive space, but it's all good.

Without further ado, these are the videos from that night.

Ultra Combo Finish: Street Fighter 4 Tournament Promo Video

Qualifying Rounds:

Derek (E.Honda / Balrog) vs. Tareif (Sagat / Akuma)

Gelt (Zangief) vs. Chris (Ken)

First Round:

Phil (Ken) vs. Justin (Akuma)

Faiz (Dan / Ryu) vs. Matt (Ken / Sakura)

Part 1

Part 2

Blizzy (Akuma) vs. Tareif (Sagat)

Chris (Ken) vs. Ricky (Ken / Akuma)

Semi-Final Round:

Faiz (Ryu) vs. Tareif (Sagat)

Justin (Akuma) vs. Chris (Ken)

Finals:

Tareif (Sagat) vs. Justin (Akuma)

Thank you again to all of those that participated and those who showed up to watch the fights. Much thanks to Tareif and his peeps, Chris Ryons from The Werd Podcast (check them out, they have a great podcast from South Street in Philly), Dizzle the Tech, Liz LAN Party (hah), Chibs, and South Jersey Java. Thanks for all the support that you guys gave.

On behalf of the Ultra Combo Finish crew, thank you again so much.

And to all of you that didn't get to participate, it's not too late! We hope to throw more tournaments and game nights so keep checking the site to see what's hapening!

After the tourney is the after party, after the party is the hotel lobby...

2009-03-21T22:54:00.000-07:00

Alright guys, Faiz here.

GREAT FUCKING TURNOUT for a first tourney, much props to Tarief for winning today's tournament. I just came back so I'll be importing the fights into my computer so I can make a video for all of you but great job again, today was awesome. I recently just got back from...."the after party," or something. Which leads me to say that, I Love You Man is a great movie, watch it.

Anyways, here are some of the photos that I managed to snap during the tournament. Click on the pictures for a larger view of them.

The tournament bracket with a little bit of side art.

Gelt vs. Chris

Faiz vs. Tarief

The projector set-up.

LAN partying some Quake while we held our tournament.

Congratulations to our winner, Tareif.
Miss Kellie (owner of South Jersey Java) presents the prize.
She's like our own version of Vanna White for the tourney, haha.

To those that didn't get to come this time, hope you all can attend the next one!

I'll be back guys, just gonna work on the video for now...

Faiz out-

The Fight Is ON!!!!

2009-03-21T14:44:00.001-07:00

We're here right now and we've set up, everyone come!

Pre-fight!

2009-03-21T00:32:00.000-07:00

Alright everyone, today is the day!

Bring your pads, sticks, and your A-game because tonight, we're gonna rock South Jersey Java, Street Fighter style.

Quick reminder:

South Jersey Java
1201 Haddonfield-Berlin Road
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Registration begins at 6:00
Come early for casual matches and play free ^_^

Also, here's a preview of this tournament! So if you have a facebook, you'll get a first look on the opening of our video for this tourney.

Anyways, I was playing some last minute matches tonight to get myself pumped for it.

Street Fighter 4 and onigiri....fuck yeah.

See, even Krabby loves this shit.

You think Krabby gives a shit? You think Krabby gives a FUCK?!
Shit, no. He's here to eat his goddamn onigiri and reminds you to go to the UCF: SF4 Tournament later.

Faiz out.

Couldn't sleep so here.

2009-03-20T02:36:00.000-07:00

Check this out peeps.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-funny-photos-taken-at-unusual-angle-humor/

There are some great photos in here, intentionally and also unplanned.

4 am...dammit.

2009-03-20T01:00:00.000-07:00

Sup everyone, Faiz posting here.

Goddamit, I just got home from this night shoot for this movie. Holy crap, I'm tired. Anyways, the tournament is ONE DAY AWAY!!!

Ya'll better be hyped, cuz I know I am.

Well, I'm off to bed guys, enjoy this shiet.

"We ain't here to battle you / We're here to welcome you to Shadowloo."

2009-03-19T01:46:00.000-07:00

yo it's solid been awhile since i last posted been having some shitty days. But anyway since our tournament is coming up i feel that this picture is relevant.

UCF:SF4 TOURNAMENT, THIS SATURDAY!

2009-03-18T12:06:00.000-07:00

Wassup everyone, it's Faiz posting in what has been...a week (almost).

First and foremost:

It's this Saturday, peeps. I hope you all are pumped up as much as we are so come on down and watch some fights, have some food, and just enjoy the day. If people come in early, we can definitely setup some casual matches to get your game on.

So remember! This Saturday! South Jersey Java! BRING IT!

And next up....I know I haven't updated this blog in a week. I was hoping for more cooperation from the group but well...Blizz is computer illiterate and Solid just doesn't post, haha.

Anyways, I've been pre-occupied with Resident Evil 5. Goddamn, I love this game. Ever since Resident Evil Zero have I been asking for a coop mode. Here it is and it is delicious.

Speaking of delicious, Sheva is a pony. Yeah, that's right, I said it. Sheva is sexy as hell...but of course she's only a computer generated girl, but have you seen her mocap and voice actress?

Yep, if Sheva is a pony, then Karen Dyer here is a Smarty Jones. So if any of you appreciate her work in Resident Evil 5, shoot over to her page here:

http://karendyer.net/

and show her some love. I'm not sure if she did all of that capoeira stuff she was doing against Wesker but man, it was dope. Shout out to Reuben too, he's doing some sick stuff for Capcom nowadays. First as Dante from Devil May Cry, and now Chris Redfield AND Ken Masters?

Damn.

And I remember watching this guy when he was in B-Fighter Kabuto, a tokusatsu from Japan. Hell, even when he was working with ZeroGravity back in the day. Yeesh, I was hoping that our paths cross one of these days, but hey, that's what you get when you're an East Coast actor/stuntman.

Here's Reuben's site: http://www.reubenlangdon.com/

Gotta give him cred, he's been working hard and has the hot shit to show for it.

Also before I go, I wanna show you guys something that I wanna do eventually.

Holy squirrel Batman! Seriously though, that looks ridiculously fun flying around a mountain like that. Alright guys, I gotta get back to work, BUT REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR A-GAME THIS SATURDAY!

Video Promo

2009-03-13T22:06:00.001-07:00

Wow, sorry guys. I didn't know that the video only showed for those who had a Facebook account. So just in case, for all of those of you that couldn't see the video...

Here it is again.

Faiz out.

Resident Evil 5, Madworld, oh my.

2009-03-12T22:47:00.000-07:00

What's good, everyone? Faiz here dropping by before I head off to bed.

Alright people, this week has been great for games. If you guys have been listening to our podcasts, you know some of the games that I've been looking forward to has finally been released.

Even better is that two of them was released this week.

First one is Madworld.

Goddamit Sega, why don't you make more badass games like this? WHY DON'T YOU?! Fuck Sonic. Really? Sonic and the Black Knight? It probably is gonna suck since it's named much like Martin Lawrence's Disney movie....which sucked.

Anyways, among my friends, it is no secret the I LOVE the production values of Gametrailers.com. Everything from their reviews and especially their retrospectives; all well written, great editing, and awesome production. What I wanted to do is to edit our own video reviews but why repeat something I can just link to, right?

Watch Gametrailers' Review of Madworld

I have tried this game and I just LOVE it. It's the comedy and gameplay of both No More Heroes and Godhand and the plot situation of Manhunt. I recommend this game for those that want to have a good laugh on something sick and twisted, haha.

And for the second game.
Capcom.
You already know I love you, Capcom.
First you FINALLY made a new Street Fighter game, and as you can tell this blog was created with your game in mind, and now you bring back such a beloved franchise.

RESIDENT EVIL 5.

I have been in love with the series ever since I laid my eyes on Claire on RE2. Clairebear <3.

For all of those that haven't played all or most of the Resident Evil games, I implore you to check out Gametrailers' Resident Evil Retrospective.

Gametrailers' Resident Evil Retrospective.

Like I said before, I love GT's production on their videos so check it out and I promise you, you'd find it enjoyable; not only that, you can catch up on the mythos and backstory of the Resident Evil world. If you just want a fast summary of the whole story of RE series, just watch the 6th episode of the retrospective but I suggest you watch everything...well just because it's a great, informative, and enjoyable video series to watch. Nevertheless, here's the link to the 6th episode of the RE Retrospective.

Gametrailers' Resident Evil Retrospective Episode 6

Alright guys, I'm going to bed and I'm gonna chill with Solid tomorrow/later today and I hope we can make something so we can throw it up on this blog.

Faiz out-

Ultra Combo Finish Tournament Update!

2009-03-10T23:01:00.000-07:00

Faiz here.

Alright, as you can see, Blizzy B posted earlier about our tournament to keep you guys on the LOOP on what's happening.

This week has been crazy hectic getting the last pieces of our tournament together but it has turned up great results.

Someone posted a comment before on what kind of TV we'll have. Well, I've acquired a projector (Cinego) for the tournament so our fights will be played large enough for the whole cafe to see. We're really trying to make our first tournament be a great one so please come and play (or watch) the great fights that we'll be having on March 21.

Oh right, I've been working on a little video promo and update for all of you guys. Enjoy!

Faiz out-

11 Days to go!!!

2009-03-10T20:21:00.000-07:00

Yo whats good yall its aya boy Blizzy here, i kno u guys are prolly tired of hearing about it by now (THATS A GOOD THING!!) im jus reminding that its gonna b on and popin on the 21st at South Jersey Java.

If u nice, u better be there, wit ya "A" game...if u miss it, i dont wanna hear no shoulda coulda wouldas...cuz alot of ppl like to talk about what the would have done if they played...i aint tryna hear that shit...the motto for that day is "PUT UP, OR SHUT UP!!!!"....

but in all seriousness, we want u to have fun and enjoy yaself with ppl who have the same passion as u...

holla at u on that day

Blizzy out!!
~1~

Ultra Combo Finish Podcast: Games, Girls, and Porn.

2009-03-09T23:32:00.000-07:00

Yo, Faiz posting....even though I'm hella sleepy.

NEW PODCAST PEOPLE!!!!
Yeah, I know you guys want more conversations between geeks like us..

...HAH, Solid just texted me while he was playing Oregon Trail. Hilarious shit. Well, stay tuned for the next podcast that we're doing this Wednesday for that. I promise you, that shit will be awesome.

Anyways, tonight we had a new speaker, Maverick.

Tonight's topic:
- Games we're looking forward to *ahem*RESIDENT EVIL FUCK YEAH*ahem*
- Girls, relationship, and *cough*love*cough*
- Growing up with porn from HBO late night.

Haha, trust me, this podcast is pure gold. Hope you all enjoy it.

STREET FIGHTER IV VIDEO APP

2009-03-08T14:46:00.001-07:00

Blizzy and Faiz hit up South Jersey Java

2009-03-05T21:41:00.000-08:00

Hey all, this is Faiz.

Alright, see, if any of you have been listening to our podcast lately, you guys probably hear us pimping that tournament we're holding hard. As much this is true, there's also a second reason why we wanted to have this tournament....to give attention to this little cafe in Voorhees.

South Jersey Java.

We're not gonna front, we WANT people to know about this cafe. It's a really cozy place to just chill at AND the people there are nice. The owners are just great people just wanting the place to get more business, so we're doing our thing to help them out. So even if you don't come to our UCF: Street Fighter 4 Tournament, just stop by and check the place out. Who knows, you might love it as much as we do.

Also, check it out every thursday nights at 8 for open mic night. It's a great place to take your significant other for a night out with cheap entertainment; and this is what this blog post is about. Not only South Jersey Java is a nice place to eat and relax in, but Blizz and I are kinda regulars during open mic night. So check out Blizz and I performing at South Jersey Java.

::edit:: Also, my phone batteries died out so I didn't get a full Blizzy performance. My bad all. Especially to Blizz, but don't worry, I'll make sure I get footage of Blizzy doing his thing on another open mic night.

Faiz doing a 2 song set.

Blizzy on they keys with SICK dude on the sax named Gio.

Alright, so after all of that, I hope that I convinced you enough to check out the place. Good food, cozy place, free wifi....it's great. Hope to see you there other than the tournament, haha.

Faiz out-

Ultra Combo Finish Podcast: New Year, New Games

2009-03-05T00:20:00.000-08:00

Sup everyone, Faiz here.

Solid and Blizzy actually just left my place and it looks like Solid posted something. Man, he drives fast.

HOLY SHIT, IT'S 3:30. What the shit?! No wonder Solid posted something before I did, I fell asleep at the computer waiting for these podcasts to finally publish.

Anyways, we wanted to make this podcast thing a weekly deal, but we had to just come together tonight to chill; so we thought that we might as well prop up the mic and talk about video games. We were hoping that Quincy would have been here with us this week but don't worry everyone, he'll be back for future podcasts.

Actually, we made a podcast BEFORE this one but that went waaaayyyy too raunchy. I suppose we were chilling too much for a podcast, haha; but in this new podcast, we actually managed to stay in the topic of video games for both parts. It's amazing, I know.

Without further ado, please enjoy our podcost. I'm going to bed.

So I finally got my Watchmen game earlier.....

2009-03-05T00:02:00.000-08:00

Yo it's Solid,

So i did manage to get my watchmen game earlier and Faiz and i played it, and we were both quite surprise it was actually really damn good. We managed to talk about it a bit in our new cast and we even tried a new thing, a video review, hopefully if all ends well it'll be something worth posting on the site.

ken flow chart

2009-03-04T02:54:00.000-08:00

if you happen to use ken here's a flow chart to give you some tips hhah

::Faiz interrupting:: HAHAHAHAHA.

I give up

2009-03-04T01:36:00.000-08:00

once again guess who haha ok i quit waiting for this shit I'm going to play some street fighter again then go to bed..... fuck it.

I'm just getting pissed now!!

2009-03-04T00:28:00.000-08:00

....k it's Solid again and all I have to say is....
IT'S MARCH 4 IN THE ENTIRE CONTINENTAL U.S. WTF MICROSOFT GIMME MY GODDAMN GAME.

THE WATCHMEN SHIT YEAH!!

2009-03-03T22:57:00.000-08:00

Yo it's Solid.

So it's 2am and I'm waiting for 3 to hit so i can download the watchmen game the end is nigh. And i know ill probably be the only one playing it but fuck it i don't care i know it will probably be a sub-par game but I'm gonna play it anyway. I'll post again with the verdict after i download it..... actually it might be tomorrows cast who knows??!?!?!?!?!?1

Ultra Combo Finish Podcast: Video Game to Movies

2009-03-02T23:17:00.000-08:00

Yo, Faiz posting.

Blizzy, newcomer Solid, and I made another podcast tonight and I think I finally can post it on here.

Well, we went ahead and started talking about the general views about movie adaptation of video games. It's a bit funny though because how we started it all was that we were watching a low production porn called Left 4 Head which is obviously inspired by the game, Left 4 Dead.

Truly an awesome viewing experience with friends. Especially if you're a fan of classy adult videos and Left 4 Dead. Haha.

Tonight, we have a fairly long podcast, it being 3 parts, but I'd like to believe that it's entertaining. If you want to hear fairly funny group of geeks that talk about random shit from games, to movies, to current events - give it a listen. It won't disappoint you.

Well, not too much I hope.
Without further ado, we present you our tonight's podcast.
Enjoy.

Also, if you want to download any of our podcast, please visit our podcast page at: http://ultracombofinish.podomatic.com/

Alright, I'm going to bed.
Faiz out-

Ultra Combo Finish Tournament

2009-02-28T20:11:00.000-08:00

Alright, Faiz here to let you all know about Ultra Combo Finish's first ever tournament.
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Ultra Combo Finish is proud to hold the first UCF Tournament at South Jersey Java in Voorhees, NJ. In light of the Street Fighter 4 Gamestop Tournaments, we've met and chatted with various Street Fighter 4 players locally and decided that one tournament isn't enough to gauge how decent the players are from around here. So we decided that we'd run tournaments to better hone the skills of our fellow south jersey players.

Rules of the tournament.

1) This is an Xbox 360 tournament only. Sorry PS3 peeps. Once I find someone that is willing to lend their PS3 for the cause we should hold some PS3 tourneys too, but this first tournament is only for the Xbox.

This is also a Street Fighter 4 only tournament.

2) Single elimination.

3) The fighter that is the first to win 2 matches of 5 round matches will advance to the next round. Best of 5 rounds, best of 3 matches.

4) Both players are allowed to switch characters in between matches.

5) PLEASE bring your stick or pad or whatever it is that you play with. I don't care if you play with the 360 pad just BRING your equipment.

6) The registration fee is $15 dollars.
You can send us an email if you want to let us know that you're coming, shoot it over at ultracombofinish@gmail.com

This will make it easier for us to have an estimate on how many people are coming so we can regulate our time at the tournament faster.

Let us know if you're bringing other people to play.

7) The registration fee covers your entry AND you get free food. Yes, there is food. We got that in-house catering service for your dietary needs.

8) The registration fee shall be divided so that a portion of that will go to the first place winner and there will also be a consolation prize for the second place winner. Fuck you, third.

9) The meetup begins at 6pm on Saturday, March 21st at South Jersey Java. Directions are here if you need it. Also, just check up on the place on your free time, it's a real cozy place to just chill at.

Registration closes at 6:15pm. So get there early and maybe we can have a few casual games before the tourney begins.

9) Don't be a douchebag. We're playing Street Fighter 4, not a bro game like Gears, no need to delve into dickery. Just have fun, enjoy the day, and get some great fights in.

Alright that seems to be everything that I needed to post. Feel free to post in the comments to all of those that read this.

PS: Oh right, we'll be documenting the tourney so we'll have some promotional video to peddle around and maybe scoop some great players around as well.

Faiz out-

Berlin, NJ Gamestop Round 2 Tournament

2009-02-28T18:59:00.000-08:00

And it's Faiz again.

I lost the second round ;_; but it was okei, because he was a great Chun Li player. I'm finally done with that tournament so time to move on to greater and better tournaments.

Anyways, I've documented the day so here are few videos that kinda summed up the day for me.

On the way to Round 2 with my friend Dizzle.

A few words from Blizzy about the tournament AND the tournament that we're doing. Keep reading for it's details.

Anyways, it was a great tourney. People brought their game and those who are moving to round 3 ARE worthy of it. Best of luck for those fighters and this is their video.

Funny thing too, Steven Chang, old school street fighter 2 tourney legend and was ranked 5th in the country, apparently lives down here. LIVES DOWN HERE IN JERSEY. Who knew? Well, he has every Street Fighter game in CABINET form at his house. Goddamn, I was really trying to push him to make his house the Jersey version of Denjin Arcade or something, haha. Speaking of which, he just dropped 14k for a SF4 cabinet. Jesus.

Anyways, this Steven Chang was talking to us kids like we don't know what we're doing....and maybe we don't but we definitely look forward to seeing him in our tournament this March 21st. Will the veteran overrun our tournament or will an unknown rookie step up to the challenge? Only way to find out is to come to our first ever tournament.

Berlin, NJ Gamestop Round 2 Tournament Pregame

2009-02-28T08:29:00.000-08:00

Wassup everyone.

Today is the round 2 of the Gamestop Tournament so to all of those competitors, good luck and I hope you guys fight a great fight.

Also, I heard that the Winter Brawl is happening today in Philly as well. I'm quite new to the whole tourney scene around here so to all of those fighting in that too, good luck. I'm sure GVN crew throws a great tourney.

So I'm out, I'll be hitting up Blizzy and he's just gonna prep me up for the round 2.
Hope I win, haha.

In the meantime, enjoy this.

Faiz out-

Berlin, NJ Gamestop Round 1 Tournament

2009-02-27T22:29:00.000-08:00

Faiz again, here.

This would seem to be a bit late to put up but since later today the second round of the Gamestop Tournament is happening and I might as well document what's going on in our area. I don't know what happened in other stores so any of you that come across this blog from other parts of Jersey wanna let us know what went down at your Gamestop Tournament, just drop a comment and I'll be sure to add any information on here.

Well, I happened to win our local Gamestop round 1 tourney along with someone else. I really didn't get his name nor does he talk to me on Xbox Live (;_;) but here we are cheesing it.

By the way, click the image to get the full picture, it's cutting me out of the image ;_;

I'm the Asian guy cheesing it like I was Chester.

And there's video but it's not like we had a high def look at the match gameplay. Then again, it was round 1 tourneys, nothing would be too amazing to watch.
Anyways, here are my last 2 matches before I won.

This guy had a decent Gief, but I had experience playing my friend Ant aka Wrestlemania, for a while and it helped me defeat this guy. It was still close, he had me beat 2 round to none and somehow I managed to comeback to win 3 rounds straight. Good matches, I hope he shows up to our tournament.

This dude played as a Ryu and we had a mirror match.
I don't know what it was but I clean sweeped him. I even stepped away from the controller after I threw that Ultra after I SRK'ed him. Oddly enough, this was my final match in my bracket when I had a much more difficult time with Gief. Anyways, it was fun.

Alright guys, time for me to go and any of you that are close to the Berlin Circle where the Gamestop is, stop by at 2pm and watch round 2 of the Gamestop Tournament.
Also, good luck on everyone that is fighting today.

Hope I win, I want another pad, haha.

-Faiz out.

The Cherry Popper Podcast

2009-02-27T15:11:00.000-08:00

Wassup everyone, Faiz here.

We made our first STREAMING AUDIO FILE aka podcast to start up some content on this blog.

It's everything from what we want to accomplish with our tournaments and blog to....even current events. Enjoy.

Also, LISTEN TO PART 1 FIRST!

First post ever!

2009-02-27T14:29:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, welcome! We're Ultra Combo Finish, a small east coast group that believes we have some great players here that no one knows about.

With all of the hype surrounding the release of Street Fighter 4, we've heard many great names in competitive SF scene such as Ed Ma or Gootecks, but all of them are in California. Without taking anything from them, we wanted to show that there are some great east coast players that could just as well hold up with the west coast crowd.

This is not meant for an east vs west rivalry; we just want people to know that there are great players here as well, through the promotion of video game tournaments. We don't plan to become the next Evo, but if we can gain some recognition to east coast players, then we've fulfilled our mission.

So please, stay tuned!