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

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

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?!

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

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

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 >_<

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!

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!