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Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

1.  Kiefer

2. BMike

3. Sandeep

4. Matty

T5. Steven, Mark, Tyler, Mackenzie

T9. Jo, Steffan, James, Michael, Paul

King of Fighters 13

1.  Steffan

2. Curtis

3. Kiefer

4. Stuart

T5. Tyler, Mackenzie, BMike, James K.

T9. Jo, David, Sandeep, Matty, Steven, Mark

KoF 13

1.  Jericho

2. James

3. Curtis

4. Stuat

T5. Duong, Matty, Karel, Tyler

T9. BMike, David, Andy, Henry, Steffan, Keifer

With 2010 a few weeks old I just wanted to go over a few things we’ve got planned so far for the year. We held our first ranbat yesterday and it was a big success! Tons of quality matches, some new faces and a general good time all around. Recruitment was a success in my books.  We got a few more players from it and have a bit more exposure now as well.

We are planning to do more gatherings. In addition to the usual Friday sci-lounge gatherings, we’re planning to book some a room at the university to game on Saturday afternoons. We are planning to do this sometime in the next few weeks. We’ll keep things posted. This will be similar to the usual gathering but in a different location. We are also looking into using a different facility for tournaments, even though the science lounge is a fine venue for us and we’ve had a ton of good times there it’s also a venue that’s a little harder to get. Despite always getting the room its always something I worry about when we do tournaments there.

As for tournaments this year, we’ve got one upcoming in March for Shoji Con. Details for that are a bit scarce right now and we’ll keep everyone up-to-date once we get more info.  There’s some pretty interesting stuff planned for that but until things are confirmed, we don’t know for sure. With Super Street Fighter IV coming out we may or may not do an official launch tournament for it, depending on its release. If it comes out in April I don’t think it would be a good idea as finals will be ongoing. Either way, we’ll have a tournament for super fairly shortly after the game comes out. Of course we’ll have the 2 Baselan tournaments.  We’ve been invited to do another Comic Con event.  Things are up in the air for Driven as we haven’t been contacted about it as of yet. Of course we’ll have our usual major TST sometime in August probably.

We’ve had one awesome ranbat already to start off the year! I want to see more of this for more of the games. Keep up the good work guys.  2009 was a great year lets top it in 2010!

Alright with evo coming up this weekend.  I decided to interview the players going.  The guys going are Steffan Fields(srf3po), Tyler Sanderson (Kang), James Kim(Korea), Shane Fleury(ShinAkuma).  Enough of the intro here’s the interview

What games are you entering(Official or not)?

Tyler: My original plan was not to enter anything.  I felt there was more than enough to do in the way of seeing hyped matches, hanging with friends, meeting the pros and of course, Vegas.  Then I went from entering no tournaments to entering all these tournaments in order:

Street Fighter 4.  Because I’d be an idiot to go all the way to Evo and not at least play SF4.  Soul Calibur 4.  I’m seemingly regarded as one of the main 3d fighters here so I had to represent the genre. Plus I still find the game fun.  3v3 Super Turbo.  When I saw that CigarBob was returning, I decided I wanted to enter his tournament to get the chance to play (and get wrecked) by the SF legends in what would be considered ST in it’s truest form.  Also team tournaments are fun.  Blazblue.  This is the the tournament where I think I’ll get destroyed the hardest but I’m loving the game too much right now to ignore it.  Blazblue 3v3.  Team tournaments are fun.  Tekken 6.  As much as I’m looking forward to T6, the only reason I’ll really be entering this is because it’s free.  I’d much rather learn the game first and just watch the top players go at it but we’ll see how I’m feeling at the time.

Steffan: Street Fighter 4, STHD Remix, Soul Calibur, Blazblue 3v3.

James: I’m entering SFIV, 2v2 3S with Norman from Regina, and 3v3 ST Vanilla with Shane and Tyler.

Shane: SF4, HDR and ST teams.

Whats your goal at evo?

Tyler: Being a generally modest player, I have no plans to do amazing at Evo.  I know that I’m not at a high level and I know how good people can possibly be at these games.  Mainly my plan is to perform as well as I can and only lose the matches I deserved to lose.  That and to overall soak up all the excitement from being at Evo.  But again, Evo to me is mainly going to be a vacation as opposed to a competition.  TST will be my competition.  But don’t worry.  I always try my hardest in every fight and always attempt to win them all.

Steffan: Take each match one at a time and see if I can make it out of pools.  Meet and play some top players, may not be possible but will try to anyway.  Just enjoy the scene, we have 4 good players going and I hope we can represent well.

James: Not go to go 2 and out, and to also promote the Winnipeg scene to fellow Canadians and Americans alike.

Shane: To win SF4. However that will be a tough goal, so my secondary is to do well enough that Winnipeg gets back on the fighting game map for having great players.

What are you looking forward to most?

Tyler: As a player, considering I’m currently on the Blazblue craze, I’m looking forward to the 3v3 for that the most.  As a spectator, I’m looking forward to seeing SF4 regionals.  I absolutely love grudge matches and I simply cannot wait to see SoCal vs East Coast.

Steffan: Playing in SF4. Since it is going to be the first ever EVO tourney to have SF4, it is going to be interesting. The first EVO champion in this game will be crowned, and I have the opportunity to participate. If I was not going to be excited, I would be surprised.

James: It’s Vegas! There are a shit ton of things to look forward to. The biggest would be the tournament finals on Sunday. Also just seeing all the people from around the world just come together to the biggest competition in Fighting Game history. I’d like to see Choi and Valle play in person as I believe they are awesome to watch. Some of the new generation players such as Combofiend and Ed Ma would be cool to watch as well.

Shane: SF4. This may be the biggest tourney ever for any fighter.

What else are you looking forward to?

Tyler: For the SF4 finals, I most want to see Daigo and John Choi hopefully beating Justin Wong, the inevitable fights between Daigo, Alex Valle and John Choi and to see Mago serve EVERYONE a demoralizing piece of humble pie.  I’m also excited to see how well Shane performs.  Especially against anyone with a name.  I wouldn’t mind seeing the Tekken and Blazblue finals as well.  I don’t remember if the rumour about Tomo going to Evo is still true but if it is, I’d honestly want to get his autograph and see him play a Hyper Fighting match.

Steffan: Probably Tekken 6. It would be an opportunity to play one of the games that has not come out yet. If I get a chance to play in the tourney, I wil. May drop a tourney to play in it.

James: I’d say sightseeing would be a pretty big thing, and just chillaxing with the other Canadian Fighting Gamers such as the GTASF, Regina, Ottawa, Alberta.

Shane: Playing Japanese and American legends.

How are you going about practicing?

Tyler: Well I’m going through a crash course with Blazblue.  I’m attempting to learn as many of the combos and get used to the flow of the game as quickly as possible along with hopefully learning a couple tricks in the matchups.

My SFIV is mostly sticking with the games at our gatherings.  The main things I can see myself wanting to learn at the moment are srk xx FADC Ultra and the Daigo combo after a lvl2 FA and I’m doubtful I’ll get either of those down pat before Evo.  I also think I’m nearing my glass ceiling with the game (and no, I’m not quitting and still plan on learning) so I’m not doing too much more with SFIV before Evo.

SC4 I’m pretty much going cold turkey outside of the one or two sessions I’ll do with Jason and Steffan before Evo and ST will be cold turkey too.

I’m personally not too concerned about my performance at Evo.  I’m mainly going for the experience.  This I believe might benefit me in the long run though because I know that if I’m too concerned, I will most certainly choke.  But again, Evo to me is mainly going to be a vacation as opposed to a competition.  TST will be my competition.

Steffan: I have been working on my combos and spacing in training mode for SF4. Since Honda will be my main, I have to make sure my defense is top notch. Playing with all the guys in the community helps with that too. Shout out to BMike for  helping me out with that one lol.

Shane: Playing offline and on like everyday.

Do you expect to level up significantly while there?  To the point that you’ll dominate tst.

Tyler: Haha.  Dominating at TST is likely not happening unless my Jin execution suddenly becomes godlike or Jason suddenly becomes terrible at SC4.  I might learn a few tricks in each of the games I’m entering but it’s hard to say and it’ll depend on who I’m facing.  I don’t learn too much from getting completely slaughtered.  Out of all the games, I think I’ll probably end up learning the most from BB and SC4 because the former is still so new to me and the latter I played so little of.  I definitely will attempt to get some games in with as many of the good players as possible just to get the feeling of playing with people that refuse to let you make a single mistake and realize what I should really be doing.

Steffan: That has yet to be seen. I can say that I will probably learn quite a bit from watching and playing against some of the best competition in the world. But to say that I would level up and dominate TST? Well that is getting a bit ahead of myself. There is only one constant that will remain before and after the trip: I will still own Duong at Tekken.

James: I expect to learn a lot from Evo, but will it help me dominate TST? There really is no way in telling. Since Shane is going, it’s hard to say if I can beat a guy who’s got way more experience then I do in terms of picking things up and incorporating them into my game. Not that I haven’t gotten better, but it usually takes me a bit of time to get used to it. So I’ll say a safe “no” to me dominating TST IV.

Shane: Not really. I think I’m close to the top level in North America, so I may level up but I don’t see it as huge.
I would like to regain my ST skills though. I was going to dominate TST anyway.

I’d like everyone to join me in wishing the boys luck at evo.  Good luck boys rep us well.  PUT WINNIPEG ON THE MAP

Yeah I know it’s been awhile. I’ve been somewhat busy but mostly lazy. I did an interview with Jerome, he’s a relative newcomer to the scene and is someone who pretty much came out of nowhere to place really well at TST3 in 3rd Strike finishing 2nd with Norman in teams and tying for 5th in singles. He also placed 3rd at the SF4 Launch Tournament. He’s been doing a lot of practicing since. Without further ado, here is the interview:

Name: Jerome Fulgencio

Handle: AznDestiny

Which games do you play?

Jerome: I play Street Fighter IV, Super Turbo and 3rd strike. I have tried a lot of other games like Melty Blood, Arcana Heart, Guilty Gear and the Alpha series.

How did you get into fighting games?

Jerome: I grew up in the states and lived near a lot of arcades where my uncle would take me almost every weekend

What was that like?

Jerome: It was really fun, I would play a lot of different games including some fighting games. And the arcades are always busy/ have people in them.