As many of you have probably have noticed, the site has been dead quiet, content-wise, for the last few weeks. I wonder why? Personally, I blame Capcom… in a good way. Is blaming in a good way possible? Anyways, most of us here at Chip Damage have been investing a large amount of our free time in Street Fighter IV. It seems to be an investment that is worthwhile seeing how much attention this game has captured. 51 entries at our launch tournament is amazing! I’m not going to talk in-depth about the game. Over the past weeks, most of us here have disassembled and reassembled SF4 inside out, and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. We know the game has its flaws, its infinites and it’s typical things the devs should have done but, for what it is right now, it is close enough to perfect.



I find myself not wanting to play anything else but this game. For those that don’t know, I play M.Bison(Dictator) as my main and I’m fairly new to using stick and charge characters. So I’ve been working hard and having fun at the same time, trying to improve my Dictator. For those who wish to try their luck against me, feel free to hit me up on…

I know there are a couple posts some of the other staff members here at Chip Damage want to put up that have been in “draft mode” for well over a month, maybe even longer. So I thought I’d pick a calm and quiet night just over ONE DAY before the release of the greatest game this year, “Street Fighter IV“(You’re damn right it’s almost here!), to tell you folks my heart-warming story of failure and rise-to-glory. Well, maybe not. But it is my story nonetheless.

I’d like to state something to all the casual players and players just starting out in fighting games. Although I am considered a part of the “staff” here at Chip Damage, this does not mean I am automatically some uber pro at any fighting game. I am merely in charge of the website. Although I do have a very strong interest in fighting games(mostly the Street Fighter franchise), I only joined the scene about two years ago.

Over two years ago, I played quite a bit of Super Smash Bros. Melee, but I never really played it competitively. Back then I was completely unaware there was a scene in Winnipeg for that sort of thing. Anyways, I eventually outgrew it and became bored with schooling the same friends over and over, so I just stopped playing. One night, months later, a few my friends had a LAN, basically where we bring all of our computers over to one place and play games all night.