Life with Imaginary Power-Ups #22

*I always enjoy the replayability of old Street Fighter games like Super Turbo or Third Strike. It's a shame that no one in my area shares this interest. :(


*Ramona Flowers will always be one of my dream girls. Minus the evil "ex-boyfriends" *wink, wink*.        Winking because fans of the series will get what I mean.


*Tobuscus, Miles923, DMJared, Emily Hart, Domics, Caddicarus, Tomska,jacksfilms,egoraptor and Jontron. Just a few of my favorite Youtube personalities and my inspirations.


*I recently started biking again to add to my exercising regime. One of the main reasons for this is I am also currently watching a playthrough of GTA: San Andreas and that game had bikes as well. Thanks CJ!


-Chady

My experience on running my First Ever SF Tourney

I recently ran my first SF4 tourney last July 21, 2013. Unfortunately,many 'expected' contestants were no shows because of various albeit bogus reasons (had other things to do, rain, didn't know where to go,

etc.) but nevertheless, we pushed through with the tourney.

We had 8 players joining in and as usual, double elimination brackets were used. The variety of characters used in said tourney was a wonderful sight  (most of that I can attribute that to Francis, though...using a buttload of characters lolz.) because I don't know about you but SF4 is all about the matchups. This is what I was also told to expect (and enjoy) in SF tourneys, the chance to see the combination of theory and experience and what people do in real pressure situations. Sure, It's easy to apply the safe jumps and option selects in casuals but seeing them in action in tourneys is a different thing. Actual tech being used. It also goes to show how much a person knows the game and what he'll do to counter the opponent.

It also shows you how well a person can adjust, adapt and control his playstyle. If there was ever a game that would show you how much a person can drastically change his playstyle in a heartbeat, Street Fighter would  be on top of that list. It is interesting to note that the winner of said tournament, Marcky, had to fight his way up from being put into loser's bracket first round. That's quite an impressive feat.

Seth Killian said it best: "One of the keys to winning at the tournament level is to do something surprising in order to put the other player in an unfamiliar situation, and then capitalize on that confusion. The best players are the ones that can recover from those situations, and begin to fight back immediately without losing their cool."

Overall, It was a great tourney. I'll try my best to run some more in the future. I just hope the community tries to get involved more.
 
Peace Out.
-Chady

Life with Imaginary Power Ups #21: Bioshock Edition

I've always been a fan of the Bioshock series and just recently, Irrational Games announced new DLC for Bioshock Infinite, combining the two worlds the characters of Columbia and the world of Rapture. Taking advantage of my ecstatic glee, I made some posts that hit close to the Bioshock-verse.

-The only time I ever feel compelled to deal with quantum physics is whenever I listen to Rosalind Lutece's explanation of tears and the principles of quantum mechanics in Bioshock Infinite.
But then again, shit is hard, yo.

-I have a love-hate relationship with the fashion of Columbia and Rapture (1912 and 1960's, respectively) Love because it's so cool and fashionable and hate because I look ridiculous when I try them on.
It is currently on my #3 reason why I should lose more weight. Damn cravats.

-Whenever I see the old or new atmospheric diving suits, there is only one thing I can think of: Big Daddies. Damn you Rapture.

-If I ever get to chance to court a gamer girl and I have prior knowledge that she has played Bioshock or she is familiar with Bioshock lore, I'd be sure to insert a "Would you kindly...go on a date with me" pick-up
line somewhere. Andrew Ryan would be proud. (Although Jack maybe pissed at me...)






-Chady