This is how my experience went during my first P2D/Team X-over sponsored tourney:
Note: I only attended day two of the tournament because I had other things to do on day one and I was pretty much expecting to get bodied on SSF4 anyway so meh..
As I arrived at the venue, I was surprised that the place was spacious and not hot. I was expecting that since it will be held on the 3rd floor of the Emporio Building, I was guessing that it was gonna be cramped and very uncomfortable and boy, was I wrong.
By the way, major shoutouts to Iggy and his family (they own the building), thanks so much for being so friendly and accommodating (food was awesome, too!)
I arrived pretty early so I had some time to get some practice games (I was only participating in UMVC3 because I haven't touched KOFXIII in forever) in with friend Raul 'Retic' de Leon of MK9PH and the two kids from Laguna (I forgot your names! Sorry guys!) and I also met the people of P2D. Well, most of them. hehe. Shoutouts to Sir Siopao, Drew/Insane, Jojo/Rebel SPARK,BM, Maelcreampie and the rest!
I also got to meet the people of Team X-Over. They were the organizers for the UMVC3 tourney. David, Amanda and the rest of the people were all cool and friendly people. In fact, practically everyone I met was very friendly and cheerful which was a treat and it also made the experience more fun.
As for the tournament proper...well, what I can say? I finished well off. I did not expect it to go that way but meh, maybe it was a test or something that I wasn't really prepared for. My first opponent was the defending champ himself: Papable Peter Chua. He was rocking his Trish/Wesker/Mags team. I got sent to Losers pretty early and I had a long climb ahead of me. I had to win five more games to get into top 8 and this was no easy task. I only got two games and that was it. I got eliminated by the kid from Laguna. Nice Dante, kid. I hope to see you next time as well so I can have my revenge but I kid, I kid!
Overall, it was a good experience for me even though I finished nowhere near the top. If I could join again I would but I'll just have to see if time and work permits. Peace out!
-Chady
Mar 29, 2012
Mar 17, 2012
TTT2! How does it work? Part 1
This is for the peeps who are interested on hows and whats of TTT2.
If you are not fond of reading long, descriptive and text heavy shit
then I advise to look away now.
Now, bear in mind I'm posting stuff about TTT2 outside stuff (Hardware, Card System,
etc.) not the inside system. (game mechanics, juggles,etc.)
I'll leave you guys to that because it's just better to learn that stuff yourself.
I would like to give shoutouts to Tekken.Net, Tekken Zaibatsu and good friend Ren of Cebu for giving me the information I have written here. Peace.
-Tekken Tag Tournament 2 often comes as an upgrade to an older machine of Tekken 6 BR.Meaning, if your local arcade (ex. Timezone) has a T6BR machine, usually they'll just upgrade that machine.
-If you think that "Wow, TTT2 game but the same crappy machine from T6?! Fuck that!".
Fret not because they will also fix and upgrade the physical machine itself. Stuff like new banners, posters, stickers, buttons, sticks and lights will be fixed and changed.(BQ's mysterious aircon blaster will still remain to be seen.)
-Now when it comes to the Card system (Banapassport) this is how it works:
*First, you buy your very own Banapass Card. (Currently it's at Php300)
*Next, you need to register it at Banapassport.com.
*From here, you need to register at Tekken.Net with the information provided from
Banapassport.
*After that, you can update your card name, character customization, team association
and a bajillion other things.
-Also, it is interesting to note that every change you need to do
now happens online. All changes are done on your Tekken.net account.
You cannot change anything (depends though but of course again, I can't
be too sure) on the arcade. When you play, it's all about the game.
(So you don't have to wait for Paul or Fritz to change their avatar name
or their characters hair. Lolz)
-New also is that there are no more character locks. You can now use all the characters on a single card!
-They even have separate ranks! But of course, they share all the same gold so good
luck customizing everyone. Also, no more Play Counts!
-Finally, there are no more region locks with this new card system.
Say for a basic example, you bought your card in Bohol and bring it to Cebu or Manila, it will still work there but it goes beyond that. Region locks means that anywhere you go on Earth (that has TTT2.lolz) whether it be Malaysia, The U.S., Korea and Japan, you can still use your card.
I still have a lot to read, try and research upon like the kiosk that comes with TTT2 where you can see replays and new moves, if we have online play and if cards are renewable if you lose them but I'll update and add more info if you find my long post useful.
I also entertain queries, Questions and comments just post them here, on the FB page or ask me personally and I'll try my best answering them. For now, this is all I could share, I hope you find this useful. If not, I don't care. hahaha. Later.
P.S. If you guys like this so much maybe I can write a guide to the new system as well.
Or maybe provide a link. I don't know. Whichever I may like, I guess. hehe
-Chady
If you are not fond of reading long, descriptive and text heavy shit
then I advise to look away now.
Now, bear in mind I'm posting stuff about TTT2 outside stuff (Hardware, Card System,
etc.) not the inside system. (game mechanics, juggles,etc.)
I'll leave you guys to that because it's just better to learn that stuff yourself.
I would like to give shoutouts to Tekken.Net, Tekken Zaibatsu and good friend Ren of Cebu for giving me the information I have written here. Peace.
-Tekken Tag Tournament 2 often comes as an upgrade to an older machine of Tekken 6 BR.Meaning, if your local arcade (ex. Timezone) has a T6BR machine, usually they'll just upgrade that machine.
-If you think that "Wow, TTT2 game but the same crappy machine from T6?! Fuck that!".
Fret not because they will also fix and upgrade the physical machine itself. Stuff like new banners, posters, stickers, buttons, sticks and lights will be fixed and changed.(BQ's mysterious aircon blaster will still remain to be seen.)
-Now when it comes to the Card system (Banapassport) this is how it works:
*First, you buy your very own Banapass Card. (Currently it's at Php300)
*Next, you need to register it at Banapassport.com.
*From here, you need to register at Tekken.Net with the information provided from
Banapassport.
*After that, you can update your card name, character customization, team association
and a bajillion other things.
-Also, it is interesting to note that every change you need to do
now happens online. All changes are done on your Tekken.net account.
You cannot change anything (depends though but of course again, I can't
be too sure) on the arcade. When you play, it's all about the game.
(So you don't have to wait for Paul or Fritz to change their avatar name
or their characters hair. Lolz)
-New also is that there are no more character locks. You can now use all the characters on a single card!
-They even have separate ranks! But of course, they share all the same gold so good
luck customizing everyone. Also, no more Play Counts!
-Finally, there are no more region locks with this new card system.
Say for a basic example, you bought your card in Bohol and bring it to Cebu or Manila, it will still work there but it goes beyond that. Region locks means that anywhere you go on Earth (that has TTT2.lolz) whether it be Malaysia, The U.S., Korea and Japan, you can still use your card.
I still have a lot to read, try and research upon like the kiosk that comes with TTT2 where you can see replays and new moves, if we have online play and if cards are renewable if you lose them but I'll update and add more info if you find my long post useful.
I also entertain queries, Questions and comments just post them here, on the FB page or ask me personally and I'll try my best answering them. For now, this is all I could share, I hope you find this useful. If not, I don't care. hahaha. Later.
P.S. If you guys like this so much maybe I can write a guide to the new system as well.
Or maybe provide a link. I don't know. Whichever I may like, I guess. hehe
-Chady
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