Vaticon SF4 tournament 28th of March UCD

Sisko · 28-03-2010 11:04am

Sorry to hear you can't make it bush.

chopperbyrne wrote: »

To those bringing consoles, most of the TVs are CRT so please bring scart leads. HDMI will be useless.

I was gonna bring my monitor though, why is there enough tv's? If so I'd gladly leave the monitor at home. Bringing my monitor means I'll have to bring speakers too.

bush · 28-03-2010 11:12am

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Noooo!!!!

Ill be up next week with your stick for sure.

Dreddybajs · 28-03-2010 6:38pm

Congrats to Tin (1st place) and The Hound (2nd place). Not surprised either of you were the final, and it looked very close. Great first tournament showing from Hound, nerves or not he ripped up most of the competition.

bush · 28-03-2010 6:58pm

Dreddybajs wrote: »

Congrats to Tin (1st place) and The Hound (2nd place). Not surprised either of you were the final, and it looked very close. Great first tournament showing from Hound, nerves or not he ripped up most of the competition.

What characters do they use?

Tin.T · 28-03-2010 7:04pm

Sagat(s) of course !
good games it was nice. See you next week at XGC.

Jim · 28-03-2010 7:42pm

Thanks to everyone who came today. I was a bit nervous running it due to our strict time frame and people turned up slightly later than expected, but I think it turned out pretty well in the end. Grats to Tinja (playing a game he hates :pac:) and a very strong first showing from Hound (who assumed he'd get trashed at it!).

Special thanks to those who brought equipment. If anyone is missing any gear let me know. ****ing wrecked. Frozen pizza and beer tonight.

I would have liked if there was more time for casuals before and after, but unfortunately it wasn't possible.

A-Trak · 28-03-2010 7:46pm

Any brackets?

Jim · 28-03-2010 7:47pm

Chopper took all the sheets home with him so they'll be up whenever he gets off his arse!

bush · 28-03-2010 7:50pm

How many turned up?

Jim · 28-03-2010 7:51pm

We had an even 20, which was nice.

K.O.Kiki · 28-03-2010 8:14pm

I'm not sure if I'm more gutted at losing the Ryu mirror to Burke (who's got a good, solid playstyle), or that new Cammy player whom I didn't know how to punish.

Oh well, at least I made Top 16 for once :pac:

chopperbyrne · 28-03-2010 8:25pm

From bottom to top.

Joint 13th - ChopperByrne, Seán, Andy, Kiki

Joint 9th - Sairus, BourkeTheJerk, FoamyMushroom, Brian (Irelands #2 Cammy!)

Joint 7th - Chunkis, Sisko

Joint 5th - DarkTalant, AnimaX

4th - Dreddybajs

3rd - Azza

2nd - The Hound

1st - Tin

Thanks to everyone for coming and a big thanks to everyone who brought equipment as the tournament would not have gone ahead without your support.

Thanks to the organisers of Retcon (They retconned Vaticon out of existence!) for offering us a place in the event, which I'm sure we'll happily take up again next year if offered again.

Was a fun day and I was one of the few to beat Hounds Akuma, so can't be too disappointed about my final placement.

Roll on Inferno next week when Azza will resume his dictatorship!

D4RK ONION · 28-03-2010 8:41pm

Fair play Terry, good placing!

Sairus · 28-03-2010 9:01pm

I took some video of the Loser's Final and Final Final, so I'll try and get that up soonish. However, due to my memory card being tiny, there are some gaps and quality drops towards the end of the Final Final =(
Shall invest in a better memory card this week methinks.

Also, cheers to y'all who showed up. T'was a good bit of fun.

Sisko · 28-03-2010 9:03pm

Would just like to say well done to all the newcomers who came and cheers to chopper and jim for running it and that girl (I didn't catch her name?) who helped facilitate it and gave us a warm welcome. She mentioned they would run another one next year.

I enjoyed it and was happy enough with how I played for my 1st tourney on stick

Although I had to use a box and chair also. :rolleyes:

Sairus · 28-03-2010 9:11pm

Sisko wrote: »

that girl (I didn't catch her name?) who helped facilitate it and gave us a warm welcome.

Anne-Marie I believe.

Sisko wrote: »

Although I had to use a box and chair also. :rolleyes:

I found this incredibly entertaining, regardless if it's a common practice or not.

Jim · 28-03-2010 9:17pm

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Brian (Irelands #2 Cammy!)

animaX · 28-03-2010 9:17pm

Sisko wrote: »

Although I had to use a box and chair also. :rolleyes

You're getting as picky as me :P, but well done today on the stick.

And good games to everyone else i played. No shame in losing to the eventual winner, although i almost had him with gouken! Congrats to Tin on the win. And I've a feeling the Hound will be Hounding us all from here on in!

Sisko · 28-03-2010 9:24pm

I'm more picky it seems, you didn't seem to need it, but ask the hound if he noticed a difference in my game with the box and without

FEAR THE BOX!!!

FEAR IT! :mad:

Jim · 28-03-2010 9:27pm

We do Bosco, we do.

animaX · 28-03-2010 9:31pm

Sisko wrote: »

I'm more picky it seems, you didn't seem to need it

Maybe i should have. I don't mind it on my lap so long as the chair is right! Took me a while to get the right chair though :rolleyes:

Speed Boat · 28-03-2010 9:32pm

Good games all. Congrats to Tin and Hound. Very entertaining final, all the way to the last round!

Had great fun.

Looking forward to the ranbat on saturday.

Sisko · 28-03-2010 9:54pm

Jim wrote: »

We do Bosco, we do.

Shup you! Or I'll break out my pad cammy

DarkTalant · 28-03-2010 10:55pm

Ggs all today, well done to tin and hound(see, we told you that you should enter). I have to say sisko that I noticed a marked improvement in your game since the last time I saw you play ie. on pad.

BourketheJerk · 28-03-2010 11:52pm

Good games to everybody today. Congratulations to Tin for winning and thanks to everyone who helped organise and run the tournament, it was great fun.

Sisko · 29-03-2010 2:14am

DarkTalant wrote: »

Ggs all today, well done to tin and hound(see, we told you that you should enter). I have to say sisko that I noticed a marked improvement in your game since the last time I saw you play ie. on pad.

Well cheers,

my game hasn't improved much in months actually, I just haven't been playing anywhere near my best at the tournies.

Years of just playing for fun when in person and going all out when I'm online only has stunted me a bit ,I find myself engaging in conversation or just generally finding it hard to give it full concentration and zone everything out but whats on the screen. I even feel guilty when I knock someone out.

I remember when I 1st came to a tourney I noticed people wearing head phones and stuff and it just seemed kinda rude to me. But I totally understand it now.

This probably all sounds very strange to the more seasoned players here, but all my life I've saved my aggressive , competitive side for playing against faceless online randomers. Playing people in person I was all about making sure everyone was having a laugh. Its only the past few months have I experienced competitive gaming in person.

Its just something I gotta adjust to over time, I see myself playing for years so I don't mind, even if it takes awhile. I always enjoy myself.

Getting to use my own stick was also a plus

BourketheJerk wrote: »

Good games to everybody today. Congratulations to Tin for winning and thanks to everyone who helped organise and run the tournament, it was great fun.

Which player were you btw man? Dunno if I was chatting to you or not.

Also that reminds me, there was two... I dunno, I suppose 'Indian?' guys that showed up late for the tourney and seemed disappointed about it. I told them both about our upcoming one next weekend at XGC and pointed the way to the forums. They seemed really interested. Hopefully they'll show up, even more new players on the scene which is great.

The Hound · 29-03-2010 2:17am

Sisko wrote: »

I'm more picky it seems, you didn't seem to need it, but ask the hound if he noticed a difference in my game with the box and without

FEAR THE BOX!!!

FEAR IT! :mad:

Sisko im not sure what you mean by with the box or without it but you were much better the 2nd time we fought

The Hound · 29-03-2010 2:20am

Just like to say thanks to everyone and it was a good experience for me. Also, congratulations to the eventual winner, Tin, who played a great game.

Sisko · 29-03-2010 2:25am

The Hound wrote: »

Sisko im not sure what you mean by with the box or without it but you were much better the 2nd time we fought

yep thats what I meant alright, 1st time we played I was using my lap, messed up most of my inputs.

My execution improved a lot when the stick is resting on something not moving around on my lap.

I remember finding it funny how terry(animax) and paul (a-trak) would be always be using a table or chair but the difference can be astounding sometimes.

My execution is so **** I need all the help I can get.

ALL HAIL THE BOX! :pac:

Was that your 1st ever tourney hound?

The Hound · 29-03-2010 3:09am

Sisko wrote: »

yep thats what I meant alright, 1st time we played I was using my lap, messed up most of my inputs.

Was that your 1st ever tourney hound?

It was, I was very nervous but done well. It was good fun but a bit of a distance to travel, in saying that some guys come from outside Dublin, fair play to them. You are much beter when on the box so, You need to punish peoples mistakes more, if i whiff a srk you would just throw me when you should do easy big damaging combo like down fierce into srk. Anyway ggs, well played

Vaticon SF4 tournament 28th of March UCD

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