Hey Guys! This is a reminder that tomorrow, Capcom, EVO, and Gamestop have teamed up to present the Street Fighter IV US National Championship Finals on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 7p.m. This event will be held at the Fort Mason - Festival Pavilion

Not only will we get the chance to see some amazing SFIV players battle it out, but there will be tons of things to do. Below are just some of the things happening that night:

- SFIV game play kiosks

- Autograph signing with Yoshinori Ono, Producer for SFIV, and Seth Killian, EVO founder and Special Advisor to the game

- Performances by freestyle dance crew and America’s Best Dance Crew finalists, Supreme Soul, live on-stage throughout the night [OMG...AMAZING!!! I LOVE Dance Crews!! - Tactix]

- DJ spinning throughout the night

- SFIV-themed costume contest, activities, and prizes

- E-Shots photo booth, Venom Energy Drink samplings, Estate LA custom hat experience, Coveroo laser etching experience, and SFIV models

Last, this event is being held in collaboration with the Second Harvest Food Bank, and is being called "Street Fighter Fights Hunger". If you bring some canned food or make a monetary donation, you can also feel good about yourself.

Anyway, I hope to see some of you guys there!

Hey all!

I just wanted to thank all who came out to the DtoidSF 3rd Anniversary Party! It was a night full of games, drinking and a little bit of drunken Apples to Apples...(from what I can remember at least). Extra special thanks go out to Kapkomi for bringing not one but TWO arcade sticks for some epic SFIV and Guilty Gear battles....sadly the Mad Catz tournament stick was defective!

And of course, what is a party thrown by Tactix without some views of the rape closet and the viewing of Zombie Strippers in under 40 minutes, narrated by yours truly! (I love that movie like Chad loves Showgirls :D)

Anyway, here are some pictures that were taken that night!
















Keep your eyes peeled on the emailer and c-blogs for the next big event! Keep the last weekend of March open...I'm sure you will not be disappointed :P

Dtoid 3rd Anniversary TARP (Totally Apparent Reason Party)


The weekend is almost here and the internet is buzzing with anticipation for the anniversary of the greatest gaming community on the interwebs – Destructoid. While our fearless leader is celebrating in Florida, the world will celebrate with him at their respective NARPs (or TARP in this case). If you leave in the San Francisco area, you are invited to Tactix’s apartment for some gaming and partying!



Where: Tactix’s Apartment and his pants

When: 7:00 PM – 2:00 AM Sat Mar 14th

Why: Cause Destructoid is awesome!

If you are interested in attending, the best thing would be to join the DtoidSF Google Group where all the party planning is going on. You can also email Tactix at tactixpimp at gmail.com with your Dtoid name for more information!

Hope to see you this weekend!

This is just your friendly reminder that this weekend, from Feb 27-March 1st, Wondercon will be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco! If you were only considering going here are a couple of the events happening that will probably change your mind!

Friday Feb 28th

6:00-7:00 Resident Evil 5—Get a sneak peek at one of the most anticipated video game releases of 2009 and get a chance to see actual gameplay of Capcom's Resident Evil 5 before it goes on sale in March. Some lucky audience members will get hands-on game time. Capcom's product managers, Mike Webster and Matt Dahlgren and creative director Francis Mao, provide insider info on all the great new features on this first original Resident Evil game for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Plus see behind-the-scenes graphics, view all the Kijuju viral videos that are burning up the Internet, and learn everything you want to know about RE5 in the Q&A session! This panel is recommended for mature audiences. Room 103

Saturday Feb 29th

11:30-12:30 Warner Bros.: Watchmen—Warner Bros. and WonderCon present a panel devoted to the most eagerly awaited movie of 2009: Watchmen! Visionary director Zack Snyder brings the classic graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons to vivid life on the big screen, opening March 6. Join Zack Snyder and members of the film's cast LIVE on the WonderCon big stage for this exclusive panel presentation! Esplanade

11:30-12:30 Street Fighter IV—Celebrate the phenomena of Street Fighter as Capcom presents an in-depth panel about all the great features, characters, and even some secrets of the just-released Street Fighter IV for PS3 and Xbox 360. Meet the Capcom team consisting of SF master Seth Killian, product managers Grant Luke and John Diamonon, game producer Rey Jimenez, Capcom rep Randy Reyes, and creative director Francis Mao, as they share insider info about SFIV and SFIITurboHD Remix. Plus, watch clips of the exclusive SFIV anime from the SFIV Collector's Edition as well as behind the scenes art and graphics. Finally, they'll be pulling would-be Street Fighter champs from the audience for an impromptu fight club onstage to test your SF might to win awesome prizes! All this and a Q&A session to end the panel! Room 103

8:30-11:30 The Fifth Annual WonderCon Masquerade—The Masquerade, WonderCon's flashy and fun on-stage competition, features amazing costumes re-created from movies, TV, comic-books, video games, and anime, plus original designs inspired by fantasy, science-fiction, and more. Trophies and other prizes will be awarded to the most outstanding entries. The Master of Ceremonies is artist-writer Phil Foglio. No flash photography is allowed, and doors will open for audience seating beginning at 8:00. Special advance movie previews will be shown during the judging intermission. Click here for more details. Esplanade

Sunday March 1st

12:00-1:00 Super Capers—Meet the legendary Adam West, Justin Whalin (Jimmy Olsen of Lois and Clark), Samuel Lloyd (Ted Buckland of Scrubs), Danielle Harris (Halloween), and director/producer/writer Ray Griggs as they talk about their upcoming feature film Super Capers, being released this spring. In this action adventure comedy from RG Entertainment, a good guy with no powers joins a superhero team with no clue against a bad guy with no shame. Moderated by Joe Sikoryak. Room 104 (OMG ADAM WEST!)

4:00-5:00 Buffy the Musical—Let's end this show with a bang! The powers that be behind Whedonopolis.com host an officially sanctioned screening of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More With Feeling" as WonderCon 2009's big closing event! Many say this is the finest, funniest, most ingenious episode ever to come out of the Buffy-verse. But remember, the best part of the show is up to you! This ep was made for talkin'—back, that is—and singing and shouting and dancing in the aisles, with or without your dry cleaning! Audience participation: it isn't just for Rocky Horror and mob riots anymore. For more details on the screening visit www.whedonopolis.com, then show up for music, singing, and dancing crazy! Esplanade

For a full list of panels and events, click here!

There are quite a few Dtoiders that already have plans to attend, so if you haven’t made plans to meet us there, what are you waiting for! Join up on the Dtoid SF Google Group and let us know what days you are attending. Hope to meet some of you there!

Hey everyone! Tactix here!

The DtoidSanFrancisco group is proud to announce two upcoming events for everyone living in the East Bay area! Make sure to take out your Nerdcore calendars and some permanent markers, cause its time to have some NARPs!

FIRST


Wondercon is part of the Comic-con International family of conventions, and takes place every year at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Comic book and gaming "enthusiasts" from the Bay Area migrate to this event every year for a chance to meet and greet comic book artists as well as check out the huge amount of exhibitors on the show floor....and...OMG.....I JUST SAW THAT E.G. DAILY, THE VOICE OF TOMMY PICKLES FROM RUGRATS WILL BE THERE!!



...ok..sorry about that. I honestly just saw that now, and am now personally super excited.

Anyway, there are a good amount of Dtoiders going to this con, so if you are interested in meeting up with us, make sure to check out the DtoidSF Google Group, where the planning is going down! We hope to see some of you there!

SECOND!



And second, as you know, Destructoid's Third Anniversary Party-SuperParty will be held in Miami on the weekend of March 14-15. Since Florida is SOOO FAAAR from us, DtoidSF, along with many other Destructoid NARP groups, will be throwing our own party to celebrate Destructoid's anniversary! The exact plans for this are still being ironed out, but the idea is to have a shindig at my place, which will involve vidja games (naturally), booze (but of course), and if you play your cards right, trips to Uncle Tactix's Secret Closet. (you know which one I'm talking about).

Moral of the above is SIGN UP FOR THE GOOGLE GROUP! You can hear about these events in even more detail and not be frightened to miss out on anything. Just make sure to visit the Google Group page to update your profile with your Dtoid name so we know who you are!

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So, make sure to not plan any WoW Raids for these dates and avoid visits home to grandma during these spring months...cause we have lots planned and want you all to be there!

Crazy fun time in Japantown!

Guess what? It’s almost the weekend!

And guess what? That means RANDOM FUN TIME IN THE CITY!



Several members of DtoidSF (Dyson, CTZ, Husky and more!) are planning on meeting in San Francisco at Japantown to check out the shops and hang out with TheGHost before he leaves back for home and then Australia to become a doctor. (House MD has nothing on our Cameron!)

Plans are to meet up around 11:00 AM and hang out until 4 or 5 in the afternoon.

So if you live in/near San Francisco, and want to hang out with some of the coolest people in the East Bay, feel free to join us! Contact ctz@destructoid.com if you are planning on joining us.

Hope to meet some of you on Saturday!