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Today I became sick of playing ranked matches in Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix against 12 year-olds that only repeat a single fireball trap with Akuma ad nauseum. I need more practise against cheap competitors. I need sparring partners; you need a free copy of Street Fighter IV. So, the "Destroy Haxan, Win Street FIghter IV" contest is born.
Before I get into the meat of this contest, I want to get any and all disappointment out of the way. There are some requirements you will need to meet before you can enter this contest. In order to compete you will need the following:
1. A PlayStation 3
orXbox 360
2. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
3. A United States address for me to ship the game to, should you end up the winner. (I am not automatically disqualifying anyone outside of the US. But you'll need to have someone in the US ship you the game from their address as I can't foot the bill for international shipping or for the added cost of buying a game in another country.)
4. An account here at Destructoid. (If I'm throwing away three Jeffersons, it's damn sure going to be to one of us.)
Realizing that being a community member doesn't necessarily mean blogging, this rule has been refined from requiring a c-blog on your account to compete. No community blogs are necessary to compete.
The objective is this: Have the best combination of total wins and win ratio against me in online friendly matches over 34 days' time. Simple. But there are some rules and stipulations.
1. You have to find me online. Send me a friend request with destructoid somewhere in the note. My PSN ID is haxan, XBLA Gamertag is haxan1 I understand that there are only so many slots available for friends. So this is first come, first served. Beyond that I will be devoting a minimum of 2 hours of SF2 play per day. This will usually be between 8 and 10 pm Eastern Standard Time Sunday-Thursday nights, just before work. I may also drop in after work around 8am. And possibly throughout the day. On my days off, I could be on at any time. So, if you see me online, send me
an invite challenging me. As soon as I'm able to (i.e. when I finish the current set of matches), I'll send you an ETA of when your time will be. This is also, first come, first served. If I'm in the middle of a match, and have 5 people waiting, I may not have time to get to you. I will not turn down a challenge for any other reason than lack of time. I don't care if I'm at the final boss of Resistance 2, I will drop it and fight against you.
2. There will be a theme character
and system for each particular day
(Xbox only on some days, PS3 only on others). I'm always going to be Ryu. I've been playing as him for 20 years. I don't see any reason to change up now. But the character that you will control will change on each day. At the end of the blog, I'll post a schedule for which character fights on which day
on which system. You can switch between systems, but you can only play once as each fighter.
3. You will get up to
10 total matches.
7 using the theme character, and
3 bonus matches using
any character of your choosing. These are optional.
This rule was altered from 5 bonus matches as Ken or Ryu to add a bit more fun to the competition for everybody, and to even up the odds for non-shoto competitors.
4. The winner will be decided at the end of the 34 day period. The victor will be the person who has the greatest amount of wins multiplied by their total win percentage. Examples: A person who wins 90 of 180 total matches will have a score of 45 (90x50%). A person with 30 wins and no losses will have a score of 30 (30x100%). In case of a draw, a tournament or sudden death challenge will be created to determine the final winner. We'll just cross that bridge when we come to it.
5. Should there be any loopholes that come up, I reserve the right to amend the rules. But it's all pretty simple, so that shouldn't be a problem
, though they've been amended already. Twice..
6. Finally, you are ENCOURAGED to play as cheap as you can possibly muster. This whole contest is a learning experience for me, really. So use whatever repetitive traps and special move spamming that you have in your arsenal.
Prizes will also be awarded for the the person who competes the most (an official Street Fighter Fight Night t-shirt) and the person who plays the cheapest matches throughout the competition (this is a mystery prize without much value).
Make-up battles are now available. Details here.
I'll be posting
regularly in the forums every couple days (as I find the time) to update the stats.
I will also create a c-blog weekly with calling for more entrants and giving competition updates. And it's never too late to get involved (well, maybe on the last day or two).
I just want to throw out there that Yojimbo is really, really good. His win record against me is slightly over 50%. He hates the idea of a 3D Street Fighter (as do I) and I know he would relish any opportunity to own it without having to pay for it. So bring your A-games, guys.
Here's the schedule
for each system:
(M. Bison, Vega and Balrog correspond to the switched up, non-Japanese versions of their names)
PS3 Schedule:
Tuesday, December 2nd: Ryu
Wednesday, December 3rd: Ken
Thursday, December 4th: Chun Li
Friday, December 5th: Guile
Saturday, December 6th: Blanka
Tuesday, December 9th: Zangief
Friday, December 12th: Dee Jay
Sunday, December 14th: Cammy
Wednesday, December 17th: Balrog
Saturday, December 20th: E. Honda
Thursday, December 25th: Akuma
Saturday, December 27th: Sagat
Monday, December 29th: T. Hawk
Wednesday, December 31st: Fei Long
Friday, January 2nd: M. Bison
Sunday, January 4th: Vega
Tuesday, January 6th: Dhalsim
Xbox Schedule:
Sunday, December 7th: Vega
Monday, December 8th: Ryu
Wednesday, December 10th: Zangief
Thursday, December 11th: Fei Long
Saturday, December 13th: Blanka
Monday, December 15th: Ken
Tuesday, December 16th: T. Hawk
Thursday, December 18th: Dhalsim
Friday, December 19th: Guile
Sunday, December 21st: Chun Li
Wednesday, December 24th: Sagat
Friday, December 26th: M. Bison
Sunday, December 28th: Dee Jay
Tuesday, December 30th: E. Honda
Thursday, January 1st: Cammy
Saturday, January 3rd: Akuma
Monday, January 5th: Balrog
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PSN: casualweaponry
Also, please don't compliment Y0j1mb0; his head is swelled enough as it is :P
Although I was shocked as how good he is too.
If I had a PS3 and Joystick with this game, I would beat your ass DOWN. With Ryu of course. Bold statement yes, but its the truth.
The challenge alone interests me, throw in a way for me not to pay for Street Fighter IV and it just became must win gaming. I'll see you and Casual Weaponry @ the winner's circle.
Also, Casual Weaponry uses the technique of assaulting your hearing senses with the loudest arcade stick CLANKING known to man.
@Y0j1mb0,
I'm so sorry. I play using the crappy SCIV stick; stick waiting for my import spot to get the Hori Real Arcade PS3 back in stock.
I honestly had no idea how bad it was until you mentioned it haha.
Damn, I wish I had a PS3 for this. Pretty cool, and I'd have to force myself to figure out charge characters.
you phail for having it on the PS3, THEN proceeding to call 360 dpads trash.
granted the 360 dpads are trash, Arcade sticks >> Dpads in the first place. though I feel you on the kids spam... a little...and it's cool to see you're willing to give a SFIV away.
I'd do this, but I've never written a cblog, nor am I very good at Super Turbo. If only this was Vampire Savior HD Remix, or Guilty Gear XX Accent Core with online play...
im so fucking sick of shoto fighters.
that shit got so stale after all these years. you'll NEVER catch me picking ken ryu or gouki unless i've either been playing for 4 hours straight and im just goofing off, or i pick random.
i usually go random but rarely ever end up with shotos, luckily
Unrelated: Wanna be featured on Art Attack?
Damn.. I'll have to buy the PS3 version if I want in, and I'm a bit tempted... not sure yet if I'll hop on, though.
This contest is straight-up racist.
Doesn't matter much.. all the good SF players are on live anyway. :D
If I had the ps3, I'd give this a whack. Good luck everyone!
@Casual and Yojimbo,
Awesome, I can't wait to see you on the field of battle!
@The Cleaning Guy,
You're in. There is more to being a member of this community than just blogging. And you are definitely a part of the community. As for not being any good- this contest is set up so that the bad win ratio can be offset by total wins. SO if you play often enough you still have a decent chance.
@Genki,
Jump in, dude! It's worth it just to be able to play against the community. And I'm really hoping that this contest will introduce me to people that I can continue to play against on a regular basis.
@Hamza,
Wow! Just being asked is one hell of an unexpected honor. I don't pretend to be any good. I just pop in doodles to spruce up my blogs. But if you're serious, shoot me a PM. I can set up a Flickr account or something with in cases where I have higher res versions, versions of art without text, and any additional pix that aren't on my blog.
I'm in more for the challenge than the prize since I already have like $40 down on the collector's edition of SFIV. Finding good competition is not easy. Great idea on using themed characters. I am pretty good with Ken, Chun Li and Cammy. This will help me improve my game with other characters.
Yay, Nilcam's in!
I'm pulling for you now. If you win, I'll wire you the difference on SFIV and keep the game myself.
I'm kidding. But good luck. That is the spirit I'm looking for in competitors.
Great contest man. 360 version for me though :(
Actually, I should have mentioned that I already have SFIV prepurchased too :D
I'm just in it for fun. Also, I'm pretty good with everyone. Seriously ;)
i'm gonna take you for a ride