Week two...
Holy moly. Week two.
Week two had the first place ranking switch from person to person more than an STD at a swingers bar. Week two ended with a marathon 12 hour play session that encompassed 200 matches on two different consoles and 7 different competitors. Also, a four-pack of low-carb Monster, 12 cans of Labatt Blue Light, a King-Sized Triple Whopper value meal with onion rings, 5 jalapeno White Castles and a sack of onion chips. Week two was effing awesome.
Let's look at the current rankings which barely resemble those from just 24 hours ago. The number in parentheses after each name is the ranking from from Friday night, just to show what difference a day makes. The asterisk represents competitors who were appearing on the board for the first time.
1st senisan82 (5) PS3
2nd Char Aznable (3) 360
3rd y0j1mb0 (2) PS3
4th DanMartigan (1) 360
5th Nilcam (4) PS3
6th casualweaponry (6) PS3
7th C2C Shiro (7) 360
8th Rab (*) 360
9th TrailerParkJesus (*) 360
10th kirbilot (8) PS3
11th Cataract (*) 360
12th Smurfee McGee (9) 360
13th cwal37 (10) PS3
Over the course of Super Saturday Street Fighter Day, each of the top four competitors spent some time in the first place spot. That's how tight the competition is. I was going to be happy if there were 10 competitors. We now have 13. I happy now, so I don't care if you jump in or not. I mean, you probably wouldn't want a free copy of Street Fighter 4 anyways. It's only the first true sequel to the series in over 10 years. Who needs it? An exclusive club. Yesterday Y0j1 and Rab came up with a secret handshake. We might even print up t-shirts. We don't need your kind. I'm totally kidding. Read
the rules, add me as a friend, challenge me when you see me online. It's not too late to join the Hardcore Fighters of Dtoid Street like casualweaponry and Dan Martigan.
Okay, so that's the top spot. It's not the only prize being given away. There's also the "attendance" award given to the person who shows up to compete the most days. Sorry, guys. Nilcam's wrapped this thing up. He's been on for every single PS3 match, and is almost always the first to issue a challenge. So, if you want to win the official Street Fighter Fight Night t-shirt (a shirt that is so awesome that I'd buy one myself were it not for the bit about me using a whole month's worth of disposable income to fund this competition [no big loss, really. I was probably just going to use it to see The Punisher: War Zone anyways {and we all know that Dolph Lundgren is the only true Punisher <though, the guy that played Titus Pollo in Rome is really badass>}]), you'll need to track the Nilla Wafer down and break his hands. Oh, and compete every scheduled night for your console of choice.
Finally, we have the Scrub Award. This will be given to the person that plays the cheapest games during the competition. And to be honest, I'm just going to make up something outlandish, anyways. I've got this whole story about how C2C Shiro is the cheapest player ever to play the game. But it's a good few paragraphs long. And this is already a tl;dr c-blog as it is. So a new feature every Wednesday throughout the rest of the competition will be the
This Week's Cheapest Player c-blog. At the end of the competition I'll hold a poll over in the forums, because that is something that apparently can be done there. And you can vote on the winner of the cheap prize that will be given to the cheapest player. See? It's a theme.
So,
read the rules. Send me a challenge. Kick my ass. Maybe win a prize.
Finally ("aren't you done, yet?!" Almost. Promise.), where's the editorial love? Not a single destructoid.com editor has joined this competition. I know that the big game publishers haven't wised up yet and realized that the 'toid is the most influential gaming community in the cosmos. Therefore they aren't always sending free review copies of their games. And in this wintry economic climate, isn't a free game to review worth fighting for? So, I'm throwing down the gauntlet to our beloved site running folk. If a destructoid editor competes for and wins the top prize, I will spring for overnight shipping to give the most time to pore over the game before reviewing. I'm looking at you, Chad and Topher, who picked up the PS3 version in your infinite wisdom because the 360 dpad is sars in molded plastic form.
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Confirmed: Destructoid Editors suck at Street Fighter.
LMAO.
Also Nilcan needs to get a life.
I reallty need to get in on this. I love a new challenge. haxan, if I don't find you, find me. freetouch2000 on live.
@Yoj1mbo: It's hard having a wife who prefers DS gaming and being in complete control of the television console setup in my house. Really hard. It also doesn't hurt that I'm in the central time zone.
I'll need to make some arrangements for next Saturday. We're having a generic holiday party, which may or may not include SF HDR and TvC.
@Nilton Bradley,
Any party that contains Tatsunoko vs Capcom is far from a "generic holiday party". Also, I crashing. Unless roundtrip plane tickets cost less than the price of an imported Wii game that was forged in the foundries of awesome... Nope. Just looked it up. Maybe you better just pencil me in.
We'll work something out. Maybe we can knock some games out early in the day before I go to bed.
I hate the holidays... I've been so busy lately. I'm making it a priority to play from here on in!
I had an awesome time playing yesterday, any chance we can schedule some time for make-up matches?
@Cataract,
It's possible. I usually don't go to bed until somewhere between noon and 2pm (eastern standard). So, if you're ever available during the morning (I get home from work around 8am), that can be worked out. Also, I could always get up earlier (but only by like an hour) to start playing at 7pm. But going any later in the day would make me late for work. Anyways, PM me and we'll see what can be arranged.
I need to actually, you know, catch some of these people when they're online.
yeah. secret handshake.
Damn I missed the super saturday. I did however just get done building a new stick with Sanwa buttons. You are all going down.
Also, on the staff topic, I have played against Phist a couple times. I think he's on the dtoid staff and he put up a good fight.
so long dental plan
Remember that time when I threw you five times as Vega and I still lost the round? That was demoralizing.
Damn, I want in on the secret handshake.
@Rab
Lisa needs braces.
Fuck. I missed it. I got home at 9 a.m. and kind of passed out all day. I probably have no chance at winning now. maybe I'll go for that scrub award
where you at dawg? been on all day waiting for you! its monday! KEN DAY