Important news first. Starting on Saturday's E. Honda battles for the PS3 competitors and Sunday's Guile battles for the 360 competitors, daily battles will consist of a total of 10 matches. During the first seven matches, each competitor will compete with the day's theme character. The final 3 will be using whatever character each competitor chooses. During make-up battles, there will only be 7 matches, with the remaining three omitted. These past couple of days, I haven't been able to get to everybody that has wanted a match due to lack of time. I'm hoping to be able to include more people on each day.
There's also going to be a slight change to the schedule. I'm taking Monday and Tuesday off. One of my best friends from high school is going to be in town, so I want to be able to see her. I haven't seen her in somewhere around 10 years, so I'm really excited. Coincidentally enough, about a year before she and I became friends, she sold me my very first copy of Street Fighter for the SNES while she was working at a video game shop that her uncle used to own. Since the very roots of this contest are involved, I didn't think that you'd mind. These two days of competition will be rescheduled to the end. A revised schedule will follow this blog.
Final bit of scheduling fun. On holdiays, I won't necessarily be fighting right at 8pm. I plan to be around off and on throughout those days, but due to various family things, I'm going to pop in and out whenever I have the time. On the Eve's you will be likely to find me in the afternoons. And on Christmas and New Year's Days, you're liklier to find me later into the evening. Since I won't have to work at the end of the night, I should be on later, so that may work out better for some of you.
Now, the big news. Tomorrow will be Super Street Fight Friday. This will be another catch up day where I'll be dancing between the two systems. Don't expect me on until 5pm at the earliest, but I plan on being up later into the night. I'll post a schedule tomorrow morning in my updated forum post. This is the link to the forum post of which I speak, where I update the rankings and add my two cents. Anyways, tomorrow should hopefully give more of you some time to catch up.
I'll end this here before this c-blog becomes so large and out of control that it attempts to destroy Tokyo.
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
Sadly, no, Cataract. I have to start getting ready for work at 10. I'm going to start offering make-ups at 7-8pm by appointment only starting at some point after Christmas. So, if you're available in that time frame, I'll get you squared away. Also, I'm going to try to get at least one mega make-up day in a week throughout the duration of the contest (work schedule permitting), so there'll be more chances for you to catch up.
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Random gaming facts about Haxan
Legitimately beat Mike Tyson and went through Another World Circuit undefeated.
Beat the original Contra without dying. Twice.
Can land the damn plane in Top Gun and can also refuel in midair.
Can't beat Ghost & Goblins without the level select code and has never lied about it.
Thinks Friday the 13th is a great game even if the physics, controls and weapons are garbage.
Mario Paint caused him to buy a Super Nintendo and largely leave his Sega Genesis behind. He has played it more than most video games and wore down the mouse pad so that the grid only shows around the corners.
Has beaten Street Fighter II: The World Warrior and Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers on the SNES on the hardest difficulty without losing a single round. Multiple times.
Is still friends with the girl who worked at a local game store and sold him Street Fighter II nearly 17 years ago.
Beat Final Fantasy 2 in a weekend when he was a kid, yet can't get through a role-playing game these days if his life depended on it.
Has never beaten Final Fantasy VII.
Prefers pads to sticks.
Likes the N64 controller.
Prefers the Duke to the S-controller.
Doesn't think that Super Mario 64 is all that great.
Got an Xbox mostly for Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. And thinks it's a damn good game. Really.
Swore he would never buy a Game Boy Advanced SP, but immediately broke down once the NES edition came out. (And regarding the NES Classics series, true in-store dialogue: "Dude, are you serious?! They seriously expect people to pay 20 dollars a piece for games they can just downlo...Ooh! Zelda!")
Really liked the first Halo. (Well, there goes my dtoid cred.)
Can rock out Dynamite Rave in Dance Dance Revolution like it's nobody's business.
Played the hell out of Animal Crossing: Wild World and hid that fact from nobody.
Stomped Brad Nicholson at Street Fighter IV, but had to resort to the cheapest of tactics in order to do so. ;)
Thinks you're really, really, really smart. And pretty.
Top ten favorite games (in no particular order):
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out (NES)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
Phantom 2040 (SNES)
Street Fighter II (any version)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence (PS2)
Final Fantasy 3/6 (SNES)
Ico (PS2)
Sin and Punishment (N64)
Picross (DS)
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Outside of games I've got a DVD collection that is exploding out of a 5'x6' shelf (over 400 titles). So suffice it to say that I love movies. I'm a huge horror fan and I host an annual Dusk Till Dawn Horror Movie Marathon nearly every October. My top ten favorite films in order are as follows:
1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cativo, 1966)
2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
3. Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai, 1954)
4. The City of Lost Children (La Citι des enfants perdus, 1995)
5. The Apartment (1960)
6. Strings (2004)
7. Heavenly Creatures (1994)
8. The Big Lebowski (1998)
9. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
10. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Music-wise, my top 3 bands are The Pixies, The Velvet Underground and Radiohead. I listen to damn near every genre of music (except modern country. I yearn for the days of Hank Williams, Sr. and Tammy Wynette). Hit random on my mp3 player and you'll get everything from darkwave to hip hop to 80's synthpop. I karaoke pretty regularly. I can't sing, but I surround myself with people who can. Still, you've not experienced all there is in life until you've seen me proper butcher True by Spandau Ballet.
Then, as for the literary interests, my love lies with pulp detective novels of the thirties and forties. Raymond Chandler is simply the greatest ever. And Dashiell Hammett is just fantastic. Lately, I've been reading through Frank Herbert's Dune Chronicles at Carollelogram's recommendation. Two books in and I have to say they're astonishing.
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Any chance I could play a match tonight at about 10 eastern? I'm heading into the city tomorrow, so I won't be able to play much.
Sadly, no, Cataract. I have to start getting ready for work at 10. I'm going to start offering make-ups at 7-8pm by appointment only starting at some point after Christmas. So, if you're available in that time frame, I'll get you squared away. Also, I'm going to try to get at least one mega make-up day in a week throughout the duration of the contest (work schedule permitting), so there'll be more chances for you to catch up.
Give em hell, Haxan. Make them earn their wins.
i'll play if there is still room on the psn side.
Ah, poop.
This is why I hate working late all week.
Would it be okay if I hit you up for make-up Honda games on makeup Friday? I have that party on Saturday night.
@Nilcam.
Yeah, you're set, tomorrow we battle. Enjoy your party.
Hey, the next time you post the standings, could you include the win/loss records? I was wondering how everyone else is doing
@TPJ,
I've decided not to disclose the wins/loses of the competitors for a few different reasons. But if you'd like your own, I can PM them to you.