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The Destroy Haxan, Win Street Fighter IV Contest: Make-Up Matches For All!
Haxan | 8:34 AM on 12.12.2008 9 comments




You may have noticed that I'm frequently tweaking the rules over time to make the competition more fun, more fair and to pull in more challengers who weren't in on the party from the beginning. This new spin to the rules has been up in the forums since yesterday. I figured a C-Blog was necessary to fully get the word out. All competitors can now make-up matches that they have missed. There are some caveats and limitations involved. Read below!

1) New matches for that day's theme character will take precedence. So make-ups can't happen when there are other challenges pending. I'd be able to get back to that person once any current daily challenges are taken care of.

2) Make-up sessions will only consist of the 10 matches with the theme character. The 5 bonus matches where the challenger chooses their own character will not apply.

3) A challenger wishing to make-up matches cannot pick and choose which characters to play as. They will have to go through the chronological order of days missed. Also, they will have to first play through the theme character matches for that day. This is to prevent challengers from cherry picking their best characters to heighten their win ratio.

4) Make-up matches will not count as days participated in regards to the prize for the person who competes the most. Doing all of the matches in a three day period does not win the shirt.

5)There have been a few occasions where I've offered up make-up matches to people who had challenged me but I didn't have time to fight. These count as regular matches, not as make-ups. You'll still get your bonus 5. It will still count towards the Fight Night t-shirt prize.


If you you're on the fence about joining in the contest, I hope that this pushes you over to the side of fisticuffs. You don't have to worry about not being able to catch up to the scores of the early adopters (and really only one person so far has played every night. Most have only pulled in 2 or three). Also, if you're a normal-type person with a life that has other things to do, you aren't really penalized. Plus, my daily fight schedule has a lot of openings. I work the midnight shift and wake up two hours early for the contest. I'd like to actually spend that time playing Street Fighter as opposed to waiting for a challenge and wishing I was still asleep. So, fill my empty slots... um, I mean, er... You know what I mean.

If you haven't found the Forum Post that contains the rankings, which is updated on most days, you can find that right here. I'm trying to cut down on my c-blog cloggage, and it seems to be working pretty well so far.

Also, tomorrow (Saturday) I am not working. My first real day off in weeks. I intend to spend the bulk of the day switching back and forth between consoles playing Street Fighter. Soif you see me online, drop me a challenge!

Finally, the obligatory link to the rules.



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Senisan82's Destructoid Blog
Lately I've been practicing my Deejay, I'm interested in seeing how he does against your Ryu :) Hopefully I have time to play tonight!
Char Aznable's Destructoid Blog
Are you lovingly caressing E. Honda's thigh in that picture? He seems pretty pleased.

Thanks for putting all of this together, man. It's been really fun stepping out of my comfort zone with some characters I hardly ever use.
Shin Oni's Destructoid Blog
oh my. i still have a chance here...
Haxan's Destructoid Blog
@Senisan,
Good, good. I'm looking forward to it.

@Char,
Yep. I loves me some E. Honda. Also, I'm glad that you're enjoying things so far. It's been really been a kickass experience for me as well. Oddly enough, no pun was intended there.

@Shin,
Yeah, dude. Keep at it. You had a great string of victories last time out.
Haxan's Destructoid Blog
@Shin.
And by that I mean to say, we haven't fought yet. Let's get on it. I need to not comment when averaging 3-4 hours of sleep a day. :\
Genki-JAM's Destructoid Blog
YAY! I have quite a bit to make up for... now if only I could get this Finals studying out of the way...... >.>()
Y0j1mb0's Destructoid Blog
See you online, BROTHER!
Haxan's Destructoid Blog
Hey, guys. I'm going to be a bit late tonight. Late as in 10pm-ish EST. If you can't make it then, we'll make up tomorrow or at some point soon.
TrailerParkJesus's Destructoid Blog
I'm pretty sure I'll be on tomorrow. I'll try not to suck.


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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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I love drawing, though I realize that I'm not very good. I figured early on that drawing my own header art would help my blogs stand out. Thanks to Destructoid, and to the scanner that Carollelogram got me for my birthday last year, I feel like I've developed a unique style that's distinctly my own.

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.

If you do the Twitter thing, Haxan1 is my handle should you want to follow me.

Feel free to friend me to your console of choice should you ever want to play a game of Street Fighter. Just be sure to let me know that you're from Destructoid and you'll get the royal treatment.



Blogs I writed:


Reviews
•Virtual Console Review- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
•Review- Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop

Front Page
•Other Worlds Than These: The citizens of the land of Termina
•Community spotlight: Haxan goes above and beyond for the community

Monthly Musings
•Instant Replay: Street Fighter II
•The Start of the Affair: Solomon's Key

Editorials and assorted articles
•Does the Wii have RROD-type issues of its own?
•Okay, Nintendo. I guess that we can be friends again.
•Niero, do you have any idea what in the lobster milkshake you have done?! (dtoid 3rd anniversary post)
•10 things you might not have known about Haxan (but really only 8)
•Why Destructoid is awesome: Nilcam is the greatest edition (I honestly can't give Nilcam enough props for this.)
•Christmas shopping: Non-gaming, priest dad-style
•Bad Dye Job: A Darius Pickman Story
•"Congraturation" RetroforceGO!
•Nintendon't what?! Now you tell me just what the %#@$ Nintendon't do!

Neat stuff I played a bit part in
•The Destructoid children's alphabet book

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