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For those of you who don't know, over the last couple of weeks the Street Fighter 4 Dtoid community has been holding a ranbat. Ranbat stands for ranking battle; it's pretty much just a tournament where points are assigned to winners based on placement. These points are then used in subsequent tournaments to determine how best to match opponents up and set the brackets. Plus over multiple tournaments it becomes easy to see who is stepping their game up.
Anyway, here is some detailed information on how the tournament went down, match by match:
Participants:
Jesus H Christ
Cataract
Senisan82
Solgrim
de BLOO
KD Alpha
Wedge
Char Aznable
Buster Slash
mourning orange
ScottyG
Danro
VashTS
madfigs
crazy beethoven
ZServ
First Round:
Jesus H Christ (Ryu) vs mourning orange (Ryu)
2 - 0
Jesus H Christ (Ryu) - Danro (Ken) - Jesus H Christ is eliminated 0 - 2
Winners Final:
KD Alpha (Zangief) vs VashTS (Sakura)
2 - 0
Losers Quarter-final:
Cataract (Honda) vs Solgrim (Honda) - Solgrim is eliminated 2 - 0
de BLOO (Akuma) vs Danro (Ken) - de BLOO is eliminated 0 - 2
Losers Semi-final:
Cataract (Honda) vs Danro (Ken) - Danro is eliminated 2 - 1
Losers Final:
Cataract (Honda) vs VashTS (Sakura) - VashTS is eliminated 2 - 1
Grand Finals:
KD Alpha (Dan) vs Cataract (Dan)
2 - 0
Results:
13th, earning 4 points in the ranbat: madfigs, BusterSlash, ScottyG, mourning orange
9th, earning 8 points in the ranbat: ZServ, Wedge, crazy beethoven, Senisan82
7th, earning 10 points in the ranbat: Jesus H Christ, Char Aznable
5th, earning 12 points in the ranbat: de BLOO, Solgrim
4th, earning 13 points in the ranbat: Danro
3rd, earning 14 points in the ranbat: VashTS
2nd, earning 15 points in the ranbat: Cataract
Grand Champion, earning 16 points in the ranbat: KD Alpha
A few pretty interesting things happened in this tournament.
Unfortunately, Senisan82 had to forfeit fairly early in the tournament due going on vacation. He and Char are on similar levels of skill, so it would have been interesting to see how things might have gone differently.
As you can see above, the Grand Finals match was a Dan mirror match. Cataract and KD agreed on the forums to test their Dans against each other. As Danro pointed out, Cataract had no idea that KD is a Dan Grandmaster.
VashTS considerably stepped his game up for this tournament. Maining Sakura of all characters, he made it all the way to the Winners Finals. Vash has Sakura's mix up game down to a tee, and took me out of the tournament with a perfect round in our last match.
The Danro vs Cataract match up turned out to be one of the marquee matches. Facing each other in the very first round, they met again in the Losers Semi-finals. Both matches were very close, and we were lucky enough to get the second one on video.
A big thanks to everyone who participated. We'll be doing these regularly once SOUPA DOUPA comes out in two months!
Now I'd like to share some thoughts on the Street Fighter Dtoid community. There are about 10 of us or so who constantly talk about SF in the forums. Go to the games forum and you'll see the proof of how nuts we are about it. As of this writing, the top three most active threads in the games forum are Mass Effect 2 at 742 posts, Demon's Souls at 904 posts, and Super Street Figher 4 at 3,041 posts. Most of those are made by the same ten or so people.
Super is coming out soon, and we want you to join us.
If you're worried about not being good at the game, don't be. WE WILL HELP YOU. You can only get better by playing, and most of us are willing to offer advice as we play. I have been helped in this same way by our top players, and it has stepped my game up considerably. I am a far better player since I started playing regularly with KD Alpha and de BLOO.
Once Super comes out, there will probably be a grace period where we're all fooling with the game and doing the new challenges and learning the new characters, but it won't be very long before we start getting more serious about these ranbats. I personally want it to be a regular thing, and I'm inviting everyone reading this to be a part of them.
So keep your eyes peeled on the forums and c-blogs, and start practicing. Also, feel free to hit me up for some matches in the mean time!
Ha, I knew KD was a beast with Dan (relatively speaking). He trained with Dan strictly for an EventHubs tournament, if I'm not mistaken. By that point, I wanted to have fun, and troll the community by having a Dan v Dan mirror match for the Grand Finals. I regret nothing.
Also, I knew KD would beat me. He's got tricks, man.
It's true. Just jump in. I got much better at the game by playing Char Aznable(ShinigamiBV) constantly. Wish I could have joined in the tournament, though I know I wouldn't have gotten far.
I can definitely vouch for this SF4/DTIOD community. You guys were nothing but helpful and awesome to new challengers. I would have joined the valentines day ps3 tourny but you know.. i had to make some sweet sweet love. Just popping in to say keep it up and thanks again for being such cool guys.
I'd like to see matches with vashTS; seeing Sakura win always make me happy. Also, my SF days are over, in fact, my fighting game days are over in general. I used to play SF3 religiously and my Ibuki wasn't bad, but now, I just don't have the fighting itch. But I still like to keep up with teh fightans.
Wish I would have been paying attention to the thread. I could have gotten a piece of that action. I'm nowhere near pro but I don't suck. KD and a few others slaughter me consistently. As long as nobody holds back I don't mind.
I dont get why people said stuff like I got suckered or tricked. I suggested it to have fun. I knew KD knows Dan better than I do. Read my previous comment.
I was in the fucking thing, and I'm just now finding out what "ranbat" means. Oh well, I had fun, and I'd definitely get in again. There is some RIDICULOUS competition here at Dtoid, I'm proud.
If anyone here wants to play some time for the hell of it, my GT is ShinigamiBV. Usedtabe, it's been a week or two - we need to battle again.
This is so awesome; dtoid might have one the most close-knit fighting community outisde of the shoryuken forums.
Great show all around, and it's good to see everyone had a blast! I'd need a stick and some practice before I'd even want to show my face, as my skills are pretty sub-par competitively, but maybe I'll participate after SSF4 is released!
Again, this looks like it was incredible! Hopefully there will be more videos in the next organized bouts.
Once soopa doopa drops, I'll happily play with you guys if I can. Also, I knew making that official game threads forum was a good idea. I never thought we could track activity on popular games that way.
Great tournament, I only wish that it didn't take as long as it did. I have to admit, I kinda lost interest towards the end....Demon's Souls totally distracted me. I totally would have beat KD Alpha....>_>
the Super SFIV forum thread is seriously the best thing ever. we draw inspiration from SF and work up so many enlightening, open-minded discussions on race and sexual orientation.
Count me in on the next ranbat when Super4 comes out. I've been playing this more than STHD in the last couple of months, so hopefully I'll have the ins and outs of this game under my belt by the time Super4 comes out.
Well, I have a not-terrible Cammy that I wouldn't mind putting up against other people, but I know that I'm pretty much everything but horrible at SF4. Hopefully once soupa doupa comes out I can train up and maybe jump into some games with you peoples.
i had fun playing, maybe next time i can use someone i have a better win ratio with, but it was a good learning experience me. also...NICE JOB SPELLING MY NAME WRONG THEN COPY AND PASTING IT ON THE BRACKET >:(
You know what? I was on the fence about getting SSFIV, but if I could play against the Dtoid community I just might have to pick it up. PS3 version though.
If you notice, I used different characters throughout the tournament while everyone else stuck to 1 or 2. I'm pretty proficient with almost every character in the game, so I could give you a few basic pointers as well as Chun-i specific tips. That is, if you're on the 360. Can't help the PS3 side since I don't own one.
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Good tournament, competition was definitely better than the first one. Can't wait for Super IV.
Also, I knew KD would beat me. He's got tricks, man.
Also fuck Honda. /SALTY
Damnit! We need more PS3 people in the future, so make sure to get in on the next one.
..make sure its not a national screwing holiday next time :P
If anyone here wants to play some time for the hell of it, my GT is ShinigamiBV. Usedtabe, it's been a week or two - we need to battle again.
Great show all around, and it's good to see everyone had a blast! I'd need a stick and some practice before I'd even want to show my face, as my skills are pretty sub-par competitively, but maybe I'll participate after SSF4 is released!
Again, this looks like it was incredible! Hopefully there will be more videos in the next organized bouts.
SUPER DYNAMIC COOKING TIME!
I guess I'll be picking up both the PS3 and 360 versions of this one, too.
...even though I'm going to try to main Duddles.
If you notice, I used different characters throughout the tournament while everyone else stuck to 1 or 2. I'm pretty proficient with almost every character in the game, so I could give you a few basic pointers as well as Chun-i specific tips. That is, if you're on the 360. Can't help the PS3 side since I don't own one.