I leave Los Angeles, bound for Las Vegas in 2 days. This will be my first EVO and holy shit it just so happens to be the biggest fucking EVO to date. Street Fighter 4 has 1040 entrants. One-thousand forty people who all want to kick my ass. Obviously this is gonna be the biggest tournament I've ever been to, and potentially the biggest fighting game tournament in the history of fightan games. Here's the rundown..
SF4 = 1040 people. 24 pools. 17 semi finalists (gamestop qualifiers + daigo)
HD Remix = 300+ people. 12 pools. ? semi finalists (NKI/damdai so far)
Mahvel vs Capcom 2 = 218 people. 4 pools
SF3 Third Strike = 258 (129 teams). 4 pools.
Soul Calibur 4 = 159
Guilty Gear XX = 120
EXHIBITION: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Invitational Tournament (Nintendo Wii)
EXHIBITION: SSF2T HD Remix, Regional 5on5 Team Tournament (PS3)
I'm only participating in Street Fighter 4 but I'll definitely be all over the casual setups all weekend. But anyway, FUCK. I'm really excited. This shit is gonna be such a motherfucking blast. I know I'm not alone when I say that fighting games are WAY MORE FUN IN PERSON than online. Playing online isn't worth the time you waste doing it. To me it's bad for the competitive spirit because neither player is playing for anything important, and obviously because nobody is watching, they just don't try as hard...
Photography by Kara Leung, who was nominated for eSports Photo of the Year
Nothing beats the energy and the excitement of a good Street Fighter tournament. Nothing beats that feeling that you get from beating somebody else at something you're both passionate about. Which brings me to the other topic of this post, a fucking incredible new documentary called I GOT NEXT based on the Street Fighter scene.
Writer, director, producer, PR guy, etc. Ian Cofino originally penned it out as a short trailer for a school project, but it eventually snowballed into what is now a really really well done, full length documentary. You can catch the trailer right here and I'll post a link to the whole thing just under it.
But no Street Fighter documentary would be complete without the culmination of all the hard work that everybody has put into the game, EVO itself. Cofino plans to shoot more footage at Evo to add to his project, but so far even without the extra footage this thing is coming out fuckin great.
Check out the "full" documentary here. But seriously tho watch the trailer. It's sick. :D
http://ufragtv.com/recorded/video/21295 Give it a couple seconds to load. It's gonna say some shit about michael bay or something.. yeah just give it a minute.
Wow that trailer for I got Next is really good. I wouldn't have known it was just for a school project if I wasn't told. I'm going to watch the whole thing now.
I just wish I was actually good at Street Fighter 4.
@teenidol I sleep naked and I've been told that I'm "gropey" when I sleep. Whatever that means. You've been warned.
@Palidi Oh DEFINITELY. I'm gonna take pictures and try to take some video footage too, but the only thing is that they say it's ok to record, just not to put it online because they want to be able to make money with their own EVO dvd.. :/ Hopefully it's ok if I don't record the matches, just the crowd and my own personal adventures..
@Anus Enjoy it! Oh and if you have a twitter go ahead and follow the guy making it, [url]www.twitter.com/iancofino[/url] so that you can see the whole thing when he posts it. I'll probably post it anyway tho :3
@de bloo I wanted to post it a long ass time ago and did a search to see if anybody else had posted it, and nobody had. forums obviously dont count because they dont matter. :D <3
If you have the time before you leave, could you throw together another blog with your strategy for the tournament or something? I'm very interested in seeing how one prepares for an event like this, with over 1,000 of the best players aiming for your head. Are there any special protips, good luck charms, rituals, etc. that you'll be using?
Holy shit guys I fucking love all of you. Ahhhh thanks for the good wishes and stuffs..
@nilcan PM SENT. See you there sweetcheeks :D
@hchuchoyei hmm yeah maybe I'll do that when I get back from class today. Thing is I wanted poeople to be able to just jump in and watch without having to download. and open and bla bla a torrent
@danmartigan dude. <3
@aiya SO AWESOME
@smang you should just go. :3
@senisan SO MUCH FUN. also fuck dude. I hope I can even manage to make it out of my pool. I got stuck with a bunch of fucking ALLSTARS.
@char THANKS BABYBOO. And yeah I'll see what I can do with regards to another preperation blog.. so much stuff to do today! gotta cut off these shaggy locks.. it's gonna be so hot over there. UGH.
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Hi, I'm Rab. I like games.
Ever since I could remember, I've always wanted to have a career that somehow allowed me continue to be involved with them. For that reason and pretty much that reason alone, I'm going to college and learning about the different components and things that go into the videogame industry. I like to analyze videogames and see what makes them tick. If a game sucks, I want to understand exactly what makes it suck so hard. To this day I'm still not sure exactly how I want things to pan out, and I don't exactly know what it is I want to do within the game industry, but I know it's going to kick ass.
I like the consider myself a pretty well rounded person when it comes to taste in videogames. As long as the game has well thought out mechanics and fun gameplay, I'll atleast give it a shot.
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Fuck you and fuck EVO!!
Just kidding, I'm bunking with you dawg! :3 Hope somebody takes CVS 2. If they do, you won't see me until it's time leave son!
All I really have to say is good luck, have fun, and take LOOOOOTS of photoes to post here for us to see.
Wow that trailer for I got Next is really good. I wouldn't have known it was just for a school project if I wasn't told. I'm going to watch the whole thing now.
I just wish I was actually good at Street Fighter 4.
PFFFFT. Welcome to last week guey.
Wow, thanks Rab.
Video is good so far (buffering).
@teenidol I sleep naked and I've been told that I'm "gropey" when I sleep. Whatever that means. You've been warned.
@Palidi Oh DEFINITELY. I'm gonna take pictures and try to take some video footage too, but the only thing is that they say it's ok to record, just not to put it online because they want to be able to make money with their own EVO dvd.. :/ Hopefully it's ok if I don't record the matches, just the crowd and my own personal adventures..
@Anus Enjoy it! Oh and if you have a twitter go ahead and follow the guy making it, [url]www.twitter.com/iancofino[/url] so that you can see the whole thing when he posts it. I'll probably post it anyway tho :3
@de bloo I wanted to post it a long ass time ago and did a search to see if anybody else had posted it, and nobody had. forums obviously dont count because they dont matter. :D <3
@lemon :3
Awesome shit. You are going to have a blast, Rab. I'm jealous.
:D <3
I really need to get that doco when I have the chance, looks like some epic shit.
BRING BACK THE GOLD FOR DESTRUCTOID!!! DO IT!!!
Rab, kick DarkPrince's ass. For all of us.
Yea, the I Got Next documentary was awesome.
dibs on not sleeping with idol. but i will be naked.
The whole time.
Is it too late to register? I will find out. I'm guessing yes.
But I may try to make it there anyway. I'll crush the exhibitions hurf durf.
@smurfee yeah its wwaaay too late to register, but ITS FREE TO SPECTATE! and play casuals ;3
I'll be there and I have a plan to get together with Kirbilot. PM me your contact info!
you should post the link to the torrent with your post looks better than the one on ufrag
It's really fucking cool you're competing man, good luck. Take some people out.
so awesome! I wished I was there :3 Have lots of fun and good luck!
man i wish i was going.
Have fun dude :) I'll go someday and win it all!(...in my dreams)
Good luck, Rab! Destructoid is rooting for you!
If you have the time before you leave, could you throw together another blog with your strategy for the tournament or something? I'm very interested in seeing how one prepares for an event like this, with over 1,000 of the best players aiming for your head. Are there any special protips, good luck charms, rituals, etc. that you'll be using?
Holy shit guys I fucking love all of you. Ahhhh thanks for the good wishes and stuffs..
@nilcan PM SENT. See you there sweetcheeks :D
@hchuchoyei hmm yeah maybe I'll do that when I get back from class today. Thing is I wanted poeople to be able to just jump in and watch without having to download. and open and bla bla a torrent
@danmartigan dude. <3
@aiya SO AWESOME
@smang you should just go. :3
@senisan SO MUCH FUN. also fuck dude. I hope I can even manage to make it out of my pool. I got stuck with a bunch of fucking ALLSTARS.
@char THANKS BABYBOO. And yeah I'll see what I can do with regards to another preperation blog.. so much stuff to do today! gotta cut off these shaggy locks.. it's gonna be so hot over there. UGH.
Good luck :] Hope you get far/win :P lol...