SoCal Regionals 2013 20 January 2013 UC Irvine Student Center Irvine, California
Overview
Fighting game tournaments continue to deliver. SCR has been conveniently placed during the ESPORTS off-season for the past two years, and I find that attending and covering it helps me get back into the groove of taking photos at events by delivering a dose of pure, unadulterated hype.
I was only able to attend the final day of this three day event, but I was able to be there in time to experience perhaps the most significant story line that came out of this tournament. ApologyMan absolutely rampaged through the Marvel 3 tournament, taking out a number of notable fighting game names along the way, through the use of an interesting team composition built around utilizing Frank West supers to great effect. That he managed to pull it off against players who use characters like Morrigan (who takes Marvel and turns it into a bullet hell game) made him a definite crowd favorite, as demonstrated by the ESFI video in the spoiler tag below.
There was this one guy in the crowd during Marvel, whenever someone beat ChrisG in a round he'd hold up an iPad with "#STAGED" all over it. For some reason it was so fucking funny. So was the white people poster.
Ohh snap, I heard of this specific tournament, I think!! I have a friend who's really into all kinds of games though he mainly plays lol, watched part of this tourney with him. Good stuff.
I knew the counterargument was going to be the Daigo tech video, but hear me out. Infiltration, unlike Daigo, doesn't just win tournaments, he annihilates the field. He 6-0s people like its nothing. Don't get me wrong, Daigo is amazing and has won a lot, but almost all of his victories were by very close margins (the video you posted being one).
On January 23 2013 14:42 Dubzex wrote: I knew the counterargument was going to be the Daigo tech video, but hear me out. Infiltration, unlike Daigo, doesn't just win tournaments, he annihilates the field. He 6-0s people like its nothing. Don't get me wrong, Daigo is amazing and has won a lot, but almost all of his victories were by very close margins (the video you posted being one).
I just think it is too soon to be making that sort of statement regarding Infiltration's play, that's all.
On January 23 2013 14:55 Sigrun wrote: Awesome stuff. I wanted to go but that ten dollar spectator fee really turned me off, so I just ended up watching at home lol.
it was 10 dollars for 3 whole days + raffle tickets. while I would prefer that my ESPORTS price point remain at $8.95, ten doesn't seem that much to me. I'd pay for it anytime with SCR. Hell, I paid for it even though I was only there for the last day.
On January 23 2013 14:42 Dubzex wrote: I knew the counterargument was going to be the Daigo tech video, but hear me out. Infiltration, unlike Daigo, doesn't just win tournaments, he annihilates the field. He 6-0s people like its nothing. Don't get me wrong, Daigo is amazing and has won a lot, but almost all of his victories were by very close margins (the video you posted being one).
for 3s, MOV was probably more dominant than Umehara anyways.
Umehara's was probably most dominant at Vampire Savior (when he was still in junior high or smth), with SSFT being a second perhaps?
P.S. kind of ironic actually, since MOV stands for "Master of Vampire Hunter" apparently.
On January 23 2013 14:42 Dubzex wrote: I knew the counterargument was going to be the Daigo tech video, but hear me out. Infiltration, unlike Daigo, doesn't just win tournaments, he annihilates the field. He 6-0s people like its nothing. Don't get me wrong, Daigo is amazing and has won a lot, but almost all of his victories were by very close margins (the video you posted being one).
for 3s, MOV was probably more dominant than Umehara anyways.
Umehara's was probably most dominant at Vampire Savior (when he was still in junior high or smth), with SSFT being a second perhaps?
P.S. kind of ironic actually, since MOV stands for "Master of Vampire Hunter" apparently.
Daigo was not that good in Super Turbo either. At least, not in the same level as the dedicated ST players (Otochun, Aniken, Muteki, Yuu, etc.)
3S was MOV or Kuroda. Kuroda would smash anybody with most characters.
On January 23 2013 14:42 Dubzex wrote: I knew the counterargument was going to be the Daigo tech video, but hear me out. Infiltration, unlike Daigo, doesn't just win tournaments, he annihilates the field. He 6-0s people like its nothing. Don't get me wrong, Daigo is amazing and has won a lot, but almost all of his victories were by very close margins (the video you posted being one).
Not to mention everyone forgets or doesn't realize he loses the Grand Finals match right after. That's right, that Evo moment wasn't even a Grand Finals match.
EPT
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