Edit: Alex Valle and Combofiend are going to Japan! But damn, Valle has a LOT of catching up to do: he couldn't even hit shoryu FADC ultra in these quals, let alone any of the more advanced combos Ryu has. Also, he kept wasting his metre on EX fireballs. But he really stepped it up in the grand finals, no doubt.

New Zealand6138 Posts

June 07 2009 09:47 GMT

#3943

that match was HYPE AS FUCK

Valle sandbagging until grand finals imo, sick tactics ~~~~

Fishball

Canada4788 Posts

June 07 2009 09:51 GMT

#3944

I thought I was seeing things was this thread was active the entire night.
So the event basically took like 20 hours or something?

When I decided to check it out, it was already too late ;(
I need to see what happened!

myrmidon2537

Philippines2188 Posts

June 07 2009 09:52 GMT

#3945

Comebackfiend

I wanted Ed and Ken I too but still... That was insane

ArC_man

United States2798 Posts

June 07 2009 10:01 GMT

#3946

That was fucking sick. I wanted Ken I/Ed Ma but Combo/Valle was my 2nd favorite team. Good shit, can't wait for the HD VODs and the podcast tomorrow.

Edit: yea this event was like 14 hours.

New Zealand6138 Posts

June 07 2009 10:03 GMT

#3947

also gootecks needs to shut the fuck up jesus christ

about ed ma I mean

ALSO the funniest moment of the night was when Buktooth ran straight into the fucking ultra

ArC_man

United States2798 Posts

June 07 2009 10:13 GMT

#3948

Well, he can't help it if he's biased. He's gonna root for the person who trained him and helped him so much. He tried to stay unbiased throughout the tournament but it was the finals of SBO qualifiers man, you gotta get HYPE. Even seasoned casters are biased to some extent.

myrmidon2537

Philippines2188 Posts

June 07 2009 10:19 GMT

#3949

I'm betting since Valle qualified already SoCal will try to do their best to help Valle polish up his game.

Who knows... maybe Ken I. and Edma go for Last chance quals? =)

KOFgokuon

United States14912 Posts

June 07 2009 12:19 GMT

#3950

Did Gootecks not enter? I didn't follow this from the beginning

sung_moon

United States10110 Posts

June 07 2009 12:46 GMT

#3951

yea wth y didn't gootecks enter?
the leader of the rog army should of represented

edit: wow sbo gonna be sick this year. some strong ass teams on 3S/SF4 side.

SayaSP

Laos5494 Posts

June 07 2009 18:25 GMT

#3952

USA isnt gonna anywhere close in 3s, but like Japan has seen every character in sf4 so its gonna be hard

ArC_man

United States2798 Posts

June 07 2009 18:31 GMT

#3953

Ya Gootecks didn't enter because he thought he didn't think he'd do well (something along the lines of that). He would've probably fucked up the teams also since he would either team with Ed or Ken.

KreaGata

United States1702 Posts

June 07 2009 19:01 GMT

#3954

I was at SBO Quals in person (Denjin is my home arcade), it was definitely the most hype SBO Quals in a loooooooong time.

My voice still hurts.

Bill307

Canada9103 Posts

June 07 2009 19:29 GMT

#3955

Here are some screenshots I took from the stream, mostly of Red Statue:

+ Show Spoiler [stream pics] +

Red Statue doing the 'Gief lariat:

Red Statue and Fubarduck doing the 'Gief green hand:

Remember that podcast where they're talking about Ken I, and Yi says he's got a million of those orange sweatshirts?

Red Statue doing the Sagat win pose. This was taken around 12:15 am EST, iirc.

And this was taken around 1:45 am:

SayaSP

Laos5494 Posts

June 07 2009 20:49 GMT

#3956

so amazing red statue

from twitter:

SayaSP @foobz you do great things http://bit.ly/SuxlQ

foobz @SayaSP Thanks, and may the Statue God be with you.

lolol