Date & time: November 20, 2004, from 3 P.M. to 7 P.M. and sign ups were from noon to 3 P.M.
Fee: $5 per game.
Prizes: the third place winner got $5 (the original fee), the runner-up got $10 and the winner got the rest of the pot. This did not apply to "KoF 2003", as the runner-up got $5 and the winner got the rest of the pot because of the size of the pot.
Hosts: MrHappyface, Eric, J.C. and myself as well as some other people I can't remember.
Format: double elimination, best of three matches.
| Game | Host(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "Capcom Fighting Jam". | Unknown. | None. |
| "Capcom vs. SNK 2". | Unknown. | None. |
| "The King of Fighters 2003". | Don Umali/Bata-kun. | No infinites or any other dirty tricks are allowed. Pull a trick off and you lose automatically the matchup. No questions asked. |
| "Marvel vs Capcom 2". | Unknown. | None. |
| "Soul Calibur II". | Eric. | None. |
| "Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike". | Phuc Le/MrHappyface. | None. |
| "Tekken Tag Tournament". | None. | This game was dropped. |
"Capcom Fighting Jam" results
1st place: Ricky Ortiz.
2nd place: Randy Lew.
3rd place: Ronald Lew.
4th place & beyond: ask Phuc.
"Capcom vs. SNK 2" results
1st place: Ricky Ortiz.
2nd place: Randy Lew.
3rd place: Ronald Lew.
4th place & beyond: ask Phuc.
"The King of Fighters 2003" results
1st place: Ricky Ortiz.
2nd place: Yuxin Zeus.
3rd place: Joe Sitou.
4th place: Chris/Orochi and Eddie Wilson/Moogleborg.
"Marvel vs Capcom 2" results
1st place: Randy Lew.
2nd place: Ricky Ortiz.
3rd place: Anthony Leon.
4th place & beyond: ask Phuc.
"Soul Calibur II" results
1st place: Patrick Duong.
2nd place: Michael Trujillo.
3rd place: Ray Emard.
4th place & beyond: ask Phuc.
"Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike" results
1st place: Ricky Ortiz.
2nd place: Phuc Le/MrHappyface.
3rd place: Phillip Hunt.
4th place & beyond: ask Phuc.
All participates of this tournament just like those in the past have also be ranked against participates of other tournaments across the nation as well. The tournament was sanctioned by both APEX & GPA. Uh, I guess that's it for this part.
For my first tournament that I'm hosting, well, not many people attended. The reason is because there was another tournament on the same held in the southern part of the state and that was the Rico Console Tournament, held in Riverside. If you have complained about the fact that this tournament ran on the same date as that southern California tournament, blame my partner, not me because he was heavily under-staffed and I became part of the staff in a week or so before the tournament.
Well, you saw some of the results. I never did play any of the games. Why?
"Capcom vs SNK 2": I dislike it.
"Capcom Fighting Jam": I dislike it too.
"Marvel vs Capcom 2": dislike it also.
"The King of Fighters 2003": I dislike it as well. (Wow! I'm full of hate now, am I?)
"Soul Calibur II": would have played it, except that I don't like dubs. (Yes, that was my reason and yes, they have the English-speaking voices. That and I am not a 3D player.)
"Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike": dislike it.
So, what did I get out of this? Aside from learning how to run a tournament and getting a good experience out of it, well, to those who attended the southern one, you missed out on a good amount of terrific stuff because I had some good conversations regarding various Japanese matters from Japanese music to anime and manga. Oh and unlike the southern one, the games list felt more diverse. I am sure that the people who took part in our tournament wished that they saw the action down south.
Well, I'm glad Phuc got second place in "3S". That's his personal best. So, what that tells you is that the host knows how to play.
From now on, I'll only host if Phuc's in a bind and if I'm free. So, I'm like an alternative host if you want to say that. Um, it was interesting, even though I didn't really win that much and even if I did win, I didn't get much satisfaction out of the victory. The next tournament, which will be hopefully on the 12th of February, I'm 50/50 on entering as a player and host.
Oh. I suppose you want the omake. Here. (Oh and if you hear someone say "Itadaki!" it's me cheering my friend on against a friend of a friend of mine. Well, he's a fellow host after all and this was during the tournament, not an omake match.) Make sure that you save movies to your hard drive. Mata ne. =P
Update as of 1/11/05: the next tournament is on the 19th of next month.
Last update - 1/14/05