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[Cloudius12]

Planet Zero lol shady as always.

 

[kirblar]

Wow, did they fly out there for nothing?

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Wow, did they fly out there for nothing?

yep, apparently they can't even enter the building.

 

[Rentahamster]

Wow, that's all kinds of fucked up right there.

 

[Kadey]

Apparently it is SBO's fault not Planet Zero. We'll have to find out more details later.

And Hsien and BK has to fight Team Kuwait to make it into brackets. So not all is lost right now.

Thanks Fubar for looking out for them.

 

[black_vegeta]

Negotiations are over. Hsien/Banana Ken will fight the Kuwait team, winner gets into Top 32 bracket.

Keep in mind, this is even though both teams are written into the SBO Final bracket on separate sides in the program guide.

Planet Zero's owner is here too, he was not aware of any problems. This was SBO's fault for miscalculating the number of teams who qual'd.

SBO however was made aware that Banana Ken paid thousands out of pocket to be here, and that the situation was handled very poorly.

.

 

[kirblar]

Apparently it is SBO's fault not Planet Zero. We'll have to find out more details later.

And Hsien and BK has to fight Team Kuwait to make it into brackets. So not all is lost right now.

Thanks Fubar for looking out for them.

How in the unholy fuck do you invite more people than you have slots for? The management's managed to be even worse than the horrific tournament format!

 

[Conceited]

Looks like Banana Ken and Hsien aren't the only ones with SBO problems

http://twitter.com/Zhieeep/status/114930148981219328

 

[kirblar]

They're essentially bumping foreign teams to ensure Daigo's on the PPV. Disgusting and shameful.

 

[KidA Seven]

They're essentially bumping foreign teams to ensure Daigo's on the PPV. Disgusting and shameful.

What??? Daigo and Iyo have to go through a qualifier in order to make it.

 

[kirblar]

What??? Daigo and Iyo have to go through a qualifier in order to make it.

There were two last chance qualifier team spaces available, but they had accidentally left the Taiwanese team off the bracket. Rather than having the two LCQ teams face off, they're screwing over random foreign teams. Daigo's team won one of the two LCQ spots.

 

[broz0rs]

this is terrible.

the Planet Zero, Taiwan, Kuwaiti team all lost their spots?

 

[SephirothRK]

wow, this is turning bad. I feel sorry for the players who paid to go to Japan to play in SBO and not get that chance.

 

[MiniBossBattle]

Why boot the foreign qualifiers?

 

[KidA Seven]

Seems like Taiwan team is in 32. Planet Zero team vs Kuwait to get in.

Zhi's twitter.

 

[SephirothRK]

SBO is now starting

brackets
http://twitter.com/#!/southtownarcade/status/114938751154786304/photo/1/large
@fubarduck is tweeting updates.

edit: and just like that Mike Ross/Champ is out of SBO.

 

[Kadey]

Team U.S.A is playing right now.

 

[the_log_ride]

oh hell no... Must be a nightmare for them.

 

[Conceited]

There is commentary here for anyone who can't watch

http://www.twitch.tv/min2012

 

[Conceited]

Mike and Champ out, exposed.

 

[Professor Beef]

Mike and Champ out, exposed.

 

[ThatCrazyGuy]

How bad did they lose?

I had a stream, but no more

 

[KidA Seven]

Shows you how hard SBO is.

 

[black_vegeta]

Mike and Champ out, exposed.

They were already exposed as soon as they got the SBO tickets.

 

[MiniBossBattle]

Mike and Champ out, exposed.

booo. Oh well, time for them to go site seeing. Don't forget to eat some Ramen, buy some Tokyo Bananas and go to Ropongi Hill

 

[Cloudius12]

Hopefully East Coast team get somewhere.

 

[biosnake20]

If anyone can get to second round in sbo its henry "golden" cen.

 

[Edgeward]

Got to avoid this SBO talk, I inch closer and closer to my wallet the more I hear about it.

 

[Conceited]

Now Utah is out, GOLDEN CEN IS THE ONLY HOPE.

 

[kirblar]

Got to avoid this SBO talk, I inch closer and closer to my wallet the more I hear about it.

Don't you dare give them money after what they did to the Texas/Kuwaiti/Taiwan teams.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Mike and Champ out, exposed.

Already? damn

 

[Conceited]

Hsien and Bken lost to Kuwait, so they don't even get a chance to compete in SBO.

 

[TurtleSnatcher]

US will all be out in the first round.

Wow.. Haha


EDIT: Cen is gonna get rocked.. Who is his partner?

 

[Infinite Justice]

Hsien and Bken lost to Kuwait, so they don't even get a chance to compete in SBO.

All that money

at least they can see the sites.

 

[stabicron7]

All that money

at least they can see the sites.

Probably very cold comfort after all this BS....

 

[Infinite Justice]

Probably very cold comfort after all this BS....

Yea but hey...

EDIT: Cen is gonna get rocked.. Who is his partner?

LI Joe IIRC

 

[Professor Beef]

All that money

at least they can see the sites.

After all that? I'd just want to go home.

 

[Conceited]

US will all be out in the first round.

Wow.. Haha


EDIT: Cen is gonna get rocked.. Who is his partner?

LI Joe.

 

[Infinite Justice]

After all that? I'd just want to go home.

I would be salty as hell but i just can't see that money going completely to waste

 

[Conceited]

All American teams out 1st round.

 

[MiniBossBattle]

All American teams out 1st round.

 

[black_vegeta]

GG Japan

 

[GhostRidah]

Funny how people are hating SBO now, this shit was garbage for awhile.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Planet Zero?, More like Planet Shady M I RITE?

No kidding.

 

["God's Beard!"]

So I went 3-2 in a local tournament today in San Francisco. ~20-30 people showed up for AE.

I feel pretty good about it, because I was playing with a borrowed Sanwa stick on 360 instead of my Seimitsu on PS3. I pretty much lost my two matches because I couldn't chicken wing into close fierce, they were both extremely close.

I only played Marvel at EVO, so offline tournament play is an eye opener for me, since I'd only ever played casuals before. I played a ton of Super online, so I'd underestimated how important listening to your opponent's buttons is. I found out that I suddenly play much, much more patiently in offline tournaments since I can tell what my opponent is trying to do more easily, whereas online feels more like rock paper scissors and i rush in way too quickly.

So, I used Dudley, Fei Long, Seth and Vega, and learned a lot about each character and what they mean for me.

• Dudley - Dudley's weaknesses aren't as bad as I thought, but reliability is more important than I considered. I'm dropping Dudley because I don't trust myself.
• Fei Long - I can play Fei really patiently offline, and I think it suits me. I played him in Vanilla, but basically stopped in Super because I only really played online and got confused too much. I got a lot of compliments on my rekka reactions
• Seth - The only character that audibly excited people around me when I played, I think Seth is a great secondary for me. I never dropped my combos and hit confirms when I played him today, either, stomps are so much fun
• Vega- This dude got me knocked out of the tournament. He really doesn't fit me like I thought, so I'm dropping him.

Fei and Seth are my boys now, and the tournament was fun enough that I think I can start to take this game seriously.

Also, I fought a really smart Dudley that made it to semifinals, he listened to my buttons and counterhit my rekkas with cMP A LOT. and once you force a Fei Long to rely on his(admittedly great) normals, dudley's job is mostly done. Playing Dudley as a counterhit character instead of a mixup character is pretty smart.

 

[DryEyeRelief]

so iyo is using ibuki

 

[Kaako]

All American teams out 1st round.

I said damn...
I wonder how far Latif may have gone if he didn't have that unfortunate passport issue.

 

[Professor Beef]

so iyo is using ibuki

I said damn...
I wonder how far Latif may have gone if he didn't have that unfortunate passport issue.

Paging Saty...paging Saty...

 

[KidA Seven]

Iyo's Ibuki is so good. Daigo and Momochi match was very intense.

 

[Conceited]

Michael Tan/Hashigashira to take it all, lets go.