Dragonslayers Ranking Battle 3.5 - SFIV - 06/02/10

chunkis wrote: »

Yeah am down for some st, but the tvs last time i was in belfast had mega lag, are there any crts we can jack?

DS owns at least one CRT, and I think they have a second as well.

train is only 9 gbp
id bring more to be safe?

Should have roughly 10 pound for food hoping thats enough, gonna try get another 10 to be safe.

Vyse just checking aswell i play pad in BB now (Boooooo) i'm sure you have pads up there right? Just in case no harm in asking.

Right-o i'm in.

Anybody getting the bus tomorrow? Don't wanna go by meself as i'm such a pussy :P

Anybody let me know what time their getting the BUS at let me know so i can tag along that way?

ChopperByrneAlt wrote: »

I plan on getting the 11:00 bus.

Sound Chop, take it your getting it from bus eireann right?

Just in case you get the Airport line?

l i'll meet you in there then aswell as anyone else who's goin by bus?

doom i did alright, here is a quick run down of what happend,

I was match point up on newtype and only one spin away from grand finals when i got little impatient and stuck out a standing medium kick that got punished with a textbook dragon punch dash ultra to take it to 1-1 and that kinda changed the flow of match in newtypes favour with him taking the final game, it was a very tight and intense match, but it could have went either way.

Then in losers finals i played cobelcog once again and switched to ryu, not sure why i switched to ryu, i guess thinking about it now i was feeling quite confident and i didn`t feel that i was going to lose against cobelcogs cammy because i was dominating him in casuals, but before i knew it i was 1 game down after switching to ryu and 1 round down losing the first round of the 2nd game to a perfect, i didn`t really get out of the blocks at all and picking ryu proved to be a terrible idea and it cost me the match and chance to come back in grand finals.

However dispite being eliminated from the tournament i did quite well in casuals, i dominated cobelcogs cammy with zangief and was quite pleased with my performance. However when i played with ryu it was a different story, i went 3-5 against his cammy with ryu and 0-7 against his cammy with sagat, it was the first time that i played a cammy and i didn`t really know what i was going on, i didn`t get to play against him as much as i would have like with sagat and just as i was getting into the matches we had to stop for the team tournament. But the matches i did play i learned a lot and i can`t wait for the next tournament. Cobelcog is very tallented player and a credit to the irish fighting game community, i look forward to playing him again.

Then when i played newtype it was 50/50 ryu vs ryu with most matches going right down to the wire, we both learned a lot about each others style of play and there was almost nothing in it between us, it made for some enjoyable matches, its just a shame they didn`t get recorded. But when i picked sagat it was murder on the dance floor, newtype had a very tough time dealing with sagat as most ryus do and i won quite comfortable with an 8-0 streak on his ryu. It would have been nice to play cobelcogs cammy with sagat after i had warmed up properly because i felt like things definitely would have been different between my sagat and his cammy.

Dispite newtype losing 6-0 to cobelcog in the grand final he redeemed himself in causals with some outstanding play that was worthly of being loged in the jedi archives, he completely out played cobelcog and won 5 or 6 matches on the trot and showed his true class and why he is rated as one of the best players in the country.

Almost everybody has leveled up since the last time i was in belfast with v-deck and roogle being the most improved players i played. In general i think the level up north is definitely stronger than in the south, with all of them making a strong showing in the tournament. I can`t for the next event now, i hope to see everybody attending the next tournament.

For all of the south players reading we should definitely make a trip up to belfast before cannes, including people like azza and bush and anybody else who is looking to get better and improve. I want to get better and the only way to do that is to play. France is just around the corner and i want all of us going to be the best we can be before we go because i know whats waiting for us in cannes and its not the easter bunny, so we need to be ready.

Big shout out to everybody i played and saw in belfast, see you soon

Those milky way bars were sooo good, still craving some more haha. Grats to Tsukiko for basically emBARassing me in grand finals winning in straight sets, i have a month to train up to Vyze level before france where hopefully i can place. Thanks to Vyze for hosting the tournament, it was well worth the trip up.

Dont suppose anyone filmed any of the matches? Sounds like there was some epic matches sloshing around up there.