I'm off to the South Texas Open Tournament Event in McAllen, Tx

Wish me Luck!

I invited Pabbs to go with me and my family as my special guest :p

I'm not sure how much of it will be streamed, but this is the link they provided to watch:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rocketgruntmark
SSFIV starts at 4:00pm.

I will be updating any news from the event on this post via comments section.
Enjoy the show!

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That's it... im building us a tent in my backyard so we can all hangout on weekends!

That's right a party tent!  Fight nights at my place!  That's my new project starting Sunday. Ill be updating progress with pictures and stuff. As the weeks go by.

SFIV X Tekken: gamepay footage

Street Fighter X Tekken Announced, here is some footage, I have to admit, looks better then I expected.

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Monster's Arcade will be streaming video of tomorrows SSFIV tournament: Alamo City Gaming Championship

Update 7/26/10:

Tournament Results for Laredo Players:

17th – Julio “The Girth” De Hoyos (Chun)
33rd – G0dWar (Honda)
33rd – MIKEYBOY956 (Juri/Ken)
33rd – Dragula96 (Blanka)
33rd – Victor Trevino (Ryu)
49th – “Hurricane” Alex XxTano87xX (Guile/Cody)
49th – Goose (Guile)
(List shamelessly stolen from imnextonline.com)
OK, I take it back, we didn't all do that bad,
Good going to Julio who made it farther than any of us local dudes.

Update:
Well it's over, we went, we saw and we got owned.

Highlight of my day was getting to meet and hang out with Guitar Hero Pro Gamer Starslay3r

She is really cool to hang out with, gave me autograph for my Daughter, and I get to say

"I bought Starslay3r a drink!" She said she would try and make it down here for Border Rumble,

I hope she does, she plays a mean Honda, she made it farther then any of us from Laredo :-)

HOPE TO SEE YOU DOWN HERE IN LAREDO IN OCTOBER STAR!

Photograph by: Mikeyboy956
Dragula96 meets Guitar Hero pro gamer Starslay3r

Photograph by : Dragula96

In the forground:Victor T. and Gustavo "Goose" have a few drinks to relax.
In the background we see a packed place with SSFIV Players!

Photograph by: Dragula96

Mikeyboy doing a button check right before going into battle!

Update 2:

Top 3 Results for the event

1st - FubarDuck (Ibuki)

2nd - Luiz (Seth)

3rd - Jewel Man (Honda)

Me and a couple of the local guys are headed out to  Alamo City Gaming Championship on Saturday, some of the best players in Texas will be in attendance!

Monster's Arcade from Huston, TX is gonna be in attendance and will be streaming the video feed.
you can all check out how Laredo's best fair against Texas' best!
Head on over to www.justin.tv/monsters_arcade to view the stream Saturday, tournament starts at 2pm.

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Two new characters in SSFIV? Interesting

@Gootecks tweeted this photo.

Update:
Capcom stated that the new characters wont be announced until Tokyo Game Show.

Border Rumble 2010: South Texas SSFIV Tourney, $500 Guaranteed + Pot! + side Tourneys: Tekken 6,Mvc2,SC4

It's Official! Border Rumble 2010 is happening in Laredo, TX.
South Texas's biggest fighting game event ever!
Presented by: Myspace.com/fightcorner , LaredoSFIV.com,
and Dr. Joel Sauceda.
Saturday October 2nd 2010
Bravo Care
Doors open at 11:00am, Tournament Starts at 1:00pm

$500 Guarantee + Pot for SSFIV
as a bonus, Dr. Sauceda will throw in an additional $200.00 if the winner of the SSFIV Tournament goes undefeated (never gets sent to losers bracket)!
SSFIV game rules:
- Double elimination
- 2 out of 3 rounds
- 2 out of 3 matches
- finals/grandfinals will be 3 out of 5 rounds

Side Tournaments will include:
Tekken 6        - $10 entry fee
MvC2             -   $5  entry fee
Soul Calibur 4 - $5 entry fee

Venue fee is $5 for people that will play, and free to those that just go and watch/hang out.
ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED ON PS3, AS THIS IS THE EVO STANDARD!
Bring your own Joystick/Pad, we have limited to lend out.

For more info, map, rules, & online registration (highly recommended, registration at site will be slightly more)
visit official site: www.laredosfiv.com/borderrumble2

7/22/10 Update 1: I added game rules to the official site check it out. more details will be posted at a later time.

7/22/10 Update 2: Official Border Rumble 2010 Message Board now up!

Laredo, TX SSFIV Scene! @ Bravo Care,

this place has plenty of room, fits 300 easy!

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Top 10 Evo Moments!

Wii Games - E3 2011 - Super Street Fighter IV

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Marvel Costume Pack 2 for LBP Tuesday!

While not exactly fighting game related, I can not refuse to pass this info along.
LBP will be getting more Official Marvel Character costumes!
Finaly Spider-man can occompany Dr. Octopus in LPB.

source: http://www.vg247.com/2010/07/16/full-roster-for-lbps-marvel-costume-pack-2-revealed/

Border Rumble 2 Update: We have Venue Confirmation!

Felipe Garcia and Bravo Care are now on board with this event, Making this Event a Possibility!

Game Lineup will most likely change however, and will be trimmed down (sorry we just can't do it all in one day).

Dr. Joel Sauceda has already set aside $700 for the SSFIV Tournament!

Official announcement will most likely come next week.

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Evo 2010 Results!

Super Street Fighter IV
1. Daigo Umehara (Ryu)
2. EG.Ricky Ortiz (Rufus, Chun-Li)
3. Infiltration (Akuma)
4. Mike Ross (E. Honda)
5. Bruce "GamerBee" Hsiang (Adon)
5. Vance "Vangief" Wu (Zangief)
7. Henry Cen (E. Honda, Dhalsim)
7. Shizza (Chun-Li)

Tekken 6 — Top 8
1. Nin
2. Rip
3. Mr. Naps
4. Devil Jim
5. jfj
5. Tokido
7. Crow
7. GMMA Kor

Super Street FIghter II HD Remix — Top 8
1. Snake Eyes
2. DGV
3. Afrolegends
4. Daigo
5. Afro Cole
5. Tokido
7. Alex Valle
7. Ryry

Justin Wong eliminated out of Evo SSFIV!

Newcomer Adon Player from Thailand Taiwan GAMER BEE takes out Justin Wong in an impressive performance at evo!. sorry Justin no gold stick for you!.

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Never Taunt.

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Episode 2 of Cross Counter with Gootecks and Mike Ross

Gootecks and Mike Ross are back with another excellent tutorial video for Super Street Fighter 4. They take a match replay and break down what the players should and shouldn't have done.
Akuma vs. Cammy Cross Counter

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Save 20%, $50 off SFIV related products/joysticks at gameshark.com

gameshark.com is having a sale on SFIV related products, heres your chance to get a cheap TE stick!

For 20% off all Super SFIV related products

Use Coupon Code: SUPEREVO

For 30% off fighting game related products (excluding Super SFIV)
Use Coupon Code: EVOLUTION

Save $50 on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 models of the Street Fighter™ IV ROUND 2 Arcade TE FightSticks (FREE GROUND SHIPPING)
Use Coupon Code: EVOSTICK

Free keychain* with order: NO DISCOUNT will be applied
Use Coupon Code: KEYCHAIN
(when ordering Fight Stick Parts and Team Mad Catz Shirts only)

Coupons Expire: Tuesday, July 13
*All orders using any of the above codes will receive a bonus keychain. While supplies last.

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Final Round of the Nagato Street Battle 15 3v3 Tournament Up!

Someone has finally added the last match to YouTube in which Daigo, Tokido, and Mago lose in the finals.

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MW2 resurgence map pack out today for ps3!!!!

Finally!! we ps3 user get some love from infinity ward!! today the resurgence map pack releases today, check for updates on psn store.
The Resurgence Map Pack will cost $15, same as the Stimulus Map Pack released back in April. And if interest in this map pack remains anything like it was for the Stimulus pack, then it'll probably sell.
PC user also get this map pack for the same price, so get your digital Dinero ready folks cause this is gonna be a sniper night!!

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Ono Tweets....Again

On this episode of "Ono Tweets", SSF 4 producer Yoshitori Ono says: "All right , here we go, everybody ! Chun-Li's Ultra Combo was moving on Arcade board. Just give us a little more t(ime)".... well lets what else he adds to the arcade version... i dont know about you people but i would love to see some new characters.... *cough cough rolento*

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Justin Wong vs. Marn for ESWC Finals

It's only shaky cam footage, but it's all the video we're gonna get out of the ESWC due to organization changes. It's still neat to see someone take a match from Justin Wong, and Marn really puts up a great fight.

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ARCADIA SUPER STREET FIGHTER 4 TIER LIST & INTERVIEW WITH MAGO AND NEMO

This artical was taken directly from iplaywinner.com
Azrael over at SRK translated the recent issue of Arcadia Magazine which includes a tier list for Super Street Fighter 4 complied by both Mago and Nemo. The interview contains a lot of interesting thoughts on the cast from both players and is definitely worth the read.

On that note, iPlayWinner will release our July tier list in the following days so stay tuned to see how our list compares with theirs.

Thanks to KillaSasa on NeoGAF for finding this.
Full translation from Azrael:

The recent Arcadia had a tier listing plus interview with Mago and Nemo. They compiled two lists - a "Global" list based on info they've compiled from talking to players, on messageboards, etc. And an Arcadia list that they themselves put together.



"Global" Ranking

A: Guile, Abel, Chun, Bison, E.Honda, Balrog, Rose, Blanka
B: Ryu, Sim, Vega, Ken, Rufus, C.Viper, Akuma, Fei, Cammy, Gouken, ELF, Cody, Sagat, Ibuki, Zangief, Seth, Guy, Adon
C: Sakura, Dudley, Juri, Dee Jay, Hakan, Makoto, Dan, T.Hawk, Gen

Arcadia Ranking
A: Balrog, E.Honda, Guile, Fei Long, Cammy, Rufus
B: Abel, Bison, Blanka, Chun, Viper, Ryu, Dhalsim, Akuma, Sagat, Rose, Ibuki, Gief, ELF, Vega, Gouken, Ken, Seth
C: Adon, Dee Jay, Juri, Dudley, Cody
D: Gen, Sakura, Guy, Dan, T.Hawk, Hakan, Makoto

Laredoans, Texans: who would like this to happen?

Border Rumble 2: The Revenge

Voice your opinions, Let it come true,

let them know there is interest in this, leave a comment!

(To be clear, this is just a pitch idea, not an official event...yet)

*fees, date, info subject to change without notice.

Update: 07/05/2010

- Mikeyboy956 of fightcorner, and Dr. Sauceda have agreed to be a part of this event.

- Pay out for SSFIV Tournament is now Guaranteed $500.00 + Pot! (huge money for a South Texas Tournament)

- Payouts will be 70% First, 20% second , 10% third

- Dr. Sauceda will throw in a $200 bonus to the winner of the SSFIV tounament if... he/she goes undefeated (is not sent to loosers bracket).

Other details are still being worked out...
 Stay tuned!

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Justin Wong wins ESWC SSFIV Tournament

Justin Wong is just unstoppable!  He just won the ESWC SSFIV Tournament in France.
Good job!

UPDATE:

Final Results
1. Justin Wong, U.S.A. (Rufus) — $8,000
2. Martin "Marn" Phan, U.S.A. (C. Viper, Rufus) — $4,000
3. Luffy, France (Rose) — $2,000
4. Infiltration, Korea (Akuma)

Last Round Battle Log
 • Grand Finals: Justin Wong (Rufus) defeated Martin "Marn" Phan (C. Viper) 3-1.
• To decide 3rd place, Luffy (Rose) defeated Infiltration (Akuma) 3-1.
• Final Four: Justin Wong, U.S.A. (Rufus) defeated Luffy (Rose) 3-1.
• Final Four: Martin "Marn" Phan (C. Viper) defeated Infiltration (Akuma) 3-1.

UPDATE 2:
Justin Wong VS Zak Bennet at ESWC Video

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Last Round of the Daigo Invitational Tournament

Makoto (Vega) vs. Uryo (C.Viper) - Seems one sided at first, but it comes around to seem an unfair fight for the other guy, but then goes straight back to being one-sided. This shows just how dynamic a Best to 10 match can be when you're having top tier players downloading and re-downloading each others play styles.

The next round dates have not yet been announced, but we will be seeing Daigo's Ryu, YHC-Mochi's Dhalsim, Sakonoko's Cammy, and Makoto's Vega all battle it out! Look here for more updates.

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25% Off Used Games $19.99+ at GameStop.com

Use coupon code 25USED to get 25% off in-stock used games at GameStop.com. Combine with coupon code SAVER for free shipping and your Edge card for an additional discount. Your order must be $19.99 or more. Ends 7/31/2010.

Source: cheapassgamer.com

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Alex the name...SSF4 the game!!!

What is up people!! glad to be part of this, and of course kinda new to this "web page posting" stuff lolz but hope to get better in the future... also i play ssf4 and most FPS on psn (XxTano87xX ) so yeah that is all XDShare|

Website of the day @kineda .com , fashion, lifestyle, hot chicks, and ssfiv!

kineda.com is a very stylish website that brings fashion, hit chicks and street fighter together like no other.

Kineda.com is run by a very cool dude named Terry NG.  He also offers very awesome street fighter relate T-shirts and is known to host online Tournaments and and Beat-the-pro type sessions (although he is not a pro: p ) and gives away free t-shirts to whoever can beat him.

Overall the site is great and will have you coming back for ^_^¥ . 

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Wakeup, Shoryuken E024 - Evo HD Remix Special

The final show in our series of Evo game specials, this week has Super Street Fighter II HD Remix as its focus. To help us, we welcome top HDr player and community contribution super-star Damdai to the program. We talk Akuma, characters, players, and more in this week's cup of Wakeup.

Direct Download

Source: Shoryuken.com

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King of Chinatown Trailer - Justin Wong Documentary

iplaywinner.com writes:

"This is the official trailer for the King of Chinatown which is a documentary on Justin Wong. The movie will be shown at the Anthology Film Archives in New York on August 3rd."
Source: iplaywiner.com

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Daigo Invitational Tournament Update

The final match of Daigo's invitational tournament in Japan will take place quite early on Saturday morning, with the first set to take place at 8 a.m. Central Standard Time. The match will be a "Best to 10" between Makoto playing Vega/Claw and Uryo playing C.Viper. It's definitely a unique match-up, so it'll be interesting to see how it pans out.

However, if you haven't taken a look at the other matches that have already taken place, it's a good opportunity to see some top tier players go at it. Stay tuned for more news!
(Videos after the jump!)

Marvel Hits LittleBigPlanet July 6th!

Not Really Fighting game news, but LittleBigPlanet kicks so much ass, I couldn't resist posting this.

Dardevil, The Thing, Ironman, and Mystique are headed to LBP on July 6th!

 

 

LSFIV.com welcomes our newest team member: Victor Sanchez ,A.K.A. Kant

Kant is a Laredoan and old buddy of mine who recently picked up SSFIV and liked it so much that he ordered a TE Joystick! He is very interested in participating in our local tournaments, and leveling up his game!

Welcome Kant!  I will be looking forward to reading your posts!

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LSFIV.COM is recruiting! Join our team, make our site grow!

I am looking for people that love fighting games in general and like to surf the internet for gaming news. Anyone wanna join please apply by sending me an email

info@laredosfiv.com

I look forward to working with you all that are interested.