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SAN DIEGO - Aris Bakhtanians and Christian “Vicious Suicide” Gonzalez are really good friends and have played each other plenty of times in “Soul Calibur IV.”
They put their friendship aside for a few minutes Sunday to battle in the finals of the latest tournament held at Games On in Pacific Beach.
Bakhtanians found the upper hand late in Game 5 of the finals and prevailed, 3-2 to win Sunday’s tournament with an undefeated record.
Bakhtanians said the finals was a toss-up and could have gone either way.
“It was just a matter of who plays their sharpest right now,” the champion said.
It was Bakhtanians who did just that, narrowly taking out Gonzalez’s Lizardman after it appeared that Gonzalez was going to force a second final.
For the second consecutive tournament, the winner used Siegfried. Mark Martin was the defending champion going into Sunday’s competition. But Martin finished seventh out of 25 competitors.
“We came out today to take out Mark M.,” Gonzalez said.
In the second semifinal, Gonzalez narrowly lost the first round, then put on a brief dominant display to go ahead 2-1. But he let Round 4 go and then escaped with a Round 5 win that got the crowd cheering.
After exchanging high-fives with some of the other competitors, Bakhtanians wasn’t so quick to compliment his friend, who he was soon to face in the finals.
“Oh don’t be so happy. You’re about to get (expletive) up,” Bakhtanians said.
CompLexity. Team 3D.
Another chapter in the nation’s most-famous “Counter-Strike” rivalry will be written Saturday with — as usual — plenty on the line.
The Los Angeles compLexity made sure Friday night that the rivalry match would happen; they defeated Devastation, 10-2 in the quarterfinals of the Championship Gaming Series’ Pro-Am Source playoffs.
CompLexity dominated in nearly every way over Devastation as it stayed alive in the tournament. Now, they’ll take on a 3D New York team that hasn’t played in nearly a week. And the last time Team 3D did play, they lost to the San Francisco Optx.
In Friday’s contest, compLexity ended the first half leading 8-1. They ended the match three rounds later.
Saturday’s tilt between compLexity and Team 3D will be the second semifinal contest in the playoffs. The match will be played on de_season.
The two teams met Monday on de_season, with Team 3D winning, 10-4.
The winner will play San Francisco in the title match on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles compLexity went 1-2 in their “Counter-Strike” triple-header Monday night, with each match having big implications in different leagues and divisions.
They ended the night with a double-overtime win, 21-19 over the Green Berets to move into the semifinals of the Championship Gaming Series’ version 1.6 Pro-Am playoffs.
Playing on de_nuke, compLexity moved into an 18-17 advantage after the first half of double-overtime. The Green Berets struck back to gain a 19-18 advantage, but compLexity then held them off in the final three rounds to win the match.
With that win, compLexity will play Team To Beat, 16-13 winners over MaveN, on Tuesday night in the first semifinals.
C.G.S Pro-Am Source: 3D New York defeated compLexity, 10-4 to reach the semifinals of the Source playoffs.
Team 3D was in control for most of the contest, which was played on de_season.
With the win, Team 3D will play the San Francisco Optx, which also won 10-4 over Devastation. Those two teams will get it on in the first semifinals Tuesday night.
CEVO Source: Team 3D followed up their Pro-Am playoff win with an 18-15 overtime victory over compLexity, as they handed compLexity their first loss in CEVO play.
That win snapped a two-game losing streak in CEVO play for Team 3D (4-2). CompLexity fell to 5-1, and they’re now one-half game behind the 5-0 Dallas Venom.
Team 3D had a narrow 7-5 lead at halftime, but compLexity evened it up at 12-12 to force overtime.
With less than two months to go in Gamebattles’ “Super Smash Bros. Brawl” competition, “Jumpman” continues to hold on to the No. 1 position.
However, there are several players in the hunt to take the top player down.
Jumpman sports a 168-13 record, which is 21 less than the No. 2 player.
Down on the top 25, there are several players with at least 200 wins. “Ellemenno KANG” is seventh with a record of 205-51.
“Phone Home” has the most wins of anyone in the top 25, but is 223-70 and on a two-game losing streak.
The top 32 players in the ladder at the end of the year advance to a playoff bracket, where the winner receives $1,250.
Here are the top four players as of Friday afternoon:
JumpMan: 168-13: Has won 16 in a row. Only one of two players in the top 15 with a win streak in double digits.
JudgeMeow: 189-15. In second on the ladder but with a 3-2 record in last five games. Has the second-most wins among those in the top 10.
Fa7al: 145-20. Has won nine in a row, which is the third-best winning streak among players in the top 15.
Hailstorm: 160-26. Remains in fourth despite winning one of the past three games. The 26 losses are second-worst among those in the top 10.
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