| 01 March 2010
ROWLAND HEIGHTS - ComboJack continued to cement the all-knowing fact that, barring some sort of unforseen event in this episode of life, he is going to win Season 3 of the Arcade Infinity Ranbats series. Last season, he made a run at the title but finished a narrow second to Keno. The roles are reversed now; ComboJack leads with 30 points, and Keno has 16 after Sunday's tournament where they finished first and third, respectively.
ComboJack faced Mike Ross in the title match, and I think from the beginning we knew what was coming. Mike held his own, but ComboJack prevailed, and did some unexpected links to ultras or supers in the process (when the guys at AI post the videos on their YouTube portal, you'll see Jack doing the unexpected stuff).
Onto the title recap:
Title match result
First championship: ComboJack 2, Mike Ross 0
Second championship: ComboJack 2, Mike Ross 0
Match breakdown
Rounds won: ComboJack 8, Mike Ross 2
First-hit win percentage: Overall 60.0 percent, ComboJack 100.0 percent (4/4), Mike Ross 33.3 percent (2/6)
Lead changes: 0
Average round time: 50.3 seconds
The title match was over when …
... ComboJack defeated Mike Ross' Blanka in Game 1 of the first championship match. The character usage didn't throw off Jack at all.
Player of the tournament:
Evil Elvis, for his top-eight finish (5-2). He beat Jeremy aka Vicious following his loss to Keno, then won another match to get to the final eight. But then he lost to eventual champ ComboJack.
Other notes:
Mike Ross' character usage in the title matches went Blanka, Honda, Ken, Honda.
Twice during his final two matches, ComboJack jumped back into a slow fireball, and that cost him a round. Turned out, that didn't cost him the tournament.
