Get Your Tournament - Interviews
The tournament organizers for Seasons Beatings confirmed this week Taiwanese player Gamerbee is scheduled to be in attendance for the Ohio tournament next month.
He joins international players Choco Blanka, Yusuke Momochi and Daigo Umehara as some of the out-of-country talent set to take part in the major tournament.
In an interview with the tournament organizers, Gamerbee talked about a wide range of topics, including his chances to win Seasons Beatings, of which Daigo is the defending champ (he won the regular Street Fighter IV tournament).
SB: Daigo has told us he’s confident he would repeat as SF champion at this year’s Season’s Beatings. How do you feel about your chances to win Super SFIV with Justin Wong, Daigo, Momochi, and Choco and the best of North America attending the event?
Gamerbee: I dare not mention the chance of winning SB because it will make me nervous in the tournament.
I believe there is a chance to win but probably not very strong :)
SB: Do you think you will play Adon the entire SSFIV tournament, or do you plan on surprising your opponents with any characters you’re saving for the tournament?
Gamerbee: I was thinking about maining another character for different match up. However because I am known by the community because of Adon, I will stick with him, unless there is a really bad match up to force me using other characters.
The rest of the interview can be found on the Seasons Beatings site.
Picture by Kara Leung.
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This is a really good interview by Fighters Fury. They talk to Justin Wong about several topics, including the emergence of more fighting game crews (or teams, if you want to call them that), and his two losses at Evolution 2010.
Wong is also asked about his thoughts on a viral video in which he said that Adon was a bad character. The video is two parts, below is Part 1.
Part 2 follows the jump ...
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Larry "DEHF" Holland had his moment in the national spotlight last weekend, when he took first place at Apex 2010, the biggest grass roots Brawl tournament this year. Almost 300 players took part in the tournament, some coming from overseas.
While DEHF is considered one of, if not the best player on the West Coast, there were many other contenders poised to take home the title. And yet, he stood tallest in the end, holding on by defeating Japanese player Brood in the finals.
Perhaps a win like this, with thousands of people watching, can boost the community. Maybe it brings in a new breed of Falco players. Maybe it shows that a major championship can be won without using Meta Knight. Or, maybe something else special happens.
GLENN: I was told there weren't too many West Coast players that went. Did that put extra pressure on you to do well because of that, or was there less pressure?
DEHF: It put on more pressure for me, I didn't want to place low like I did at Pound 4
GLENN: Did you know Japanese players were coming, and did you hope to play against them?
DEHF: I knew the Japanese players were coming and I wanted to play all of them at least once, especially Rain, the best Falco in Japan.
GLENN: What was your approach to playing against Brood, and was it based off of seeing what he did against M2K and Ally?
DEHF: Not really, I was actually pretty confident about playing Brood. I get a lot of experience in the Olimar match up from Rich Brown, one of the best Olimar players in the U.S.
GLENN: Did it throw you off that it was an Olimar user you were playing against in a grand finals, and not a typical top-tier/MK character?
DEHF: It did, I don't think there's a been a national tournament where a Metaknight wasn't in grand finals.
GLENN: How did you celebrate the win, or did you?
DEHF: Nope, I haven't really celebrated yet. I haven't even cashed the check from winning, but I plan on doing both soon.
GLENN: I know a few people not in the community were watching this. Do you think a tournament like this can bring in new players?
DEHF: Of course, especially since it shows that you don't have to use MK to win a tournament.
GLENN: On a similar note, seeing this type of tournament happen, with so many players and viewers, what can the community do to capitalize on the success? Should there be an outreach to new players, or should there be another big major immediately, or something else?
DEHF: I think the community should work on getting new players in the scene. A tournament like this should breathe new life into the community.
GLENN: Where do you go from here? MLG? More random tournaments?
DEHF: I'm going to all of the MLGs. I don't have any plans about going to any other tournaments yet.
GLENN: Are you signed onto a pro gaming team? If not, do you want to? Have you tried to get onto a team?
DEHF: I'm not signed to anything yet. I want to be, but haven't really looked into it much.
no commentsGerald Anton Herrera was one of the many participants in the AllisFighter iPlayWinner Online Ranbats tournament series. He was one of the top Rose players in the tournament and won two tournaments in the series. However, it wasn't enough to claim the season championship. The video above has his final match in the tournament, against Stoic.
Earlier this week, I asked him about his experience in the tournament series and what type of player that he is.
GLENN: How did you find out about the online tournament, and how excited were you to participate?
ANTON: JuniorMints (the tournament organizer) just told me to join. I was just there to have a bit more competition than online ranked match when I'm home, ha ha.
GLENN: Do you participate in live tournaments, or are you strictly an online guy, and why?
ANTON: I go to locals as much as I am able too. Being 15 and all, it's pretty hard to get rides/full trust from my parents.
GLENN: Stoic used Rose against you in that last grand finals. Did you see that as a slight or a chance to prove to people that you have the better or best Rose?
ANTON: No. The match is moot. It's really a ticking time bomb. It's about who knows their characters in and out. And apparently, he didn't know about the glitches that Rose has, including the glitch where she can walk forward and not get hit with slides that aren't heavy.
GLENN: I think you went almost Rose the whole way. Why Rose?
ANTON: I felt bad for her. She saw NO play last game. So I decided to prove everyone wrong and just went with her ha ha. (not to mention that I used her in the alpha series - she was the most appealing looking character haha.)
GLENN: Did you use Rose in regular SF4? How much does Ultra 2 help you?
ANTON: Yes I did use her >.> U2 is arguably the most versatile (best) ultra in the game.
GLENN: You seemed to sit back in matches but once you got and activated Ultra 2, you became aggressive. Is that the way you like to play?
ANTON: It's the way you saw me play. Honestly, I couldn't take him (Stoic) seriously. I knew he won the Ranbat, so I decided to taunt. If you really want to see my play, watch me play some player that I can take seriously.
GLENN: Are you going to Evolution? Who do you think will win it?
ANTON: I would, it's only 2-3 hours away from me. I cannot play though. I'm an X-Box 360 pad player (who btw wants some dual-mod controller modding please). Also, I'm 15, so I can't really sign up without a parent's permission and again, I'm 15, I don't think my parents would ever really let me go unless they have something to pull off on the same weekend. And just because I'm realistic, someone from Japan or Justin Wong will win :).
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no commentsEL SEGUNDO - Takeru was the winner of the Primetime Gamers Los Angeles tournament on Saturday, using what seemed to be an overwhelming rushdown style to pin his opponents into the corner. He had plenty of EX meter to use and only used it, in most part, to get free and reset so he could attempt to get his opponent back in the corner.
After winning the tournament, Takeru talked about his playstyle, where he's from and why he didn't use his ultra in the final few matches.
You can listen to it below.
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SUNNYVALE - After he finished fifth at the HD Remix tournament at Super NorCal Regionals, David Sirlin talked about his run in the tournament. I also asked him about breaking through in the veteran-laced Super Turbo/HD Remix scene, and he brought up some unique names in the community.
You can listen to the interview below.
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Rich is one of the guys constantly promoting the Tekken scene, and he'll be doing a lot of that this weekend. We talked for more than 20 minutes about this weekend's major tournament, the Korean players scheduled to compete, Southern California's chances in doing well, and the state of the game.
You can listen to the interview below.
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SUNNYVALE - Andy OCR finished second in the Super Street Fighter IV tournament at Super NorCal Regionals, losing in the title match to Justin Wong. I caught up with him after the title match to talk about his match against Justin, what he did during parts of the match, and looking forward to future tournaments. You can listen to it below.
I should add as a note that I did not know about the structure of Evolution 2010 berths until after I did this podcast (I asked Andy about it in the end).
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no commentsLONG BEACH - K Beast came all the way from the East Bay and won the 2 Good Gaming Tatsunoko vs. Capcom tournament, beating his friend Phampy in the finals.
K Beast was a chip away from losing in the first semifinals, but pulled off a miraculous comeback to win and go to the title match. And then he was a chip away from going to a second championship match, but rallied again. The videos are on our YouTube portal if you haven't seen them yet.
I talked to him about the comebacks as well as his gameplay and the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom scene. You can check it out below.
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