| 30 January 2010
SUNNYVALE - I'm here at the Domain Hotel for Day 1 of this weekend's StrongStyle 4 tournament. It should be a great one, with competitions in Tekken 6 and Tekken Tag Tournament.
If you haven't heard our preview, be sure to listen to it.
I'll be focusing more on the Tekken 6 side of the event, with updates from that tournament coming often here on this page and our Twitter portal. Refresh this page for updates.
Be sure to watch the broadcast, being provided by iPLAYWINNER. Check it out here.
Updates after the jump ...
Sunday matchups: GM vs Crow, Bronson vs Tongbal Love, Suiken vs. Slips, Filipino Bus Driver vs Rain. #tekken6 5 minutes ago from web
The final two spots go to Rain and Filipino Bus Driver. The Sunday matchups will be announced in a moment. #tekken6 7 minutes ago from web
Those that have qualified: Suiken, GM, Slips, Crow, Bronson, Tongbal Love. Two spots remain. #tekken6 28 minutes ago from web
TTT will be tomorrow. There's still hope if you want to enter. =) #tekken 38 minutes ago from web
Tongbal Love has qualified for the Sunday Final 8. #tekken6 44 minutes ago from web
How bad is it for Kane? He got beat by Tongbal Love and now has to face Rain to get to Sunday. #tekken6 44 minutes ago from web
Someone bought Aris' stick for $90.
There are 12 players remaining. #tekken6
Aris was stoked after beating JTChinoy. He will play Filipino Bus Driver for a spot in Sunday. #tekken6
From Bronson: "I GOT TOP EIGHT AT A NORCAL TOURNAMENT!" #tekken6
Bronson is 4-0 and his opponent win percentage so far is .631. #tekken6
Bronson is the second to reach the Sunday Final 8. #tekken6
Crow is the first to reach the Sunday Final 8. He's 5-0 and his opponent win percentage so far is .608, which is really good. #tekken6
Insane final two rounds, and Renzo prevails. He's one win from Sunday. #tekken6
725 stayed low for most of the match, but I think Renzo has figured it out. #tekken6
People are consoling Renzo after he lost a round he should have won, and now he's on the brink. #tekken6
Renzo wins the second game over 725, but it was a struggle. #tekken6
Renzo is the first person I've seen today lose a 2-0 lead in a Game. Was strange was that his two wins were convincing. #tekken6
Renzo and 725 are about to play. Two wins from Sunday. #tekken6
Fairly lopsided, Suiken eliminates Naoki. Started with a perfect and rolled. He's 1 win from Sunday. #tekken6
Naoki will play Suiken. Two wins from Sunday. #tekken6
It got close for Aris, but he beats Liquid to stay in tournament. From Aris, "I love that losers bracket. Right at home." #tekken6
Renzo eliminates Rip. A 2-0 deficit in Game 3 was too much to come back from. #tekken6
Each bracket is down to about 10 remaining. #tekken6
MYK eliminates NYC Fab, and Rip eliminates Weapon X. #tekken6
clarification - MYK has won the next match following a loss. That's what I meant to say. ;) #tekken6
MYK is playing NYC Fab. In the Video 94 ranbats, MYK did not lose a match after being sent LB. Let's see if that continues here. #tekken6
Looked troubling for Rip, but he beats K3O to stay in the tournament. He'll face Weapon X next. #tekken6
@djtyrant Ha ha do itttttttttttttttt. =P =) in reply to djtyrant
Bronson had a +5 including three comeback wins. Geez =O #tekken6
Bronson has defeated Master Bolo and advances to the WB Finals for Bracket C #tekken6
Suiken has eliminated Ricky. Great comeback by Ricky, then Suiken stuck him with a perfect. #tekken6
14 players remain in the winners bracket overall. #tekken6
@potatohead Tell Jessica I said Hi. =)
Ricky wins to stay in the tournament. #tekken6
Suiken beats Subt-L to stay in the tournament; Ricky is going to a third game in his match. #tekken6
Dunno if you saw it, but MYK did a funny dance after Aris' win. LOL #tekken6
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But there will be that one person that will make a big run, and I think someone will do that today. =) #tekken6
On average, a person that loses in the first two rounds of a tourney this big (120) wins at most 2 more matches. #S2TA
Bracket D: WB Final 4 - JTChinoy vs Tongbal Love; Liquid (will play winner of Kane vs Renzo) #tekken6
Bracket C: M.Bolo will play Bronson in the WB Final 4; WB Final 8 - MYK vs ZTS, Filipino Bus Driver vs NYC Fab #tekken6
Bracket C has been updated finally! A lot of matches now are elimination games. #tekken6
@Zclyh3 Lots of cupcakes left. =D in reply to Zclyh3
Bracket D: Winners Bracket - Liquid (will play winner of Kane vs Renzo); JTChinoy (will play winner of Juggernaut vs Tongbal Love) #tekken6
Bracket C is way behind. #tekken6
Bracket B: Slips is in the WB Finals; Naoki will face the winner of Crow vs Filthie. #tekken6
Bracket A: WB Final 4 - Rain vs GM, JustFrameJames vs Blood Hawk. #tekken6
Just killed lunch, will try to get bracket updates right now. #tekken6
People are being moved around in the brackets. None of the winners brackets should be affected. #tekken6
RT @iplaywinner - TEKKEN 6 NORCAL STRONGSTYLE 4 IS NOW LIVE - http://www.iplaywinner.com
Someone had pizza delivered here. Now I'm hungry.
All 3 games went the distance, 2 of the 15 rounds saw the winner have more than 50 percent in victory. Naoki had 2 comeback wins. #tekken6
Naoki has sent ChetChetty to the losers bracket. Amazing match. #tekken6
Bracket D - Renzo, Half Order, Liquid and tupadre are in the WB Final 8. #tekken6
Random guy after watching the current match on stream ... "You see that shit? That's a birthmark right up his neck man." #tekken6
Bracket A WB Final 8 - Rain vs QDogg, GM vs Faze, Rickstah vs JustFrameJames, Blood Hawk vs Aris #tekken6
Bracket A is down to its WB Final 8, but no LB matches have started yet. #tekken6
Out of state players are 15-for-24 so far in the first round (not counting the international players). #tekken6
Rain had no close wins against kuralryu. He either won big or didn't win. #tekken6
Kuralryu (lili) held his own against Rain (bruce) but Rain stayed low and got the win. #tekken6
A3N looked hella pissed after someone bumped him while he was playing Filthie just a moment ago. #tekken6
SoCal vs NorCal, it's 7-1 so far for SoCal, with 10 first-round matches still to go. #tekken6
Some of the first matches are just starting. Everyone was watching Rain vs Mark and Bronson is trying get people to play. #tekken6
[LIVE] Updates from StrongStyle 4 - http://bit.ly/cnZUoS #tekken6 #esports
Trying to figure out if Rain has one of the easier routes to the WB Final 8. Hmmm ... #tekken6
They're kicking everyone off the TVs, so we're finally about to start. #tekken6
Was nice meeting Annie the official photographer for today. Really chill person. Her photos will be on www.norcalstrongstyle.com later on.
Start watching! RT @iplaywinner TEKKEN 6 NORCAL STRONGSTYLE 4 IS NOW LIVE - http://www.iplaywinner.com
Here's a better view of the brackets. Much love to @tdominguez89 - http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=117vdhf&s=6 #tekken6
I told Rip he might have the toughest route to get to the Final 8, and he agreed. Jade, Naps, TRL and Slips all in his bracket. #tekken6
@Zclyh3 And it looks like Rain plays that way as well too. The playstyle IS SPREADING! =P in reply to Zclyh3
Make that 17; I just noticed that Filthie put Philippines as his region. =D #tekken6
There will be 16 first-round matches that are NorCal vs. SoCal (5, 3, 3, 5) #tekken6
StrongStyle 4 - Bracket D http://www.twitpic.com/10k4dc #tekken6
StrongStyle 4 - Bracket C http://www.twitpic.com/10k43t #tekken6
StrongStyle 4 - Bracket B http://www.twitpic.com/10k3uv #tekken6
StrongStyle 4 - Bracket A http://www.twitpic.com/10k3k2 #tekken6
I believe they said the tournament will start in about 15 minutes. #tekken6
If the bracket goes chalk, then Winners Final 8 would be Aris vs Rain, Naps vs Chet, Bronson vs MYK, Kane vs Tongbal Love
119 players at the moment. The brackets have been posted, I will try to get them ASAP. #tekken6
... are typing on a laptop, and the screen is right in front of you. That's how close he is. #tekken6
While everyone else has their stick/pad on their lap or floor, Tongbal Love is on the table hella close to the TV. Think of it like you ...
Just had a chat with Chet about why he uses Paul. He mentions the offensive mentality among other things. #tekken6
Rom is in the building. #tekken6
Rick and Chet are getting practice in with the same one or two guys; the int. players are taking all comers. #tekken6
At this point, we're all waiting for word go. Brackets are still being finalized. #tekken6
.@Zclyh3 There's 11 left. =D
Two biggest crowds so far, one for the international players, the other for @hellokittyricky
BTW, it's for the Xbox 360.
Aris told me he's selling his Hori Pro EX stick. It's here so if you're at the tournament, talk to him if interested. #tekken6
The brackets are being finalized. #tekken6
@t0ge Ha ha I might need to ask for some help to get there. We'll see. =) in reply to t0ge
Already a long line to play the international guys. #tekken6
@lecanardzero Yeah, it's too close to the major events for me to make an attempt to go. =( in reply to lecanardzero
On a side note, here are the games for Super VS Battle - http://www.supervsbattle.com/svb20x/
A lot of people just showed up at once. It went from quiet to BAM.
[LIVE] Updates from StrongStyle 4 - http://bit.ly/cnZUoS #tekken6 #esports
