This tournament will happen on the 17th of September in Tokyo, Japan. I believe there wouldnt be live streaming but they will be uploading videos after the tournament has ended. Will be updating more on this. 130 players tournament damn crazy

Here is the list of teams/players in the tournament.

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/uri_kagecchi/e/88b03d0dec48c5b34f62d04e3e60981a

Anyway, I really feel that we should look at Kayo police as a player. She did alot of stuff to hype up japanese community. Which is really admirable! I hope everyone can learn from her as a role model instead looking at her with weird thoughts.

Really hope she continue doing well in the future. She posted on her blog that she look forward to her new start in life.

This picture was taken during april when we joined a 5v5 tournament in Japan. After the tournament, I asked around for picture taking session.

http://kotaku.com/5627165/you-are-looking-at-three-dudes

Flight plans
Reaching Tokyo > 17th September
Flying to Nagoya > 22nd September
Returning to Singapore > 26th September

This is my personal plans to go Japan. Nothing to do with any of the Singaporeans that are flying over at the same time.

Events attending
Ayano Kantou 5v5 cup > 17th September. Going there directly after I arrive in Japan…
Tokyo Games Show > 18th September~19th September
Tougeki aka SBO > 18th September~19th September for SF4 and VF5FS
NSB16 > 23rd September for SSF4

I am going to meet up with friends on the non-event days in Tokyo. Namely 20th and 21st of September.
Lots of people to catch up with. Gonna be crazy

My team hasn’t been confirmed with Ayano 5v5 Cup yet. The registration isn’t up yet. Teams are chosen by lottery. Yes, there will be a limit on number of teams that can participate in this event.

Looking forward to meeting up with Nagoya friends! Will be my first time going to Nagoya

Something that I have been thinking about… I am considering who I should interview next.
People I have in mind are,
Koedo, famous and crazy good in Virtua Fighter series
Kayopolice, no doubt the current #1 female viper player. She is a model too!
Gyasu, a well known female Chun Li player in Japan. She recently did live streaming events(Choco x Gyasu) with Choco.
Momochi/RF/Kindevu, the potential SBO winners. The team that won Capcom national tournament in April 2010.

This is probably gonna be a lite interview. I think I had information overflow on my previous interviews lol.
I haven’t decide when I want to do this though.

Some random T-shirt designs I did on Uniqlo customize lol. Will be cool to make my own t-shirt though

SBO was finally over last weekend. Great job by everyone! Club seven’s projector makes everything look way bigger
Hopefully we can have SBO 2011 with more games such as Virtua Fighter, Blaze Blue, Tekken, etc.
This year we didn’t have much time to include more games. Sorry guys! Next year, I promise!

Top 3 team placing
1st Leslie, Xian, Tommy
2nd Gackt, Ganguro, Dixon
3rd Tetra, Raven, Yagami

Yes, I screw up
Sorry team! All of us had our share of fun and learned alot of stuff in the process.

We lost our 2 games to the same team sadly.

O stands for Win, X stands for lose
Winner’s Bracket
Gackt O – X Raven
Gackt X – O Tetra
Dixon O – X Tetra
Dixon X – O Yagami
Ganguro O – X Yagami

Loser’s Bracket
Ganguro X – O Raven
Gackt O – X Raven
Gackt O – X Tetra
Gackt O – X Yagami

My last match against Gackt’s team.

I will still be going to Japan. Just to join Nagoya Street Battle, SBO last qualifiers in Japan, Tokyo Games Show, meet up with friends, etc.

Picture taken by Gameaxis.com

See you in SBO 2010 Finals in Japan!

Around 200 pictures from the 3 days. Enjoy!

Tomorrow we will be taking some time off to have fun in Singapore before going to Expo for Battle Medley. Momochi will be taking on Singapore in japanese style kumite mode. 1 vs 100

Here are some twitter accounts to follow. Will start updating from tonight.
http://twitter.com/Tetrasg
http://twitter.com/Round1SG
http://twitter.com/chocoblanka <- might update depending on whether she can update via her phone

We(R1) still have alot of setting up to do at Expo later today. I will be going there after work. SO MANY STUFF TO DO!!!!!!

We have lagless monitors for our setups if anyone is worried about lag. Plus 4 Madcatz joysticks!

I am invited to Game To Read(GTR) on Sunday 18th July. This will be after Battle Medley… Ain’t July wonderful?

Anyway what I am doing at GTR is basically read books… You will be seeing 6 educated cool gamers who will read in a live streaming event. I havent read out loud for ages. More than 10years maybe? Lol.

It might seem boring or dumb to gamers or netizens in general. But this is one of the move by SCOGA to change the perception of the public. Most people have a gamer stereotype back in their mind. They are stay at home all day, dont go out, dont study/work, etc. This isnt true. Even if it is true, it is just a small fraction of the whole community out there. There are millions and millions of gamers out there now. Yes even all those of you playing on your iphone now are also part of the  gamer population!

I am glad I can be of help for this event

Game to Read Facebook Link

Finally! After so much work that we have gone through. Its time to let everyone know Momochi and Choco is coming to Singapore

Yap! I did the invitation. I am happy that Choco is playing outside of Japan for the first time! This is the second time for Momochi, his first being Korea.

Spent hours and hours for this. Hope the event goes well! Be sure to check out. More information to be revealed if there is any left!

If any overseas players are coming over, feel free to contact me for any form of assistance!

Press release

From 9 -11th July 2010, Singapore Expo will play host to arguably one of the most highly anticipated events in the local fighting game calendar – Battle Medley Singapore 2010, at TGX. Organized and presented by Round1.sg, Singapore’s premier fighting game community and proudly supported by Rapture Gaming, Battle Medley Singapore 2010 will see fighting game enthusiasts from all walks of life coming together to participate in a host of exhilarating activities, experiencing the vigor, energy, camaraderie and passion of the Community in the process.

Highlights include: Individual and 5 v 5 Team Tournaments for Super Street Fighter 4, Street Fighter Clinics, Beat A Pro sessions, Lucky Draws with very exciting prizes up for grabs, the official launch of the new Round1.sg and the chance to obtain exclusive Round1.sg Premium Membership and memorabilia, as well as guest performances by acclaimed Singer/Songwriter Street Fighter enthusiast Inch Chua.

Full press release here
http://www.round1.sg/2010/06/21/battle-medley-singapore-2010/

http://esportsyearbook.com/2010/04/release-of-the-ebook/

Fuudo’s interview got translated into Italian by D.W.R from VFDC. It is nice to see the VF community working on stuff like this! Thanks!
http://pixelsuburbia.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/intervista-con-fuudo/

I met Koedo(one of the top players in Japan) when I was in Japan. I asked if he will accept my interview. He said “Sure!”. So yea, time is the only issue I have right now. Feel free to send me questions that you are curious on asking. I cant promise a date though. Probably before SBO2010 finals(september).

For Street fighter, I am working on something with Choco right now. Let’s hope everything goes smoothly.
My interview with her and Gama was posted on Capcom unity. Everyone is really happy about that.
Because of that post on Capcom unity, Choco is currently known as “Beast Lady” in Japan lol. Choco blogged about it too!

I got lots of thanks from the Choco and Gama. It is good that everything went out of my expectation lol.

Lastly, I won the voting for WCG torchbearer. Thanks everyone

http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segment/main/news/48098.html