Nor Cal Regionals 2009 has now come to an end and I must say it was the best tournament that I have even personally attended.  Big props to Choi, iplaywinner KS2 productions, Mr Wizard, Kineda, and everyone else for coordinating a great event.  I competed in Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo: HD Remix and Street Fighter 4.  I won 1 game in winners bracket and a 1 game in losers bracket for both events.  Pretty happy with my performance but I think I still have a lot of leveling up to do.  After I was knocked out of both tournaments, I had the pleasure of watching some sick matches between some of the nations best fighters.  Videos will be posted soon.

Results:

Street Fighter 4 Singles:

1. Ricky Ortiz (Rufus)
2. Alex Valle (Ryu)
3. Peter “Combofiend” Rosas (Abel)
4. Hsien Chang (Akuma)
5. Dagger G (Guile)
5. Leviathan (Akuma)
7. LPN (Akuma, M. Bison)
7. Anthony “Crackfiend” Nguyen (Balrog)

Street Fighter 4 5v5 – Nor Cal vs So Cal

Winner – So Cal

Ricky Ortiz defeats Nemonic
Lamerboi loses to Joe Dubbz
Filipino Champ defeats Combofiend
Ramin loses to Shady K
LPN loses to Alex Valle
Ricky Ortiz defeats Joe Dubbs
Filipino Champ loses to Shady K
Ricky Ortiz loses to Alex Valle

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo – HD Remix:

1. John Choi (Ryu, Balrog)
2. Alex Valle (Ryu)
3. DGV (Ryu)
4. Mongolo Robokop (Chun-Li)
5. Anthony “Vestax” Nguyen (E. Honda)
5. Richard Li (Chun-Li) — This is the guy from 1Up.com.
7. Jason Cole (Dhalsim)
7. Eric Choi (Ken)

Capcom vs SNK 2:

1. Ricky Ortiz (Vega, Blanka, Sakura)
2. Peter “Combofiend” Rosas (Rolento, Ken, Cammy, Rock)
3. Eric Lee (Rock, Cammy, Kim)
4. John Choi (Ken, Cammy, Sagat, Guile)
5. Tae “Taesty” Hong (Rolento, Sakura, Blanka)
5. Campbell “Buktooth” Tran (Iori, Morrigan, Hibiki)
7. James “Bean” Im (Rock, Cammy, Sagat)
7. Daniel “Trannn” Tran (Sagat, Rolento, M. Bison)

Street Fighter 3 : 3rd Strike

1. Ricky Ortiz (Chun-Li)
2. Rommel “Rom” Macatangay (Yang)
3. Jimmy “Emphynaps” Tran (Urien)
4. Hsien Chang (Yun)
5. Neiman Moore (Hugo, Ken)
5. Arlieth (Makoto)
7. Sam “Fatbear” Yatchmenoff (Yun)
7. Eric Chen (Yun)

Marvel vs Capcom 2:

1. Alexander “Chunksta” Brisbane
2. Tinh Ngo
3. Abe “Neo” Sotello
4. Chris “Crizzle” Scott
5. Filipino Champ
5. Larry “Lry916″ Smith

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