I got to play NKI in HDR at Nor Cal Regionals this last weekend (www.norcalregionals.com). If you dont know who NKI is, then you need to go youtube him. He has been on the ST/HDR scene for a while now and is one of USA’s best. Check out the ass beating I got.

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

Discussion: http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=209845

Street Fighter 4
1.  Martin “Marn” Phan (C. Viper)
2.  Justin Wong (Rufus)
3.  Ari “fLoE” Weintraub (Sagat)
4.  Alex Valle (Ryu)
5.  Ricky Ortiz (Rufus, Chun-Li)
5.  John Choi (Ryu)
7.  Ryan “Filipino Champ” Ramirez (Dhalsim)
7.  YeB (Gen)

Blaz Blue
1.  Veteru [Ragna]
2.  Pulsr [Nu & occasionally Hakumen]
3.  Severin [Nu]
4.  Kijea [Nu]

SF4 Female top 3:
1.  Miyuki
2.  Princess Aura
3.  SherryJenix

Tekken 6
1.  MYK
2.  Suiken
3.  Ricky O.
4.  PVB
5.  Tomhilfiger/Tensaikun
7.  Rip/Ken I

I will be attending Triple Threat hosted by Active Gamers LA (http://www.activegamersla.com/index.htm).  I will be entering the Street Fighter 4 and Super Street Fighter Turbo HD remix tournaments.

ACTivegamerS LA is VERY proud to present to you “TRIPLE THREAT” a National tournament featuring OVER 6 THOUSAND DOLLARS in GUARANTEED CASH PRIZES to be awarded to the TOP COMPETITORS in arguably the three best fighting games of all time; BLAZBLUE, STREET FIGHTER IV, and TEKKEN 6!!

For more info:

http://www.activegamersla.com/triple_threat.htm or http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=210556

It’s that time of year again folks. Northern California’s biggest fighting game tournament of the year and one of the most participated majors of the year. It will be held on Nov 21-22 in Sunnyvale, CA at the Domain Hotel. This will be the first major I will have ever entered and I am pretty excited. I plan on entering Super Turbo 2 HD Remix and Street Fighter IV. Stay tuned for more information.

Please check out www.norcalregionals.com for more information.

Just uploaded a handful of videos of some Blanka matchups.  All were recorded from G2 Championship on PS3.  I hate online play so much.  Please message me on PSN @ eltwopee to set up matches.

There was a tournament held at the Jollibee in San Jose, CA last weekend.  Some of Norcal’s best were in attendance (Ricky Ortiz, Filipino Champ, Crackfiend, and John Choi who spectated the event).  People seem to be getting pretty hyped for the upcoming Norcal Regionals coming up in November (www.norcalregionals.com)  I played decent but went up against a Boxer which came down to the last round in the last set and Allen Chang’s beastly Cammy.  Tied for 17th place in this tournament.

Tournament discussion:  http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=206545

Results:

1 Ricky Ortiz
2 Filipino Champ
3 Masarap
4 ILLiterate
5 Crackfiend
5 Hydro
7 Boy of Joy
7 Rudy
9 Tyram
9 Allen Chang
9 Julio Fuentes
9 El Cubano Loco
13 Coldblooded
13 CJ
13 LJ
13 Thxyoutoo
17 Scunsion
17 TseFood
17 Taylor Smith
17 Nu
17 Martin B
17 Ryan From Guam
17 Beef
17 L2P
25 Marcos C
25 Big Whale
25 Jeff T
25 KingKau
25 Jack Zenith
25 Galen Hurley
25 Teejon
25 TeeJay MaxXx
33 Andrew Walker

Play N Trade  in San Jose will be hosting the Street Fighter 4 Underground Tournament this Saturday and Sunday.  I’mpre-registered already, so come check me out.  Will be my 2nd tournament for SFIV and I know I have improved since the last one.  Details are below.

Street Fighter 4

September 12th Local Round!
September 13th Final Round!

128 MAN cap

SIGN UPS ARE FROM 12 TO 2:00 PM
Tournament will start soonl after.

PRE-REGISTER IS $10.00 and you will be entered in a raffle to win a prize!!
OR REGISTER ONLINE
http://signup.wiigotgames.com/sf4signup2.htm
Online sign up until September 11, 2009 by 5PM

LOCAL TOURNAMENT PRIZE IS SPLIT POT!
1. 70%
2. 20%
3. 10%

Rules:
System – Xbox 360
Controllers- BYOC (Bring Your Own Controller)
2 out of 3 MATCHES
3 out of 5 Rounds
3 out of 5 winner finals/grand finals
Single Elimination
Winner must stick with same character, loser may pick a new character.

National Grand prize!
$500 dollars

2nd Place- Nintendo Wii

Third place- Bawls prize.

1807 E Capitol Expy, San Jose
Next to Little Ceasars.
Any questions please call
(408) 531-9350

Discussion Thread:  http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=200270

I recently joined the Street Fighter Champions and Contenders League. (http://sfccl.weebly.com/) I won 1 out of 2 last week. I was last weeks champion in the White division with Abel as my main and Guile as my secondary. I’ve requested to change characters going into the rest of the season (Blanka/Balrog). Those are probably my 2 strongest characters.

My first tournament for Street Fighter IV. I had been playing for little over a week when I joined this tournament. The match rules were best of 3 sets. Check out my video of my 2nd game in winners bracket.

I tied for 17th if the Super Street Fighter II HD Remix.

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=197067 - Final Results