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

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.