UGTL is having another one of their kickass events on Saturday and WOW, it’s written about on the LA Times web site! Not quite sure when the last time competitive Street Fighter was written about on the LA Times (which means I don’t think it ever has), so high fives to them and Alex Valle for being quoted on the article as well as our friends at Get Your Tournament.
From the article:
The event, equal parts party and competition, starts at 2 p.m. with a three-hour open bar (there’s a $10 cover), a taco truck, DJs, artists and retailers, and it goes on until about 10 p.m., when a victor is crowned (and paid). There is also a separate $10 registration fee, from which the last UGTL winner was awarded $350. More people are expected to enter Saturday, and the pot will grow.
There’s a lot going on,” Marquez said. “There’s music, there’s art to look at — I did it to make sure I appealed to everyone and to everyone’s five senses.” There will even be a casual gaming lounge hosted by gaming site Get Your Tournament, where old-school games can be played on original Nintendo or Sega systems.
If you missed LA Riots II this past weekend, here’s your chance to catch all the action you didn’t get to see! LA Riots II is now available to download in its entirety! LA Riots is the most exclusive tournament in the country, only 8 players are invited, Top 4 from LA Riots I and Top 4 from Bar Fights @ Hooters last month. [click to continue…]
These players are eliminated and won’t be in LA Riots III unless they make Top 4 at the next Bar Fights qualifying tournament which will be announced soon as well. :)
Shizza had a great run, defeating Ken I in winners and losers bracket as well as LA Riots I winner Combofiend. Combofiend was then eliminated by Kai’s El Fuerte, extracting some revenge for losing to Combofiend last time.
Jayce the Ace, who was a last minute addition, subbing in for Shady K, put on a good show but unfortunately went 2 and out against Combofiend and Ken I. Yeb also went 2 and out, losing to Keno in winners. Thanks to those guys for playing, better luck next time!
LA Riots, SoCal’s most exclusive high-level tournament, is back again for round 2! This time, we have three new competitors, as well as five returning ones to complete the line-up (and one guy who got eliminated and then got his spot back!).
Thank you everyone for coming out to Bar Fights at Hooters in Anaheim on Friday! Hope you had a lot of fun, it was a lot of fun for us to put together and hopefully we will be able to do more of them in the future. The event was a huge success, nice to see a lot of new faces as well as familiar ones.
Special thank you’s of course to Mad Catz for providing sticks to play on as well as a stick for our Match of the Night Winner, Jason! Also, thank you to Justin Wong and TriForce from Empire Arcadia for coming out as well as San Diego’s The Box Arena crew for coming out and bringing their fiercest competitors, Shady K and Yeb.
Thank you as always to Get Your Tournament, for providing excellent coverage. You can check out an interview Glenn did with the show stealer himself, 15 year old Jayce The Ace.
