• 28Jul 08

  A long overdue message

  It's been a long time since I've written in this blog. My last entry was in March of 2008 if I'm not mistaken. Since I haven't been making regular entries, and because practically no one reads it, I will be permanently closing my blog. To the three, maybe four people who have been reading it, thank you. If you have any comments you would like for me to read, PM me. I encourage anyone who reads this to head on over to symphonycometh's blog. It is interesting, and often starts meaningful conversation. Thank you.
  • Posted Jul 28, 2008 8:18 pm PT
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• 16Mar 08

  No Car (SSBB Tourney related)

  My original plan was to report my how my fate turned out at the second round of the SSBB Tourney, but as you can probably can guess why, I didn't end up going. Yes it's sad, and definately a disappointment, but hey, thats life isn't it? My Dad needed his car for business that day, and my Mom needed to take my grandmother to the doctor. Both I guess are more important than a SSBB Tourney. Better luck next time I guess.
  • Posted Mar 16, 2008 10:31 am PT
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• 14Mar 08

  Gamestop SSBB Tourney results

  As many of you know, Gamestops across the country hosted SSBB tournaments on the night before it's release as part of a launch party. Being a huge SSBM fan, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to enter one at a location near my house. I was presently surprised that the provided GC controllers instead of the Wiimote and Nunchuck. I entered as Ike. I was gonna enter as Marth, but he wasn't unlocked yet so I went the closest thing to him. (Marth was my best character in Melee). Man was I nervous!!!! I wanted to win so bad. Who didn't? A chance to go to Californis for the National Finals would be truly an experience to remember. So my first match was against a Kirby. The rules were 2:00 min., no items, and unlimited lives on the Battlefield stage. I ended up killing my opponent about 30 sec. into the match, so to be safe, I played hard to get the rest of the round and ended up winning. Kind of a cheap tactic, but I was willing to take the criticism if it meant advancing to the next match. My next match was against a Bowser. We each killed each other once so it ended up going to sudden death. I ended up winning by a simple over A move. My next match was against a Fox, to my dismay. Fox was sort of my achilles heal in Melee. I always seemed to lose against a skilled Fox user. Fortunately, Fox is a bit slower in Brawl than he was in Melee. The guy who was playing with him was not bad, but certainly no prodigy. I ended up beating him in sudden death as well. That win sent me to the final match. My heart was racing a million miles an hour at that point. It was against a Samus. The match started and he killed me first about 45 sec. in. By that time I had gotten him up to about 93% damage. With Ike's strength, one over A sent him flying easily. After that we both fought it out to the end, but we were unsuccessful in getting any more KO's. It went to sudden death. I couldn't believe it. I was about to go into cardiac arrest at that point, I was so nervous. It started. We both jumped around for a bit, trying to get one hit off while keeping a safe distance from each other at the same time. He ended up getting the the first hit, but thankfully, I used my down B reverse and it sent him flying off the screen. It was a glorious moment. I had won the tounament. I couldn't believe it. I was gonna get the chance to go to the next round.

  A week later I'm still a bit flustered by my win. The next round is tomorrrow. March 15th. I'm still trying to decide who I'm gonna enter as. I wanna enter as Ike because of his strength, but I also wanna enter as Marth for his speed and agilty. I'm also considering Wolf. Well, whoever I enter as, I'm sure it'll be fun. Wish me luck everyone. Stay tuned for my report on how it went. Should be up by Monday March 17th.

  • Posted Mar 14, 2008 9:09 am PT
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