You guys know the drill!
Ranbats will be run as a single/double elimination tournament (depending on numbers at each event) each week. Rules as follows:
Rounds set to 2 out of 3 to win each game.
Matches are set to 2 out of 3 to win the game.
Games will be played on XBOX 360's on VGA cables to reduce lag as much as possible.
(Sorry guys about not using CRT's, but I think that it might be too difficult to drag these along every 2 weeks)
Seeding will be based on past tournaments and ranbats.
Price will be $5 per person.
Ranbat will run from 6-30PM till 9-00PM on a single console (or two if time permits). If we finish early, the rest can be for casuals.
All other rules will be as per the NZism tourney rules so read up. I'll be the judge for the events unless otherwise stated.
Once again top place at the end of the ranbats will get auto-qualificaion into the top 16 at nationals.
And congratulations to JakSmash and Gankatron, the two winners from last seasons SFIV Ranbats. They will earn Automatic qualification for this years nationals. Good luck to everyone else and see you there!
Regards,
Lenny "NZ iPhone/iPod Touch Street Fighter IV Champion" Andrews
ranbats still a goer?
Yep.
Can't make it tonight guys... Playing out in South Town tonight... opening for Kidz in Space... Woop!
I'm coming up for them tonight
great, only $5 :D
will be attending, c u guys there
Awesome see you both there.
Shot team. Ill be there between 6-630.
Yay good turn out guys!!!
Had to be a single elim cause there were too many jewbags there!!
I think Ben was thinking of doing a Third Strike Ranbat or something next time too so that'd be rad!
Also we tested the GIGA screens, and they are lagging by at least 3 frames. So looks like we will be needing an alternative. Weren't able to check the other screens, but will definitely do that next time Tony is in.
3 frames even over VGA... Wow.
Quote from: fluxcore on May 22, 2010, 08:48:08 AM
3 frames even over VGA... Wow.
+1. Certainly related, but not sure whether it's on topic, but what tests did you do to come up with that figure ?
Basically rorooze brought a VGA splitter, and ben brought a CRT monitor. We hooked the splitter up to both the TV and the CRT and ran a timer on it. Took photos of the timer and compared the time differences. Once we had the TV on the right resolution we started to get three frames pretty much.
Tony wasn't there last night, so we didn't test anything else, but will test the screens next ranbats. If they are all good, then we will probably start using them from now on.
Also, the chick working at Giga last night has AWESOME legs!!! Sorry guys it had to be said.
Quote from: The Lenny 2.0 on May 22, 2010, 10:32:12 AM
Also, the chick working at Giga last night has AWESOME legs!!! Sorry guys it had to be said.
i like when i was talking you and bill, and you both were talking about different things
I have a feeling something wasn't quite right with the resolution on those SAMSUNG lcd's. But yeah, end result was 3 frames of lag, not acceptable imo.
Good stuff guys, grats on the win Mason.
Shot for letting us crash at your pad Kurt <3
ggs guys, had a lot of fun
had a few embarrassing screw ups, once I tried to do an ultra setup with juri but for god knows what reason a taunt came out - hope there was no misunderstanding to the person i was playing
learnt a lot from playing massi4h's akuma, congrats on winning :)
looking forward to the next one, $5 is a sweet deal to come around to giga and have some games with you guys
Quote from: Skullator on May 22, 2010, 02:46:13 PM
Good stuff guys, grats on the win Mason.
Shot for letting us crash at your pad Kurt <3
Anytime bro. Awesome ranbats, it was cool to see some people using the new chars.
Edit: Btw Skull, did some quick tests of Fuerte's Ultra 2 vs Chun's blocked overhead flip kick and only the foward version seems safe on block, the rest get eaten. (This is wrong they are safe next time 'quick test' will be 'more carefully considered tests')
thanks for letting me use your laptop thomas , sorry i raped your batteries tho
Quote from: Arkade on May 22, 2010, 09:50:40 PM
Anytime bro. Awesome ranbats, it was cool to see some people using the new chars.
Edit: Btw Skull, did some quick tests of Fuerte's Ultra 2 vs Chun's blocked overhead flip kick and only the foward version seems safe on block, the rest get eaten.
According to frame data, theyre all advantageous for chun on block. lk is +4, mk is +5, and hk is +4, so in theory, chun shouldn't be able to be punished by anything that isn't some psychic pre-emptive shit. Or is their safety range specific?
Additionally bro im having some trouble putting your name to a face. Describe yourself so that i have something to fap to when porn isnt extreme enough.
Quote from: ILL_BILL on May 23, 2010, 01:54:04 AM
According to frame data, theyre all advantageous for chun on block. lk is +4, mk is +5, and hk is +4, so in theory, chun shouldn't be able to be punished by anything that isn't some psychic pre-emptive shit. Or is their safety range specific?
Those numbers are on hit bro - all versions of hazanshu are -1 on block, except for the forward version which is at even frames - so they all look safe against Fuerte's 1+3 frame U2
Quote from: electric on May 23, 2010, 10:09:04 AM
Those numbers are on hit bro - all versions of hazanshu are -1 on block, except for the forward version which is at even frames - so they all look safe against Fuerte's 1+3 frame U2
Ahahaha. Reading them backwards. Last time i look at frame data at 2am. Either way, i thought they were safe.
Quote from: ILL_BILL on May 23, 2010, 01:54:04 AM
According to frame data, theyre all advantageous for chun on block. lk is +4, mk is +5, and hk is +4, so in theory, chun shouldn't be able to be punished by anything that isn't some psychic pre-emptive shit. Or is their safety range specific?
Additionally bro im having some trouble putting your name to a face. Describe yourself so that i have something to fap to when porn isnt extreme enough.
Quote from: electric on May 23, 2010, 10:09:04 AM
Those numbers are on hit bro - all versions of hazanshu are -1 on block, except for the forward version which is at even frames - so they all look safe against Fuerte's 1+3 frame U2
I'm the idiot that stuck with Makoto even after I lost my first game to Dave's(?) Guile lol. I was wearing a hat and an obscene yellow shirt.
Edited for being irrelevant nonsense. It is safe.
Although it takes 4 frames to jump, a character can't be grabbed in their pre-jump frames. So basically anything -2 or better cannot be punished by Fuerte's U2.
With regard backdashing fuertes U2, I'm a bit unsure as to how long Fuertes U2 remains active. If it remains active for longer than the invulerable and airborne frames in chun's backdash, then she'll get grabbed as well.
Quote from: The Lenny 2.0 on May 23, 2010, 01:40:30 PM
Although it takes 4 frames to jump, a character can't be grabbed in their pre-jump frames. So basically anything -2 or better cannot be punished by Fuerte's U2.
With regard backdashing fuertes U2, I'm a bit unsure as to how long Fuertes U2 remains active. If it remains active for longer than the invulerable and airborne frames in chun's backdash, then she'll get grabbed as well.
Thx Lenny, didn't know :-[. I still don't understand how it could possibly work then, maybe someone else can test it if they have time, tell me what I'm doing wrong? I record Chun doing lk hazanshu and hold straight up immediately, while the Hazanshu is still in animation, so I can only assume she will jump at the first possible opportunity, and yet can still u2 with Fuerte? any ideas?
This seems like the common problem that I've spotted. People do the move in recording and hold up, but what happens is they're holding up during your ultra freeze and the recording lets go of up and starts the next one so it no longer jumps. Best thing to do is to pause during the ultra freeze and chuck it back on record and hold up manually.
Oh yeah and ggs all yay for me winning :D
Quote from: massi4h on May 23, 2010, 03:39:22 PM
This seems like the common problem that I've spotted. People do the move in recording and hold up, but what happens is they're holding up during your ultra freeze and the recording lets go of up and starts the next one so it no longer jumps. Best thing to do is to pause during the ultra freeze and chuck it back on record and hold up manually.
Oh yeah and ggs all yay for me winning :D
Congratz on the win Mason, and thanks a bunch for clearing that up. It was starting to annoy me tryna find out lol. Is that the same reasoning behind unblockable Ultras? maybe it wll be fixed when they remove them. Anyways thx again.
Quote from: massi4h on May 23, 2010, 03:39:22 PM
Oh yeah and ggs all yay for me winning :D
cheater. super saiyan 3 is imba
Quote from: Arkade on May 23, 2010, 03:43:41 PM
Congratz on the win Mason, and thanks a bunch for clearing that up. It was starting to annoy me tryna find out lol. Is that the same reasoning behind unblockable Ultras? maybe it wll be fixed when they remove them. Anyways thx again.
What mason is talking about only applys to training mode. Unblockable ultras have something to do with not being able to block during the 'eye bulge' animation, so if a fireball is on you when your opponent activates the ultra, you eat the fireball, and the ultra combos off of it.
Or something. I actually have no idea.
As for backdashing fuerte's U2, some characters with longer backdashes can (vega, chun, duds come to mind) but characters with shorter backdashes (fuerte for instance) will backdash and get grabbed when their dash recovers. But i dont get why you would bother, when its a hell of a lot safer to just jump out of it.
Quote from: ILL_BILL on May 23, 2010, 04:48:41 PM
But i dont get why you would bother, when its a hell of a lot safer to just jump out of it.
Saving attack cancel maybe.
Quote from: CrazyMobius on May 23, 2010, 09:22:07 PM
Saving attack cancel maybe.
In which case what i said remains true. If you have a decent length backdash, or are far enough away to begin with, youll be fine.
gangsta times...
dam you skullator....lol
next time i'll have some new tricks...
biggie ups to mr makoto....new character steez.......
cant wait for the next one
and congrats to mason on winning.....nice
and guile guy richard for showing me how im supposed to play guile...hehehe
Sorry bout thae wait guys but results are up!!!
http://nzism.alphaism.com/forum/index.php/topic,1234.0.html
Next one is this Friday. Same time as usual... get there ready for a 6-45pm start!!! This week we will likely be playing on monitors to adress the lag issues. This is not set in stone however so exect that we might be using the samsungs. for at least one more ranbat anyway!
Giga Internet Cafe, be there at 6-30 for a 6-45 start. 5 bucks a piece. Read the original post for details.
I need to start coming back to the ranbats, iv been so busy every other Friday and need to start playing agai. And i wana see how far my scub nutz Dudley has come. I will see you's at the ranbats.
I'll really try to make it to this one. With no Yifans I really gotta brush up on my offline play.
I'll be going bro, I could meet you up at the corner of Mt Eden Rd and New North Road if you want walk down about 6:15ish?
Be good to catch up.
Quote from: geneterror on May 31, 2010, 04:21:22 PM
I'll be going bro, I could meet you up at the corner of Mt Eden Rd and New North Road if you want walk down about 6:15ish?
Be good to catch up.
OK that sounds good. I think I got your new number so I'll text you.
Just got the sitter organized, so I'll be there 6:30 onwards, keen for the chance to get better and play some of our finest :D
Quote from: hydrokinesis on May 31, 2010, 05:27:28 PM
Just got the sitter organized, so I'll be there 6:30 onwards, keen for the chance to get better and play some of our finest :D
Oh nice might see you there if I manage to make it up for this one too.
lol, ok so now that DAIGO has blessed such a setup, is it finally going to be deemed acceptable by our community?
Daigo just txt me and told me Andy is lying. Daigo's pretty mad at you Andy. He asked me to shank you, but i said i wont do it coz were friends.
He knows not to argue with me though. So your safe. For now.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
do both
Daigo told me he is doing both. You should do both aswell.
Daigo doesn't know.
Awww the posts are gone. :(
I Guess i BIRRY WONG'd so hard that they disintegrated.
I probably can't make it this Friday. Feeling sick and behind studying schedule =.=" + exam is coming in a week. Not enough for revision.....
So don't be surprised if u don't see me there. I barely play these days anyway, i guess my skills have gone down to the bottom of the well.
Have fun guys ^_^
Im gonna be in town from about just after midday. If anyone is keen we can head up to giga and rock some casuals or something.
Quote from: The Lenny 2.0 on June 04, 2010, 07:48:41 AM
Im gonna be in town from about just after midday. If anyone is keen we can head up to giga and rock some casuals or something.
I might take you up on that. (laziness pending). I've got today off so will be playing SF most of the day anyways.
Quote from: Cr8zyK1LL3r on June 03, 2010, 11:38:58 PM
I probably can't make it this Friday. Feeling sick and behind studying schedule =.=" + exam is coming in a week. Not enough for revision.....
So don't be surprised if u don't see me there. I barely play these days anyway, i guess my skills have gone down to the bottom of the well.
Have fun guys ^_^
Readers beware your perspective might vary tho.
When this guy says he "barely play these days" he means like 4 days and 1 week most,
we were still training hardcore last friday lol
Quote from: cha on June 04, 2010, 08:12:00 AM
Readers beware your perspective might vary tho.
When this guy says he "barely play these days" he means like 4 days and 1 week most,
we were still training hardcore last friday lol
yeah hehe..... when i don't play for about a week and concentrate all my brain power on studying, i become pretty rusty at SF. I will try to be there when i feel better, otherwise, i'm going to spread my cold to everyone else. hehe.......
Quote from: Cr8zyK1LL3r on June 04, 2010, 08:20:25 AM
yeah hehe..... when i don't play for about a week and concentrate all my brain power on studying, i become pretty rusty at SF. I will try to be there when i feel better, otherwise, i'm going to spread my cold to everyone else. hehe.......
shutup,
I'm coming over after work and draging u out of bed if I have to!!! :)
RANBATS TONIGHT!!!!! GET HYPE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!
IM HYPE
by hype I mean sleep deprived :(
I'll text you if I finish up early lenny!
Sweet bro. Ive got your adapter in my bag... I also have a lag timer on my PC this time.
Gonna run a paper bracket this time peeps!!! Should be fun
Sweet, hopefully we won't have those resolution problems like last time!
I"M HYPE LIKE MARK CHARTERIS
Cya's there
Quote from: Skullator on June 04, 2010, 01:01:05 PM
I"M HYPE LIKE MARK CHARTERIS
Cya's there
Bro. Thats not even funny.
Just for that witty remark I'm hoping I get your Fuerte again tonight lad.
Fuck you Bill - NOTHING is funnier than the MARK CHARTERIS HYPE!
I would just like to point out that comparing yourself to mark charteris, even as a form of ridicule, demeans you, and everyone you care about.
Man im just trying to help a brother out.
Quote from: Skullator on June 04, 2010, 01:11:56 PM
Just for that witty remark I'm hoping I get your Fuerte again tonight lad.
Oh? Getting bodied last time wasn't enough for you?
YES I FUCKING WENT THERE
awesome games tonight. Some really close games and interesting matches. Lenny your Sim is really good compared to what I have played, damn that time over was close.
Good catching up with all the locals too.
Sweet Guys the results are up!!! http://nzism.alphaism.com/forum/index.php/topic,1234.0.html
Was a great night tonight!!! I'd have to say big ups to Geneterror, Tony, and ScribbleART! You guys had leveled up HEAPS since I saw you last!
Cody! You're Ibuki is fucking awesome... I am dropping her completely after seeing you play her.
Anywho!!! Next ranbats on Friday the 17th!!! See you there!
Great games and great atmosphere last night, much respect to everyone there, seems like everyone's game has risen considerably. Awesome!
I'll move heaven and earth to make it to each form now on for certain. Props to Cody's Ibuki, Graeme's Dictator, Lenny's Incredible Sim, Andy's Sakura and to my brother Scribble for being a top bloke in person as well as online, chur brother!
Lots of advice, theory, match up talk and general banter (Lenny's tick throw walk) made for an awesome night out, well done lads! :D
Good games guys, I played terribly but I could say I got outplayed. Hydro your vega is nice, awesome poking I really don't know why I didn't attempt any rushdown. I rushdown heaps more with sakura now, same thing to Skullator. I actually didn't know what to do against both your defensive characters with sakura (I was trying to outpoke you guys, but also I need to be not just using my long pokes but pressing jabs and shit as well) I just kept jumping in and then when I would land a j.hk or cr.short I would screw up the combo anyway.
And well GG Bill, yeah...
Good work on Jack winning and Cody's awesome Ibuki. Got those Daigo tricks.
Also I must learn what to do in 3s. I can't barely hitconfirm into anything so I'm just waiting to parry your jumpin (Ben) and then punish with a combo and do random low forward and overhead pokes. I don't really know what else to do. Maybe more jumpins or something or I should watch more vids first.
We've told you like five hundred times what would make you better. No random tatsu and stop saving meter for KKZ. If you used that meter on even low forward super for a punish it would be heaps better than failed KKZ
GG Mason.
Good games everyone. I played terribly as I've expected haha..... Almost lost the first match against Graeme's Bison :( But it was very relaxing coz i didn't have the winning/losing pressure at all ^_^. Also it was nice to see CrazyMobius & hydro joining the Ranbat. Hope to see you guys more often. ^_^
I couldn't stay to see the rest of the matches :(
Well.... I will catch up with everyone once exam is over.....
P.S: I've tried to isolate myself already but tell me if anyone catch a cold after the ranbat. Hehehe........
ggs to my Chun!!! asn't so bad afterall :D made it to 4th place?
gg's to everyone, damn my execution failed me miserably all flipping last night "sigh", if I'm gonna main makoto, i can't afford to slip up.......oh well ;D . good catching up with xpunch and the rest of yous niggers lol and peace to smoof for when i switched to boxer when he was murdering my makoto with bison, i really didn't know how to play that match up.
congrats to jack and damn Cody your ibuki was freaking awesome :)
I was trying to fish out a combo into super in the last few games smoof but I couldn't find myself confirming then in any way.
Awesome night. Got meet a few more people. Shot to everyone, xpunch, Geneterror, Pjai, CrazyMobius, Dave it was good getting to meet you guys properly, and wick3d wayz, mean to see you representing for Makoto bro. Cody’s Ibuki was definitely a highlight. Shot to Random Select/Jay for coming along and giving it a go, hope to see you at more bro.
Quote from: The Lenny 2.0 on June 05, 2010, 02:21:24 AM
Was a great night tonight!!! I'd have to say big ups to Geneterror, Tony, and ScribbleART! You guys had leveled up HEAPS since I saw you last!
Cheers Lenny bro, it's good to know the practice is paying off a bit. Even if it’s not in the results lol
Quote from: hydrokinesis on June 05, 2010, 09:14:10 AM
I'll move heaven and earth to make it to each form now on for certain. Props to Cody's Ibuki, Graeme's Dictator, Lenny's Incredible Sim, Andy's Sakura and to my brother Scribble for being a top bloke in person as well as online, chur brother!
Bro Hydro, it was really awesome finally getting to meet you face to face. Stoked to hear you will be trying your best to make it to future ranbats too bro. GGs bro, keep up the good work with Rose.
GGs Simon/CrazyMobius, I would really like to get some more games in with you bro. I don’t know the Blanka match too well. Hopefully next time I won’t choke with my punishes either… damn nerves lol
ggs skull mean chunz oh so hard to get in, and bill i hate you hahaha. good to meet you Arkade and good to see new faces up there too. Its always good to catch up with the locals smash bros, dave, wicked, lenny, mason, andy , simon, hue, cody and every1 else lol been so long since iv been to ranbats, always feel right at home when I do go though.
ggs to simonfish, tony, ben, bill and andy for the casuals. To every1 i played.... you's all make me wana switch back to Rog but i just cant do it lolz as much as I want the 'W' i just cant do it hahaha ;D
also im removing my Gay sig coz im just not classy. :'(
Quote from: massi4h on June 05, 2010, 12:56:44 PM
Good games guys, I played terribly but I could say I got outplayed. Hydro your vega is nice, awesome poking I really don't know why I didn't attempt any rushdown. I rushdown heaps more with sakura now, same thing to Skullator. I actually didn't know what to do against both your defensive characters with sakura (I was trying to outpoke you guys, but also I need to be not just using my long pokes but pressing jabs and shit as well) I just kept jumping in and then when I would land a j.hk or cr.short I would screw up the combo anyway.
And well GG Bill, yeah...
Good work on Jack winning and Cody's awesome Ibuki. Got those Daigo tricks.
Also I must learn what to do in 3s. I can't barely hitconfirm into anything so I'm just waiting to parry your jumpin (Ben) and then punish with a combo and do random low forward and overhead pokes. I don't really know what else to do. Maybe more jumpins or something or I should watch more vids first.
Watch heaps of 3s videos and you will start to get it.
http://shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=129585&page=269
Just look through that thread working backwards from pg269 . Anything that is japanese is bound to be gdlk. For Nicovideo matches use http://mmcafe.com/nico.html
Shot for another great night Lenny, the best one yet! Good games to all.
Heretic, good to meet you man, enjoyed playing you.
Xpunch, was really surprised to hear you plan on straight up maining Dudley instead of switching between him and Rog, purely because I always feared and have alot of respect for your Boxer. But good on you for sticking it out with him both games, I'm sure you know the only way to improve with him is to learn the match ups, especially the tricky ones. And yea it definitely feels like that match is in Chuns favour, as you said it's just that much harder for Dudley to get in by comparison to Rog with his EX rushes and turn punches. Looking forward to see you progress with him bro.
Mason, good stuff mixing it up and picking Sakura, I totally got outplayed in that match with her but somehow managed to pull through with lucky scrubby shit. And yeah solid Akuma match as per normal, I reckon you just need to be a bit more assertive against me and not be as scared of the bird kick.
Jack, oh lord that demon palm spacing was crispy brother! Your vortexing is amazing bro lol. Good to play you again.
Andy, nice to see you rocking Chun there mate, gg's as always.
Great to see James and Simon attending their first Ranbats, hope to see you guys at more!
And much love to Kurt and Jess for accommodating me again <3 Hope you guys enjoy the shows!
Quote from: Arkade on June 05, 2010, 07:33:05 PM
Awesome night. Got meet a few more people. Shot to everyone, xpunch, Geneterror, Pjai, CrazyMobius, Dave it was good getting to meet you guys properly, and wick3d wayz, mean to see you representing for Makoto bro. Cody’s Ibuki was definitely a highlight. Shot to Random Select/Jay for coming along and giving it a go, hope to see you at more bro.
Was a mean night, even though i got beasted LOL but awesome experience none the less...Thanks to the bro ScribbleART/Kurt for bringing me along, will definately back again for the next one bro, and nice too finally meet dudes from online such as SkullatorNZ, awesome chun bro...and to meet dudes ive never played against like Lenny, (I gotta work on that Dhalsim match up haha but thanks for giving me tips straight after our match, your a good dude bro)
Cheers guys,
Quote from: RandomSelekt on June 06, 2010, 09:39:49 PM
Was a mean night, even though i got beasted LOL but awesome experience none the less...Thanks to the bro ScribbleART/Kurt for bringing me along, will definately back again for the next one bro, and nice too finally meet dudes from online such as SkullatorNZ, awesome chun bro...and to meet dudes ive never played against like Lenny, (I gotta work on that Dhalsim match up haha but thanks for giving me tips straight after our match, your a good dude bro)
Cheers guys,
good to have you there, hope you come along more often and level up with us.
damn zosla and your akuma....ARGH AKUMA ARGH
fun times as always......
gg's geneterror....man havent played u since the nats last year haha
hope u can make it more, i never get to play bisons...so was a good wake up call for me
aii Dave I don't even main him :P just that it makes my life easier playing the projectile game vs guile :D
its make me cry lah :'( :'(
from dave :-[
gg everyone. I think the brackets are pretty racist, not random at all lol.
I played against what? hue, simon, fong, simon again, andy, fong again, jack, jack again......
Sigh, was hoping for match ups that I'm not used to since I could see
a lot of mean new chars or new styles of buffed old chars,
Oh well, maybe better luck next time.
And no lenny please dont give up on Ibuki, we need some more mirrors around here.
Quote from: cha on June 08, 2010, 07:20:12 AM
gg everyone. I think the brackets are pretty racist, not random at all lol.
I played against what? hue, simon, fong, simon again, andy, fong again, jack, jack again......
Sigh, was hoping for match ups that I'm not used to since I could see
a lot of mean new chars or new styles of buffed old chars,
Oh well, maybe better luck next time.
And no lenny please dont give up on Ibuki, we need some more mirrors around here.
lol actually ur right :P
I'll be doing some practice with Buki too as its about time since most fo the major tournaments are over!!!
oh Lenny's sad face when he saw ur Buki lol :P keep up the oil buddy!!!
Perhaps you should try training against some different people then?
Quote from: fluxcore on June 08, 2010, 09:12:42 AM
Perhaps you should try training against some different people then?
haha i would if i got a console or actually do train...
training sessions at hue's place before fong, andy and jack went for apac evo were just for them mainly
Quote from: cha on June 08, 2010, 03:12:38 PM
haha i would if i got a console or actually do train...
training sessions at hue's place before fong, andy and jack went for apac evo were just for them mainly
appreciated and big hugz!!! no homo...
much respect for someone who don't even have the game :D
Yea i have to back Cody on this as well. Its really impressive how his Ibuki is, given that he doesnt even own a console.
hmm will be at Yifans about 1 pm... if anyone is there :)
Quote from: zosla on June 08, 2010, 08:21:49 AM
lol actually ur right :P
I'll be doing some practice with Buki too as its about time since most fo the major tournaments are over!!!
No the major tournament is coming up in August.
most***
Well there was 1 major tournament which was the EVO APAC qualifier/tourney. Now there are 2 major tournaments coming up, Xlan and Nats. So I wouldn't say most of them are over.
Xlan is for sweaty PC nerds :P
Bring on the Nats!
Apac was major to me, the rest I don't really mind^^ of course I'll still practice and stuff.
Xlan is fun, be there.
Len, are we still having the Ranbats tomorrow evening? I'll be there for sure if so. See you cats there ^_^
Friday is the 18th haha bonus point for me
I should be there but probably won't be before 6 since I got an exam that afternoon!
Leave early
Working til 8:30 that night. But might pop by after to spectate.
Might pop in to money match billy wong :D
c u guys there, even for casuals if nothing happens
yup!! Ranbats tomorrow!!!
GET HYPE BITCHES!
I don't think I can make tomorrow which sux but I haven't been feeling well and I want to make sure I'm on top form for the 3v3.
wont make it in time for ranbats i dont think , but will still come down after work
I'm not working so I'll probably rock up pretty early in the afternoon. What time are you heading in Len?
Quote from: ILL_BILL on June 18, 2010, 07:34:44 AM
I'm not working so I'll probably rock up pretty early in the afternoon. What time are you heading in Len?
I was gonna be going in early but prob wont be there till around 5-30 cause of my ride. Since it sounds like peeps are gonna be late ill aim for a 7 oclock start tonight.
If you aint doing shit today you can always rock to my place for some games, and bring a black guy or 2.
Ill text you when I head in.
Please bring sticks if you can tonight people. My TE stick is fucking out so I can only bring my SE.
I will definitely take you up on that offer. I'll round up the boys and see what the go is.
Quote from: ILL_BILL on June 18, 2010, 09:44:22 AM
I will definitely take you up on that offer. I'll round up the boys and see what the go is.
Flick me a text when youre heading in so I can get my makeup on. The black fellas know where I am staying atm.
Actually come to think of it. Dont bring too many black guys so that I can score a ride with you back into town for ranbats!! YAY!
spent over 20 hours studying yesterday. just finished my exam and still haven't got any sleep. I will turn up for the ranbat if i wake up b4 6.
good shit bro, hope u did well!~!~!!!
get some rest la, if I can be bothered to get off wow then ill be there LOL
jsut got home from work so couldnt make it sorry
hope it went well
cheers for the games boys, thanks for the tips lenny + james!
ggs to all the boiz i played 2nyt, good to see some new faces irumble and unbeliever.
ggs crazykillah i really hate ex seismic hammer on wake up lolz its just to good ;D
damn ur sim unbeliever that was pretty intense, making me switch to Rog and it still was a tough match.
shot bill im not going down with Dudley again like last fortnight lolz so i had no choice but too switch to Rog.
ggs to optimusDave ;D your sonic booms were yummy .
ggs tommy that Gen of yours is all biznis, my anti air couldn't quite get your long ranged j.hk (i think) it just beat it out clean, unless my timing was way off.. ::)
ggs jacksmash its always intense playing against you. I had to learn from our first match we had when you peaced me out lolz, i now know not to try and punish your air tatsu away from corner lol
ggs ironsol man that was a really good game. i couldn't quite download as fast as you lolz but was a mean match.
Thanks James and Fong for making me feel quite confident before my matches, encouragement is always beastly ;D. It was good to catch up with the boiz again sol, dave, jay, lenny, bill, jack, fong, ben , and yeah i can go on and on lolz but its always good to see the boiz.
Shot, now its time to make my daughters bottles ;D
GG's guys. Was awesome as usual.
YAY!
Yea ggs Jay. Didn't really have an answer for that rog that wasnt WALL DIVE YARRR
Yeah my brothers! Great games last night.
Props to Mason especially for his Akuma skills, man, that was some tight as shit in our matches bro. Can't wait for the next set yeah. :D
Match of the night for me was probably Sol (Honda) vs Lenny (Sim) or Hue (Viper) vs Jay (Gief), top quality stuff.
Props and honorables to Xpunch fully crushing people with some incredible Dudley pressure, you fully deserved your wins my bro.
Everyone: Great to chat with you all, great vibe and great games, see you all next weekend at the 3V3! :D
Results are up guys!!!!
http://nzism.alphaism.com/forum/index.php/topic,1234.msg37783.html#msg37783
Yay I won! GGs everyone was a real good night. Real glad to see heaps of players show up that I've only ever seen on xbl: unbeliever, rumble, QuadrupleOG, TommyHarmonic, glad you guys came and hopefully you start coming to more meetups. Sorry I got no room to add you guys, but just invite me to games if you see me online through one of the other guy's friends lists. Need more play with your guys other characters.
GG to everyone I played: Hydro, Wicked, Jack, Lenny, Sol. All the matches were intense and haha Jack your Bison only smashes me online.
Love all the raging demons I landed as well lol. Got the 2 good ones on Hydro and the reversal against Lenny's yoga sniper. Yay for baiting myself to purposely get hit.
Just good to see all the fullas as usual, next time the U-man better make it.
GGs to everyone I played, thank you to Ben for pushing pause during our game ;), ggs to Lenny, I hate sim mirrors so I chose Blanka which was even worse lol. Xpunch we had good close games, I find your dudley and rog equally hard. GGs also to Professor Layton, random ultra ftw!. All up it was a good first experience, good to put faces to names I see online. Would have liked to stuck around for casuals after but had work the next day. Look forward to the next one guys.
ggs to every one, mean games between sol, lenny and xpunch. some intense stuff ;D
oh and to hue/crazykiller your lucky i got hungry lol nah kidding bro, our match was mean, you read me well in that last round, awesome stuff bro :) man that ex hammer thingy scares the crap out of me.
awesome to see rumble and unbeliever there :)
Aww fuck i didnt even realise it was them or i wouldve said hi.
Hey guys,
Just to let you all know. There are four more Ranking Battle sessions left for this season. They are as follows:
July 2nd
July 16th
July 30th
August 13th
Remember the top placer in this seasons ranking battle will get a qualifying spot at our national tournament.
It's been loads of fun, and it's great seeing new faces, and seeing people level up there game. Every session I see people, and I get a big kick out of improving my own game.
Next ranbats can't come soon enough!!! GET HYPE!!
EDIT: Also I stuffed up the bracket slightly at the start, and was lucky with the outcome of one of the matches which put everything right. I want to just make sure to thank Mason and Jay(Security) for being patient and understanding with my error.
Out of interest (pretty sure ive asked this already, but being awesome i have already forgotten the answer) Will the overall results of the ranbats affect the seeding outside of the final 16?
Like, obviously the top person gets a qualifying spot IN said top 16, but will the people 2nd to lets say 5th end up being seeded in the general tournament?
Obviously this is kinda biased towards Aucklanders, which is pretty stink for the rest of the country, but realistically it DOES kind of make sense.
And how about results for stuff elsewhere? Ie. the south island shit that Marc is taking care of?
Im just curious.
Yeah and are you gonna use xlan again to help with seeding? Shot Lenny.
Ranbat this Friday!!! GET HYPE!
Also ranbats will be a single elim this week. Afterwards we will use the remining time to do casuals on the lagless setup/setups. Ill put everybodys name in a hat and draw two names. THose two people will play each other in a first to 3 round game and then there names will not be placed back into the hat.
Once everyone has played, the names go back into the hat and we do it again until we have used up all our time.
all good?
Sounds good to me. I might actually make it out this time lol. KFC anyone?
Quote from: The Lenny 2.0 on June 30, 2010, 10:15:10 AM
Ranbat this Friday!!! GET HYPE!
Also ranbats will be a single elim this week. Afterwards we will use the remining time to do casuals on the lagless setup/setups. Ill put everybodys name in a hat and draw two names. THose two people will play each other in a first to 3 round game and then there names will not be placed back into the hat.
Once everyone has played, the names go back into the hat and we do it again until we have used up all our time.
all good?
Sounds like a real good idea to me.
Quote from: The Lenny 2.0 on June 30, 2010, 10:15:10 AM
Ranbat this Friday!!! GET HYPE!
Also ranbats will be a single elim this week. Afterwards we will use the remining time to do casuals on the lagless setup/setups. Ill put everybodys name in a hat and draw two names. THose two people will play each other in a first to 3 round game and then there names will not be placed back into the hat.
Once everyone has played, the names go back into the hat and we do it again until we have used up all our time.
all good?
8)
Can't make it to this one probably. But will try to make the next one. Would it be possible to have a 3S setup again? I'm wanting to brush up on my Sklls.
Birry wong isn't gonna make this one I'm afraid. :(
Quote from: BIRRY WONG on June 30, 2010, 03:39:25 PM
Birry wong isn't gonna make this one, I'm afraid of karizzma. :(
Understandable.
Hey guys,
Unfortunately I havent got enough room in my bag to bring my xbox today as I have to take a ton of shit to work today. If anyone else is able to bring an xbox it woyuld help out alot.
Thanks.
Sweet, I'll bring mine + stick since I gotta pop home after work before I go to Giga anyway. Did you remember VGA cables?
OK I'll try bring my xbox, but no promises.
what time is everyone heading in today?
Not too sure maybe 6ish. Also yeah definitely bringing my xbox and TE. On the bus :/
mason where do you live? I might be able to give you a lift in on my way from work.
I was keen but Suzannah is sick so I'm gonna be the good guy and stay home and make her dinner etc.
Have fun guys.
Lenny you moved near the city yet?
Yah I have the vga and masons adapter in my bag
wooooo ranbatting
we using 1 or 2 setups?
2 most likely...
im gonna run 1 setup single elim for the ranbat... and then when I have an idea of how much coin we have left we can do 2 setups of casuals.
Ill be there about 6 oclock tonight guys. Prob be in yiffans from about 3pm till then.
mason, no more ride for you i'm leaving work now :p
[edit] no cheap parking at yifans, catch you at ranbats ! [/edit]
cool
honda is gonna beat down sim
again
;D . . . . see you cats around six, depending on traffic. Don't start without me yo!
I left yifans to prevent the imminent explosion of rage that was building inside of me.
Im at giga now... someone come keep me company dammit!
Quote from: Rorooze on July 02, 2010, 10:59:18 AM
mason where do you live? I might be able to give you a lift in on my way from work.
Mason says thanks but he's been in town all day
Great games tonight gentlemen.
Rose hard.
Quote from: hydrokinesis on July 02, 2010, 10:46:14 PM
Great games tonight gentlemen.
Rose hard.
Ohh man i wana play some rose :(
Best ranbat ever.
^^ truth! At the very least it was the funniest ranbat ever, Lenny is a goddammed comic genius.
THE SHRIMP GOES ALL THE WAY
Shot for the offer Rory, I was already in the city (at Scribs pad, shot man) though and I live out west auckland which is probably out of your way though.
GGs to everyone I played in casual and Hydros Rose who I lost to (so I only got one game :(). And yeah thanks Lenny for the organising as usual, but where was the U-man? Guess he's saving it all for xlan.
U-man said he might not make it due to work
ranbats were fun as usual. and as awesome as your stick was karizzma, my useless ass just could not get used to it.
yeah sorry i couldnt make it .
normally can only come if i finish 3-4ish on fridays . after that its too late and traffic gets too fucked to come town all the way from the bombay hills :(
update update update ;)
Can we have an update on points/results please :D
Also: What format are we playing this time? Double elim, or same as last session?
See you all Friday yo!
I'll be there seriously.
UPDATEUPDATEUPDATEUPDATEUPDATE
SEE YOU NIGGAZ THERRRREEEE
Can we get an update pls :D
I might try to come to this one. Is it allgood? Or too late or something?
just come anyway. good to get some games in for a measly $5
That's what i meant. I'm still allowed to play ay.
Sorry guys, have put the results up. Having trouble with my mouse here at work so I will update the overall standings in the morning when I get home.
Yes Weazzey you can come and play in the tournament, although you will probably not be able to win the season cause you have entered so late, but you can still come and get some practice playing in a tourney setting.
coming to claim my next 10 points haha
Quote from: [IRON]SoL on July 15, 2010, 03:39:54 PM
coming to claim my next 10 points haha
UMEHALA will smash you.
umehala might turn up a bit smashed. theres a six pack that needs to be drunk :D
Quote from: [IRON]SoL on July 15, 2010, 03:39:54 PM
coming to claim my next 10 points haha
Those points are mine this time Sol, I got a date with Rose yo.
I'm gonna be late to the ranbats this week so Bill and Smoof are gonna run most of it on Friday.
Big ups to them for helping a player out. Because I am coming late it is likely that I'll just be there to spectate/run the bracket this week.
Guys get a setup running for warmups on a lagless setup from 6-30pm, and if anyone else starts a setup, You are paying for it!
Also the people that come and play on the PS2 setup that Ben brings need to start dropping some coin for him, even if youre only giving him a buck or two. Almost every week he fronts the bill for it with little or no help from everyone else, so help a brother out guys!
Im pretty keen to get some hardout casuals going on afterwards too.
See you guys there!
Quote from: [FSR] Lenny on July 15, 2010, 07:41:59 PM
I'm gonna be late to the ranbats this week so Bill and Smoof are gonna run most of it on Friday.
Big ups to them for helping a player out. Because I am coming late it is likely that I'll just be there to spectate/run the bracket this week.
Guys get a setup running for warmups on a lagless setup from 6-30pm, and if anyone else starts a setup, You are paying for it!
Also the people that come and play on the PS2 setup that Ben brings need to start dropping some coin for him, even if youre only giving him a buck or two. Almost every week he fronts the bill for it with little or no help from everyone else, so help a brother out guys!
Im pretty keen to get some hardout casuals going on afterwards too.
See you guys there!
Chur Lenny, thanks for the heads up... See you brothers there!
No problems fellow clan member!
/High Five!!!!
Quote from: [FSR] Lenny on July 15, 2010, 07:48:47 PM
No problems fellow clan member!
/High Five!!!!
LOL.
Somebody from west come pick me up, so i can cheap shot Bill from behind for not letting me win our arguments. I'll chip in for gas.
edit: Anyone keen to get fucked up afterwards?
Oh shit. Thought you had something on. Fuck. Ive got to drive home after. Hit Andy up for the Yan Jing's and im down for a couple.
Need me to bring anything?
Quote from: massi4h on July 15, 2010, 09:59:49 PM
Need me to bring anything?
Everyone bring sticks!!!
haha wtf? what is yang jins? erm....
Won't make it Friday^^ Its my birthday so need to have family dinner :)
have fun guys.
Quote from: zosla on July 16, 2010, 09:58:26 AM
haha wtf? what is yang jins? erm....
Won't make it Friday^^ Its my birthday so need to have family dinner :)
have fun guys.
Happy birthday
thanks^^
HAHAH BILL I jsut remembered what Yang Jings are LOL, its those Chinese beer I shouted u guys last time ><
Quote from: zosla on July 16, 2010, 09:58:26 AM
Won't make it Friday^^ Its my birthday so need to have family dinner :)
Happy birthday bro!
Quote from: zosla on July 16, 2010, 10:53:17 AM
thanks^^
HAHAH BILL I jsut remembered what Yang Jings are LOL, its those Chinese beer I shouted u guys last time ><
:D
Buck those Yang Jins, what about some Beam Jims.
Damn after all that arguing with Bill it made me wana come to this just in case he does something that i have to start argument with.
I will see if the other Dan will come pick me up to go to this ay. Can't wait till Lenny moves to New Lynn. I'ma start turning up at the end of his driveway so he'll have to bring me ahh haa.
Quote from: [NYC] weazzyefff on July 16, 2010, 12:44:18 PM
Buck those Yang Jins, what about some Beam Jims.
Damn after all that arguing with Bill it made me wana come to this just in case he does something that i have to start argument with.
I will see if the other Dan will come pick me up to go to this ay. Can't wait till Lenny moves to New Lynn. I'ma start turning up at the end of his driveway so he'll have to bring me ahh haa.
Were we arguing? I thought it was just me making you look like a fool. XD
I heard somewhere that tonight is gonna be the best rankbats yet...
Just don't start til I get there brothers. See you sometime close to 6:15 tonight! (fighting traffic to make it before 7pm)
Me and Rumble will be there, hopefully before 7.
Best ranbats ever: Simons Hakan was coolness.
Rose Hard. That is all.
Yea gg's to all. I'll definitely be pulling the CRT out when I play from now on. I was dropping way too much pressure, so I was forced to play more splash mountain than I'm comfortable with, which doesn't work at all against people who are used to it. All good, that's my own fault, so I'm not as salty as I normally am XD
Shoutouts to Ross/NZTauranga for returning to the fray.
And if I learned one thing from last night, besides 'no practice = no win', it's that racism is awesome.
Awesome ranbats.
3S games were cool too.
yeah had heaps of good games last night , glad i could finnally make it to one .
Is there one of these planned for the week before nationals?
Please?
Last one is on August the 13th.
In other news next fortnights Ranbats is cancellledf due to the 3v3 happening. Suh weet!
August 13th I can make! ;D
Lenny, can we have the results posted from the last Ranbats brother? I'd like to see the bracket if that's possible also.
Chur to the chur :D
Standings updated!!!
Last ranbat this Friday!! See you there!!!
Shot Lenny, looking forward to it.
Bro my points are still out of whack, and I'm listed twice lol
If you add my totals from the 4 ranbats I attended, it should be 26 points I think.
Fixed!
Quote from: Skullator on August 11, 2010, 11:11:58 AM
Lenny bro my points are still out of whack, and I'm listed twice lol
If you add my totals from the 4 ranbats I attended, it should be 26 points I think.
Yes and no. There are other issues with the points. Lenny and I have got it sorted. It will be properly updated at some point soon. Though at this stage, it might wait until after this Friday so we have the final standings up there.
As for the 'no', that reflects your total. This revolves around how the points have been tallied. Currently, its best to just look at the results as who won what. Points wise were rejigging a few things so that the results are more fair and accurate across the board. Point for point, the results currently dont match up across the single elim portions and the dbl elim portions. Rest assured I spent a good 6 hours rethinking and retallying the points system, so you have the personal seal of BIRRY WONG that the final standings will be a fair representation of your placement. But Numerically, everyones results will be slightly different.
Assuming Lenny OK's it.
Goddammit Leonard.
aww I'm place last LOL ><
Anyways hope to see some people tehre this Friday, or even lucky to get weazy match out of the way^^ if he is there :D
You're going down Sol. If Jack wins, the winner goes to 2nd place right?
Yeah, my points are severely mental. Should be 24, not 19 as.
Still got hopes of pulling the miracle first place (Behind Jack) this Friday.
Quote from: Hydrokinetic on August 11, 2010, 03:22:33 PM
Yeah, my points are severely mental. Should be 24, not 19 as.
Still got hopes of pulling the miracle first place (Behind Jack) this Friday.
Goddammit Leonard.
just realize I cant make it -.-
Yeah I can't make it either, working overtime :'(
Overtime making millions of hello kitty artworks ahahaha
Just you wait 'til you see it bro!
I'll be seeing you cats in like 2 hours. Don't start without me yeah? :D
When does it start?
Ranbats always start at 6:30.
Coming over now from Uni.
lol awesome times yesterday!!
Congratulations to Mason on getting the last qualifying spot!
Damn we're gonna have to rock waaaaaaay more of that Darkstalkers shit yo!
MIMI SASQUATCH RAAAAWRRRRR!!!!
Yeah awesome ranbats. My fav one of the season in my opinion. Vampire Saviour was an awesome way to finish it off but damn that game is fast! Gotta practice more.
Yeah ggs to everyone, Great night!
I was a little disappointed at my last game vs Rumble, but that means there's plenty of room for improvement on my part.
Darkstalkers rules. . . I'm going to play only Zabel from now on. :D
Good times, GGs to all. Vampire Savior made my night, so, thank you to Lenny :). Keen to learn that game, since I blow at super and it's pretty awesome lol. Hopefully see some of you on GGPO for some more VS!
Ranbats was awesome and yay for me winning.
even though i think only me and jack attended them all and he beat me by miles
But to be fair me and Sol won 2 ranbats each and then Jack and Skullator won one each. Congrats to Thomas on that one, I thought you told me you lost. It's all that top tier whoring of course. :D
GGs to all. Congrats Mason.
ummmm i think Lenny made a booboo
Quote from: JackSmash on August 15, 2010, 03:58:18 PM
GGs to all. Congrats Mason.
ummmm i think Lenny made a booboo
crap... sorry guys
I like ur banner at the bottom Lenny HAHAHAHA Just realize what it is!!!~~
Quote from: zosla on August 16, 2010, 08:42:04 AM
I like ur banner at the bottom Lenny HAHAHAHA Just realize what it is!!!~~
Watchu talkin' bout Willis!?!?!?!
Nice
oh~~ ur fucking~~!!! LOL
Lenny got too much time in his hands :P