Some huge news for Asia Pacific SF fans. (http://www.gamerhold.com/?p=380)
Short version - There will be qualifiers held in Sydney for SSFIV and the winner gets a spot at Evo in Las Vegas!
Just posting here in case some NZ fighters want to give it a go.
Awesome man , sounds good ! Whos keen ?!!!!!!
Be good to book soon for tickets to get them cheap for the weekend
Glad to hear we might see some NZ fighters enter too. The site didn't mention anything about it being open to AUS residents only, so I would assume it's ok for NZ people to participate too like they have at OHN.
I'll ask them at OzHadou though, just to be sure. :)
Quote from: EXC355UM on February 07, 2010, 02:19:57 AM
Glad to hear we might see some NZ fighters enter too. The site didn't mention anything about it being open to AUS residents only, so I would assume it's ok for NZ people to participate too like they have at OHN.
I'll ask them at OzHadou though, just to be sure. :)
ok dude , do let us know :)
CHeers
Fuck yeah! I'm keen even if we can't actually enter. I'm sure there'll be heaps of casusals and good vices to be had.
I'm gonna tell (and by tell I mean ask) the mrs today. 8)
Uh, there has actually been planning for a proper NZ portion of this event for a couple of months now, with the winner of our leg getting a spot in sydney for the finals.
I suppose people that don't win are free to fly over to sydney to try and go through the normal quals as well though.
Quote from: fluxcore on February 07, 2010, 08:43:05 AM
Uh, there has actually been planning for a proper NZ portion of this event for a couple of months now, with the winner of our leg getting a spot in sydney for the finals.
I suppose people that don't win are free to fly over to sydney to try and go through the normal quals as well though.
Sorry then secret mastermind.
Keen. Like, massive amounts of keen.
Yea I might go if other NZism are going and we book the same hotel or some shit haha
Quote from: Skullator on February 07, 2010, 12:50:25 PM
Yea I might go if other NZism are going and we book the same hotel or some shit haha
Ooooh bro. Someone bring their xbox. Sydney hotel training sessions ON.
Quote from: fluxcore on February 07, 2010, 08:43:05 AM
Uh, there has actually been planning for a proper NZ portion of this event for a couple of months now, with the winner of our leg getting a spot in sydney for the finals.
I suppose people that don't win are free to fly over to sydney to try and go through the normal quals as well though.
Ah nice, that's awesome then.
Hope to see a lot of you there. :)
Whoa!! I just noticed you only get a couple weeks to train.
I'd be keen to fly over, it would be a good experience. But i'd better start saving like as we speak, like i'm already wasting time, shit.
edit: My maths has failed me again. I mean 1 month AND 2 weeks to train.
I'm sure I posted more details with this.. hmm got deleted after forum was restored I guess.
This is somehting for the more none casuals to look into I guess as the cost is quiet high, but it is open to those that wish to just join the hype.
Hope many of you start planning for this :) as if we want a chance against players such as HB or ToXy then it will cost you many sweats and blood.
You mean the info that you posted that was exactly what is linked to in the first post?
Quote from: zosla on February 09, 2010, 07:59:50 AM
Hope many of you start planning for this :) as if we want a chance against players such as HB or ToXy then it will cost you many sweats and blood.
First you need to plan the expenses of the travel, accommodation and transport before you think seriously about training. Are you going over to enter this Andy?
Alan, Yes I think having the info on our site is better and more convenient rather having to go to open up a link to the OHN forum and it also looks a bit more of an invite as the Organizers from OHN has been I believe in contact with you Alan with regards to this but not much as been told to the community. There were very little news about our next official tourny (what ever that may be) is to fly our best player over for the OHN or some sort.
Therefore I wanted to let everyone know that this is open to all Asia Pacific country, an official invite for NZ'ders to compete in the upcoming EVO APAC 2010.
Stereo,
I am hoping to compete but I need to start planning. As you mentioned, there are accomedation cost, flight cost and the odd spending cost... more importantly, I will need to upskill myself to the next lvl if I am wanting any chance in this.
I will be making up training team and hope for those who are keen to help each other improve to join. This is be very serious training and not for the weak hearted!!! :D
More info on this will be posted.
I'm not directly involved in the planning for the NZ part of this, which is why I haven't said or posted anything, but there is SOMETHING in the works. I'm sure when things are more concrete there will be info posted.
I'm pretty sure the other countries haven't locked down many details either.
Damn, i forgot other countries might go to this. This things gonna be huge.
Quote from: fluxcore on February 09, 2010, 10:38:16 AM
I'm not directly involved in the planning for the NZ part of this, which is why I haven't said or posted anything, but there is SOMETHING in the works. I'm sure when things are more concrete there will be info posted.
I'm pretty sure the other countries haven't locked down many details either.
I don't think we have anyone planning for this in the NZ community, not sure what is at works but once more info is finalized this will be an oppertunity for those like myself :D
I really hope many here will actually take interest in this.
You're wrong, there are things being planned.
As soon as they announce actual dates (ie. not as vague as 'early june') Ill start planning. Realistically my chances of winning are slim to none, but i reckon it will be hell fun all the same.
oh.. is there? then just leave this as it is then^^
And Zosla, i think you mean those like me.... the poor ones.
Weazy, just drink like 2 bottle less every time you drink and smoke one less joint everytime you go for a sesh then its all good mate!!! you will save more than enought!!! :D
This will be a very good chance for many of us and kind widen our views, take it as a holiday while you're at it :P
I agree with Andy. I'll personally be going for the enjoyment factor. Not the 'be more awesomer at SF than australians' factor. Since seriously, ill probably get reamed.
Then if that is the case why not save to go to Ozhadou (postponed to December... YAY!). Where it is an event that has many other games including for your enjoyment.
Or if your the man you can go to both :) <-(this smiley is poo, bring back the old one)
One is in June, the other in December. Plenty of time to save in between.
Bah! Can't make this mish to Oz cos' of other travel plans.
Maaaaay be able to squeeze a trip to a New Zealand leg of this pre EVO epicness. Hopefully all the players that are planning on going to OZ anyway go to it. Good way to get some training in.
Some of the Christchurch players I've been playing with might be keen to go. Get ready for a small team of Players from down south that are Excellent at schooling Rose (by then) and have learned the secret Munta technique of wake-up Ultra ;) :D ;)
Hmmmm..... Super Street Fighter IV online Tournament mode training vs Ozzie teams anyone?
Hey guys just letting you know some hotels/hostels don't allow the "AV" channel so even if you got a console you won't be able to play it. And some TVs allows AV but they might lag. We tried this a few times over pass OHNs and yeah the best time was when we got a CRT TV and that was back in OHN5 hahaha.
And can I clarify a few things as well:
OzHadou = the community
OzHadou Nationals (OHN) = our annual national tournament
Evo APAC = the tournament that we are running in June to send someone to evo
I'm seeing OzHadou and OHN being thrown around as one or the other so I'm stating this in the hopes of not causing any confusion. You guys should be referring to Evo APAC as that is what is happening in June and what I think you guys are in hopes of attending. OHN9 will be announced later and you guys can plan for a NZ contingent for that later. At the moment just concentrate on Evo APAC.
btw I should be able to house one person during this stay but if my AV protege smoof is going it's reserved hahahaha
haha sweet stuff, ty for the offer for whomever that may take.
**Dials 111 for Jack for the accomedation... oh wait whats the Australian emergency number? -.- I'm sure he can hook me up some dodgy chinatown place :D lawl.
Cheers heb. Yea, by Ozhadou, we mean OHN. Im sure if worst comes to worst we can go and have a jam at the local arcade. But lets not get ahead of ourselves here. :P
Quote from: hebretto on February 09, 2010, 01:30:04 PM
Hey guys just letting you know some hotels/hostels don't allow the "AV" channel so even if you got a console you won't be able to play it. And some TVs allows AV but they might lag. We tried this a few times over pass OHNs and yeah the best time was when we got a CRT TV and that was back in OHN5 hahaha.
And can I clarify a few things as well:
OzHadou = the community
OzHadou Nationals (OHN) = our annual national tournament
Evo APAC = the tournament that we are running in June to send someone to evo
I'm seeing OzHadou and OHN being thrown around as one or the other so I'm stating this in the hopes of not causing any confusion. You guys should be referring to Evo APAC as that is what is happening in June and what I think you guys are in hopes of attending. OHN9 will be announced later and you guys can plan for a NZ contingent for that later. At the moment just concentrate on Evo APAC.
btw I should be able to house one person during this stay but if my AV protege smoof is going it's reserved hahahaha
Nigga you know I am
SO EXCITED
dammit heb, wheres my space?
No colours.
or niueans
Wtf? The joke seems to have eluded you Stuart.
Bah, I give up... My mind goes to absolute mud it seems when I'm working and posting at the same time. ???
I'm looking at going to AU to catch a friend sometime in December so we might be keen to head to OHN :o i got exams in june though :p
Well my computer blowing up and having to buy a new one has murdered my funds for this. Looks like OHN in Dec for me now.
FYI guys.
some updated news with time/date and venue:
Where: Gallery Function Centre, UTS, Sydney.
When: Sat 29th -Sun 30th May 2010.
QUOTE "ziggy" from OZH.
Thanks Yang. I've corrected the first post now. Note that being seeded by rank into EVO pools is a big deal as EVO doesn't seed the first round by rank, only by region. This means the EVO APAC winner won't have to face someone like Justin Wong in the pools.
Regarding prizes for SSF4 at EVO APAC: we're still working on it. First place is all we've announced, as that's all we can confirm.
Regarding the tournament for SSF4: I see a lot of confusion. Yang and Loki have done a good job clearing this up, but I'll try and put it another way. Hopefully this helps instead of confusing things further.
We are having an SSF4 tournament at EVO APAC on Sunday 30th May. Let's call it EVO APAC - SSF4 Finals. This is a double elimination tournament. You can only get into this tournament by qualifying in advance.
To qualify for EVO APAC - SSF4 Finals, you have 2 options:
Place high enough at any OH APAC SSF4 during May 2010 (typically 1st place only); OR
Place top 8 in the EVO APAC - SSF4 Last Chance Tournament at EVO APAC on Saturday 29th May. This will be one double elimination tournament, probably broken into 4 pools (just like OHN8). Top 2 in each pool make it through for EVO APAC - SSF4 Finals.
You can only qualify for EVO APAC - SSF4 Finals once, but until you do you can keep trying (i.e. enter OH APACs, enter EVO APAC - SSF4 Last Chance Tournament).
EVO APAC - SSF4 Finals will be around 16+ players. The exact size will be announced once all the OH APACs have been announced.
You don't need to come to EVO APAC on Saturday if you qualified for finals via an OH APAC, but given you'll save no money doing this, and there'll be plenty of casual play stations for SSF4 all day, you might as well come along and get practicing. We don't want anyone going into EVO APAC - SSF4 Finals cold, so come along on Sat anyway and practice up with everybody else.
Hey guys the registration for EVO APAC is now live check out the site!
http://evoapac.ozhadou.net/
I figure I will rego after Midnite does his NZ APAC qualifier thing.
Quote from: Skullator on April 13, 2010, 12:40:34 PM
I figure I will rego after Midnite does his NZ APAC qualifier thing.
Exactly what I have in mind^^ I will try my best to get leave and go but would also like to get through using the qualifiers if I can.
Its taking him a while to give us some details... its getting pretty slim with time.
http://nzism.alphaism.com/forum/index.php/topic,1123.0.html
OH APAC - Auckland announced!
Sorry for the delay, was finalising some details for the event.
Register ASAP!
Awesome, great pickup Midnite. And believe me, I understand how hard it was getting 'details' for this event :)
Quote from: Midnite on April 14, 2010, 08:21:50 PM
http://nzism.alphaism.com/forum/index.php/topic,1123.0.html
OH APAC - Auckland announced!
Sorry for the delay, was finalising some details for the event.
Register ASAP!
we all know its nto easy, thanks for the hard work.
Guys when you get a chance check out the APAC site over the weekend we going to update.
BTW sorry if no one mentioned the EVO APAC site is live now http://evoapac.ozhadou.net/
Guys, who from NZ is coming over?
Get in touch with me. I'm a kiwi stuck in this fetid nation and always have time for my fellow Aotearoaeans. Send me a message either here on on OzHadou to organise a hook-up when you arrive.
I'm trying to get Friday off work so should be around during the day (all going to plan) for a few beers and some casuals at my place. If you have room in your bags, bring an Xbox stick if possible otherwise I'll see if I can rustle another one up off a mate.
I live close to the city and am surrounded by lots of public transport and all that shit. I also have a car so can ferry people back to their hotels and all that stuff also.
Jacksmash and Gankatron are going, as far as I'm aware thats it!
Andy is also going.
Check your PM Gamogo.
cheers.
Wish us luck guys! ;)
Pffft losers. Im only going so you dont get lost.
Make us proud, boys :)
Most of all, have fun!
Shot boiz bring back the gold 8).
go go go ;D
Good luck guys, give NZ a good name.
Unleash the NZ BEAAAAAST - do us proud boys... if you don't, I'll cry inconsolably in the corner and never come out
Best of luck fellas.
Kick some ass! Make sure you report back with impressions of the event :)
Andy, Fong, and Jack arrived safely
Got to watch Daigo in action and played a few with him but not sure where they disappeared to later at night :x
Got a photo of the three but Andy's face got a little blurred hahaha
All the very best of luck for the event brothers, I'm certain you'll all make us very proud. :D
Quote from: hebretto on May 29, 2010, 05:11:55 AM
Got to watch Daigo in action and played a few with him...
How'd that go?!
Is there going to be a stream for the event?
Wow 99 players playing today only 8 qualifying. So many good players in it:
Andy, Fong, Gamogo, Crazy Freerider, CPS2, kiokenx3, Qmar and like 10 others I play against on XBL who are beast. Oh yeah and DAIGO.
http://evoapac.ozhadou.net/registered-players
wtb some mf updates.
So did Daigo go to this thing for publicity? Or his he going to find strong opponents? (kinda like Ryu)
Free trip to evo!
Although maybe madcatz would have given him that now anyway...
so it's 9pm in aussie and no updates. D:
Tourney finishes at 11 aus time.
http://www.justin.tv/lansmash/
andys up atm pool match i think
grats andy taking top in his pool iirc
Shot Andy. Can see both his last 2 pool matches here: http://www.justin.tv/lansmash/b/264423175
They got the names mixed up both times though lol.
Woah Fong qualified too with some nice finishes, your Rog is on point: http://www.justin.tv/lansmash/b/264418134
I was sad seeing you play Gamogo cause I wanted you both to make it through but my Akuma xbl buddy: you made a few mistakes which you are always correcting on srk forums lol. Doing fadc red fireball rather than ex shoryuken and not vortexing on Rog when he's one of the easiest to vortex on (although fong is pretty immune to it after all the jack battles), but yeah tourney nerves I guess. I'm bloody shaking just watching you guys play.
Good work guys epic play and I believe in at least 1 of you getting a spot tomorrow. Yay for all 3 NZ (who flew over) in the final bracket.
Anyone know the other player's results?
EVO APAC Last Chance Qualifiers results (top 2 in each pool qualify for the finals bracket the next day):
Pool A:
1st: Daigo (Ryu) <Japan> [winner's final here at 16 minutes: http://www.justin.tv/lansmash/b/264423175]
2nd: Crazy FreeRider (Seth) <New South Wales>
Pool B:
1st: bbbenson (E. Honda) <New South Wales>
2nd: Gankatron (Boxer) <New Zealand>
Pool C:
naruga (Blanka) <Victoria>
vindk8 (Dhalsim, Abel) <New South Wales>
Pool D:
zosla (Ryu) <New Zealand>
wizboer (Ryu) <New South Wales>
These 8 will go into the final bracket along with previously qualified:
Humanbomb <New South Wales>
robsux <New South Wales>
dk <New South Wales>
kientan <New South Wales>
ToXY <Victoria>
Somniac <Victoria>
Ero_Oyaji <Victoria>
Jim <Queensland>
Colin <Queensland>
Genxa <ACT Australian Capital Territory>
Ricky <Western Australia>
Combomaniac <South Australia>
JackSmash <New Zealand>
Great results from the Lads, couldn't ask for much more! You're doing us proud!
PS: Fong's Boxer play is fuckin' badass. :D
Yea good stuff team. You should definitely bust out the Haka for your matches in the final bracket.
Woah good shit nz! Well done guys! Will be sure to watch your matches once I'm on the comp.
Also cool to see vindk doing well too his Sim is on point.
Good going guys :D
Best of luck for today!
Good shit everyone. Going to be difficult today, don't be too hard on yourselves :)
Whoa this is good stuff! These guys really have a shot. If you're reading this guys don't get phased by the big names. No player can exceed the limits of the character they are playing.
Fuck this is awesome, hopefully going to be able to watch the stream live for the finals today!
(Netcafe)
Sup boys! First and foremost, us 3 all thank you for your support.
What can i say, i dont think either me or Andy would of thought making it as one of the 8 LCQ's, nerves was high as ever but i think we handled it relatively ok.
Daigo, Daigo, Daigo. What can i say, both Jack and Andy stayed behind in the exhibition night on Friday to play him (I had the flu so left early so i never got butt raped, just for the record), i wont kiss his ass as i know we all know what hes capable of and seeing it in person is friggin insane. Jack's best quote of the night "I've never been so scared to push a button in my life" LOL!
Anyways Andy played really well and didnt let the pressure get to him as much imo, as for me. I missed so much simple BnB shit and failed at punishing shit like whiffed HB's i felt like chundering afterwards but managed to scrape thru by sticking to the basics.
Lastly, i've spoken to one of the organizers and was told that they will make sure the 3 kiwi's dont face each at the start.
P.S I met Brodsta last night (weezy replacement smoking buddy). Weezy, he said he aint boys with you bro! Jks na he said he's chatted with you a few times and goes "Weezy, yeah hes on the pipe all the time aye" bro i cracked up.
Finals time. GREENLANE WATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!1111!!!!!11@@#2!!!!!!
Shot for updates Gank, go hard today lads!
Tell Daigo to stop calling me. No matter how much he begs, im STILL not gonna be on his team for SBO.
nice fong , good luck for today !!!!!!!
Warm up matches just started, Daigo vs Toxy. Can't wait to see the boys in action!
http://www.justin.tv/lansmash/
Yeah was just gonna post it lol
Apparently its daigo vs all finalists for a warm up, NZ vs Daigo inc?
Genxa's abel comeback was hot!
lol is that jack sitting behind daigo?
yep
ANDY'S UP vs DAIGO!
and it's over D: so close that first round! what a beast!
Yeah that was Jack lol. And Andy just played Daigo and was pretty close.
Shout outs to NZism ;]
Damn, should have made you guys some NZism shirts :P
Will watch the last of the stream when I get home, hopefully it is still on during that time. :X
Argh gutted gonna miss the whole stream! Hopefully can catch the matches later on.
Jack just beat melvin (sydney chun player?), very impressive win.
andy vs fong atm... gank up 1?
Quote from: fluxcore on May 30, 2010, 05:14:57 PM
Jack just beat melvin (sydney chun player?), very impressive win.
andy vs fong atm... gank up 1?
Got the stream rocking now :)
That was awesome! Really nice work under pressure in that last round. Dominated.
Crazy all three Kiwis playing at once!
fong beats andy
jack just lost to naruga, dang!
Fucking good shit to everyone though!
edit: gankatron just eliminated bbbenson!
Fong loses to Naruga in top 8, awesome stuff fong!
boxer vs chun, fong wins
boxer vs blanka, naruga wins x2
Man, I was yelling so many anti-blanka strats into my monitor for you fong, guess they didn't get through :(
Some of those rounds dude, you had life lead and kept trying to get in. vs blanka, SIT ON THE LEAD. He can't do SHIT from full screen that is safe, just sit back and make him come to you. cr.lp beats balls, or lp dash punch punishes them. cr.lp xx headbutt whiffs on crouching blanka (although you worked that out after the first one!)
But you had some unlucky breaks, and that dude was full of blanka shenanigans.
<3 you bro
good shit to the other guys too, you did great <3
props to the NZ team!
reprezented hard.
man I could feel the pressure from here,
I dont how you managed to string anything together.
I'm sure you've all learned heaps from the experience.
respect
Good shit gankatron was watching from the dinner table on my iPod. My wife kept asking how you were doing and my baby daughter was laughing when I cheered.
Excellent work guys. Cheers for making the effort to fly over and rep nz!
Sounds like match up experience against Blanka is a bit of a weak point here in NZ D: But overall a really good effort!
Daigo was right when he told Andy they shouldve just sent Birry Wong.
But nice work all around guys. Really good result as far as im concerned.
yep that was a massive effort from our boys soo happy for everyone.
Highlight of the day was Heb giving shoutouts to NZism and Team AV.
I was really impressed with the way Fong came back from that perfect in the first round to take the first game. Way to keep composed bro, you're a legend.
Great work NZism boys for going over there and doing us proud
big shout outs to Jack, Fong and Andy for playing so well in Aussie!
Great results Gentlemen!
Really impressed with the level of skill you've displayed guys, can't speak highly enough of your tremendous effort :D
I missed my shoutout =((((((((((((((((((((((
Quote from: OLEET on May 30, 2010, 09:07:57 PM
I missed my shoutout =((((((((((((((((((((((
Heb will be very sad!
Even more sad that I heard it!
Where can i find the list of results been looking for a while now
Not sure... but the NZ boys are up on teams next
So what did the N.Z boys come? Man i'm so jealous about them getting to play Daigo, i woulda jizzed if i got one round off him.
*update*
So tired ZZzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz,..........
long day, too much to do and too many things to think about.
We practically gave up on team tourney as all 3 of us are out of energy, lost to this dhalsim player and went home for rest :) lol.
anyways cu guys back in NZ.
zzZzzzzZ flight at 6 am, good night.
Yeah i saw Ganks and Jacks games, mean bro, mother fuck that blanka faggit.
Did you's get to play Daigo? You's shouldve gotten him to sign something bro.
Damn Aussie bastards. Man Human Bomb got thrown three times in a row in a jabb setup against Daigo, fark the Daigo effect still way strong. Prob to shaky to tech lmfao.
I think me and Jack came around top 16? we both won 2 games before we were out, need to wait for teh official brackets.
Fong came 7th equal with DK (honda player from sybdey).
We got to play Daigo and as some of you've seen, he is beast and as legend as ever. One thing, you won't dare to whiff any poke infront of him, u won't dare to press a button LOL. thats how pressure he is, but overall for many of us includign the OZ half calm down after the first day and pulled out what we can really do against Daigo on teh tournmanet day.
Gankatron played Daigo 3 times and got butt raped, told us he felt sick afterwards and went to cry in the hotel.. :( Jack and myself went hard to kick the Umehara xD but got kicked back LOL.
Whooaaa!!! That's fucking baddass bro. So jealous right now. It's still pretty cool to know that i've played people that's played Daigo (nah not really lol, bastards).
Yeah dont feel bad, Daigo not even human, some sort of android made by capcom. Plus he's a male nurse anyway lmao.
True i didn't know you got a guaranteed spot up there too, that's pretty cool. I remember when that D.K guy use to spam butt slams like a scrub online lol. How come no Brodsta!!! I saw a way more ugly Bison up there. Anyone ever get to meet Brodsta? I think he's coming over here ay, that would be mean. That dude must be a choke artist. Never getting up there in tournaments, kinda reminds me of someone lol.
Good work guys some very impressive shit. Nice to see Jack get the vortex going on that Chun player and destroying him. Only game of Andy I got to see was casual vs Daigo this morning which was quite close and good work on the wins bro.
Fong you beasted up, sad to see naruga comeback but his Blanka was crazy. The thing is I've always been happy with boxer vs blanka cause he can't blanka ball, but that guy was just spamming jab, electricity which seems to be amazing chip and then rainbow balling out. I can't believe he didn't use him on HumanBomb but oh well.
GGs guys you did NZ proud. You guys are pretty much immune to nerves it's crazy, have a good trip back.
awesome stuff boyz, Fong bro i was wanted you to ultra that electric happy blanka, bloody spammer. And the overhead into ex headbutt didn't come out in that very last round you woulda got him too as he rainbow balled on wakeup.
But man good shit i didnt get to watch the many fights just fongs and hb vs daigo.
Shot Andy, Fong n Jack for ripping it up over in the outback. Safe trip home boyz, yous did us proud.
Team NZism!!! You guys are legends...
Like they need you guys to do a Weet-bix advertisement...or something...
Congratulations on making it as far as you did...this is a big step for the NZ fight game scene
and it's so awesome to look on here and read these results and support that everyone is giving you!
Shee-it...outstanding efforts you 3!!!
Madd props!!!
Drawski.
This is really amazing stuff. I think NZism and the NZ scene are at a real good point at the moment and this type of thing showing our top players can hang with the Aussies is very inspiring.
Couple of things: I'd love to here Jacks and Fongs impressions of your matches against Daigo.
And Andy what did that Dhalsim player do to beat you?
Also does Daigo know of Birry Wong??!
I'm sure this will give you three a disctinct edge against the competition back here now. Especially the ability to deal with pressure. Pretty stink that Fong had flu as I'm sure that had to affect your overall performance.
Yea me and Daigo go way back. I rescued him from a burning building on a whim one day. It was after i RSF'd him so hard that his xbox caught fire.
Hung out with him a bit while the burns healed. Hes a nice guy. I told him to come to NZ but he doesnt want to play me and have to go through the skin grafts again.
Good work.
BTW, Humanbomb and some other guys were playing Mahjong with Daigo before
he got on the plane, why didn't you guys join them lol
Just had a read of the thread, nice work boys reppin it up hard!
Man where to start?
Daigo i guess.
He is indeed as godlike as everyone thinks he is, he literally has no flaws in his game. Pretty much got about 95% of all his combos during the weekend at the expense of Aussies (and us!) :D. When we were at Good Games on Friday night, he racked up like 63wins and then went for dinner as the setups were adjusted. He got it back up to sixty something again when he returned.
My experience from playing him. Never have i played someone who can shut down my game as good as he did, his footsies are insane and literally scares you into stop throwing out pokes. This combined with his perfect execution pretty much stops you from performing, you cant combo, cant do mixup - nothing. On top of that, he just walks forward and footsies and kills you when you're in the corner.
TBO i think that this was the main and most obvious difference between Daigo and a lot of players in Aus (even a lot of Americans): footsies. If you whiffed anything in front of him, you would get punished bad while many other players would not capitalize on these mistakes and would just carry on as if it never happened. I think that this is the biggest step that non Japanese players need to take in order to reach their level of play.
As for the 2 day event it was simply unbelievable. It was organized perfectly by such a dedicated group. So many people, so many setups, such a great venue and an amazing atmosphere. All the guys that we met were really hospitable and down to earth (esp. Jack) and there were a lot of top players giving each other advice etc. One of the NSW qualifiers DK was really cool, he gave us a lot tips and advice against certain characters and even other players. Really awesome guy.
The prizes were mad as well (only for top 8 though :().
7th= Fong/DK got about $200 each worth of vouchers.
5th=(I think) Wizbore / Naruga got a TE's and other prizes like DvDs etc.
3rd ToXy got the new TE and a xbox and other prizes.
You know the rest, they got other prizes as well.
I really learned a lot from this event. Their community, their level of play and playstyle. My favorite match was definitely ToXy vs HumanBomb in the losers finals (best Gouki mirror ive seen). I picked up so many things, new tricks, new ways of fighting certain characters. I think that these things will certainly change the way i play during tournaments now.
Most important of all.
Big shout outs to Fong and Andy, you guys made me so proud that night bro, you showed them how we roll in NZ and qualified out of 90+ players. And again on Sunday, we all did so well and proved to everyone that NZ could indeed hang with the best in OZ. esp. my bro Fong. Top 8 in Australasia.
GREENLANE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@#!@#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@#!@#111!!!!!!!!!!
P.S
About the team tournament. Our team name was "We came for the lunch".
Oh and btw, i swear anyone could replicate Daigo's autograph.
Amazing. Especially this:
Quote from: JackSmash on May 31, 2010, 08:20:41 PM
TBO i think that this was the main and most obvious difference between Daigo and a lot of players in Aus (even a lot of Americans): footsies. If you whiffed anything in front of him, you would get punished bad while many other players would not capitalize on these mistakes and would just carry on as if it never happened. I think that this is the biggest step that non Japanese players need to take in order to reach their level of play.
By leveling you guys up it in turn will force the rest of the NZ community to step up their game.
We were pretty nervous and tired after the first day of the tourny as about 100 competitors fighting for top 8 spots for qualifiers and NZ took 2!!
By the second day both myself and Fong gave us our all for the Final 21 top players...after that the team tournament we just gave up, way too tired to think of anything to win.
Mobious:
that dhalsim weren't exactly great, just good zoning, its because all 3 of us practically out of breath or can barely open our eyes...
These guys didn't play the tourny they only joined the 3v3, so while we were half dead we got kick harder lol.
Have to agree with little Jack there, Daigo's Footsies are superb, don't whiff or you get punished hard, one mistake can get you dazed.
He practically just walks towards you the whole game with footsies and hadous until you're too scared to poke.
Just to correct things out, Fong didn't play Daigo :P he was so what scared or being smart not to get butt raped LOL.
Jack and Myself had one go with him on Friday night at GGs and I had another go during the top 21 qualifiers which some of you may have seen... actually I didn't even know it was streaming at the time ffs !!!
The guys were really nice and treated us with utmost respect, a BIG ups to Jack Lou for everything he had done for us and also to Yang (berbeto?) Gamogo as well as they were really nice people who did heaps to get us involve with the scene. We also met Brosta... god he is just like, dazed out... not talkative... really quiet... yeah lol thats all :)
Most importantly I realize there are plenty of hot ladies during the Tourny, too bad I had to focus and spend my energy on SSF4 or else it would be on them :P yay.
Thanks to all who cheered for us, it was intense but satisfying with the results, don't know if I would've done better but it was a great experience.
Pretty much what Jack and Andy said is on point.
Regarding the team match how that Dhalsim OCV'd us, yes i was tired but i dont know about you 2 but i sure as hell tried my best to win but couldn't, this obviously makes him the better player on the day. Period.
Thanks boiz and catch up with ya's soon!
Quote from: zosla on May 31, 2010, 09:13:21 PM
Most importantly I realize there are plenty of hot ladies during the Tourny, too bad I had to focus and spend my energy on SSF4 or else it would be on them :P yay.
Nothing quite like getting shot down internationally eh Andy?
too good for that Will :)
they will beg me for mercy!!!
Quote from: weazzyefff on May 30, 2010, 10:34:45 PM
Damn Aussie bastards. Man Human Bomb got thrown three times in a row in a jabb setup against Daigo, fark the Daigo effect still way strong. Prob to shaky to tech lmfao.
im pretty sure Human Bomb was trying to block the srk, fadc into ultra that daigo loves to do in his pressue game. You think he's going for a throw then he does srk ,fadc, ultra, since he had enough bars stocked to FADC and his ultra meter was up, thats all HB was thinking about I guess. Daigo ended up getting him anyways str8 after the throw setups. Just when HB goes to tech he lands the big combo. He's oh so beast
Quote from: xpunch on May 31, 2010, 11:25:31 PM
im pretty sure Human Bomb was trying to block the srk, fadc into ultra that daigo loves to do in his pressue game. You think he's going for a throw then he does srk ,fadc, ultra, since he had enough bars stocked to FADC and his ultra meter was up, thats all HB was thinking about I guess. Daigo ended up getting him anyways str8 after the throw setups. Just when HB goes to tech he lands the big combo. He's oh so beast
its all mind games, Daigo is good at that sort of thing. simple word, out classed.
The closest person in NZ to HB wold be Kevin, which makes many of us even further away for Daigo's lvl.
Much to learn ladies.
Quote from: zosla on May 31, 2010, 09:13:21 PM
The guys were really nice and treated us with utmost respect, a BIG ups to Jack Lou for everything he had done for us and also to Yang (hebretto?) Gamogo as well as they were really nice people who did heaps to get us involve with the scene. We also met Brosta... god he is just like, dazed out... not talkative... really quiet... yeah lol thats all :)
MY MAIN MAN TEAM AV CEO
Big ups to both Andy and Fong making it out of last minute quals. That shit is gotlike. Gdlk Fong making top 8 is top tier. Better tell us all your stories at ranbats!
Quote from: zosla on May 31, 2010, 11:51:38 PM
its all mind games, Daigo is good at that sort of thing. simple word, out classed.
The closest person in NZ to HB wold be Kevin, which makes many of us even further away for Daigo's lvl.
Much to learn ladies.
Cmon bro that aint cool, let us not get too ahead ourselves. We did well in OZ yes but im still the same Fong prior to going so im hoping your the same as well, obviously not with an awesome name like that but yeah :-*
Hey guys good to know you all landed safely back in Auckland. It was nice to meet some of you. I was looking for you guys after the teams to go out but I figured you guys bailed for some rest ... missed out on some loltastic stream there hahaha. Hope you guys enjoyed the experience and learned a thing or two ;)
I took some photos with the NZ boys but have to concentrate on the match footage right now more than anything else sorry. As some maybe have already noticed the WF LF and GF of EVO APAC itself are now up at www.youtube.com/ozhadou pay attention to it over the coming weeks for rest of pools / EVO APAC / Daigo matches.
Be sure to look out for the APAC contingent going to Evo (myself, humanbomb, kientan and Daigo hahaha).
Looking forward to meeting other NZ players in August for nationals!
PS zosla those girls = my cousins hahahaha
Holy jesus, yeah that GF match really showcases Daigo's skill.
Shot guys, repping NZism hard.....I look forward to more stories and viewing some more vids...I might of heard the stream was laggy as fuck towards the end so most of us missed the last few bouts....
Respect guys, well done. ;)
Quote from: hebretto on June 01, 2010, 01:02:08 AM
Hey guys good to know you all landed safely back in Auckland. It was nice to meet some of you. I was looking for you guys after the teams to go out but I figured you guys bailed for some rest ... missed out on some loltastic stream there hahaha. Hope you guys enjoyed the experience and learned a thing or two ;)
I took some photos with the NZ boys but have to concentrate on the match footage right now more than anything else sorry. As some maybe have already noticed the WF LF and GF of EVO APAC itself are now up at www.youtube.com/ozhadou pay attention to it over the coming weeks for rest of pools / EVO APAC / Daigo matches.
Be sure to look out for the APAC contingent going to Evo (myself, humanbomb, kientan and Daigo hahaha).
Looking forward to meeting other NZ players in August for nationals!
PS zosla those girls = my cousins hahahaha
Thanks Yang, you guys did a well done job for all this!!! best organized tournament ever :)
Diu I should of asked you to hook me up :P aiya ding!!!
j/ks :)
TEAM AV AT EVO US FTW
So there might be a possible NINE people going to evo representing APAC now hahahaha
Anyways some more videos up on www.youtube.com/ozhadou ... I think there's like 3 matches featuring Fong and Andy ... I'm going to upload more matches tonight with them in it as well along with Jack
great vids thanks!!!
Finished the report. Pics, results and links to videos included.
Video interview with Daigo coming soon.
Here it is for those of you who are interested.
Shadowloo EVO APAC Report/Results (http://www.shadowloo.com/?p=1562) :)
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GG again NZ, was a pleasure to meet you guys, really nice people and top players. I don't think anyone will over look NZ anymore.
Keep up the awesome work and hopefully we can catch up at OHN and BAM. ;D
Wow only just read through this thread now and gots to say a HUGE and very much BELATED congrats to Fong, Andy and Jack! Looking at the results report you guys were awesome - what a great experience and way to rep NZ! Well done guys!
Nice coverage EXC355UM, was a great read :)
some cool notes from the article..
- Jaunty was not too happy after losing to two Boxers, one being Pyro and the other being Gankatron
Gamago had a great run and looked at making finals before also losing to the two boxers who took out Jaunty.
Pyro was half asleep by the time he was up against Gankatron and just missed out in an ulgy Boxer v Boxer match. NO ONE likes mirror matches. =P
Gankatron making New Zealand proud by being the first NZ player to qualify for the finals on Sunday.
Pool B
1. bbbenson (NSW)
1. Gankatron (NZ)
3. PyroZeroX (VIC)
4. Gamogo (NSW)
5. jaunty (NSW)
5. Static (NSW)
Pool D
1. zosla (NZ)
1. wizbore (NSW)
3. William (VIC)
4. Afterdeath (NSW)
5. Beefu Goodness (ACT)
5. Skitzer (NSW)
3 Ryu players from 3 different regions placed in the top 3. Zosla from NZ, Wizbore from NSW and William from VIC. Zosla and Wizbore both beat Will to take him out of the tournament. Will could have beaten Wizbore but messed up twice in the final round. Check out the video when it’s up.
Zosla was the second NZ player to make it to the finals on Sunday, making it 3 NZ players in the finals. (JackSmash qualified in NZ). Great stuff for the NZ scene. He had Ibuki stick, but only played Ryu, what is this!? =P..... lol
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Kietan says bring it on….
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…. so Jacksmash does, and takes out the favourite.
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Team NZ: They would have done NZ proud with their awesome performance. Though Cactus would have been pretty happy to be able to say “I OCV’d NZâ€. Hope NZ come to BAM for some revenge! =D
1. Daigo Umehara (JPN)
2. Humanbomb (NSW)
3. ToXY (VIC)
4. naruga (VIC)
5. robsux (NSW)
5. wizbore (NSW)
7. dk (NSW)
7. Gankatron (NZ)
9. bbbenson (NSW)
9. Combomaniac (SA)
9. JackSmash (NZ)
9. Ricky (WA)
13. Ero_Oyaji (VIC)
13. kientan (NSW)
13. TannedTitties (QLD)
13. zosla (NZ)
Good stuff boys, made NZ proud its also good to hear that many top Aus players kinda cracked under all the pressure and ened up not placing at all. Good on yous all for staying cool and calm. Awesome bois just awesome
Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it. ;D
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Fuck Fong you can't go around trying to step to everyone
It's true Fong started about 14 fights. I gave up trying to stop them after the 7th. :P
That's what he gets for being a boxer. Thanks alot EXC355UM you do alot for the SF community. I've seen you pop up in almost every little community (like round1 the Singaporean community). And your write up is awesome.
Thanks massi4h, I really appreciate it.
We've been trying to get the community closer and closer together. Hopefully it keeps growing at this impressive rate.
This year OHN, BAM, LanSmash.
Next year, EVO, SBO and so on. (Hopefully the world takes notice and we get more invites like with EVO APAC)
I saw you guys are having a NZ national championship. If funds are good then I'll bring the TEC boys over.
Either way, I'll plug it on gamerhold and shadowloo soon. :)
Quote from: xpunch on June 03, 2010, 08:30:15 PM
Zosla was the second NZ player to make it to the finals on Sunday, making it 3 NZ players in the finals. (JackSmash qualified in NZ). Great stuff for the NZ scene. He had Ibuki stick, but only played Ryu, what is this!? =P..... lol
hilarious.
Quote from: Toomeke on June 03, 2010, 08:52:56 PM
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Fuck Fong you can't go around trying to step to everyone
Haha, wow thats a bad shot. Na stop it guys, that was our mate Alan i just happened to be looking at.
Thanks for the coverage mate!
We all know about Fong and smashing people!!
Dont do it Fong!! Stop the violence!!!!
Quote from: EXC355UM on June 03, 2010, 08:56:56 PM
It's true Fong started about 14 fights. I gave up trying to stop them after the 7th. :P
Thanks a bunch for the coverage. well done!!!
I gave up on Fong when he took it on Daigo then just got srk back to the hotel... :)
aye zhou lou!!!
Quote from: Gankatron on June 03, 2010, 10:50:03 PM
Thanks for the coverage mate!
Quote from: zosla on June 04, 2010, 08:53:21 AM
Thanks a bunch for the coverage. well done!!!
Don't mention it guys. Was a pleasure meeting you both. :)
Daigo vs NZ players are up :)
Zosla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWSY0KNID1s
JackSmash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5Y3TWj9J10
Amazing.
first day so was embarrassing.... he killed everyone like no tomorrow.
second game was much better :P
Faaaark...nice write up EXC355UM!!!
Sick...you covered all angles and have some sick as photos!!!
man...3 NZ players in the finals...you guys are doing a good things for the community. Inspiring.
Thankyou!!!
wow :o. Daigo
Dam talk about pressure....he's got that fearless fighting in a straight line thing down, footies, throw tech, combos etc...geez
Big ups guys taking it to another level - 1up
Quote from: B BOY DRAW2 on June 06, 2010, 07:57:05 PM
Faaaark...nice write up EXC355UM!!!
Sick...you covered all angles and have some sick as photos!!!
Anytime! Glad to help out. :)
All videos from OzHadou are up now www.youtube.com/ozhadou
Streamed matches can be found at www.youtube.com/lansmash
I can go back to my precious AV now haaah