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I don’t know, it seems Justin Wong was sandbagging against Arturo “Sabin” Sanchez (Best US arcana heart player). Both are members of Empire Arcadia. Well just enjoy the match.

You may not know this, but I have a beef with scytherage… But now I’m willing to put it all under the table if he can show up and join the SF4 tournament. \he keeps spouting how he would like to see and join an SF4 tournament, well this is his chance. What he keeps spouting in his blog about dreaming having a competition in SF4 here is now a reality. Stop ignoring the challenges… He either Shows up or Shuts up. This is his chance of proving to the Fighting game community that he is’t some poser/drama queen and actually do show up. No excuses are accepted. We would now see what he’s really made of.

- kane_warhead

Justin Wong emerges as the US national champion when he defeated Mike Ross at the finals. His Rufus outclassed Mike’s Honda. Here are the videos:

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Finals

And at the World exhibition, Daigo beasted on everybody.

Poongko (RY) vs. Iyo (DH)

Poongko (RY) vs. Justin Wong (RU)

Justin Wong (RU) vs. Iyo (DH)

Justin Wong (RU) vs. Daigo (RY)

Daigo (RY) vs. Poongko (RY)

I never thought a mugen game could look this good. If you are looking for a fighting game, this one is to look out for.

What: The first ever Street Fighter 4 tournament in the Philippines!!! Games would be held on the PS3 Console

When: May 2, 2009, 12 pm onwards. Registration starts at 12 pm. Tournament starts at 1 pm.(you can also register by email at kane.warhead@gmail.com)

Where: Grafik High store, 2nd Floor University Mall. The one besides Mildred’s Grill Station.

Entry Fee and Prizes: P200.00 for the entrance fee. Entrance fee will be collected for the pot. (Subject to change)

1st Place wins 50% of the total pot.
2nd Place wins 30% of the total pot.
3rd Place wins 20% of the total pot.

Rules:
- all characters are allowed
- Each match is best out of 3, while the rounds are set to best out of 3 also.(subject to change).
- Round time 99 seconds
- Double Elimination (subject to change)
- No forms of physical and/or verbal intimidation outside of the game shall be used whatsoever. This is a friendly tournament people.
- Switching of Characters is allowed
- No macros are allowed(Except on pad where you can set one button for 3 buttons)
- You can bring and use your own joystick/gamepad at your own discretion

Frequently asked questions!!

Q: How often will you be hosting these tournaments?
A: Depending on the turnout. I’m looking at doing this every other month. The higher the turnout, the more often these tournaments will be held.

Q: Why should I join this tournament? Won’t all the ‘pros’ be there?! I won’t have a chance of winning!
A: Because of this.

http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/advanced-players-guide.html

The above link is a must-read in my opinion.

And also because I hope we’ll all have a good time knowing the rest of the people in the Philippines SF4 scene. Let’s all have fun playing this game that we all love together!

For those that think they’re really good, come down and prove it.

Q: Why are you hosting this tournament? What do you have to gain from it?
A: I don’t receive any money whatsoever from this. There are two big reasons why I’m doing this.
1) To get the whole SF4 Philippines community together. Currently, it’s pretty fragmented.
2) To increase the level of SF4 play in the Philippines. The possibility of that, and I want to put Philippines’ SF4 scene on the world map with match videos and hopefully see some Pinoys at international tournaments soon!

If you have any more questions you can contact me through:
email - kane.warhead@gmail.com
yahoo id - kane_warhead
contact number: 09178122583

See you guys on May 2.

For more details go to http://sf4philippines.multiply.com