Exactly one year ago I packed all my shit put it in storage and moved across the country to SF. 2023 was a wild rollercoaster of emotional baggage, facing some really tough challenges, but most importantly learning a lot.
Thank you to all the friends who helped me along the way
Cashier: So what are you guys here for?
Me: We're here for a gaming event
Her: oh? what kind of games?
Me: fighting games like stree-(remembers we're in Mexico)-King of fighters?
Her: OH I love king of fighters!
We're definitely in Mexico
We need to realize the FGC is pretty far removed from the "arcade street rats" of 20+ years ago and the primary source of new members has been from online players for the past 10 years. We still need to maintain safe welcoming environments both online and off.
Ranga the Bloodedge: Hey Ruby wanna partner up in BBTa-
Ruby: I used to be a fan of you back in the day (When people hated you a lot more) and cheer for you at events but that changed when you brushed me off at EVO 2018 after I wished you good luck/hope you keep winning comment.
Tiny brain: gets off setup for money match
Galaxy brain: challenges them in a mm for the setup, wins and takes their money, now they have no money nor setup for the mm.
Yoko Shimamura has such a prolific career as a composer for Square for Super Mario RPG and Kingdom Hearts its a travesty she doesnt get enough credit for creating the most iconic soundtrack in gaming history with SF2
Been inspired by fellow FGC musicians to finally be able to share my own playing. Recently been into contemporary progressive lately.
Unprocessed - Orange Grove
Tekken Top 8 finishes, after award ceromony the arena goes dark...
Daisuke walks on stage...
everyone: OMG SOL IS IN T7!
trailer rolls: DLC10 DAISUKE ISHIWATARI JOINS THE CAST OF TEKKEN7
Music playing in the Slashback venue has me realizing, there are attendees here who were born after Hybrid Theory and Linkin Park might not hold any significance to them. Like what do they even feel when they hear these songs I wonder?
My Aussie family found out I was in the country and they actually all flew out to Melbourne and we had a little reunion, they even went to BAM and watched the tournament in person 😭😭😭
Climax was a pretty important event to more than just the F-Pan community even.
I hope we those with the technical know how and perseverance to keep the offline MBON scene going can find more outlets to do so, because there aint a lot of us.
Today marks the 5th anniversary of Climax of Night 1! I'll be streaming tonight celebrating and sharing any old pics and match videos I can find. If you were there back in 2018 and have any media to share, bring it tonight!
the situations where these actually work are very rare. at best if the transmitter and receiver are on the same circuit it'll be passable(rare) but if you have to hop a circuit or worse several circuits(much more common) it'll be just as bad as wifi.
Also consider buying a Power Line Adapter to have a direct wired connection to your router. You don't need to have long ethernet cables being weaved all around the house. These power line adapters are a game changer and you shouldn't play Tekken ranked on wi-fi.
The year is 2024, I'm currently at a tournament with 270 street fighter entrants, John Choi, Combofiend, and PR Rog are here. SF4 came out 15 years ago.
Overheard the wildest take I've ever witnessed in public today,
"Heard the gov't gonna be putting THE VACCINE in our MEAT now, I don't wanna be a VEGETARIAN!"
This is what we have to deal with down here
Just found out today is my 10 years anniversary of having subs active on my Twitch. I was a legacy partner before Twitch even had subs and emotes available for partners.
Thanks for the 10 years
@Kyary_is_hype
2017 was incredibly ambitious production wise, so many unique fun things we did with no time or budget. Legendary "Melty in the Popeyes parking lot" skit we thought up literally that morning
My first "local" tournament since moving to Cali was
#Slashback2023
and it was a killer experience. Fantastic showing for a first event. It was great to see all the new and old faces especially for those who traveled out. Norcal community has really made me feel welcome here.
Avg FGC person is stuck in a time loop with only Twitter and [current] game, same discourse resets everyday and games never get updated. Only escape is to post something positive, how long till they escape.
First generation Asian Americans were led to believe that, "just act white and you'll be safe" and this year there was the hard realization was that it was never true.
To believe that you are not affected by this and don't play a part is privilege in itself.
#BlackLivesMatter
There's an international delegation of professional live streamers and Youtube personalities happening the weekend of Evo and Ultradavid is on the committee to determine appropriate use of the "N-word" on video.