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This is a copy of a forum post Phil made on August 4th, 2000 about a MvC2 tournament at his local mall from when he was 18. He's pretending to be 'reporting' on the tournament but he only talks about himself and it's basically a journal. Phil is already blaming his losses on everything but himself and despite losing and getting knocked out, having to buy his way back in, the guy who knocked him out forfeiting because he wasn't around when a match was called, etc. Phil declares at the end of his post that he is the very best MvC2 player in CT. Also he is already calling himself 'Darksyde', he's already a joke, and he already has the nickname 'monkeyspank' lol
CT MvsC2 tournament log
WhoaMoses
8/4/00Here's my log from today's huge CT MvsC2 tournament:
Let me give my account of the August 3rd tournament at FYE, which I just got
home from. I think this was probably the most exciting and eventful tournament there has been at FYE in a long time.
First of all, this being Bobby's last tournament (he was the manager of the
arcade for a while), he decided to make it a lot more professional than the
last few. Even thought it started late, as usual, he brought back the tables
and the barriers to make more room for the players, and he made a real effort
to make this the fairest and most fun tournament in a while. There were over
TWICE the amount of players from the last tournament, I think the final count
was something like 32. Bobby decided to do his usual "weird" thing; this time
it wasn't setting the game on low damage, but making ALL THE FIRST ROUND MATCHES best 2 out of 3, and having all the other matches single fights. Bad idea, because now you've got 16 matches that ALL extended into three rounds each....that's a whopping 48 matches in the first round alone. Surprisingly in an upset, I lost my first round matches, in which I used either
Doom/Cable/Blackheart or Cyclops/Cable/Blackheart, to Waterbury's Richie
(Doom/Cable/Cyclops). For some reason I was having a hard time with him, probably because his Cable was more than decent and I'm not used to that.
Anyways I should have won the first match, but instead of just blocking Doom's blue energy ball super, I called a helper on reaction by accident and ended up losing by mere pixels because of a time out. So the second match began...and I destroyed him, still having nearly full health bars for both Cable and Blackheart. I don't remember much about the third match, except that I got my ass beat pretty bad. Wow, did that get my spirits down. I honestly have no
excuse besides I smoke too much dope. Well, anyways, the rest of the first
round finished much as predicted, with the regulars winning over the
not-so-regulars.
One thing that was very unfortunate, however, was the woman who just out of the blue started having seizures in the middle of the arcade. If anybody has ever seen someone having a seizure, they know how horrible it looks, and the thing is, there's really nothing you can do unless you're a trained doctor and know what's going on. The woman is retarded, I always see her and her husband in the mall almost every day for the past two years, and nothing like this has ever happened before. I really feel bad, and sad that some people have to go through things like that. It makes you look on your own life and you realize just how much you really have, and how good you have it, compared to other people.
Anyways, continuing with my tournament log. After my first loss, I felt pretty stupid and embarrassed, so I felt like doing something to feel better. I was
pretty hungry, all I'd had to eat all day was a yogurt and two slices of french
toast, so I decided to get something for everybody to eat. Money is no big deal
to me, so I went to Dunkin' Donuts and bought three dozen assorted donuts and 50 munchkins for everybody to enjoy. It cost me $21.59, what a jerk, he
wouldn't give me a mall discount even though I've worked in the mall for over 2 years. For the most part it was a success, everybody seemed really happy, but there were about 25 munchkins and 12 donuts left after everything was done. I was feeling pretty mad that nobody would eat my donuts, then somebody from FYE
ran in and stole them...so at least they went to good use. Good stuff. I think
a lot more people like me now, heh.
Anyways, now with the actual tournament results. My next match was against Matt (GohanFan's little brother) and I was really hungry, so I ate a donut and drank a soda while fighting him. I know it seemed really insulting, but I was really hungry and I mean everybody knew I was going to win anyway, so I just had to. I beat him fairly easily and moved on.
My next match was against black Rich, who I heard had just won a New Britain
tournament and a few others. I was a little intimidated when we started to
fight, but apparently he was more so: he seemed more worried about the match
than I was. Rightly so I guess, because his Magneto/IronMan/? couldn't stand up to the cheap chipping patterns and instant Air Hyper Viper Beams of my feared Doom/Cable/Blackheart team.
Now here's where the big problem was: Ryan showed up over an hour late for the tournament, and Bobby still let him enter! And he was equal with ME for some reason, getting a bye! AND he was my next match! Everybody knows that Ryan and I have a rivalry going and that we go back and forth between who's the best, so I knew it would be a tough match. It was his Strider/Doom/Blackheart versus my
Doom/Cable/Blackheart. I wondered why he literally RAN to the lefthand side of the machine before our match started.....and I found out why while I was playing. I could NOT do ONE photon charge in the air with Doom no matter how I tried, I think the stick was just too loose or something at that time. I know the stick worked fine later on in the night...but it just didn't feel right
during that match. I don't know how else to explain it, maybe my hand just
didn't feel like working, but every time I tried to do the Blackheart
assist/Doom photon charge trap, Doom would do a jab instead of the lazers and I would end up having to block a Strider/Doom chipping rush. So I realized my Doom was useless and tagged in Cable....big mistake, I forgot that Cable dies to Strider/Doom chipping trap fairly easily, and that the Blackheart assist/jump back viper beam trap wouldn't work because he had Blackheart too and he was getting his helper off before mine. So finally I got Blackheart in there, and did my thing. It ended up that I wittled him down to just Strider and Doom, against my Blackheart and Doom. In the LAST seconds of the match, he managed to do a Photon Array for LOTS of chip, then switch to Strider and run away for about 2 seconds, for the win. A win by about ONE pixel of energy with a time out. Obviously I was pissed: I know I can beat Ryan, I do it all the time, if my Photon Charges had come out I would have definitely gotten my trap patterns down and won the match. And he shouldn't have been allowed to play
anyway! After the match Ryan tried to talk shit, but I just pointed at the
energy bars and said "pixels my friend. you won by PIXELS. I hope you feel
lucky."
At this point I was feeling like an idiot and I re-entered by paying Bobby $3.
Sux, but I had to do it. I know my first loss was bullshit, and my second loss
was even worse. I was put in a match against Web, who in my opinion is
underrated, because he's very good, a great thinker, who can adapt to
situations quicker than a lot of other player's I've faced. He figured out how
to get out of my Doom/BH trap pretty well, then he somehow managed to kill
Cable off fairly easily. I barely was able to beat him with Blackheart...definitely a close match and one of my favorites of the night.
Many props to Web.
At this point there was some controversy: the mall was going to close very soon, as in less than an hour, and we still had over 20 matches left. Everybody was wondering if we would be allowed to finish the tournament....but everything ended up fine. Why? Because Bobby called about three names, and the people weren't there, so they were eliminated. And guess what? One of them was RYAN of
all people. He showed up like 30 seconds late and was really pissed. I'm sure I would be too, but first of all don't show up 2 hours late for the tournament, and second of all BE THERE FOR YOUR TURN especially when you're extremely pressed for time. So I guess I lucked out with Ryan's getting eliminated for free....I honestly wanted to play him again and prove that I can beat him, because I KNOW I can, I've done it lots of times before....but it didn't happen. Kind of dick on Bobby's part but it had to be done to save time.
At this point, it was already 9:30, and the arcade was supposed to be closed,
but since this was Bobby's last tournament (he has a better job now) it was allowed to finish. But everyone who wasn't playing, or who got beaten, was made to leave. So about 14 people got kicked out leaving about 10 players in the arcade.
My next few matches were against Jose and Germaine, I don't remember much
besides me winning pretty straightforward. It's kind of hard to use rushing characters against teams like mine, who just stay away all day and throw shit all over the screen, never putting their physical bodies in danger.
My next match, for 4th place, was against Shoubert. We really haven't played each other for a long time, Shu is always at work at Pretzel Time and so he
really doesn't get much practice in....but let me tell you, he surprised the
HELL out of me. He nearly beat me, taking me by surprise and really preventing me from using any of my trap patterns very effectively. Neither of us could really catch the other one with ANYTHING, not supers or combos or much of anything except a roundhouse kick here or a random super there. We both had SO much life left when time ran out...but it ended up that I had a little more, so I won. Once again, MANY props to Shu for surprising me and staying good at the game even when he doesn't get to play it much.
Next was for third place, and of all the people, I had to fight RICHIE, the guy
who had managed to beat me in the first round. Our rematch was on. But I had him this time: I stopped fucking around, I ignored the cheers and jeers of all the other Waterbury players, and I managed to beat him convincingly. Good match tho, once again I was really surprised, he wasn't that good at MvsC1, but he's definitely the best in Waterbury at part 2 right now.
And so it came down to just me and Bobby, just like last time. Considering that he learned how to play with Blackheart and Cable by watching me, I knew I had a distinct advantage over him, but then he picked Iron Man, and Bobby's Iron Man is more than decent. But I shut him down: both his Iron Man and Blackheart could do nothing against my Blackheart assist but eat ice columns all day long.
I did have a little bit of trouble with his Cable though, mainly due to his
Blackheart assist that made it hard for me to do anything, but in the end I was
triumphant again.
So that was it. It was now 10:10 and everything was closed in the mall except for the arcade, which was pitch black. Everybody left and I got my tokens and left. I was so tired, playing games from 5 to 10, and having to fight my way through the entire losers' and winners' brackets AGAIN for the comeback victory.
In conclusion, I have to mention and respect the skills of a lot of players who
I faced today, specifically Web, Richie, Shoubert, Bobby, and Rich. You guys
are really good, keep up the practicing and you'll get better. Seeing what I
saw today, I believe that CT is very close to being able to compete with the
rest of the country in MvsC2. Maybe I can get some people to come with me to the August 27th tournament at Chinatown Fair in NYC to help represent CT. And to Ryan: You may have won the single battle, but not the war. Your foolishness got you eliminated from the tournament, which sucked, because I wanted to face
you again and prove that your narrow victory was just a fluke. Damned missed
photon charges. Anyways, I will challenge you ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, remember that, and I'll once again prove that I'm more than able to beat you.
In closing, I did just what I said I would do: I won the tournament, and
although it wasn't total domination, I am a human being who makes
mistakes....and it was those stupid mistakes that almost cost me my victory. I need to practice more of my patterns and traps to become good enough to
represent CT next month at Chinatown, and in September at the nationals in
Chicago. But my ability to come back, fight my way through the losers' bracket,
and take the win even despite my losses, proves that I am, right now, the best
in CT, and the best candidate to represent us in big tournaments. Nuff' said.
The final rankings:
1. Phil a.k.a. Darksyde (Doom/Cable/Blackheart)
2. Bobby a.k.a. Mr. FYE (Iron Man/Cable/Blackheart)
3. Richie a.k.a. Mr. Waterbury (Cyclops/Cable/Doom)
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> and take the win even despite my losses, proves that I am, right now, the
best
> in CT, and the best candidate to represent us in big tournaments. Nuff'
said.
Good work monkeyspank.
Gonna be great watching you get owned in NYC.
