Hooooooooooooooly shit I won something!
CouchWarriors SF4 Round 6
1st – YJ [Zangief]
2nd – Exis [Blanka/Zangief]
3rd – Wei [Boxer]
- Me with Exis
Started in Pool B this time…for some reason I always end up in either Pool A or B, but notable opponents this time were Willy, Sat, and Nickerz.
It was cruisy until I played Willy. Maybe it was nerves or something, but I freaked out a bit and good my ass handed to me. So I was sent into the losers bracket. I had another few easy matches until I faced against Sat, one of CW’s top Rufus players. It was a really tough match that went right down to the last bit of health. I had to chip him to death with lariat, but something like EX Messiah kick would’ve easily sent me home.
Had to play Willy again for the last Top 2 spot in my pool. Thankfully I was more composed this time, and managed to win. Top 8 for the first time baby!!!
At this point Nickerz who was the winner of Pool B had to leave, so gained an extra life, and Willy was back in (losers bracket).
Having come this far already made me quite happy. My next match was against Naruga who was doing a ‘random’ only bet or something with ToXY that night. He ended up getting Gouken vs my Zangief. Luckily for me I don’t think he actually uses him alot, so I managed to advance yet again.
Semi’s was vs Exis. He’d been learning Zangief to counter Boxers, and he’d been wrecking shop with his Gief that night. So it ended up being a Zangief mirror match, which I find is one of the most retarded matchups in the entire game. He managed to put me on the run with 2 rounds up on me, luckily I managed to get my shit together and pull through yet again by the skin of my teeth.
Finals was Exis again, this time having come out of the losers bracket finals, and back to Blanka. Going in I knew it was going to be quite hard, since I’d never beaten his Blanka before. Maybe it was the setup or something, but I really found I could focus that night. I sort of feel that Exis who’s finally learning Gief may have hampered his Blanka vs Gief game a bit, now that he know’s what Gief can do. After losing the first round there was quite a few jump in’s that I managed to punish with lariat. Also managed to bait out the slide a few times and managed to punish with Ultra once.
- Exis was trying to put on his best ;_; face for the camera
So yeah, Nickerz leaving early, Naruga/ToXY using random…guess I really got lucky that night.
Now here’s to top 8 at Box Hill next!
Thanks to EXC355UM and his bro Dave for the mad photos and writeups they usually for these events.