[17 Sep 2013] Northwest Gentlemen's Fight Club Ranbats 0108 (Portland, Oregon)

This event is held at a private residence, for location info, send a PM to R Panda. Always be respectful of the host's space and good will.

Originally posted by R Panda, edited by Chanchai

Guiltily and virtually fighting is on Tuesday, usual time and place! Come check out the casuals and training, and stay for free single game, single elimination tournaments we call the Northwest Gentlemen's Fight Club Ranbats!

This Tuesday is the eighth and final week for this ranbat season! Your last chance to battle it out for a few more ranking points before a season champion is crowned. Good luck!

See the current point spread for on-going Guilty Gear and Virtua Fighter seasons-
NWVF Ranbat Point Listing: goo.gl/qs1AsW
NWGG Ranbat Point Listing: goo.gl/JS79JC

Previous tournament results-
NWVFR0107 (Sep. 10): http://challonge.com/nwvfr0107
NWVFR0106 (Sep. 3)): http://challonge.com/nwvfr0106
NWVFR0105 (Aug. 27): http://challonge.com/nwvfr0105
NWVFR0104 (Aug. 20): http://challonge.com/nwvfr0104
NWVFR0103 (Aug. 13): http://challonge.com/nwvfr0103
NWVFR0102 (Aug. 6): http://challonge.com/nwvfr0102
NWVFR0101 (July 30): http://challonge.com/nwvfr0101

Video Archives of Ranbat sessions can be found at the following channel (currently only 0102 and 0104 have been uploaded):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSv-R1_FupxLz9GzQ5VtGcw (NW Gentlemen's Fight Club)


We were unable to record last week's tourneys due to technical problems, but expect rectification and perhaps an extra setup or two this week! I hear people want to practice SF4...


Setup includes: 2xAsus monitors,360,PS3, and a TE stick for both systems

Doors at 7
Tournaments start around 8:30
Don't be late mang

 

Had a great time at the Ranbat and sessions tonight!

So glad I was able to fight it out for my third Ranbat victory (in a row)!

The random seeding was insane today! I fought R Panda in the first round and Fatbear in the second! The nerves were jacked pretty high for both Panda and I! We both fought very patiently, sometimes cripplingly patient!

The second round fight with Fat Bear was my favorite game I played today, though I committed too many un-checked 8KKs (well, they were checked but I gambled too much and poorly on delays hitting Fat Bear but he doesn't fall for this ever). Some real serious fighting and I had to try to throw Fat Bear off with more patience (and less followup attacking) than normal and careful application of low attacks. I was also very fortunate to guess properly a good amount when throw escaping. Going for low attacks is risky because Fat Bear is very capable of doubling down on hop kicks if he catches on to it early enough. To try to reduce this, I tried really hard to lower the consistency of my low attacks, trying to make them more deliberate and less habit-based.

Congratulations to Paracles for scoring an upset victory against Hellsap in the Semifinals and to making it to the Finals! I had to keep my adrenaline and focus up for the Paracles match. Even though Paracles is much less experienced than me, he is an opponent I do fear getting knocked out of a single elimination single game format against--his Brad can do damage if you let it and to his credit, he's pretty decent when you shove him into guessing game situations. He plays more on guessing, which can be very scary at times if you over-read it. Because of this, I have to remind myself to always play patient and really try to use movement and spacing to encourage mistakes. Trying to rush Paracles can be dangerous because sometimes it feels like he's rolling a dice in his mind and his Brad can make the good rolls count big! Fortunately for me, I won the match and tonight's Ranbat ^_^

Thanks a lot to everyone who came out tonight! I was so glad that the newest additions to the Northwest VF crew (from Salem) came down! Eli, keep it up, I noticed improvements in your game and it's only getting better! It's great to have another Pai in the mix! Goggles, I really enjoyed our set and watching your matches in the Ranbat! Hellsap & Digital Watches, thanks for the Guilty Gear tips!

I think I only played in 5 (of 8) Ranbats this season, so I imagine I'll be third place in the rankings at best. But I am really enjoying all of these, and I'm glad I was able to continue the streak for now ^_^

P.S. It's too bad that the equipment hasn't been available to capture the matches from last week 0107 and this week 0108. I feel that 0107 was the best VF I've been playing since the Northwest Majors tournament in June.