SoCal 2007 Bring The Players! Tournament Vids

Friday Night Team Battle Royale Finals![/size]

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Team NorCal 1 vs. Team NYC

Game 1: Srider_EI-v-Shag_GO
Game 2: Srider_EI-v-Denkai_JA
Game 3: Raoul_SH-v-Denjai_JA
Game 4: ice9_KA-v-Denkai_JA
Game 5: ice9_KA-v-Konjou_AK


Team Comic Stealth vs. Team Girl Characters

Game 1: Shang_KA-v-WiLLy_AO
Game 2: Shang_KA-v-Lion2p_LI
Game 3: Shang_KA-v-GoatChBl_SA


Team SoCal 1 vs. Team NorCal 1

Game 1: Jack_AK-v-Srider_EI
Game 2: Jack_AK-v-Raoul_SH
Game 3: Jack_AK-v-ice9_KA
Game 4: PhoenixDth_LE-v-ice9_KA
Game 5: Ken_I_LE-v-ice9_KA


Team Comic Stealth vs. Team NorCal 2

Game 1: L_A_Akira_SH-v-Renzo_JA - Game was not saved.
Game 2: Shang_KA-v-Renzo_JA
Game 3: Shang_KA-v-KTallGuy_VA
Game 4: Shang_KA-v-YOSUKE_JA
Game 5: Ladon_EL-v-YOSUKE_JA


Team NorCal 1 vs. Team Comic Stealth

Game 1: Srider_EI-v-Shang_KA
Game 2: Srider_EI-v-Ladon_EL
Game 3: Raoul_SH-v-Ladon_EL
Game 4: ice9_KA-v-Ladon_EL

 

Sizzling Saturday Singles Showdown Final 8![/size]


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EL_Brisal73_WO-v-Plague_AK

Loser's bracket:
Final fight (NOT top 8)


Namflow_EL-v-LAAkira_SH

Winners' bracket:
Game 1
Game 2


YOSUKE_JA-v-Ladon_SH

Winners' bracket:
Game 1
Game 2


ice9_KA-v-Konjou_AK

Losers' bracket:
Game 1
Game 2


Denkai_JA-v-Shang_KA

Losers' bracket:
Game 1
Game 2


Ladon_SH-v-ice9_KA

Losers' bracket:
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3


LAAkira_SH-v-Shang_KA

Losers' bracket:
Game 1 - Game was not saved
Game 2


YOSUKE_JA-v-Namflow_EL

Winners' bracket:
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3


Shang_KA-v-ice9_KA

Losers' bracket:
Game 1
Game 2


Namflow_EL-v-ice9_KA

Losers' bracket:
Game 1
Game 2


YOSUKE_JA-v-Namflow_EL

Winners' bracket - THE FINALS!:
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5

 

Ladon vs Yosuke was a really good match.

Makes me want to play El blaze as my main again

 

yeah I liked Ladon's El braze from MExco!!! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

 

really nice job encoding these talis! everyone should take noted from you, the quality is nice and the playback is speedy w/out hickups on my older computer.

please share with us how you took the files from the PS3 to youtube so nicely!

 

Here's how I converted PS3 replays to YouTube movies:


1) PS3 hooked to DV Cam via S-Video and composite audio. Recorded to DV Tape.

2) DV Cam connected to Mac via firewire. Files recorded to hard drive via iMovie.

Notes:

Each raw replay file was around 450mb.

Used iMovie to convert raw files to .mov files that were around 30mb each.

Video Settings: High Quality, Key Frame Rate = 150, Bitrate = 1372 frames/sec, frame reordering = yes, encoding mode = multipass, dimensions = 640x480

I left De-Interlace Source Video unchecked (I'm gonna check it and see if the quality is better - if so, I'll use it for the singles matches) [/size]<span style='font-size: 8pt'>EDIT: Testing shows better quality in the full size .mov file. I can't see much difference once it's on YouTube. Still, since I'm archiving the .mov files, I'll keep de-interlacing the source.[/size]</span>

Audio Settings: Format = AAC, Sample rate = 48 kHz, Channels = stereo, Bit rate = 128 kbps.[/size]

3) Uploaded .mov files to YouTube.

 

Great job in getting these out Plague!

As AkiraLove mentioned, these actually look great on YouTube!

The Team Tournament was one of my favorite highlights of the gathering. The atmosphere was super social while being very competitive and productive. Lots of open VF talk, lots of watching people play, lots of seeing different people trying to figure out the dominant player, tons and tons of fun and community. Team Tournaments are a must for all gatherings.

Having a team to cheer for, with, and by was just wonderful. I feel bad for not cheering on my teammates as much as they cheered for me (Matt K and the player I call Hebrews are the best!!!). Not only is Matt K an awesome announcer for the Singles Tourney, he's just as awesome as a teammate! TEAM RANDOM BABY!!!

I almost wish there could be two Team Tournaments in a gathering. The serious ice-breaker tournament where the teams are highly competitive but it's early in the gathering. And then the drunk-off-your-ass team tournament (minimum number of drinks for all participants) where it's just good old social fun, sparked by competitive spirit and fraternity. We just have to have all of the violent and flaming drunks identify themselves early on so we don't let them cross the lines

-Chanchai

 

why is no pai ?

 

Thank you for sharing the matches. Much appreciate it.

 

The compliment is certainly appreciated. Thank you.

Something I've noticed: Flash doesn't perform as well on Mac as it does on PC (at least on the G4's I have at my office - even Catherine's G5 doesn't run it as fast as a PC). I provided direct links to the YouTube pages as I've seen the vids play choppier on Mac (although audio seems fine) when viewing through the VFDC link.

 

Great videos and even more great matches! My only dissappointment is the lack of Wolfyness in the tourney.

Maybe next time.

 

Great videos Plague! I really appreciated these alot. Good matches all around.

 

Awsome matches, thanks for posting them.

 

Thanks for uploading the matches. I greatly appreciate it. And if you are curious it works smoothly on my Intel Mac.

 

It was great fun playing with you. Don't even worry about the cheering thing.

Plague, are you going to do this again next year?

 

shang's kage and srider's eileen is awesome~!!

i really like their match /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

 

Singles replays are up!

 

The number of botched TFT ring outs over the weekend...sigh! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

 

sick matches! wish i woulda been there...