anant, it’s listed in my profile under home page.
DAAAAAAY 2
So I left off with us going to bed around 7:00am. Now the thing is I can never sleep (at least on a decent basis) in a strange bed (or strange uh bear rug?) and then couple that with the fact that I NEVER sleep before a tournament. So after staying up for literally 24 hours I slept for THREE HOURS?! CHRIST! Everyone is of course normal and thus sleeping without problems. I on the other hand decide to take a walk. I grabbed my coat and started walking. I had no fucking clue where I was going but whatever, Ill call Seb if Im really fucked over. I walked for about two hours and eventually found myself on St. Catherines Street and walked into what I think was a Shoppers Drug Mart (though they were on an Air Miles program, which made me think it was a Pharma Plus). This particular SDM gave me a double whammy of a story. First off I went through their card aisle as my nephews 1st birthday is in three days. I bumped into this lady and excused myself. Wrong thing to do.
Me: Excuse me maam.
Woman: What did you just say?
Me : Um sorry?
Woman: IM A GUY!
Me: . Dude Im sorry, I thought you were just an ugly woman.
Man: …
Me (realizing what I just did): “…”
Leave it to say I walked away very quickly and did not get the card for my nephew
THE CAMERA STORY CONCLUSION
So I basically just wanted a bottle of orange juice. I go to the cashier and there on the rack beside her was Duracell Ultra batteries. Hmm those are the last batteries that actually worked in my camera. I figured OK this is a long shot but why not. So I grab the batteries and pop them in the camera AND IT WORKS! THANK YOU GOD! I take the batteries out of my camera, grab the spare batteries out of my jacket pocket and hand the package to the girl.
Girl: excuse me, but we do not sell these Panaplus?
Me: Really? Well consider it a gift, I dont even want a refund.
Girl: but we dont ev
Me: YES IT WORKS! HAHA!
I walked a few blocks and found myself at 2000. The place was actually pretty busy with a lot of obvious scrubs playing the big three. There was a small group of players around CvS2 and I took the time to ask if they were entering the tournament. Four or five guys all said they were joining CvS2 and a few for 3S. I wait my turn and pick Team Throw Like A Girl because its my most shit team and these guys are garbage anyway. Well I think I may have cost Veasna/Prez/Freddy some money because I went on an 11 game (3 Yuri OCVs, HAHA) win streak and another four game win streak. Through it all the five guys became one guy. So yeah, my apologies for scaring off the scrubs. I didnt mean to. Then I get the most random thing ever as my phone rings and its
ROGER! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
I couldnt believe that he was in Montreal as I was lead to believe he was on deaths door with the flu and wouldnt be coming at all. Now as a personal aside, I wasnt just happy to see Roger, I was outright relieved. While Im sure Gerjay, Matt & Gordon didnt really think about it, I felt a lot of pressure to really make a good showing at this tournament without Roger & Eric (or even slightly lesser extent Ian/Wing/Marvin) to make the showing for us. Im pretty sure I had this big goofy smile on my face when he came in and we were walking down Saint Catherines. Anyway, we reach Lars place and everyone is of course happy to see Roger. Stephens comment of we thought you were dead, oh well didnt exactly inspire my confidence but whatever.
Back to the arcade we go and its starting to fill up. I basically watched and didnt play any casual prior to the tournament. Then it started to get wacky. Bryan comes to me with a comment about the MvC2 brackets and the first thing I see is that Alex is ranked #1. Oh boy, here we go. Now for those of you that arent aware, the GTASF players that came from MAT II all had complaints about the brackets (Ian vs Roger in the 2nd round of CvS2 rings a bell). I told Alex these brackets werent going to fly and in an instant Im exactly in the spot I walked away from in GTASF tournaments; making brackets. So I made the brackets for all three tournaments and ran all of them (big thanks to Alex for being my runner, he was awesome) simultaneously from the 2nd Tekken 5 cabinet. I only entered CvS2 because the turnout for Tekken 5 was such garbage (whats the deal with that? I thought Montreal had a big community?) and heeeeeere we go.
CAPCOM VS SNK 2
Vs Nagen (1st Round): There were 20 entrants so eight players had to fight out of the 1st round and I figured I would be one of them. I took on Seb because I only played him once in casual and it was tight. He said he wanted to play me the night before but I couldnt be sure if he was drunk or stoned at the time. Speaking of which, it took 20 minutes to find the guy because he was off getting high. One look at Seb and I knew I was taking this set. The first game he runs C Groove (Im sorry I cant recall the team outside of Chun Li in Ratio 2). He pretty much fell for every trick in the book. The second game he used P Groove (again Chun in the back) and the match was a lot better but I got in Tiger Knee super and ran away the rest of the time.
Vs Chris (2nd Round): OK so when I read Alex initial brackets (they were only a skeleton at the time) this Chris guy was ranked 6th (and above Julian, which I thought was insanity). I didnt know this guy and I pretty much know of everyone one way or another so either this rank was total bullshit or he was an unknown. I figured if he wasnt there for day 1 and I didnt play any casual he hasnt seen C.U.R.T. yet and boy was I right. He got demolished the first game and had no clue what the fuck was happening to him as I threw him all over the place. So the first game was a smoke job and then Julian and Wildestroya show up and I knew what was going to happen. Theyd both played my main team extensively in casual (Eric is right, sandbag casual in big tournies) and were coaching him through all my shit. They locked down his movements so C.U.R.T. didnt get going and they coached him through a lot of my Guile Air Throw setups so I was in trouble. Despite all that I had the lead the entire game but it was crazy close. So we get down to the wire and he makes a huge error throwing a Tiger Shot. Now the old Justin would have jumped in with Fierce and maybe another poke and got out. BUT NOOOOOO this is Justin who thinks he can combo after 3 years of playing CvS2. So I go for my new J.HP C.LPx2 xx Claw Super (see the T6 teaser, thats my Vega) and like so many times, I didnt cancel the second lp in time and it gets blocked. TIGAH RAAAAADE! Third game it was all downhill as I got pissed at myself and rushed him down (which of course isnt my style) and never got a lead. I was not pleased with myself at all.
Vs PLA Solider (2nd Round Losers Bracket): I only played Sheb once the night before and he beat me with S Groove bullshit. SOMEONE USE S GROOVE IN TORONTO SO I CAN FIGHT THAT SHIT! Anyway, he runs A Athena/???/Todo and Im almost laughing because theres no way hes got shit on Kins Todo (and I was right). Of course Im also garbage against Athena and I get mauled the first game and couldnt recover. OK so now Im in the fight of my life at this tourney against a guy I should be beating. I run Vega on point and Kim in the back (it was vice versa first game). I turtle up long enough to time out his Athena and then its go time on his Todo. Guile got rocked and then its down to Kim. Tiger Knee Super xx Triple Kick and its lights out. Third game was one of those games Ill file under Im a fucking moron. He switches to S Groove ???/???/Sagat (trust me the first characters dont matter). We get down to Sagat vs Kim and I wait for my opening. Tiger Knee Super hits and Ive got a lead. Now hes desperate and I even say out loud now you come to me buddy. He jumps in with Sagat. POP QUIZ HOTSHOT:
He goes for Jumping Roundhouse, do you
A) Use the one true reliable move youve ever created in C.U.R.T.
Or
B) Graduate from the school of monster fuck ups and try Kims total trash anti air.
If you answered B, youd have chosen the same one as me and be a fucking idiot as well. Now hes got the lead, times running out (like ten seconds) and Im chasing him down. Step kicks for the chip aaaaaaaaaaand not enough. FUCK! Im pretty sure I lost by a pixel.
So I came 13th, and thats the end of my tournament.
Stephen is good enough to continue to run the brackets for me and I take the time to get my camera and start the taping. I got 4th, WF, LF, GF for Marvel (Jons Blackheart is just too deadly), WF, LF, GF in 3S (Freddylocos Makoto is so fun to watch and a welcome change from the boring Chun Li garbage that permeates 3S nowadays) and the WF, LF, GF of CvS2 (all I have to say is JD the ShoSho). All of the finals were sick as hell (except Veasna vs Alex WF 3S, which was some of the most boring Chun vs Ken Ive ever seen) and the DVD will be done up sooner rather than later. For those of you interested in getting it well talk to Lars. Im keeping the master copy, hes getting a dub and thats that. Itll be up to Lars how distribution will work.
So we wrap up and then everyone stands around like fucking idiots outside for like an hour trying to figure out where were going. We all knew we were going to the casino, I dont know why it took so long to just say OK lets go now. We hit up Nickels (which Lars was wrong about, the place was fucking awesome) and I got Potato Skins (YEEEEEES!), the side salad thats like 2 regular T.O. salads (HOLY FUCK!) and the Rib Steak (which was not medium well sadly). Everyone yaps about different shit the most important being Evolution and why its important that everyone come together and send Veasna because hes the best hope Canada has.
HEY ITS TONY!
I elect to ride with Tony on the way to the casino for a change of pace (I didnt see him all weekend pretty much and it was good to talk with Veasna as well). First thing we have to do is save Stephens van though.
REEEEEEWIIIIIIND
So back around 1:00pm were on our way to 2000 and Stephen has to make a U turn. Now while everyone is yapping in the backseat, Im up front with Stephen and when he made that U turn I knew we were in trouble. See when a tire is really low on air you fucking know it because theres no pressure pushing the rubber off the pavement like it normally should have. I didnt say anyway to Stephen because I figured we may have just gone over a ridge in the road. Im of course right on the money and as soon as we parked both Stephen (who heard it as well) and I see his front passenger tire is flat as fuck. Thats. just. Great.
FAST FORWARD
So Stephen has to get to a gas station and fill up the tire. Some sealant (he obviously has a slow leak) would be great as well. It takes like 10 minutes to find one gas station (whats the deal with that?) and guess what, THEIR PUMP DOESNT WORK! At this point Im sure were all freaking out on some level. To make matters worse the attendant (who I will rename asshole cockrider from this point forward) told Tony the gas stations down the road all had busted pumps (THREE STATIONS AND NONE OF THEM WORK?) So Tony thanks asshole cockrider for his help and then says well check ourselves. Tony, Veasna and I head down the street looking for another gas station.and the first one we find, a mear block away had a working pump. Back we go, asshole cockrider watches us come back and knows his story has gone to shit. FUCK YOU ASSHOLE COCKRIDER! Stephen manages to get down the street and almost overinflate his tire to boot (10lbs more pressure than needed? Theres an explosion waiting to happen).
The casino was relatively uneventual but fun to take in the atmosphere. Matt won some solid scratch as did Alex. Will (Flowcus) got murdered at the Blackjack table. Then I discover something crazy. Gerjay has the power of the slots. Every machine he played on either paid off instantly or within a few tries. I couldnt believe the luck that kid had. He came within a bar away from winning NINETY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS! Gordon beasted on one machine and won like twenty seven bucks in quarters IIRC. I suck at slots, GGPO!
We head back to Lars place and theyre still playing CvS2. Jesus Christ dont people ever tire of video games? We play some poker and Im due after getting fucked up by Gordon the night before. I all in him again early and this time it pays off as my KQ suited beats out his pocket 9s when I catch a Queen on the turn. Matt gets beaten down by my trips 3s. Freddyloco turtles for like an hour and then destroys both Will and Gerjay, catching a flush on the river and beating both of their all in straights. DAMN! We elect to split the pot because its about 6:30am and Ive got nothing left. Sleep cant come fast enough but they keep playing CvS2 until probably 8:00am or so. I wake up like 2 hours later and get everyone ready to go (why am I the dad in all this?). We all thank Lars (who was the fucking man, I cant thank him enough for his generousity) and were on our way.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Alex thinks he’s won his 3rd match in MvC2 WF and runs his mouth but Bryan activates The Bry Factor and makes the sick Magneto comeback. :wow:
“TAIME CA! TAIME CA!” WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN? :mad:
Pimping the fact I understand French just fine (I can’t speak it anymore but I understand conversation well enough and read it fine) and then Tony makes me look dumb when I keep saying the road name is “Rue” and he points out that “Rue” means Road. :sad:
Veasna bounces just like Gerjay when he does the ShoShoSho. :lol:
Gerjay and I are both convinced that Freddy is the devil on earth when he smiles and Seb is Montreal’s Dennis The Menace when he’s high. :badboy:
Trying to understand why Tekken 5 didn’t get played all day and as soon as Stephen and I agree to a Race to 5, everyone lines up their tokens. 
Jon = The Dad Of Montreal. :rolleyes:
Watching Matt open a bottle of beer with his zipper. :rolleyes:
“Gerjay, give me a quarter.” 
Gordon and Matt telling the story of the van no longer being tipsy when Gerjay moved from that side of the van. :bgrin:
Gerjay/Matt/Gordon are fucking lightweights and fall asleep as soon as we hit the highway. :tdown:
Stephen’s sock gets owned when he loses his shoe in a mud puddle. 
SHOUT OUTS:
Lars: I can’t thank you enough for housing us and putting up with “Lars, where are we going?” and “Lars, what do you recommend for…” and “Lars, do we turn here? or here? or here?”
Seb: The fucking man of the weekend. So awesome talking with this guy. We need to play each other again at T6.
Rene: WHO OWNS YOU! I OWN YOU! SUCKAAAAAAA! Jokes bud, it was great seeing you again. Don’t quit CvS2 just because Team Armed For Battle runs shit.
Freddy: Best fucking K Groove in Canada. I totally underestimated how good you were when I took that bet. Doesn’t mean I won’t challenge again at T6.
Alex: Thanks for all the help running the tournaments and for being so crazy all weekend and making things interesting. Talking shit on Bry was too much.
Will: GG’s bud, you’re too beastly for me to put down $20 though. I need to learn to RC and fight Bison better and then we’ll square off.
Jon: I’m sorry to hear you won’t be able to come to T6. You were great conversation when we touched base every so often and don’t think for a second you’re not right there with some of the best players in Canada.
Veasna: I wish I got to talk with you more and pick your brain on all sorts of CvS2 related stuff.
Prez: You’re a cocky SOB (deservedly I guess) and you make tournaments take hours longer than they should be. Thanks for the tips with Nako and for giving me so much Vega footage to steal.
Julian: Oh my God the rushdown was too much. Please come to T6 and make sure you go to ECCX and fuck up all the turtling EC players. Best Morrigan in Canada, maybe better than Dr. B’s
Tony: Thanks for driving on the Saturday night. It was great talking to another organizer about all the BS that comes with the job. Your OG ECC stories were too good.
Thanks to everyone in Montreal for an awesome time. You were great hosts and I hope we can return the favour come T6 time.
wow that was long …
-----------> “TAIME CA! TAIME CA!” WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN?
“t’aime ca?!” <---- “You like that?!” … I think
Damn, sounds like i missed a damn good time at mtl.
I’ll come to the next trip for sure. Where are we going, Alaska?
GG’s to Noodleman. RC Branka should be outlawed!!!
Anyone who uses RC Blanka is a scrub pointing at J
no… we’re going to Saudi Arabia to visit Raul’s dad
T5 community doesn’t play on arcades anymore ever since it was released on console and “Taimes ca Hein!?” meaning is a secret =P
Let’s get business out of the way:
I (C Guile/Vega/Kim) defeated Noodleman (A Hibiki/Bison/Blanka) 2 - 1 to reclaim my Brampton CvS2 Title. It is my second reign as champ. Jason’s reign ends after 18 days and two successful title defences.
With that out of the way…
GG’s to Jay, Steve & Tyrell. Tekken 5 matches were pretty good both when they were down to the wire and on the occasions when Tyrell would just destroy everyone with his Kazuya. Hopefully we can play again this week.
I’m nto gonna talk about this in the eccx thread.
Care to explain how I exactly punked teddy out of a ride???
Since you know everything.
Nice. Will be updated in about 5 minutes.
GG yesterday, just had time to post now 
Justin, you better brag now, cause you’re gonna lose your title as soon as I challenge you back. :badboy: We’ll count how many times we defend our top spot titles.
Noodleman 2, Nagata 0.
Tyrell make Kasuya and Devil Jin look like Magneto…makes you look fucking stupid.
Justin raped my Lay’s Stax chips like Steve did with Jay’s, Miss Vickie’s
GG to everyone, though apparently my Super Sunday powers only work during the day.
edit: wait…did I win the challenges twice, meaning i only defended my title once, or did i actually defend my title twice? I remember I beat Justin at his first defense, but i can’t remember how many challenges we did after that…
I don’t need to brag about anything. You and I are essentially even players with different styles. I have no doubt we’ll go back and forth fighting winning this title for as long as this system is in effect.
You beat me to win and defended twice. I always make a post after a challenge so you can look it up.
No casual today?
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oh my god, he must be following some poor asian girl around campus!
I wonder if he’s still bitter towards the world for all the random crap in his life.
I also wonder if he still plays DDR and single handedly keep stinking up the arcade with his DDR sweat.
OK so Pete and I played at Shoppers World yesterday and that place needs some repairs:
CAPCOM VS SNK 2
1P stick is… off somehow. Basically the switch that handles left and up left is fucked up so when you go from bottom right(crouch) to left (say for a Psycho Crusher) you end up with a Devil’s Reverse.
3RD STRIKE
1P Forward Kick is 50%
1P Roundhouse is shot. We’re talking 5% if that.
1P Fierce was probably 50%
I didn’t play Marvel or ST so I have no clue what we’re in for with that. I may go back today instead of Skybox because no one from Sauga seems to be going.
Lee asked me about tournaments and if we can get the machines fixed I’m going to move the Skybox tournament that’s supposed to be on 04/23 to Shoppers World.
On a side note, Kerwin wants to hold Kaos Tournament II on 04/16. I can make that tourney so if you guys (Jay, Steve, Tyrell, Gandhi) are interested then lets all go. The first one (two years ago) was lots of fun and I figure this to be the same.
EDIT: Jay; did you want to hit Skybox today around 2:00pm? I finish work at 1:00pm and then we can head over. I can only play until about 5:00pm at the latest but there’ll be a few people already going and solid comp.
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Let’s get business out of the way…
I (Storm/Cable/Capcom) defeated Noodleman (Magneto/Iron Man/Psylocke) 2 - 1 to become the new Brampton MvC2 Champion. It is my second reign as champion. Jason has held the title since March 10th, successfully defending it twice and held it for 23 days.
Jay; can you play Wednesday? That’s my off day this week.
Steve vs Jason in MvC2 Ranking Battle later this week. BOOK IT!