I’m so depressed I couldn’t make it out. :[ I’m glad everyone had a great time! Looking forward to more footage! Socal scene is an inspiration to the rest of the country!
Are there any more stats on this? I have a feeling my team was somewhere in the 5th to 7th range and I’d like to know where we ended up…
Andy! Whats up dude? So glad you an Sei could make it… you guys are CVS2 crackheads. 
I will add you now bro 
ggs to you as well. your P groove is awesome!
nothing but respect for your game :tup:
ggs to you as well and your friend!
TEAM PRESS PLAY!!!
-RAM
So cal heads are MAD dope… I had such a great time. I will definantly be going back down to denjin to game with you guys.
BTW im the guy who randomly lost his voice the second I got to denjin and was wearing a hat that said “sturgis 2004”. I don’t know why I lost my voice, it broke my heart I couldn’t get hype but whatevers, next time!
shout outs::::::
Shogo - For all that garbage on the floor and in the bathroom, all the noise and kaos I didn’t see you or hear you complain. Not ONE time, I respect you and your arcade thank you so much for supporting us gamers.
Let Blood RUN & Yuuki - My Brothers…When you left I was like in zombie mode I dont remember much but me sitting down playing and you saying i love you, I didnt remember yuuki leaving at all but I love both of you guys… JAPAN this summer!
Luka - Who gets 4 hotel rooms to make sure people have a place to sleep… you’re hella cool I look forward to seeing you again soon.
Gene Wong - My young Paladin, you will be a top player at any game you practice… play 3s more, your ken is gooood son!.. come visit keystone soon.
R.Ramos - What they know about Ray Ramos!!! fun chillin with you man i’ll be down there soon… we’ll hit up that corner store… on me this time.
5Star - I learned a lot talking with you… see you soon man. Scarrrrriest Ken ever!
Vinny - Besides Yi you have the best Ken in the nation hands down, Look forward to playing you more… good ish bro.
Gootecks - Seems like you do a lot for the community, I don’t think I got a chance to meet you but keep it up… the scene needs more peeps like you to keep it alive. Thank you
fatbear - Even though you got MAD mind fucked in that money match I think you came and repped Oregan to the fullest… I was like that guy who looks like Corey Mathews has a good Yun. no offence Corey Mathews is hot! no homo
Ken-i - You broke my heart when you beat Jimmy in the 3v3 =(
bebop - LOL @ the Ryu that taunted you hahahahaha… hahahahahaha I wish I could have recorded that omfg… very nice oro indeed.
Sorry if I forgot anyone, that whole weekend I abused my body so hardcore. me and the guys got like 3 hours of sleep each night, woke up got some tall cans and went straight to denjin.
I love you So Cal… See you again very soon.
Full results ever gonna be put up? Looking specifically for IV
Yes, I will do that tonight, I have all the brackets.
Awesome, thanks man.
Goodshit BOBINOOOOO the Rufus Messiah!!! lol
where do i even begin?
CR was the best tourney ever. Thanks to Shogo and Denjin Arcade for having this event.
YUUKI - thaks for comin out from tx, was too much fun for real.
ALBERT - TOO much fun chillin with you man. LETS DRINK BEER
GARCIA - my fuckin homie, TOKYO
SEB - dirty doesnt lose to yuns!!
andry - lets fucking get trashed.
bean/gene - YOSH!!! our teams are too sick
ROM - ROMYHIKARI. seie enbu all day.
mike - youre dudley makes me want to play dudley.
jimmy - one day i will have a urien like you. favorite american 3s player.
lyle/mars/ricky/maobei/anthony/haunts ill see you guys soon. im gonna move back to san jose asap.
jr - drinking on an empty stomach is no good man, TANGO NEXT TIME
ramos - orale. where the beer at??
yi - your ken is god like. japan 09.
luka - you are fuckin dope man, fun times chillin for sure.
pherai - too much fun, take those whiskey shots!!
bebop - thanks for the del taco, was good shit chillin with you at the bar.
team oregon - you guys are hella cool, see you in japan fatbear.
last but not least , louie, neil, abom, for keepin that sd 3s alive. the trip wouldnt be the same without you guys.
good shit to hawaii (kyle and james) and az (abe and sabre) for comin out. you guys are legit, and its always a pleasure to see you guys.
Hope i didnt leave anyone out.
The weekend went by way too fast. I need to find a time machine and go back to last friday.
I love this game (3s).
Good games to everyone during those 2 day of ST madness. That was alot of fun, and good to finally meet up with quite a few people that I’ve run into online.
It sucked that I had to take my 360 home on Sunday- but my cousin had a deadline for 2 quizzes and a project at midnight and didn’t have his laptop charger with him. We really had to bounce.
First, Spitfire my cousin. That was his first tourney and he threw down a mad honda and helped pull my team along. And thanks for driving man.
Afro Legends- We’ll have to get something going soon. Good matches man.
SweetJV- Nice to finally meet you- let’s get some matches in soon on GGPO or something.
Fatbear- See you back at GK or something in Portland, thanks for showing up and being a good team mate.
Everyone else whose name I can’t think of- Thanks for all the tough matches and for everyone being really laid back and cool!
son i think you might get banned cuz you said “dat”… shit I said it too… edit your post!
Fuck my life, reality sucks, who ever missed this tourney REALLY fuckin missed it cause it was way too fun and sick.
Shoutouts to all, but esp to my mates MUTANT XP/LAUGH/JIMMY thanks for teaming up with me in sf3 and 4, you guys really carried me and you guys have my full appreciation.
To all the out of towners that I never get to see, Leviathan, Dagger, FatBear, Laugh, Yuuki it was great chopping it up with you guys, I know we’ll see each other again this year so don’t be sad.
To everybody (above included), events like these make me really happy to be into fighting games, I get to meet cool people and share something that I care about with everyone else.
3rd Strike is too fuckin hype, that shit is going nowhere.
gg’s
GG’s to everyone that I played cvs2/SF4 with.
Anthony, Albert, Sanchez, JC, Muffinman, Warren, Oregon, Laugh, Gene, Peter.
Been a while since I’ve played cvs2 but it was all coming back to me during those games. Good times!
I was the Geese player A/K. He was always on any team I chose.
Good job Mike i was sweating watching you take on bobino, and bobino your rufus is so crazy, so overpowering, keep it on the offense. and yeah it was good meeting all of you, and my first match with the gootecks was great , i got recked.
And damn kai stop with that crazy el fuerteeeeeeeeeeee, trying to practice your infinite on me.
And yeah thinks again sanchez for saving our ass at grand vista. and good match in the tourny, first time i played you.
Great experience, i’m going to go back to denjin when me and my friends get the time too. and Busta I will be hitting you up next time
shout outs including, but not limited to:
yi for putting together this whole thing
shogo and bagrat for putting up with us for 4 days
fire marshalls for not shutting us down
anthony and magus from norcal for being cool doodz
sebastian, always a pleasure my friend
abe and sabre from az, you guys are troopers for coming out
luka, for being luscious enough to get a bunch of rooms for us fuckheads who couldn’t do it ourselves.
yuuki for being awesome in his yo yo skills and 3s
leviathan, dagger, royce and eric aka team hawaii for being hardcore enough to cross an ocean to come play. when is hawaii regionals!?
fatbear and mackenzie from oregon, thanks for making the trip down here guys!
and last but not least, Team My Ken is Better, mr. ed ma and ken i, you guys are fuckin beasts and we’ll get 'em next time!
Bonus Material:
Street Fighter Podcast #16, live from Denjin Arcade on Friday featuring:
* Kai
* Fatbear
* John Rog
* 5 Star
* ThyAllMighty
* Dae
* Vinny
* Marc Cesar from Triumvir
* Ironfist
* Rob Greco
* Ray Ramos
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- Mr. Bean
- 5 Star
- Dragonite
- Mike Watson
- Glenn Cravens (http://www.getyourtournament.com)
- Amir
- IronFist
- BustaBust
- Bebop
- Abe
- ericXchin
- Leviathan
- ReNiC
- Ed Ma
good job on the video ryan. wish i woulda known about the podcast haha, would have been fun.
i wish we could have drank, instead shit ended at like 430 every night
tiring, but fucking awesome
Yo! I just finished a long ass write up of my experiences at CR. I hope i didnt forget anything or get any of the names wrong!
I also took some video and compiled it into one big CR preview… It has 3 matches from the 3s 5V5… Sorry for the shakey cam but I was at a weird angle… 
http://www.iplaywinner.com/news/2009/1/21/california-regionals-review.html
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Ok, a couple shout outs…
good partying with letbloodrun, bean, luka, yuuki, gene, bebop, yi, rom, fatbear, mack, and others…
good meeting yuuki, rom, fatbear, mack, ricky, kinetix, magus, abe, albert, and maaany others…
many thanks to everyone that helped out this weekend, in particular dae, yi, bean, lbr, shgl, and whoever else had the displeasure of holding a bracket in their hand this weekend.
respect to all my opponents this weekend. i hope you guys blazed through the brackets, cause i sure didn’t. extra respect to emphy. i doubt you remember that match, but i learned a lot from it.
ups to my denjin regs, hope you guys repped it for denjin. its our home turf. and infinite thanks to bagrat and shogs, but you guys have had enough thanks already :lame:
also thanks amir and tom for the shirt. always nice seeing you guys. steak is dope. lets get kyushu soon
if i didnt mention you, but we chilled this weekend, ive got love for you, and we’ll party next CR. i met so many people this weekend, and had such good times with new faces and familiar faces alike, so its sad to see this over.
until SBO 09 and CR '10…
(also sebastians shirt was sick)