I have time to waste before my flight back and the only thing i really wanted to see in Paris was Maison de Victor Hugo which i just went to so i figured i would write a little travel log for Stunfest for my own entertainment.
I landed in Paris on the 21’st and then took a train to Rennes where Chromium picked me up.
Chromium and Dav35 are the nicest guys i have ever meet and helped me with everything Before the event and after. They went as far as letting me, Fuulani and his friends sleep at their place not enough thanks to give them.
So we went to the Event which was held outside in an enclosed area with a roof.
I just hung around and watched while they set everything up for the event i offered to help but was told by Chromium that he didn’t want me to since i was there for playing not building.
To be honest i would rather have helped out but i would rather respect his wishes.
A girl that worked at the event named Morgan came and talked to me cause i was just sitting around not doing anything cause she thought i was bored.
She was extremely nice and helped me out during registrations since i ran into an issue since i had registered online.
She was also totally the cutest and coolest girl there.
Then after a while Dav35 showed up and hung out with me until everything was setup.
Eventually NKI and Tokido showed up and it was like.
WHOA NKI.
WHOA TOKIDO.
I went to say hi to NKI who was playing HDR casuals and made a total idiot out of myself acting like a little schoolgirl that had just met her Idol.
I apologized to him about it the next day and he was really cool about it both he and Tokido were very approachable and it was a lot of fun to get to meet and talk to them and play them.
later at night We meet up with Fuulani and his friends that were traveling there since we were going to play some casuals at Dav’s house but it got really late and we were all tired so it didn’t amount to much.
Next day was the actual event and i spent the entire morning playing HDR casuals with everyone there.
Then the tournament started and we did really well our first loss was against Tokido and NKI in winners Finals.
After the first round against Tokido which was actually pretty close my mind just shut down and i played like crap for the entirety of the rest of the finals my hands were actually shaking for 20 minutes after the finals ended.
We lost to cuongsters team who we earlier sent to losers which annoyed me cause i think if i had been playing my best we could probably have beaten them.
Most hype moment during Pools was when R-Jive beat Tokido Ryu vs Claw, Unfortunately Fuulani and him lost to NKI after that but that was still the single hypest moment that day everyone was just screaming. :bgrin:
Also Ken Bogard the announcer and commentator for Finals was amazing in getting everyone riled up during the matches.
After the tournament we just played ST on Arcade the rest of the day.
The last memory i have is falling asleep in a chair while a live band was playing rock versions of 8 and 16 bit music on stage.
Next day:
Everyone myself included played ST casuals until that tournament started.
Single most hype thing and what i believe to be the most hype moment of the entire tournament was when Milenar a french Honda player took out Tokido 2 games to 0 with a perfect last round.
That had us going for i believe 10 minutes straight before it calmed down and we could do the next match.
Unfortunately towards the end of the tournament the Cabinet broke down and we had to use another one with not quite as good sticks and buttons.
Still the tournament was amazingly fun and i was a lot less nervous during those finals and did a lot better.
I still couldn’t take a single round from Tokido though that guy is just way too good at Claw mirror i think NKI actually told me Tokido is considered the best Claw vs Claw player in Japan.
Him and NKI just slaughtered me like they did in HDR.
After that it was pretty late and most people started to leave.
We said our goodbyes and such.
Stunfest was amazing and i hope they have ST/HDR next year aswell.
Random Moments of Awesome:
Live rock renditions of Castlevania and Super Mario music do i need to say more ?
A little girl in a pink dress playing counterstrike and owning people.
An entire wall of classic retro consoles with people playing them.
A tent running TAS speedruns with live commentary and explanations.
Tons of arcades with tons of different games all on freeplay.
The best thing though was meeting everyone and having fun together.
Merci a tout.
Hope to see you all next year.
