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My trip to the Main Event and Shoutouts (warning: long post)

ChatterBox

ChatterBox

Searching for an alt.
Hello good people of TYM, I'm not a huge poster but a pretty decent lurker around these parts. I love playing in tournaments and am in need of more experience, so I decided to look into a NY/NJ area tourney since I'm from northeast MA and the drive would be worth it. I saw Shock posted the Main Event thread a couple weeks back and it seemed interesting. Since my New England injustice scene is losing steam I figured this would be a great chance to keep in shape before GUTS 3 happens (LINK). Luckily, at the same time @DarthArma came into our NE thread looking for tournaments up here. When I told him I might come he immediately offered me a place to stay, which was incredibly cool of him. I took him up on it, and finally convinced my friend @imblackjames to get the time off work like the same day. So after weeks of trying to get someone to come I had a road trip co-pilot and then pulled a scumbag move on arma and asked if his generosity would hold two people, I'm glad to hear it did.

So after a four and a half hour drive and almost going to the wrong venue, we arrived. The place, Yestercades new location in Somerville NJ, was amazing! All the arcade cabinets, pinball machines, pool table and air hockey are free once you pay to get in the door. It was fun meeting everyone and playing @EMPEROR_JUPITER 's Black Adam and @jboogie607 's scorpion in MK9 casuals while everyone setup.

Once the tournament started, I got bodied by @RapZiLLa54 @G4S Claude VonStroke @Scoot Magee and a fourth who I honestly forget, long day. I went 0-2 in both NRS games. I stated ahead of time though James was the better New England representative and he did well in both, even putting himself on the power rankings. Sorry for my super monotone commentary in MK9, I'm really loud and sarcastic in real life so I reigned it in a lot.

After that there were plenty more casuals and general hilarity (shoutout to @Frantastic23 and his amazing shit talk during Gears). Then things officially got real when eight of us went to IHOP at 2am. @KDZ taught me how do the Shang Tsung face, I witnessed @Indecisive 's unparalleled ability to drink mango drinks, and we got to tech talk with @Shock and @Jaxel. Then there was another harrowing trip to Arma's house through the fog and to the welcoming meow of his cat.

The next day had more fun, alt casuals, batman knowledge, WWE2k14, cinema chat, and most of UFGT top8 with Arma, his cool brother, and @Decay II. Thanks so much to everyone for making James and I feel super welcome and making me realize how much more practice I need. Special extra thanks to DarthArma for his crazy nice demeanor and house and generosity all weekend. Did I miss anyone? Let me know below and I'll say hi and sorry next time I come down there.
 
ThaShiveGeek

ThaShiveGeek

Est In Harvey 1989
I must of read this too fast, because I looked back to the title and saw long post. I almost reread to see what I missed lol. Good write up.
 
jboogie607

jboogie607

Noob
This was my first tournament and to anyone out there that has never been to an FGC event please find the time to make it to an event. I had a great time at the tournament as well and it was great to be around people who share the same interests as me. It was very cool to meet the people who you watch on stream and see how they are in real life. Thank you again to everyone at yestercades and all the players in the tourny. I too got bodied in MK and KI although I did not come to the tournament expecting to win. I can tell you how nice it is to play people offline where you have a real chance to react to strings and no one is rage quiting. To fellow online warriors and stream monsters playing offline makes the game seem fair and you feel your loses are more deserved if that makes sense. The tournament was not how I imagined it from watching streams. Maybe because it was a local it just seemed like everything was not a big deal and that the casuals and the networking were the best part. You could pretty much play any arcade game or any type of casual you wanted I did understand how easy it was to get games from even top players. Its kind of cool that it is basically just passionate players that put on these tournaments and keep the scene going. It made me want to start a scene of my own in my town in upstate NY. I really appreciate all the people on TYM and all across the FGC who provide such quality entertainment. Their are few things that I enjoy more than streams and things like KTP. It so fun to see where you stack up as a figthing game player and I don't think their will ever be a better way than through a tournament. I hope anyone who reads this post that has never been to a local or tournament finds a way to go.
 
DarthArma

DarthArma

Warrior
"two half black friends = 1 black friend"


Awesome having you. Can't wait to make my way up to the boston area. And I'll def be at guts 3, losing/winning money and being drunk for either occasion at the black jack table.
 
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