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Jolt

Uprise
Laaaaaaaaaaadies and Gentleman. Uprise members have participated in yet another online tournament to make our faces a little more known to the public and have a good time. This particular tournament was Flawless Friday as hosted by our friend @Israfel.

I am in charge of the write up because it is going to be absolutely SPECTACULAR. First off, shout outs to our Uprise participants @FluffyKittenPops (UPR_Fluff), @Kaneki (UPR_Kaneki), @CoolChameleon (UPR_Chameleon), @topper2ath (UPR_Nova), and yours truly (UPR_Jolt). A second thanks to those who I saw show up in the stream chat @StealthyMuffin (UPR_Muffin), and @The chosen puddle (UPR_Vage). And of course, my number one homie, @UPR_Evoker.

Tonight was NO DOUBT an Uprise success. We had 4 of our 5 players in top 8 despite having to march our way through the loser bracket. Let me tell you how it all went down.

The Kaneki Story
Kaneki, one of my dearest and closest Uprise homies had an interesting story tonight. He started round 1 with a bye as his opponent was a no-show. Next, he went on to fight Haywire who Kaneki claims had a Raiden that was just in the air constantly. Our boy made the necessary adjustments and won the set 2-1.

In the 3rd round, he was faced up against DanableLector (more on that very soon) and unfortunately had to take the L 0-2. Sometimes it's hard to adjust quick enough in a first to 2. No big deal, because Kaneki is in the losers bracket!

In losers, Kaneki is matched up against our own clan leader, The Great Fluff for the start of epic Uprise on Uprise violence. Find out more in: The Fluff Story

The Jolt Story
Jolt is a man of many words, and not quite as much skill. In game 1, Jolt is matched up against DanableLector. Ethereal Mileena vs Crystaline Tremor. Danable is on point with his execution, not dropping a combo, but Jolt has the sneaky variation on his side. Unfortunately, the meter reliance, lower damage, and dropped combos lead to Jolt losing the set 2-1 (but of course it came down to the final round!)

Not too distraught, but admittedly a little disappointed, Jolt finds his way to his next opponent: Proshoots. Ethereal Mileena vs...Crystaline Tremor?! WHAT IS THIS?! Jolt takes the first game, Proshoots switches to Erron Black (Outlaw) and takes a game. Jolt brings out Demolition Sonya to win the set. Proshoots admits to not knowing the matchup

Next, Jolt runs through his good friend Israfel 2-0 in an Ethereal Mileena vs Summoner Quan matchup. Not much to speak of, but it was closer than it sounds!

Traestar and Yucking (Jolt's next 2 opponents) were both Kung Lao players and Jolt took the games. 2-0 over Traestarr and 2-1 over Yucking in a particularly close set.

Next opponent was none other than The Great Fluff. But here I'm going to take a moment to skip on to Fluff's story.

The Fluff Story:
Fluffy started his journey against At0micBrav0, a man with many 0s. Fluff took the game using Takeda (I thiiiiink) over Bravo's Master of Souls Ermac. It was pretty cool. It's always good to start out in winners!

Unfortunately, his winners bracket stay was short-lived as he ran into Traphustla101 (who ended up taking 3rd place overall btw). Traphustla is a vicious Sub-Zero and takes Fluff to losers 2-0.

In losers, Fluff has a really good time. He runs through jerseyman 2-0 and MushMouth 2-0. Fluff is a monster that can not be stopped. But who is he fighting next?

UPRISE KANEKI! Unfortunately, we're still NOT ready for this information. Find out soon in UPRISE VS UPRISE

The Chameleon Story

Chameleon was very sneaky quiet throughout this whole tournament. In the party chat, and active in KIK chat, but not communicating too much as he focused on keeping his mind straight.

Lemme give you a quick rundown of how he swagged his way into top 8. Chameleon was on a path that completely avoided inter-clan violence.

2-0 over Mushmouth I think Mush was late and got DQed, so Chameleon fought Zoofs and lost a set 2-1.

WIth the rage of being sent to losers behind him, Chameleon, the Uprise saltshaker decides to run his way through Prof_Zoom with a 2-0 set. Now he gets to face At0mic Brav0 and delivers him a swift 2-0 as well. Who's next for Chameleon? Fatality_89 who ALSO suffers a 2-0 from the hands of our own Chameleon! CAN ANYONE STOP THIS MAN?

Yes. Yes, they can. But who?! WHO CAN STOP CHAMELEON NOW THAT HE IS IN TOP 8?
@STB Shujinkydink is the answer. 3-0. Chameleon tried Reptile, he tried Kotal, and he tried Tremor. He just could not close out the games and get the win

The Nova Story
First and foremost, I will say that Nova is a monster. He is coming off of a recent win from his local tournament which happened on November 7. He also ran a train on Wednesday night's clan KOTH. I'll be honest and say: Nova was my favored brother for tonight (BUT I LOVE YOU ALL EQUALLY! CALM DOWN!)

A very strong start from Nova, making his way through winners. 2-0 over Loaded. 2-0 over Traestarr. 2-0 over Fatality. DO YOU SEE WHY NOVA HAD MY VOTE? He absolutely ran through and destroyed everything put before him until he met traphustla and lost an unfortunate 3-0.

However, that 3-0 just sent him to losers where he would face, yours truly: Uprise Jolt.

I'm just going to go ahead and end this post here, BUT I'll warn you. PART TWO IS COMING IMMEDIATELY: THE GREAT UPRISE WAR
 

Jolt

Uprise
Please go ahead and excuse my epic length writeup, I'm just so into it and I LOVE THIS CLAN. 4 out of 5 of us made it into top 8, but there was NO DOUBT clan blood shed. I'm going to tell you all about that.

THE GREAT UPRISE WAR
Fluff vs Kaneki
It all started with our leader, Fluff vs Kaneki in the losers bracket. It was Shirai Ryu vs Cassie Cage (Hollywood then Brawler). It was painful, hearing the cries of both players as they played through their match. Fluffy had to show young Kaneki that there can only be one leader in Uprise and beat him 2-0. Now a new challenger is up to bat in top 8 (losers side).

Fluff vs Jolt
As I previously said, there can only be one leader in Uprise. I openly admit that it is Fluff. As much as I trash talk him and give him a hard time, he is one of my greatest friends within the clan and I'm proud to consider him my leader (even though I really run the show ;)

Fluff was feeling his Takeda tonight and decided to use Shirai Ryu vs my beloved Ethereal. I do believe I won the first game (but it was close) Fluffy took the second game. Back and forth. Back. And. Forth. I decided that Mileena was not cutting it, Fluffy was finally blocking these weak mixups! I had to make the switch to Demolition Sonya and ultimately took the set 3-2 (DOWN TO THE LAST ROUND!). There were some epic moments, such as him getting hit by a grenade on the OTHER SIDE of Sonya after he teleported. Also getting hit by Blanche in basically the same situation.

Jolt goes on to face Nova, his personal Uprise Hero.

Jolt vs Nova
Oh. My. God. I won't lie, in some ways I was afraid. In others, I was completely confident. I decided to try the waters with Ethereal Mileena and our boy Nova told me that is NOT going to happen. Not today, maybe not ever lol. His Jax is on point. One game goes to Nova. Jolt switches to Demo Sonya (lots of success there tonight!) gets some victory over Jax. Topper switches Goro and destroys my beloved Sonya. For the last game, I decide to go for broke and return to my Ethereal love. Fortunately, it wins me the set and I'm a happy camper. Close set over all 3-2 and I believe it was last round as well. This gets Jolt into top 4.

So how does Jolt's success get ended? Shujinkydink. He runs right through Jolt with a 3-0. Tonight he is the Uprise kryptonite, eliminating both Chameleon and myself. @STB Shujinkydink is an awesome guy though. Was fun to be around in the chat, make the stream enjoyable and was kind enough to give me tips after beating my brains in. Namely: DON'T HANG YOURSELF. He's the more experienced tournament player and I let my nerves ruin me.

So basically that is the night and the tournament for Uprise.

Shujinkydink ends up making it into grand finals and loses 3-1 to Zoofs.
Traphustla got 3rd place.
Jolt got 4th place.
I'm not sure of their exact placements, but Chameleon, Fluffy, and Topper all made top 8 as well.

@ErronsBack
@GoofyGrip (Forgot to give your shoutout in the last post, sorry!)
@Sage Leviathan
@TamedLizard
@Xx-TGODPRINCE-Xx
@XxRh_BeastXx
@Sorta0rigiinal
and anyone I may have forgotten to tag (SORRY, I STILL LOVE YOU GUYS)

Missed you tonight and wish you could have competed, but you should know that the rest of us made you very proud. Uprise did great work tonight and I'm proud to be a member. Anytime you guys want matches, hit me up. It was a great night.
 

UPR_Nova

Apprentice
Please go ahead and excuse my epic length writeup, I'm just so into it and I LOVE THIS CLAN. 4 out of 5 of us made it into top 8, but there was NO DOUBT clan blood shed. I'm going to tell you all about that.

THE GREAT UPRISE WAR
Fluff vs Kaneki
It all started with our leader, Fluff vs Kaneki in the losers bracket. It was Shirai Ryu vs Cassie Cage (Hollywood then Brawler). It was painful, hearing the cries of both players as they played through their match. Fluffy had to show young Kaneki that there can only be one leader in Uprise and beat him 2-0. Now a new challenger is up to bat in top 8 (losers side).

Fluff vs Jolt
As I previously said, there can only be one leader in Uprise. I openly admit that it is Fluff. As much as I trash talk him and give him a hard time, he is one of my greatest friends within the clan and I'm proud to consider him my leader (even though I really run the show ;)

Fluff was feeling his Takeda tonight and decided to use Shirai Ryu vs my beloved Ethereal. I do believe I won the first game (but it was close) Fluffy took the second game. Back and forth. Back. And. Forth. I decided that Mileena was not cutting it, Fluffy was finally blocking these weak mixups! I had to make the switch to Demolition Sonya and ultimately took the set 3-2 (DOWN TO THE LAST ROUND!). There were some epic moments, such as him getting hit by a grenade on the OTHER SIDE of Sonya after he teleported. Also getting hit by Blanche in basically the same situation.

Jolt goes on to face Nova, his personal Uprise Hero.

Jolt vs Nova
Oh. My. God. I won't lie, in some ways I was afraid. In others, I was completely confident. I decided to try the waters with Ethereal Mileena and our boy Nova told me that is NOT going to happen. Not today, maybe not ever lol. His Jax is on point. One game goes to Nova. Jolt switches to Demo Sonya (lots of success there tonight!) gets some victory over Jax. Topper switches Goro and destroys my beloved Sonya. For the last game, I decide to go for broke and return to my Ethereal love. Fortunately, it wins me the set and I'm a happy camper. Close set over all 3-2 and I believe it was last round as well. This gets Jolt into top 4.

So how does Jolt's success get ended? Shujinkydink. He runs right through Jolt with a 3-0. Tonight he is the Uprise kryptonite, eliminating both Chameleon and myself. @STB Shujinkydink is an awesome guy though. Was fun to be around in the chat, make the stream enjoyable and was kind enough to give me tips after beating my brains in. Namely: DON'T HANG YOURSELF. He's the more experienced tournament player and I let my nerves ruin me.

So basically that is the night and the tournament for Uprise.

Shujinkydink ends up making it into grand finals and loses 3-1 to Zoofs.
Traphustla got 3rd place.
Jolt got 4th place.
I'm not sure of their exact placements, but Chameleon, Fluffy, and Topper all made top 8 as well.

@ErronsBack
@GoofyGrip (Forgot to give your shoutout in the last post, sorry!)
@Sage Leviathan
@TamedLizard
@Xx-TGODPRINCE-Xx
@XxRh_BeastXx
@Sorta0rigiinal
and anyone I may have forgotten to tag (SORRY, I STILL LOVE YOU GUYS)

Missed you tonight and wish you could have competed, but you should know that the rest of us made you very proud. Uprise did great work tonight and I'm proud to be a member. Anytime you guys want matches, hit me up. It was a great night.
Great work in the write up dude!!
 

Jolt

Uprise
Just wanted to update everyone now that we have official Uprise placements (technically we had them last night, but I'm inattentive :D )

UPR_Jolt took 4th place
UPR_Nova took 5th place (tied with DanableLector)
UPR_Fluff and UPR_Chameleon tied for 7th Place
UPR_Kaneki took 9th Place in a 4 way tie
 

DanableLector

UPR DanableLector
Thank you. Great stuff by you too. I actually liked your playstyle alot. Your Tremor was intense. If you ever need a place to stay, youre always welcome here at Uprise.
Thanks. I feel I'm just now getting a grasp on the game, and have a long ways to go before I feel I'm any good. I'd like to get more games in with you guys sometime, and maybe when we play we can talk about whether or not i have anything to contribute to Uprise.

In regards to the tournament, I'm disappointed in how I played vs zoofs. Choking away a chance to go up 2-1 despite the iffy connection. When upward stone punch didn't come out after back 2, I wanted to crawl in a hole. He's a great player I would have been pumped if I sent him to losers. Also disappointed I refused to counter pick after forcing Dink to switch to Devorah. 1 win away. Soul crushing. I feel I could have sealed the deal with HQT Predator if I just used my brain for a moment.

..And thank god it was first to 2 early on vs Jolt. (He plays ethereal Mileena right?) I was mentally prepared for a lot of characters and variations. Ethereal Mileena was not one of those. Good shit to Jolt!

*** How bout you and the uprise boys? Biggest disappoints? Biggest surprise?
 

Jolt

Uprise
Thanks. I feel I'm just now getting a grasp on the game, and have a long ways to go before I feel I'm any good. I'd like to get more games in with you guys sometime, and maybe when we play we can talk about whether or not i have anything to contribute to Uprise.

In regards to the tournament, I'm disappointed in how I played vs zoofs. Choking away a chance to go up 2-1 despite the iffy connection. When upward stone punch didn't come out after back 2, I wanted to crawl in a hole. He's a great player I would have been pumped if I sent him to losers. Also disappointed I refused to counter pick after forcing Dink to switch to Devorah. 1 win away. Soul crushing. I feel I could have sealed the deal with HQT Predator if I just used my brain for a moment.

..And thank god it was first to 2 early on vs Jolt. (He plays ethereal Mileena right?) I was mentally prepared for a lot of characters and variations. Ethereal Mileena was not one of those. Good shit to Jolt!

*** How bout you and the uprise boys? Biggest disappoints? Biggest surprise?
Haha my biggest disappointment was losing to you first round :D.It was definitely a close set and fun fights, but I got the feeling you either didn't know the MU or didn't have me figured out yet. First to 2 was my time to shine lol BUT I was dropping combos like they didn't matter while your execution was very much on point. I'd say it could have been anyone's match for sure.

Nah, I'd say my honest disappointment was getting bodied by Dink. I KNOW he's a very good, experienced player with a great well known name. But it was a cruel slap back into reality to realize I have a lot of work to do lol. Granted, it was Quan and Dink's awesome, but it hurts the pride lol

Very good games with you though! Looking forward to some more. I always enjoy fighting a skilled Tremor
 

FluffyKittenPops

#ONTHERISE
Thanks. I feel I'm just now getting a grasp on the game, and have a long ways to go before I feel I'm any good. I'd like to get more games in with you guys sometime, and maybe when we play we can talk about whether or not i have anything to contribute to Uprise.

In regards to the tournament, I'm disappointed in how I played vs zoofs. Choking away a chance to go up 2-1 despite the iffy connection. When upward stone punch didn't come out after back 2, I wanted to crawl in a hole. He's a great player I would have been pumped if I sent him to losers. Also disappointed I refused to counter pick after forcing Dink to switch to Devorah. 1 win away. Soul crushing. I feel I could have sealed the deal with HQT Predator if I just used my brain for a moment.

..And thank god it was first to 2 early on vs Jolt. (He plays ethereal Mileena right?) I was mentally prepared for a lot of characters and variations. Ethereal Mileena was not one of those. Good shit to Jolt!

*** How bout you and the uprise boys? Biggest disappoints? Biggest surprise?
Biggest disappointment : losing to scrub Jolt. lol jk. I didnt really have one. It was pretty fun.

Biggest surprise : Jolt beat Israfel
 
Thanks. I feel I'm just now getting a grasp on the game, and have a long ways to go before I feel I'm any good. I'd like to get more games in with you guys sometime, and maybe when we play we can talk about whether or not i have anything to contribute to Uprise.

In regards to the tournament, I'm disappointed in how I played vs zoofs. Choking away a chance to go up 2-1 despite the iffy connection. When upward stone punch didn't come out after back 2, I wanted to crawl in a hole. He's a great player I would have been pumped if I sent him to losers. Also disappointed I refused to counter pick after forcing Dink to switch to Devorah. 1 win away. Soul crushing. I feel I could have sealed the deal with HQT Predator if I just used my brain for a moment.

..And thank god it was first to 2 early on vs Jolt. (He plays ethereal Mileena right?) I was mentally prepared for a lot of characters and variations. Ethereal Mileena was not one of those. Good shit to Jolt!

*** How bout you and the uprise boys? Biggest disappoints? Biggest surprise?
Id love to fight your tremor with mine sometime i was one of the members just watching and rooting for you .
 

Kaneki

UPR Kaneki
Thanks. I feel I'm just now getting a grasp on the game, and have a long ways to go before I feel I'm any good. I'd like to get more games in with you guys sometime, and maybe when we play we can talk about whether or not i have anything to contribute to Uprise.

In regards to the tournament, I'm disappointed in how I played vs zoofs. Choking away a chance to go up 2-1 despite the iffy connection. When upward stone punch didn't come out after back 2, I wanted to crawl in a hole. He's a great player I would have been pumped if I sent him to losers. Also disappointed I refused to counter pick after forcing Dink to switch to Devorah. 1 win away. Soul crushing. I feel I could have sealed the deal with HQT Predator if I just used my brain for a moment.

..And thank god it was first to 2 early on vs Jolt. (He plays ethereal Mileena right?) I was mentally prepared for a lot of characters and variations. Ethereal Mileena was not one of those. Good shit to Jolt!

*** How bout you and the uprise boys? Biggest disappoints? Biggest surprise?
I would had certainly like some more MU experience against your Tremor, I felt like I could had put up a better performance against your Tremor but being on stream and fighting such a good opponent is a bit much to handle for now. I guess leveling up must be done but ggs :cool:
 

DanableLector

UPR DanableLector
@MyronJ As soon as i saw mileena i was worried. In a first to 2 mileena is scary! I feel you on the Dink disappointment. I got beat by his Devorah because I was lost in the match up. How many people even know he plays Devorah!? Lol. I'll add you on PSN. Hope to get games, and learn.

@FluffyKittenPops You have to teach me how to handle Takeda. I don't play many Takedas and when I do, I have trouble pinning him down. He just runs wild.

@The chosen puddle I'd love to get in a Tremor mirror. We could even exchange tech, strats, advice on match ups etc.

@Kaneki I think the first to 2 was really an advantage for me. You didn't have time to adjust. I could definitely see the potential though, Cassie is scary, and you had me in the ropes there for a bit. GGs. Hope for more in the future.
 
@MyronJ As soon as i saw mileena i was worried. In a first to 2 mileena is scary! I feel you on the Dink disappointment. I got beat by his Devorah because I was lost in the match up. How many people even know he plays Devorah!? Lol. I'll add you on PSN. Hope to get games, and learn.

@FluffyKittenPops You have to teach me how to handle Takeda. I don't play many Takedas and when I do, I have trouble pinning him down. He just runs wild.

@The chosen puddle I'd love to get in a Tremor mirror. We could even exchange tech, strats, advice on match ups etc.

@Kaneki I think the first to 2 was really an advantage for me. You didn't have time to adjust. I could definitely see the potential though, Cassie is scary, and you had me in the ropes there for a bit. GGs. Hope for more in the future.
cool yea that would be awesome my PSN is - Iron_Vage just send me a request
 

CoolChameleon

Kamoflauged

FluffyKittenPops

#ONTHERISE
@MyronJ As soon as i saw mileena i was worried. In a first to 2 mileena is scary! I feel you on the Dink disappointment. I got beat by his Devorah because I was lost in the match up. How many people even know he plays Devorah!? Lol. I'll add you on PSN. Hope to get games, and learn.

@FluffyKittenPops You have to teach me how to handle Takeda. I don't play many Takedas and when I do, I have trouble pinning him down. He just runs wild.

@The chosen puddle I'd love to get in a Tremor mirror. We could even exchange tech, strats, advice on match ups etc.

@Kaneki I think the first to 2 was really an advantage for me. You didn't have time to adjust. I could definitely see the potential though, Cassie is scary, and you had me in the ropes there for a bit. GGs. Hope for more in the future.
Yeah, I can teach you some stuff about Takeda.
 

CoolChameleon

Kamoflauged
Also here are the matchups for the Division War

SensEnvy ~ Chameleon
Jolt ~ Fluff
Muffin ~ TamedLizard
Kaneki ~ Evoker
TGOD ~ Rhbeast
Nova ~ Vage
Grip ~ GOD
 

Israfel

Designer for BxA
Biggest disappointment : losing to scrub Jolt. lol jk. I didnt really have one. It was pretty fun.

Biggest surprise : Jolt beat Israfel
I'd love a rematch for sure. During my match my with jolt my lil girl kept getting in front of my face and trying to grab the mic and talk. Honestly, I had no idea what to expect vs ethereal as well. He was tough and the sai teleports really worked me over good.