My Online Videos are Back/Ranbat Update...

Sorry i havent really been updating this at all. if you're wondering about the denjin ranbats, JoontheBaboon(Ken) and Destruct1ve (Honda) have been battling it out in grand finals each time they both entered. Joon has locked in the spot as #1 for this season's ranbat. you can check out the thread / results in this page. 1 more ranbat left and this season is over.

Anyways i just got xbox live recently and im going to be recording videos of my online play again and posting it on my youtube, and my friend's youtube channel will have some matches of me aswell. you can find it here (oh and subscribe to him too!) He uploads videos of all different games like ssf4, starcraft 2, and more as time comes. OH and this time the videos are WAAAY better quality than last time (Its in HD!). I got a new camera but it doesnt capture sound that well. Also i will gladly accept anyone that wants to do an exhibition match or like ft3,ft5 or if you just wanna play let me know. If you dont want the matches to be uploaded give me a heads up. im not good anymore, lil scrubby busta here but im down to play. its fun to play with others regardless how bad i am hah. if you want to just send me a message on srk here and ill pm you my gamertag (its under a new one).

Here are two videos i uploaded on my channel. (These were from the Peaceful Jay stream)



Also be sure to check out my friend ReNiCGaming's channel!

Denjin Arcade SSF4 Ranking Battles start 8/14!

Denjin Arcade Ranbats (Ranking Battles) for ssf4 is here! First ranbat for ssf4 so lets make it a good one! The ranbat will be starting August 14th. Stay tuned for more info and bring your A game!

edit: Denjin Arcade SSF4 Ranbat thread is linked below.

Denjin Arcade SSF4 Ranbat Thread

Back From EVO!

Well i got back on Monday and really it was an awesome weekend. I got to hang out with a lot of good friends, and i actually played in my first major! This was my 2nd time going to EVO but first time competing in a major ever. Despite the lack of practice ive had with ssf4 as of late i did really well. I was in Pool A (you can read the article below to see who's in it, too many to list) but i was 1 win away and lost in losers final against John Choi. John Choi and Daigo Umehara were the 2 that made it out of my pool. Pretty good imo, first major, top 3 in pools (just outside of top 32). I wish i got to play on the big stage but the judges/people who ran the pool didn't really know who i was so they just kept me at the stations. not being active or being on stream for who knows how long lead to me not being on the big stage hah. Regardless it was a lot of fun and i am hoping to do better next year. To be honest i was thinking about not really playing ssf4 serious anymore or play it casually at all but after this, after EVO it had me thinking. What if i did practice? prepare for this major instead of knowing i was going 2 hours before registration closed and practiced in training mode for a few days. I think im going to stick around and see what happens. Hopefully enter more tournaments as they come instead of what i did this year, entered about 5 tournies or w/e. I would like to thank Kara and Cesar especially for this! if it wasn't for these two i wouldn't have been at EVO and i probably would've quit.

EVO 2k10!!

Well Evo is coming up real fast! This year should be fun, seems like more international players are coming out for this than usual and its going to be my first real major tourney. I'm not prepared at all really because it was so last minute but im there to do my best and enjoy the weekend. I'm in Pool A which is 9am but im getting to vegas around 7-8am that friday. My pool has a good amount of known players but i dont think it would be considered the death pool as some would say. my pool consist of DS (not sure who he is but it seems familiar), John Choi, ClakeyD, Keno, UTJ, LPN, Magus1234, Liston, iNerd(i think hes a chun player), and daigo. those are the ones that would stand out from my pool so far. I am definitely not a favorite, pretty much the underdog because i havent been active in the community or playing that much lately but i am pretty confident and imo i think i have a chance to make it out but it will be a lot of work. though i wont be able to get any games of practice or even get to drop off my stuff in the hotel, im going straight to the ball room and playing in my pool with all my stuff with me. Lots of pools with a lot of good players. some pools to watch out for (or to spectate) would be pool H - with chris hu,inthul,wolfkrone,combo jack, mike watson, ryan hart. pool I - Ryder, Justin Wong, DaggerG, pool N - Marn, Ed Ma, Mr.KOF, Rico Suave. juicebox is in pool G with fubarduck, flash metroid, and Dr.Chaos. I think my pool would be fun to watch but overall all the pools in general seem like they are going to have a lot of good matches going on. im stoked and i just hope im not super tired when i have to play.

SSF4 Youtube Vids!

so im gonna start recording myself playing games online like i used too. note they might not be the best of players but its something to watch. its online so it doesn't really matter to me. i just have fun and mess around/do random stuff online cuz we all know its offline that counts. I have a different mind set when playing in tournaments offline than when i play online, its like 2 different people and i think you shouldn't take online serious for the most part. I'm gonna try to record more matches but my camera corrupts a few vids here and there when i record + transfer to my computer. Oh and shitty camera angles so far but bare with me! i didn't know it was in a bad spot and im trying to find a better position for it. oh and if you ever want to play a few games post up/pm me onsrk or somethin and ill try to get some games in with you. its not fun playing random ppl all the time.

Here's a couple vids of the batch i uploaded.

The Abel Blog + SSF4

Hey guys, i will be getting ssf4 within the next week or 2 and just wanted to say i will be trying to update this blog. Since the release of ssf4, i have been wanting to play this game a bit and mess around with abel (along with all the new additions/changes everyone else got). Makes me want to play this game and sparks an interest again. Now if i do vids they wont be ingame quality, it will be from my shitty camera angle again since all those vids were done via sf4 pc + fraps. Hopefully i will be able to update this blog a lot once i get my hands on it so stay tuned!...

MOV is here in the US!

I know this isn't really abel or even sf4 related but MOV from Japan is here in the states! MOV is an amazing 3s player, one of the best in Japan and he said that he wants to teach us 3rd strike! To watch a japanese player in person, and being able to play him inspired me to get better in 3s. He is here for the Sunroute Cup @ Denjin Arcade this weekend.

"MOV rapes us all....like really bad. to get an idea of how bad the rape is, we were asking him how he ranks the players in japan. the most complete player at 100% skill level is kuroda. in 2nd place, with a skill level percentage of 7% is MOV. in 3rd place, with a percentage of 3% is momochi. the rest of the players in japan are somewhere from 0-1%...."

To see the rest of the article go to the Denjin Arcade Blog. A very interesting read. I am pretty sure this event is going to be streamed so Check out the Denjin blog for updates with MOV / Sunroute!

Nominate Denjin Arcade PLEASE!!!

Everyone please nominate Denjin Arcade to have a chance to win $25,000. Last time they had this, Arcade UFO in Texas won the 25k, they deserve it as i have only heard good things about that arcade. Now the contest is up again and its nominating time! everyone please nominate Denjin Arcade. Why nominate Denjin Arcade you are asking? Well here are some reasons, Denjin Arcade is keeping the 3rd strike scene alive still, this is the place to be if you want to play 3rd strike. 2nd Denjin Arcade hosted a major tournament replacing NCR and made it California Regionals since NorCal had problems running this tournament. 3rd, Denjin Arcade was one of the first arcades to bring Street Fighter 4 down to the cost of just one quarter. 4th, Denjin Arcade had SBO (Super Battle Opera) Qualifiers here at Denjin Arcade, not only did Denjin host the qualifiers but after Alex Valle and Combofiend took it, Denjin Arcade payed 50% of the cost to get them to Japan. Those are just some of many reasons why you should nominate for this arcade, so everyone please vote Denjin Arcade! Denjin has done a lot for the community, lets help them out and give back. Click the title to the post or click here to nominate denjin!

Top Tier Gaming will stream Arcade Infinity's Ranbat this Sunday (12/6)!!!!

Upcoming SFIV Streams:

When: Sunday December 6th
Where: Arcade Infinity
Time: 1pm PST/ 4pm EST
Arcade Website: http://arcadeinfinity.blogspot.com/
SRK Thread: http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=214686

Future News:

Make sure to favorite/ subscribe to the stream. I will be starting to have some raffles so you the viewer may win prizes. The upcoming raffles are free and the only way to enter is by favoriting to the stream. Just go towww.justin.tv/toptiergaming and click on "Add Channel" underneath the stream and that's it, you're entered. You don't need to be there when the raffle is announced, just hope you're the winner.

Link to our feed, please subscribe:

http://www.justin.tv/toptiergaming/

Blog:

http://www.toptiergamingtv.blogspot.com/

I would like to announce the opening of Top Tier Gaming on Justin TV.

What's Justin TV?

Taken straight from Justin.tv

Quote:
Founded in October 2006, Justin.tv is the largest online community for people to broadcast, watch and interact around live video. With more than 41 million unique visitors per month and 428,000 channels broadcasting live video, Justin.tv is the leading live video site on the Web, enabling users to create real-time connections with others around the world. Headquartered in San Francisco, Justin.tv is funded by: Y Combinator, Alsop Louie Partners and Draper Associates.
http://www.justin.tv/

What is Top Tier Gaming?

Top Tier Gaming is a channel that will be streaming gaming related live media on Justin TV.

What can I expect to see/ gain?

Live streamed tourneys and casuals almost every weekend from top arcades down here in SoCal. Two of these awesome arcades are Denjin Arcade and Arcade Infinity, the top two places to play SFIV in California.

That sounds great, anything else?

Yeah, that's just the start of it. We will be throwing massive online tourneys that will be streamed straight through Top Tier Gaming's JTV feed. Not only that, we will have an assortment of prizes for these games as time goes.

Wow, I can't wait, how much does this all cost?

Are you an idiot? It's free!!! All we kindly ask of you is to donate what you can to the benefit. None of the donated money goes into our pockets but it is used for maintaining the upcoming site and also allowing us to help stream any and all TOURNAMENTS that we are able to attend. Instead of getting the shaft and seeing a couple BB matches we will be able to show you entire tournaments and get you all the highlights of BB or any game for that matter including player interviews and tips from other pros. We will not only stop there but show the hype that goes down with many of these huge money matches or just casuals all night. If you though SBO Japanese chopstick ass cracking was L337 you're not gonna wanna miss this.

We will be having our first broadcast in the next coming weeks and we will post on here when we have set a time and date.

Update!

Okay so the next couple of weeks im going to do my best to get some vids up and finish editing and all that. i know i haven't updated in a long time, truth is im busy with school and other stuff instead of fighters but once i have time i'll dedicate it to finishing up some editing to post the vids out. Dont think i can do it this weekend due to the Denjin Arcade 3rd strike 5 on 5 tourney but hopefully within the next couple of weeks ill get something out! i want to see the finished product as much as whoever goes to this site. just be patient and it will come out! sorry for the lack of updates and videos.

News On Blog Updates.

i won't be updating the blog as much as i would like to. I am going to give me some time to have a good amount of info/material ready and once i do this will be up and running again with a bunch of clips and stuff. I am pretty busy with other stuff and dont have the time as of right now to finish all of the editing for the videos i produce. But don't worry i will still update with some news whether it be Abel related or not! Please stay with me as i try to get things organized and ready before i put things out. Hold tight, and to those of you that actually follow me with the site and are awaiting updates my i apologize but just wait! i will finish editing all the videos i have and getting ready to start updating the blog more soon!

New Layout!

So this is the new layout. Thanks a bunch to Tin for helping me out with this new layout! I can't thank you enough. Now it really looks good haha. Anyways some new ideas i have in mind. In the previous post i stated that i will be putting up random videos/clips of tips and things that not every abel player might not know. I am planning to put one up every week if i can but i warn you i might get lazy heh. These videos/clips may come from other sources via youtube or something, i might make them? im not completely sure yet but i will do my best. Some of them might be long some might be a few seconds but who knows we will find out when the time comes. Since i got a new computer i didn't get to save my document file awhile back so im starting new with that and im going to post the Q and A thing in a few days hopefully. I am sorry for the lack of updates but so far its looking good. I got a new computer so now i can update again and along with a new member that helps with the site which made it look awesome!

Sorry!

For the lack of updates. My computer was messed up and i just got a brand new computer today. I was on a laptop lately but it was terrible so i didn't even bother. New things to come like new short videos on random tips you should know and hopefully a new layout? just wait and see whats coming!

Q & A!

So just a thought but I have been getting lots of messages and pm's and what not about some questions about abel or sf in general. Well im going to do a Q & A thing so if you have any questions post and i will type the answers out or make a video depending on what the question is. I have a few questions that im going to answer but i thought of just saving all of them and answering them at once when i think i have enough. if you wanna ask a question just leave a comment or pm me on youtube / srk forums. you can find my youtube page at the bottom under links and my srk profile here. I'm taking any questions, so ask away!

The Dog Face Show!!

Though this is not abel related i just wanted to post this. If you have not seen the dogface show yet then shame on you! Victor "Dogface" Ratliff is one talented fellow. Every episode of the dogface show makes me laugh. Here is the latest episode of his.



check out his website: http://dogfaceshow.com/ watch all his episodes if you haven't! you will not waste your time doing so. Here is his youtube page so subscribe to that! http://www.youtube.com/user/DogfaceShow

Haunts' SBO write up

Hey guys, check out iplaywinner.com for a write up on haunts/magus's trip down to socal 10 days prior to SBO Quals. It is definitely worth a read. The site is awesome so check out the whole site after reading it! the article can be found here or click on the title of this post.

Get Your Tournament Podcast Interview!

Glenn From Get Your Tournament did a short interview with me. His podcast is awesome, so listen to it! Check out the Get Your Tournament site or you click here to go directly to the page with the podcast or click the title of the post. I would like to thank Glenn for taking some time aside to interview me. Thanks again Glenn, what you are doing for the community is great! keep up the awesome work!

Before i forget, Get Your Tournament will be keeping updates on SBO qualifiers which is tomorrow! Can you believe it?!? SBO quals is tomorrow! Glenn will be interviewing people i think along with getting live feed of the tournament. Check out his site tomorrow for some sbo qual stuff. I would just favorite/bookmark his site since he has a lot of material on it i.e. podcast, videos, gaming news, and its not just on one game but almost every game.

Small Update!

Well SBO Qualifiers is right around the corner (a week) and really I have been waiting to play in this tournament for quite a while. So all the projects that i want to start / finish up will be done after SBO quals. I want to focus all my attention on this tournament instead of other things. Expect some stuff to come out after this event (and give me time to make/finish them since it can be time consuming). Thanks and hopefully i will get the stuff out soon. As a result of my slack i will upload any video projects i finish on this blog first and then upload the same video a week or so later on youtube.

Abel Videos!

Just wanted to let all you Abel fans know that I have been uploading some videos that I recorded of me playing online. I will also be uploading/making other videos that aren't casuals or w/e. http://www.youtube.com/user/xbstx Subscribe to my youtube account so you know when my newest videos come out!

The Ladies of Street Fighter 4 Tournament!!

Hey guys, my good friend Shoo (you might know him as Shoo/does AI video commentary :D) from Arcade Infinity (AI) has just posted this event! Its an all girls tournament / event which will be on June 27th. Check it out here, The Official Arcade Infinity Blog. Here is a little piece from the site:

Welcome to THE LADIES OF STREET FIGHTER 4. Sixteen of your favorite socal SF4 players have been secretly training sixteen lovely ladies for what might be the girliest Street Fighter Tournament in the history of Street Fighter.

LOSF will consist of a Photo shoot at the Arcade, video interviews conducted by Gootecks, with Special guests.

Tournament will be Single Elimination, no entry fee, prizes to be determined.

This will be the event of the Summer! COME OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN. For more details go to the AI blog (which i highly recommend you clicking even if you are not interested JUST CLICK HERE!)