{"id":15419,"date":"2012-03-06T22:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T03:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=15419"},"modified":"2012-03-06T22:19:16","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T03:19:16","slug":"%e2%86%92-%e2%86%93-%e2%86%92-p-final-round-xv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/%e2%86%92-%e2%86%93-%e2%86%92-p-final-round-xv\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2192, \u2193, \u2192, P: Final Round XV"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Final Round 15, held at the Westin near the King and Queen building at Perimeter.<\/p><\/div>\n

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X100 Panorama, I think this was the line to play Soul Calibur V, with a payout of $5000. :\/<\/p><\/div>\n

A bit of a different type of post, but hey, I’m actually into many things, and this gets me back to my roots. \u00a0Like almost all boys growing up I loved videogames, from the side scrolling buddy system of Contra, to the rinse and repeat nature of leveling up in RPG’s, and of course, fighting games. \u00a0We used to cut school and try to find the gas stations that had the chipped versions of Street Fighter Champion Edition. \u00a0Having a friend that worked at the Great Games was nice too, as he had the “golden key.”<\/p>\n

It’s weird though, even when I was younger I “claimed” to only play Tekken for fun. \u00a0In Tekken Tag I spent endless hours messing around with a Yoshimitsu and Julia\/Xiaoyu team. \u00a0It didn’t anger me if I lost, I enjoyed it if I played well or fancy or in a manner that was a bit honorable, if there is such a thing in videogames. \u00a0Of course that really doesn’t matter much in life or in business or in anything. \u00a0We all like to believe that it’s how you play the game, not if you win the game or not, but as a wise man once said, “…Then why keep score?”<\/p>\n

What do competitive videogames like Tekken have to do with life? \u00a0Well, no matter how skilled or talented you are at something, there’s always someone better. \u00a0It is the losing graciously part that I respect, as well as the years spent by these guys to hone their craft. \u00a0Like all art and sports, the talent gets you started, but the practice and constant grinding is what gets you to a master level. \u00a0I wish people in the arts and photography field would realize that. \u00a0Anyone can buy a camera and lens combo that takes pretty pictures that mimics the magazines, but to take good photos consistently is the sign of a skilled, not just talented, person. \u00a0It takes many years, maybe even decade of working on any craft to be truly proficient. \u00a0Give it up to the people quietly working away on their passion, and forget the online noise of self promotion and look at me attitude that permeates our society, and especially in the field of visual arts and photography.<\/p>\n

Good to see the scene still going on strong, with money and sponsorship, and a healthy competitive environment. \u00a0Much respect to the younger ATL gaming scene taking the crown once held by SoCal.<\/p>\n

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Blurry of course, but here we are with ATL HOA aka ANAKIN aka Lannie Loo's Little Brother :), MLG's Tekken 6 Champion from last year, this year's Final Round Tekken champ and hands down one of the best Tekken players I've ever seen...<\/p><\/div>\n

As far as the Tekken Finals, the matches between Anakin and AO from Japan were riveting. \u00a0Like a tennis match between Federer and Nadal. \u00a0Anakin playing Jack-6 and AO playing one of the best Alisa’s. \u00a0In my opinion he shouldn’t have messed around with Lars or Miguel and stuck to the poking and punishing ability of Alisa. \u00a0Eventually the Japanese poking style might have won out, but no match for the pit bull style, as the competitive gaming scene’s Jordan\/Kobe mounted a comeback and then putting away the competitor. \u00a0No doubt in my mind, Game Ova. ATL Reprazent! Haha… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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A bit of a different type of post, but hey, I’m actually into many things, and this gets me back to my roots. \u00a0Like almost all boys growing up I loved videogames, from the side scrolling buddy system of Contra, to the rinse and repeat nature of leveling up in RPG’s, and of course, fighting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[202],"class_list":{"0":"post-15419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-photos","8":"tag-event-photography","10":"post-with-thumbnail","11":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/02n.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-40H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2762,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/art-in-progress-sally-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":15419,"position":0},"title":"Art in Progress: Sally 2","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"October 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"...charcoal on stonehenge paper...as always this particular style gives me time to process in my head other things besides the drawing itself...there's this famous painting with a caption \"Ceci n'est pas une pipe\" (This is not a pipe)...sometimes painting is not to affirm anything...it just is...","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"w_b-vong.com_drawing_sally_2_2","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/w_b-vong.com_drawing_sally_2_2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2783,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/laod-and-proud\/","url_meta":{"origin":15419,"position":1},"title":"Lao’d and Proud","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"October 20, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Notes: All the images are screengrabs (D90 Movies) from a few weeks ago at\u00a0our local Korean\u00a0coffee shop with ai Thavisouk...I've wanted to do this type of documentary work for awhile now, just gathering some like minded people and sitting them in front of the camera.\u00a0 Granted the environment wasn't the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Lao Culture"","block_context":{"text":"Lao Culture","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/lao-culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"w_b-vong.com_pix_interviews_1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/w_b-vong.com_pix_interviews_1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15654,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/nikon-j1-and-85mm-f1-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":15419,"position":2},"title":"Nikon J1 and 85mm f\/1.4","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"March 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Mounting an 85mm on the J1 with simple mechanical adapters. 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