This is going to be a long post so just bear with me. I need to get this all out.
As I sit here on my bed at almost 3:00 am listening to a nonstop-mix of DDR 5th Mix (I've had a lot of coffee tonight), so many thoughts are running through my mind.
Not that this is anything new. The channels are constantly flipping in my head all the time with many images, fantasies, people, etc. The thing is I never considered this to be such a nuisance....until now.
I've realized the older I've been getting, the more my mind has become increasingly disorganized to the point that the mess that is going on in my head has seemed to manifest itself in real life. I look around my family's house and even though I've seen way worse messes in other friend's places, it's getting to the point where if it doesn't get picked up now, it's going to keep piling up and my family and I will just take glimpses at it and say to ourselves 'Oh, look. The house is a mess. I'm so tired though. I'll take care of it later.'
This kind of behavior has been a festering problem in our live for quite some time, especially on my end, as of late. It's not even just about the physical state of my current residence that has been the only negative thing. I feel like I have been going through some drastic changes in my personality and lifestyle that are both good and bad, but at the same time I have been dealing with some personal demons since mid-2014 after I decided to move back in with my folks after living with some roommates who are close friends for about five to six months.
The decision wasn't an easy one and it wasn't due to friction with my roommates. I wanted to move back in with my parents to save a bit more money to travel, buy a new car and a computer. I was paying a little over $600 for rent and electricity before I moved back which was actually not that much considering how expensive it is to live here in California.
Needles to say, I am now regretting that decision.
The negativity that has always been present in my life has gotten out of control and is getting worse by the day. For those of you who know me and my family, you know what the source of it is without having to think about it. In any case, the negative vibes in my household has dragged me down so much that I feel unmotivated, irritable, depressed (at times), angry and sad. It's always a relief when I can get out of the house for work or to hang out with friends to get away from the troubles at home. That's why I moved out in the first place: to start a new chapter in my life with new found freedom on my own.
But now I've realized that by distracting myself and then coming back to even worse negativity than before, I'm not only running away from my problems that need to be resolved, but I am also taking it with me unconsciously when I'm elsewhere other than the house. In turn, I feel like have been less open with my feelings and emotions towards people who matter. I feel like not only have I disconnected with my closest friends, but with myself as well. Everything that I used to be passionate about such as writing, playing video games for fun, reading and other things now just feel like another chore I don't want to deal with. Time and luck has not been kind to me recently, but I feel like that's more my fault than anything else
I feel like I have regressed a bit in my lifestyle and this shouldn't be happening at my age. I'm 31 years old with Bachelor of Science in Journalism that hasn't been put to valuable use yet and I'm still living with my folks. Don't get me wrong. I don't dislike my parents (well with the exception of one), but recently between my mom's current health situation, car problems, my erratic work schedule and other minor things that have added up in my life the past few weeks, it's been very difficult to remain positive and strong for so long. I've been putting things off and it has been overwhelming me where I feel like I'm drowning in an ocean of negative feelings. I haven't had anytime to absorb and reflect upon everything that has been happening until now.
However, not everything is so gloomy. The past few weeks has been a huge wake up call for me with all the bad luck that has been hovering over me recently. I am starting to see things much clearer now and that's what has been helping me cope with all these stressful situations that life has thrown my way. I actually sat down and typed a list of thing I want to do for the rest of 2014, 2015 and beyond. Call it my early New Year's Resolution bucket list. I talk about everything. Just the most important ones.
First and foremost, I have to get a new car. My white 1995 Buick Skylark overheated recently along with a slew of other problems that popped up shortly afterwards. I'm tired of putting money into an old car that's on it's last legs so I'm going to start looking for a Mazda or Nissan model at a price range I can afford. Secondly, I want to make an appointment for acquiring my passport. I've been wanting to travel overseas for so long now, but I keep being lazy about it. I'm planning on going on a trip to South Korea with one of my closest friends, Bonnie Baythavong from Texas (whose wedding I'm planning on attending) hopefully after next summer so getting that passport is a must. Thirdly, I want to start looking for a writing position that pays well; maybe something in the way of technical writing or a position as a columnist, reviewer or critic in gaming, music, movies and TV.
Speaking of gaming, like I said a few paragraphs ago, I feel like I have lost my passion for some of the things I enjoy in my life and gaming has been a big part of who I have become. I have accumulated a large library of games that I haven't even beaten or haven't played at all yet. I'm going to try and make more time to get back in touch with one of the things that has not only helped me grow as a competitive player, but as a person as well. I'll still be training and competing in games such as Ultra Street Fighter IV, Third Strike and the upcoming Super Smash Bros Wii U, but I will be making sure I don't lose sight of the fun factor and joy it breathes into my life.
Other things on my list of goals is to be better about saving up more money for essential necessities in my life such as the ones mentioned above as well for when I can find an affordable place to live one of these days again, Some concerts and events I want to attend (Wrestlemania 31, Nightwish, Freestyle Explosion, major gaming tournaments, etc), cleaning and organizing the house back to the way it used to be, writing more on a daily basis, educate myself through internet and library research on other important subjects I don't know a lot about and to start video blogging.
Last, but not least, I want to get back in touch and spend more time with the people who matter in my life; namely my family, my sister's husband's family and my closest friends who I have feel like I have distanced myself from both knowingly and unknowingly and for that I apologize. I just felt like I had to in order to focus on myself and do some deep soul-searching on where I'm headed for the rest of my life. Once again, I apologize to those I may or may not have hurt because of my non-responsive actions. I care about others deeply which I felt like has been both a blessing and a curse for the longest time. Recent events that have unfolded in my life has caused me to lose trust in people. Also I have become "friends" with too many people both online and offline that are more like acquaintances so I have decided I'm going to cut those people out who aren't really there for me when I need them the most or just ones who I rarely ever see. That doesn't include those live out of state or overseas since I keep in regular contact with them at events or online.
This has been a difficult process to reconnect, regroup and start a new chapter in my life that has gone awry for a while now with myself and others. I don't know what lies ahead in my future, but I'm going to make the most of it from here on out. I know I've preached the same mantra over and over again with some of you, but from now on my actions will speak very loudly this time. Less thinking, more doing and more happiness will be the theme for the rest of my life's story. One can only hope that I don't fall off the train this time.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
My EVO 2014 Performance
This year was my fifth time competing at Evolution in the
Street Fighter IV series and my first time competing at the event as a
sponsored player under Macro Micro Gaming.
I've done fairly well at EVO usually making it out of my pools and winning matches against competent, unknown and well-known players. However, I always come up short just outside of top 32 every time. I made it a point to end that curse this time around, but with close to 2,000 players competing in Ultra Street Fighter IV this year, this was easier said than done.
I've done fairly well at EVO usually making it out of my pools and winning matches against competent, unknown and well-known players. However, I always come up short just outside of top 32 every time. I made it a point to end that curse this time around, but with close to 2,000 players competing in Ultra Street Fighter IV this year, this was easier said than done.
The first opponent in my pool was none other than Carl White
a.k.a. FNATIC l Perfect Legend, a well-known top player in Mortal Kombat and
Injustice: Gods Among Us. He is also an accomplished Street Fighter IV player
since the original entry came out back in 2009 as one of the first recognizable
Akuma players for the first couple of years in the series. He has since then
switched to Yun which I was more than ready for since my teammate, Julio
Fuentes, is one of the best Yun players in the states whom I play against on a
weekly basis.
With my matchup experience against Yun embedded into my
head, I took down Perfect Legend 2-0 to advance in my pool. He did get some
rounds off of me in each match, but I stuck to my game plan of punishing his
air-airs, lack of proper defense and his overall reckless play-style to win the
set.
My second match was against someone named Edo. I don’t remember who he played as or how the
match went other than I quickly beat him 2-0.
What I do vividly remember is my third match against Sanford
Kelly, one of the top east coast players from the state of New York with one of
the best Sagats in the world.
Our bout was intense and down to the wire from beginning to
end. I was on match point in the second
and third match, but I couldn’t close it out due mostly to execution errors and
not teching a few key throws. I barely lost 2-1 and was sent to losers in the
third round of my pool. I wasn’t too upset about it since it was such a close
set against one of the best players in the states who regularly plays against
PIE l Zeus, one of the top east coast Vega players.
The tournament nerves got the best of me in that match, but
my narrow loss strangely gave me some more confidence against the rest of the
players in my pool. The last three players in my pool were Sang Le (C. Viper),
Ed l Justinxavier (Juri) and Sean Seal (Balrog). I defeated all three players
2-0 in succession to make it out of my pool in the losers bracket. I made it to
the quarter finals.
Sadly, my first match in quarter finals was my last as I
fell to Kentaro Nakamura a.k.a. “Misse,” one of the best Makoto players from
Japan. I had played against him in
casuals the day before, but I didn’t have a concrete grasp of his play-style
with Makoto. When I played him in the tournament, he quickly defeated me 2-0
with his surprisingly conservative strategy of building meter in the corner and
carefully picking his spots to rush in to dizzy me with two combos quickly
draining my life bar.
I was eliminated from EVO 2014 tying for top 256 out of
nearly 2,000 competitors.
The rest of the weekend I played casuals and money matches
against many players such as Rom, Ranmasama, Alex Valle, Joe Shyne, SRKUW l
Fawwaz, Tinshi, NGL l Brentt, Misse, Acqua, Velociraptor, UTJ, RPD l Alex
Smith, Thrillhouse and many others. I wish I could have done better at EVO
2014, but I don’t feel like I played terrible in retrospect. This was arguably
the toughest EVO to date with the most entrants in its history and there were
many great players who placed the same as I did or lower.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
To the newlyweds, Mimi and Ronnie Sarti
For those of you who don't know me, my names is Marcos and I am Michelle's "big" brother. I know I don't look much older than the bride, groom, the bridesmaids or groomsmen, but trust me I'm a fairly old man compared to these naive whippersnappers. Just kidding of course....sort of.
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for coming to Michelle and Ronnie’s wedding on this joyous day. Please give the newlyweds a big round of applause.
When I first met Ronnie, he reminded me of someone famous I’ve seen in several films. I mean, is it just me or doesn’t he look like a certain celebrity stud whose name rhymes with Colorado Broom? Just look at that stache! It reeks of Will Turner! But it’s ok. I can tolerate his elfish good looks since he plays Call of Duty and Skyrim on a regular basis. That and Michelle can tolerate it since she has watched me play video games since she was a newborn baby.
Seriously though, I couldn’t think of a better person than Ronnie as Michelle’s other half. I accepted you right off the bat when I first met you. Your cool, calm and collected nature compliments my sister’s vicious, short-tempered, doesn’t know when to shut up attitude. He also makes both her and our parents laugh which is a plus in my book.
Ronnie, I am extremely happy to call you my brother-in-law. Welcome to our crazy family. Just please don't change your mind and take up an acting career. You are fine the way you are.
Michelle. Oh, Michelle.
My baby demon princess of a sister whom I personally named after Michelle Pfieffer. Where do I begin with you?
From the moment I held you in my arms when you were born on April 23, 1992, I knew you were something special. Special in the sense that you were going to be one tough cookie to deal with as you grew up alongside your big bro.
I mean from haphazardly running around all over the place yelling and screaming at our parents because you didn't get your way or kicking, scratching and biting me for no reason only for your personal sick enjoyment, you never ceased to amaze and frustrate us with your rebellious antics from when you were three years old up until.....well right now actually.
Despite your rough behavior throughout all the years, however, I have always admired and sometimes was jealous of your positive qualities that I wish I could have exhibited when I was younger.
You were bold, fearless and were never afraid to speak your mind. You are very stubborn and full of pride, but you always stuck to your guns no matter what and you never changed for anyone but yourself. You still embody all these qualities to this day and that's not a bad thing.
Through both your strengths, weaknesses and experiences throughout your life, you have grown into a fine, young woman. You are kind, caring, loyal and you always stand up not only for own beliefs and morals, but for your friends and family as well. You have inspired me to not only to become a good brother, but a better person than I could have ever imagined. I don't know if I was there for you as much as I should have been as your big brother, but I know you have always have and continue to be there for me when I'm feeling down and out and for that I am eternally grateful.
You've been through tough times up to this point, but you have come out of those tumultuous moments a stronger person than I or anyone else could ever hope to be. I am so proud of you and what you have transformed into. I love you so much and now I am happy to call you my baby demon queen of a sister!
Congrats to both you and Ronnie on this blessed day. All of us who are here today, including Mama, who is watching from up above and smiling down on the two of you, wish you both nothing but everlasting happiness and unforgettable memories in the years to come in this brand new chapter in your lives. Cheers!
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for coming to Michelle and Ronnie’s wedding on this joyous day. Please give the newlyweds a big round of applause.
When I first met Ronnie, he reminded me of someone famous I’ve seen in several films. I mean, is it just me or doesn’t he look like a certain celebrity stud whose name rhymes with Colorado Broom? Just look at that stache! It reeks of Will Turner! But it’s ok. I can tolerate his elfish good looks since he plays Call of Duty and Skyrim on a regular basis. That and Michelle can tolerate it since she has watched me play video games since she was a newborn baby.
Seriously though, I couldn’t think of a better person than Ronnie as Michelle’s other half. I accepted you right off the bat when I first met you. Your cool, calm and collected nature compliments my sister’s vicious, short-tempered, doesn’t know when to shut up attitude. He also makes both her and our parents laugh which is a plus in my book.
Ronnie, I am extremely happy to call you my brother-in-law. Welcome to our crazy family. Just please don't change your mind and take up an acting career. You are fine the way you are.
Michelle. Oh, Michelle.
My baby demon princess of a sister whom I personally named after Michelle Pfieffer. Where do I begin with you?
From the moment I held you in my arms when you were born on April 23, 1992, I knew you were something special. Special in the sense that you were going to be one tough cookie to deal with as you grew up alongside your big bro.
I mean from haphazardly running around all over the place yelling and screaming at our parents because you didn't get your way or kicking, scratching and biting me for no reason only for your personal sick enjoyment, you never ceased to amaze and frustrate us with your rebellious antics from when you were three years old up until.....well right now actually.
Despite your rough behavior throughout all the years, however, I have always admired and sometimes was jealous of your positive qualities that I wish I could have exhibited when I was younger.
You were bold, fearless and were never afraid to speak your mind. You are very stubborn and full of pride, but you always stuck to your guns no matter what and you never changed for anyone but yourself. You still embody all these qualities to this day and that's not a bad thing.
Through both your strengths, weaknesses and experiences throughout your life, you have grown into a fine, young woman. You are kind, caring, loyal and you always stand up not only for own beliefs and morals, but for your friends and family as well. You have inspired me to not only to become a good brother, but a better person than I could have ever imagined. I don't know if I was there for you as much as I should have been as your big brother, but I know you have always have and continue to be there for me when I'm feeling down and out and for that I am eternally grateful.
You've been through tough times up to this point, but you have come out of those tumultuous moments a stronger person than I or anyone else could ever hope to be. I am so proud of you and what you have transformed into. I love you so much and now I am happy to call you my baby demon queen of a sister!
Congrats to both you and Ronnie on this blessed day. All of us who are here today, including Mama, who is watching from up above and smiling down on the two of you, wish you both nothing but everlasting happiness and unforgettable memories in the years to come in this brand new chapter in your lives. Cheers!
Friday, June 21, 2013
Assumptions and Judgement: I don't like it.
I usually don't post stuff like this, but I have to get it out since I don't like bottling things up.
One of my pet peeves: people assuming things about me when they don't even ask me personally. It truly offends me because I feel like they haven't even taken the time to get to know me before making that assumption. I feel like I'm being judged and I really don't need that at this point in my life. You either love me or hate me and that's that.
If you are a friend or an acquaintance of mine who I see on a regular basis and you are on my Facebook or Twitter, please if you have something to say about me, don't be afraid to chat it up. YOU added or accepted me for a reason, right? I put in the effort to socialize with via a call, text, chat room, a post, etc. I expect a response back. If you are too busy to respond, just let me know with a simple "I have to go," I'm busy at the moment," or "I'll talk to you later." It's not that hard, folks.
I can't promise I won't get angry, sad or happy, but there's always going to be pain and suffering for both parties involved. So don't do further damage to someone's character by keeping it to yourself or telling someone else. if you have a problem with me or you find something questionable regarding my being, please let me know. I'm not a mind reader and I'm still learning a lot about myself just like everyone else on this planet.
Then again, maybe I'm the one making the assumptions and I just don't realize it. In any case, this should apply to everyone and their relationships with friends and family. It makes dealing with life's other aspects a whole lot easier when issues like the ones I just mentioned are discussed, dissected and becomes water under the bridge towards building a less stressful and drama-free future.
Oh, and if I'm doing the same thing, I apologize in advance for any pain I might have caused. Please call me on it face-to-face before it blows up out of proportion. I don't like hurting people unintentionally without my knowing.
That's my rant for tonight. Hopefully my next post will be a lot more positive and cheerful than this one.
One of my pet peeves: people assuming things about me when they don't even ask me personally. It truly offends me because I feel like they haven't even taken the time to get to know me before making that assumption. I feel like I'm being judged and I really don't need that at this point in my life. You either love me or hate me and that's that.
If you are a friend or an acquaintance of mine who I see on a regular basis and you are on my Facebook or Twitter, please if you have something to say about me, don't be afraid to chat it up. YOU added or accepted me for a reason, right? I put in the effort to socialize with via a call, text, chat room, a post, etc. I expect a response back. If you are too busy to respond, just let me know with a simple "I have to go," I'm busy at the moment," or "I'll talk to you later." It's not that hard, folks.
I can't promise I won't get angry, sad or happy, but there's always going to be pain and suffering for both parties involved. So don't do further damage to someone's character by keeping it to yourself or telling someone else. if you have a problem with me or you find something questionable regarding my being, please let me know. I'm not a mind reader and I'm still learning a lot about myself just like everyone else on this planet.
Then again, maybe I'm the one making the assumptions and I just don't realize it. In any case, this should apply to everyone and their relationships with friends and family. It makes dealing with life's other aspects a whole lot easier when issues like the ones I just mentioned are discussed, dissected and becomes water under the bridge towards building a less stressful and drama-free future.
Oh, and if I'm doing the same thing, I apologize in advance for any pain I might have caused. Please call me on it face-to-face before it blows up out of proportion. I don't like hurting people unintentionally without my knowing.
That's my rant for tonight. Hopefully my next post will be a lot more positive and cheerful than this one.
Friday, January 4, 2013
MGL VERSUS: Weekly SSFIV: AE 2012 Results and preparation for SoCal Regionals
Hello, folks. Last night we had a quite a few people show up at Milpitas Golfland for a decent sized SSFIV: AE 2012 session and tournament.
SSIV: AE 2012 Top 8 (25 entrants)
1. Kelvin "Mak Daddy" Jeon (Makoto)
2. Kimo Pamintuan (Hakan)
3. Haaris Abbasi (Ryu)
4. Marcos "El Cubano Loco" Blanco (Claw)
5. Geoffrey "Uuyupop" Yoon (Guy)
5. Rocky (Cody)
7. Julio Fuentes (Yun)
7. Brian "BJ" Jeon (Cody)
Kelvin has been on fire as of late with his patented Makoto play earning his second straight tournament victory. Kimo tore through the brackets and had a reset in grand finals against Kelvin which made for a hype finale; earning him a much deserved second place finish. Both players have shown with hard work, determination and showing very little emotion that they have what it takes to make it to the top.
I ended up getting fourth place as you can see from the above results which is ok. I ended up losing Kelvin in a close set (2-1) and got destroyed by Haaris' old-school Ryu gameplay (2-0). Haaris did a weird ambiguous setup on me which made me block the right way and blew up my crouch tech with an EX Tatsu after catching my bad jump-in when I had the lead with j.mp>U1. It got into my head which made me not want to crouch tech in the subsequent rounds and he blew me up with throws which garnered him a 2-0 victory over me. I've beaten him many times in the past, but this was his first time beating me convincingly as well as against Geoffrey's Guy.
Needles to say, I was not pleased.
Now, Socal Regionals in Irvine, CA is coming up two weeks from today. I wanted to attend the past three, but couldn't because of work and lack of funds at the time. Not the case this year thankfully. I'll be attending SoCal Regionals with Khiry "Kurokiba" Crawford, my bud Cisco Resendes and possibly some other people who will room with us.
I've been trying to get in as much practice as I can for this event with the best players here in Norcal. I feel like I have something to prove when I participate in this event since I consider SoCal to have the best players when it comes to fighting games. My goal is to at least make top 32 or top 16 and work from there. I have been trying to get as many sessions and spend time in training mode as much as possible all while working full time at the same time. It's difficult, but hopefully I should do well once SCR rolls around.
And not just me. I want everyone from NorCal who is going to this event to step their game up and do well at this event. We've always had a huge rivalry with SoCal and they are usually the better players. With that being said, I have that we have the stronger player base as of late when it come to both AE 2012 and UMVC3. Let's go and show SoCal we are not free!
SSIV: AE 2012 Top 8 (25 entrants)
1. Kelvin "Mak Daddy" Jeon (Makoto)
2. Kimo Pamintuan (Hakan)
3. Haaris Abbasi (Ryu)
4. Marcos "El Cubano Loco" Blanco (Claw)
5. Geoffrey "Uuyupop" Yoon (Guy)
5. Rocky (Cody)
7. Julio Fuentes (Yun)
7. Brian "BJ" Jeon (Cody)
Kelvin has been on fire as of late with his patented Makoto play earning his second straight tournament victory. Kimo tore through the brackets and had a reset in grand finals against Kelvin which made for a hype finale; earning him a much deserved second place finish. Both players have shown with hard work, determination and showing very little emotion that they have what it takes to make it to the top.
I ended up getting fourth place as you can see from the above results which is ok. I ended up losing Kelvin in a close set (2-1) and got destroyed by Haaris' old-school Ryu gameplay (2-0). Haaris did a weird ambiguous setup on me which made me block the right way and blew up my crouch tech with an EX Tatsu after catching my bad jump-in when I had the lead with j.mp>U1. It got into my head which made me not want to crouch tech in the subsequent rounds and he blew me up with throws which garnered him a 2-0 victory over me. I've beaten him many times in the past, but this was his first time beating me convincingly as well as against Geoffrey's Guy.
Needles to say, I was not pleased.
Now, Socal Regionals in Irvine, CA is coming up two weeks from today. I wanted to attend the past three, but couldn't because of work and lack of funds at the time. Not the case this year thankfully. I'll be attending SoCal Regionals with Khiry "Kurokiba" Crawford, my bud Cisco Resendes and possibly some other people who will room with us.
I've been trying to get in as much practice as I can for this event with the best players here in Norcal. I feel like I have something to prove when I participate in this event since I consider SoCal to have the best players when it comes to fighting games. My goal is to at least make top 32 or top 16 and work from there. I have been trying to get as many sessions and spend time in training mode as much as possible all while working full time at the same time. It's difficult, but hopefully I should do well once SCR rolls around.
And not just me. I want everyone from NorCal who is going to this event to step their game up and do well at this event. We've always had a huge rivalry with SoCal and they are usually the better players. With that being said, I have that we have the stronger player base as of late when it come to both AE 2012 and UMVC3. Let's go and show SoCal we are not free!
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
My SSFIV: AE 2012 Tier List and my personal worst Claw match-ups
Hello, everyone. Here's my AE 2012 tier list. Thanks to Nacer for the inspiration to write a short post about this.
S: Cammy, Adon, Fei Long
A: Akuma, Ryu, Seth, C. Viper, Yun, Sakura
B: Rufus, Zangief, Makoto, Ibuki, Claw, Dictator, Boxer, Sagat, Ken, Honda, Cody, Abel
C: Gen, Guy, Yang, Rose, Gouken, Dhalsim, Blanka, Guile, Oni, E. Ryu, Chun-Li, El Fuerte, Juri
D: Dee Jay, Dudley, Hakan, T. Hawk, Dan
Personally, I feel my worst match-ups are definitely Cammy, Gen, Akuma and Honda. I also feel like sometimes a really good Guile or Dictator player beats Claw a lot as well, although I think they are mostly even compared to the top four I just mentioned.
I have seem to hit a wall against Cammy and Gen with Claw so I might start counter-picking with Dictator. He was my secondary in Vanilla SFIV and lately I have been playing him in training mode, in casuals and at a couple of the local tournaments as of late. My confidence in playing Dic is getting better by the day so hopefully I can bust him out more often if my Claw isn't doing so well on certain dasy or in certain character or player match-ups I have trouble with.
I'll still be mostly playing with Claw since I'm the most comfortable with him in almost every match-up. There is still room for improvement with my Claw play as well.
S: Cammy, Adon, Fei Long
A: Akuma, Ryu, Seth, C. Viper, Yun, Sakura
B: Rufus, Zangief, Makoto, Ibuki, Claw, Dictator, Boxer, Sagat, Ken, Honda, Cody, Abel
C: Gen, Guy, Yang, Rose, Gouken, Dhalsim, Blanka, Guile, Oni, E. Ryu, Chun-Li, El Fuerte, Juri
D: Dee Jay, Dudley, Hakan, T. Hawk, Dan
Personally, I feel my worst match-ups are definitely Cammy, Gen, Akuma and Honda. I also feel like sometimes a really good Guile or Dictator player beats Claw a lot as well, although I think they are mostly even compared to the top four I just mentioned.
I have seem to hit a wall against Cammy and Gen with Claw so I might start counter-picking with Dictator. He was my secondary in Vanilla SFIV and lately I have been playing him in training mode, in casuals and at a couple of the local tournaments as of late. My confidence in playing Dic is getting better by the day so hopefully I can bust him out more often if my Claw isn't doing so well on certain dasy or in certain character or player match-ups I have trouble with.
I'll still be mostly playing with Claw since I'm the most comfortable with him in almost every match-up. There is still room for improvement with my Claw play as well.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Play Hard
Hello, folks! Back again for another blog post!
So......I've been on a good high on life as of late. Been going out more often than usual due to the sheer amount of birthdays and house parties that have been popping up around the Bay Area since last month and continuing into this crazy month of October. I'll be going to my record seventh b-day bash tomorrow night at my co-worker Cisco's place in Santa Clara which should be a blast with plenty of booze and gaming to satisfy everyone.
Hmmm...sounds a lot like this past weekend....
Anyway, in other awesome news, I got second place overall in the fifth season of the Southtown Arcade Ranbats for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012. First place went to Harrison Young of Starbase Arcade fame with his strong Cody play and third went to my good friend and rival, Long "LPN" Nguyen playing mostly with Cammy and Adon throughout the entire season.http://www.southtownarcade.com/archives/684
This is the highest I've ever placed in a ranbat season so I'm extremely happy with this accomplishment. Two of the tournaments I went to in San Francisco I would lose my first match only to run it all the way back through losers to either get second or third which was no easy feat. I learned more about spacing, positioning and playing under pressure more so than any other ranbat I've attended.
Oh, and I got first place for the first time at the last Southtown Ranbat of the season which was the start of my recent high on life and it hasn't stopped. Hopefully I can finally win my first Thursday Night Throwdown later this week. It would be a huge confidence booster going into the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Qualifier in L.A. next weekend. I will be competing in both Street Fighter 3: Third Strike and AE 2012 so wish me luck on my training and success. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx_p5P_twwQ
So......I've been on a good high on life as of late. Been going out more often than usual due to the sheer amount of birthdays and house parties that have been popping up around the Bay Area since last month and continuing into this crazy month of October. I'll be going to my record seventh b-day bash tomorrow night at my co-worker Cisco's place in Santa Clara which should be a blast with plenty of booze and gaming to satisfy everyone.
Hmmm...sounds a lot like this past weekend....
Anyway, in other awesome news, I got second place overall in the fifth season of the Southtown Arcade Ranbats for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012. First place went to Harrison Young of Starbase Arcade fame with his strong Cody play and third went to my good friend and rival, Long "LPN" Nguyen playing mostly with Cammy and Adon throughout the entire season.http://www.southtownarcade.com/archives/684
This is the highest I've ever placed in a ranbat season so I'm extremely happy with this accomplishment. Two of the tournaments I went to in San Francisco I would lose my first match only to run it all the way back through losers to either get second or third which was no easy feat. I learned more about spacing, positioning and playing under pressure more so than any other ranbat I've attended.
Oh, and I got first place for the first time at the last Southtown Ranbat of the season which was the start of my recent high on life and it hasn't stopped. Hopefully I can finally win my first Thursday Night Throwdown later this week. It would be a huge confidence booster going into the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Qualifier in L.A. next weekend. I will be competing in both Street Fighter 3: Third Strike and AE 2012 so wish me luck on my training and success. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx_p5P_twwQ
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Little Red Corvette
Hi, folks. It's been an extremely long time since I've written my last blog post. 2010 was the last time I had written something, right? Yes. That was the year.
A lot has happened in my life since I wrote about going to a video game tournament in Davis, CA, getting a parking citation and my mom looking for work. I'm nearly 30 years old now, my mom who just turned the big 50, is working temporary jobs through an agency that finds work for her all around northern California, my now 20 year-old sister, Michelle, just got engaged to her wonderful fiancee a few months ago at Disneyland in Anaheim and the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A's are doing fantastic in the current baseball season. Oh, and I graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism in May 2010!
Of course, a lot more has happened since my last update, but it's nearly 2:30 a.m. and I am beat. Just thought I'd at least get going with this blogging thing again. Have to make good use of my degree, right? I'll share more of my thoughts about the past two years as well as what is currently going on in my present world.
Going to listen to a few more Prince songs before calling it a night. Cream sounds really good right now.
A lot has happened in my life since I wrote about going to a video game tournament in Davis, CA, getting a parking citation and my mom looking for work. I'm nearly 30 years old now, my mom who just turned the big 50, is working temporary jobs through an agency that finds work for her all around northern California, my now 20 year-old sister, Michelle, just got engaged to her wonderful fiancee a few months ago at Disneyland in Anaheim and the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A's are doing fantastic in the current baseball season. Oh, and I graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism in May 2010!
Of course, a lot more has happened since my last update, but it's nearly 2:30 a.m. and I am beat. Just thought I'd at least get going with this blogging thing again. Have to make good use of my degree, right? I'll share more of my thoughts about the past two years as well as what is currently going on in my present world.
Going to listen to a few more Prince songs before calling it a night. Cream sounds really good right now.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Frisbee pain, mom getting her old job back and more
So I played Frisbee this past Friday night with some Whole Foods co-workers after we closed. Mind you, I hadn't played Frisbee since I was a young lad so I thought it would be fun to relive some nice memories of awesome times at Mezes Park in Redwood City.
Sure enough, I had a lot fun playing Frisbee in the parking lot of the church that was right next to Whole Foods, It was familiar, yet refreshing at the same time.
However, my body has been so sore since that night. I don't think it's ever been this sore. I don't exercise much since I'm already pretty skinny, but now it seems like I should start. Every time I bend over, my legs hurt and the muscles in my ass feel like they're about to pop out! All that running around in the parking lot really did a number on me. I should seriously stretch more before or after an impromptu workout like that.
On another not, my mome who has been unemployed since last April, is getting a temp job at her old workplace today! I'm so happy for her right now and I hope the position becomes permanent. It's been a really rough year for her and I hope getting her old job back for good will give her peace of mind.
So what's in store for me? Well, it looks like I'm going to start contributing some articles to the popular NorCal fighting game website, iplaywinner.com! I'm going to satart off writing some macthup articles for my main character, Vega/Claw. I'm so excited for this opportunity because this is what I really want to do and I'm sure I'll get a lot of experience out of this.
I'll also be going to SSF4 tourney in San Rafael again at the Starbase Arcade titled the "North Bay Celebration" this Sunday. Should be a fun one as always.
Oh, and I'll be getting my Journalism diploma next month! I'll be celebrating that whole week since I'll officially have a degree in my hands!
Until next time, take care and God bless.
Sure enough, I had a lot fun playing Frisbee in the parking lot of the church that was right next to Whole Foods, It was familiar, yet refreshing at the same time.
However, my body has been so sore since that night. I don't think it's ever been this sore. I don't exercise much since I'm already pretty skinny, but now it seems like I should start. Every time I bend over, my legs hurt and the muscles in my ass feel like they're about to pop out! All that running around in the parking lot really did a number on me. I should seriously stretch more before or after an impromptu workout like that.
On another not, my mome who has been unemployed since last April, is getting a temp job at her old workplace today! I'm so happy for her right now and I hope the position becomes permanent. It's been a really rough year for her and I hope getting her old job back for good will give her peace of mind.
So what's in store for me? Well, it looks like I'm going to start contributing some articles to the popular NorCal fighting game website, iplaywinner.com! I'm going to satart off writing some macthup articles for my main character, Vega/Claw. I'm so excited for this opportunity because this is what I really want to do and I'm sure I'll get a lot of experience out of this.
I'll also be going to SSF4 tourney in San Rafael again at the Starbase Arcade titled the "North Bay Celebration" this Sunday. Should be a fun one as always.
Oh, and I'll be getting my Journalism diploma next month! I'll be celebrating that whole week since I'll officially have a degree in my hands!
Until next time, take care and God bless.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Super Street Fighter IV tourney in Davis, parking citation and Scott Pilgrim!
So me and my friend Raphal Garcia aka "Sikwidit510" went to Drom's Comics & Cards in Davis, CA this past Saturday (I know it's hella far especially considering I live in Sunnyvale) for yet another Super Street Fighter IV tourney (SSFIV for the unitiated). I had never been to the tournies held at Drom's before and I always heard good things about it so Ralph and I decided to make the almost two hour road trip to Davis to compete. Besides, now that I've "graduated" from San Jose State (more on that in a later blog), I feel like I have a bit more freedom to travel to new places which I love doing.
We left early in the morning around 10:30 am and arrived at our destination a little bit after 12:00 pm. Once we got in, me and Raph played a few casual matches with some of the people who got there before we did to warm oursleves up before the tourney got underway at 2:00 pm.
We stopped playing casuals at one point to chill out and relax. As more people started pouring in, I decided to grab something to eat at a nearby Subway to help maintain my focus. Trust me when I say having something to eat before competing in fighting game tourney goes a long way if competing at Evo for the first time this year taught me anything.
At this point, more and more familiar people I've seen in past tournies started to show up and started playing casual matches on the PS3s that were setup to get some practice in.Well known top Nor Cal players Larry S., lilsicx, Sean "200yen" Pak, Jack "Masarap" Waller, Allen "Youtube Cammy" Cheng, Hiro, "Pieguy" (don't know his real name yet), Parker "Slompo" Butynski, Leoncio Martin, Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez, Tinh Ngo, Vance "Vangief" Wu, Chris "Crizzle" Scott and Ricky Ortiz were in the building to compete.
The tourney actually started after 3:00 pm since some players called in to say they were going to show up a little bit late. My first match was against a Rose player named Kevin. He got a round on me in the first match which I kind of sand-bagged just to see how he played. He did a good job of zoning me and getting me with some of Rose's improved normals in this game. The start of the second round began with him hitting me with a combo into a Super giving him a good lead. That's when I turned up the aggression since he didn't have any more meter to work which put him in a bad spot. I easily took the second and third round which netted me the first match (this is best two out three macthes by the way which standard tourney format).
When the second match began, I could already tell he was scared and didn't know what to do against my character which is Vega/Claw. I took advantage of that to take the second match easily, perfecting him in the second round.
My next match was against "Youtube Cammy" who I've beaten before in past tournies and this time it was no different. I think Allen only got one round on me in the first match with his Cammy, but that was about it. I beat him two matches straight to advance.
Third match was against top Nor Cal player "Filipino Champ" who is one of the best Dhalsim players in the country and whom I consider one of my rivals I have yet to beat in a tourney. In past tournies, I wasn't even able to get a round off him. This time the result was the same, but I did a much better job than in the past.
Ryan beat me two rounds straight to win the first match using his excellent zoning which he is both famous and infamous for with Sim. I had to dig deep down inside because I really didn't want to lose two matches straight to him again. I decided to play a little more agressive than I usually do against him and kept him guessing along the way which got me the first round on him. Ryan got me in the second round. The third and final round of the second match was intense and down to the wire, but I managed to actually win the second match by knockin him down in the corner and throwing him for the second match victory!
The third and final match of the set was intense as well, but Ryan ended up beating me yet again due to huge punishment opportunities I didn't capitalize on. I'll admit the tourney pressure against a top player on a live stream got to me. However, I wasn't disappointed with my performance at all since I actually got a match on him and I could tell he was shaken before and after he won. I'm not fucking free, Ryan!
So now I'm in the loser's bracket and my next match was against Hiro, who is considered by many to have one of the best Blankas in the country which I won't argue against since he places high in tournies with that character. Me and Hiro have played against each other multiple times in tournies with me usually coming out the victor since I know a lot about the Blanka matchup with Vega.
However, this time he didn't play Blanka for a change against me. To be honest, this isn't the first time he's done this in a tourney which some players find rather odd since Blanka is his main. This time he switched things up and picked Hakan against my Vega.
This was going to be interesting.
I took the first round from Hiro easily by outpoking and using EX wall dives to punish him whenever he put the oil on. He got me the second round with some gimmicks I hadn't seen before with Hakan so I was pleasantly surprised and impressed. However, the third round of the first match did not go his way and I took the last round and the match.
For the second match, he picked Abel which is supposed to be a bad matchup for Vega although it's not as bad as it was in Vanilla SFIV. We both took a round from each other, but Hiro took the second match from in the end.
The third match I decided to be more agressive since Abel doesn't have a lot of answers against Vega's superior poking game. I took the third match from Hiro and advanced into top eight which is always my goal in every tourney I compete in.
For my next match, I went up against Tinh Ngo who used to play Sagat in Vanilla, but is now playing Rufus. I used to hate this matchup a lot, but I've fought so many Rufus players that I know it pretty well by now. Tinh even admitted before the match that he didn't know how to beat a good Vega since good Vega players are a rarity in Nor Cal. With that in mind, I basically felt like I could whatever I wanted to do and I beat Tinh two games straight. He almost had me in the first round of the first match, but he whiffed Ultra 1 on me and I punished accordingly with Ultra 2. After that, things went my way smoothly and I advanced in loser's once again.
My next macth was up against "200yen," a top Sagat player from Davis. We've had a tournament history as well. The first time we went at it was at a Munchie's tourney in Suisun in grand finals back in Vanilla where he beat me even though I gave him a run for his money. Sean barely beat me in another one after that a few months later when Super came out and then I finally beat him a month later in loser's in a subsequent tourney.
At this point, I'm feeling comfortable going up against his Sagat, especially since the character was nerfed and Vega got buffed. I also know that he still doesn't know the Vega matchup that well adn I know the Sagat matchup like the back of my hand. I beat Sean two games straight, perfecting him in the last round with two high damage EX walldive combos, a jump-back firece instant overhead and a jump-in Scarlett Terror combo. That made me very happy. The icing on the cake was that it was all streamed!
So my next match was none other than Ricky Ortiz who surprisingly got sent to loser's by Pieguy who in my opinion has the best E. Honda in Nor Cal. I won't go into the details of this match other than I lost real bad to Ricky's Chun-Li. I felt like I couldn't do anything against him. This was my second time facing him in a tourney and I got bodied once again. It was no surprise, really.
So I ended up getting fourth place out of 32 players which I was happy with and Ricky, to no one's surprise, took first place defeating Ryan's Sim and Seth in grand finals with Chun-Li and Rufus. After the tourney, me and Raph went to Jack in the Box to grab a quick bite and head back to my car.
What the fuck?! A parking citation on my window?! Fucking bullshit! To be fair, I didn't check around for any signs that had a limit for how long I can park my car. I just saw a sign for "Public Parking" and that was it. It wasn't until I got back and saw a small sign for "2 Hour Parking" on a wall in the parking lot. The damage? Only $40 so it wasn't too bad.
After I dropped off Raph in San Lorenzo, I went straight to AMC Mercado to watch "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" with my friend Jennifer, her sister Natalie and her boyfriend Eric.
I love this movie! I never read the comics, but I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end with all the video game references being thrown and with great acting all around. Yes, even Michael Cera does a superb job as the title character despite always being criticized for playing the same roles in every movie he's in. Elizabeth Mary Winstead also stands out for her role as Scott Pilgrim's love interest Ramona Flowers as well as Ellen Wong as the clingy and stalkerish, yet lovebable Knives Chau.
If you're a video game aficionado such as myself, your geek meter will go through the roof with all the video game references throughout the film. Everything from Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and even Final Fantasy is mentioned in one form or another. Heck, even the Universal Pictures theme at the beginning was done with 8-bit music! I just want to and see this film again just to see if I can spot any references I missed alone.
How's the action? Fresh and entertaining would be the two best words to describe action scenes between Scott Pilgrim and the seven evil exes he must participate in epic battles with to win Ramona's heart. The way the action plays out seems like it would come straight out of a "Mega Man" game which was awesome to say the least.
"Scott Pligrim vs. The World" is one of the better action/comedy/romance films I've seen in a long time. I was never bored during the viewing of this film. My friends, even though they're not big video game fans, had a blast wathing this movie as well. So, whether you have read the comics or not or have, I highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good action/comedy (the romance is thin actually). You won't be disappointed.
Well, that was my weekend. I can only hope for better things to come. My next blog will be up sooner than this one. Sorry it was hella late. Catch you all very soon!
We left early in the morning around 10:30 am and arrived at our destination a little bit after 12:00 pm. Once we got in, me and Raph played a few casual matches with some of the people who got there before we did to warm oursleves up before the tourney got underway at 2:00 pm.
We stopped playing casuals at one point to chill out and relax. As more people started pouring in, I decided to grab something to eat at a nearby Subway to help maintain my focus. Trust me when I say having something to eat before competing in fighting game tourney goes a long way if competing at Evo for the first time this year taught me anything.
At this point, more and more familiar people I've seen in past tournies started to show up and started playing casual matches on the PS3s that were setup to get some practice in.Well known top Nor Cal players Larry S., lilsicx, Sean "200yen" Pak, Jack "Masarap" Waller, Allen "Youtube Cammy" Cheng, Hiro, "Pieguy" (don't know his real name yet), Parker "Slompo" Butynski, Leoncio Martin, Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez, Tinh Ngo, Vance "Vangief" Wu, Chris "Crizzle" Scott and Ricky Ortiz were in the building to compete.
The tourney actually started after 3:00 pm since some players called in to say they were going to show up a little bit late. My first match was against a Rose player named Kevin. He got a round on me in the first match which I kind of sand-bagged just to see how he played. He did a good job of zoning me and getting me with some of Rose's improved normals in this game. The start of the second round began with him hitting me with a combo into a Super giving him a good lead. That's when I turned up the aggression since he didn't have any more meter to work which put him in a bad spot. I easily took the second and third round which netted me the first match (this is best two out three macthes by the way which standard tourney format).
When the second match began, I could already tell he was scared and didn't know what to do against my character which is Vega/Claw. I took advantage of that to take the second match easily, perfecting him in the second round.
My next match was against "Youtube Cammy" who I've beaten before in past tournies and this time it was no different. I think Allen only got one round on me in the first match with his Cammy, but that was about it. I beat him two matches straight to advance.
Third match was against top Nor Cal player "Filipino Champ" who is one of the best Dhalsim players in the country and whom I consider one of my rivals I have yet to beat in a tourney. In past tournies, I wasn't even able to get a round off him. This time the result was the same, but I did a much better job than in the past.
Ryan beat me two rounds straight to win the first match using his excellent zoning which he is both famous and infamous for with Sim. I had to dig deep down inside because I really didn't want to lose two matches straight to him again. I decided to play a little more agressive than I usually do against him and kept him guessing along the way which got me the first round on him. Ryan got me in the second round. The third and final round of the second match was intense and down to the wire, but I managed to actually win the second match by knockin him down in the corner and throwing him for the second match victory!
The third and final match of the set was intense as well, but Ryan ended up beating me yet again due to huge punishment opportunities I didn't capitalize on. I'll admit the tourney pressure against a top player on a live stream got to me. However, I wasn't disappointed with my performance at all since I actually got a match on him and I could tell he was shaken before and after he won. I'm not fucking free, Ryan!
So now I'm in the loser's bracket and my next match was against Hiro, who is considered by many to have one of the best Blankas in the country which I won't argue against since he places high in tournies with that character. Me and Hiro have played against each other multiple times in tournies with me usually coming out the victor since I know a lot about the Blanka matchup with Vega.
However, this time he didn't play Blanka for a change against me. To be honest, this isn't the first time he's done this in a tourney which some players find rather odd since Blanka is his main. This time he switched things up and picked Hakan against my Vega.
This was going to be interesting.
I took the first round from Hiro easily by outpoking and using EX wall dives to punish him whenever he put the oil on. He got me the second round with some gimmicks I hadn't seen before with Hakan so I was pleasantly surprised and impressed. However, the third round of the first match did not go his way and I took the last round and the match.
For the second match, he picked Abel which is supposed to be a bad matchup for Vega although it's not as bad as it was in Vanilla SFIV. We both took a round from each other, but Hiro took the second match from in the end.
The third match I decided to be more agressive since Abel doesn't have a lot of answers against Vega's superior poking game. I took the third match from Hiro and advanced into top eight which is always my goal in every tourney I compete in.
For my next match, I went up against Tinh Ngo who used to play Sagat in Vanilla, but is now playing Rufus. I used to hate this matchup a lot, but I've fought so many Rufus players that I know it pretty well by now. Tinh even admitted before the match that he didn't know how to beat a good Vega since good Vega players are a rarity in Nor Cal. With that in mind, I basically felt like I could whatever I wanted to do and I beat Tinh two games straight. He almost had me in the first round of the first match, but he whiffed Ultra 1 on me and I punished accordingly with Ultra 2. After that, things went my way smoothly and I advanced in loser's once again.
My next macth was up against "200yen," a top Sagat player from Davis. We've had a tournament history as well. The first time we went at it was at a Munchie's tourney in Suisun in grand finals back in Vanilla where he beat me even though I gave him a run for his money. Sean barely beat me in another one after that a few months later when Super came out and then I finally beat him a month later in loser's in a subsequent tourney.
At this point, I'm feeling comfortable going up against his Sagat, especially since the character was nerfed and Vega got buffed. I also know that he still doesn't know the Vega matchup that well adn I know the Sagat matchup like the back of my hand. I beat Sean two games straight, perfecting him in the last round with two high damage EX walldive combos, a jump-back firece instant overhead and a jump-in Scarlett Terror combo. That made me very happy. The icing on the cake was that it was all streamed!
So my next match was none other than Ricky Ortiz who surprisingly got sent to loser's by Pieguy who in my opinion has the best E. Honda in Nor Cal. I won't go into the details of this match other than I lost real bad to Ricky's Chun-Li. I felt like I couldn't do anything against him. This was my second time facing him in a tourney and I got bodied once again. It was no surprise, really.
So I ended up getting fourth place out of 32 players which I was happy with and Ricky, to no one's surprise, took first place defeating Ryan's Sim and Seth in grand finals with Chun-Li and Rufus. After the tourney, me and Raph went to Jack in the Box to grab a quick bite and head back to my car.
What the fuck?! A parking citation on my window?! Fucking bullshit! To be fair, I didn't check around for any signs that had a limit for how long I can park my car. I just saw a sign for "Public Parking" and that was it. It wasn't until I got back and saw a small sign for "2 Hour Parking" on a wall in the parking lot. The damage? Only $40 so it wasn't too bad.
After I dropped off Raph in San Lorenzo, I went straight to AMC Mercado to watch "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" with my friend Jennifer, her sister Natalie and her boyfriend Eric.
I love this movie! I never read the comics, but I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end with all the video game references being thrown and with great acting all around. Yes, even Michael Cera does a superb job as the title character despite always being criticized for playing the same roles in every movie he's in. Elizabeth Mary Winstead also stands out for her role as Scott Pilgrim's love interest Ramona Flowers as well as Ellen Wong as the clingy and stalkerish, yet lovebable Knives Chau.
If you're a video game aficionado such as myself, your geek meter will go through the roof with all the video game references throughout the film. Everything from Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and even Final Fantasy is mentioned in one form or another. Heck, even the Universal Pictures theme at the beginning was done with 8-bit music! I just want to and see this film again just to see if I can spot any references I missed alone.
How's the action? Fresh and entertaining would be the two best words to describe action scenes between Scott Pilgrim and the seven evil exes he must participate in epic battles with to win Ramona's heart. The way the action plays out seems like it would come straight out of a "Mega Man" game which was awesome to say the least.
"Scott Pligrim vs. The World" is one of the better action/comedy/romance films I've seen in a long time. I was never bored during the viewing of this film. My friends, even though they're not big video game fans, had a blast wathing this movie as well. So, whether you have read the comics or not or have, I highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good action/comedy (the romance is thin actually). You won't be disappointed.
Well, that was my weekend. I can only hope for better things to come. My next blog will be up sooner than this one. Sorry it was hella late. Catch you all very soon!
Monday, August 16, 2010
So here goes nothing!
Hi, everyone. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Marcos Blanco and this will be my first post to start off my blog. I'll try to keep it updated reguarly since I've been wanting to do this for a long time now. I figured I might as well put wrting skills to good use and improve upon them in the process. Aslo, I like to create interesting discussions with people so this will be a good outlet for me to talk about various topics and to keep myself informed about many things going on around me.
Fuck! This sounds so boring. More to come later. I'm off to watch a couple of Disney movies with the sis and play some 360. Catch you all later (well no followers yet).
I know this wasn't very informative for my first post, but stay tuned. I promise I'll keep it interesting. Distractions tend to pop up from time to time for me.
Fuck! This sounds so boring. More to come later. I'm off to watch a couple of Disney movies with the sis and play some 360. Catch you all later (well no followers yet).
I know this wasn't very informative for my first post, but stay tuned. I promise I'll keep it interesting. Distractions tend to pop up from time to time for me.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)