I was doing pretty well keeping this blog filled with a new post every week. That is, until recently. I can't say much has happened worth writing about and I especially haven't done any video related work. So, just to fill up this space a bit and move my sucky previous entry out of plain sight I'm making a nonsensical post. I'll just mention a few things that are FG related.

The next Drakenslag.com tournament is scheduled to happen this saturday in Utrecht. Read about it here. It has a whopping 39 entries. I'm hoping some people don't show up because the venue is very tiny and I'm worried it won't be able to house that many players. Either way, some ppl won't be able to watch the finals. Also, with the 3 games, I'm going to have to run a pretty tight ship in order to finish within a reasonable timeframe.

Three big combo videos were shown at Evo this year and I was credited in two of them. That is a huge ego stroker for me and I really appreciate their appreciation. Majestros' multi-game guile video is one of the few 60 fps combo videos out there, and I can proudly say I helped make that possible. As for the content, I have to say it was truly innovative. The bonus stage infinite combos were an eye opener for me. It just showed me how not creative I am. The editing gave it an all-business look. No fancy transitions and useless clutter, just crazy crazy combos.

Inventive Flow made a video called Variable Atmosphere that showed some of the lesser understood and, to me, totally unknown sides of the MvC2 engine. It ended with a very impressive 3-character combo that I can not begin to understand how it works. The 3D Kobun rush at the end has to be historic. I've never seen anything like it before.

Desk showed his Vid of Dreams which again showed me how little I know. I'm not a FG veteran in the sense that I've only truly been interested in game mechanics and the science of fighting-games since a year or three. Games like ST and older SF's have stayed below my radar for a long time. VoD introduced the apparently region specific floating character glitch, which results in never before seen combos. I particularly liked the dissection of the SNES version of A2. The editing was slick and very creative making it an experience unto itself.

Dudes been goin crazy yo! That's my way of introducing Evo as a topic. A lot of stuff went down at Evo2k7 and I'm really sorry I couldn't go. Something about an ocean in between. I tried to keep up with what was going on while it was happening using the first ever Evo live stream. Perliminaries were broadcast without much indication of who was playing, but the live chatting made me feel like I was part of something bigger. The cherry on top had to be the Justin v John 5 game money-match. You can still watch it all here. I was really impressed by John Choi's 3S play, since I had never seen him play that game before. CvS2 was really close. I didn't expect John to play Guile, but it worked out well for him. The exact same goes for Justin playing Chun. I want to see more of his Chun, since I hear it's really good.

Anything else happen? Let me think. No, that's it. Hope to have something more substantial next time.