Friday, March 13th: Final Round, Fight!
The final round in The Escapist's Street Fighter IV Throwdown is here!
Keane Ng vs. John Funk - Championship Match!
and
Logan Westbrook vs. Tom Endo - Third Place Match
Results will be posted Monday!
***
Four members of The Escapist team have thrown the gauntlet [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/89891-The-Escapist-Staff-Street-Fighter-IV-Throwdown] in Street Fighter IV. Over the next week (March 9th - March 13th), Tom Endo, John Funk, Keane Ng, and Logan Westbrook will be butting heads and throwing Dragon Punches in a round-robin tournament!
Whichever of the four comes out of next week's brutal rumble with the best win-loss record will be crowned the winner, and will have eternal smack-talk rights. The loser will be subject to eternal shame. The guys in the middle ... well, no one cares about them.
Vote for whoever you think is going to win this Battle of Champions! The poll will be open until the evening of the first battle, Monday, March 9th, at 6:00 PM EST. Everyone who has chosen a fighter by voting will be awarded a special Street Fighter IV badge!
After the dust has settled, everyone who has chosen the winning fighter will be given an even specialer badge - to lord over all the losers until the end of days. So!
Select your character!
Name: Tom "tendo" Endo
Character: Rufus
Controller: Hori EX2 Fighting Stick
Bio: Hailing from Columbus, Ohio Tom Endo discovered Street Fighter II after being banned from the underground marble playing circuit. The next ten years were a blur of quarter addiction, prize machines, Lil' Homies and broken dreams. This tournament is Tom's shot at redemption.
Why He'll Win: Because when all you've got left in this life is a complete set of Lil' Homies, there's only one way you can go - Up! Everyone else sucks too.
Name: Keane "Keane Ng" Ng
Character: Sagat, M. Bison
Controller: Hori EX2 Fighting Stick / SF4 Tournament Edition FightStick
Bio: Raised on the mean streets of San Francisco's Chinatown district, Keane Ng has been fighting for survival his entire life. He lives on a diet of bamboo shoots and Red Bull, and enjoys giving back rubs.
Why He'll Win: Logan's a wuss, Endo's a has-been and Funk? He's Funk, that's all I gotta say. I win by default.
Name: John "Can't Fake the" Funk
Character: Sakura, Sagat
Controller: Hori EX2 Fighting Stick
Bio: Raised in New Jersey, John Funk's formative years were spent dodging Mafia hitmen after his family's ancestral fortune. The constant attempts on his life forged him into a lethal combat machine who will stop at nothing to triumph. He will bring the Funk - and by Funk, he means absolute subjugation.
Why He'll Win: Home-field advantage! Repping the Escapist home offices, boy-ee!
Name: Logan "nilcypher" Westbrook
Character: Vega
Controller: Standard 360 Controller - Logan doesn't need any special peripherals to kick ass!
Bio: The illegitimate son of a disgraced English Lord, Logan has secretly conquered the world no less seven times, but each time grew weary of leadership and gave it all back. His skill with Street Fighter is only surpassed by his incredible modesty.
Why He'll Win: Logan has a stripped down fighting style that does not rely on fancy tricks to get the job done. Get the basics right and the rest is child's play.
Details:
Each of the four will fight the others at least once, with matches on the nights of Monday, March 9, Wednesday, March 11, and Friday, March 13. It will be best-of-three matches, with each match a best-of-three-rounds. The loser of a round may pick a different character if they choose, the winner must stay on.
If there is a tie on Friday night, there will be one final tiebreaker match. Final results will be posted Monday, March 16th.
Let the smack-talking begin!
The final round in The Escapist's Street Fighter IV Throwdown is here!
Keane Ng vs. John Funk - Championship Match!
and
Logan Westbrook vs. Tom Endo - Third Place Match
Results will be posted Monday!
***
Four members of The Escapist team have thrown the gauntlet [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/89891-The-Escapist-Staff-Street-Fighter-IV-Throwdown] in Street Fighter IV. Over the next week (March 9th - March 13th), Tom Endo, John Funk, Keane Ng, and Logan Westbrook will be butting heads and throwing Dragon Punches in a round-robin tournament!
Whichever of the four comes out of next week's brutal rumble with the best win-loss record will be crowned the winner, and will have eternal smack-talk rights. The loser will be subject to eternal shame. The guys in the middle ... well, no one cares about them.
Vote for whoever you think is going to win this Battle of Champions! The poll will be open until the evening of the first battle, Monday, March 9th, at 6:00 PM EST. Everyone who has chosen a fighter by voting will be awarded a special Street Fighter IV badge!
After the dust has settled, everyone who has chosen the winning fighter will be given an even specialer badge - to lord over all the losers until the end of days. So!
Select your character!
Name: Tom "tendo" Endo
Character: Rufus
Controller: Hori EX2 Fighting Stick
Bio: Hailing from Columbus, Ohio Tom Endo discovered Street Fighter II after being banned from the underground marble playing circuit. The next ten years were a blur of quarter addiction, prize machines, Lil' Homies and broken dreams. This tournament is Tom's shot at redemption.
Why He'll Win: Because when all you've got left in this life is a complete set of Lil' Homies, there's only one way you can go - Up! Everyone else sucks too.
Name: Keane "Keane Ng" Ng
Character: Sagat, M. Bison
Controller: Hori EX2 Fighting Stick / SF4 Tournament Edition FightStick
Bio: Raised on the mean streets of San Francisco's Chinatown district, Keane Ng has been fighting for survival his entire life. He lives on a diet of bamboo shoots and Red Bull, and enjoys giving back rubs.
Why He'll Win: Logan's a wuss, Endo's a has-been and Funk? He's Funk, that's all I gotta say. I win by default.
Name: John "Can't Fake the" Funk
Character: Sakura, Sagat
Controller: Hori EX2 Fighting Stick
Bio: Raised in New Jersey, John Funk's formative years were spent dodging Mafia hitmen after his family's ancestral fortune. The constant attempts on his life forged him into a lethal combat machine who will stop at nothing to triumph. He will bring the Funk - and by Funk, he means absolute subjugation.
Why He'll Win: Home-field advantage! Repping the Escapist home offices, boy-ee!
Name: Logan "nilcypher" Westbrook
Character: Vega
Controller: Standard 360 Controller - Logan doesn't need any special peripherals to kick ass!
Bio: The illegitimate son of a disgraced English Lord, Logan has secretly conquered the world no less seven times, but each time grew weary of leadership and gave it all back. His skill with Street Fighter is only surpassed by his incredible modesty.
Why He'll Win: Logan has a stripped down fighting style that does not rely on fancy tricks to get the job done. Get the basics right and the rest is child's play.
Details:
Each of the four will fight the others at least once, with matches on the nights of Monday, March 9, Wednesday, March 11, and Friday, March 13. It will be best-of-three matches, with each match a best-of-three-rounds. The loser of a round may pick a different character if they choose, the winner must stay on.
If there is a tie on Friday night, there will be one final tiebreaker match. Final results will be posted Monday, March 16th.
Let the smack-talking begin!
