Vancouver Beybattle: Aug 22nd REVIEWBLOG OF DOOM!
So, I finally got around to typing this up, so before you read this just a few additional notes from me
Major thank you to everyone who showed up and participated in this event, and I hope those of you I didn't get a chance to talk to as much enjoyed yourselves there as much as I did. Major thanks to Brad for coming out and having Stadiums and BEY! Seriously, so many people didn't have any it was a godsend that you had so much, the Vancouver BeyClub looks like it's off to a good start. Seems like I'll have to take over things on the Vancouver end of stuff though, should probably order some supplies too.
By the way, big thanks to Metropolis Comics and Toy's for having us use their space. Worked out a bit of an arrangement to continue using it in the future as well
Anyways, here's the review/bloggish thing:
To start things off we really have to go to 1:30am, essentially right when I returned home from work.
August 22nd, 2009: 1:30AM
I logged onto my computer after settling down and checked out the WBO and other forums and stuff that internet thing is good for. After twenty minutes or so of broswing I realize Annie sent me a message on the WBO for me to log onto AIM and finalize some details with Brad. Turns out I spent the majority of the next 40 minutes talking to Annie while Brad and G tested before bed. Brad pops on, we finalize things, and then he goes to sleep, 6am wake up for the poor guy followed by a god knows how long ferry and transit/taxi to the event.
At around 3:00AM I set myself up to do some pre-tournament testing. I'm pretty frikkin' excited considering it'll be my second time (reality first time with any sort of Skill) playing with MFB's in a tournament environment. In hindsight it was probably a very bad idea to test until 6:00AM, but really when you're that excited and focused on beating Brad and G frankly, making appropriate counter-combo's is very important.
August 22nd, 2009: 10:00AM
The dog wakes me up, time for a run. Screw it, I was far too tired to go for a run but I had some testing to finalize on. Luckily my parents made coffee that morning, I downed the remaining pot and grab some of the instant stuff then proceeded onto testing. It was during the next hour and a half of testing I discovered MF Virgo C145RF's usefulness. Unfortunately I run out of time around noon, I shower, get my stuff packed up and ready to go then catch the 12:45 bus to the event location: Metropolis Comics and Toys.
August 22nd, 2009: 1:35PM
I get to Metrotown and meet up with Dolphin and Sumerian and proceed to Metropolis Comics and Toys, turns out we're late in comparison to everyone else, excluding Brad and Co.
We're not incredibly early, most of us having gathered around 1:50PM or so, everyone's as excited as I am for the most part, a lot don't even have MFB's yet, and there's a lot of talk about what Brad's bringing in with him. Around 2PM and no-Brad, people start to get worried, it was then I realized, yeah, I gave Brad MY number, but how the heck was I supposed to contact HIM!?
Yeah, fail boat, but eventually Brad showed up, right around 2:26 looking absolutely drained. Kinda expected it considering he knocked off of AIM around 2:45AM or so. He gets himself set up, and lays out the beys. If there was ever anything to get people more anxious and excited it was the large suitcase of MFB he had there with him, a lot of which he informed them was for sale.
And sell he did. I don't think it took more than 20 minutes for nearly everything except for 2x RBV3 and 4x BB-22 to be left over. The remaining RBV3 were eventually sold and the BB-22 were prizes along with Lightning L Drago. He had a second L L Drago, but I managed to grab it along with BB-21 and a bunch of RBV3.
Once the selling was done and everyone was registered the tournament kicked off.
Tournament Start: 3:30PM
We eventually got things underway. I didn't do any of the listings so I don't know exactly who participated and where, but we basically had three blocks of 4 players. Each block would have one person go off to the finals (the top 3), Sumerian came out of the block I was in while Lockstrosity came out of G's. I don't really know what to say on my part, my mint RF was a bad choice, and out of the RF's I brought I only had the unused RF and extremely used RF which I planned to use against Brad's Libra CH120RF.
Lots of bad luck came my way too, but I can't really complain too much about it, it's kind of how things go. Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're not. Compared to Brad's block, G's and mine were done REALLY quickly.
Brad's Block
So, this was probably the most interesting block out of them. Out of it, Brad, Dolphin, and Marcoloco were in a dead lock to advance to the finals. They'd been constantly repeating battles, Brad had a shot during their best out of 3 rounds match up, but Libra CH120RF and, RF in general, went foul for Brad as well. At this point he made the decision to use Virgo DF145D (I think). After the numbers were reset yet again, they decided to go for a sudden death match up. Each of them would face each other in a single sudden death match.
This was probably one of the most exciting and stressful parts of the tournament. Things had been going haywire and odd combo's were all over the place, it was really hard to even predict what someone was using. The battle between Brad and Dolphin's MF Libra C145B was pretty intense, we kept seeing of Libra's out-of-no-where smashes on Brad's Virgo and he came close to a KO so many times. When the two were wobbling at the end, Virgo DF145D barely out spun "Banana".
Didn't get to witness all of it but it seemed Brad was doing some... tactics to throw the other two off, and after switching to Virgo DF145SD he emerged victorious, moving on to the finals to face Lockstrosity and Sumerian.
Eventually Brad pulled out of that one as the winner, however, he conceded the first place prize to second.
And that was that, the Tournament was done. JESUS! I didn’t even get to face Brad OR G at ALL. In the end, NONE of us faced each other.
Tournament End: 5:10PM
Yeah, definitely not an anime-esque styled ending huh? G and I failed pretty hard
We stuck around until around 5:30, and Brad, Annie, G, Jonathan, and I headed out to my restaurant, Azia, for dinner.
At about 6:45PM we get to the restaurant, get settled, and enjoy ourselves a nice meal. I get to know Annie, Jonathan, Brad, and G a lot better at this point. It’s quite a shame I’ll rarely see any of them in person again. We finish at the restaurant and go and grab some crepes then make our way to their hotel room at the Day’s Inn. Initially this was so Brad, G, and I could actually get a battle against each other in.
I stuck around for a few hours with them and we hung out and chatted a bit, talked about G’s bed in the closet, and various WBO related things. Eventually we bust out the MFB’s and start goofing around. We tested a few combos out trying to get H145 and WD145 to be decent, and screwed around with RF’s after complaining about how incredibly bad they performed for us this day.
After crewing around a lot, Brad eventually decided to propose “BeySoccerâ€.
Essentially it’s a bottomless Lightwheel with a Metal Face on it as a “BeySoccer Ball†in the Wide Square Stadium. The goal was to hit the “BeySoccer Ball†through the openings on any of the 4 sides. In our game between Brad, G, and I, it was first to five points. It was retarded fun though, and I actually want to play it again.
Ended up leaving around 11PM, bid my farewells, and made my way home. Didn’t actually get back until 12:40AM or so.
Overall, the day was incredibly fun, the Tournament went great and plans are already in motion for weekly/bi-weekly gatherings of the Vancouver BeyClub. Hopefully we’ll throw more tournaments out and gain even more members.
... Never did get to have an actual battle with Brad or G.
Heh.