Right now I’m in my hotel room at the Sheraton at Fisherman’s Wharf, blogging from my iPhone because all if my stuff is still with Magus1234, one of NorCal’s finest players, who was kind enough to pick me up from the airport last night and show me around for a bit.
We got some games in at his place while we waited for Ed Ma to arrive because he flew in a few hours later than me due to work. For those who didn’t hear, I’m up here for the finals as a spectator because I got peaced out of round 2 of the GS tourney. I won a tourney at universal citywalk a while back and the prize was air, hotel, and some spending cash for me and a guest, so I dragged Ed up here with me and here we are.
After we got Ed, we headed to Keystone II, which is a secret arcade at Albert’s house (yes, it’s in his backyard) where all the NorCal pros train on Friday nights. It was poppin and definitely the place to be last night. It’s not exactly open to just anybody, so I’m grateful to be welcomed into the heart of NorCal. Thank you Albert for having us, you were right, we are boys now!
Lots of big names spotted at Keystone II last night including Mr. Wizard from SRK, Seth Killian from Capcom, John Choi, Ricky Ortiz, Rom (winner of 3rd Strike at California Regionals), Gamestop finalists Justin Wong and Mike Ross, as well as Korean national champion Pungko!
For those who have been reading my site for a while, you may remember that I blogged about one of his videos months ago, where he was tearin it up against some Dhalsim player. Some people claimed he wasn’t that good at the time, but now he’s the national champ and he personally beat me down last night, so I can tell you firsthand that he is the real deal. Special thank you to Sean, who volunteered to be Pungko’s translator for the weekend.
Anyways, so we all partied pretty hard at Keystone last night (including Pungko!) and now I’m waiting for everybody to wake up and for Magus to get here with my stuff so I can change out of these clothes.
The finals start in seven hours so be there if you are in the area and feel free to come say hi if you see me!
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