Okay so by now you must have heard the results of Bar Fights II. SoCal got stomped. The good news is that we have the full video from the main event with commentary available to download for free via Bit Torrent!
The Main Event is New York City’s Empire Arcadia vs. SoCal:
Also, if you are so inclined, we have t-shirts and posters available at the Bar Fights II store! The plan is also to do a DVD release of the whole thing, but we wanted to get the main event out ASAP so please spread the word.
Combofiend (SBO 2009 Qualifier, 9th Place Evo 2009)
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The remaining three spots will be filled by the winners of three qualifying tournaments, one at Arcade Infinity and two at Denjin Arcade, which will be held the weekend of Bar Fights II, October 9th and 10th.
This match has been brewing for quite some time now because of the East Coast vs. West Coast rivalry. At Evo 2009, a regional 5v5 exhibition tournament was held, with 8 regions across the country sending their best players to compete for bragging rights for best in the country. The grand finals was expected to be the SoCal team vs. Empire Arcadia, but that didn’t happen because SoCal lost to the Wild Card team. Empire Arcadia ended up beating the Wild Card team so nothing got settled until just recently.
At West Coast Warzone, Marn, one of the East Coast’s best players blew through all of the West Coast and beat Street Fighter legend Alex Valle in the grand finals to win 1st Place. Bar Fights II is a chance for both coasts to prove who is at the top of the game right now as well as a chance for Alex Valle to get his revenge on Marn.
Aside from the main event, we have a very exciting undercard with matches involving several of SoCal’s rising stars such as UTJ and NorCal’s Filipino Champ, both of whom play Dhalsim and placed Top 8 at Warzone.
In addition, we will be streaming the entire event for free via UStream so that people who can’t make it out to the event can still take part in the hype.
I’m finally back at home now from my extended stay in New York. Thanks again to Triforce, Justin Wong and Empire Arcadia for having me! It was a crazy trip that was topped off with a weekend in New Jersey for East Coast Throwdown.
DarkSydePhil took a lot of video so for those of you who weren’t watching the live stream last night, you’re in luck! Really glad to have footage from this event because there were some really amazing matches.
The winners of each of these matches go on to Top 8. For those wondering, Mike Ross was put into losers first round by Moose and I was put into losers third round (I think) by Dr. Chaos.
The good news is that we have the full video from the main event with commentary available to download for free via Bit Torrent!
