Street Fighter ‘Bar Fights‘ put on by Gootecks and Ryan Gutierrez went down at Jake’s in Pasadena over the weekend. The tournament and exhibition was an overwhelming success as for the turnout of people. Ryan sent out a teaser video weeks before the event explaining how the showcase would be full of people watching Street Fighter pro-level players ‘Ed Ma’ and ‘Combofiend’ defend their honor as masters of the recently released Capcom gem. Fans and players from all over the city gathered for a chance to take on the champs and each would-be contender fell as quickly as they arrived. The tournament area was in the backroom of Jake’s and was filled to capacity. As an all-ages event – kids surrounded the players and cheered them on like a scene from the film Fight Club. The rest of the building had pool tables and spectators in attendance and eventually the venue had to start turning people away as they attendance grew.
We had a chance to chat briefly with Peter who goes by the nick-name ‘Combofiend’ (one of the pro-players) who was very calm and confident. When asked about giving challengers a ‘break’ on the matches – he insisted that no quarter would be given as he wants young players to realize the types of challenges one would face in the real world as a competitive gamer. The entire event was video-taped and streamed over the internet – expect to see more of these pop up in your neck of the woods! Additional media can be found at – www.getyourtournament.com
Yeah it was a pretty wild tournament in the short amount of time I was there. It was cool meeting Peter there and actually getting an idea of how long he had been playing and what he does to get better at the game. It’s pretty amazing at how many people come out to events like these to try and show what they are made of. I do find it funny that nobody came close to beating either one of these guys throughout the entire hour that they actually held the event.
The electricity emanating from the crowd was just amazing throughout the entirety of Jake’s. It didn’t matter which room you were in throughout the entire hall, people were still cheering on the competitors. Pretty much all games of pool came to a halt as there were just way too many people inside. It was crazy that they actually had to stop letting people in due to the high amount of people that showed up.
I give a big thumbs up to the competitors as well as those that hosted the show. I also would have to thank Jake’s for allowing this to be hosted and hope to see more of these in the future in a bit larger venue if possible. Again great job guys!
It wasn’t a tournament and gootecks and Ryan Gutierrez are the same person.
Well technically it could be considered a tournament that was more in the sense of raffling off spots to play against these guys. As for them being the same person and being referred to separately it’s a common mistake I’m sure. Some people are known by their gamer name and others by their real name…in this case they just so happen to be the same person lol. Oopsies.