So basically this is my blog site.
Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Aldrin, but my handle is FMSway. It was only last year in May did I decide to get into the world of Fighting Games and tournaments. So far, I've entered around 6-7 tournaments, and so far... well... eh.
I decided to make this blog to, I guess, chronicle my journey into the Fighting Game scene. Even though it might seem like I'm just some random guy who entered all this for the feeling of glory, it's a bit more complicated, and special, than that.
Around February last year, right after Valentine's Day (Or was it before?) I caught the all-dreaded flu. I was hospitalized the day it went full-blast. Unfortunately, as a cancer survivor, my immune system and whatnot were never in the best in shape, and hence, I was sent to the hospital. It's needless to say that the flu was a living hell from there on out, and I was bedridden for a while. All I had in that bedroom was my laptop and mp3 player, and one day, something odd happened.
If anyone remembers, the day after Valentine's was the day Marvel vs Capcom 3 came out. So my youtube was filled of MVC3 stuff. I was an avid fan of KOF so I basically had a lot of Fighting Game video recommendations, and in that day, that's all I saw. Everytime I looked for videos to distract myself from the insane pain of the flu, I kept hitting this one stupid video.
It was about this guy, some person named, err, Keits. He kept showing this other guy Dante's 40+ moves of doom. Safe to say, I was largely unimpressed and bored. I never even let the video finish and I just went on my way to find other vids. But the recommedations kept coming to this damn video, and eventually, I finished the entire playback. I still hated it, lol. I looked up at the channel author, and all it said was "crosscountertv."
"...what a lame ass name." I said. Cross Counter TV? Sounded like a cheap knockoff of Crossfire. (CROSSFIYYYAAAAAA!!!! Ahem...) But since this video kept popping up, maybe cause I was drugged up, I relented and clicked on the channel name.
And wow, did I not regret it.
The first video I saw in that channel was The Excellent Adventures of Gootecks and Mike Ross, and I laughed so hard, I coughed up phlem and blood. I remember the episode, too. It was the last episode of their 3rd season, where Mike Ross makes a bet with Gootecks that he'll body the next online noob free with Sagat in Super Street Fighter IV, and bet lunch/dinner (basically all his money). He fought a scrub Ryu, and got bodied instead. Just the ridiculous reactions of Mike Ross made me laugh the living hell out of myself.
I crapped my pants, actually. Don't hate. I had the flu and the loss of bodily functions outside of my arms. Again, don't hate, lol.
For the remainder of those 2+ weeks while I was bedridden, I couldn't resist. I watched every episode from the 1st one to the most recent of The Excellent Adventures.
Now, I have to add: I DID play SFIV beforehand, the original version with my friend Eddie. I hated it on the first try and never played it again. I was never a huge fan of Capcom but that's because of my insane bias towards KOF and SNK in general. But according to what others tell me, it wasn't so bad to hate that broken game. But I just disliked it.
But when I clicked on the E-Adventures, I knew something was different.
Were there really THAT many characters last time? The select screen has... circles. Is that Cody from Final Fight? Holy shit! I thought it was a brand new game. Then I realized it was SUPER Street Fighter IV.
I wasn't surprised. Even though I didn't know SF that much, I knew they had this odd obsession with making different versions of... every SF period, lol. But this time, it was different. I never realized how much.. FUN... Street Fighter IV was. One episode I remembered in particular was starring Filipino Champ, Ricky Ortiz, and John Choi (whoever those guys are...), where F.Champ faced this guy named Kid Guile, and Champ just straight out made that kid a tool. They had so much fun, and I enjoyed watching them.
From there... I began watching more and more, and I dipped into the world of Fighting Games. I couldn't help it. Maybe it was the drugs, but it became addicting. And from there, I just dove right in. Hell, I didn't have any new-gen consoles, or an arcade stick until May/June. I used a pad like I always did. But I couldn't help it. It was too interesting not to.
Despite everything that happened to me, Fighting Games practically nursed me while I recovered. So much bad luck happened to me since I graduated from college. I lost my dad, I got diagnosed with Cancer, lost my art job in Japan and just a lot of hayness stuff as a result of my karma that made me feel like nothing good was going to happen. I just hated it. But even though it might sound like it came out of a movie, Fighting Games became my new addiction, my drug that made me feel hype, to get my head off of things.
And now, here I am, diving into tournaments as best I can, an '11er who doesn't know a thing about the past outside of what he reads on the internet. But I remain humble, because I can't help but appreciate what this scene has done for me. Yeah, we have mad trolls and idiotic people, but for a while, it was all I had. It still is. Something tells me watching that video from Cross Counter meant something, and I told my friend Eddie that, something, just something, is telling me to take a gamble at this thing.
So far, I haven't regretted it at all.
So hopefully, one day, when I re-read this blog, I'll be something more than just some random guy in the scene. But for now, I'm just some guy, the new challenger. Still free as a bird.
For now.
So I guess this first entry is a symbol of my thanks and appreciation for the scene and for my local scene in general. You guys saved me from more than you know. And I will always respect that.
Now watch me body this fool next to me.
Stay Free.
~FullMetalSway
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