Season’s Beatings V: Photo gallery
Although I love following the competitive Street Fighter community, I myself am an average player at best. I was hesitant to register for the Super Street Fighter IV tournament at Season’s Beatings V because 1) I haven’t even played SSFIV yet, and 2) the last time I played SFIV was about 5 months ago. I blame medical school! But ultimately, I entered the tourney since I was going to be at the venue anyway. Yes, I did go 0-2 and yes, I did embarrass myself.
But it’s okay! Because besides watching world-class Street Fighter competition, my other goal at Season’s Beatings V was to practice event photography. I am very much an amateur and have only become interested in photography in the past year, but I had good practice at the tournament and learned a lot. The fruits of my labor are posted below. Marvel fans, not much in here for you guys unfortunately. I don’t like using traditional photo galleries with thumbnails, so photos are posted full-size sequentially.
Feel free to use these photographs however you wish as long as the watermark is left intact and/or my site is given credit. This is standard courtesy and goes without saying, but unfortunately is not common practice. Thanks, it would be greatly appreciated.
A few shots of the venue.
Momochi playing Street Fighter III: Third Strike always drew a crowd.
Justin Wong and Marn catching a snooze at the tournament.
Daigo Umehara vs. Andre “TwistedJago” Lambert. Fantastic match that was one of the tournament highlights. [Watch on Youtube]
At first glance, I was going to trash this photo but then I liked how the clapping hands add a little atmosphere. Hands belong to Spooky by the way, who mans the live stream for all the home viewers.
Team Spooky’s stream is basically a one-man show. You can’t truly appreciate how hard this man works until you see him live.
Momochi vs. FYC Ryder [Watch on Youtube]
DMG Inthul vs. DMG Lud [Watch on Youtube]
GamerBee vs. Yipes in the finals of pool 9. This match was not streamed unfortunately. From my recollection, first game was close but then GamerBee took over and won 2-0.
Team “GamerBee Fan Club” in the SSFIV 3-on-3 team tournament consisted of Momochi, Choco Blanka and GamerBee. Choco Blanka played wonderfully in the team tourney and had multiple OCVs, one of which was played on the stream. [Watch on Youtube]
Getting ready for the 5-on-5 exhibition match. Team USA vs. The World!
FlashMetroid’s reaction to Daigo’s down-fierce punch into super. Daigo never fails to surprise. [Watch on Youtube]
Justin Wong’s victory over Daigo in the 5-on-5 sealed the win for Team USA. Team USA won the exhibition 13 – 12. [Watch on Youtube]
The competitors of the 5-on-5 (with PR Balrog missing).
Finals day is here! Extra chairs are brought out and the air is buzzing with excitement.
Team “GamerBee Fan Club” continues battling through the team tournament. They lost to Team Canada and were later eliminated. Unfortunately the team tournament did not finish due to lack of time. [Watch on Youtube]
Mike Ross vs. Chris Hu [Watch on Youtube]
Daigo vs. Roy Bissel in Super Street Fighter II Turbo grand finals. [Watch on Youtube]
EG Marn vs. Daigo [Watch on Youtube]
Daigo slayers.
EMP Kreymore vs. TS Sabin [Watch on Youtube]
EMP Dieminion vs. GamerBee [Watch on Youtube]
EMP TwistedJago vs. Mike Ross [Watch on Youtube]
Momochi and Choco Blanka — Street Fighter’s premier couple!
FYC Marlinpie vs. BLG Juicebox [Watch on Youtube]
EMP Santhrax vs. Momochi [Watch on Youtube]
Mike Ross vs. Momochi [Watch on Youtube]
JsMaster vs. TS Sabin [Watch on Youtube]
EG Justin Wong vs. GamerBee [Watch on Youtube]
Mike Ross vs. TS Sabin [Watch on Youtube]
EMP Santhrax vs. GamerBee [Watch on Youtube]
TS Sabin vs. GamerBee [Watch on Youtube]
Momochi vs. EG Justin Wong [Watch on Youtube, Part 1] [Part 2]
EG Justin Wong vs. GamerBee [Watch on Youtube]
Momochi vs. GamerBee [Watch on Youtube, Part 1] [Part 2]
Your Season’s Beatings V SSFIV Champion: GamerBee!
