So yesternight I went to the Deja Vu strip club tourney. I thought this was going to be a hype event. Street Fighter, girls, homies, drinks: Sounds like a great time. Unfortunately, I only got 1 of the 4 I mentioned.
I got to Deja Vu in City of Industry at 9pm, the sign up time. I was greeted at the door by familiar faces. Killerkai, Mike Ross, Blackpyro, Legend of Lore, Ironfist, Moval, and Kai were just a few of the people in attendance. Seeing Mike Ross again after so long was a highlight. Unfortunately, that was probably the best part of the night.
The tournament was setup on a single PS3 that was broadcast to 3 TVs in opposite corners from where we sat to play. This means people constantly blocked your view during gameplay. On top of this, it ended up being a pad/stick tournament where they only had one stick. The 8ms input lag was the shit covered cherry on top. I take that back. The 15 minutes it took per single elimination match was the shit covered cherry on top. Effectively, they would play a game, and have a pole dance. Play a game, and have a pole dance. I did not play my first round until 4 hours in. On top of that, because people had left and however they were calling off names on the clip board, I got Kai in the first round. At this point, I hardly cared to stay and just tried to jump fierce the whole time. Kai won easily.
I got a few lapdances and called it a night. Ironfist, Moval, Legend of Lore, and I went to Tommy Burgers at 2am to eat a grease-tastic meal. After shooting the shit for awhile, I dropped them off at Video94 where they had parked their cars (they all came with Kai). Kai had stayed to play out the tournament despite all the crying he had done saying he didn’t want to be there. Lawlz Kai. I heard later that Art and Mike Ross were in the finals and they agreed to split the money despite who won. I believe Art won. Congrats to each of you. I heard that shit lasted till 4am so I definitely would not have wanted to be there all that time.
When we got to Video94, Jack the Ripper, aka MC Jack, aka Jack Daniels happened to be there. Ironfist, Moval, and Legend took off but I just had to play a few games. Well fuck, I got home at 5am and came into work nearly an hour late. I am very sleepy but work has got to get done. Typing this up during my lunch break.
I was going to go to Arcade Infinity tonight but with my current status, I’m not sure if I will. Whatever. I hope to get at least 2 nights out at AI during the week so I’ll still probably end up going to AI tonight. The Nucleus Gallery tournament is on Saturday with Denjin ranbats on Sunday. Hopefully, I’ll make an impact.
