UPSB v3

General Discussion / European New Gen Cup

  1. Zombo
    Date: Sat, Dec 5 2009 19:19:40

    There is no topic here so I'm posting the announcement:

    It is an unofficial tournament for europeans. It will be a short tournament held at the start of 2010.

    Here are the distribution of spots:

    GPC 6
    FPSB 6
    PPP 5
    BPSC 4
    SPSC 3
    SPC 3
    RPSC 3
    Others 2

    In others it could be UPSB europeans or other small boards like SweSpin and PSUK. I think they decided SweSpin 1 and PSUK 1 so bad luck for any euros on UPSB.

    The requirements to enter is:

    - 1-2.5 yr of spinning experience
    - No previous WC/WT experience

    It's a fast tournament with only 3 rounds:

    Deadline 1st round = jan 6
    results 1st round > jan 11
    filming 2nd round > jan 26
    judging 2nd round > jan 31
    final round in february.

    first round (32)= 16 1vs1 matches
    round 2: 8 1vs1 matches
    round 3: global ranking of 8 combos, the combos will put arranged into a collab.

    judging:

    each country has a head judge which collects ad gives the opinion of his board. judging has no criteria only justification.

    judging must take into account smoothness, technique, originality, structure and coherence.

  2. Raem
    Date: Fri, Dec 11 2009 11:23:38

    Yeah that makes it fair, doesn't it? To give those 2 places away to other boards without competition sleep(1).gif

    Actually, I spoke to some people on PPP, and as I understand even Raeik isn't yet sure who will participate from other boards.

    QUOTE (Raeik)
    Well we will see tomorrow how many free slots we will have, then they should then send us videos of them and we'll see.

    That message was made yesterday, so tomorrow in message = today.
    I by myself would like to participate very much biggrin.gif

  3. Mats
    Date: Fri, Dec 11 2009 12:57:01

    No-one from PSUK is participating.

    Are they posting up videos just on youtube or somewhere? Or on their own board? Will anyone post the results + videos here? Just a few questions. smile.gif

  4. Raem
    Date: Fri, Dec 11 2009 16:11:19

    I guess I can follow the tournament even if I won't be in, so I can do it.
    But I am still hoping I can be in, especially when no one from PSUK is participating biggrin.gif

  5. Mats
    Date: Sat, Dec 12 2009 12:45:33

    QUOTE (Raem @ Dec 11 2009, 04:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I guess I can follow the tournament even if I won't be in, so I can do it.


    Sweet!

    QUOTE
    But I am still hoping I can be in, especially when no one from PSUK is participating biggrin.gif


    Let's hope so. UPSB representative!

  6. Raeik
    Date: Wed, Dec 16 2009 10:20:59

    Russian spinners look dead, just like PSUK and SweSpin so I gave one more spot for SPSC so I have about 4 free spots, so if anyone want to be /in and has no "official board", then he shall send me a (or several) url with videos, that way if we have more than 4 spinners we will chose (I'll try to ask spinners from other communities, that way it will be faire).

    Thank you.





    Here are the rules for that tournament


    Deadline 1st round = Monday 11 january 2010 before midnight (11 > 12 night)

    You have to send your combo to me, Babel, Blasfem or Futhark before the deadline.


    Videos:

    No sound or editing in the video, only your nckname BEFORE the beggining of the combo

    The combo shall last 25seconds MAXIMUM

    You can only use combos that have never been released or released on a collab (not a tournament) in 2010 (for the first round


    If you break one rules you will have a -1 (which is important because there are 5-6 judges)

    Jugment

    Each judge (1/community) shall send me one judgement for each battle where there is no spinner from his community. And you have to write a sentence to explain your vote. If you don't it won't count.

    Each board will count as one voice then.
    The spinner who has more voices than the other wins.


    Huy (SPC) vs Futhark (FPSB)
    Might (GPC) vs Macioster12 (PPP)
    KevKev (GPC) vs apa (SPC)
    YYY vs Guevara (GPC)
    Mogac (SPSC) vs Crazypen (BPSC)
    Khor (BPSC) vs Blasfem (FPSB)
    Lord of Jamaica (SPC) vs JTS (SPSC)
    XXX vs AzuL (SPSC)
    Philistin (FPSB) vs Ivabra (BPSC)
    Babel (FPSB) vs Lawliet (PPP)
    Knackworst (BPSC) vs Frazio (PPP)
    Farhneit (PPP) vs colddi (GPC)
    Raeik (FPSB) vs Bilbo (GPC)
    Lekunga (GPC) vs Almad28 (FPSB)
    SebuiX (SPSC) vs Raem (UPSB)
    Gildor (PPP) vs Krz (PPP)

    Deadline for judgment 17 january


    Good muck and have fun.

  7. Zombo
    Date: Thu, Dec 17 2009 19:05:45

    they need 2 more ppl. cmon guys

  8. SpinFo
    Date: Tue, Dec 22 2009 21:59:07

    Well, i want to be in. Do you still searching for two more people?

  9. Raeik
    Date: Tue, Dec 29 2009 13:57:36


    Alias is YYY and SpinFo is XXX

    Alias (SPSC) vs Guevara (GPC)
    SpinFo (UPSB) vs AzuL (SPSC)

  10. Raeik
    Date: Tue, Jan 12 2010 14:10:25

    Huy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVtf0KjWYw&fmt=18 vs Futhark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9umYe0XX7M
    Might http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc4E-FgsnIY vs Macioster12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sGzar8HNxg
    Product http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mqfM-5DDgI&fmt=18 vs APA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqchBMP3tJ4
    Alias (snowboard accident)vs Guevara http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JepFPk7CVzw
    Mogac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV28TtWRQi8 vs Crazy Pen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIx11MziO3U
    Trushu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxmbkxiSwDI vs Blasfem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3INIGG7gco
    LoJ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPEsMwGG4II vs JTS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCa91LGe5Q
    SpinFo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOOyGASjKlU vs AzuL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDXM3xnifYM
    Philistin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFyHMW58bPo vs Ivabra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu06BX0YhBE
    Near http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccFqJhLj0gU vs Lawliet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJOCfgvGRGY
    Knackworst http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D5LKRH36 vs Frazio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kakh8q9IyXE
    Fahrnheit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA8FUa9S98g vs Impulse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOPiZvQJjsQ
    Raeik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHerPilFi64 vs Bilbo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Vu5UAGFMU
    Lekunga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFrzzHBcnx4 vs Almad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0AeQUsMprg
    SebuiX (quad accident) vs Raem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs_IsJJ1o-o
    Gildor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V2yT8qN3v8 vs Krz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OO-e7KtVHU

    I DO NEED A JUDGE FROM UPSB.
    HE WILL HAVE TO SAY FOR EACH BATTLE WITHOUT UPSB MEMBER (SpinFo and Raem) WHICH SPINNER WINS AND WRITE A FEW WORDS FOR EACH BATTLE TO EXPLAIN IS CHOICE.

    (Alias and SebuiX are "just" injured hu)

  11. taichi1082
    Date: Tue, Jan 12 2010 14:53:20

    Are Alias and SebuiX dead?
    If they are - wow, thats really sad.
    If not - please remove the cross...

    /EDIT: Philistins video does not work
    /EDIT2: Gildor is Lawliet and Lawliet is Gildor...

  12. Lekunga
    Date: Tue, Jan 12 2010 15:10:01

    I have a YT Link now:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFrzzHBcnx4


    Three without a clip and three who advance to the next round without battle.
    Nice

  13. Raeik
    Date: Tue, Jan 12 2010 16:27:37

    I corrected the errors, thank you for seeing it wink.gif

    Only two people didn't send and it's because of injuries so I guess this tournament is not a failure (yet^^).

  14. Raem
    Date: Tue, Jan 12 2010 19:13:44

    I thought It would be cool if judges could judge me with Guevara as if we were battling. Just to see how would we be rated (it wouldn't change anything, just to see)
    Still, I hope these two spinners are alright sad.gif.

    What about the videos, I loved blasfem video. that dude is mad tongue.gif. looking forward for more of his videos in future rounds tongue.gif.

    Great job everyone =]

  15. Zombo
    Date: Wed, Jan 13 2010 19:10:40

    im not really sure who's the UPSb judge

    if anybody want to judge just talk to Raeik i guess

  16. Raeik
    Date: Thu, Jan 14 2010 20:03:52

    Frip is UPSB's judge.

  17. Lekunga
    Date: Mon, Jan 18 2010 22:36:51

    Results R1

    http://thefpsb.penspinning.fr/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=6753

  18. Mats
    Date: Tue, Jan 19 2010 14:42:21

    Congrats Spinfo and Raem!

    UPSB need to do well - Missing out in the world cup we could do well here and save some face.

  19. Resonance
    Date: Tue, Jan 19 2010 16:59:41

    I don't really understand something- I was quickly browsing through the battles, and reading some of the judges comments, and I saw that in product's battle vs APA almost all 5 judges (if I'm not mistaken) commented about product's angle being bad.
    Maybe it's just me, but I don't think camera angle should be really considered as a judging factor :\ I'm not talking about being off screen a lot, which could interfere with judging/ suggest bad hand control (on specific cases), but I don't think points should be taken off because of a bad angle.
    It might not have been the case, and the judges simply stated it, but to me it looked like it...

    Just my 2 cents, anyway.

    And congrats Raem and SpinFo ^^ good luck on the future rounds :]

  20. Raeik
    Date: Tue, Jan 19 2010 18:29:18

    QUOTE (Resonance @ Jan 19 2010, 05:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I don't really understand something- I was quickly browsing through the battles, and reading some of the judges comments, and I saw that in product's battle vs APA almost all 5 judges (if I'm not mistaken) commented about product's angle being bad.
    Maybe it's just me, but I don't think camera angle should be really considered as a judging factor :\ I'm not talking about being off screen a lot, which could interfere with judging/ suggest bad hand control (on specific cases), but I don't think points should be taken off because of a bad angle.
    It might not have been the case, and the judges simply stated it, but to me it looked like it...

    Just my 2 cents, anyway.

    And congrats Raem and SpinFo ^^ good luck on the future rounds :]


    I think that by "bad angle" they mean it but there is also the off-screen problem in these words.
    Second thing is that angle is important, penspinning isn't only performance, only tricks, the render also is important, and the render and the angle are linked together.
    That's only my opinion smile.gif

  21. Raeik
    Date: Fri, Jan 29 2010 12:25:51

    Deadline is on monday so don't forget smile.gif

  22. Resonance
    Date: Fri, Jan 29 2010 13:25:10

    QUOTE (Raeik @ Jan 19 2010, 08:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I think that by "bad angle" they mean it but there is also the off-screen problem in these words.
    Second thing is that angle is important, penspinning isn't only performance, only tricks, the render also is important, and the render and the angle are linked together.
    That's only my opinion smile.gif

    If the case is off screen then it's fine, I understand. I'm not criticizing the judges~

    What I mean is, that an angle is something that sometimes the spinner can't control, because of technical difficulties (broken tripod, or stuff like that).

    Anyway, good luck to all the winners, can't wait to see the next round vids :]

  23. Raeik
    Date: Tue, Feb 2 2010 09:00:51

    Guevara http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d1ra0Ecm6U
    vs
    Ivabra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49n0HtYMr8k

    Frazio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxFJWtxSiiw
    vs
    APA http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dk3m-46j78OA

    Blasfem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACPkWZiZjFQ (je suppose que c'est la dernière que tu as up)
    vs
    Lekunga http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJB7wZ27Z38

    SpinFo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ropjikavFIA
    vs
    Might http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E2-_cFjv3c

    Impulse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dYATxKz06s
    vs
    Raem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ypiFuVJJU

    Near http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXG04BBLgPw
    vs
    Raeik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ojyV4wONs

    Huy http://vimeo.com/9139537
    vs
    JTS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLmVuQYwjwk

    Mogac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk2zyi82fpI
    vs
    Gildor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIKYZSRggyc



    Pour les juges / for the judges.

    Essayez cette fois d'énoncer brièvement pour les combos les plus et les moins à chaque fois / try for each combo to write the pros and the cons
    Je veux les résultats Dimanche / i want results on sunday.

  24. Raem
    Date: Sat, Feb 13 2010 19:24:10

    Looks like ENGC R2 results are out

    Guevara vs Ivabra 1-5
    Frazio vs APA 3-3
    Blasfem vs Lekunga 4-1
    SpinFo vs Might 3-2
    Impulse vs Raem 2-3
    Near vs Raeik 4-2
    Huy vs JTS 2-3
    Mogac vs Gildor 1-4


    Spoiler:
    Guevara Vs Ivabra : Ivabra Win

    Guevara: euuh ? finish ? cela dis jolis cobras...

    Ivabra : euuh? dédicasse ? mais joli finish...

    Frazio Vs APA : Frazio Win

    Frazio: bonne technique , palm spin cont impressionant .

    APA: Un départ de feu mais peut- ètre un peu de trop parce que la suite n'est pas top...

    Blasfem Vs Lekunga :Blasfem Win

    Blasfem : mouais... ne te concentre pas trop sur ton finish parce que en dehors de ça y'a rien à se mettre sous la dent.

    Lekunga: Joli style , jolis links, rendu très propre mais Blasfem est tout simplement supérieur.

    SpinFo Vs Might : SpinFo Win

    SpinFo : le concept quoi o0 si y'avait pas eu le concept pour compenser le manquer de tricks à coté et le rendu très peu soigné je mettais Might gagant. continue à nous surprendre Wink

    Might:Un rendu nickel, un bel angle... y'a tout mais y manque un truc qui nous accroche peut ètre un manque d'originalité et de diversité ?

    Impulse Vs Raem: Raem Win

    Impulse: un peu trop classic ... rien de nouveau , du vu et revu.

    Raem: des linkages assez surprenant malgré une luminosité qui ne met pas ton spin en valeur.

    Near Vs Raeik : Raeik Win

    Near: pas du tout accroché au petit tour de magie...

    Raeik: Malgré que tu m'ai déçu beaucoup sur ce tour...estime toi heureux que pour moi Near n'est pas bien géré son tour.

    Huy Vs JTS : JTS Win

    Huy: un joli passage en aérial mais un finish raté =X

    JTS: des links à en couper le souffle. un passage 1p2h parfaitement exécuté et un finish parfait ! j'ai adoré bravo !

    Mogac Vs Gildor : EGALITE d'un coté un rendu super mais manque cruel de links potables... et de l'autre un combo complet mais avec un rendu médiocre ...


    SPC http://www.file-upload.ne...-real.xlsx.html <- can't open the file, lol


    Spoiler:
    Impulse vs Raem : Impulse, meilleur pour presque tout .

    Gildor vs Mogac : Mogac, plus fluide, plus beau .

    SpinFo vs Might : Might, meilleur .

    Lekunga vs Blasfem : Blasphem, combo assez énorme .

    Frazio vs APA : APA, meilleur rendu, meilleure fluidité .

    Near vs Raeik : Near, Excellent combo, invisible sonic sympa, vraiment Belle joute, sire .

    Ivabra vs Guevara : Guevara, incomparablement meilleur

    Huy vs JTS : Huy, plus fluide, plus de difficulté .


    Spoiler:
    Guevara vs Ivabra
    I am for Ivabra , because he showed us a nice 2h1p combo with much skill! I enjoyed also the style of him (;
    Guevara wasnt that creative as it looked like, the triple wrist around was insane! I had also to laugh at the end, that looked as he had no power to do a final trick.

    [x] Ivabra

    Frasio vs APA

    2 great spinners! Frasio showed us a lot of power tricks but I think that he had to work on his linkings, because those are pretty poor
    APA.. As I have seeen your combo, or the first 5 seconds I was sure that you will win. But I have to say that except of the starter Frasio was better ^^' Put more power tricks or creative linkages into your combos and it will be really really great!

    [x] Frasio

    Blasfem vs Lekunga
    Both of you were worse then in R1 T_T . I was sure that Blasfem will show us something hmm.. how could I express it? Something makes me WTF?! But it wasnt that case T_T I expected more from both spinners. I am for lekunga, he made me more wtf , it was a nice MX combo.

    [x]Lekunga

    Might vs SpinFo

    Although SpinFo showed us a new concept and way of spinning I am for Might. Why? its easy, he did several hard tricks (nice bak sequence ^^') and his style was better. But hey, a styler with Buster? Hmph..
    SpinFo I like your concept but you still have to work on it. That wrist around or something like that was nice, but all in all wore then Might.

    [x] Might

    Raem vs Impulse

    A hard decison but I am for Raem. Impulses combo is pretty same as this one from R1, I mean linkings and that stuff. Raem showed some style elements like this in 0:05- 0:06. Impulse nice ending.

    [x] Raem

    Raeik vs near

    Pretty easy to decide. Raeik was IMO way better in all cases. I enjoy your style! The bak sequence at the beginning was awesome Keep this, nice ending!
    Near I dont like the elment with hiding the pen. It takes to much time. Your midbaks 1,5 are sloppy \: ... Awesome middle busts, but all in all you were worse then Raeik.

    [x] Raeik

    Huy vs JTS

    Huy huy chuj ..You had a problem, because your opponent did IMO the best combo in this round what for you means that you have lost T_T'' I think that you have to work on your linkings because almost all of your combos are pretty same T_T You have ofc. skill but it isnt all.
    JTS I am falling in love <3 All parts of combo were good, execution was good, finisher was awesome. You have won.

    [x] JTS

    Mogac vs Gildor

    I think that Gildor was better. Mogac , you have to improve your linkings because there is only very easy stuff! 2p2h was nice, but IMO too short Y_Y Gildor you have a really nice style! I like those long nails. your pinkybaks 1,5 are amazing. You could do a longer combo but you were better tho..

    [x] Gildor



    Spoiler:
    Gildor vs Mogac:
    ~> Gildor

    Mogac had very nice 2p2h spinning, but it was too short. The 2p1h could've been much better. (do something with the 2nd pen, fl ta rev around the pen or something!) Besides that there wasn't too much... but Gildor .. I CAME. It was a short combo, however, it was beautiful. The pinkybaks start it off with a bang, the infinities were nice as well. Overall a great combo, although too short. Nevertheless, sick combo. ->gildor

    Lekunga vs Blasfem

    -> Blasfem

    Lekunga again with sick style and perfect smoothness, but then..Blasfem completely raped with that combo. Nothing much to say..except damn.

    Frazio vs APA

    -> APA

    APA's combo was not only skilled, but also one of the first combos containing creativity! Frazio's combo was above average as well, but it is unfortunate for him to face APA. I liked the swivels, but they aren't comparable to what APA did. Although I must say I didn't like the part around 0:14-0:16 as much as the rest of the combo.

    Near vs Raeik
    -> Near

    Very close battle, both clips aren't top of the line... Near's iSonic variation would've been better without shaking the hand as much and the midbak was almost a drop. Raeik's overall combo wasn't very appealing to me., although I liked the finisher, but that was about it. Near wins this battle with more or less luck.

    Ivabra vs Guevara
    -> Ivabra

    again, not much going on at the left hand, but this time the right hand is enough for the win. Nice arounds, nice speed, nice finisher. (and nice muscles, *) This battle would've been a lot closer if Guevara's combo had the same level that it had after 0:08 throughout the entire combo. But the first 8 seconds seemed empty.

    Huy vs JTS
    -> JTS

    JTS had the best combo in the whole round, hands down. Not even a single trick in the combo seemed out of place, coupled with unique style that is a sick combo. Huy had a strong combo as well but it's just not enough. 1-2 sequences that were very nice, but overall less.


    Spoiler:
    ### Frazio vs. Apa ####
    Apa~ Apas combo is clean. I really like his execution and style. easy combo though. Frazio has some structure and composition issues. He does a Haitua in the middle of his combo and after that he slows down. His combo was more difficult but I found it to be not as artistic and appealing as apas.

    ### Near vs Raeik ###
    Near~ Wow! Awesome inv. I-Sonic he did there... His combo was so clean. Amazing! I liked Raeik too but his ending was a bit strange and the overall execution was not as good. I think this one is more based on my personal preferences... This is probably a draw but I still choose Near in the end.

    ### Hus vs. JTS ###
    Huy~ OMAGAD! I know how I called the last one a draw but this is even more even. Best match this round. I loved JTS ending and how the pen almost hit the cam 8) Awesome. Yet Huys combo was even greater. It is just so clean! I'm out of adjectives to describe this. The anmount of airtime in this combo is just great. Good Job Huy and JTS, you guys made my day.

    ### Gildor vs. Mogac ###
    Gildor~ Much more difficult than Mogac. I loved his pinkybaks and his execution. The 2pen thing was creative but... Idk, was not performed that well and his ending was weak. I choose Gildor by far in this match.


    Spoiler:
    Guevara vs Ivabra

    Guevara’s starter is beautiful, the way he moves his fingers is very nice. He continues with calm spinning, and we can see a sequence of Twisted Cobra Bite, which is nice, but already seen before. After that, the combo changes and it becomes a bit chaotic. I find the link on 0:13 a little odd, the stop is a bit long, and I don’t like that direction change. But the following spin is very appealing IMO. But he has a noticeable mistake when doing the finisher, that’s not intentional; if you look close you can see his index finger stretched, ready to close the combo with a Bak Rev.

    Ivabra shows fast spinning with both hands, with some nice transfer like 0:13, but he slows down many times. The finisher is very strong, pretty well executed, but I didn’t like the appeal of the entire combo.

    Vote for Ivabra



    Frazio vs APA

    Frazio surprised me this round, the overall combo is very nice. He did a good introduction, but that Charge Rev TF on 0:02 spoiled it. The sequence from 0:11 to 0:13 is really awesome. The combo has power tricks but Frazio didn’t forget to include some Wiper and an aerial.

    APA: The first 6 seconds are impressive and very beautiful, and make you feel that this has to be an epic combo. But somehow the rest of it is not that appealing, I think the angle ruined it. Nice Bak Rev though.

    Vote for Frazio



    Blasfem vs Lekunga

    Blasfem showed a great control: a powerful starter with Handarounds, a nice backhand spin, perfect Cont FL FA Release, and a good finisher.

    Lekunga’s starter is nice and stylish, but I don’t like the look of 0:06. He continues with a good combo, but with nothing really special. Maybe less zoom would be better?

    Vote for Blasfem




    Spinfo vs Might

    What Spinfo does is really unique and impressive. Maybe people think it’s not that much, but is very hard. In the combo he starts with an amazing Bak to FL TA Rev with the Thumb caught with the opposite hand, I find interesting the connection he builds between his hands, and they become one same thing. The aerial and the transfer on 0:11-0:12 (Bak with one hand, TIS Rev with the other, I think) are very nice too, but his head is on the middle for this last trick, so we can’t see it perfectly. Also the move next to the finisher is interesting because he throws the pen above his other arm. The only cons I see in this combo is the low smoothness and maybe too many Sonics.

    Might’s combo stands for another definition of difficulty: he executes hard tricks perfectly, and he has a good smoothness, but on the other hand there’s nothing creative.

    Vote for Spinfo



    Impulse vs Raem

    Impulse did a beautiful slow combo, I like the sequence from 0:03 to 0:08. On the other hand, I think the direction change on 0:11 cut the combo, and that Tipped Sonic is a bit odd. The finisher is nice though.

    Raem’s combo was a bit repetitive, but technically very good (0:13 omg). As he said, he focused on linkages, and I think he got a very good result.

    Vote for Raem



    Near vs Raeik

    Near’s Inverse i-Sonic reminded me of Key3 on S and S 2nd. The combo was slow and smooth, but then he loses the control of the pen and goes offcam (0:19), and the finisher becomes too fast and anticlimactic.

    Raeik’s combo was a bit more difficult but it had less smoothness, I think the pen is too heavy for his hands.

    Vote for Near



  25. SpinFo
    Date: Sat, Feb 13 2010 22:48:23

    There is something terrible wrong here. Frasio is a PPP member, right? And PPP gave him a vote! It is suppose for one community not to be able to judge its own spinner. Am i correct?

  26. Raeik
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 11:06:52

    Sorry guys I was quite busy these days.

    Those reults aren't correct AT ALL.
    There is no tie.
    (I think SPSC judgements were forgotten for this count)
    I check everything and here they are

    lol vous aviez oublié les votes de SPSC donc au final y'a pas d'égalité.

    spinfo xxx
    might xx

    guevara x
    ivabra xxxx

    impulse xx
    raem xxx

    apa xxx
    frazio xx

    near xxxx
    raeik xx

    blasfem xxxx
    lekunga x

    mogac x
    gildor xxx

    JTS xxx
    Huy xx





    For next round you have to send your video uploaded on Skydrive/rapidshare/Megaupload to me or judges but not in public because a collab will be made.
    Judges will have to rank videos from 1 > 8 and will judge the combo but have to keep in mind how the spinner did during all the tournament (if he was regular, if he improved etc...)
    Deadline is 7th march)



    judges will have to rank every combo of the 3rd round, even one from their community)

  27. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 15:24:00

    nice, keep it up spinfo and raem!! its the last round, the final!

  28. Mats
    Date: Tue, Feb 16 2010 18:06:40

    You did pretty good guys smile.gif

    Maybe we can pick up 1st/2nd/3rd in the final!

  29. SJ
    Date: Tue, Feb 16 2010 20:41:31

    QUOTE (Resonance @ Jan 19 2010, 08:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I don't really understand something- I was quickly browsing through the battles, and reading some of the judges comments, and I saw that in product's battle vs APA almost all 5 judges (if I'm not mistaken) commented about product's angle being bad.
    Maybe it's just me, but I don't think camera angle should be really considered as a judging factor :\ I'm not talking about being off screen a lot, which could interfere with judging/ suggest bad hand control (on specific cases), but I don't think points should be taken off because of a bad angle.
    It might not have been the case, and the judges simply stated it, but to me it looked like it...

    Just my 2 cents, anyway.

    And congrats Raem and SpinFo ^^ good luck on the future rounds :]

    Angle is crucial in penspinning. Period. A good sppinner would know what is a good angle and how to get one.
    Not really an excuse to use a bad angle for such a tournament. If you can't get a good angle at all, well...too bad. Try your best.

  30. Raeik
    Date: Sat, Apr 3 2010 11:43:43

    It took some time but finally the results are here ^^'

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vosO4j_0yYY

    thank you everyone o/