UPSB v3

General Discussion / UPSB Tournament 2010 - Final Results OUT!

  1. Zombo
    Date: Fri, Dec 18 2009 00:20:39

    Tournament tree: http://challonge.com/images/brackets/UPSB.png

    Fourth round videos:

    Round 4

    Main bracket:

    1 vicgotgame vs 6 Pen Ninja

    B bracket:

    4 teotoko vs 8 Eriror
    2 Mystic vs 7 Jamie Enns

    Results posted here

    -------------------

    Third round videos:

    Main bracket:

    1 vicgotgame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq9iGzM20AY
    4 teotoko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgn0kL6TAQA

    2 Mystic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v69eS9ddCN0
    6 Pen Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oI4qPG1_RE

    B bracket:

    3 ellusion67: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcrSphcBzg
    8 Eriror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlHDnlDb1lM

    5 Simplex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQe9f_FWCK0
    7 Jamie Enns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a50yGVUr2fY

    Results posted here.

    -------------------

    Second round videos:

    vicgotgame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm56MkNAP30
    Eriror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oqAoxTGwgo

    teotoko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MLFWNVkC0U
    Simplex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7AOGfFcTMc

    Mystic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd6dcezShdA
    Jamie Enns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpgJO5XJ1bI

    Pen Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2OgFedBvEo
    ellusion67: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASmwNKZuZg4

    Results posted here.

    -------------------

    Hi,

    I want to organize an UPSB tournament since we are not participating for WC10 to prepare for WT11.

    The goal of the tournament is to train for the WT11. People that do well in this tournament will surely be highly considered when it comes time to pick participants in 2011. We will use a format which is similar to the next WT, but adapted to maximize the number of rounds spinners participate (so that they have more opportunities to learn).

    Who can participate?

    UPSB members that are eligible to join WT11 as UPSB member. In other words, if you are part of another community and plan to participate the WT11 under that community, then you cannot join this tournament. If you are unsure, ask me. All skill levels are welcome.

    Format:

    Qualification round:

    First there will be a qualification round. Videos will be due February 13th. We release all the videos we receive and then we pick the top 8. Judges will have 2 weeks to decide the final ranking.

    Second round:

    Second round normally start February 27th. The top 8 spinners have been ranked and matched according to their rank (1vs8, 2vs7, etc.) In other words the tournament tree is already decided in advance.

    Third round:

    Third round will have 4 spinners undefeated (semi-finals). The 4 defeated spinners will go to the losers bracket and continue the tournament there.

    Fourth round:

    The 2 undefeated play in the final. The two losers in the semi-finals will now be in the losers bracket.

    The winner of the final is #1, the finalist is #2. In the loser bracket, there will 2 spinners remaining. They will be ranked #3. If there is still time, the 2 #3 can play again to determine #3 and #4.

    Schedule

    Except the qualifications, each round will have 2 weeks for filming their video, followed by 1 week for judging. In total, the tournament will last about 3 months and end May 1st.

    Videos format

    Minimum length: 10 seconds
    Maximum length: 25 seconds

    Video should be new material for this tournament.

    Upload your video on Youtube or a download link or attachment.

    Send your video to me, [email protected]

    Sign-up

    No sign-up is necessary for this tournament. As long as you submit your video before qualification deadline, you'll be registered. However, it'll help us if you can post in this thread your intention to participate.

    Deadline for handing in qualification video: February 13th.

    Judging

    Judging in this tournament will be through justifications and voting. No numeric score. Judging will consider all aspects of pen spinning, namely execution, smoothness, difficulty, structure, variety, overall impression, creativity.

    We also need judges. If you don't plan on participating the tournament, PM Zombo to become judge. Judges should be good at analyzing videos and be responsive to e-mails sent so that I can quickly reach you if needed.

    If you have any questions, post here.

    Prizes:

    1 yr premium for winner
    6 m premium for runner-up.












    Videos:

    Eric: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nv0FlDdPNw
    Springfield: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkQkC5P-zZo
    Pen Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNl7P0FVuGg
    Look into the Sun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDyMEl0eBjg
    Angelbaby07: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=milr-lmuAq4
    Hippo2626: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ztnpxDhPoI
    SpinFo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KfM0enIAw0
    Simplex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwwX1FDiqWw
    Wind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXxrCMgWTA8
    AwonW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_mWYMZrD2o
    vicgotgame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lclFurJRcNg
    xzelph: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hispIXoRNd4
    teotoko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv2aMbdVHnw
    stemza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9cl-c5WIzM
    shadow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgLxIZ1eE4
    mystic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mguU7mkrJ_Y
    escorpio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h66YtCXFoZI
    ellusion67: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXafwFgegFs
    darkdazh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBS6LnK0Org
    jamie enns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpUIKy15epc
    Eriror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMeGXvfagtc

    First round results: http://www.upsb.info/forum/index.php?s=&am...st&p=334009

  2. Thewave
    Date: Fri, Dec 18 2009 14:58:30

    What judging system will be used during the tournament? The one posted on the Wiki? The one that was used during WT09?

    Also- how will the judging for all the videos go for the preliminary? Each judge ranks all the videos or just the top 8?

  3. Zombo
    Date: Fri, Dec 18 2009 16:30:35

    QUOTE (Thewave @ Dec 18 2009, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    What judging system will be used during the tournament? The one posted on the Wiki? The one that was used during WT09?


    Judging

    Judging in this tournament will be through justifications and voting. No numeric score. Judging will consider all aspects of pen spinning, namely execution, smoothness, difficulty, structure, variety, overall impression, creativity.

    QUOTE
    Also- how will the judging for all the videos go for the preliminary? Each judge ranks all the videos or just the top 8?


    just top 8, otherwise its too long

  4. Mats
    Date: Fri, Dec 18 2009 16:38:41

    Tee hee ace. PSUK representative here. (hope to qualify)! Morning practice time!

  5. Resonance
    Date: Fri, Dec 18 2009 16:56:08

    Sounds great~
    I'm not sure if I'll be able to join, kinda busy with school, but I'll see.

  6. Awesome
    Date: Fri, Dec 18 2009 18:13:06

    I am interested

    /inzors

  7. Mystic
    Date: Fri, Dec 18 2009 19:50:18

    I am so in. I was hoping for a tournament biggrin.gif

  8. Jamie Enns
    Date: Fri, Dec 18 2009 22:32:02

    i want to play
    will send a video

  9. Wind
    Date: Fri, Dec 18 2009 23:14:53

    interesting. i'm in.

  10. Zkhan43110
    Date: Fri, Dec 18 2009 23:18:16

    /in why not

  11. stemza
    Date: Sat, Dec 19 2009 01:12:53

    In biggrin.gif

  12. Shadowserpant
    Date: Sat, Dec 19 2009 01:13:58

    I'm definitely in.

    So, if you pass the qualification round, your video is still released?

  13. Mystic
    Date: Sat, Dec 19 2009 01:19:20

    QUOTE (Shadowserpant @ Dec 18 2009, 08:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I'm definitely in.

    So, if you pass the qualification round, your video is still released?



    QUOTE (Zombo @ Dec 17 2009, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    We release all the videos we receive and then we pick the top 8.


    Sorry, but it's right there....

  14. Simplex
    Date: Sat, Dec 19 2009 04:00:13

    mm

    /in

    but im pretty certain i won't be able to make a good enough vid :/

  15. teotoko
    Date: Sat, Dec 19 2009 04:29:45

    sounds like fun biggrin.gif probably wont make it in, but its worth a shot tongue.gif

  16. KunLin
    Date: Sat, Dec 19 2009 05:15:37

    haha in as well

  17. k-ryder
    Date: Sat, Dec 19 2009 05:46:40

    well.... lets see what i can do then
    feb is a while away still, so i'll hand something in

  18. Shadowserpant
    Date: Sat, Dec 19 2009 08:02:45

    QUOTE (Mystic @ Dec 18 2009, 05:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Sorry, but it's right there....

    Which is why I didn't ask whether they released them or not, I was verifying that they did...

  19. GoldStars
    Date: Sat, Dec 19 2009 18:09:50

    /in even if i lose ill learn something out of it tongue.gif

  20. AwonW
    Date: Sat, Dec 19 2009 18:13:10

    /in

  21. RH
    Date: Sun, Dec 20 2009 06:17:00

    im so screwed but /in

  22. pakspinner
    Date: Wed, Dec 30 2009 01:32:44

    /in

  23. Kari-Chan
    Date: Wed, Dec 30 2009 02:06:57

    meh.... i'll enter... i have nothing to do >.>

  24. neoknux_009メMT
    Date: Thu, Dec 31 2009 05:25:35

    /in.

    i wanted a larger scale tournament so we can have more than 8 rankings, however im sure this will be fun anyway.

  25. SPRiNGFiELD
    Date: Mon, Jan 4 2010 09:19:08

    i'll try, /in

  26. TheSpinner 3.5
    Date: Sat, Jan 9 2010 23:25:51

    /in

  27. darkdazh
    Date: Tue, Jan 12 2010 18:31:22

    I'll try. =P

    /in

  28. Zombo
    Date: Thu, Jan 21 2010 07:17:34

    there are about 3 weeks left before first round deadline, so starting to prepare to think about how to create your breakdown might be a good idea.

  29. Sadistic
    Date: Thu, Jan 28 2010 00:42:27

    Pretty confident i'm doing this....

  30. Tushix
    Date: Thu, Jan 28 2010 00:50:59

    boubt I;ll make it but in/

  31. Aries
    Date: Thu, Jan 28 2010 00:52:10

    /in im porlly the most horrible but okay. hi old timers.

  32. ellusion67
    Date: Thu, Jan 28 2010 07:38:06

    gonna try this..

  33. XYZakiメAM
    Date: Thu, Jan 28 2010 22:06:57

    In.

  34. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Jan 31 2010 18:49:17

    the deadline is in 2 weeks, I have received 1 vid so far

  35. teotoko
    Date: Thu, Feb 4 2010 05:12:24

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Jan 31 2010, 09:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    the deadline is in 2 weeks, I have received 1 vid so far

    /sent biggrin.gif

  36. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Feb 7 2010 03:33:22

    1 week left, got 2 vids, more judges would be nice also

  37. darkdazh
    Date: Mon, Feb 8 2010 21:52:26

    Could've been alot smoother but...

    /sent

  38. Escorpio123
    Date: Tue, Feb 9 2010 07:12:59

    I will try to play. smile.gif

  39. Mystic
    Date: Tue, Feb 9 2010 21:44:42

    /Sent

  40. ellusion67
    Date: Thu, Feb 11 2010 03:52:09

    QUOTE (Mystic @ Feb 9 2010, 04:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    /Sent

  41. Tushix
    Date: Thu, Feb 11 2010 05:49:04

    /out I'll get slammed and don't have time to make a vid ._.

  42. Xzelph
    Date: Thu, Feb 11 2010 06:25:53

    /in i will try

  43. stemza
    Date: Thu, Feb 11 2010 10:36:18

    QUOTE (Xzelph @ Feb 11 2010, 02:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    /in i will try



    Me too laugh.gif

  44. Zombo
    Date: Fri, Feb 12 2010 16:12:52

    tomorrow is the last day to submit

    the first post has all the received vids so far

  45. Santa
    Date: Fri, Feb 12 2010 21:26:24

    i bet the prize is a guaranteed spot on the WT11 roster.

  46. Kirby
    Date: Fri, Feb 12 2010 22:52:18

    wut about WT10?

  47. hoiboy
    Date: Fri, Feb 12 2010 22:59:18

    World Tournaments are held every other year.
    World Cups are held on all the other years (aka every other year)

    WT'09
    WC'10
    WT'11
    WC'12
    WT'13

    etc.

    UPSB is too cool for WC'10, so we're hosting our own little tournament wink.gif

  48. Tushix
    Date: Fri, Feb 12 2010 23:14:05

    Or as Tek said:
    "We don't need the World Cup. Fuck the world cup!" on one of his vids xD

  49. SPRiNGFiELD
    Date: Sat, Feb 13 2010 02:02:13

    QUOTE (Tushix @ Feb 12 2010, 06:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Or as Tek said:
    "We don't need the World Cup. Fuck the world cup!" on one of his vids xD



    agree... kirby fail. just as FPSB is doing the same

  50. Kirby
    Date: Sat, Feb 13 2010 05:26:47

    QUOTE (hoiboy @ Feb 12 2010, 04:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    World Tournaments are held every other year.
    World Cups are held on all the other years (aka every other year)

    WT'09
    WC'10
    WT'11
    WC'12
    WT'13

    etc.

    UPSB is too cool for WC'10, so we're hosting our own little tournament wink.gif


    Thanks Hoiboy I get it now smile.gif

  51. Escorpio123
    Date: Sat, Feb 13 2010 06:30:39

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Feb 12 2010, 11:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    tomorrow is the last day to submit

    the first post has all the received vids so far

    can i be in?

  52. Simplex
    Date: Sat, Feb 13 2010 06:41:07

    so this will be due at hte end of the day tomorrow?

  53. Zombo
    Date: Sat, Feb 13 2010 06:54:01

    QUOTE (Simplex @ Feb 13 2010, 01:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    so this will be due at hte end of the day tomorrow?


    if by tomorrow you mean today

    yes in 22 hours

  54. Simplex
    Date: Sat, Feb 13 2010 07:10:25

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Feb 13 2010, 01:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    if by tomorrow you mean today

    yes in 22 hours


    cool ty

  55. SPRiNGFiELD
    Date: Sat, Feb 13 2010 09:06:08

    is it via voting or judges?

    btw, could you give us some information on who are the judges?

  56. Zombo
    Date: Sat, Feb 13 2010 14:43:41

    QUOTE (SPRiNGFiELD @ Feb 13 2010, 04:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    is it via voting or judges?

    btw, could you give us some information on who are the judges?


    judges

    no

  57. SpinFo
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 02:06:13

    /in and video sent

  58. SPRiNGFiELD
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 02:16:53

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Feb 13 2010, 09:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    judges

    no


    hmm k thanks. cool. i'am dead

  59. Simplex
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 04:15:03

    /sent...

    wont make it past qualification ><

  60. Hippo2626
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 05:53:54

    Zombo, am I in the qualification round? Doubt I'd make it to the first round but just wondering.

  61. Wind
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 06:20:24

    /sent

  62. SPRiNGFiELD
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 14:50:37

    QUOTE (Hippo2626 @ Feb 14 2010, 01:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Zombo, am I in the qualification round? Doubt I'd make it to the first round but just wondering.


    did u send the video in the first place? if you did send it before the closing date, yes

  63. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 15:28:05

    qualification vids

    Eric: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nv0FlDdPNw
    Springfield: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkQkC5P-zZo
    Pen Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNl7P0FVuGg
    Look into the Sun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDyMEl0eBjg
    Angelbaby07: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=milr-lmuAq4
    Hippo2626: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ztnpxDhPoI
    SpinFo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KfM0enIAw0
    Simplex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwwX1FDiqWw
    Wind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXxrCMgWTA8
    AwonW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_mWYMZrD2o
    vicgotgame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lclFurJRcNg
    xzelph: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hispIXoRNd4
    teotoko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv2aMbdVHnw
    stemza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9cl-c5WIzM
    shadow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgLxIZ1eE4
    mystic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mguU7mkrJ_Y
    escorpio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h66YtCXFoZI
    ellusion67: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXafwFgegFs
    darkdazh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBS6LnK0Org
    jamie enns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpUIKy15epc
    Eriror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMeGXvfagtc

    we will now select top 8 vids that are eligible chosen by judges

  64. Mystic
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 16:37:17

    Where's Eriror??? I saw his video on youtube :/

  65. darkdazh
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 16:38:10

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Feb 14 2010, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>


    I got slammed... lol

  66. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Feb 14 2010 16:45:39

    QUOTE (Mystic @ Feb 14 2010, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Where's Eriror??? I saw his video on youtube :/


    oh ok

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

    never received an email

  67. Jamie Enns
    Date: Mon, Feb 15 2010 01:29:48

    2 weeeeeeeeks >.<

    i'm excited smile.gif

  68. Hippo2626
    Date: Mon, Feb 15 2010 01:47:53

    I'm gonna' get owned!! Haha! My combos the worst of them all. Should have recorded another combo. I didn't have any time to record it so I had to use an old video I had. If I have time, I'll go record the actual combo. Anyways everyone else was great! Can't wait to see the other rounds.

  69. SPRiNGFiELD
    Date: Mon, Feb 15 2010 02:09:37

    i am uber excited

  70. Pen Ninja
    Date: Mon, Feb 15 2010 02:26:07

    i counted 7 vids that were better than mine >.> nervous

  71. Eric
    Date: Mon, Feb 15 2010 23:43:31

    that means you might be the 8th qualifier wink.gif

    lol i can't wait for the results either. i'm out fer sher

  72. Simplex
    Date: Tue, Feb 16 2010 04:05:17

    QUOTE (Eric @ Feb 15 2010, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    that means you might be the 8th qualifier wink.gif

    lol i can't wait for the results either. i'm out fer sher


    same same tongue.gif but with all these people in it the real tourny is sure to be exciting biggrin.gif

  73. AwonW
    Date: Tue, Feb 16 2010 04:09:47

    Man.. I'm so screwed.

  74. Eric
    Date: Tue, Feb 16 2010 04:46:55

    too bad most people are focused on the WC10 rather than upsb tourney. i'm not keeping up with WC/WT this year sad.gif

  75. Zombo
    Date: Tue, Feb 16 2010 05:22:30

    QUOTE (Eric @ Feb 15 2010, 11:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    too bad most people are focused on the WC10 rather than upsb tourney. i'm not keeping up with WC/WT this year sad.gif


    that makes no sense, UPSB is not even qualified for WC10 dunno.gif

  76. SJ
    Date: Tue, Feb 16 2010 05:55:51

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Feb 15 2010, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    that makes no sense, UPSB is not even qualified for WC10 dunno.gif

    i think he means the people are following WC10 much more than the UPSB tourney

  77. Eric
    Date: Tue, Feb 16 2010 05:57:28

    i meant like, a lot of people are more interested in the WC10 then they are in the UPSB tourney. well i'm sure more people will follow the UPSB tourney once the actual rounds start

    it's just that i expected more qualification videos o.0

  78. Zombo
    Date: Tue, Feb 16 2010 06:05:16

    well yeah, WC10 is a far bigger tournament than UPSB Tourney... that's like comparing US championships with Olympics...

  79. TEK
    Date: Tue, Feb 16 2010 09:52:49

    there are some good ass videos =D

  80. darkdazh
    Date: Wed, Feb 17 2010 00:14:03

    if judges decide rankings before two weeks will they post them then? =]

  81. Simplex
    Date: Wed, Feb 17 2010 00:20:34

    QUOTE (darkdazh @ Feb 16 2010, 07:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    if judges decide rankings before two weeks will they post them then? =]


    i dont think that will happen imo. i mean there is a schedule decided already. by doing that everything would have to be redone?

  82. darkdazh
    Date: Fri, Feb 26 2010 14:06:40

    Results tomorrow? =o

  83. teotoko
    Date: Sat, Feb 27 2010 20:46:31

    yo Zombo, are the judges done judging??

  84. AwonW
    Date: Sat, Feb 27 2010 20:59:38

    QUOTE (teotoko @ Feb 27 2010, 12:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    yo Zombo, are the judges done judging??

    I wouldn't even worry, man. You're like top 5 for sure.

  85. Jamie Enns
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 02:33:49

    i hate anticipation

  86. Hippo2626
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 03:03:17

    Good luck all! Hope the next rounds will be as epic as the world cup round 2!

  87. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 17:46:39

    Results

    First of all, we received a lot of great videos, so thanks to all who submitted.

    Second, out of those videos, there are more spinners that deserve to be in the tournament than spots available. This means we had a lot of difficult decisions to make.

    Third, because of the high level, we had to respect the rules very strictly, the following combos are therefore disqualified:

    LITS: too long.
    Hippo2626: too long.
    Angelbaby07: Not a real upsb member.

    So first here are the unanimous decisions by all judges. By unanimous, I mean all judges put them in their top 8, but not necessarily in the ranking below, which is averaged.


    Spoiler:
    1. vicgotgame: Great links, sick finish. Maybe missing a bit variety. Smooth combo, with nice linkages, but somehow I expected more.
    2. Mystic: The first part of the combo is a bit weak, it does show you have good technique. It starts to pick towards the middle with a succession of good tricks and links. His combo is great: fast, pretty smooth and varied. The first sequence is very well executed, also the finisher is powerful. I liked a lot those Cont RA, they look neat, but on the other hand it seems he slows down a bit on 0:14.
    3. ellusion67: Pretty fast and well executed combo, it has a lot of great aerials, also the Palmspin Rev is very good. Nice combo. Great tricks, very smooth.
    4. teotoko: Great combo, very fluid, the opening of the palm at :06 looks so fresh. The sequence from 0:04 to 0:06 is very good (except the following Charge Rev TF, which I don’t like). 0:08 is amazing too. The combo is difficult and also stylish. I only think that the finisher could be more powerful.
    5. Simplex: Nice starter. The combo is full of difficult sequences, but it needs a bit more variety. The Sidespin on 0:05 looks really odd. Really good intro. The ending is a bit flat however, because of execution problems and lack of energy.
    6. Pen Ninja: Those Baks are really difficult, it was an awesome sequence. Also the Cont MA are very nice with that angle. The finisher is not perfect but closes the combo pretty well. The baks look great, there are a few errors towards the end.


    Here are the non-unanimous, but still majority decisions:


    Spoiler:
    7. Jamie Enns: Some insane tricks. I love the backaround with hand movement at :05. The finish is also great. It's too bad the execution is not super great.His combo is not perfectly controlled, but he has an amazing style, I love all those linkages. Those baks/neobaks (0:04-0:06) look good, also that counter on 0:08 and the following sequence. 0:12 and the finisher are very good too.
    8. Eriror: Nice combo we see a little bit of everything: linkages, spins, difficulty. In the middle I think the rotations are not really even, meaning the speed slows down too much. He started with good hybrids, but some linkages are not well executed (that flicked TA Rev and after the spins), also on 0:12 he has a bit mistake.


    Here are the people that were supported but only in minority. They are not qualified in the top 8:


    Spoiler:
    9. Xzelph: Great style, nice tricks and smooth. There's maybe one sequence towards the end that I think could have been omitted. His combo starts a bit weak, with many Charge Rev TF spam, but then it becomes more difficult with that baks, finishing very powerful. He has a good style but It seems his pen is too big/heavy for him.


    Here are other people that were seriously considered, but fell short of the top 8 in any judges' opinion:


    Spoiler:
    SpinFo – I liked all that Tipped Sonic stuff, specially the “assisted” ones on 0:18, but I think he focused too much on that and his combo lacks on variety. Very cool video, lots of nice pen effects. The tricks in between those creative elements however is a bit plain. The finisher is good though.

    AwonW – His starter gives an idea that the combo has to be very soft. I really liked all those aerials, the way he executed it. Sweet intro. I think you need to put more air in your aerials. I also don't like some of excessive hand movements, make it hard to see the tricks. Pretty good though.

    Shadowserpant – That was very stylish and smooth, but the difficulty is a bit low. Sweet intro. I think you need to put more air in your aerials. I also don't like some of excessive hand movements, make it hard to see the tricks. Pretty good though.


    Here are the other comments:


    Spoiler:
    Wind – His first two aerials are very good, but the last is a big mistake. Sweet intro. I think you need to put more air in your aerials. I also don't like some of excessive hand movements, make it hard to see the tricks. Pretty good though.

    Springfield: nice tricks, but not very coherent. The combo looks a bit random. The camera doesn’t help in his video, he does a lot of fast hand movement and we can’t see what’s going on. Also the pen / floor colour hinders a good view. I also think that his combo is a bit short.

    Eric: decent tricks, but too many errors. Not a bad combo. We can see some nice sequences ( I like the starter and the one from 0:07 to 0:09), but the overall combo is a bit choppy.

    Escorpio: The combo is too basic and simple, sorry. Another standard combo, a bit more varied, but the camera quality is too low.

    Stemza: His combo is too short and he doesn’t exploit that time to show anything interesting.

    Darkdazh: A standard combo, but some linkages are sloppy. Pretty good combo, some nice tricks, but it's a little bit messy.


    Here is the tournament tree:


    Spoiler:


    Secound Round: videos are due March 13th, 2010. Send your videos to [email protected]

  88. SJ
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 17:51:58

    vic vs eriror @_@ !!!!!!
    good job to everyone!
    pretty intense tourney lol

  89. Hippo2626
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 17:54:14

    Oh man eriror was 8th place wow! UPSB first. Nevermind at least the matchup is now eriror versus vicgotgame. Can't wait for that battle. I believe the score between eriror and vic is 1-1 right. Congrats to all who got in. All the matchups seems so epic. This is gonna' be an awesome tournament. Great job people!! Next year the world cup winner will be from UPSB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  90. Wind
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 17:56:40

    YES VIC VS ERIROR

    epic.

  91. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 18:00:27

    so if people want to judge from second round onwards, PM Me.

  92. vicgotgame
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 20:40:00

    Ah man, didnt expect that for round 1.
    But here we go again, good luck Eriror. Hope you have time to film this time. wink.gif
    Good luck to everyone else. smile.gif

  93. Erirornal Kraione
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 21:20:44

    Don't worry, I WILL film this time. wink.gif Good luck, everyone!

  94. ellusion67
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 22:38:38

    good luck everyone.. happy.gif

  95. Jamie Enns
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 23:57:30

    wtf.gif where is Awon huh(1).gif
    I say teo wins the whole thing

  96. Mystic
    Date: Sun, Feb 28 2010 23:59:48

    Wow, Vic and Eriror this early O.o

    Good luck Jamie biggrin.gif

  97. XYZakiメAM
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 00:07:06

    QUOTE (Erirornal Kraione @ Feb 28 2010, 01:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Don't worry, I WILL film this time. wink.gif Good luck, everyone!


    Wait did Eriror not film and still get in? wtf.gif

  98. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 00:11:17

    QUOTE (XYZakiメAM @ Feb 28 2010, 07:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Wait did Eriror not film and still get in? wtf.gif


    quoting out of context ftl

  99. k-ryder
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 02:29:29

    come on penja!
    aussie represent!

  100. XYZakiメAM
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 03:15:27

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Feb 28 2010, 04:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    quoting out of context ftl


    Well I looked at the UPSBStaff YT Channel and Eriror has no video....
    But Yeah that quote is probably referring to the wrong thing.

  101. k-ryder
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 03:27:47

    QUOTE (XYZakiメAM @ Mar 1 2010, 11:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Well I looked at the UPSBStaff YT Channel and Eriror has no video....
    But Yeah that quote is probably referring to the wrong thing.


    refering to strat's team battle a couple of months ago
    it was vic vs eriror, but eriror didn't hand in video, all hell broke loose

    also, look on first page, link to eriror vid

  102. Escorpio123
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 03:51:41

    An anticipated Rematch between Eriror and Vicgotgame, that's going to be interesting cool.gif .

    Good Luck To everyone rolleyes.gif , Congrats to all that got in wink.gif , show your best in these rounds happy.gif .

  103. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 04:38:18

    I guess I shouldn't have used an old unreleased combo. Not too disappointing though.

    Good luck to all the participants. I hope to see a grand tournament.

  104. strat1227
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 04:49:32

    QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ Feb 28 2010, 11:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I guess I shouldn't have used an old unreleased combo. Not too disappointing though.

    Good luck to all the participants. I hope to see a grand tournament.


    Hmm well it wasn't the content, your vid got dequaled for being too long, or else I bet you'd have a decent chance at it

  105. Hippo2626
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 10:31:44

    Did the judges purposely give eriror the 8th place and vic the 1st so that we could all watch an epic battle? If so than thanks!

  106. SPRiNGFiELD
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 10:56:15

    good luck all

  107. Xzelph
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 11:33:05

    Thank you all.
    and Good luck laugh.gif
    especially Simplex!! plz win!

  108. Simplex
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 14:23:24

    QUOTE (Xzelph @ Mar 1 2010, 06:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Thank you all.
    and Good luck laugh.gif
    especially Simplex!! plz win!


    biggrin.gif tyty but there is like no chance of that >.<

    and goodluck everyone this will be soooo fun biggrin.gif

  109. teotoko
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 14:50:20

    QUOTE (Simplex @ Mar 1 2010, 06:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    biggrin.gif tyty but there is like good chance of that smile.gif

    and goodluck everyone this will be soooo fun biggrin.gif

    fixed for ya james ^^ goodluck!

  110. darkdazh
    Date: Mon, Mar 1 2010 17:04:38

    i expected the bit about being sloppy... refilming wouldn't have given me a spot anyway. =P

    This'll be pretty interesting though.

  111. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Mar 8 2010 15:11:18

    videos are due this saturday.

  112. Zombo
    Date: Fri, Mar 12 2010 15:40:18

    received 2 videos so far (they're on youtube alrdy)

    you have until tomorrow

  113. Pen Ninja
    Date: Fri, Mar 12 2010 23:24:32

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Mar 13 2010, 12:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    received 2 videos so far (they're on youtube alrdy)

    you have until tomorrow


    mine and ellusion's?

  114. Zombo
    Date: Sat, Mar 13 2010 05:35:40

    received everybody except

    eriror

  115. Jamie Enns
    Date: Sat, Mar 13 2010 05:50:50

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Mar 12 2010, 11:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    received everybody except

    eriror
    vicgotgame

    hahaha
    anticipation

    EDIT:
    seriously, D:
    epic anticipation = too much for jamie

  116. Vaan
    Date: Sat, Mar 13 2010 08:47:16

    Erirornal kraione Vs. Vicgotgame.. happy.gif
    this will be epic.. the last time they battle,l vic got owned by eriror!

  117. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Mar 14 2010 01:56:20

    vids out

    vicgotgame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm56MkNAP30
    eriror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oqAoxTGwgo

    teotoko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MLFWNVkC0U
    simplex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7AOGfFcTMc

    mystic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd6dcezShdA
    jamie enns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpgJO5XJ1bI

    pen ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2OgFedBvEo
    ellusion67: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASmwNKZuZg4

  118. melvenorc12
    Date: Tue, Mar 16 2010 22:37:02

    oOoOoOo now this is an interesting round =].

  119. Jamie Enns
    Date: Sat, Mar 20 2010 23:45:16

    innocent.gif
    judges?

  120. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 03:13:38

    tomorrow

  121. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 16:17:48

    ok I have the results,

    I have 5 judges, but the 5th judge havent submitted yet, but then whatever he votes, it wont affect the final results so I'm not gonna wait anymore.

    Here are compiled comments (they're all merged together)

    Eriror vs vicgotgame:


    Spoiler:
    The first 8 seconds from Eriror’s combo are very intense: fast, smooth and very well synchronized. With that pen touch it seems he’s transferring all his power to the right hand. He continues with difficult sequences and then a little stop warns us he’s starting with both hands again. It seems like he loses control with his left hand (I think that was supposed to be another synchronized sequence), but he manages to recover the control and does a good finisher.

    Eriror's combo is just as flawlessly executed but I feel that vic's combo was a little stronger.

    Eriror combo is a bit long; there is some interesting tricks (the counter neosonic (indexaround 12-11 0.75 harmonic), and the right hand at 0:17) but nothing really impressive, notwithstanding the fact that there is no mistakes in a two-handed combo. Was a bit hard to decide.

    Eriror has a very strong opening sequence but it seems to fade when he starts going one-handed. The combo starts losing focus at some point and seems to wander. This is especially noticeable when there's the big pause for the TA before the two-handed finish.

    Vicgotgame's combo has very interesting links; there is no spam and tricks are done well. However, the finish part is good but looks more muddled than the rest of the combo, probably because it's a more difficult part.

    Vicgotgame - His combo has a little more variety such as spins, aerials, and even a new aerial.

    Vic’s tricks are more eye-catching, specially his first sequence (till 0:04). I think the direction change on 0:16 is unnecessary because it breaks the combo, also the stop is too long. Vic does some power tricks, but Eriror countered them with his combo (for example the Cont Midbak 1.5). His combo is more varied though.

    Vic delivers a very focused intense combo which shows a lot of different aspects of his spin, all seamlessly integrated. There is some control issue towards the end but really nothing major.

    Winner: vicgotgame 4-1.


    teotoko vs Simplex:


    Spoiler:
    Infinities at the beginning of Teotoko's combo are done well; the combo itself is hard and there is some well-done fist spins (spider spins, if this is still the official name). Apart from this, it looks a bit common.

    Teotoko’s aerials were nice, also the move on 0:02. He starts fast and smooth, but it seems like he loses a bit after that FL TA Rev on 0:09.

    teotoko - This one was a tough one to choose. Both had their strengths and weaknesses in their combos. Teotoko had a visually appealing combo but had several off camera moments and the finisher was shaky.

    Very nice looking combo by teo. Although you seem to struggle a bit in the middle, the spin is very compact.

    Simplex, you did good but some tricks are a bit too basic. You didn't take enough risks in this combo.

    Simplex did some difficult tricks, but IMO that combo needs more energy. 0:06-0:08 looks like it could be better, he has some offcam, also it seems he spammed a bit.

    Simplex's combo had a nice structure but did repeat some minicombos and overall looked shaky. I'll have to give this one to teotoko for having cleaner execution.

    Simplex's combo is perfectly done, no mistakes, great tempo, but really too long and even if there is some hard tricks, there is still a lack of originality.Teotoko is the winner, even if Simplex's one looks better. I prefered Simplex's combo.

    Winner: teotoko 5-0.


    Mystic vs Jamie Enns:


    Spoiler:
    Mystic's combo is too hard; Mystic has a great style but because of his combo being so hard, it's sometimes a bit muddled. However, the beginning is nice and well done, the style is still here. The finish and some tricks remind me of spinnerpeem (at the beginning, the continuous TA => palmspin... And the spam), with a very different style. Some spam too in the middle of the combo.

    Mystic’s combo starts very powerful, that first sequence was amazing; then continues with fast spinning, but that Bakriser > TIS Rev mystifies him a bit and makes him slow down. But after some seconds he recovers the speed and ends with a powerful combo (pity that he offcams a lot).

    Mystic had some really sweet tricks but also some bad moments like when :07. That moment is really put into the spotlight but it's weak.

    Another tough one. Mystic had, in comparison, a more basic structured combo than Jamie, and also had several hiccups within the combo.

    Jamie's combo had a lot of interesting links and the difficulty is apparent, however the execution was less than what's needed to go to the next bracket. There were many times in Jamie's combo where it looked like it was going to fall down. It's apparent in how his hand seems to compensate for the slip up. So for this, I have to give it to Mystic. However, Mystic needs to step it up a little on his execution.

    I don't feel like Jamie seems confident in his combo. He seems really focused in doing one trick at a time and it shows, the result is a combo which looks a bit disconnected.

    JE’s linkages are really nice. The sequence from 0:03 to 0:07 is amazing, also that Inv Shadows, but then the stop on 0:13 breaks the combo in two. But that allows him to show a good control, although he moves his hand a little much to the end.

    Jamie enns : Effortless style, it is a pleasure to see this type of style. The pen is rarely held and this adds some difficulty in the combo.

    Winner: Mystic 4-1.


    Pen ninja vs Ellusion67:


    Spoiler:
    Pen ninja's combo could have been stopped between 0:15 and 0:16... and last 29s. from 0s to 16s, combo is really good, tempo is perfect, not that much difficulty nor originality but it's beautiful. Then, from 16s to 29s, there is just hard tricks again and again... Combo is too long and those (useless) hard tricks killed the effectiveness of the combo. But the beginning stays nice and because of the last part, there is lots of difficulties.

    Penja's combo had a good amount of variety and I appreciated that he didn't overdo too much on any one trick. Penja didn't exactly have a ton of power moves but I did like his directional changes. This one goes to Penja.

    Pen Ninja shows great control and smoothness, but there’s also a stop and direction change on 0:15 that I think could be improved.

    Pen Ninja has a very well planned combo, you can see that he really has a lot of different elements he wants to show in the combo. The only problem I think is lack of control on the baks at the end: they should be faster and more steady it would look better.

    This is like a Control battle. Ellusion also showed a nice spin, some power trick and very good FL FA Releases at the end.

    Ellusion's combo is similar to pen ninja's one : Perfect tempo, great style, nice tricks without difficulty at the beginning (apart from the palmspin that is not even really hard), and are tricks at the end. However, there is no break in the combo like in pen ninja's one (at 0:16), tempo stays perfect during the whole combo, it is not too long, and hard tricks look good in the combo : The effectiveness is far better.

    Ellusion makes a compact combo; although it's well executed and smooth, it doesn't show enough to me to beat Penja.

    Winner: Pen Ninja 4-1.


    edit:

    update with 5th judge:


    Spoiler:
    Simplex vs teotoko -> teotoko, Simplex' combo was disappointing, it would have been close if his combo was better than R1. But even then teotoko's combo was amazing, I loved the aerials.

    Eriror vs vicgotgame -> vicgotgame, Eriror showed some nice 2p2h, but that was about it :| vic's linkings are far superior.

    ellusion69 vs Pen Ninja -> Pen Ninja, ellusion had a nice palm spin and some spreads, but Pen Ninja has a much better variety with beautiful linkings/mini combos.

    Jamie Enns vs Mystic -> Mystic, Jamie Enns probably has the sickest combo if you would only look at the breakdown, but it just doesn't look as good when it is actually performed. A lot of it looks shaky, especially the baks... Mystic has to watch for going off cam as well though (ending)

  122. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 16:25:31

    3rd round main bracket:



    B matchups:

    3 ellusion67 vs 8 Eriror
    5 Simplex vs 7 Jamie Enns

    Vids due April 3rd.

  123. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 17:35:48

    Pretty much as expected. Good job to the contestants. It's been a great tournament so far.

  124. Jamie Enns
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 17:41:24

    thanks for all the critique! clearly I didn't have what it takes, but I'm looking foreword to the B-side.
    I'm looking foreword to Vic vs Teo, both amazing

    I have nothing against the judges, but clarification in certain cases would be great. example "Eriror's combo is just as flawlessly executed but I feel that vic's combo was a little stronger." I get what the judge meant, but if this isn't going by points and is strictly opinion, I think a bit more is necessary tongue.gif



  125. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 17:47:07

    QUOTE (Jamie Enns @ Mar 21 2010, 01:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    thanks for all the critique! clearly I didn't have what it takes, but I'm looking foreword to the B-side.
    I'm looking foreword to Vic vs Teo, both amazing

    I have nothing against the judges, but clarification in certain cases would be great. example "Eriror's combo is just as flawlessly executed but I feel that vic's combo was a little stronger." I get what the judge meant, but if this isn't going by points and is strictly opinion, I think a bit more is necessary tongue.gif


    its because that comment goes with:

    "Vicgotgame - His combo has a little more variety such as spins, aerials, and even a new aerial."

    which explains why vic is stronger.

  126. Jamie Enns
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 17:49:20

    ah k

  127. teotoko
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 18:01:21

    me vs. vic x.X im gonna die tongue.gif nice job to everyone smile.gif

  128. vicgotgame
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 19:34:24

    O wow wasnt expecting some of the results. But still looking forward to the R3 battles. XD
    Good luck Teo. biggrin.gif

  129. Mats
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 19:43:41

    Vic vs Eriror, awesome. Two great combos. Eriror takes it for me though. dry.gif

  130. JC
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 19:53:14

    i dunno if anyone else caught it, but eriror was telling me he was planning this before he filmed -- he had wanted to do the same tricks in both hands, but on one hand, do everything one slot lower

    i think that takes a bit more than just basic 2p2h, but i just wanted to throw that out there for anyone who wants to relook at his combo tongue.gif cause i dont' think i would've caught it right away if eriror didn't point that out to me

    i do think that eriror did seem like he lost some control at 00:
    but results... i think i alll pretty much agree with

    Eriror- it's fine if you like your style and you're going to stay with it, cause i like it too, but i think we've went over this before lol, but your style incorporates so many subtle difficulties that aren't going to win battles for you if that's what you're counting on =\

    Jamie- i really liked the combo you made for this, but i guess your lack of control is still somewhat of an issue =\, especiallly those bak sequences, you seem to lose control of those the most and show this by needing to go so far backwards -- although i think it's kinda cool, gives sorta a 3D effect to it, it's apparent that you're hand is moving backwards so much to maintain control...smoothen out those baks

    ----these were all very tough battles though, good job to everyone!

  131. Santa
    Date: Sun, Mar 21 2010 20:46:38

    wow teo has to pull some stuff out of his anal cavity to beat vic.. LOL

    btw i'm joking. kind of.

  132. Kirby
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 00:39:21

    how was Teo vs. Simplex such a blow out they both had nice combos. I think it should have been more even then a 5-0 blowout. and DAMN Mystic nice spinning

    EDIT: Also how do Erriror get beat so badly his combo was smooth and VERY diffucult. He has a amazing left hand and he did it one slot slower while keeping it decently smooth. The diffuculty I feel was much greater. But then again vics combo was pretty sexi wub.gif

  133. JC
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 03:09:38

    QUOTE (Kirby @ Mar 21 2010, 08:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    how was Teo vs. Simplex such a blow out they both had nice combos. I think it should have been more even then a 5-0 blowout. and DAMN Mystic nice spinning

    EDIT: Also how do Erriror get beat so badly his combo was smooth and VERY diffucult. He has a amazing left hand and he did it one slot slower while keeping it decently smooth. The diffuculty I feel was much greater. But then again vics combo was pretty sexi wub.gif

    I feel like a big part of judging now is the appeal factor...

    for teo vs simplex, i think i can see where the 5-0 result is coming from -- even though they both had nice combos, all the judges can agree on the fact that teo's combo nevertheless was better than simplex's due to having less variety and impact than teo's combo

    for eriror and vic, like i said before, eriror's combo was very difficult, but most people fail to see the difficulty in his linkages and the things he does in his combo cause it goes by so quickly and again, so subtle
    --you can argue that subtlety is good because it's impressive how effortlessly eriror can do all those difficult sequences, but if the jduges don't even have enough experience to see it, it's kinda pointless -- if vic pulls out something less difficult but more flashy and in your face, it becomes more memorable and thus wins the battle

    i dont' disagree with the final results though, i still feel like eriror's slight loss of control at 00:23 (cause i think he was going for a bak ~> rev or something, but it ended up as a neobak 12-34) kidna lost it for me =\ ---for high level battles like this, obvious losses of control can really kill it

  134. Escorpio123
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 03:26:00

    QUOTE (JC @ Mar 21 2010, 10:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I feel like a big part of judging now is the appeal factor...

    for teo vs simplex, i think i can see where the 5-0 result is coming from -- even though they both had nice combos, all the judges can agree on the fact that teo's combo nevertheless was better than simplex's due to having less variety and impact than teo's combo

    for eriror and vic, like i said before, eriror's combo was very difficult, but most people fail to see the difficulty in his linkages and the things he does in his combo cause it goes by so quickly and again, so subtle
    --you can argue that subtlety is good because it's impressive how effortlessly eriror can do all those difficult sequences, but if the jduges don't even have enough experience to see it, it's kinda pointless -- if vic pulls out something less difficult but more flashy and in your face, it becomes more memorable and thus wins the battle

    i dont' disagree with the final results though, i still feel like eriror's slight loss of control at 00:23 (cause i think he was going for a bak ~> rev or something, but it ended up as a neobak 12-34) kidna lost it for me =\ ---for high level battles like this, obvious losses of control can really kill it

    Wow, JC, you are a good Judge, I saw that neoback part too.
    Eriror could have gotten better though. Maybe he was busy, lol.???

  135. Erirornal Kraione
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 06:24:44

    Yeah, I agree with the results as well, but I'd rather lose on different terms than: "I can't see what Eriror actually does so we give the win to Vic because his difficulty is more obvious." He obviously won on variety alone, haha.

    Also, the desync at the end was intentional, but it might have been a bit too hard to maked it look controlled well. I guess it indeed wasn't smooth enough. But holy crap it's hard to suddenly desync after a small synced part. Just try it! Also, when I tried filming it, I always liked the look of the small pause after the NeoBak 2.0, just to give it an emphasis. But in some eyes, it just looks like a blatant mistake, I guess.

    So yeah, I did two desynced parts in my combo, the first not really being noticable unless you slow it down I guess. When judging, I always slow videos down and break them down more precisely, and I guess that's what I expected others to do as well. tongue.gif Also the transfer to my 1p1h is harder than it looks, I guess. But that's debatable. I guess the main mistake was a repeated linkage, which I personally hated. But I didn't come out well out of the MiddleBak Rev, and the way I get in it actually seems to be the way I usually get out of it. A bit nasty.

    But chyeah, I guess JC is right when he says I don't win battles with the subtle difficulty anymore here. But in my opinion, if the judges can't actually take the time or don't have the experience to check out the subleties... Either way, I got the toughest opponent available to me. Vicgotgame officially is the new king of UPSB now for me. smile.gif

    And yeah, I'm busy with university, so I don't nearly have enough time to spin and keep up with the rest anymore. I'm mostly living on 30 minutes a day now if not less.

  136. Tushix
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 06:41:21

    D: I REALLY loved your combo Eriror! it was ubertastic!
    Same with Vic's though >.< If only this was the final...

  137. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 06:46:00

    Such subtlety is admirable but must be executed flawlessly or it'll go unnoticed. It's an interesting concept, I'll admit--but it's like having two singers sing the same song but one starts a few seconds after the other. What's the point? To show that you can? Not good enough. Gotta do more than that.

    Reminds me of frat's thumbstuckinthumbflap trick. Interesting and never been done before, but..what's the point? Purposely handicapping your spinning and scrunching up your hand in an unpleasing manner?

    It was a great battle though, Eri. Really. I hope the loss doesn't inhibit you in anyway but only helps you grow.

    QUOTE
    And yeah, I'm busy with university, so I don't nearly have enough time to spin and keep up with the rest anymore. I'm mostly living on 30 minutes a day now if not less.

    Heh, I know what you mean. PS is a great high school hobby, not as much for the college-bound.

  138. JC
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 06:58:36

    QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ Mar 22 2010, 02:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    What's the point? To show that you can? Not good enough. Gotta do more than that.

    Well the point of doing it is to increase the difficulty of his combo... lol

    And eriror, can't expect all judges to be as good as you ;D haha, i mean, i never slow down combos and break them down when judging >< i usually just watch each vid normal speed 10-15 times each (if it's a close battle) D:

    lol, but i mean yeah, even with the 4-1 score, it was still a good battle happy.gif

  139. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 07:08:05

    QUOTE (JC @ Mar 21 2010, 11:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Well the point of doing it is to increase the difficulty of his combo... lol

    See fratleym reference. :P

    If you watch it in wmp, it has a slow mo function. I used to use it for tricks and linkage I can't ID.

  140. ellusion67
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 09:34:54

    as i expected..you deserved it,pen ninja wink.gif ..i still need to improve my linkages.......

  141. neoknux_009メMT
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 12:47:19

    great job UPSB. you guys are awesome.

    GO PEN NINJA!!

    eriror vs vic battle was just too much ...too soon. thankfull theres a 2nd bracket ^^

  142. Hippo2626
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 12:56:42

    My Opinion on round 2..
    Simplex Vs Teo I was very disappointed with Simplex's combo, I was expecting more. Teo had sweet linkages.
    Pen Ninja Vs Ellusion I thought Penja did a better job in terms of creativity, Control wise both were equal. I wished Ellusion had more interesting stuff.
    JE Vs Mystic Hard to decide who was better at first 'cause they both did so great job but Mystic had a greater control.
    Vic Vs EK The hardest battle to decide the winner. I wish I could null it but after watching both videos for the 2000th time, I felt EK had a greater difficulty which outweighed Vic's super awesome linkages.

    I think that Penja, Teo, Mystic and EK should have moved on.

    Anyway, it has been an awesome tournament so far I will wait for the next rounds.

  143. Mystic
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 14:02:37

    These judges seem too opinionated and inexperienced... well some, not all. You need to slow it down and examine every trick, because you may miss something subtle, yet possibly innovative or really difficult... and it may win the battle. Im not saying that i did anything good, but there was a judge that said i did a "bakriser - thumbindex spin"... I did an inverse shadow. It makes no difference, but judges need to pay attention to detail like that... because an inverse shadow and a bakriser arent even close... and that judge couldve easily missed something like that in other combos. Just looking at overall appeal and overall power alone isnt being a good judge. I know it seems like a lot of work for some people, but to keep this fair and professional-like... attention to detail is needed.

  144. JC
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 14:11:15

    QUOTE (Mystic @ Mar 22 2010, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Im not saying that i did anything good, but there was a judge that said i did a "bakriser - thumbindex spin"... I did an inverse shadow.

    haha, i lol'd

    In general, people willing to judge is usually hard to come by. Good judges, even harder. Gotta deal with what we have and make the best of it I suppose =\

    But I agree, with both you and eriror on the whole judge issue, people need to take more time judging and not watch each vid just once or twice and come to a conclusion. And if they're going to quote a minicombo/trick/etc... go back and rewatch the vid, and get it right, instead of remembering that it was an aerial to thumbindex spin rev, and assuming it was a bakriser. (although i'll admit to having made some silly mistakes when writing stuff down in my judging reports in the past too lol... it all went right in my head, just came out wrong but i was tired haha..)

    Buttt... I wonder who the judges are scratchchin.gif

  145. Resonance
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 14:24:56

    That was a great round!~ Congratulations to all the winners ^^
    I hate it how Vic and Eriror always have to battle so early sad.gif Both had wonderful combos, I'm happy I'm not a judge since there's no way I could decide which is better >_<

    Can someone please explain the B matches? what is their meaning?

  146. JC
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 14:29:15

    QUOTE (Resonance @ Mar 22 2010, 10:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Can someone please explain the B matches? what is their meaning?

    It's just a loser bracket so that the people who got eliminated this round can continue battling to become winner of the B Bracket

  147. Resonance
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 14:38:17

    QUOTE (JC @ Mar 22 2010, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    It's just a loser bracket so that the people who got eliminated this round can continue battling to become winner of the B Bracket

    mhm, ok~

  148. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 16:34:13

    I had a lot of even finding judges, I only had 1 to start with, then another joined, I forced 3 others...

  149. Resonance
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 16:41:04

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Mar 22 2010, 06:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I had a lot of even finding judges, I only had 1 to start with, then another joined, I forced 3 others...

    lulz
    "judge or ban"? xD

  150. Erirornal Kraione
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 17:18:15

    QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ Mar 22 2010, 07:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Such subtlety is admirable but must be executed flawlessly or it'll go unnoticed. It's an interesting concept, I'll admit--but it's like having two singers sing the same song but one starts a few seconds after the other. What's the point? To show that you can? Not good enough. Gotta do more than that.

    Reminds me of frat's thumbstuckinthumbflap trick. Interesting and never been done before, but..what's the point? Purposely handicapping your spinning and scrunching up your hand in an unpleasing manner?


    I don't see your point. The fact that it is subtle enough for people not to notice means that it's executed flawlessly, right? Otherwise it is obvious that I didn't master it yet. If you're talking about the last 2p2h, it's not subtle at all. I don't know what other thing you mean. And subtlety is just part of my style. I know 90% of the spinners don't look deep in the combo and try to see what I do, I spin for the remaining 10%. They appreciate the difficulty and perhaps even the 'beauty' in what I did. And that means a lot more to me than people who just want obvious things, which others do already.

  151. Mats
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 18:21:52

    I don't know if any system got put in place here, but to score combos comparitively would be good. Something like:

    Difficulty:
    Presentation:
    Execution:
    Creativity:

    You give either +1/+2/+3 to one side or a 0 if they are the same. Highest score at the end wins. If they end up tied, then you just need to look over who did better overall or find one small difference that made a combo better. In the Eriror vs Vic battle I think it would be:

    D: +2 Eriror (far more difficult)
    Presentation: 0
    Execution: 0
    Creativity: Vic +1 (due to more 'new' stuff)

    Eriror - +2 // Vic - +1

    And it sucks that people are not willing to be judges =/

    Come on guys.

  152. Frip
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 18:27:34

    Yo srsly, why aren't the people that post all their stuff here judges in the first place?
    PS is hard to judge due many different styles k? if both combos are flawless it comes down to style k? You can't compare difficulty of so many tricks... some people easily do 45765432 busts and then others tie a knot into their fingers and do a TA. Which one is harder?

    A step forward are themes... it gives an exact point to judge by..style only plays a minor role there k?

  153. Mats
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 18:36:00

    QUOTE (Frip @ Mar 22 2010, 06:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Yo srsly, why aren't the people that post all their stuff here judges in the first place?
    PS is hard to judge due many different styles k? if both combos are flawless it comes down to style k? You can't compare difficulty of so many tricks... some people easily do 45765432 busts and then others tie a knot into their fingers and do a TA. Which one is harder?

    A step forward are themes... it gives an exact point to judge by..style only plays a minor role there k?


    Are you really suggesting that you can't judge the comparative difficulty of two combos because the tricks are different?

  154. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 19:00:35

    QUOTE (Erirornal Kraione @ Mar 22 2010, 10:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I don't see your point. The fact that it is subtle enough for people not to notice means that it's executed flawlessly, right? Otherwise it is obvious that I didn't master it yet. If you're talking about the last 2p2h, it's not subtle at all. I don't know what other thing you mean. And subtlety is just part of my style. I know 90% of the spinners don't look deep in the combo and try to see what I do, I spin for the remaining 10%. They appreciate the difficulty and perhaps even the 'beauty' in what I did. And that means a lot more to me than people who just want obvious things, which others do already.

    The "special" desync didn't last long enough for people to catch on that there was something special going other than a desync. Imo, it'd have to last longer and you'd have to do it really well for anyone to notice, "huh...was there more to it than just a desync?" And I'm referring to JC's mention of some...one slot lower desync--which I didn't notice at all. So I'm speaking of something I don't know much about. :]

    Plus, don't you want people to notice the subtlety? Maybe I'm just not a fan of desyncs as desyncs are hard to watch, not as pleasant to watch as a well executed synced combo (as you did earlier). Also, since the mind is incapable of thinking of two things at once, you rely a lot on muscle memory for a desynced combo.

    And tournaments are just too long. I would have helped judged, but I knew--due to its length--it'd interfere during the more busy times of life when I really don't want any extra work. Just wish tournys could be compressed. Helps keep people interested (I know I lose interest a lot) and I wouldn't mind judging.

    QUOTE
    Yo srsly, why aren't the people that post all their stuff here judges in the first place?
    PS is hard to judge due many different styles k? if both combos are flawless it comes down to style k? You can't compare difficulty of so many tricks... some people easily do 45765432 busts and then others tie a knot into their fingers and do a TA. Which one is harder?

    A step forward are themes... it gives an exact point to judge by..style only plays a minor role there k?

    It's hard to judge, but I don't see why it isn't possible. Just break each spinner's combos into Mat's categories. It helps.

  155. strat1227
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 21:23:40

    i've always said in a large-scale tournament, you NEED judging categories, like Mats posted

    theoretically, 2 experienced judges would put very similar scores in individual categories, even if they would personally 'prefer' or vote for different people

    without categories it's not objective at all, makes the whole thing an exercise in futility

  156. Kirby
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 22:15:20

    QUOTE (Mats @ Mar 22 2010, 01:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I don't know if any system got put in place here, but to score combos comparitively would be good. Something like:

    Difficulty:
    Presentation:
    Execution:
    Creativity:

    You give either +1/+2/+3 to one side or a 0 if they are the same. Highest score at the end wins. If they end up tied, then you just need to look over who did better overall or find one small difference that made a combo better. In the Eriror vs Vic battle I think it would be:

    D: +2 Eriror (far more difficult)
    Presentation: 0
    Execution: 0
    Creativity: Vic +1 (due to more 'new' stuff)

    Eriror - +2 // Vic - +1

    And it sucks that people are not willing to be judges =/

    Come on guys.

    I like your system, altough I'd would make adjust a few changes to it. Instead of +1,+2,+3, there should just be +1 or +0. If EK had more diffuculty then he deserves +1, vic deserves +0. When you add in the numbers it makes it harder on the judges. Also does excution go with smoothness in your opinion? I also think there should be a judges preference. It kind of sums up which combo was the judges favorite/better combo. Hopefully the judges arn't fanboys and who pick spinners just because they are more popular. You should also have a odd number of catagories to prevent ties. Lastly, I don't think there should be a catagory where both people get 0's if they are the "same".

    My scoring system for Vic vs. Eriror battle:

    Diffuculty: Eriror +1 Obvious reasons

    Presentation: Vic +1 Nice linkages, aesthetically nicer to watch

    Creativity: Eriror +1 Vic had new and nice linkages, but EK 2p2h WHILE spinning one hand a slot slower is more creative in my opinion.

    Execution: Vic +1 Erirors has more diffucult tricks but Vic was better and/or smoother at the tricks he did.

    Judges Preferece: +1 Eriror. Although Vic is my fav spinner, his video didn't impress me, I like power trick Vic. EK had a nice video that kept my attention. Also the difficulty was just stunning.

    Final Score: Eriror 3 vs. Vicgotgame 2

    Any disagreements or changes to my judging? Constructive criticism please (I've never judged or broke down a battle before F.Y.I).

  157. AwonW
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 22:26:04

    QUOTE (Kirby @ Mar 22 2010, 03:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    My scoring system for Vic vs. Eriror battle:

    Diffuculty: Eriror +1 Obvious reasons

    Presentation: Vic +1 Nice linkages, aesthetically nicer to watch

    Creativity: Eriror +1 Vic had new and nice linkages, but EK 2p2h WHILE spinning one hand a slot slower is more creative in my opinion.

    Execution: Vic +1 Erirors has more diffucult tricks but Vic was better and/or smoother at the tricks he did.

    Judges Preferece: +1 Eriror. Although Vic is my fav spinner, his video didn't impress me, I like power trick Vic. EK had a nice video that kept my attention. Also the difficulty was just stunning.

    Final Score: Eriror 3 vs. Vicgotgame 2

    Any disagreements or changes to my judging? Constructive criticism please (I've never judged or broke down a battle before F.Y.I).

    "Obvious reasons"? Elaborate please. Linkages are difficult.

  158. Kirby
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 22:28:33

    As linkages are hard. Spinning amazing with 2 hands is more diffucult. Having the one hand spin alot slower is just icing on the cake. But thats just my opinion.

  159. SJ
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 22:37:30

    QUOTE (JC @ Mar 21 2010, 12:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    i dunno if anyone else caught it, but eriror was telling me he was planning this before he filmed -- he had wanted to do the same tricks in both hands, but on one hand, do everything one slot lower
    i think that takes a bit more than just basic 2p2h, but i just wanted to throw that out there for anyone who wants to relook at his combo tongue.gif cause i dont' think i would've caught it right away if eriror didn't point that out to me

    oO
    props to eriror for doing something so subtle but as charlie has mentioned, dont you want people to notice the subtlety?
    i mean i could barely tell the difference with my eyes. and im pretty sure the others didnt really catch it as well
    if the general consensus didnt catch it, then theres virtually no point...unless youre aiming for the 0.1% that actually caught it
    it wouldve been much better if he slowed it down maybe a second on one hand but thats probably much harder

  160. Frip
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 23:16:45

    QUOTE (Mats @ Mar 22 2010, 12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Are you really suggesting that you can't judge the comparative difficulty of two combos because the tricks are different?


    no

    but some things are too different to compare.. if somebody stalls the pen on his nose for 3 seconds and the other dude does 12 busts which one is harder?
    Does a trick become easier once more people can do it? Or is it still considered difficult?
    Why do we say that Bust -> Bust -> Aerial bust is still very difficult when there's a guy in china doing the same thing with his ring/middle finger multiple times?

  161. JC
    Date: Mon, Mar 22 2010 23:43:34

    QUOTE (Kirby @ Mar 22 2010, 06:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I like your system, altough I'd would make adjust a few changes to it. Instead of +1,+2,+3, there should just be +1 or +0. If EK had more diffuculty then he deserves +1, vic deserves +0. When you add in the numbers it makes it harder on the judges. Also does excution go with smoothness in your opinion? I also think there should be a judges preference. It kind of sums up which combo was the judges favorite/better combo. Hopefully the judges arn't fanboys and who pick spinners just because they are more popular. You should also have a odd number of catagories to prevent ties. Lastly, I don't think there should be a catagory where both people get 0's if they are the "same".

    My scoring system for Vic vs. Eriror battle:

    Diffuculty: Eriror +1 Obvious reasons

    Presentation: Vic +1 Nice linkages, aesthetically nicer to watch

    Creativity: Eriror +1 Vic had new and nice linkages, but EK 2p2h WHILE spinning one hand a slot slower is more creative in my opinion.

    Execution: Vic +1 Erirors has more diffucult tricks but Vic was better and/or smoother at the tricks he did.

    Judges Preferece: +1 Eriror. Although Vic is my fav spinner, his video didn't impress me, I like power trick Vic. EK had a nice video that kept my attention. Also the difficulty was just stunning.

    Final Score: Eriror 3 vs. Vicgotgame 2

    Any disagreements or changes to my judging? Constructive criticism please (I've never judged or broke down a battle before F.Y.I).

    Well, the issue with having only +0 or +1 is that what if someone deserves +3 over another person's difficulty as compared to the difference in smoothness.

    Example) Spinner 1 has a very unsmooth combo but very difficult. Spinner 2 has a very smooth combo and has decent difficulty too and overall is a very well structured combo. Spinner 1 would get +0 on smoothness and +1 on difficulty, spinner 2 would get +1 on smoothness and +0 on difficulty (even though he has decent difficulty, the other guy just simple did better).
    --What we're saying here from the points is that the battle is a tie; but I think from a different judging system (Mats's point system or explanation system), it's pretty obvious that the Spinner 2 easily won the battle.

    Mats system: Spinner 1 gets +0 on smoothness and +3 on difficulty. Spinner 2 gets +3 on smoothness and +2 on difficulty. Spinner 2 wins with 5 points.
    Reason system: Spinner 2 has a very well structured combo with a high level of smoothness, and although Spinner 1's difficulty was higher, Spinner 2's difficulty wasn't lacking all too much. Thus Spinner 2 deserves the win.
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    My criticisms for your actual judging is the vagueness of your explanations. "Obvious reasons", "new and nice linkages", "difficulty was stunning"
    -You should be giving specific examples, like say how at eriror at 00:XX did so and so trick, and then a something~>somethingelse at 00:XY which is better than vic's combo because the extent of vic's combo's interesting linkage was at 00:XZ and at 00:YY where he does a trick1~trick2~>trick3.

    Your answers were too short, go into more detail because we may not all agree with your opinion and in order to make us believe you when you say that Eriror had higher difficulty, you have to give us specific tricks/links that he did at specific times.

    QUOTE (SJ @ Mar 22 2010, 06:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    oO
    props to eriror for doing something so subtle but as charlie has mentioned, dont you want people to notice the subtlety?
    i mean i could barely tell the difference with my eyes. and im pretty sure the others didnt really catch it as well
    if the general consensus didnt catch it, then theres virtually no point...unless youre aiming for the 0.1% that actually caught it
    it wouldve been much better if he slowed it down maybe a second on one hand but thats probably much harder

    When I think of Eriror's combos, I sort of thnk about those tough, dense english novels that you have to sit down, break down, and analyze to truly appreciate it fully. You can read a book, and say that it was enjoyable but pretty average...nothing too special. But after you sit down and discuss and analyze it, all these new things come out from between the lines and you go wow, I can't believe that was hidden there the entire time.

    And then you have those books that have no actual hidden content and are just for enjoyment only. Although there may be a few themes in there that are nice, but are pretty cliche.... if you compare that to the denser book, the "hidden content" that you go wow at when you find is very few. But if only plan on reading it once and like to just have a fun read, that'd be the much more enjoyable book to read.. since the denser book takes effort and work to analyze and appreciate.

    So I feel like eriror's combo is this "difficult, dense book". He does a lot of cool stuff, but you can only see it if you actually try to see it...and he's not going to put all that stuff on a silver platter for you to see. Yes, it's probably better to make an enjoyable combo to watch (tournament wise), but to me, I don't think eriror is going for that-- it's enjoyable if you as the audience put work into seeing what neat things he does.

    Too bad many judges wouldn't put the effort to see every little bit of things he does; and to be honest, I'm not sure I would either and I dont' think i would've noticed a lot of it if he didn't tell me. There's only 8 vids here, but in other tourneys, it'd be difficult to break down every combo to such detail---that takes a lot of time, and at least for myself, I wouldn't have the time to do all that. And the judges for this tourney did fine, but in some cases, I don't feel like the judges for some tournaments are experienced enough to judge (it's a whole separate issue, but an example would be the newb tournament =\)

    In the end, I can understand why the judges chose who they chose, and perhaps it's a matter of what system they judge by.... personally, I think either the point system or reasoning system is fine. I think judges should maybe discuss the combos with each other a bit more, but that again, is difficult to do because it's hard to find a time that's convenient for everyone and passing messages back and forth is a little annoying (but i guess feasible). In the end, with either system, I think the people who won with one system I think would've won with the other system anyway.
    QUOTE (Frip @ Mar 22 2010, 07:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    no

    but some things are too different to compare.. if somebody stalls the pen on his nose for 3 seconds and the other dude does 12 busts which one is harder?
    Does a trick become easier once more people can do it? Or is it still considered difficult?
    Why do we say that Bust -> Bust -> Aerial bust is still very difficult when there's a guy in china doing the same thing with his ring/middle finger multiple times?

    maybe it's not the difficulty that would decrease for the bust > bust > aerial bust.... but it's just the creativity that would decrease

  162. Kirby
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 00:41:49

    QUOTE (JC @ Mar 22 2010, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Well, the issue with having only +0 or +1 is that what if someone deserves +3 over another person's difficulty as compared to the difference in smoothness.

    Example) Spinner 1 has a very unsmooth combo but very difficult. Spinner 2 has a very smooth combo and has decent difficulty too and overall is a very well structured combo. Spinner 1 would get +0 on smoothness and +1 on difficulty, spinner 2 would get +1 on smoothness and +0 on difficulty (even though he has decent difficulty, the other guy just simple did better).
    --What we're saying here from the points is that the battle is a tie; but I think from a different judging system (Mats's point system or explanation system), it's pretty obvious that the Spinner 2 easily won the battle.

    Mats system: Spinner 1 gets +0 on smoothness and +3 on difficulty. Spinner 2 gets +3 on smoothness and +2 on difficulty. Spinner 2 wins with 5 points.
    Reason system: Spinner 2 has a very well structured combo with a high level of smoothness, and although Spinner 1's difficulty was higher, Spinner 2's difficulty wasn't lacking all too much. Thus Spinner 2 deserves the win.
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    My criticisms for your actual judging is the vagueness of your explanations. "Obvious reasons", "new and nice linkages", "difficulty was stunning"
    -You should be giving specific examples, like say how at eriror at 00:XX did so and so trick, and then a something~>somethingelse at 00:XY which is better than vic's combo because the extent of vic's combo's interesting linkage was at 00:XZ and at 00:YY where he does a trick1~trick2~>trick3.

    Your answers were too short, go into more detail because we may not all agree with your opinion and in order to make us believe you when you say that Eriror had higher difficulty, you have to give us specific tricks/links that he did at specific times.



    Thanks for constructive criticism. But the +1 +2 +3 system, willl be much harder on the judges. I like my system because It takes the different catagories and chooses a winner for each. The one who is better at more catagories win. Although I really do see your pointand kind of agree with it. I think judge preference could kind of go with that though. For example, Oh well Eriror teachnically did better in the catagories but vics combo was overall nicer and better (just a random example). So +1 for vic in judge prefrence catagory. Although this system isn't the best nor the most fair, I think it's really simple for judges (especially because were having problems with good judging) and decent for judging.

  163. JC
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 00:44:42

    QUOTE (Kirby @ Mar 22 2010, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Thanks for constructive criticism. But the +1 +2 +3 system, willl be much harder on the judges. I like my system because It takes the different catagories and chooses a winner for each. The one who is better at more catagories win. Although I really do see your pointand kind of agree with it. I think judge preference could kind of go with that though. For example, Oh well Eriror teachnically did better in the catagories but vics combo was overall nicer and better (just a random example). So +1 for vic. Although this system isn't the best nor the most fair, I think it's really simple for judges (especially because were having problems with good judging) and decent for judging.

    We shouldnt' be making the job easier for judges though... i personally think judges should be doing more than what they're doing at the moment.

  164. Zombo
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 00:45:03

    One thing to bear in mind is that the comments are in no way comprehensive... The judges only talk about what they're more confident about, the fact that most consider the results fair mean they still have the right perception, even if they weren't able to fully explain their judgment

  165. Kirby
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 00:57:32

    QUOTE (JC @ Mar 22 2010, 07:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    We shouldnt' be making the job easier for judges though... i personally think judges should be doing more than what they're doing at the moment.

    I couldn't agree more. But in reality they're not. This tourney and the noob tourney have both had bad judges. The noob tourneys judge 3 was on crack and the other 2 didn't do the best either. I also feel with +1 +2 +3 system, the judges would un-intentionally show more favoritism. Judge 1: "Hmm Eriror had decent-pretty good smoothness. But I liked the combo and love Eririor: +3 on smoothness". Where if Vic also did pretty good-great smoothness (slightly better then Erirors) he would probably only get +2 as he deserves a +2. Now Eriror has a extra point with slightly worse smoothness (bad example tongue.gif). this is harder to do with my system I think. Now judges shouldn't do that but they all are somewhat biased (spelling). The more numbers on the judging scale the harder it is for accurate judging.Lastly, it doesn't reallymatter but just one small problem for mats scale is with the tie they both get 0. Might as well give both sides +2. It's the same point outcome but everyone including the spinners will see how they were judged and what score they got in that catagorry (If the points from judges are even announced).

  166. AwonW
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 00:58:58

    How about just getting judges who don't suck?

  167. Kirby
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 00:59:30

    QUOTE (AwonW @ Mar 22 2010, 07:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    How about just getting judges who don't suck?

    Easier said then done but +1

  168. AwonW
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 01:07:54

    Just ask lots of experienced spinners, a handful are bound to accept.

  169. Kam
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 01:15:42

    aren't we getting a bit off-topic with the whole scoring system?


    here's an idea....

    Let a machine do the judging for us...it will be completely objective tongue.gif

  170. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 03:11:38

    @JC
    You and your long posts--I almost skipped it simply because of its length. Word of advice: A good post is a like a good mini-skirt. Long enough to cover the subject material but short enough to still keep things interesting.

    Well, interesting comparison, JC, but I'd have to argue against that. Books are symbolic in nature, pen spinning is not. There's only so much you can analyze in PS. Of course, maybe I'm just not good enough to notice such subtleties, eh?

    About the judging issue. No one wants to be a judge because judging is charity work. You do it...for nothing. There needs to be an incentive to judge. My suggestion is a prize. It doesn't have to be really big like the tourny winner's prize, but enough to entice and attract--like a low-cut shirt...but I think that's enough sexual metaphors. You know what I mean.

    @Kam
    Maybe you can travel to the year 2409 and find one for us. ;]

  171. JC
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 03:26:00

    QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ Mar 22 2010, 11:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    @JC
    You and your long posts--I almost skipped it simply because of its length. Word of advice: A good post is a like a good mini-skirt. Long enough to cover the subject material but short enough to still keep things interesting.

    Ahaha, i'm okay with long dresses xD
    QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ Mar 22 2010, 11:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Well, interesting comparison, JC, but I'd have to argue against that. Books are symbolic in nature, pen spinning is not. There's only so much you can analyze in PS. Of course, maybe I'm just not good enough to notice such subtleties, eh?

    Eriror is trying to take pen spinning to the next level ohmy.gif taking pen spinning to a deeper level

    And i doubt you're not good enough to not notice the subtleties.. again, a lot of us can see it if we just take the time (a lot of time?) to look for it

  172. AwonW
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 03:33:44

    QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ Mar 22 2010, 08:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    @JC
    You and your long posts--I almost skipped it simply because of its length. Word of advice: A good post is a like a good mini-skirt. Long enough to cover the subject material but short enough to still keep things interesting.

    rotfl.gif Brilliant.

  173. Kam
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 04:36:28

    QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ Mar 22 2010, 08:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    About the judging issue. No one wants to be a judge because judging is charity work. You do it...for nothing. There needs to be an incentive to judge. My suggestion is a prize. It doesn't have to be really big like the tourny winner's prize, but enough to entice and attract--like a low-cut shirt...but I think that's enough sexual metaphors. You know what I mean.

    @Kam
    Maybe you can travel to the year 2409 and find one for us. ;]


    What's more...if you do a good job as a judge, you get no recognition or pat in the back, but if you are lazy or mess up, you will definitely hear about it.

    Which is why real life tournaments usually require an entry fee. All the participants pay a small fee, which covers expenses, and can be used to pay the judges.

  174. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 04:53:40

    QUOTE (Kam @ Mar 22 2010, 09:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    What's more...if you do a good job as a judge, you get no recognition or pat in the back, but if you are lazy or mess up, you will definitely hear about it.

    Which is why real life tournaments usually require an entry fee. All the participants pay a small fee, which covers expenses, and can be used to pay the judges.

    Indeed indeed. It sounds like a good idea, but how many people would have the money/access to paypal? Money would keep a lot of spinners from participating. One idea I had for a PS gathering tourny was for everyone to submit a mod to participate in the tourny. If you lose, you forfeit your pen to the winner (it doesn't have to be the mod you're spinning). This way, you don't have to be the winner of the tourny to get a prize. Win one round, and you get something.

    This is harder to do online due to shipping, but plausible.

    QUOTE
    Eriror is trying to take pen spinning to the next level ohmy.gif taking pen spinning to a deeper level

    And i doubt you're not good enough to not notice the subtleties.. again, a lot of us can see it if we just take the time (a lot of time?) to look for it

    We'll see how that goes.

    @awon
    :]

  175. Mats
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 14:47:53

    QUOTE
    but some things are too different to compare.. if somebody stalls the pen on his nose for 3 seconds and the other dude does 12 busts which one is harder?


    12 what busts?

    QUOTE
    Does a trick become easier once more people can do it?


    Someone learning something doesn't change its actual difficulty. You seem to be getting bogged down with the whole difficulty issue... It's generally very easy to tell who has the more difficult combo. Sometimes, you can't tell just by looking and have to watch a few times through. After a few times watching through it's pretty easy to tell. If you can't tell either way, they are roughly equal.

    Scoring by a 0/+1/+2/+3 per category system seems good. If the judge also gives a line about why in each category, there should be no problems. it's clear when someone's judging is out in this system too. If someone is giving +3 for difficulty and the other judges are all giving 0/+1... Sometimes people will 'mess up' once in one category, but consistant mess ups like this would suggest that someone just isn't good enough, or isn't putting in the effort. It's hard to tell if judges are up to the task by them just saying 'x wins' and writing a line about why. Maybe something to consider for next time. wink.gif

    I always have found judging to be quite fun. It's always nice to look at a combo in a bit more detail and break down what's going on in it! (except if the combo is spammed full of shite). I'm surprised that few people here feel the same way!!!

  176. Zombo
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 17:24:29

    In any case, if anybody wants to judge for the last 2 rounds, pm me. Anybody criticizing the judges and not volonteering will be considered a hypocrite in my book smile.gif

  177. Eso
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 20:11:52

    QUOTE (Kirby @ Mar 22 2010, 08:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I couldn't agree more. But in reality they're not. This tourney and the noob tourney have both had bad judges. The noob tourneys judge 3 was on crack and the other 2 didn't do the best either. I also feel with +1 +2 +3 system, the judges would un-intentionally show more favoritism. Judge 1: "Hmm Eriror had decent-pretty good smoothness. But I liked the combo and love Eririor: +3 on smoothness". Where if Vic also did pretty good-great smoothness (slightly better then Erirors) he would probably only get +2 as he deserves a +2. Now Eriror has a extra point with slightly worse smoothness (bad example tongue.gif). this is harder to do with my system I think. Now judges shouldn't do that but they all are somewhat biased (spelling). The more numbers on the judging scale the harder it is for accurate judging.Lastly, it doesn't reallymatter but just one small problem for mats scale is with the tie they both get 0. Might as well give both sides +2. It's the same point outcome but everyone including the spinners will see how they were judged and what score they got in that catagorry (If the points from judges are even announced).


    How do you prove someone is exhibiting favoritism? In fact, how can you prove that you yourself are not showing favoritism? To me, a lot of this thread lately sounds like they weren't happy with the results simply because the spinner they wanted to win didn't win. If you want to accuse the judges of anything, accuse them of being lazy. Accuse them of being not able to elaborate or articulate enough to express exactly why they made the decision they made, not because they are inexperienced. I don't get why they would be judges if they were inexperienced in the first place.

  178. Frip
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 21:45:30

    Wow I didn't know judges had to write an entire essay analyzing the combos by each millisecond. Zombo asked for a small justification of choice. The judges determined the winner and that's it. Most of the people seem to have agreed with the choices of the judges. So why whine about HOW they chose the winners if you would've chosen the same one in the end?
    god damn it fuck shit fuck penis dick fuck.

  179. Jamie Enns
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 21:58:27

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Mar 23 2010, 12:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    In any case, if anybody wants to judge for the last 2 rounds, pm me. Anybody criticizing the judges and not volonteering will be considered a hypocrite in my book smile.gif

    /a participant, not hypocrite

  180. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Tue, Mar 23 2010 23:50:31

    QUOTE (AwonW @ Mar 22 2010, 04:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    How about just getting judges who don't suck?

    I like this tourny's judges. I've agreed with pretty much all the results so far. Even if their comments aren't very elaborate.

    Oh and predictions for the next battle. I'll say it's gonna end up being Vic vs Mystic. Go go power rangers--I mean, trickers. ;]

  181. JC
    Date: Wed, Mar 24 2010 00:06:17

    QUOTE (Frip @ Mar 23 2010, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Wow I didn't know judges had to write an entire essay analyzing the combos by each millisecond. Zombo asked for a small justification of choice. The judges determined the winner and that's it. Most of the people seem to have agreed with the choices of the judges. So why whine about HOW they chose the winners if you would've chosen the same one in the end?
    god damn it fuck shit fuck penis dick fuck.

    people want to know exactly why the judges thought a person deserved to win dunno.gif lol, dunno

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Mar 23 2010, 01:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    In any case, if anybody wants to judge for the last 2 rounds, pm me. Anybody criticizing the judges and not volonteering will be considered a hypocrite in my book smile.gif

    you're terrible!! and plus, too much schoolwork + judging something else already D:

  182. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Wed, Mar 24 2010 00:14:24

    QUOTE (JC @ Mar 23 2010, 04:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    people want to know exactly why the judges thought a person deserved to win dunno.gif lol, dunno


    you're terrible!! and plus, too much schoolwork + judging something else already D:


    Haha, indeed. Peer pressure. Nice.

  183. Mats
    Date: Wed, Mar 24 2010 12:56:35

    QUOTE
    Wow I didn't know judges had to write an entire essay analyzing the combos by each millisecond. Zombo asked for a small justification of choice


    Frip, using gross exaggeration doesn't contribute anything. shakeshead.gif

    Zombo - The only reason I didn't PM to be a judge is that I'm going away on 2nd April to the circus and have known about this since when the tournament was announced... I can't judge while at circus - Hardly any net access.

  184. Zombo
    Date: Wed, Mar 24 2010 23:29:31

    my last reply was obviously in jest

    but i seriously need more judges :/

  185. Pen Ninja
    Date: Thu, Mar 25 2010 05:09:29

    ill judge.... oh wait....
    oh and a question.... australian tourney we had a loser's bracket but we had the round 2 people go down when they lost as well, then the winner of the loser's bracket vsed the winner of the winner's for the final. that system was shit coz i had to vs neoknux twice and could have been 3 times, i hope we arent doing that here?

  186. k-ryder
    Date: Thu, Mar 25 2010 08:31:48

    not speaking on behalf of zombo, but OP says its basically the reverse of our Aus torni
    meaning its a "normal" tornament tree, where you lose, ur out (basically)
    the loser bracket is there for both fun and to decide 3rd/4th

    so if you lose a battle, you can't be first/second
    but there is a chance that you will verse ellusion again, but in that circumstance, you wont be in contention for 1st place
    but as if that will ever happen

    go penja (for a moment, i was going to shorten pen ninja to just 'ja')

  187. Zombo
    Date: Thu, Mar 25 2010 15:47:52

    QUOTE (Pen Ninja @ Mar 25 2010, 01:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    ill judge.... oh wait....
    oh and a question.... australian tourney we had a loser's bracket but we had the round 2 people go down when they lost as well, then the winner of the loser's bracket vsed the winner of the winner's for the final. that system was shit coz i had to vs neoknux twice and could have been 3 times, i hope we arent doing that here?


    at most you can battle the same dude twice
    but not thrice

  188. Pen Ninja
    Date: Thu, Mar 25 2010 17:52:01

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Mar 25 2010, 11:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    at most you can battle the same dude twice
    but not thrice


    righto... so the losers is the semi finals will go down to the b bracket? but the winner of the b bracket wont vs the winner of a?

  189. Enzo
    Date: Sat, Mar 27 2010 07:46:49

    QUOTE (Pen Ninja @ Mar 26 2010, 01:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    righto... so the losers is the semi finals will go down to the b bracket? but the winner of the b bracket wont vs the winner of a?



    yeah. exactly! that's what i'm tryin to explain before ;-)

  190. Zombo
    Date: Sat, Apr 3 2010 19:38:16

    missing 1 = simplex

  191. Simplex
    Date: Sat, Apr 3 2010 20:23:47

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Apr 3 2010, 03:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    missing 1 = simplex

    why am i in this tourny >.< everyone is so good omgggggggggggg

  192. Zombo
    Date: Sat, Apr 3 2010 20:31:30

    Videos

    1 vicgotgame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq9iGzM20AY
    4 teotoko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgn0kL6TAQA

    2 Mystic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v69eS9ddCN0
    6 Pen Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oI4qPG1_RE

    B bracket:

    3 ellusion67: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcrSphcBzg
    8 Eriror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlHDnlDb1lM

    5 Simplex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQe9f_FWCK0
    7 Jamie Enns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a50yGVUr2fY

    Results next weekend

  193. Tushix
    Date: Sat, Apr 3 2010 21:19:18

    laugh.gif All the vids are sooo cool!

  194. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sat, Apr 3 2010 21:20:23

    Comments on main:
    Goddam teo, I thought vic was gonna steamroll but you put up a really good fight. My favorite battle this round.Lovely style and linkages. Very well structured combo with an interesting finisher. Wasn't expecting that. I'll probably give vic the win though. A higher difficulty with also nicely done linkages. Both with also quite similar styles, interestingly enough--though teo has more flare to his spinning. Definitely a tough battle.

    Great combo mystic, but Penja won me over with those very well-done baks.

    Comments on B:
    ellusion67, to be frank, disappointed me. Just some twisted sonic spam with power tricks in between. Seems like eri isn't trying as hard after his battle with vic though. elu definitely has the higher difficulty in this case, but I do prefer eri's well structured combo over tw sonics + power tricks. My vote goes to eri.

    Both simplex and jamie had obvious mistakes in their combos although simplex's stood out more to me as his was during his finisher and the end always leaves a lasting impression. Pretty good combo from simplex, but imo, Jamie takes the cake.

    So, let's see... Things'll probably turn out like this.

    1. Vicgotgame
    2. Pen Ninja
    3. Teokoko
    4. Mystic
    5. Eriror
    6. Jamie Enns
    7. Ellusion67
    8. Simplex

    Although I'd prefer if it actually turned out like this:

    1. Vicgotgame
    2. Eriror
    3. Teokoko
    4. Pen Ninja
    5. Mystic
    6. Jamie Enns
    7. Ellusion67
    8. Simplex
    9. Me biggrin.gif

    May the discussion commence.

  195. Simplex
    Date: Sat, Apr 3 2010 21:26:11

    i suck at pen spinning :/|

    teoh was amazing. imo he really put up a good fight with vic and maybe took this round. jamie you beat me for sure

    pen ninja godamn your baks are amazing

    mystic i love the flow of your combos

  196. Zombo
    Date: Sat, Apr 3 2010 22:11:24

    my heart tells me teo wins
    my head tells me vic wins

    for the others its penja, eriror, enns #2

    imo

    @LITS: eriror can actually take #3 spot is he does not lose anymore in this competition, because next round B winners face A losers

  197. Hippo2626
    Date: Sat, Apr 3 2010 23:40:14

    For the A side: AMAZING STUFF BY ALL!!!!!
    vic vs teo. This was the best battle,It's quite even in my opinion. Vic had high difficulty and sweet linkages while teo had a well organised combo with with difficulty as well. I'd say the battle goes to vic for this one even though I enjoyed teos combo more. Vics combo showed a greater control and a cool style.

    mystic vs penja. Penja, you are like a bak God. It was very smooth combo with that lovely display of baks. However, I'd say Mystic wins 'cause he had a great variety with topspins, wipers, conic, arounds and power tricks all in his combo with a great intro and outro of combos. It was a very close battle, Mystic had a shaky finisher which removed some points from me.

    B side: ...
    I was quite sad, It was like everyone here gave up.
    EK vs Ellusion. Ellusion, I think you're a great spinner but it's like you ever push yourself and your combo's to the limits. It's always pretty similar combos nowadays in my opinion. EK steals the battle for this one.

    Simplex vs JE. Very shaky battle Simples gets this one for being more appealing. I'd say all the other factors are pretty even.

    I based all my opinions on watching the videos once because of time so I might be wrong.

    By the way once the winner is decided from both sides, is it a good idea to match up the spinners like 1st place from group A and B battle, 2nd place from group A and B battle, etc???

  198. Tushix
    Date: Sun, Apr 4 2010 00:03:00

    Ellusion man... What happened to your combos? I looked at your vids from a year ago and they are amazing but these ones are that boring style that people are getting these bays. BACK TO OLD WAYS!

  199. Chief_Snake
    Date: Sun, Apr 4 2010 00:12:59

    QUOTE (Hippo2626 @ Apr 3 2010, 06:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I'd say Mystic wins 'cause he had a great variety with topspins, wipers, conic, arounds and power tricks all in his combo with a great intro and outro of combos.

    I'm guessing that you missed that every third trick was a twisted sonic?

    Overall, I think everyone in B group had no heart in it. They all looked like they were not giving their best but just trying to scrape by on whatever they could throw together.

    vic>teo

    pen ninja>mystic

  200. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sun, Apr 4 2010 00:54:31

    QUOTE (Tushix @ Apr 3 2010, 05:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Ellusion man... What happened to your combos? I looked at your vids from a year ago and they are amazing but these ones are that boring style that people are getting these bays. BACK TO OLD WAYS!

    Exactly what I thought.

    @Zombo
    Oh, really now? Would love to see that happen.

  201. strat1227
    Date: Sun, Apr 4 2010 01:30:00

    Vic and Teo's battle was so close because it seemed like they had really similar combos.

    I haven't broken either of them down yet, but at first watch, I didn't see any errors in vics combo, but so a stumble or two in teos, so unless teo did some sick shit i didn't see in first watch, i'd give it to vic

  202. Mystic
    Date: Sun, Apr 4 2010 01:53:42

    I dont care if some people didnt like my combo, i love how it turned out... besides the finisher. I was going for another fingerless hai tua, but ended up catching early... whatever tongue.gif As I see it, if i get lucky enough to win, ill battle Vic... if i lose, i hope Ill battle Eriror. Either way, I will be content smile.gif

  203. k-ryder
    Date: Sun, Apr 4 2010 03:33:29

    mystic was good.... but penja's bak combo was hcx

    teo and vics were both awesome.... but i seem to like vic's general style over teo's

    cmon penja, beat vic in the next round

  204. Erirornal Kraione
    Date: Sun, Apr 4 2010 09:34:02

    QUOTE (Chief_Snake @ Apr 4 2010, 02:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Overall, I think everyone in B group had no heart in it. They all looked like they were not giving their best but just trying to scrape by on whatever they could throw together.


    Thanks...? How did I not do my best?

    No really, I wasn't disappointed by the videos. You can pretty much notice most of the people are or trying really hard to improve on their stuff, or actually trying some new things. That's really nice to see. And some of you might not notice, but I am in the second group. ssst.gif

  205. Zombo
    Date: Sat, Apr 10 2010 05:24:26

    missing 2 judges

  206. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Apr 11 2010 16:58:23

    Results for round 3:

    1 vicgotgame: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq9iGzM20AY
    4 teotoko: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgn0kL6TAQA


    Spoiler:
    Teotoko: The first time I watched this combo, I thought it was awesome but not incredible. When watching it at full speed there appeared to be a few sloppy parts in the combo but upon watching it in slomo did I realize that this combo was truly incredible! The parts in he combo which really stood out were :05, :09 - end, actually this isn’t working out… The whole combo is too amazing xD

    Pros:
    - The combo had a massive variety of tricks with some rather unique linkages.
    - Nice style
    - Cool pen xD
    - Very well structured
    - In cam almost whole combo

    Cons:
    - A bit over the place at times and not smooth
    - Bad angle confusedsmilie.gif


    Vicgotgame: I watched it and ohmy.gif’d. I can’t believe how smooth this combo is! You seemed to have absolute control through the combo and had nice mini combos throughout. Standouts were :07 - :11 and :18 - :21 which were both jaw dropping!

    Pros:
    - Super smooth
    - Great control
    - Lots of difficulty
    - Good filming
    - Well structured

    Cons:
    - A bit more finger arounds would be nice

    Conclusion: This was a REALLY close battle and it’s so hard to make a decision but due to Teo’s small mistakes and the fact that Vic was super clean and “powerful”, I’ll give the win to Vicgotgame (just make sure you include more arounds). Also that took forever to write up so I’m just gonna go to more extended conclusion based format xD

    Teotoko vs vicgotgame
    -> teotoko
    Fuck. ok, this battle is too close. Both spinners show difficulty, style, variety, whatever you wanna see. Personal highlights in vic's combo were the spiderspin-ish trick at 0:10 and the trick at 0:19 before the finisher. The inifinity sequences were nice as well. Then to teotoko's combo the beginning sequence was nice to look at, but nothing completely mindboggling. However everything after that is amazing, I can't pick much that really stands out. The finisher looked great and had near, if not, perfect execution. The combo just seemed to "fit". Nothing seemed unnecessary, if you took out one trick, the combo would be a lot worse. I'd have to give this one to teotoko.

    Vicgotgame vs Teotoko

    Vic’s combo starts ok, some nice tricks, but it seems like the linkage after the aerial on 0:02 is not clean. We can see nice details: an around on 0:03-0:04 and another on 0:09, also the Inverse Shadow starting on 34 and some other hybrid. The starter and the finisher contain stuff we always see, it’s quite boring.

    I like Teotoko’s starter because he repeats the same sequence but adds more spins on the second one. Then he does an Inverse Neobak and an Around Rise, which are not common to see. But one think I dislike are the direction changes: maybe can be better, more elaborated. Also that Pinkybak is offcamed. Also the aerial on 0:14 is interesting because it seems he doesn’t push the pen very much, he only opens his fingers and lets the pen fly with the hand movement. His finisher was surprising: it was a good way to close the combo and he executed it very well.

    Vote for Teotoko, his combo surprised me more than Vic’s

    vic vs teo

    Two *very* comparable combos. Great job to both, easily best battle of the round.
    While vic's combo was nearly flawless, I saw a stumble or two in teo's video, and lacking any other way to judge (again, very VERY close round guys), I'm going to give this to vic.

    Vicgotgame vs teotoko:

    Vicgotgame's combo had a lot of new linkages and a lot of variety. There were several times he was slightly off camera. The difficulty level is quite high and the control is there. For me the highlight of his combo was the Spiderspin countered into a Around Rev 0.5 14-TF. Lots of directional changes while still keeping it smooth. However, his small Wiper sequence did slow the combo down.
    teotoko's combo was also very nice but it did have flaws when you compare it with vic's combo. While his combo did indeed have control and smoothness, it's not up to par with vic's. There were several times where I can see a slight slow down in speed and some jaggedness in the smoothness, especially during the aerial. As far as combo structure goes, teotoko's combo leaves little for the imagination. The highlights of his combo is his display of mastery of Around Rise and the Ext TA > Pass 12-34. It's the subtle things that catch my eye. Also, teotoko's finisher made a bigger impact than vic's.
    However, I will have to give this to Vicgotgame for having an overall stronger combo.

    vicgotgame wins 3-2


    2 Mystic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v69eS9ddCN0
    6 Pen Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oI4qPG1_RE


    Spoiler:
    Mystic vs Penja: Mystic had a very strong combo with a good mix of powertricks and interesting linkages. I liked the use of flexibility and difficult linkages (inv. Sonic 24). I liked the solid mix and variety in tricks and the interrupted finisher! What I didn’t like was the palmspin at the beginning and would have preferred a smoother 0.5 spin. As for penja, great bak section in your combo! The multiple around were also great and stood out a lot. You had a very nice finisher and I didn’t expect swivel > symbak. I think that the bak session could have been shorter though and there seemed to bee too many tws. Sonics.
    Winner: Penja (awesome bak sequence holds you in just try shorten it a bit and avoid excess tws. Sonics.)

    Mystic vs Pen Ninja
    -> Pen Ninja
    Mystic's combo sort of disappointed me, it was solid, yes. There weren't any mistakes, yea. But something was missing.. like something that goes beyond the expected. Pen Ninja totally got me with his baks and 2-finger arounds (lack of better term >_<). The ending was nice as well. Although both combos lacked some kind of extra variety in their own ways, Pen Ninja wins it.

    Mystic vs Pen Ninja

    Mystic starts with a good Palmspin Rev, but he could linked it better after doing it. Then he shows a good FL Around sequence and some Wipers that don’t add anything interesting to the combo. One thing I like a lot from him are the direction changes: he executes them with ease, speed and good look. On the other hand, his finisher, though has power tricks, seemed weak to me, something was missing.

    Maybe Pen Ninja focused too much on backhand spins and Baks, but they are awesome, specially the one on 0:14. Also his finisher is pretty good. A really hard combo, requires a lot of control.

    Vote for Pen Ninja, although Mystic’s combo is more complete

    Mystic vs Penja

    Another good battle. This one featured two fairly different styles, which is equally hard to judge. Penja had a SICK bak sequence, but overall I preferred Mystic's combo. Vote=Mystic

    Mystic vs Pen Ninja:
    Mystic's combo structure is very plain but executed well. I liked how the Wiper sequence, which was boring at first, was ended by a RA Rev 0.5 34-T3 > T2Around T3-23. His ending was very shaky but at least it displays difficulty. Smoothness is there but can be improved upon. The thing that gets me is his combo structure. There's variety but the way it's strung together isn't too creative nor entertaining to watch.
    Pen Ninja's combo is also just as plain. While I can see the differences in the Baks he does, he does them for a total of 8 seconds from 0:08 - 0:16. That's a little too long to be spending in one family of tricks. His ending is stronger than Mystic's in terms of smoothness but not difficulty.
    Mystic wins this one because Pen Ninja spent 36.36% of his combo doing just Bak variations. Had Pen Ninja spent time thinking of a combo, he would have won based on smoothness and control and perhaps even variety. Mystic needs to spend more time on creating a better combo that shows something new and exciting.

    Pen Ninja wins 3-2.


    B bracket:

    3 ellusion67: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcrSphcBzg
    8 Eriror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlHDnlDb1lM


    Spoiler:
    Eriror vs. Ellusion67: Eriror’s awesome linkages had me jaw dropping again with the classic FLTA finisher xD. The intro was really cool to watch as I couldn’t predict anything with your awesome spinning. The midbak revs > shadow > inv shadow 24 was really cool because it is never seen in pen spinning (apart from you) and yes, the sneaky spiderspin at :15 was appreciated smile.gif. What I didn’t like? Not so much just the fact that you use similar minicombos in a lot of your combos. Mix it up? For Ellusion, I liked the power tricks! They were super smooth and very well done, just try stay on cam :/. I REALLY like :14 - :17 because we finally see some of your better linkages and not this thai tws. Sonic spam… Seriously man, linkages. I also liked the inv. Sonic > FLIA. Otherwise your combos look like every other thai combos. Learn from your older vids, they had a lot of variation and power otherwise, smoother spinning.
    Winner: Eriror (Learn better/new linkages Ellusion)

    Eriror vs Ellusion67
    -> Eriror
    Eriror easily takes this one, he exceeds in style/creativity/difficulty.

    Ellusion67 vs Eriror

    Ellusion’s combo is a composition of three power trick sequences, nothing special at all. Also he offcams, he should center his hand better.

    Eriror’s combo contemplates a wider range of tricks. The starting sequence, the Shadows and the tricks on 0:10 and 0:14 are very eye-catching, but in opposition I was expecting a more powerful finisher. I was waiting for something bigger after the Cont FL TA, but the finished suddenly. His combo had better structure and was more balanced.

    Vote for Eriror, he did a better combo

    ellusion vs Eriror

    Hmm, seemed like far from their best attempts from both spinners, but I guess that's to be expected in B bracket. About 11 seconds of Eriror's 25 second video were around tricks by count, it was pretty repetative in my opinion. ellusion had higher difficulty as well. +1 ellusion

    ellusion vs Eriror:
    Ellusion's combo is very spammy. It introduces nothing new and the use of continuous tricks, even Spreads, gets very boring after a while. While the smoothness and control are incredible, this combo reminds me of a filler episode of Naruto or some other anime. Lots of filler, not enough substance. There's no development whatsoever.
    Eriror's combo was less smooth in comparison to Ellusion's combo, but the hybrids and linkages he introduces are highly advanced. I think an introduction of such difficulty will entail a slight sacrifice of smoothness. In the big picture, the entire combo is very smooth. However, the low point of Eriror's combo is his ending. It's very unimaginative and redundant. It also feels like filler, almost as if he couldn't figure out a better ending. Also, the way he does the Cont. FL TA is unappealing but that's a personal choice so I won't take that into account. I took the time to analyze his high points. The RA 0.5 34-23 > Pass Rev 23-12 > IA Rev > Counter IA was a very nice touch. The Counter MA at 0:10 was also very nice but incredibly hard to figure out what the notation is so I won't bother. Eriror needs to get a different angle if he wants his more advanced linkages to be noticed by the judges or anyone for that matter. It's not because he does it so smooth. It's the angle that makes it difficult to see it at all.
    Eriror takes this by a landslide.

    Eriror wins 4-1.


    5 Simplex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQe9f_FWCK0
    7 Jamie Enns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a50yGVUr2fY


    Spoiler:
    Simplex vs. Jamie Enns: Sorry to start off with something negative but Simplex, your intro doesn’t suit your style. You’d have to be JEB style to pull it off nicely. Also, stay on cam! You’re all over the place. You had a nice little bak sequence and your finisher was really cool! That was an obvious fail in the finisher though so it’s not as good as it could be :/. Cool spreads and great smoothness (in parts). Jamie Enns, noooo D: the mistake at :14 put me off a lot! I also didn’t like the laggy pauses between tricks sometimes (eg. :10) On a better note, WOW. I loved your linkages! They are all so unique and difficult. I can’t choose any specific stand out moments because it was great overall. Opposing Neoknux’s opinion, I like the speed and I think it suited your style well.
    Winner: Jamie

    Jamie Enns vs Simplex
    -> Jamie Enns

    both combos weren't too great but wtf @ simplex' combo. White pen on white background with excessive lighting, no. The offscreen moments didn't make that any better. Ending seemed fishy too. Jamie Enns had a solid combo (mistake ~0:15 though) with overall more variety and some interesting linkings.. Jamie Enns takes it overall.

    Simplex vs Jamie Enns

    Simplex’s spinning is smooth and clean, but the camera is a bit zoomed in. I like the transition to the Cont FL FA Releases, but he loses a bit the control when performing them. The finisher starts good but then he has a mistake on 0:22.

    JE starts with a very nice move, also the one on 0:06 is an attention attracter. He slows on 0:09 and the movement on 0:14 is odd. His finisher is good though.

    Vote for Jamie Enns, but it’s a close match

    Simplex vs Jamie

    Simplex in this video went away from what he's good at (making pretty combos) and tried to go for higher difficulty, and it didn't really pay off. The combo seemed segmented and didn't flow very well. Jamie's was atmittedly sloppy, but of better quality than Simplex's.

    Simplex

    Simplex vs Jamie Enns:
    Simplex's combo was overall shaky in control. Especially the ending where there was an obvious flub for control. The angle is very nice and I prefer it, however his hand moves around a lot and to me, this also indicates a lack of control. While he does catch the pen and saves the smoothness, it's still very noticeable and he needs to improve on this aspect. Overall, his combo is very basic especially for his level of spinning. The only thing that was remotely difficult would be the Spreads, but even those were caught with unsureness. The combo was smooth but it's hard to gauge smoothness if your hand is moving everywhere.
    Jamie's combo has a lot more variety and difficulty. However, what he has may have caused him to lose focus on smoothness. I can see the pen landing further than what he expected and he has to compensate for it at 0:09. Another part is at 0:14 where he does the IA 0.5 12-T1 > Tipped Sonic Rev T1-T2. The IA 0.5 was caught but he moved his hand backwards, which to me indicates a slip up. A different angle may make the combo look a little more appealing and perhaps help hide a little of slip ups (or enlarge them).
    This one was hard to choose. You have Simplex's 1 major slip up to Jamie's 2 relatively minor slip ups. Then you have Simplex's unimaginatively structured combo to Jamie's difficult and creative combo. There's also the issue of smoothness, where Simplex has Jamie beat through and through. I would like to say draw, but based on these criterion, Jamie takes this one, albeit barely.

    Jamie Enns wins 4-1.

  207. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Apr 11 2010 17:00:01

    4th round main bracket:



    B matchups:

    4 teotoko vs 8 Eriror
    2 Mystic vs 7 Jamie Enns

  208. Mystic
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 02:20:21

    Congrats Penja! I knew you'd win, although it was very close! ^^ Good luck against Vic!!!

    But yeah, why do I have to battle Jamie again? That takes the fun out of this for me. On top of losing, I have to battle someone ive battled already. I was hoping to battle Eriror, but even Teo would have been great...

  209. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 02:40:07

    by winning against ellusion, eriror has taken over his 3rd seed, jamie enns has take over the 5th seed, so the best available seed (#2) fights the orst (#5)

    if people wants to switch their matchup in the B bracket, go ahead, it doesn't really matter

  210. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 03:15:25

    Results were as expected for me, although I kind of wanted teo to win. I thought he did an amazing job.

    Can't wait for the next round.

  211. strat1227
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 03:27:43

    Honestly if it were best performance, or like who deserved it most, teo won it, but as far as strictly which video was better, I think vic won

    either way, great job everyone smile.gif

  212. Pen Ninja
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 04:11:23

    fuuuuck, vs vic now -.-
    this will be epic lol
    but ive run out of baks D: (not really tongue.gif)
    gonna have to pull some creativity out of my ass
    gg mystic, gl in future

  213. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 04:29:21

    QUOTE (strat1227 @ Apr 11 2010, 07:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Honestly if it were best performance, or like who deserved it most, teo won it, but as far as strictly which video was better, I think vic won

    either way, great job everyone smile.gif

    Gotta agree with you there.

    GL Penja. You know, the term, "pulling something out of my ass," is a rather homosexual reference...

  214. strat1227
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 04:43:31

    QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ Apr 12 2010, 12:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    You know, the term, "pulling something out of my ass," is a rather homosexual reference...


    lol wtf?

    just because it involves an ass doesn't make it gay lol


    anyway, GL penja, it'd be cool to see another epic battle for the finals biggrin.gif

  215. vicgotgame
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 04:55:46

    ah, good battle teo. It was really close. ohmy.gif
    Good luck against Eriror. smile.gif

    Lol damn, dont own me too bad Pen Ninja. No moonwalk haituas plz. tongue.gif

  216. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 05:44:12

    QUOTE (strat1227 @ Apr 11 2010, 08:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    lol wtf?

    just because it involves an ass doesn't make it gay lol


    anyway, GL penja, it'd be cool to see another epic battle for the finals biggrin.gif

    Guess my head's just in the gutter after playing Bang! with some friends.

  217. Krispy Kreme
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 05:51:40

    Good Job Pen Ninja :]

    Both combos were great by Penja's prevailed in the end ^^

    Penja, win Upsb Tourney for Australia !!!!

  218. Hippo2626
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 11:04:54

    I felt Mystic had a better combo but congrats Penja, Vic, Eriror and Jamie. I would really like to see Eriror Vs Mystic and JE vs Teo.

  219. teotoko
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 13:19:27

    good job everyone happy.gif but know i am against eriror >>

  220. Jamie Enns
    Date: Mon, Apr 12 2010 21:28:11

    wtf.gif
    simplex deserves the win, that "JEB style" comment by the judge is ridiculous
    vs Mystic again? well, we can prepare better? i uno

    vic vs penja will be neat, i can't decide who will win trick wise :\ but i get the feeling vic will win because his combos are more appealing


  221. Simplex
    Date: Tue, Apr 13 2010 02:21:25

    lolol jamie speaks a lie xD i deserve the loss but yah i was wondering what is jeb style lolol

    everyone is amazing... i cant wait to see the next round matches biggrin.gif

  222. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Apr 18 2010 04:25:28

    videos are due in 1 week (4/24)

  223. Zombo
    Date: Sat, Apr 24 2010 00:44:19

    vids are due tomorrow.

  224. Pen Ninja
    Date: Sat, Apr 24 2010 02:09:38

    sent... hopefully u got it lol

  225. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 04:12:56

    Round 4

    Main bracket:

    1 vicgotgame vs 6 Pen Ninja

    B bracket:

    4 teotoko vs 8 Eriror
    2 Mystic vs 7 Jamie Enns

  226. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 04:15:23

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Apr 24 2010, 09:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Round 4

    Main bracket:

    1 vicgotgame vs 6 Pen Ninja

    B bracket:

    4 teotoko vs 8 Eriror
    2 Mystic vs 7 Jamie Enns


    You have the wrong link for penja.

    should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzdiiVCYxEY

  227. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 04:16:35

    ok
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzdiiVCYxEY

  228. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 04:38:03

    Good round. Been a great tournament guys. Job well done everyone.

    I might add in more later but this what I have to say:

    Battle 1: A really badass finale. Vic had outstanding linkages and penja has the best backs I've seen in ages. Two amazing combos. Penja just needs some fitting music in the back ground. Justin Timberlake - Sexy Back, anyone?

    Battle 2: Teo's taken me by surprise this tournament. He brings a lot to each round and doesn't hold back. Really been nice to see him spin in this tourny. Also enjoyed eri's combo this round. Well structured, nice linkages, and a high level of difficulty.

    Battle 3: Imo, mystic and jamie almost seem to act as foils for each other. Mystic's smoothness in juxtaposition with jamie's, highlight's jamie's own lack of smoothness and inconsistencies in tempo and control. On the other hand, Jamie stands out in creativity. Some very interesting linkages going on (might be hard to see due to the angle though...). I really like jamie's combo, for his ability to explore and experiment with linkages and pen spinning. Oh and both had a high level of difficulty.

    Hard to say who'll win. I'd hate to be a judge for this round.

  229. Hippo2626
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 10:41:48

    My thoughts:
    Main bracket:
    1 vicgotgame vs 6 Pen Ninja
    So close battle! Insane stuff from both spinners!!
    Vic: very very cool linkages! (are you drifting away from power tricking???? It's funny that you didn't do many or any haituas I think when it has been you signature trick)
    Penja: very very cool baks! (I like that pinkyspread to the other hand.)
    Winner: draw so REMATCH!!!!!!!
    Seriously they both had the same level of difficulty, appeal and smoothness. (vic did have a greater variety but Penja had 2p1h! )

    I'll type out my thoughts on the B bracket and the rest of the main battle later but I just wanted to say that this has been a very intense and insane tournament and thanks to everyone who participated for all the awesome battles and entertainment you've provided us!! I think that this tournament has been more intense than the world cup because in the world cup, most of the battles had a clear cut winner but here most of the battles were soooo close!!

    Thanks to:
    Zombo
    Vic
    Penja
    Eriror
    Teotoko
    Mystic
    JE
    Ellusion
    Simplex

    The world torunament winner will be a UPSBian next year!!!!!

  230. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 12:40:34

    eriror fav combo of the tournament for sure the stuck ending is appealing for some reason

  231. strat1227
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 14:05:55

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Apr 25 2010, 08:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    eriror fav combo of the tournament for sure the stuck ending is appealing for some reason


    oh man, agreed, i loved everything about EK's combo. he were in the final round vs either person i think he'd have taken it

  232. Kirby
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 15:34:17

    Vic vs. Pen Ninja:
    Vic:Very nice smoothness, I liked how your not relying on your power tricks as much, nice full combo and fun to watch.
    Pen Ninja: Best baks I think I've ever seen.....although I think there were a few too many. 2p1h was great, and I really loved your incredibly smooth transistions between hands.
    winner: pen Ninja, both were grerat combos and very, VERY even, Pen Ninja was basically just my personal prefernce tongue.gif. Very good battle.

    Teotoko vs. Eriror:
    Teo: I love your combos, you continue to improve and explore linkages. The one thing I didn't like was the smoothness, there were a few choppy parts.
    EK: Best combo I've seen you do in a while. IF you could've pull off combos like this earlier you could have won. Very nice work, I'm glad to see you compete with the best again.

    I'll do last battle when I get home.

    Great work and nice tournament, I'm interested to see results!

    Also where was baaron in this tournament?? 0.o

  233. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 19:52:20

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Apr 25 2010, 04:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    eriror fav combo of the tournament for sure the stuck ending is appealing for some reason

    Hard for me to pick a favorite but I also thought how the pen got stuck looked really interesting. It also builds up tension for the finisher.

  234. hoiboy
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 22:45:12

    QUOTE (Kirby @ Apr 25 2010, 08:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Also where was baaron in this tournament?? 0.o

    obviously not in

    Main bracket:

    1 vicgotgame vs 6 Pen Ninja
    vic won this one in my heart. I liked penja's stuff like the 2p1h stuff and all his material, but his combo started dragging. vic's combo was concise and continued to "wow" me, especially the new linkages. Also, penja was over the time limit :/

    B bracket:

    4 teotoko vs 8 Eriror
    teo seemed to be really unfamiliar with his combo for some reason, especially the middle part. It just sent those vibes :/ Eriror's combo felt more consistent and solid overall, and very appealing too smile.gif

  235. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Apr 26 2010 00:30:10

    eriror's combo is over time by about 2 seconds
    so in theory teotoko wins by default

    we will still judge though just to see what happens

  236. strat1227
    Date: Mon, Apr 26 2010 00:51:38

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Apr 25 2010, 08:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    eriror's combo is over time by about 2 seconds
    so in theory teotoko wins by default

    we will still judge though just to see what happens


    on that note, so is Penja's ... does that give vic the auto win?

  237. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Apr 26 2010 01:30:43

    hmm well i guess it depends if vicgotgame cares or not
    same for teotoko I guess

  238. strat1227
    Date: Mon, Apr 26 2010 01:43:58

    I mean not that I care or anything, but I don't think it's good for an official tournament to leave it up to the other spinner ... if they say anything it just makes them look like a dick, it puts them in a terrible position ...

  239. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Apr 26 2010 01:57:04

    QUOTE (strat1227 @ Apr 25 2010, 09:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I mean not that I care or anything, but I don't think it's good for an official tournament to leave it up to the other spinner ... if they say anything it just makes them look like a dick, it puts them in a terrible position ...

    well like it says in the first post, its actually more of a practice tournament for the WT11... the experience is more important than the rules, for sure.

    but yes in theory vic and teotoko have already won
    but judges still need to judge otherwise tis a waste of videos

  240. Erirornal Kraione
    Date: Mon, Apr 26 2010 07:59:33

    Nyah, true. Didn't even notice that. Good game, teotoko. XD

    I hate time limits. >_>

  241. Pen Ninja
    Date: Mon, Apr 26 2010 11:57:40

    not to be picky but i thought i was over time limit to... but according to mystic in his comment on my round 2 vid

    "You should be fine on time. There was a discussion during the WT '09 about going over the time limit and "clarified" that you can go THROUGH the 25th second. So you would be fine up to 25.99 and get penalized at 26 seconds. tongue.gif"

    so i checked my video with sony vegas and the length between the 1st push and the last catch is like 25.93 seconds or something >.>

    :3

    fuck loss by default tongue.gif i escaped ur wrath

    also, thats not a pinky spread, it bounces off the other pen

  242. Hippo2626
    Date: Tue, Apr 27 2010 11:20:12

    Not trying to screw with everyone overboard but I think in order to experience the full tournament, the time limit rule should be imposed. Say, next year when all you guys go for the WT and you forgot about the time limit again, wouldn't that be bad?

    @Penja it really looked like a super strong pinky spread.

  243. Pen Ninja
    Date: Wed, Apr 28 2010 13:02:06

    QUOTE (Hippo2626 @ Apr 27 2010, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    @Penja it really looked like a super strong pinky spread.


    look again ;D

  244. Tushix
    Date: Sat, May 1 2010 02:31:52

    QUOTE (Hippo2626 @ Apr 27 2010, 07:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Not trying to screw with everyone overboard but I think in order to experience the full tournament, the time limit rule should be imposed. Say, next year when all you guys go for the WT and you forgot about the time limit again, wouldn't that be bad?

    Bad because you'ld have those beast at consistancy (Eriror, S777, Peem just to name a few) that could make a 1min combo of win which would be super hard for any other spinner. Not only that, but by having a limit we can make sure that everyone has an even amount of time to get their material across which basically forces the combo to be better.

  245. Zombo
    Date: Sat, May 1 2010 03:55:52

    uh the main reason for me is because nobody wants to watch 1 minute combos, 25 secs is fine and some ppl can even make 25 seconds feel super long due to spam

  246. Zombo
    Date: Sun, May 2 2010 18:37:34

    Results for round 4

    1 vicgotgame vs 6 Pen Ninja


    Spoiler:
    1 vicgotgame vs 6 Pen Ninja
    level is quite similar imo.
    first aerials of vic. are quite easy, but the execution is perfect during all the combo. that invshadow is really well-integrated in the combo! combo is smooth, good speed and flow. structure of the combo is well-thought: attractive.
    pen ninja's combo is i think a little bit more difficult. i didn't like the pen bounce, it s missing of precision. on the other hand the transfer with left hand to bakarounds is really beautiful. some nice tricks too, arounds, backs.but combo is a bit long, it should have stopped at that hai tua thing.
    winner: Vicgotgame

    Vic vs penja:

    Vic takes this one. HIs combo is full of fresh linkings, take 0:06 and 0:13 as the most eyecatching examples. I love how the combo strays away from what would be expected, and shows you something different. Only disappointment is the ending, which is pretty standard and doesn't fit in with the rest of the combo's freshness. Maybe some swivel variations would've been better here. Or just a big spin?

    Penja, well GG. You've gotten far, but baks wont win a tournament. The bak sequences are the best one can find out there, even with the second pen in your hand. The combo goes on with a beautiful hand transfer. However, you should've done something besides baks after the transfer bakc to your left. Maybe a swivel variation again? I don't know. However, the baks seem repetitive, which certainly isn't good. Although I love the sequence after the TA with the Arounds and inv shadow rev, it isn't enough overall. You've made it far, and you deserved it certainly.
    -> vic.

    Vicgotgame vs. Penja:

    Quick first impressions:
    Penja: lolwut? Other pen spread? tongue.gif Good baks, linkages and inv. Shadow rev. Felt like the finisher was dragged on after the haitua though :/
    Vicgotgame: 0:05 ohmy.gif, Awesome linkages and clean finish.

    Penja’s combo was very interesting and I was wondering what was going to happen when you were doing 2p1h. nice spread xD. :11 was really clean and I love the way it lead into a cliché, Penja difficult bak sequence. I liked how there was a great mix of clockwise and counter clockwise spinning which enabled you to execute a large variety of tricks although, as I stated before, I think you should have ended it with just the haitua or at least not doing the rev charge after it and going straight into the pass. Vicgotgame’s opener was eye catching and stylistic and :04 - :07 showed a clean unique style of power! The filler was a good Vic linkage combo which was done very cleanly which lead onto one of my fav parts of the combo, the palmspin (not sure how to notate it tongue.gif). I liked the rest of the combo and the finisher was great.
    Winner: Vicgotgame

    Vicgotgame vs Pen Ninja

    Vic’s combo has a lot of interesting linkages, and pretty balanced, but the finisher is a bit weak compared with the whole combo. The aerial sequences is very nice, also the one from 0:12 to 0:14, although the trick on 0:14-0:15 doesn’t look clean like the others. It’s a difficult and varied combo.

    The first Pen Ninja’s sequence looks like a combo apart. He only uses the pen for the bounce transfer (that’s nice though), but it doesn’t interact on anything else. Then he starts a nice combo with perfect transfers and nice Baks, but that was already seen on the previous round. The arounds and Inv Shadow Rev were nice, then I thought he finished the combo after the Handaround, but he surprised me and did some more tricks, with a relaxed ending. His combo is long and difficult, but looks cut.

    Vote for Vicgotgame

    vicgotgame vs Pen Ninja

    This battle is an interesting one. Vic's combo was very fluid with little to no mistakes and there was a lot of contrast in here. Not only was there fluidity there were directional changes which were done very well. I saw some interesting linkages and the variety was there. Pen Ninja's combo was structured nicely with nice 1p2h transfers, although the multiple variations of Baks are still there and it adds monotony to the combo. I can see the variations but it doesn't excite me. Aside from that I was glad to see some Arounds that went around 2 fingers at once, and he even did it twice in a row showing mastery. There were small slow downs in Pen Ninja's combo, especially towards the end. It does indicate some hesitation. Vic's combo had barely anything of that nature in his combo. This is a hard battle to judge, but I will have to say that based on variety, difficulty, and smoothness Vic takes this one.

    vicgotgame wins 5-0


    4 teotoko vs 8 Eriror


    Spoiler:
    Teotoko vs. Eriror

    Quick first impressions:
    Eriror: Nice use of 24, Nice haitua, awesome linkages, didn’t like the stumble at the finisher,
    Teotoko: Smooth intro, cool wrist movement, interesting around catches, cool finish but I bit over the place. I would have liked more control.

    Eriror’s combo was super well executed and included a lot of 24 stuff which I found VERY appealing. The intro was have given your finger a work out x3. The midbak 1.5’s to shadow 24’s were awesome and covered a lot of pen spinning. Smoothness, difficulty, style and uniqueness. The charge at :08 was a cool momentum swinger and the double charge using 24 was great, as was the way you passed it. Great counter bak and a great smooth finish (with the exception of the palmspin). I love your style of linkages. I loved Teotoko’s intro because it was super clean and looked great! Throughout his comb, I liked the way that all of the slots were being used a lot. The shadow – palmspin was really cool and stood out imo. :10 - :12 was awesome as was the scissor spin at :15. Great combo!
    Winner: Eriror

    4 teotoko vs 8 Eriror
    teotoko has some nice tricks, combo is good, it looks like it need more practice because he does not look comfortable with his breakdown, i saw 2 little flow mistakes. on the other hand, eriror show something very smooth and calm, attractive and hard. a shame, a quite big mistake and a bit long =) but average is better
    winner: eriror

    teotoko vs Eriror

    teotoko's combo was done nicely however it was off camera several times and that made it hard to figure out what he was attempting. His finisher was a little sloppy and it seemed like it didn't land where he wanted. Aside from those, the combo itself was alright but it seemed generic with very few interesting linkages, especially when compared to Eriror's combo. Eriror had many different linkages which were more apparent this time around. I liked the Around Rev Counter 34-12 and the counter done from Shadow Rev 12-34. Very nice touches and done flawlessly. It is easy to say that Eriror took this match.

    Teotoko vs Eriror

    Teotoko showed nice direction changes, such as the one on 0:14 and the tricks from there to 0:15 , but there are linkages that seem forced, like 0:06, 0:09 or the finisher.

    Eriror did a clean combo, the difficult sequences, except the finisher are very smooth, specially the spins.

    Vote for Eriror

    Eriror vs teotoko

    teotoko's spinning amazes me everytime I watch it. It's different with new stuff, and unique style. This combo didn't seem as perfect as the previous ones though, the handmovements are excessive, the camera angle supports that impression. You go near off-screen multiple times. The ending was also nearly missed. But all that aside, the combo was very good, I especially liked the beginning, but then the early direction change was sort of disappointing. You should've kept the flow that you built up going for at least another 5 seconds, it was good. I liked 0:16 as well. Overall your on the right path, just some improvements here and there are needed.

    Well, Eriror's combo... what should I say, he knows what he's doing. The pen flows so well, it's hard to describe. Take the sequence after the FL ta's at 0:22 as an example. Or 0:19. Everything fits.
    Although one shouldn't forget that he went over the time limit. (That's why I didn't comment on the ending, which was certainly a big + for him) But this tournament is for practice purposes, so it shouldn't be to dramatic.

    Eriror wins 5-0


    2 Mystic vs 7 Jamie Enns


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    Mystic vs. Jamie Enns

    Quick first impressions:
    Mystic: Woah! Lotta power flowing through there along with appealing linkages.
    Jamie: HOLY SHIT BAK SEQUENCE! ohmy.gif The rest of the combo had such classy linkages.

    Mystic showed us how much power he could put in a combo with this clip which I find really cool! That little minicombo (bak~FLTA rev – IPbak~FLTA rev) was really nicely done as was the 24 shadow biggrin.gif. The little sequence after was cool but then the tws. Sonics killed it. VERY cool finisher!!! As for Jamie, The intro blew my mind! It was REALLY great! Just the whole bak sequence was amazing! I loved the linkages afterwards because they were pretty out there and I loved the palmspin because it was done so perfectly. The following linkages were not that amazing but the combo picked up again at :14 with a cool minicombo followed by the finish.
    Winner: Jamin Enns

    *2 Mystic vs 7 Jamie Enns
    wow. those two guys really did nice combos, with 2 very intersting breakdowns.
    mystic's linkages are really hard and structure is a bit more appealing than PN's, even if it's good too.
    what will me make up my mind, is unfornately PJ's mistake, after that linkage with the wiper i liked very much. but it really decreased the flow of the combo
    winner: mystic

    Mystic vs Jamie Enns:

    I am disappoint at Mystic's combo. Stop focusing on all the hard tricks, it doesn't suit you well at all. Where is the style with all the beautiful arounds and linkings you used to have? The section from 0:08 - 0:13 was completely out of control, at least you made it look like it. Seemed like you rushed through it to have some filler before you can finish the combo.
    Remember, appeal, smoothness, and creativity are worth more combined than difficulty.

    Then Jamie... well if you took out all the breaks between individual sequences, you'd be world-class as well. (I'm talking about slowing down, no almost stopping the pen, ex: 0:05, 0:15, 0:18) It doesn't flow as well, your combos seem like sequences you'd wanted to do, just lined up and somehow connected. That's not so bad, but if the connections "lag" like yours do, it's bad. If you ignore the pauses, you are looking at a great combo. You still win this though. IF you work on that stuff, you'll find yourself with a lot of fanboys not far from now ;D Same goes for Mystic, Pen-Ninja, and teotoko by the way.

    -> Jamie Enns

    Mystic vs Jamie Enns

    Mystic's combo was, for the most part, polished. Structurally, it was alright but got more interesting towards the end. The finisher is impressive but it looked very shaky. Jamie's combo is better than his previous ones but still has his trademark hand style that just seems to say he's unsure about his spinning. Still, the combo he made is very good and shows lots of new linkages I haven't seen before. His ending is not as flashy as Mystic's but it was probably the most fluent part of his combo and I'm glad that at least the ending is. Normally I'd go with Mystic but his ending and overall combo just seemed weaker than his previous combos, sans his ending. Jamie's combo, all in all, was strong and the new linkages and structure cannot be ignored. A close battle I'd say but I'll have to give this one to Jamie for having a more inspiring combo while retaining strength.

    Mystic vs Jamie Enns

    Mystic’s combo starts and ends very well: first smooth sequences and in the finisher difficult but very well executed tricks. The middle sequence is sloppier. Also the combo is based on material of other rounds, but better.

    Jamie Enns’ starter is impressive, then he continues with nice linkages, but it feels like the combo loses strength; he loses control with the time.

    Vote for Mystic, but was close

    Jamie Enns wins 3-2.


    Final comments from a judge:

    overall this tournament showed a lot of potential, that just needs some minor refining till it's WT- ready. I recommend everybody goes through the judging comments again, even if you weren't in the tourney. Although they don't always seem nice, all the judges have 2 goals; 1) to determine a winner
    2) to help everybody improve.
    don't forget that.


    Spoiler:
    VICGOTGAME IS THE SUPREME CHAMPION AND RULER OF UPSB
    PEN NINJA IS THE WORTHY RUNNER UP

  247. Pen Ninja
    Date: Sun, May 2 2010 18:43:23

    i told every1 ide lose 5-0 lol, no1 believed me
    gg vic
    well deserved

  248. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sun, May 2 2010 19:20:58

    Congrats to everyone!

    VICGOTGAME IS THE SUPREME CHAMPION AND RULER OF UPSB

  249. Zombo
    Date: Sun, May 2 2010 22:32:29

    Here are the banners, courtesy of Frip






    put it in your signature if you want to.

  250. Krispy Kreme
    Date: Sun, May 2 2010 22:35:50

    Congratz Vic =) Well deserved and good job to the other participants

    Go Penja ^^

  251. Zkhan43110
    Date: Sun, May 2 2010 22:40:31

    Congratulations Vic!


    VICGOTGAME IS THE SUPREME CHAMPION AND RULER OF UPSB

  252. Kirby
    Date: Sun, May 2 2010 23:22:38

    QUOTE (Zombo @ May 2 2010, 05:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Here are the banners, courtesy of Frip


    Spoiler:



    put it in your signature if you want to.



    Was this picked because it is his backround color? Because generally Puke-ish green doesn't really seem like a winner color XD


    Vic= respect.gif

  253. Frip
    Date: Sun, May 2 2010 23:24:42

    QUOTE (Kirby @ May 2 2010, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Was this picked because it is his backround color? Because generally Puke-ish green doesn't really seem like a winner color XD


    Vic= respect.gif

    it's supposed to be gold o_O I don't see any green there lol

    //e







    if u want different color just say so k ohmy.gif

  254. Kirby
    Date: Sun, May 2 2010 23:45:41

    QUOTE (Zombo @ May 2 2010, 05:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Here are the banners, courtesy of Frip


    Spoiler:



    Spoiler:



    put it in your signature if you want to.

    Ahh I get it now gold=1st, silver=2nd.....But I wouldve used the yellow gold color in the second pic not the first, because it looks more green XD

  255. Hippo2626
    Date: Mon, May 3 2010 04:43:50

    CONGRATS VIC!!! WELL DESERVED WIN!!! BRING THE WT CROWN TO UPSB NEXT YEAR OKAY?!!

  256. strat1227
    Date: Mon, May 3 2010 14:44:26

    QUOTE (Frip @ May 2 2010, 07:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    it's supposed to be gold o_O I don't see any green there lol

    //e

    Spoiler:


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    if u want different color just say so k ohmy.gif


    I think it'd be cool if they said like "top 8" or whatever on it, participant kinda sounds lame, I used to get that in 3rd grade for my science fair projects lmao, and they weren't worth bragging over

  257. AoD1
    Date: Wed, May 5 2010 06:53:05

    of course vic would win.. duh.

  258. Hippo2626
    Date: Wed, May 5 2010 12:31:40

    Just wondering will this tourny be an anual thing or once every year?

  259. TEK
    Date: Fri, May 7 2010 04:36:22

    Congraz Vic!


    Great job too Pen Ninja biggrin.gif

  260. tylt
    Date: Fri, May 7 2010 05:11:39

    QUOTE (Hippo2626 @ May 5 2010, 05:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Just wondering will this tourny be an anual thing or once every year?


    facepalm.gif

    I'm not really sure but you could probably send Zombo a PM or something and ask him how often this is going to be going on. and Great job to all the participants this has really forced you guys to think of new stuff and I just think this is a great opportunity for many advanced level spinners in UPSB. Congratz to Vic and all other participants. You guys have really showed up what UPSB has got.

  261. Zombo
    Date: Fri, May 7 2010 15:47:32

    QUOTE (Hippo2626 @ May 5 2010, 08:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Just wondering will this tourny be an anual thing or once every year?


    annual and once every year means the same thing

    its tough to find a good date

    summer = ppl on vacation
    spring = usually theres WT/WC, this year was exception
    winter = exams

    so the possibility is fall, but i dont like making a tournament right before WT/WC because the participants will be tired when the real competition begins.

    the only possibility is Spring even with WC/WT, then it means the participants of UPSB tournament will probably not be the top spinners who are already in WC/WT

  262. Mats
    Date: Fri, May 7 2010 21:42:28

    Let's not forget that Eriror basically beat Vicgotgame earlier in the tournament...l

  263. vicgotgame
    Date: Fri, May 7 2010 23:12:06

    QUOTE (Mats @ May 7 2010, 05:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Let's not forget that Eriror basically beat Vicgotgame earlier in the tournament...l

    Then how did i end up winning... huh.gif

  264. King Kommander X
    Date: Fri, May 7 2010 23:40:03

    he's just jealous

  265. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sat, May 8 2010 00:46:43

    QUOTE (vicgotgame @ May 7 2010, 03:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Then how did i end up winning... huh.gif

    lol. I'm guessing mats didn't keep up with the tournament nor read this topic nor read the first post nor saw your signature.

  266. Erirornal Kraione
    Date: Sat, May 8 2010 09:32:15

    QUOTE (Look Into the Sun @ May 8 2010, 02:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    lol. I'm guessing mats didn't keep up with the tournament nor read this topic nor read the first post nor saw your signature.


    I don't think it's any of those. You need to get to learn Mats better. tongue.gif He already knew Vic won, but read this other post in this topic.

  267. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sat, May 8 2010 10:05:52

    QUOTE (Erirornal Kraione @ May 8 2010, 02:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I don't think it's any of those. You need to get to learn Mats better. tongue.gif He already knew Vic won, but read this other post in this topic.

    I'd rather not and I don't know Mats as he isn't an active poster here.

    Read what other post?

  268. Erirornal Kraione
    Date: Sat, May 8 2010 11:05:45

    QUOTE (Mats @ Mar 21 2010, 09:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Vic vs Eriror, awesome. Two great combos. Eriror takes it for me though. dry.gif


    That.

  269. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Sun, May 9 2010 02:18:47

    QUOTE (Erirornal Kraione @ May 8 2010, 03:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    That.

    My bad

  270. miyat
    Date: Sun, May 9 2010 03:41:58

    Congrats Vic smile.gif I thought this tournament was really great!

  271. Hippo2626
    Date: Thu, May 20 2010 15:32:58

    QUOTE (Zombo @ May 7 2010, 11:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    annual and once every year means the same thing

    its tough to find a good date

    summer = ppl on vacation
    spring = usually theres WT/WC, this year was exception
    winter = exams

    so the possibility is fall, but i dont like making a tournament right before WT/WC because the participants will be tired when the real competition begins.

    the only possibility is Spring even with WC/WT, then it means the participants of UPSB tournament will probably not be the top spinners who are already in WC/WT

    Perhaps you could have the tourny next year for those who didn't or couldn't make it to the WT during the same time frame?