Where to Begin?

So what interested you about Tekken? Was it the beautiful looking graphics, maybe it was the storyline, maybe it’s the fun combos, or maybe you’re just a fighting game enthusiast that wanted to give a new game a try. So for whatever reason you’ve decided to pickup and try and learn Tekken, you just can’t seem to find where to begin? Well that’s why I’m here to help you out.

Unlike the Tekken 5 series, Tekken 6/BR wasn’t officially released in the United States of America, thus dedicated arcade owners had to order them from independent oversea distributors. Which means

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LUYG! 6/13 Results

We had a pretty good turnout for this past LUYG! tourney, 13 players entry.

And without further-a-due, here is the final match of the Grand Finals between the former champ N8 vs. the newcomer Bumjin.

The top four placers consist of:
1) Bumjin [Steve/Devil Jin/Kazuya]
2) N8 [Baek]
3) Shadow [Raven/Yoshi/Bryan]
4) BananaDeepThroat [Xiaoyu]

To view all the videos from this tourney please check out SuperArcadeBox’s youtube channel.

TRUE!, a local Socal player also brought up an interesting idea. I’ll call this the “veteran’s challenge.” This is where we have any player from the LUYG!

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LUYG …. card ranking battles?

this is just an idea being thrown out there, but how do you guys feel about LUYG card ranking battles? [aka deathmatches]

I noticed a lot of guys don’t particularly like using their cards vs the higher ranks. If I get a lot of positive feedback, I can setup a periodic date inwhich people can card deathmatch eachother for ranks. If so, I’ll probably aim for this coming Saturday since it won’t particularly be too busy with Devastation around.

again, this is mainly for the lower ranks… the dans and blue ranks [mentor, master]. if this works out and becomes

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Street Fighter: Get Hype? GTFO.

My name is Ryan Truman, also known in many fighting game communities as Kurai Ryu. I hope to use this medium to educate and inspire fighting game players across the country, perhaps internationally, to take the next step in their fighting game careers, and learn how to play Tekken right. In order to do so, we need to take a look at the competition – the most popular of which is Street Fighter IV. I will do my best to observe this topic objectively. In the end, you may even be

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