It's been a good ride for this game... - Even through the dark ages...

[TarkanX]

Hello... I haven't been around lately since I'm busy a lot, so I don't have much time for the computer much anymore, and the fact the most of my interests are duindling.

*cough* anyways... let me just tell my life story, how I felt about the site, and the site right now and where it will go.


By the way, for you ####ies, this site was up on August 8, 2001, a week before I played the site.

It was August 15, 2001. It was early evening. I was getting flamed at planet namek, so I thought I'd just pick up something else. I remember a site called arcadepod.com, I went there, then I was about to play this home run rally baseball site, but then I saw something else. X-men vs Street Fighter Online. I decided XvSF over baseball, but I didn't play immediately yet.

I asked one of my friends(who I knew on this forum for a year in which I got banned) who's user name is Jason1(I don't talk to him anymore, it's been 1 1/2 since I last did. Oh, and if you wanted to know which forum I got banned, it was the now defunct nintendose.com, reasons why, I don't want to explain, and no it's not porn). We both loaded up the site, got in the project x server(which was empty), and we fought.

There were about... 20 characters I believe at the beginning, but we could only pick Ryu vs Ryu. Since I completely forgot about SF, remembering the moves would be hard. Me and Jason fought, he was jumping and kicking, and I tried to do the same, but he won twice(Some rounds were close).

Jason said he didn't want to play the site anymore since he said it was boring(he's a die hard Nintendo freak as far my memory serves). I kept training away, my fists, my leg thrusts. I couldn't get off Ryu's hadouken, or his other specials. But then my friend(in who I know in real life and have known for years) told me is specials(he occasionally went to the arcade to play XvSF, and MvC). I did the procedure for the hadouken, and guess what..... HADOUKEN!!!! A flaming blue wave came thrusting out of Ryu's hand(or his body, since it looked like it came from his body). I've played SF before, first played it in 1992 when it came to the SNES, I've done his hadouken, but I just forgot about SF so much, I needed major help.

Tatsumaki senpuu kyaku(or whatever he said when was retardedly throwing his leg in a spiral in the air). I dind't quite do shoryuken yet till later, about a few days later. Then ti was time for the super moves. I told my friend how to do the long ranged blue beam, he said press all 3 punch buttons, I did that, and guess what... Shinkuu..... HADOUKEN!!!!!!!! BJGGGJGJGJGJTTTT!!!!! KO!!!! WOW!!!! I DID IT!!!! I actually performed the Shinkuu Hadouken technique. I was happy, I also performed the spin kick super.

After that, I was performing basic techniques, jump, super jumping, punch, kick. There was no dash at this time by the way. I thought to myself, I'll keep fighting, then I'll fight with the big guns(top 5 at the time was Leftyfb, Lordcyris, B0ogie, baller, and someone else.... I forgot who it is). I thought they were the best players in the site(they were at the time, but the top 5 then would get slaughtered by the top 5 now). During this time, people played for fun, or for competition, there was no rank hungry person, and if they were, it was a small community, which would eventually grow into a cancer(nice metaphor eh...?). I fought my way up the ranks, I was watching Earth: Final Conflict at the same time playing the site, I felt like I was getting stronger and stronger fighting other people(similar to what Fear Tetsuo went through, but he had to go through rigorous training since during his way to the top, he had to go through people that were marginally better than me to the top 5 before hand, stilll don't get what I'm saying, well... here's an example:


December 2001:

TarkanX >>>>>>>>>>> Fear Tetsuo

Mid August 2001:

Top 5 > TarkanX



My wish came true as i finally got to fight one of the best players in the site, and most recognized at the time, CptnAmerica. We fought twice, and it was intense, like you were in the middle of a tornado, and you had to survive at all costs, it was you, vs the Tornado. If the tornado won, it would be over, if you won, the tornado would be angry, and attack another day, but you get the benefit of the doubt. Me and Cptn was like this. I won both intense fights, and he went bonkers(somewhat). He said that he couldn't lose to someone like me... I said some wise words, and he smirked, he said he will have his day.

When I checked my rank, I was rank 46 with 46 wins and 26 losses. I felt if I kept going further and further, it would be my first stepped in being recognized in a good way, and being a first rate person, instead of always being plagued as second rate. About a week after I registered in the site, I registered on the forums. I was the 123rd registered member(I would've been the 81st, but I was too lazy to register when I first saw the forum. The community was like a friendly town that was starting up, and giving advice. Everyone was an elder, but they had the strength of an ox at heart. I was happy to be here, unlike planet namek which would flame you straight up your ass in and out whether or not you were new.

A while later, I told Token, a native of planet namek, a recognized vet for people who registered from August 2001-May 2002. He was a brash young kid who had wise words, but broke down everyone who would act stupid, or rip on him. This person is what you ####ies need to know, I wish he were still here.... We fought 5 times, and each time I won. I told him that he would never beat me at XvSF online ever, but I was wrong, dead wrong. This guy almost eliminated me in ToC1, he was freakin insane, he was hardcore. He doesn't take ####, and I loved that. Someone that would fight at their max whether or not you suck, or whether or not you are a vet, he treats everyone the same when he fights them, an enemy that should be killed, that's something that people fail to shot today(or at least XvSF online closed down).

Anyways, I joined the first tournament ever which was held by Necro2k1. There were 8 participants, but only 5 fought. This is what the tournament bout looked like:


TarkanX vs Zao
Ewalk vs Lordcyris
Leftyfb vs CptnAmerica
B0ogie vs ?


My first round opponent didn't show up, Lordcyris beat Ewalk, Lefty won by DQ(CptnAmerica didn't show up). I don't know who B0ogie fought, but he didn't show up. The 2nd round looked like this:


TarkanX vs B0ogie
Leftyfb vs Lordcyris


I lost to B0ogie the first match, so I was supposed ot be eliminated, but then B0ogie requested another match, I denied, since he should advance, but after a while, I said what the hell. I beat him in our 2nd match, then he said I should advance to the finals. We had a debate about who should advance, but he said something like... he liked fighting me, he didn't care for prizes. I liked that attitude, some vets in this site would fight for rank(even today), and I'm disappointed in them. So I advanced. Anyways, Lordcyris bested Leftyfb, so I had to fight Lordcyris. I guess me and him would be considered "the best" currently in the site. We fought it out on a Saturday morning, I was kind of tired a little, but I rushed to the computer to play the site. We both picked Ryu(obviously), and then the newly implented helpers... he got Guile, and I got..... Venom, the worst of the helpers at the time, besides Spiral(I'm not sur if Spiral was made, but oh well). We both fought, and he beat me in both rounds, and eventually won a blue Ryu. I lost the tournament, another failure like I've always been, no I dind't think about suicide, and hope to god that I never will, but I was always never first, or never impressed the crowd the most, it was always someone else. Takes me back to elementary school, I felt like taking a break from the site, but I couldn't, so I kept playing, and getting better, and as soon as I knew it, I was the best in the site(At most of September).

During September, I prematurely made a website about project x, if I launched it, it would've been the first site affiliate from project x. But due to laziness, and lack of HTML knowledge, I ditched the idea, so Warmor became the first person, with his bizarre showing of almost nude SF characters(which was soon taken out). I also made a dojo(much thanks to Lordcyris). I trained unworthy fighters, and made them look like prince's, and princess. I felt like I needed to give back to the community, and this was something that I could start at.

Ewalks tournament was in during September, and it seemed like a solid tourney(any tourney that's better than Necro's was good in my eye(before ToC1 came). 52 people participated, it was a preliminary match-up, then it would be a round robin after the preliminaries were over. I was in the west, and had some of the toughest members. There were 13 people in my division, and I went 7-1, my only loss was to Nferno666(One of the most intense fights I ever had in my career at XvSF, and a long string of intense fights me and Nferno666 would have). I was trying my hardest, I had a war face, and kept tamping on the keys very hard, but he seemed like I was some pety fool, and he was the silent warrior(Like Samurai Jack, Silent, yet very powerful, and could kill anyone if he wanted to, but decides not to try his best, that's what I think from my perspective. After the prelimiaries, the first round began, I forgot who I fought, but I beat him by default, since he said he didn't want to fight me. The tournament ended without word of Ewalk. He suddenly disappeared into nothingness, and we never heard from him until 2 months later, and after that, he was gone forever.

In Late September, the next character who would be Wolverine was coming near, and a guy who can kick your ass in 5 seconds, even if you were the best was here... Zing79. He was like a kind-hearted version of Token. He'll kill you, and give you a compliment before you hit the ground. It seemed like whenever we fought, he always got the best of me in a close battle, but it was like he was never at his max against me. It seemed like he was the best now, and then he would start the ever known.... Tournament of Champions.



Coming up in next post.... Wolverine is made, dashing drives me insane, ToC1 is decided! Tune in in a few hours!!!



Edited By TarkanX on July 26 2003 at 04:05