Today, I participated in one of the many Soul Calibur IV tournaments taking place at Hastings Entertainment stores around the country. I wanted to win the first prize, which was a copy of Soul Calibur IV Collector's Edition on 360 and a faceplate. Unfortunately, I had to settle for a lesser prize, which was a Soul Calibur IV T-shirt. The fella who won my store's tournament was a wicked Ivy player. I managed to beat him in one fall, but that was it. The second place player and I both played chiefly as Cervantes, and the other guy who placed was a Kilik player. It was a lot of fun, actually. I had picked up a copy of SC4 a few weeks ago and when I heard about the tournament, decided to play the game a little bit and see if I liked my chances. I practiced a few hours Thursday and a few hours last night. It paid off, since playing as Cervantes came back to me enough to not disgrace myself in public.
I really would like to continue honing my skills at games that get tournaments locally, since I seem to be reasonably good at most things I pick up. Now if I could just bring myself to play Halo or Madden...
EDIT: By popular demand I'm adding a picture of the tournament flyer and the XL shirt I won, still in its shrinkwrap.
