August 14th 2022

 Sup Guys, l think l need a new thing.

Work life, social life, gaming life - its all good, all fun. I think l just need something like new to obsess about. Prob something competitive and not chill. Prob something physical so l get better in shape too. I hate working out but lm obsessed bout winning and will get a good work out going for a win. I dunno if ld like to get mega serious into paintball but lm also prob too broke to get into that right now. Either way, l need something new.

Oh my tournament results at Evo 2022 Vegas

KK so past month of chilling and shit.


7/18 Monday night, stayed up late. Making burgers w big mac sauce, watching My Hero Academia. Just straight chilling. Im happy l have a really relaxing life. Just want more money to be stupid w. Slept at 5am or so. Got up later and did work. So much going on w work again. In a good way.

7/19 Tuesday finally slept early morning, got up in the afternoon. Back to work. Got a rental accepted and a home offer accepted. Def a good day already. Fixing up my internet as l was having issues w it the past 2 days and watching Resident Evil on Netflix. Got on DNF Duel ranked for a while and then did work late night. Bullshitted online till mega late. Then made food and watched My Hero Academia for a while. Passed out early morning.

Weds got up and worked on these offers. 2 accepted offers. Im relieved. Hit the dentist for me retainers and good seeing Alina as always. Hit home to eat and hookah and MattK came over to chill. Watching DNF Duel and playing it for a while. Later on got on COD and got 5 wins.. 5. Loll. Had fun arguing w my friends and enjoying the akimbo Marco’s. They’re pretty simple stupid to use. Helped Vanessa w Twitch for a lil bit and ended the night watching My Hero Academia and Boruto.

Thurs was really simple. Emails to get things going w my new accepted offers. Brando came through to chill and bum. Hookah and youtube. Then later on COD Warzone. We got 6 wins, mostly cause of us getting Specialist Bonus all the time. Its so useful and so fun. Having infinite prox mines or snapshotting a team and hitting them w grenades over and over. Its just a lot of fun to harass. Its also funny seeing the fear in their movement when they get hit by a snapshot grenade. Afterwards, just youtube and mac and cheese. Stayed up late, watching a lot of videos on AMC. Organizing shit on my PC. My PC is so ridiculously organized yet so sloppy. The only thing lm really clean w is my Google Docs lol. Up all night. Playing a new game RyanW recommended to me.

Fri still up, l finally failed and took a nap during the day time. Got up at night and EricB and Kristine visited. Did tacos and we watched the movie Swordsman which was really good. Brando Amy and MattK came through and brought food too. Thank you guys. We watched Kenshin Origins afterwards which was really good. I didnt know there was 5 movies. I thought it was just The End and The Beginning which is 4 and 5.

Ended the night playing DNF Duel w the roomies for a while.

Sat got up late and did real estate work for a while. The Dumpling Sessions Squad was over for D&D and games. Playing DNF Duel and chilling. Eric and Kristine came over again and was teaching them a bit of DNF Duel. Got some chinese food and we watched the Netflix movie Gray Man which l liked a lot. Hung out for a while and lm glad to be seeing them again since its been a few years. Ended the night w more DNF Duel ranked.

Sunday got up and did some work before picking up Teresa. We were gonna get dinner but she ate recently being starving and so we got desserts at Mango Mango which was ok. I dont like pineapple, mango, durian and really asian desserts lol. We hit Round 1 after for a ton of games. Playing Mario Kart, air hockey, the shuffling ddr like game and a ton of other stuff for a bit. Had a lot of of fun and then we visited her friends James and Josh to chill.

Got there and lit the hookah and played games on the Switch. Eating mad cheese like a rat. Had a really good time and it was cool to meet them. Afterwards, dropped off Teresa and hit home to start watching the Terminal List.

7/25 Monday got up and got Vince and we got our haircut at Room209 from Happy. Always love my cut after going there and then me and Vince got Penang. Got bubble tea and duck for Thuy and dropped off vince. Bummed for a lil and then got on COD, 0 wins on Fortress since we had to play crossplay on and 1 rebirth win w crossplay off. It sucks theres not enough players for Fortress to have crossplay off. Played some DNF Duel w the roomies again and ended the night watching the Terminal List again.

Tues worked on an inspection report for a while then slept during the day cause lm a vampire. Got up for Dumpling Sessions and had the guys over for DNF Duel, King of Fighters, Street Fighter V and for fun we downloaded and played the new Multiversus fighting game which isnt bad. Hung out w everyone till close till midnight. Ended the night watching more Terminal List.

Weds got up late and did work for a while. Afternoon played some DNF Duel till RyanW came through. We got some pizza and hit back to my place to eat and hookah and watch this show called Money Heist but watching the Korean version. Apparently more rushed than the original French version but straight to the action. Afterwards, more DNF Duel w the roomies and ended up staying up all night cause l have no self control. Working on working on the laces of my new Airforce Ones as l dont like tying shoes and like having a lil white lock. It looks real clean too. Stayed up catching up on Attack on Titan.

Thurs got up late and played some DNF Duel like a mad man…. Played till 1am…. Yea lol. Did work late night and then stayed up all night again. Watched Deadpool 2 and then was up into Friday.

Friday still up, redyed my black jeans dark black again as they were fading and cleaned the house like crazy. Ran around to get groceries and my eyebrows done and then got Pokemon cards at the mall for Charles for his 7th bday. Hit home to make a big ass thing of mac and cheese and then hit Brown’s.

Julian(brown’s kid) needed help w Mario Kart so set up the settings to make it more fun for him. Smart steering on so he can drive off cliffs, 50cc so its not hard to handle and the kid kept liking to mix up steering between physically steering the controller to using the stick. He kept going back and forth lol. The dude is so awesome. Hit back home to watch Antman and then passed out mad hard.

Sat got up at 130am and hung w Jeremiah and Brando for a while watching  Forged in Fire. Stayed up all night gaming and bullshitting the night away. Watched Antman and the Wasp and then at 1130am l hit Charles 7th bday party. Pokemon themed. So got home some gold plated Charizard cards and some packs and hard covers if they get any expensive rares. Met a ton of the kids and started scanning their cards and we were starting to find $20 $30 $50 and $70 rares they had lol. They had no idea. We hard covered the shit outta them. Chilling in the pool. It was so relaxing. Catching up w so many friends and its just crazy how many kids this squad has. Really awesome these kids being able to have each other in such a big group at such a young age.

Had some drinks and shots and ate mad food. Prob too much food. Later on there was cake, a pinata and water balloons. So like, l was chilling, watching the kids play but then some friends started joining in and lm like if they’re gonna join in, lm gonna do it too. Had fun pegging each other with water balloons. That shit doesnt get old. But yo they can still hurt, esp when they dont pop right away. I felt bad getting Brian in the nuts in a quick turn throw. I didnt mean to aim there. But he did go after me first soo… lol.

Food was amazing and the cake was really solid. Happy for Charles he had such a great birthday and Chris and Solena did a really good job of it. Esp the pinata being filled w pokemon cards lol. I found one on the floor the kids missed and gave it to Elle. Turned out to be worth like $12 or so. Chilling w the kids, scanning more of their cards lol. The kids and their parents were asking me for the app. Hit home afterwards and did a DNF Duel tournament Went 3 wins, 2 losses again. My curse. All 4 tournaments lve ended in this game since release 2 months ago, l win 3 games and lose 2 games being eliminated from the tournament. Not to be feeling myself but l feel like l should be going ATLEAST 4 wins 2 losses or 5 wins 2 losses. We’ll see.

Sunday got up late and bummed till Gavin showed up w my sister’s car since he was leaving NYC and my sister needed to take the car back to our Mom’s. Gave him a ride back to Philly and hit Ngoc’s to chill w everyone. Just food drinks hookah and games. Played Codenames like crazy and yo that game is mad fun. Me and Brando just UNDERSTOOD EACH OTHER lol. I did have to really stretch some words tho to try to knock out more than 1 word at a time. Played late and hit back to stay up all night and be irresponsible. Doing AMC research, catching up on gaming news and watching Ex Machina, a really great movie l havent watched in a while. This movie got me into A24 movies. A24 movies are all really out there and l really like them in general.

8/1 Monday still up, did some real estate work and then watched a lot of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Thank you JulieJ for the Hulu!!! I love having ALLL these streaming services from friends. I have such good friends. I owe her some drinks, hopefully at Long’s restaurant FED when we can meet up w him. Passed out a bit after lunch time.

Tues got up at 130am… so fucked. Played some DNF Duel and chilled w Jeremiah and then stayed up all night, on youtube, making cookies, packing for Evo. Refixing my airforce ones and bullshitted the night away. 9am dropped off Moses’ badge at the mail since he forgot it last time he was here and hit Hmart for mad food. Mad dumplings and watched The Batman on HBO(Thanks DavidV for the HBO). Smoked hookah, talking w the AMC Squad about Amc and other stocks, getting some work done on my phone. It was a chill day.

Later on, got in some Street Fighter V practice for a few hours and then got on COD just for a few games. Won 2 of the 3 games on Rebirth Island. Grabbing Specialist and being OP, snapshotting everyone, having infinite prox mines to protect ourselves.

Ended the night chilling w Jeremiah, Alex and Brando to watch Captain America Winter Soldier.


Weds got up to drive Jeremiah Nick and Janelle to the airport and hit back to bum. Watching Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, eating and smoking and then practicing some Street Fighter V. Did some work and then back to practice for DNF Duel. Later on got on COD w the guys for just 3 games. Won 2 of them on Rebirth Island.

RyanW came through and made pork belly w rice. So simple and good. Smoked hookah and watched Edge of Tomorrow cause it was on my list to rewatch since l only ever saw it once and really liked it.

Thurs got up early and took care of work and made more pork belly. Just ate and watched Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia and smoked hookah. Brando came early to chill. Played some Street Fighter 5 before heading out. Brando drove me to the airport and Gabe by chance was sitting next to me on the flight. Thank you for driving me Brando. Dcint and Boog were also on my flight. Our flight got delayed due to a storm and there was a chance we wouldnt be flying out that night which wouldve fucked my Street Fighter 5 matches since my pool starts at 11am Friday. Luckily we got to fly out and Marcos was able to get my badge for the event so l didnt have to wait in a ridiculously long line Friday morning. Got there, unpacked and ran around to gamble. Craps was shit this trip. Lost a few hundred in 2 hours and then found Kyle to gamble w him for a little. Luck wasnt on my side sadly. Hit back to the room to pass out.

Got up a bit early. Got food w Gabe and Victor and then chilled in the room, watching Shang Chi. Hit downstairs to chill and for my matches. Got in line for Street Fighter 6 and played a little but had to play controller as l had to jump in as soon as l could before my Street Fighter 5 pool. Its def neutral heavy which l like. Dashes are so sluggish now. I kinda like it more since l rather not worry bout it like that even if l lose it too. 11am, hit my pools.

First was Street Fighter V. First lost to a Balrog player and accidently picked Vskill 1 rather than Vskill 2 which screwed me on a cross up mk - vs2 as l was throwing a lot and he started teching throws later on. It sucks cause it wouldve landed since he did hit throw right after costing me that game.

Next got a DQ opponent and then played a Ken player which was solid for the most part but he was a bit weak to bullying. Going for cross up jump ins and dash up throws. Just dirty shit. Whatever, l didnt fly all this way to lose.

Next opponent was a really solid Sagat player. Playing the Street Fighter 101 Fireball/Anti air game. I was watching one of his matches before and didnt want to face him. He was hard to get through and just had a very good feel and rhythm on when to throw fireballs and when to anti air. Had to keep him throwing fireballs by blocking, walking forward, neutral jumping some and throwing fireballs back. That way he throws TOO many which can lead to me jumping in. He was just really good but l’d just pop Vtrigger 2 w Luke which forces him to throw less fireballs. Also EX Fireballs were so important not for the damage but for knocking him down. It was a really a battle of attrition. But you either do a battle of attrition or lose when it comes to fighting Sagat.  2 different rounds ended in a close timeout from both of us trying to whittle the other to be just lower in life to force the other to have to move in. He won the first game and I won the second. He switched to Ibuki and had some dirty mix ups and resets. Totally different style than Sagat but l did get through to beat him.

Next player was a Zangief. I play Rickwa a lot and Rickwa is a very typical solid but read heavy Zangief. Luke vs Zangief, Luke def has the advantage. I was able to beat this Zangief without too much trouble.

Next opponent was a solid M.Bison going by the name AlphaBee. Very solid, heavy pressure and he swept me 2-0.

Tournament run for Street Fighter 5 4 wins, 2 losses. 257th out of 1324. 5th of 21 in my bracket.

Ran around, watched friends play. Lud needed my stick since he wasnt working right. Watched him make it out of pools. Met other friends of friends. Testing out stuff like the Sony INZONE H9 Noise Canceling headphones which are RIDICULOUSLY good but yoo.. $300. You really cant hear shit outside of your game though. Also testing out the new Hori Stick for Playstation 5. Its funny cause my first fightstick for Street Fighter 2 HD Remix/Street Fighter 4 was a Hori. Then my first fightstick for the Playstation 4 for Street Fighter 5 coming out was also a Hori and then now my first stick that’s made for the Playstation 5 just as Street Fighter 6 is coming out is a hori. I still loved Qanba sticks as well though. I’ve been using my Qanba Dragon for so long now.

Ok anyway, later on at 7pm was my DNF Pool.

First opponent was a DQ and then played the top seed in my bracket named Yugo. His Ghostblade had solid play and good mix ups. Really tough as l was constantly on the defense. He sent me to losers.

After that, another DQ and then a Troubleshooter. A bit too aggressive, which is what l like as l was able open him up pretty well. He was DP’ing a lot and Crusader’s DP punish is huge which really helped lead to an easy win.

Next opponent was a Hitman player. Had a lot of friends w me as Jeremiah, Gabe, Victor, Dcint and Boog was there to cheer me on. I was also feeling hot where l was sitting. Took my time to go over my notes. One flaw Hitman has on wake up is that my nj.B beats his DP and throw. It also applies pressure if he decides to play. 3 times he went for a DP and it all got blown up by nj.B. This lead to me getting some free throws in since blocking was his only safe answer against nj.B.

The next opponent or the one after tried to have me play at another set up. I felt hot where l was seated. My friends were seated next to me cheering me on. Nah, l told him to come to me that its good to go. If he was trying to take me outta my flow, l commend the attempt but nah. Its EVO, a gaming tournament. Im not a bully but l know l can easily be more aggressive than the vast majority of people there. I wasnt adjusting the screen to ONLY be good for me and stuff tho. I was doing things fair but when it comes to where we are sitting, l was feeling good where l was at and not moving.

Next match was a Berserker. He didnt do the ‘kill all my life to have mad pressure’ route which can be hard to get around but the benefit is that if l defend well and then hit back, he’s near dead or dead already. He was a bit too aggressive too and got hit by walls, AA, jump back S and shit.

Next opponent was a Striker player. Pretty solid but Crusader beats Striker. nj.B stuffs her slide and divekick really well. Wasnt too rough of a match.

Last opponent in Losers Finals was the same Ghostblade player who knocked me into losers. Sadly lost to him and didnt make it outta pools.

Still happy about my run tho and glad the Philly guys were w me to hype me up, cheer me and just watch in general. Next me and Victor got McDonalds and then liquor. Hit Lud’s room to drink and watch the 10v10 NA vs EU event. I didnt realize Andy was running it either or l coulda been there… gahhh. Hung out for a while and ended the night gambling and losing more money ughhaeriogho…

 

Sat got up and watched Gabe’s and Sera’s matches in Street Fighter V as their pools were across from each other. Ran around to socialize and then me, Ceelow and Jake hit Street Fighter 6’s playtest area to play and got in a little extra time as we kept playing till they really started to stare us down lol.

Met up w Gabe to get food. Found Dcint and Victor and just got food from the food court, some chinese Panda Chong place. Good to just bum and chill out. Hit the room to shower and relax and got ready to hit Andy’s salty suite where the 10v10 was on Friday. I was hype as fuck. Making people do shots nonstop cause of Jeremiah’s birthday. Met some people l always knew of in the scene but never met in person like Gootecks and Ski Sonic. Met some new people, just a really social event. There was set ups but l just wanted to chill. Swung by the Eyecandy event for a little to join Jake and Lud and then back to the suite. More games, more shots, drinking my Mike’s hard lemonades and running around socializing. Really nice work Andy setting this all up. It was chill to have a spot so spacious w set ups. Salty suites are always really in rooms, not suites. This was ACTUALLY a salty suite lol. Ended the night gambling and winning a bit over $250.

Ceelow’s video footage of us playing.
https://youtu.be/b2P2SmBSaJQ




 

Sunday got up and we got left overs from Andy’s room. So much still left over. Thank you Andy. Hit the Arena to watch Tekken and Street Fighter 5 Top 8. Snacking on arena food, prices werent beyond terrible thankfully. Top 8s were really hype and had fun watching w Gabe, Victor, Marcos and Jon. Afterwards, showered and met up w Lud Jake Ceelow Jenny Miria and everyone else at the room, drank, hit Eyecandy to chill for a while and it wasnt bad and then back to the room to drink and chill more. Just talking bout gaming and tons of other stuff all night. Nothing too crazy. Gambled more afterwards and wasnt so hot lol.

8/8 Monday got up late and hit Bacchanal Buffet and yoo omfggg. So l never eat out alone. Its too lonely. But yo l had to do SOMETHING Vegas like. But like, going solo and while friends are hanging out w friends. I care more bout being w friends. But EVERYONE FLEW HOME so fuck it. Dude this spot was amazing. Ate so much and aoie4hgoiehg the oysters, the lobster, the bone marrow. It was insane. I was so happy. Esp eating like mcdonalds, panda food court, arena food and other bullshit for 4 days lol. On my way back to Mandalay to meet up w Lud as he was the last straggler friend left, l ran into Thadeous from college. Just by chance lol. Glad to catch up w him and its just funny we were walking right by each other haha. Good to see him again.

Got back to Mandalay and hung out w Lud. Just gambled and broke even playing Craps. Checked out the HyperX Arena and yoo its so dope. Like if l had a spot like THIS like up to 50 mins away, ld be going every week. I will have to hit the Lab again more often. Its just right now, it’d only be for DNF Duel. I like having 2 games to go for atleast. When Street Fighter 6 drops, l’ll prob be back at The Lab nearly every week again like old times. At 9ish, hit back to the airport to fly home.

Tues morning flew back in. Chilled w Dcint and Boog till their ride came through. RyanW picked me up and we hit back to my place. Thank you Ryan. We smoked hookah and watched the Uncharted movie. Caught up on work. Thankfully my team was around to back me up for my client’s needs while l was away but l still had a lot to do when l got back. Book homes, worked on an inspection report and then later on Brown came through to chill for a lil. Just straight bumming.

Later at night, got on COD, 2 Fortress wins, 1 rebirth win and ended up all night cause even tho l got barely any sleep, l had to ruin my sleep sced immediately after getting home. Smoked hookah, made pasta and caught up on all this news.

Weds got up late and did work and just had youtube on while l did work. RyanW came through later on and we watched the new movie Prey, a new Predator movie. Movie was just full of action and really fun and l never really got into the Predator series but l always thought he was cool so dedicated to watching all the past movies lol. Jeremiah swung down and said we’re watching The Princess which was also straight action lol. That was a fun movie as well.

Thurs got up and got sushi and Brown came to chill for a while. Just hookah and bumming. Later on got on DNF Duel for a while and then got on COD w the guys. 4 rebirth wins real quick. Next watched the very first Predator movie. GET TO THE CHOPPAA!!!!111 Hahaha l was dying so hard when l heard that. I was like OHHHH thats what movie thats from. Stayed up all night doing tons of bullshit.

Friday got up for house showings. First checked out homes w Tony for a bit and saw some potential. Good chilling w him again after a few months. Next met up w David and Lynn and also a home w a lot of potential. By chance, they happen to be only 9 mins from each other so that was easy.

Hit home and watched Predator 2 which wasnt bad. I dont set my bar for today’s standard, l set it for the time period it came out. Got dinner w my mom and grandmother for my Mom’s birthday at Purple Leaf. Pretty solid place but kinda pricey since it is in Yardley after all. Passed out 830pm cause l woke up too early and got no sleep the night before.

Sat got up early and did work and had youtube on the side for a while. Hit downstairs. Watched the next movie in the Predator series, Predators. That concept was interesting. Straight to the point action. Got on Street Fighter V ranked for a while and god lm so rusty still.

Brown came by to chill and hookah. Started the show Billions he said ld like a lot. Brown always knows his shit when it comes to movies and tv shows. Watched it off his Plex which is his ridiculous database of shows and movies.

Next got Vince and Thuy and hit dinner for Sam’s birthday. We hit A Mano and the food was solid and it was cool to have multiple family style servings. Happy Birthday Sam!!!!111 I do gotta hang w Sam and Jon more often, havent gotten to see them much since covid hit. Glad we got a solid dinner though and had fun talking bout all sorts of shit at dinner. Had to keep quiet on some stuff tho as l was getting too loose from the wine lol. Got home afterwards and passed out immediately.

NOW YOUR MOMENT ON HACK - this post, you get 2.

Late.