Editor’s note: I’m not a big fan of fighting games, but I love how their players get together regularly for tournaments. It’s pretty damn cool. Isaiah’s going to this weekend’s Season’s Beatings. Are any other Bitmobbers going? -Jason
This weekend the fourth installment of the annual Season’s Beatings, one of the largest fighting game tournaments in the U.S., takes place in my lovely city, Columbus, OH.
Hosted by Fugee and Ghaleon, Season’s Beatings is sure to make some worldwide noise in the fighting game community — Shoryuken.com has a 50-page thread dedicated to the event.
Headlining the event are longtime rivals Daigo Umehara and Justin Wong, who you may remember from a certain epic match years ago. They’ve had only a few encounters since that match in other tournaments. This is the first time that they’ll be put on center stage in a best-of-10 match in a little game called Street Fighter 4.
I’m covering the latter half of the event on Saturday and Sunday, so be ready to get photographed (and if you don’t want me to take your picture, tell me. I’m not a jerk…well, at least about this).
Here’s a look at last year’s photos. Keep an eye on this site and Shoryuken for the photos and tournament results.
If you are one of the fortunate many who’re coming to Columbus for the event, have fun — and I’ll see you there!