Benicia Library Games

10/25/11 Tournament Results

2011-10-28T21:10:00.000-07:00

And, we're back! Here are the results:

1st Brandon
2nd Beau
3rd Miguel
4th Chip

Newcomer Miguel surprised everyone by beating Chip and coming close to beating Beau. More later.

Evolution Championship Series finals today!

2011-07-31T11:21:00.000-07:00

Evolution Championship Series, or Evo for short, is the largest fighting game tournament in the world. It's held every year in Las Vegas. This years games are BlazBlue, Tekken 6, Mortal Kombat 9, Marvel Vs Capcom 3, with Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition headlining. To give you an idea of its scope, Marvel Vs Capcom 3 had over 1500 entrants.

Here's the schedule for today:

10:00 AM: Blazblue Finals
12:00 AM: Tekken 6 Finals
2:00 PM: Mortal Kombat 9 Finals
3:30 PM: SF3 Third Strike Exhibition
5:00 PM: Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Finals
6:30 PM: Screening, Balrog: Behind the Glory.
7:00 PM: SSF4:AE Finals
9:00 PM: Closing Ceremonies

Live feed is up at www.evo2k.com (and www.ustream.tv). To see yesterday's matches of AE, check http://www.youtube.com/user/SygacityGamers

Tournament Video Thread

2011-02-18T12:56:00.000-08:00

This is where discussion on match videos will be. Go here for the library's Youtube channel, or search for Benicia Library Games in the Youtube search box.

If you film, remember not to get shots of random people or the players in the videos, or I won't upload it. For the private links to some videos not posted, msg me or txt me.

The Friend Code Thread

2010-05-26T15:16:00.000-07:00

This is the place for everyone to exchange Wii friend codes, XBL gamertags, and PSN screenames. Maybe we can organize online from here too. Remember, don't accept a request if you don't know that person!

Wii #1 friend code: 3066-3974-1752-5017 (still trying to fix, I'll let you know when I do)
XBL gamertag: Benicia Library

Announcements

2010-04-21T15:07:00.000-07:00

This space is intended to let people know if there are any changes to the usual schedule of the program. If the room is closed and there's no announcement here, call me on it. I'd really like this to be a definitive resource.

Games Thread

2010-03-18T15:22:00.001-07:00

Talk about games and games requests here.

Random Spring Thread

2010-02-25T14:20:00.000-08:00

Want to talk about anything at all games-related or not? Post here. Keep it clean people.

Tournaments

2010-02-19T11:14:00.000-08:00

The results and announcements of tourneys will be posted here fairly regularly. Feel free to discuss anything tournament-related here.

How to Reply to Posts While at the Library

2009-11-05T15:05:00.000-08:00

I found out a few weeks ago that the public computers in the library are having trouble with Blogspot. They are currently running Mozilla Firefox and Epiphany. If anyone has experience in this issue, it would be great if you could comment on this. I'll continue to troubleshoot this and will let everyone know if the problem is resolved.

Back to school again..

2009-09-24T15:07:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd finally create a newer post now that school is back in session. So, anything interesting going on? Play any new games?

Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3?

2009-09-23T14:00:00.000-07:00

Many of you may have heard this, but the library is currently deciding on which new system we should get. I thought I'd list the pros of each system here.

Xbox 360
pros
-play games like Halo 3 in system link
-Xbox exclusive games like Gears of War
-cheaper

What the libary would probably get:
-ODST
-Gears of War 2 (system link only)
-Left 4 Dead (system link only)
-Death Tank

PS3
pros
-better controller for fighting games
-exclusive games like LittleBigPlanet
-free online

What the Library would probably get:
-LittleBigPlanet
-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
-Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion
-Warhawk

So, which should we get?

Summer vacation

2009-06-16T14:39:00.000-07:00

Now that school's out, what's everyone doing? Played any good games recently? Done something fun (like attending the summer games program on Thursdays) ? Or maybe you've done nothing at all. Just talk about anything here.

E3

2009-06-03T13:17:00.001-07:00

Anyone been following E3? Are there any games that you're excited about?

Welcome to the Library's game blog!

2009-06-03T12:35:00.000-07:00

As many of you have heard, the Library has created a blog about the game-related activities from the After-School program. This is going to be a place to talk about anything that goes on in the Dona Benicia room, to voice your opinion on different games, and to talk about what kinds of things we want in the After-School Zone.

Here are some guidelines to keep in mind while posting:

1. No personal attacks! If you have a problem with someone, don't put it on the blog - talk to Phillip about it.

2. Identify yourself! Please add your first name, initials or gamertag to your posts, so we know who's posting. Do not use your full real name on the internet!

3. Remember that people of all ages will be looking at this, so please avoid images or language that might be considered offensive.

4. Only one name/account per person. If you are found to be posting under more than one name then all of them may be banned.

5. Do NOT discuss or link to anything that is illegal. This includes roms, emulation(do not ask for help on obtaining roms or getting them to work), mod chips, pirated games, copyrighted material in any form, etc. Also, talking about where or how to do it is prohibited. These posts will be deleted without notice, and/or the violator may be banned.

6. No taunting or flame baiting allowed. This means slight name calling to provoke flame posts after you post. An example of this would be posting on how "Killzone 2 is way better than Halo, and anyone who thinks otherwise, is a moron." That is not allowed.

7. Trolling is classified as sitting on a message board and posting nothing productive. This includes posting with the intention of being insulting towards someone when it's entirely unprovoked. Some people also post with the intention of doing nothing but irritating the mods. That accomplishes nothing and wastes too much bandwidth. Trollers who can't post anything productive will be banned at any time an administrator feels you are abusing the system.

8. Don't derail a topic to talk about what you want to talk about. It's rude and might just land you an infraction. If you have suggestions for something to discuss, send us a message.

9. No quote pyramids. If you don't know what this means, you're probably not someone who does it. Ask Phillip sometime, if you're interested.

Remember, non-compliance with any of these rules can result in an infraction or a ban. More to the point, we will delete any comments that violate these guidelines.

Thanks to shoryuken.com, by the way; we adapted a lot of our rules from there.