Shit, where to start? Zar, it was mad fun getting to meet you and play some early casuals before we could get down to the Trop. I'm still going to laugh every time I see the one lousy Aoko scene in the new character exhibition vid purely because of how mad you got at it. haha.
Bell, you're one of the funniest dudes out there. Optic thanks for being our ride around everywhere and for letting Zar and I stay in your room at the Trop. You and the ec crew were fun as fuck to hang out with. My best wishes go out to you and I hope that I'll have the chance to experience an American Melty some day.
Chibi and Zaelar, like I said to Bell, it was a blast hanging out with all you guys for practically the entirety of Evo. You're all more than welcome to stay here anytime you come out to vegas. That fucking 4am pattycake shit was hilarious. I could hardly eat my dinner I was laughing so hard. lol Zaelar, your luckbox is too powerful. After Bell and I dropped you guys off at the airport, we went back to the Trop to look for Bell's phone charger and as we pulled into the parking garage I made a comment wishing that you were there to luckbox us a good parking place. Not 2 seconds later as we pulled in, we found a fucking parking spot right at the front. haha That shit stuck with us!
Rithli, it was fun getting to see all that Blitz action that you were so hype about. You can bring the random right up there with the best of em (lolzaelar)! So many funny ass blitz jokes were going down because of that game. lol I'll be checking it out for sure.
Jiyuna, the fucking one man hype machine. haha, you're such a funny mother fucker when you've got some drink in ya. I couldn't stop laughing when you were playing Sai. The drunkenness aside, you're a real cool dude and I wish I could've hung out with you as much as I did the other east coasters. Also thanks towards you and the rest of your room (Tare, Phor, Voomer, Zaido, Jeff) for letting me pass out there on Saturday night. lol Watch out for that american reset when you're out gambling! haha
Speaking of Tare, Phor, and Voomer, my bad on not contacting you guys and Akira about the infamous Hooters mixup. I'm glad I went over and ate with you guys though, since it led to hanging out with you all afterwards and getting in some nice casuals and fun conversation. Phor, that picture you took was the most racist thing I saw that whole weekend. haha, you have to post that up for voomer to use as an avatar or some shit. Akira, stop being so Japanese! lol. You're too polite man, but it was awesome to finally get a chance to meet you. I'd been looking forward to it for a good while. Tare, good thing I met you in person before meeting you online. You were a real chill guy. I'll be hopping into that "secret channel" when I get my computer back up and running. lol
Norcal (I mean NorPor) crew! Tenkai, Dakanya, Magz, Tsubasa, Sims, Devereaux, and whoever else I missed - it was cool meeting those of you I didn't meet from last year. You're all real chill. Sorry I didn't get to come by your room and stay on Saturday. The whole crazyness with random late casuals and being super tired just killed my drive to walk over to your hotel. I woulda called but Sims made it sound like everyone was already going to sleep, so I didn't wanna piss everyone off with a random ass late call. Next time I get the chance, I'm gonna learn proper Mahjong from the Dakanya School of S-Tier Mahjong. lol And blitzTankai (lol) you'll definitely see me netplaying in IRC once I get my pc fixed, BITCH!
Kryo, your pushup match was funny as hell and you seemed pretty chill. It's a shame I didn't really get much of a chance to hang out with you.
Nerina, you were pretty funny with the "WAKE UP SUPER!" and "MASH HARDER" talk when you were playing casuals and money matches after the tourneys. Have fun out in Japan.
Numakie, you were too hype over those KoF games! I hardly got a chance to see you at all during Evo. =< Hopefully I'll get the opportunity to hang out during some future west coast tourney, now that I've got a job and am makin dat money.
Soniti, it was cool getting to meet you and hang out some during melty dinner (before I moved over to atone, lol). GG on you beating me in singles as well. I'm too scrub, lol. Hope to see you around again!
HF Blade, yeah, sucks that we didn't get to really hang out or play much casuals. Shit was so busy, lol. You've got a mad good Ciel though, so it was awesome getting to see you play in the tourneys.
Shidosha, glad to see you join the forums and everything. It was cool getting to meet you and my bad on not texting you about sunday or anything. I'll be looking forward to seeing your Hisui progress for future events!
Everyone else, I wish I could've gotten more casuals and just time to fucking chill and hang out with all of you. It's too much shit to cram into just a few days! You were all mad cool though, and it was fun as hell meeting everyone. Hope to see even more people next year.