Relatively self explanatory thread name. The purpose here is to strengthen the bond of anime (& poverty?) players in the areas encompassing LA, Orange, Riverside, & other places around the same region. I will update the 1st post with upcoming local events & gatherings.  I will also note the arcades & game centers where people can gather often. 

If there is an event/gathering you would like to add here, post or PM me and i'll add it to the front post. Feel free to chatter, coordinate, etc. as well.

--- Events ---

The Runback @ Super Arcade (Weekly Thursdays 9pm) - UNIEL added to the roster. 

Rebel Up @ Super Arcade (Bi-weekly) Dedicated anime FG day every other Saturday at Super Arcade.

DL - http://www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7872-tba-rebel-up-walnut-ca/

EXVSFB Casual Fridays @ Super Arcade (bi-weekly) - GUNDAM!!!!!

DL - http://www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8745-on-hold-til-august-exvsfb-casual-fridays-super-arcade-bi-weekly/

Faultless Fridays @ James Games (3rd Friday of each month) - #GGACR Tourneys ran by @RS_FRC and myself.

--- Arcades/Game Centers/Organizations ---

Super Arcade (currently under renovation)

1211 N Grand Ave

Walnut, CA 91789
(909) 594-5954

Description: Owned by Mike Watson of SF fame. Arcade/Game center hub. Home of Level|up 's WNF & TRB.  Also holds Rebel Up every other saturday.

FB - https://www.facebook.com/SuperArcade

TW - @Superdojo

Ultimate Gaming Center
8551 Vesper Ave
Los Angeles, CA 91402

(818) 825-0054
http://www.ugcgamer.com/

Description - Gaming center in the center of Los Angeles. Has a dedicated UGC thread in DL (link below)

DL - http://www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8529-818-the-valley-ultimate-gaming-center-in-los-angeles-ca/

FB - https://www.facebook.com/UGCgamer

SRK - http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/186409/818-the-valley-ultimate-gaming-center-in-los-angeles-ca

TW - @UGC_Gamer

James Games

364 W Foothill Blvd
Upland, California 91786

(909) 946-4438

Description - Classic US arcade with 2 pool tables. Also has 2 dedicated screens for console games.

FB - https://www.facebook.com/pages/James-Games-Arcade/181377702099

SRK - http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/133137/university-of-california-irvine-monday-night-casuals

Fighting Gamers - University of California, Irvine. (UCI)

Irvine, CA 92697 

Description. "A student organization on the campus of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) for people who have an interest in fighting games"

FB - https://www.facebook.com/groups/185828608106198/

Weekly Gatherings in Belmont, CA:
Every Wednesday and Friday starting from ~7:30 PM. 
Location: Same as Norcal Dogfight
See the Norcal AFGC facebook page for details: https://www.facebook.com/groups/218540381658036/

Norcal Dogfight (thread: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php?/forums/topic/4822-june-18-2016-norcal-dogfight-ggxrdunielapexvsfb-belmont-ca/)

When: Every 3rd Saturday of the Month - Doors open at 2PM
Where: 575 Mountain View Ave. Belmont, CA, 94002
Stream: http://twitch.tv/NorcalDogfight
For further details, please check the official thread: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/index.php?/forums/topic/4822-june-18-2016-norcal-dogfight-ggxrdunielapexvsfb-belmont-ca/

Vancouver Street Battle, located in Burnaby, hosts locals every night. Anime nights are Wednesdays for laid back play, and competitive play on Saturdays. We have tournaments, cash prizes, and a chill area where you can watch big tournaments or locals streamed from a comfy couch. VSB is run by CCG(formerly..) | Air, and while is a primarily Street Fighter location, has a really great anime scene with everything from Blazblue to Guilty Gear to Arcana Hearts. 

Primary web location is facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vancouverstreetbattle/timeline?ref=page_internal
Also on twitter: https://twitter.com/vanstreetbattle

If Burnaby is too far for you, I also try to host casuals in the White Rock area, which is much easier to get to from Langley/Surrey. Send me a message and I'll do everything I can to let you know when we're meeting up. 

I'll try to update this thread when big Vancouver tournaments are happening, to try and draw in our Washington/Oregon brothers. More bodies pls.

We play(mostly):

Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core (Console)

Blazblue Continuum Shift (Console)

Melty Blood Actress Again (Console)

Console Sessions:

BlazBlue Fridays:

Hawaii Video Gaming League:

Computer Geekz Hawaii

1391 Kapiolani Blvd.

Honolulu, HI 96814

Schedule:

808 BlazBlue Beatdown Season 1 Schedule

Stream:

I stream, UStream, HVGL streams the matches

Where to find us:

Facebook: Facebook Page - shoot an invite to join

Stream: Roku_B on Twitch.tv

Twitter: Roku_BB

Youtube: Hawaii 808 Youtube Channel

Locations:

Funworks Hawaii

1450 Ala Moana Blvd # 1068, Honolulu, HI 96814-4608

(808) 947-8558 ‎

*Located inside Ala Moana, Ground Floor

iPoke's house located in Kailua/Kaneohe (East Side): Please refer to the FB group and ask for directions, we'll not be posting it here.

Casuals/Singles/Doubles/Danisen:

Casuals are held at either HVGL or at iPoke's house.

Singles tourney is held at HVGL

Doubles tourney is held at Funworks

Danisen is held at iPoke's.

*All venues for where we hold events is subject to change. This is all based off of previous events.

Events:

Please see Season 1 - 808 BB Beatdown thread

https://www.facebook.com/groups/977139072406581/

i play chaos, and hopefully he isn't too garbage to at least fight back. i guess ill find out.

i play chaos, and hopefully he isn't too garbage to at least fight back. i guess ill find out.

post up everyone, we meet up every friday night at SD Saltmines from 7pm onwards. if ppl want to come over to my place on a weeknight after work, i can do that too.

i'm a bit hesitant to post my address/phone number here, so if you're interested, let me know when you want to come in this thread, and bug me via pm/aim for phone/address.

http://www.sandiegofgc.com/rules

Back from EVO editon.

Casuals on 9/5, two set ups and manly games.

Hey guys, still open to ideas for a better OP formatting. Other than that we need to keep on our toes for BBCP and continue to represent our games. Local tournaments held by Firebrand and Co. should be starting up again this month. I am hoping that we can have some more influence over what game they decide to use for locals, if not we can always run side tournaments / round robins / casuals. If anyone has got anything to add / change, you can get ahold of me on Twitter @801_Jojo.

Salt Fest website: http://www.saltfest.org/

GT list:

JojoMustDie - Makoto / Sol / Narukami / Rui + Celia Kai

NemesisEnforser - Mu

CntrlAltWTF - Hazama

OMGitzLKtatsu

PSN list:

Sharakonta - Hazama / Usless Axe Robot + Narukami / Ky + Sol + Millia / Vein + Cerberus

JojoMustDie - Makoto / Sol / Narukami / Rui + Celia Kai

CntrlAltExplode - Hazama / Manhiko / Johnny

Nemesis-Type - Mu

Other Utah info source:

http://www.utahfightcircuit.com/

http://www.saltfest.org/

http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?threads/utah-thread-not-everyone-is-mormon-just-the-majority.137145/

Follow our group on Facebook

"PNW Airdashers"

Our streams!

http://www.twitch.tv/huey253
http://www.twitch.tv/yes06kin_true
http://www.twitch.tv/visutah
http://www.twitch.tv/logichole (Main stream used for local events and tournaments)

Big thx to James (logichole) for streaming our tournaments!


ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 

Nothing but rain atm.

Player Info! (New members, give me your player info):


South (Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup, Olympia, and vicinity)

- Screen Name: Tae Seong Kim
Name: Tae Seong Kim
Location: Taecoma, WA
BB character(s): Tager, Noel, and Ragna
Persona Character(s): There is no Kanji ball...
Uniel Character(s): Oreo

- Screen Name: Kaigu
Name: Deville
Location: Spanaway, WA
BB Character(s): Relius and Ragna
Persona Character(s):
Uniel Character(s): Eltnum

- Screen Name: NiggaJoe aka HeinekenJ aka Phoenix Dynamite aka MurderJoe
Name: Joe
Location: Tacoma, WA
BB character(s): Taokaka, Ragna, Jin, and Makoto
Persona Character(s):  

Uniel Character(s): Linne


- Screen Name: Bohemian Polka
Name: Rebecca
Location: Lakewood, WA
BB Character(s): Rachel
Persona Character(s):
Uniel Character(s): Hyde

- Screen Name: HuartSayden

Name: Chad
Location: Olympia, WA
BB Character(s): Kagura
Uniel Character(s): Gordeau

- Screen Name:  ScottMan

PSN: irocknrollDooM
Location: Bonney Lake (about an hour from Seattle, near Auburn, so put me with them if I don't have a section)

BB Character(s): New to it, but learning CT Jin
Persona Character(s):


Central (Federal Way, Burien, Tukwila, Renton, and vicinity)
 

- Screen Name: sG
Name: Derek
Location: PNW House, Renton, WA
BB Character(s): Litchi
Persona Character(s): 
Uniel Character(s): Carmine

- Screen Name: Spark
Name: Alex Chen
Location: Newcastle, WA
BB Character(s): Hakumen
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: Vistaaa
Name: Travis
Location: Federal Way, WA
BB Character(s): Noel
Persona Character(s):

Uniel Character(s): Seth

- Screen Name: Shyn
Name: Jayson Edmundson
Location: PNW House, Renton, WA
BB Character(s): Valk

- Screen Name: SonikkuMan
Name: D.J.
Location: UPS, Tacoma, WA/Federal Way, WA
BB Character(s): Tager
Persona Character(s):

Uniel Character(s): Vatista

- Screen Name: Rukawa8999
Name: Hark
Location: Federal Way, WA
BB Character(s): Hazama and Ragna
Persona Character(s): 
 

- Screen Name: COR
Name: Angelo
Location: Renton, WA
BB Character(s): *μ -12
Persona Character(s): *


- Screen Name: Wulu
Name: Dong Yim
Location: Renton, WA
BB Character(s): Rachel, Hazama, and Lambchops

- Screen Name: Blargster
Name: Christian
Location: Newcastle, WA
BB Character(s): Bang
Persona Character(s): *   * 
Uniel Character(s): Nanase


- Screen Name: Sytha
Name: Vince
Location: Federal Way, WA
BB Character(s): Up-Tager (Wait! That joke doesn't work anymore!)
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: Plastic Chicken
Name: Jason
Location: PNW House, Renton, WA
BB Character(s): Retired

- Screen Name: WipEouT

Name: Justin Lee
Location: Auburn, WA
BB Character(s): Hazama, Ragna, Terumi 


North (Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, Everett, and vicinity)


- Screen Name: TFD Loz/Loz990
Name: Deniz
Location: Roosevelt, Seattle, WA
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: marus
Name: Paul
Location: Shoreline, WA

BB Character(s): Hazama

Persona Character(s):
MBAA character(s): Akiha


- Screen Name: Logichole
Name: James
Location: Redmond, WA
BB Character(s): Tsubaki
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: Adelheid Stark
Name: Adelheid Stark
Location: Redmond, WA
BB Character(s): Relius
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: yes06kin
Name: Shaka
Location: Seattle, WA
Persona Character(s):

- Screen Name: Jais
Name: Jais
Location: Kirkland, WA
BB Character(s): Noel
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: Tolore/The Green Man
Name: Alex Green
Location: Redmond, WA
BB Character(s): Arakune
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: Domo
Name: Thor
Location: Bainbridge island, WA
BB character(s): Hazama
Persona Character(s):


Screen Name: Dusty
Name: Brian
Location: Seattle, WA
BB Character(s): Hazama


- Screen Name: :Toggle
Name: Tim
Location: Redmond, WA
BB Character(s): Bang


- Screen Name: kbsra
Name: JJ
Location: Seattle/UW, WA
BB Character(s): Relius


- Screen Name: Tokorai
Name: Liani
Location: Redmond, WA
BB character(s): Jin and Tsubak

- Screen Name: Omegashrimp

Name: John

Location: Seattle, WA
BB Character(s): Tsubaki
Persona Character(s):   


West of the Narrows Scene (Bremerton, Gig Harbor, Hoodsport, and vicinity)


- Screen Name: GaoGaoGao
PSN: Ichuto
Location: Bremerton, WA
BB Character(s): Rachel, maybe Jin or something
Persona Character(s):



Way South Scene (Vancouver, Battleground, Kelso and vicinity)


- Screen Name: Osuna
True Handle: Steve O!
Name: Steven R. Osuna
Location: Battleground, WA
BB Character(s): Tager


- Screen Name: Siiepher
Name: Reks
Location: Longview, WA
BB Character(s): Bang
Persona Character(s):



Portland Wicked Forest!


- Screen Name: Digital Watches
Name: Alex
Location: Portland, OR
BB Character(s): What's a BB?
GG Character(s): That one guy


- Screen Name: HellSap
True Handle: Turbo Raoh!
Name: Mark
BB Character(s): Hakumen


- Screen Name: Redefinition
Name: Jake
BB Character(s): Hazama and Tager


- Screen Name: R_Panda
Name: David
Location: Portland, OR
BB Character(s): Lambchops


- Screen Name: Chanchai
Name: Nick Saenguraiporn
Location: Portland, OR
BB Character(s): Ragna


- Screen Name: Chrome Homura
Name: Tyler
Location: Eugene, OR
BB Character(s): Hazama probably, if I ever get that game


- Screen Name: Used Meathook
Name: Cody
Location: Beaverton, OR
BB Character(s): Hakumen


- Screen Name: OMGage
Name: Gage
Location: Portland (Sherwood), OR
BB Character(s): Rachel, Arakune, and Jin


- Screen Name: DJ TeMpEsT
Name: Charles
Location: Salem, OR
BB Character(s): Valk, Hazama, and Litchi


- Screen Name: Poet
Name:
Location: Salem, OR
BB Character(s): Noel maybe?


- Screen Name: Chaoschao222
Name: Jared
Location: Portland, OR
BB Characters: Noel, sorta picking up Lambchops
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: Yatta Dante
Name: Dane
Location: Portland, OR
BB Character(s): Hazama, Hakumen, Ragna, and Bang


- Screen Name: kwanzai
Name: Dustin
Location: Hillsboro, OR
Persona Character(s):


The Defectors!!!!


- Screen Name: woki
Name: Won-Kyeong
Location: Kansas City, Kansa... Missouri? TORNADO ALLEY!!!
BB Character(s): Jin and Mooo-12 (μ -12)
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: Munsu
Name: Tom
Location: Las Vegas, NV
BB Character(s): Ragna
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: Tari
Name: Arthur
Location: Foster City, CA
BB Character(s): Rachel
Persona Character(s):


- Screen Name: Haketh/Lord Raptor
Name: Ian Patterson
Location: Cali
BB Character(s): Tager
Persona Character(s):

- Screen Name: Huey253
Name: MYSTERIOUS BLACK GUY THAT PLAYS BANG
Location: Los Angeles, CA
BB Character(s): Bang
Persona Character(s):  

Stuff to know:

Address—Puente Hills Mall, 1600 S Azusa Ave #285, City of Industry, CA 91748

Business Hours—Mon-Sun, 10am-2am *Open all major holidays *Venue is 18 and over after 10pm and 21 and over after midnight. 

Cost per game—6 Credits

Nesica card details—Cost is 8 dollars per card. /!\ Nesica cards are NOT necessary to play /!\ (but it's strongly encouraged you get one).The Nesica cards are used to keep track of your win loss records and register your location. Unfortunately at the moment PHM is not an available option, but R1 staff is working on setting up PHM as a location on nesica.net. Please note that there is a daily maintenance from 2pm to about 5pm during which Nesica cards will unusable on the machine. Games can still be played during this time!

How to set the cab to BlazBlue if it's on USF4:

-If you see the Ultra screen press light punch and start at the same time

-You'll go to a game select screen

-Press light punch when you select BlazBlue

-Enjoy!

Other stuff:

-Please bring up any issues to with controls/ buttons to an associate so they can assist!

Huge thanks to MatrixMatt for providing me with info! Please let me know if you have any questions.

What:
UCI Fight Night 5/31/16

Where:
University of California, Irvine
A311 Student Center
Irvine, CA 92697 - 2050

Room:
Pacific Ballroom A, Student Center, 1st Floor, UCI

When:
5/31/16 6:00pm - 11:30pm

*Equipment*:
Please feel free to bring any equipment. Remember, the more setups you guys bring, the more games you guys can play. BRING YOUR OWN CONTROLLER!!

Maps:
The following link contains the campus map and places to park for your convenience.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9kprzYSgGAebWxDRnFuTTUzc2M/edit?usp=sharing

The following link contains the Student Center map.

http://www.confserv.uci.edu/files/Directory_BlackWhite.pdf

Description:
The Fighting Gamers @ UCI organization hosts weekly sessions in the student center at UCI for players ranging from beginners to the most hardcore enthusiasts. The goal of these sessions is to provide gamers the chance to meet new people and possibly make new friends with a common interest. It is also designed to help the hardcore gamers gather up for competition and level up their skills. For more on our history and goals, check out the description page on our Facebook page or our Shoryuken thread.

Fighting Gamers @ UCI is not responsible for any items lost at the session.

Our game selections will expand along with our turnout. The more people we get the more diverse the games will be. So come out and play and help the local scene grow!

These events are open to the public

Questions/Contact Info:

www.facebook.com/groups/valleymax/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/maxcancel

Email: valleymaxcancel@gmail.com

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The following is copy pasted from the thread i made on Skullheart Forums, Im mainly a Skullgirls player but im here to revive the fg scene in general, this includes stuff like on this forum like Guilty Gear.

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Im going to go straight into this and (not even proofread in the slightest) not sugarcoat it. far as i know the fg scene around here (Modesto, Turlock, Manteca, Ceres, ect) is dead. Ive hunted around the internet and looked at different forums and from what ive seen most meetups have long ago disbanded. And for good reason, any kind of arcade, both modern and old, doesnt last long around here and the ones that are left neither have the nor have they had any kind of fighting games. The most recent postings on events that i can find are about a year old and with no activity i can only assume they are dead.

I want to get something for fighting games in general but in the longrun i want something for skullgirls. I wasnt really sure of where to begin with this kind of thing so i decided to just get a thread going for now, find a location, and get this thread onto other forums as well. I dont want to worry about setups at the moment, at least not until this thread is going in some direction.

I live in Modesto and I drove around today looking for possible locations for an event.
heres what i think would be some good locations (in Modesto):
 

• MJC West Campus/East Campus: Both Campuses have nice student halls but i think west is more preferable since it actually has a game room (ive never seen it open tho) and the student lounge/cafeteria is more spacious. My only problem with it is that they wont be open on weekends or fridays (hopefully thats not the case for events) and im not sure how long they would let people stay, especially since fgc meetups can go all night.
• Queen Bean Coffee Shop: Personally i think this place is best for a meetup. Dont have to worry about food since they have food, its already an open lounge, theyre open on weekends, and i know for a fact that they hold plenty of events. My only concern is the kind of environment that it is wont be entirely fit for people getting hype. Its a very relaxed venue and im not sure how they would feel about a bunch of people going nuts in their business. Also its not an easy place to find.
• Heroes: Its a restaurant and sports bar but it has room for days. two floors, a restaurant, and other places nearby for food. I think we could make something out of this place but im just not sure if its the right place for an fgc meetup, especially if we try to get something on the weekends.
• Empty Buildings: Alright youre probably thinking "the fuck" right now but here me out. This town is littered with all kinds of empty buildings and office parks. The cost for renting out a place is insanely low around here (far as i know) and since most of these places are relatively inactive that makes it even better. But im only a college student and i only want this as a last resort option.

Finally there is one last location in Ceres that ive heard a lot about, its some game shop that sells a lot of old games but ive got no idea what its called or where it is.

So to surmise my goals here:

• Revive the fg scene
• Spread the word
• Find a location
• Ensure people can bring setups for core games (SF, GG, Marvel, Melee/smash4 ect) to get the momentum going
• Start bringing in other Games Once its going (SG and UNIEL amongst other things)
• Ensure the momentum stays and Cen Valley/ Cen cal fg scene stays alive

If anyone has anything to add or tell me like a better location, already existing group, already existing locals, anything that might help to make this task easier then please respond.

Modesto, Lathrop, Manteca, Ceres, Salida, Turlock, Riverbank, Lathrop, (also Tracy and Stockton too since thats not too bad of a drive and its technically the same area). these are the areas im talking about.

I'm looking for fellow fighting game enthusiasts in the general area to start a community with. I live in Beaumont, but am down for commuting.

Get some casuals going first, possibly some streaming, then work on getting some tournaments together, and from there, who knows!

I personally play Persona as my main game, but am getting back into Marvel, and looking to pick up Guilty Gear and 3D fighter as well.

So whatever game you play, let's get together and let the rest of California know the IE is a threat!