My Take: You'll notice in the photos that I tried to pay special attention to the smaller aspects of the tournament -- namely the DIY aspect of Season's Beatings. Though this is arguably the biggest [notoriety-wise] the tournament has grown to be -- which makes me so proud to be apart of it, I'm still amazed at how grassroots the event continues to be. 

With that said, there are usually a couple bad apples that ruins the fun. On the last day of the event, a PS3 was stolen. If you are or know someone who did, please feel free to venture on over to the boards and do the stand-up thing. When you see someone at Season's Beatings running a tournament, then picking up their stick to compete -- followed by them helping out with stream commentary, its kinda hard to imagine someone would disrespect the communal aspect of this good natured event. The last thing someone wants to worry about is if their belongings are safe. Especially when hundreds and thousands of dollars are on the line in these tourneys.

Highlights: Skisonic and Arturo's commentary on the stream is always helpful. Talking to Mark Julio about sticks and stuff. Watching Daigo counter Arturo's low fierce with an ultra fireball...damn. The Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 finals were a healthy blend of old versus new [big fan of Moe30]. The money matches were insane! I wouldn't be surprised if Justin Wong and Daigo Umehara both won the equivalent of what they'd normally make in the top 3 of a tourney! Seeing my dancing friend, Frankie [Trickster] play FlashMetroid and being stunned at how great his C. Viper is [you'll get'm next time man]. That and seeing all the cool custom sticks. I could go on and on as you can probably tell.

I'll be updating the results list here, but be sure to check out the SRK boards for the facts and opinions of the fighting game community.