First, check my new profile picture... and see the wacky photoshopped beard and sunglasses I "borrowed" from Sven's previous profile picutre. It looks rather ridiculous, but I'd say it's worth it... some one will laugh at it, I'm sure.
That's my first milestone... Next, it'll be Seth's beard. But that's for later.
Continuing with the updates...
I've been offline (from Capcom-unity) for quite some time now. I wish I could be here more often, but my life is getting a little busier. Hopefully as the summer arrives, I'll have more time to invest here.
On a side note, for those that care, one of the reasons I've been away is that I'm working on developing a game! A fighting game! The reason this applies to my internet time schedule is that I communicate with the other members of the development team only through the internet... so that takes a lot of time and concentration...
Lastly, Ad-hoc party! It works, and it's awesome! Wanna play? Send me a message on PSN (Dubindoh)
As you may guess, I was in Capcom's latest Street Fighter Club event in NYC, last Friday, October 24, 2008. It was awesome!!!
Now, I give you a short story to describe my adventure:
The Saga of a Travelling Street Fighter
Have you ever been puzzled by the fact that, in SF2, the character you picked always had to be the one to travel to another country to fight? In a video game they were trips that took seconds... but try doing that in real life. My journey started on a Friday morning; last Friday (October 24), actually.
So, skipping the part of getting the e-mail, finding transportation back and forth, and possibly a place to stay overnight, I'll go into the main part of the action. Well, if you don't know, I live in Fall River, Massachusetts. So, this time I was the fighter to travel in order to get my ass kicked...
Anyways, I woke up very early, on that Friday. Apperently, it wasn't early enough, because I missed my first bus to NY. So, with the help of my super mother, I got to Providence, Rhode Island, to catch the bus I missed (because it stops there for about an hour). And so I did. Got to Providence on time, had my breakfast, and took off to New York.
After 2 hours on a smooth bus ride, we stopped. The reason was unclear for a long period of time, but it was certainly not good. It was in the middle of the high way (95) and all other cars had stopped as well. We found out it was a police chase that had just ended a few minutes earlier. So, count about 45 minutes without moving a single meter towards NY. Then, we started moving again, and about 2 hours later we arrived!
My journey continued as I took the W line train down to Canal St. Then, it was the J line train to Kosciouski St. Easy! Now, off to finding where the hell was the underground place I was to meet other Street Fighters. That was also easy... but there was nobody there. Of course! I was 5 early! Yep. I arrived there at about 3pm EST. So, I went somewhere to get a sandwich or some food. That was hard to find actually. That part of the city had Hair Saloons as its main business. I counted about 4 or 5! Anyways, I got my sandwich and back the chief bodega place. Getting there I found two other guys, one of them being Jesse, whom I got to talk a lot... (about 4.5 hours, you know?). I couldn't find a link to the other guy's (I think his name was Philip) Unity page. But the important thing is that I explained them I was there FIRST, and they agreed.
Moving on, more people started gathering in front of the bodega as time went by. At about 4:30pm there were about 10 of us. And at about 6pm we had... a lot of people.
Well, so far I had a 5 hour bus ride, half hour in the trains/subways, another half hour wondering around NY... and now 4.5 hours waiting in a line that I basically started!
Finally, the doors were openned. I checked in, grabbed my pizza, soda and cookies, and went for the fight. Actually, no. I stopped to talk to Seth first. Then... SF4!!! I lost all matches. I have no shame in saying so. But there's a reason for that. See, I NEVER, EVER, NOT EVEN ONCE, fought any of the new characters... or Sakura. 99% of the time, I fought Ryu or Ken. the other 1% was split between Akuma, Sagat and...Blanka. Seriously guys... why such fear?? I could kick some ass with Ryu or Ken as well. But I tried to enjoy SF4 for what it had NEW. Not the old stuff. Sure, Ryu and Ken are icons... but had been there for about 20 years. Oh... they also have Focus Attacks? Yeah! But even then... nobody tried using them! I was probably the only one using Able and trying to master the Focus Attacks (they're way harder than they seem)
Enough ranting now... I had a blast! It was worth every hour waiting, and every moment of back pain I have from standing up for so long!
Oh! Did I mention I met Mike Fass? He's Zangief in College Humor's "Street Fighter: The Later Years", one of my favorite (if not the favorite) internet series ever!
So, in the end, everything felt like playing Street Fighter. I travelled to a different area of the country. Fought many times, and saw many "game over" screens. So I went back to the end of the line, tried to watch and learn from others... and tried again. The fact that I fought Ryu and Ken a thousand times just added to the feeling of hitting the "Continue" option over and over again...
Here are two pictures proving that I was actually there:
Me (Yuri - Dubindoh) and Mike Fass (Zangief)
Street Fighter Devotion producer (sorry, don't remember his name), me, and Zangief... and some other random people in the background...
So, that was it.
I recommend attending Capcom events, like this one. Even if you have to take the whole day off and travel 5 hours... and wait in line... and... well, you read the story, right?
As stated in my first blog post, "my name is Yuri Lindbergh De Araujo and I am an aspiring Game Designer, already working on some small projects."
This time, I'll explain where this weird name (Dubindoh) comes from. Back in 2004, when I was still living in Natal, RN, Brazil (I lived there for 15, after moving from my birthplace, São Paulo, SP, BR), we had a dog. Actually, it was a puppy, but it was pretty big. It was my younger sister's dog, and she decided to name it Spike. That name is fine for a dog here in the US and other English speaking countries, but it was weird in Brazil, since we speak Portuguese only. So, one day my friend came over and saw the dog. He liked it, and asked what his name was. I said "Spike". He instantly replied: "It doesn't fit him. I'll call him 'Dubindoh' now!" I liked the name, but my sister didn't. So, I, as an efficient older brother, was always teasing her by calling the dog "Dubindoh". Now that we moved, we no longer have the dog Dubindoh. So, I decided to take the name for myself as a tribute to the dog and to continue teasing my sister.
She doesn't care anymore... =/
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On another subject, Bionic Commando Rearmed is out!!! I already bought my PC version through Capcom's e-store. While I was very impressed by the game, I was also very dissapointed to notice that my video card is having over heating issues. But I'll get that fixed, and I'll be able to play more than 5 minutes at a time (my PC shuts down after 5 min. of gameplay)
However, I think bad things can come for a greater good sometimes. Without being able to play BCR, I spent some time drawing a fanart/advertisement for BCR... and Monster Hunter... "???" It's still a work in progress. Right now you can only see the Pencil free hand drawing. Soon I'll post the Digital art version of it. Behold the "Bionic Hunter"!
Well, that's it for this blog post. Be sure to come back later.
Thanks for your time.
Yuri (Dubindoh)
PS: We also used to call the dog "Sprite" and sometimes other soda names to mix things up.
My name is Yuri Lindbergh De Araujo. I am an aspiring Game Designer, already working on some small projects. My main areas of interest are Game Art and Gameplay Design. Follwing my Artist side, I never sacrifice unique art for realistic graphics. In fact, I go up to the point of paying more attention to Gameplay in most cases. 2D is what I love most, and it will probably be subject of many future blog posts of mine. Another great topic for my blog posts will be Monster Hunter. I am a huge Monster Hunter fan, waiting very patiently for my next prey, or Monster Hunter game. Though I have written some reviews in the past, don't expect me to write reviews of Monster Hunter games here. Why? Simply because I don't believe in reviews. Each person has a different opinion, perspective and experience with a game. Just go try it out. Anyways, this is my blog. Aside from those 2 subjects I will also be posting about other things Capcom related. If you want to hear some of my opinions on a few things already, check out the Top Secrect: The Bionic Commando Podcast File 18 and let me know what you think and if you have any questions.
Well, that's it for this blog post. Be sure to come back later.
