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Kineda World Warrior II T-Shirts

Terry Ng — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:57:43 +0000

We’re back again boys and girls with alternate costumes for your favorite World Warrior! Pre-order begins Monday, February 22 for “World Warrior II” Tees, and we’ll also be doing a reprint of the original for those that missed them.

Monday 2/22 Update
The store is now open for pre-orders, which ends on March 8, 2010. Shirts will ship approximately 3-4 weeks after the pre-order sale ends.

Kineda World Warrior T-Shirts

Terry Ng — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:15:38 +0000

We’ve got something special again for you Street Fighter fans. Kineda “World Warrior” Tees will release on our store tonight at 10:00pm PST. Limited to 25 of each design.

November 25, 2009 – Update
World Warrior SOLD OUT. Thanks to all who purchased a shirt!

December 18, 2009 – Update
World Warrior reprint drops on Monday 12/21 at 9:00pm PST. Limited to 100 quantity.

World Warrior
(Mens – Available in Black, White, Red, Asphalt Gray)

Talk Street Fighter to Me
(Womens – Available in Black, White, Red, Cranberry)

NorCal Regionals Street Fighter IV Tournament – November 21-22, 2009

Terry Ng — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:26:42 +0000

NorCal Regionals (NCR), Northern California’s biggest fighting game tournament returns with style, this weekend at the Domain Hotel in Sunnyvale, CA. If you’re a fighting game fan, you won’t want to miss this huge two day event, that draws in the top Street Fighter IV players in the U.S. – Justin Wong, John Choi, Mike Ross, Ricky Ortiz, Alex Valle, Gootecks, Combofiend and many more!

Online registration is still open for those who would like to compete, and spectator admission is completely free. Live stream provided by iPlaywinner. This is one event you don’t want to miss!

Won My First Street Fighter IV Tourney

Terry Ng — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:22:42 +0000

I dropped by a small SFIV tournament in Sacramento this weekend at Metropolis Comics off of Bruceville Rd. Wasn’t planning on winning, but I ended up making it to the Grand Finals where I had to play against Romeo’s Balrog for 1st place. Won a hundred bucks and met a friendly bunch of the local Sac players, who were great fun to talk to and play with. Videos by Diangelo of the finals are below, and Antany also took some nice pics of the event. Hope to see everyone at NorCal Regionals next month!

Street Fighter IV Tournament Finals Part 1

Street Fighter IV Tournament Finals Part 2

Custom MadCatz Tournament Edition Stick Bamboo Cover

Terry Ng — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:00:08 +0000

Last week, I showed you a few pics of the my newly designed custom TE stick covers. I’m now testing to ensure fitment and quality of finish. If you take a closer look, you’ll notice that none of the edges of the bamboo cover are raw. They are completely finished to provide a nice blend into the TE stick panels.

I’ll have more pics next week, with different color and materials options.

Custom MadCatz Tournament Edition Stick Covers – Stage 1

Terry Ng — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:36:44 +0000

I love the MadCatz Tournament Edition (TE) arcade fighsticks produced for Street Fighter IV, but I wanted to add my personal touch to them. I did a search on the shoryuken.com forums and found a few options for plexi covers and such, but the quality of after market items being produced wasn’t quite what I was looking for (I’m not a big fan of TAP plastics).

Naturally, I opened up my copy of Adobe Illustrator and designed a set of custom laser cut acrylic covers. I even designed a bamboo cover just for kicks!

I’m still in the initial stage of development, but things are looking quite good. I’ll be checking fitment this week, and if all goes well, I’ll experiment with a few different color options.

The end goal is a completely brushed aluminum plate with Kineda’s logo etched on it.

Santouka Ramen at Mitsuwa Marketplace in San Jose

Terry Ng — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:16:31 +0000

Our friends have been telling us about a new ramen joint called Santouka Ramen that opened up at Mitsuwa Marketplace in San Jose, CA. We’re always on the hunt for good ramen places as you guys know, so we decided to give this place a try today. Since Santouka Ramen in located inside of Mitsuwa’s “food court,” the hours are a bit weird. I asked the cashier, and she said there’s no official hours but only that they usually open around 11am and close around 7:30pm. This definitely isn’t a late night ramen run kind of place.

Since the place is still rather new, there’s of course a line waiting to get in. We stood in it for roughly 20 minutes and then waited another 30 minutes for our food.

So how do we rate it? It’s a bit of a mixed liking. The Toroniku (special pork) was quite yummy, but the noodles and Salt Flavor broth were only alright. Tami’s Miso Flavor ramen was much tastier than mine, but the regular pork that came with it was only alright as well.

I’d say give it a try if you happen to be in the area, but I definitely wouldn’t make a special trip out for it. Ippudo in NY and Suzu in SF are still my favs!

Live Streaming Street Fighter IV Fights

Terry Ng — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:03:23 +0000

Here’s your chance to perfect me in front of a live audience or just have some fun watching others make me look a noob SFIV scrub. Point your browser here tonight at 8:30 PST: http://www.kineda.com/stream. If you’re interested in playing, send me a PM.

Kineda Street Fighter IV T-Shirt Reprint

Terry Ng — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:06:29 +0000

Back by extreme popular demand, Kineda’s Street Fighter IV T-Shirts are now on pre-sale until October 1, 2009 at our online store. This will be the last and only reprint, for those who missed out the first time these came around.

This will be a limited reprint. 25 additional shirts of each design. Get them before they’re gone!

Living Blogging from EVO 2009 in Las Vegas

Terry Ng — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:41:34 +0000

The largest Street Fighter tournament in the U.S. starts tomorrow at the RIO in Las Vegas and we’ll be live blogging and tweeting the entire event. Be sure to check back here for updates or follow Kineda on Twitter.

11:40am: Waiting for plane to Vegas from SFO. Anyone else on virgin flight vx260?
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7:34pm: Getting ready to head to a last minute pre-EVO dinner put together by casperOne and myself. If you’re reading this, we’ll be at the Rio American Bar and Grill @ 8pm. I’ll be wearing a black Chun Li tee.

EVO Day 1 Results / Semi-Finals Brackets @ evo2k

A few pics from Day 1 of EVO – July 17, 2009
It was a short photography day for me. I was busy playing as well as trying to take video of the event. Definitely will amp up the photos for the semi-finals and finals for the next update.