Last week we had a pretty good turnout, keep up the good work guys! Attendance is what’s going to keep this group going. Now, onto the Ranbat results! Just click the brackets to expand them.

SSF4 AE (2012) Results:

1st: OctopusOnFire
2nd: Slappy
3rd: Stabicron
4th: Mr. Baggs
5th: Chauncy
5th: Spartan
7th: Flip

UMVC3 Results:

1st: Danimal
2nd: Maximum Rafiki
3rd: Chauncy
4th: Flip
5th: OctopusOnFire
5th: Swifty McQuick

There’s footage of a match between Danimal and Chauncy up; be sure to check it out!

KOF Results:

1st: Spartan
2nd: Chauncy
3rd: Stabicron
4th: Yojimbo
5th: Mr. Baggs
5th: Danimal
7th: Slappy

The full results and current rankings are up for your viewing pleasure as well.

Casuals this week WILL NOT be at GrandLan. Smurf will be hosting casuals instead which means no venue fee! This will also serve as a housewarming party so be sure to make it out.

Last, but not least we would like to thank Swifty for his donation of the two Xbox 360′s to the group. It’s selfless acts like this that show how tightly knit our community really is. Thanks Swifty!

Be sure to hit the forums and our Facebook group page to stay current with group happenings.

Lets avoid the “I hope your ______ was ______.” formalities and cut straight to the chase. A lot has happened since the year started so here’s a quick run down of the action.

Frosty Faustings IV was on the 7^th of this month. First place went to MCZ|MRN Wolfkrone. However, a couple of local players placed in the tournament as well. Holden ‘Holdy’ Isom took 9th place, while Ben ‘OctopusOnFire’ Wilson took 10^th. The tournament stream was archived; so if you’re patient you can see them in action. Octopus also did a review of the tournament on The Fighters Alliance website.

On the 14^th our very own Slappy participated in what was supposed to be a Michigan Vs. Illinois 5v5 tournament at Experience Points in Elkhart, IL. While the tournament was plagued with last minute cancellations and an impending snow storm Slappy still attended; and even took 3^rd in the tournament.

Lastly (almost done) we have the upcoming events for the next couple of weeks. Keep in mind that these events will be posted on the GrapSF calendar, and updates will be posted when needed.

• Jan. 21^st – GRRanbats 4.3
• Feb. 18^th- Elkhart vs Kalamazoo 5v5: The Beginning

That’s it for now; if we missed anything or you would like your event posted on the main site or calendar just private message Natetendo64 in the forums.

Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition

1: OctopusOnFire (8pts)
2: Juice (5pts)
3: Slappy (4pts)
4: Chauncy Tru Talon (3pts)
5: Mr Baggs (2pts)
5: Stabicron (2pts)
7: D-Magic (1pts)
7: Swifty McQuick (1pts)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Bm65iAoz8

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

1: Danimal (8pts)
2: Jenison (5pts)
3: Stabicron (4pts)
4: Chauncy Tru Talon (3pts)
5: Maximum Rafiki (2pts)
5: Swifty McQuick (2pts)
7: Flip (1pts)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6i-6EWMLzU

Full Results

Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition

1: OctopusOnFire (8pts)
2: Stabicron (5pts)
3: Slappy (4pts)
4: NGA Fantasy (3pts)
5: Swifty (2pts)
5: Juice (2pts)
7: D Magic (1pt)
7: Mr. Baggs (1pt)
9: Vandylizer
9: Chauncy

Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3

1: Danimal (8pts)
2: Chauncy (5pts)
3: Swifty (4pts)
4: Stabicron (3pts)
5: Maximum Rafiki (2pts)
5: Juice (2pts)
7: Flip (1pt)
7: Slappy (1pt)
9: Jennison

Random pics of the night

Full results

Tonight’s RanBat results:

1: Antwan "Alucard" Ortiz ($31.50)
2: Cuban Ace ($9.00)
3: G-Boobie ($4.50)
4: Stabicron
5: Swifty McQuick
5: Spartan
7: Slappy
7: NGA Fantasy
9: Hotsauce
9: Cakes

This concludes our 3rd season of RanBats, making the season champions G-Boobie (1st place, $127.40) Cuban Ace (2nd place, $36.40) and OctopusOnFire (3rd place, $18.20). Congratulations!

Click here for the full season results.

See you @ season 4!

GrandLAN seems to be a good fit. Plenty of room, just enough privacy, creepy haunted house attached.

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Check out this thread where you can suggest and vote on our venue for weekly play!

http://grapsf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=810

Make your voice heard!

(But not by screaming something in Japanese and setting me on fire)

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Skynet has stupidly scheduled a birthday party in our room Saturday.

So we don’t have the room until 5pm tomorrow but Sam is knocking $5 off everyone’s admission and buying us food.

We are free to play on the few other crappy setups that are not in our room till then.

Sorry for the inconvenience and the late start for this event. I scheduled it with the assumption that they would honor their agreement to keep the room reserved for us.

The turnout for ranbat3.1 Saturday was good, with plenty of new faces from the East side of the state. Hope to see you back next time guys!

At the end of the day it was Hove who took 1st in MvC3 with a very scary Magneto that dominated the grand finals against local Singe.

In SSF4 two of grapsf.com’s own battled in the grand finals but it was Holdy Snausages’ C.Viper that stood triumphant over Hotsauce’s Balrog at the end of a set that really came down to the wire.

The top eight in both games are as follows:

Marvel vs. Capcom 3

1st: Hove

2nd: Singe

3rd: Chauncy Talon

4th: Cake Farts

5th: Swifty McQuik

5th: Danimal

7th: Slappy

7th: Cuban Ace

Super Street Fighter IV

1st: Holdy Snausages

2nd: Hotsauce

3rd: Singe

4th: G-Boobie

5th: Cuban Ace

5th: Swifty McQuik

7th: Chauncy Talon

7th: Slappy

Full results to come. And now, MY FIGHT MONEY!

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