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[ This is a follow up post to the UCD Team Tournament post. ]

"LB made being gay fashionable." - Jeff Tanaka.

I could tell. Not only had a string of pseudo-homoerotic jokes come during his stay at Davis, they stayed after he left. In a sense, LB has made his mark. Oh, god. Not again. No homo. A week before today was the Davis team tourney--the first Davis team tourney. The hometown peeps were still unsure of what to expect and with the SBO qualifiers on the same day, it wouldn't be logical to expect a big turnout. Logic: that word sure went to hell and back.

So, where's Davis?

To everyone who doesn't know Davis, don't feel bad. It's a small, agriculturally-based town between Saramento and San Francisco (it's just 30 minutes away from Sacramento). The life of the town revolves around the college campus, or UC Davis. There's not much else to say. The food's great, since it comes directly from the area around us. The nights are boring unless you are 21 and over (the bars always seem lively). It's a college town, but whenever I ask residents what they do for fun, they usually say, "Go to Sacramento." Funny thing: when I ask Sacramento people what they do, they say, "Go to San Francisco." I've yet to ask what San Francisco people do.

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6/1/09, the Monday before the tourney:

It was early in the morning and for some reason or another, I messaged LB about Japanese styled clothing. At this point, I still thought he was Japanese. I mean, Hyung Lee. That's clearly Japanese, right? Anyway, I keep talking to Daigo, I mean, LB, and the conversation starts tangenting from clothing to calling him Dadigo: "Okay want to make a bet?" I tell him. "I will call you Dadigo several times at the next tourney, so people can hear it. We're both going to get weird looks." LB responds, "You will get weird looks. I will get a look of awe." And then an idea popped up: "But I sure as hell won't call you Dadigo unless you beat me in a money match."

And so the idea was born. We continued discussing the idea and it evolved into this, my initial post on the SRK PacNorth Forums:

I'm calling you out on a money match for skipping out on the interview at Fuddruckers. Here are the terms, you fake:
1) 100$ on the line.
2) We play at the Davis tourney this Saturday in SF4.
3) If I win, you got to answer as many stupid questions as I have for you in an interview AND you cry on camera, got that?
4) First to 5 matches. Round will consist of best of 3.
5) Loser has to call the winner "Daddy" or "Dadigo", if I lose.
6) If I lose, I got to drink two bottles of Soju during the tournament (first one has to go down immediately.

 [ Read the full SRK PacNorth thread here. ]

Staged drama. But it wasn't enough. It had to be more serious, so LB suggested I post out "logical" reasons for my hatred, and so I did. More and more people began to ask us if this was real. LB kept his part of the deal and affirmed it. I, on the other hand, had to let a few people know for added hype.

Yeah, that's right. I contacted Ultra David, a few people from iPlayWinner, and other folks (you know who you are) to add to the drama. As a result, the money match became something more of a Berkeley versus Davis event, and that was perfect. Dare I say:

Keikaku doori (just as planned)! Thanks to Soo Shin for drawing the image for us.

So, who's LB?

Okay, okay. If you didn't know LB before, you're dying to know him now, right? So who is he? Well... what can I say? He's a moderator on Shoryuken for the Pacific North boards, he's the general of his own LB Army (his supporters), he's freaking Daigo in my eyes, and he's there for some fun with the community. Fun with the community: that's why we started this entire charade. In the end, LB is LB.

6/6/09, Day of the Team Tournament:

There were 18 team and 54 people (not including spectators). It was Davis’s biggest tournament yet. If that’s not hype, then LB ain’t gay.

After the money match, LB hung around to show his support for the tournament. I continued on to the Grand Finals with my team.

And I will be honest, our team gets owned in the first set so badly, I couldn’t keep my eyes on the screen for the second set. Props to Filipino Champ for giving us such a hard time.

Andrew and Tanaka took it home for Davis, and the crew got paid Balrog style. Now, carrying on the Davis tradition, the folks got to eat in style. With LB as our host, we went to eat at Kit Mo Ree.

What's the moral of the story? Don't believe everything you read. Just believe in LB.

Comments

[shiryu22]

Heh interesting article. I got to stay on top of this stuff before it happens so I can attend.

[Hoax415]

It's a college town, but whenever I ask residents what they do for fun, they usually say, "Go to Sacramento." Funny thing: when I ask Sacramento people what they do, they say, "Go to San Francisco." I've yet to ask what San Francisco people do.

lol'd

[DJcream]

Damn, the only Davis tourney I missed out on turned out to be pretty good despite SBO quals goin' on in SoCal. So when's Davis IV?