Tournament report card: New Rivals: 3rd Strike Intermediates 11/08/24

16 August 2024 • Andy Corrigan

Tournament: OCE III’s New Rivals: 3rd Strike Beginners and Intermediates
When: 11 August 2024
Game: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
Tournament structure: Multi-group round robin (First to 2), top 2 play a single elimination bracket (First to 3)

How I did

I escaped the groups stages, finishing in second place having won 3 of my 4 sets. The match I lost was to Pixley, the group winner who went unbeaten during this phase and made it to the semi-finals, so it’s hard to feel too mad.

Unfortunately, I exited the tournament in the first round of the knockout phase, losing to Cav/Flute’s Alex 3-1. I was initially 2-0 down, managed to pull one back, but failed to take it to a final game.

Group stage results

Knockout stage results

I did, however, bag a perfect against him on stream, so that was pretty pleasing. Here's the only match I played on stream:

Overall, I think I'm happy with my performance. It's the most matches I've ever won in any tournament, and it's my first time on an OCE III stream, the nerves from which I managed unusually well (and might well have helped).

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