It’s a quarter past four in the morning and I still can’t sleep. I know the cause, at least. Not simply “exam insomnia”, but a mixture of my horrible diet of take away food and RedBull.
I had my first exam today, it went relatively well despite having the exam supervisor call out of a correction every fifteen minutes. My next is on Wednesday… which is now tomorrow, followed by my final exam on Saturday. The fact that my final exam is on Saturday also means that it clashes with Shadowloo Showdown 2011, one of Australia’s largest fighting game events and definitely the largest this year considering the plethora of international guests.
While Tekken 6: BR isn’t one of the flagship games at Shadowloo, there will be a tournament run this year albeit on console. That aside, the main reason I would have liked to go was for the exposure to an event that can truly be considered as international with Team Hori, Team MadCatz and The Traveling Circus present. Something has inspired me lately to become extremely involved with the fighting game community, more so than I have been in the past few years, and I hope to work with whom ever I can next year to really attempt to take things to the next level (no pun intended). Considering that, the more exposure the better.
I had cheap flights and accommodation ready and organised (less than $100 for the entire weekend combined) which is a shame, but I’m sure next year there will be more opportunity than not to travel to play anyway – especially considering how big I anticipate Tekken Tag Tournament 2 to be.
Anyway, let’s see if I can finally catch some shut eye and focus more on my remaining exams rather than fighting games!