In November of 2013 after months of thinking about what I wanted to do and where I wanted to go I made an important decision for myself, I decided that Los Angeles, California and Anime Expo were where I wanted to go next year.  I started planning and saving and changing all my schedules that had been set for early 2014 to instead accomodate the July 2014 trip.  There was quite a bit I had to do and check and remember, but first I had to talk with my friends who already live in the general area and it was there that I began to worry about the decision as there wasn’t much interest in the convention amongst the group.  Did I make a wrong choice? I wasn’t entirely sure, but my heart was set on going because that very same group of people are incredibly, irreplaceably important to me and I wanted to finally see them outside of my computer screen.

December came and I began my saving and planning which was fairly difficult considering christmas was right there, but I forged ahead as best I could and set a plan for myself as 2014 rolled around to take a hiatus from events and tournaments and dinner parties just so I could spend less money and save it for the plane ticket.  It soon became February and then March as discussions began again with my friends as to who would be going to Anime Expo and yet the response was that they were mostly still not too interested, but would probably attend if I was serious about making the trip and so from March onwards we started planning together instead of me alone.

I was incredibly persistant about it and I felt badly because I was feeling maybe I’d forced them into a convention they weren’t really interested in, but as time rolled on more of my friends were joining us in the plans and things were starting to look up! I would spent my 30th birthday in April very excited for my trip in July.  As May came I pre registered for Anime Expo and also booked my flight after having saved enough funds for both, and I would begin to save for spending money for the con after that. There were a lot of friends now attending at this point and I was incredibly happy I would get to see so many people at one time.

I organized my things, printed out my stuff, and bought the canadian snacks my friends asked for! It was June and my excitement to see everyone couldn’t be contained. My friends have been supporting me without knowing for 4 years as I was battling with myself about my hearing loss. It was an incredibly difficult time for me and just as the great friends here in the city helped me, these friends online have become some of the most important people in my life. I will treasure them always and I wish for them to know.  I have always been sort of closed off with them about how I am doing, but that was much the same with others after the hearing loss…It was hard for me as there were so many things that happened in my first year of hearing loss and when I met them all in an online chatroom I was in a dangerously low place within myself.  You guys are just that important as I explained in a post on facebook before the trip. I’ll continue on with the trip now.

Last week as tuesday came and I couldn’t sleep a single wink on Canada Day knowing that I had to wakeup and be at the airport at 4 am the next morning and so my journey began I went to Pearson International for 4 am eagerly awaiting my first flight in 20 or so years and my first flight without hearing.  I was incredibly nervous! I think the Disability Assistance lady knew though as she assured me I would be fine. Having finished with security she then sent me on my way to the flight gates alone and there I would sit with my ticket and everything as my plane was docked and getting ready for boarding. I sent my friends messeges as I was excited I would see them in 5 hours and then the man at the gate waved me over to check the ticket and show me onto the plane in seat 12b which wasn’t really a favourable seat…I should have chosen a window ^^;

There I sat with two people on each side of me, one who would watch Noah on the inflight movie and the other would put on the new robocop movie only to fall asleep and I watched it without captions…It kind of sucked because I really liked the old robocop movie ha!  After that I switched that screen to the Map view since that guy wasn’t waking up for anything and just watched that the whole time until Los Angeles and as I got closer and closer to landing I would smile more, but try not to show it or my excitement to the other guy or the people across the aisle who kinda kept looking over.  The plane was landing and I saw the cityscape passing by the window I couldn’t believe it, I had finally made it on my own to a place I’d only seen in movies and television. I had landed in Los Angeles! I grabbed my backpack carryon from in front of me and headed out thanking the crew of the plane.

I had to get my bearings quickly as I tried to navigate myself to the baggage claim of LAX…This place is really big and confusing as I quickly lost sight of people who were on the same flight as me until I found one who was in cosplay that was also on the flight and followed them to the baggage area.  There is where I had trouble! I now had all my stuff, but attempted to make use of free wi fi to find my friend who was picking me up and ultimately I had to text a bit from my phone, which may cost me a bit on next months bill ;~;  She found me though and off we went for a planned breakfast in Santa Monica. We talked and most of the time I was admiring all the scenary outside as I was still having trouble believing I was finally there in California meeting up with so many people that I love more than anything.

We arrived at a place called Barney’s Beanery for breakfast and to meet up with another friend who would also give me a phone to use for texting while I was there. We talked, laughed and I made jokes about America’s “breakfast syrup” that came with my pancakes.  We finished breakfast and walked across the street to a small convenience store (I forgot the name sorry guys), which had some really neat stuff as far as convenience stores go!  After picking up a few things my pals decided to show me around a bit before we headed off to the convention centre and so we walked to Santa Monica Beach and the pier there.  It was my first time at the Pacific Ocean, but it was still incredibly hot there! No sea breeze ;~;  I enjoyed the view and all the shops and rides along the pier all the same. By that time though it was time for us to head to the convention centre as it was Day 0 for Anime Expo and we had to pick up badges and I would see first hand the difference between the conventions I’m used to and this one.

We parked and started walking slowly seeing more people heading in the same direction (and hearing a horribly loud noise from the staples centre) I saw the beginnings of what didn’t quite resemble a line, but rather a large mass of people crowded around. There were people, a lot of them sitting, standing, dancing, chanting let us in and so on and so forth, It was quite an amazing sight as we walked by to find a convention worker to show us the disability line. At my home convention Anime North, the line is Single file, but here there was this large coiling beast of a line and my hats off to all those people who were there under the hot sun for so many hours to pick up their badge. We arrived at the line and waited as they opened up the doors letting us in and the size of just that main hall was amazing! The banners, the registration booths, the many different sets of stairs and escalators to take you to different areas…yeah I was excited, but who could blame me! I’d never been to such a large convention centre before.  I got my badge and the sticker they put on for disabled guests so they  have an easier time getting around and to the events; we stuck around a bit to cool off and see what came in our weekend swag bag, but at this point it was time to check into our hotel so off we went and not very long after leaving we arrived at the place we were going to stay at.

The Vagabond Inn would become my temporary home for the next 6 days, it was a nice place and I would stay there again.  We would stay there and be joined by 1 more friend and I would try Carl’s Jr, see what CVS has, and then go to a place I’d heard about so many times in conversations over the years, In-n-Out!  I enjoyed what I had there, even though I didn’t get the secret menu stuff I had a 2 x2 combo which was quite good. I had wanted to go to Super Arcade afterwards, but my body just wouldn’t hold up as I had been awake for 2 days, a 5 hour flight, and walking in the sun…I fell asleep almost instantly when we returned to the hotel.  The next day came and more and more of my favourite people started to show up, some who were also staying at that hotel and some who were sharing the room with us, but I would buy a notebook and pen before the others would show up and I would see what Day 1 of Anime Expo is really like. I was not prepared for the initial sight.

Arriving at the convention centre that morning the line that I would see was a whole different kind of beast than the evening before. You could see only people standing, or slowly shuffling forwards, barely seen was the street that they were standing on and no gaps inbetween! It was a sea of people that continued well into the convention centre and though I could not see nor hear the opening ceremonies other than some taiko drums and rumble of use being let into the now opening exhibit hall, I was in awe of everything going on and I had finally reached the entrance gate and walked through the exhibit hall doors, in an instant my breath was taken away from the sights and I had to just keep moving because if you stop you’ll definitely get bumped into or run into by a bunch of people. I pressed on being handed flyers and posters and little things it was all so amazing.  Having gone in together we quickly became seperated and while I was a little panicked, I would still explore and find somethings I liked and bought a few things. Some 2 hours or so later I left the exhibit hall to meet with the group again only to leave and meet another group of friends back in the exhibit hall.  This second group was comprised of some of my oldest friends from a chat program I used in the late 90s that so many of us would meet in person in 2014 really shows how far the internet had come when we had started using it.

My second group of friends were all wonderful to meet and I really wish I had been able to spend more time with them, but the time I did spend was very memorable for me. We went out to get some food at a place nearby called Yard House. I would take this oppourtunity to have them write in the notebook I bought, as I didn’t know when I’d have another chance to meet with them over the weekend. The notebook went around and everyone was chatting with each other and enjoying stories, the food we all ordered arrived! I ordered the Hawaiian Burger (I really almost wrote Kawaiian), I enjoyed it a great deal and it was even better because of the wonderful people I was with. It was only a short time, maybe about 2 hours together before I had to return to my original group. To those with me at this part if you’re reading this, Thank you all so very much! I really enjoyed meeting you all and chatting with you however briefly it may have been.

I rejoined my group of friends and many more joined us! I really have no words for how happy I was to be meeting so many of them all at once. We headed for a place called Road to Seoul for korean bbq…yes that’s right I just had a burger and was going to eat more!  This place was simply amazing !  We spent some time here having a huge group together laughing, and generally just having a great time together. I was having the time of my life, but I was also waiting still for the last set of friends to arrive. Friday morning had come and one of my most important events of the convention came too, as I brought a tribute artbook with me all the way from Canada to be signed by Mr Keiji Inafune himself. Long has the megaman franchise been important to me from childhood to now and for me this chance to meet Inafune was important. I joined the autograph line with my good friend and she took photos while the book was being signed.

Having completed that task I would return back to the hotel with my friend and two more important people to me would arrive. The 4 of us would have dinner together while the others were all at the convention still. It was a nice quiet evening and they would take me to another place I often hear about called Panda Express. It was great I enjoyed the food and most importantly who I was sharing that food with.  I had one more task to complete come Saturday morning and that was to attend the Premiere of the brand new Sailor Moon.  It was something that I just couldn’t miss as an anime fan. I went to the priemere with my one of my good friends and I thought it was great even though some people don’t seem to enjoy that first new episode. Most of saturday  I would spend exploring the convention with two friends and then return to the hotel with one of them.  As Saturday evening came we had a bit of fun! I let them doll me up in make up and wigs and had a blast with that, because it really was a lot of fun for me and I didn’t really mind it at all. We went back to the convention centre and some went off to the rave while the rest of us played cards against humanity in the lobby. It was my first time playing the game, and I didn’t win a single round!

Returning back to the hotel that night I realized my time here with these amazing people was coming ever closer to an end as some of them were heading back home on sunday and began packing up. There wasn’t enough time. I would spend the majority of Sunday hugging many of them and saying goodbye. I had most of the group write in my notebook over the course of the weekend. As the convention itself came to a close, I would see off quite a few friends before nightfall and in the evening the hardest goodbyes were said with some staying in the same hotel and some in the very same room.  I miss them all very much and I wanted more time with everyone. It felt so short and yet the time I spent with everyone meant so much to me.  I didn’t want to leave yet, but I knew I had to.  We were down to a small number once more and the last place I visited in California was a Barcade.  I enjoyed the games and the last bit of time with friends as one more would leave for home. We went back and I forced myself asleep since I had to be up early for my flight home.

5 am on Monday came and I woke up, showered and dressed for my flight home, packing the rest of my things up as the others began waking up. I would say goodbye to one more friend before we checked out and left the hotel. While in the car heading to LAX, I could only just sit there and take in the sights of the surroundings and of the people with me. I was sad to be leaving already… We took care of everything and there I would say my last goodbyes to what I have called everyone I met on the weekend, my American Family of friends. I got on the elevator with the disability assitance worker and headed through security alone, and waited for my plane once more at the gate. It was there that I would use that same phone I received (and came home with) to send everyone a text messege before I boarded the plane. While on the plane, having already left the ground I decided to read the notebook and everything I’d held in on the weekend rushed forward…I sat silently with my hood up in tears reading all the things everyone wrote for me. I just sat there thinking about everyone the whole way home and landed back home in Toronto in the evening.

These friends that I spent all this time with in Los Angeles will always be important to me and I will try my hardest to see you all again. I miss you guys so much and wish that I had stayed longer, but I will just have to wait until I can take another trip out. I love you guys a great deal! Thank you so much for making my first trip alone so amazing. Friends for life, no matter what may come.

~ David Farinha
– Pandatronics

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For me, 2012 rang in fairly peaceful without any real trouble, I had a few dinner events with my favourite group of people Delon, Justin, and Rinaldi, who is happily married and with a child! Congratulations to you and your wife(I may have not yet said it but I felt i should just incase). Those 3 guys have always been helping me and chatting about things since i met them 3 years ago and I really couldn’t ask for better friends! I thank you guys for always being awesome even if Justin is always the butt of jokes about working or lack thereof.

Rolling into the end of February, being a gamer, I was excited for new and promising games which mostly included a return to my much loved franchise Soul Calibur! I bought the game, but quickly realized how much I disliked player with a standard PS3 controller and I just wasn’t having that ! So as I saw how many more fighting games were coming in the year at the end of February I made my first trip to A&C Games. It was a cold rainy/snowy day that I went to the shop that I have seen with a booth many time while attention Anime North in past years and had always wanted to check out! I now had a chance to do so and upon walking in I was mystified by the wall to wall games, gaming accessories, consoles, and more! It is a gamer’s heaven! I noticed finally that I’m being welcomed by a face I’ve seen a few times at the conventions, the shops co-owner Gar.  Now not fogetting my original purpose for going to the shop! I see various shapes and sizes of arcade sticks, but having not purchased one in over 10 years, I had no idea what the quality was like.  I eventually with Gar’s assistance picked out a HORI RAPS V3-SA  for PS3. I was happy with the purchase and the shop which had such a friendly atmosphere, which I don’t often see or experience at other game shops as a first time customer. I would find myself returning to A&C Games soon.

Around this time I was watching game streams because I was still playing SWTOR :P and wanted to see the new stuff from the testers that would eventually impliment into the game, and so I took to twitch.tv on a regular basis when not actively playing the game.  I found my interest piqued again at a stream for Street Fighter x Tekken which I had seen announced during a gaming conference.  At the time I wondered how they would do it considering the difference in style of the two franchise and with that  I took to the stream.  The game looked like fun and I wanted to buy it just from the little bit of the gameplay I was watching, but it was actually a contest like show they were doing with this new game that isn’t yet on the market… This event would eventually be attacked by various press due to certain comments and I’ll leave it at that because it wasn’t too important to me personally anyway :P   Now with Street Fighter x Tekken showing frequently on streams I started looking for other fighters on there and soon found that Toronto was still going strong as a fighting community and little did I know that tuning into this particular stream would change everything .

The stream I found on twitch was for TorontoTopTiers.  I was curious because I live in Toronto and I love fighting games, but it’s been long since I had competed at all and so I wanted to see what it was all about. I wasn’t let down and saw that Toronto had grown so much yet also thinned out with the lack of Arcades to go to.  After tuning into a few streams I got to talking with the person who was running the stream, TorontoTopTiers member Vince ‘RXS’ Hui, who invited me to come out to the Street Fighter x Tekken Tournament shortly after the game was released. I would soon find myself back at A&C Games or rather their Gaming area A&C World.  I brought my arcade stick with me for the first time anywhere that wasn’t at home.  I introduced myself to Vince through the use of my on hand notepad because my hearing device wasn’t a viable option considering the noise level.  He’s a great person and runs a wonderful stream despite Canadian net connections being poor.  Next up was the man in charge, TorontoTopTiers big man, Russell ‘NeoRussell’ Ordona, who at the time didn’t really take notice and it would take a few other visits to set in.  I enjoyed that tournament and would return to A&C world for their wednesday evening events.

It was now April and I realized I was going out more to the TTT events during the week, I loved it and found that I too wanted to help out because way back when arcades were around I was always there with a different group of people, but more or less doing the same thing as these guys were, gathering together and enjoying the games we all liked.  I learned about the major tournament the TTT guys were setting up to host in May called Toryuken, and I not only went to join it as a competitor, but also to volunteer to help out. Deviating slightly here there was a small surprise by Vince for my birthday which landed on a wednesday they gave me a special shout out during the stream that night and while I didn’t do it on stream or even at A&C World, there was a slight emotional outburst at home as it was the nicest thing anyone I had known for only a few weeks had done for me on my birthday.  Toryuken had come and while I didn’t do very well in the tournament I did make many more new friends and acquaintences, but even more so was that a friend I had met I’d have to peg it at least 6(give or take) years prior, TorontoTopTiers member’s George ‘Future’ Kossofidis, Simon Ng, and Mike ‘DarkDeath’ Francisco.  Basically Toryuken introduced me to a lot of wonderful people who I would see over the course of the year.

Moving through the months and many events comes EVO  and hoping that my group of pals from last year who spent the time watching the stream and having a great party would again gather, but only two from last year could and invited me out to their get together for this years EVO.  I had a great time with the everyone that weekend!  This is really dragging on and looks like mostly gaming events ! which it really has been so I’ll change pace  a bit.  During the summer months there were many events, but it was in those quiet times when they hadn’t yet started I would chat with Russell not only about gaming, but rather wanted to know about me and my hearing, so every once in a while we’d chat for a few moments in the quiet food places near by while waiting for orders to come so we can get back to the event. I’ve had a few such discussions with Vince  early on and I see that all the people I’ve met from the events and otherwise this year have been very supportive of me and I am grateful for it all.

It’s not only the summer though, but as this year has gone on I’ve talked a lot about myself, and while I am mostly telling all these good stories here now the year was not without troublesome times which led to a falling out with a friend I had known since high school.  It was more than just fights with friends or otherwise family, most of the troubles from this year seemed to stem from myself and I just try not to let it show because I ‘m not very good at talking about things and would feel more frustrated than before I started talking about it.

This is basically how my year has gone and while I didn’t talk about every event I’d gone to just know that I had a great time at all of them, but mostly this was for everyone I wanted to express my thanks to because I’m not good at talking in person about things.  All the great people of TorontoTopTiers , Thank you all for being such an amazing and understanding group of people! For doing the best to keep the communities growing, and for running the best events for Gaming in Toronto I have ever been to!  I’d like to say Thank you to the great great people at A&C Games , Keep up the amazing work with your events and also all those Retro games and consoles! You guys are the best! Lastly, All of my friends and family, Thank you guys for always being there when I need someone to talk to as it is not easy to cope sometimes and you guys always seem to know.

I am very happy with how the year has gone and I can only hope the rest of it will bring more entertaining times and that next year will be a great year!

Thank you everyone for a great year,

~ David ‘ Pandatronics’ Farinha

So here we go !

Toryuken presented by TorontoTopTiers  here in the City! It’s coming fast ! it’s next week! and I’m really nervous about it all! So I’ll give you a run down of the events that have led me to this after the jump.

Let’s go back to EVO 2011 that I spent watching together with a group of friends of mine. I had a lot of fun seeing the competition and slowly that competitive fire was being relit. As the months passed I was anticipating the release of King of Fighters XIII, but more importantly Soul Calibur V.  A new PS3 was purchased and I got myself ready to run Soul Calibur V in the new year. I purchased SC V day one took it home and set in, but it wasn’t until I was watching a live stream on twitch.tv that set in motion my personal road to Toryuken.

It’s around february where I found the Torontotoptiers channel on twitch.tv, The gaming streaming section of Justin.tv, That I found there was a place I could play fighters with people again having been away from the public scene for around 10 years.  I realized I would have to work very hard considering my old style of playing fighting games was no longer available to me as I’ve lost my hearing now. I continued to visit the channel and various others to see if anyone was showing some simple set tech for the character I use that I could analyze with just watching since a majority of livestreams seem to use a lot of audio it’s hard for me to understand whats going on most of the time. I got an invitation to come out and see the place the TTT guys were streaming from and having recognized the store name from various anime and comic conventions I already knew where the shop was, but not that the Gaming area was right there as well.  As mentioned in a previous post TTT RXS(Vince)  had invited me out to come see and play over at A&C World and so I came out during a weekend tournament in March to observe and play a few rounds here and there. During these months I had also been looking at  Shoryuken(SRK) site forum and noticed Toryuken in the canada section. I originally planned only to go as a spectator, but with encouragement from many friends I was persuaded to enter the competition.

During all of that I also became reintroduced to Skullgirls, which I had heard about, but didn’t really know much about last year. I purchased this on PSN in April as soon as the shop would let me find it online >.> I am having a lot of fun with that game and hope that more is to come for it.  I have pre registered for Toryuken  as soon as I was able to meet up with NeoRussell of the Torontotoptiers and entered for Soul Calibur V and though I have a feeling I will be very free…also entered skullgirls, but as the time comes closer I become more nervous and I hope to shake the feeling by next weekend.

Now that story time is out of the way, here is the schedule which can also be found at the TTT website.

Toryuken Schedule:

9:00a-10:30a – Registration

-Capcom Games-
12:00p-4:00p – SSFIV Singles
2:00p-8:00p – UMvC3 Singles
7:00p-12:00p – SFxT 2v2

The Following Games Starts at 2:00p
-Mortal Kombat
-Soul Calibur V
-SkullGirls
-King Of Fighters
-BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend
-Tekken 6

STREAM SCHEDULE:
Note: Subject to changes

-Saturday Stream 1-
12:00p-4:00p – SSFIV Singles
4:00p-8:00p – UMvC3 Singles
8:00p-12a – SFxT 2v2

-Saturday Stream 2-
1:00p-3:00p – King Of Fighters XIII
3:00p-5:00p – Soul Calibur V
5:00p-8:00p – Mortal Kombat

-Sunday Stream 1-
11:00a-12:00p – Tekken 6 Top 3
12:00p-1:00p – BlazBlue Top 3
1:00p-2:00p – King Of Fighters Top 2
2:00p-3:00p – Soul Calibur V Top 4
3:00-4:00 – SkullGirls Top 4
4:00-6:00 – Mortal Kombat Top 8
6:00p-8:00p – SSFIV Top 8
8:00p-10:00p – SFxT Top 4
10:00p-12:00a – UMvC3 Top 8

-Sunday Stream 2-
12:00p-3:00p – SSFIV Top 16 to Top 8
3:00p-6:00p – UMvC3 Top 16 to Top 8

The stream channels can be found here!

www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers

www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers2

Well That’s all for me !  Wish me luck guys, and thanks for all the support you’ve given me to return to the fighting game community! I may not place very high, but enjoying myself and seeing first hand how I do and what  I can do to improve in the Long run are my points to go on. Panda is going in!

~ Panda

Today is April 24th, the day before my birthday!  I will try not to babble!  I am writing in today to give due thanks to all my wonderful friends both new and old  for supporting me these last 3 years.  It wasn’t and still isn’t easy to communicate as well as we all had hoped ^^;  I’ll keep doing my best with all of you, but I’ve been pretty happy lately getting to go out more with friends and find things I am interested in doing.

One of the most is being welcomed back to the fighting game scene in Toronto and while I know i’m personally not as good as  I used to be, it’s nice to come back and meet so many great new friends. TTT_RXS (Vince)  has really made this deaf gamer feel welcome along with Neorussell and the community over at A&C World.  I wasn’t sure how well I’d fit in with a new crowd, but it seems most people don’t really mind it.  I will continue to rebuild my skills in fighting games though it’s quite difficult ^^; i used to do it using the sounds and voices, I guess now i need to learn how to read the frames ^^; I’ll get better!

Thank you all for your support really !  If you want check out the TorontoTopTiers Website for more info on events in Toronto and also A&C Games / World .

~ Panda

I had a great time hanging out with everyone, so I took a short video on my phone of the Scene in Toronto.  Now this isn’t the entire community here, but we had a good turnout last night and I thought I would share the moment. I apologize the the shoddy cam LOL!!! I’ll get better I promise!

Scene at a glance

~ Panda

Hello everyone !

It’s that time of year again! Time … for PandaCon! my birthday party!

Will be on April 28th, 2012.  Since my actual birthday the 25th is a wednesday in the middle of the week and everyone is busy.  Why i choose this photo? Because this time we are not KBBQing ! This year we are going to Boston Pizza! Yaay ! ~~~*~~~*~~~*~*~*~*~*~~~~

Date: April 28th

Location: Boston Pizza at Scarborough Town Center, 400 Progress Ave.

Time: 6pm (tentatively)

ok ? ok!  you can leave a messege here or ding the even page on Facebook

~Panda

I’d like to share with you all a few photos of the things I purchased this March as the month is coming to an end … unless I go out and buy something tomorrow then i’ll have to remake this! anyway here it is !

~ Panda

Panda where are you going with this? you’re probably asking right?  Well I noticed sometime after leaving high school that those noisy, somewhat dark yet still flashy places we used to go to called Arcades have disappeared and it makes me a little sad you know because you will always remember the first time you walked through those doors the sights and sounds of an arcade were truly awe inspiring…at least to a 5-6 year old or however old you were when you first went to an arcade.  I know I was all over the place! I wanted to see what was on all the screens, sit in the chair of Outrun or Space Harrier. Yeah.. you know what i’m talking about! So I been thinking that you know A&C World and Hero’s World are doin good you know having a gaming area and stuff, but the hours dont agree with some schedules.  I thought maybe a project for an arcade in a sense… gaming cafe perhaps o.O  I’m not really sure what to call it because it’s really just a thought a project in its very infantile stages.

Gaming has really helped me a lot over the years and more so these last few years  as anyone who reads this knows I’d lost my hearing, but also now have an implant for hearing and that itself troubles me a little when job searching.  I was thinking having this sure it’s a job, but it would one I would enjoy having all sorts of people walk in both new and old.  Our FGC also needs more places to shine more places to meet, train, battle, and just have a good time.  I also thought this place should be able to live stream gameplay whether it’s a fighter or tetris. While I know not much about organizing a tournament, nor do I know about managing a business… I am willing to learn or perhaps this is just a wild fantasy and that panda talks to himself too much >.> I do … I sometimes get answers too!  Well in any case, my friends and followers who read this please let me know your thoughts on this you know how to reach me !

Thanks for listening to me babble as always!

~ Panda