The games Echo Park party people play

http://theeastsiderla.comWhat do you need to throw a successful Echo Park party?  For party host Bryan Marquez, the essentials include carne asada, beer, a DJ and an XBox 360. Make that three Xbox game consoles...

Retro Dojo Productions - UGTL Coverage

http://retrodojo.comUGTL - The Underground Tournament League is an event where videogame tournaments are held, and RetroDojo and Angry Bananas are there to cover it!

Gamer’s Delight: UGTL Hosts Echo Park Street Fighter Competition

http://chinashopmag.com...Saturday, I headed over to the Rec Center Studio in Echo Park for UGTL’s Street Fighter 4 Xbox tournament.  What an event!  By the time I arrived, over 250 people had already packed the warehouse, drink and joystick in hand.  It was a full on smorgasbord of gamer delight.  There was a large brick wall with a fire pit and white leather couches on which people sat, drank, and watched as old-school commercials for video games were projected on the adjacent wall.  In the back of the warehouse, a Pixel Drip art gallery was going on, complete with live artist demonstrations...

Super Street Fighter IV: The UGTL Tournament in Echo Park (Underground Tournament League)

http://machinima.comWe catch up with the UGTL 6 Super Street Fighter 4 and Street FIghter 4 tournament in Echo Park, California.

EVENTS - Underground Tournament League

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...I’ve had the opportunity to speak at length with the Business Director (Daniel Brown) and a UGTL resident artist (J. Salvador), and the excitement surrounding these events is contagious: Gaming, art, music, and community have been together since back in the arcade days. Unfortunately, arcades have practically gone out of business. Kids miss out on that valuable community experience, and they only realize it when they attend events like UGTL tournaments. It’s addicting – they get a rush they don’t get sitting at home, and they meet their competitors and see how they play. Still, UGTL is about more than just competition. The art and music components make everyone feel at home, and even non-players end up having a great time while supporting their community. I’m especially excited about the future of our live art and gallery. It all started with a couple of live artists painting some Street Fighter scenes and characters, and it took off as an attraction of its own. Just another reminder that video games and art go hand in hand...

Underground Tournament League: Proving Ground Special w/ Mr Sark (Fighting Game Event Coverage)

http://machinima.comMachinima Respawn visited a local Los Angeles Street Fighter tournament called the Underground Tournament League where Mr Sark discovered piles of tacos! Jackpot! Here's some footage from our trip to UGTL5!

Major Props to UGTL and Angry Bananas!

http://allisfighter.com...An entire warehouse emptied out just for video games! It had a performance stage where DJ's would set up and spin their (censored), a casual lounge where players who didn't enter the tournament can just relax with others and play some games, from Golden Eye 007 to Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, a hookah lounge where...obviously lol, an open bar, some sick $1 tacos, which really hit the spot after not having eaten anything in the morning, and dogs roaming around like they own the place. It was quite a site...

Event Reviews - Underground Tournament League 5

http://un-wiredtv.com...at the UGTL 5 was a small area near the casual lounge where a few artists showed off their art skills, displaying their talents and putting their works they did that night on sale; and taking commissions on the spot. While the tournament was running and the casual lounge was filled with people socializing or playing games...

Underground Tournament League ready for battle

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...With that retreat, a gaming community was displaced. "Some of my fondest memories are going to the arcade and meeting people, hanging out with people," said Carlos Lopez of angrybananas.com, a Los Angeles-based gaming website. In a conscious return to social life, gamer and entrepreneur Bryan Marquez, 25, launched the Underground Tournament League (UGTL), giving gamers a renewed sense of place...

Warehouse Tournaments Let Gamers Get Down

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...Instead, out of unemployment he founded the Underground Tournament League (UGTL), an idea that you can throw one hell of a party -- and maybe even create something bigger and more meaningful -- if you bring together video game devotees, up-and-coming DJs, live art, home cooked food and cheap beer...

Street Fighter 4 and $1 Tacos: Building a Community

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The rise of Xbox Live and PSN have given us the luxury of on-demand multiplayer, but there's still something to be said for playing the old-fashioned way, face-to-face. Or in the case of the Underground Gaming Tournament League, playing with over 100 people in a huge warehouse decked out with TVs, video games, and game-related art...