UGTL 5 Recap
Monday, February 1, 2010 at 8:32PM 
To put it plain and simple - it was awesome! We brought UGTL 5 back to Project Infest located in downtown LA, and people came from all over to join in the festivities of Street Fighter. Rightly named SFIV Fest, there were plenty of stations to get your game on, a well-rounded selection of DJs, different styles of artists putting their goods on display, and of course those famous $1 tacos. If you haven't heard it enough already, you really did miss out if you weren't there!
Let's talk about surprises... thank you Universal for providing the UGTL with all kinds of The Wolfman goodies! We showered the crowd with sweet shwag and made people werk-it for passes to The Wolfman premier at The Grove. Throughout the craziness of winning free tickets, you could enjoy some retro games in the casual lounge hosted by the dudes at Angry Bananas. Ting Boy brought his gear and modded sticks for those interested. RadNerd and Cipher12set up shop as well, make sure to check their websites for cool stuff. Free beer? Hell yeah! You could find a Tecate in everyone's hand, all day (until we ran out). It was a non-stop line of growling stomachs at the grill, those $1 tacos and quesadillas were too popular... so of course we ran out. There was so much going on, there was no way pictures did UGTL 5 any justice! 
We can proudly say this is the smoothest tournament we've ever run. We blasted right through the 62 entrants, and by the time we made it to the Top 8, we had DJ Frank Freshfrom San Diego's own Box Arena up on stage droppin' sick old school jams! The crowd was still pumped by the time we gave the victors of the night their cash-money. Congrats to Combofiend taking 1st, Combojack coming up in 2nd, and OnlineTony who finished it up in 3rd! Remember you get free entry into our next event, so come through and defend your place at the top.
Thanks again to everyone that makes any UGTL event possible. We have so much fun throwing together these gatherings, and we hope that you enjoy it to the fullest every time. See you at UGTL 6!
Reader Comments (3)
i have some suggestions.. cuz it was hard seeing where ur at in the brackets.. how about a white board? u can write the names on a board posted it on a wall so we can easily see where we are at instead of asking when am i up.
how about 2v2 tournament?
more quesadillas and taco! u guys ran out! where were the mix drinks :( ....
this is the best tourney in the who westcoast! maybe world
I was just wondering is this yearly thing or are these events throughout the year. I live in Kansas City and wanted to attend an event just trying to see how frequently they happen. Also is there a way to contact that Tingy dude that was doing the mods?
Jon, they started off monthly but since they've gotten so big we've dropped the frequency of the main event to be about bi-monthly/quarterly. Our next big one is scheduled for April 24th with its folllow-up being planned for early June. If you would like to contact tingboy, I would recommend lurking about the shoryuken.com forums seeing as how he is an active member there. If you have any other questions, please feel free to direct them to ugtl.info@gmail.com
Thanks for your interest!