The Gamestop Finals this weekend, as I’m sure you’ve come to see by now, were a HUGE deal.  Probably a way bigger deal than anybody thought they were going to be at the start of all this Gamestop hoopla (conflicting tourney days, no sticks allowed, etc), so congrats to Justin Wong for taking it!  Everybody who wasn’t there really, really missed out.  But the good news is, there is some really good coverage of the event out there.

Also, just wanted to give a quick shoutout to to the geniuses at The Marketing Arm, who is the company that put together the entire event (as well as the Gamestop Citywalk tournament back in February).  Mark, Josh, Melissa and John all did an absolutely fantastic job of not only putting together an amazing event, but also working with a bunch of SF4 goons like myself, so big thank yous to them for taking care of me and everyone else this weekend.  The choices they made with the accommodations (Sheraton at Fisherman’s Wharf) as well as flying out Daigo, Iyo and Pungko just go to show that they really did their homework on this community and went all out to put together an amazing event that everyone will remember for years to come.  Also, if you didn’t hear, the event raised $4,000 and 500 lbs. of food for the Second Chance Harvest Food Bank.  THIS IS STREET FIGHTER 4!

Coverage

EventHubs has a really good breakdown of the results and also included some pictures from my Twitter feed so thanks to them for the link back!

Kineda has some great-looking photos of the event (including the one you see above) and also has videos of the finals (Justin Wong vs. Mike Ross), as well as the exhibition matches between Justin, Daigo, Iyo and Pungko.  Enjoy!

UPDATE:

Pixelated Geek has more good coverage from an actual girl!  Wow!  Girls like SF4 too!  I think they have the only picture I’ve seen of Daigo actually smiling.  Also a huge picture of the big ass trophy Justin won.  Thank you Kyle aka Coyotegrey from Minnesota, who was also one of the Top 16 Finalists, who sent me the link and was one of the cool guys I met this weekend.

Seth at Capcom Unity has a good writeup as well as the international exhibition round robin results in grid format and a kickass gallery.