31st May2013

Rich “FilthieRich” Bantegui Announces His Departure from Namco Bandai Games

by Rip

Today on Facebook, Rich “FilthieRich” Bantegui announced his departure from Namco Bandai. Rich has been the Community Manager since just after the MLG 2010 season for Tekken 6 came to an end and has basically been with Namco through the development and release of TTT2. It was definitely nice having someone from within the fighting game community be represented within the corporate walls of Namco Bandai and Rich has left some big shoes to be filled.

Here is his announcement in its entirety (very well written and I think everyone involved in their gaming community should read it):
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02nd Feb2013

SCR 2013 – Tekken Tag 2 – Pools – Day 2 ft. Kane, FilthieRich, Inkog, JFJ, Aris and more

by Rip

Socal Regionals 2013 is in the books, but Tekken Tag 2 didn’t get any stream time for the pools so I captured most of it by camcorder. If you didn’t catch Day 1 Pools action, check out this post. Here is the playlist for ALL of the matches containing both Day 1 and Day 2. Players include Kane, Mr. Naps, Inkognito, FilthieRich, JustFrameJames, Aris, K30, Alexman, Jackie_tran and MORE! There are also a couple of Top 16 matches included in the FULL PLAYLIST. Check out some samples below: