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Represent your presence at Box Sessions Live with an Official BSL Shirt! Please contact info@theboxarena.com for sizes and sweater options.
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Represent your presence at Box Sessions Live with an Official BSL Shirt! Please contact info@theboxarena.com for sizes and sweater options.
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The Box Arena Stream line-up is expanding! We have the burning passion of a Level 3 X-Factor Phoenix for Fighting Games, but we can't just love one genre of gaming! The Box Arena crew loves all genres of video gaming. From Puzzles games, Shooters, Action games, RPG's and MOBA's. Our diversity is what makes us great team.
Our stream director, NAT-mECHA, will begin streaming his favorite Online PC games with Live commentary. Ranging from Star Wars of The Old Republic, League of Legends, Diablo 3 beta, and more!
Be sure to watch on Twitch.tv/theboxarena. Streaming daily during his free times. Be sure to follow him on twitter @NATmECHA for updates.
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The Box Arena will be running Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom III and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 2012
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Awesome packaging, maybe not as obsessively nice like Razer's, but definitely a step up from Logitechs. The box is made of hard cardboard with a magnetic flap and a foam insert for a snug fit. Upon pickup you can instantly tell this is no budget mouse- gaming or not. The package includes a nice case that encloses the custom pieces and weights to ensure nothing gets lost.
Second Impression
Damn this mouse feels good! Within the past ten years I've owned just about every iconic gaming mouse that has come out; from the very first Logitech MX500 to the more recent Razer Mamba. I must say this mouse feels distinctly more solid than the rest. The mouse has an aluminum frame with rubber feet that glide noticably smoother than any of my previous mice.
Customization.
The biggest selling point of this mouse (besides its rediculous 6400 dpi) is the ability to customize the overall shape. The Rat 7 includes a total of 3 palm rests that vary among heights and textures. These palm rests also have the ability to slide up and down the aluminum frame to adjust to different hand sizes or grip styles. The package also includes three different pinky rests. One of these rests is vastly different from any other mouse as it allows a place for your pinky to rest as opposed to be being dragged along the mouse pad. The thumb rest can also be adjusted outwards or up and down the frame to suit wider grips. Along the thumb rest the mouse not only has the usual forward and back buttons, but also a third button that switches to a custom DPI for as long as the button is
held.. yup, perfect for sniping! The mouse also comes with adjustable weights, although even with all the weights removed I found the mouse to be a bit on the heavier side. To the left of the mouse click button resides a unique "mode button" that allows you to switch the six buttons to different presets. On the software side, the Cyborg program lets you customize 4 DPI settings for on the fly switching. The program also lets you set the presets for the "mode" button and even allows you to create macros.
Overall I am extremely pleased with the Rat 7 Albino. The mouse is in a class of its own with the aluminum chassis and solid construction. The customization is unparalleled for a mouse and I love the seemingly rubber/velvet felt material that's wraped around the top of the mouse and the front left and right click buttons. One thing to note is the left and right click buttons are slightly angled outwards towards the right which, although this a more
natural position for your middle and index fingers, I found it a bit uncomfortable at first but I am adjusting to it quickly.
-Kuizzy Ef Baby
Purchase the Cyborg RAT 7 here and enter promo-code BOXARENA for 10% off!
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This coming Sunday is going to be full of excitment for The Fighting Game Community! Creative, Complexity, and CrossCounter.tv are presenting Bar Fights featuring many groups and companies including that of The Box Arena. We will be bringing 3 fighters; Viscant and Dios X representing us for UMVC and Steinmania representing us for SSF4:AE.
The event is free so if you can make it out to the Hunter Street Studio, be there by 5PM.
If you are unable to attend the event in person, watch the streams! Yes, I did say streams. Team Sp00ky will be streaming the main event and The Box Arena will run the secondary stream featuring Street Fighter Cross Tekken!
I suggest being there in person; Bar Fights are always Hype.
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a state of empathetic happiness and joy experienced when an individual's romantic partner experiences happiness and joy through an outside source, including, but not limited to, another romantic interest. ...
Although that Defininition is amusing.. I think somewhere along the line someone edited it slightly from its true meaning which is similar but a lot more general:
Total joy over another person's happiness
Now... If you live in San Diego when you hear the word Frubble you think of this:
See, here in San Diego we have a family owned Boba Shop called "Frubble" the owners Mark and Caroline Baker opened Frubble about 2 and a half years ago to introduce East County San Diego to Boba. If you are familiar with the area, you would know that East County San Diego is farm country, boondocks, Red-neckville... or just a bunch of white people and casinos. Mark was introduced to Boba by his wife Caroline and started to grow extremely fond of it. Around that time was when he decided Boba can easily become and addiction, but a good one.
Determined to introduce more people to Boba, Mark decided to open his own Boba shop right smack in the middle of East County. There were many names that crossed Mark's mind, but when he thought of Frubble it just stuck. Frubble.. "Fruit + Bubble".
Another thing about Mark is that he is a HUGE Google guy, Android enthusiast AND gamer. He even has a blog for all things smart phone, wrote a manual on how to easily use an adroid phone AND is in the process of making his 2nd app for Android! From WOW.. to LOL... and now on to Street Fighter and Marvel, he loves and supports all games. His dream for Frubble was to have a great Boba shop open to everyone from bands, youth groups, families, birthday parties and of course, gamers.
At this point, you are probably wondering why you are reading this... and why The Box Arena (being a tournament organizing company) is writing about a Boba shop. The answer is simple, The Box Arena has finally found its home...The Box Arena Console Arcade is now inside of Frubble. From open to close there are PS3s, Asus monitors, and copies of UMVC3 and SSFIV:AE available to anyone...for FREE!
With space to hold 100, Frubble's doors are open 7 days a week from 11am to 10pm and on Friday and Saturday he will keep is doors open until midnight or even later if needed.
For me being an event organizer, there is nothing better than a free venue with great food, drinks, and staff...there's no reason to go anywhere else. All you have to do now is ask yourself this:
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Aesthetically speaking, the Detonator is one of the better looking headsets currently on the market. Unlike some of the more bulkier headsets available, the Detonator is lightweight with a sleek plastic design painted in jet black from every angle. The leather padding around the ears is very comfortable, but only time will tell if the padding is susceptible to tears and cracking usually produced from sweat. The ergonomic design is extremely comfortable and personally didn’t produce any strain or fatigue when gaming for long periods of time. The earpieces even swivel so when you take your Detonator off, it can rest comfortably on your shoulders.
Functionality plays a key part in what separates one gaming accessory from another, and in this department, the Detonator doesn’t exactly revolutionize gaming headsets nor does it do anything wrong. If you didn’t know already, this would be a good time to mention that the Detonator is a wired, not wireless gaming headset. The wire that connects the headset to the Xbox 360 is ridiculously long. This is a good thing if your Xbox setup is in a living room where the console is a long distance away from your seating position. However, this can be an inconvenient thing when you have a Xbox 360 setup like mine where the monitor, Xbox, and seating area is very close together. Unless you use a zip tie or rubber band, you will have a lot of slack on the wire. Attached to the wire is the audio control that is small yet functional. Standard mute, sound control, and mic control are all here with an extra feature called Selectable Voice Monitoring (SVM), which allows the user to choose to hear their own voice in the headset. The microphone itself is standard sized, fully adjustable, and presents the option of being able to remove the microphone when not needed. The quality of my voice through the microphone was clear, however I wish my own volume could be adjusted a little higher due to comments about my microphone volume being too low.
The reason that the Detonator surpasses any other gaming headset in its price range is the sound quality. For a sub $100 gaming headset I was very impressed by how distortion free and clear the Detonator is. I’ll state now that the only weakness about the sound quality is that the Detonator is lacking in the highs while the bass and the lows are very prevalent and crisp. In other words, when there is an airstrike being called in Call of Duty, the deep rumble of bombs dropping overhead will sound crystal clear with high quality. However, the higher pitched sounds of spells being cast in Final Fantasy are going to sound like it lacks that same clarity. The distortion free quality is a huge asset to anyone who cranks up the volume to near max settings. When not attached to the Xbox 360, the Detonator is fully compatible with a PC, MP3 player, or any device with a 3.5mm headphone jack for listening to music or videos. Keep in mind if you don’t like turning the volume up high when listening to your MP3 player, sticking with normal earbuds may be better than carrying around the Detonator on the go.
With a more than respectable price, the Tritton Detonator is the Xbox 360 headset of choice for its comfortable design, stunning sound quality, and all the features one would expect.
- Andre Butler for The Box Arena
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As you may all know, Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom is less than a month away. Because this is our last chance, The Box Arena and San Diego would like to hold one last event for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Frubble @ 9628 Carlton Hills Blvd, Santee CA 92071
Sign Ups 10am-12pm
Tournament starts no later than 12:30
Bring your own Stick!
We've banned the use of wireless controllers since we have had several issues with them interrupting games.
$12 buy in ($10 to the pot, $2 to Venue)
We pay out according to our Variable payout structure seen here:
We will be raffling a TE stick and some Tshirts as well. Come hungry! Frubble has great sandwiches, wraps, boba, and smoothies. For every $4 you spend you get another raffle ticket for a chance to win!
*Singles format
*Double Elimination
*64 man cap
We use all Asus VH236 monitors and PS3s
All of our setups including our live streamed main stage have been lag tested for our players
Bring your own stick/controller. Due to time constraints we will not hold matches to wait for someones stick in use.
If you are interested in attending please post so we can get an idea of how many people are coming!
for any questions please email hunebee.gentry@gmail.com or info@theboxarena.com
Saturday 10/15 Random 2v2 Tournament 6pm!
$5 each person ($3 to pot, $2 to the Box) <--no drink ticket for tournament (the ticket is for raffle so keep it!!)
5 PS3 setups
HDR
3S
MVC3
Vanilla
AE
Double Elimination
RANDOM characters/stage/game (whatever tv # is called is the game you play)
Any setups with any other games are welcome!! Casuals are ok, the place is all ours. Seasons Beatings will be on the big TV for viewing...lets just make sure we support Frubble and Eat/Drink while we are there! See you Saturday!