Here's a cool video on some of the action that went down at UGTL 5. Footage taken by Machinima & narrated by Mr. Sar. If you pay close attention, you can spot cameo appearances from The Box Arena.

Source: Machinima

 According to the Official Website, Street Fighter 4 has been completey filled in less than 24 hrs. On the other hand, there are still some available spots for Tekken 6. Here's an exclusive promo vid of the Street Fighter Legend, Alex Valle .

Source: Level|Up Tournament

 Alex Valle's Project Blocks (Level Up Tournament) is now available for sign ups. Head over to Galaxy For Gamer$ to register. Player entry is capped at 64 and is expected to fill up quick, so make sure your spot is secured.

NOTE: If the registration cap has been reached, do check back every so often because some spots may open due to non-payment by the registrants.

Date: February 27, 2010, 9am - 11pm

Registration Fee: $10 per game, no venue fee!

Amenities: All-day bar, eating area with tables, and game play area all in one room!

Venue:
Dave & Buster's - "The Show" Room, The Block at Orange
20 City Boulevard West
Orange, CA 92868
(714) 769-1515



Source: Level|Up Series Tournament

Thanks to UGTL for putting out a great event! Only criticism would be to use regions for bracket creation. :P Helps promote less salty rides. Congratulations to the winners- ComboFiend(1st), ComboJack(2nd), and OnlineTony(3rd). Good job to San Diego for taking a few spots at Top 8- OceansideDoods, Repulse, and ShadyK(you should've done better IMO :P). Great job to DJFrankFresh for bringing the beats! This is the 1st time that we've heard Frank play we are very proud and impressed by his work! We had a blast on this one! See you at the next one!

-NAT-mECHA

Here are more pictures from the event

Winners of UGTL Tournament

Just another day of SD getting beasted by ShadyK *cries*

Friends <3

DJ FrankFresh in the house!!!

Repulse and OceansideDoods in Top 8! Good Job!

Mike Ross "I'm not picking Honda on you, You play Kui all the time"

It's like poster for the best of SFIV ... minus BJ Len LoL LoL

More Pictures at our SmugMug Page!

We at The Box Arena are very excited to finally hear what Alex Valle had up his sleeve.
Info from the Official Website.

After weeks of teasing, confusion, fake leads and rumors, the details of Project Blocks have been released. See the following news release after the jump.

Local group looks to Level|Up the Fighting Game Community

Level|Up, a new venture forged on the principles and style of the 'old-school' fighting game community, announced its first tournament today. Previously referred to as “Project Blocks,” the "SoCal Level|Up Tournament" is the debut event of the Level|Up group and is set to take place on February 27, 2010 at Dave & Buster's at The Block at Orange.

In conjunction with sponsors such as Galaxy4Gamers, Mad Catz, and Triumvir, the much-anticipated event will be a 64-man Street Fighter 4 and Tekken 6 Tournament featuring top West Coast players competing for prizes and a bonus pot of $1000. The event will also serve as grounds for Galaxy4Gamers’ debut of Beat-The-Pro, an online service where gamers can play against a Pro player for cash prizes.

High quality, live tournament coverage will be available at www.levelup-series.com and is brought to you by Level|Up’s media specialists AJ ‘PotatoHead’ Papa, Bryan ‘Cicada’ Gateb, and Frank ‘shinginh’ Reyes.

“For more than 12 years, I have acquired priceless experience and knowledge from all realms in the fighting game community,” said Jimmy ‘ShinJN’ Nguyen, Chief Operations Officer and Tournament Co-Director of Level|Up. “It’s about time I take this procured knowledge and focus it on something I have been a part of for so long. Through this first of many events to come, I hope to reinstate the overwhelming drive, passion, and motivation of the seasoned generation into the newer generation of fighting game players.”

“This event will be my debut as a tournament director,” said Alex ‘CaliPower’ Valle, Chief Executive Officer of Level|Up. “The fighting game community needs more than just a great player. With a talented and dedicated team, our goal to present the highest production value to the scene is what the community deserves.”

Source: Levelup-Series

DJFrankFresh, Technical advisor for The Box Arena Multimedia Team and Corn Nuts & 40 oz connoisseur, will be performing this weekend at UGTL5! We are all excited to see his performance with his Musical stylin' as well as beasting on SF4. Hope to see everyone there!

-NAT-mECHA

For more info click the images below:

Ninja Warriors Vs. Rosemead

Kim Chi & Chitlins Vs. UMAD

 More To Come: DJ Frank Fresh