Ok fleas & disease it's like this:

On my Birthday Eve, we went to my dawg's crib seeing that Mani opened his mouth and issued an open-ended challenge saying that he could beat us at just about any fighting game.  So with Dave and I being who we are, accepted the challenge.  After we were done @ D&B (Dave and Busters), the crew was ready to head over to Ant's crib and handle business.  Mr. Zayas was ready to punk out and say he was tired & wanted to catch some sleep.  Slight problem: his ride had already decided to join us to watch the beat downs.  So at this time, Mr. Zayas had 3 options: (1) go with us, (2), call his people @ 12:30 at night to pick him up (and possibly risking getting his @$$ chewed out), or (3) calling a cab, costing major chedderage.  So tell me boys & girls, which was the smart choice?  *hearing the screams of choice number 1 and one person saying choice 3*  Excellent choice kiddies.

[In my defense, I was merely responding to Dave's challenge of being able to beat just about anyone in any fighting game... and as for me backing out, I had been handing out generous portions of 'Dat Ass (TM) in Tekken 4 earlier that eve, so I figured that my work was done. -- Mani]

     So we get to Ant's and the 1st game we fired up is the new X-Men Game on the PS2.  Everyone is doing a good job & everything, and eventually gets bored with it & is salivating 4 some Capcom/SNK 2.  This is where the competition gets ugly.  In my team of 3, only 2 of my fighters remain constant: E. Honda and Sagat.  I usually rotate between the following: Ryu, Kyosuke, Akuma, Shin Akuma, Vega, and the str8 up freak, Vice.  @$$ beatings are handed out around the table by everyone.  So after a while I get tired & crash in a corner by the 60-inches.  I guess a couple of hours l8r, I was in that mode of sleep where you are still conscious of your surroundings.  So first thing I hear: "Ok, Mani needs to get taken down and soon."

     On that note, I wake up to see Mr. Zayas with a Level 4 Cammy beating the piss out of everyone.  So while still relaxing on the floor, I hold my hand out to have someone pass me the controller.  Once again, Mr. Zayas picks Cammy @ Level 4.  I had thought about going with a 3 man team, but decided on just a team of 2.  That team being Honda and Sagat both at Level 2 with the Capcom Groove selected.

     Now by all accounts, L4 Cammy should be more powerful than a L2 Honda...and technically speaking she was, as far as dealing damage was concerned.  But Mr. Zayas failed to remember one very important fact:  E. Honda was the very first character I ever used in Street Fighter II...and I guess what they say is true: You never forget your first....even with all the changes they made over the years on him.  My skills with Ryu, Ken, Akuma, and ultimately Sagat developed many years later.  So back to Honda & Sagat vs. Cammy.  I start off the match with Honda.  I usually have him as the heavy hitter & use my other fighters as clean up & finisher.

     However, in this case, that did not happen.  What ended up happening was that Honda, the big bad supreme Yokozuna that he is (and yes he is one and not Yakuza.  There is a difference...although.......*rubbing chin thoughtfully*), took care of the entire situation single handed.  After the severe beating of an SAS Brainwashed Bimbo Blonde now Melvin Bison's (yes that is Bison's first name & it has been proven) main Urban Street-Walker (if you don't know what that is, then you don't need to know), everyone looked on in sheer shock as Honda got Cammy hooked on crack.  But what really got everyone was when I said something to the equivalent of the following, even though I still don't remember what I said exactly: "Shut up & go home and drink yo mama's milk" and promptly handed the controller to whoever and went back to sleep.

Now.....a lot of you are gonna be saying "Naw man that didn't happen, there's no way that could happen and yadda yadda yadda."  Well if you do not believe my words, then I have 4 other witnesses that can testify to what I just recounted.  If you have questions or wanna try to flame or whatever the case may be, drop lines to BigKameHame@hotmail.com and I'll be more than happy to answer each and every one of them, whether you like the answer or not.  And to answer your question Mr. Zayas....you called down the Thunder, got the Lightning and got burned....now you want the full destructive force of the Monsoon Hurricane with the bad @$$ Safari Punch!  Alright then......prepare....... to....... Get....... ROCKED!!!!!!!!

-- Tigrr

[I can attest fully that this is how the match went down, no doubt about that. But now that the challenge has been accepted, it is officially ON... stay tuned, loyal disciples of Club Ninja, for this saga is FAR from over! -- Mani]