THE CLUB

We love fighting games!

We love to play all types of fighting games! We meet every Friday from 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM at Institute Hall rooms 1140 & 1160. At these meetings, we run weekly tournaments for Guilty Gear -STRIVE-, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game, BlazBlue Central Fiction, and Under Night In-Birth Sys:Celes. Also, one Saturday per month we have an all-day event featuring tournaments for five non-main games. If tournaments aren't your thing or you are looking to just hang out, feel free to come and meet people and play some casual sets.

RANBATS

Guilty Gear -STRIVE-


Guilty Gear -STRIVE-

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game


Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game

BlazBlue Central Fiction


BlazBlue Central Fiction

Undernight In Birth II Sys:Celes


Undernight In Birth II Sys:Celes
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Current Executive Board

Max Smith

Max Smith, President

Fourth Year, Mechatronics Engineering Technology Major

Hi, my name is Max but you can call me bestbyak, every1 does. Jokes aside, I’ve been a big fan of fighting games for a long time. I would always watch them but never really played, as none of my friends liked them. When I came to RIT and saw the FGC club I knew it was the place for me, I’ve started playing the games I used to only watch and it has been a blast. Everyone here was incredibly friendly and welcoming to me, so my goal isn’t to make it what I already know it is; instead, my goal is to keep the club as amazing as it was when I joined and do my best to elevate it.

Katie Richardson

Katie Richardson, Vice President

Fourth Year, Computer Science Major

Having grown up with two older siblings I was introduced to video games at a young age. Despite constantly losing to my sister I was always very competitive and trying to get better. This led me to eventually surpass her and play at an above average level in a variety of games such as Tetris, Splatoon and Smash before I finally discovered anime fighters. This happened on a whim as my sister and I downloaded the demo for BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle on Switch and loved it. I later had Dragon Ball FighterZ gifted to me and didn’t like it at first, returning months later when I discovered that UI Goku was the coolest character ever and the rest is history. These days you’ll probably find me playing Under Night In-Birth II but, if you wanna play me in something just ask!

Grayson Abel

Grayson Abel, Treasurer

Second Year, Philosophy:Pre-law/Economics Major

I’ve been playing games since I was a kid. I played, and continue to play, practically anything, and that includes fighting games. The first fighting game I really got into was Tekken 6 which was introduced to me at a cousin's house, along with MvC3. I found a bunch of other fighting games along the way like King of Fighters, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and a bunch of different Capcom fighting games. Around this time I was also getting into Guilty Gear and trying to find different kinds of fighting games. I am always down to play pretty much anything because of this so if you ever ask me to play something I am down immediately and will happily play whatever game you want so feel free to ask me and say hi.

David Lusk

David Lusk, Secretary

Fourth Year, Electrical Engineering Technology Major

I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember, but I never played a lot of fighting games as a kid. Growing up, I mainly played flash games on my mom’s computer, but later I started playing all sorts of games, mainly souls-likes, metroid-vanias, and platformers, but I never really played fighting games. That is until one of my high school buddies introduced me to Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, and I immediately became hooked on the series and the genre, with the game’s fast-paced gameplay and sick combos. In my time at RIT, I got introduced to so many cool games like Blazblue Centralfiction, Under Night In-Birth, and most recently Avatar Legends. At Ranbats, you’ll probably find me wandering around playing whatever wacky game I feel like that day, so don’t be afraid to say hi!

Emerson Blin

Emerson Blin, Social Media Manager

Second Year, Chemistry Major

I was born at a young age very intrigued towards video games, always trying to get my hands on anything I might find fun and getting the most out of it. It has been a medium I have sunk an immeasurable amount of time into, and a big one of those time sinks has been fighting games. Starting with smash 4, stumbling my way around with a sideways wii remote, I eventually found my way into traditional fighters through Guilty Gear Strive and picking up Faust as my main. Strive has been a super fun game for me and started my streak of trying to find the biggest abomination on any roster and going “That one”. I can only hope that through my time here I can make it as welcoming a place to any that are veterans or are just curious, and I’m always down to try a new game even if I don’t know anything about it, so don’t be afraid to ask and say hi!

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