Shout outs to Sham Wows.

Whoa smug da beast for the repeat, go east coast!

You thought USFIV was over didn't you?

Japan is saying goodbye to SFIV in style with 2 massive team tournaments!

STARTING OVER -Fight Your Rivals- / STARTING OVER -Holy Winter Mix-

Streams:

• Main stream: http://www.twitch.tv/kagecchi
• Secondary stream: http://www.twitch.tv/kagecchi

When?

• 19/12/2015 for the 3v3 tournament at ~10:30 local time. (Converter) Schedule: http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/33/7d/74bc474ee836351192b484c9816aef1a.png
• 20/12/2015 for the 5v5 tournament at ~10:30 local time. (Converter) Schedule: http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/50/8a/e1cd65bd7ee8c98e4998630906fa3a2f.png

Where?

• CLUB SEGA Shinjuku Nishiguchi, Tokyo, Japan

What?

Fight Your Rivals:

• • 3v3 USFIV tournament. Character lock.
  • 15 teams have already qualified (by winning local tournaments) and one more team will qualify on the day.
  • Qualified teams: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/uri_kagecchi/e/a116bcbbb887b7031e9d3d7a1da0a60c#daihyo
  • Players you might have heard of: EBI, Reiketsu, NISHIKIN, Sasaki, Zangitan, Yossan, aiai, Gonzalez, MDR, Gachikun, Kitasenju DJ, Hagejin, StormKubo, Dashio, etc.

Holy Winter Mix:

• • 5v5 USFIV tournament. Character lock.
  • 95 teams (!)
  • Team list: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/uri_kagecchi/e/f12e421c64e01b57c9f8963bcf458192 + http://blog.goo.ne.jp/uri_kagecchi/e/3eda8e6ecf97f373a4a649db35b321ea
  • Brackets: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/uri_kagecchi/e/76ada2febd16b769a8af857f38c8b9e7 + http://blog.goo.ne.jp/uri_kagecchi/e/0189bf3f2c82fb3a4c13afd41c1e5b67
  • Highlighted teams:
    • Team no. 44 = いけんく (Haitani, Cabbage, Machaboo, Itazan, Madokagoku neurosis)
    • Team no. 60 = 猫ぱんち (Nyanshi, Misse, Nemo, YHC-Mochi and Kazunoko)
    • Team no. 86 = 新宿タイステ村 (Kyoku, NISHIKIN, Nekojita, Tonpy, Inco)
    • Team no. 94 = 指喧 (Kichijoji Ken, Santarou, -R-, Shiro, Dashio)
    • Conspicuous in their absence: Topanga/Mad Catz players.

Additional info:

• Fight Your Rivals: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/uri_kagecchi/e/a116bcbbb887b7031e9d3d7a1da0a60c
• Holy Winter Mix: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/uri_kagecchi/e/0d17f56fd49c1dc16e6c2c1a9e37999c
• Both: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/uri_kagecchi

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That well tailored jacket on tokido.

Upcoming Street Fighter V Beta Open to All PlayStation Plus Subscribers in Japan

Well damn.

https://www.facebook.com/ShadowLogic/photos/a.10150090320888458.271968.305184743457/10153413938063458/?type=3

Oh man that's a bummer. ;_;

I will always remember this as the tourney where Mike Ross did a full screen Ultra on reaction to a back dash...and he will always tell loyal Capcom Pro Talk viewers about it whenever he gets the chance.

Does AUS have other big tourneys besides SS?

That sucks. I remember the first Shadowloo Showdown being pretty hype, but I haven't caught it in recent years. I don't know what the FGC in Australia is like but hopefully they get another CPT event soon.

@gaspower: Yep when Mike Ross beat MAGO-SAN and everyone lost there minds.

SS was always hype. Hope the community down under keeps there scene going and gets another major.

Snake Eyez' Cultivation video series came to an end today as well:

Glad he ended up doing well at Capcom Cup Finals so they could close this out on a high note.

So as requested in another topic. I had a few rounds on Killer Instinct today against some friends. I was pretty poor, but I did manage to win a match. I was using Jago versus one of the season 2 characters (whichever one that is 80% off today, the ghost/ghoul looking character in season 2). Due to my friend playing more with fast paced/jump attack characters, he was unable to fathom how to use the new character so I managed to get a few throw downs (the thing when you pick up the other character and chuck them forwards or backwards) and a few counter attacks/fireballs. The other matches did not go so well, but I did manage to start trying to put into play the jump attack = stand to block, standing attack = low block and trying to not rush in. Some lessons were learnt and I hope to keep playing the game. Good times.

I look forward to seeing what Street Fighter V can do and whether getting in early on that would actually be helpful for a rookie like myself.

Why is Kamiya so based.

@johnlocke: Fighting games can be very different from one another but there are some general basics like spacing and timing which will help you no matter which game you're playing.

Judging by what you posted I'm going to say you should at least get to know the characters in the game so you have a general idea who each character is and what they can do. Nothing specific yet, just get a general idea.

Which game are you talking about?

But yeah some great advise in the other thread. Are there any tournaments where KI shows up or is Street Fighter and Marvel versus Capcom the ones that tend to be most played?

@johnlocke: Any game you are playing! (KI in this case.)

KI is played at tournaments but is usually not one of the main games due to its limited release. It might get a boost once the PC version comes out.

The current kings of the competitive scene are (more or less in this order) USFIV, Smash Melee, Smash 4, MKX, Xrd and UMVC3. USFIV will most likely be replaced by SFV when that comes out.

@johnlocke: The next big tournament is Kumite in Tennessee (KIT for short). @flstyle or @hassun will probably post in this thread with the details when it gets closer. KI might wrap up on Saturday but it should get streamed by someone. You'll just have to check the schedule. In the meantime I would recommend following Maximilian_DOOD and OMGWTFZombieBBQ (groan) on twitch as they stream KI pretty regularly.

@johnlocke: @hippie_genocide: KiT is a while off. This weekend we have the aforementioned STARTING OVER tournaments I might post something about KOF GCC Dubai which is on Christmas. We'll see.

Other than that it's going to be pretty quiet until KiT. We might get the GB chat for Games Done Quick but that's not really FGC-related of course.

It looks like Japan is starting up the SFV competition early as they are going to have a 64-player tournament on 23 December!

Stream:

• http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv245417154

Where?

• TKP Shinjuku Conference Center Hall 4A, Tokyo, Japan.

When?

• Wednesday 23 December at 12:00 local time. (time converter)

Additional info:

• Website: http://wellplayed.jp/sfv/
• No entry fee.

I shouldn't be surprised anymore by the reactions and salt coming from the SFV Betas but man is it funny.

Of course it's all Combofiends fault.

Thanks all. Some good info there.

How does this Street Fighter 5 tournament work in Japan then, is the game out there?

@johnlocke: Nope, game is gonna release 02/16 in US and UK and 02/18 in Japan. Capcom is providing the setups for the tournament with whatever build they're bringing.

@johnlocke: No, Capcom is just showing off the game, which is happening to involve a tournament

@johnlocke: There are various locations (trade shows etc.) with the current or belated beta form of the game all around the world, I'm assuming they just collected several of the present build and set them up for a tourney, for a 64 man tourney they would only need 2 setups but they'll probably use 4-6.

Well this is a surprise. There is actually another USFIV tournament happening this weekend.

What?

• We've talked about Kakutop League before. It's more or less Europe's equivalent of the Topanga League (although it uses invites and not qualifying tournaments to determine who enters).
• This event will be a bit different though. It's a France vs UK 8v8 tournament to determine which country is the strongest in Europe.
• The teams are:
  • • • France: Louffy, Valmaster, Will2pac, Damascus, Perplex, Abdess, Solidjin and Akainu
      • UK: Ryan Hart, ProblemX, ProFluke, Afii, RMZ, Hurricane, Packz and ISDD

When?

• 20 December 2015 at 18:00~19:00 local time. (time converter)

Where?

• France

Stream:

• http://www.twitch.tv/gaminglive_tv1

Additional info:

• https://twitter.com/KenBogard
• https://twitter.com/GamingLive

@hassun: Oh man I remember watching it last year, was pretty sick. I don't speak a word of French, but I do recommend checking out the FR stream for Ken Bogard's crazy hype as a commentator: it transcends the language barrier.

Also if what I heard, that the beta goes live Fri. at noon PST, then the gods of Capcom have a grudge against me as that is right when I go to work after 2 days off, followed by an all-day family event, followed by an early work day :/

Kazunoko and Misse were guests on Capcom TV today. They played some SFV as well!

@hassun: This just reinforces that FANG is gonna be annoying as hell.

@hmoney001: His cr. fierce looks like a godlike anti-air.

ESL has revealed the details of the MKX Season 2 finals: http://www.eslgaming.com/article/esl-mortal-kombat-x-pro-league-season-2-finals-get-fatal-january-24-2464

• January 24, 2016
• ESL America Studios, Burbank, California
• $100,000 USD prize pool
• The top 16 players based on ESL MKX Pro League points will be flown to the double elimination tournament to compete in front of a live audience.
• Top 8 gets paid. 60K for the victor.
• twitch.tv/NetherRealm

Uniel is 10 bucks on PSN right now if anyone's interested; I sort of am since learning more games makes you understand the FGC better, bit by bit.

@fredchuckdave: I have it and really like the game... but I just find hooking up my PS3 to my monitor to be a pain. Instead of that, for the moment I'm trying to get way more back into 3S :D

@fredchuckdave: Ojou-sama 4 life.

Just remember it's coming to PC and there is a new version of UNIEL coming as well.

@hassun: True, but the PC version of UNIEL isn't going to be out till next summer, and as far as we know it won't be the version that will be on console by that point. Which is a real pity, because from what I've heard the newest version of under night is waaaayyy more balanced than current console under night.

Just read the news.

So EVO SFV on steam machines? ;)

@hmoney001: that's such a bizarre thing. I mean, does Capcom think Steam Machines are going to be a big hit? I don't see how Sony stands to gain here...

@hmoney001: You should really add the actual news post/article/tweet/etc. if nobody else has done so.

@hassun: Fine fine.

http://www.capcom-unity.com/combofiend/blog/2015/12/17/announcing-steam-os-support-for-sfv

Does extra compatibility hurt them though? The game's already coming to Steam and people are more likely to want to play on a TV. Why not support SteamOS?

SFV Beta Status:

http://shoryuken.com/2015/12/21/daigo-umehara-donates-capcom-cup-winnings-to-evo-scholarship-fund/

Holy shit!

Just came here to post this. Guess the mangas are doing well huh?

Daigo the GOAT.

@starvinggamer: He would have to be really rich for 60K to not affect him at all. Whether he actually needed the money or not, it's insanely generous.

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@hmoney001: Legendary player. May he keep on fighting for many years to come because we're lucky to have him.

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Bonus: Nice review of sorts of the Capcom Cup Finals: http://www.goldper10.com/article/2896.html

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Tekken Ball mode! :belair

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Speaking of tournaments, the biggest SFIII tournament in history will take place on January 10 2016.

Cooperation Cup vol.14 is a 5v5 team tournament and will feature pretty much all of the greatest SFIII players of all time (except for Kuroda).

89 Teams so that means a staggering 445 players!

The tournament will be streamed on twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/gamenewton) and should start at about 10:00 local (Japan) time.

There is also a pre-Cooperation Cup tournament happening on the 9th.

Teams, characters and more info can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tz-VdyCNlTfVxJPLOmbYkVgqkj1IAnwMAd4KidRXSW8/edit

Info video: https://youtu.be/YBfotSuEw6U

@hassun: Looking forward to watching the Co-op cup, was super cool to watch last year. The pre cup last year was a series of mirror matches so you actually got to see low tier characters not have to fight an uphill battle for once.

@belegorm: Not sure if we'll have a new thread by then but I'll try to make a more official post for it closer to when it's actually happening.

Also saw this:

With Dieminion's recent comments and his new dedication to Xrd I wonder how much of a fight he'll put up.