TOPANGA Asia League Day2 summary

Info
- TOPANGA Asia League announced (rules, prizes, stream links, ticket links)
- Bon-chan qualifies for TOPANGA Asia League
- Player characters revealed
- Ringside seats offered
- Niconico Pro Tip: Time Shift

Previous posts
- TOPANGA Asia League Day 1 summary

 Commentators
- R
- Kazunoko

Opening skit
- Kazunoko shouted TOPANGA LEAGUE instead of R.

Notes
- Nemo and Eita were in the audience

 Day 2 / May 4 / Saturday

1. Sako vs. Poongko
2. Xiao Hai vs. GamerBee
3. Xian vs. Bon-chan
4. Poongko vs. Xiao Hai
5. Sako vs. Xian
6. Fuudo vs. Bon-chan
7. Umehara vs. GamerBee

Results are below (spoilers)


1. Poongko (Set U1) 3-7 Sako (E. Ryu U2)
- Poongko chose 1P side. Sako chose Morning Mist Bay.

1. 2-1 *perfect in 2nd round by Poongko
2. 0-2 *big comeback in 1st round by Sako
3. 0-2
4. 2-1
5. 0-2 *Sako showed off some vortex-like setup in last round
6. 0-2
7. 2-1
8. 1-2 *nice combo (stomp x3) in last round by Sako
9. 0-2
10. 1-2

2. GamerBee (Ado U2) 3-7 Xiao Hai (Cam U1)
- GamerBee chose 1P side.

1. 0-2
2. 2-1
3. 0-2 *nice Ultra reaction in 1st round by XH
4. 0-2
5. 0-2
6. 0-2 *it's clearly GB can't do anything at this point
7. 0-2
8. 2-0 *XH almost had a comeback in last round (very close)
9. 2-1
10. 0-2

3. Bon-chan (Aku U1) 0-7 Xian (Gen U1)
- Xian chose 2P side. Bon chose Overpass.

1. 0-2
2. 1-2 *Bon threw last round by random DP (eating big combo)
3. 1-2
4. 1-2 *Bon aimed for timeout in last round but failed (even big lead)
5. 1-2
6. 0-2
7. 1-2 *Bon aimed for timeout in last round but failed again 

- Apparently Bon didn't know how to approach as Akuma. He mainly waited to counterattack but failed to do anything worthwhile. Many rounds ended/almost by timeout.

4. Poongko (Set U2) 5-7 Xiao Hai (Cam U1)
- Poongko chose 1P side.

1. 0-2
2. 1-2 *close 1st round
3. 1-2 *Poongko changed his chair
4. 1-2
5. 0-2 *beautiful low Cannon Strike>Ultra in last round
6. 2-0
7. 1-2 *perfect in last round
8. 2-1 *nice trade Gyro finish in 1st round *perfect in 2nd/3rd round by Poongko
9. 2-0
10. 2-1
11. 2-0
12. 1-2 *Poongko missed EX SPD at the end and lost in last round

- Poongko found his form at around 7th game which was too late.

5. Sako (E. Ryu U2) 9-7 Xian (Gen U1)

1. 1-2 *Sako made a big miss which cost him last round
2. 1-2
3. 2-0 *close last round
4. 2-1
5. 2-1 *Sako failed to chip win with DP and lost big lead in 1st round
6. 2-1 *perfect in 2nd round by Sako *Xian lost big lead in last round
7. 2-1
8. 0-2
9. 2-1 *a comeback in last round
10. 0-2
11. 0-2 *nice okizeme>super>ultra setup in last round by Xian
12. 0-2
13. [deuce] 1-2
14. [deuce] 2-1
15. [deuce] 2-1
16. [deuce] 2-1

- Sako left Xian some space as he approached 7th win and it almost cost him this match, because Xian fought back hard.

6. Bon-chan (Aku U1) 3-7 Fuudo (Fei U1)

- Fuudo chose 2P side.

1. 0-2
2. 2-1
3. 0-2
4. 0-2
5. 1-2 *close last round (Bon missed overhead)
6. 2-1
7. 0-2 *nice comeback in last round
8. 2-0
9. 0-2
10. 1-2 *how not to play Akuma in 1st round (random tatsu, random demon flip)

- Best Fei Long in the world vs. half-baked Akuma. Nothing to see here.

7.  GamerBee (Ado U1) 7-9 Umehara (Ryu U1)
- GamerBee chose 1P. Umehara chose Inland Jungle.

1. 1-2
2. 2-1 *Umehara dropped an important combo in last round
3. 2-0
4. 2-1 *nice block in 2nd round by Umehara
5. 2-1 *nice Arigataya finish (and comenback) in 2nd round
6. 0-2
7. 0-2 *beautiful bait in last round by Umehara
8. 0-2
9. 1-2
10. 2-1 *super intense last round
11. 2-1 *very close 2nd round (EX DP beat EX Rising)
12. 1-2 *very close 1st round
13. [deuce] 2-0
14. [deuce] 1-2 *Arigataya finish in 1st round *Umehara dropped important combo in 2nd round
15. [deuce] 1-2 *Arigataya finish in 2nd round *weird/exciting last round (SRKFADCMetsu somehow didn't kill and they tried to chip each other)
16. [deuce] 1-2 *nice hitconfirmed super in 2nd round by Umehara

- The most exciting match in 2013... no, actually in such a very long long time. This's a real heartbreaker. Umehara was losing, was winning, was losing, was going to win, ?????????, HE WON!
- The audience actually yelled ARIGATAYA! GOOD JOB GUYS! (Whenever Umehara connects Shoryuken>FADC>Metsu, people will yell Arigataya (ありがたや) (it's used when God granted you a wish, Thank God/Thank You Lord). So we call that Arigataya finish.
- It took too much time for Umehara to adapt to. At the beginning, he walked into too many of Adon's standing K (GamerBee was waiting for that).

Table

	Player	P	W	L	GD
1	Fuudo	3	3	0	+15
2	Sako	3	3	0	+13
3	Xiao Hai	3	2	1	+4
4	Umehara	3	2	1	+2
5	Bon-chan	4	2	2	-7
6	Xian	4	1	3	-2
7	GamerBee	4	1	3	-11
8	Poongko	4	0	4	-14