TOPANGA Asia League Day 3 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
- TOPANGA Asia League Day 2 summary

 Commentators
- R
- Shiro

Opening skit
-R screamed TOPANGA League to his cellphone.

Notes
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Day 3 / May 5 / Sunday

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

Results are below (spoilers)


1. GamerBee (Ado U2) 2-7 Fuudo (Fei U1)
- Pre-match interview: GB: I've never played Fuudo but I won Mago so I have to win it (to save Mago's face) (laugh).
- Fuudo chose Training Mode stage. GamerBee chose 1P side.

1. 0-2
2. 2-0
3. 0-2
4. 0-2 *close 1st round
5. 0-2 *GB lost 1st round because he failed to punish Ultra and got punished instead
6. 1-2 *very close last round
7. 2-0
8. 1-2 *GB had a big lead and Fuudo fought back to get timtout in 1st round
9. 0-2 *Fuudo had a comeback in 1st round *they exchanged Ultra in the close last round

- GamerBee had no answer to the Rekka, he didn't FADC and didn't know how to get in. (Funny thing is this's what will happen if the Ryu wasn't Umehara yesterday) He also only did and landed Ultra in the last round.

2. Poongko (Set U1) 2-7 Xian (Gen U1)
- We just noticed that Poongko's translator is actually(?) hydeBuffy (a South Korean player).
- Poongko went to train at a Taito Station before the show.

1. 2-1 *nice Ultra exchange in 1st round
2. 1-2
3. 2-1 *Poongko showed off some combo in last round
4. 0-2 *Poongko SPD'd 4 time in a row in 1st round *Poongko failed to punish EX DP with Ultra in last round
5. 1-2 *very close 1st/2nd round
6. 0-2
7. 1-2 perfect in 1st round by Poongko
8. 1-2
9. 0-2

3. Umehara (Ryu U1) 7-4 Xiao Hai (Cam U1)
- Pre-match interview: Umehara: Cammy is the toughest character in this tournament (for me).
-Xiao Hai chose 2P side. Umehara chose Inland Jungle.

1. 2-1 *Ume dropped combo which cost him 1st round
2. 2-1 *great round from Umehara
3. 2-0
4. 1-2 *XH had a big punish in last round after blocking a sweep
5. 0-2
6. 2-1
7. 2-1
8. 2-0 *perfect in last round
9. 1-2
10. 1-2
11. 2-0

- This's not Umehara's best form but he did very well because he clearly had some plans in his head. Xiao Hai couldn't do much except Arrow punish on fireball and a number of EX Strike.

4. Bon-chan (Sag U1) 6-8 Sako (Ibu U2)
- Bon chose 1P side. Sako chose Morning Mist Bay.

1. 0-2
2. 1-2
3. 0-2
4. 2-1
5. 2-0 *nice kara Tiger Uppercut finish in last round
6. 2-1
7. 2-0 *Bon fought back well after getting hit by big combo in last round
8. 1-2
9. 0-2
10. 2-1
11. 0-2
12. 2-1 *Sako failed to close 2nd round and that cost him this game
13. [deuce] 0-2
14. [deuce] 1-2

5. GamerBee (Ado U2) 7-5 Poongko (Set U2)
- GB chose 1P side. Poongko chose Random stage.

1. 2-0
2. 1-2
3. 2-1
4. 2-0
5. 2-1 *very close 2nd round (both had no life left)
6. 1-2
7. 1-2
8. 2-1
9. 1-2 *perfect in 2nd round by GB
10. 1-2 *close 2nd round
11. 2-0
12. 2-1

6. Fuudo (Fei U1) 6-8 Umehara (Ryu U1)
- Fuudo chose Overpass. Umehara chose 2P side.

1. 0-2
2. 0-2
3. 0-2 *nice ex fireball/tatsu in 1st round *arigataya finish in last round
4. 1-2 *intense last round but Ume handled him really well
5. 1-2 *almost Arigataya finish in 2nd round *a comeback in last round
6. 2-1 *Fuudo couldn't close 2nd round so Ume had a comeback
7. 2-0 *Umehara lost a big lead in 1st round
8. 2-0
9. 2-1 *intense 1st round *close last round
10. 2-1 *intense 2nd round (Ume couldn't kill with SRKFADCMetsu)
11. 1-2 *Ume lost a big lead in 1st round
12. 2-0 *Fuudo's Ultra reaction won him 1st round *intense last round
13. [deuce] 0-2 *almost Arigataya finish in last round
14. [deuce] 1-2

- Thriller and heartbreaker. Umehara did well but somehow stopped his fireball game after 5th win, then Fuudo gained the momentum and won a lot of close rounds.
- Umehara took high risk spending any meter he had to ex fireball to break Fuudo's worldclass FADCs.
- Umehara ended Fuudo's 9 matches winstreak in TOPANGA League.

7. Sako (E. Ryu U2) 7-4 Xiao Hai (Cam U1)
- Xiao Hai said the previous match (Ume vs. Fuudo) gave him inspiration and he's happy to be able to play against these top Japanese players.
- Xiao Hai chose 2P side. Sako chose Morning Mist Bay.

1. 2-1
2. 2-1 *perfect in 1st round by Sako *Sako failed to close 2nd round
3. 2-1 *Sako lost a big lead in 1st round
4. 2-1 *very close 2nd round
5. 2-0
6. 2-1
7. 1-2
8. 0-2
9. 1-2 *nice surprise Raging Demon in 2nd round *entertaining last round
10. 1-2 *nice crLK>Arrow in last round (intense)
11. 2-1 *very close 1st round

- It looked like Xiao Hai wasn't familiar with Evil Ryu so he spent all his time in the first half looking to what Sako can do.

Table

	Player	P	W	L	GD
1	Sako	5	5	0	+18
2	Fuudo	5	4	1	+18
3	Umehara	5	4	1	+7
4	Xian	5	2	3	+3
5	Xiao Hai	5	2	3	-2
6	Bon-chan	5	2	3	-9
7	GamerBee	6	2	4	-14
8	Poongko	6	0	6	-21

There're 4 conditions for Umehara to win this tournament without looking at GD.
1. Umehara must win Sako.
2. Umehara must win Xian.
3. Sako must lose to Fuudo.
4. Fuudo must lose to Xiao Hai.