TOPANGA Asia League Day 4 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 
- TOPANGA Asia League Day 3 summary 

 Commentators
- R
- Mago

Notes
- The studio is full (audience).
-  In the studio: Kazunoko, Tokido, Itabashi Zangief, Karipaku, Acqua, Mad Catz Guy, The Hori Guy
- Some people in the audience missed the last train because the length of the show.

Day 4 / May 6 / Monday

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

Results are below (spoilers)


1. GamerBee (Ado U1) 4-7 Bon-chan (Sag U1)

1. 2-0
2. 0-2 *nice FADC in 2R (close)
3. 0-2
4. 2-1 *nice comeback in 2R by Bon
5. 2-1
6. 0-2 *GB was too slow to punish dizzy Bon so he lost in 1R
7. 1-2 *close 3R
8. 2-0
9. 0-2
10. 0-2 *good game for Bon
11. 0-2 *a comeback in 1R by Bon *Bon lost a big lead but won in 2R (close)

- GamerBee chose 1P side.

2. Umehara (Ryu U1) 12-10 Xian (Gen U1)

1. 0-2 *nice FADC in both round by Xian
2. 0-2 *Ume lost a big lead in 2R
3. 2-0 *nice comeback in 2R
4. 2-1 *Ume's sweep caught a lot of Xian's backdash
5. 2-0
6. 2-0
7. 0-2
8. 2-0 *nice optionselect SRK in 2R (caught back dash)
9. 0-2
10. 2-0
11. 1-2 *nice Shinku Hado caught backdash from fullscreen in 2R *perfect 1 3R by Xian
12. 1-2 *Umehara couldn't close it
13. [deuce] 2-1 *nice fightback from Xian in 2R
14. [deuce] 0-2 *Um lost a big lead in 2R from Super>Ultra
15. [deuce] 2-1 *excitng 2R *very very close 3R but Ume stole it with fierce wakeup SRK
16. [deuce] 0-2
17. [deuce] 1-2
18. [deuce] 2-0 *close 1R
19. [deuce] 2-1
20. [deuce] 1-2 *intense 3R
21. [deuce] 2-1 *first time Ume connected Ultra *Ume lost big lead in 1R
22. [deuce] 2-0 *super close 1R

- Umehara won Janken but chose Inland Jungle stage instead of side! Xian chose 2P side.
- Umehara went back to the corner at the beginning to force Xian not to jump freely (or to kill time so Gen's Ultra doesn't come out early or twice).
- WOW WHAT A MATCH THIS'S ANOTHER MUST SEE.
- The point is Xian played very well and showed that he's definitely a true top player. He always found a way to approach and apply pressure. He had no obvious execution error. Gen is also a problem since Ryu can't get in with footsie due to Gen's anti-FADC move (that hundredfingers).
- This's also another proof that SF4 isn't a fair game because a character like Gen can connect Ultra in many ways and without the need of meter or FADC. Umehara only used Ultra once in a round in the entire 22 games, because he spent meters for EX Hado to break FADCs. Characters with less limitation on Ultra can do extra damage over the rest.
- Karipaku cried after Umehara's SRK won him a very close round.

3. Fuudo (Fei U1) 3-7 Xiao Hai (Cam U1)

1. 0-2 *very close 1R (XH did well staying alive)
2. 0-2 *nice Gyro caught backdash in 2R
3. 2-1
4. 0-2 *XH dominated 2R
5. 1-2
6. 0-2
7. 2-0
8. 0-2
9. 2-0 *close 2R (Fuudo missed Ultra)
10. 0-2 *nice backstep in 1R from XH (avoid EX command grab)

- Fuudo sat at 3rd of the table after this match.
- After 3rd match, there's announcement that Umehara vs. Sako and Sako vs. Fuudo will switch place to maintain the hype.

4. Bon-chan (Sag U2) 2-7 Poongko (Set U1)

1. 0-2 *nice Ultra reaction that caught sweep from Poongko
2. 0-2
3. 2-1
4. 1-2
5. 2-1
6. 1-2 *nice Ultra antiair in 2R from Poongko
7. 1-2
8. 0-2 *nice Ultra in 2R by Poongko (even Bon shook his head)
9. 1-2 *nice SPD out off block stun in 2R *epic last shot by Poongko

- This match is a good action movie that is full of explosions.
- Poongko played well and connected so many Ultra in various ways.

5. Sako (E. Ryu U2) 7-5 Fuudo (Fei U1)

1. 0-2
2. 2-0
3. 0-2
4. 1-2 *nice Ultra in 3R by Fuudo
5. 2-1
6. 1-2 *close 3R (Fuudo came back)
7. 2-1 *Sako failed to punish Fuudo's DP and cost him 2R
8. 2-0
9. 1-2 *Fuudo played defensive and just waited for timeout in 1R
10. 2-0
11. 2-1 *close  1R
12. 2-0 *close  2R

- Fuudo chose stage. Sako chose 1P side.
- After this match, Umehara must win Sako +6 GD (or more) to win this tournament.
- Fuudo is now guaranteed 3rd place since it's impossible for Xiao Hai to win +10 GD.
- Umehara is now guaranteed at least 2nd place.

6.  Xian (Gen U1) 10-12 Xiao Hai (Yun U1)

1. 2-1
2. 0-2
3. 2-0
4. 0-2
5. 2-1
6. 0-2
7. 0-2 *XH dominated this game
8. 1-2 *close 2R
9. 2-0
10. 2-1 *XH lost a big lead after dropping Genei Jin in 3R (would have killed)
11. 2-0
12. 1-2 *perfect in 1R by XH *a miss cost XH 2R
13. [deuce] 0-2 *close 1R
14. [deuce] 2-0 *perfect in 1R by Xian
15. [deuce] 1-2 *XH dropped Genei Jin but still win 3R (comeback)
16. [deuce] 2-1 *close 3R
17. [deuce] 2-0
18. [deuce] 0-2
19. [deuce] 2-0 *close 2R
20. [deuce] 0-2
21. [deuce] 0-2 *intense 2R
22. [deuce] 1-2 *EXCITING 3R

- When Xiao Hai picked red Yun, Kazunoko said that's my color! But it looks like he's stronger than me! ^^;
- Xiao Hai won this even he dropped several Genei Jin (probably more than 5 times).

7.  Sako (Ibu U2) 7-3 Umehara (Ryu U1)

1. 2-1
2. 0-2
3. 0-2
4. 1-2 *nice SRK out off blockstun in 1R
5. 2-0 *perfect in 1R by Sako *Sako won the tournament after this game
6. 2-0
7. 2-0 *perfect in 2R by Sako
8. 2-0
9. 2-1 *Ume dropped important combo that cost him 3R
10. 2-1 *close 3R

- Pre-match interview: Sako: I became a pro because of Umehara, [and that's also the reason I must win him].
- Umehara chose Inland Jungle instead of side again! Sako chose 1P.
- Umehara, or should we say Ryu, still had no clear answer to Sako Ibuki. Umehara went to the corner in the 2nd half to avoid jump attack after Sako gained the momentum but Ibuki has more ways to approach and better poking tools than Gen.


Table

	Player	P	W	L	GD
1	Sako	7	7	0	+24
2	Umehara	7	5	2	+5
3	Fuudo	7	4	3	+12
4	Xiao Hai	7	4	3	+4
5	Bon-chan	7	3	4	-11
6	Xian	7	2	5	-1
7	GamerBee	7	2	5	-17
8	Poongko	7	1	6	-16