tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49908649779036335672024-03-05T13:29:15.147+09:00Beast NoteA Daigo Umehara fansite | JFGC news | Ougon Musou Kyoku | Blade ArcusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-33752182996436092632015-02-01T06:22:00.005+09:002015-02-01T06:23:10.028+09:00[Video] Umehara's SF5 exhibition from Taipei Game ShowA video of Daigo Umehara (Ryu) vs. GamerBee (Chu) Street Fighter V exhibition match in Taipei Game Show.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-62020507090734574322015-02-01T06:17:00.002+09:002015-02-01T06:17:47.907+09:00Umehara on Yonpachi radio showOn January 23, Daigo Umehara appeared as a guest on a radio show called "Yonpachi 48 Hours" which is hosted by Osamu Suzuki (broadcast writer).
Summary
They talked about Umehara's pro gamer career, his achievement, his manga. (All we already know)
He's not on diet or any food restriction.
He's not married.
If he has a kid, he won't force/tell his kid to play games.
The first game he played was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-55113050722986059412015-01-31T16:34:00.001+09:002015-02-01T04:10:59.742+09:00[Video] Blade Arcus matches from Tokaigi 2015Matches video from Blade Arcus tournament at Tokaigi 2015 (Jan 31).
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Semifinals
[Final] Panpiina (Sakuya/Rage) vs. SpinKing (Altina/Sakuya)
Panpiina is an old school player who played both Darkstalkers and 3rd Strike. No wonder he's good at this game which is footsie based. He's currently No.1 on Blade Arcus CL ranking (CL is rating or Street Fighter's BP). ButUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-12477610267196848802015-01-30T01:49:00.000+09:002015-01-30T01:49:18.053+09:00French Bread's Serizawa to compete in Blade Arcus tournament in TokaigiIt was revealed tonight that French Bread's battle planner and programmer Kamone Serizawa (Melty Blood, UNI, DBFC) will compete in Blade Arcus tournament in Tokaigi on January 31.
Serizawa already showed some interest in Blade Arcus by participating in location test and playing until late around the launch.
See also:
Introduction to Blade Arcus
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-65385052332365517502015-01-28T03:59:00.000+09:002015-01-28T05:27:24.469+09:00[20150116] Blade Arcus casuals featuring #1 Altina playerThis is casual matches video featuring SpinKing (Kaitenou) from Game Chariot game center from January 16.
SpinKing played various games (DBFC/BlazBlue/P4U/UNI/Marvel/etc) but his main game is now Blade Arcus. He's currently Japan's No.2 overall and is No.1 Altina player. He plays more Blade Arcus matches than anyone in Japan, with 2,498 matches (73.57% win rate) as of today.
Altina, the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-23800414202119510752015-01-28T01:24:00.001+09:002015-01-28T01:24:18.733+09:00Chain Chronicle V's Shining Blade collabo startsFrom January 27 to February 3, Chain Chronicle V players will be able to obtain five of Shining Blade characters in the game.
Four out of five (Rage, Sakuya, Altina, Rick) are playable in Beast Note's greatest fighting game of generation Blade Arcus.
Originally a cellphone game, Chain Chronicle V is a free-to-play game on PS Vita. Both Chain Chronicle and Shining series are Sega's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-747267054240553352015-01-28T00:00:00.001+09:002015-01-28T00:00:13.386+09:00[20150127] Blade Arcus Tuesday at Ko-HatsuBlade Arcus Tuesday at Ko-Hatsu tonight featured Japan's No.5, 7, 8, 10 player from CL ranking.
See also:
Blade Arcus Tuesday
Introduction to Blade Arcus
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-33066379891239036622015-01-25T09:13:00.001+09:002015-01-25T09:13:10.686+09:00[20150124] Blade Arcus tournament at Try TowerTry Tower game center held its 2nd Blade Arcus tournament yesterday. It featured Japan's No.1 and No.4 player (but he had to quit shortly due to appointment).
00:00:15 - Roselinde/Xiaomei vs. Pairon/Roselinde
00:02:50 - Roselinde/Xiaomei vs. Melty/Rage (JP's #4)
00:07:05 - Melty/Rage vs. Roselinde/Sakuya
00:10:35 - Rage/Pairon vs. Roselinde/Sakura
00:13:30 - Rage/Pairon vs. Rage/Melty
00:17:10 -Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-48209532492433112762015-01-23T18:05:00.000+09:002015-01-25T04:39:37.491+09:00Umehara's 100-man kumite returns in next ShotenkaigiDue to the overwhelming success of the talk show and 100-man kumite from The Fifth Shotenkaigi on January 18, Niconico has announced that Daigo Umehara will do the 100-man kumite again at The Sixth Shotenkaigi on January 25 at WonderGOO Moriya (Ibaraki Prefecture). This time Bon-chan will also join him as a commentator (but expect some casual match).
The event will be streamed live here.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-58587236994737536232015-01-23T16:18:00.000+09:002015-01-23T16:56:39.505+09:00Buy Pairon figure get mini wall scroll at AmiamiAmiami just announced today that it will offer mini wall scroll (picture, 36.5cm long) as shop exclusive bonus with the purchase of Alphamax's Pairon figure.
Figures from Shining series is one of the most successful line in the Japanese bishoujo (beautiful girls) figure business. Pairon is an original character designed for Blade Arcus by the series' character designer Tony–one of the most Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-44843449959561802122015-01-22T04:49:00.000+09:002015-01-22T04:49:08.979+09:00Message from Hatoko to Evo organizer
What's the true standard of choosing a game? Is it based on tournament players or fanbase? Is it based on American scenes or international? Do you also request number from Japanese organizers? Do you count sales? Do you accept unlocalized games since you accept unfinished? Why is it inconsistent? How do you explain some games with smaller and less active scenes than others getting the spots? If Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-66593917723459947542015-01-21T22:59:00.000+09:002015-01-21T22:59:00.809+09:00[Video] All of Umehara's Raging Demon at Master Series
This is a good video showcasing all Raging Demon Daigo Umehara made at Canada Cup's Master Series.
Umehara is now used to Evil Ryu as you can see almost no combo drop in an entire tournament (very different from mid-2014). He started using kara RD (cancelling hop kick into RD) in a real match since Capcom Pro Tour Asia, and the technique now plays an important role in his gameplay.
With how Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-78294157688648090472015-01-21T05:22:00.001+09:002015-01-21T05:22:32.557+09:00Nintendo party game tournament organizer steps down amid sexual harassment allegationsFrom Kotaku
Influential Smash Bros. tournament organizer Johnathan "Alex Strife" Lugo will no longer be involved with this year's Apex 2015 tournament following a string of allegations involving sexual harassment and other wrongdoing, an Apex representative said today.
See also
Tales from the Creep: Capcom Pro Tour Asia
The Cross Assault Incident
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-31376450015351276972015-01-20T23:59:00.001+09:002015-01-21T08:55:56.123+09:00[20150120] Blade Arcus Tuesday at Ko-HatsuBlade Arcus Tuesday tonight featured Japan's No.3, No.5, No.7, No.8, No.9 player.
(turn volume down at 00:39:00)
See also:
Blade Arcus Tuesday
Introduction to Blade Arcus
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-75108689895846511782015-01-20T10:42:00.000+09:002015-01-20T10:42:24.817+09:00French Bread apologizes for inappropriate tweetFrench Bread's Nobuya Narita* and Kamone Serizawa** had apologized yesterday for an appropriate tweet made by Narita after the Under Night In-birth national tournament (Jan 18).
*representative and a cofounder
**battle planner and programmer
Narita's tweet in question was
"It may sound like trolling again to say it's good that Gordeau and Merkava didn't win (laugh), still I'm glad that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-69297370336499784312015-01-19T19:42:00.000+09:002015-01-21T23:42:31.638+09:00[20150118] Blade Arcus tournament at Akiba LLLeisureland Akihabara game center held its 5th Blade Arcus tournament on January 18.
The tournament featured Japan's No.1 player who is a Sakuya player (also a veteran/Darkstalker player). He played almost 1,500 matches now but his win rate is still 93%. He was on 182 wins win streak until Japan's No.1 Pairon stopped him on that day.
http://www.twitch.tv/llakb/b/612629193
01:16:30 - Pairon/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-13729650864704079372015-01-19T05:25:00.000+09:002015-01-19T05:25:52.525+09:00New Umineko manga coming Jan 20Umineko WHEN THEY CRY Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch, Vol. 3 will be released on January 20.
This's the official English release of the manga, and the 9th volume.
Umineko no Naku Koro ni is a popular visual novel game that inspired anime (26 episodes), manga (45+ volumes), and one of Beast Note's greatest fighting games of all time Ougon Musou Kyoku.
For those who missed the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-13408302813184909812015-01-17T22:59:00.000+09:002015-01-17T22:59:24.772+09:00[20150117] Blade Arcus tournament at Ko-HatsuThe tournament today featured Japan's No.1 Roselinde player, No.1 Rage player, and No.1 Fenrir player.
00:00:45 - Xiaomei/Rage vs. Altina/Rage (Japan's No.5)
00:05:55 - Melty/Pairon vs. Roselinde/Xiaomei (JP's No.3)
00:08:25 - Fenrir/Ryuga (JP's No.8) vs. Rage/Altina (JP's No.5)
00:14:25 - Xiaomei/Rage vs. Melty/Pairon
00:18:15 - Fenrir/Ryuga (JP's No.8) vs. Roselinde/Xiaomei (JP's No.3)
00:23:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-54615919210067406752015-01-16T20:27:00.001+09:002015-01-16T20:27:03.935+09:00Blade Arcus nationals qualifiers schedule revealedThe schedule of Blade Arcus national tournament qualifiers is revealed today. (This does not include the tournament at Tokaigi which is also a qualifier)
Feb 7: Nanba Hills (Osaka)
Feb 7: Sega World Kurashiki (Okayama)
Feb 8: Game Corner Toubu (Miyagi)
Feb 8: The 3rd Planet OZ Hamamatsu (Shizuoka)
Feb 8: Sega World Narita (Chiba)
Feb 8: Sega Nanba Albion (Osaka)
Feb 14: Hi-Tech Sega Niihama (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-55794061486558777722015-01-15T23:27:00.000+09:002015-01-16T01:58:41.269+09:00Is this the weirdest bug? P4U2 is now Play4U2A Japanese player reported that a weird bug is found in the arcade version of P4U2 (Persona 4 The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold) after the latest update which arrived today (version 2.0).
The bug caused the CPU to take control of the player's character after the victim tried to challenge someone. A hundred yen was lost in the process.
In other news, Arc System Works already issued a statement Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-103702686606153422015-01-15T14:55:00.000+09:002015-01-15T14:55:21.139+09:00Girl banned for violent conduct during Guilty Gear match
A girl was banned from Kumite in Tennessee fighting game event (Jan 9-11) for grabbing a guy who was popping off during a Guilty Gear match.
See also:
Noel Brown arrested for hitting ex-girlfriend
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-39261701612946118632015-01-14T23:22:00.001+09:002015-01-16T04:41:00.004+09:00WECG2015 indefinitely postponedNishikin revealed today that World e-Sports Championship Games grand final tournament in South Korea is being postponed indefinitely due to Chinese sponsor pulling out.
Nishikin, the well-known Blanka player, qualified as Japan representative for the USF4 tournament.
This news reminds us that there is another shady large scale e-sports tournament called Video Games World Cup that is scheduled Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-47171106588044020262015-01-14T18:23:00.002+09:002015-01-14T18:23:58.712+09:00Umehara confirmed for SF5 stage show in TaiwanTip from Mad Catz Japan. It was announced yesterday that Daigo Umehara will go to Taiwan to participate Street Fighter V stage show (with GamerBee, Ono, Ayano) at PlayStation booth in Taipei Game Show 2015 on January 31. There will be an exhibition match.
Note that it is most likely that Umehara will fly back to Japan immediately after this event to play the exhibition match in Tokaigi on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-86275406841592781332015-01-14T00:30:00.002+09:002015-01-14T00:30:54.389+09:00[20150113] Blade Arcus Tuesday at Ko-Hatsu
See also:
Blade Arcus Tuesday
Introduction to Blade Arcus
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4990864977903633567.post-44965061935069931832015-01-12T10:16:00.000+09:002015-01-13T07:16:00.063+09:00The King of Round-robin has set a new record!From the result at Canada Cup's Master Series, Daigo Umehara has now become the first fighting game player in history to win FOUR consecutive round-robin tournaments of HIGHEST COMPETITION LEVEL.
TOPANGA World League
Player P W L GD
1 Umehara 7 6 1 +21
2 Xiao Hai 7 5 2 +8
3 Bon-chan 7 5 2 +13
4 Wao 7 3 4 +2
5 Xian 7 3 4 -1
6 Fuudo 7 3 4 -8
7 PR Balrog 7 2 5 -18
8 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0