Jebailey vows to crush ReveLAtions 2012

Alex "Go My Church" Jebailey just vowed to crush ReveLAtions again should it happen on the same days as CEO 2012.

As you already know CEO 2011 was a success.
- They had top players from Japan, North America, South Korea, including the most famous Street Fighter player in the world.
- They had additional 3,700 viewers from Japanese stream.
- They didn't have a biased commentator who can't commentate like Yipes.
- They didn't have the most deluded organizer in the community who repeatedly praises himself and opportunist who built a tournament from a failure of other.

ReveLAtions organizers should avoid at all cost!

IPW & Team Spooky to stream Evo 2011

The new Evolution 2011 preview video showing in CEO 2011 revealed that IPLAYWINNER & Team Spooky is chosen to stream the event.

This's a big surprise, even many people asked for it. Because Level Up Series did a good job in their West Coast events. They did fine in last year's Evo, too, if you don't count the stream outage incident which was unfortunate. No one wants their stream to go down on purpose, and everyone will have this problem someday.

The most important element last year was there're 2 channels to choose: Stickam and Ustream. People who have difficulty viewing Stickam can choose Ustream instead, and vice versa.

What I'm worring about is now both sides abandoned Usteam and stream all their events on Justin.tv which is inferior. If IPW & Spooky decide to stream only on Justin.tv then it'll be an instant failure. (Not to mention that there should be a stream for slow broadband users so they don't need a re-stream.)

Team Spooky is known to have a member who has some personal issue with Daigo Umehara, but this shouldn't be a problem now since it's a world-class event. I'm sure they won't let that kind of people on the mic. My choice is Seth Killian, UltraDavid, James Chen, Juice Box. Maybe we'll talk about commentators later.

Mago joins Team Mad Catz

MarkMan from Mad Catz announced on ReveLAtions' stream that Mago is the new member of Team Mad Catz. (See also his tweet.)

This's a very good news for a number of reasons. Mago never had a sponsor before, despite being who he is. If Hori signs him then it's Mad Catz's loss, too. More important, with Mago on Umehara's side, Team Mad Catz is now stronger than ever. Not just for the results, but Umehara needs a companion in a tournament so he doesn't have to sit alone in a corner on another side of the world. Mago also has his own show, TOPANGA TV.

Mago's achievements (incomplete/not all verified)

Year	Tournament	Game	Place	Note
2011	Beat by Contest 2011	Super Street Fighter IV (3 on 3)	2nd	Teammate: Tokido
2011	TOPANGA Charity Cup	Super Street Fighter IV: AE (5 on 5)	1st	Teammate: Nyanshi, Bon-chan, Tokido, Umehara
2010	Canada Cup 2010	Super Street Fighter IV	2nd	-
2010	Canada Cup 2010	Super Street Fighter IV (3 on 3)	3rd	Teammate: Air, Umehara
2010	Shadowloo Showdown 2010	Super Street Fighter IV	3rd	-
2010	Shadowloo Showdown 2010	Super Street Fighter IV (3 on 3)	1st	Teammate: Tokido, GamerBee
2010	Fighting Spirits 2010 (Korea)	Super Street Fighter IV	1st	-
2010	Ayano Cup	Street Fighter IV (5 on 5)	2nd	Teammate: Tokido, Bon-chan, Momochi, Kindevu
2009	GODSGARDEN #1	Street Fighter IV	1st	-
2005	Super Battle Opera 2005	Capcom Fighting Jam (2 on 2)	1st	Teammate: Tokido
2005	Evolution 2005	Capcom vs. SNK 2	2nd	-
2004	Super Battle Opera 2004	Capcom vs. SNK 2 (3 on 3)	1st	Teammate: Kindevu, Sawada
2003	Evolution 2003	Capcom vs. SNK 2	3rd	-

ReveLAtions 2011 Summary

- Official site
- Stream 1 (main/stage): Level Up
- Stream 2: Offcast
- Japanese stream by Gama no Abura (3,700 viewers peak)


Day 1 (June 10)
- Daigo Umehara arrived in the evening.
- Mago didn't know that there's a team tournament on Friday, so he departed on Friday...... (Just as I was worried.)
- MarkMan announced that Team DMG is now a part of Team Mad Catz.
- Highlight: Neo from Team Korea OCV'd Team RTSD Inc. (Alex Valle, Sako, Latif) to Losers bracket. Neo's reaction after winning the first round from Latif is priceless. (You need to see this.)
- Team RTSD met Team Twin Terrors in the grand finals. Latif OCV'd once. But Twin Terrors won in the end. 
- See SSF4AE team brackets here.
- Satoshi (a BlazBlue player from Japan) was on the second stream. His team won BB:CS team tournament. It was exciting, especially for the Japanese viewers.
- Umezono, a Japanese player who went to E3, participated Arcana Heart 3 tournament.


Day 2 (June 11)
- According to his latest interview, Umehara won't be in MvC3 tournament.
- Picture and video (Before the tournament begins)
- MarkMan announced before Mago played his first game that Mago is now sponsored by Mad Catz. Mago won the game.
- Umehara won SF Gief (Zangief) 2-0. (Perfect in first round) This's Umehara's first tournament game outside Japan since AE. It appeared that he was using the prototype of Street Fighter X Tekken stick from Mad Catz. (Picture)
- Picture (Japan gang after their first match)
- Mago went to Losers bracket in his second game by a Korean C. Viper.
- Umehara 2-0 Tekken Time (Seth/Oni). He still didn't lose a round. His opponent wear a Pikachu hat.
- Mago 2-0 Fiesty Noob (E. Honda). Umehara went to sit near Mago giving some advices. (about button customization? tactics?)
- Satoshi is in BBCS2 top 8 singles. He joined AE, too. He even won Vangief with Fei Long.
- Highlight: Juice Box 2-1 Snake Eyes (Zangief). JB got dominated, so he switched to Juri and made a comeback. JURI DANCE INCLUDED. (World Premiere)
- Clakey D (Ibuki) 2-1 Sako (Ibuki) Sako went to Losers bracket.
- Umehara 2-1 Wolfkrone  Intense match! Umehara lost the first game.
- Picture (Umehara after his third match)
- Mad Catz v. Hori: Mago (Yang) 2-0 Tatsu (Claw) (Tatsu eliminated) It seems like Umehara lent Mago the noise-canceling headpnones.
-  Umehara 2-0 Online Tony (Seth) (Tony went to Losers)
- It seems like Umehara participates SF2. (side event)
-  Mago 2-0 Hugo 101 (Dictator/Yun) Bad decision for counter-pick using Yun as Mago is a Yun hunter.
- Sako 2-1 Hungry Larry S
- Mago 2-0 Combofiend (Makoto) Mago made too many mistakes here.
- Sako 0-2 Ricky Ortiz (Sako eliminated)
- Mago 2-0  DRS Nash Fan (Chun/Rose)
- Mago (Sagat) 2-0 Ricky Ortiz (Ricky eliminated) (Picture)
- Umehara 2-0 Laugh (Ryu)
- Mago 2-1 John Choi (Ryu) (Choi eliminated) Mago came back from 1-0 after some adjustments. He's now in top 8.
- Umehara vs. Clakey D. and Mago vs. Wolfkrone tomorrow.
- Mago participated MvC3 and played while I was sleeping. It's not like there's something to see since Mago said he only plays AE. He just knows how to play MvC3 as you already saw in TOPANGA TV.
- Picture 1 + Picture 2 (Mago signing sticks)
- Video (Umehara vs. Sako in Street Fighter II side event final, Umehara won.)
- Picture: Umehara and Sako showing their fight money from SF2
- Picture: Umehara with Markman in Mad Catz booth
- Picture: Mago playing money matches at night
- Pictures from Karaface


Day 3 (June 12)
- Picture: Mago getting massaged
- Picture: Mago with Mad Catz staff
- Picture: Umehara playing casuals
- Satoshi won BlazeBlue: Continuum Shift II single.
- SSF4AE brackets here
- Picture1:Picture2: Mad Catz has Umehara & Mago autograph session after MvC3 ended.
- Umehara 2-1 Clakey D. (Ibuki)
- Mago 2-1 Wolfkrone (C. Viper) Intense match. Wolfkrone looked disappointed.
- Picture: Umehara watching Mago from behind the projector screen.
- Mago 2-0 Infiltration (Akuma)
- Umehara 3-1 Bionic Arm (Hsien Chang) (Yun) Exciting Winners final!
- Mago 2-0 Latif (C. Viper)
- Mago 3-0 Bionic Arm (Hsien Chang) (Yun) Losers final
- Umehara 3-1 Mago. Umehara won $10,000! (Picture)(Picture2)
- The Japan gang went to eat expensive yakiniku, Umehara paid most of it, Mago paid the rest.
- Picture: Umehara drinking with Alex Valle.
- Pictures from Karaface
- Pictures after the tournament from Karaface

Day 4?
- Picture1:Picture2:Picture3: Japan gang showing their fight money. (Satoshi is on the right)


Press & Media
- Famitsu's SSF4 blog
- Mad Catz press release and news
- Video: The Recap

Video clips from Kara
- Umehara & Mago's autograph session
- Umehara & Mago talking before grand final
- Umehara in the crowd
- Mago playing MvC3 casuals with Umehara behind him

Thank you very much
- Thank you, Sako's wife, Nekohashi, Umezono, and Mad Catz for all the wonderful reports.
- Thank you, Gama no Abura for doing the re-stream and staying up for it.
- Thank you, Level Up Series and related persons for another great tournament. You guys really know how to treat players and fans. And thank you for giving permission to JP restreaming. Also, real-time brackets for the win!
- Thank you Mad Catz for giving players chances to shine. Many strong players want to participate tournaments abroad but can't afford a plane ticket.

Tokido + Mago in Canada Cup 2011?

A trailer of Canada Cup 2011 was posted recently. It looks like Tokido "The Madaface" is going to attend, and Mago is possible.

Canada Cup 2011 is between November 5-6, so expect several more updates.

KSK in Game no Jikan 44 (June 9)

SSF4AE just came out to the consoles, as expected, KSK made an appearance on Game no Jikan again today. He didn't play the game, but acted as middleman between top players and the show. He arranged online matches between Kayo Police and Eita, Kindevu, and Kokujin.

Eita showed off his Oni, but lost the first game. He won the second game, though. Then he switched to Gouki and won again.

Kindevu dominated her with Yun, then lost with Ryu, then won with Juri easily.

Kokujin used Ryu and lost twice. He revealed that that was his Ryu's farewell. He'll quit to play Yun/Yang/Makoto! (Not sure if serious.) Kokujin is still one of the strongest players in SF3 (He got 2nd place in Tougeki 2010, too), but is mediocre at best in SF4. His main (in SF4) was Ryu, but he played like he rarely touched the game. Anyway, it's good to see him on SF4. Nuki doesn't like it and quitted in 2009.

KSK was entertaining as usual. He made people smile even when doing nothing, since the cameraman always played with him. (to the point that the show producer got angry.)

 

TOPANGA TV 2011.06.09

- Mago played alone. (Tokido went to America.)
- Mago usually doesn't upload a replay, but his hand slipped one time when he looked at the chat. (against a random player)
- Mago encountered Poongko. He won more than lost, but apparently Poongko uploaded his win replay while Mago didn't. This's why I said you can't judge from a YouTube's replay clip. (Not to mention that there's some lag. One time, a match freezed 2 seconds.)
- His custom title "Tenka Fubu*" isn't transfered to AE. (the title given directly from Capcom from winning GGO#2) That's too bad...
- Mago started playing at 2 a.m. and stopped at 12:40 (afternoon). That's almost 11 hours straight. He was world's 1st when he quitted.
- Will he quit playing at game centers? That's a good question.
- Mago will depart to US on Friday.
- TOPANGA TV community on Nico got more than 4,000 subscribers in 24 hours after open.

*Tenka Fubu (天下布武) is the seal of Oda Nobunaga. You can google for more information.