TOPANGA TV celebrates its 100th episode with TOPANGA Fight Club members

TOPANGA TV tonight has celebrated its 100th episode with the appearance of its graduated TOPANGA Fight Club members: Negi (Ibuki), Suda (Ryu), Machabo (Fei), and Murata (Yun).

These members will also compete in The 3rd TOPANGA Charity Cup, except Negi, who is now too busy to play the game. She will however be there as a staff.

The highlight is, at the end, Mago used Murata's signature move "Dai Circus" (Big Circus) on Murata himself. Dai Circus is when you (accidentally) do command grab twice in a row.

Road to Evo 2013 Top 8: Daigo Umehara

The final tournament brackets of Evolution 2013 has been released.

Daigo Umehara is now in Pool C4, same with Marn.


- If he can get out of Pool C4, he'll be in quarter-finals Pool F7.
- If he can get out of Pool F7, he'll be in semi-finals Pool G1.

Potential first match of Pool G1 (only one of them):
- Momochi (B19)
- Online Tony (C1)
- Bon-chan (C2)
- Arturo Sanchez (C3)
- John Choi (C3)

Potential second or last match of Pool G1 (only one of them):
- Tokido (B6)
- Justin Wong (B10)
- Brokken G (B13)
- Mepu (B17)
- Fuudo (B18)

- If he can get out of Pool G1, he'll be in top 8 (last day).

Time Schedule (July 12)

• Pool C4 - 12 PM
• Pool F7 - 6 PM
• Pool G1 - 8 PM

[Ougon Musou Kyoku Cross] SP Cancel Burst Bait

This's video demonstration of how to use SP Cancel ability to bait and punish Damage Touch (Burst) from a player named Piropii.

Evo 2013: SSF4AE2013 pools - Japanese players

Update 2: The final brackets has been released.

Update 1: Evo has updated the brackets. The Japanese won't face each other in starting pool except Pool E1.

There're more, but we've picked some you may want to see/watch out.

A2 - Super Santarou-man
A6 - Bas
A9 - Kazunoko
A10 - Kichijojiken
A12 - R (commentator, Guy player)
A13 - Daigo Umehara
A16 - Ogosho
A18 - Cabbage
A20 - Eita, Kazunoko
A21 - Eita (new)

B5 - Nyanshi (TOPANGA founder, Sagat player)
B6 - Tokido
B9 - Fuudo
B13 - Brokken G
B17 - Mepu (She has to play another Japanese in the first match.)
B18 - Fuudo (new)
B19 - Momochi

C2 - Bon-chan
C4 - Daigo Umehara (new)
C8 - Daigo Umehara (waiting for confirmation)
C11 - Inco (Rufus player)
C13 - Nemo
C14 - Itabashi Zangief
C15 - MOV
C17 - Mago

D4 - Misse
D6 - Karipaku
D12 - Dogura (new)
D14 - Dogura
D16 - Uryo
D18 - Haitani

E3 - Sako
E12 - Shinba
E13 - Uryo (new)
E16 - ChocoBlanka (She'll play Mike Ross in the first match!) (She's moved to another side of the bracket but still in the same pool with Mike Ross)

Evo 2013 brackets revealed

The tournament brackets of Evolution 2013 have been revealed minutes ago.

It's revealed that Daigo Umehara is in Pool A13 in SSF4AE2013. The pool will start on Friday, July 12, as early as 8 AM.

Update 1: We found his name again in Pool C8, now we're waiting for confirmation.

Update 2: The name in Pool C8 has been removed.

Update 3: He's now in Pool C4. See this post instead.

Noel Brown arrested for hitting ex-girlfriend

Kotaku reported that Noel Brown was arrested for hitting his ex-girlfriend and a player on the night during CEO 2013 fighting game tournament.

"After taking his testimony, police charged Brown with domestic battery violence and placed him into custody," according to police report from Kotaku.

Noel Brown is one of the infamous players of the FGC. He's seen many times coaching players at the stage whether they want it or not. He also paused the game while his character was delivering a killing move in the last game to force his opponent to give up before the match actually ended. (Pausing is allowed if you're about to win, even intentionally. It's a loophole of the rules.)

Niconico to stream 3rd TOPANGA Charity Cup

It's revealed that The 3rd TOPANGA Charity Cup will be streamed officially by Niconico once again as the time table was updated today.

And same as last year, there're both main stream and sub stream. The streams will start on 12:00 JST and are free of charge.

The 3rd TOPANGA Charity Cup will be held on July 6.