"Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. announced today the establishment of Mad Catz Co., Ltd, a new subsidiary located in Tokyo, Japan focused on sales, marketing and product development." (Press Release)
Many people will probably ignore this, but this's an important news. Mad Catz already have a distributor in Japan, but apparently their products aren't easy to find here. I often see (Japanese) people ask where to get one when they talk about arcade sticks. If you look at Japan's Amazon, which is like the only hope for many people, you'll see that it's either out of stock or overpriced ones sold by third party. Some are used, but sold in a price of new.
The new office not only means that the players will be able to get their controllers easier or cheaper. Lots of fans saw Team Mad Catz T-shirt on the streams and want one. This should mean they have a place to buy now.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Evolution 2010 Summary
We never had one, and Evolution 2011 is just one month away. I rewatched the whole things and made this, Beast Note's Evolution 2010 Summary!
Participants from Japan: Daigo Umehara, Tokido, Eita, Soushihan KSK (GODSGARDEN cofounder)
- Tokido, Eita, KSK shared a hotel room. Umehara stayed at another hotel.
- Umehara had an autograph session in Mad Catz booth. A girl had him sign her breast.
- GamerBee can speak some English, but he wasn't confident at the time, so he spoke through a translator. (He can speak Japanese, too)
- No one actually knew GameBee until he beat Justin Wong. He was referred as The Strong Adon Player, and the commentators didn't know what country is he from.
- Level UP used only Stickam on the first day but it's not stable, so they added Ustream in the second day. Judging by viewers, people preferred Ustream.
- Tokido submitted "Iceman" as his alias. (Before this, He tried to call himself "Ice Age" from his cold-blooded play style.)
- From Capcom Unity's Twitter, it looks like someone stole Umehara's fightstick.
- 18,000+ viewers peak on Stickam and 30,000+ viewers peak on Ustream.
- The number of SSF4 participants is said to be around 1,700.
Umehara signing at MadCatz booth.
First Day (July 9)
- Umehara got a seed from Evolution Asia-Pacific in Australia.
- [SSF4] Both Tokido and Eita lost once, they survived the pools. (IIRC)
- [SSF4] KSK overslept and automatically went to Losers, then he lost. (IIRC) I'm not sure about SF3.
- [SSF4] Umehara beat Mr. Wizard (one of organizers) in the pool.
- President Obama was at the venue (Caesars Palace) doing something that day.
Second Day (July 10)
- Umehara was in a bad condition. It seemed like he caught a cold and was seen using an eye drop. MarkMan gave him a sweater.
- [SSF4] After Tokido came back from behind to win Hugo 101, the camera caught Umehara clapping to him like a little girl!
- [SSF4] Tokido made such a serious face then someone in the chat said "Murder Face." The Japanese stream monsters adopted it. This's how he got the new alias.
SSF4 Single Top 32
The Salty Suite
The Salty Suite was a money match event in the nights during the Evo. The night before the last day, Umehara defeated Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez (5-4) for $500, Marn (5-2) for $100?, Kai, Hsien Chang, JPizzle, and a guy or two. Tokido and Eita was there, and commentated a couple of Umehara's matches. KSK was there, too. GamerBee won the mini tournament of 8 players or so. (Marn, Tokido joined, Umehara didn't)
Last Day (July 11)
- Evolution Japan announced before SSF4 final. KSK revealed that he went there because of this. (The event was later postponed from late 2010 to May 6-7, 2011, then it was cancelled.)
- [SSF2HDR] Umehara defeated Tokido and Alex Valle but was eliminated by Afro Legend before making top 3.
- Ono (SF4 producer) requested that everyone in the hall do a Shoryuken so he can take a picture for his tweet.
- [SSF4] There was a rap video before the finals.
- [SSF4] G4TV did a coverage in the top 8 and they had Adam Sessler on the mic. It seemed like Sessler had no knowledge about fighting games at all, he couldn't even call the scores right. And in the second game of the grand final, he said out loud after Ricky O. won the first round "It's all tied up!" even Umehara had the lead. (He counted total rounds instead of game.) The line "It's all tied up!" later became a meme.
- The stream crashed during the grand final, it went back when the matches are over. I'm not sure if it was because the hotel's Internet line or the hardwares.
- Mad Catz produced 24 exclusive golden fightsticks as an award for the event, mainly for top 8 of SSF4 and the persons who made contributions to the community. Each of them has a serial number. Umehara received No.1 as SSF4 champion. MarkMan had No.23 but later gave away for the raffle prize at Fight for Relief charity event.
SSF4 Single Top 8
News and Media
- Playlist on Nico
- Final results from Evo official site
- Evo official YouTube channel
Video by Richard Li
Participants from Japan: Daigo Umehara, Tokido, Eita, Soushihan KSK (GODSGARDEN cofounder)
- Tokido, Eita, KSK shared a hotel room. Umehara stayed at another hotel.
- Umehara had an autograph session in Mad Catz booth. A girl had him sign her breast.
- GamerBee can speak some English, but he wasn't confident at the time, so he spoke through a translator. (He can speak Japanese, too)
- No one actually knew GameBee until he beat Justin Wong. He was referred as The Strong Adon Player, and the commentators didn't know what country is he from.
- Level UP used only Stickam on the first day but it's not stable, so they added Ustream in the second day. Judging by viewers, people preferred Ustream.
- Tokido submitted "Iceman" as his alias. (Before this, He tried to call himself "Ice Age" from his cold-blooded play style.)
- From Capcom Unity's Twitter, it looks like someone stole Umehara's fightstick.
- 18,000+ viewers peak on Stickam and 30,000+ viewers peak on Ustream.
- The number of SSF4 participants is said to be around 1,700.
Umehara signing at MadCatz booth.
First Day (July 9)
- Umehara got a seed from Evolution Asia-Pacific in Australia.
- [SSF4] Both Tokido and Eita lost once, they survived the pools. (IIRC)
- [SSF4] KSK overslept and automatically went to Losers, then he lost. (IIRC) I'm not sure about SF3.
- [SSF4] Umehara beat Mr. Wizard (one of organizers) in the pool.
- President Obama was at the venue (Caesars Palace) doing something that day.
Second Day (July 10)
- Umehara was in a bad condition. It seemed like he caught a cold and was seen using an eye drop. MarkMan gave him a sweater.
- [SSF4] After Tokido came back from behind to win Hugo 101, the camera caught Umehara clapping to him like a little girl!
- [SSF4] Tokido made such a serious face then someone in the chat said "Murder Face." The Japanese stream monsters adopted it. This's how he got the new alias.
SSF4 Single Top 32
- [Winners] Vangief sent Banana Ken to Losers
- [Winners] Ricky Ortiz 2-0 Floe (Sagat)
- [Winners] Umehara 2-0 LamerBoi
- [Losers] Juice Box 2-0 Wolfkrone
- [Losers] L.I. Joe (Sagat/Ryu) 0-2 FYC Ryder (Abel)
- [Losers] Tokido (Honda/Akuma) 2-1 Hugo 101 (Dictator)
- [Losers] Eita 0-2 GamerBee
- [Losers] Warahk (Guile) 1-2 Sabin (Dhal)
- [Losers] Tatsu (Claw) 2-1 Online Tony (Seth)
- [Winners] Shizza (Chun) 2-1 Alex Valle
- [Winners] Dr. Chaos (Ken) 2-1 Neo (Chun/Juri)
- [Losers] FYC Ryder (Abel) 1-2 LamerBoi (Guile)
- [Losers] Infiltration 2-1 Banana Ken
- [Losers] Floe (Rufus) 2-0 Juice Box
- [Losers] Tatsu 1-2 Neo (Juri) *Highlight: The Taunts.
- [Losers] GamerBee 2-0 JR (Akuma)
- [Losers] John Choi (Ryu) 0-2 Sanford (Viper)
- [Losers] Sabin (Dha) 2-0 Alex Valle (Ryu)
- [Losers] Tokido 2-1 Rico Sauve (Abel) *Highlight: Tokido made serious mistakes but made up with nice option-selects.
- [Losers] RB (Rufus) 2-0 Sanford (Viper) *The Pause
- [Losers] GamerBee 2-0 Neo (Juri)
- [Losers] Sabin 1-2 Lamerboi
- [Losers] Tokido 1-2 Floe (Rufus)
- [Losers] RB (Rufus) 0-2 Infiltration
- [Winners] Mike Ross 2-1 Dr. Chaos (Ken) *Highlight: Great performance from both players.
- [Winners] Henry Cen (Honda) 0-2 Ricky Ortiz
- [Winners] Justin Wong 1-2 Vangief
- [Winners] Umehara 2-0 Shizza (Chun)
- [Losers] Henry Cen (Dhal) 2-0 LamerBoi (Guile)
- [Losers] Dr. Chaos (Ken) 0-2 Infiltration
- [Losers] Shizza 2-0 Floe
- [Losers] GamerBee 2-1 Justin Wong
The Salty Suite
The Salty Suite was a money match event in the nights during the Evo. The night before the last day, Umehara defeated Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez (5-4) for $500, Marn (5-2) for $100?, Kai, Hsien Chang, JPizzle, and a guy or two. Tokido and Eita was there, and commentated a couple of Umehara's matches. KSK was there, too. GamerBee won the mini tournament of 8 players or so. (Marn, Tokido joined, Umehara didn't)
Last Day (July 11)
- Evolution Japan announced before SSF4 final. KSK revealed that he went there because of this. (The event was later postponed from late 2010 to May 6-7, 2011, then it was cancelled.)
- [SSF2HDR] Umehara defeated Tokido and Alex Valle but was eliminated by Afro Legend before making top 3.
- Ono (SF4 producer) requested that everyone in the hall do a Shoryuken so he can take a picture for his tweet.
- [SSF4] There was a rap video before the finals.
- [SSF4] G4TV did a coverage in the top 8 and they had Adam Sessler on the mic. It seemed like Sessler had no knowledge about fighting games at all, he couldn't even call the scores right. And in the second game of the grand final, he said out loud after Ricky O. won the first round "It's all tied up!" even Umehara had the lead. (He counted total rounds instead of game.) The line "It's all tied up!" later became a meme.
- The stream crashed during the grand final, it went back when the matches are over. I'm not sure if it was because the hotel's Internet line or the hardwares.
- Mad Catz produced 24 exclusive golden fightsticks as an award for the event, mainly for top 8 of SSF4 and the persons who made contributions to the community. Each of them has a serial number. Umehara received No.1 as SSF4 champion. MarkMan had No.23 but later gave away for the raffle prize at Fight for Relief charity event.
SSF4 Single Top 8
- [Losers] Shizza 1-2 Infiltration
- [Losers] GamerBee 2-0 Henry Cen (Honda)
- [Winners] Ricky Ortiz (Chun) 2-0 Vangief
- [Winners] Umehara 2-0 Mike Ross Highlight: He threw Ross 4 times in a row then perfect'd him with option-select'd Shoryuken.
- [Losers] Vangief 0-2 Infiltration
- [Losers] GamerBee 1-2 Mike Ross
- [Winners Final] Umehara 2-1 Ricky Ortiz
- [Losers] Infiltration 2-0 Mike Ross
- [Losers Final] Ricky Ortiz 2-1 Infiltration
- [Grand Final] Umehara 3-1 Ricky Ortiz
News and Media
- Playlist on Nico
- Final results from Evo official site
- Evo official YouTube channel
Video by Richard Li
Monday, June 27, 2011
Arcadia Extra Vol. 85: Umehara Believer 2nd wave
In March, Arcadia Extra Vol. 84 which is a SSF4AE (game center edition) guidebook gave away 100 lucky readers the title "Umehara Shinja" (ウメハラ信者 or Umehara Believer) and it proved to be a (very) effective way to sell a book, as some people bought more than one copy for more chance.
Arcadia Extra Vol. 85 was announced a month ago to be another complete SSF4AE guidebook for the consoles version. But since the game was directly ported, there's little to no reason to buy this if you already bought the old one. Apparently the publisher knew this, but it's too late when they also knew your weakness!
The latest information shows that the mook will give away again "Umehara Shinja" title and also "ARCADIA" title to 200 lucky readers. (presumably for console use)
The mook will be released on June 30. (You can buy it here.)
Arcadia Extra Vol. 85 was announced a month ago to be another complete SSF4AE guidebook for the consoles version. But since the game was directly ported, there's little to no reason to buy this if you already bought the old one. Apparently the publisher knew this, but it's too late when they also knew your weakness!
The latest information shows that the mook will give away again "Umehara Shinja" title and also "ARCADIA" title to 200 lucky readers. (presumably for console use)
The mook will be released on June 30. (You can buy it here.)
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Surprise guests at SSF4AE launch event?
MarkMan mentioned that he'll attend Capcom's SSF4AE launch event on June 28 in San Francisco, WITH 3 friends. Is that a hint?
If you remember, last year's SSF4 launch event (April 23) had Daigo Umehara as a special guest. That's when Mad Catz announced his signing.
If you remember, last year's SSF4 launch event (April 23) had Daigo Umehara as a special guest. That's when Mad Catz announced his signing.
Tokido joins Team Mad Catz
The topic should be Mad Catz to begin complete global saturation!
Mad Catz today announced that Tokido is the newest Team Mad Catz member.
Tokido is the second most successful Japanese fighting game player right after Daigo Umehara. He's proved to be the most versatile competitive fighting game player in the past 12 months. He also has some English skills. (Not to mention that he graduated from the most prestigious university in Japan, The University of Tokyo.) Without a doubt, he deserves this.
Many people think this announcement is a surprise because Tokido made a contract with apparel maker The Traveling Circus. But it's absolutely possible since TTC isn't that kind of sponsor like Mad Catz. It is suggested that TTC basically makes players sell their T-shirts. Players will earn $1,000 for every 250 T-shirts sold. This means they could release a plain-looking shirt, do no marketing, and force players to sell it in order to receive any money. (This's why I feel weird when the streamers put TTC in front of his name, when they don't actually support the player.)
Mad Catz's contract actually came very late, and that's why Tokido quickly accepted TTC just to be called a pro gamer. This's because there's a misconception in Japan that you're a pro gamer only when you have a sponsor, while in reality, a pro gamer can be a person who makes a living out of gaming. That's just what Tokido's been doing for almost a year now. He plays every games and tries to place as high as possible.
Acheivement (incomplete/not all verified)
Mad Catz today announced that Tokido is the newest Team Mad Catz member.
Tokido is the second most successful Japanese fighting game player right after Daigo Umehara. He's proved to be the most versatile competitive fighting game player in the past 12 months. He also has some English skills. (Not to mention that he graduated from the most prestigious university in Japan, The University of Tokyo.) Without a doubt, he deserves this.
Many people think this announcement is a surprise because Tokido made a contract with apparel maker The Traveling Circus. But it's absolutely possible since TTC isn't that kind of sponsor like Mad Catz. It is suggested that TTC basically makes players sell their T-shirts. Players will earn $1,000 for every 250 T-shirts sold. This means they could release a plain-looking shirt, do no marketing, and force players to sell it in order to receive any money. (This's why I feel weird when the streamers put TTC in front of his name, when they don't actually support the player.)
Mad Catz's contract actually came very late, and that's why Tokido quickly accepted TTC just to be called a pro gamer. This's because there's a misconception in Japan that you're a pro gamer only when you have a sponsor, while in reality, a pro gamer can be a person who makes a living out of gaming. That's just what Tokido's been doing for almost a year now. He plays every games and tries to place as high as possible.
Acheivement (incomplete/not all verified)
| Year | Tournament | Game | Place | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | CEO 2011 | Super Street Fighter IV: AE | 1st | - |
| 2011 | CEO 2011 | Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | 1st | - |
| 2011 | CEO 2011 | BlazBlue: Continuum Shift 2 | 1st | - |
| 2011 | CEO 2011 | Tekken 6 | 3rd | - |
| 2011 | Stunfest 2011 | Super Street Fighter IV | 1st | - |
| 2011 | Stunfest 2011 | Super Street Fighter IV (3 on 3) | 1st | - |
| 2011 | Stunfest 2011 | Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | 1st | - |
| 2011 | Stunfest 2011 | BlazBlue: Continuum Shift | 1st | - |
| 2011 | Final Round XIV | Super Street Fighter IV | 2nd | - |
| 2011 | Final Round XIV | Super Street Fighter IV (3 on 3) | 1st | - |
| 2011 | Final Round XIV | Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (3 on 3) | 1st | - |
| 2011 | Final Round XIV | Super Street Fighter II Turbo | 1st | - |
| 2011 | Final Round XIV | Super Street Fighter II HD Remix | 3rd | - |
| 2011 | Beat by Contest | Super Street Fighter IV (2 on 2) | 2nd | - |
| 2011 | Beat by Contest | Super Street Fighter IV | 1st | - |
| 2010 | Shadowloo Showdown | Super Street Fighter IV | 2nd | - |
| 2010 | SoCal Regionals | BlazBlue: Continuum Shift | 1st | - |
| 2010 | SoCal Regionals | Street Fighter III: Third Strike | 1st | - |
| 2010 | SoCal Regionals | Super Street Fighter IV | 3rd | - |
| 2010 | Ayano Cup | Street Fighter IV (5 on 5) | 2nd | - |
| 2010 | Stunfest | Super Street Fighter IV | 3rd | - |
| 2010 | GODSGARDEN #2 | Street Fighter IV | 1st | - |
| 2009 | Super Battle Opera 2009 | Street Fighter III: Third Strike | 2nd | - |
| 2007 | Evolution 2007 | Street Fighter III: Third Strike | 2nd | - |
| 2007 | Evolution 2007 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo | 1st | - |
| 2006 | Evolution 2006 | Hyper Street Fighter II | 3rd | - |
| 2005 | Super Battle Opera 2005 | Capcom Fighting Jam | 1st | - |
| 2005 | Evolution 2005 | Super Street Fighter II Turbo | 3rd | - |
| 2003 | Super Battle Opera 2003 | Capcom vs. SNK 2 | 1st | - |
| 2002 | Evolution 2002 | Capcom vs. SNK 2 | 1st | - |
Friday, June 24, 2011
Shadowloo Showdown 2011 Summary
- Official site
- Many players from the trailer are absent.
Pre-tournament stats
- Shadowloo 2010 SSF4 Single: GamerBee 1st, Tokido 2nd, Mago 3rd
- Momochi (Ken) beat Mike Ross in Season's Beatings 2010.
- GamerBee beat Momochi (Ken) twice to win Season's Beatings 2010.
- Momochi has never won an individual tournament.
- Kindevu used to win Evo twice in 2004 and 2006 for Capcom vs. SNK 2. That's only individual tournaments he won.
Day -1 (June 23)
- They had a SSF4AE mini tournament at a game center. First to 3 rounds. Momochi won. Tokido is 2nd. Poongko is 3rd. GamerBee is 4th. Kindevu, ItaZan, Mike Ross also participated. (via Choco)
- In case you don't remember, Momochi started playing Yun since NSB25.
- Tokido streamed from Australia for 30 minutes. GamerBee said he likes Adon but since he's not winning he wants to switch to ... probably Yun.
Day 0 (June 24)
- Picure: Venue
Day 1 (June 25)
- MarkMan to announce a new Team Mad Catz member. (Update: It's Tokido. TTC won't go anywhere. Read more here.)
- Mago plays Tekken 6. He sure knows how to please his boss! (MarkMan)
- Picture: Mago playing before the tournament.
- From Tokido: Pool A = GamerBee, MOV, Kindevu. Pool B = Haitani, Umezono, ItaZan, Poongko, Tokido.
- From Choco: AE has 240 participants.
- Picture: Tokido to fusion with MarkMan?
- MarkMan teased more Team Mad Catz member.
- Picture: Tokido playing.
- Tokido won BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
- I just woke up, by the way. I missed all the actions.
- Both Mago and Tokido is in top 16 Losers bracket.
- [Tekken 6 Grand Final] Picture: Tokido won GamerBee.
- I separated the AE results from normal updates.
- Picture: Tokido playing MvC3
- Reported by Umezono: 3rd Strike: Winner = Umezono, Deshiken, MOV. Losers = RF, Momochi. Out = Haitani and Tokido.
AE
- MOV (Ken) 2-0 ThirdEye (Oni/Ken)
- Choco Blanka 2-0 Jfizz (Blanka)
- Kindevu 2-0 Stomper47 (Ryu)
- MOV 2-0 Ero Oyaji (Akuma)
- Choco 2-1 Pen (Akuma)
- Choco 1-2 Carbuncle (Rose) Almost!
- MOV 2-0 Glassy (Gen)
- Kindevu (Sagat) 2-0 Afterdeath (Zangief)
- Tokido 2-0 Neon (Dudley) MarkMan announced his signing before this match.
- MOV 2-0 HumanBomb (Yang)
- Kindevu (Juri/Viper) 2-1 Akira (Sagat)
- MOV 0-2 Kindevu (Yun)
- MOV 2-1 GameOutttt (Guile)
- Haitani 2-0 Eranzo (Blanka)
- ItaZan 2-0 Brycemac (Cody)
- Poongko (Seth) 2-0 Sildenafl (E. Ryu)
- ItaZan 2-0 Wei (Boxer)
- Tokido 2-0 KellyNuts (Guy)
- Haitani 2-0 Joey (Sagat)
- ItaZan 2-0 Skitzr (Yang)
- Tokido 2-1 Shangsung (Dictator)
- Poongko (Yang) 2-0 ThunderCat (Boxer/Hawk)
- Haitani 2-0 FollowupURSF (Dictator)
- Poongko (Seth) 2-0 IronSoul (Honda) 40 hits combo here!
- Tokido 2-0 Hawseow (Dictator)
- Tokido 1-2 Haitani (Makoto) Tokido slipped and went to Losers.
- Poongko 2-0 Umezono (Dictator/Yang)
- ItaZan 1-2 Poongko
- Mago 2-0 Trigger (Cody)
- Uryo (Sakura) 2-0 Genxcop (Honda)
- ItaZan 2-1 Hawseow (Dictator)
- Mago (Sagat) 2-0 Nickerz (Zangief)
- Uryo (Sakura) 2-0 Sailo (Abel/Ken)
- Uryo (Sakura) 2-0 Genxa (Yun)
- Mago 2-0 Sol (Rose/Abel)
- Uryo (Sakura) 2-0 Mike Ross (Tokido commentated this match.)
- Picture: Mago 1-2 Xian (Yun) Mago went to Losers. Xian is from Singapore.
- Momochi 2-0 Yusuke (Sakura)
- Mike Ross 2-0 Sol (Sakura/Abel) *Sol is one of the event organizers.
- Mago 2-0 Genxa (Yun)
- Makoto (Claw) 2-0 Gekikara (Chun)
- Makoto (Claw) 2-0 Heavy Weapon (Sagat)
- Momochi (Cody) 2-0 MuttonHead (Ryu)
- RF (Sagat/Fei/Yun) 2-1 Zhieeev (Fei/Guile) Highlight: RF didn't know that you can't change the character after winning a game. After he lost the first game, he waited for the opponent to pick a character first so he could counter-pick it. And then after he won the next game, he counter-picked. (breaking the rule)
- Momochi (Ken) 2-0 Siuming (Adon)
- Makoto (Claw) 2-1 Gootecks (Boxer)
- RF (Sagat/Fei) 2-1 DontLetTomWin$150 (Oni)
- Momochi (Ken/Yun) 1-2 RF (Sagat) They waited to counter-pick each other, so referee suggested them blind pick. Momochi almost won, but went to Losers instead.
- Makoto (Claw) 0-2 Toxy (Akuma)
- Makoto (Claw) 2-1 Siuming (Sagat)
- Momochi (Yun) 2-0 Zhieeep (Zangief)
Day 2 (June 26)
- Mago & Tokido are in MvC3 top 16
- Picture: Tokido promotes SFxTekken stick
- Picture: Choco & MarkMan
- [AE Team] Tokido, Mago, GamerBee form a team. Tokido OCV'd Team ItaZan+Uryo+Haitani
- [3rd Strike] Deshiken 1st, MOV 2nd
- [AE Team] Team Hong Kong eliminated Team ItaZan+Uryo+Haitani
- [AE Team] GamerBee OCV'd Team Kindevu (2000 Yen)
- Picture: Team 3 Kings
- [MvC3 Winners Final] Tokido vs. Mago
- [MvC3 Grand Final] Picture: Tokido won Mago
- [MvC3] Tokido coached Mago during the matches before the finals.
AE Team
Team UmeChoco = ChocoBlanka, Umezono, Deshiken (Viper)
Team Bishi Bashi / Total Heads = Makoto (Claw), MOV, Poongko
Team Okozukai 2000 Yen = RF, Kindevu, Momochi (This team is Tougeki 2010 winner)
Team Complexity // CC = Mike Ross, Gootecks, Xian
Team Three Kings = Tokido, Mago, GamerBee
AE Single
Exclusive sofa!
Small detail, but very important. The venue had a sofa in front of the stage for the players who wait for playing or team members. The exclusive area also separated players from the audience, so no distractions. Very nice! Everyone should do this.
"The Machine"
The top player from Korea Poongko is the MVP of this tournament. He didn't go to Losers bracket in Single, even he played the lowest health character and his road wasn't easy. But the most important thing is his performance or how he played. Several times, his actions just outclassed his opponents. You need to see his matches in this tournament, as I don't recommend the replays on YouTube. As I said before, you can't judge anything from replay clips, and there's some lag. Poongko usually plays online with Japanese but he lives in Korea. (I think similar to Xian from Singapore.)
Poongko's Fun Facts
- He beat Tokido in first-to-ten match before the tournament. (via the commentator)
- He took his belt off before he played.
- He drank Red Bull after winning the grand final.
- They called him "The Machine" because after he got off the plane he doesn't stop playing. He said some day he played 24 hours. (via the commentator)
Poongko's interview
- He lost to Momochi's Yun when he arrived Australia but he didn't let it get in his mind.
- He wasn't 100% satisfied, because he wanted to fight Mago in the grand final to decide. This's because he struggled with Mago's Fei Long. Though he didn't disrespect Momochi.
Evo seed points
Tokido will place very high in Evo 2011 if he has some luck. He received another 64 points from winning MvC3 and will probably play only 1 match in MvC3 pool at Evo. In MvC3, playing less match helps a lot.
Days after (the tournament ended)
- Momochi & Choco, Kindevu, ItaZan, Uryo, Haitani, Tokido went to a zoo.
- Umezono, ItaZan, Kindevu, Uryo went to casino.
- Mago killed the time (plane/airport) by playing Super Robot War Z (PSP) that he borrowed from a friend. He reached chapter 34 during the trip.
Thank you
- MarkMan and the others for the reports, especially results from offscreen matches.
News and Media
- News on SRK
- The Shadowloo's YouTube
- Playlist on Nico
- 73 photos from Mad Catz's Facebook
- Mago using prototyped SFxTekken stick
- Many players from the trailer are absent.
Pre-tournament stats
- Shadowloo 2010 SSF4 Single: GamerBee 1st, Tokido 2nd, Mago 3rd
- Momochi (Ken) beat Mike Ross in Season's Beatings 2010.
- GamerBee beat Momochi (Ken) twice to win Season's Beatings 2010.
- Momochi has never won an individual tournament.
- Kindevu used to win Evo twice in 2004 and 2006 for Capcom vs. SNK 2. That's only individual tournaments he won.
Day -1 (June 23)
- They had a SSF4AE mini tournament at a game center. First to 3 rounds. Momochi won. Tokido is 2nd. Poongko is 3rd. GamerBee is 4th. Kindevu, ItaZan, Mike Ross also participated. (via Choco)
- In case you don't remember, Momochi started playing Yun since NSB25.
- Tokido streamed from Australia for 30 minutes. GamerBee said he likes Adon but since he's not winning he wants to switch to ... probably Yun.
Day 0 (June 24)
- Picure: Venue
Day 1 (June 25)
- MarkMan to announce a new Team Mad Catz member. (Update: It's Tokido. TTC won't go anywhere. Read more here.)
- Mago plays Tekken 6. He sure knows how to please his boss! (MarkMan)
- Picture: Mago playing before the tournament.
- From Tokido: Pool A = GamerBee, MOV, Kindevu. Pool B = Haitani, Umezono, ItaZan, Poongko, Tokido.
- From Choco: AE has 240 participants.
- Picture: Tokido to fusion with MarkMan?
- MarkMan teased more Team Mad Catz member.
- Picture: Tokido playing.
- Tokido won BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
- I just woke up, by the way. I missed all the actions.
- Both Mago and Tokido is in top 16 Losers bracket.
- [Tekken 6 Grand Final] Picture: Tokido won GamerBee.
- I separated the AE results from normal updates.
- Picture: Tokido playing MvC3
- Reported by Umezono: 3rd Strike: Winner = Umezono, Deshiken, MOV. Losers = RF, Momochi. Out = Haitani and Tokido.
AE
- MOV (Ken) 2-0 ThirdEye (Oni/Ken)
- Choco Blanka 2-0 Jfizz (Blanka)
- Kindevu 2-0 Stomper47 (Ryu)
- MOV 2-0 Ero Oyaji (Akuma)
- Choco 2-1 Pen (Akuma)
- Choco 1-2 Carbuncle (Rose) Almost!
- MOV 2-0 Glassy (Gen)
- Kindevu (Sagat) 2-0 Afterdeath (Zangief)
- Tokido 2-0 Neon (Dudley) MarkMan announced his signing before this match.
- MOV 2-0 HumanBomb (Yang)
- Kindevu (Juri/Viper) 2-1 Akira (Sagat)
- MOV 0-2 Kindevu (Yun)
- MOV 2-1 GameOutttt (Guile)
- Haitani 2-0 Eranzo (Blanka)
- ItaZan 2-0 Brycemac (Cody)
- Poongko (Seth) 2-0 Sildenafl (E. Ryu)
- ItaZan 2-0 Wei (Boxer)
- Tokido 2-0 KellyNuts (Guy)
- Haitani 2-0 Joey (Sagat)
- ItaZan 2-0 Skitzr (Yang)
- Tokido 2-1 Shangsung (Dictator)
- Poongko (Yang) 2-0 ThunderCat (Boxer/Hawk)
- Haitani 2-0 FollowupURSF (Dictator)
- Poongko (Seth) 2-0 IronSoul (Honda) 40 hits combo here!
- Tokido 2-0 Hawseow (Dictator)
- Tokido 1-2 Haitani (Makoto) Tokido slipped and went to Losers.
- Poongko 2-0 Umezono (Dictator/Yang)
- ItaZan 1-2 Poongko
- Mago 2-0 Trigger (Cody)
- Uryo (Sakura) 2-0 Genxcop (Honda)
- ItaZan 2-1 Hawseow (Dictator)
- Mago (Sagat) 2-0 Nickerz (Zangief)
- Uryo (Sakura) 2-0 Sailo (Abel/Ken)
- Uryo (Sakura) 2-0 Genxa (Yun)
- Mago 2-0 Sol (Rose/Abel)
- Uryo (Sakura) 2-0 Mike Ross (Tokido commentated this match.)
- Picture: Mago 1-2 Xian (Yun) Mago went to Losers. Xian is from Singapore.
- Momochi 2-0 Yusuke (Sakura)
- Mike Ross 2-0 Sol (Sakura/Abel) *Sol is one of the event organizers.
- Mago 2-0 Genxa (Yun)
- Makoto (Claw) 2-0 Gekikara (Chun)
- Makoto (Claw) 2-0 Heavy Weapon (Sagat)
- Momochi (Cody) 2-0 MuttonHead (Ryu)
- RF (Sagat/Fei/Yun) 2-1 Zhieeev (Fei/Guile) Highlight: RF didn't know that you can't change the character after winning a game. After he lost the first game, he waited for the opponent to pick a character first so he could counter-pick it. And then after he won the next game, he counter-picked. (breaking the rule)
- Momochi (Ken) 2-0 Siuming (Adon)
- Makoto (Claw) 2-1 Gootecks (Boxer)
- RF (Sagat/Fei) 2-1 DontLetTomWin$150 (Oni)
- Momochi (Ken/Yun) 1-2 RF (Sagat) They waited to counter-pick each other, so referee suggested them blind pick. Momochi almost won, but went to Losers instead.
- Makoto (Claw) 0-2 Toxy (Akuma)
- Makoto (Claw) 2-1 Siuming (Sagat)
- Momochi (Yun) 2-0 Zhieeep (Zangief)
Day 2 (June 26)
- Mago & Tokido are in MvC3 top 16
- Picture: Tokido promotes SFxTekken stick
- Picture: Choco & MarkMan
- [AE Team] Tokido, Mago, GamerBee form a team. Tokido OCV'd Team ItaZan+Uryo+Haitani
- [3rd Strike] Deshiken 1st, MOV 2nd
- [AE Team] Team Hong Kong eliminated Team ItaZan+Uryo+Haitani
- [AE Team] GamerBee OCV'd Team Kindevu (2000 Yen)
- Picture: Team 3 Kings
- [MvC3 Winners Final] Tokido vs. Mago
- [MvC3 Grand Final] Picture: Tokido won Mago
- [MvC3] Tokido coached Mago during the matches before the finals.
AE Team
Team UmeChoco = ChocoBlanka, Umezono, Deshiken (Viper)
Team Bishi Bashi / Total Heads = Makoto (Claw), MOV, Poongko
Team Okozukai 2000 Yen = RF, Kindevu, Momochi (This team is Tougeki 2010 winner)
Team Complexity // CC = Mike Ross, Gootecks, Xian
Team Three Kings = Tokido, Mago, GamerBee
- UmeChoco 3-1 What's the Point! (Choco OCVd!)
- Total Heads 3-0 33 DD (Makoto OCV'd)
- Total Heads 3-0 Mr Dial a Pizza (Poongko OCV'd)
- 2000 Yen 3-0 You are the best (Momochi OCV'd with Cody)
- Total Heads 3-0 Complexity // CC (Makoto OCV'd)
- Three Kings 3-0 F*** SF4 (Tokido OCV'd)
- Three Kings 3-0 Total Heads (Mago OCV'd)
- [Grand Final] Three Kings 3-0 2000 Yen (Mago OCV'd)
AE Single
- Poongko sent Haitani to Losers
- GamerBee sent Kindevu to Losers
- Momochi (Yun) eliminated Makoto (Claw)
- Momochi eliminated Haitani
- Tokido eliminated ItaZan
- RF sent Toxy to Losers
- MOV eliminated Human Bomb (Yang) (2-0)
- Mago eliminated by Mike Ross (1-2) Carelessly jump!
- Tokido eliminated Toxy (Akuma) (2-0)
- MOV eliminated by Xian (Yun) (0-2)
- Kindevu (Yun) eliminated Mike Ross (2-0)
- Tokido eliminated Xian (2-1)
- Momochi (Yun) eliminated Kindevu (Yun) (2-1)
- Poongko eliminated GamerBee (2-0) Intense button check!
- RF (Sagat) sent Uryo (Sakura) to Losers (2-1)
- Tokido eliminated GamerBee (2-0)
- Momochi (Yun) eliminated Uryo (Sakura) (2-0)
- [Winners Final] RF (Sagat) sent to Losers by Poongko (1-2)
- Tokido eliminated by Momochi (Yun) (0-2)
- [Losers Final] Momochi (Ken) eliminated RF (Sagat) (2-0)
- [Grand Final] Momochi (Yun) eliminated by Poongko (Seth) (0-3)
Exclusive sofa!
Small detail, but very important. The venue had a sofa in front of the stage for the players who wait for playing or team members. The exclusive area also separated players from the audience, so no distractions. Very nice! Everyone should do this.
"The Machine"
The top player from Korea Poongko is the MVP of this tournament. He didn't go to Losers bracket in Single, even he played the lowest health character and his road wasn't easy. But the most important thing is his performance or how he played. Several times, his actions just outclassed his opponents. You need to see his matches in this tournament, as I don't recommend the replays on YouTube. As I said before, you can't judge anything from replay clips, and there's some lag. Poongko usually plays online with Japanese but he lives in Korea. (I think similar to Xian from Singapore.)
Poongko's Fun Facts
- He beat Tokido in first-to-ten match before the tournament. (via the commentator)
- He took his belt off before he played.
- He drank Red Bull after winning the grand final.
- They called him "The Machine" because after he got off the plane he doesn't stop playing. He said some day he played 24 hours. (via the commentator)
Poongko's interview
- He lost to Momochi's Yun when he arrived Australia but he didn't let it get in his mind.
- He wasn't 100% satisfied, because he wanted to fight Mago in the grand final to decide. This's because he struggled with Mago's Fei Long. Though he didn't disrespect Momochi.
Evo seed points
Tokido will place very high in Evo 2011 if he has some luck. He received another 64 points from winning MvC3 and will probably play only 1 match in MvC3 pool at Evo. In MvC3, playing less match helps a lot.
| Player | SSF4AE | MvC3 |
|---|---|---|
| Daigo Umehara | 64 | 2 |
| Tokido | 104 | 130 |
| Mago | 2 | 32 |
Days after (the tournament ended)
- Momochi & Choco, Kindevu, ItaZan, Uryo, Haitani, Tokido went to a zoo.
- Umezono, ItaZan, Kindevu, Uryo went to casino.
- Mago killed the time (plane/airport) by playing Super Robot War Z (PSP) that he borrowed from a friend. He reached chapter 34 during the trip.
Thank you
- MarkMan and the others for the reports, especially results from offscreen matches.
News and Media
- News on SRK
- The Shadowloo's YouTube
- Playlist on Nico
- 73 photos from Mad Catz's Facebook
- Mago using prototyped SFxTekken stick
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Shadowloo 2011 won't have all players in the trailer
It's now a trend to release a trailer for a fighting game event showing player lineup to attract more people. It's good until the organizers started putting names in the trailers without confirmation or acknowledgement from the players themselves.
Shadowloo Showdown 2011 announced tons of players in their trailer. But as I pointed out before, some stars weren't sure about it. And now with the latest information, something is becoming more clear, and something is becoming more shady.
Confirmed not to go
Kokujin (said himself)
Not going
Sako (via Umezono)
KSK (until reconsider)
????
Other Japanese players
Ready or confirmed to go
Kindevu
Uryo
Haitani
Itabashi Zangief
Umezono
Momochi & Choco
RF
Tokido (will show off his Yun!)
Mago
Gootecks & Mike Ross
MOV
MarkMan
Shadowloo Showdown 2011 announced tons of players in their trailer. But as I pointed out before, some stars weren't sure about it. And now with the latest information, something is becoming more clear, and something is becoming more shady.
Confirmed not to go
Kokujin (said himself)
Not going
Sako (via Umezono)
KSK (until reconsider)
????
Other Japanese players
Ready or confirmed to go
Kindevu
Uryo
Haitani
Itabashi Zangief
Umezono
Momochi & Choco
RF
Tokido (will show off his Yun!)
Mago
Gootecks & Mike Ross
MOV
MarkMan
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