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Sunday, December 14, 2014

Capcom Cup 2014 Finals summary

Info
Date: Saturday 13 (Saturday, local time)
Location: The Warfield, San Francisco
Official Capcom Pro Tour website
Official Capcom Cup website
Stream link (English)

Daigo Umehara's Road to Capcom Cup 2014
Umehara had the most difficult route for a spot in this final day. He had to win Capcom Pro Tour Taiwan, then had to win a round-robin featuring two Evo champs plus three Evo top 8 (even played GamerBee twice) in Capcom Pro Tour Asia Finals.

Results
Nishikin (Bla UW) 1-2 Luffy (Ros U2) 38578
0-2
2-0 *extremely close 2r
0-2
- Nishikin refused to do a combo twice! Why?
PR Balrog (ERy U1) 1-2 Ricky Ortiz (Ruf U1) 44760v
1-2 *Ricky almost perfect in 2r *perfect in 3r
2-1 *Rog changed to Box U1 *Ricky dropped Ultra 2r
0-2 *Ricky dropped Ultra 2r
Momochi (Ken U2) 2-0 Snake Eyez (Zan U2) 47387
2-1
2-1
Nuckledu (Dec UW) 1-2 Ryan Hart (Ryu U1)
2-1 *close 1r
1-2
0-2
Bon-chan (Sag U1) 0-2 Fuudo (Fei U1) 50083v
0-2
0-2 *Fuudo almost perfect 1r
Infiltration (Chu UW) 2-0 Chuchu (Sak U1) 51728v
2-1
2-0
[13:44] Valmaster (Ele U2) 0-2 Xian (Poi U1) 51499v
0-2 *Xian almost perfect 2r
1-2 *Cal changed to Chun U1
[13:53] Justin Wong (Ruf U1) 0-2 Daigo Umehara (ERy U2) 53673v
0-2
0-2 *Ume toying 2r

LOSERS BRACKET
[14:13] PR Balrog (Box U1) 2-0 Nishikin (Bla U1) 53854v
2-0 *very close 1r
2-1
[14:20] Nuckledu (Gui U2) 2-1 Snake Eyez (Zan U1/2) 57274v
1-2 *close 3r
2-1
2-0 *Nuckledu almost perfect 1r *close 3r
[14:29] Bon-chan (Sag U1) 2-0 Chuchu (Vip U1) 58223v
2-0
2-1
[14:35] Justin Wong (Ruf U1) 0-2 Valmaster (Chun U2) 59950v
1-2
0-2 *Val perfect 1r

WINNERS BRACKET (5 Evo champs are here!)
[15:27] Luffy (Ros U2) 2-1 Ricky Ortiz (Ruf UW) 60694v
2-1 *very close 2r
1-2 *close 2r
2-0
[15:36] Ryan Hart (Ryu U1) 2-1 Momochi (Ken U2) 65151
2-1 *very close 2r (nice reaction Ultra from Hart)
1-2 *very close 1r
2-0 *very close 1r *close 2r
[15:48] Infiltration (Ele U2) 2-1 Fuudo (Fei U1) 67588
2-0
0-2
2-0
[16:00] Daigo Umehara (ERy U2) 1-2 Xian (Dha U1) 70475
1-2 *very close 1r (nice Ultra reaction by Ume) *close 3r
2-1
1-2 *close 1r

LOSERS BRACKET
[16:11] Valmaster (Chun U2) 2-1 Ricky Ortiz (Ruf U1) 71288v 8653v
0-2
2-1
2-0 *very close 2r
[1620] Bon-chan (Sag U1) 0-0 Momochi (Ken UW) 71100
2-1 *Momo almost perfect 2r
0-2
1-2 *Momo almost perfect 3r
[1629] Nuckledu (Gui U2) 0-2 Fuudo (Fei U1) 70492
0-2
0-2
[1636] PR Balrog (Box U1) 0-0 Daigo Umehara (ERy U2) 72259
0-2
2-1
2-0

Updates
- In front of venue
- Umehara and the gang outside the venue
- Beautiful shot of Umehara, Bon-chan, Fuudo
- Umehara and the gang going Fisherman's Wharf
- Umehara eating with Nishikin on his side
- Umehara literally blocking Fuudo's sauce
- Umehara and Alcatraz Island
- Umehara and the gang walking and laughing
- Ono and line in front of venue
10:32 - Ono in front of stage
11:10 - Japanese stream said PR Balrog mains Claw. (this's why we use Claw/Boxer/Dictator)
11:26 - Ono at back stage
11:30 - 15507 viewers
11:32 - Stream actually starts
11:33 - The Megas & A_Rival perform opening music. Nothing wrong with the music, but we rather spend time for FT3 than FT2.
11:36 - Mike Ross appears as host, in car repairing suit. Hope he uses script.
11:37 - Matt Dahlgren appears, thanking the Illuminati.
11:40 - Alex Valle appears to play OSF4, with a Dhalsim player who should be banned from the FGC long time ago for collusion and behaviors. (But hey, half of VIPs will be gone if we actually have regulations) Combofiend and Michael Evans to commentate. We must remind you that Combofiend can't commentate.
11:54 - Random players appear to continue OSF4.
11:56 - Nishikin just said he wants to play ASAP.
12:03 - Dahlgren appears, OSF4 coming Dec15. *25186 viewers
12:04 - MH4 Ultimate 3DS trailer. 30 minutes wasted.
12:09 - Mad Catz CM feat. Daigo Umehara followed by Mark Wahlberg movie trailer The Gambler.
12:27 - Event resumes after break. About to waste 1 hour already. Mike Ross on stage introducing players.
12:31 - 34030v
12:35 - Momochi appears with Juri theme, his chance of winning this tournament just dropped to 0%.
12:37 - James Chen and Ultra David appear.
12:46 - Tournament actually starts!
13:38 - By the way, Chun(-Li) is pronounced Choon, not Chan.
14:51 - 7410v on JP stream
15:03 - This band put lyric in Megaman song. Time to watch something else. (JP chat said is this high school cultural festival?)
15:06 - 42622v (almost 18000 viewers gone in this break
15:14 - Yesterday, a Japanese game event had underground idols sing and dance as a filler. We thought it was bad as they could barely sing or dance. This's worse. Some of the girls at least looked good.
15:21 - The band stopped. Then they said they'll be back. OMG.
16:45 - Tournament is over. Time to sleep.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

4th TOPANGA League Round 12 summary

Uryo vs. Bon-chan
Sako vs. Momochi
Umehara vs. Bon-chan
Michael-tan vs. Uryo
Umehara vs. Sako

Commentators
R (Guy player) and Kazunoko

In the audience: Shiro, Ryota Niitsuma (Marvel producer)

4th TOPANGA League Round 11 summary

Uryo vs. Momochi
Umehara vs. Michael-tan
Bon-chan vs. Momochi
Sako vs. Michael-tan
Umehara vs. Uryo

Commentators
R (Guy player) and Nemo

4th TOPANGA League Round 10 summary

Sako vs. Bon-chan
Michael-tan vs. Momochi
Sako vs. Uryo
Michael-tan vs. Bon-chan
Umehara vs. Momochi

Commentators
R (Guy player) and Mago
(Opening skit: Mago humming Guile theme)

4th TOPANGA League Round 9 summary

Kazunoko vs. Pugera
Momochi vs. Bon-chan
Nemo vs. Pugera
Tokido vs. Bon-chan
Momochi vs. Kazunoko

Commentators
R (Guy player) and Shiro (Abel/Makoto player)
(Opening skit: below)

4th TOPANGA League Round 8 summary

Momochi vs. Tokido
Nemo vs. Kazunoko
Tokido vs. Pugera
Nemo vs. Bon-chan
Momochi vs. Pugera

Commentators
R (Guy player) and Mago
(Opening skit: Mago doing JoJo things)

4th TOPANGA League Round 7 summary

Kazunoko vs. Bon-chan
Momochi vs. Nemo
Kazunoko vs. Tokido
Bon-chan vs. Pugera
Tokido vs. Nemo

Commentators
R (Guy player) and Yoshiwo (Guile player)
(Opening skit: JoJo pose)

4th TOPANGA League Round 6 summary

Information
The 4th TOPANGA League stream and ticket links
TOPANGA League rules
How to buy ticket using credit card
How to buy ticket using PayPal
4th TOPANGA League Round 1 summary
4th TOPANGA League Round 2 summary
4th TOPANGA League Round 3 summary
4th TOPANGA League Round 4 summary
4th TOPANGA League Round 5 summary

November 16 - Round 6

Tokido vs. Pugera
Bon-chan vs. Kazunoko
Michael-tan vs. Santarou
Momochi vs. Nemo
Sako vs. Tokido
Umehara vs. Uryo
Fuudo vs. Pugera
Nemo vs. Michael-tan
Kazunoko vs. Uryo
Bon-chan vs. Momochi
Umehara vs. Sako

Commentators
R (Guy player) and Shiro (Abel/Makoto player)
(Opening skit: Hiding)

4th TOPANGA League Round 4 summary

Information
The 4th TOPANGA League stream and ticket links
TOPANGA League rules
How to buy ticket using credit card
How to buy ticket using PayPal
Round 1-6 fixtures

November 14 - Round 4

Fuudo vs. Michael-tan
Kazunoko vs. Nemo
Tokido vs. Santarou
Sako vs. Pugera
Uryo vs. Michael-tan
Fuudo vs. Santarou
Kazunoko vs. Pugera
Bon-chan vs. Tokido
Momochi vs. Michael-tan
Sako vs. Uryo
Umehara vs. Bon-chan

Commentators
R (Guy player) and Shiro (Abel/Makoto player)
(Opening skit: Mushroom)

4th TOPANGA League Round 1 summary

Information
The 4th TOPANGA League stream and ticket links
TOPANGA League rules
How to buy ticket using credit card
How to buy ticket using PayPal
Round 1-6 fixtures
TOPANGA League A promo video

Changes from last season

Players promoted by finishing top 4 in B league: Sako, Santarou, Pugera, Nemo
Fuudo gets to stay in A league by finishing 1st place in the play-off
Tokido promoted by finishing 2nd place in the play-off
Dashio relegated by finishing last place in the play-off
Ninomae stayed in B league by finishing 3rd place in the play-off
Wao quitted the league
Haitani relegated from A and quitted the league

November 7 - Round 1

Sako vs. Bon-chan
Santarou vs. Pugera
Umehara vs. Michael-tan
Uryo vs. Nemo
Tokido vs. Kazunoko
Momochi vs. Fuudo
Michael-tan vs. Pugera
Bon-chan vs. Uryo
Momochi vs. Santarou
Sako vs. Nemo
Umehara vs. Fuudo

Commentators
R (Guy player) and Shiro (Abel/Makoto player)

The stream had an issue at the beginning so matches were delayed.

Razer Bon-chan appears!

So just hours after taking our advice, Razer promptly signed Bon-chan?

Look at the T-shirt he's wearing tonight.

MadCatz am cry? Now Razer has the better Fei Long AND Sagat.

And Bon-chan still has no sponsor. Why.

This's not the first time we write about this.

There must be some strange reason that Bon-chan still has no sponsor.

2nd place Tougeki 2010 (team)
1st place GODSGARDEN Classic
1st place The 1st TOPANGA Charity Cup (team)
1st place Tougeki 2012 (team)
4th place The 2nd TOPANGA League
2nd place Canada Cup 2013
3rd place TOPANGA World League (2nd place tie if you don't count GD)
1st place The 4th TOPANGA Charity Cup (team)
2nd place Evo 2014
1st place Thaiger Uppercut 2014
2nd place Japan's national tournament (Isshuu Sengeki)

We're not just looking at the best Sagat in the world here, but currently one of the strongest players in the world with achievements, and also a respectable person with fanbase.

Now look at MCZ Mago, who is widely known in the JFGC for having bottom-tier mentality. The self-proclaimed 2DGOD can't get good result and also can't teach. He was defeated 5 times in the latest tournament (Isshuu Sengeki), winning 0 match. (We also think he uses half-baked Yang because he wants to impress his lovely student.)

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Isshu Sengeki Hai Finals summary

Info
- Taito announced first USF4 tournaments
- Isshuu Sengeki Hai revealed
- Umehara confirmed for Isshuu Sengeki Hai Tokyo qualifier
- Isshu Sengeki Hai Tokyo qualifiers summary
- Stream links and time schedule
- Finals brackets
- Isshu Sengeki Hai official page
- Famitsu event report

Team

Double Dragon 2-3 Shakariki Dynamic
Kyoku (Yan) 1-2 Dath (Vip) *close 3R
Ojisan (Abe) 0-2 Dath (Vip)
Cabbage (Vip U2) 2-0 Dath (Vip U1) *U2 finish in 2R
Cabbage (Vip U1) 2-0 Tarezou (Ado U2)
Cabbage (Vip U1) 1-2 Score (Yun U1) *Cabbage missed Ultra, cost him 1R

Karu... 0-3 FGC Raijin
(DJ U2) 1-2 Amiyu (Gen U2)
Karu (Cam U1) 0-2 Amiyu (Gen U1)
Ninomae (Ros U2) 0-2 Amiyu (Gen U2)

Kachitagari 3-1 Ultra Kaiser Phoenix
Fuudo (Fei U1) 2-1 MDR (Ruf U1) *close 3R
Fuudo (Fei U1) 2-0 (Ibu U2)
Fuudo (Fei U1) 1-2 (Sagat U1) *close 2R
Bon-chan (Sag U2) 2-1 (Sagat U2) *close 2R

Mad Catz 3-2 Chima
Mago (Yan U2) 1-2 Itabashi Zangief (Zan U1)
Tokido (Aku U2) 2-0 Itabashi Zangief (Zan U1)
Tokido (Aku U1) 2-0 Nekojita (Abe U1)
Tokido (Aku U2) 0-2 Eita (Aku U2) *nice RFADC U2 finish in 3R
Umehara (ERy U1) 2-1 Eita (Aku U2)

Shakariki Dynamic 3-1 Kachitagari
Dath (Vip U1) 2-1 Kazunoko (Yun U1) *Kaz's big slip in last 2 rounds
Dath (Vip U1) 2-1 Bon-chan (Sag U1) *close 1R
Dath (Vip U1) 0-2 Fuudo (Fei U1)
Tarezou (Ado U2) 2-1 Fuudo (Fei U1)

FGC Raijin 1-3 Mad Catz
Hagejin (Zan U2) 2-1 Mago (Yan U2)
Hagejin (Zan U2) 0-2 Umehara (ERy U1)
Gachi-kun (Sag U1) 1-2 Umehara (ERy U1) *close 1R/2R
Amiyu (Gen U2) 0-2 Umehara (ERy U2)

Shakariki Dynamic 3-0 Mad Catz
Tarezou (Ado U2) 2-1 Mago (Yan U1)
Tarezou (Ado U2) 2-1 Tokido (Aku U1)
Tarezou (Ado U1) 2-1 Umehara (ERy U1)

- Special Awards (50,000 yen) go to team Chima and Mad Catz.
- Team Mad Catz won 100,000 yen.
- Street Fighter Puzzle Spirits announced for smartphone. Coming this Winter in Japan.

Singles
Momochi (Ken U2) 1-2 Hagejin (Zan U2)
1-2 *close 2R
2-1
0-2
- Hagejin could've won since game 2. He shut down Momochi.
Umehara (ERy U2) 2-0 Mago (Yan U2)
2-1
2-0
Nishikin (Bla U2) 2-0 Cabbage (Vip U1)
2-1 perfect in 3R
2-1 *Nishikin's unsafe move cost him 2R
KoujiKOG (Haw) 1-2 Shimauta (Ibu)
2-1
0-2
0-2Meu (Mak U1) 0-2 Kazunoko (Yun U1)
1-2 *perfect in 2R
1-2
Ninomae (Ros U2) 1-2 Nekojita (Abe U1)
1-2 *nice RFA in 3R
2-1
0-2EBI (Hak U1) 2-0 Santarou (Sag U1)
2-1
2-1
Furikuri2 (Ruf U1) 1-2 Bon-chan (Sag U1)
0-2
2-1 *comeback in 3R
0-2 *almost perfect in 1R
Hagejin (Zan U2) 2-0 Umehara (ERy U1)
2-1 *close 2R
2-1 *Ume missed input and lost 3 bars with RFA
[Losers] Furikuri2 (Ruf U1) 2-1 Umehara (ERy U1)
0-2
2-1 *very close 3R
2-0 *almost perfect in 1R *Ume just threw 2R with SRK
- A bad display from Umehara today.

Pictures
The commentators/MC team before tournament
Karipaku, Yoshida, Kuramochi drinking beer already before tournament

Thank you Taito
Thank you Taito for organizing these large scale tournaments and stream for free (3 separated streams even). They seem to make little to no profit for promoting USF4 (indirectly promote their arcade chain) which is also on consoles. The prize money is big, too.

Capcom Japan, who is infamous for treating the community badly and give no prize money, would've tried to find a way to charge us, like they did in 2012.

Saturday, September 20, 2014

[TGS2014 Day 3] Umehara vs. Bon-chan

At Alienware booth.

Bon-chan (Sag U1) 1-5 Umehara (ERy U1)

1-2 *intense 1R *almost perfect in 3R
2-1 *nice option select DP in 2R by Ume?
0-2 *nice EX DP follow in 1R *nice FA punish in 2R
1-2
1-2 *Arigataya finish in 3R
1-2 *big combo in 3R

- Umehara said Evil Ryu makes this matchup easier than Ryu.
- Umehara played rock-paper-scissors to give away signed rough sketch from the artist of his manga.
- There're so many people coming to watch him at the booth.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

5 hour USF4 launch streaming planned

It's announced today that Capcom and TOPANGA will be doing USF4 launch streaming on Niconico on August 15, starting from 23:00 JST. The show will be 5 hour long.

Tokido, Mago, Momochi, Bon-chan are confirmed for online kumite. If they lose 10 times total, Capcom will give away special ingame title.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

New USF4 promo posted: 3 on 3 featuring Umehara part 2

A new Ultra Street Fighter IV promotional video is posted today. This's the fourth promo for Japanese launch of the console version, which is August 7.

1st promo (Umehara tries Edition Select)
2nd promo (Umehara Hugo vs. Sako Decapre)
3rd promo (3 on 3) part 1

Thursday, July 17, 2014

New USF4 promo posted: 3 on 3 featuring Umehara

A new Ultra Street Fighter IV promotional video is posted today. This's the third promo for Japanese launch of the console version.

This time they'll have 3 on 3 using the following rules.
1. First to five.
2. A player cannot play 2 times in a row.
3. The team that won the previous match will have to announce their player first in the next match.
4. The team that has 3 point lead will have to randomly pick one of the new characters.

Each player of the winning team wins Toshiba LCD TV Regza 42Z8. The show will continue in the fourth promo.

1st promo (Umehara tries Edition Select)
2nd promo (Umehara Hugo vs. Sako Decapre)

The console version of USF4 will be released in Japan on August 7. While the Japanese have access to the game earlier in the arcades, most of them don't have access to training mode like foreigners because of this. This's the reason we think the Japanese didn't really have advantage at Evo 2014.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Evolution 2014 Day 3 summary

Information
- Niconico to stream Evo 2014
- Evolution 2014 Day 0 summary
- Umehara's Road to Evo 2014 champ
- JFGC's new low: Going to Evo just to do PPV show
- GODSGARDEN to do PPV stream
- Kana Ueda confirmed, learns English for Evo 2014
- Nagisa to cosplay at Evo 2014
- Beast Note's Evo 2014 wishlist
- Evolution 2014 Day 1 summary
- Evolution 2014 Day 2 summary
- Bon-chan to win Evo2014

BBCP
9:24 - [Winners] Dogura 2-1 Yoshiki *39088v
9:36 - [Winners] Garireo 2-0 N-O *42436v
9:47 - [Losers] Tiku 2-0 Tochigin *45122v
9:54 - [Losers] DoraBang 2-0 SG *49090v
10:02 - [Losers] Tiku 0-2 Yoshiki *51773v
10:10 - [Losers] DoraBang 2-1 N-O *54861v
10:23 - [Losers] DoraBang 2-0 Yoshiki *55661v
10:33 - [Winners] Garireo 0-3 Dogura *62145
10:46 - [Losers] Garireo 3-2 DoraBang *64938
11:04 - [Grand Final 1] Garireo 3-2 Dogura *70196 *Dogura lost big lead in 2R5G
11:19 - [Grand Final 2] Garireo 3-2 Dogura *80861 *Dogura lost big lead in 3R4G

Killer Instinct
12:00 - [Winners] Rico Suave 1-0 Tswagg *64315
12:04 - [Winners] CDJR 2-0 Justin Wong *65341
12:14 - [Losers] Pretty E 0-2 Guttermagic *68528
12:22 - [Losers] IC ENTH MyGod88 2-0 Mr Grimmz *69166
12:28 - [Losers] TSwagg 0-1 Guttermagic *69631
12:35 - [Losers] Justin Wong 2-1 IC ENTH MyGod88 *73076
12:45 - [Losers] Justin Wong 2-1 Guttermagic *79032
12:57 - [Winners] CDJR 3-0 Rico Suave *81455
13:05 - [Losers] Rico Suave 3-2 Justin Wong *82878
13:18 - [Grand Final ] CDJR 3-1 Rico Suave *88517

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
17:04 - [Winners] Justin Wong 3-1 Flocker *107817
17:13 - [Winners] F.Champ 3-0 Jan *113150
17:28 - [Losers] Marn 0-3 ChrisG *113821 *lovely comeback from Chris G in 3G
17:35 - [Losers] RayRay 3-1 Insaynne *117728
17:48 - [Losers] Flocker 0-3 ChrisG *115650
18:08 - [Losers] RayRay 3-2 Jan *119004
18:16 - [Losers] RayRay 0-3 ChrisG *121467
18:24 - [Winners] F.Champ 2-3 Justin Wong *129228
18:40 - [Losers] F.Champ 2-3 ChrisG *138864
18:58 - [Grand Final] Justin Wong 3-1 ChrisG *149470v

Ultra Street Fighter IV
19:52 - [Winners] Bon-chan (Sag) 3-1 Gackt (Fei) * 119421
2-1
1-2
2-1 *Unsafe grand tiger shot cost Bon 2R
2-1
20:07 - [Winners] Snake Eyes (Zan U1) 1-3 Fuudo (Fei U1) *124340
1-2
1-2
2-1 *SE changed to U2 in this game *close 3R
1-2 *intense 2R *close 3R
20:25 - [Losers] Momochi (Juri U2) 0-3 Louffy (Ros U2) *126140
0-2
1-2
1-2 *Momochi changed to Ken U2 *close 1R (Louffy mistake for blocking chip firebal)
20:40 - [Losers] Ricky Ortiz (Ruf U1) 3-1 Sako (ERy U2) *128916
2-1
2-1 *huge comeback from Ricky in 3R
1-2 *20 hit combo by Sako in 3R
2-1
20:55 - [Losers] Gackt (Fei U1) 0-3 Louffy (Ros U2) *129027
00:00 - [Losers] Snake Eyes (Zan U1) (P3G) 3-0 Ricky Ortiz (Ruf U1) *128313
21:26 - [Losers] Snake Eyes (Zan U1) 2-3 Louffy (Ros U1) *129205
21:37 - [Winners Final] Bon-chan (Sag U1) 3-1 Fuudo (Fei U1) *128078
2-0
2-0
0-2
2-1 *very close 2R *intense 3R
21:48 - [Losers Final] Louffy (Ros U2) 3-0 Fuudo (Fei U1) *123183
2-0
2-0
2-1 *nice comeback in 2R by Luffy
22:09 - [Grand Final 1] Louffy (Ros U2) 3-1 Bon-chan (Sag U2) *1265542-0 *very close 1R
2-0 *very close 1R (Bon failed to go for timeout) *very close 2R
0-2
2-0 *very close 2R
22:14 - [Grand Final 2] Louffy (Ros U2) 3-1 Bon-chan (Sag U2) *130396
2-1
2-1 *very close 1R
0-2
2-0

Non-match result updates
X:XX - Fun Fact: Evo2013 had 145099v peak.
X:XX - Fun Fact: SFxTK sold around 58,000 first week. (TKxSF expected to sell less.)
8:12 - Venue
8:57 - Xie and Dacid Bro at commentator's desk
9:06 - Guy with Idolmaster mantle
9:08 - 15381v
9:18 - Nagisa (cosplaying Amane) and Tsujigawa and ASW's Mori on Nico
9:22 - Crossdressing Yoshiki is on stage with Dogura. 30117v
9:25 - Watch official stream because we like Xie ('s commentary) and nothing good will ever come from Mori anyway. (And what's the point of having Nagisa when she barely plays this game)
9:35 - WOW REAL TIME ONSCREEN BRACKET THIS'S SO HIGH TECH.
9:53 - Kana Ueda is in front row.
10:22 - Mori is gone.
10:33 - Super awkward moment by DoraBang (playing with the crowd).
10:43 - Fun Fact: In Japan, BlazBlue is officially pronounced without Z sound, BlayBlue. Blame Mori.
11:28 - Dacidbro needs to calm down. Commentating, not cheering.
11:34 - Dacidbro is offically a bad commentator. "This's not human. He's not human. He's a legend. This's the birth of a GOD." (shout) Only Zhi would say that!
11:40 - Mori and Kana Ueda on stage for award ceremony
11:51 - Garireo, Mori, Kana Ueda on Nico. Mori cried. Then no one talks, R has to come out to take the mic and do interview.
11:52 - Heartbreaking: Gyas, Dogura's girlfriend cried.
11:55 - Fun Fact: Garireo won only 6 games against Dogura. Dogura won 7. Is this Injustice?
11:59 - Filthierich and Maximilian are KI commentators
12:03 - R is left alone. But we don't think anyone in Japan can commentate Killer Instinct /hyperbole
12:05 - OGTY, the Marvel player, will commentate this.
12:19 - Dogura cried, for the first time in a tournament. He said 2nd place is the worst (feeling).
12:30 - "Garireo-san" is trending in Japan.
13:10 - Umehara will have autograph session at 1:30.
13:32 - A Nintendo's party game is next. Let's take a nap.
13:40 - Nico showing people at GODSGARDEN's Evo 2014 public viewing.
16:23 - Umehara Deal with It Mode and Markman
16:30 - Markman vs. Kana Ueda
16:35 - We woke up in time. We skipped the entire tournament to the exact moment the grand final ended. Wonderful. 138554v
16:49 - Do people pay to see KSK sleeping?
17:02 - UMvC3 intro. What do you call a rapping that has no rhyming?
17:02 - Yipes and Skisonic on the mic. Quick, start counting buzzword and "ooh" from Yipes. For us, mute. Nico's commentary is useful for a time like this.
17:10 - What happened to Magus123? He was the best Marvel commentator. No buzzword, no fake gangster accent.
17:26 - GamerBee Yun Motteru (JFGC's inside joke about how GamerBee has Yun as sub)
17:46 - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes trailer: Best part of Marvel right now.
18:04 - Hatia and Abegen commentating on Nico. They're doing decent job.
18:39 - Why they have no highlight replay (after a match) this year?
19:10 - UMvC3 sets new viewer peak Evo record
19:16 - ChrisG trending in Japan. Imagine ChrisG being top P4U player, Japan would love him so much.
19:17 - Umehara and Markman on Nico. HYPE!
19:19 - Announcement from Markman: New fightstick launching in Japan same day with console USF4 in August. MadCatz will be at Tokyo Game Show, there'll be tournament.
19:21 - Harada on stage. Announcing Pokejuggler 7. More info July 25 at ComicCon.
19:25 - Award time *118923v
19:28 - Annual combo video time
19:30 - Official stream dies, Nico still ok. Nico master race confirmed.
19:34 - Official stream is back. 70,112v
19:38 - Ono on stage. Expect NOTHING. 104124v
19:41 - Annual Ono's Shoryuken group pic.
19:42 - Ono's gone. Nothing happened.
19:45 - R and Haitani to commentate on Nico
19:48 - USF4 intro. INDESTRUCTIBLE
19:49 - OMG top 8players intro video
19:50 - Seth Killian and James Chen to commentate
20:11 - One of the most patient players in Japan vs. impatient Zangief. You know what will happen.
20:28 - Momochi picked Juri.... Enjoy not winning Evo. (Ken hour used = years, Juri = 3 months)
20:48 - People need to stop spreading 5 Gods myth. It's just a list made up by fanboys who keep repeating even before SF4 and no achievements considered. (Unless "repeat until it's a fact" is your thing) Do you keep passing on stranger's tier list for years? No? Then stop.
21:04 - Mago joins R and Haitani on Nico.
22:15 - James Chen is trying to say Louffy could be the first non-Asian champ, despite the fact that Louffy is Asian.
22:26 - Bon lost 4 very close rounds in first set. C'est la vie.
XX:XX - Umehara with booth babe.
XX:XX - Umehara with Mad Catz crew
XX:XX - Umehara, Nyanshi, Tokido cheering Bon-chan

Days After
- Eita said people at Evo were mistaken him for Mago 2 times. Previous year 3 times. And 4 years ago when he was with Tokido, a guy who wanted Mago's autograph made disappointing expression when he learnt that it's not Mago. That's Eita's highlight.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Bon-chan to win Evo2014

According to Beast Note's mindless calculation.

TOPANGA World League (early 2014)
Bon-chan 7-4 Fuudo (Fei)

The 3rd TOPANGA League (late 2013)
Bon-chan 7-4 Michael-tan (Ken)
Bon-chan 9-7 Momochi (Ken)
Bon-chan 7-5 Sako (Ibu)
Bon-chan 7-1 Fuudo (Fei)
Bon-chan 3-0 Sako
Bon-chan 2-3 Michael-tan *close
Bon-chan 2-3 Fuudo *close
Bon-chan 3-0 Momochi

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Evolution 2014 Day 1 summary

Information
- Niconico to stream Evo 2014
- Evolution 2014 Day 0 summary
- Umehara's Road to Evo 2014 champ
- JFGC's new low: Going to Evo just to do PPV show
- GODSGARDEN to do PPV stream
- Kana Ueda confirmed, learns English for Evo 2014
- Nagisa to cosplay at Evo 2014
- Beast Note's Evo 2014 wishlist

Pools
8:50 - Infiltration (Aku) 2-0 775 Yao (Cam) *28,000v
9:06 - KB (Abe) 0-2 Xian (Gen) *30,100v
9:18 - Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez (Ros) 0-2 (P2G) Cabbage (Vip) *34,400v
9:39 - Todakai507 (Gen) 0-2 Yossan (Juri) *32,000v 61,200u
9:48 - Dieminion (Gui) 2-1 Xiaohai (Cam) *37300v *DM went to hell and back
10:04 - Illija (Aku) 2-0 Gootecks (Ros) *39100v
10:20 - Haitani (Ruf) 2-0 Tuck (Ruf) *42300v
10:26 - Christian Santos (Sak) 0-2 Nuki (Chun) *42900v
10:33 - S42 Blanka (Bla) 0-2 Latif (Vip) *41200v
11:13 - Kaneka (Dec) 0-2 (P1G) Momochi (Ken) *42400v 85700u
11:19 - Ryan Hart (Sag) (P1G) 2-0 Floe (ERy/Yan) *42400
12:47 - Samson (Chun) 0-2 Koji KOG (Haw) *39,600v
12:54 - Isauro Mishima (ERy) 0-2 Laugh (ERy) *41300v
12:58 - KSK (Abe) (P3G) 2-1 Dragoomba (Ruf) *43,200v *somewhat great comeback
13:10 - Cryoh (Gui) 0-2 (P2G) GamerBee (Ado) *43,700v
13:28 - PR Rog (Box) 2-0 PieGuy (Cod) *43,300v
13:49 - G Flow (Dan) 0-2 GamerBee (Ado) *45,900v
14:14 - Semitry (Hak) 0-2 Nyanshi (Sag) *47600v
14:24 - KSK (Abe) 2-0 Fraser Ching (Cam) *48300v
14:30 - Dawgen Hower (Zan) 0-2 Air (Ryu) *48700v
15:32 - Mago (Fei) 2-0 Li (Haw)
15:53 - K Brad (Cam) 2-1 Somniac (Dic) *50400v
16:15 - Smug (Dud) 2-0 Stebs (Ryu) *53000v
16:31 - MOV (Yun) 2-0 Yomi Knishes (Vip) *52200
16:38 - Layec (Hak) 0-2 Misse (Mak) *51600v
16:46 - Bon-chan (Sag) 2-0 BrolyLegs (Chu) *53000v
16:52 - AKG Grandmaster B (Hon) 0-2 Umehara (ERy) *53800v
0-2 *P1R, almost P2R
1-2 *missed Ultra timing in 1R
17:16 - Umehara (ERy) 2-0 Emersion (Claw) *52500
2-0
2-0
17:25 - Dakou (Cam) 2-0 C-Los (Ken) *52800
17:31 - Mike Ross (Hon) 2-0 Daytrip (Fue)
17:52 - Flash Metroid (Cod/Zan) 0-2 Alex Valle (Ryu) *53800

Quarter Final
18:47 - XSK Samurai (ERy) 0-2 Koji KOG (Haw) *46100
18:51 - Eita (Aku) 2-1 Shinba (Abe) *50400
19:03 - Brentt (Ruf) 1-2 Taiga (Yun) *49800
19:13 - Cabbage (Vip) 2-1 Tampa Bison (Dic) *54200
19:16 - [Losers] Umehara (ERy) 2-0 Alex Valle (Ryu) *61300
2-0
2-0
19:24 - Sanford (Oni) 1-2 Mago (Fei) *60900
19:33 - NGL Chris (Ken) 0-2 Xian (Gen) *60400
19:51 - Marq Teddy (Guy) 1-2 Sako (Ele) *66200 *Sako almost lost

Non-match result updates (Las Vegas local time)
7:56 - Crowd before open
8:02 - Niconico stream starts
8:02 - Venue
8:16 - Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez is both player and judge in the pool. Controversy awaits.
8:21 - Nagisa cosplaying Lilith (she prepared just for this event)
8:30 - 22,300 viewers on Twitch. 33,000 unique views on Nico.
8:31 - R eating something on Nico stream again (same as last year). Bad MC.
8:32 - Fuudo on Nico.
8:54 - James Chen in red shirt. Ultra David looks normal.
8:59 - Yossan is in Losers already.
9:00 - 29,300v
9:00 - R is eating while commentating. What a pig.... (And how does Nico allow this?)
9:02 - Company booths
9:08 - MomoChoco
9:09 - Someone in chat said Xian has world's strongest eyebrows. Agreed.
9:10 - Tokido
9:15 - Uu (pronounced Ooh, KoF player) and Umezono (3rd Strike player) on Nico.
9:21 - Tokido, Eita, Haitani went through their 2nd fight.
9:23 - R realized half way that he's supposed to commentate Cabbage match, not talking to guests.
9:50 - ASW's Mori is in LA. (presumably with Kana Ueda)
9:51 - Cabbage survived first pool.
9:57 - Eita and Xian survived first pool.
10:01 - KSK on the mic. He said GODSGARDEN channel is "currently" free. It's too late, man. Damage is done. You locked people out from the beginning, some people already paid you, and now you say it's free for now? And we know you'll charge people for a crappy "show" again soon. (Like charging people to listen to your karaoke session you did.)
10:11 - Note that KSK doesn't actively play SF4 so don't expect any real commentating.
10:14 - 70,900u
10:14 - Nagisa playing something
10:29 - ChocoBlanka survived first pool
10:33 - Hameko (writer) on the mic. He's interviewing Gen, 13 year old Japanese Tekken player sent by Twitch (coming with his father).
10:54 - Kazunoko won first fight
11:17 - No commentator on Nico at the moment because R goes to play. No complaint from us.
11:34 - Harada x Nagisa
11:42 - Nuki survived first pool. Kokujin & Nuki on Nico.
11:58 - Sentosu survived first pool.
12:04 - R is back on the mic, was eliminated in first pool.
12:09 - Kazunoko survived first pool. He said Alex Myer (Sakura player) almost got him in the Winners final.
12:21 - 99300u
12:24 - Cabbage on Nico.
12:33 - Momo Choco on Nico.
12:44 - Sentosu (MC, Poison player) and AO (Tekken player) on Nico.
12:52 - 111,800c
13:07 - Sako survived first pool.
13:17 - Mizoteru lost his passport and iPhone last night....
13:21 - First pic of Nyanshi
13:21 - Nagisa & Itabashi Zangief
13:25 - Momochi survived first pool.
13:33 - Koji KOG survived first pool.
13:43 - Fuudo survived first pool.
13:51 - R wants GamerBee match to end quick so he can eat burger. Yes, the pig is eating again. They even show him eating at the desk beside the chewing sound. Shame.
13:56 - Japanese Smash Bros. players on Nico.
14:01 - Note that Niconico does not focus on streaming every matches. They sometimes cut it to show the guests.
14:04 - KSK in Losers now.
14:08 - Up until now, R didn't really provide a professional commentary.
14:15 - Nyanshi is playing and R is still talking to Smash players. This's a nightmare.
14:20 - We reached our limit. Closing Niconico and watch official stream instead (just like what we did last year). 実況・解説しっかりしろ.
14:28 - James Chen doesn't realize that KSK looks so happy after a win because KSK thinks he's an underdog.
14:28 - KSK survived first pool in Losers
15:18 - Itabashi Zangief survived first pool.
15:25 - ASW's Mori arrived at venue.
16:26 - Mizoteru survived first pool.
17:07 - It's a break, watch Nico in case there's Umehara interview. Square Enix producer Takamasa Shiba on Nico... for no reason. He's a fan and friend of Umehara though. He even calls Umehara "Ume-chan." Hey, how about Dissidia sequel with Umehara as battle planner?
17:09 - Mago survived first pool.
17:21 - Bon-chan survived first pool.
17:28 - Clearly Nico stream is smoother. Only we have to deal with the idiots on the mic.
17:36 - Kana Ueda arrived at the venue!
17:45 - Why are R and Shiba talking about BUKKAKE? WTF.
17:59 - Kokujin survived first pool.
18:02 - Now R is inviting Shiba to his PPV show. Great. 格げー関係ないなら消えろ....
18:05 - Nico basically put random people on stream and expect things to happen. No script, no time limit. 台本ないのはまずい
18:13 - Shiba just called Square Enix "Kuso-Enix." That's brave.
18:19 - Infiltration put in Losers by Velociraptor
18:22 - It's supposed to be a closing statement, why is Shiba is still talking?
18:28 - Shiba finally gone. Now only R is gone too.
18:30 - Umehara vs. F Champ, where's the stream!
18:34 - Umehara put in Losers by F.Champ. So it's E Ryu vs. Dhalsim, and Umehara didn't counterpick with Yun? Our worst nightmare.
18:41 - Official stream is showing trailer of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
18:44 - Skisonic & Ultra Davis on the mic.
18:50 - While KOG is playing, Nico has Harada and Tekken players talking without the match showed. gg
18:58 - Skisonic will do 15% better if he doesn't randomly raise his voice.
19:06 - Skisonic needs to realize that the hype comes from the match, not the tone of his voice or the way he talks.
19:08 - Ski and Ultra David got trolled by fake result, saying Umehara is out of tournament.
19:25 - Sentosu put in Losers by Taiga.
19:32 - Sako beat Laugh.
19:34 - Nagisa vs. Ono
19:35 - R begins actual commentating. Thank God.
19:38 - Haitani put Eita in Losers.
19:39 - Cabbage and Tokido put in Losers by Snake Eyes.
19:51 - Despite saying he's a fan, Ski still doesn't realize that Sakonoko is just online ID, not his alias. Sakonoko now means Sako's daughter.....
19:55 - Yossan eliminated Xiaohai
19:58 - Fuudo the mic. Good.
20:01 - Umehara elimitaed by John Choi.
23:28 - Umehara vs. Nagisa vs. Ono

Since Umehara is out of the tournament, we end our record here as usual.

Daigo Umehara's Event Schedule 2015

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Friday, December 5, 2014

Monday, November 24, 2014

Sunday, November 23, 2014

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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Sunday, October 12, 2014