Kokujin @Wedding

Meanwhile in Nagoya, while top players are about to compete in USF4 nationals in Tokyo, the famous Street Fighter III player Kokujin is in his own wedding. (He apparently got married several months ago but wedding is today.)

Nuki and KSK are also there.

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.

JFGC's new low: Going to Evo just to do PPV show

As expected, Kokujin and Nuki today started streaming pay-per-view show from Las Vegas, just like what GODSGARDEN is doing.

Beast Note has been following the JFGC for years now but we can say that today is its lowest point. Some people go to Evo just to do PPV show. They're now asking for money for what once was free, not to mention that they should offer it for free because the fans are what made them who they are today.

In September 2013, Kokujin and Nuki launched his own PPV show called KokuNuki. The show struggles for a relevant content because they're not a top SF4 player and the guests are mostly their friends that you'll ask who? The show then featured various cross-promotion of online games or mobile games. What they're doing now is purely business.

For what GODSGARDEN has done, better read The Fall of GODSGARDEN and article above.

The JFGC fans gave them social position, these people turn it into business opportunity, and then use the fans to fund their trip.

KSK, Nuki, Kokujin confirmed for Evo 2014

It's revealed that KSK, Nuki, Kokujin, Sentos (MC and Dictator player) now have plane tickets for Evolution 2014.

This's not surprising since they all now host their own pay-per-view internet show on Niconico. They'll surely stream something from Las Vegas. But while they're more like entertainers now, don't let your guard down when you play them in the (USF4) pools!


Note that this's Nuki's first Evo in SF4 era (last time was 2008). He was supposed to be with Kokujin in Evo 2012. KSK participated in 2010 and 2012.

[Chokaigi 2 Day 2] Umehara coaching Kokujin

Kokujin who also participates Chokaigi 2 in various booths came to get some coaching from Daigo Umehara at the Mad Catz booth! (Kokujin mains Ryu in SF4)

Reported by Mago

[Update with video] Kokujin vs. Nero-tan FT5 result

This's the latest match of Sentos Carnival III online tournament tonight. It's Kokujin (Ryu) vs. Nero-tan (Blanka). Recorded stream is here.

Kokujin, who couldn't DP>FADC>Metsu in 2010, invested more time on SF4 in 2012 and now has 4000 PP Ryu. (He was at Evo 2012 and played on the stage if you remember.)

You all know ChocoBlanka but probably not NeroBlanka. This female player has 4000 PP Blanka and participated in Japan qualifying tournament of SF 25th Anniversary Tournaments last year (though lost in her first fight).

Kokujin already lost to Karipaku last year, can he afford to lose to another female player?

Note that Kokujin was coached by a.k.a. jojo (the well-known dictator player) and Nuki while playing this match. He also trained with ChocoBlanka the other day.

You can see  the result below OR wait until Sentos uploaded the match video which will be added to this post later.

Evolution 2012 Day 2 summary

Info
- July 7
- Evolution 2012 Day 0 summary
- Evolution 2012 Day 1 summary
- Evolution 2012 Day 3 summary
- Event report by 4Gamer.net

Tournament of Legends (SF2T)
- Stream (before top 8)
- Brackets
XX:XX Umehara 3-0 Jason Wilson
18:50 Tokido (Claw) 3-0 Laugh (Ken/Dic) *3400 viewers
18:57 RizOne (Dic) 3-2 John Choi (Sag/Ryu)
19:13 ultracombo 0-3 Jason Cole
19:19 Umehara (Box) 3-1 (0-2, 2-1, 2-0, 2-0) Jason Cole (Dha)
19:25 Umehara (Box/Ryu) 3-1 (0-2, 2-1, 2-0, 2-0) RizOne (Dic)
19:35 DVG (Ryu) 2-3 Kusumondo (Hon)
19:43 MAO (Claw) 3-1 Ganleon (Claw) *5400 viewers
19:50 James Chen (Cam) 3-0 Jason Cole (Dha/Sag)
19:55 Wolmar (Dha) 3-0 Alex Valle (Ryu) *6000 viewers
20:07 sako (Haw) 0-3 Ganleon (Claw) *5900 viewers
20:12 [Losers] Alex Valle (Ryu) 0-3 Ganleon (Claw)
20:19 Wolmar (Hon) 0-3 MAO (Claw)
20:24 DVG (Ryu) 3-0 CVital (Dha/Chun)
20:34 The stream went down.
20:48 Snake Eyez (Zan) 1-3 Damdai (Ryu)
20:51 Laugh (Dha) 0-3 Marsgatti (Gui)
21:03 Kusumondo (Hon) 3-1 Damdai (Ryu)
21:11 James Chen (Cam) 0-3 MonGoloRobocop (Chun)
21:19 Damdai (Ryu) 3-0 MonGoloRobocop (Chun)
21:29 Marsgatti (Gui) 3-2 Wolmar (Dha)
21:39 Snake Eyez (Zan) 2-3 Ultracombo (Sag)
21:49 DVG (Ryu) 2-3 Ultracombo (Sag) *6300 viewers
22:05 RizOne (Dic) 3-2 DVG (Ryu)
22:14 AfroLegends (Box) 3-1 (1-2, 2-0, 2-0, 2-0) Tokido (Claw) *7600 viewers
22:26 Tokido (Claw) 3-1 (2-1, 1-1, 2-0, 2-1) Ganleon (Claw)

Top 8
00:53 [Losers] Riz0ne (Dic) 1-3 Tokido (Claw) *25500 viewers
0-2
1-2
2-1
0-2
1:00 [Losers] Damdai (Ryu/Haw) 3-1 Marsgatti (Gui) *26600 viewers
2-0
1-2
2-0 *Damdai changed to Hawk
2-1
1:07 [Winners] MAO (Claw) 0-3 Kusumondo (Hon) *27200 viewers
0-2
0-2
1-21:1X [Winners] Umehara (Box) 1-3 AfroLegends (DJ) *27500 viewers
1-2
2-1
1-2
0-2
1:23 [Losers] Damdai (Ken) 1-3 MAO (Claw)
0-2
2-1
0-2
1-2
1:29 [Winners Final] AfroLegends (DJ) 0-0 Kusumondo (Hon)
2-0
0-2
0-2
2-0
0-2
1:39 [Losers] Umehara (Box) 3-1 Tokido (Claw)
2-1
1-2
2-1
2-0
1:47 [Losers] Umehara (Box) 0-3 MAO (Claw)
0-2
0-2
1-2
1:51 [Losers Final] AfroLegends (Box) 1-3 MAO (Claw)
0-2
2-0
0-2
0-2
1:57 [Grand Final 1] MAO (Claw) 3-1 Kusumondo (Hon)
2-1
1-2
2-1
2-1
2:08 [Grand Final 2] MAO (Claw) 3-2 Kusumondo (Hon) *28200 viewers
1-2
2-0
0-2
2-1
2-1


UMvC3
13:24 Abegen 0-2 Jan *40600 viewers
14:21 Mago 2-0 PolishMafia *44100 viewers
16:26 Renegade 0-2 Tokido
17:31 [Winners] Tokido 1-2 Fanatiq
17:48 [Winners] Cho 2-0 Flook *43800 viewers
18:2X [Winners] F. Champ 3-0 Kubo *29900 viewers
19:05 Evil 0-3 Mame Spider
20:12 Clockwork 0-3 Mame Spider
20:37 [Winners] Frutsy 0-3 Cho *45700 viewers
23:08 [Winners] F.Champ 3-0 Cho *49500 viewers
23:39 [Losers] Chris G 3-1 Cho *46200 viewers


SFxTK Top 4
[Winners] Fuudo/Tokido vs. Ricky Ortiz/PR Rog (to play on Sunday)


Updates (offstream results)
11:30 - [SFxTK Losers] Umezono qualified his pool.
12:20 - [SFxTK Losers] MomoChoco qualified his/her pool.
12:25 - [SFxTK Winners] Kazunoko qualified his pool.
12:43 - sako and GamerBee formed a team named "Team 1979" (that's when they're born)
13:47 - Daigo Umehara will have autograph session between 3-4 pm. at MadCatz booth.
13:58 - [UMvC3] Mame Spider qualified his pool.
14:05 - Latest KOF13 brackets [pic1] [pic2]
15:02 - [KOF13] Cabbage eliminated Kaoru.
15:10 - Latest KOF13 brackets [pic]
15:17 - The line waiting for Umehara's photo/autograph session @MadCatz booth [pic]
15:18 - [Virtua Fighter] Tokido sent GamerBee to Losers.
15:29 - [UMvC3] Mago went to Losers.
15:46 - [UMvC3 Losers] Mago is eliminated.
15:52 - [UMvC3 Losers] Momochi qualified his pool.
16:14 - [UMvC3 Winners] Kubo qualified his pool.
16:17 - [SFxTK Winners] Fuudo/Tokido team qualified his pool.
16:35 - [SFxTK Winners] sako/GamerBee vs. Dieminion/Wolfkrone
17:05 - [SFxTK Winners] Eita/Kindevu lost to Ricky Ortiz/PR Rog.
17:11 - [SFxTK Winners] Kazunoko/Bon-chan team is still in.
17:16 - Kindevu playing CvS2 side tournament.
17:25 - [SFxTK Winners] MOV/Poongko team qualified his pool.
17:58 - [SFxTK] sako (Chun-Li)/GamerBee (Julia) team now in Losers.
18:14 - [UMvC3 Winners] Cho qualified his pool.
18:15 - [SFxTK] sako/GamerBee and MomoChoco are eliminated.
18:40 - [SFxTK] It seems that the EVO staff made a mistake by making sako/GamerBee play a wrong opponent. They're supposed to play more now, but GamerBee already went back to hotel so the team is disqualified.
21:18 - [UMvC3] Mame Spider is eliminated.
XX:XX - KSK/KayoPolice (Hugo/Poison) competing in SFxTK [pic]

Evolution 2012 Day 1 summary

Info
- July 6
- Evolution Day 0 summary
- Event report from 4Gamer.net

• Vicious Hellsing (Jur) 0-2 Bon-chan (Sag)
• Laugh (Ryu) 2-0 Booth (Hon)
• Baybladex (Box/Gen) 0-2 Mr. SNK (Hon)
• blackskillz (DJ) 2-1 Lexy (Chun)
• Karasjet (DJ) 0-2 Tokido (Aku)
• Warahk (Gui) 0-2 Air (Ryu)
• sidthesquid (Hon) 0-2 Mike Ross (Hon)
• Online Tony (Set) 2-0 Ruin (Aku)
• Cameron (Ado) 0-2 Tokido (Aku)
• Zhi (Zan) 2-1 Viscant (DJ)
• 11:50 [Winners] Tokido (Aku) 1-2 Eric Hai (Ryu) *Tokido played carelessly and lost after a big lead in last round
• Air (Ryu) 2-0 Huang (Zan)
• 12:18 Kazunoko (Yun) 2-0 Onilord (Oni)
• Latif (Vip) 2-0 Onielsky (Bla)
• 12:30 Umehara (Ryu) 2-0 (2-1, 2-1) Woolie (Bla) *great first round ultra finish in 2nd game
• LI Joe (Sag) 2-0 VerticalStyle (Dic)
• Sherm (Yun) 1-2 Poongko (Set)
• CJ Truth (Fei) 2-0 Paramisery (Zan)
• Dakou (Ryu/Fei) 2-1 Mike Chow (Abe)
• James Chen (Cam) 2-0 shinryuken (Yun)
• Dakou (Ryu) 1-2 Kazunoko (Yun) *36700 viewers
• Latif (Vip) 2-0 sange_tencho (Fei)
• Dogura (Dic) 2-0 Vic the slik (Dic)
• 14:00 Umehara (Ryu) 2-0 (2-0, 2-0) DR-Ray (Fei) *37600 viewers
• Chilldog (Zan) 0-2 Alex Valle (Ryu)
• Ryan Hart (Sag/Ryu) 0-2 Filipino Man (Ros) *36700 viewers
• 14:32 ChocoBlanka (Bla) 2-0 (2-0, 2-0) MyLegBroke (Fei) *38300 viewers
• 14:41 Uryo (Sak) 2-0 (2-0, 2-0) Roogle (Ros) *a keyboard player *39000 viewers
• 14:47 sako (Ibu) 2-0 Joel (Fue) *39600 viewers
• 15:10 Deedogg (Gui/Box) 0-2 Kindevu (Set) *39500 viewers
• Haagendazs (Set) 0-2 Min (Hon) *37500 viewers
• 15:22 Eita (Aku) 1-2 ClakeyD (Ibu) *37600 viewers *Eita made some gesture after winning first game *perfect in last round
• 15:32 sako (Ibu) 2-0 Ismael (Ryu) *38000 viewers
• Adam (Haw) 0-1 Dieminion (Gui) *38700 viewers
• [Losers] DeeDogg (Box/Gui) 0-2 Xian (Gen) *39300 viewers
• Mr. Naps (E.Ryu) 2-0 Alfonso (Aku/Ken) *37300 viewers
• Luken (Ryu) 1-1 Buktooth (Ibu) *36300 viewers
• iPeru (Fue) 2-0 Dragonfist (Guy) *37100 viewers
• Mago (Fei) 2-0 Noah (Dic) *39000 viewers
• Infiltration (Aku) 2-0 Bahn (Ros) *41000 viewers
• 801Strider (Abe) 2-0 Vogel (Sag)
• 16:52 Haitani (Mak) 2-0 Ugly JoeCamel (Vip) *41700 viewers
• John Choi (Ryu) 2-0 Richard Nguyen (Ado)
• 17:02 Kokujin (Ryu) 2-1 OCR Mike D (Dic) *42800 viewers
• 17:12 Itabashi Zangief (Zan) 0-2 Snafoo (Dha) *41300 viewers
• Infiltration (Aku) 2-1 Chris (Ken) *41700 viewers
• iPeru (Fue) 2-0 Cesar de Alba (Ros) *41600 viewers
• Mr. Naps (E.Ryu) 2-1 Gordortz (Fue) *41300 viewers

Quarter finals
18:56 [Winners] Justin Wong (Ruf) 1-1 (2-1, 1-2, 2-0) Kazunoko (Yun) *32000 viewers
19:07 [Winners] sako (Ibu) 1-2 (2-1, 1-2, 1-2) Kindevu (Cam) *perfect in 1st round by Kindevu
19:20 [Winners] Dieminion (Gui) 2-0 (2-1, 1-2, 2-0) Uryo (Vip) *39000 viewers
19:28 [Winners] Umehara (Ryu) 2-0 (2-0*, 2-0) Alex Smith (Abe/Juri) *perfect in 2nd round
19:33 [Winners] Evans (Fei) 1-2 (2-1, 0-2, 0-2) Poongko (Set) *42100 viewers
19:41 [Winners] Veloc1raptor (Gouken) 0-2 (0-2, 0-2) Fuudo (Fei) *41100 viewers
19:48 [Winners] Justin Wong (Ruf) 0-2 (1-2, 1-2) Hsien Chang (Yun) *42000 viewers *very close last round
19:57 [?] Mago (Fei) 0-2 (0-2, 0-2) Dieminion (Gui) *44600 viewers
20:04 [Winners] Chris G (Sak) 0-2 (1-2, 1-2) Poongko (Set) *45300 viewers
20:13 [Winners] John Choi (Ryu) 2-0 Mr. Naps *46000 viewers
20:20 [Losers] DRS Chris (Ken) 2-1 Chris G (Sak) *44500 viewers
20:29 [Losers] sako (Ibu) 2-1 (2-0, 0-1, 2-0) ClakeyD (Ibu) *perfect in last round
20:37 [] Infiltration (Aku) 2-0 iPeru (Fue)
20:42 [Winners] Hsien Chang (Yun) 0-2 (1-2, 1-2) Umehara (Ryu) *nice first round
20:51 [Winners] PR Rog (Box) 2-0 (2-1, 2-0) Fuudo (Fei) *perfect in 1st round of 2nd game
20:58 [Losers] sako (Ibu) 2-1 (2-0, 1-2, 2-0) Alex Valle (Ryu)
21:07 [Winners] Dogura (Dic) 0-2 (0-2, 0-2) Poongko (Set) *48000 viewers
21:13 [Losers] Justin Wong (Ruf) 2-0 (2-1, 2-1) MOV (Ken) *49600 viewers
21:23 [Losers] John Choi (Ryu) 0-2 Dogura (Dic) *48100 viewers
21:32 [Losers] Justin Wong (Ruf) 0-2 (0-2, 0-2) Fuudo (Fei) *48600 viewers
21:4X [Losers] Dogura 2-0 Mike Ross *50500 viewers

Top 16
21:53 [Winners] Infiltration (Gouken) 2-0 (2-1, 2-1) Dieminion (Gui) *50100 viewers *double KO in 1st round of 2nd game
22:01 [Winners] GamerBee (Ado) 1-2 (1-2, 2-1, 0-2) Umehara (Ryu) *53400 viewers *Ultra finish in 2nd round of both first 2 games and both round of 3rd game
22:12 [Winners] Humanbomb (Sak) 2-1 (1-2, 2-0, 2-0) Poongko (Set)
22:20 [Winners] PR Rog (Box) 2-0 (2-1, 2-0) Xiao Hai (Cam)
22:30 [Losers] GamerBee (Ado) 2-0 (2-0, 2-0) Dogura (Dic)
22:38 [Losers] Dieminion (Gui) 2-0 (2-1, 2-1) Fuudo (Fei)
22:46 [Losers] Haitani (Mak) 1-2 (1-2, 2-0, 0-2) Xiaohai (Cam)
22:52 [Losers] Kindevu (Cam) 1-2 (0-2, 2-0, 0-2) Poongko (Set)

Top 8 (to play on Sunday)
[Winners] Infiltration (to play Umehara)
[Winners] Daigo Umehara
[Winners] Humanbomb (to play PR Rog)
[Winners] PR Rog
[Losers] GamerBee (to play Dieminion)
[Losers] Dieminion
[Losers] Xiaohai (to play Poongko)
[Losers] Poongko

Updates
9:00 - Ricky Ortiz qualified the pool.
10:00 - Cabbage and MOV qualified the pool.
11:00 - Kokujin began his broadcasting but no sound. He used his own channel because GODSGARDEN stream is being used.
11:23 - Kokujin finally has sound.
11:30 - Kokujin was mad (and cussed) at Ren for using GODSGARDEN stream too long even it's not actually his fault (no one told him). Ren let Kokujin use it. Ren fans are mad at Kokujin.
11:30 - Bon-chan qualified the pool.
11:50 - Tokido went to Losers.
12:00 - Fuudo qualified the pool.
12:10 - KayoPolice is in C. Viper costume again this year.
12:30 - Umehara is using MadCatz limited Evo stick ($160).
12:40 - Momochi qualified.
12:45 - Brackets of SSF4AE2012 from Get Your Tournament guy [pic1][pic2] Tokido qualified the pool in Losers.
12:50 - Umehara & sako [pic]
15:45 - ChocoBlanka qualified the pool after 4th fight.
15:46 - Alex Valle qualified the pool.
15:50 - sako qualified the pool after 4th fight.
15:55 - Fuudo qualified the pool in Winners in SC5. (Kayane in Losers)
16:00 - kubo qualified the pool in Winners in KOF13.
16:03 - Eita is eliminated by Jason Cole.
16:27 - Kindevu qualified the pool in Winners. (Ryan Hart in Losers)
16:46 - KSK streaming
16:51 - KayoPolice is eliminated.
17:04 - Choco's next opponent is Dieminion.
17:37 - Haitani sent to Losers by Juice Box.
17:40 - Cabbage qualified KOF13 pool.
18:08 - Quarter final brackets from Alex Valle. [pic]
18:34 - Umehara defeated Latif.
18:34 - sako defeated his 5th opponent Min.
18:38 - Justin Wong has to play Kazunoko next.
18:43 - It seems like sako defeated his 6th opponent.
18:46 - Bon-chan defeated Wolfkrone.
18:50 - Snakeeyez beat Ricky Ortiz. Zeng beat Sabin.
18:53 - Dieminion beat ChocoBlanka.
19:01 - Uryo has to fight Mago.
19:05 - Umehara to play with Alex Smith.
19:07 - Bon-chan defeated a Ryu. Next is Humanbomb.
19:14 - MOV beat Momochi.
19:17 - Alex Valle lost to GamerBee.
19:39 - [Losers] F. Champ got disqualified in match against Ryan Hart.
19:43 - [Losers] Kazunoko beat Latif.
19:44 - Nyanshi lost to ClakeyD.
19:50 - Ricky Ortiz is eliminated.
19:59 - Kindevu to play GamerBee.
20:03 - Tokido vs. Mago offstream.
20:07 - Haitani eliminated Bon-chan.
20:20 - Finally the commentators are changed to UltraChen! GOD BLESS THE TRUE FGC.
20:44 - Latest brackets [link]
20:55 - [Losers] Justin Wong eliminated Kazunoko.
21:33 - Fuudo eliminated sako.
21:51 - Top 16 bracket. [pic]
XX-XX - Credits for the results go to Get Your Tournament guy, sako's wife, UltraDavid, all the reports from players.
XX:XX - Kazunoko won Guity Gear side tournament. (He's originally a Guilty Gear player.)

Top 8 again
In 2011, Daigo Umehara became the only player in history to enter Evolution top 8 Street Fighter IV tournament 3 consecutive years.

In 2012, today, Umehara nailed it by becoming the only player in history to enter Evolution top 8 Street Fighter IV tournament 4 consecutive years.

Versus GamerBee
The match Daigo Umehara vs. GamerBee was so amazing "Daigo" became a worldwide trend on Twitter.

Commentators
Making Zhi a commentator is a serious mistake. Not only the guy can't draw a line between kids in the chat and a decent commentator, he took advantge of it (as expected). Humming a song or talking off-topic on the stream of biggest FG tournament is bad enough. There was something that needs to be addressed.

He said something like "I wonder if I lost a passport in Japan, will there be some help like the case of Mago?" He talked like Japanese players are not generous like the American.

The truth behind this is he was the one who used to ask the Japanese FGC to let him stay in their house at least 2 occasions for free or minimum cost. Apparently not many people wanted to get involved.

FYI, KSK used to let backpacking American player SubZero sleep/stay at his game center long time ago. And Sako also let GamerBee stay at his house this year.

This's the same case with a certain foreign player living in Japan who is being given cold shoulder. Because the guy is a real troll trolling both in and outside the game.

Back to the topic, it was also Zhi last year at Evo 2011 who forced Momochi and ChocoBlanka to kiss, and forced Gama-san to shout Denpa Jikkyou meme, just for entertaining.

When Zhi was paired with skisonic today, it was a torture. Because they're good at going off-topic.

On the bright side, we have Juice Box and Magus. These two are good at play-by-play as we already mentioned. Magus improved a lot since NorCal 2 years ago. He has a weak point in JFGC stuff, but he was really smooth in everything else.

Evolution 2012 Day 0 summary

We had an Evo Day 0 post last year, we have it again this year!

Going
- Most of them arrived.
- Some of them came with relatives or friends. (not in this list)

1. Daigo Umehara
2. Tokido
3. Mago
4. Nyanshi (TOPANGA founder)
5. Bon-chan 
6. Fuudo
7. Itabashi Zangief (first Evo since 2007 in which he won Virtua Fighter 5)
8. Momochi & Choco
9. KSK (GODSGARDEN cofounder, but he went with KayoPolice as a TV staff)
10. Kazunoko
11. sako & wife (coming in the same flight with Umehara)
12. Haitani
13. Uryo
14. Eita
15. Cabbage 
16. Kindevu
17. Dogura (first time abroad)
18. Kokujin (first Evo since 2005)
19. MOV
20. Umezono
21. KayoPolice (read)
22. Abegen (UMvC3 player)
23. Cho (UMvC3 player, KVOxGG 2nd place)
24. GX (UMvC3 player)
25. Kubo (UMvC3 player)
26. Mame Spider (UMvC3 player)
27. Shimada (UMvC3 player)
28. Kaoru (KOF player)
29. Kiyomatsu 
30. OEppu (KOF player)
31. sange_tencho
32. Shironuko (Virtua Fighter player)
33. Decopon (Soulcalibur V player)
34. crna ruka (Soulcalibur V player)
35. Kamaage (Soulcalibur V player)
36. Oosaka
37. Kusumondo (SSF2T player)
38. MAO (SSF2T player)
39. Osamu Ichikawa (read)

Not going (in case you ask)

• Nuki (read)
• Shiro (busy)
• Shungoku Neurosis
• Frieda (busy)
• Ageo Joe aka. Kusoru
• Gama no Abura (retired from FGC due to some conflict since last year)

Timeline

Thursday
4:30 - Kazunoko/Cho/Abegen group went to FGTV house (NorCal) to play with F. Champ/Yipes/Dieminion etc.  
6:00 - KayoPolice [pic]/kubo/KSK arrived in Las Vegas.
6:00 - Fuudo arrived in Las Vegas.
8:30 - ItaZan arrived at the hotel.
14:00 - Kokujin/Eita/Dogura now at Los Angeles
17:00 - Umehara/sako&wife found that they're in the same flight when departed.
17:00 - Kindevu/Uryo/Haitani group arrived Las Vegas.
24:00 - Kokujin/Eita/Dogura arrived in Vegas. [pic]

Friday
5:00 - MomoChoco joined TOPANGA team (Nyanshi/Tokido/Bon-chan) in San Francisco.
7:00 - Umehara/sako spent free time drinking at airport while waiting.
8:00 - TOPANGA team & MomoChoco in limousine on the way to hotel. [pic]
9:00 - Umehara/sako&wife arrived in Las Vegas. [pic]
9:00 - KSK streaming while Kokujin sleeping. [link]
9:30 - Osamu Ichikawa arrived. [pic] There'll be an exhibition match between him and Broly, the disabled Chun-Li player (American) later.
12:00 - Kaoru's KOF money match.
14:00 - Choco streaming [link] Momochi training.
14:10 - Cho group arrived in Las Vegas.
14:50 - Japanese players (Kindevu, sako, Haitani, Dogura, KSK, Kokujin, Umezono) and Taiwan players (GamerBee, etc.) in a restaurant [pic]

Nuki cancels Evo 2012 trip

Just a few days before Evo 2012, Nuki just announced that he will not go to Evo 2012 because his grandmother who raised him just passed away. He also apologized to everyone who gave him supports, and also asked everyone to cheer on Kokujin who is now going to Evo 2012 alone without him.

Nuki was invited to compete in Tournament of Legends which will be held at Evo 2012 and was expected to compete in SF4AE2012.

Namanushi Mahjong Fight Club 4 summary

On Saturday night (June 3), there was a live show/event on Nico Nico called "Namanushi Mahjong Fight Club 4." As the name suggests, well-known streamers (user stream) on Nico are invited to compete in the mahjong tournament. There were 4 teams; Talk Show Streamer, Female Streamer, Video Uploader, Fighting Game Streamer. Each team had 4 players. (Points will be carried over to the next players.)

FG Streamer consists of Sentosu (the Dictator player), Itabashi Zangief, Nuki, and Kokujin. The team originally had Soushihan KSK instead of ItaZan. But Nico denied his appearance for an unknown reason. (His name is also filtered in the chat.) However, ItaZan is good at mahjong.

A protest and a joke: Kokujin brought KSK's picture to the show and treated him like he just passed away. He later threw the picture to the trash bin on the way to the door after self-introduction. (Don't worry. KSK is still alive, and they are close friends.)

The entire show was more than 9 hours. In the last game, FG Streamer was 2800 points behind the Talk Show team. But Kokujin managed to win 24300 points  (Tsumo after Riichi, 8100 all) and won the tournament.

Here is the results after each turn.

First player (Sentosu)

1. FG Streamer 140,500
2. Female 128,300
3. Talk Show 105,500
4. Uploader 25,700

Second player (ItaZan)

1. FG Streamer 136,700
2. Talk Show 123,100
3. Female 122,500
4. Uploader 17,700

Third player (Nuki)

1. FG Streamer 131,100
2. Female 114,700
3. Talk Show 108,500
4. Uploader 45,700

Fourth player (Kokujin)

1. FG Streamer 152,300
2. Talk Show 122,800
3. Female 107,800
4. Uploader 17,400

In the last round, one of Kokujin's opponents is an infamous streamer who is also a porn actress (picture - right).

Kokujin to fight Karipaku in gachi FT10

It's revealed that Kokujin (Ryu) will have a "gachi" first-to-ten match against Karipaku (Cody) on June 4 (Monday) 22:00 (JST). The stream is here.

Gachi means serious, so this's not an everyday casual match. They also agreed that if Kokujin wins, Karipaku, who is very good at drawing, will have to draw a picture of Kokujin.

Kokujin also planned to train with Momochi tomorrow night (23:00) on the stream.

Karipaku is the female Cody player that was one of the highlights in The 2nd TOPANGA Charity Cup. If you're looking for a candidate for the strongest female SF4 player, you can't miss this match.

This post will be updated with the result after the match is over, beware the spoiler.

Update: Match is over. Result is below.

Kokujin agreed that he'll lose 10 kg. in 2 months if he loses.

Umehara in Taito Station Shinjuku Minamiguchi 20th anniversary event summary

Info
- Umehara participating Taito Station 20th anniversary event
- Date: May 19
- Time: 14:00
- Stream: Here
- Guest: Nuki, Kokujin, R (the commentator), Bon-chan
- Famitsu now posted a report of this event here.

Talk Show
- Umehara answered questions from fans.
- He chose tea color (Ryu) because other good players already have their own color.
- He chose Laputa (Castle in the Sky) over Nausicaa (of the Valley of the Wind). He actually watched both anime. (Beast Note: They're 26-28 year old classic anime.)
- TOPANGA League match against Mago: He aimed to use Hurricane Kick Fei Long's FADC.
- One game, one player, for living in an isolated island: SF2X and a Guile player. He likes fighting Guile.
- Chosen as SF3 teammate by Haitani: He confirmed the story that Momochi said. He added that he didn't want to compete because he stopped playing and he only good at fighting Yun. He said (joked?) that he cheered on Nuki to win Haitani so he won't have to go.


Exhibition Match (First to 7)

Bon-chan 3-7 Umehara

1. 2-1
2. 0-2
3. 1-2
4. 0-2
5. 1-2
6. 2-0
7. 2-0
8. 1-2 *intense
9. 0-2
10. 1-2

- They gave away Umehara's book "Willpower to Keep Winning" with autograph to the attendees by raffle.
- They had two surprise birthday cakes for Umehara, one from the game center and one from Kokujin.
- The female staff who brought out the cake in the picture below is TOPANGA's Negi.
- Umehara gave away a piece of cake to the attendees who won him at rock-paper-scissors.
- A little girl, an Umehara fan, gave him birthday present. Umehara gave her his cake.

Capcom X GODSGARDEN: SFxTK tournament detailed

The details of the world's first Capcom official SFxTK tournament has been revealed just now. The full name is "Capcom X GODSGARDEN SFxTK Spring Start Dash Festival in Akihabara Clark Studio." It'll be held on March 30 at Akihabara Clark Studio. It's an offline open tournament for 32 players. Nuki, Kokujin, Nekojita, and Kazunoko are already confirmed to participate. You can apply now here. There'll also be streaming here starting from 8 p.m. (JST).

Prizes
1st place - PlayStation Vita, SFxTK parka, SFxTK smartphone case
2nd place - SFxTK parka
3rd place - SFxTK smartphone case
All participants - file folder, hand towel

The tournament was first mentioned on the stage in Capcom's official SSF4AE2012 national tournament.

Umehara in LG Cup SF4HD Global Championship 2012 Japan's qualifier

On Saturday, Daigo Umehara appeared as a guest in talk session in LG Cup Street Fighter IV HD Global Championship 2012 Japan's qualifier. He was unusual talkative because he's between two friends who are one of the most talkative fighting game players - Kokujin and Nuki.

Nuki is Umehara's old friend and it seems like they didn't meet in a long while.

- Talking about olden days, Umehara joked that he thought Nuki's era is over when Nuki finished just 3rd place in a tournament. Because Nuki was so strong and always finished 1st place.
- They tried to find the right character for Nuki to play in SF4 Ver.2012.
- Nuki was interested in Sakura. (Nuki likes female characters.) Kazunoko made him interested a bit in Seth. Kokujin cheered on Seth, too.
- Umehara said Sakura gives Ryu more trouble than Seth.
- Umehara made fun of the fact that Nuki likes to talk about the olden days.
- Umehara mentioned that Dan is strong, mainly from shoryuken invincibility.
- Kokujin: Who's easy to play but strong? Ume: Adon.
- Umehara chose Ryu over Akuma because Akuma doesn't give him big advantage over Ryu.
- Umehara said Ryu's HP shoryuken is fun.
- Nuki is a renowned Umehara fanboy and he won't hesitate to say something awkward like "When I played SF4 slot machine, Umehara's face popped out." Viewers joked about platonic love/unfulfilled love as usual.
- Talking about the legendary parry at Evo: Ume said Raou liked to Super Art him, so it's like he practiced with Raou. Kokujin actually was there, too. He said it was so loud they couldn't hear anything else after the parry.
- Kokujin asked about how famous: Ume said sometimes he got a special treat from restaurants.
- In Zero 3 era, Nuki said there were 20,000 participants in national tournament.
- Umehara surprisingly knows a lot about smartphone version of SF4.
- Umehara playing the first Street Fighter, couldn't do shoryuken. KSK reported. [Pic]
- 4Gamer.net has a report about this event. [Link]

GODSGARDEN Classic summary

The tournament took place on November 27. This's SSF4AE but you can only use characters from original SF2 (8+4 bosses).

Groups

• [Winners] Bon-chan 2-0 Gonzalez (Ryu)
• [Winners] Gootecks (Box) 0-2 Across (Ken) *Gootecks goes to Losers in his first fight, winning just 1 round
• [Winners] Mike Ross 2-0 Taitsu (Ryu)
• [Winners] Shungoku Neurosis 2-0 Negisuke (Ken)
• [Winners] Bon-chan 2-1 Chichimonda Honda (Dict) *Bon almost lost, as he had no life in last round
• [Winners] Haneyama (Chu) 2-0 Bear (Sag)
• [Winners] Shungoku Neurosis 2-0 Kuroda (Ryu)
• [Winners] Kazunoko (Sag) 2-0 Yoshiwo (Gui)
• [Winners] Reiketsu (Claw) 2-1 Hanamaruki (Sag)
• [Winners] Mike Ross 2-0 Sha (Sag)
• [Winners] ItaZan 2-0 Genius (Claw) *Genius taunted twice but he couldn't win a round. He even got perfect'd in last round.
• [Winners] MOV 2-0 (Claw)
• [Winners] Kenzo (Ken) 0-2 Boy (Sag)
• [Winners] Shungoku Neurosis 2-0 Across (Ken)
• [Winners] ItaZan 1-2 Mike Ross *ItaZan almost won last round but U2 took too long to finish
• [Winners] MOV 2-0 Boy (Sag)
• [F Group Final] Kazunoko (Sag) 1-2 Yoshiwo (Gui)
• [Losers] Kokujin (Ryu) 0-2 Boy (Sag)
• [H Group Final 1] MOV 1-2 Boy (Sag)
• [H Group Final 2] MOV 0-2 Boy (Sag)

Group Qualifiers
A - Bon-chan
B - Acqua
C - Hanamaruki
D - Haneyama
E - Shungoku Neurosis
F - Yoshiwo
G - Mike Ross
H - Boy


Top 8 (matched by drawing, bracket reset)

• [Winners] Shungoku Neurosis (Dict) 1-2 Acqua (Sag)
• [Winners] Haneyama (Chun) 1-2 Bon-chan (Sag)
• [Winners] Hanamaruki (Sag) 2-0 Yoshiwo (Gui)
• [Winners] Boy (Sag) 2-1 Mike Ross (Hon)
• [Losers] Shungoku Neurosis (Dict) 2-1 Haneyama (Chun)
• [Losers] Yoshiwo (Gui) 0-2 Mike Ross (Hon)
• [Winners] Acqua (Sag) 0-2 Bon-chan (Sag)
• [Winners] Hanamaruki (Sag) 2-0 Boy (Sag)
• [Losers] Shungoku Neurosis (Dict) 0-2 Mike Ross (Hon)
• [Losers] Acqua (Sag) 2-0 Boy (Sag)
• [Losers] Mike Ross (Hon) 0-2 Acqua (Sag)
• [Winners Final] Bon-chan (Sag) 1-2 Hanamaruki (Sag)
• [Losers Final] Acqua (Sag) 0-2 Bon-chan (Sag)
• [Grand Final 1] Hanamaruki (Sag) 1-2 Bon-chan (Sag)
• [Grand Final 2] Hanamaruki (Sag) 0-2 Bon-chan (Sag)

Note
- Sentosu was one of the attendees.
- Kenzo can't commentate at all. (literally)
- Fun Fact: Kazunoko started SF4 series with Sagat.
- Hanamaruki won 20,000 yen prize money.
- Bon-chan won 50,000 yen prize money and the new Hori RAP EX-SA.
- Everyone [Pic]

Kokujin in Ver.2012 trailer

SSF4AE Ver.2012 hits Japanese arcades today, and Capcom now released a trailer showing off some of the changes.

The trailer has 2 version -- English and Japanese. There's a reason why you should watch the Japanese one. It has Kokujin's (scripted) expressions.

The consoles will get the free balance update on December 13. Capcom already posted the complete change log a few days ago.

Ogorare-kun @GODSGARDEN #4

This deserves a separated post.

During GODSGARDEN #4, there was a service at the venue called "Ogorare-kun" that lets the viewers (or an Internet users) order something from the menu and send it to the people in the event with a message. Basically you can buy your favorite player a drink of choice even you're watching at home. (If those people registered on the system.) You can also donate money to the event organizer. (The system creator is in the process of applying for a patent.)

The person who received the most orders

1. Itabashi Zangief (10 times)
2. Poongko (9 times)
3. GODSGARDEN, Mahou Shoujo Zangi-tan, Eita, Inaba (8 times tie)

Note

• Poongko received 5 Red Bulls.
• Cabbage received cabbage.
• huke donated 20,000 yen to GG. (huke is a famous illustrator. He's the character designer of Steins;Gate and Black Rock Shooter.)
• GG received 50,000 yen donation total.
• Someone sent a glass of orange juice to Mago with a message "You didn't play today?"
• Nabe (from L.A.) sent a glass of tea to Tokido. (Nabe graduated from TOPANGA Fight Club and went to live in America.)
• Someone sent a beer to Kokujin with a message "Drink this magic juice and use Dudley in SF4"
• Someone sent a Sendai's beef tongue curry to Tsukimiya with a message "Profound Sadness Curry"

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

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.)