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.

Nagisa to cosplay at Evo 2014

Nagisa (cosplayer/MC/fortuneteller/model) confirmed last night that she'll attend Evolution for the first time this year. Moreover, she's planning to cosplay at least 2 fighting game characters at the event. (She did mention about Blade Arcus' Altina possibility.)

Nagisa currenrly hosts "Girl Gamer Club" stream on GODSGARDEN's channel on Niconico every Monday. She also often appears as a guest cosplayer in an event.

This's the reason you should watch Sega stream tomorrow

Nagisa (MC/cosplayer/model) is set to cosplay as Kuroyukihime* (picture below) on Sega's stream tomorrow.

The stream will serve as a PR and tournament (held last weekend) report of 3 fighting games that are being distributed via Sega's network APM: Guilty Gear Xrd, Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate: Arcade, Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax.

Itabashi Zangief and Asuka Okame (Erio** voice actress) will also participate.

*A playable character in DBFC from Accel World
**A support character in DBFC from Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko

Nico to stream P4U2 special show featuring Mui

Niconico will stream a P4U2 special show on November 27 (Wednesday). The content appears to be a show where Nagisa and Mui teach a random (H cup 90cm) idol about P4U2 (or probably fighting game in general).

You probably already know Nagisa, the cosplayer and presenter. She now hosts her own show on Kao TV called "Gamer Girl Club" but it didn't go well with fighting games because her lack of devotion and practice.

On the other hand, Mui is a cosplayer and a legit P4U player. She has a lot of fighting games experiences as KOF97 is her first fighting game (now you probably get the idea how old she is). She played Fatal Fury and Samurai Spirits. She used to play Guilty Gear under alias Tatsumi.

Mui actually attended Evo 2013 and participated P4U tournament. She couldn't make it out of her first pool, losing to the guy who sent her to losers bracket again in the losers final. (And Mui said she wants to go to Evo again if she has money)

Caution: She's cuter than in this video!

P4U2 or Persona 4 The Ultimax: Ultra Suplex Hold will be released to the arcades early Winter in Japan.

Nagisa to host Kao TV every Monday

Nagisa has agreed that she will host GODSGARDEN's Kao TV every Monday.

The agreement came after she said that she wanted to stream her gaming session during "Mada Hashiritai!" show on Tuesday in which she was a guest. KSK, who was co-hosting the show, then offered her the opportunity. (Mada Hashiritai! is a new pay-per-view talk show hosted by KSK, R (Guy player), Sentosu. Every Tuesday on Niconico.)

Nagisa is a show personality, a model, an MC, a fortuneteller, and a cosplayer. She used to co-host "Game no Jikan" with Kayo Police which ended last year. She started fighting games one year ago around P4U launch.

It's unclear whether she'll show her face on Kao TV or not. It's unlikely that her agency will allow for free.

Game no Jikan 100: KayoPolice vs Nagisa in P4U

The 100th episode of Game no Jikan show featured a P4U match between KayoPolice and Nagisa!

The show this week introduces P4U and normally it's KayoPolice's duty to demonstrate the gameplay of a fighting game. But this time, Nagisa was actually the one who lead this.

Due to the P4U Effect, Nagisa started fighting game because of it. Her character movements in the show was very impressive, especially considering she had never touched an arcade stick before KSK taught her -- 17 months ago.

Nagisa's main is Yukiko, the character that she cosplayed.  KayoPolice, who did less homework, played Chie and Mitsuru.

Nagisa is a model and a show personality (and a cosplayer) who co-hosts the show with KayoPolice and Kouji Watanabe (a game writer).

The show also celebrated the 100th episode by showing the highlights of the past episodes.

KSK in Game no Jikan 35 (March 31)

KSK appeared on Game no Jikan show again today. He came to talk about his life, mostly the things you already knew from reading this blog. He tried to rebuild "Vision" from game center to net cafe, but due to some circumstance, he couldn't. Then the shop was hit by the great earthquake, so he quit for good. He said like I said before, not being able to open the shop (before the disaster) was probably a good thing.

A lot of people really worried about KSK as they talked on the show. KayoPolice even received a message from a KSK fan who is in junior highschool.

Anyway, Watanabe-san (one of the 3 show hosts) and Nagisa continued to tease Kayo that she is dating KSK, and the viewers loved it. They tried to make Kayo call KSK "Onii-chan" (big bro), too, but she didn't.

KSK found a new house (he had to sleep in his car before that) and already moved in, he's trying to get Internet. Watanabe-san offered him to stream at his cafe. And viewers wanted KSK to be a regular on the show.

After the actual show was over, KSK played Vampire Savior with the show producer (the same guy who played SSF4 and MvC3 with him in the previous episodes) and KayoPolice.

KSK in Game no Jikan (Feb 17)

KSK made an appearance in Game no Jikan show again today (Feb 17). He went to assist the show for Marvel vs. Capcom 3. (game producer Niitsuma was there, too) He fought KayoPolice. He teached Nagisa (to play her first fighting game) and also fought with the show producer again. The outcome isn't actually surprise, since the game just came out in Japan that day. KSK lost all 7 games...

P.S. After the show, KSK drove Nagisa home, but she forgot her cellphone on his car so he had to go back again despite her saying she can get it next time (probably next week) they meet and him saying he's sleepy. The show ended around 3 AM. He came back home 11 AM.