Month: February 2015

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Churning the Butter #21 feat. Ultra Street Fighter IV Streaming Live from San Francisco, California

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Over the past few months, Northern California has been stepping their collective game up with regards to consistent events, and one of the big groups behind all this is competitive gaming organization ShowDown. Their weekly Churning the Butter tournament has only been running for a couple weeks, and yet they are garnering a player base on par with other local tournaments around the country. And, as we highlighted in videos from their second outing, some fantastic talent is showing up to throw down and improve their own game.

Tonight, they have once again taken over Folsom Street Foundry in San Francisco, California to put on an Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament for the regional players. If you’re interested in seeing what the NorCal cats have up their sleeves, be sure to check out the stream below and show your support. You can also head on over to Twitch if you prefer to chat.

Watch live video from showdowngg on www.twitch.tv

Want to check these tournaments out for yourself? Well, you’re in luck, because even if you missed out this week, Churning the Butter is held every Thursday at 8 PM PDT during ShowDown’s game night at Folsom Street Foundry.

Source: ShowDown

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Major Smash Broadcaster VGBootCamp Announces Withdrawal of Project M Support

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There’s a good chance that those who follow the Smash scene closely have noticed the sharp decline in Project M coverage, streams, and tournament appearances since the launch of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Some may have even guessed at what may have been the reasoning behind this, and a few big reasons do come to mind, but as of today, the folks at VGBootCamp have lifted their own unofficial gag order surrounding the topic.

Co-founder Calvin “GimR” Lofton came out earlier this evening to say that his production company will no longer provide a platform for Project M broadcasts. Not only that, but the group will also be removing all related material from their official channels. Lofton stressed that fans of Project M needn’t worry because he is currently looking for a good home for the content.

Since its inception, Project M has existed in a sort of limbo between legal and not-so-legal. While the game is drastically different than the Super Smash Bros. Brawl disc from which it draws much of its data, the fact remains that the characters, stages, and everything else in between that the game contains belong to and will always belong to Nintendo. This means that anyone who intends to produce content featuring the game runs the risk of suffering at the hands of whatever legal claim may or may not be thrown at them in the future.

“As a small business with limited resources, it’s too risky to invest a significant portion of our time and money into a game that could damage our business with a copyright strike at any time,” Lofton explained.

This may seem a bit odd as Project M grew to amazing popularity in the months leading up to the release of the most recent Smash offering, but do take into consideration the doors that the new title has opened for content producers. With Nintendo’s official sponsorship of Apex 2015 last weekend, we are seeing the company take strides in supporting not only Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, but Super Smash Bros. Melee as well. This means that content producers now have the chance to assist in the growth of their community in more ways than ever before. Though it may not immediately seem so, this is likely a very positive move for the Smash community as a whole.

The statement closes by mentioning that the rumors of VGBootCamp’s contract with Team Apex having to do with this decision are unfounded.

To check out the full announcement, head over to Smashboards.

Source: Smashboards