Month: September 2015

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Saigon Cup 2015 Streaming Live from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

While the Fall Classic takes place in North Carolina, another Capcom Pro Tour event is taking place in the Far East. Saigon Cup features some of the top Ultra Street Fighter IV players as they duke it out for more points in the hopes of securing a spot in Capcom Cup later this year. In addition to this, the winner of the event also gets a chance to compete at the Capcom Pro Tour Asia finals in Singapore in November.

Attending the event are YBK|Shiro, Gonzalez, Itabashi Zangief, KOK, and Manila Cup champion TONPY from Japan; Qanba.DouYuTV|Xiao Hai, DouYuTV|God of Sky, and Jiewa from China; CCG|Humanbomb from Hong Kong; RZR|Gackt from Singapore; Chuan from Malaysia; and Marn from the USA.

The tournament starts at 2:00 PM Vietnam time (12:00 AM PDT). Brackets for the event can be found here.

For those interested in catching all the action, you can check out the stream below or on GameStart Asia’s channel.

Watch live video from GameStartAsia on www.twitch.tv

Source: SF Vietnam, GameStart

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Stevenson halts overmatched Karpency in three

WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson (27-1, 22 KOs) stopped overmatched American challenger Tommy Karpency (25-4-1, 14 KOs) in the third round on Friday night at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto.
Canada’s Stevenson, who was defending his title for the sixth time, dominated the action from the start, landing hard shots in the opening round.
Karpency came back with his own punches in the second, but a left hand staggered him at the end of the round before he was sent to the canvas by the…

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Beefy Smash Doods Share Some Fun Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Facts

Running into oddities from time to time is just a part of gaming. No matter how such an oddity decides to present itself, we’ve all (hopefully) learned to take them in stride, even if that wonky hitbox cost us an important match. Beefy Smash Doods recently compiled a collection of strange occurrences and other interesting tidbits in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U that may sometimes play a minor part in determining the victor of a match, but usually go unnoticed.

Some of these things come up more often than others, like how a character’s health percentage ties in to the length of their invulnerability frames when grabbing a ledge, whereas something like Little Mac showing some wear and tear as the fight progresses won’t be causing any losses any time soon.

Source: Beefy Smash Doods via Smash Boards