Month: October 2015

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Colorado’s Focus Attack Donate Cans Charity Tournament Returns on November 7

Early next month, StrikeFirst Colorado and Mile High Burst are set to put on the third installment of their Focus Attack Donate Cans charity event. Last year, the Denver fighting game community was able to raise over 1,3000 cans of food and 35 frozen turkeys for the Denver Rescue Mission, with countless more provided by monetary donations, and they’re looking to break that record in November.

Like any tournament, competition will be held in games like Street Fighter, Marvel, and Guilty Gear, but with a unique twist when it comes to entry fees. Venue entry will cost $10, with five cans of nonperishable food required to register for each game. Attendees that plan to only play one or two titles but want to donate more will receive a raffle ticket for every ten cans they donate after that. All cash donations will go towards purchasing more frozen turkeys.

The organizers are also planning to provide a way for folks at home to donate as well, but specific details are still forthcoming.

Focus Attack Donate Cans 3 is scheduled for November 7 at Boss Stage Arcade in Northglenn, Colorado. More details can be found by following the link below.

Source: StrikeFirst Colorado, special thanks to Jamaal Graves for his help in putting this article together.

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Airdashers Come Up Big at CEOtaku, Tentative Pool Assignments Released

CEOtaku, the tournament organized by CEO Gaming’s Alex Jebailey as a way to reach out to folks in the airdasher community, is just around the corner. As such, new details have surfaced online pertaining to registration numbers, and things are looking pretty good for the upcoming event.

There are currently nearly 350 unique participants spread across the tournament’s nine official titles and six side events. Unsurprisingly, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- drew the most attention with 185 participants, one player shy of double the next highest title, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND. Following that, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late show respectable numbers, and Marvel brings up the rear.

A complete look at the numbers can be found below.

Main Lineup

  • Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- – 185
  • BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND – 93
  • Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – 76
  • Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late – 73
  • Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code – 55
  • Skullgirls Encore – 52
  • Dengeki Bunko FIGHTING CLIMAX – 50
  • Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R – 45
  • Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 – 43

Side Tournaments

  • Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!! – 32
  • Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm – 29
  • Vampire Savior – 27
  • Catherine – 25
  • Aquapazza – 24
  • Chaos Code – 16

Arguably more important than the straight numbers, the organizers have also shared tentative pool assignments for folks to review and provide feedback. Much like the details above, these are subject to change due to seeding errors and late registration, but they still provide a quick look at which players are likely to run into each other.

Some of the competitors that you can expect to see include Argenrost, BananaKen, Colpevole, dekillsage, Dogura, doren2k, Kazunoko, ElvenShadow, Flocker, Flux, Foo, FullSchedule, Havoc, Hotashi, Thebeautifuldude, BT|Viscant, and many, many more.

CEOtaku is scheduled for October 17-18 in Orlando, Florida. Further details can be found here.

Source: CEOtaku (1, 2), special thanks to Jebailey for sending these details our way.