Month: September 2016

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Smash Scenes Takes on the Rise, Fall, and Rise of Houston, Texas in Third Episode

After tackling the competitive Super Smash Bros. Melee scene of Seoul, South Korea, GosuJasu has moved on to cover Houston, Texas. The motto of everything being bigger in Texas holds true here. Houston has a big, vibrant Super Smash Bros. for Wii U scene, with five weekly tournaments every week, and a welcoming community that enjoys time even away from the game. It was, however, a scene that almost wasn’t.

The scene suffered several setbacks, including tournament issues that caused fallings out as well as factioning that caused major rifts between players within the scene. When contacted for clarification beyond the video, GosuJasu explained:

Houston Sm4sh is the perfect example of what happens when you let things build up without keeping them in check. The online interaction definitely came to a boiling point, and some really terrible things were said. However they’ve been able to move forward past the drama and remain a very strong scene. Shortly after the filming for the episode, the Houston Facebook group instated a few rules that would prevent these sorts of toxic exchanges in the future.

And with maintaining a welcoming community for all who want to play being a top priority, the Houston scene will recover and become more vibrant than before.

Source: GosuJasu

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Registration for FV Cup, 2016’s Final Capcom Pro Tour Ranking Event, Now Open

FlashVision’s FV Cup has been Malaysia’s premier Street Fighter tournament for a number of years now. Scheduled to take place from October 22 to 23, this year’s FV Cup also (tentatively) represents the last Capcom Pro Tour ranking event in the Pro Tour Calendar as well the final Capcom Pro Tour Asia qualifier, with the winner flying to the CPT Asia Finals in Taiwan in November for a chance to qualify for Capcom Cup 2016.

For any players interested in flying out to Malaysia for FV Cup, registration for the event has now been opened. Competitors can head on over to this link to register.

FV Cup 2016 will take place at the Tunku Abdul Rahman University College Dewan Utama in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this coming October 22 and 23.

Source: FlashVision

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Wizard101 – Celebrating Its 8th Birthday!

Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Wizard101. Happy birthday to you! It’s been 8 years. That’s right, 8 years since the launch of Wizard101 (September 2nd, 2008). Over the years, the game has grown and evolved in so many ways, and I’m happy that I’ve been there to see some of the changes firsthand.

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Urien’s Street Fighter V Powers Detailed, More Information on September Updates to Come at TGS

Street Fighter V fans have almost certainly already taken a look at Capcom’s new official trailer for Urien; the Capcom-Unity blog has followed up with their usual breakdown of what the Illuminati’s number two brings to the SFV arena.

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As listed in the blog:

First introduced in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact, Urien is the Vice President of Illuminati and wants nothing but to take over Illuminati from his older brother, Gill, and destroy Shadaloo. Urien has complete confidence in his own physicality and this elitism shows itself through his sadistic and tyrannical tendencies. He gains joy only from dominating others and having them crumble in the face of his incredible power.

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V-Skill: Metallic Aura

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Urien’s skin tone changes and he can absorb a single hit as he rushes forward in a brutal shoulder tackle.

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V-Trigger: Aegis Reflector

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One of the 66 Illuminati Secret Arts, this energy barrier reflects projectiles and will knock unblocking opponents back if they make contact. Directional input while activating V-trigger controls where the barrier will appear; Urien can project two of them during V-trigger to set up some sadistic zoning and juggle scenarios.

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Critical Art: Dominate Crush

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The name says it all! Urien channels his powerful energy into the ground to raise a “pillar of destruction.”

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Of course, those who have played the “A Shadow Falls” General Story Mode have had a chance to try out these powers already!

Capcom-Unity confirms that Urien’s official release is indeed due in September, but have yet to offer a solid date. They also indicate that more information about Urien’s release and the previously mentioned September update content will be revealed at the Tokyo Game Show next week–so stay locked on!

Source: Capcom-Unity