Month: January 2017

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Echo Fox’s CEO Talks about Investing in the Fighting Game Community

Those following the business side of fighting game news are likely aware of how esport team Echo Fox has recently signed a number of top Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Super Smash Bros. players. The move has transformed them into something of a super-team, featuring a number of former MadCatz and Evil Geniuses players.

Yahoo! Esports’s Michael Martin caught up with Echo Fox’s CEO Jace Hall, where they talked about the latter’s recent acquisitions. Regarding why they signed all these top players, Hall talks about how the fighting game community is filled with a lot of underexposed talent. He also mentions how the time is now ripe for esports organizations to get involve and help provide opportunities for fighting game players.

In addition to this, he also talks about setting Echo Fox up as a place for their players to grow, and how it’s not just about figuratively “holding a gun” to the players heads and expecting them to win.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

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The Midwest Rallies Its Troops for 2GGC: Midwest Mayhem Saga in February

The 2GG Championship Circuit is starting to form up, as 2GGaming and Events2Compete announce the February Saga to be held at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California. Titled Midwest Mayhem Saga, this event will see the Midwest’s finest invading SoCal to defend their honor against the rest of the USA. Winners of previous Midwest Mayhem events–C9|Ally, Zinoto, False and Circa|6WX–will be in attendance, with other Midwest players being able to nominate themselves to the 2GG Shop, in order to get funding for the event.

Galvanized by their previous clash at The Big House 6, SoCal are demanding a crew battle rematch with the Midwest, gathering its best players to prove their dominance on home turf. If you don’t want to nominate yourself for the 2GG Shop but still want to attending Midwest Mayhem Saga, there will be three separate qualifying tournaments to win a trip to the event. FTS: The Wreckpublic and Kingslayer 2 on January 28th will be qualifying events, as well as Midwest Mayhem 7 on February 4th.

Midwest Mayhem 7 will be special in itself, as it will see various Mexican players coming to compete in Chicago. So far, Cloud main Javi, world’s best Mr. Game & Watch SF|Regi and Lucario main SF|Richi are confirmed to attend Midwest Mayhem 7, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.

Registration for Midwest Mayhem 7 should now be available over on smash.gg and the confirmed date for Midwest Mayhem Saga will be decided later this week, as 2GG are trying to avoid clashes with international events like BEAST 7.

Sources: Events2Compete; smash.gg