Month: October 2017

With over $3000 in pot bonuses up for grabs between some of the strongest competition in the world, Hitbox Arena’s “Final Boss” major in New Jersey just crowned its first champion. This grassroots event is the Pokkén Community’s first Pokkén Tournament DX-exclusive major.

While this 1v1 tournament was obviously the main draw (and a major stop on the Pokkén Arena Circuit), there was also a 3v3 “Waseda Style” Team tournament. For those unfamiliar with Waseda style: Teams A and B have their 1st players battle each other, then 2nd players, then 3rd. Every team member must to play, and no single person can carry a whole team with this format.

Results

Pokkén Tournament DX

Singles Tournament (94 entrants)

1. Rampage|Azazel JP (Machamp) $1720
2. Slippingbug TX, US (Pikachu Libre, Scizor, Machamp) $688
3. ELM JP (Suicune) $447
4. Toasty TX, US (Lucario) $240
5. INC|RoksoTheSavage NY, US (Garchomp, Scizor) $103
5. Twixxie NC, US (Chandelure) $103
7. ThankSwalot IL, US (Sceptile) $69
7. StDx|Allister CA, US (Mewtwo, Suicune) $69
9. Bolimar TX, US (Decidueye)
9. Thulius OH, US (Mewtwo, Decidueye)
9. Uho JP (Pikachu Libre)
9. Scatz GA, US (Charizard)
13. Flegar NY, US (Lucario)
13. HBA|Oreo NJ, US (Mewtwo)
13. SoulGuitarist PA, US (Chandelure)
13. Deity Light IL, US (Lucario)

Waseda-style 3v3 Team Tournament (18 teams)

1. Team Momo (Momo/Azazel/Elm)
2. Team Rokso (Burnside/RoksoTheSavage/Toasty)
3. Team Thulius (Allister/Twixxie/Thulius)
4. Team WhiteChocolate (WhiteChoc/Brocooli/Flegar)

Source: Final Boss

In any tournament, no matter what sport or game is being played, it’s understood that a competitor can only enter themselves into the tournament once. However, at the Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite tournament at this year’s Canada Cup, a player ended up playing twice — in two different pools.

During the tournament, Quackbot — or PCMarvelGod, as he is more commonly known — was able to play in both Pool 1 under his own name, and in Pool 2 under the gamer name Holy Order-Troll. While tournament officials eventually caught on to this, by that time Quackbot had already beaten more than a few other competitors.

As a result of the above, the decision was made to replay the bracket. However, this then affected the fortunes of another player who had already made it out of Pool 8. Eliver “Killer Kai” Ling had won all his matches in the pool, sending Quackbot down to the losers bracket along the way. However, due to the decision to replay the bracket, KillerKai was forced to replay his pool winners final match against Joe P. The second time around, Joe P ended up winning against KillerKai, who then qualified out of the pool on the losers side of the bracket.

Now, both Quackbot and Killer Kai have given out statements on this. According to Quackbot, the reason that he was in two brackets was because the real Holy Order-Troll (a player from Arizona) wouldn’t be able to play due to controller issues. As such, she decided to offer her spot to Quackbot, since she supposedly didn’t want her slot to “go to waste.” As part of this, he also states the he will take full responsibility for the incident and will even accept a ban if necessary.

My side of the Canada cup situation. pic.twitter.com/HdwKkVNxay

— PC Marvel God (@PCMarvelGod) October 29, 2017

Meanwhile, KillerKai, whose chances at a higher placing at the tournament were derailed by the incident, has also made his own statement on the matter.

My account of what happened at Canada Cup and my thoughts

Read: https://t.co/YGHgqlvLD2

— Eliver Ling (@eliverling) October 29, 2017

KillerKai states that while he understands the tough situation that the people from Canada Cup and Capcom were put in due to this, he cannot help but express disappointment at how they handled it, and at their lack of foresight. He goes on to state that he feels that they were more worried about accusations of preferential treatment towards KillerKai than doing the right thing. While he states the he still has “mad love” for (Canada Cup head organizer) Lap Chi Duong, he also states that, as a result of this, he will no longer be returning to any future Canada Cup events.

We’ve reached out to Lap Chi Duong for his own comments on the issue. However, he stated that he wouldn’t be able to give a proper statement on the issue immediately, but would be doing so at a later time. Stay locked on to Shoryuken for more on this story as it develops.

Sources: Quackbot; Killer Kai