Month: February 2018

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That’s the Mango: 2GGaming partner with Mango for a new Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament series

A collaboration that’s been a long time in the making, 2GG have at last partnered up with Mango to host a new Melee tournament series, named after the one and only GOAT of the game. Called The Mango — after Mango’s love of calling anything he does ‘The Mango’ — this series will eventually lead to Mango Juice 2, the follow-up to a legendary Melee tournament that 2GG founder Champ ran all the way back in 2009.

Along with the usual singles and doubles bracket, The Mango will have a ladder-style bracket and a special “buster bracket” for those who didn’t make it out of pools. If you want a break from playing Melee, you can also shoot some hoops on the basketball court at the venue. If you’re already set on coming to The Mango, early registration is open until February 26th with late registration closing on March 16th.

The Mango will take place at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California on March 18th, with registration now open on smash.gg.

Source: 2GGaming

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Street Fighter V roundup: Combos, okizeme, Story mode, and trials for Blanka!

The Warrior of the Amazon has arrived!

Blanka tore his way into Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition yesterday as the second DLC fighter in Season 3. Ready to get rollin’ and trollin’ with this beast?

To get you started, marlonlonmilk made a video to help you through Blanka’s combo trials.

Next, move on to combos!

The Prince put together this reel of basic combos:

rooflemonger has also prepared a video to get you started on some combos, as well as a starter okizeme guide for the bestial fighter:

Combo virtuoso desk is already in there of course, this time cramming all three forms of Blanka’s Rolling Attack into a single combo — you see him rollin’, you hatin’…

VesperArcade has uploaded the cutscenes from Blanka’s (rather goofy) Story mode for you viewing enjoyment. Watching this won’t unlock the Blanka-chan costume for you, though — you’ll still have to play through it yourself!

Thanks to everyone that sent in a tip on Blanka tech; be sure to let us know on our tipline if you see some any good Blanka content for a future roundup!

Sources: marlonlonmilk; rooflemonger; The Prince; desk; VesperArcade

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ELEAGUE are hosting their own Tekken 7 invitational on March 3rd

First Street Fighter V, then Injustice 2 and now Tekken 7 — it seems that ELEAGUE is determined to keep its hand in the FGC with its own invitational events. Hosted at Turner Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on March 3rd, Tekken Team Takedown will see some of the world’s best Tekken 7 players battling it out in a special televised tournament. ELEAGUE have yet to announce the players or the format for this invitational but it looks to be a one-day event, rather than a larger series as was the case with Street Fighter V and Injustice 2.

If you want to attend, tickets are available for free over on the ELEAGUE website. Tickets are limited, with the first 200 applicants being guaranteed entry. Based on the name “Tekken Team Takedown”, the event could have a draft format, with select team captains picking players from the pool of invited participants to face off in a larger bracket. Expect more details on the invited players, tournament format and stream details in the near future.

Source: ELEAGUE via TekkenGamer