Month: May 2018

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Learn how to shut down Jack-7 with this Tekken 7 defense guide from BoxeR-King

Robots are threatening to destroy the Tekken 7 tournament scene as we know it! Well, maybe that’s a little dramatic, but Jack-7 is very strong, and at intermediate levels in particular, many players seem unsure how to defend themselves against his strong, simple, and effective poke style. But one man stands in the way of this robot army:

Despite the character’s great range and obnoxious safety on select tools, there are still optimal defensive measures you can take versus the TekkenBot. Check out the latest tutorial above from BoxeR-King to learn how to deactivate this tournament-terrorizing menace.

Source: BoxeR-King

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– Game Critic John ‘Totalbiscuit’ Bain Passes Away

Game critic John “Totalbiscuit” Bain has passed away. The announcement was made by his wife Genna Bain via her personal Twitter account. Bain was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014. After surgery, the cancer went into remission until last year. Earlier in May, Bain announced his liver was failing and that chemotherapy had stopped working He wrote that he was retiring from games criticism to spend time with his wife streaming cooperative games hoping she would take his place after death.

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Alucard leaves Flipside Tactics after three years, is now a free agent

Earlier this month, it was announced that another top fighting game player would be departing their current team and joining free agency. After signing with the organization back in 2015 as their first fighting game player, Antwan “Alucard” Ortiz, has left Flipside Tactics due to contract expiration.

His accomplishments under the F3 banner include: placing 7th at Frosty Faustings VII, 9th at Combo Breaker 2015, 7th at SCR 2015, 3rd at Youmacon 2015, 2nd at Naptown Clutch V, 5th at KIT 2016, and 3rd at Frosty Faustings VIII in Ultra Street Fighter IV; scoring 3rd at Combo Breaker 2015 and Frosty Faustings VIII, 7th at Summer Jam 9 and ESL Dallas, and 2nd at Youmacon 2015 in Mortal Kombat X; finishing 5th at Texas Showdown, Defend The North and East Coast Throwdown 2016 and 4th at The King of New York and Texas Showdown 2017; the pinnacle of his success came with 2nd place finishes at Absolute Battle 2016 and NYU Spring Fighter 2017, with him most recently coming off a 33rd place finish at NCR 2018.

It will be interesting to see which organizations may vie for his services, as he is a proven threat in multiple games. Flipside Tactic’s fighting game roster still includes Allan “LuckyL0ops” Parris (Dead or Alive 5: Last Round), Thomas “Brolynho” Proença (Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition), Daris “DR Gross” Daniels (Injustice 2, Dragon Ball FighterZ), Darnell “Sleep” Waller (Killer Instinct), David-Paul “AutoMattock” Mattock (Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition) and Parker “Ofidyan” Morris (Mortal Kombat XL, Injustice 2).

You can see tweets from Alucard and Flipside about his departure below, as well as an official statement on their website.

All of us here at Shoryuken would like to wish both parties the absolute best of luck in the future.

Sources: 313alucarD (Twitter); FlipSid3Tactics (Twitter); flipsidetactics.com