Author: Franz "d3v" Co

The Marvel vs. Capcom games have always been a great source of stories and hype at Evo, and both Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 are no exception. To celebrate the six years of hype that the latest entry in the series has brought us and to drum up some support for having UMvC3 in for another year, Flying High has compiled a video showcasing some of their most hype moments at Evo.

Trying to enumerate each and every hype moment that’s in this video would take too much work – there’s just too many moments and too much hype. That said, long time Evo viewers should recognize moments such as Viscant taking it over PR Balrog in 2010, Justin Wong’s amazing comeback against Flocker in 2013, Justin winning at Evo in 2014, and of course, ChrisG finally winning after years of trying last year.

Those interested in seeing Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 have one more year at Evo can donate here.

Source: Flying High

One of the biggest names in competitive Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is BROKENTIER’s Armando “Angelic” Mejia. Angelic has become well-known for being one of the strongest UMvC3 players, as well as being a tournament organizer who’s done a lot to push the game.

In the latest episode of Conversations and Fireballs from Yahoo! Esports, Michael Martin talks to Angelic regarding the Evo 2017 Player’s Choice, and his efforts to help raise money for the game at Evo through his own event, Undefeated 2017. Additionally, he does also address Martin’s own concerns about the vote actually dividing the community.

They also talk about the upcoming Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, whether it’ll cause players to drop UMvC3, as well as its chances to become even bigger than Street Fighter V.

Finally, aside from him winning the tournament, Angelic talks about what the best send-off for UMvC3 will be if it does get into Evo 2017.

Undefeated 2017 takes place on February 4 to 5 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

Photo c/o Kara “Karaface” Leung

Vergil’s Dimension Slash Hyper Combo is one of the more interesting moves in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. This is due to having a number of mysterious properties that affect its outcome; one such property is how Dimension Slash can sometimes allow the player to follow up with Vergil’s High Time command normal, via a ground bounce. Many players have long considered this to be a random occurrence, beyond the players control–however, new research has shown that it isn’t, and that it’s possible to consistently get the ground bounce out of Dimension Slash.

According to DownloadableCar over at the r/MvC3 sub-reddit, the key to consistently getting the bounce out of Dimension Slash is to mash the attack buttons with a specific timing and pattern. The key divides the Hyper move’s duration into 3 counts (or “seconds” as DownloadableCar explains), while starting the Hyper at a specific height out of his High Time command normal–around when his head is at the height of the opponents feet. After activating, the player must mash for one “count,” stop for another count, then continue to mash on the third count.

DownloadableCar has shared an off screen video of this, showing him getting the bounce consistently off the same (recorded) inputs. Take note however that while he confirms that Vergil can get additional lifts out of the move, the pattern changes slightly after the first Dimension Slash, since Vergil’s changes.

This isn’t the first time a supposedly random property of Dimension Slash was figured out. Initially, Vergil’s position after the move and whether he would cross players up was thought to be random, however players eventually figured out that where Vergil is can predicted.

Sources: r/MvC3, DownloadableCar

Every player within the fighting game community has their origin story. Everyone has that moment where they decided that they wanted to pick up fighting games, and not just play them casually, but compete in them.

In a new episode of their eSports Unfold series, Red Bull takes a look at one such “origin story,” that of Masato Takahashi, or Bonchan as the community at large knows him.

Starting out as an employee at a Mahjong parlor, Bonchan had the sheer luck of having none other than Daigo Umehara as a co-worker. Meeting and eventually forming a friendship with Daigo, bonding over Street Fighter and eventually training together gave Bonchan the spark that lit the fire that would help him become one of the game’s top players.

Interestingly enough however, even just starting out, Daigo states that Bonchan was already good enough to surprise him whenever they’d play at the arcade after work. Future Street Fighter star discovered by a fighting game legend on hiatus–it’s almost something out of a Hollywood movie, and it shows just how interesting and diverse these players’ origin stories can be.

Of course, that’s just part of the mini documentary. Head on over to Red Bull eSports for the rest.

Source: Red Bull

With his main Balrog being considered one of the stronger characters after the balance changes, Team PIE’s Smug is currently one of the players to look out for in Street Fighter V Season 2. Just how big a threat is Smug this season? Well, his match versus Echo Fox’s Justin Wong at ESL’s weekly King of the Hill should provide the answer: very big.

In this ESL match, Smug and his Balrog went up against Justin Wong and his Karin. Now, while Justin is considered one of the strongest competitors in Street Fighter V (let alone a myriad of other fighting games), you wouldn’t know it based on the match with Smug. Time and time again, Smug is seemingly able to shut down Justin’s footsie game and put him in situations where all the latter can do is block and try to mitigate the damage coming his way.

The end result of this set? Smug takes a convincing ten games to one over Justin.

Source: ESL

With his main Balrog being considered one of the stronger characters after the balance changes, Team PIE’s Smug is currently one of the players to look out for in Street Fighter V Season 2. Just how big a threat is Smug this season? Well, his match versus Echo Fox’s Justin Wong at ESL’s weekly King of the Hill should provide the answer: very big.

In this ESL match, Smug and his Balrog went up against Justin Wong and his Karin. Now, while Justin is considered one of the strongest competitors in Street Fighter V (let alone a myriad of other fighting games), you wouldn’t know it based on the match with Smug. Time and time again, Smug is seemingly able to shut down Justin’s footsie game and put him in situations where all the latter can do is block and try to mitigate the damage coming his way.

The end result of this set? Smug takes a convincing ten games to one over Justin.

Source: ESL