Author: Ian "iantothemax" Walker

UltraChen TV is back with another installment of their Tuesday talk show. Tonight, James Chen and UltraDavid will be discussing a variety of topics, including the PG|Filipino Champ vs. BE|Kane Blueriver exhibition at Winter Brawl X, the value of being a heel, paying for fighting game lessons, recent tournament results, Mortal Kombat XL, and more.

The stream will be live in this article, but you can also visit Twitch to join the chat.

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The folks over at VGBootCamp recently went live with another installment of Smash @ Xanadu from Xanadu Games in Baltimore, Maryland. These weekly broadcasts provide a great look at the region’s Smash community, with tonight’s stream focusing entirely on Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

The stream is live below, but you can also head on over to Twitch to join the chat.

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Street Fighter V isn’t without its bugs and glitches, but one that came across our desk today thankfully has a simple explanation.

In a recent video, uploader My Name’s Not Lars shows off what appears to be a glitch involving Chun-Li’s EX Spinning Bird Kick. He explains that, at times, one of the special’s regular variants will come out instead of the EX version, which could make for some rather sticky situations in actual matches if you get the wrong strength.

Fortunately, the move isn’t as broken as it appears. After doing some testing of our own, we realized that this all comes down to charge timing.

According to the official strategy guide, EX Spinning Bird Kick requires five more frames of charge when compared to the light, medium, and heavy versions, meaning that, even if you have the meter, the game will give you a normal variant if you input the motion too early. This allows the move to be charged fast enough to be utilized in combos like st.MP > cr.MK > Spinning Bird Kick.

While likely common knowledge at this point, those of you who were stumped by this issue can move forward knowing that Capcom hasn’t forsaken you.

The folks behind Super Desperation Radio–Giby, Lord Walkman, Sanchez, and SuperFX–recently moved from IPLAYWINNER to Team Spooky, but that doesn’t mean their content has changed. We’ve gone long enough without them on the front page, so you can look forward to checking out their show every Monday night right here on the Shoryuken.

Tonight, they are set to go live with another broadcast, discussing topics like Street Fighter V, Winter Brawl X, Cannes Winter Clash, and more.

If you have yet to check this stream out and are in the market for a new fighting game talk show, we highly recommend tuning in now.

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Today, the fine folks at Aksys Games will present Anime Ascension, a tournament celebrating the franchises of developer Arc System Works.

Players will converge on Irvine, California to compete in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND, and Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-. You can also expect a special Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- exhibition later in the day.

Check out the stream provided by Level|Up Series below to catch all the action live.

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Schedule

Source: Anime Ascension

The tenth installment of Big E Gaming’s Winter Brawl tournament series kicks off today in Essington, Pennsylvania.

As always, you can expect a ton of great competition featuring local and visiting players alike across Street Fighter V, Ultra Street Fighter IV, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat X, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Killer Instinct, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, BlazBlue: Chronophantasma EXTEND, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, and more.

Some of the players in attendance include DaFeetLee, YOMI|Forever King, BIFU|Spab Rog, RPD|Alex Smith, cR|Footwurk, TA|Moons, Coach Steve, TSC|IFC Yipes, CU|Ludovic, RayRay, damdai, cR|SonicFox, TSB|mynus, Flux, Keninblack, PG|Filipino Champ, TSC|Sanford Kelly, TA|Marvisto, EG|K-Brad, TSC|CDjr, DLINK|Lord Knight, BE|Kane Blueriver, Henry Cen, UA|Bass, DOT|Danke, TS|Fooblat, bjUNCHAINED, MeanSaltine, RZR|Perfect Legend, LOD.TFA|OmGiTzAndre, VV.BT|MarlinPie, 2ndState, Psychochronic, IGT|Unkn0wn, YOMI.HB|Tyrant, cR|Biohazard, cR|HoneyBee, LostSoul, LI Joe, Julio, PAG|Glitch, DaiAndOh, YOMI|Michaelangelo, and many, many more.

We’ve included every official broadcast below, along with a detailed schedule.

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Schedule

Friday, February 26

Saturday, February 27

Sunday, February 28

Source: Big E Gaming