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UGC Events Announces Four Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Online Qualifiers for the UGC Smash Open

The online qualifiers keep coming for Smash 4, as smash.gg is collaborating with UGC Events to hold a set of qualifiers for the UGC Smash Open in Collinsville, Illinois from December 2nd to 4th. The winner of this online event will gain an all-expenses paid trip to the Smash Open, complete with flights, hotel, and venue fee all paid for, as well as commemorative UGC and smash.gg merch.

As with other online qualifiers, there will be four separate events held over four days in November, with the first event being held tomorrow at 4pm Pacific. The other three tournaments will be held at 5pm PDT on November 2nd, 4pm PDT on November 7th and 5pm PDT on November 8th. It’s very short notice so if you have the time free to compete, you could be gaining an easy trip to that top 32. The actual top 32 will be held on Thursday, November 10th at 5pm PDT, with the top 8 of each qualifier making it to the final bracket.

Similar to other online qualifiers like the recently announced Hero to ZeRo qualifier, this qualifier is only open to entrants from the USA, Mexico, and Canada, with entrants needing to meet the connection quality threshold to compete.

Source: smash.gg

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¡Olé! Kobra_47 Shows Off Vega’s Fancy Footwork with a V-Skill Montage

When you’re playing a character obsessed with beauty and grace, you sometimes have to give opponents the old razzle-dazzle. In this highly disrespectful Vega montage, Kobra_47 shows off the assassin’s flamenco skills, by effortlessly dodging oncoming attacks with Vega’s V-Skill. As it is upper body invincible, the Matador Turn allows Vega to dodge jump-ins and incoming fireballs, giving the perfect opportunity for a follow-up after a successful Turn.

Should you get a read on your opponent’s patterns, V-Skill dodges become a legitimate strategy for defence and a perfect way to style on your enemy. Some of the dodges and V-Skill baits in Kobra’s video are downright rude, but they perfectly fit with Vega’s characteristic arrogance. Check out the full montage below and maybe start practicing your dance moves if you are a Vega player.

Source: Kobra_47

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Iron Galaxy Announce New Balance Survey for Killer Instinct

In their most recent Textual Stream, Iron Galaxy have asked Killer Instinct fans to fill out a new balance survey, to help aid their future patches and changes to KI. This survey mainly focuses around combo breaking, with Iron Galaxy asking questions about whether combo breaking is too easy, whether the potential damage cleared by combo breaking is too much or too little and gauging how both attackers and defenders feel when they combo break.

One of the main complaints about Season 3 is the strength of guess breaking compared to actually reading your opponent’s moves and breaking correctly, so it seems Iron Galaxy is attempting to redress the balance by potentially making guess breaking less of a viable option.

In addition to this survey, the Textual Stream did hint that some big Killer Instinct related stuff is being revealed in the not too distant future, with it happening after Halloween but before Thanksgiving. With another recent survey asking about potential new characters for Killer Instinct, this may be a hint at an upcoming Season 4 reveal. Make sure to read the whole stream, which also confirms that all input bugs which came with the Shadow Lords update should be fixed upon the release of the next patch.

Source: Ultra Combo

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Keep Your Opponent on The Ropes with These Meaty Setups After Grab With Balrog in Street Fighter V

Knowing for his explosive damage output once he gets an opening, Balrog can also guarantee pressure after a forward or back throw with specific meaty setups. Top ranked Balrog player Brian_F has compiled a list of these specific post throw meaty setups, to help other Balrogs continue their onslaught of power punches.

He goes through each setup, based on Balrog’s screen position and whether you perform a forward or back throw. Brian_F does include input notation for each setup, as well as listing how safe or unsafe each setup is on hit, on block or on counter-hit. There are even setups made for characters with three or four frame jabs, with the three frame meaty setup resulting in a favorable trade for Balrog.

Source: Brian_F

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Bombs, Clay Pigeons and Flowerpots: The Beefy Smash Doods Lay Out the Top Five Projectile Users in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

For every player that loves rushing their opponent down and overwhelming them with blinding speed, there will be another who prefers the patient process of filling a screen with projectiles and traps. With Smash 4 having over 55 characters, there are a fair few fighters mixed in with the boxers, plumbers and space animals for those who prefer projectile zoning.

To find out which fighters are the best with a gun or a bow, the Beefy Smash Doods have made a new video, giving their opinion on the top five projectile based characters in Smash 4. In order to make this list, the character can’t just have a single strong projectile; they need an arsenal of useful ranged moves that compliment each other to create a fighter who has multiple ways to frustrate their opponent. As such, don’t expect someone like Lucario or Pac-Man on this list.

Source: Beefy Smash Doods

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Flipsid3 Tactics Adds Thomas “Brolynho” Proenç and Matthew “Glitch” Testini to Their Fighting Game Division

To help grow their place in the FGC, Flipsid3 Tactics has added two new members to its fighting game division. The first is Brazilian Necalli player Thomas “Brolynho” Proenç, joining the team off the back of his continued success in Latin America. With first place finishes at Latin America’s second Online Ranking event and Fight for Rio: Olympia, as well as victory over Evo 2016 champion Seon-Woo “Infiltration” Lee at Brooklyn Beatdown, Brolynho’s Necalli is a force to be reckoned with and is certainly looking like one of the favorites to qualify for Capcom Cup out of the LatAm Regional Final on November 2nd. Brolynho joins Antwan “alucarD” Ortiz as the second dedicated Street Fighter V player on Flipsid3 Tactics’ roster.

With the passing of Flipsid3’s dedicated FGC Division Manager Christopher “NinjaCW” Harris, they have appointed Matthew “Glitch” Testini to build on the hard work started by NinjaCW. Glitch has earned his stripes by running events within New York City, as well as competing for Play All Gaming as their team captain. His combination of TO and player knowledge makes Glitch well equipped to lead Flipsid3 Tactics to continued growth.

Source: Flipsid3 Tactics; featured image c/o Flipsid3 Tactics

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Flipsid3 Tactics Adds Thomas “Brolynho” Proenç and Matthew “Glitch” Testini to Their Fighting Game Division

To help grow their place in the FGC, Flipsid3 Tactics has added two new members to its fighting game division. The first is Brazilian Necalli player Thomas “Brolynho” Proenç, joining the team off the back of his continued success in Latin America. With first place finishes at Latin America’s second Online Ranking event and Fight for Rio: Olympia, as well as victory over Evo 2016 champion Seon-Woo “Infiltration” Lee at Brooklyn Beatdown, Brolynho’s Necalli is a force to be reckoned with and is certainly looking like one of the favorites to qualify for Capcom Cup out of the LatAm Regional Final on November 2nd. Brolynho joins Antwan “alucarD” Ortiz as the second dedicated Street Fighter V player on Flipsid3 Tactics’ roster.

With the passing of Flipsid3’s dedicated FGC Division Manager Christopher “NinjaCW” Harris, they have appointed Matthew “Glitch” Testini to build on the hard work started by NinjaCW. Glitch has earned his stripes by running events within New York City, as well as competing for Play All Gaming as their team captain. His combination of TO and player knowledge makes Glitch well equipped to lead Flipsid3 Tactics to continued growth.

Source: Flipsid3 Tactics; featured image c/o Flipsid3 Tactics

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Earn a Chance to Take on TSM|ZeRo By Winning 2GGaming’s Hero to ZeRo Online Qualifer

To hype up the final saga of the year, 2GGaming are collaborating with smash.gg to bring another Super Smash Bros. for Wii U online qualifier to fruition. Titled “Hero to ZeRo”, this qualifier will have the winner receiving flights, hotel and entry to 2GGT: ZeRo Saga at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, on December 16th to 18th. 2GG seems to have extended the event to be over three days instead of two days, making more time for great Smash 4 action.

Similar to previous online qualifiers like Key to the PG House or Road to Shine, this grand qualifier will be split into four mini-qualifiers, culminating in a final top 128 man bracket to decide the hero with the potential to take down TSM|ZeRo. This qualifier is open to residents of the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean and like with other massive online events, players must reach the minimum Internet speed requirements to compete in this event. All of the details regarding rules and regulations are available on the smash.gg page.

Hero to ZeRo is free to sign up for, with the first qualifier starting at 12pm on November 5th. The other qualifiers will start at 2pm, 4pm and 6pm, with the final bracket starting on November 6th at 12pm.

Source: smash.gg

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Update to Capcom’s 2016 Financial Report Reveals Street Fighter V Has Sold Less than 100,000 Copies Since May

In an update to Capcom’s 2016 financial report on Thursday night, it has been revealed that less than 100,000 copies of Street Fighter V have been shifted between May and September 30th. During the release of the initial financial report in May of this year, Capcom revealed that it had shipped 1.4 million units of their latest fighter, which was way under its initial target of 2 million units to be sold by March 2016. While the September update saw other figures change, the Street Fighter V sales figures has remained at 1.4 million.

It seems that even with the release of the cinematic Story Mode, the Evo finals of Street Fighter V being televised on ESPN 2 and the continued success of the Capcom Pro Tour, the company has failed to properly deal with the initial negative press of Street Fighter V’s barebones February launch and its confused DLC plan. While Capcom did promise that they would not release a “Super Street Fighter V”, it may be their only way to increase sales figures outside of the core FGC audience and account for its rocky launch, which was styled after other esports titles like League of Legends but was not priced accordingly to match its main console market.

Source: Capcom

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Fart Combos, Mr. Game & Watch Silliness, and Lethal Taunts in 2GG’s Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Ninth Twitter Tech Roundup

Collecting various clips and videos from around the Twittersphere, 2GG are back with another tech roundup for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. In this week’s compilation, there are the usual lab monster characters of Greninja and Fox, alongside some lesser-seen faces like Mr. Game & Watch, Bowser Jr., and Wario getting their chance to show off their moves.

Mr. Game & Watch shows off how lethal he can be on the ledge, Bowser Jr. sends opponents into the stratosphere with instant Up-Bs, while Wario rubs his victory in his opponent’s face by finishing off a footstool sequence with a nasty fart. See what creative combos you can come up with and if you put them out on Twitter, you may find yourselves in 2GG’s next Twitter tech roundup.

Source: 2GGaming