Author: USD

If you haven’t had enough of the Ultra Street Fighter IV Capcom Pro Tour this weekend, there’s more! True Challengers Costa Rica is the opportunity for players of Central America to grab points at this ranking tournament. A few foreign invaders are participating as well: EG|PR Balrog and WFX|801 Strider of the US and Itabashi Zangief of Japan.

You can catch the tournament on True Challengers’ Twitch channel and track bracket progress on Challonge.

Watch live video from True_Challengers on www.twitch.tv

Source: Capcom Pro Tour, True Challengers

Main the garrisons, because the North is in need of defending this weekend. Defend the North is bringing together a wide variety of games, including BlazBlue Chronophantasma EXTEND, Capcom vs. SNK 2, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Killer Instinct, The King of Fighters XIII Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Mortal Kombat, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Skullgirls Encore, SoulCalibur V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Ultra Street Fighter IV, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late and Vampire Savior. That’s a lot to defend!

Defend the North is an Ultra Street Fighter IV Capcom Pro Tour ranking tournament. As the final Pro Tour event in the US, plenty of players are attending hungry for ranking points.

Team Spooky, Arturo Sanchez, Bifuteki and Nica KO have you covered if you’re looking for streams. Check them out on Twitch or below.

TeamSp00ky

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nycfurby

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Bifuteki

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Nica_KO

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Schedule

Saturday October 24

Event	EDT (Local)	PDT	GMT	Stream
USFIV Pools	2:00 PM	11:00 AM	6:00 PM	TeamSp00ky
GGXrd Pools	2:00 PM	11:00 AM	6:00 PM	TeamSp00ky
DOA5LR	2:00 PM	11:00 AM	6:00 PM	Bifuteki
DOA5LR Top 8	4:00 PM	1:00 PM	8:00 PM	TeamSp00ky
KI	5:00 PM	2:00 PM	9:00 PM	Bifuteki
USFIV Semis	6:00 PM	3:00 PM	10:00 PM	TeamSp00ky
GGXrd Semis	6:00 PM	3:00 PM	10:00 PM	nycfurby
UMVC3 Semis	8:00 PM	5:00 PM	12:00 AM (Sun)	TeamSp00ky
MKX Semis	8:00 PM	5:00 PM	12:00 AM (Sun)	nycfurby
TTT2 Top 8	8:00 PM	5:00 PM	12:00 AM (Sun)	Bifuteki
MVC2 Top 3	10:00 PM	7:00 PM	2:00 AM (Sun)	TeamSp00ky

Sunday October 25

Event	EDT (Local)	PDT	GMT	Stream
GGXrd Top 8	11:00 AM	8:00 AM	3:00 PM	TeamSp00ky
VS	11:00 AM	8:00 AM	3:00 PM	Nica_KO
P4AU	12:00 PM	9:00 AM	4:00 PM	nycfurby
KOF XIII	12:00 PM	9:00 AM	4:00 PM	Bifuteki
SSBWiiU Top 4	1:00 PM	10:00 AM	5:00 PM	TeamSp00ky
UNIEL	2:00 PM	11:00 AM	6:00 PM	nycfurby
CVS2	2:00 PM	11:00 AM	6:00 PM	Nica_KO
Cosplay Contest	3:00 PM	12:00 PM	7:00 PM	TeamSp00ky
MKX Top 8	4:00 PM	1:00 PM	8:00 PM	TeamSp00ky
BBCPEX	4:00 PM	1:00 PM	8:00 PM	nycfurby
SCV	4:00 PM	1:00 PM	8:00 PM	Bifuteki
SFIII 3S	4:00 PM	1:00 PM	8:00 PM	Nica_KO
UMVC3 Top 8	6:00 PM	3:00 PM	10:00 PM	TeamSp00ky
SG	6:00 PM	3:00 PM	10:00 PM	nycfurby
USFIV Top 8	8:00 PM	5:00 PM	12:00 AM (Sun)	TeamSp00ky

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Sources: Defend the North, Team Spooky, Arturo Sanchez, Bifuteki, Nica KO

The Ultra Street Fighter IV Capcom Pro Tour is winding down. A few Pro Tour events will be taking place this weekend, the most prominent being the premier tournament going down at Milan Games Week in Milan, Italy. While it’s not the last Pro Tour event in Europe (that’s DreamHack Winter in late November, the final premier event), it is the final European event with ranking points attached, bringing the points board ever so close to its final standings.

Perhaps bigger than the points however is the qualifier spot. One player will earn directly claim a spot in the Capcom Cup finals, regardless of their current standing in points.

The event is pulling in quite a few names, including those from Europe like MD|Luffy, YP|Valmaster, FA|Ryan Hart aka Prodigal Son, BT.UM|instilldadaddy, KIG|Problem X, RIZE|Infexious and BX3|Phenom. There are also plenty of international names too, like RZR|Fuudo, MF|TONPY, Haitani, Eita, Gonzalez, Kindevu, MOV, Reiketsu, YBK|Shiro, Arika, Ponzaman and VX from Japan; Jiewa of China; RZR|Xian of Singapore; and EG|K-BRAD from the US.

If you’re into USFIV, you won’t want to miss the action. Tune into Capcom Fighters on Twitch this Saturday and Sunday and watch the show go down.

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

Scheduled Start Times

Event	CEST/ CET (Local)	EDT	PDT	GMT	Stream
Pools to Top 16 (Saturday)	12:00 PM	6:00 AM	3:00 AM	10:00 AM	CapcomFighters
Top 16 (Sunday)	2:00 PM	9:00 AM	6:00 AM	1:00 PM	CapcomFighters
NOTE: Daylight savings time ends in Europe on October 25.

Source: Milan Games Week, Capcom Pro Tour, Kakuge Checker, Capcom Fighters

This year TAITO has put together Toushinsai, a major national tournament that operates similar to the Arcadia’s Tougeki of old, though focused on TAITO’s library on NESiCA titles. The event consists of Persona 4 The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold singles, Nitroplus Blasterz singles, BlazBlue Chronophantasma EXTEND 2on2 and Ultra Street Fighter IV 3on3.

If you want to watch some high-level play from Japan across multiple titles, Toushinsai might be worth checking out. The event will be broadcast on Niconico Live.

Source: Niconico Live

Major League Gaming is celebrating its 100th event with the 2015 MLG World Finals. In addition to a number of esports titles, Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will be a part of the event, marking the series’ first appearance at MLG in over a year. Singles competition starts on Saturday with open bracket play then concludes on Sunday with the Top 12 championship bracket.

• Super Smash Bros. Melee Open Bracket
• Super Smash Bros. Melee Championship Bracket
• Super Smash Bros. Wii U Bracket

If you want to check out the action, head over to MLG.tv or check out the streams below.

Super Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. Bravo

Source: MLG.tv

While TOPANGA LEAGUE rages on in Japan, Europe’s take on high-level Ultra Street Fighter IV league competition is going down in France. Brought to you by Gaming Live, KAKUTOP League III brings together the finest of Europe to duke it out in the long set.

The events starts with the group stages on Saturday and concludes with the finals on Sunday. If you’re interested in checking out the original French stream and the beautiful commentary of Ken Bogard, check out Gaming Live’s stream on Twitch . If you’d like to listen in English, Unequalled Media will be providing a restream with Tyrant and Damascus on commentary.

UnequalledMedia (English)

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GamingLive_TV1 (French)

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Sources: Gaming Live, Unequalled Media

This weekend, Alex Jebailey and company are bringing you an “anime” spin-off of Community Effort Orlando. Taking place at the familiar Wyndham Orlando Resort, the aptly named CEOtaku is a love note to the air dashes, Roman Cancels, instant overheads and all the things that make this style of fighting game oh-so-good. Between the official titles and side events, CEOtaku is giving you a healthy dose of anime.

In addition to players from around the United States, CEOtaku is attracting a few big names from Japan. Joining from the Land of the Rising Sun are Dogura, GO1, Kazunoko and Yoshiki.

If CEOtaku sounds like your type of tournament (and it should!), CEO Gaming and Jyosua will be bringing you unblockables and unseeable mix-ups as they happen on Twitch.

CEOGaming

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Jyosua

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Schedule

Saturday October 17

Event	EDT (Local)	PDT	GMT	Stream
BBCPEX Pools	10:00 AM	7:00 AM	2:00 PM	CEOGaming
UNIEL Pools	10:00 AM	7:00 AM	2:00 PM	Jyosua
GGXrd Pools	12:00 PM	9:00 AM	4:00 PM	CEOGaming
P4AU Pools	2:00 PM	11:00 AM	6:00 PM	Jyosua
UMVC3 Top 8	4:00 PM	1:00 PM	8:00 PM	CEOGaming
SG Top 8	6:00 PM	3:00 PM	10:00 PM	CEOGaming
BBCPEX Top 16	6:00 PM	3:00 PM	10:00 PM	Jyosua
DFC Top 8	8:00 PM	5:00 PM	12:00 AM (Sun)	CEOGaming
GGXrd Top 32	8:00 PM	5:00 PM	12:00 AM (Sun)	Jyosua
GGXX Top 8	10:00 PM	7:00 PM	2:00 AM (Sun)	CEOGaming
Yatagarasu Top 3	10:00 PM	7:00 PM	2:00 AM (Sun)	Jyosua
Catherine Top 3	11:00 PM	8:00 PM	3:00 AM (Sun)	Jyosua

Sunday October 18

Event	EDT (Local)	PDT	GMT	Stream
MBAACC Top 8	11:00 AM	8:00 AM	3:00 PM	CEOGaming
CC Top 3	11:00 AM	8:00 AM	3:00 PM	Jyosua
AP Top 3	12:00 PM	9:00 AM	4:00 PM	Jyosua
P4AU Top 8	1:00 PM	10:00 AM	5:00 PM	CEOGaming
VS Top 3	1:00 PM	10:00 AM	5:00 PM	Jyosua
AH3LM Top 3	1:30 PM	10:30 AM	5:30 PM	Jyosua
UNIEL Top 8	3:00 PM	12:00 PM	7:00 PM	CEOGaming
BBPEX Top 8	5:00 PM	2:00 PM	9:00 PM	CEOGaming
GGXrd Top 8	7:00 PM	4:00 PM	11:00 PM	CEOGaming

Sources: CEO, CEOGaming, Jyosua

This Saturday is Ultra Hyakkishu Cup, the second of Japan’s two Ultra Street Fighter IV Capcom Pro Tour premier events. Hosted by TAITO, this official tournament comes with cash prizes, with first place taking one million yen (~8370 USD). Ultra Hyakkishu Cup will be played on the arcade version of USFIV, making it unique among the Capcom Pro Tour events.

The 128-player bracket for the event is absolutely packed with powerhouses. One player will endure this grueling bracket and come out on top with a spot in the Capcom Cup finals in December.

Two streams will be covering Ultra Hyakkishu Cup. If you’re interested in English, head over to the Capcom Fighters Twitch channel. If you’d like to hear Japanese commentary from R and Yoshiwo, check out the official Hyakkishu stream on Twitch.

CapcomFighters (English)

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Ultra_Hyakkishuhai (Japanese)

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Sources: TAITO, CapcomFighters, Ultra_Hyakkishuhai

TOPANGA LEAGUE 5 (A) is a pay-per-view series of broadcasts. See our preview thread for more information.

With B League now complete, the fifth season of TOPANGA’s high-level Ultra Street Fighter IV league competition, TOPANGA LEAGUE now turns to the high-profile A League. Twelve days, twelve players, pitted against each other in an unforgiving round-robin format. Who will be the top of Japan this season?

A League Competitors

Player	Team	Character
Umehara	MCZ	Evil Ryu
Momochi	EG	Ken
Uryo		Chun-Li
Bonchan	RB	Sagat
Kazunoko		Yun
Michael-tan	FGC	Ken
Dashio	YBK	Seth
Hagejin		Zangief
Pepeday	FGC	El Fuerte
Kitasenju DJ		Dee Jay
Nemo	BE	Rolento
Tokido	MCZ	Akuma

Commentary

Play-by-play: R
Analysis: Fuudo, others

Schedule

Provisional Ranking League
Oct 16 (Fri)	Oct 17 (Sat)	Oct 18 (Sun)
Oct 23 (Fri)	Oct 24 (Sat)	Oct 25 (Sun)
Lower Finals League
Nov 6 (Fri)	Nov 7 (Sat)	Nov 8 (Sun)
Upper Finals League
Nov 21 (Sat)	Nov 22 (Sun)	Nov 23 (Mon)

Format & Rules

Provisional Ranking Round-robin League

A twelve-player online round-robin league. Matches are best of three rounds, best of five games. In the case of a tie in rankings, order is determined by the players’ game win-loss difference, with one game counting as one point. For example, a 3-0 victory counts as +3, while a 2-3 loss counts as -1. If there is still a tie, the winner of the match between the two players claims the higher ranking.

The top four players will automatically advance to the upper finals league. Fifth through tenth place will advance to the lower finals league. Eleventh and twelfth place drop from competition, falling to B League.

Finals League Ranking Competition

Provisional ranks fifth through tenth place will play in the lower finals league. The top two players from this league will join provisional ranks first through fourth place to make up the upper finals league. Tenth place will fall to B League, while eighth and ninth place must play in the replacement playoff after the next season’s B League.

Offline round-robin leagues. Matches are best of three rounds, best of thirteen games, with deuce rules to ten wins. In each match, the player with the higher provisional ranking begins with a one-game advantage. Two characters are allowed, with mid-match switches allowed every three-game interval for the losing player within that interval. In the case of a tie in rankings, order is determined by the winner(s) of the match(es) between the involved players. If there is still a tie, order is determined by game win-loss difference.

Results

ULTRA STREET FIGHTER IV – TOPANGA LEAGUE 5 (A)

Provisional Ranking Round-robin League

Current Standings

Rank	Player	Team	Character	Wins	Losses	Game ±
–	Nemo	BE	Rolento	1	0	+3
–	Umehara	MCZ	Evil Ryu	1	0	+2
–	Hagejin		Zangief	0	1	-2
–	Kitasenju DJ		Dee Jay	0	1	-3
–	Momochi	EG	Ken	0	0	±0
–	Uryo		Chun-Li	0	0	±0
–	Bonchan	RB	Sagat	0	0	±0
–	Kazunoko		Yun	0	0	±0
–	Michael-tan	FGC	Ken	0	0	±0
–	Dashio	YBK	Seth	0	0	±0
–	Pepeday	FGC	El Fuerte	0	0	±0
–	Tokido	MCZ	Akuma	0	0	±0

ROUND 1 – October 16 (Fri)

Umehara (Evil Ryu) vs. Hagejin (Zangief) – 3-1 ●○○○
Kitasenju DJ (Dee Jay) vs. Nemo (Rolento) – 0-3 ●●●
Momochi (Ken) vs. Tokido (Akuma)
Dashio (Seth) vs. Kitasenju DJ (Dee Jay)
Uryo (Chun-Li) vs. Hagejin (Zangief)
Michael-tan (Ken) vs. Nemo (Rolento)
Bonchan (Sagat) vs. Tokido (Akuma)
Michael-tan (Ken) vs. Kitasenju DJ (Dee Jay)
Momochi (Ken) vs. Uryo (Chun-Li)
Bonchan (Sagat) vs. Michael-tan (Ken)
Umehara (Evil Ryu) vs. Dashio (Seth)

Sources: TOPANGA LEAGUE, Niconico