Author: Zavian "mushin_Z" Sildra

Get ready for the clash!

Red Bull Kumite comes back to Paris, France on November 11, 2018! 16 of Street Fighter V‘s best of the best (13 invited, 3 via the Last Chance Qualifier) will clash in an epic invitational battle today.

On November 11th, the world’s greatest Street Fighter V players meet in the ring for Red Bull Kumite! One of esport’s most prestigious competitions, Red Bull Kumite showcases 16 fighters in a clash worthy of combat sports in Paris’ iconic Salle Wagram.

Check out the bracket at smash.gg. Catch the action on the English stream at twitch.tv/redbullesports starting at 4:00 AM PT.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11th: Red Bull Kumite (see player list below)

• 1:00 PM – 01:45 PM CEST [4:00 AM PT – 4:45 AM PT]: opening
• 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM CEST [5:15 AM PT – 5:35 AM PT]: start of livestream – opening ceremony
• 2:35 PM – 5:30 PM CEST [5:35 AM PT – 8:30 AM PT]: top 16 to top 12 matches
• 5:50 PM – 8:00 PM CEST [8:50 AM PT – 11:00 AM PT]: top 12 to top 4 matches
• 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM CEST [11:00 AM PT – 1:00 PM PT]: top 4 matches to finals

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PLAYERS INVITED TO RED BULL KUMITE:

• AW|Nemo [defending Champion]
• Mouseports|Problem X
• Echo Fox|Tokido
• Twitch.Hx.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara
• Filipino Champ
• Atlas Bear|Gunfight
• NASR|AngryBird
• RB|Bonchan
• Luffy
• Atlas Bear|Poongko
• UYU|Oil King
• RISE|Smug
• FUDOH|Fujimura

PLAYERS QUALIFIED FOR RED BULL KUMITE VIA LCQ:

• Talon|HotDog29
• RB|Gachikun
• Vitality|JuniorLeo

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Watch live video from redbullesports on www.twitch.tv

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Source: Red Bull Esports [press release]

Get ready for the clash!

Red Bull Kumite comes back to Paris, France on November 11, 2018 — and 16 of Street Fighter V‘s best of the best will clash in an epic invitational battle:

On November 11th, the world’s greatest Street Fighter V players meet in the ring for Red Bull Kumite! One of esport’s most prestigious competitions, Red Bull Kumite showcases 16 fighters in a clash worthy of combat sports in Paris’ iconic Salle Wagram.

But before the main event, there’s a shot for more players to top off tomorrow’s bracket with a Last Chance Qualifier held today, November 10th. Check out the bracket at smash.gg. Catch the action on the English stream at twitch.tv/redbullesports starting at 1:30 AM PT. Players competing for those last spots in the Kumite today include RB|Gachikun, NASR|Big Bird, Blind Warrior Sven, WydD, and many more.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th: Last Chance Qualifier

• 10:30 AM CEST [1:30 AM PT]: start of livestream
• 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM CEST [1:30 AM PT – 6:30 AM PT]: group matches
• 3:45 PM – 05:00 PM CEST [6:45 AM PT – 8:00 AM PT]: top 48 to top 16 matches
• 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM CEST [8:00 AM PT – 1:00 PM PT]: top 16 matches (winners qualify for Red Bull Kumite!)
• 10:00 PM – Midnight CEST [1:00 PM PT – 3:00 PM PT]: Salty Suite

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11th: Red Bull Kumite (see invited player list below)

• 1:00 PM – 01:45 PM CEST [4:00 AM PT – 4:45 AM PT]: opening
• 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM CEST [5:15 AM PT – 5:35 AM PT]: start of livestream – opening ceremony
• 2:35 PM – 5:30 PM CEST [5:35 AM PT – 8:30 AM PT]: top 16 to top 12 matches
• 5:50 PM – 8:00 PM CEST [8:50 AM PT – 11:00 AM PT]: top 12 to top 4 matches
• 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM CEST [11:00 AM PT – 1:00 PM PT]: top 4 matches to finals

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Watch live video from redbullesports on www.twitch.tv

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PLAYERS INVITED TO RED BULL KUMITE (Nov. 11, 2018):

• AW|Nemo [defending Champion]
• Mouseports|Problem X
• Echo Fox|Tokido
• Twitch.Hx.CYG BST|Daigo Umehara
• Filipino Champ
• Atlas Bear|Gunfight
• NASR|AngryBird
• RB|Bonchan
• Luffy
• Atlas Bear|Poongko
• UYU|Oil King
• RISE|Smug
• FUDOH|Fujimura

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Source: Red Bull Esports [press release]

Welcome to the Rollback: a frame-by-frame look back at our past week’s most notable news — and our favorite SRK articles — from November 2 to November 8, 2018!

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Zavian “mushin_Z” Sildra, Editor-in-Chief:

Frame 1:
Sega has renewed the trademark for the Virtua Fighter logo

OK, so a trademark renewal doesn’t promise anything; but at least Sega is keeping the property in their pocket, and if we’re lucky, this could lead to something even better…

Frame 2:
Nidhogg II stabs and splatters its way onto Nintendo Switch on November 22

I think the Switch is a great platform for this title — hopefully we might see some of the extra content we were promised a ways back…?

Frame 3:
Shoryuken preview: Dead or Alive 6 continues to impress with gameplay footage from Koei Tecmo’s special event

Lazybones2020 spends some time with the current build, and goes a few rounds with the MASTER to see how DOA6 is coming along.

Frame 4:
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s DLC character roster has already been finalized

Yep, at least the first round of DLC has been locked in before the game has hit retail. You can all decide individually how much that triggers your content-gating rage.

Frame 5:
Tsunehiro “Gachikun” Kanamori becomes a Red Bull Athlete

Seeing Gachikun’s deadly Rashid on the CPT this year, this was a question not of “if” but “when” he would be signed!

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Crow_Spaceboy, Assistant Editor:

Frame 1:
Omen of Sorrow’s launch trailer reveals Arctorious and Thalessa

I genuinely think Arctorious’s design is stronger than anything in the main roster. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Frame 2:
Core-A Gaming interviews Initial T, the steering wheel controller Dogura killer

You can count me in the group of extremely wrong people that never thought they’d live to see a steering wheel beat a world champion in any fighting game.

Frame 3:
Namco announces bug fix patch in development for SoulCalibur VI to address Meterless CE, Balance Changes, and more

No, really, how does the same very specific meter-free bug happen to the same company twice across two different games?

Frame 4:
Giant Bomb ranks Sailor Moon S in the top 20 of their list of all fighting games

I don’t care that it’s satire: I’m just happy to see this game continue to pop up on people’s radar.

Frame 5:
KYSG_Guc breaks the combo meter — and just about everything else — in this Law video for Tekken 7

Guc’s combo videos consistently leave me speechless. Please look at this thing and contemplate how he thought of some of these scenarios.

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Catch up on what you may have missed in our prior SRK Rollback compilations.

Check out the high-level competition every Wednesday night at Esports Arena in Santa Ana, CA!

Wednesday Night Fights is a hotbed for fierce competition in a variety of fighting games, ranging from the current hottest titles to some less-prominent gems. Tune in to see the best of the best in California strive to up their game in these weekly battles at Esports Arena, brought to you by Level|Up Series!

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WNF x Orange County features weekly tournaments in the following titles: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2. They also feature monthly events for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Pokkén Tournament DX, and ARMS. Other games appear seasonally or for special events. For more information on the events and schedule (or to register, if you’d like to attend), check out the smash.gg event page, or Level|Up Series on their Facebook page or Twitter.

This week you can check out Wednesday Night Fights x Orange County 4.1, marking the beginning of the Winter Season for WNF x OC. Casuals kick off by 7:00 PM PT, while the main tournaments start at 9:30 PM PT.

This week's Weds Night Fights x Orange County will be the first episode of the Winter season! Don't miss out!

Date: 11/7/18

Sign up for #WNF x Orange County 2018 4.1 here: https://t.co/HT8zqgbnkr pic.twitter.com/JIqNuBfdJA

— Level | Up Series (@levelupseries) November 6, 2018

#WNF x @ESA_OC Stream Schedule:

Bracket Play
9:30pm-11pmhttps://t.co/DIFoAprVlV

DBFZ
9:30pm-closehttps://t.co/7txbl1grOi

Variety
9:30pm-close https://t.co/TF80aapFEl

TK7
9:30pm-closehttps://t.co/KZzWjSfrQ2

Anime
9:30pm-closehttps://t.co/1Yd6qUuDCr https://t.co/9bqWc2Lu4V

— Level | Up Series (@levelupseries) October 9, 2018

BRACKET PLAY

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

 MAIN STREAM (ESA OAKLAND & ESA ORANGE COUNTY)

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

VARIETY

Watch live video from MaxDamageTV on www.twitch.tv

TEKKEN 7

Watch live video from LevelUpYourGame on www.twitch.tv

DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ

Watch live video from Kevin_Ha on www.twitch.tv

SUPER SMASH BROS. FOR WII U

Watch live video from 2GGaming on www.twitch.tv

ANIME

Watch live video from StuffRSStreams on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Level|Up Series (Twitter); Wednesday Night Fights (smash.gg)

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Check out the high-level competition every Wednesday night at Esports Arena in Oakland, CA!

Wednesday Night Fights is a hotbed for fierce competition in a variety of fighting games, ranging from the current hottest titles to some less-prominent gems. Tune in to see the best of the best in California strive to up their game in these weekly battles at Esports Arena, brought to you by Level|Up Series!

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WNF x Oakland features weekly tournaments in the following titles: Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Tekken 7, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], Fighting EX Layer, Street Fighter X Tekken, and Super Smash Bros. Melee. They also feature monthly events for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Pokkén Tournament DX, ARMS, and Injustice 2 [TBD]. Other games appear seasonally or for special events. For more information on the events and schedule (or to register, if you’d like to attend), check out the smash.gg event page, or Level|Up Series on their Facebook page or Twitter.

This week you can check out Wednesday Night Fights x Oakland 2018 Episode 15.

Introducing our new #WNF stream schedule! We will now be showcasing both NorCal and SoCal talent on https://t.co/Bp9pzQLPdN starting this week!

8:00pm-11:00pm – @ESAOakland
11:00pm-1:30am- @ESA_OC

Don't miss out! Register here:https://t.co/ppokIRxrMFhttps://t.co/uo7r8oqyl8 pic.twitter.com/8ixwVoBaiI

— Level | Up Series (@levelupseries) October 9, 2018

Schedule (as posted on smash.gg):

• 6:00 PM PT – Casuals
• 8:00 PM PT – All other games besides Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition & Fighting EX Layer start
• 9:00 PM PT – Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition & Fighting EX Layer start

MAIN STREAM (ESA OAKLAND & ESA ORANGE COUNTY)

Watch live video from leveluplive2 on www.twitch.tv

VARIETY STREAM

Watch live video from THEPANDORAHOUSE on www.twitch.tv

BLAZBLUE: CROSS TAG BATTLE

Watch live video from esedu on www.twitch.tv

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH EXE:LATE[ST]

Watch live video from Yowanehaku on www.twitch.tv

SUPER SMASH BROS. MELEE

Watch live video from windforceesports on www.twitch.tv

TEKKEN 7

Watch live video from Shangles on www.twitch.tv

Sources: Level|Up Series (Twitter); Wednesday Night Fights (smash.gg)

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Capcom launching new weekly Street Fighter stream from ESA Oakland: Capcom Connect

The news, art, and action continues on Capcom Connect.

Capcom’s new weekly streaming show Capcom Connect continues tonight at 8:00 PM PT, streaming live from Esports Arena Oakland! Tune in at Capcom Fighters on Twitch.

Watch live video from CapcomFighters on www.twitch.tv

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The stream will once again feature event and news recaps, Street Fighter V matches with guest players and art and cosplay from Street Fighter fans. You can also win content codes by viewing. A sweet Zangief skateboard deck will be given away tonight:

Artists, we want to see your Street Fighter fan art!

Reply to this tweet with your piece for a chance to win this Zangief Skateboard Deck – North America only.

Rules: https://t.co/nvip20MfbI pic.twitter.com/gLG4p1U5iJ

— Street Fighter (@StreetFighter) November 3, 2018

From the original Capcom-Unity announcement:

You will have the chance to win various codes for Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition just by watching and interacting with our social channels. In the afternoon before each show, we’ll tweet out a specific hashtag on the Street Fighter or Capcom Fighters Twitter account. All you need to do is use that hashtag in a tweet of your own before the drawing begins at around 8:15 PM PT. During the show, we’ll randomly choose winners and announce them on-stream. After the show, expect a Direct Message from the Street Fighter or Capcom Fighters accounts with your code. The codes are currently only for North America.

If you’re an artist or cosplayer, tweet @StreetFighter with pictures of your creation and we just might feature it on the stream with all credit going towards you!

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Tokyo’s best battle weekly for dominance in Bandai Namco’s hottest titles!

Fighting Tuesday, presented by ANIMEILLUMINATI, sees fierce competition from some of Japan’s best players in Dragon Ball FighterZ , SoulCalibur VI, and Tekken 7 and is held weekly at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere Tokyo. You can catch it every week on ANIMEILLUMINATI’s Twitch channel — and check out the VOD archive on JIYUNA’s YouTube channel!

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Fighting Tuesday 35 begins at 7:00 PM JST (3:00 AM PT). Look for the bracket on Challonge; for more details check out JIYUNA on Twitter or search the #FightingTuesday hashtag.

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Body Count Fighting is back with an East vs. West face-off!

Body Count Fighting is back once again with new title and feature matches in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition and Injustice 2 — and a coast-versus-coast showdown in Street Fighter V between top players from Wednesday Night Fights (West Coast) and Next Level Battle Circuit (East Coast)! Don’t miss the action streaming live tonight, starting at 6:00 PM PT! You can catch it right here on SRKLive, or on Body Count Fighting’s Twitch channel.

Watch live video from SRKLive on www.twitch.tv

STREET FIGHTER V: ARCADE EDITION

Title Match

• RISE | Smug (c) vs. Commander Jesse

Feature Matches

• END | Shine vs. CYG BST | Chris Tatarian
• UYU | Lil Evil vs. Pnoy
• TS | Sabin vs. Dankadillas
• UYU | Kami vs. SonicBoxx | JB
• Idom vs. XSK Samurai
• Chris Battle vs. YaNoob

INJUSTICE 2

Title Match

• Scar (c) vs. Atai

Feature Matches

• DF | Grr vs. CLN | Whiteboi
• RLN | Hero Killer Stain vs. Method | SilverRye

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Source: Body Count Fighting

Body Count Fighting is back with an East vs. West face-off!

Body Count Fighting is back once again with new title and feature matches in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition and Injustice 2 — and a coast-versus-coast showdown in Street Fighter V between top players from Wednesday Night Fights (West Coast) and Next Level Battle Circuit (East Coast)! Don’t miss the action streaming live tonight, starting at 6:00 PM PT! You can catch it right here on SRKLive, or on Body Count Fighting’s Twitch channel.

Watch live video from SRKLive on www.twitch.tv

STREET FIGHTER V: ARCADE EDITION

Title Match

• RISE | Smug (c) vs. Commander Jesse

Feature Matches

• END | Shine vs. CYG BST | Chris Tatarian
• UYU | Lil Evil vs. Pnoy
• TS | Sabin vs. Dankadillas
• UYU | Kami vs. SonicBoxx | JB
• Idom vs. XSK Samurai
• Chris Battle vs. YaNoob

INJUSTICE 2

Title Match

• Scar (c) vs. Atai

Feature Matches

• DF | Grr vs. CLN | Whiteboi
• RLN | Hero Killer Stain vs. Method | SilverRye

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Source: Body Count Fighting