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Chalking up his first major win for 2017, C9|Ally has taken the gold at 2GGC: Greninja Saga. Triumphing from Winners’ side, the Canadian Mario was able to assure his place at the 2GG Championship Finals at the end of 2017–and win with enough time to catch his flight back home.

The bracket gods seemed to favor Ally for this event, as he was able to avoid his bracket demons and make it all the way to Winners’ side of Grand Finals by only dropping two games. Taking out Japanese Brawl legend Edge, 2GG|komorikiri and second in line to the US Rosalina crown falln on his way to Winners’ Finals, Ally’s final two matches were against MSF|Larry Lurr. With the tournament running over and the clock ticking down to Ally’s flight, he would have to defeat Larry in two sets if he were to get home in time. Luckily, Ally made quick work of Larry, beating him 3-0 in Winners’ Finals and then 3-1 in Grand Finals. Clearly his Mario didn’t want to work any unpaid overtime.

AND LET'S GO MADE IT TO MY FLIGHT

— Ally (C9) (@C9AlIy) May 21, 2017

Larry’s luck just seems to be against him at Saga events, as he is able to make it to Grands in spectacular fashion before falling at the final obstacle. The main upside to this Saga was that he managed to stay in Winners’ for the majority of the tournament, defeating his demon LG|Abadango in the first round of bracket and racking up victories over IMT|ANTi and Mr. R. Larry’s still got time to secure that Saga victory and I hope we’ll see his lightning fast Fox at the 2GG Championship Finals.

Someone must have been handing out 1-ups at Esports Arena, as Greninja Saga saw the glorious return of another notable Mario main. Struggling to hit his stride during early 2017, ANTi looked back in his prime during bracket. After dropping down to Losers following a loss to Larry Lurr, ANTi managed to eliminate both TSM|ZeRo and Mr. R during his trip through the lower bracket. He would eventually bow out after losing a tight five game set to komorikiri in Losers’ Semis, but the fire looks to be back for this Brawl veteran. No longer washed, this man is looking crisp and dry going into the Summer of Smash.

NOT WASHED?! @Anti advances to #2GGC Greninja Saga top 8! pic.twitter.com/GdJdm9z6MJ

— 2GGreninja Saga (@2GGaming) May 21, 2017

Falln’s Greninja Saga performance definitely forced people to sit up and remember this SoCal Rosalina player. His opening match in bracket would see him defeating TSM|ZeRo 3-2, to the shock of everyone. Taking game 1 and 2 against his Diddy, falln forced ZeRo to pull Cloud out of his pocket to get past his Rosalina. The switch seemed to be working, with ZeRo regaining his composure and taking falln all the way to game 5. Despite the pressure and the bad matchup, falln was able to hold his nerve and win the final game with a 2-stock. This victory allows falln to join RNG|Dabuz and Kirihara in the exclusive club of Rosalina players who have taken down the world number one. Falln would manage one more win, defeating Canadian Ryu and world’s nicest man UBCEA|Locus 3-1 before future champion Ally sent him into Losers’. From there, it would be the turn of fellow Mario ANTi to deliver the final blow, sending him out at fifth place.

As for the contingent of ninja frogs who had been flown out to Greninja Saga, Losers’ bracket would see several of them fighting against each other to stay alive. One of the first matches of Losers’ would see the two European Greninjas–orKs|Elexiao and iStudying–battling for their tournament life, just to have the winner face off against Japanese Greninja some. Some’s victory over Elexiao lead him to face fellow Japanese Greninja Lea for 17th place, bringing the streak of frog on frog violence to an end. Lea would be the highest placing Greninja, taking 13th place after losing 3-0 to ZeRo.

Following this event, ZeRo has surged back up to the top of the 2GGC leaderboard, with Dabuz in second and komorikiri in third. Nairo Saga is the next scheduled event on the tour, with it also acting as the Summer season finale, so expect some fierce competition as players try to snap up those remaining auto-qualifier spots.

RESULTS:

1. C9|Ally (Mario/Canada)
2. MSF|Larry Lurr (Fox/USA)
3. 2GG|komorikiri (Cloud, Sonic, Lucina/Japan)
4. IMT|ANTi (Mario, Zero Suit Samus/USA)
5. falln (Rosalina and Luma/USA)
5. P1|Tweek (Cloud, DK/USA)
7. Mr. R (Sheik/Netherlands)
7. UBCEA|Locus (Ryu/Canada)

Sources: smash.gg; 2GGaming; Tetra_76

The action is slowly heating up for one of the biggest majors of this year; Combo Breaker 2017 in St. Charles, IL, is set to be the biggest Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 tournament outside of Evo 2017, just as the new version premieres.

The organizers announced that a special Team Exhibition will take place on Friday evening, May 26th. Top players from all over the country are participating in a character-locked 10 vs. 10, single-match, single-elimination format. Here are the participants and their characters:

Team Bears:
BjornSonOfBear (Chipp)
Fable|KidViper (Baiken)
daymendou (Slayer)
Fable|KizzieKay (Sin)
LordKnight (Millia)
TheArm (Ramlethal)
KBNova (Bedman)
Bloodwolf (May)
BeautifulDude (Answer)
Mr. K (Leo)

Team ElvenShadow
ElvenShadow (Faust)
PG|MarlinPie (Zato)
doren2k (Jam)
FaultyDefense (Answer)
Sym (Millia)
Foo (Kum Haehyun)
BlackSnake (Venom)
BxA|dot_Nova (Jack-O’)
Kusanagi (Ramlethal)
Woocash (Baiken)

Make sure to tune in on Friday, May 26th, at 9 PM CST/10 PM EST/7 PM PDT on the Team Spooky stream for this special exhibition featuring top players from North America. Also, pray for my Baiken.

“Rick “The Hadou” Thiher, the mastermind behind Combo Breaker asked Shinsin and myself to put together a special exhibition in honor of showcasing Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 at the first major tournament upon console release with a main stage showcase on Friday night,” said Mike “ElvenShadow” Boczar. “Shinsin decided that the two team captains would be myself and BjornSonOfBear. We took turns choosing players among the registered North American players at Combo Breaker. The result is a 10v10 showcasing some of the best talent the North American GG community has to offer!

Both teams are stacked with talent and character diversity, so this should prove to be one hell of show. Whether you are a long time GG player or just interested in seeing what this great game has to offer, you won’t want to miss out on this action!”

Don’t forget to watch the other streams for Combo Breaker, as it will surely be a memorable event.

Source: Combo Breaker

It’s the first weekend of Injustice 2 and the videos keep flying in. We’ve got a bumper edition for you today with some Brainiac combos, a whole bunch of Gorilla Grodd tech, a possible infinite for Blue Beetle and more. Don the cape and cowl and let’s jump right in.

Following up on his previous Flash videos, desk is back with some “stupid” Brainiac combos. It seems to get the most out of his 12th level intellect, you may have to shut your brain off.

For those who like putting their opponents on ice, MK_REO has found a guaranteed reset using Captain Cold’s Glacial Grenade. If done properly, you guarantee a freeze on the opponent.

Ketchup has been beavering in the way in the lab and has not only discovered a particularly devious 50/50 in the corner with Cyborg’s grapple, but a way to activate Gorilla Grodd’s trait mid combo.

Speaking of Gorilla Grodd, rooflemonger has compiled three videos covering general tips and tricks, advanced combos and a guide on how to set up Grodd’s deadly simian vortex.

Finally, Cody Jackson has some combos for the young hero Blue Beetle. He also has footage what could possibly be a Blue Beetle infinite in the corner, but it requires further testing.

Sources: MK_REO; PNDK&M; desk; Cody Dickson; rooflemonger

With the release of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on PC, a sizable community has sprung up around modifying the game. We’ve featured a few of these mods before, such as making the final boss stage playable, or swapping moves around. However, the more interesting ones are those that actually change up the way characters play and add new moves.

One such mod is this Akuma mod by spuaidatab. The mod changes some of his moves properties and adds few new moves for Akuma. The biggest changes are the addition of a “Shin Akuma” mode as well as a new hyper combo. Yes, using animations from his winpose, they’ve been able to recreate Akuma’s Kongou Kokuretsuzan super art from Street Fighter III (albeit while only facing one side due to animation issues at the moment).

Check out the modded Akuma in action in the video below.

Source: spuidatab