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Yahoo! Esports Kicks Off “Conversations and Fireballs” Series with Alex Myers Interview

Michael Martin of Yahoo! Esports has been one of the biggest sounding-boards for competitive fighting games in mainstream media over the last year. Because of his tireless effort on reporting and interviews this year, there has been more mainstream attention in the FGC than ever before.

With that momentum, he has created a series called “Conversations and Fireballs,” which gives the top players a platform to talk about anything they feel needs to be said about the FGC. In the first episode, he talked with Alex Myers about the state of Street Fighter V. Myers had some choice things to say and some advice for Capcom, believing that a lot of top players are only playing the game for money and the Capcom Pro Tour.

Source: Yahoo! Esports

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Marvel Minds Returns with an In-Depth Look at Not Enough Damage vs. K-Brad at KIT 2017

After a bit of a hiatus, Marvel Minds has returned with another in-depth Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 match breakdown. For those not familiar with it, Marvel Minds had BROKENTIER’s Samantha “Persia” Hancock taking a look at notable tournament matches and breaking them down so that players can learn from them. For this return episode, Persia is joined by Seef, aka SBK, who will apparently be a part of future Marvel Minds videos moving forward.

For this return episode of Marvel Minds, Persia and Seef take a look at GB|Not Enough Damage’s match against EG|K-Brad from Kumite in Tennessee 2017. They start by examining both players’ team choices and playstyle, as well as both players’ thoughts about the match. Then, they go into the match itself, explaining what each player is trying to do in the various scramble situations in the set, including K-Brad’s amazing Trish comeback in game 5.

Source: Team Spooky

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Combo Breaker’s Addition to Capcom Pro Tour Alludes to No Automatic Qualifiers

At the end of the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour season, there was a lot of speculation about what direction Capcom would take regarding the circuit’s qualification process in 2017. Many people were notably dismayed with the process used last year, which added a lot of confusion. Capcom vowed to look into changing their direction this year, and as recently as last month alluded that they would likely not diverge from automatic qualification.

However, the recent announcement of Combo Breaker as a Premier event on the Capcom Pro Tour may show that they took the polar opposite direction. As stated on Combo Breaker’s website, the event will “earn you valuable ranking points that put you well on your way to qualifying for the Capcom Cup.”

While this statement on its own could be meaningless, the fact that Combo Breaker is a Premier event on the tour is significant. In 2016 and the past, Premier events have always been a direct qualifier into Capcom Pro Tour. This time, however, unless this is bad wording on the Tournament Organizers’ part, it could well mean that all upcoming events are now points only.

Source: Combo Breaker

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Street Fighter V Login and League Point Reset Issue Fixed, Points Restored

Recently, Street Fighter V’s matchmaking servers underwent a short maintenance period. While this was meant to address a few issues, it inadvertently caused a few more issues as well–some players had difficulty logging in and, more importantly, some had their League Points reset to zero.

Capcom however was quick to respond to this and have now stated that the issues have been fixed. The login issues caused by the update have been addressed, and players shouldn’t have trouble doing so.

More importantly, those players who had their League Point reset to zero after the maintenance should now find that these points have been restored to them.

Performing updates on a system is always a tricky thing, and occasional bugs and glitches are somewhat unavoidable. In times like these, a swift and timely response and resolution is the best thing to hope for–something that Capcom has done in this specific instance.

[Editor’s note: since this maintenance, I still have personally experienced the temporary version of the 0 LP glitch a couple of times in the last few days. Keep an eye on your LP, as this might not be completely fixed yet…]

Source: SF Server

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Impatient for Injustice 2? Maybe This Injustice: Gods Among Us Batman CMV Will Help Take the Edge Off

With Injustice 2 trailers and announcements surfacing en masse, a lot of players can’t wait to get their hands on the new fighter. It’s not quite available yet–so why not take a moment to look back on the first in the franchise that started it all: Injustice: Gods Among Us.

This video, made by YouTuber ETCChile, features Batman–and shows off a lot of fancy confirms from the Dark Knight. There are all sorts of combos here, utilizing cross-ups, stage interactable elements, and screen transitions. While this won’t beat having Injustice 2 in our hands, it’s a good supplement to hold us over in the meantime!

Source: ETCChile

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Capcom Planning to Reveal More Street Fighter-Related Surprises around E3 & San Diego Comic-Con

Capcom kicked off the 30th anniversary of Street Fighter with the announcement of Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers. While they had said this was the first of the surprises for the 30th Anniversary, no timeline on other announcements had been made known.

While we could’ve assumed this at least, now it’s made official: IGN asked Yoshinori Ono about any new announcements for Street Fighter, and he said, “Around E3 timing, maybe even San Diego Comic-Con, we have one or two surprises we hope our fans will look forward to.” He also assured that there would be more on the updates for Street Fighter V later.

Unfortunately for Rival Schools fans, Ono said that there were no plans for the title this year, despite easter eggs found in Dead Rising 4.

Source: IGN