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The UK Comes Together to Fight for Supremacy at Rival Scenes 2016 from November 5th-6th

Usually relegated to a side event at majors and nationals, team tournaments rarely get their own dedicated events. However, the UK seems to buck this trend, with Rival Scenes 2016 promising a weekend of teams action across multiple fighting games. Hosted by Sunday Face Off, this tournament will have teams from all around the country assembling to prove themselves and crush enemy regions. Expect groups like Birmingham’s Electronic Dojo and Manchester Battle Arena to be making an appearance, alongside several other teams from all parts of the British Isles.

The event will be held at DoubleTree, located next to the Hilton in Leeds City Centre and registration is now available over on the dedicated smash.gg page. The venue fee is £15, with it costing £5 to enter each tournament game. Saturday will see teams facing off in Killer Instinct 2v2s, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- 3v3s and The King of Fighters XIV 3v3s, with Sunday being dedicated to purely Street Fighter with Street Fighter V 5v5s, 3rd Strike 3v3s and Super Street Fighter II Turbo 3v3s. There will also be a 2v2 mystery tournament running across both days and will be strictly first-come first-serve, so get there quick on the page if you wish to sign up. If you can’t attend this tournament, all the action will be streamed over on the Sunday Face Off Twitch channel.

Sources: Sunday Face Off (Twitter); smash.gg

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Improve Your Stage Presence and Grip on Southtown with VesperArcade’s King of Fighters XIV Trial Guides for Athena Asamiya & Geese Howard

Since the game’s release, VesperArcade has been releasing Trial guides for The King of Fighters XIV’s massive roster. He continues marching forward, by covering the pop idol of the Psycho Soldiers, Athena Asamiya, as well as the self-proclaimed ruler of Southtown, the returning Geese Howard. As always, Vesper provides viewers with a handcam, showcasing his inputs and movements in real-time alongside the game footage, giving players an excellent aid in completing these challenges for their character of choice.

You can also check out his recent guides for Kukri, Andy and Terry Bogard, if you’re looking for more. Stay tuned to his channel for more KOF XIV content.

Source: VesperArcade

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Tanya Does 39% Damage with Just 3 Hits in This Mortal Kombat XL Combo

Combos that can do 30% or more damage in Mortal Kombat XL are not that uncommon, especially when meter use is added. So this video then, showing a 39% combo for Tanya, really shouldn’t be that special, except for one thing: the combo only has 3 hits.

Once she has her opponent with her Dark Shroud, Tanya’s Pyromancer variation can do a jump-in back kick into a meter-burn air fireball. The meter-burned air fireball will do massive amounts of damage due to the Dark Shroud.

Now we’ve seen damaging 3 hit combos before (King of Fighters XIV’s Athena can do a 70% 3-hit for two bars in a specific situation), this one seems quite practical, if Tanya can get the jump-in back kick (or jump-in 4 in MK parlance) to connect.

Source: ElChakotay Andrich