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Grab a Workout with Tom’s Friends at the CFN Portal in These Latest Profiles

After stopping off at the Vs. Series for a bit, the CFN Portal site redirects itself to a more casual destination: spotlighting the Shadaloo Activity Report’s coverage of Tom’s friends. Alex fans know that Tom has raised and trained the “Awakened Talent” since he was orphaned as a child, due to both of his parents passing away in an accident; now we have a look at a few of the people who frequent Tom’s gym, and serve as his sparring partners. Tom seems to have put together quite the fight camp in New York.

Private Nakagawa: This time, we have Tom’s friends, who regularly come to his gym. The gym hosts all types of martial arts styles. They are also the guys who spar with Alex.

chuck

Basic Info:

Name: Chuck
Height: 184cm
Weight: 114kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: June 18th
Home Country: USA
Likes: Everyday Life, His Wife
Dislikes: Noisy Music
Techniques: Axe Kick

jeroen

Basic Info:

Name: Jeroen [Likely named after Dutch action movie star Jeroen Krabbé, also known in Japan. They call him ジェローン Jerōn, anglicizing his name pronunciation like they always do with the actor; however, the correct form should be イェルーン Yerūn, as the Dutch pronunciation is indeed similar to English Yeroon.]
Height: 190cm
Weight: 102kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: May 17th
Home Country: Holland
Likes: Cheesecake, Warm Places
Dislikes: Cold Places
Techniques: Renzoku Hizageri (“Repeated Knee Strikes”)

semih

Basic Info:

Name: Semih [He’s likely named after Turkish soccer player, Semih Şentürk]
Height: 180cm
Weight: 83kg
Blood type: 0
Birthday: September 27th
Home Country: Turkey
Likes: Soccer, His Family
Dislikes: Damp Weather
Techniques: Spinning Choke

fudo

Basic Info:

Name: Fudō [“The Immovable”, coming from the literal meaning of Acala’s name, a powerful buddhist deity. He’s so popular he has named many characters, last but not least Fudō the Mountain in Fist of the North Star.]
Height: 191cm
Weight: 111kg
Blood type: A
Birthday: April 3rd
Home Country: Japan
Likes: Preparing Soba, Haiku Poetry
Dislikes: Junk Food
Techniques: Mitake Geki [“Attack of the Large Mountain”] (A Forward Straight Punch)

Private Nakagawa: They come from various countries and styles, but are all fighters who assembled together after having caught the rumors about Tom. It seems they’re all good friends with Alex.

Keep checking back for more from the CFN Portal site here at Shoryuken! In the meantime, you can take a look at our previous coverage of the Season One DLC Characters here and here, as well as have a look at Shadow and Shadow Lady from the Marvel vs. Capcom Series here.

Source: CFN Portal; thanks to Miðgarðsorm for footnotes about the origins of the character’s names.

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Jive and Juke Fireballs with This King of Fighters XIV Rhythmic Dodging Exhibition

Dealing with zoning is one of the most important steps in becoming strong in any fighting game, and King of Fighters XIV is no exception. In fact, strong zoners are a constant threat in the first spot of most teams, so being able to bypass their pressure is vital.

Combonauts have explored just that, looking into options for avoiding projectiles without having to commit to a jump. They’ve found a fair few and have put together a brilliant video that showcases all of them.

Combonauts have definitely been doing their homework; they’ve found a couple of bugs that allow characters like Kukri and Billy to do some neat tricks that other characters can’t:

Source: Combonauts

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LI Joe Talks about Red Bull Proving Grounds and Regional Playstyles in This Interview

It seems like the western FGC is enamored with Joe “LI Joe” Ciaramelli these days. Every week, we are getting new interviews and footage with him, and we can’t complain. The ever-affable LI Joe is always well-spoken and has something poignant to say.

This week, Red Bull eSports posted an interview with him at BigE Monthly Battles in Philadelphia. In the interview, LI Joe talks about his motivation for attending the Red Bull Proving Grounds events, and his aspirations for making it into Capcom Cup. He also discusses why he feels that the East Coast is lagging behind other regions in Street Fighter V, and what he believes they can do to step it up.

Source: Red Bull eSports

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Keep Your Finger on the Pulse when Playing Rivals of Aether’s Orcane

Beefy Aether Doods have plenty of pedigree behind them–after all, their sister channel is one of the most respected Smash resources around. They’ve teamed up with notable Orcane player DolphinBrick–who taught us How to Train Our Whaledog a few months ago–to focus on making the most of one of Orcane’s most arcane techniques: Pulse Dashing.

In the video below, DolphinBrick explains just how useful and flexible Orcane’s side special can be–illuminating some very unusual property the move has in the process.

Source: Beefy Aether Doods, image c/o Rivals of Aether