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Gain Some Further Insight into Live Street Fighter V Online Play with James Chen

Watching your own replays and recognizing your own mistakes, habits, and responses to certain situations is an important improvement process in Street Fighter V; so is watching the gameplay of others objectively for comparison. James Chen provides us the best of both worlds in Almost Adequate Adventures 5.52: a lengthy set of online SFV matches, paired with his own real-time analysis and commentary on what he’s thinking as he goes up against other fighters. The result gives great insight into his own play, his opponents’, and SFV play in general.

Source: UltraChenTV

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Absolute Battle 7 Streaming Live from Plano, Texas

This weekend is the seventh edition of Absolute Battle, brought to you by Versus Gameplay. Over the years Absolute Battle has established itself as one of the major events for Texas and the surrounded areas. This year’s event includes Dead or Alive 5 Last Round, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR- Killer Instinct, The King of Fighters XIV, Mortal Kombat XL, Pokkén Tournament, Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. The SFV tourney is a Capcom Pro Tour ranking event for North America, while the KI tourney is a KI World Cup qualifier.

Some high-quality players will be looking to claim the glory in Plano. EG|Justin Wong, EG|Ricki Ortiz, Liquid|NuckleDu, RB|Snake Eyez, TS|Sabin, Circa|LPN, F3|alucarD, Hsien Chang, fubarduck, Hamad, PIE|Smug, PG|FChamp, VG|Integra, Rylander, BoTB|Vagabond, AfroCole, DotEsports|Danke and DL|FourWude are just a sample of the talent competing.

Streams

AB7 will be brought to you live by PandaxGaming, Salty Mayhem and Tourney Locator. As usual PxG will be hosting its popular exhibition series Ultra Fight Night at the event.

Check out the streams below and follow the brackets on Challonge.

PandaxGaming

Watch live video from PandaxGaming on www.twitch.tv

SaltyMayhem

Watch live video from SaltyMayhem on www.twitch.tv

TourneyLocator

Watch live video from TourneyLocator on www.twitch.tv

Schedule

All times in CDT (UTC -5).

Friday, August 26

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Saturday, August 27

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Sunday, August 28

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Sources: Absolute Battle, Capcom Pro Tour

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Keep Burning to Fight with This King of Fighters XIV Roundup: Hein, Mature, Terry, Mian, Alice, and More K’ Combos

So, turns out The King of Fighters XIV netplay is a bit iffy–but that shouldn’t keep dedicated King of Fighters fans from burning to fight, either in local battles, or in in the reputedly more stable Party Mode (see below). We’ve provided one KOFXIV combo roundup already; here’s some more combos and option selects from the community to improve your game and inspire you to keep fighting!

Persona Entertainment serves up this selection of classy Hein combos:

TheConan1234321 put together this video exploring Mature’s moves and their properties:

Here’s some Terry safejumps and options selects, courtesy of SnowMonkeySoFunky:

Dusty C brings us these combos for the unusual fighter Mian:

DarkWingZEROX offers up some more stylish combos for K’:

Antinomy, provider of this handy KOFXIV fighter selection infographic, has also been posting combo videos to Twitter; here’s a few for newcomer Alice:

To close, VesperArcade has offered some possible workarounds to help deal with poor online connections; most specifically reporting that Party Mode is much more stable than other online modes.

Thanks to everyone that sent in KOFXIV tips!

Sources: Persona Entertainment; TheConan1234321; SnowMonkeySoFunky; Dusty C; DarkWingZEROX; Antinomy (Twitter); VesperArcade

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OzHadou Nationals 14 Streaming Live from Sydney, Australia

One of Australia’s longest running tournament series is going down this weekend. While the official tournament line-up up consists of six titles –Mortal Kombat X, Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Tekken 7, and Virtual Fighter 5 Final Showdown– OzHadou will also feature a number of community-run as well, including Guilty Gear Xrd, The King of Fighters XIV, Super Street Fighter II Turbo and more. The SFV competition is a Capcom Pro Tour ranking event, meaning ranking points for top placers and a spot in the Asia-Oceania regional finals for the winner.

Some of the players set to compete in Sydney include Daigo Umehara, Itabashi Zangief, GamerBee, Humanbomb, Dark Jiewa, K-Brad, Somniac and BurnoutFighter. Check out the many streams for the event below and follow the brackets on Challonge.

Streams

OzHadou (Main Stream, SFV)

Watch live video from OzHadou on www.twitch.tv

Yiggs_AU (Tekken Pools)

Watch live video from yiggs_au on www.twitch.tv

Glibagz (VF5, MKX Pools)

Watch live video from Gilbagz on www.twitch.tv

SydneySmash (Super Smash Bros.)

Watch live video from SydneySmash on www.twitch.tv

SydneySmash2 (Super Smash Bros.)

Watch live video from SydneySmash2 on www.twitch.tv

Megadarve (GGXrdR, KOF)

Watch live video from Megadarve on www.twitch.tv

Gamrah (3rd Strike, Super Turbo)

Watch live video from Gamrah on www.twitch.tv

Schedule

All times in AEST (UTC +10).

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Sources: OzHadou, Capcom Pro Tour

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Destiny – Players Raise $500,000 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital

During a week-long Destiny charity event, players helped raise $500,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ahead of this weekend’s Destiny Community Convention (DestinyCon) set to be held in Tampa, Florida. Fans and players were able to donate to any one of the forty two streamers taking part in the week-long event and helped make this charitable donation the largest St. Jude’s has ever gotten from a games-based event.

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Prepare for Leffen’s Return as Red Bull Releases Their Debut Trailer for Cultivation Leffen: Resurrection

It is almost time for the Godslayer to return, and Red Bull wants everyone to know it. As part of their ongoing Cultivation documentary series, Red Bull has releases the debut trailer for Cultivation Leffen: Resurrection, charting William “Leffen” Hjelte’s rise to prominence and recent struggles. While on track to possibly become the best Super Smash Bros. Melee player in the world by toppling the Five Gods of Melee, disaster struck as Leffen was rejected at the US border on his way to The Big House 5. From then on, he has been unable to attend US tournaments and continue his momentous rise to the top of the Melee hierarchy.

With his visa currently being processed, it is only a matter of time until the Godslayer returns to make some heads roll. The first episode of Cultivation Leffen: Resurrection will air on Red Bull TV on August 31st, with episodes airing every week until the final sixth episode on October 5th. The documentary won’t just focus on Leffen’s placements in Smash, but his relationship with other players and his life outside of the game. Check out the debut trailer below and watch the previous series of Cultivation, which followed master Zangief Snake Eyez, on Red Bull TV.

Source: Red Bull eSports