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Kumite in Tennessee 2017 Announced for January 6th-8th, with Pokkén Tournament as Its First Game

Announced via Twitter earlier this morning, Kumite in Tennessee (often abbreviated to KIT) is set to rumble on January 6 to January 8, 2017. It would appear that the KIT social media team is planning on rolling out the red carpet slowly for its games: currently, only Pokkén Tournament has been announced. Given KIT’s importance and involvement with the southern and eastern scenes, more announcements can be expected to follow.

KIT, along with PandaXGaming, is also involved in the Mid-South Championship happening on September 10th. It’s likely we’ll see a flurry of more information for KIT 2017 once this event wraps up.

Source: KIT (Twitter)

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What happened last week in Pirate101?

Last week for Arrrgust in Pirate101, Pirates could redeem the “lostmehand” code for a free Captain’s Hook with a rare chance at getting Captain Blood’s Hook weapon. The Captain Blood’s Hook is great for pirates who are Level 35 and above. It’s a rare drop from the Miranda dungeon in Cool Ranch.

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Capcom Announces Ragequit Penalization, Double Fight Money Weekends, Daily Challenges and Much More in Upcoming Street Fighter V Updates

Capcom Community Manager Neidel “haunts” Crisan took to Capcom-Unity today to release his third Street Fighter V development update–and it features many things that have been referenced and requested within the community itself.

Firstly: Street Fighter V online features will be down Tuesday, August 16th from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM PDT, with an update following this scheduled server maintenance. This update is targeted at continuing Capcom’s battle against ragequitters; while habitual ragequitters have seen their League Points reset previously, there was little to no direct actions against occasional ragequitters. This update seeks to do just that. As referenced in the post, haunts states that ragequitters “will lose League Points and be locked out of online matching for a set time.” This makes the penalty for pulling the plug more severe, and ideally will make players think twice about doing so.

Crisan further releases details of the upcoming September update, which promises to be a big one. The biggest blurb in the article is reserved for Double Fight Money weekends–which, as implied, will allow for players to earn double the normal amount of Fight Money in Ranked Match over the course of a weekend. This has been a feature much requested by the community, who has felt the ability to pay for characters and stages using the in-game currency is too difficult. He also announces that the first of such weekends will be from September 2nd to September 4th, so mark your calendars for that weekend in particular.

While not going into full details on the rest, haunts also confirmed other very significant features coming to the update, including the long-promised daily challenges for Fight Money, playing against the CPU in Versus mode, “Fighter Profile Updates,” and being able to purchase costume colors via Fight Money as opposed to unlocking them through Survival–with some colors for Premium costumes apparently being provided for free to Season Pass holders.

Source: Capcom-Unity

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Stop V-Reversals with This Parry Option Select for Ryu in Street Fighter V

Aside from being a great footsie tool, parries in Street Fighter have often been the source of some decent option selects. Street Fighter V is no exception, with this new option select that has been discovered for Ryu.

As Andrew David Murphy demonstrates in the video below, Ryu can option select with his parry to beat out certain V-Reversals. The technique is similar to the anti-backdash option select players used in Street Fighter IV. By inputting the parry command after a string of jabs, Ryu can catch most V-Reversals with a parry. Additionally, with some adjustment, Ryu can also chase down other characters whose V-Reversals move them out of his way.

Now, jabs aren’t the only way into this option select. As MDZ jimmY demonstrates in their own video, Ryu can also set the option select up using his standing medium punch (as previously covered in our last Street Fighter V roundup).

Additionally, MDZ jimmY also shows how other parry-like V-Skills–such as Zangief’s–can also work with the option select. This likely means that Alex, who has a parry when his V-Trigger is active, can probably pull this off as well.

Only time will tell if these option selects become dominant tools for these characters. Capcom could always nerf these options. In the meantime, share your thoughts on them in the comments below.

Source: Andrew David Murphy, MDZ jimmY

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Black Desert Online: Are You Still Against Selling Pearl Items?

Last week I wrote about the change Pearl Abyss were making to their in-game store and the introduction of players being able to sell Pearl items on the Marketplace. The discussion on the topic, unsurprisingly, was pretty heated. Some welcomed the change, some loathed it and some insinuated that Daum outright lied to their consumers. Irrespective of the furore surrounding the controversial change, I’m keen to hear what your thoughts are now that it’s live.

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Pirate101: What happened last week in Pirate101?

Last week for Arrrgust in Pirate101, Pirates could redeem the “lostmehand” code for a free Captain’s Hook with a rare chance at getting Captain Blood’s Hook weapon. The Captain Blood’s Hook is great for pirates who are Level 35 and above. It’s a rare drop from the Miranda dungeon in Cool Ranch.