North America East Two [Ranking Event] This weekend was Punk’s weekend. There’s no way around it. He obliterated everyone he fought, with the exception of NuckleDu and Brian_F (I’d like to see how this set went). At the beginning of Top 8, he chose Chun-Li against The Cool Kid93’s Abigail. The Cool Kid would only win one round during the entire FT3 set. In Punk’s match with CJ Truth he went bac...
Versus Fighting Cup [Premier Event] First of all, a shoutout to Michael Martin for traveling down to Brazil to help with the English commentary. I'm sure Mad Reis and KidMagia appreaciate the help. While English commentary isn't something I necessarily need to enjoy watch these fights, it takes down a barrier for English speaking viewers who might not tune in otherwise and thus gives the LATAM...
Canada Cup [Premier Event] Video starts at the second game of Grand Finals, but it's the best available as of this post. Also, all Japanese commentary. Placing Player Lost to Global Points Global Rank 1st Tokido Xiaohai 4161 (+700) 1 (-) 2nd Xiaohai Justin Wong, Tokido 1270 (+270) 13 (+6) 3rd Justin Wong Tokido, Xiaohai 1911 (+200) 6 (+2) 4th Fuudo Tokido, Xiaohai 2301 (+160) 4 (+1) 5th Fujimur...
JAM Festival [LATAM Ranking Event] Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points LATAM Rank Global Points Global Rank 1st Itabashi Zangief - - - 683 (+150) 24 (+6) 2nd Arthuro-Ray Itabashi Zangief x2 140 (+70) 12 (+5) 140 (+70) 79 (+37) 3rd Stunner Itabashi Zangief, Arthuro-Ray 131 (+40) 13 (-) 131 (+40) 86 (+18) 4th Keoma Itabashi Zangief, Stunner 170 (+20) 7 (+1) 170 (+20) 63 (+8) 5th Pr3da Arthuro-R...
Buenos Aires True Salt [LATAM Ranking Event] Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points LATAM Rank Global Points Global Rank 1st HKDASH Pr3da 301 (+150) 3 (+4) 301 (+150) 40 (+26) 2nd Pr3da HKDASH x2 131 (+70) 11 (+7) 131 (+70) 84 (+37) 3rd Younghou Old_Trussy, HKDASH 110 (+40) 12 (+3) 222 (+40) 93 (+16) 4th Old_Trussy Pr3da, Younghou 20 (+20) 28 (NP) 20 (+20) 175 (NP) 5th PHD_Pumpit HKDASH, Youngho...
NA East One [NA Ranking Event] Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points NA Rank Global Points Global Rank 1st Nuckledu - 450 (+150) 1 (+1) 1391 (+150) 12 (+0) 2nd iDom Nuckledu x2 140 (+70) 7 (+1) 140 (+70) 75 (+37) 3rd Sabour Nuckledu, iDom 50 (+40) 9 (+9) 70 (+40) 114 (+38) 4th Shine Nuckledu, iDom 20 (+20) 17 (NP) 180 (+20) 60 (+3) 5th Brian_F Sabour, iDom 10 (+10) 21 (NP) 170 (+10) 61 (-1) 5th...
Online Event: Asia East Two [Asia Ranking Event] Grand Finals starts at 3:06:30, in case the video doesn't start there as intended. Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points Asia Rank Global Points Global Rank 1st Oil King Gachikun 150 (+150) 9 (NP) 1830 (+150) 6 (+1) 2nd Fujimura Oil King x2 220 (+70) 4 (+3) 2771 (+70) 2 (+0) 3rd Gachikun Fujimura, Oil King 190 (+40) 6 (+1) 1044 (+40) 15 (+2) 4th...
Never Give Up [LATAM Ranking Event] Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points LATAM Rank Global Points Global Rank 1st Chris T - - - 762 (+150) 21 (+1) 2nd Younghou Chris T x2 70 (+70) 12 (NP) 71 (+70) 106 (+157) 3rd Craa Chris T, Younghou 40 (+40) 20 (NP) 40 (+40) 134 (NP) 4th Misterio Lagunas, Craa 20 (+20) 27 (NP) 20 (+20) 174 (NP) 5th Pikoro Younghou, Misterio 231 (+10) 3 (+0) 231 (+10) 46 (+0)...
SoCal Regionals [Premier Event] Placing Player Lost to Global Points Global Rank 1st (9-0) Sako - 2141 (+700) 4 (+5) 2nd (8-2) Xiaohai Sako x2 990 (+270) 15 (+5) 3rd (9-2) Chris T XSK Samurai, Xiaohai 612 (+200) 22 (+5) 4th (8-2) Bonchan StormKubo, Chris T 942 (+160) 17 (+1) 5th (5-2) StormKubo Sako, Chris T 481 (+130) 26 (+7) 5th (6-2) XSK Samurai Xiao Hai, Bonchan 161 (+130) 55 (+84) 7th (6-2...
Street Grand Battle 2018 [EU Ranking Event] (Video should start at the GFs, 2:46:30) First off this weekend was the final EU ranking event. Phenom took his 5th (yikes!) ranking event of 2018, making his lead on the EU Leaderboard even more pronounced. This isn’t shocking in the least and congratulations to Phenom for the win. Let’s talk about Machabo. He lost a very close grand finals set after...
Better late than never. The first event to finish this weekend was the Europe Ranking Event, Ultimate Fighting Arena 2018. AngryBird ended up taking 1st place at the event with Zeku of all characters. Previously, the highest AngryBird had placed was 5th at Sonic Boom, so this was quite a big win for him. With AngryBird rocketing up the EU leaderboard, Akainu has been knocked out of qualifying f...
Online Event: Latin America South Two [LATAM Ranking Event] Results Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points LATAM Rank Global Points Global Rank 1st (8-0) Brolynho - 340 (+150) 2 (+0) 360 (+150) 28 (+10) 2nd (8-2) Pikoro Brolynho x2 221 (+70) 3 (+0) 221 (+70) 38 (+10) 3rd (6-2) Stunner Brolynho, Pikoro 80 (+40) 9 (+7) 80 (+40) 81 (+29) 4th (6-2) The Griffon Mask Brolynho, Pikoro 21 (+20) 22 (+12)...
Online Event: Europe East Two Results Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points EU Rank Global Points Global Rank 1st (6-0) Rass - 150 (+150) 6 (NP) 150 (+150) 50 (NP) 2nd (7-2) SwagSkheletor SunMate, RASS 220 (+70) 3 (+2) 220 (+70) 36 (+11) 3rd (5-2) Tempo RASS, SwagSkheletor 40 (+40) 16 (NP) 40 (+40) 110 (NP) 4th (6-2) Duwactik Tempo, SwagSkheletor 90 (+20) 8 (+0) 90 (+20) 77 (+8) 5th (3-2) SunMa...
Tournament Results Online Event: Latin America North Two Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points LATAM Rank Global Points Global Rank 1st (7-0) CrossoverRD - 150 (+150) 3 (NP) 150 (+150) 47 (NP) 2nd (6-2) Mono CrossoverRD x2 70 (+70) 7 (NP) 141 (+70) 51 (+24) 3rd (9-2) Luiman20 DR Ray, Mono 50 (+40) 11 (+5) 50 (+40) 99 (+64) 4th (6-2) Zeromex7 CrossoverRD, Luiman20 20 (+20) 20 (NP) 20 (+20) 131 (...
Tournament Results Evolution 2018 Placing Player Lost to Global Points Global Rank 1st (11-1) Problem X Tokido 2301 (+1750) 2 (+11) 2nd (12-2) Tokido Fuudo, Problem X 2220 (+850) 3 (+0) 3rd (9-2) Fuudo Problem X, Tokido 900 (+450) 7 (+9) 4th (9-2) Gachikun Problem X, Tokido 872 (+400) 9 (+5) 5th (10-2) Fujimura Problem X, Gachikun 2311 (+350) 1 (+0) 5th (10-2) Luffy Problem X, Tokido 661 (+350)...
Tournament Results Headstomper 2018 [Europe Ranking] Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points EU Rank Global Points Global Rank 1st (7-0) Problem X - 190 (+150) 3 (+9) 551 (+150) 13 (+3) 2nd (6-2) Luffy Problem X x2 230 (+70) 2 (+0) 331 (+70) 21 (+3) 3rd (5-2) Shakz Problem X, Luffy 90 (+40) 6 (+3) 221 (+40) 26 (+6) 4th (7-2) Momi Luffy x2 20 (+20) 15 (NP) 21 (+20) 91 (+54) 5th (4-2) Jiewa Shakz,...
Tournament Results Asia Southeast Two Online Event [Asia Ranking Event] Placing Player Lost to Ranking Points Asia Rank Global Points Global Rank 1 (7-1) IamChuan (Guile) Bravery 310 (+150) 1 (+3) 310 (+150) 21 (+7) 2 (6-2) Bravery (Cammy) IamChuan x2 70 (+70) 11 (NP) 70 (+70) 59 (NP) 3 (5-2) Don (Akuma) Bravery, IamChuan 80 (+40) 10 (+3) 80 (+40) 52 (+17) 4 (4-2) Brandon (Akuma) IamChuan, Don...
CEO 2018 happened this past weekend and there were more than a few shake ups on the CPT Global Leaderboard as a result. I'm a stat nerd and I also find the CPT website to be a bit cumbersome to use and lacking a few stats that'd be interesting to see, so I've been working on a Google Sheet and adding the results myself. CURRENT CPT GLOBAL LEADERBOARD 1st(+3) - Fujimura (Placed 1st 11-1) +270 =...
I’ve barely scratched the surface of Marvel vs Capcom Infinite. I’ve only gotten to Area 3 in Metroid: Samus Returns. Sonic Mania still remains unconquered on my Switch. Only two bad guys have been reformed by the Phantom Thieves in Persona 5. Hell, I haven’t even beaten Breath of the Wild, even though I’ve had it since launch. All I can really think about is how much I want to keep playing Yak...
The announcement of a new Pokémon game coming is no surprise. When Nintendo announced they were doing a Nintendo Direct specifically about Pokémon, what else could it be. The trailer, which is embedded below, blew me away and makes me more excited than I should be. When Black 2/White 2 was announced I had my doubts that the Pokémon games would ever move into full 3D. Luckily, Game Freak has my...
(There are Mass Effect 3 Spoilers in this post) I’m back from another illness fueled hiatus. Instead of dicking around like last time, I went to the doctor this time. I was told I had strep throat and was given a prescription for some antibiotics. This was a good choice. I was feeling better by the next day. I didn’t get any game playing done during this sick period. I just laid in bed and drif...
So I was totally sick last week. Because of that I didn't do an entry for my weekend update. I was halfway okay with that because the previous week was rather uneventful anyways. I got Mass Effect 3 , but didn't really play it much that week because of work and life. I called in on Monday and Tuesday and got some quality time with Bioware 's latest while enduring what I think was some form of i...
This next week is going to be awesome. As I type I'm on my way to see the Black Keys perform, and on Tuesday one of most anticipated games of this year, Mass Effect 3 , will be released. I'll probably spend the majority of the 6th saving the galaxy. Unfortunately, I won't be able to pick up Street Fighter X Tekken right away, but if I'm lucky my brother will be coming over and I'll get some han...
I feel as if I didn’t play games that much this week. I suppose I played an alright amount, but there’s no sense of accomplishment. The only game I made any large commitment in was KoA: Reckoning , but I don’t feel like I’m all that much closer to finishing it. Maybe that’s why I feel this way. Who knows? I bought Alan Wake’s American Nightmare , which I only played through half of the story an...
This week another huge batch of games were released. I wish I could have a night with UFC Undisputed 3 , but ultimately I don't feel like buying it is worth it and I don't want to rent it because I have so much more shit to play. The only game I bought this week was Warp , the first game in Microsoft's House Party promotion for XBLA, and wrote a review for it. It had it's moments, but was very...
I decided to start writing a blog on what's going on in my video game life to just keep me writing because I want to get better at writing. I need to make a better title for this, something more original. I'll get to that when I get to that. I've never been good at naming things anyway. Anywho, I kind of just decided to start to do this today, so the format is kind of randomly assembled. I pick...
Man, 2011 was a great year for games, in terms of quantity and quality of AAA titles and downloadable games. The quantity is part is bittersweet, working an hourly retail job I don't really don't have the time or resources to play all the games that come out. If you're interesting in my shame check out my to-do list. There are some games I feel no shame for not playing such as Modern Warfare 3...
The used game market is a great thing for people who barely make ends meet (like me), but still want to play the latest and greatest games. I'm not even playing on current generation systems yet because of the cost. I will be soon because I'll be buying someone's used 360. If there wasn't a used market then I'm sure there would be far less people who could afford to play games. That being said,...
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I, sadly, do not have an Xbox 360. Thus I do not have Castle Crashes, but they game is really damned appealing to me and will probably one of my first purchases on the marketplace.
I'd wait it out. I plan on getting a Wii eventually for games like Twilight Princess, Super Mario Galaxy, and No More Heroes anyways. They say they're developing stuff for the "core" gamer. So hopefully that stuff will be completely bad ass.
The site looks amazing and I have the highest hopes for it. Also, at the bottom of this window it says, " Type pages on comicvine (ex: superman, civil war) you feel this post is relevant to...". I think you might want to change that to be a little more relevant to Giant Bomb, eh?