December ST and VS Tourney News update

Here are some Super Turbo results for this month plus one from the fall. Shiro and K still in there. Another great whiteboard drawing from the Ko-hatsu staff blog. UPDATE: added two

October 10th
Game41 Singles
12 entrants
1st Kikai (Guile)
2nd Namara Bison [Fujishima] (Boxer)
3rd Daisuke (Dictator)
Video

December 5th
Yotsukaido Messe Singles
1st Numa (Boxer)
2nd AFO (Blanka)
3rd peco (Ken)
Videos

December 12th
Newton Singles
15 entrants
1st Shiro (Ryu)

December 13th
Gian Recital Encore at Ooyama Newton
12 teams
1st Hakase (Dhalsim), Noguchi (Claw), YuuVega (Dictator)
2nd Gian (Dhalsim), Oji (Ryu), Kiken (Ken)
3rd Dragon Boy [K] (Boxer), Masato (Boxer), Abeabe (O.Sagat)

December 20th
Ko-hatsu 2on2
6 teams
1st Hiropon (Blanka) & Teppei (Guile)
2nd Mogura II (Dictator) & Gura (Dictator)
Video

Gian Recital Encore at Versus
19 teams
1st Kusumondo (E.Honda) & Gian (Dhalsim)
2nd Gakuzan (Zangief) & Numa (Boxer)
3rd AFO (Blanka) & KKY (Dhalsim)

December 27th
Nagase Cup 7 at UFO
32 entrants
1st Danjiri Dhalsim
2nd Jerome [Tsuji] (Boxer)
3rd Futachan (Ryu)

December 30th
Gowasu Cup 6 at F-1 Fukaya
23 entrants
1st KKY (Dhalsim)
2nd Masato (Boxer)

F-1 2on2
14 teams
1st KKY (Dhalsim) & Ryokucha (Ken)
2nd Kannami (Ryu) & Kashiwagi (Ryu)

December 31st
Nagata Shogatsu Happy New Year Special 2010 at Baba Mikado
24 teams
1st Yoshimura (Dhalsim) & Nia (E.Honda)
2nd Jenety (O.Chun) & Isaji (Cammy)
3rd Milky (Dictator) & Satou [MoreBalrog] (Claw)

Nagata Shogatsu Akemashite Omedeto Special

Mikado's annual Happy New Year's tournament is scheduled for Thursday at 10pm (Japan.) It's a 2on2 where Shogatsu fights the winning team at the end not this year. Mattsun's planning a live stream maybe here.

Aka Zangief linked to the official poster by Takepon in this post.

Darkstalkers Carnival 2009

Tournaments for Vampire, VH and VS went down on Sunday. I didn't have a chance to link to the live stream, but the archive is available here. The "extramatch" was a 19-on-19 showdown between T2ya's team and DD's team.

Savior Results
13 teams
1st DD (Sas), Kosho (Bulleta), T2ya (Zabel)
2nd Sasazuka (Lei-Lei), Teitoku (Jedah), Fumio (Felicia)
3rd Shimatsuya (Jedah), Chikyu (Anakaris), Kaji (Lilith)

SF2 Fan Site Survey #4, Super Ojisan Boy

Aka Zangief recently conducted another survey on the SF2 Fan Site. Full results here.

1) Where do you play SF2?
Arcade (59), Online - XBox (15), Online - ggpo (8), Online - PS3 (1), Spectator/Retired (1)

2) Which SF2-related sites do you regularly browse?
T.Akiba's site (42), 2ch player thread (31), Individual players' sites, blogs, Mixi pages (22), SF2 Fan Site (19), SF2 wiki (18), 2ch HSF2 thread (13), 2ch beginner thread (12), Mixi community (11), Ichirou's site (9), Individual arcades' sites, BBSes (7), None (7), SSF2THDR wiki (5), Other (5)

3) Which version did you start on?
WW (34), HSF2 (10), CE (5), ST (5), HF (4), Console (2), Super (1), HD (0)

4) Male or female?
Male (60), Female (0), No answer (1)

5) How old are you?
31-40 (33)
21-30 (23)
Under 20 (4)
Over 40 (1)

9) What type of material would you like to see on this site?
Tournament info (37), Arcade info (33), Vids (31), HD info (18), Various surveys (15), Aka Zangief's blog (13), Updates on other sites (6), Links (6)

SF4 17on17 Video 121309

Another full-roster showdown went down the other day — Chiba vs. Saitama this time. Great stuff. Mulder on the mic.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/3040635

There's going to be a Kansai vs. Nagoya (Chubu) battle on December 30th at 3pm (Japan.)
Promo.
Live broadcast.

Yotsukaido Messe 102 Vids 120509

Semis and final are up on a new YouTube account. Peco took third place. h/t Aka Zangief

AFO (Blanka) vs. peco (O.Ken)

JK Boy (Boxer) vs. Numa (Boxer)

AFO (Blanka) vs. Numa (Boxer)

A-cho Olympics Videos 011009

http://a-cho.com/
"ARCADE" -> "大会動画" (sixth link on the left)

acho_sp2x_20090110a.asx - Quarterfinals
Tsuji (Boxer) vs. Roku (Honda)
SIN (Honda) vs. Kawamura (Ryu)
Otochun (Chun) vs. ARG (Claw)
Kachu (Claw) vs. Saito (Zangief)

acho_sp2x_20090110b.asx - Semis, 3rd place and finals

The SF4 vids should be up soon. Jinbe kindly posted the Savior Olympic matches over here.

A-cho Vids 110809, Tourney News, Maximum Seki

This event used a king of the hill format where the winner stayed on the machine as if playing casual games. The players who got the longest win streaks — ARG with 7 & 9 games, Futachan with 7 and Seki with 10 — then slugged it out in the finals. Details here.

http://a-cho.com/
"ARCADE" -> "大会動画" (sixth link on the left)

acho_sp2x_20091108a.asx - Best Bouts:
Kusumondo (Honda) vs. Prince (Chun)
ARG (Claw) vs. Akashachi Kancho (Blanka)
The SuperStar (Boxer) vs. Seki (DeeJay)

acho_sp2x_20091108b.asx - ARG (Claw) vs. Futachan (Ryu)
acho_sp2x_20091108c.asx - ARG (Claw) vs. Seki (DeeJay)

Thunder Beast Cup Results 112909

1 Otochun, Seki, Gunze
2 Futachan, Prince (Chun), Wassekun (Dhalsim)
3 Tani (Guile), MAO (Claw), Murasaki Vega (Dictator)

ARG, Aniki (Guile), Noguchan (Ken)
Star, Oh!!J (DJ), Hanayama (Ryu)
Super Gutsman (O.Sagat), Niwa Carnival (Ryu), Moritaku (Ryu)

X-Mania 10 champs strike again! Actually the Nagase team struggled in the initial round robin; both Guts and Prince smacked them around. None of the Kanto players came down for this one.

Pic of the winning team here. Videos: stream archive, best bouts.

End of the Year X Tourneys

There are a bunch of tournaments happening this month including:
Nagase Cup 7 - singles at UFO
Gian Recital Encore - two events to commemorate the DVD release
Nagata Shogatsu Happy New Year Special - Mikado's annual New Year's 2on

Seki Placings

Seki had a really great year so far. Here's a list of some of his results.

Seki DeeJay 2009
Feb	Kasugai 50	Second
5/4	A-cho	Third (w/ Batayan, PG)
6/22	Kasugai 50	Second (w/ Oh!!J)
6/27	Ko-Hatsu	Second
7/30	Ko-Hatsu	First (w/ Gunze)
8/23	X-Mania 10	First (w/ Otochun, Gunze)
9/13	Ko-Hatsu	Second (w/ Star)
Oct	Ko-Hatsu	Second (w/ Nero)
10/11	Star Cup	Tied for Third
11/1	Ko-Hatsu	Second (w/ Gunze)
11/8	A-cho	First
11/29	Thunder Beast Cup	First (w/ Otochun, Gunze)

Vampire Savior Tourney Round-up

I just copied this new post from DD Sasquatch into English. Poke around the YouTube accounts for more footage from these events. Art by Arekki.

DD wrote at the bottom, "by the way, Kaji has been winning every tournament he enters. Lilith is top tier."

10/10
Kansai: Ibaraki VIP
17 entrants
1st Takahashi (Gallon)
2nd Dara (Demitri)
3rd Ryota (Zabel)
Vid

10/17
Tohoku: Playland F1R
10 entrants
1st Kaji (Lilith)
2nd Kosho (Bulleta)
Vids

10/31
Kanto: Baba Mikado
13 entrants
1st Kaji (Lilith)
2nd TKO (Sasquatch)
3rd T2ya (Zabel)
Vid

11/1
Kanto: Club Sega Shinjuku
14 entrants
1st Sakamoto (QB) & Osakana (Aulbath)

11/14
Kansai: Ibaraki VIP
9 entrants
1st Orekon (Sasquatch)
2nd Dara (Demitri)
3rd Negitoro (Sasquatch

11/15
Tohoku: Playland F1R
14 entrants
1st Kosho (Bulleta)
2nd Hagure (Sasquatch)
3rd Shimatsuya (Jedah)
Vids

11/22
Kansai: Sega Avion
11 entrants
1st bow (Aulbath)
2nd SIN (Sasquatch)
3rd Newman (Aulbath)

11/28
Kanto: Baba Mikado
14 entrants
1st Kaji (Lilith) & Buzz (Gallon)
2nd T2ya (Zabel) & Ego (Lei-Lei)
Vid
Vid

Thriller Blanka Plus Alpha

The ST monitor is on the fritz, and it's given start-color Blanka a wonderfully ghoulish look. Pictures — and the name — courtesy of Riz0ne. Some new videos over here. GreenTea's team took first place in a 3rd Strike 2on that same evening.

Thanks for Live Broadcasts

Here are some tournaments going down this weekend. The times listed are for Japan.

Street Fighter IV - Nagoya Street Battle 11 3on3
12pm on November 28th
Stream TBA — maybe here

Last time they had 55 teams. ARG (@Claw) teamed up with Henboku and Kubo — SBO champs on Super Turbo, Arcana Heart and Melty Blood, respectively — but they lost first round.

Super Turbo - Thunder Beast Cup 3on3
1:30pm on November 29th
Stream

Raijuhai in Japanese. Akashachi Kancho probably came up with the name. He wrote that the idea is to have a big 3on3 in Chubu since Kanto has X-Mania and Kansai has Rekku Cup.

Vampire Savior - Baba Mikado Singles
3pm on November 28th (VH at 5)
Stream

I can't say with certainty that this event will be streamed live. They used to show all Mikado events but I'm not sure if that's still going on.

Akiman Exhibit

Last month a gallery in Akihabara ran an exhibition of some of Akiman's artwork.

Official poster
Autograph signing video (Sochie @ Gundam character)
Working on a large Chun-Li: One, Two, Three, Four
More pictures
Guest book

A-cho Olympics

The A-cho Capcom Olympics have been scheduled for January 9th and 10th. Tourneys for SF4, SFA3, CVS2, 3S, ST, MVC2 and VS plus an overall winner based on combined results.

Vampire Savior 5on5 Vids 091909

DD and Ego have started uploading some videos from this year's pre-DCC 5on5 event. Art by AstroGuy2.

To use Filebank:
- hit the check boxes on the files you want
- click 転送モード切替 (upper right) to switch to browser-based downloading
- choose 各駅ダウンロード (2nd option) from the ダウンロード menu (blue arrow)
- click the grey 各駅ダウンロード button in the window that pops up

http://www.filebank.co.jp/guest/egolei/fp/aow0919

A01.wmv
DD (Sasquatch), Orekon (Felicia), bow (Aulbath), Panpina* (QB), Nakanishi (Bishamon) vs.
Tinka (QB), TKO (Sasquatch), Haramori (Sasquatch), Yoshiyuki (Sasquatch), Komemaru (Zabel)

A02.wmv
Sasunii (Sasquatch), Sakamoto (QB), Oraora (QB), Yajima (Morrigan), KEN (Gallon) vs.
Kurae (Morrigan), Kame (Victor), JB (Jedah), MAB (Gallon), Izumi (Aulbath), Gyunko (Gallon)**

A03.wmv
DD (Sasquatch), Orekon (Felicia), bow (Aulbath), Panpina (QB), Nakanishi (Bishamon) vs.
Nekohashi (Felicia), Takahashi (Gallon), GyuBee (QB), Yamakawa (Zabel), T2ya (Zabel)

* Pane Peana?
** 5 out of 6 of these guys participated in each match.

Elsewhere...
There are a bunch of videos from various Playland F1R events including VS, ST and SF4 over here. h/t Jinbe

Shimatsuya has been uploading some more action from that same arcade:

Shimatsuya (Jedah) vs. Kaji (Lilith) casual series

October 17th VS Tourney Cracking Kaji-Kosho finals!

They just had another tourney this past weekend, so more videos should be coming soon.

Star Cup Videos 101109

The videos from last month are up. While the official results haven't been posted yet, this batch, unlike the earlier ones, has the complete finals block so you can see how it went down.

I'll update this post with a few more things a little later. UPDATE: added characters below. Also here is a round-up of local posts with links to Star Cup vids:
2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

http://starcup.news-site.net/mov/sc10mov.htm

2nd-a-1.zip - ARG (Claw x3) vs. Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer)
2nd-a-5.zip - Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) vs. Otochun (Chun x3)
2nd-b-2.zip - Sanada Mayumura (O.Ryu x3) vs. Gunze (Zangief x3)
2nd-b-3.zip - Numa (Boxer, DJ, Ryu) vs. Gunze (Zangief x3)
2nd-c-1.zip - Kachu (Claw x3) vs. Tsuji (Fei, Boxer x2)
2nd-c-3.zip - baby nine (Honda x3) vs. Tsuji (Fei, Boxer x2)
2nd-d-1.zip - Futachan (Ryu x3) vs. Seki (DJ x3)
2nd-d-4.zip - Futachan (Ryu x3) vs. Gakuzan (Zangief x2, DJ)

2nd-e-1.zip - Muneo (O.Sagat x3) vs. Prince (Chun x3)
2nd-e-3.zip - Tani (Guile x3) vs. Prince (Chun x3)
2nd-f-1.zip - Ito (DJ x3) vs. Oonishi (Dictator x2, Ryu)
2nd-f-2.zip - Noguchi (Fei, Claw x2) vs. Higeta Shoyu [you-know-who] (O.Honda x2, Honda)
2nd-g-1.zip - AFO (Boxer, Blanka x2) vs. YuuVega (Dictator x2, DJ)
2nd-g-3.zip - AFO (Boxer, Blanka x2) vs. Oh!!J (DJ x3)
2nd-h-3.zip - Toukon (Chun x3) vs. Tsumura (Fei x3)
2nd-h-4.zip - Nakamu (Chun, Blanka x2) vs. Kusumond (Honda x3)

fin-1-1.zip - Gunze (Zangief x3) vs. Ito (DJ x3)
fin-1-2.zip - AFO (Boxer, Blanka x2) vs. Kachu (Claw x3)
fin-1-3.zip - Seki (DJ x3) vs. Kusumond (Honda x3)
fin-1-4.zip - Prince (Chun x3) vs. Otochun (Chun x3)
fin-1-5.zip - Numa (Boxer, DJ, Ryu) vs. Futachan (Ryu x3)
fin-1-6.zip - Tsumura (Fei x3) vs. Muneo (O.Sagat x3)
fin-1-7.zip - Noguchi (Fei, Claw x2) vs. YuuVega (Dictator x2, DJ)
fin-1-8.zip - baby nine (Honda x3) vs. ARG (Claw x3)

fin-2-1.zip - Otochun (Chun x3) vs. YuuVega (Dictator x2, DJ)
fin-2-2.zip - Kachu (Claw x3) vs. ARG (Claw x3)
fin-2-3.zip - Futachan (Ryu x3) vs. Tsumura (Fei x3)
fin-2-4.zip - Gunze (Zangief x3) vs. Seki (DJ x3)

fin-sf-1.zip - Futachan (Ryu x3) vs. Otochun (Chun x3)
fin-sf-2.zip - ARG (Claw x3) vs. Seki (DJ x3)

fin-f.zip - ARG (Claw x3) vs. Otochun (Chun x3)

Ko-Hatsu Videos and Whiteboard Drawings

There have been some great matches at Ko-Hatsu lately. Don't miss "Yokozuna" Kusumondo's run last month.

October 4th
Suzuki (Guile) & Otochun (Chun-Li) vs. Yabu (Cammy) & Kusumond (E.Honda)

Nero (Blanka) & Seki (DeeJay) vs. Taniyan (Dictator) & Hashikko (Zangief)

Nero (Blanka) & Seki (DeeJay) vs. Yabu (Cammy) & Kusumond (E.Honda)

November 1st
Seki (DeeJay) & Gunze (Zangief) vs. Suzuki (Guile) & The SuperStar (Boxer)

These whiteboard tournament announcements were snatched from the staff blog.









Elsewhere...

On November 29th the Thunder Beast Cup — a 3on3 Super Turbo tournament — is going down at Kasugai 50. Akashachi Kancho wrote that since Kanto has X-Mania and Kansai has the Rekka Cup (annual A-cho event) Chubu ought to have a good 3on3 tourney. They're planning to run a live stream, maybe here.

Star Cup Videos 101208

The top tier restriction was chucked at this event. Results are still available on the official site. Mirror here (1MB pdf in Japanese.)

http://starcup.news-site.net/mov/sc09mov.htm

a-f.zip - Mekuri Inochi (Ryu, DJ, Chun) vs. Sanada Mayumura (O.Ryu x3)
b-f.zip - AFO (Blanka x2, Boxer) vs. Abeabe (Ryu x2, Sagat)
d-f.zip - Kimoyan [Kimomaru] (Dictator x3) vs. Kachu (Claw x3)
e-f.zip - KKY (Dhalsim x3) vs. Kusumond (Honda x3)
f-2-1.zip - Shiro (Ryu x3) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
h-2-1.zip - Nogyo (Zangief x3) vs. Muneo (O.Sagat x3)
i-1-1.zip - Prince (Chun x3) vs. Seki (DJ x2, Claw)
l-2-1.zip - Danjiri Dhalsim (x3) vs. Okka (Dictator x3)

wild-a-2.zip - AFO (Blanka) vs. Kimoyan (Dictator)
wild-b-1.zip - Saitou (Zangief) vs. ShootingD (Ryu)
wild-c-1.zip - Oh!!J (DJ) vs. Oreryu (Ryu)
wild-d-1.zip - KKY (Dhalsim) vs. Sawada (Cammy)

2nd-a-3.zip - Tsuji (Boxer x3) vs. Kachu (Claw x3)
2nd-b-1.zip - Danjiri Dhalsim (x3) vs. Futachan (Ryu x3)
2nd-c-3.zip - ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile) vs. Otochun (Chun x2, Guile)
2nd-d-1.zip - YuuVega (Dictator x2, DJ) vs. AFO (Blanka x2, Boxer)
2nd-e-3.zip - Gotoh (Ryu x3) vs. Taira (Dictator x3)
2nd-f-3.zip - Gian (Dhalsim x3) vs. Mattsun (Ken x2, Cammy)
2nd-g-5.zip - Aniken (Ken x3) vs. Komoda Blanka (x3)
2nd-h-1.zip - ARG (Claw x3) vs. Saitou (Zangief x3)

fin-1-1.zip - Kusumond (Honda x3) vs. Futachan (Ryu x3)
fin-1-2.zip - Mattsun (Ken x2, Cammy) vs. Kachu (Claw x3)
fin-1-3.zip - Otochun (Chun x2, Guile) vs. YuuVega (Dictator x2, DJ)
fin-1-4.zip - KKY (Dhalsim x3) vs. ARG (Claw x3)
fin-1-5.zip - MAO (Claw x3) vs. Aniken (Ken x3)
fin-1-6.zip - Taira (Dictator x3) vs. Gian (Dhalsim x3)
fin-1-7.zip - Tsuji (Boxer x3) vs. AFO (Blanka x2, Boxer)
fin-1-8.zip - Gotoh (Ryu x3) vs. Danjiri Dhalsim (x3)
fin-2-1.zip - Tsuji (Boxer x3) vs. Otochun (Chun x2, Guile)
fin-2-2.zip - Aniken (Ken x3) vs. Futachan (Ryu x3)
fin-2-3.zip - ARG (Claw x3) vs. Danjiri Dhalsim (x3)
fin-2-4.zip - Kachu (Claw x3) vs. Gian (Dhalsim x3)

Star Cup Videos 100707

The Star Cup video blowout continues. For the 2006 and 2007 contests there was a rule that prohibited having more than two "big 5" characters (Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Boxer, Claw, O.Sagat) on a team. I uploaded the results over here. 1.5MB pdf in Japanese.

http://starcup.news-site.net/mov/sc08mov.htm

a-2-1.zip - Chamu (Chun x2, O.Chun) vs. Shigaken (Ken, Ryu x2)
b-f.zip - Abebin (Honda x2, O.Guile) vs. Tsuji (Boxer x2, Fei)
c-2-2.zip - MAO (Claw x2, DJ) vs. Komoda (Blanka x2, DJ)
d-2-2.zip - AFO (Blanka x2, Boxer) vs. Gunze (Zangief x3)
e-f.zip - Aniki (Guile x2, Boxer) vs. Tani (Guile x3)
f-f.zip - Mayumura (O.Ryu x3) vs. Tencho (Ryu x3)
h-2-2.zip - Prince (Chun x2, Ryu) vs. Noguchan (Ken x2, Chun)
j-f.zip - ARG (Dictator, Claw x2) vs. Head Press Oomura (Dictator x3)

wild-1.zip - Chamu (Chun x2, O.Chun) vs. postman (Boxer x2, O.Boxer)
wild-5.zip - Drunk (Blanka, Claw x2) vs. Aniki (Guile x2, Boxer)

2nd-a-3.zip - Seki (DJ x3) vs. Tencho (Ryu x3)
2nd-b-3.zip - Tsuji (Boxer x2, Fei) vs. Aniken (Ken, Ryu, Boxer)
2nd-c-1.zip - Taira (Dictator x3) vs. Futachan (Ryu x3)
2nd-d-2.zip - Mayumura (O.Ryu x3) vs. Nakamura (Cammy, Ken, Guile)
2nd-e-1.zip - ARG (Dictator, Claw x2) vs. Saitou (Zangief x3)
2nd-f-6.zip - TIO Dake wa Korosu* (Dhalsim x2, Blanka) vs. TIO (DJ, Dhalsim x2)
2nd-g-3.zip - Otochun (Chun x2, Ryu) vs. Noguchan (Ken x2, Chun)
2nd-h-5.zip - Komoda (Blanka x2, DJ) vs. Muteki (Guile x2, Chun)

3rd-2.zip - Otochun (Chun x2, Ryu) vs. Tencho (Ryu x3)
3rd-3.zip - ARG (Dictator, Claw x2) vs. Aniken (Ken, Ryu, Boxer)
3rd-4.zip - Tsuji (Boxer x2, Fei) vs. Saitou (Zangief x3)
3rd-7.zip - TIO (DJ, Dhalsim x2) vs. Komoda (Blanka x2, DJ)
3rd-8.zip - YuuVega (DJ, Dictator x2) vs. Muteki (Guile x2, Chun)

fin-1-1.zip - Seki (DJ x3) vs. Futachan (Ryu x3)
fin-1-3.zip - Taira (Dictator x3) vs. Tsuji (Boxer x2, Fei)
fin-sf-1.zip - YuuVega (DJ, Dictator x2) vs. Futachan (Ryu x3)
fin-sf-2.zip - Otochun (Chun x2, Ryu) vs. Tsuji (Boxer x2, Fei)

* "At least kill TIO." Probably KKY.

Vampire Savior Character Parameters

Working with Dara and the listeners on a recent Nico radio show, DD put together a set of character parameter graphs for Vampire Savior. Click the image over there for a larger version. He doesn't go into a lot of detail beyond stressing that this is a work-in-progress. For reference, the ranking diagram that DD and company put together earlier this year is here.

Clockwise from the top, the attributes are:
攻撃 Offense
潜在能力 Potential Ability
対応 Counters*
守備 Defense
安定性 Stability
スピード Speed

* I'm not sure how to translate this term. Perhaps Anakaris has a high mark because he can respond to jump-ins well.

Illustration by Yuza.

Star Cup Videos 100806

Neo Star Cup videos from a few years ago. For the 2006 and 2007 contests there was a rule that prohibited having more than two "big 5" characters (Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Boxer, Claw, O.Sagat) on a team.

UPDATE: I uploaded the results over here. 1.5MB pdf in Japanese.

http://starcup.news-site.net/mov/sc7mov.htm

a-1-1.zip - Chamu (Chun x2, O.Chun) vs. Komoda Blanka (x3)
b-2-1.zip - Gotoh (Ryu x3) vs. Tencho (Ryu x3)
e-2-1.zip - K (O.Hawk x2, Fei) vs. Gian (Dhalsim x2, Ryu)
f-1-1.zip - AFO (Blanka x3) vs. Gunze (Zangief x3)
h-f.zip - Wassekun (Dhalsim x2, Dictator) vs. Nakanishi (Guile x2, Ryu)
i-f.zip - Ashitana (O.Ryu x3) vs. sako (Honda, Ryu x2)
k-f.zip - Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Fei) vs. Yuubou (Fei x3)
l-f.zip - Kurahashi (Guile, Ryu, Boxer) vs. Mattsun (Ken x2, Cammy)

wild-2.zip - Kunihata (Hawk x2, O.Hawk) vs. Nakanishi (Guile x2, Ryu)
wild-6.zip - Gunze (Zangief x3) vs. Mattsun (Ken x2, Cammy)

2nd-a-3.zip - Kurahashi (Guile, Ryu, Boxer) vs. ARG (Ryu, Claw x2)
2nd-b-5.zip - Gian (Dhalsim x2, Ryu) vs. Mattsun (Ken x2, Cammy)
2nd-c-2.zip - Shiki Guile (Guile, Boxer x2) vs. Wassekun (Dhalsim x2, Dictator)
2nd-d-1.zip - Noguchi (Claw x2, Fei) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
2nd-e-3.zip - Taira (Dictator x3) vs. YuuVega (Dictator x2, DJ)
2nd-f-5.zip - Oota (Cammy x3) vs. Aniken (Ken, Ryu, Boxer)
2nd-g-3.zip - Gotoh (Ryu x3) vs. Otochun (Honda, Chun x2)
2nd-h-3.zip - TIO (Dhalsim x2, Ryu) vs. Muteki (Guile x2, Chun)

3rd-1.zip - ARG (Ryu, Claw x2) vs. Shiki Guile (Guile, Boxer x2)
3rd-2.zip - Kurahashi (Guile, Ryu, Boxer) vs. The SuperStar (Boxer x2, DJ)
3rd-4.zip - Taira (Dictator x3) vs. Gian (Dhalsim x2, Ryu)
3rd-6.zip - Noguchi (Claw x2, Fei) vs. Muteki (Guile x2, Chun)
3rd-7.zip - Otochun (Honda, Chun x2) vs. Aniken (Ken, Ryu, Boxer)

fin-2.zip - ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile) vs. Shiki Guile (Guile, Boxer x2)
fin-3.zip - Gian (Dhalsim x2, Ryu) vs. Aniken (Ken, Ryu, Boxer)
fin-sf1.zip - Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Fei) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
fin-sf2.zip - Noguchi (Claw x2, Fei) vs. Aniken (Ken, Ryu, Boxer)


Elsewhere...
SF4 video: Kanagawa vs. Chiba 17on17 full-roster showdown.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Great stuff. Mulder and PinoAB7 were the MCs.

Star Cup Videos 100905

These videos are from the main event a few years ago: The Superstar Cup FINAL*.

* The next year was Neo Star Cup.

http://starcup.news-site.net/mov/sc6mov.htm

f-2-4.zip - ARG (Claw x3) vs. Otochun (Honda, Chun x2)
h-2-1.zip - Gotoh (Ryu x3) vs. Muteki (Guile, DJ, Chun)
h-2-4.zip - Gian (Dhalsim x3) vs. Aniken (Ken x2, Boxer)

wild-a.zip - KKY (Dhalsim x3) vs. Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Claw)
wild-b.zip - Mayakon (Hawk x2, O.Hawk) vs. Eronimo [Gunze] (Zangief x3)

loser-2-4-1.zip - Sky High Claw vs. ShootingD (Ryu)
loser-3-sf.zip - Kokoruru (O.Sagat) vs. Mattsun (Ken)
loser-4-f.zip - Kusumondo (Honda) vs. Hakase (Dhalsim)

2nd-a-2.zip - Kemura (Zangief x3) vs. Tsuji (Boxer x3)
2nd-a-3.zip - Aniken (Ken x2, Boxer) vs. Mattsun (Ken x2, Cammy)
2nd-b-2.zip - Macky7 (Boxer x3) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
2nd-b-3.zip - Batayan (Honda, Guile x2) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
2nd-c-3.zip - Muteki (Guile, DJ, Chun) vs. Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Claw)
2nd-c-4.zip - Gorilla Imo [Shogatsu] (O.Honda x3) vs. Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Claw)
2nd-d-3.zip - Otochun (Honda, Chun x2) vs. YuuVega (DJ, Dictator x2)
2nd-d-5.zip - Oku (Ryu, Chun x2) vs. Otochun (Honda, Chun x2)

fin-1-1.zip - Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Claw) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
fin-1-2.zip - Gorilla Imo (O.Honda x3) vs. Macky7 (Boxer x3)
fin-1-3.zip - Tsuji (Boxer x3) vs. YuuVega (DJ, Dictator x2)
fin-1-4.zip - Otochun (Honda, Chun x2) vs. Aniken (Ken x2, Boxer)

Pre-Star Duo 4on Videos 101009

http://starcup.news-site.net/mov/movmenu013.htm

a-1.zip - Sawada (Cammy, Fei) & Prince (Chun, Ryu) vs. Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) & Nero (Blanka)

a-f2.zip - Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) & Nero (Blanka) vs. Aniki (Guile, Boxer) & Noguchan (Ken, Chun)

b-f.zip - baby nine (Honda, Fei) & Opemai (Claw, Guile) vs. Gian (Dhalsim, Boxer) & Gotoh (Ryu, Guile)

b-f2.zip - Nakamu (Blanka, Chun) & Majiro (Dictator, Hawk) vs. Gian (Dhalsim, Boxer) & Gotoh (Ryu, Guile)

d-2.zip - AFO (Blanka, Boxer) & Numa (DJ, Ryu) vs. Hanayama (Ryu) & ARG (Boxer, Dictator, Claw)

e-1.zip - Roku (Honda, Dictator) & MAO (Dhalsim, Claw) vs. Gakuzan (Zangief, DJ) & Mayumura (Ryu, O.Ryu)

8th-2.zip - AFO (Blanka, Boxer) & Numa (DJ, Ryu) vs. CR Yuji Juhachisai (Ken, O.Ken) & Oshiro (Zangief, O.Zangief)

fin-1.zip - Roku (Honda, Dictator) & MAO (Dhalsim, Claw) vs. Gian (Dhalsim, Boxer) & Gotoh (Ryu, Guile)

fin-2.zip - KKY (Dhalsim, Blanka) & The SuperStar (Boxer, DJ) vs. Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) & Nero (Blanka)

fin-3.zip - Handsome (Ryu, O.Ryu) & Smile (Guile, O.Sagat) vs. Sawada (Cammy, Fei) & Prince (Chun, Ryu)

fin-4.zip - baby nine (Honda, Fei) & Opemai (Claw, Guile) vs. Hanayama (Ryu) & ARG (Boxer, Dictator, Claw)

fin-sf1.zip - Roku (Honda, Dictator) & MAO (Dhalsim, Claw) vs. Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) & Nero (Blanka)

fin-sf2.zip - Hanayama (Ryu) & ARG (Boxer, Dictator, Claw) vs. Sawada (Cammy, Fei) & Prince (Chun, Ryu)

fin-f.zip - Hanayama (Ryu) & ARG (Boxer, Dictator, Claw) vs. Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) & Nero (Blanka)

Star Cup Quick Results

77 entrants

1st Otochun (Chun x3)
2nd ARG (Claw x3)
3rd Futachan (Ryu x3)
3rd Seki (DJ x3)

EDIT: just a few highlights. Gama no Abura (Umehara ga... gamen haji!) did a terrific job with the stream.

Underdogs Baby Nine (Honda) and Tsumura (Fei-Long) both making it through to the third round was excellent. Baby Nine (Xbox Live player) took ARG to five games. ARG came up with some really clutch wake up throws. Nero (Blanka), visiting from Shikoku, did really well at the pre-star 4on, too.

It seemed like a lot of heavy hitters were missing: no Taira, Komoda, Inomata, Yaya, Nakamura. No Kurahashi either, which is a shame; besides Aniken he's one of the only guys who runs a mixed team (Ryu, Guile, Boxer) at full or increased strength. Gian and Tsuji were both there but I guess they had off-days.

Second round A block was Otochun, ARG, Aniken and TIO. Tough draw for the Kyushu Dhalsim. Both of the Otochun-ARG sets — A block and finals — were fantastic. Otochun-Aniken was great, too. Chun's footsies were too strong for Aniken's shotos but Anioah almost made a comeback. Otochun stopped a Crazy Buffalo with a standing roundhouse towards the end of the set. Pretty funny.

All three of the X-Mania 10 winners made it to the top 8. Gunze vs. Seki was a nailbiter.

Star Cup Live Stream

The SuperStar Cup 2009 starts this Sunday October 11th at 1pm. That's late night Saturday in the US.

[player removed. link]

The warm-up event is scheduled for 7:30 Saturday night (early morning US time.) I'll update this post with more links when I have them. UPDATE: the Nico live stream starts at 10:30pm (Japan) today.

Pre Star Cup Results
1 Aniken (Ryu), Aniken (Boxer), Nero (Blanka), Aniken (Ken)
2 ARG (Boxer), ARG (Dictator), ARG (Claw), Hanayama (Ryu)
3 Sawada (Fei), Sawada (Cammy), Prince (Ryu), Prince (Chun)
3 MAO (Dhalsim), MAO (Claw), Roku (Dictator), Roku (Honda)

Sounds of the Arcade Plus Alpha

All of the audio in the foreground here comes from Ms. Pac-Man, the Ms. Pac-Man joystick and Will, the guy playing Ms. Pac-Man. Thank you!

Far Corner Only ST Tricks

I added a couple of side-dependent tactics to this old post.

Farewell Shinjuku, Howdy Baba

Shinjuku Mikado is finally closing on October 18th. There are a bunch of tournament posters over here. Super Turbo action — including wednesday training with Mattsun — will continue at the Takadanobaba store.

Where are you Fighting?!

Illustration by Robovita A. Click for larger version.

Super Turbo Sundries

SNF2X Poll

I put a quick poll on left side of the blog. In addition to picking one of the choices I'd ask that you:

1) tell your sparring partners about it. The idea is to survey regular readers but friends of regular readers would be excellent, too.

2) post ideas for future polls in the comments to this post. This concept was lifted from the SF2 Fan Site (see below) but those questions don't really fit here.

Thank you!

Star Cup Live Stream

Gama no Abura (NSB chief) is going to help get a stream up for Star Cup weekend.

Pre-Star Cup Event
October 10th at 7:30pm (Japan)

Duo 4on4 tournament (each team consists of four characters divided up between two players) followed by some exhibition matches.

The SuperStar Cup 2009
October 11th at 1pm (Japan)

Solo 3on3 as usual.

It isn't clear what exactly is going to be streamed and where, but the exhibition matches, at least, will be on Nico Live. You'll need a Nico Video account for that. I'll post URLs when I have them.

SF2 Fan Site Surveys

Over the last couple months Aka Zangief conducted a series of polls on the Street Fighter II Fan Site (link on the left.) Here are some of the results. To switch from a pie chart to bar graph click the button on the right side.

Who is your main character?
Results (spreadsheet)
Results
Ryu 25
Ken 19+1
E.Honda 6
Chun-Li 7
Guile 8
Blanka 15
Dhalsim 6
Zangief 10
Boxer 6
Claw 5
Sagat 3
Dictator 11
Cammy 5
T.Hawk 4
Fei-Long 3
DeeJay 5
Akuma 1

Where do you play?
Results (spreadsheet)
Results
Choices go from north to south, more or less, including:
Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa 16
Tokyo 21
Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu 9
Osaka, Hyougo, Nara, Wakayama 18

When it comes to tournaments do you prefer ST or HSF?
(setting aside super and earlier games)
Results
X 37
Hyper 0
Either is OK! 7

Do you prefer single or team tournaments?
Results
Singles 10
Teams 30

For team tournaments, what is the ideal team size?
Results

Which tournament format do you prefer?
Results
Single elimination 9
Round robin 20
Compare gauntlet results[*] 1
Double elimination 10
Choose your opponent 0

* Not sure what this is. Similar to round robin I guess.

ST Videos

SSF2X @ Kouhatsu
Gunze has been doing really well at Ko-hatsu events this year.

SSF2T @ CF
Local match from a few weeks ago. Never saw a zero damage bite before. Thank you to Riz0ne for the upload.

DCC4 Quick Results 092009

Vampire Hunter

1st TKO (Sasquatch)
2nd Haramori (Morrigan)
3rd Kashiwagi (Bishamon)

Vampire Savior

1st DD (Sasquatch), Nasu (Sasquatch)
2nd T2ya (Zabel), Dara (Demitri)
3rd Shimatsuya (Jedah), kaji (Lilith)

You can check out the pre DCC 5on footage over here.

Darkstalkers Combination Cup Live Stream

DCC4 is happening tomorrow at Mikado.

[player removed]

Click 'ライブを見る' to start video. Pressing the grey magnifying glass button brings up a pop up window. From there hit the brown button in the upper right for a larger view. Stickam link.

Vampire Hunter starts at noon on Sunday (later on tonight in the US.)

Vampire Savior starts at 3 o'clock.

Pre DCC Savior 5on5 Results

15 teams

1st Nasu (Sasquatch), Sakai (Zabel), Ogawa (Zabel), Hai-iro (Aulbath), Shiru (Zabel)

2nd Nekohashi (Felicia), Takahashi (Gallon), GyuBee (QB), Yamakawa (Zabel), T2ya (Zabel)

3rd Onasu (Sasquatch), Tomo (Bishamon), Azwan (Demitri), Hosokawa (Zabel), Ruichan (Anakaris)

3rd Dara (Demitri), Shimatsuya (Jedah), Kaji (Lilith), Chikyu (Anakaris), Oboro (Victor)

Gamest Cup Videos 050394

ArgusDCssf2X uploaded more videos from the 1994 Super Turbo national tourney. Take a look at the player report for profiles of Katou (加藤) "Foosuke" (DeeJay, Dhalsim, etc.) and Okunishi (奥西) "Ikuradon" (Blanka, Chun.)

Part One

Tokyo area qualifiers. The Chun-Li player here, Ohnuki (大貫), isn't the modern SFA2, 3S, ST, SF4 champ; they have different first names.

Part Two

Main event round one. Some footage of Ikuradon's hop trickery.

Part Three

Quarterfinals. Yoga Foolishness @4:14

Part Four

Semifinals. Don't miss Foosuke's Nagata Shougatsu Happy New Year Special flub at the end.

Part Five

Third place match.

Part Six

Finals. Posted here a while back with pictures of the finalists.

Vamipre Savior - DCC4 Preview

Picking up where the last post left off... here are the final two seeds for VS @ Darkstalkers Combination Cup 4 in a week and a half. Art by Pon00000.

Kyushu: Monkey House 8/22/09

Seed: Kyoryu (Bulleta)

Singles.

1st: Kyoryu (Bulleta)
2nd: Yurei (Demitri)

Kanto: Club Sega Shinjuku 9/6/09

Seed: Nasu (Sasquatch)

2on2.

1st: DD (Sasquatch), Nasquatch
2nd: Nakanishi (Bishamon), Ogawa (Zabel)

All Out War

There is going to be a 5on5 tourney the night before DCC. Great poster at DD's joint. Your humble blog editor is rooting for Dara, Shimatsuya, Kaji, Chikyu and Oboro. What a team. Also DD is still uploading videos from last year's pre-DCC 5on: link.

Video Links

Jinbe kindly sent a whole bunch of VS video links. I'll just go ahead and quote his list (dates changed to American style plus asterisks indicate updated items.) Thank you, sir.

5/03/2009 Shiogama Shuttle 3on3 DCC Qualifier (DCC seed: Kosho/Bulleta)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FEC13E5E45F78964

6/20/2009 Ibaraki VIP Tournament (win: kaji/Lilith)
http://www.youtube.com/user/orecomchan

6/20/2009 Playland F1R Tournament (win: Dame otoko/Zabel)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=387D30045BF8DA6F

6/21/2009 A-Cho 2on2 DCC Qualifier (DCC seed: Takahashi/Gallon)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C5FC83E15463A3CD
plus (freeplay after the tournament)
http://www.youtube.com/user/GAMEacho (tag: darkstalkers)

6/27/2009 Mi-Ka-Do Tournament (win: DD/Sasquatch)
http://www.stickam.jp/video/179068935

7/11/2009 Game41 Tournament (win: Mokoshi/Bulleta)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHzAG1F42bg

*7/11/2009 Ibaraki VIP Tournament (win: Haitani/Sasquatch)
http://www.youtube.com/user/orecomchan

7/25/2009 Mi-Ka-Do 2on2 Tournament (win: Sasazuka/Felicia & Ego/Lei Lei)
http://www.stickam.jp/video/179147220

7/25/2009 Playland F1R 2on2 Tournament (win: kaji/Lilith & Shimatsuya/Jedah)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3856EA0F89B2EB09

7/26/2009 Playland F1R DCC Qualifier (DCC seed: kaji/Lilith)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3E1DC9884F2393D0&sort_field=added

*8/08/2009 Ibaraki VIP Tournament (win: Orecom/Felicia)
http://www.youtube.com/user/orecomchan

Darkstalkers Combination Cup 3 - Savior Character Breakdown

This graph shows the characters that people used at last year's event.

Super Turbo Videos - Muteki Guile

These are excerpts from a couple long series that, according to the uploader, Mute narrowly won. Art by Hidef.

Komoda Blanka vs. Muteki

Otochun vs. Muteki

Elsewhere...

Star Cup has been scheduled for October 11th.

Aka Zangief posted a picture of the Xmania winners here.

SF4 Tourney Results for July and August

Here are some international Street Fighter IV tournament results for July and August through SBO '09. Click on the links in the dates (left column) for videos.

This is the last post in this series for the time being. It's been fun digging up results from various locations. Thanks to everyone for stopping by.

Don't miss the 12-month report post -- link on the left side of the blog.

Thank you to Nstalkie and the GigaGames chief for some results.

Also Tianyuan2k4 has been helping since this project began with results from China. Thanks bruddah!

July

Date	Location	#	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
6/14	Sportsland Ladies	8	Peta (RU)	Maho (CL)	SG, ZA
6/29	Maxim Hero	10t	Charii (BL) Watari (CH) Ruiz (SG)	Ashan (KE) Namakemono (AK) AFUP (GU)
7/04	Cat's Eye Random 3on	10t	Muse (DI) Dashimaki Tamago (VI) Emilio (KE)	Kurogami (BX) Hb (RU) Radiowave (SG)
7/05	Game41	9	Namakemono (AK)	Sai (RU)	Nubo (ZA)
7/07	8 on the Break	30	Arturo (DH, SE, RY)	Rahsaan (DH, BL, SE, ZA)	Ryder (AB, RY)
7/07	Capital Carnage	34	CB (BX)	Will (BX)	Contra (RU)
7/09	University Pinball	28	Arturo (DH)	Dr. Chaos (KE)	Nerdjosh (SG)
7/09	Planet Zero	15	FourWude (AK)	Crow (RY)	Jermaine (AK)
7/10	TRF Ranbat	27	Hanamaruki (SG)	Maho Shojo Zangitan (ZA)	Beruberujin (BX)
7/10	Sannomiya SANX		Papaya Natto (SG)	Araki (ZA)	Debusenda (CH)
7/10	GGS Sydney	10	dk (EH)	Afterdeath (ZA)	Sahn (SG)
7/11	AIAB Tucson	16	Dan Lite (BX)	Scott Bender (SK)	Niko Liristis
7/11	Chinatown Fair	10t	Zohta (ZA) Lincoln (AK)	Auto-Demon (AK) Chino (DI)	Mariodood (DI) Shinto (BX)
7/11	Color World	10t	WTR (BX) Chouno Tatsuhiro (AK)	Hamah (SG) Kabocha (RY)	Rambo (CL) MAX Cafe (GU)
7/11	Geo Park KMT	8	DI	RY	CL
7/11	Milan Ranbat	16	RushingMonkey (VI, CH)	Coden (SG)	Cloud (AK)
7/11	Tennessee Ranbat		300Lb Eugene (FE)	Cale (EH)	Grand Viper (DI)
7/11	SOVA		Ryry	Joe E	Gummowned
7/11	Gaolla		Momochi (AK) Kindevu (RU)	Chari (BL) Koji (ZA)
7/11	KC MaxOut		Rex (BX)	JJJ (ZA, BL)	Clint Corman (DI)
7/11	RockinRollaS CA		BlackPyro	The Neck	WTFJ "Jerome"
7/11	Dueling Ground SC		SGX	Dwaine	Paul Mcsteezy
7/11	Paradise Hills CA	64	ShadyK (RY)	Somuchdamage (SG)	Dae (CH)
7/11	Paradise 5on	9t	Tommy (DI) Andrew V (BL) Ghengis (RY) ShadyK (AK) Viscant (DA)	Ronstoppable (BX) MOVAL (BL) Tatsu (CL) Fuson (GU) Somuchdamage (SG)	T.G. Cid (GU) KSexy (EH) unprotectedSEX (RU) NeRemixed (AK) AlexMan (VI)
7/11	Atlanta Revival	33	Clint (SG, DH)	Raph (ZA)	Wingzero (RY)
7/11	Arcade Legends OH	29	Derrick Legend (RU)	Lanryu513	Geon
7/11	Wallcade MA	39	Arturo	Nestor	Wall
7/11	D'Avino's SC	27	U-Volt (BX)	SimpleKiss (RY)	Boo (RY)
7/11	GGS Sydney	7	Humanbomb	Afterdeath	Colin
7/11	Southwest Regionals		Jan (ZA)	Adeel (AK)	Crow (SG)
7/12	Playland F1R		Elrollo (DI)	Nassa (EH)	Shimatsuya (AK)
7/12	Club Sega Shinjuku		Nyanshi (RY) Misse (AK) Bonchan (SG)	Kyabetsu (VI) Shiro (AB) Ojisan (SG)	Death Metabo Beah Kirisuto
7/12	New Orleans Ranbat	22	Vegita-x (ZA)	Jacoob (DI)	Kenmasterx (GK, DI, KE)
7/12	Michigan Ranbat	23	Perfect Legend	Alucard	Dray
7/12	PC Arena CA	31	Sanchez (DI)	Sin (RU)	Vicious (RU)
7/12	Couch Warriors	58	ToXY (AK, DH)	Will (RY)	Wei (BX, DI)
7/12	Scotland Ranbat		Roukanken (CH)	Terry L (BL)	Affro (DH, BX)
7/12	NW UK Ranbat	41	Infexious (SG)	wywywywy (RU)	MikuruBeam (BL)
7/12	Mu Chiba Prelim	32	Ochinchin (VI)	Haneyama (CH)
7/12	Dramatic Battle LDN		IMX (ZA)	The Prince (SG)	F-Word (RU)
7/14	8 on the Break		Dr.Chaos (KE, SK)	Demon Hyo (BL, CH, RO)	Henry Cen (EH, BX, DH)
7/14	Bisonopolis NY		LI Joe (SG, GE)	Lavaheart (AK)	Scrubmasta_k (DI, SG)
7/14	Caribbean Annual Guadeloupe		TarMa971 (BX)	Cydvis (ZA)	100scrupuls (AB)
7/17	TRF Ranbat	33	Haneyama (CH)	Itabashi Zangief (ZA)	Arafoshin (EH)
7/18	Access Zero TX	21	Adeel (AK)	Crow (SG)	Surf n Destroy (DI)
7/18	Leisure Chiba Prelim	16	BX	Popopo (RU)
7/18	Frankfurt		MuriMajin (AB)	SamsonK (BX, CH)	Tsunami (DI, EH)
7/18	Uppsala Ranbat	6	JT (EH)	Wille (BL)	Pedram (GU)
7/19	TRF 2on	8t	Kirisuto (RU) Maho Shojo Zangitan (ZA)	GU, KE
7/19	Evolution 2009	1040	Daigo (RY)	Justin Wong (RU, AB, BX)	Edma (AK)
7/19	Felicidad Chiba Prelim	21	FZ (VI)	AC Revenger (AB)	Daimaoh Keisuke
7/19	OzHadou Nationals	86	Humanbomb (VI, AK)	ToXY (SG)	Aesop83 (CH)
7/19	GO Kurume		Misse (AK)	Kuromajutsushi (SG)	BL, SG
7/19	Evo South America		Binop (SG)	Ken Returns (BX, ZA)	Alexis (DH, RY), Fabio (SG)
7/19	MAC Himeji Random 3on3		Paradise Ginga Man (BX) Kinpatsu (BL) Jade (BX)	RY White (BX)
7/20	Chigasaki Fantasia	7	Kuma (DI)	Kitarou (BL)	VIs (VI)
7/20	A-cho	20t	Pied (SG) Kindevu (RU)	Inbe (AK) Kuronuko (CH)	Nike (RU) CY (SG)
7/21	8 on the Break	16	Rahsaan (DH, SE, DI)	Elias Cyborg Cop (DH, SG)	Frantastic (SG, RU)
7/23	University Pinball		Dr. Chaos (KE, RY, AK)	Demon Hyo (CH, BL)	Damian (DI)
7/23	Planet Zero	14	FourWude (AK)	134 (ZA)	Kensou (VI)
7/24	TRF Ranbat	30	Kirisuto (RU)	Pe (RU)	Air (RY)
7/24	Play n Trade NY		Jason Chan	Gill	Kyle Keller
7/24	Sunnyvale CA	64	Ricky Ortiz (RU)	Jack Steve (RY)	Scunsion
7/24	Sunnyvale 2on		Filipino Champ Hiro	Thrust Illiterate	Haunts Allan
7/24	Sannomiya SANX		Ikari no K (BX)	Ushi-oni (BX)	Kaiou (ZA)
7/25	Taito Fukuoka	56	Kuromajutsushi (SG)	Mago (SG)	Yazu (GU)
7/25	Taito Station 2on	11t	Kuromajutsushi (SG) M Otome (DH)	Mago (SG) Makoto (CL)
7/25	Shirone Chance Random 2on	9t	Hamah (SG) Wata R (BX)	Tapu Konekuri Taro	Ie Pichon
7/25	NASA Nagano	12t	Fukunaga A (ZA) Fukunaga B (RY)	Toshizo (EH) Punie (AB)	AB, CH
7/25	Club Sega Hamamatsu		3110 (RU)
7/25	Funky Fighter TN	40	Clint (SG)	Lil Majin (ZA)	Wing Zero (RY)
7/25	Bar Fight NY		Arturo	Mariodood	Andre
7/25	Final Round Arcade		Joe (RY, BX, RU)	Alex Navarro (BL, RU, CH)	Manny (ZA)
7/25	Final Round 2on		Big5 (RY) Alex Navarro (CH)	Manny (ZA) Arsenio (DI)	Crespo (EL) Joe (RY)
7/25	Aerial Rave MO	28	Shekieb (ZA)	Rex0r (BX, BL)	AKS (RY, CH, SG)
7/25	SOVA Ranbat		Ryry (DH, SG, AK)	Throw Joe (RY)	Ariez (GK, GE)
7/25	Ace Chiba Prelim	22	Clover (BX)	Curry Mama (EH)
7/25	Fight Club		Samson (BX)	Sh1nd	Espi
7/25	Michigan Ranbat	21	Checkmate	Wolfkrone	Alucard
7/25	Cincinnati		Chris	Mad Possum	David
7/25	Digital Mayhem CT		Weak Sauc3 (SG)	BRN (SG)	ShadyJ (SG)
7/25	Ranbat 7 NY		Aulord (CA)	Mariodood (DI, ZA)	CapMaster (SG, RY)
7/25	Polos Asaka	7	AK	RY	VI
7/26	Nagoya Street Battle 8	42t	Kindevu (RU) RF (SG) Maakun (SG)	CYGNUS (SG) Nike (RU) Hisho (SG)	VI, DI, AK AK, AK, AK
7/26	Natural Selection PA	15	Jug	Nam	TJ
7/26	Battlefield Arcadia	42	Sanford (GK)	LI Joe (SG)	Chris Hu (RY)
7/26	Brokenness IL	25	Douglas	Kevin G	Jmoney
7/26	BuckNazty's Barbershop		Arturo (SE, RY)	Fatty Tabs (BX)	Kyori (CL)
7/26	TRF 2on		Mizoteru (BL) Hanamaruki (SG)	Yuru (RY) Kirisuto (RU)
7/26	Moscow	16	Random F (RY, SG)	Gop-Stop (EH, BL, RY)	Nicola (RY)
7/28	Mikado Impromptu		BL	ZA	AK
7/30	University Pinball	16	Skyet (EH)	Dr. Chaos (RY, KE)	Demon Hyo (SE, BL, CH, CA)
7/30	Planet Zero	14	FourWude	134	Jermaine
7/31	TRF Ranbat	25	Itabashi Zangief (ZA)	Akimo (EH)	Beruberujin (BX)
7/31	Guam	16	Dale Cipriano (BL)	Gonzo Guzman (BX, DI)	Ricky Jones Auayan (VI, RY)
7/31	Box Hill	31	Aesop (CH)	William (RY)	Naruga (RY)
7/31	Howie's Game Shack		Mike Ross (EH)	Viscant	Mooyang (SG)

August

Date	Location	#	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
8/01	Game41	20	Namakemono (RY)	Sai (RU)	Dapanpi (SG)
8/01	Milan Ranbat	22	Coden (SG)	LEVA (RY, SG)	BlackHole (RY)
8/01	Sega Akita		Karashi (RY)	ARL (RU)	Shira-ume (CL)
8/01	Naganuma Chiba Prelim		Honma Desu (AB)	Kairyo Ashura Buster (ZA)
8/01	Isesaki Leisure Land		EH	RY
8/01	Game Galaxy		300 Lb Eugene (FE)	Patrick (RU)	Mekkanic (CH)
8/01	California		Alex Valle (RY) Mike Watson (SG) Ken I (RU)	Combofiend (VI) Dash (BL) SIN (RU)	Mike Ross (ZA) Keno (BX) Jack (SG)
8/01	POWNZ Ontario	46	SpiralGuy (SG)	C-Royd (BX)	Mosh (SG)
8/01	Let's Play TX		Luiz	Sir Arthur	Alvaro
8/01	Amipala Okayama	15t	GU, BX	SG, BL
8/01	Namco Imabari	16	EL	DH
8/01	Arcade Altercation OH	32	Josh Ballard	IronZangief	Carlo
8/01	Funplex TX	14	Jan (ZA, AB)	Knuckles (CL)	Winchester (SG)
8/01	A la Mode	8t	Takacchan (RY, ZA)	OH (EL) BON (BL)
8/01	Soul Tournament Fighter	32	Kenpachi (RY)	Oldsk00I (BX)	Ferdi (EL)
8/01	Willvolution		FlashMetroid (VI)	Lexy (RY, DI, AB)	ssj2jeff (BX)
8/01	Kumagaya Magician Random 2on		Misa (SG) Teima (AB)	BL, AK
8/02	Console Warzone NJ	12	Mike Infinite (BX)	Chemist for Hire (DI)	Mario (BL)
8/02	South East Battles	98	Cajunstrike	JTO	SSJ GeorgeBush
8/02	Get Down IA	27	Grog (EH, DH)	Brian (RY, GU, CL)	Vong (SG)
8/02	New Orleans Ranbat	33	Vegita-x (ZA)	Jakob (DI)	AceKombat (RY, SG, DI)
8/02	NVGA SuperCon	30	JTO	kdz	ivylicious
8/02	Scion MD	54	Arturo	Steve H.	Eric Kim
8/02	Retro Level 4		Kenpachi (SG)	nstalkie (DI)
8/02	Asia Breeze	28	Tox (RY)	Zod (AK, RY, DI)	Kepka (ZA)
8/02	Nakano TRF		KI (SG)	Chakku (RU)	KEENG (AK)
8/03	Hero Random 2on		Radiowave (SG) Yocchan (BX)	Raiha (ZA) Ashan (KE)
8/04	8 on the Break	26	Rahsaan	Skyet	Andre
8/06	University Pinball	15	Demon Hyo (SE, CH, BL)	Skyet (EH, DI)	kl (FE, DI)
8/07	Godsgarden Ladies	13	Choco (BL)	Pochi (SG)	RU, CH
8/07	Godsgarden	16*	Mago (SG)	Uryo (VI)	Daigo (RY)
8/07	Preppy's Seattle	48	RowTron (DH)	Jason Cole (BX, DI)	Red_venom (VI)
8/07	Sannomiya SANX	8	Cat-K @ Arai (CL)	dath (VI)	Tapioca Sensei (AK)
8/08	A-cho 2on	13t	ShiroItachi (AK) RF (SG)	Noriyasu (AK) Koji (ZA)	Etro (SG) Chiba (KE)
8/08	Rome Ranbat		Sean (VI)	Shirl (AK)	Jabba (SG)
8/08	Chariot Goi Chiba Prelim	20	Tsukami (CH)	Tango (GU)	AK, VI
8/08	Chiba Saikyo	16q	Fudo (RY)	FZ (VI)	Akua (SG)
8/08	ACTivegamerS	25	Alex Valle (RY)	Hugo101 (DI)	onlinetony213 (KE, SE)
8/08	SOVA Ranbat	17	Ryry	Throw Joe	Foomy
8/08	Bar Fight NYC	21	Cityofbrass (EH, SK, SE)	Shinto (BX)	Aulord (CA)
8/08	Orlando	51	GoogleMyName (BX, RY)	Jo Gray (BX, RU)	Richel Hernandez (SG)
8/08	GO Kurume		Furutate (CH)
8/08	GO 2on		Black Mamba (BL) Yazu (GU)
8/08	Couch Warriors	58	YJ (ZA)	Exis (BL, ZA)	Wei (BX)
8/08	Battlefield Arcadia		Andre (DI)	Flash Metroid (VI)	Rahsaan
8/08	Arcade in a Box AZ	21	Juicebox (AB)	Danimitsu (BX, SG, AK)	Mr. SNK (EH)
8/08	Fight to the Finish	31	ComboFiend	Sin	Viscant
8/08	Arcade Legends	22	Derrick Legend (RY, RU)	Geon (EH)	Digital717
8/08	Zheng Yang		BeiBei (AK)	Little Boy (SG)	SG, BX
8/08	Dramatic Battle NI	30	Simon Lau (BL)	The Witch (VI)
8/08	Playland F1R	30	Suropu (SG)	Bagon (SG)	VI, CH
8/09	Castle Fight Night	29	LI Joe (SG, VI)	Damdai (VI, ZA)	Grancalc (BX)
8/09	T10 Toronto	64	Arturo (DH, SE)	JSMaster	Temujin (ZA)
8/09	Michigan Ranbat	12	Wolfkrone	AaronS	STD
8/09	Dramatic Battle Birmingham		Ryan Hart	The Genius	Tu
8/11	8 on the Break 2on	13t	Rahsaan (DH) Andre (DI)	One (CA) Peter (ZA)	Elias Whitney (DH) Mr. Quotes (AK)
8/12	Bisonopolis NY		LI Joe	Capcoms Hero	Gill
8/12	Box Hill	24	ToXY (AK, SG)	Naruga	Hadouuken
8/13	Big Box Takadanobaba 5on5 Shiozawa Cup	24t	Nyanshi (RY) Misse (AK) Iyo (DH) Bonchan (SG) Daigo (RY)	Maho Shojo Zangitan FAX Gimoto (BL) Darui (DH) Yuru (RY) Sakamoto Shosa (SG)	Fudo (RY) Itabashi Zangief (ZA) Strike (KE) Yoru no Teramachi (SG) Koedo (SG)
8/13	PZ Random Select	19	Adeel	Raph Stryker	Surf n Destroy
8/14	Sydney Chinatown Madness	24	Robsux	Jack	Crazy FreeRider
8/14	Beat Em Up Stockholm		Louie (RU)	Yagami (DH)	Skatan Milla (CH)
8/14	Surra	17t	Behbehani (RY) Iori (SG) Takira (DH)	Rotsu Sai SalimAkuma
8/14	Play n Trade NY		LI Joe	Scrubmasta K	Gill
8/14	Super Battle Opera Tougeki 2009	32qt	Kyabetsu (VI) Gosho (RU)	Iyo (DH) Shiro (AB)	Namameso (EH), Dashio (VI) Mago (SG), Nemo (CH)

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Gods Garden Entrants

* The GODSGARDEN participants were a mix of invitees selected by internet poll and day-of qualifier winners. Iyo (Dhalsim) and Sako (C.Viper) both received a lot of votes but they were unable to attend. Here's the list of entrants with poll results:

Player	Votes
Daigo (Ryu)	3,174
Nuki (Chun-Li)	1,383
Ojisan Boy (Sagat)	1,353
Tokido (Akuma)	1,206
Mago (Sagat)	1,055
Shiro (Abel)	1,050
Nemo (Chun-Li)	864
Kindevu (Rufus)	648
Akimo (E.Honda)	534
Momochi (Akuma)	405
Uryo (C.Viper)	365
Tetsu (El Fuerte)	310
Kyabetsu (C.Viper)	qual.
Itabashi (Zangief)	qual.
TKD (El Fuerte)	qual.
Gasshuku (C.Viper)	qual.

Shanghai Regionals

Some more videos from the August 8th event in Shanghai. Xiaohai "Little Boy" won KoF98 at SBO '07. Dakou here is a different guy than the well-known KOF player. Ru Yue gave Komoda some lumps over here.

Top 8 Matches:
Jt (Blanka) vs BeiBei (Akuma)
Little Boy (Sagat) vs DaKou (Viper)
RuYue (El Fuerte) vs angle (Boxer)
XYX (Sagat) vs XiaoYe (Sagat)

Top 4 Matches:
BeiBei (Akuma) vs angle (Boxer)
Little Boy (Sagat) vs XiaoYe (Sagat)

Finals:
Little Boy (Sagat) vs BeiBei (Akuma)

Super Battle Opera 7

There are some pictures on the official site over here. (Kyabetsu and Gosho in the first section.) Azrael kindly posted a write-up here.

Winningest Characters

Each character got three points for a 1st place result, two for 2nd and one for 3rd. EDIT: fixed headings.

This Post Character Win Sagat 173 Ryu 133 Boxer 105 Zangief 102 Rufus 90 Blanka 86 Akuma 85 Dictator 66 Dhalsim 57 C.Viper 52 Chun-Li 46 E.Honda 45 Abel 33 Ken 30 Guile 21 Claw 18 El Fuerte 6

12 Months Character Win Sagat 1358 Ryu 878 Boxer 833 Rufus 605 Zangief 598 Dictator 523 Blanka 523 Dhalsim 484 Akuma 453 C.Viper 413 E.Honda 391 Chun-Li 365 Ken 329 Abel 308 Guile 189 Claw 131 El Fuerte 121

This bar graph shows overall winningness per the above table (whole bar) plus winningness as of January 2009 (small part.)

There are some more graphs in the twelve month report.