For the past four years, Super Turbo players have got together in the spring for a five on five tournament. Results for the last couple years on the blog here: 2007, 2008. For the fifth 5on5 tournament they are adding preliminary contests ("ranking battles") where the winners get points that will be used for seeding at the main event. Ranking battles run March through June and use different formats at different arcades:
Game Newton: Singles
Mikado: 3on3
Game Inn Sakura: 2on2
The main event — the Gian Recital — is scheduled for the third week of July to run in conjunction with the 3rd Strike Cooperation Cup.
Official website is here: http://x-5on5.com/
I'll probably post results and video links as things get underway. Stay tuned.
These following videos are highlights from a TV show where top players visit to duke it out and chat about their game. The complete episodes are here: Third Strike, Street Fighter IV.
3S: Haruna Anno (Akuma) vs. Tokido (Sean)
3S: Haruna Anno (Akuma) vs. KSK (Alex)
SF4: Itabashi Zangief vs. Haruna Anno (Zangief)*
SF4: Tokido (Akuma) vs. Haruna Anno (Zangief)*
SF4: Daigo (Ryu) vs. Itabashi Zangief
* I added a few tl notations on these just for fun.
There are some pictures from the SF4 taping on Haruna's blog here. She took 4th place at a couple of Nakano TRF beginner tourneys, by the way.
The Daigo Umehara fan site was just updated. Looking great.
http://beastdaigo.jp/
There's an incredible collection of videos there including the complete Aniken - Daigo gachi battle (follow the link at the bottom of the ST section.)
Here he is at his first national tourney, Vampire Hunter Gamest Cup 1995. The Anakaris player is one of Foosuke's fellow YSB members.
I used this website to make the headings above.
LOL nice find (Gamers Koshien). It's clear that Tokido was sandbagging, but I wonder if Akuma is his main character for SF4.
ReplyDeleteAnd what's up with those pics of Tokido and KSK standing behind Daigo while holding his arms?
"If Tokido DIDN'T get laid after that..." - Random YouTube comment
It says she wanted to do a Hadouken (uh?) pose with him but he said he couldn't so they helped out. heh
ReplyDeleteHere are a couple of the TRF events Haruna participated in.
Dec 1
Dec 8
My first message sounded like I was trying to imply something about the scene, but actually I was curious because it was so random.
ReplyDeleteAnd considering Daigo's recluse personality (even among Japanese?), it makes sense that he would not want to pose. But I still can't believe that Tokido and KSK knowingly invaded his [precious] personal space, lol.
Does niconico have some sort of "theater" feature? In other words, do they start the clip at a specific time for all queued users?
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering this because there was a pretty long wait for the video to start and also because there are comments flying while I'm watching. Are those users commenting live?
BTW: Your tutorial on niconico might need to be updated. There are some changes and additional steps now.
I'm wondering this because there was a pretty long wait for the video to start
ReplyDeleteIt always behaves oddly when there's a lot of traffic.
and also because there are comments flying while I'm watching. Are those users commenting live?
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Wait what were you saying? Oh live I'm not sure I think you have to refresh the page to see new comments.
BTW: Your tutorial on niconico might need to be updated. There are some changes and additional steps now.
Blerg. Thanks for the heads up!
I was referring to the streams of text super-imposed on the video. I also see a "chat-box" on the right side that appears to match the streaming text. So when the video starts for the "audience," they type in their comments in real-time.
ReplyDeleteI'm probably wrong, but I just found this pic and it kind of represents what I mean, lol. Don't worry about it, though.
Nevermind, those streams are pre-inserted by users. And I think that pic means premium users don't have to wait.
ReplyDeleteTokido's blog.: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tokido/
ReplyDeleteI thought you might be interested since you post links to a lot of players' blogs. From my minimal Japanese, it appears that he briefly talks about his character choices for each game he plays (*newer games only). He also mentions his "graduate thesis." (Google translation)
Is there more information about the Vampire Hunter Gamest Cup?
ReplyDeleteI found a site with the videos but they are all in typical gamest fashion (only characters, no player-names). Is there at least information about the finalists (Pyron and Demitri)?
There's an interview with the winner, Pyron Suzuki, on the dcc site. Used to write for Gamest.
ReplyDeleteAlright, thx for that.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm gonna try to decipher the google-translated text, hahaha.