Lilith and Jedah

By Takase.

Kawachikko vs. Shanghai?

Komoda vs. Shangai Rematch 043010

Komoda apparently had another showdown with the Shanghai ST players last year. Videos from that day (name starts with "30上海") over here. Thanks to Mixah for the nudge!

2008 photo from this article.

十字火焰 (Shizhi Huoyan, aka Crossfire) and 清水 (Qing Shui) went to SBO '08.

Kusumondo vs. Shanghai Oct 2009

Kusumondo also visited Shanghai the year before that. There are a bunch of videos here.

There's an interview from a visit this year here.
EDIT: Papasi kindly translated it into English link

Versus Casuals 092011

On the Tuesday after SBO, Versus had the usual team battle. Earlier that evening Nuki and Muteki were playing a long set and we snuck in when Mute went to get change. I recorded all of Damdai's matches.

I have a bunch more footage I'd like to post plus maybe talk briefly about some players we met and trickery we learned. Please check back in a bit. Also: buy a shirt!

Okafei vs. Nakano Royal 100611

Gachi-kumite with the SBO champ.

Versus Team Battle 100411

XSPR! Looking good, brother! Also: Yoshio Hawk, Okafei visiting from Kansai

Chun-Li by Akiman

Outstanding.

Ooop Awww!

Today I… played more ST. Check out Jinbe's joint for Vampire results!

Here's a picture of the pre-DCC 5on winners:


Oboro, Kaji, Dara, Chikyu, Shimatsuya

X-Mania 12 Dash Results

Taking advantage of the fact that people were visiting from out of town, Mattsun ran another 3on3 today. Not 100% sure about the 3rd place team.

25 teams
1st Mattsun (Ken), Kikai (Guile), KKY (Dhalsim)
2nd Komoda (Blanka), Kusumondo (E.Honda), Gunze (Zangief)
3rd Numa (Boxer), Muneo (O.Sagat), tomo (Ryu)
4th VIPER (T.Hawk), Toutanki (O.Hawk), Hiroyan (O.Hawk)


Bai Bai Baison!


Komoda, Gunze and Kusumondo fighting the triple Hawk team.


AFO win pose!


Shogatsu vs. Gian casual game.


Next weekend: Vampire Savior!

SBO Results and New Ranks

32 teams
1st Okafei (Fei-Long), Seki (DeeJay), ShootingD (Ryu)
2nd ARG (Claw), Otochun (Chun-Li), Gunze (Zangief)
3rd YuuVega (Dictator), Yoshimura (Dhalsim), Keishin (Chun-Li)
3rd KKY (Dhalsim), Kikai (Guile), Mattsun (Ken)

I didn't take many pictures at the tourney but we happened to run into the winners waiting for the train.

EDIT: more pics


Masashi Sawatari and Riz


Before this match...
ARG: [his rival/student MAO lost so he wants to represent that Chubu Claw]
Mattsun: Your student? I just took him out a minute ago.


Cracking finals.

Guide Book Character Ranking

Per Gian and T.Akiba the list from the Tougeki program.

1) Dhalsim, Claw, Boxer, O.Sagat
2) Chun-Li, DeeJay, Ryu
3) Guile, O.Hawk, Dictator, Honda, Ken, Sagat, Fei-Long
4) T.Hawk, Blanka, Cammy, Zangief

Odds and Ends Friday Plus Royal Video

An old woman with dementia stopped me on the street to tell me about her dead husband. She seemed to be completely oblivious to the fact that I was a foreigner. It's a little hard to put into words, but the experience was profound. Something out of Twilight Zone.

Here are a few random pictures:


Riz at Hey when we just got to town.


Chun-Li slot machine at Super Potato. I scooped up some old Gamest back issues with WW, CE and ST coverage there. *nudges Crayfish*


Shibuya Kaikan used to be an ST hotspot but I wasn't able to find a machine.


Xiaohai best KoF98 player in the world.


Three-fifths of the women's team at the SSF4AE 5on.

I recorded a whole bunch of footage at Mikado tonight featuring Mattsun, Damdai, Shiro, Kusumondo, Riz, Immortal, Murasaki, Pony and other SBO guys. If you like this blog please donate or buy a shirt!

Nakano Royal 091511

Photos below.

Senbon (TH), Toukon (CH), Kita (CH), Nakano Guile, Combat Echizen (RY), YuuVega (DI), Cafe au Lait (KE), Bai (BX), Naoki (BX), Keishin (CH), Suzuki (ZA), San (RY), Oji (RY), MOR (GU), ImmortalBMW (CL), Riz0ne (DI), Damdai (OTH), PECO (OK), Chojin (KE), Takahashi (RY), Kikai (GU), Pyonkichi (ZA), Kawamata (RY), Nakamura (CA), Ootsun (CH), Mayumura (OR), Isaji (CA), ARG (CL)



Tomorrow: SBO Saturday!

Royal Thursday and Versus Videos

At Game Royal in Nakano there's "free play" on Thursdays where 800 yen lets you play all night plus they have a small tourney. Tonight there were 28 people. EDIT: one more pic below

1st YuuVega (Dictator)
2nd Kikai (Guile)
3rd Toukon (Chun-Li) and ARG (Claw)

Takekawa and your humble blog editor just chatted instead of entering.


Shirts (O.Dhalsim) vs. YuuVega (Dictator)


Kurose MC


Takekawa and Toukon

Nishinippori Versus 091311

Check out the photos below. CCL visiting from Belgium. Atomiwa Boy is Aoki Cyclone using Toutanki's color.








Tomorrow: odds and ends Friday!

Mikado Wednesday

On Wednesdays Takadanobaba Mikado has "free play" where 500 yen lets you play all night. There were about 30 players there today.

[Damdai asks Mattsun if they can get a long set in some time. Mattsun says sure maybe on Friday or Sunday before the 3on]

NH2 (to Damdai): You should talk smack, like, "I'm going to crush you."

Mattsun (to NH2): Who won X-Mania this year?

If you like this blog please donate or buy a shirt! Thank you very much to the eight people so far!

Yoshimura, Nuki, Yuu


Kenpachi, Yamazaki93, Ken Bogard, Damdai, Mattsun, Riz0ne


Check back tomorrow for Royal Thursday!

Versus Tuesday

I'm wicked tired I might flesh this post out later. If you like this blog please donate or buy a shirt!

Trickery by Noguchi -- Claw vs. Boxer
When Boxer grabs you:
a) If you guess that he'll walk under tick, hold down-towards during the grab. If he does a medium attack, you'll just barely have a terror charged.

b) If you aren't sure which side he'll go for try to reversal throw.


Wooden markers showing danisen ranks.


Bit creepy on the outside.


NH2: "Hey guys, come take a picture with the boss."
Nikaiten: "I'm not the boss; Nuki is."


Yuu and Riz


NH2 and Nakamu


In the foreground maybe Hiroyan vs. Muteki casuals. Not 100% sure.


Sashishi vs. Shiro. Nuki reeling in pain (Sashishi had a great night.) Gian MC. Nikaiten running things.


Check back tomorrow for Mikado Wednesday!

Favorite Search Queries

These are internet searches that led people to this blog. Note that this isn't necessarily a top site for any given term — who knows how many pages people look through.

Update March 14th, 2012 - New entries in italics.

Got It?

09 Jun, Sat, 15:04:03 Google: ikebukuro uchujin
08 Sep, Sat, 08:44:11 Google: winningest chun li
01 Oct, Mon, 12:56:07 Google: tougekiyosen_toname10.zip
15 Nov, Thu, 13:17:51 Google: takekawa st HONDA
25 Mar, Tue, 21:16:17 Google: pony 120207
01 May, Thu, 22:33:03 Google: "You're on Notice, Randall!"
23 May, Fri, 10:27:08 Google Images: gary busey bad wednesday
21 Aug, Thu, 19:04:45 Google: Taira's Dictator vs some Zangief
23 Oct, Sat, 02:49:07 Google: youtube "his belly jiggle"
02 Dec, Thu, 15:31:38 Google: misspelling of iron
20 Aug, Sat, 18:40:06 Google Images: FuNki-X-MaNia
07 Sep, Wed, 07:00:49 Google: KetsuBat Taikai
08 Sep, Wed, 06:48:13 Yahoo: 110809 yoshimura
19 Apr, Sat, 00:57:10 Google: ken picking up vega's claw
07 Apr, Sat, 06:33:10 Bing.com: sagat 6.7 9.4 4.7

Don't Got It

22 Mar, Thu, 06:08:26 Google: SPDS GraphiCS 4 crack
02 Apr, Mon, 16:23:31 Google: x - little fighters 2
09 May, Wed, 15:38:32 Google: Picture of Tama Gachi
24 Jun, Sun, 12:43:57 Google: incantation danmaku
01 Jul, Sun, 00:55:34 Google: Tsukumo Gou Box
08 Aug, Wed, 12:45:56 Google: fantasias de vegas locomotive
12 Aug, Sun, 08:54:00 Google: 85 Opera Super price
31 Aug, Fri, 06:00:21 Google: Pony League Japan 2006 SUZUKI
02 Sep, Sun, 00:19:21 Google: "SILHOUETTE" "LATIN MAN"
03 Sep, Mon, 01:48:27 Google: Li 2 lilith giger
06 Sep, Thu, 09:31:08 Google: sol badguy is so manly
19 Sep, Wed, 08:28:54 Google: kinnikuman tier list
05 Oct, Fri, 11:48:57 Google: parabolic fighting game
07 Oct, Sun, 13:36:29 Google Images: guilty gear that man
21 Nov, Wed, 06:47:44 Yahoo: yogagu ranking
07 Dec, Fri, 12:31:16 Google Images: UFO Illustrations
10 Dec, Mon, 14:23:42 Google: a basic story on the battle
05 Jan, Sat, 10:00:18 Google: flutter of birds II AVI
06 Jun, Fri, 01:58:51 Google: plus alpha surfboards youtube
29 Aug, Sat, 07:37:42 Google: give me the picture or video of the war in baselan
02 Nov, Mon, 10:06:16 Google Images: pie graph on HAI
13 Sep, Mon, 23:39:05 Google: Attackers x lilith! super ninja link MF
02 May, Mon, 04:38:43 Google Images: tier 4 ups schematics

Killing Arts

09 Jul, Mon, 14:20:38 Google: yoga vanishing
10 Aug, Fri, 17:15:03 Google: kara cancel boxer
20 Dec, Thu, 22:16:44 Google: bump fighters
15 Mar, Sat, 23:45:39 Google: head exploding from fierce punch
26 Aug, Wed, 10:25:30 Google: nun puncher guile
18 Dec, Tue, 23:44:29 Google: yoga crystal magic
29 May, Thu, 03:49:03 Google: womb pump
03 Nov, Sat, 15:21:55 Google: little fighter 2 auto kill moves
08 Feb, Fri, 11:42:32 Google: fighter who tries to throw someone to the ground without hitting them
11 Aug, Mon, 06:41:00 Google: grandmaster kills tiger with kicks
08 Sep, Wed, 13:42:18 Google: canaanja art of killing

Q-Bee Season

09 Jul, Mon, 14:19:53 Google: fina fantasy x illustrasion by osk
01 Jul, Tue, 06:06:39 Google: video aflam niko
16 Aug, Sat, 20:03:27 Google Images: byson -street figther
25 Oct, Sat, 11:43:33 Google: VIDEOS YOU TUBE STRICTER FIGHTER 4 CHU LIN VS BLANKA
10 Nov, Wed, 22:13:51 Google Images: streethfigheter tourtny flyer
05 Jul, Tue, 02:51:37 Google: youtube fase bock josh chokko
12 Nov, Thu, 23:48:38 Google Images: mutrki guile
06 Oct, Thu, 18:09:30 Google: kız takiplar film izle
30 Mar, Mon, 12:01:27 Google Images: street fither hentay chun li

International Players

17 Nov, Sat, 18:38:49 Google: hyper wolfe
22 Oct, Wed, 14:03:41 Google: diagram of 5 axel low boy
26 Jan, Tue, 03:22:05 Yahoo: ２ｃh NO NKI of savior
11 Nov, Thu, 12:57:15 Yahoo Images: street fighter flash metroid girlfriend
23 Nov, Tue, 14:08:14 Google: deezo the demon
02 Feb, Wed, 13:27:13 Google: mike_z_za@hot.com
30 Jul, Sat, 23:36:19 Google: Twisted Jago retirement
27 Aug, Fri, 21:25:16 Yahoo: Dr. Seth Oniku
03 Apr, Sun, 11:16:20 Google: I played Jeron in SSF4 Chunli Bison

Japanese Players

29 Jul, Sun, 22:06:00 Google: doku yoshio
13 Sep, Thu, 11:59:26 Google Images: japanese strong woman
26 Nov, Mon, 06:03:33 Google: ゴトバス
17 Dec, Mon, 04:22:46 Google: 志木KING　ガイル
02 Jan, Wed, 12:32:15 Google: video Danjiri Mania
22 Jul, Tue, 05:12:56 Google Images: Debu vs Debu
29 Jul, Tue, 01:17:51 Google: komoda i love you so match
19 Nov, Thu, 07:21:33 Google: dazzled sashishi
19 Oct, Tue, 10:16:14 Google: Pyonkichi kara effect
19 Jul, Tue, 18:07:12 Google: daigo trains with dhalsim comic
01 Nov, Thu, 14:20:06 Google: ''Animated character cyclone seki''

Not-so Frequently Asked

23 Sep, Sun, 03:51:52 Google: DOES YOGA HELP FIGHTERS
13 Nov, Tue, 20:42:22 Google: O. Sagat mean?
09 Dec, Sun, 10:48:18 Google: xhow to make video games
28 Feb, Thu, 02:17:01 Google: can e. honda throw fireball
03 Mar, Mon, 23:29:23 Google: are there any combos for SF2
30 Sep, Wed, 19:14:22 Google: why doesn't muteki play sf4?
18 Sep, Sat, 02:23:51 Google: who is better at street fight? tokido 77 or kayo police
27 Sep, Mon, 17:26:19 Google: What is it called when fighters do like yoga
28 Oct, Thu, 19:59:52 Google: graph how many people smoked from 2008-2009
31 Oct, Sun, 14:52:24 Google: who did mago use for super turbo?
23 Nov, Tue, 18:14:38 Google: is komoda playing ssf4?
04 Mar, Fri, 23:49:36 Google: "how old is nuki"
24 Jun, Fri, 20:51:03 Google: what is the name of the dhalsim combo book deaths by yoga?
27 Jun, Mon, 15:41:33 Google Images: webmoney jp como q é?
10 Aug, Wed, 17:05:05 Google: nohoho where did you get it
04 Sep, Sun, 10:49:02 Google: nicovideo how?
08 Sep, Thu, 23:15:49 Google Images: how many people like anime charts
03 Oct, Mon, 01:16:51 Google Images: what is kachu kuma

Questionable

11 Jun, Mon, 02:32:57 Google: chun li real life panty fighter
18 Jul, Wed, 12:27:49 Google: "sexy throw" "video game"
26 Jul, Thu, 13:55:05 Google: footsie comic
19 Aug, Sun, 23:16:00 Google: super futa fighters
26 Sep, Wed, 17:19:58 Google: Ashley - Face Down wmv
24 Oct, Wed, 01:16:00 Google: yellow four kita panty
13 Nov, Tue, 13:33:18 Google: Quickstep 07 panty
30 Nov, Fri, 05:03:25 Google: bite mania
15 May, Thu, 02:09:18 Google: olivia throw up
21 Jul, Mon, 18:53:34 Google: chun li belly punched fan art
11 Aug, Mon, 11:53:29 Google: adult label MUTEKI
02 Oct, Thu, 17:31:46 Google: 2on2 woman belly punching
24 Nov, Tue, 22:51:24 Google: donvalve swallows marco
16 Dec, Wed, 05:06:03 Google: tencho.homo.com
18 Feb, Thu, 20:33:55 Yahoo: japanese エロ
11 Mar, Thu, 21:01:43 Yahoo: h.ksexy movie
23 Jul, Fri, 19:51:14 Google Images: Morrigan x lilith yuri
05 Mar, Sat, 18:34:21 Google: sedric x phobos hentai
22 Mar, Tue, 23:43:18 Google Images: lilith armpits
29 Mar, Tue, 08:04:06 Google: GAMES STREET FIGHTER SOTA JOYS
18 Apr, Mon, 02:53:33 Google Images: chika nakamura armpit
22 Oct, Sat, 18:18:13 Google: lacta mania8-x
08 Nov, Tue, 21:28:17 Google Images: cammy thighs so tightly against ryu neck

Greatest Hits

13 Jul, Fri, 00:46:04 Google: younger sister noogie
21 Aug, Tue, 04:39:17 Google: tournament kick boxing vs gorilla
03 Sep, Thu, 18:12:02 Google: metabo mike watson
07 Sep, Fri, 18:11:26 Google Images: right to own a bazooka
27 Jun, Mon, 02:46:32 Google: Jion_Wansu SBO
28 Aug, Sat, 10:50:37 Google: TEROMEGANE

Nishinippori Versus Video 090611

I haven't been making these kind of posts lately but the matches this week were really fantastic so for old time's sake...

Deep thought: if you completely removed Yoga Fire from the game in who's favor would the Sim-Guile match change?





KURO (RY), Jenety (OCH), yaya (SG), VIPER (TH), Yoshio (GU), Choshu (KE), Nia (EH), Gucchi (RY), Kotaka Shoten (GU), Shin (TH), Shinshin (BX), Ootsun (CH), Kawasim (DH), Noguchi (CL), Nuki (CH), Hanashi (FE), Keishin (CH)
vs.
Koemon (FE), Beah* (SG), Kara-age (DI), Aoki Cyclone (ZA), Fujinuma (CH), Hammer (OK), Azalea (GU), Kikai (GU), Tonegawa (CA), Stomach Momio (ZA), Ken Bogard** (OTH), Taro (BL), Numa (BX), Kurahashi (RY), Hiroyan (TH), Sasori (RY), Yoshimura (DH), Shiki (BX)

* tough CVS2 player
** visiting from France

Haitani Interview

This is from the 2010 DCC booklet. Thanks to Brian for picking it up. Haitani won Vampire Savior at SBO. Lately he has one of the best Makotos in both Third Strike and SSF4AE. See also: Index of Multi-game Champs

What got you started playing fighting games regularly?

When I was about six my mom bought me my first game console (SNES) and I got Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting with it. Since then I've played mostly fighting games, so you could say that got me started playing them regularly.

My local friends played RPGs and sports games but at my house it was just fighting games like SF2, Samurai Shodown, Fatal Fury and TMNT plus Mega Man.

What kind of game is Vampire Savior to you?

Since it was the first game I started playing seriously I have the strongest affection for Savior.

Lately I play different games but my fundamentals definitely came from VS. The game meshes well with my own personality and strengths so I was able to get stronger than I imagined I could. *

You have a lot of freedom. Savior is a game where you can readily make use of your own strengths.

Compared to other games Savior has hardly any moves that "you must not use," plus various individual plays are extremely strong so you can find your own way.

For example if we compare an all-rounder well versed in poking, anti-airs and combos with someone who is incredibly good at finding and converting on combo chances, in Savior the latter player will probably have a big advantage.

With this type of game where it's important to break through in one key area each individual can elevate their own play style to fighting strength and challenge people. That's a great thing about this game.

What is your practice routine for fighting games?

Normally I practice special moves and combos. Even after playing for many years input misses and dropped combos never cease. Both can have a huge effect on your win percentage. If you practice Dragon Punches regularly, when you go the arcade and they don't come out you'll definitely know why.

Say you're missing straight down or your motion has unnecessary directions you should be aware of that. I've seen players who regularly screw up bubble trap chances with Aulbath. They should run drills and get in the habit of knowing what kind of joystick they're using.

In addition, when I'm done fighting I try to inspect problem areas and counters when I get home.

When you play a long set with someone what are you looking out for?

For starters I gauge my opponent:

- Spacing, desired spacing.

- Distinct weak points (heavy attacks, moves they can't counter.)

- Go-to plays when they get cornered.

- Are they thinking risk > return or risk < return?

- If a certain play creates risk for them, given the same circumstances will they repeat the play? If so, how many times?

- Do they act on anticipation or rely on experience?

- How quickly do they act (in terms of how quickly the match unfolds?) When the pace exceeds their limit how do they act?

There is a lot more, but that's enough for now.

My own style is to pressure my opponent. Set a quick tempo and prevent them from playing like they normally do.

This is all standard stuff but I focus on it heavily in a long set.

How do you hone your power of concentration for a tournament?

I set my expectations: I go in to the tournament committed to live and die by my own intuition.

Of course one-and-out style is scary and losing is scary, so you're liable to do something out of the ordinary.

For example, if Sasquatch is right next to you with an okiseme chance, based on past experience you'd block low in anticipation of a low chain combo. In a tournament, however, one-and-out style makes you want to avoid a mortal wound from a Big Brunch [command throw] or overhead so you hold up and wind up getting hit by the low chain combo after all.

Do away with that kind of soft-headedness. Whether attacking or defending, believe in your own intuition.

If you wind up getting caught by the Big Brunch, chalk it up to your own abilities that day. Do this to get rid of idle thoughts and get the most satisfaction win or lose.

What do you think about being called one of the 5 Gods [of Fighting Games]?

Well that's just an internet meme so I don't take it seriously but from my perspective there are tons of people who are more skillful than me. When people say that I feel uncomfortable. If people would say "he's pretty strong for his area" that would be fine.

It's not self deprecation or anything like that that's just objectively how I see myself.

* There was a miscommunication with the second question but Haitani's answers were interesting so they printed them both.

Basic Nico Searches

Let me share with you guys my primary method of digging up ST videos these days. It's very simple.

Nico has an English website now. I was able to login there with my nicovideo.jp info I assume it works the other way around. Also: Spanish, German

Once you have an account you're going to search for ST videos by upload date.

http://nicovideo.jp/search/スパIIX

That's a search for the most common ST nickname.



On the sorting pull-down menu you want the ninth item down. That's it. Some good action from Versus this past Tuesday right at the top. Inomata Ototo (the younger Inomata brother) entered a couple things last week w/ his green Hawk. Lots of Double Typhoons.

http://www.nicovideo.jp/search/ヴァンパイアセイヴァー

Vampire Savior. Some footage from last weekend's contest at Mikado up top.

X-Mania XII Results

Lots of great matches on Sunday. Few tough players came from Kansai, unfortunately, but Gunze and Murasaki were looking great.

34 teams
1st Kikai (Guile), KKY (Dhalsim), Mattsun (Ken)

2nd Hakase (Dhalsim), Noguchi (Claw), Tamashima (Boxer)

3rd Numa (Boxer), Keishin (Chun-Li), Hiroyan (O.Hawk)

Art by Kurohachi.
*waves to GB*

X-Mania XII

X-Mania starts at 2pm Sunday at Mikado. Mattsun hasn't announced a live stream yet. It might be here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mikado-00

EDIT: live at that url. Foosuke MC.

I'll update this post if I see anything. Also this weekend there may be national danisen action (i.e. Aniken and ARG fighting YuuVega and Keishin, etc.) Don't miss 40 minutes of Kurahashi vs. Muteki here and here.

Art by Okojo.

Versus Cup #1

Terrific singles event at Versus on Sunday. TIO came to visit from Kyushu, Kusumondo from Kansai. Hakase, AFO, Nuki @ MC, Muteki and Shiki were all there slugging it out.

Check out the archive over here:

Qualifying round.
Played like casuals. The first fifteen people to get four wins in a row went on to the next round. Kusumondo got a bye.

Top sixteen.
Double elimination.

Also, Mattsun uploaded the poster for X-Mania 12. Bit strange.

Yoga Sniper T-Shirts

NOTE: Orders placed between now and September 27th won't be shipped until the end of the month.

As part of Fundraising 2011 I'm pleased to announce that you can now buy your very own Yoga Sniper T-Shirt! White on navy, 100% cotton American Apparel. $25 for US orders, $30 for international. Price includes shipping costs.

Limited quantities for the first batch. If a restock is needed it probably won't happen until later on in the year so act fast. Email me nohoho@gmail.com if you have any questions.

United States

Sizes

X-Small Small Medium Large X-Large XX-Large

International

Sizes

X-Small Small Medium Large X-Large XX-Large

Thanks Ghaleon and Damdai for the photo.

SBO 2011 Team List

Fundraising 2011

If you've found this blog to be amusing and informative over the years, please consider throwing a few ducats towards your more-humble-than-usual blog editor. I know the timing isn't great since a lot of you just spent big bucks to go to Evo but I'm tagging along with the SBO guys and I could use the scratch.

SBO Teams

Here's a list of teams that have qualified so far. Only the European (EDIT: added) and last chance qualifiers remain. Use the Nicovideo Redirector if you don't have an account.

Strong yet-to-qualify players include Tencho Ryu, Nakamura Cammy, Pony Zangief, Yakitori O.Hawk and Nakamu Blanka who I believe got second a few times.

edit 8.19: Added a couple team names and a link to the July 24th video.

Date	Team	Players	Video
4/29	超無敵不死身	Muteki (Guile), Shiki (Boxer), Nuki (Chun-Li)	archive
4/30	ＫＹＹ	Keishin (Chun-Li), Yoshimura (Dhalsim), YuuVega (Dictator)
5/1	ミドリムシ	KKY (Dhalsim), Mattsun (Ken), Kikai (Guile)
5/3	未来予想図	Tamashima (Boxer), Hakase (Dhalsim), Noguchi (Claw)
5/4	南越ビックワン	Hanashi (Fei-Long), Nasusim (Dhalsim), Abebin (E.Honda)
5/5	がんばろうＪＡＰＡＮ	Toukon (Chun-Li), Milky (Dictator), Muneo (O.Sagat)
5/8	Ｓキャラ同盟	Ando (O.Fei-Long), Sagative (O.Sagat), Tatsumaki RYU (O.Ryu)
5/14	最後の使徒	Otochun (Chun-Li), ARG (Claw), Gunze (Zangief)
5/15	チームデゲッシュ！	Makky (Ryu), Masao (Ken), Saito (Zangief)
5/21	初心者です。	Futachan (Ryu), HAS (Fei-Long), Roku (E.Honda)
5/22	TR部隊 TEAM OSD	ShootingD (Ryu), Okafei (Fei-Long), Seki (DeeJay)	one, two, three
5/29	コテツ軍団	Kotetsu (Claw), Suzuki (Dhalsim), Nami (Zangief)
6/4	滅・アキラ！	Prince (Chun-Li), Aniki (Guile), Ito (DeeJay)	link
6/5	ブルートパーズ	VIPER (T.Hawk), Toutanki (O.Hawk), Ootsun (Chun-Li)	one, two, three
6/11	落ちつけハワイアン！	The SuperStar (Boxer), Gotoh (Ryu), Tani (Guile)
6/12	くまモン	Kumadhal (Dhalsim), Chai (Chun-Li), Aiderun (Guile)
6/18	イタリア	AFO (Blanka), Sasori (Ryu), Oonishi (Dictator)
6/19	ゴリラ☆影助のうらぎり	Mushi (Ryu), Gorilla Kagesuke (O.Sagat), Ginaiyohei (Dictator)
6/25	特攻野郎ＡＫＢ	Kusumondo (E.Honda), Yabu (Cammy), Aniken (Ken)
6/25	Team USA	Damdai (O.Hawk), Immortal (Claw), Riz0ne (Dictator)	playlist
6/26	チーズフォンデュＢ・Ｄ	Fukahire Kamen (Zangief), KAIJI (Dhalsim), Katsuo Gocho (Chun-Li)
7/2	ＨｅｙＨｅｙＨｅｙ	Hammer (O.Ken), Hiroyan (T.Hawk), M.B (Boxer)
7/3	真髄継承	Akabla (Blanka), Shiro (Ryu), Kotaka Shoten (Guile)	link
7/9	遠征片道２時間	Yuzuru (DeeJay), Naoki (Boxer), Shu (Ken)
7/10	北の国から	Kiken (Ken), Alabama (Boxer), San (Ryu)
7/16	絶対零度	Tsuji (Boxer), MAO (Claw), Kurahashi (Ryu)
7/17	宇宙の大いなる意思	Yoshio (Guile), Numa (Boxer), baby nine (E.Honda)
7/23	究極Ｖモンキー	Paruni (Dhalsim), MurasakiVega (Dictator), Oreryu (Ryu)
7/24	元千葉勢	Fujinuma (Chun-Li), tomo (Ryu), Gakuzan (Zangief)	link
7/31	白虎隊	yaya (Sagat), Taira (Dictator), Sashishi (Ryu)	1, 2, 3, 4
8/6	Team Europe	elivepro|Ken Bogard (O.Hawk), WDM|CCL (Chun-Li), elivepro|Kenpachi (Ryu)

Elsewhere…

Emperor YuuVega entered the Tuesday contest at Versus. Lots of good matches this week. part one, part two

I added Fuudo to the Multi-game Champs post. As soon as I clean up my notes I'd like to add Justin, Ryan Hart, Xiaohai and maybe Nakanishi.

A Raw Test of Wills

Good luck to all Evo 2011 participants! This is from Andre Agassi's autobiography, Open.

The head of security yells, OK, everyone, it’s showtime!

We walk.

By careful prearrangement, Baghdatis stays three paces ahead as we move toward the light. Suddenly a second light, a blinding ethereal light, is in our faces. A TV camera. A reporter asks Baghdatis how he feels. He says something I can’t hear.

Now the camera is closer to my face and the reporter is asking the same question.

Could be your last match ever, the reporter says. How does that make you feel?

I answer, no idea what I’m saying. But after years of practice I have a sense that I’m saying what he wants me to say, what I’m expected to say. Then I resume walking, on legs that don’t feel like my own.

The temperature rises dramatically as we near the door to the court. The buzzing is now deafening. Baghdatis bursts through first. He knows how much attention my retirement has been getting. He reads the papers. He expects to play the villain tonight. He thinks he’s prepared. I let him go, let him hear the buzzing turn to cheers. I let him think the crowd is cheering for both of us. Then I walk out. Now the cheers triple. Baghdatis turns and realizes the first cheer was for him, but this cheer is mine, all mine, which forces him to revise his expectations and reconsider what’s in store. Without hitting a single ball I’ve caused a major swing in his sense of well-being. A trick of the trade. An old-timer’s trick.

The crowd gets louder as we find our way to our chairs. It’s louder than I thought it would be, louder than I’ve ever heard it in New York. I keep my eyes lowered, let the noise wash over me. They love this moment; they love tennis. I wonder how they would feel if they knew my secret. I stare at the court. Always the most abnormal part of my life, the court is now the only space of normalcy in all this turmoil. The court, where I’ve felt so lonely and exposed, is where I now hope to find refuge from this emotional moment.

I cruise through the first set, winning 6–4. The ball obeys my every command. So does my back. My body feels warm, liquid. Cortisone and adrenaline, working together. I win the second set, 6–4. I see the finish line.

In the third set I start to tire. I lose focus and control. Baghdatis, meanwhile, changes his game plan. He plays with desperation, a more powerful drug than cortisone. He starts to live in the now. He takes risks, and every risk pays off. The ball now disobeys me and conspires with him. It consistently bounces his way, which gives him confidence. I see the confidence shining from his eyes. His initial despair has turned to hope. No, anger. He doesn’t admire me anymore. He hates me, and I hate him, and now we’re sneering and snarling and trying to wrest this thing from each other. The crowd feeds on our anger, shrieking, pounding their feet after every point. They’re not clapping their hands as much as slapping them, and it all sounds primitive and tribal.

He wins the third set, 6–3.

I can do nothing to slow the Baghdatis onslaught. On the contrary, it’s getting worse. He’s twenty-one, after all, just warming up. He’s found his rhythm, his reason for being out here, his right to be here, whereas I’ve burned through my second wind and I’m painfully aware of the clock inside my body. I don’t want a fifth set. I can’t handle a fifth set. My mortality now a factor, I start to take my own risks. I grab a 4–0 lead. I’m up two service breaks, and again the finish line is within sight, within reach. I feel the magnetic force, pulling me.

Then I feel the other force pushing. Baghdatis starts to play his best tennis of the year. He just remembered he’s number eight in the world. He pulls triggers on shots I didn’t know he had in his repertoire. I’ve set a perilously high standard, but now he meets me there, and exceeds me. He breaks me to go 4–1. He holds serve to go 4–2.

Here comes the biggest game of the match. If I win this game, I retake command of this set and reestablish in his mind—and mine—that he was fortunate to get one break back. If I lose, it’s 4–3, and everything resets. Our night will begin again. Though we’ve bludgeoned each other for ten rounds, if I lose this game the fight will start over. We play at a furious pace. He goes for broke, holds nothing back—wins the game.

He’s going to take this set. He’ll die before he loses this set. I know it and he knows it and everyone in this stadium knows it. Twenty minutes ago I was two games from winning and advancing. I’m now on the brink of collapse.

He wins the set, 7–5.

The fifth set begins. I’m serving, shaking, unsure my body can hold out for another ten minutes, facing a kid who seems to be getting younger and stronger with every point. I tell myself, Do not let it end this way. Of all ways, not this way, not giving up a two-set lead. Baghdatis is talking to himself also, urging himself on. We ride a seesaw, a pendulum of high energy points. He makes a mistake. I give it back. He digs in. I dig in deeper. I’m serving at deuce, and we play a frantic point that ends when he hits a backhand drop shot that I wing into the net. I scream at myself. Advantage Baghdatis. The first time I’ve trailed him all night.

Shake it off. Control what you can control, Andre.

I win the next point. Deuce again. Elation.

I give him the next point. Backhand into the net. Advantage Baghdatis. Depression.

He wins the next point also, wins the game, breaks to go up 1–0.

We walk to our chairs. I hear the crowd murmuring the first Agassi eulogies. I take a sip of Gil Water, feeling sorry for myself, feeling old. I look over at Baghdatis, wondering if he’s feeling cocky. Instead he’s asking a trainer to rub his legs. He’s asking for a medical time-out. His left quad is strained. He did that to me on a strained quad?

The crowd uses the lull in the action to chant. Let’s go, Andre! Let’s go, Andre! They start a wave. They hold up signs with my name.

Thanks for the memories, Andre!

This is Andre’s House.

At last Baghdatis is ready to go. His serve. Having just broken me to take the lead in the match, he should have a full head of steam. But instead the lull seems to have disrupted his rhythm. I break him. We’re back on serve.

For the next six games we each hold. Then, knotted at four–all, with me serving, we play a game that seems to last a week, one of the most taxing and unreal games of my career. We grunt like animals, hit like gladiators, his forehand, my backhand. Everyone in the stadium stops breathing. Even the wind stops. Flags go limp against the poles. At 40–30, Baghdatis hits a swift forehand that sweeps me out of position. I barely get there in time to put my racket on it. I sling the ball over the net—screaming in agony—and he hits another scorcher to my backhand. I scurry in the opposite direction—oh, my back!—and reach the ball just in time. But I’ve wrenched my spine. The spinal column is locked up and the nerves inside are keening. Goodbye, cortisone. Baghdatis hits a winner to the open court and as I watch it sail by I know that for the rest of this night my best effort is behind me. Whatever I do from this point on will be limited, compromised, borrowed against my future health and mobility.

I look across the net to see if Baghdatis has noticed my pain, but he’s hobbling. Hobbling? He’s cramping. He falls to the ground, grabbing his legs. He’s in more pain than I. I’ll take a congenital back condition over sudden leg cramps any day. As he writhes on the ground I realize: All I have to do is stay upright, move this goddamned ball around a little while longer, and let his cramps do their work.

I abandon all thought of subtlety and strategy. I say to myself, Fundamentals. When you play someone wounded, it’s about instinct and reaction. This will no longer be tennis, but a raw test of wills. No more jabs, no more feints, no more footwork. Nothing but roundhouses and haymakers.

Back on his feet, Baghdatis too has stopped strategizing, stopped thinking, which makes him more dangerous. I can no longer predict what he’ll do. He’s crazed with pain, and no one can predict crazy, least of all on a tennis court. At deuce, I miss my first serve, then give him a fat, juicy second serve, seventy-something miles an hour, on which he unloads. Winner. Advantage Baghdatis.

Shit. I slump forward. The guy can’t move, but he still crushes my serve?

Now, yet again, I’m one slender, skittish point away from falling behind 4–5, which will set up Baghdatis to serve for the match. I close my eyes. I miss my first serve again. I hit another tentative second serve just to get the point going and somehow he flubs an easy forehand. Deuce again.

When your mind and body teeter on the verge of all-out collapse, one easy point like that feels like a pardon from the governor. And yet, I nearly squander my pardon. I miss my first serve. I make my second and he returns it wide. Another gift. Advantage Agassi.

I’m one point from a commanding 5–4 lead. Baghdatis grimaces, bears down. He won’t yield. He wins the point. Deuce number three.   I promise myself that if I gain the advantage again, I won’t lose it.

By now Baghdatis isn’t merely cramping, he’s a cripple. Awaiting my serve, he’s fully bent over. I can’t believe he’s managing to stay on the court, let alone give me such a game. The guy has as much heart as he has hair. I feel for him, and at the same time tell myself to show him no mercy. I serve, he returns, and in my eagerness to hit to the open court, I hit far wide. Out. A choke. Clearly, a choke. Advantage Baghdatis.

He can’t capitalize, however. On the next point he hits a forehand several feet beyond the baseline. Deuce number four.

We have a long rally, ending when I drive a deep shot to his forehand that he misplays. Advantage Agassi. Again. I promised myself I wouldn’t waste this opportunity if it came around again, and here it is. But Baghdatis won’t let me keep the promise. He quickly wins the next point. Deuce number five.

We play an absurdly long point. Every ball he hits, moaning, catches a piece of the line. Every ball I hit, screaming, somehow clears the net. Forehand, backhand, trick shot, diving shot—then he hits a ball that nicks the baseline and takes a skittish sideways hop. I catch it on the rise and hit it twenty feet over him and the baseline. Advantage Baghdatis.

Stick to basics, Andre. Run him, run him. He’s gimpy, just make him move. I serve, he hits a vanilla return, I send him side to side until he yowls in pain and hits the ball into the net. Deuce number six.

While waiting for my next serve, Baghdatis is leaning on his racket, using it as an old man uses a walking stick. When I miss a first serve, however, he creeps forward, crablike, and with his walking stick he whacks my serve well beyond the reach of my forehand. Advantage Baghdatis.

His fourth break point of this game. I hit a timid first serve, so paltry, so meek, my seven-year-old self would have been ashamed, and yet Baghdatis hits a defensive return. I hit to his forehand. He nets. Deuce number seven.

I make another first serve. He gets a racket on it but can’t get it over the net. Advantage Agassi.

I’m serving again for the game. I recall my twice-broken promise. Here, one last chance. My back, however, is spasming. I can barely turn, let alone toss the ball and hit it 120 miles an hour. I miss my first serve, of course. I want to crush a second serve, be aggressive, but I can’t. Physically I cannot. I tell myself, Three-quarter kick, put the ball above his shoulder, make him go side to side until he pukes blood. Just don’t double-fault.

Easier said than done. The box is shrinking. I watch it gradually diminish in size. Can everyone else see what I’m seeing? The box is now the size of a playing card, so small that I’m not sure this ball would fit if I walked it over there and set it down. I toss the ball, hit an alligator-armed serve. Out. Of course. Double fault. Deuce number eight.

The crowd screams in disbelief.

I manage to make a first serve. Baghdatis hits a workmanlike return. With three-quarters of his court wide open, I punch the ball deep to his backhand, ten feet from him. He scampers toward it, waves his racket limply, can’t get there. Advantage Agassi.

On the twenty-second point of the game, after a brief rally, Baghdatis finally whips a backhand into the net. Game, Agassi.

During the changeover I watch Baghdatis sit. Big mistake. A young man’s mistake. Never sit when cramping. Never tell your body that it’s time to rest, then tell it, Just kidding! Your body is like the federal government. It says, Do anything you like, but when you get caught, don’t lie to me. So he’s not going to be able to serve. He’s not going to be able to get out of that chair.

And then he gets out and holds serve.

What’s keeping this man up?

Oh. Yes. Youth.

At 5–all, we play a stilted game. He makes a mistake, goes for the knockout. I counterpunch and win. I lead, 6–5.

His serve. He goes up 40–15. He’s one point from pushing this match to a tiebreaker.

I fight him to deuce.

Then I win the next point, and now I have match point.

A quick, vicious exchange. He hits a wild forehand, and as it leaves his strings I know it’s out. I know I’ve won this match, and at the same moment I know that I wouldn’t have had energy for one more swing.

I meet Baghdatis at the net, take his hand, which is trembling, and hurry off the court. I don’t dare stop. Must keep moving. I stagger through the tunnel, my bag slung over my left shoulder, feeling as if it’s slung over my right shoulder, because my whole body is twisted. By the time I reach the locker room I’m unable to walk. I’m unable to stand. I’m sinking to the floor. I’m on the ground. Darren and Gil arrive, slip my bag off my shoulder and lift me onto a table. Baghdatis’s people deposit him on the table next to me.

A trainer tells me the doctors are on the way. He turns on the TV above the table. Something to do while you wait, he says.

I try to watch. I hear moans to my left. I turn my head slowly and see Baghdatis on the next table. His team is working on him. They stretch his quad, his hamstring cramps. They stretch his hamstring, his quad cramps. He tries to lie flat, his groin cramps. He curls into a ball and begs them to leave him be. Everyone clears out of the locker room. It’s just the two of us. I turn back to the TV.

Moments later something makes me turn back to Baghdatis. He’s smiling at me. Happy or nervous? Maybe both. I smile back.

I hear my name coming from the TV. I turn my head. Highlights from the match. The first two sets, so misleadingly easy. The third, Baghdatis starting to believe. The fourth, a knife fight. The fifth, the never-ending ninth game. Some of the best tennis I’ve ever played. Some of the best I’ve ever seen. The commentator calls it a classic.

In my peripheral vision I detect slight movement. I turn to see Baghdatis extending his hand. His face says, We did that. I reach out, take his hand, and we remain this way, holding hands, as the TV flickers with scenes of our savage battle.

Pre-DCC 5on5 - All Out War 4

DD posted this wonderful graphic to go with the Savior 5on announcement. The tourney is September 23rd at Club Sega Shinjuku West.

Nagoya Monogatari 2011

Nagoya Stories in Chubu is the second biggest Savior tournament of the year behind the Darkstalkers Combination Cup. Last year's contest was one of the most entertaining fighting game events of 2010 with some great stuff from Sakai, Haitani and Nakanishi.

Warm-up Tourney at Urban Square Osu
Singles
July 16th at 8pm

Nagoya Monogatari 8
3on3
July 17th at 2pm

Live broadcast:
(TBD, but probably one of these:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sakamotosan
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nsbtv
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nsb2
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nsb3)

Here are the posters for 2010 and 2011:



There is plenty of recent footage on Ukio987's, NeoJinbe's and Orecomchan's YouTube accounts. Here's some Sakai beasting for starters.

Time for a Sandwich

There are a couple short interviews with Kareeeeem re: X-Mania Europe here and here. Also he linked to some videos on SRK.

Photography by your humble blog editor. The salt is just there for scale!

ST Live Broadcast Calendar Test

Let's see if this works. If you are planning on running a live broadcast post a comment or email me nohoho at gmail. Vampire Savior

EDIT: I had color coded things to indicate likelihood of streaming (between 'officially announced' (e.g. Ko-hatsu) and 'here and there when the staff feels like it' (e.g. Versus Danisen)) but it's not displaying. I'll work something else out later.

Nakano Royal 070711

Nakamura took first on Thursday. It's been a while since a Cammy player won singles.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/15847424

Super Street Fighter IV AE Tournament Results

Except for a few at the bottom, all of these contests were in arcades. The links in the dates lead to videos. Use the Nicovideo Redirector if you don't have an account.

The Plaza Capcom series was canceled after the earthquake. One of the qualifiers is listed below.

If you wouldn't mind… please try using the sharing buttons in the new widget at the bottom.

If you're feeling bored… try using mouse-over on the old SF4 results posts.

Date	Location	#	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Dec 23	A-Cho		MDR (Rufus)	Hisho (Abel)	Inbe (Guy)
Dec 25	Club Sega	34t	Charisma (Adon) Kyonuma (Juri) Efute (Chun-Li)	Marumegane (Dhalsim) Stereotype (C.Viper) Shibama (El Fuerte)
Dec 25	TDC Cup Random 3on	12t	Guts (Guy) OOOOO (Boxer) Shishi (Akuma)	Kurapan (Blanka) Shima (C.Viper) Sanat (DeeJay)	Ichikyu (Chun-Li) Mofumofu (T.Hawk) HKD (C.Viper)
Jan 2	NSB Ibaraki	10t	Aqua (Ibuki) Dashio (C.Viper) Hitoshi (Boxer)	JACK (Sagat) ? (Fei-Long) Ryochin (Yang)
Jan 8	FFA	15	Combofiend (Guy, Makoto)	Hugo101 (Dictator)	OnlineTony (Seth)
Jan 9	Mie Fight Club	30	Bakuko (C.Viper)	Y24 (Chun-Li)
Jan 10	Tennoji Ace	26	Dictator	Adon
Jan 14	A-Cho	17	MDR (Yun)	Hisho (Sagat)	Otonashi (Claw)
Jan 22	Esaka Navel Random 3on		Chekeji (Guile) Isotope (Claw) Yuu (Yun)	Kimpatsu (Seth) Mayokara (Cammy) 666 (Hakan)
Jan 23	Philly	36	Dr. Chaos (Yang, Ken)	Julian R.	Demon Hyo
Jan 28	A-Cho	20	MDR (Rufus)	-6 (Akuma)	Ikoma (Dictator)
Jan 29	Nagoya Street Battle	53t	MDR (Rufus) Haitani (Makoto) ShiroItachi (Makoto)	Hamamatsu Rufus (Yang) I Hara (Guy) Shizuoka Saikyo (Blanka)
Jan 29	Game Galaxy	22	LolPenguin (Sakura, Ryu)	Negro Justice (Dictator, Cody)	Sara from Alabama (Guile)
Feb 5	Amipala Okayama	16t	Ken, Zangief	Cammy, Adon	Akuma, Sakura
Feb 5	Lin Lin		Yami K66 (Seth)	France-jin (Cody)
Feb 5	Round 1	64	Marn (Yun)	Justin (Yang)	Tatsu (Claw)
Feb 5	Tenjinryusai	33t	Sabohani (C.Viper) Uryo (Sakura) Haitani (Makoto)	Yumemiru Shang Tsung Ningyo (Akuma) Dath (C.Viper) wao (Ken)
Feb 9	Chinatown Fair	40	Sabin (Dhalsim, Rose)	Twisted Jago (Dictator)	Issei (Makoto)
Feb 13	Plaza Capcom Shizuoka		Kindevu (Yun) Momochi (Makoto) Nemo (Yang)	Rikuson (Sagat) Epsilon J (C.Viper) Taison (Boxer)
Feb 27	Nagoya Street Battle	34t	MDR (Yun) Haitani (Makoto) Hisho (Sagat)	Epsilon J (C.Viper) Etro (Ibuki) Rikuson (Sagat)
Mar 1	8 on the Break		KDZ (Abel, Rufus)	Ryder (Abel, Adon)	RnB
Mar 5	A-Cho		Maakun (Yun) RF (Sagat)	Hisho (Sagat) MDR (Yun)
Mar 5	Fujisawa FunFun		Fukanraita (Gen)	Otoko (Dictator)
Mar 5	Lin Lin	20	Keroro (Seth)	Nona (C.Viper)	Kabi (Sagat)
Mar 10	Melbourne	34	Naruga (Cammy, Chun-Li, Yun)	TTC|ToXY (Akuma)	Weezer (Dudley)
Mar 14	Melbourne	40	TTC|ToXY (Akuma)	Somniac (Dictator)	CARNAGE (Cammy)
Mar 17	Galactic Circus	45	TTC|ToXY (Akuma)	TEC|SoL T (Sakura)	Somniac (Dictator)
Mar 19	Color World Niigata Random 3on	6t	Kuzuga (Dictator) Gorigorikun (Sagat) Kabocha (Yun)	Ka (Blanka) Zetton (Guile) Tkm (Ibuki)	Perupoi (Yang) Poyon (Makoto) Jozuniyakemashita (Sakura)
Mar 20	Mie Fight Club		Aki (Abel) Jibi (Blanka) Manji (Sagat)	Jeppa (Rufus) f1q (Akuma) Kurocha (Ken)
Mar 20	University Family Fun		Julian R.	Demon Hyo	Shadow
Mar 24	Melbourne		Carnage (Cammy, Adon, Boxer, Sagat)	TTC|ToXY (Akuma)	Somniac (Dictator)
Mar 26	Chiba		Y (Cammy)	Seungyeon (Blanka)	Tori (El Fuerte)
Mar 31	Melbourne		TTC|ToXY (Akuma)	Somniac (Dictator)	Carnage (Cammy)
Apr 1	Sydney	12t	Monmi, KtotheG	AlexK, Kyokugen	CrazyFreeRider, Genxa
Apr 2	Lin Lin		KIM310 (Akuma) Dede (Makoto)	Guriko (Yun) Yaji (Fei-Long)
Apr 8	A-Cho	17	New Shima-uta (Fei-Long)	Sushiya (T.Hawk)
Apr 8	Neo Arcadia		Kenpachi (Fei-Long)	GXC Kimado (Dictator)	Jago (Guile)
Apr 9	Soyu Game Field		Ryuto (Adon) Gyunyu (E.Honda) KAN (Juri)	Misa (Yun) Tomo (Rufus) Doriru (Dudley)
Apr 10	Yoshimoto		-6 (Akuma) 666 (Yang) Haiteki (Makoto)	Haitani (Makoto) Uryo (C.Viper) Sabohani (C.Viper)
Apr 10	8 on the Break		Dieminion (Guile)	AG_MarlinPie (C.Viper)	KDZ
Apr 13	Next Level	49	Sanford (C.Viper, Sagat)	Chris G. (Yang, Sakura)	Aquasilk (Zangief)
Apr 13	Neo Arcadia	12t	Jagolewahar (Guile) Ryucef (Blanka)	Keitaro (Dhalsim) Daiisuki (Makoto)	Miloud (Yang) Pentarou (Yun)
Apr 16	Mie Fight Club		Yamamoto (Ken)	Joysol (Yang)	Rose
Apr 21	Melbourne		TTC|ToXY (Akuma)	TEC|SoL T (Sakura, Rose, Abel)	Carnage (Cammy)
Apr 22	A-Cho		Parker (Yang)	Shima-uta (Ibuki)
Apr 22	Topanga		Nyanshi (Sagat) Daigo (Yun) Mago (Fei-Long) Bonchan (Sagat) Tokido (Akuma)	Yoshio (Guile) Hanamaruki (Sagat) Shungoku Neurose (Dictator) Ikari Oyaji (Yang) Shiro (Makoto)
Apr 23	Leisure Land Chiba		Shinchan (Boxer)	Kakai (Dhalsim)	Captain America (Rufus)
Apr 23	Color World Niigata	13t	Ka (Blanka) Suzuka (Rufus)	Tapu (Dictator) Poyon (Makoto)
Apr 24	A-Cho		Mayokara (Fei-Long) Taberemasen (Claw) Uryo (C.Viper) Furun (Sakura) 6 (Akuma)	MDR (Yun) Kindevu (Yun) Eita (Akuma) Haitani (Makoto) Dogura (Dictator)
May 4	Nagoya Street Battle		Eita (Akuma) Tobigaochineyo (Yang) Mayokara (Yun)	6 (Akuma) Amiyu (Gen) Noriyasu (Dhalsim)
May 7	Lin Lin	17t	Kusorega (Yun) Dragon (Yang)	Keroro (Seth) Yaji (Makoto)
May 12	Melbourne		TTC|ToXY (Akuma)	Naruga (Yun)	Carnage (Cammy)
May 13	Kawasaki TILT	17t	Gacha Boy (Sagat) Endif (Cammy)
May 15	Philly	27	Dieminion (Guile)	Aquasilk (Zangief)	K Hunter
May 25	Next Level	63	EMP Sanford (Sagat, C.Viper, Ryu)	EMP Dieminion (Guile)	EMP Dragongod (Ibuki)
May 27	Kawasaki TILT		Mojako (Zangief) Refrain (Akuma)
May 28	Chiba		Y (Cammy)	Tottsuan Boy (Abel)	H-R (Ibuki)
Jun 2	Melbourne	33	TEC|SolWalker (Rose, Sakura, Abel, Ryu)	Cypherion X (Ibuki)	Phero (Guy)
Jun 4	Taito Station Sendai	30	Regaros (Sakura) Rifu Chomin (Gen) Asahi Beer (E.Honda)	Kiyumoto Maria (El Fuerte) Furai Shitaishi (Guile) LED Totsugekitai (Zangief)
Jun 4	UFO Hachioji		Yang
Jun 4	Nagoya Street Battle		Momochi (Yun) banbaban (Yun) KOK (Fei-Long)	Sako (Ibuki) Rikuson (Sagat) Ryan Hart (Yun)	a.k.a. jojo (Dictator) Y24 (Chun-Li) missi (Dudley)
Jun 5	TDC		D Ball (Guile)	Torukichi (Zangief)
Jun 5	TDC 2on		Torukichi (Zangief) D Ball (Guile)	Kurapan (Blanka) Kaemaru (Zangief)
Jun 5	Yoshimoto	29t	Koji KOG (T.Hawk) Noriyasu (Dhalsim) utemasuka (Blanka)	Sabohani (C.Viper) Uryo (Sakura) Haitani (Makoto)	Mayokara (Makoto) wao (Oni) 666. (Yang)
Jun 11	UFO Hachioji	10	Ken
Jun 11	Mie Fight Club		Kameyama Zangief (Rufus) Joysol (Yang)	Aragosta (C.Viper) Jusai (Dictator)
Jun 11	Shinjuku Sports Land	24	Nishikin (Blanka)	Nyumondahonda (Dictator)	Hakagi (Blanka)
Jun 12	Shinkurashiki Fantasista		MDR (Yun)	7way (Claw)	Gema (Yang)
Jun 12	CEO		Tokido (Akuma)	Sabin (Rose, Dhalsim)
Jun 12	Revelations		Daigo (Yun)	Mago (Fei-Long)	Hsien Chang (Yun)
Jun 19	Norcal Regionals		Daigo (Yun)	Infiltration (Akuma, Ryu)	Ricky Ortiz (Rufus)
Jun 19	Shinkurashiki Fantasista		MDR (Yun)	E.Honda	Gema (Yang)
Jun 24	A-Cho	32	Otonashi (Claw)	Katsudai (Yun)	New Shima-uta (Yun)
Jun 25	Game Galaxy	53	Mike Weng (Sagat)	Jacob Ford (Yun)	Vicious Shogun (Claw)
Jun 26	Shadowloo Showdown		Poongko (Seth)	Momochi (Yun, Ken)	RF (Sagat)
Jun 26	East Coast Throwdown		Wolfkrone (C.Viper)	Dieminion (Guile)	Lincoln (Ibuki)

SBO 2011 SSF4AE Qs

A little past this season's halfway point, here are the teams that have qualified to go to Tougeki so far.
Fuerte Inochi (El Fuerte) & Darubisshusan (Dhalsim)
Nemo (Yang) & Kyabetsu (C.Viper)
Suropu (Fei-Long) & Aqua (Yang)
Kazunoko (Yun) & Ojisan (Yang)
a.k.a.jojo (Dictator) & Y24 (Chun-Li)
Banbaban (Yun) & KOK (Fei-Long)
Amyu (Gen) & Noriyasu (Dhalsim)
dath (C.Viper) & Ujiki (Claw)
MDR (Yun) & Haitani (Makoto)
Rariken (Sagat) & Tsuna (Juri)
Hachigashirasan (Yun) & Michael-tan (Ken)

Winningest Characters

Three points for first place, two for second and one for third. 19 points for Akuma from ToXY. 16 for Yun from MDR. EDIT: I added the 2nd and 3rd place teams for one of the Yoshimoto tourneys. I'm not going to update this graph, but Oni did get one point!

Graphics

Here are some assorted posters and web banners.