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)