[USD]

Added a calendar section detailing some of the upcoming events for May. Do not miss next week. A LOT of events coming next week, in Japan, Australia and the US, so be on the look-out.

Didn't work on the event descriptions like I wanted to last week, maybe I'll get around to it this time.


Events are in approximate order of start time. Note that events may be added/removed/updated as more information becomes available. If you have info on upcoming events for the week, or a stream you think should be featured, feel free to make a post below or send a PM.


Last week's thread (April 16-22)


APRIL 23 - 29

SPECIAL EVENTS

The fan vote for KVOxGODSGARDEN is open. Remember every 24 hours your votes are refreshed, so be sure to vote everyday. Click here to vote.


April 28 Tokyo Game Night is bringing you STRIKE.1, a SoulCalibur V event. There will be a double-elimination singles tournament as well as a 10on10 team battle between SC DREAM Team, led by Plasma and Altena, and the Gaming Celebrity Team, led Hameko and Fuudo. There will also be a character creation contest, with viewer participation. The tournament is scheduled to start at 7PM JST (UTC +9, 6AM EDT) and is planned to stream on Ustream and TwitchTV, with an English stream also planned.


MLG is holding the Spring Fighter Arena on April 28 in New York City. The event will feature both Mortal Kombat and SoulCalibur V, with the Top 8 placers from the Winter Championship competing in each game.

The Fighter Arena will be broadcast LIVE online via two streams, beginning Saturday, April 28 at 2:00pm ET. Stream 1 will feature constant gameplay cast by Juicebox Abel, Tom Brady, and Bibulous. SD viewing will be free and HD viewing passes will be available soon for $4.99. The Dr Pepper Ultimate Access stream, hosted by Gootecks, will be free all weekend long and will feature behind-the-scenes coverage, interviews and more.

Be sure to watch this weekend.


April 28-29 in Japan is the first Tougeki 2012 qualifier, Cho Tougeki. Taking place at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan as part of the Nico Nico Cho Kaigi, this special qualifier will feature all six of the arcade titles (no qualifiers for the console games):

April 28
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver.2012
Virtua Fighter5 Final Showdown
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

April 29
Aquapazza
Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited

Though most of the Tougeki games this year are team competitions, all of the qualifiers at Cho Tougeki will be singles tournaments. SSFIV AE (and SSFIV AE only) will have a double-elimination format. The winners of each the respective qualifiers are allowed to choose their teammates, and earn a spot in the finals tournament, skipping the block qualifiers that are usually played.

On April 29 there will also be an SSFIV AE concept match event featuring Fuudo, MDR, Haitani, Mago, Tokido, Kazunoko, Uryo, Momochi, Umehara and Nuki. Unfortunately, the concept matcheswill not be streamed.

Being a part of a Nico Nico event, naturally the stream will be on Nico Live. This event (as well as Tougeki 2012) will be free to watch. You must have a Nico Nico account in order to watch Nico Live streams. Check here to register.


The Road to EVO continues with Civil War 4, April 28-29. The location is Richmond, Virgina, so expect to see some of the less known talent from the South competing. Here's a list of the official tournaments:

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND
The King of Fighters XIII
Mortal Kombat
Skullgirls
SoulCalibur V
Street Fighter X Tekken
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver.2012
Tekken 6
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

The event will be streamed by Team Sp00ky.


CALENDAR

A look at some of the upcoming events for May.

KokuNuki Cup (SFIII:3S 5on5) - May 4
KVO - May 4-5
-KVOxGODSGARDEN (as part of KVO) - May 4
Shadowloo Showdown 2012 - May 4-6
Season's Beatings: Summer Slam (Road to EVO) - May 5-6
Battle at the Capitol (NorCal charity event) - May 5-6
3rd MANIAX Vol.4 - May 13
Virtua Fighter5 Final Showdown Launch Party (featuring Fuudo, Chibita) - May 19
KICHI-GUY vs. GACHI-MUCHI Team Battle (JP SSFIV AE 20on20) - May 19
Toryuken (Canada, Road to EVO) May 19-20
UFGT8 (Road to EVO) - May 25-27

EVO 2012 - July 6-8 | Register for EVO - Register before May and save $20.


MONDAY

LI Joe Show | 9PM EDT

LI Joe's weekly talk show.

http://www.twitch.tv/thisislijoe

Archive (1:28:07)


Option-Select Mixup Monday | SFXTK, SSFIV AE, UMvC3 | 10PM EDT

http://www.twitch.tv/optionselect

Archive (4:35:15)


UltraChenTV: First Attack - Training You On Training Mode | 8PM PDT

No Lv3 Focus this week.

http://www.twitch.tv/ultrachentv

Archive (1:32:51)


TUESDAY

Empire Arcadia TV | 1AM EDT (after the LI Joe Show from Monday)

If you want to hear TriForce GameMaster: Dark Emperor of Arcadia rant on a variety of FGC subjects, check it out. Note that recordings are deleted almost immediately after, so If you don't watch live, you won't be able to watch at all.

http://www.twitch.tv/empire_arcadia_tv


AmalgameTV (JP) | 10PM JST (UTC +9, 9AM EDT)

Frieda and Fubarduck's weekly show.

http://www.twitch.tv/frieda0914

Archive
Part 1 (1:34:31) | Part 2 (43:45)


WinnerStaysOn SSFIV AE (UK) | 7PM BST (UTC +1, 2PM EDT)

http://www.twitch.tv/armshouse

Archive
Part 1 (2:25:28) | Part 2 (1:33:14)


The Break Weekly #156 | SG, UMvC3 | 8PM EDT

http://www.twitch.tv/8wayrun

Archive
Part 1 (1:24:39) | Part 2 (2:53:50)


WakeUp SRK Live E098 - The Hunted | 6:30PM PDT

This week's guest is Ryan Hunter.

http://www.twitch.tv/keits

Archive
Internet problems towards end of broadcast.

Part 1 (1:12:58) | Part 2 (4:20) | Part 3 (4:12) | Part 4 (3:09)


UltraChenTV: Tuchus Tuesdays Ep. 10 - Analyzing Skullgirls at PowerUp | 8PM PDT (after WakeUp SRK Live)

http://www.twitch.tv/ultrachentv

Archive (1:32:51)


Cross Counter Live #205 | 9PM PDT

MrWizard will be on the show with some exclusive announcements.

http://www.youtube.com/thestreamtv

Archive (1:14:08)


WEDNESDAY

Game Spot Versus KOF Casuals (JP) | KOF 1998 UM, KOF 2002 UM | 7PM JST (UTC +9, 6AM EDT)

Primarily streaming 2002 UM, but occasionally 1998 UM or other games in the KOF series.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/versus-live21

Archive
Part 1 (1:17:51) | [url=http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/22112081]Part 2 (1:31:56) | Part 3 (1:43:56)


TOPANGA TV #39(JP) | 8:30PM JST (UTC +9, 7:30AM EDT)

http://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

Archive (2:09:06)


Big Two #24 | SFXTK, SSFIV AE, UMvC3 | 7PM EDT

http://www.own3d.tv/teamspooky

Archive
Part 1 (15:01) | Part 2 (2:00:00) | Part 3 (2:00:03) | Part 4 (33:22)

Bracket
SFXTK (singles) Bracket
SSFIV AE Bracket
UMvC3 Bracket


Wednesday Night Xanbats | SG, SFXTK, UMvC3 | 9PM EDT

http://www.twitch.tv/vgbootcamp

Archive
Part 1 (51:31) | Part 2 (5:17:49)


Wednesday Night Fights Arcade Edition 2012 Season 2.5 | SFXTK, SSFIV AE | 8PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive

Archive
Part 1 (1:21:12) | Part 2 (4:32:50)

Brackets
SFXTK Bracket
SSFIV AE Bracket


Starbase Arcade | SCV, SFXTK, SSFIV AE, UMvC3 | 9PM PDT

This week has a series of FT10 matches planned:

UMvC3: Honzo_gonzo (Task/Doom/Ammy) vs The Rimrattler (Wesker/Task/Strange)
UMvC3: Hagure (Doom/Task/Ammy) vs Karmaa (Trish/Nova/Doom)
SSFIV AE: DemonLos (Balrog) vs Doug (Guy)
SFXTK: HooDaMan (Nina/Heihachi) vs Ramin (Ken/Steve)
SCV: Ceirnian (Viola) vs. KrayzieCD (Maxi)

http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner

Archive
Part 1 (3:43:00) | Part 2 (5:53) | Part 3 (59:17) | Part 4 (46:04)


THURSDAY

Game Spot Versus SFIII:3S Casuals + East-West Battle (JP) | 8:20PM JST (UTC +9, 7:20 EDT)

Streaming from TwitchTV this week.

http://www.twitch.tv/game_versus

Archive
Part 1 (1:25:30) | Part 2 (2:25:41)


WinnerStaysOn UMvC3 (UK) | 7PM BST (UTC +1, 2PM EDT)

http://www.twitch.tv/armshouse

Archive
Part 1 (6:46) | Part 2 (1:18:44) | Part 3 (17:20) | Part 4 (5:56) | Part 5 (2:32:38)


Salty Battles Weekly #11 | SG, SCV, UMvC3 | 7PM EDT

SCV will now be replacing SFXTK.

http://www.twitch.tv/8wayrun

Archive (4:33:08)


Valley Stream Monsters Thursday Night Casuals | MK | 8PM EDT

http://www.twitch.tv/kombatnetwork

Archive
Part 1 (55:48) | Part 2 (17:55) | Part 3 (2:24:53)


The Runback Season 2.5 | KOF XIII, UMvC3 | 8PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive

Archive (4:26:18)

Brackets
KOF XIII Bracket
UMvC3 Bracket


Thursday Night Throwdown | SFXTK, SSFIV AE, UMvC3 | 9PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/srklive

Archive (5:08:51)


FRIDAY

KaoTV! (JP) | 11PM JST (UTC +9, 10AM EDT)

For those who know how to use Nico Live, also join the GODSGARDEN community page on Nico to know when Ura KaoTV! goes live.

http://www.twitch.tv/godsgarden


The Kumate! #3 | KOF XIII | 7PM EDT

The third entry in Akuma Hokoru's KOF tournament series. Sp00ky will be streaming Civil War, so it's unknown whether this will be streamed.


Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown STA Tournament Series 1.3 | VF5 FS | 7PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner


Fraud-Free Fridays | UMvC3 | 6PM PDT

Streaming live from the FGTV house.

http://www.twitch.tv/fgtvlive


GameCenter Biweekly | KOF XIII, SSFIV AE, UMvC3 | 8PM PDT

www.twitch.tv/finestko


Electric Wind God Fridays | TK6 | 8:30PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle


SATURDAY

Game Spot Versus SSFIIX Casuals & 3on3 Tournament (JP) | SSFIIX (ST) | 8:20PM JST (+9 UTC, 7:20 EDT)

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/versus-live21


Team St1ckBuG | BBCSE, G:EX VS, GGXX AC, MBAACC, SG | 12PM EDT

Team St1ckBuG celebrates the release of Skullgirls with tournaments for anime games as well as Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme VS.

http://twitch.tv/st1ckbug


Southtown Arcade Ranbats 4.2: Saturday Night Snapback | SSFIV AE, SFXTK, UMvC3 | 5PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner


SUNDAY

Southtown Arcade Ranbats 4.2: Real Honest Sundays | CvS2, KOF XIII | 1PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner


Ask Dr. Sub-Zero Live! | 3PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/AskDrSubZero

SUPER Sundays Ranking Battle | SSFIIX (S) | 4PM PDT

A new Ranbat series at SUPER Arcade.

http://twitch.tv/iebattlegrounds

[Chavelo]

Just registered for EVO 2012 an hour ago. KOF and UMVC3.

Any official GAF meetups? :D

ONE WEEK LEFT FOR THE EARLY BIRD PRICE ON EVO REGISTRATION, BTW

[StriKeVillain]

Just registered for EVO 2012 an hour ago. KOF and UMVC3. Any official GAF meetups? :D

Ah man - that is awesome. I still haven't gone to an EVO and I'll have to miss this year too. Just got on full-time with a company and won't have vacation days 'til the end of August. :(

Anyway, great work USD. Another great hub for the week. :P

[Sixfortyfive]

Just registered for EVO 2012 an hour ago. KOF and UMVC3. Any official GAF meetups? :D ONE WEEK LEFT FOR THE EARLY BIRD PRICE ON EVO REGISTRATION, BTW

I'll be around, staying at the Imperial Palace across the street. I've already got everything paid for.

[USD]

Added a registration link for EVO in the calendar section. Why not.

Also, don't want to pimp something I posted myself, but check out the comments section of the article, Taitsu wrote a bunch of profiles for some of the players he's familiar with that will be featured at KVOxGODS.

http://shoryuken.com/2012/04/22/kvox...#disqus_thread

[N4Us]

These threads are great, thanks man.

[zlatko]

Just registered for EVO 2012 an hour ago. KOF and UMVC3. Any official GAF meetups? :D ONE WEEK LEFT FOR THE EARLY BIRD PRICE ON EVO REGISTRATION, BTW

You will get bodied in KoF.

Do me a favor. If you see Gootecks there, ask him where he bought those rings he wears. I want some damn it.

[OceanBlue]

KVO, Shadowloo Showdown, and Seasons Beatings all next week? Next week is going to be too amazing. Especially looking forward to Shadowloo Showdown. That should be pretty amazing. I want to see how Xiaohai and Dakou play KOF13.

Also

These threads are great, thanks man.

[Venfayth]

<3 this thread should be called "My Entertainment Weekly" :D

Thanks USD

[Spacebar]

I'll be at Civil War 4 this weekend ready to get bodied. I think everything is played on 360 so I need an adapter for my ps3 mad catz pad. Does anyone know of a good one?

[Professor Beef]

There's gonna be a small tournament at Daicon this saturday for Marvel, SFxT, and SF4, among other games. FinestKO is gonna be streaming it, plus I'll probably be showing up.

Just in case anyone is interested, of course.

[Chavelo]

You will get bodied in KoF.

I need to level up, tho... and fast! Not in it just for the shirt... The local scene got a bunch of new dudes joining in... All from Mexico, too! :P

Will do on asking the question. :D

[USD]

Added a JP SCV tourney called STRIKE.1 to the Special Events section, April 28.

[zlatko]

I need to level up, tho... and fast! Not in it just for the shirt... The local scene got a bunch of new dudes joining in... All from Mexico, too! :P Will do on asking the question. :D

Trick to KoF:

Do whatever Bala is doing. :P

[Infinite]

Another week another thread :)

[Masaki_]

LI Joe's show will be great tonight, make sure ya'll tune in.

[Slamtastic]

Saturday, April 28, 2:00-9:45pm ET
http://majorleaguegaming.com/live

[vulva]

Just registered for EVO 2012 an hour ago. KOF and UMVC3. Any official GAF meetups? :D ONE WEEK LEFT FOR THE EARLY BIRD PRICE ON EVO REGISTRATION, BTW

I signed up last week~ :)

[TheThunder]

Amazing Thread as usual USD

SS and Season's Beatings at the same weekend is gonna be rough, but can't wait, especially to finally see some international AE at SS.

[sixteen-bit]

Gundam EXVS streams? We in there.

[Busaiku]

Amazing Thread as usual USD SS and Season's Beatings at the same weekend is gonna be rough, but can't wait, especially to finally see some international AE at SS.

They're at the opposite ends of the day though.

[USD]

Saturday, April 28, 2:00-9:45pm ET http://majorleaguegaming.com/live

Oh wow, I knew this was coming up, didn't know it was this weekend. I'll add in a bit.

They're at the opposite ends of the day though.

That actually makes it harder in my opinion. If you want to completely watch both, you'll basically have to stay up all day May 5 and 6. By the time one is ending, the other is starting and vice versa.

[Rice-Eater]

Amazing Thread as usual USD SS and Season's Beatings at the same weekend is gonna be rough, but can't wait, especially to finally see some international AE at SS.

They're at the opposite ends of the day though.

Just like Busaiku said, they're not really over lapping each other. All this means is that you should prepare for 72 straight hours of stream monstering. No sleep for FGC-GAF that weekend.

[Huw_Dawson]

Just like Busaiku said, they're not really over lapping each other. All this means is that you should prepare for 72 straight hours of stream monstering. No sleep for FGC-GAF that weekend.

SFxT is sleep time.

[Kadey]

You guys want me to archive EMP streams (or any streams), just give me a heads up on when it's going down. Preferably late into the stream if I'm not already watching it.

[Venfayth]

Oh here's some more info on the spring arena:

http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/new...arena-details/

The Fighter Arena will be broadcast LIVE online via two streams, beginning Saturday, April 28 at 2:00pm ET. Stream 1 will feature constant gameplay cast by Juicebox Abel, Tom Brady, and Bibulous. SD viewing will be free and HD viewing passes will be available soon for $4.99. The Dr Pepper Ultimate Access stream, hosted by Gootecks, will be free all weekend long and will feature behind-the-scenes coverage, interviews and more.

[Fersis]

Wait a minute! Gootecks is #esports now?
Gootecks is back! In pog form!

[jbug617]

Mr.Wizard is going to make announcement on Cross Counter tomorrow concerning EVO. My guess is a Satuday night exhibition or they adding Skullgirls to the lineup.

[Nyoro SF]

Mr.Wizard is going to make announcement on Cross Counter tomorrow concerning EVO. My guess is a Satuday night exhibition or they adding Skullgirls to the lineup.

Yep, I'm interested in seeing this.

[Dahbomb]

Mr.Wizard is going to make announcement on Cross Counter tomorrow concerning EVO. My guess is a Satuday night exhibition or they adding Skullgirls to the lineup.

Gems made legal in SFxTekken.

Marvel to be 3/5 all the way until grand finals which will be 4/7.

Skullgirls put on the roster of EVO games.

[vulva]

skullgirls at evo would mean 7 games..... I don't see that happening.

[TheThunder]

SFxT is sleep time.

I like the way you're thinking.

[Slamtastic]

Mr.Wizard is going to make announcement on Cross Counter tomorrow concerning EVO.

I predict a game being added to the EVO lineup.

[Grecco]

Mr.Wizard is going to make announcement on Cross Counter tomorrow concerning EVO. My guess is a Satuday night exhibition or they adding Skullgirls to the lineup.

SF X T Getting dropped in favor of skullgirls?

[Huw_Dawson]

he Fighter Arena will be broadcast LIVE online via two streams, beginning Saturday, April 28 at 2:00pm ET. Stream 1 will feature constant gameplay cast by Juicebox Abel, Tom Brady,

and Bibulous. SD viewing will be free and HD viewing passes will be available soon for $4.99. The Dr Pepper Ultimate Access stream, hosted by Gootecks, will be free all weekend long and will feature behind-the-scenes coverage, interviews and more.

Apologies for using gifs to display my joy.

[Lazy vs Crazy]

Gems made legal in SFxTekken. Marvel to be 3/5 all the way until grand finals which will be 4/7. Skullgirls put on the roster of EVO games.

These things are too good to be real.

[Fersis]

Maybe a Skullgirls side tourney?
Have they ever changed a lineup after announcing it?

[Sixfortyfive]

skullgirls at evo would mean 7 games..... I don't see that happening.

One of the Cannons implied that SFxTK is being played 2v2 at least partly because of time constraints anyway. So, yeah.

[Oldschoolgamer]

I'm hoping it's a Skullgirls side tourney or something. That game deserves some shine in the big lights.

[Toski]

SF X T Getting dropped in favor of skullgirls?

This would probably be the best thing to happen to SFxT and Skullgirls.

[GotchaForce]

I'll be going to EVO this year. Gonna sign up for KOF13 for my free tshirt/bodying! I mainly just want to be in the room for all the grand finals. I've been stream monstering so long I want the real deal.

[Rice-Eater]

I'll be going to EVO this year. Gonna sign up for KOF13 for my free tshirt/bodying! I mainly just want to be in the room for all the grand finals. I've been stream monstering so long I want the real deal.

If you're more worried about good seats rather than playing on the last day then be prepared to have to be there in the morning and have your seats saved by friends so others don't take it. That's what Gods Beard did last year and he got some pretty good seats. I unfortunately came around 1-2 pm and nearly all the seats had been taken already. I mean that literally as I had to find seats in the final 3-4 rows out of the 30 or so that were there. If the MGM is anything like the RIO, there won't be enough seats to accommodate everybody as hundreds of people watched the finals on there feet or while sitting on the floor. I remember the EVO staff having to constantly tell people to clear the aisle because it was a safety hazard.

Good luck to you guys though. I really wished I could have gone this year, but the dates conflict with my job(I don't get 4th of July week off). I have vacation, but that's a very popular week to take off so I'm much too far down the seniority list to get it. I really wished the EVO staff would just pick a obscure date away from July 4th weekend because if they keep going this route, then I'll never be able to attend EVO as long as I work at my current job.

[Urban Scholar]

Question about the nico nico live, if your a member on the site can you watch it? I need to watch that high level P4U play.

[sixteen-bit]

SF X T Getting dropped in favor of skullgirls?

oh god, wishful thinking, but please

[USD]

Question about the nico nico live, if your a member on the site can you watch it? I need to watch that high level P4U play.

Yes, in fact you must be a member to watch streams on Nico Live. It's much easier to register than it was a few years ago, since there are English instructions now. For anyone who hasn't registered yet:

https://secure.nicovideo.jp/secure/register

[GotchaForce]

If you're more worried about good seats rather than playing on the last day then be prepared to have to be there in the morning and have your seats saved by friends so others don't take it. That's what Gods Beard did last year and he got some pretty good seats. I unfortunately came around 1-2 pm and nearly all the seats had been taken already. I mean that literally as I had to find seats in the final 3-4 rows out of the 30 or so that were there. If the MGM is anything like the RIO, there won't be enough seats to accommodate everybody as hundreds of people watched the finals on there feet or while sitting on the floor. I remember the EVO staff having to constantly tell people to clear the aisle because it was a safety hazard. Good luck to you guys though. I really wished I could have gone this year, but the dates conflict with my job(I don't get 4th of July week off). I have vacation, but that's a very popular week to take off so I'm much too far down the seniority list to get it. I really wished the EVO staff would just pick a obscure date away from July 4th weekend because if they keep going this route, then I'll never be able to attend EVO as long as I work at my current job.

Thanks for the heads up. My friend Rowell (got in top 32 in Marvel 3 last year) has been going a couple years (going with him this year) and told me the same thing. So yeah, I plan on being there urley on Sunday to get good seats.

[Urban Scholar]

Yes, in fact you must be a member to watch streams on Nico Live. It's much easier to register than it was a few years ago, since there are English instructions now. For anyone who hasn't registered yet: https://secure.nicovideo.jp/secure/register

Sweet, I can't wait for that P4U action.

[USD]

Added a reminder about the KVOxGODS vote in the Special Events section. Remember you can vote everyday, so be sure to participate.

[joe2187]

SF X T Getting dropped in favor of skullgirls?

[SolarPowered]

If Skullgirls does make it onto the EVO lineup then Reverge/Autumn are gonna make the most SWAG custom sticks ever.

Gems made legal in SFxTekken. Marvel to be 3/5 all the way until grand finals which will be 4/7. Skullgirls put on the roster of EVO games.

This entire post is insanity.

All of it.