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KVO PV


STREAM

There be two streams of KVO 2012, one for actual KVO and one for KVOxGODS:

KVO: http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner
KVOxGODSGARDEN: http://www.twitch.tv/godsgarden


INFO

KVO THE ULTIMATE BATTLE 2012
KVO THE ULTIMATE BATTLE 2012 is a two-day event to be held May 4-5 at the Athena Nipponbashi game center in Osaka, Japan that will feature Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (3on3), Persona 4 The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena (singles) and Gouketsuji Ichizoku: Matsuri Senzo Kuyou (singles) tournaments. The winners of the UMvC3 3on3, in collaboration with Tougeki, will each earn blue tickets to compete in the UMvC3 singles tournament at Tougeki 2012.

KVOxGODSGARDEN
KVOxGODSGARDEN is a sub-event of KVO 2012 and is, as the name suggests, a collaborative event with GODSGARDEN. To be held at the Maid Café CCOcha, the event is a 8-player semi-invitational with 1 player selected by invite, 4 players by a fan vote, and 3 players by a single-elimination qualifier right before the main tournament. The winner of KVOxGODS earns a GODSGARDEN-sponsored trip to EVO 2012 as well as EVO seeding points.

WORLD BROADCASTING HEROES
World Broadcasting Heroes: Adventures in Ikebukuro - Day One

World Broadcasting Heroes - Episode 1

During their time in Japan, Haunts, fubarduck and Bluerei will be filming World Broadcast Heroes:

In a joint-effort between IPLAYWINNER, Aesonica and ArcadeUFO, we are throwing a show together called “World Broadcasting Heroes” Your look into the Fighting Game Community from the motherland of fighting games - Japan. Hosted by Haunts, Fubarduck and Bluerei, we give all of you a look inside the Japanese fighting game culture and also act as a loose travel guide for those of you looking to visit Tokyo or Osaka. ... We'll be recording and uploading the World Broadcasting Heroes video series on a (mostly) daily basis as we travel around Japan. We will be stopping at various arcades, restaurants and bars in Tokyo and Osaka, and of course broadcasting “KVO The Ultimate Battle” in Osaka. Expect in-depth interviews with various players and prominent members of the community, not to mention our thoughts on various aspects of this trip! Follow @iplaywinner @mardenblake and @fubarduck for all the up-to-date information during our travels!

GAMES

Gouketsuji Ichizoku: Matsuri Senzo Kuyou (1on1)
persona4 The ULTIMATE in MAYONAKA ARENA (1on1)
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (3on3)


PLAYERS

KVO 2012
Check here for entry list.

KVOxGODSGARDEN
Invite
Chou (Winner of KUBODSGARDEN singles tournament in January)

Vote
Sunahebi – 4269 points
OGTY – 3984 points
ABEGEN – 3210 points
G.X – 2759 points

The full entry list for KVOxGODS is no longer available (~67 players). I'll see if I can find it somewhere.

SCHEDULE

All times are PDT (UTC -7). This is three hours behind EDT, 16 hours behind JST, the native time for the event. Note that based on PDT, the event starts on Thursday and continues through Friday morning.

FRIDAY (THURSDAY PDT)

7:30PM~9:00PM Pacific Time: UMVC3 Casual Play

9:00PM~3:00AM Pacific Time: UMVC3 KVO Main Event (3v3)

~3:00AM Pacific Time: IPLAYWINNER Stream Ends

6:00AM~6:30AM Pacific Time: UMVC3 Casual Play

6:30AM~9:00AM Pacific Time: UMVC3 64-man Last Chance Qualifier (1v1)

9:00AM~10:00AM Pacific Time: UMVC3 8-man KVO x Godsgarden Main Event

10:00AM~2:00PM Pacific Time: UMVC3 Casual Play

~2:00PM Pacific Time: Godsgarden Stream Ends

SATURDAY

7:00PM~9:00PM Pacific Time: Gouketsuji 1on1

11:00PM Pacific Time: P4U 1on1

[onemic]

Watching for Persona 4

[LeadProtagonist]

Persona on at 2PM EST? Damn.

[Lhexh]

Kusoru?

[Dahbomb]

Kusoru?

He's not going to be in the KVOxGodsgarden event because he doesn't want to go to EVO but he will be playing as part of an exhibition match.

There have been reports that Chou (the famous Strider player) has been going in on Marvel lately. He's super serious about the game and he is easily top 3 there.

[Chavelo]

Mi cuerpo esta listo. :O

[SolarPowered]

Definitely tuning in for Persona. I want to see how this game is supposed to be played.

[Hazaro]

So, Thrusday PST:
9:00PM~3:00AM Pacific Time: UMVC3 KVO Main Event (3v3)

Then wake up on Friday:
9:00AM~10:00AM Pacific Time: UMVC3 8-man KVO x Godsgarden Main Event

Sounds good. Really looking forward to seeing some new tech and awesome execution. Last Japanese UMVC3 was really fun to watch. Dem Striders.

[ReXXXSoprano]

7:00PM~9:00PM Pacific Time: Gouketsuji 1on1

I was so excited that this game was getting shown some love on a major stage because it's well deserved. That balance update that it received for NESiCA X Live was just what the game needed because before that the game was a broken mess with one character to rule to them all. Rin got a slight nerf in the update and is still top tier but she isn't as Goddesslike as she once was and that was all the game really needed to be competitive. I really hope Atlus is paying attention to this tournament and realize that this game needs to be released on something. The game has been out for 3 years with no port in sight and I hope they get the reception needed to just OK the port so more people can play the game without doing things they shouldn't have to. So I'll be watching this part of the tournament very closely to see how far this game has come.

[zlatko]

Definitely tuning in for Persona. I want to see how this game is supposed to be played.

Plenty of recorded footage of that already you can go look at. Tougeki quals for example.

It's fast and furious. :D

[Lhexh]

He's not going to be in the KVOxGodsgarden event because he doesn't want to go to EVO but he will be playing as part of an exhibition match. There have been reports that Chou (the famous Strider player) has been going in on Marvel lately. He's super serious about the game and he is easily top 3 there.

Wow why the hell would he just show up to final round of all things and run away. I hate shit like this. They probably heckled the hell out of him while he was here. Still its not like he wasnt taunting his ass off during the matches as well.

[Nyoro SF]

Wow why the hell would he just show up to final round of all things and run away. I hate shit like this. They probably heckled the hell out of him while he was here. Still its not like he wasnt taunting his ass off during the matches as well.

He doesn't understand English, so he thought everyone was giving him death threats perhaps.

[~Devil Trigger~]

Foodie!!!

[N4Us]

I was so excited that this game was getting shown some love on a major stage because it's well deserved. That balance update that it received for NESiCA X Live was just what the game needed because before that the game was a broken mess with one character to rule to them all. Rin got a slight nerf in the update and is still top tier but she isn't as Goddesslike as she once was and that was all the game really needed to be competitive. I really hope Atlus is paying attention to this tournament and realize that this game needs to be released on something. The game has been out for 3 years with no port in sight and I hope they get the reception needed to just OK the port so more people can play the game without doing things they shouldn't have to. So I'll be watching this part of the tournament very closely to see how far this game has come.

Agreed, I'd love to see PI5 get some more love, but it kinda came and went since it was released.

[Kadey]

Fubar. ♥

[Dahbomb]

Wow why the hell would he just show up to final round of all things and run away. I hate shit like this. They probably heckled the hell out of him while he was here. Still its not like he wasnt taunting his ass off during the matches as well.

I think it's more personal/study related issues that he isn't going to be at EVO. Even though he won Final Round, he barely made any money due to travel expenses and what not.

Also he isn't the best that Japan has to offer in Marvel.

[ArecxP]

I think it's more personal/study related issues that he isn't going to be at EVO. Even though he won Final Round, he barely made any money due to travel expenses and what not. Also he isn't the best that Japan has to offer in Marvel.

There were no travel expenses. All expenses paid trip for him because he won the final ranbats in japan according to the organizers of final round.

[ReXXXSoprano]

Agreed, I'd love to see PI5 get some more love, but it kinda came and went since it was released.

PI5 just came out too close to SF4 and that killed all it's momentum if it even had any to begin with. The game is faring a whole lot better now in arcades and that's a great thing. Now all Atlus has to is realize that there are other games than Persona and put the whole series together and be done with it.

Capcom had this same option when Sengoku Basara X was randomly at SBO a couple of years ago and they just let that pass and the game was mad hype that year too. It got a balance update for NESiCA X Live a while back too. Game is still all about infinites but it is a whole lot more playable than it used to be.

[Dahbomb]

There were no travel expenses. All expenses paid trip for him because he won the final ranbats in japan according to the organizers of final round.

Then I must have heard wrong because I definitely heard something about financial issues related to competing in the US.

[haunts]

We'll be going live with the stream in a few. Casuals for a bit probably. Still at the venue setting up a few things.

http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner

[CookedChocobo]

We'll be going live with the stream in a few. Casuals for a bit probably. Still at the venue setting up a few things. http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner

Goodie!

[Eight Diagram Bat Fighter]

Hey guys, Episode 2 might be up a little late. We're at the tournament right now and I am editing while we are here at Athena Arcade. We kinda saw this coming, but I just thought I would give you a quick update. Thanks!

[Chavelo]

Casuals up in the stream. Some good casual play going on atm.

[Lazy vs Crazy]

NYC hagars are better than japan hagars, I'll tell you that much.

[Killa Sasa]

Anyone else see that DT XF2 Vergil combo just now ?

[Azure J]

Anyone else see that DT XF2 Vergil combo just now ?

That Vergil was motivated as fuck, holy shit

[Venfayth]

These Vergil combos are crazy.

[SailorDaravon]

Did I miss the casual play? Stream seems to be down right now.

[haunts]

Stream will be back up in a few. Tournament is starting an hour late or so.

[Face it Tiger..]

stream is back.

[Chavelo]

I want sleep. :(

Lord Haunts, please... let me just... get some rest. :(

[Professor Beef]

I want sleep. :( Lord Haunts, please... let me just... get some rest. :(

It's only 9:30!

[KingofSarus]

So... many... _____ofSarus trolls...

[CookedChocobo]

Pahfect with Cap/Vergil/Ironman....Cap/Vergil are too godlike together.

[Infinite]

It's only 9:30!

Its like 12:44 on EC

[A Pretty Panda]

So... many... _____ofSarus trolls...

Really?? Now I have leave the stream chat on.

[TheThunder]

The guy in the blue hawaiian shirt got this under wraps.

[Chavelo]

AND HERE WE GO!

EDIT: NO MAMESPIDER!

[djplaeskool]

I love how Foot-Foot Dive is international

[CookedChocobo]

Mame Spidah's Spidey/Doom raw tag combos..

[sephi22]

Poor Sent

[Chavelo]

Yo, we got Sentijamals up in this bitch.

[Professor Beef]

Japanese commentator hype is the BEST hype.

[WesternHeretic]

Japanese commentator hype is the BEST hype.

Haha yea they are funny as fuck. I only understand like half since my Japanese is terrible, but at least they aren't as bad as ETR. I don't know who dick he is sucking to get put on so much. Even Marn called him out as bull shit on Dr. Sub Zero show, and dude still getting on the mic.

[Azure J]

Japanese commentator hype is the BEST hype.

So true. Meanwhile, I can't root for anchor Vergil. Shit is just soul crushing to deal with. :lol

[WesternHeretic]

So true/ Meanwhile, I can't root for anchor Vergil. Shit is just soul crushing to deal with. :lol

I've been saying Dark Vergil is scarier than Dark Wesker.

[djplaeskool]

Dat Dark Vergil

Nice OCV for mamespider

[Sloosha]

Log Trap time!!!

Kusoru rocking the Broken Tier shirt <3

[KingofSarus]

Vergil...

Japan's Wesker.

[Chavelo]

FINALLY... THE LOG TRAP HAS COME BACK....

TO MARVURRRRRRRLLLLL