[USD]

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 or send a PM.


Last week's thread (June 4 - June 10)

FGC Pros on TwitchTV - Easily found out who's streaming.


JUNE 11 - JUNE 17

SPECIAL EVENTS

June 11 Cross Counter Asia will be streaming their recorded broadcast for South East Asia Major 2012 featuring Daigo Umehara and Singapore's best. The results are always known, but if you want to see all the matches from Top 16, watch at Cross Counter Asia's TwitchTV channel.



June 14 is the release day for the Street Fighter X Tekken patch to fix the Rolento Stinger glitch. This patch will be used at CEO 2012.



June 15-17 is Community Effort Orlando 2012, more commonly known as CEO 2012, held in Orlando, Florida. CEO 2012 is the last of the Road to EVO 2012's Pit Stop events, offering a $1000 bonus for SSFIV AE and UMvC3 1st place and $500 for SCV 1st place. CEO 2012 will also be using Keit's Ultimate Payout System (UPS) Ver.2012 employed at UFGT8, meaning about a top 10% payout for each tournament.

BlazBlue Continuum Shift EXTEND
The King of Fighters XIII
Mortal Kombat
Skullgirls
SoulCalibur V
Street Fighter X Tekken
Super Street Fighter II Turbo - TOURNAMENT OF LEGENDS qualifier
Super Street Fighter IV Arcaded Edition Ver.2012
Tekken 6
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

A slightly adjusted version of DIVEKICK (Dive builds slightly less meter, Kung Pao builds slightly more compared to the version available at UFGT8) will also be a CEO.

Last year's was remarkable, with TOKIDO making a storm by winning the MvC3 and SSFIV AE tournaments. While TOKIDO is unable to attend this year's event, Daigo Umehara, Mago, Momochi, ChocoBlanka, GamerBee and Kayane are among the international players joining the event, so expect quite a show, especially in SSFIV AE. Most of the notable names who attended ECT4 will also be at CEO, so expect the same quality, if not higher. With 565 pre-registered entrants and emergency on-site registration still remaining, and a solid spread across the games (as of the second last day of pre-registration: SSFIV AE-250/UMvC3-193/SFXTK-130/KOF XIII-57/MK-43/SCV-48/SG-44/TK6-23/BBCSEX-24) CEO is guaranteed to be one of the largest events of the year.

Team Sp00ky will again be streaming CEO.



Saturday June 16 is Devil's PlayGround, a Vampire Savior singles tournament to be held at CLUB SEGA West in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Since April, there have been multiple qualifiers for the tournament, with the following players having qualified.

Hisashi (Lei-Lei)
Kosho (Bulleta)
KEN (Gallon)
DD (Sasquatch)
Komemaru (Zabel)
Nakanishi (Bishamon)

On June 16 is the final qualifying tournament, with two slots to fill out the 8-player bracket as well as the finals tournament itself. The finals tournament uses GODSGARDEN-style rules: double elimination, best 2 out of the 3 games, with Grand Finals being 3 out of 5. Player names are pulled in a drawing, and in order nominate other players for matches (each player has one refusal).

The tournament will be streamed by Sakamoto. The qualifier is scheduled to start at about 3PM JST (2AM EDT) while the finals tournament starts at 6PM JST (5AM EDT) so if you're a fan of Vampire, be sure to watch.


June 16-19 is DreamHack Summer 2012 in Jönköping, Sweden. While there are multiple tournaments at the event, for games in the MOBA and FPS genres and of course for StarCraft II, June 16-17 is the DreamHack Energizer Fighting Championship, with tournaments for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (singles) and Street Fighter X Tekken (doubles). Both tournaments are capped at 64 players/teams, but the prize money is significant: 20,000 Swedish kronor (SEK, ~2800 USD) for the SFXTK tournament and 50,000 SEK (~7000 USD) for the SSFIV AE tournament.

DreamHack will be streamed by ARMSHOUSE (who also provided coverage at the last DreamHack) and Fighting for Sweden, so the fighting games should have good coverage.



June 17 at CLUB SEGA West in Shinjuku, Tokyo is P4U Unlimted Circus 5on5 in BATTLE ARENA. Persona4 The ULTIMATE in MAYONAKA ARENA is currently the hottest fighting game in arcades, so expect some good competition. One thing of note is that this tournament is actually sponsored by Arcadia Magazine, and will be streamed on Arcadia's Ustream channel. The tournament starts at 1PM JST (UTC +9, 12AM EDT).


CALENDAR

CEO 2012 (Road to EVO) - June 15-17
DreamHack Sumner 2012 (Sweden) - June 15-18 (Fighting games: June 16-17)
Midwest Championships 2012 (Road to EVO) - June 22-24
Ultimate Clash XIII (UK) - July 1

EVO 2012 - July 6-8 | Register for EVO Tournament-only passes are the only ones available. registration closes on June 22.


MONDAY

Salty Battles Weekly #18 | SCV, UMvC3 | 8PM EDT

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


The Late Night Show with Long Island Joe | 9PM EDT - On Thursday this week.

LI Joe's weekly talk show.

http://www.twitch.tv/thisislijoe


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

http://www.twitch.tv/optionselect


UltraChenTV: First Attack & Lv3 Focus | 8PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/ultrachentv


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


Kachitagari TV (JP)| 9PM JST (UTC +9, 8AM EDT)

Bon-chan, Kazunoko and Fuudo's new show, focusing primarily on SSFIV AE ranked matches but branching off into other games as well.

http://www.twitch.tv/topangatv


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

Frieda and Fubarduck's weekly show.

http://www.twitch.tv/frieda0914


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

http://www.twitch.tv/armshouse


The Break Weekly #163 | SSFIV AE, UMvC3 | 8PM EDT

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


WakeUp SRK Live E104 | 6:30PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/keits


UltraChenTV: Tuesday Show Ep. 17 | 8PM PDT (after WakeUp SRK Live)

http://www.twitch.tv/ultrachentv


Box Sessions Live | SG, SSFIV AE, UMvC3 | 8PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/theboxarena


Cross Counter Live #210 | 9PM PDT

http://www.youtube.com/thestreamtv


Ask Dr. Sub-Zero Show #102 | 10PM PDT (After Cross Counter Live)

Ask Dr. Sub-Zero is now part of theStream.tv.

http://www.youtube.com/thestreamtv


WEDNESDAY

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

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


TOPANGA TV #46 (JP) | 9PM JST (UTC +9, 8AM EDT)

http://www.twitch.tv/topangatv


Big Two #31 | SSFIV AE, UMvC3 | 7PM EDT

With some players from the West Coast like Justin, Ricky and F.Champ staying in NY until CEO this weekend, expect this week to be really good. With Sp00ky heading to Florida for CEO, Cen will be streaming this week.

http://www.twitch.tv/goldencen


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

http://www.twitch.tv/vgbootcamp


Wednesday Night Fights Arcade Edition 2012 Season 3.5 | SG, SFXTK, SSFIV AE | 8PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive


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

http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner


THURSDAY

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

http://www.twitch.tv/game_versus


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

http://www.twitch.tv/armshouse


Stream Monster Online Tournament | UMvC3 | 5:30PM PDT

Weekly 16-player online tournament run by FGTV and sponsored by eightarc.

http://www.twitch.tv/fgtvlive


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

http://www.twitch.tv/kombatnetwork


The Breakdown with DJ Huoshen and Unkn0wn | 8PM EDT

http://www.twitch.tv/vgbootcamp


The Late Night Show with Long Island Joe | 10PM EDT

On Thursday this week. The Traveling Circus will be revealing their 2012 clothing line on the show.

http://www.twitch.tv/thisislijoe


The Runback Season 3.5 | KOF XIII, UMvC3 | 8PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive


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

http://www.twitch.tv/srklive


FRIDAY

Game Spot Versus Gundam: Extreme Vs. Full Boost Casuals (JP) | EXVS FB | 7PM JST (UTC +9, 6AM EDT)

Streaming the new version of Extreme Vs.

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


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


Fraud-Free Fridays | SSFIV AE, UMvC3 | 6PM PDT

Streaming live from the FGTV house.

http://www.twitch.tv/fgtvlive
http://www.twitch.tv/fgtvlive2


SUPER Fridays Super Street Fighter II X Ranking Battle | SSFIIX (ST) | 7PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/iebattlegrounds


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

www.twitch.tv/finestko


SATURDAY

SoulCalibur V Singles Tournament #12 | SCV | 6PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle


SUNDAY

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[Sloosha]

Should be another interesting week. Great job as always.

Rebroadcast of the South East Asia Major:
http://www.twitch.tv/crosscounterasia

Salty Battles is also live.

Why is this in community?

[ViewtifulJC]

USD, have I ever told you that I love you? I PM'd you my number, call me, maybe?

[AnFox]

Another weekend of no sleep?

[ViewtifulJC]

Uh...is this topic in the right section? Off-Topic community?

[Sloosha]

Uh...is this topic in the right section? Off-Topic community?

They're hiding us away now. Unruly bunch that we are.

[USD]

They're hiding us away now. Unruly bunch that we are.

And just as I thought everything was fine. Oops. I'll get a mod to move it.

[ViewtifulJC]

I mean, I can understand the community section considering this has become pretty much a hub for GAF FGC, but shouldn't it be with the other video games in Gaming Community, at least?

[theowne]

brb cancelling all my plans for the weekend

[SolarPowered]

Moving this here...

I've been finding lately that for me the stream chat is often more captivating and entertaining than whats happening on the stream itself, and as I've said before nothing makes me laugh these days like a stream chat. I can watch a half hour sitcom and not even chuckle once, but when I see something like "My Neighbor Artaro" immediately after hearing Triforce fail to pronounce Arturo I just lose my shit for a minute straight. I would happily read a book penned by HeySp00ky, but that being said the evil (or as I like to call them, shin stream monsters) who are just purely negative and hateful all the time in a completely serious manner are pretty awful. I think the real problem with stream chats right now is the constant copy/paste stuff, the truly funny stuff is often spontaneous and spur of the moment. Either way, these people cannot be controlled, you either remove the chat completely or you deal with it. No matter what kind of bans or time outs you impose, stream monsters will ALWAYS find a way. I also found this excerpt from a comment on the stream monsters facebook page kinda funny;

I thought the copypasta stuff was side splitting when it started at shadowloo showdown(I seriously shed some tears when the chat became more fun than SFxT). Stream monsters are kinda abusing it now though. Twitch chat is fantastic when the numbers are in the low thousands. Everything goes to hell once the numbers pass 5k or so. There should be an auto fifteen second slow mode at least.

Uh...is this topic in the right section? Off-Topic community?

Man, we get pretty off topic these days. I expect the first page to be full of Brazzers logos or some shit. People spend more time gossiping then they do playing games... unless their is a Mahvel or Street Fighter stream on lolz.

[ismk]

Thanks, USD.

[Anth0ny]

Big Two #31 | SSFIV AE, UMvC3 | 7PM EDT With some players from the West Coast like Justin, Ricky and F.Champ staying in NY until CEO this weekend, expect this week to be really good. http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky

oh shit!

[ViewtifulJC]

I don't know what's going on with the Sonic music

but I like it

[USD]

I mean, I can understand the community section considering this has become pretty much a hub for GAF FGC, but shouldn't it be with the other video games in Gaming Community, at least?

Obviously a mistake lol.

[Fersis]

Big Two is gonna be a killer this week! LETS GO PRETTY RICKY!

[Professor Beef]

This is the most light-hearted Gaborn thread yet!

[WesternHeretic]

Add Mike Ross to that list that is in NYC. I don't know about Combofiend since he doesn't really post on twitter, but probably him too.. well maybe (yea I had to throw the maybe in there.. but don't call me).

[theowne]

Add Mike Ross to that list that is in NYC. I don't know about Combofiend since he doesn't really post on twitter, but probably him too.. well maybe (yea I had to throw the maybe in there.. but don't call me).

We get the point lol

[enzo_gt]

Big Two this week...

[Lazy vs Crazy]

oh shit!

I really hope some killers show up to The Break, and we get to see it defended.

[enzo_gt]

Desk Tackles Avatar Fighting Online.

Desk is godlike.

[jbug617]

Apparently Razer won't send Latif to CEO because they don't think it's worth it.
https://twitter.com/CEOJebailey/stat...73957392777216

[AnFox]

Virtua Fighter 5 FS - Half Wall Throw Guide

[Conceited]

Moving this here... I thought the copypasta stuff was side splitting when it started at shadowloo showdown(I seriously shed some tears when the chat became more fun than SFxT). Stream monsters are kinda abusing it now though. Twitch chat is fantastic when the numbers are in the low thousands. Everything goes to hell once the numbers pass 5k or so. There should be an auto fifteen second slow mode at least.

Oh dude for sure, that shit was absolutely hilarious. It was also incredible when FGC stream monsters managed to invade and occupy an E3 stream where the slow mode went up to 1 hour at one point.

I totally agree that low numbers are better, I find Aquasilks stream at about 300-700 people to be the perfect balance, and that stream never has slow mode.

There is so much to be said on the topic of stream monsters, lots of good and lots of bad, but in the end I'm amazed people waste their 1 comment every 60 seconds to say the exact same sfxt as the last guy.

[Grakl]

Alex Valle @AlexValleSF4 @JWonggg fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/03…

Amazing.

[Imm0rt4l]

Dope.

[Threi]

I feel bad for laughing so hard at the giant trollface spam.

it was just so absurd though

[Tizoc]

Some random SF matches-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJhDf...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNhSH...layer_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vc4r...layer_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEo6X...layer_embedded

[Professor Beef]

I feel bad for laughing so hard at the giant trollface spam. it was just so absurd though

Agreed. Shit came straight out of left field though, so i couldn't help but laugh.

[Busaiku]

Where's Gamerbee staying?
Wonder if he'll be able to make Big Two as well.

[WesternHeretic]

Where's Gamerbee staying? Wonder if he'll be able to make Big Two as well.

He has actually been to next level already. He was there last Friday. He traveled form NY to ECT4 was with Noel Brown so I guess he might be staying with Noel again until CEO.

[TheThunder]

AE at CEO will be ridiculous!!

I really hope they sub the Daigo/Latif match with the classic Daigo vs Alex Valle. FT30 Ryu mirror let's go !!

Also, this Big 2 will be amazing and a really good appetizer to what is to come in Marvel at CEO. East coast should totally get in on that Fanatiq tech and sandbag the hell out of this one then conquer and destroy at ceo.

[BadWolf]

I'm so excited for CEO with Daigo finally making his return but at the same time what chances do you guys think he has?

His performance has been pretty disappointing lately when you look at the Japanese tournaments he has attended and even at the South East Asia Major tournament he came in second losing to Xian (who I don't remember doing much of anything worth mentioning at Canada Cup).

I know he's still got it since he beat Sako in a FT50 and Poongko in a FT10 but I dunno, I'm not very confident he'll do well.

[freenudemacusers]

Yeah, there is so much to be said on the topic of stream monsters, lots of good and lots of bad, but in the end I'm amazed people waste their 1 comment every 60 seconds to say the exact same sfxt as the last guy.

So is this in community now, or just not moved yet? Either way I'm down. only a month til evo ohmahgawd

[theowne]

His performance has been pretty disappointing lately when you look at the Japanese tournaments he has attended and even at the South East Asia Major tournament he came in second losing to Xian (who I don't remember doing much of anything worth mentioning at Canada Cup).

Er, Xian is an extremely strong player. At Canada Cup he had just switched to using Gen, but at this point he's become much more confident with him. Combine this with general character unfamiliarity on the part of Daigo, as well as Daigo throwing away rounds by trying to counterpick with his pocket Guile, and I'm not so sure I'd be dismissing him.

[BadWolf]

Er, Xian is an extremely strong player. At Canada Cup he had just switched to using Gen, but at this point he's become much more confident with him. Combine this with general character unfamiliarity on the part of Daigo, as well as Daigo throwing away rounds by trying to counterpick with his pocket Guile, and I'm not so sure I'd be dismissing him.

Hope you're right, I'm a huge fan of his.

[scytheavatar]

I'm so excited for CEO with Daigo finally making his return but at the same time what chances do you guys think he has? His performance has been pretty disappointing lately when you look at the Japanese tournaments he has attended and even at the South East Asia Major tournament he came in second losing to Xian (who I don't remember doing much of anything worth mentioning at Canada Cup). I know he's still got it since he beat Sako in a FT50 and Poongko in a FT10 but I dunno, I'm not very confident he'll do well.

I wouldn't be surprised to see yet another Rufus vs Rufus GF tbh......... Momochi has been struggling too and Mago frequently chokes. Gamerbee got 3rd place in ECT. Maybe PR Rog will save us from the fate but CEO could very well be the last time tourney organizers think inviting foreigners over is a big deal.

[Toge]

but CEO could very well be the last time tourney organizers think inviting foreigners over is a big deal.

O_o

what?

[Tizoc]

STOP EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING!
PAUSE OR CLOSE ANYTHING YOU'RE WATCHING!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29_AGm3Jka0&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOpvhGQH5Mo&feature=plcp
DARK AWAKE MATCHES ON GAME A-CHO!
GARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

[Kikujiro]

O_o what?

Yeah I don't really know what he means. FR, Shadowloo Showdown were some of the most hyped tourneys thanks to the international players. It's like saying Evo shouldn't care if international players attend or not because their presence is not a big deal.

[Venfayth]

Thanks for the thread and your hard work USD.

Hope you guys caught CCA's southeast asia road to evo tourney yesterday. Top-tier players from SG vs Daigo in casuals before the tourney and then the top 16 were streamed. Lots of close and exciting matches.

[USD]

Sorry it took so long to get the thread moved (I sent a PM to multiple mods, only to find out hours later that you can send PMs to only one person at a time), but we're back home.

Anyway I asked Sakamoto, one of the guys behind the Devil's PlayGround tournament, if there will be a stream for it, and indeed there is. Sakamoto himself will be streaming it here:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sakamotosan

It starts early Saturday morning US time, around 2AM EDT, but if you're a fan of Vampire you should definitely watch.

[Tizoc]

Sorry it took so long to get the thread moved (I sent a PM to multiple mods, only to find out hours later that you can send PMs to only one person at a time), but we're back home. Anyway I asked Sakamoto, one of the guys behind the Devil's PlayGround tournament, if there will be a stream for it, and indeed there is. Sakamoto himself will be streaming it here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sakamotosan It starts early Saturday morning US time, around 2AM EDT, but if you're a fan of Vampire you should definitely watch.

What's that time in GMT?

[Nabs]

Thanks again USD.

[ThatCrazyGuy]

STOP EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING! PAUSE OR CLOSE ANYTHING YOU'RE WATCHING! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29_AGm3Jka0&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOpvhGQH5Mo&feature=plcp DARK AWAKE MATCHES ON GAME A-CHO! GARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

I wish this game came out on US psn (it's on jpn psn I think).

Makes me want a WOW fighting game. Diablo vs Warcraft yo.

[sleepykyo]

O_o what?

Marvel is bigger than SF in the US. Japanese ringers haven't done that well stateside and their appearances are fairly common now.

[SolarPowered]

Oh dude for sure, that shit was absolutely hilarious. It was also incredible when FGC stream monsters managed to invade and occupy an E3 stream where the slow mode went up to 1 hour at one point. I totally agree that low numbers are better, I find Aquasilks stream at about 300-700 people to be the perfect balance, and that stream never has slow mode. There is so much to be said on the topic of stream monsters, lots of good and lots of bad, but in the end I'm amazed people waste their 1 comment every 60 seconds to say the exact same sfxt as the last guy.

Low numbers are good for conversation. You can pick up a lot about BlazBlue and Guilty Gear in St1ckbug streams because of this. Low thousands is better though. Certain games just feel like they are hanging on and need the support and viewership.

I also find all the negativity about stream monsters pretty funny. I've seen several streams on Nico Nico and it's a stream WWW and random Japanese characters. I wonder how different they are from Western stream monsters lol.

Sorry it took so long to get the thread moved (I sent a PM to multiple mods, only to find out hours later that you can send PMs to only one person at a time), but we're back home. Anyway I asked Sakamoto, one of the guys behind the Devil's PlayGround tournament, if there will be a stream for it, and indeed there is. Sakamoto himself will be streaming it here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sakamotosan It starts early Saturday morning US time, around 2AM EDT, but if you're a fan of Vampire you should definitely watch.

[Urban Scholar]

CEO is going to be fire.

[Mistwalker]

Just want to give massive props to USD for always keeping FGC-GAF up to speed on what's going down.

[black_vegeta]

Amazing.

This is so awesome!