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Fighting Games Weekly | April 1-7 | And after 0-3, he has risen

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enzo_gt

tagged by Blackace
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Week of April the 1st to the 3rd, 2013.

Fighting Games Weekly is the weekly discussion thread for all things fighting games. News, events, streams, videos, players, drama, everything fighting game related.

New to FGC-GAF is the FGC-GAF Index which lists the fighting games GAFers plays as a neat reference with some rough statistics to boot. To add yourself to the index, quote this post and use the survey link below. Please remember to save/bookmark the "Edit your response" link so you can edit your responses if/when you buy a game already on the list or a new game that releases in the future.


Last week's thread.​



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April Duels II [ Saturday ] [ 3PM EDT | 12PM PDT ]
City Of Mayhem - KoFXIII [ Saturday ] [ 7PM EDT | 4PM PDT ]



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UltraChenTV: First Attack & Lv3 Focus [ 11PM EDT | 8PM PDT ]
  • Weekly FGC show dedicated to match analysis, teaching, commentary, news, debates, and more! Hosted by UltraDavid and James Chen.
Ultimate Fight Night [ 9PM EDT | 6PM PDT ]
  • Bi-weekly featuring around 5 exhibition matches in AE, with a main event usually featuring top players.


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Kachitagari TV (JP) [ 9PM JST | 8AM EDT | 5AM PDT ]
  • Bon-chan, Kazunoko and Fuudo's new show, focusing primarily on SSFIV AE ranked matches but is branching off into other games as well.
WinnerStaysOn (UK) [ 7PM BST | 2PM EDT | 11AM PDT ]
  • SSFIV AE and UMvC3 out of the UK, alternating between them every week. [ON HIATUS]
Iron Fist League [ 8PM EDT | 5PM PDT ]
  • TS Sabin a.k.a. Arturo Sanchez and Anakin host an online TTT2 league featuring hand-picked participants. It is in a round robin format and prizes include entry and venue fee coverage for the upcoming Final Round. [ON HIATUS]
The Break Weekly [ 8PM EDT | 5PM PDT ]
  • New Jersey's largest weekly featuring SSFIV AE and UMvC3.
WakeUp SRK Live [ 9:30PM EDT | 6:30 PDT ]
  • Keits and skisonic host the weekly official podcast of Shoryuken.com
The On Blast Show [ 10PM EDT | 7PM PDT ]
  • JamessMK & DarKNaTaS host a raw and uncut weekly talk show discussing events in the FGC with various FGC personalities.
UltraChenTV: Level 3 Focus [ 11PM EDT | 8PM PDT ]
  • Weekly FGC show dedicated to match analysis, teaching, commentary, news, debates, and more! Hosted by UltraDavid and James Chen.
When's Marvel Weekly [ 11PM EDT | 8PM PDT ]
  • FChamp and the FGTV Live crew host weekly Marvel sessions and hijinks.
Cross Counter LIVE [ 12AM EDT (following day) | 9PM PDT ]
  • Cross Counter LIVE returns with the help of VxG. Cross Counter LIVE is a weekly talk show hosted by Gootecks and Mike Ross, who discuss hot button topics in the fighting game community.
The Show That Sucks [ 1AM EDT (following day) | 10PM PDT ]
  • iPlaywinner hosts a weekly talk show featuring alpha stream monsters Harrison and Honzo Gonzo.


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Game Spot Versus KoF Casuals (JP) [ 7PM JST | 6AM EDT | 3AM PDT ]
  • KoF 1998UM, KoF 2002UM and KoF XIII C action from Japan.
TOPANGA TV (JP) [ 9PM JST | 8AM EDT | 5AM PDT ]
  • Description needed.
Next Level Battle Circuit [ 8PM EDT | 4PM PDT ]
  • NYC's biggest weekly at The Next Level Arcade in Brooklyn featuring SSFIV AE, UMvC3 and TTT2. If the Teamsp00ky link is not working, it is likely on the backup stream on Bifuteki's channel.
Melee It On Me [ 9PM EDT | 6PM PDT ]
  • A bi-weekly Smash podcast discussing recent events, news and issues in the Smash community, hosted by Scar, Prog, Cactuar and Sheridan.
Wednesday Night Fights [ 12AM EDT (following day) | 9PM PDT ]
Starbase Arcade [ 12AM EDT | 9PM PDT ]
  • NorCal weekly featuring SSFIV AE and UMvC3. [ON HIATUS]


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Game Spot Versus SFIII:3S Casuals + East-West Battle (JP) [ 8:20PM JST | 7:20AM EDT | 4:20AM PDT ]
  • 3rd Strike action from Japan.
The Breakdown with DJ Huoshen and Unkn0wn [ 8PM EDT | 5PM PDT ]
  • Description needed.
Thursday Night Vampire Savior Ranbats [ 8PM EDT | 5PM PDT ]
  • Arcade Legacy VS streams out of Cincinnati, Ohio, with varying formats every week.
Valley Stream Monsters Thursday Night Casuals [ 8PM EDT | 5PM PDT ]
  • MK9. Description needed.
Stream Monster Online Tournament [ 8:30 EDT | 5:30 PDT ]
  • Weekly 16-player UMvC3 online tournament run by FGTV and sponsored by eightarc.
FNC The Arena [ 10PM EDT | 7PM PDT ]
  • UMvC3 weekly out of Long Island, New York, which sometimes features other games.
Salty Cupcakes [ 10PM EDT | 7PM PDT ]
The Fray [ 10PM EDT | 7PM PDT ]
  • A weekly FGC talk show hosted by iPlaywinner, featuring a varying, ensemble cast of prominent members of the fighting game community.
The Runback Season 4 [ 12AM EDT (following day) | 9PM PDT ]
Thursday Night Throwdown [ 12AM EDT | 9PM PDT ]
  • Description needed.


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Game Spot Versus Gundam: Extreme Vs. Full Boost Casuals (JP) [ 7PM JST | 6AM EDT | 3AM PDT ]
  • Streaming the newest version of Extreme Vs.
KaoTV! (JP) [ 11PM JST | 10AM EDT | 7AM PDT ]
Rokrew Arena [ 8PM EDT | 5PM PDT ]
  • Biweekly stream out of New Jersey featuring P4:A and Guilty Gear/Aquapazza alternating.
Fraud-Free Fridays [ 9PM EDT | 6PM PDT ]
  • Weekly tournament run at the FGTV house. Don't forget about the second FGTV stream as well which compliments the main one. [ON HIATUS]
No Mercy Fridays [ 10PM EDT | 7PM PDT ]
  • Norcal weekly featuring VF5:FS, SCV and TTT2 continues at it's new location, Starbase Arcade.
Electric Wind God Fridays [ 11:30PM EDT | 8:30PM PDT ]
  • TTT2 weeklies hosted by Aris out of Super Arcade in Walnut, California.


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Game Spot Versus SSFIIX Casuals & 3on3 Tournament (JP) [ 8:20PM JST | 7:20AM EDT | 4:20AM PDT ]
  • Super Turbo action from Japan.
Saturday Night Snapback [ 10PM EDT | 7PM PDT ]
  • NorCal weekly featuring SFxTK, SSFIV AE and UMvC3 continues at it's new location, Starbase Arcade.


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Game Spot Versus CvS2 Casuals & 3on3 Tournament (JP) [ 1PM JST | 12AM EDT | 9PM PDT (previous day) ]
  • CvS2 action from Japan.
Real Honest Sundays [ 4PM EDT | 1PM PDT ]
  • NorCal weekly featuring CvS2 and KoF XIII C continues at it's new location, Starbase Arcade.
GGPO VanBats [ 4PM EDT | 1PM PDT ]
  • Weekly GGPO Vampire Savior ranbats streamed by GAFer Rotanibor.



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On GAF we have various members that stream fighting games from time to time too:
Additionally, if you want to really get involved, you may want to check out the various OTs for specific games:
GAF isn't the only FG community in town though. Here are a whole bunch of other FG communities across the internet that may be of interest:
  • 8WayRun - Soul Calibur franchise community
  • DOACentral - Dead or Alive franchise community
  • Dream Cancel - King of Fighters franchise community and resource, more US-centric
  • Dustloop - Forums/community for Arc System Works-developed games
  • Eventhubs - Frequently updated news blog, resource and forums for all things fighting games
  • FGCPros hub on Twitch.tv - A collective group of fighting game streamers on Twitch.tv
  • FreeStepDodge - Dead or Alive franchise community
  • Homing Cancel - Arcana Heart community
  • iPlaywinner - Large fighting game news site and resource, and the home to Teamsp00ky and iPlaywinner
  • Jet Upper - UK-centric news source and community
  • Mayonaka Midnight - Persona 4 Arena community and resource
  • Melty Bread - Melty Blood community
  • Mizuumi - A resource for various "poverty" games
  • Orochinagi - King of Fighters franchise community and resource, more EU-centric
  • Shoryuken - Mainly 2D, Capcom game centric hub, and probably one of, if not the largest FG community on the internet
  • TekkenZaibatsu - Tekken franchise community
  • Test Your Might - Mortal Kombat and Injustice community and resource
  • UKFGC - UK-centric news source and community
  • Smash Boards - The largest Smash Bros. Community™
  • VFDC - Virtua Fighter franchise community site

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If you have any suggestions for the OP, please do not hesitate to post in this thread or PM me to let me know.
 
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SloaneRisette

Member
Started from the bottom now I'm here

Thank you Based Enzo.

Can't wait to see if the Fanatiq and AGE drama is touched upon anywhere at all this week.
 
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Lost Fragment

Obsessed with 4chan
Busaiku said:
Full results for most of the games are now up on the Final Round site.
Unless Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 were much bigger than Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Version 2012, it looks like this year might have seen fewer numbers for the games overall.
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The FGC is on a decline (or on the verge of a decline) in general IMO. Numbers will probably go down more then flatten out somewhere until the next wave of huge-name fighters (SF5, etc) come in a year or four.

I think this year's Evo will see growth though.
 
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toddhunter

Member
Busaiku said:
Full results for most of the games are now up on the Final Round site.
Unless Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 were much bigger than Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Version 2012, it looks like this year might have seen fewer numbers for the games overall.
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Last year Tekken 6 was about 100 people. This year it was what, 500 odd?

When you factor in sfxt (cross over will be very high, but I'm sure you will get some people just entering that) it isn't too bad besides the big KOF drop off. Hard to know unless we get some unique players stats.

Lost Fragment said:
The FGC is on a decline (or on the verge of a decline) in general IMO. Numbers will probably go down more then flatten out somewhere until the next wave of huge-name fighters (SF5, etc) come in a year or four.

I think this year's Evo will see growth though.
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Seems likely although I don't think it'll be that bad.
 
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enzo_gt

tagged by Blackace
toddhunter said:
Last year Tekken 6 was about 100 people. This year it was what, 500 odd?

When you factor in sfxt (cross over will be very high, but I'm sure you will get some people just entering that) it isn't too bad besides the big KOF drop off. Hard to know unless we get some unique players stats.
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After looking at those numbers, I really, really doubt TTT2 got 500 players.

Like, really doubt. Strange UMvC3 and TTT2 are missing though.
 
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toddhunter

Member
Lost Fragment said:
Nah. It won't be like the years before SF4 or anything. I think the people who talk about the FGC being on the verge of something bigger are kinda crazy though. I hope I'm wrong, of course.
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IPL was looking pretty good, if only for people to notice it and start buying in. I can see Capcom and probably Madcatz cooking up something though before too long. The lull before the generation change has to be biting.
 
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Busaiku

Member
Most majors are declining.
Post EVO, pretty much everything has been down, except for Big E's tournaments.

Season's Beatings, Canada Cup, SoCal Regionals, and whatever else I can't remember have been down.
Summer Jam, NEC, and Winter Brawl have been growing though.

Barring Tekken of course, I think I remember NEC having pretty similar numbers for most games (in comparison to Final Round).

Clearly he's doing something that the others should follow.
 
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FormallyFamicom

Member
Aris kinda clarified his WNF ban on his stream. Said someone from Twitch notified Valle that they heard Aris say something on stream that they didn't like, and Valle decided to ban him from commentary. Nobody knows what was actually said that alerted any suspicion though. Aris was also told (pre-ban) that cursing on stream was ok, so it probably wasn't general foul language. Also said that a long time ago he was told he couldn't say things like "put a foot right up their ass", so all this stuff is really weird still.
 
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enzo_gt

tagged by Blackace
Famicom said:
Aris kinda clarified his WNF ban on his stream. Said someone from Twitch notified Valle that they heard Aris say something on stream that they didn't like, and Valle decided to ban him from commentary. Nobody knows what was actually said that alerted any suspicion though. Aris was also told (pre-ban) that cursing on stream was ok, so it probably wasn't general foul language. Also said that a long time ago he was told he couldn't say things like "put a foot right up their ass", so all this stuff is really weird still.
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Kinda weird to ban someone on something unsubstantiated.. or not even clarify what was said with Aris himself, unless Aris knows what he said and said it and just isn't willing to say.

I wonder what was alleged that he said. May have been a euphemism or something.
 
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kirblar

Member
Busaiku said:
Most majors are declining.
Post EVO, pretty much everything has been down, except for Big E's tournaments.

Season's Beatings, Canada Cup, SoCal Regionals, and whatever else I can't remember have been down.
Summer Jam, NEC, and Winter Brawl have been growing though.

Barring Tekken of course, I think I remember NEC having pretty similar numbers for most games (in comparison to Final Round).

Clearly he's doing something that the others should follow.
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More events = people won't travel to as many further away ones unless they're like, EVO.
 
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Busaiku

Member
There aren't really more events though.
This year, there've been Apex, SoCal Regionals, Winter Brawl, and now Final Round.

Last year didn't have SoCal Regionals, but NorCal Regionals happened around this time.
 
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kirblar

Member
Busaiku said:
There aren't really more events though.
This year, there've been Apex, SoCal Regionals, Winter Brawl, and now Final Round.

Last year didn't have SoCal Regionals, but NorCal Regionals happened around this time.
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Civil War's coming up ,right?
 
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