ESG’s Sunday Street Fighter V wrapped up again last weekend with victory going once again the way of Jstchan, marking his third consecutive tournament victory. We’ve got the top 3 below and bracket below.
| Street Fighter V Fight Night 88 1) Jstchan 2) A1 3) Giggles Bracket |
Yesterday, the latest in the series of Reload Bar & Games Street Fighter V tournaments went down in Canberra. Stick Addiction held the tournament with MAGNUM_Infinity taking out yet another bracket. Below we have details of the top 3 and full results are available via the Stick Addiction Facebook page.
| Street Fighter V Results 1st) MAGNUM_Infinity 2nd) YoungBlood 3rd) Vlade |
Capcom has revealed details about the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour structure, confirming Battle Arena Melbourne 9 as a Global Premier Event!
Unlike last year, winners of Premier events are not guaranteed entry into the year-ending Capcom Cup, but are awarded a large amount of points towards their place on the CPT Global Leaderboards – 400 points. This is as many as getting to the Top 4 at Evolution!
BAM is the one of the largest annual fighting game tournaments in the southern hemisphere, and BAM9 is shaping to be the biggest one yet! Registration is now open.
Boasting a staggering 200+ entrants, this month’s (first) YSB was one of our biggest to date. A special thank you once again should go to Bandai Namco Australia for their support with Tekken 7, as well as everyone who brought additional setups and helped with running brackets on the day. Here are the full results from the weekend:
| Street Fighter V 1st) BKSama 2nd) DD 3rd) Spaceghost 4th) KG 5th) Bug 5th) Jarop 7th) AlexK 7th) WC | Like Ross Bracket |
The King of Fighters XIV 1st) Chen 2nd) Kyokugen 3rd) AlexK Bracket |
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown 1st) Myke 2nd) Chill 3rd) MadeMan 4th) EAD | Toto 5th) Hugo 5th) Genxa 7th) DJB 7th) PXC Bracket |
| Mortal Kombat X 1st) DS | Wazminator 2nd) Saggat83 3rd) Cabjoy 4th) OZH | Gilbagz 5th) Stormy 5th) Vladd 7th) Friendo 7th) Coletrain Bracket |
Tekken 7: Fated Retribution 1st) Handsomeboy123 2nd) Ravenboy 3rd) Yiggs 4th) Lazy Dave 5th) Cruise Control 5th) Jin Laden 7th) Zep 7th) Sungjun Bracket |
Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator 1st) Audacity 2nd) Ceraph 3rd) AwakenedBeing Bracket |
| BlazBlue: Central Fiction 1st) AwakenedBeing 2nd) 39 Firery 3rd) Ceraph Bracket |
Super Smash Bros. Melee 1st) Rainbow 2nd) Soup 3rd) OB 4th) Davox 5th) Puff Daddy 5th) BROKEN | JNuts 7th) Bj Schoey 7th) Spence Bracket |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 1st) ASF | Jeese 2nd) Sriks 3rd) Luco 4th) Dr. Ainuss 5th) 102985 | W00tkins 5th) BJ Schoey 7th) MM 7th) Enn Bracket |
| Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 1st) David 2nd) Dustin 3rd) Spike Bracket |
You can catch the stream archives over on the OzHadou YouTube page, or click after the jump for the embedded playlist. As this YSB was technically our delayed February event, stay tuned for more info on March’s true YSB later this week!
Prepare to strike as Australia’s Third Strike community will be running an online round robin tournament on February 27th, bringing in a healthy dose of competition that will include seasoned veterans as well as the next generation of 3S players. Natsu Cup is the first of four online tournaments that will have 2 groups of 5 players, Group A and B, battling it out to make their way to the top of the ladder. The competition will commence on February 27th and will go on throughout the week.
At the conclusion of the event, the top player in each group will receive: 1 entry fee paid to any Australian fighting game major (Note: this does not include additional tournament entries, flights or accommodation), or a donation of $250 made out to a licensed charity of their choosing. The event will also have a promotion and relegation rule where the top 2 players from Group B will then qualify for Group A, while the bottom 2 players from Group A will no longer qualify for Group A and will be relegated to Group B.
Here are the players and the characters they will be using from each group:
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Group A Genxa (Yun) |
Group B RandomSDMF (Ken) |
Matches will be played on the Fightcade platform, where the replays will then be uploaded to the Aussie Battlers YouTube channel during the week following the commencement of the tournament.
To stay updated on the Natsu Cup and all things 3S in Australia, or if you’d like to be a part of future online tournaments, make sure to join the AUS/NZ Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike fighters group on Facebook.
Check out the Natsu Cup Roster trailer and Group A player introduction video after the jump.
Sonic Boom 14 wrapped up last weekend at Guf Brisbane featuring another healthy bracket and a special interstate guest. Melbourne’s Zed made a guest appearance at Sonic Boom and ended up taking the entire bracket. The rest of the top 3 was as follows:
| Street Fighter V
1st: Zed (Necalli) |
Sonic Boom will be back again in a fortnight.
The full game list for Battle Arena Melbourne 9, Melbourne’s annual fighting game major, has now been released and features a variety of games across all corners of the FGC. They are:
Main Games:
Super Smash Brothers 4 Wii U
Super Smash Brothers Melee
Street Fighter V
Tekken 7
Guilty Gear Xrd
Mortal Kombat X
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
The King of Fighter XIV
Side Games:
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Super Smash Brothers 64
Rivals of Aether
Blazblue Central Fiction
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Street Fighter V 3v3 Teams (Friday night 32 teams cap)
Pre-registration is now live at Smash.GG, so you’re able to register for your games ahead of time.
Note: Pre-registration is $50 venue entry, pre-registration closes two weeks before the event and on the day entry will be $60.
Registration for Smash WiiU and Melee is pre-registration only. All other on-the-day registration for games must be done one hour before the game’s first pool starts.
If you wish to join the event as a spectator, you are more than welcome! It’s only $20 for the entire weekend to take in the event.
I Don’t Even Podcast returns once again this evening featuring Australian Tekken veteran Luper. We’ll be talking about his transition from 3D down to 2D, his history in the scene and his thoughts on the state of AUFGC as a whole. Catch it all live, tonight from 8pm AEST @ twitch.tv/gamrah.
We’ve embedded the stream below but if you want to be a part of the chat, head directly to the channel here.
Sonic Boom XIII took place at Guf Brisbane last weekend with another strong turnout from the local scene. Queensland’s Street Fighter competition remains incredibly tough and the results for tournament can be found below:
| Street Fighter V
1st: Katabami (Guile) |
ESG in Adelaide held a Street Fighter V bracket over the weekend with victory going the way of longtime multi-game specialist, A1 Major. We’ve got the top 3 below, but check out the Facebook thread for the full results:
| Street Fighter V
1st) A1 |