poongko brought to tears

Classic Marn.

Mike Ross and Zhi commentating was fucking gold

holy shit marn is going deep in this tournament...

Top 8 for NCR have been decided.

In winner's side it's Tokido vs Julio and Nuckledu vs Infiltration.
On loser's side we have Marn vs Ricki Ortiz and Haitani vs Justin Wong.

Marn went nuts today knocking out Filipinoman, Kazunoko, 801 Strider, K Brad, and Mago to get into top 8.
Tokido, Infiltration, and Haitani were top 3 at Final round and are aiming for the top again but we got the classic EG duo of Jwong and Ricki Ortiz in top 8 as well. Nuckledu, a player famous for defeating international players (he was also the first to beat Infiltration during his reign of "The Year of Infiltration" in 2012) and Julio, a strong player in his own right being fairly strong in Third Strike, and Marn, the wild card of the whole event, round out the rest of the top 8.

Just a reminder that tomorrow's SFV top 8 will be streamed on twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
It starts at 7:00 PM PST.

hi :3

NCR 2016 Top 8 should be starting soon on www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters

Reminder that whoever wins this gets a guaranteed spot at Capcom Cup 2016, the most stacked tournament for the year for Street Fighter aside from Evo.

If Infiltration wins this one again then the 2nd place will get a spot iirc. Not too sure on that but it should be the case.
Alright so if Infiltration wins again then 2nd place does NOT get a spot at Capcom Cup. The spot then just opens up for rankings.

Top 8 are in order: Tokido, Julio, Nuckledu, Infiltration, Marn, Ricki Ortiz, Haitani, and Justin Wong.

Notable events:
LOL MARN JUST TAKES IT OVER RICKI ORTIZ LMAO
AGHHHH MARN TOOK OUT NUCKLEDU TOO WTF
Jwong knocks Haitani out of the tournament. Note that Haitani was 3rd at Final Round and Jwong was just barely outside of top 8. 3-2 for Justin but imo Jwong had the entire match on lock and Haitani's incredible mixups brought him some nice comebacks.

i should watch more JWong replays
also marn might be scummy but god damn is he entertaining

time for the marn stories to start resurfacing rofl

marn has been way 2 hype

Tokido just looks free to infil. I even wonder if daigo could beat him at the moment, he just looks too clean

Tokido vs Infiltration grand finals again after the massive comeback by Tokido.

Hmm... Tokido gets into grand finals due to a comeback and meets Infiltration in the grand finals... Deja vu anyone?

wow justin im so sad. :( he definitely choked hard but tokido's play the last 2 games were amazing

Oh my goodness Infiltration stop please.

Well that's it, Infiltration won NCR as well.
That means the guaranteed spot for winning NCR is now gone and that spot is now up for grabs in the point leader boards. Points are of course gained by placing high at ranking and premier events.

The next Premier event is StunFest which is in Rennes, France in Late May.

There are, however, some decent ranking tournaments coming up and these are:
West Coast Warzone. It's still in west coast so it's possible some international players might stick around and play in it.
Texas Showdown. A favorite of some American players.
Northwest Majors. Again in the West coast + close to Canada(Vancouver)
Thaigger Uppercut. Southeast Asian players come here often (Xian, Gackt, etc.).

I'll put up a post of each of these when they come up. Cheers until then. :)

Hypespotting V happened while I was busy so I missed it... But here are the results!

Here we get to see a good look at how Europe is shaping up with this game.

1. PXP|Lord Problem X(M. Bison)
2. RB|Luffy (R. Mika)
3. Rize|Brian (Chun-Li)
4. YP|Valmaster (Necalli)
5. Real Menace (Chun-Li)
5. UM|Hurricane (Cammy)
7. Perilous|Afii (Laura)
7. Perilous|Packz (Karin)

9. MPO.LOM|LuckboxQ (Dhalsim)
9. Nutrient
9. LLL.RSD|MBR (Ryu)
9. Rize|Cobelcog (Cammy)
13. BGS|Isam (Nash)
13. IND|ALaughingGoblin (F.A.N.G)
13. CCL (Chun-Li)
13. VF_Watson (Cammy)

Looks like Problem X is continuing his win streak over Luffy since Capcom Cup 2015 by taking 1st place. Luffy takes 2nd, albeit probably with just his fundamentals carrying his way to 2nd. I still don't think R. Mika is the right character for him but we will see. Other familiar names such as Valmaster, who had a respectable showing at CCC, and Packz, a notable UK player, round out the top 8.

Jam Festival in Brazil is happening in 3 days. Time to see who will break out into the new game. I personally think Keoma, top 8 in CCC last year, will do really well in this game unlike some of the other players struggling to transition.

JAM Festival in Brazil started some time today. SFV pools happening right now as of this post.
But here it is!

EDIT: Sorry the current match will be the last one for the night.

This is a good chance for South American players to make a name for themselves in the new game. However western rivals hailing from North America are here to play with EG powerhouses Justin Wong and KBrad in attendance. Keoma, who achieved top 8 at Capcom Cup 2015, is also likely to be in attendance. We have already seen Jwong and KBrad prove themselves that they are threats in this game. Will Keoma do the same?

Stream:
https://www.twitch.tv/jamgamecup2

Bracket:
Still in pools but I still don't know if there will be a bracket for tomorrow. There probably will be though.

Jam fest currently going on, https://www.twitch.tv/jamgamecup2
Thanks for the thread as well, watching these tournaments actually made me buy SFV and its always hype watching these big events

The results are in for Jam Festival.

Sadly it looks like South America, or perhaps just Brazil, will take some time before they can get someone in top 8 at Capcom Cup this year. Otherwise, as expected by perhaps many, Justin Wong takes 1st and K-Brad follows at 2nd place. I'm assuming the KOF in RobKOF means King of Fighters and if so it's cool that people from other games are coming in hot. Keoma with a not so stellar performance at 5th place raises some eyebrows especially considering his place at Capcom Cup 2015. Karin is not really an Abel-esque character but I hope he improves over the years.

1st - EG|Justin Wong
2nd - EG|K-Brad
3rd - RCBR|RobKOF
4th - SOA|Brolyinho
5th - SOA|DeathGun
5th - Innova|Keoma
7th - Arjarath
7th - CDA|DidimoKOF
9th - Alexis
9th - Rafalibe
9th - TLTR|Trema
9th - AAG|Pr3da
13th - Z4|WadnerDF
13th - SFT|Dark817
13th - NGT|XinanR
13th - Zeon

The next event is West Coast Warzone in Los Angeles, USA. The event will last from April 15 to April 17. Expect many usual West Coast players to attend as well as possibly some Mid-West and East Coast players as well.

Reminder that Redbull Kumite is happening fairly soon at April 23-24 in Paris, France. Redbull Kumite is Redbull sponsored tournament that invites notable players to play in a tournament.

So far the players attending are as follows:
1. GamerBee
2. Justin Wong
3. Momochi
4. Poongko
5. Xian
6. Alioune
7. Kazunoko
8. Keoma
9. Infiltration
10. Snake Eyez
11. Tokido
12. Bonchan
13. Luffy
14. Daigo

The final 2 players are yet to be announced. Edit: The final 2 players are through qualifiers FYI
Considering Keoma's performance at Jam Festival let's hope he can shape up before Kumite. Same goes to almost half the current players invited.

In other news, Poongko has been picked up by Team Secret! Always nice to see players get picked up. Recently NYChrisG got picked up by Tempo Storm so SFV is reeling in the sponsors it looks like. this happened last year i cant read

poongko getting that dota big bucks money

good for him

ChrisG's been sponsored by TS for at least a year, idk what you're talking about

Cool to see Poongko get that big boy sponsor tho. Secret just picked up SilentWolf in melee, one of the highest-ranked sponsorless players left, last week as well so they're making big steps into fighting games it looks like

I have also heard rumors of Secret picking up a Japanese player as well... Only rumors but it's a possibility.

West Coast Warzone started yesterday and is currently being streamed at:
twitch.tv/leveluplive (for SFV)
twitch.tv/guardbreak (for the other games)

We're going to see some familiar players from the US here today such as Justin Wong, Snake Eyez, Julio, Chris Tatarian, ChrisG, Fchamp. and others.

Here are the various brackets http://westcoastwarzone.challonge.com/

imo Justin Wong is the best player in the USA right now and a good choice to predict who wins it all this weekend. Let's find out if any other US players can fight toe to toe with him.
rip jwong go eduardo

Top 32 for WCW started and is being streamed at twitch.tv/leveluplive

Here is the bracket http://westcoastwarzone.challonge.com/Wcw5_sfv_top32

Notable happenings:
Jwong got knocked down to losers by Commander Jesse. My prediction is looking shaky but I still believe.
Snake Eyez also in losers getting knocked down by ROM's Claw.
Justin eliminted by Filipinoman. My prediction is officially dead.

Top 8 for WCW has started and is being streamed at twitch.tv/leveluplive

Here is bracket http://westcoastwarzone.challonge.com/Wcw5_sfv_top32

On winners side:
Filipinoman
Chris Tatarian

PR Balrog
Ricki Ortiz

On losers side:
NYChrisG
Fchamp

Jayce
Justin Wong

Congratulations to Chris Tatarian for winning WCW. He was one of the best Ken's in USF4 outside of Asia and is looking to be one of the top players in USA for sure after a very close game between himself and PR Balrog, an American powerhouse in his own right.

Just a reminder that FrogByte (in Italy) and Texas Showdown (in USA) are happening next weekend. I imagine many European players will be going to FrogByte.

Texas showdown will of course house some Texan players. Some American players from Final Round are likely to make an appearance such as Nuckledu.

However the main event next weekend is of course going to be Redbull Kumite 2016. 14 players invited and 2 more qualifying for their spots by playing in a tournament will duke it out in Paris, France. This is also the first time we would see both Daigo and Infiltration in a tournament so if they play each other that would be fucking hype. It's going to be tough watching some matches, however, as some of your favorite may have not transitioned that well. Snake Eyez recently didn't even make it into top 8 at WCW and Keoma also didn't place as high you would expect of a top 8 at CCC with a 5th place finish. Though I'll believe in these players for a little long as for them it could be either A) The character that best suits them isn't out yet, or B) They are just learning the game.

imo the players that haven't shown the best results are:
Momochi, Poongko, Kazunoko, Keoma, Snake Eyez, Bonchan, and Xian

Xian might just be a character issue with him using Fang. Xian said in an interview that he wanted to try and place high in tournaments with a character that's fairly unfamiliar to many players: Fang. After that I'm pretty sure he said he would switch to either Claw or Nash. imo Claw suits him way more. Poongko I feel just does not have the right character yet. He is the god of gambling in fighting games and Cammy, while she has some gambles, still doesn't have that really high risk for really high reward for him just yet. Momochi is probably just taking his time learning the game because I have seen some sick stuff from his Ken. Keoma is looking really shaky, as well as Kazunoko. Snake Eyez has not been doing well lately. Any tournament with strong players he gets bopped. However I think this is due to his character. In WCW he lost to a decent Claw and a decent Nash. Two of Gief's worst matchups. It's kind of ironic how before Capcom Cup he had a web series which always ran with the phrase, "Stop being a Zangief player, and start being a Street Fighter Player" and right now he is losing because of his character imo. If Snake switches to another grapper I think he would be sick. Or maybe I'm wrong and he just has not shown some Gief tech. (Reminder that this is all in comparison to other top players. By no means are they complete scrubs now. They're still gods just not gods among gods.)

The players that have not made big appearances in tournament are:
GamerBee, Alioune, and Daigo.

Daigo's been streaming so we have seen what he is capable of. That set with Nuki was nuts so I believe Daigo transitioned fairly well into SFV. GamerBee has also been streaming somewhat but I haven't seen any of it sadly. Alioune has not made any appearance so far. Widely considered the best French fighting game player at the time, before stopping for a while for school I believe, before Luffy I'm sure he can pull off some sick games.

Players that have proven themselves:
Infiltration, Justin Wong, Tokido, and Luffy.

Infiltration has won 2 premier events, not much else to say about that. He's going to be the one to beat. While jwong had a fairly weak showing recently at WCW his dominance at Jam Festival and his 3rd place at NCR are a testament to his ability to be immediately good at any game that comes out. Tokido was also consistently up against Infiltration between the 2 premier events Final Round and NCR. Luffy also recently got second place at Hypespotting V. He lost the event to Problem X who continues his winstreak over Luffy since Capcom Cup last year.

Texas Showdown has begun for anybody that is interested. Dreamhack Summer Qualifiers is going on so I get it if you don't want to watch it. I'm probably going to watch DHSQ too anyway haha.

Pools:
http://txshowdown.challonge.com/
They're at the bottom of the page + on page 2.

Not many international terrors in this tournament since most of them are at Kumite. I do spot a Chinese Jiewa in brackets but his performance thus far has not been the best. 801 Strider, alucarD, brentiscool, PR Balrog, Alex Valle, and Julio will be the names to watch out for. I'm betting on either 801 Strider or PR Balrog to take it all. Rog is just on another level while 801 Strider I feel has the perfect character for him in Alex.

So a bunch of things happened over the weekend that I could not watch, sadly..
The big one is Redbull Kumite.
The other two are ranking events, Texas Showdown and FrogByte, in Texas and Italy, respectively.

We will start with the ranking events.

The winner of Texas Showdown was Julio who crushed PR Balrog in 3 straight rounds after 3 straight rounds from PR Balrog who reset the bracket. This is the second time PR Balrog has lost to a Ken from WNF.

The winner of FrogByte was Phenom who beat out Problem X and Cuongster. Packz and Afii got 4th and 5th place, and them being sponsored by Perilous gaming who also sponsors a TF2 team I thought I would give them a bit of love.

Now these two events had their share of hype and good play. However the big tournament was of course Redbull Kumite.

And so here are the results:
1. RZR|Infiltration (Nash)
2. Tokido (Ryu)
3. Kazunoko (Cammy)
4. RB|Bonchan (Ryu)
5. FA|BigBird (Ken)
5. EG|Momochi (Ken)
7. AvM|GamerBee (Necalli)
7. EG|Justin Wong (Karin)

9. MCZ|Daigo (Ryu)
9. RZR|Xian (F.A.N.G)
9. Alioune (Chun-Li)
9. Innova|Keoma (Karin)
13. RB|Luffy (R. Mika)
13. YP|Valmaster (Necalli)
13. RB|Snake Eyez (Zangief, Alex)
13. Secret|Poongko (Cammy)

Overall a super cool event. All these top players. However I considered Kumite a "test" to see who is going to transition well into SFV from USF4.

So far the results show that Poongko, SnakeEyez, Valmaster, Luffy, and Keoma are struggling to transition. Luffy and SnakeEyez are Evo Champions and have few excuses. Poongko is struggling but I still just think he doesn't have his character yet. Urien or Juri might be what he needs. Keoma did not even make top 4 at his regional event not too long ago and he got bodied here too winning only against Poongko.

While I had my doubts about Bonchan and Momochi they got some fairly decent results here. GamerBee also looking good, eliminating Daigo. Speaking of Daigo his performance was not stellar either. He did however lose to Tokido and GamerBee so I'll give him a little longer. His gameplay is strong but his results aren't. I was doubting both Bonchan and Momochi but their gameplay has told me otherwise. Both with strong performances and results today at 4th and 5th place, respectively.

So far the only people to have beat Infiltration and Tokido are Infiltration and Tokido. Hopefully the rest of the world can catch up to these two titans in this game eventually.

Everyone else is doing as I expected them to do more or less. With their current character that is.

Hey guys, North West Majors top 8 is going to happen fairly soon on twitch.tv/teamkhaos

Brackets: http://nwm8.challonge.com/SFV_Top32

Top 8 currently consists of Jwong, Chris Tatarian, Alex Myers, Julio, FChamp, ROM, Jiewa, and LPN.
This is in order so the pairs are the ones that are going to play against each other (ie. Alex Myers will play vs. Julio)

NWM has ended with Justin Wong taking 1st place after a dominating performance. Following Justin are Julio, once again placing fairly high, FChamp, continuing to show off his consistency, and LPN taking a surprise 4th place.

Chris T, Alex Myers, ROM, and Jiewa follow it up to round out the rest of top 8.

See you guys next weekend when Thaiger Uppercut and Dreamhack Austin take place. Expect many asian players at Thaiger Uppercut and American players (plus Jiewa apparently idk is he stuck in USA or something lmao) at Dreamhack Austin.

In other news Kuwait Battle Arena happened already and Xian is the winner of that tournament. And he's still using FANG...

Good for him. I still think SFV is going to be a solid game for Xian but he's still trying to gimmick people out with FANG (he has actually admitted to this in an interview) so most likely around CEO or EVO Xian will bust out his real character.

Oh and how could I forget. Congrats to Julio for getting sponsored by Echofox. Dude is super dedicated.

Note that Kuwait Battle Arena is not a ranking tournament.