Tag Archives: 2011

UMvC3 Top 8 From SCR 2011, Featuring Justin Wong, MINE, Noel Brown, Jago 23 Jan 2012
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Level|Up recently uploaded the entire string of top eight matches from the last SoCal Regionals tournament to their Youtube channel. If you weren’t able to watch the event live, you definitely don’t want to miss out on the action now, as the excitement and hype levels at the venue definitely transfer well.
2011 Awards Round-Up, December: Everybody Gets a Trophy 2 Jan 2012
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Now that  2011 is gone, it’s time to remember it again. This is SRK’s round-up of the best of 2011 awards given out by the various video game publications. We’ve already covered the VGAs, Golden Joystick, and GameTrailers fighting game honors, all of which were won by Mortal Kombat. But such recognition for NetherRealm Studios’ [...]
Get Your Tournament’s 2011 Year in Review: Fighting Game Community Stories of the Year 27 Dec 2011
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What were the biggest stories to hit the competitive fighting game community this year? With so much having happened, it’s hard to decide. These are the top ten biggest stories according to Get Your Tournament. 5. Filipino Champ wins Northwest Majors 3 and Canada Cup 4. Majors for Team Spooky 3. Wolfkrone and Latif burn through opponents 2. [...]
Wakeup, Shoryuken E083 – Dual SCR 2011 Champion EG Justin Wong 21 Dec 2011
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Once in a while, a terrifying competitor wins a dual championship at a major fighting game event. Last weekend at SoCal Regionals 2011, EG Justin Wong accomplished just that by taking 1st place in both Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Version 2012 and Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. He joins us on the program [...]
SoCal Regionals 2011 Pool and Bracket Preview 17 Dec 2011
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While onsite registration has yet to occur, the preliminary bracket and pool arrangements for SoCal Regionals have been added to the stream thread by Alex Valle. There are multiple killers in each pool assignment, which should make for an exciting tournament from beginning to end. If you want to check out the upcoming action or [...]
Building A Community, Issue #1 (An Interview with Jon Haehnle of Midtown Comics) 27 Nov 2011
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On November 18, one of America’s most prominent comic book stores and a force in the comic book industry, Midtown Comics, held a local Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament entitled “Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Mashfest”. The tournament was streamed by pop culture/gaming website, Bifuteki, at Stone Creek Lounge in New York City. It [...]
Mortal Kombat Reptile Combo Collection 24 Nov 2011
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What better way to give thanks than with a horrible acid spitting reptile? Grandma will be pleased. SinisterBeet and Skynet bring us this Reptile combo video that shows us exactly what he is capable of in Mortal Kombat’s most recent patch. Lot’s of interesting force ball tricks and tag combos here.
High Profile SSF4AE Matches from Canada Cup 2011 12 Nov 2011
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Shiro420 captured a lot of action during Canada Cup 2011 on his handheld camera. While the quality of the video itself isn’t the best, you will not want to miss this huge list of international matchups. You’ll see many of the players who participated in the 5 on 5 below, including Kazunoko, Shungoku Neurosis, Ryan [...]
Canada Cup 2011 Photo Gallery 10 Nov 2011
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RoseAngeli Photography finished uploading her awesome Canada Cup 2011 photo gallery moments ago. We probably won’t see this many superstar international players in one place at the same time again until EVO 2012, so take a look through to see some of the memorable faces and moments captured forever on film.
Wakeup, Shoryuken E078 – Wolfkrone, the Valedictorian of the Class of 2009 9 Nov 2011
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Kazunoko may have won Canada Cup 2011, but it was Wolfkrone that won our hearts. Prepare to have your daily cup filled with an inspiring interview with the man who steamrolled Japan’s finest last weekend. How is Wolfkrone’s new sponsorship working out, and will we finally see him bring his dedication and talent to other [...]
SFxT – Ono vs Harada NYCC 2011 Football Challenge 4 Nov 2011
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This clip features the only video game producer rad enough to wear his sunglasses inside his football helmet. Other than that, it is the usual Ono vs Harada insanity, as the two recruited fans for a football challenge during New York Comic Con 2011. If you don’t typically enjoy the promotional antics of these two, [...]
Street Fighter X Tekken Tournament Matches from MCM Expo 4 Nov 2011
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GameSpot uploaded a number of tournament matches played on the Street Fighter X Tekken build at London’s MCM Expo. The level of play in these clips is generally quite low, but there are at least a few that I enjoyed watching.
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soul Calibur V at NEC 12 3 Nov 2011
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Planning to attend NEC XII, Philadelphia’s long running major tournament event? You are in luck, as Namco-Bandai announced today that they’d be in attendance along with Tekken Tag Tournament 2 cabinets and beta copies of Soul Calibur V. Both games will appear on the live stream by 8WayRun, so even if you can’t make it [...]