One of the first Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition tournaments here in the United States took place recently, the results, a stream archive and battle log are available from the event. EG.Justin Wong, Alex Valle, Peter "ComboFiend" Rosas, Marn, fLoE, Mike Ross and several other well known players in the community competed. You can find more videos from the tournament on Level|Up's uStream page.
Everyone in the bracket...
1. Valle
2. Wong
3. Combofiend
4. Marn
5. Floe
6. Mike Ross
7. James Chen
8. AndyOcr
9. Warahk
10. Tatsu
11. LainySky
12. evilragnarok
13. DJ Divine
14. Kapwan13
15. FilthySal
16. G Unit Ver 1
17. RandomUltraDavid
18. Keno
19. beefenchilada
20. 187tony
21. Bumsomite
22. fidodidotriplex
23. Redrapper
24. MRHAN
25. Spac3ship
26. SuperFX
27. Warren H
28. Kirrus
29. BlaqskillZ
30. Paro-Da
31. Chaithai
32. ComboJack
33. IkeTakeda
34. Choysauce
35. Binkley
36. Noirtoise
37. Hungbee
38. Gungravezero
39. Shirts
40. Ultradavid
41. Image
42. WonderChef
43. Hugo 101
44. Viral_Sal
45. Tommy D
46. Calisean
47. thatboyrichy
48. Fuson
49. Gabriel
50. ETR
51. Gnarblast
52. Jayce
53. Richard Nguyen
54. Joonthebaboon
55. Renso
56. Roman4328
57. Klumzrice
58. RandomRaptor679
59. Shankar
60. DJ Vest
61. BlakDaniels
62. SAB
63. SherryJenix
64. MYK
I heard that Guile got nerfed though why? Didn't think he was used that much compared to other players. : (
Yeah nice List. I'm going with Tatsu/vega and Mike Ross. Nice to see Dj
@#6 yea I think they did it for the 3rd strike cryers out there who wanted more of a 3rd strike feel.
Kinda lame, because yea he does build meter fast as hell, has nice combos, a nice mixup, about all he doesnt have is good health, its lame.
Oh well, i guess thats why im not makeing the big bucks up in capcom.
@ #6
Well when you're just letting Yun just stand there and palm over and over again, of course he's gonna build meter quickly. Don't just cry that he's too good. You need to keep the pressure on him.
argh i can't watch it cuz the stream is not loading for me
The stream is jumpy to the point of being unwatchable for me :(
Marn is dropping the respect level of the Street Fighter community by 900%
Anyone can look like a clown when fighting people like Gootecks and Combofiend...these are some of the best players in the world after all. Man...I wish I could get into one of those tournaments. xD
Many characters cannot punish Guile after a blocked Sonic Boom...that's nothing new. Guile has really good recovery on his projectile.
Capcom wanted this game faster paced, most zoning characters got nerfed in favor of rush down and mix-up characters (which is why Ken got buffed, because he's not really a zoning character but Ryu got nerfed). This game is going to be good, the likes of Dudley/Yun/Makoto now have a chance to dominate. THOUGH I do wish Capcom would buff everyone to keep it a level playing field. There's no reason for a particular niche of characters to be so disadvantaged, that is not the epitome of balance in my opinion.
@#26
Yea i guess your right about the sonicboom thing, I guess i just feel for abel with him getting so much nerfed.
I do wish capcom wouldnt nerf and just buff where needed. I honestly dont think SSF4 was so broken that so many nerfs needed to be put into play, but I guess your right, it makes it a bit more faster paced and there is more back and forth...still some nerfs are just rediculous.
The stream sucks and they still have the audacity to advertise their crap every time the stream dies.
They ruin evo and now they ruin this too.
I'm not gonna watch the next tournament that levelUp streams. I'll just wait until the videos are uploaded to youtube or something.
I can wait for Yun And Yang as DLC. That Fight was too cool.
Damn, marn won the tourney while ha was drunk :O Now that's godlike
It was pretty much known from the beginning that the twins would likely be in heavy rotation. Usually when a character is often "hated" on it's because people expect to see them often, i.e. Ken Ryu Guile etc.
@Hitstick - How can you be disappointed in Alex Valle? He made it pretty damn far using Guy...he had to really earn most of those victories, his fights were badass even if he wasn't top 8. Props to him for rocking the mid-tier!
with daigo and valle now jumping ship, i've lost all hope for ryu. i'm now switching to his s-tierness, yun
@3
Cant tell if your serious, dont be a scrub. Fei long is the most broken character in AE, the japanese are saying he is worse then Vanilla Sagat. But by your logic, he should get buffed -.-
Oh nice Fight