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Footage of $50,000 Marvel vs. Capcom 2 money match

Posted — March 4, 2011 at 10:33 a.m. PST

A ways back, Fanatiq and Toan participated in likely the largest money match in fighting game history. They played a first to 15 set in Marvel vs. Capcom 2 — for $50,000. Footage wasn't made available until shortly before MvC3 was released, but it got lost in the shuffle with the launch of the new game.

The entire match is now available in 7 parts, and was posted by Fanatiq. Hit the link below to see more.

Here are links to the rest of the videos that were posted on Fanatiq's YouTube page:
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7

Also, Dogface did a follow up interview with Fanatiq, which gives the back story for how the match came to be. Here are links to those videos:
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6

Story also submitted by NoYouCannot and Garsh0p.

Comments

Shwaffles said on March 4, 2011 at 10:41 a.m.

HOLY S--T!!! This is even bigger than the $24,000 Sanford Kelly vs. West Coast and $15,000 Clockwork vs Neo moneymatches, this is going to be hype as hell!!!!!!

Gorehound said on March 4, 2011 at 10:41 a.m.

50,0000 DOLLARS GOOD LORRRRRDDD!!!

That's a lot of money.

BisonBetterBeGoodInSSF4 said on March 4, 2011 at 10:43 a.m.

$50 000
these guys must be fricken millionaires or something...

Oroku_Saki said on March 4, 2011 at 10:47 a.m.

Wait for the $2,000,000 MvC3 money match, and $8,000,000 SF X Tekken match.
Andre Vs. Justin.
Hype!

Threedawg said on March 4, 2011 at 10:47 a.m.

Ok that's just stupid, 50k on a goddamn game. I don't care how rich you are, that's retarded.

songman said on March 4, 2011 at 11:02 a.m.

"Ok that's just stupid, 50k on a goddamn game. I don't care how rich you are, that's retarded.", SAID a person who probably don't make over 60k a year.

If you are Rich then 50k means nothing. to a poor people its Retared. to a Rich person is pocket change.

Paine said on March 4, 2011 at 11:08 a.m.

Amazing! Saw some sick stuff in here, but nothing new ofc. Great to see money change hands like that.

PropLeXed said on March 4, 2011 at 11:14 a.m.

50k... I'm not sure if that's hype or pathetic.

Wolfeyes187 said on March 4, 2011 at 11:20 a.m.

I wonder if mvc3 will ever get that big.

thegoldencat said on March 4, 2011 at 11:24 a.m.

Daaayum.

#10

Akro said on March 4, 2011 at 11:36 a.m.

Pathetic rich kids.

#11

Cammystrike said on March 4, 2011 at 11:36 a.m.

Wow, those two either have money to burn or are complete morons. Betting 50K on a video game, that's stupidity at its finest.

#12

Paine said on March 4, 2011 at 11:41 a.m.

Will people stop posting how that betting 50k is stupid? Just because your poor don't act like everyone else is. People have money to blow, and will blow it on anything they wish.

#13

yode said on March 4, 2011 at 11:47 a.m.

For the people who think each player put up 25K themselves... you guys are idiots. It's 2 sides, with a whole bunch of people committed to a pot... l2bet.

#14

Nori said on March 4, 2011 at 11:47 a.m.

I was there, this s h i t was hype like nothing ever seen before, and I hated MvC2.

To everybody, it's not each person has 25k, there were lots of people involved betting on them. They both didn't just drop 25k and challenge each other. I originally thought that too haha

#15

Cammystrike said on March 4, 2011 at 11:51 a.m.

@Nori well that makes a hell of a lot more sense. Thanks for clearing it up.

#16

Cobalt said on March 4, 2011 at 11:58 a.m.

Like Nori metioned, every high stakes MvC2 money match included side bets from everyone else.

#17

OG said on March 4, 2011 at 12:12 p.m.

I don't believe it. People that play MVC2 don't have that kind of $. lol

#18

Annon said on March 4, 2011 at 12:14 p.m.

@6 and @13

"Rich people" openly mock "poor people" the entire time. In fact, people mock other people all the time. Get off your moral high horses before turning on your computers - the internet thanks you!

#19

Sakura said on March 4, 2011 at 12:15 p.m.

all the money in the world won't make the same boring a$$ teams any more interesting...

#20

Shwaffles said on March 4, 2011 at 12:18 p.m.

Lol... This is mahvel baybee!!! Of course there going to be high stakes money matches. :)
And remember a lot of people put up bets so the players themselves didn't contribute $25k each. -__-

#21

downruplyb said on March 4, 2011 at 12:20 p.m.

More like if this is gonna be for $50K, why is this being fought out on a non-HDTV not worth more than $50? Direct feed woulda been nice too.

Not trying to hate, but there is some irony there.

#22

Shwaffles said on March 4, 2011 at 12:24 p.m.

@22
So are you saying this stuff isn't real either?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVTdAO...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTvKeo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO6bGQ...

#23

MrPavy said on March 4, 2011 at 12:38 p.m.

mvc3 will never be as hype as mvc2

#24

Ryu_Hoshi said on March 4, 2011 at 12:45 p.m.

any one realized that the music is from metal gear solid?
pretty cool!!!

well, is true that the money comes from side bets too, but i really HATE money matches, is my personal opinion, as i hate poker, casinos etc etc
is not about the game, poker is cool, roulette is cool, black jack is really fun but when you put your own money on it, it becomes something diferent.
some of you may say, yeahhh, it becomes more interesting! but thats not true.
money is what makes the diference between casinos and videogames.

one thing is earn a tournament and win money, and other a lot diferent is to transform the videogame comunity into a casino with a lot of sick people wasting their money and their lives.......

#25

his1nightmare said on March 4, 2011 at 12:58 p.m.

Probably they aren't even rich but just relying heavily on skill.
Compare 50 000 to the time and effort of an e-sports-player, who gets about the same in reward.
Great matches, anyway.

#26

downruplyb said on March 4, 2011 at 1:19 p.m.

@23

I don't get if you meant to direct your comment to #18 or me. I'm not questioning the authenticity of the matches - I'm just saying matches played for this high of stakes deserve to be played on a better monitor/TV that's all. =)

#27

SoundwaveButcher said on March 4, 2011 at 1:19 p.m.

People bet on professional games like football,baseball and so on,i see no different in this 50k match.

#28

Boogityboy said on March 4, 2011 at 2:04 p.m.

@22

With that much money on the line you dont WANT to play on an hdtv as they all have some sort of input lag. CRT is the only way to be sure there isnt any at all.

Also the reason you always see big tournaments like EVO being played on like 20" or so small monitors and not 40-50" TV's.

#29

Endgame said on March 4, 2011 at 2:25 p.m.

Video Games are serious business peoples, just like anything else that has any sort of complexity and/or depth.

#30

ShadowKnight28 said on March 4, 2011 at 3:12 p.m.

@ downruplyb

CRTs don't have input lag, while many HDTVs do. With a fast paced game like this, and this much money on the line, you don't want to risk anything. Plus, this was played on a Dreamcast, which was primarily a SD console, unless you use the VGA box, but that runs the risk of other problems arising.

#31

Ambient said on March 4, 2011 at 4:20 p.m.

Better getcha curleh mustache on with that kind of cash being dropped.

#32

CH0p3d_N_scr3wd said on March 4, 2011 at 4:45 p.m.

@ 22 Dreamcast is known to lag on HD

#33

CH0p3d_N_scr3wd said on March 4, 2011 at 4:52 p.m.

@ 25 if you do not like gambling then you should not continue living for living life itself is a gamble.

#34

BisonBetterBeGoodInSSF4 said on March 4, 2011 at 5:20 p.m.

i just hope this doesnt become the future of video gaming. even if im a millionaire i dont want to constantly have to challenge someone to a match for money. it gets really stupid and unfair for those who cant afford it. besides we have enough people online caring about their points too much to turtle the whole damn match, if we bet money on it...scary stuff lol

#35

BisonBetterBeGoodInSSF4 said on March 4, 2011 at 5:21 p.m.

@34

yea life its self is a gamble, lets all go and waste our money on the casino lol. seriously? life may be a gamble (since we dont know when we'll die) but to compare a video game to life? thats just far-fetched imo

#36

Sektah84 said on March 4, 2011 at 5:35 p.m.

Zzzzz the same crap I seen a million times. Same boring teams. Look how out dated mvc2 looks already.

#37

Tabris said on March 4, 2011 at 6:39 p.m.

"Look how out dated mvc2 looks already. "

Already? The game was released a decade ago, of course it looks a bit out-dated.

#38

RunningWild said on March 4, 2011 at 7:18 p.m.

I'll never understand why people throw their money away with gambling. I could understand a 5-20 dollar bet, but $50,000... that's ridiculous. Yeah, I'm poor, so is the majority of America and the rest of the world that struggle to make ends meet.

#39

downruplyb said on March 4, 2011 at 7:58 p.m.

absolutely my bad. i figured about it being played on DC, but didn't realize about the input lag issues. thanks for the clarification.

#40

SmokeRulz said on March 4, 2011 at 8:49 p.m.

I concur with #20.

#41

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