HYPE! too bad I can't watch it :(

let's go

Oh btw Itabashi isn't there

cool thumbnail btw

Hey guys, if you want to follow along with the pools when they finish, see when your favourite players will be playing etc... the brackets are online and are being updated constantly - http://ss.couchwarriors.org

stream quality is 120p at best. unwatchable and the organizer give a sh!t. the only thing they do is trolling and bashin sfxt instead of fixing the issue. the stream 2 runs at 720p but the main stream is pixel-war...

worst streaming ever. canada cup was luxus in comparison.

If you're tired of SF X T and want to enjoy a good quality stream, enjoy the AE footage from Shadowloo 2k 11. I really hope the rest of the tournament doesn't suck this much.

http://www.twitch.tv/shadowloohq/b/28...

the main stream needs to switch to the secondary stream as the quality is a bit better

Im watching it right now and the quality is good on both streams? I guess they fixed it?

Great match between F Champ & Heavy Weapon

marvel, sf4 and kof was good..still good
sfxt was a nightmare

fuudo just got knocked into losers by chinese daigo, lol

Poongko just got eliminated by Fuudo...again!
Really great match!

@15

Fuudo choked really bad against the "chinse daigo" (lol)! He could've done ultra to punish Ryus whiffed Shoryuken -> Gameover!

Poongko not making top 16?! Wow...

I think it's team Japan was EG|Momochi, Bonchan, Eita, Naruo and Michael-tan. Either way, Impressive play by Naruo and Michael Tan

Amiyu! So GDLK!!!

Wow...Amiyu is just amzazing! Beating Xiaohai's Cammy!!
Can't believe it...such a bad match-up!

Hype matches and I'm at work ;_;. Gamerbee and Wong always a classic.

Top8:
Winners - Eita, Gamerbee, Banbaban, Neurosis
Losers - Tokido, Naruo, Amiyu, Dakou

amazing matches! great selection of characters in this top8 as always with AE 2012

Amazing tournament so far!!
I hope Amiyu takes it :)!

Is there an archive of that exhibition match?

Fair play, awesome tournament. Looking forward to the top 8's :D

Tokido is such a beast, makes top 8 in basically every game he enters.

So amazed by tokido, top 8 in marvel sfxt AE and SC in such a packed tournament is just amazing.

@27

Tokido also made Top 8 in KOF - Winners and Top 16 in 3rd Strike - Winners.
Just amazing!

@JIHADJOE

Yes, archive is available here: http://www.twitch.tv/shadowloohq

dat Marvel winners bracket

awesome event, the gamerbee vs j wong was so hype at the event

Wow, didn't expect the Japan VS World results...

China made a strong showing.. i hope they come to Evo

Dakou's Ryu is so strong, like Daigo in vanilla but with his own style

Xiaohai was unfortunate to lose that Cammy mirror with Banbaban. the missed cannon drill at the end was a heart breaker, but i'm looking forward to see him play Poongko in KOF 13

tomorrow is gonna be crazy!

6/8 japanese SF4 and 2/8 chinese.

lol @ Michael tan blowing up everyone in the Team exhibition

And I know people are talking about Tokido but good stuff to Ryan Hart as well. Making Top 8 in Tag 2 & Final Showdown, both being games that aren't even out anywhere outside Asian/Oceanic countries

Tokid had like 4 top 8 at last EVO, he is one of the best fighting game players in the world period.

Why no mention of KOF XIII in the news ?

Anyway, from SRK, Kof Top 16 :

Semi-final Pool: Top 16 Winners

TH|Poongko vs. WW|MCZ Ryan Hart
eLivePro.QanBa|Xiaohai vs. Ero Oyaji
eLivePro.QanBa|Dakou vs. V1p3R
MCZ|Tokido vs. DJ Huoshen

Semi-final Pool: Top 16 Losers

Nerk vs. SL|ToXY
Nedjoe vs. EG|Justin Wong
theundyingimage vs. SL|PyroZeroX
A1Major vs. Colonov

Shout outs to Tokido and JWong... like 5 top 8's each.

is this done until sunday?

Dude, just look at the Umvc3 qualifers..
Its so true..and its so killer.
I wouldnt bet with anyone on these matches
Tomorrow is gonna be awesome

Also Dakou (a.k.a. Yessterday in GGPO) is on fire.
I think he'll get kof13 and can be on top3 at ssf4.
I wish that guy play Marvel.

Amiyu and Neurosis for the Grand Final!

Anyone know at what point in the archive the 6v6 starts? I would like to watch it very much. Thanks in advance.

@42

http://www.twitch.tv/shadowloohq/b/31...

the 6v6 starts at 2:00:00

Is that an all jap top 8..?

@43, Really? I started watching from there and they haven't mentioned the 6v6 nor are any of the players from the 6v6 even playing. I have watched from 2:00:00 to 2:45:00

@45

Yes, I just double checked. It starts at 2:00:00 with RobSux (Ibuki) vs Naruo (Evil Ryu) - World vs Japan.

Interesting showing from Ryan Hart, got inside Gachi-Kun's head and proceeded to smash him. He's now beaten Gachi and RF convincingly in Sagat mirrors IN tournament, crazy stuff.

Overall fantastic tournament, and the top 8 is very different than I would have expected it look. Pulling for Neurosis at this point but I'm not sure I like his chances as much as Gamerbee or Banbaban.

Pulling for Amiyu personally, gotta support the Gen master!

@44

Not quite, but it is all Asia. GamerBee is from Taiwan and Dakou is from China.

Despite the sub par stream 1 quality I woz lovin' this however I couldn't watch all day despite the favorable stream times for myself, so got a couple of questions:

Who beat poongko (both times)?

I saw Justin lose to Gamerbee, who else beat him?

Woz so hype when the Chinese 'Daigo' beat Fuudo twice. Always thought that a sh1tty matchup for Ryu but the lad played it so well!

Anyway, shoutouts to antipodea for putting on such a boss tourney!

Poongko lost to Bonchan in winners and then Fuudo in losers - Justin lost to Gamerbee and then Naruo's Ryu.

I thought it was interesting that Fuudo lost to Chinese Daigo twice - that guy seems to know the Ryu matchup as well as anybody and to see a Ryu player just take him down like that is pretty awesome to watch (as well as seeing Neurosis absolutely wreck Bonchan).

Ryan Hart trashing Gachi in Sagat mirror is still probably the biggest shocker for me - that guy dominates in that match-up

@50

I agree but Fuudo played really sloppy...missing a lot of cambos and punishes.

who beat poongko?

Something I noticed in this tournament in particular is people are being far less respectful and "intimidated" so to speak of Poongko's skill/style and as such they're just flat out doing much better against him.

Not to imply that Poongko isn't good enough to wreck any player on a given night, but just an observation after seeing Ryan Hart beat him in a convincing 3-1 during the pre-tourney matches as well as Bonchan playing much more confidently against him this time around.
On top of that Seth is such an all or nothing character with his health/stun values and constant guessing game approach - it's gotta be hard for him to contend with any consistency at the highest levels.

poongko has really decreased a level in sf4 after playing sfxt now, he seems to have the sfxt mindset in his sf4 game by just doing brainless pressure and not thinking clearly. His mixups and mindgames has definately became weaker through the past few months

Can anyone tell me who beat Leslie both times? I saw the Shangtsung match which I assumed was Winner's bracket action but who actually eliminated him?

So many matches took place off stream

@48 Haha. That's right. But you knew what I meant. Thanks for the reply though.

For whoever was asking about KOF results. The top 16 for 3S and KOFXIII is being played now so we should have a top 4 online in the next hour or so.

As always you can see all the finals day brackets live at http://ss.couchwarriors.org

I'll be updating the top 8 brackets as they're played tonight so you can all follow along.

@#55 Naruo eliminated Leslie.

Tokido taking SC5 and Fuudo annihilating Hart in VF5:FS, Japan seems on a roll.

fuudo doing that throw escape ring out on ryan heart is the highlight of the stream. holy poop that is godly

At Kalma / #60 - MK9 is banned in Australia

@62 Yes, that was simply saying, you're an open book.

Can somebody tell me if they have the Day-1 UMvC3 stream in the archives? I couldn't find it for the life of me. I wanna see some JWong with his Storm team.

Also, if anybody knows when umvc3 finals will start, let me know as well. And if you happen to read this while watching umvc3, please post. I'm multitasking, so hopefully I'll be able to take a break when it matters.

Yo Tokido
Such a great player

I now pronounce Tokido the king of fighting games, seriously! Much respect.

@ #66

He's definitely the most proficient: AE, MVC3, KOF, SC5, SFxT, BB, Tekken, hell even ST/HDR.

There's nothing (MK? lol) this guy cannot play at elite level, it's insane.

Hope that Tokido's getting a good payout (not just from this tourney - but a salary of sorts) to match his consistent results.

justin won skullgirls; cool that he took game serious

@67

Don't forget about 3rd Strike!

Tokido almost beating "the untouchable" Xiaohai in KOF is just amazing!!

Well we jinxed Tokido lol.

SFxT not nearly as entertaining as the other games though, everyone's playing, Ryu, Ken, Rufus and Kazuya, geez...

Can't wait for UMvC3 and AE.

@64 Marvel was streamed over on shadowloohq2.

Think this is first vid:

http://www.twitch.tv/shadowloohq2/b/3...

First match starts at 9min. mark.

SFxT needs to end already. Special rofl-shoutouts to the commentators for literally cheering on Gamerbee (and previously Poongko) during the match itself.

they weren't booing Justin.. they were booing a potential bracket reset, zzzzzzzzzz

Wesker's super crossing up randomly yet again.. God I hate that character

Zak Bennett is legit. I still think one of the americans will take it ( there are four of them and they are all godlike) but this dude is nice

Champs got Knives' number for sure. Didn't even have to go dark

That godlike execution. Makes Doom seem sooo fast with the tri dashes.Kyo for President.

ugghh whys it lagging...

Umvc3 is so boring going to sleep now

Anybody from Singapore? I am coming to Singapore next week and I was wondering where can I find the best arcade for SSFVI

A F*CKING PERFECT!

I don't like umvc3 but damn that was hype

YEAAAAA...MarlinPie takes it with a perfect!

DUDE THAT WAS AWESOMEEEE

Respect to that MarlinPie guy dude...
Such a great game

Xiaohai and Dakou are also sponsored by Qanba

Omg, please get Ryan Hart off the mic!

Great games going on..
Tokido vs Dakou was the best sf4 game so far
Kof final was also great..
No need to talk about Marvel

Only 10 Ryus in the top list of SFxT.

^And 6 Kens

@UAEFighter pretty sure Bugis Arcade is the best, cuz its the most famous

best turnament i`ve seen in a loooong long time!!

Awesome run by Banbaban, and great of Eita to weather the attack until he got his own back.

Jwong and Fword putting Gems Chen and other Cammy whiners on blast! "Underperforming", not "underpowered."

Yo ae

This tournament wont be forgetten easly

@jkuc316 thanks a lot dude appreciate it

wow, what an event!!!!!!

MarlinPie bringing the heat! He and Chris G have the sickest Dooms and have really elevated an already great character into something else entirely. I'd like to see those 2 do some damage in the upcoming big majors.

I'm also really curious about Justin. Is that Wolvie team really going to be his main at EVO? His Felicia has been looking so clutch. I was even digging his Frank West and Spiderman stuff. I guess I just feel like there's still so much untapped potential in those characters (especially Spidey) and the right player needs to come along and really unlock that.

@ 99 a japanese player will do that for us...