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Canada Cup 2012 weekend tournament preview

Posted by Catalyst
October 25, 2012 at 12:21 p.m. PDT

Canada Cup 2012 is going to feature an amazing amount of talent this year. There are three separate streams being ran, and a ton of great competitions, most notably a 5v5 Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 tournament that should be insanely hype, with a $5,000 bonus pot on the line. All told, there's over $20,000 in prizes up for grabs.

Players from all over the globe will be flying into Canada to compete this weekend, including key competitors from Evil Geniuses, Mad Catz, Razer, Western Wolves and other competitive gaming groups.

For a breakdown of what to expect, hit the link below.

Canada Cup 2012

• The run down: Canada Cup 2012 will take place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on October 26-28. There's a $5,000 pot bonus for the 5v5 SSF4 AE v2012 tournament, $2,000 bonus for singles SSF4 AE v2012 and another $2,000 bonus for the UMvC3 singles tournament.

Competitions for Street Fighter X Tekken, Mortal Kombat 9, King of Fighters 13, Persona 4: Arena, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Dead or Alive 5 will also be ran.

• Who's expected to show: RZR|Fuudo, WW|Infiltration, MCZ|Tokido, EG|Justin Wong, coL|Filipino Champ, AVM|GamerBee, MCZ|Mago, AGE|NYChrisG, EG|Ricky Ortiz, Kazunoko, Bonchan, RZR|Latif, FNEX|K-Brad, DM|Xian, EG|PR Balrog, WW|Laugh, Mike Ross, MTLSF|Chi-Rithy, AGE|Vangief, LU|Alex Valle, Humanbomb, CCG|Air, AGE|Flash Metroid, UVG|Noel Brown and many more.

•Who to look out for: This tournament is loaded with exceptional players, but RZR|Fuudo has been beating just about everyone under the sun in SSF4 AE v2012 lately, taking top honors in the 2nd Topanga A League, and 2nd place (behind Daigo) at the Japanese SF 25th qualifier. He'll be facing very stiff competition here though, so it wouldn't be surprising to see another player take top honors.

On the UMvC3 side of things, newly signed to AGE, NYChrisG will be looking to make a big impact here. He took the top spot at Seasons Beatings: Ascension, but Justin Wong and Filipino Champ will end up being contenders here as well.

• Streaming duties and schedule: There will be three separate streams being ran. The primary feed is on Canada Cup's TwitchTV page, the 2nd stream is Offcast and the third stream will be ran by The 4th Dimension You can find a full stream schedule here.

Comments

GentleLinker said on October 25, 2012 at 12:34 p.m.

Will Umehara be attending?

SabishiiRyuu said on October 25, 2012 at 12:37 p.m.

#1: No he's not. This has become my favourite event of the year. I like it even more than EVO exactly because of the international 5v5. That's SO much hype. Rooting for Kazunoko to retain his title, though Fuudo and Infiltration have been on a tear lately. This is gonna be sick! #8.95

keijukaze said on October 25, 2012 at 12:41 p.m.

8.95 Cup

dorayaki said on October 25, 2012 at 12:44 p.m.

Like I said before, Justin being captain and Ricky being captain is FRAUD!!!!

I need to see TWO last minute changes! Consolidate teams USA so that Latif or Die can be captain of second USA. and ALLOW same characters! WhyTF not?

I said my peace. HYPE TIME!

SabishiiRyuu said on October 25, 2012 at 12:50 p.m.

@4: Allowing same characters or unlocked character pick would take away HUGE part of strategies in teams. If they took that away, there would be no reason to have captains and it would be filled with counter-picks. The team tournament's format is perfect as it is.

ineedbackup said on October 25, 2012 at 12:52 p.m.

sad that daigo isn't there but at least kazunoko is going.

hyerty said on October 25, 2012 at 12:58 p.m.

If daigo isn't flown out, he won't fly out. If you know what I mean.

jme said on October 25, 2012 at 1:13 p.m.

Any money matches going down?

DMastaGX said on October 25, 2012 at 1:19 p.m.

Michelle Yee <3

llSilkCutll said on October 25, 2012 at 1:20 p.m.

Gutted Daigo is not attending - Also what has happened to Poongko? Not seen him around much lately in tournaments.

#10

ichiban829 said on October 25, 2012 at 1:24 p.m.

Is the stream going to be archived??

#11

NvhA said on October 25, 2012 at 1:26 p.m.

Poongko had a nightmare the last time he flew to Evo, missed his flight, having to find someone to adopt him etc and not being able to communicate. Not surprised if he's traumatized by the experience still.

Daigo did not go last year as well. Must be saving his energy for the beasting to be done at 25th Anniv tourney.

#12

InHaPhan said on October 25, 2012 at 1:40 p.m.

this is gonna be a sick fg weekend,
is poongko the machine confirmed for team korea?

#13

okay said on October 25, 2012 at 1:56 p.m.

Poongko, Infiltration, and Laugh are confirmed for Team Korea.
http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?...

#14

SabishiiRyuu said on October 25, 2012 at 2:02 p.m.

#14: Did you by chance miss the latest news? Poongko isn't attending and team UK has also dropped out.

#15

massi4h said on October 25, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.

Good list of players. I wish Daigo did make it out though, I guess I'm still living in the past but being a marvel head now, having Daigo there woulda put a bit more interest in AE for me.

#16

Sureyoucan said on October 25, 2012 at 2:36 p.m.

AGE taking first place in marvel Kappa

#17

yamazaki said on October 25, 2012 at 3:20 p.m.

umehara can't attend because he'll be at the yokkaichi university festival

they seriously need to have this somewhere else though... can anyone imagine if evo were held in little rock

#18

Chrisuchiwa said on October 25, 2012 at 3:20 p.m.

Is the stream free now, or we still have to pay 8.95 bucks?

#19

Chrisuchiwa said on October 25, 2012 at 3:35 p.m.

These Tournament previews are so well-done because it gives much more interest in the major.
Thx EH, always godlike.

#20

Vawned said on October 25, 2012 at 3:59 p.m.

#19

The Stream is free, but the HD and Archive requires subscription, for $8.95

#21

Hazzird said on October 25, 2012 at 4:08 p.m.

Who cares about daigo anymore

#22

DandyCheeks said on October 25, 2012 at 4:27 p.m.

People that are aware that he is still one of the best AE players out there.

#23

JIHADJOE said on October 25, 2012 at 6:40 p.m.

8.95, Never forget.

#24

spotlesseden said on October 25, 2012 at 6:54 p.m.

Kazunoko will repeat.

#25

RedEther said on October 25, 2012 at 7 p.m.

@22 He is arguably the best SF player of all time so he will always have hype surrounding him.

#26

Aluppoj said on October 25, 2012 at 7:33 p.m.

@22

You are insane. Like who cares about Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky or Babe Ruth? Show some respect, the man has earned it.

#27

yamazaki said on October 26, 2012 at 12:12 a.m.

gretzky is free, lemieux is the greatest

#28

andyknigth said on October 26, 2012 at 2:10 a.m.

WhAAAAAT!!!!! poongko, not attending this would have been the best chance to see infiltration and poongko on one team, that would have been the team to beat. what happened, really?

#29

Just_drink_oe said on October 26, 2012 at 2:42 a.m.

^^^Read poongko twitter. He's not attending Canada cup because, supposedly, him and infiltration had some type of argument about weather or not to bust out the gangnam style dance, if the Korean team won. True sheit

#30

andyknigth said on October 26, 2012 at 2:57 a.m.

lol!!!! what? that was some sick sh***T. they should settle for the Russian dnace,lol!

#31

llSilkCutll said on October 26, 2012 at 3 a.m.

Poongko and Infiltration have had bad blood for a while now, recently Poongko just can't beat Infiltration. Would have been hell of team. I didn't know Poongko was going though, real shame.

Apart from Daigo & Poongko this really is a strong field - Should be some classic match ups.

Shame Breno Fighters Cammy isn't there also (man that guy is awesome).

#32