East Coast Throwdown 5 early results, live streams and more featuring ChrisG, Justin Wong, Dieminion, PR Balrog, Filipino Champ, Ricky Ortiz

Updated: This story has been updated with early results.

East Coast Throwdown 5 is about to get going, with the pools being shown on stream from 12 P.M., live from Morristown, New Jersey. The tournament will take place during May 18th-19th, and features Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012, Street Fighter X Tekken v2013, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and more on the main stage, with lots of side tournaments going on as well. For a full rundown of the titles being competed in, hit up our tournament preview.

Hit the jump to check out the streams, with main streaming duties being handled by TeamSp00ky. Secondary streams will be held by Deadly Bison Entertainment, KombatNetwork and Bibiquadium.

Mago, PR Balrog, WeirdoNeo, Gamerbee, Wolfkrone, T SRAI, JaycetheAce, Kurokiba and more - SSF4 AE v2012 online replays

JR "PikachuAkuma" Rodriguez put together multiple compilation videos that feature a metric ton of high level Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 players. These matches showcase the skills of such players as MCZ|Mago, EG|PR Balrog, AVM|Gamerbee, AGE|Wolfkrone, WeirdoNeo, T SRAI, MMS|Kurokiba, Brolylegs and plenty more.

Hit the jump for more.

Capcom considering equipping El Fuerte with better tools to promote thoughtful play, may buff Quesadilla Bomb in Street Fighter 4 series update

Capcom UK employee David "Dawgtanian" Hinds posted a couple of brief statements on Twitter yesterday regarding some potential changes to El Fuerte in the upcoming Street Fighter 4 series update. Dawgtanian mentioned that Capcom is considering making Fuerte's Quesadilla Bomb more effective and equipping him with other tools that will promote thoughtful play.

Although they are looking to improve Fuerte, Capcom is trying to make sure they do not over buff him due to his ability of using his run / stop to string normal attacks together.

Dawgtanian noted that these changes are not a complete certainty right now but are definitely being considered. As a Fuerte player himself, Hinds mentions that he is pleased with the direction the character is headed.

Poongko's Seth vs. Gannoon's Sakura - Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012

Ganoon uploaded a set of matches between himself and CafeId's own Poongko from a CafeId tournament that took place in Dubai. Poonkgo sticks with his trademark Seth and Gannoon chooses his excellent Sakura and the two square off in an exciting set of matches.

Be sure to check out the footage below.

Tip by sarif2soon.

Why the fighting game community hates the word "eSports"

A few days ago, an article was published on The Penny Arcade Report regarding eSports and why the fighting game community seems to hate the term so much.

In this article, there's a lot of history about what's gone down between the fighting game community and the eSports scene in the past, as well as quotes from people such as Tom Cannon, the organizer of EVO.

Here's a snippet from Tom Cannon to start you off.

Hit the jump to read more about the relationship between eSports and fighting games.

Street Fighter 4 questionnaire requests per character, suggested changes for Dudley, Juri, Cody, Sagat and Fei Long

Combofiend is back with a new blog from Ayano-san where he goes over highly requested changes to Street Fighter 4.

After the jump you can check out how many requests there were for each character and the system changes. It might come to a surprise to some that Yang had the most requests out of the entire cast.

Please note that these are the numbers are from the Japanese requests only.

Hit the jump to check it all out.

Updated: Results and stream archive Wednesday Night Fights 2013 #2.7 live stream - Injustice, SF4, SFxT, TTT2

Updated: The results and stream archive have been added into the story after the jump.

Level|Up is back tonight and will be streaming Wednesday Night Fights 2013 2.7 live from Super Arcade in Walnut, California. Tonight's stream will kick off at 9:00 p.m. PDT / 4:00 a.m. GMT. Some of the notable players that are in attendance are ATP|Aris, LU|Alex Valle, DRS|Chris and more

Tonight, they will be streaming Injustice: Gods Among Us, Street Fighter X Tekken v2013, Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 and Tekken Tag Tournament 2.

Hit the jump to check out the stream

Updated: Results and stream archive Next Level Battle Circuit #19 Injustice: Gods Among Us, UMvC3, SFxT v2013, SSF4 AE v2012

Updated: The results and stream archive have been added into the story after the jump.

Tonight, Team Spooky is streaming the Next Level Battle Circuit #19 from The Next Level arcade in Brooklyn, New York. Notable players in attendance include EMP|CD Jr., TS|Sabin, TS|NerdJosh, MH|RayRay, EMP|Sanford Kelly, EMP|Dieminion, TS|Fooblat, MH|Flux and more

They will be streaming Injustice: Gods Among Us, Street Fighter X Tekken v2013, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 over on TwitchTV.

Brackets will be available on Next Level's Challonge.

Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 Japanese arcade master players and BP rankings for all characters

We have some new data fresh from the arcades of Japan, with a list for how many master players are present for each character in the Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition v2012 cast in the Japan's arcades at the moment, as well as the overall highest BP for each character in the cast.

With Sagat topping both lists, it would seem that the character choices in Japan are a bit different from the generally accepted tier lists, and there are bound to be a few surprises popping up here and there.

Hit the jump for the full lists of both master-level players as well as maximum BP for each character.

Yoshinori Ono tweets about going to E3 this year, tweeting a lot about Street Fighter lately

Our favourite old trickster, Mr. Yoshinori Ono, has been tweeting about appearing at E3 this year. Mostly known for being the man behind the Street Fighter 4 series and Street Fighter X Tekken, Ono has also been reported to be helping out with Capcom titles Remember Me and the still very mysterious title "Deep Down", shown during Sony's PS4 announcement back in February.

While it is likely that his tweets may have something to do with "Deep Down", this may also be perfect timing for Capcom to flesh out details regarding the the Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition update that is currently being worked on. You'll find his somewhat uninformative tweets below.

of course!! ;D RT @thechopper1209 hey Yoshi will you be at E3 this year?

— Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_OnoChin) May 14, 2013

hehehe~~ RT @bosjbug getting ready for E3?

— Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_OnoChin) May 14, 2013

While these tweets may mean nothing, it's worth noting that Ono has recently been posting a lot of tweets related to Street Fighter, which might point to something good for fighting game fans at E3 — only time will tell.

Xian's suggested changes to Gen in Street Fighter 4 series

DM|Xian has posted his suggested changes to Gen in the update to Street Fighter 4 series over on his blog. He notes that he hopes that Gen doesn't get any changes, but goes through his wishlist of possible changes which include less recovery on hands, Ultra 2 changes and more.

Hit the jump to check out the full list.

Tons of hype and salt in this compilation of tournament Perfects by AsianCrisis - SSF4 AE v2012 and UMvC3

AsianCrisis brings us another great compilation video this time focusing on perfect rounds scored in tournaments. We get to see a slew of great players going in and getting those "five golden letters" in both Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

There are a ton of amazing players included here such as AG|MarlinPie, DM|Kaiser, AGE|Fanatiq, Poongko and many others. Prepare for the maximum amount of hype and salt while watching this compilation.

Tip by Kakashi92.

Infiltration on SF4 update: I hope they add in more content for general gamers and the character changes make everyone very strong

Chris Bahn over at Put That Back conducted an interview during Final Round 16 with the EVO 2012 champion, Infiltration and his training partner / translator, Laugh. The two skilled players talk on different subjects such as how they feel the v2013 update to Street Fighter X Tekken has been holding up, the training mode in Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 and more.

In this video, Infiltration and Laugh give their opinions on what they would like to see for the upcoming Street Fighter 4 update. Infiltration states that he would like to see more content in the game that appeasl to general gamers and the character changes should be geared toward making every character very strong.

Check out Chris' interview below.

Mago, T SRAI, KojiKOG, Aquasilk, NEO TheOldType, ProudStrawberry, HJMxp, Brolylegs and more - Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 matches

Ssf4evo recently uploaded a slew of Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 online matches in the form of video compilations. Featured today, we have such players as MCZ|Mago, KojiKOG, T SRAI, Aquasilk, Brolylegs, HJMxp, NEO TheOldType and many others.

Hit the jump for more.

Challenge Capcom episodes 12 - 13, Combofiend and Haunts discuss potential changes to Sagat, Dudley, M. Bison and E. Honda in SF4 update

CapcomFightersTV has uploaded the last two episodes of their Challenge Capcom series in which Combofiend and Haunts play Street Fighter X Tekken v2013 and Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 on Xbox 360. During the battles with numerous opponents, Combofiend covers potential character changes in the upcoming SF4 update for Sagat, Dudley, M. Bison and E. Honda.

Note: The changes mentioned by Combofiend are not guaranteed to be included in the game, however, these are tweaks that Capcom U.S. has sent over to Japan for further consideration.

Combofiend and Haunts begin talking about character changes at around 37:30 in the first video and 43:00 in the second video. Below is a bit to get you started and hit the jump to read more changes and check out the videos.

Read older stories...