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Anime Ascension 2019 results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
This weekend is hosting the 2019 installment of Anime Ascension, which is taking place in Irvine, California.
First, I'd like to note my regret at not being able to post this event sooner than finals day, which is simply because of how many resources EVO Japan took up this weekend.
However, the best part of the event is still to be seen, so make sure to tune in for the hype finals of the main games which all had around 60 entrants each.
The main titles being played are BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[st], BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2.
Some of the notable players attending include Jona, PG|SKD, KidViper, PG|MarlinPie, UYU|KizzieKay, BxA|Blaze, LPT, BrkrDave, Hotashi, KPB|JDR, Betadood, CATPION|Daymendou, Clim and UYU|BeautifulDude, though there are many more as well, of course.
Streaming is being done at LevelUp Live.
EVO Japan 2019 results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
The second installment ever of one of the biggest tournament expansions we've seen is here this weekend, namely the expansion of the EVO brand to Japan, with EVO Japan 2019.
This year, it's taking place in Fukuoka rather than Tokyo, and although entrants aren't as high as they were in last year's monumental premier year, the entrants certainly aren't anything to scoff at.
Over 1000 players are participating in Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition, over 500 in Tekken 7, and roughly between 200-300 each for Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Soul Calibur 6 and King of Fighters 14, respectively.
While these 6 games are the main titles at the event, there'll be an absolutely insane amount of side tournaments as well, so make sure you keep in tune with all of the action.
Players participating are a bit too plentiful to list, but just count on the vast majority of Asian top players — and many other top players from other regions of the world — being present and competing.
Streaming is being done at EVO, EVO 2, EVO 3 and EVO 4.
Side events are set to be streamed at KVO Japan 01, KVO Japan 02, KVO Japan 03 and KVO Japan 04.
Street Fighter League Powered by Rage early results, standings ft. Tokido, Daigo, Fuudo, Nemo, Itazan and Mago
Update: This story has been updated with day 4 results.
Recently, the Street Fighter League Powered by Rage is taking place in Japan.
This is something of a successor to the Rage Street Fighter 5 All-Star League from last year, though the team system has been changed quite a bit.
Instead of each team being focused on top players, six top players — Tokido, CYG|Daigo, CYG|Fuudo, Liquid|Nemo, DNG|Itabashi Zangief and Mago — have become team captains, and each has recruited one Platinum or higher ranked player, and one beginner who wishes to become good at Street Fighter and was selected through an auditioning program.
Each rank of player will only fight players of the same classification (each divided into pros, high class and beginners), and the winner in a pro battle will get their team 3 points, a high class battle 2 points and a beginner battle 1 point.
The prizes for this league are extremely high as usual, with 1st place netting 3 million yen ($27,398), 2nd place getting 1 million yen ($9,133), 3rd place getting 500,000 yen ($4,566), 4th place ending up with 250,000 yen ($2,283), the prize for 5th place being 150,000 yen ($1,370) and the lowest finishing team receiving 100,000 yen ($913).
All of the streaming takes place at the Rage eSports channel at OpenRec.
Strong Style Japan results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
Strong Style Japan is happening today, and it's taking place in Tokyo, Japan.
This is a 3v3 Tekken 7 event, with lots of Japan's best players showing up to compete, as well as some non-Japanese powerhouses.
The winners of this event will receive better seeding at the main Strong Style event later this year.
It's a one-day affair, so you can look forward to non-stop stream action once the event hits and just stick around and enjoy it.
Players attending include Fursan|Rangchu, Jimmy J Tran, Yamasa|Nobi, Book, Yamasa|Take, Ulsan, Yamasa|Yuu, UYU|Yuyu, RB|Tanukana, YoujinBoy, Chikurin, Rickstah, Rip and more.
Streaming is being done by Walker Gaming and Anime Illuminati.
Genesis 6 results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
This weekend, there's an absolute juggernaut of a Super Smash Bros. event going on.
It's time yet again for Genesis, this being the 6th installment, and it's taking place in Oakland, California.
This tournament has over 2,000 entrants for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and over 1,100 for Super Smash Bros. Melee, both of which will have Singles and Doubles events, so it's a doozy for sure.
Besides these, there will also be tournaments in Super Smash Bros. 64, Rivals of Aether and Windjammers.
There are way too many amazing players attending to list them all, but some of the players participating include TSM|Tweek, FOX|MKLeo, Liquid|Hungrybox, TSM|Leffen, NRG|Nairo, PG|Plup, C9|Mango, FOX|Mew2King, RNG|Dabuz, Light, Samsora, Zackray, Shuton, orKsGP|Glutonny, Alliance|Armada, Abadango, PG|Zain, CLG|VoiD, VGBC|aMSa, Liquid|Salem, Larry Lurr, Tempo|Axe, PG|Cosmos, Marss, EMG|Tamim, PG|Esam, Ally, WaDi, ZD, Nietono, WBG|MVD and of course many, many more.
Streaming is being done at VG Boot Camp, VG Boot Camp 2, 2G Gaming, Melee Everyday, SSB64, Showdown GG and Endgame TV 1.
Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour Finals results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
Although 2018 has been over for a while, the first year of the Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour isn't over quite yet.
This weekend, the finals will be happening at the Red Bull Final Summong in Los Angeles, California.
The Sunday will host a top 8 bracket featuring the finalists. Due to GGP|Kazunoko winning four separate saga events, only four players are confirmed for the finals, those being GGP|Kazunoko, FOX|SonicFox, CO|Go1 and NRG|HookGangGod.
Because of this, there will be four separate last chance qualifiers taking place one after another at the event's first day.
Some of the notable players who are hoping to grab the victory in one of these last chance qualifiers are CO|Dogura, CO|Fenrich, BC|Apologyman, PG|Nakkiel, NRG|Supernoon, UYU|Coloud805, FOX|Dekillsage, W2W|KnowKami, EG|NYChrisG, Acqua Reynald, BC|LordKnight, UYU|KizzieKay, R-Cade|Alioune and, of course, many more where they came from.
Streaming is taking place at Dragon Ball FighterZ.
Glitch 6 results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
Glitch 6 is a big single-game event taking place in Laurel, Maryland.
In case you're unclear on which single game this is, it is the latest installment in Nintendo's crossover epic, namely Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Although it's only the one game, there are several events for it, including Singles, Doubles, Squad Strike and Morph-Meter (in which Stage Morph and Final Smash meters are activated).
There are 550 players participating in the Singles event, so there's going to be an absolute ton of competition this weekend.
Some of the notable players set to compete are FOX|MKLeo, NRG|Nairo, Tweek, Liquid|Salem, CaptainZack, PG|Cosmos, MVD, Ally, Tempo|Axe, PG|Esam, WaDi, Lima, 6WX, Demise|SeagullJoe, SDX, VGBC|PinkFresh, JTails and TheReflexWonder. Obviously, there are many more as well.
Streaming is being done at VG Boot Camp, VG Boot Camp 2 and NRG|Nairo's stream.
Frosty Faustings XI results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
Frosty Faustings XI is taking place this weekend — or to be more specific, this Friday and Saturday — in Illinois.
This is a pretty huge event with more than 1200 entrants total, so the competition is going to be off the charts for several of the games present.
Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate both have over 200 entrants, while BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Soul Calibur 6, Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[st], Tekken 7, Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition and the event's Mystery Tournament all have over 100 entrants each.
Besides these titles, you can also expect tournament play to be streamed for Skullgirls: 2nd Encore, Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike, Vampire Savior (Darkstalkers), Windjammers, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, Pokkén Tournament DX, King of Fighters 14, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core +R, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Melty Blood: Actress Again Current Code, Super Sailor Moon S, Fighting EX Layer, Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo, Injustice 2, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Killer Instinct.
Players set to attend include NuckleDu, REC|Punk, NRG|HookGangGod, LostSoul, UYU|Cloud805, EG|NYChrisG, BC|LordKnight, 1UP|PepperySplash, PG|MarlinPie, Teresa, Disrupt|Shadow20z, BjornSonOfBear, FF|ElvenShadow, Jona, FOX|Dekillsage, TS|Arturo Sanchez, Mr. K, Hotashi, NRG|Supernoon, Brian_F, Disrupt|Joonya20z, BxA|Blaze, ITS|ShinBlade, ITS|Mak, UYU|BeautifulDude, Foo, JodyThaGreat and many, many more.
Streaming is being done at BG Callisto, Low Kick Tournaments, Team Spooky, Will English IV, rs Blackrose and Unrivaled Tournaments.
Only The Best II results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
A pretty big event is happening this weekend in Naples, Italy.
This is a one-day event, but it's a pretty damn stacked one with over 200 players participating.
Only two games are being played here — Tekken 7 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
With over 170 players participating in Tekken 7, it's bound to be stacked with most of Europe's finest players fighting it out. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a pretty good showing as well, with over 60 players set to battle.
Some of the notable names present at the event include UYU|Fergus, DG|Asim, 4G|DevilKazuya, Exeed|Ghirlanda, SignorFarfalla, 4F|Rikimaru, DG|RooKang, HG|DanielMado, HarryPotter, DG|ThePhantom, HarryPotter, Mitrust-Storm, FakePotter, Haroun and of course many more.
Streaming is being done at Bode78 and ManaSkill.
Kumite in Tennessee 2019 results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
We've just barely entered the new year, and we already have a slew of events upon us.
Kumite in Tennessee is one of them, and as you'd expect, it's taking place in Tennessee — more specifically, Franklin, Tennessee.
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Tekken 7 both having over 100 entrants, and Soul Calibur 6, Dragon Ball FighterZ and Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition all being above 50 entrants each, respectively, this is going to be a pretty loaded event.
The games being played besides the aforementioned five are BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Injustice 2, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat XL, King of Fighters 14, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Killer Instinct and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2.
Some of the notable players attending include Lil Majin, Disrupt|Shadow20z, BC|Biohazard, CuddleCore, SB|JB, W2W|KnowKami, Neon, Pokchop, BC|HoneyBee, MnT|Trungy, SperoGin, KoDee, TS|Arturo Sanchez and of course many more beyond that.
Streaming is being done at Team Spooky, VG Boot Camp, NYC Furby, HXC Gaming Events and TNEA Live.
Smash Conference United results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
Smash Conference United is happening this weekend in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
This is mainly a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate event, for which the tournament has almost 350 entrants, but there are a bunch of other games being played as well.
The event also features Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. 64, Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition, Tekken 7, Soul Calibur 6, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Guily Gear Xrd REV 2, Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[st] and Dragon Ball FighterZ.
Besides this, it will also houst Doubles events for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Some of the players set to attend include Tempo|ZeRo, Liquid|Hungrybox, FOX|MKLeo, FOX|Mew2King, GRV|Dabuz, Liquid|Salem, eU|Samsora, MVD, Myran, Dyr, AMG|8BitMan and many more.
Streaming is being done at MVG League and G-Force Gaming.
Valhalla II results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
This weekend, we've Valhalla II taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark.
It'll be one of the first instances of a major event with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in the European region, and a lot of top players are looking to show up.
The event also has Super Smash Bros. Melee, and doubles events for both, as well as a 3v3 Battle for the Boroughs where different cities take on one another in teams.
Some of the players set to participate are TSM|Leffen, Asterion|Amsah, Professor Pro, Demise|Trifasia, BZG|Overtriforce, orKsGP|Glutonny, Cyve, iStudying, Alliance|Android, DJ Nintendo and many more.
With almost 400 entrants, you can bet there'll be a lot of hype matches going on, and this is also the first chance to see Melee godslayer TSM|Leffen show what he's made of in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, so it's bound to be a good one. We originally reported that Alliance|Armada would be competing this weekend, however, the Melee god said on Twitter that he cannot attend due to sickness.
Streaming is being done by Geeky Goon Squad and Geeky Goon Squad 2.
Cooperation Cup 17 results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
It's back again this year. Yes, that highly esteemed event we've all been waiting for — the 17th iteration of Cooperation Cup.
As usual, it's taking place in Tokyo, Japan and a crazy amount of players are showing up, as expected.
In case you don't know about this event, it's a massive 5v5 team tournament for the classic and beloved Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike.
With almost 500 players participating in the main event, and even more for the Pre-Cooperation Cup, there'll be no shortage of 3rd Strike going on this weekend.
The entrant list is absolutely massive, but some famous names participating include Nuki, GRPT|MOV, Matsuken, FD|Haitani, RX, Oruga, WP|Vanao, Mester, Raoh, Sugiyama, Kokujin, K.O., Issei, Hayao, Pierrot, PinoAB7 and DeshikenKFG though there are of course many more as well.
Streaming is being done at Game Newton and Anime Illuminati.
The Pinnacle 2018 Results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
The Pinnacle 2018 was a tournament that took place in Canada this weekend.
Due to being so close to New Year's, it actually wrapped up on the Saturday.
Although we weren't in time to get a live post up for the event, we decided it'd be fair to have a results post up for it.
Some notable players who competed at this tournament were FOX|Justin Wong, UTGS|CeroBlast, TGS|Captain L, CACAW|BigD, Binchang, HB|ZomBmu, though there were of course many more as well.
Games played at the event included Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Tekken 7, Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition, Dragon Ball FighterZ, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Soul Calibur 6 and Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2.
Stream archives can be found at The Gaming Stadium, Canadian Joysticks and Mountainside Games.
Let's Make Moves results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
Let's Make Moves is a one-day event taking place in New Jersey today.
This is a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate event, so you can enjoy some high-level gameplay in this brand new Smash title.
It'll feature both Singles and Doubles, so there'll be plenty of action to enjoy.
Since it's a one-day event, just tune in from the start and stick around until the end to maximize your viewing pleasure.
Players attending include NRG|Nairo, Tweek, RNG|Dabuz, CLG|VoiD, Larry Lurr, CaptainZack, Ally, IMT|ANTi, Samsora, Cosmos, SDX, Marss, Light, Shoyo James and many more.
Streaming is being done at Even Matchup Gaming and Nairo MK.
KVO The Winter Battle results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
Christmastime doesn't necessarily mean that tournaments are off the table, as this weekend's event proves.
KVO The Winter Battle is taking place in Kyoto, Japan.
This is an event organized by the same people who usually hold the KVO event which is typically held in May every year.
There are a ton of games being played at this event, including Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Pokkén Tournamnet DX, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, King of Fighters 14, SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, ARMS, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and many more beyond.
Some of these games are played in teams and some are played in singles, and you can look for more details on your game of choice here.
Streaming is being done at KVO Japan 2018, KVO Japan 2, Team KVO Japan, KVO Japan 3, KVO Japan 4 and ARMS Tenka.
NEC 19 results
Update: This story has been updated with final results.
NEC 19 is taking place this weekend in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
This event is hosting a ton of different games, with the most entered one being Soul Calibur 6 at over 250 participants, meaning that stakes are going to be very high for everyone involved.
Besides this, the event will also be hosting tournaments for Tekken 7, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Street Fighter 5: Arcade Edition, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, Under Night In-Birth EXE: Late[st], Dead or Alive 5: Last Round and Pokkén Tournament DX.
Some of the notable names showing up include FOX|SonicFox, Dragon, PAG|Grover, BxA|PartyWolf, Saiyne, Linkorz, UGS|XCaliburBladez, MrKwiggle, Flux, PG|MarlinPie, W2W|KnowKami, FSD|Rikuto and KPB|JDR, though there are obviously many more as well.
There are several other games not listed on the main stream schedule as well that may have side streams such as Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Killer Instinct and Injustice 2, so make sure to check around if those are being streamed separately if you're interested.
Streaming is being done at Bifuteki, Funky P, Bros Calamity, KPB Live and TSB Blaze.
