At Mikado they recently had a weekend long event for ACPR. It happened the same weekend as Evo so I didn't hear about it till after the fact. They had three days of play consisting of:
7/13: Same Character 3on3, Ladies Tournament, 3on3
7/14: Newcomer’s Tournament, Haisha Kyuushu Tournament
7/15: Random 7on7
Same Character 3on3
The format was a 3v3 teams (some teams do have a fourth member however) and all the same character for each team. It was really fun to watch these match ups and some of the teams were really stacked (which isn't surprising considering the location). The Faust team was pretty much three of the top Faust players in Nage, Kissha (Arc Revo Winner) and OsakaB for instance. There was also a bit of a return from players I hadn't seen play the game in a long time such as Machaboo's Ky <3 and Kitamura's Dizzy. Unfortunately not every match was shown but there is good play from the stream footage.
Playlist for the whole batch if you want to just get into the action.
Uki, NOB, Roi(
Sol) vs Kuno, JUN, Nakamura(
Millia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfr3Lt7LOL8 Part 1 (17m)
-Uki's Sol is quite entertaining.
Rin, Manyou, Makki, Kitamura(
Dizzy) vs Konsome, Haaken, FAB
(Potemkin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNvBW0dqxHk Part 2 (19m)
Samitto, Endou, Chappu(
Chipp) vs Jonio, UMA, MK(
Johnny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzwXi3ZV7Yc Part 3 (8m)
TORI, Jyashin MOX, Oppia(
Baiken) vs Yachisu, Yuuta, Bobushii(
Kliff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhS6B6gWs0 Part 4 (13m)
Rin, Kitamura, Makki, Manyou(
Dizzy) vs Hamenchu, Hota, Hossa(
Justice)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPc61bljvvM Part 5 (13m)
Samitto, Endou, Chappu(
Chipp) vs Keiichi, Touji, O2(
Axl)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SQiFHrVvcY Part 6 (8m)
Machaboo, Hayashi, Ain(
Ky) vs XTC, HEVEN, Fino(
Venom)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIQZhEFN9n8 Part 7 (14m)
- This match was the big highlight for me as a biased Ky player. A great showcase of three strong Ky players against a fairly tough match up in Venom. Lots of great instances throughout the video and I like the variance of approaches between the players.
OsakaB, Yuki, Nage, Kiisha(
Faust) vs Natsume, Kisshi, Kazuki(
Dizzy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6egeltCzljc Part 8 (19m)
- I'm really surprised that the Dizzy team was able to get through this one especially against that line up of Fausts.
Uki, NOB, Roi(
Sol) vs Masaki, Hato, Tsubu(
A.B.A)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-01edhV9aw Part 9 (19m)
Grand Finals
Masaki, Hato, Tsubu(
A.B.A) vs Machaboo, Hayashi, Ain(
Ky)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKkMTk7sN1k Part 10 (11m)
-Machaboo, you should get back into this game again~
Newcomer’s Tournament
It's always good to see new faces pick up any fighting game and the level of play here is no slouch. Features players like Jonio (Johnny) himself, Hiro (Anji), Yaxl (Axl), Yuuta (Jam), Kuma (Testament), Gero (Zappa) and various others.
Playlist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka5v6qJmlsw Part 1 (13m)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjHoFcV6q_M Part 2 (15m)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nY6f9eEKYU Part 3 (13m)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpbj-1xS9iU Part 4 (10m)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSF5NfK2XOQ Part 5 (7m)
Haisha Kyushuu Tournament
The format of this tournament starts off as a regular 1v1 in the first round but the gimmick is that the winner of the match 'absorbs' the loser into their team. The winner of the match becomes the anchor or captain of the team. So in the next round you'll have 2 person teams and the absorption process continues (the captain of the previous team is absorbed) until it reaches a team cap. When the cap is reached I believe the next person absorbed into the team replaces another already on the team (Not exactly certain on those details). So it's a interesting spin on team tournaments where you collect those you defeat into your stable of fighters (pokemon style?).
Playlist.
Hiraoka(
Ky) vs Kedako(
May) || O2(
Axl) vs Hirorin(
Sol) || Yarepiyo(
Sol) vs FAB(
Potemkin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgoW45LaRPs Part 1 ( 12m)
-
May stun combos~
Toyo(
Potemkin), Shibukawa(
Venom) vs Melon(
Eddie) || Taka(
Anji) vs Fino(
Venom) || L(
Johnny) vs Ginji(
Ky)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx-4bgq78OM Part 2 (13m)
Woody(
Testament) vs Mossan(
A.B.A) || Jonio(
Johnny) vs Makki(
Dizzy) || Ceylon(
Testament) vs Gero(
Zappa) || Kuni(
Baiken) vs En(
Slayer) || Taka(
Anji), Fino(
Venom) vs Garo(
May), Tanabata(
Slayer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8KxOtb49TM Part 3 (22m)
-Wow
En punishing Kuni's Tatami with a half screen Dead on Time! Also Tanabata with a
big comeback in the second round with Taka.
Katsupiyo(
Sol), Teresa(
Jam) vs Rei(
Chipp), Hiro(
Anji) || AYA(
Baiken), Manyou(
Dizzy) vs Sharia(
Faust), 2rio(
I-No)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epU02Va64mo Part 4 (15m)
Ceylon(
Testament), Gero(
Zappa) vs Okomesu(
Slayer), Matsui(
Zappa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVZAsNjvG-4 Part 5 (8m)
-Haha that start on the Zappa mirror.
Tanabata(
Slayer), Taka(
Anji), Fino(
Venom) vs Trust(
Johnny), Yarepiyo(
Sol), FAB(
Potemkin), Kishitaka(
Sol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YQ_3BdXzE0 Part 6 (15m)
-Wow that
Dead on Time frc from Tanabata to punish the burst. Strong play as well against FAB's Potemkin.
Roi(
Sol), Lark(
May), sora(
Sol), Samitto(
Chipp) vs Matsui(
Zappa), Ceylon(
Testament), Gero(
Zappa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRAHvvGOVdg Part 7 (18m)
-Roi's sequence after
this blocked burst, wow at all those gunflame strings. Gero from the Newcomer's tournament does quite well against Roi, Lark and sora but then meets Samitto (and does very well there too) but that Chipp is too much.
Gero(
Zappa), Roi(
Sol), sora(
Sol), Samitto(
Chipp) vs Yachisu(
Kliff), En(
Slayer), Konsome(
Potemkin), Chonari(
Zappa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9-tjv6tBKw Part 8 (20m)
-En's
burst bait punish is serious. En and Samitto's match was so exciting!
O2(
Axl), Jonio(
Johnny), Nakamura(
Millia), Melon(
Eddie), Shibukawa(
Venom) vs Samitto(
Chipp), Yachisu(
Kliff), En(
Slayer), Konsome(
Potemkin), Chonari(
Zappa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjahu5PFmQ Part 9 (22m)
-Nakamura's Millia~ This
dustloop really woke me up. "D! D! D!..."
Grand finals
Chonari(
Zappa), O2(Axl), Jonio(
Johnny), Nakamura(
Millia), Melon(
Eddie), Shibukawa(
Venom) vs NOB(
Sol), Kedako(
May), Kishitaka(
Sol), Tanabata(
Slayer), Taka(
Anji), Fino(
Venom)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EgMD9CWRG8 Part 11 (13m)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG6cNCWvm8s Part 12 (16m)
-Chonari vs Kedako has a tight finish. Zappa is such a monster.
-Is this like the GG version of
umeshoryu fadc ultra?! Tanabata you beast.
-Let's go Jonio Johnny! Replaced Makki on the team but in the end he was the key player!
Random Mikado Casuals
Roi (
Sol) VS Ain (
Ky)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRdBvnfR-yA (19m)
-Very rarely do I see time out draw games in GG but it's pretty hype when it happens at 7:21 in this set.
AGF (
Anji) VS Sanma (
Order Sol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg_dKE9M2Ss (14m)
KON (
Axl) VS Ain (
Ky)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykgKJOvMiAk (17m)
Roi (
Sol) VS Satou (
Johnny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee6tsFqG8AI (14m)
Sanma (
Order Sol) VS Satou (
Johnny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlPIg4gvjiI (16m)
-Sanma's pressure was amazing in this set. Satou wasn't able to get his Enkasu combos much. I wonder if hitting them on Order Sol is a bit harder? Satou did start to opt for Divine Blade knockdowns instead.
AGF (
Anji) VS Roi (
Sol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXUzNlRH6xc (16m)
Ain (
Ky) vs Nakamura (
Millia), AGF (
Anji), Nana Yu (
Slayer) Sanma (
Order Sol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS76IH-AepE (17m)
012 (
Sol) VS Uki (
Sol), Kishi Taka (
Sol), NOB (
Sol), Ain (
Ky)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItiKE4bj_P0 (14m)
-A Sol bananza. High damage dustwinder loops everywhere. I haven't seen 012 play in a long time but he still looks great. Really sick Slashback punish by Uki at ~2:14.
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Whew. The 7on7, Ladies Tournament and 3v3 hasn't been uploaded yet but when they are I'll make another summary. Anybody who enjoys Guilty Gear (or has a passing interest) should give this a look. Real fun event to watch and I would have loved to watch it live if it wasn't on Evo weekend.