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Fighting Games Weekly | March 26 - April 1

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I guess it's time for another upgrade. Just like the expansion from the Guard Crush thread to Fighting Game Wednesday, this change is probably long overdue, and since I'm the one who usually makes the thread, I'll take responsibility for the inaction. I'm not sure how well this idea will work, expanding the thread from a single day to a weekly, but we'll see.

As for the overall purpose for a weekly thread:

1. A home for discussion on the various weeklies.
2. A catch-all for FGC-related streams that might not fit the theme of a particular game thread.
3. A place for reminders of upcoming events, such as majors.

As you can guess, I had intended to make this a few days earlier, but yeah, I'm a bit lazy. As for the streams listed, these are the ones that are the most popular and/or feature a significant number of notable players (plus a bit of my own personal bias). Of course, what fits that qualification is pretty subjective, so if there's a stream that you think that should be listed and isn't, make a post or send a PM, or hell, make the thread. It's not mine, it's everybody's thread.

Time Zones
The majority of these streams are US-based, and either on the East or West Coast. If you're a follower of fighting game majors, you probably already know about the 3-hour gap between EDT (UTC -4) and PDT (UTC -7). For EC and WC events, I leave the time in the native time zone, since factoring those three hours should be easy enough. As for events outside of the US, I list the native time zone first, followed by the UTC/GMT listing and a conversion to EDT.

MARCH 26 - APRIL 1

Special Events

CAPCOM and GODSGARDEN are collaborating again to bring you another event, this time featuring SFXTK. CAPCOM x GODSGARDEN 2 on Friday March 30 will be an open 32-player bracket tourney, but 4 of those slots are taken by invitees: Nuki, Kokujin, Nekojita and Kazunoko. The tourney will be single-elimination until Top 8, which will be double elimination. All matches are 2-out-of 3. The stream starts at 7:30PM JST (UTC +9, 6:30AM EDT), with the tournament starting 30 minutes later, streaming from the GODSGARDEN Ustream channel.

This Saturday and Sunday March 31 and April 1 is April Duels, hosted and streamed by Canada Cup Gaming. Each day begins at 12 PM MDT (UTC -6). Featuring The King of Fighters XIII, SoulCalibur V, Super Street
Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver.2012, Street Fighter X Tekken and Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Justin Wong in attendance, along with Jozhear and others in the Western Canada scene.

Curleh Mustache Tournament Series Vol.3 (UMvC3), hosted by IFC Yipes, will be going down Saturday March 31 at 7PM EDT, streamed by Team Sp00ky,

Level|Up will be holding Cross Madness this Saturday, featuring SFXTK 1v1 and 2v2 tournaments. That starts at 5PM PDT.


MONDAY

Option-Select Mixup Monday | SSFIV AE, SFXTK, UMvC3 | 10PM EDT

http://www.twitch.tv/optionselect

Archive
Part 1 (1:17:21) | Part 2 (2:00:00) - Incomplete

UltraChenTV: First Attack & Lv3 Focus | 8PM PDT

Please use the UltraChenTV thread for discussion.

http://www.twitch.tv/ultrachentv

No Archive.


TUESDAY

WinnerStaysOn SSFIV AE (UK) | 7PM BST (UTC +1, 2PM EDT)

http://www.twitch.tv/armshouse

Archive
Part 1 (1:48:24) | Part 2 (2:00:08)


The Break Weekly #152 | SFXTK, UMvC3 | 8PM EDT

http://www.twitch.tv/8wayrun

Archive
Part 1 (1:20:39) | Part 2 (1:46:38) | YouTube playlist


WakeUp SRK Live E094 - eSports | 6:30PM PDT

This week's guest is Arturo Sanchez.

http://www.twitch.tv/keits

Archive (1:29:19) | Audio version (1:29:21) (Mirror)


UltraChenTV: Tuesday Show - SFxT: You're Doin' It Wrong | 8PM PDT (after Wakeup SRK Live)

Please use the UltraChenTV thread for discussion.

http://www.twitch.tv/ultrachentv

Archive | YouTube version (59:10)


Cross Counter Live #201 - NCR, MLG, and Farewell Gootecks | 9PM PDT

Please use the Cross Counter Live thread for discussion.

http://www.youtube.com/thestreamtv

Archive (56:02)


WEDNESDAY

Game Spot Versus KOF Casuals (JP) | KOF 1998 UM, KOF 2002 UM | 7PM JST (UTC +9, 6AM EDT)

Primarily streaming 2002 UM, but occasionally 1998 UM or other games in the KOF series.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/versus-live21

Archive
Part 1 (2:07:52) | Part 2 (1:48:57)


TOPANGA TV (JP) | 8:30PM JST (UTC +9, 7:30AM EDT)

http://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

Archive (2:00:01) - Incomplete


Big Two #20 | SSFIV AE, SFXTK, UMvC3 | 7PM EDT

Xian is in New York and will be participating. CDjr, the winner of the MK tourney at MLG last weekend is also there.

http://www.own3d.tv/teamspooky

Archive
Part 1 (1:59:59) | Part 2 (2:00:03) | Part 3 (2:00:01) | Part 4 (19:21)

IRC Channel (for chat): #teamspooky on irc.quakenet.org

Brackets:

AE Bracket
SFXTK Bracket
UMvC3 Bracket


Wednesday Night Xanbats | SFXTK, UMvC3 | 9PM EDT

http://www.twitch.tv/vgbootcamp

Archive
Part 1 (1:30:24) | Part 2 (1:59:59) - Incomplete


Wednesday Night Fights Arcade Edition 2012 Season 2.1 | SSFIV AE, SFXTK | 8PM PDT

The is the season premiere of the WNF revamp, expanding to Thursdays (The Runback). SFXTK will be 2v2 from now.

http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive

Archive
Part 1 (24:29) | Part 2 (41:46) | Part 3 (19:33) | Part 4 (2:00:03) - Incomplete

Brackets:

AE Bracket
SFXTK Bracket


THURSDAY

Game Spot Versus SFIII:3S Casuals + East-West Battle (JP) | 8:20PM JST (UTC +9, 7:20 EDT)

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/versus-live21

Archive
Part 1 (56:52) | Part 2 (2:01:08) | Part 3 (17:54)


WinnerStaysOn UMvC3 3v3 Special! (UK) | 7PM BST (UTC +1, 2PM EDT)

http://www.twitch.tv/armshouse

Archive (2:00:08) - Incomplete


Salty Battles Weekly #07 | SFXTK, UMvC3 | 7PM EDT

http://www.twitch.tv/localbattles

Archive
Part 1 (1:07:45) | Part 2 (2:00:06) - Incomplete | Part 3 (1:22:13)


The Runback Season 2.1 | KOF XIII, UMvC3 | 8PM PDT

This is the first of Level|Up's Thursday event, and as a first, KOF XIII will be getting weekly coverage.

http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive

Archive (2:00:04) - Incomplete

Brackets
KOF XIII Bracket
UMvC3 Bracket


FRIDAY

KaoTV! (JP) | After CAP x GODS 2

Also join the GODSGARDEN community page on Nico to know when Ura GaoTV! goes live.

http://www.twitch.tv/godsgarden

Archives
Part 1 (12:16) | Part 2 (2:00:05) - Incomplete


The Kumate! #2 | KOF XIII | 7PM EDT

The second entry in Akuma Hokoru's KOF tournament series.

http://www.own3d.tv/teamspooky

Archive
Part 1 (53:50) | Part 2 (2:00:00) | Part 3 (2:00:00) | Part 4 (44:18) | YouTube playlist

The Kumate! #2 Bracket


Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown STA Tournament Series 1.2 | VF5 FS | 7PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner

Archive (2:00:07) - Incomplete


CAPCOM x GODSGARDEN 2, a special SFXTK event, will be starting up at 7:30PM JST (UTC +9, 6:30AM EDT), streaming from the GODSGARDEN Ustream channel.


SATURDAY

Game Spot Versus SSFIIX Casuals & Random-Team 3v3 Tournament (JP) | SSFIIX (ST) | 8:20PM JST (+9 UTC, 7:20 EDT)

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/versus-live21

Archive (2:59:58)


Osaka Mix Up Night #01 (JP) | SSFIV AE, KOF XIII | 10:00PM JST (UTC +9, 9:00AM EDT)

http://www.twitch.tv/mixupnight

Archive
Heavily fragmented, check the channel's video page for archive.


No Savage Saturday this week, but to more than make up for it, the 3rd volume in the Curleh Mustache Tournament Series, hosted by IFC Yipes, will be going down at 7PM EDT, streamed by Team Sp00ky.

NeoGAF thread


Level|Up will be holding Cross Madness this Saturday, featuring SFXTK 1v1 and 2v2 tournaments. That starts at 5PM PDT.


SUNDAY

Southtown Arcade Ranbats: OLD PEOPLE GAMES | 3S, CvS2, MvC2 | 2PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/iplaywinner

Archive (3:47:01)

SoulCalibur V Singles Tournament #7 | SCV | 5 PM PDT

http://www.twitch.tv/avoidingthepuddle

Archive (2:49:16)
 
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You should include the live talk shows too.

Cross Counter, UltraChen, any others there might be.

Yeah, I probably should add those in, but with a re-direct to the individual threads for those streams. Since CC Live and UltraChen already have their own threads, that's where all the discussion should be going.
 
Amazing work, USD. Kudo for being such a badass. Thanks as always, for making the majority of the fighting game threads.

PerfectLegend getting blown up by Spooky
 
STA VF5 ranbats will be this Friday.

Also CVS2/3S/MVC2 will be this Sunday, not KOF.

Yeah, I made a general weekly template but forgot to change some of the individual streams for this week, thanks for the reminder. Also probably just got some stuff wrong.
 
Just wanted to give a bit thank you to USD, thanks for always making the threads and in a great format to boot. Kudos sir.
 
Hmm, So I'm planning on going to the godsgarden tournament tomorrow.. but it's only a 32 man bracket? Is it going to be first come first serve, or do they really expect such little interest?
 
Hmm, So I'm planning on going to the godsgarden tournament tomorrow.. but it's only a 32 man bracket? Is it going to be first come first serve, or do they really expect such little interest?

I'm pretty sure the bracket is already filled. I'm sure there was plenty of interest, just keeping the tourney small to keep things running on time. The event starts pretty late, so there's no way they probably couldn't manage to run a larger one without spilling over into the next day.
 
Just way to say own3d.tv works like a buttery silky dream on the new ipad, no app needed, 60fps stream so smooth and the ipad is taking it like drinking water.

I wish twitch was this good.
 
Hmm, So I'm planning on going to the godsgarden tournament tomorrow.. but it's only a 32 man bracket? Is it going to be first come first serve, or do they really expect such little interest?

GodsGarden is usually an invitational with an open bracket to play in for the last couple slots. Dunno how this one will work.
 
looks like its big two for me tonight, the runback tomorrow, and curleh mustache 3 on saturday!

curleh is definitely going to be awesome, and the last one did not disappoint!
 
In dat ass tonight for spooky. I hope he puts some input into the Gootecks situation, and maybe they'll do 2v2 in SFxT? One can hope we start seeing it so we can see if the EVO staff is on the right track, or if the game is still shitty to watch.
 
The girlfriend bought me a Team Spooky t-shirt for my birthday earlier this week. Best thing is I have a Kappa sticker but I have no clue where to place this sucker.
 
I'm pretty sure the bracket is already filled. I'm sure there was plenty of interest, just keeping the tourney small to keep things running on time. The event starts pretty late, so there's no way they probably couldn't manage to run a larger one without spilling over into the next day.


Hm, but on the website it looks like it says it has an open bracket with some invitations? Also am I reading it right that there are sign ups starting at 6pm?

http://godsgarden.jp/cxg2/
 
Updated the OP with several talk(-ish) shows: UltraChenTV, WakeUp SRK Live, Cross Counter Live, TOPANGA TV (JP) and KaoTV! (JP). Note that UltraChen and CC Live already have their own threads, so discussion should go there.
 
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