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Capcom Pro Tour Asia Finals is the 2nd last Premier Event of this year's Capcom Pro Tour. 9 players who have qualified via 9 different CPTA qualifier events across Asia Pacific (eg: Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore) will battle it out in an offline round robin event at Singapore's largest gaming convention, Game Start Asia, this weekend. The winner of this Premier Event will win a significant portion of the $15,000 prize pool as well as an auto-qualification spot for the Capcom Cup (5th-6th December) which has the largest prize pool ($250,000) in competitive fighting game history.

Capcom Pro Tour

The Capcom Pro Tour (CPT) is the premier league destination for competitive fighting games. Featuring the latest flagship title of the legendary Street Fighter series, the CPT brings together players and spectators from all over the world to share their love of gaming. With over a dozen official events, and even more independently run tournaments involved, the CPT showcases the very best that competitive gaming has to offer.

Schedule (Stream at http://twitch.tv/capcomfighters)

Participants

Qualified via Double Elimination @ South Korea
CPT Highlight Match
CPT Performance Summary

• Currently at 3rd place in the CPT standings with 896 points
• Has already qualified for Capcom Cup by winning SoCal Regionals last month
• Had an incredible tournament win streak last month when he took 2nd, 1st and 1st at Tokyo Game Show, SoCal Regionals and Ultra Hyakkishu Cup respectively

Qualified via Taiwan Fighting Game Major @ Taiwan
CPT Highlight Match (Amazing ending BTW)
CPT Performance Summary

• Currently at 30th place with 142 points. As there will be no CPT points given out at this event, he's currently in the Capcom Cup qualification bubble along with Dakou. If he does not win this tournament, Misse can qualify via points if players who are already in the Capcom Cup field win the spots at either CPT Asia Finals or DreamHack Winter.
• Had a breakthrough performance this year via an amazing match with Razer's RB at South East Asia Major 2015 thanks to his explosive Makoto playstyle

Qualified via Hong Kong Esports Tournament @ Hong Kong
CPT Highlight Match
CPT Performance Summary

• Currently at 44th place with 66 points. Only way for him to qualify for Capcom Cup is by winning this event.
• Considered to be one of the best 3rd Strike players of all time and 2nd cheapest Street Fighter player according to Alex "Back Masseuse" Valle
• However, his Ultra SF4 performance this year is mostly unremarkable as the Hong Kong Esports Tournament was the only event where he placed top 8 this year

Qualified via KVO @ Osaka, Japan
CPT 2015 Highlight Match
CPT Performance Summary

• Currently at 13th place with 416 points
• Has already qualified for Capcom Cup via Ultra Hyakkishu 2015 in Japan
• Had the longest winning streak at this year's EVO. After being sent to losers in pools, he went on to beat 17 opponents before getting eliminated at 4th place by eventual runner up Gamerbee
• Zhi has noted that Nemo's Rolento is the shit

Qualified via Capcom Pro Tour Asia Shanghai Qualifier @ Shanghai, China
CPT 2015 Highlight Match

CPT Performance Summary

• Currently at 4th place with 798 points
• Won 2 Premier Events this year (Final Round 18 in the USA and KO Fighting Game Festival in Kuwait)
• Claimed on his Twitch stream that he has won more than $35,000 from this year's tournaments alone

Qualified via Ze Fighting Game Champion @ Chengdu, China and Saigon Cup @ Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, respectively
CPT 2015 Highlight Match
CPT Performance Summary

Dakou

• Currently at 31st place with 140 points
• Like Misse, he's on the Capcom Cup bubble so he has to either win this to qualify for CC or Dakou can qualify via points if players who are already in the Capcom Cup field win the spots at both CPT Asia Finals and DreamHack Winter
• Very prolific in the King of Fighters series like his partner Xiaohai but seldom have a noteworthy performance in SF4 (only victory this year was the CPT ranking event that he won to qualify for CPT Asia Finals despite participating various CPT events in 3 continents this year)

Xiaohai

• Currently at 14th place with 360 points (Has enough points for him to qualify for Capcom Cup)
• One of the few players to have a positive win record against Daigo's Evil Ryu
• Despite placing top 8 in the last 5 CPT tournaments he has entered, stream monsters often overlook him when there's a stream chat debate on the best SF4 players in the world right now

Qualified via Nine States Tournament @ Kyushu, Japan
CPT 2015 Highlight Match
CPT Performance Summary

• Currently at 16th place with 308 points (Has enough points for him to qualify for Capcom Cup)
• Because he placed 2nd at the Nine States Tournament, Poongko replaced the winner, Infiltration, as his Korean partner in crime was unable to attend this event
• Had a very strong start in the early stages of the 2015 CPT circuit but has largely fallen off (Has not placed top 16 in the last 3 CPT events excluding EVO)

Last Chance Qualifier

The 9th player who will be participating in this event will be determined tomorrow at the Last Chance Qualifier that is happening at the same venue. It has been reported that strong local players like Leslie and Gackt as well as international players like PR Balrog, Haitani and Kindevu have signed up for this event as this is probably the last chance for them to qualify directly for the Capcom Cup (the last Premier event of this year's CPT is Dreamhack happening in two weeks).

With respect to the CPT storyline, it is a make or break moment for PR Balrog who is currently at 32nd place with 132 points. Even though he has flown to places like Costa Rica and Japan in the past 2 months in order to win some CPT points, his disappointing finishes in the last 4 CPT events he has enterred since Tokyo Game Show has caused him to fall short from becoming a Capcom Cup qualifier via points.

Note: If you have an interest in discussing the Fighting Game Community, consider joining the Fighting Game Community thread where we try to talk about what is happening in the FGC.

As always, if you see an infographic for a FGC tournament, it was likely made by acekingoffsuit. The guy makes stream schedules for every major tournament and he does it for free. You can find his twitter account here: https://twitter.com/acekingoffsuit

Also, Malice215's FGC Calendar was used to help get more information on tournaments. Malice215 (also a gaffer) spends much of his free time maintaining the FGC Calendar

Note 2: Tripon will post tourney infos for other tournaments that are also happening this weekend like Eclipse (Smash Tourney with ~$12000 prize pool) and Rewired (Arizona regional FG tournament)

 

[Gipsy Danger]

We are almost there! This should be great, cannot wait.

 

[Horseress]

Good job pixelish

Damn, only three weeks from CC? Holy shit

 

[Tripon]

Stream schedule for CPTAsia.

 

[Tripon]

Some other tournaments this week if you aren't watching CPTAsia Finals.

iBuyPowerCup

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & USF4 tournaments at the eSports Arena in Santa Ana, CA.

Streams details pending

Games:
Nov 14: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U ($2500 prize pool, 128 player cap)
Nov 15: Ultra Street Fighter 4 ($2500 prize pool, 128 player cap)

Details: https://eventgrid.com/Events/18518/ibuypower-cup-smash-tournament

Eclipse, a Smash event in Europe.

European Smash Circuit Event at The Cannon Hall in Oslo, Norway. 100,000 NOK ($12300+) prize pool. Wobbles & D1 main casters.

Stream: http://www.hitbox.tv/pressfire

Games: Super Smash Bros. Melee (Singles & Double)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Singles)

Website: http://www.pressfire.no/eclipse/

Details: https://smash.gg/tournament/eclipse/details

http://smasheurope.com/tournament/eclipse/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/516541671844735/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/smasheclipse

Rewired 2015, in Arizona

Streams:
Fighting games: http://www.twitch.tv/thefighting99
Melee Singles & Doubles: http://www.twitch.tv/AZMeleeCommunity
Project M: http://www.hitbox.tv/azpm

Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-h3pzGSPybNGuulePcVBnpGzZuoktHcCJ6V0TTgB7fA/pubhtml

Games:
USF4
Project M
Killer Instinct
UMVC3
Super Smash Bros. Melee

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mswwtimVVq0

Details: http://shoryuken.com/2015/09/17/rew...cale-competition-back-to-arizona-in-november/

Website: https://www.rewiredaz.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RewiredAZ

Rumble in the Tundra 5 in Buffalo, NY

Fighting game event at the Buffalo Game Space in Buffalo, NY.

Streams:
USF4/UMVC3: http://www.twitch.tv/bifuteki
MK/Anime: http://www.twitch.tv/sscfn
Melee: http://www.twitch.tv/buffalosmash
Smash 4: http://www.twitch.tv/gameonesports
Tekken: http://www.twitch.tv/mak_nificent

Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...9d7UdoO1kxKtmHEyJkfQQXpx4/edit#gid=1157521225

Games:
USF4 (X360, $1000 pot bonus)
UMVC3 (X360, $1000 pot bonus)
MKX (PS4, $1000 pot bonus)
TTT2 (PS3, $500 pot bonus)
Super Smash Bros. Melee ($500 pot bonus)
Guilty Gear Xrd (PS3, $250 pot bonus)
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U ($250 pot bonus)
Bunch of side tournaments & mystery games
All night salty suite from 12AM - 10AM Sunday

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/680688595391804/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChaCha2daMax

All of the info copy and pasted from FGC Calendar.

 

[Sayad]

/Hyped for Fam

 

[Tripon]

I want Misse to win the CPT spot, expect Xhao Hai or Poongko to get it.

 

[pixelish]

thanks tripon for the tourney info

i have an infiltration graphic for the op but i've forgotten that poongko has replaced him so just gonna post it here so it doesn't go wasted

 

[biosnake20]

So the only way for Pr Rog to get into Capcom Cup is win the qualifier and then win the round robin? Or wait can he can also get in if he gets top 4 and the rest have already qualified right? I'm confused

 

[MrDaravon]

So the only way for Pr Rog to get into Capcom Cup is win the qualifier and then win the round robin? Or wait can he can also get in if he gets top 4 and the rest have already qualified right? I'm confused

I believe so yes; as far as I understand he has to win the last chance spot to get into the Round Robin at all, then he has to get the auto-qualifier spot from that by either winning, or making top 4 with no one else that already has an auto-qualifier spot ahead of him.

If he doesn't make it there his only other chance would be to win or otherwise get the auto-qualifier spot at Dreamhack which is the only other (last) CPT event but I have no idea if he's planning on going to that.

 

[Qvoth]

Makes me wanna go to Singapore and check this out :<

 

[pixelish]

So the only way for Pr Rog to get into Capcom Cup is win the qualifier and then win the round robin? Or wait can he can also get in if he gets top 4 and the rest have already qualified right? I'm confused

the top 4 thing doesn't apply for cpta finals so the highest placer between poongko, mov, misse, dakou and xiaohai will qualify for capcom cup.

 

[pixelish]

Notable players in each pool of last chance qualifier
P1: Somniac (AUS), God of Sky (CHN), Gamble Boxer (SG)
P2: PR Rog (US), HZY (SG)
P3: Arika (JP), Stanick (MY)
P4: Haitani (JP), Sherman (SG)
P5: KOK (JP), BurnoutFighter (AUS), Leslie (SG)
P6: Chuan (MY), Kaiser (SG)
P7: Koji (SG), Kindevu (JP)
P8: Gackt (SG)

edit: if there's no delay, the qualifier will start in ~20 minutes and you may watch it at http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters

 

[Lulubop]

Let's go Ed!

 

[Qvoth]

stream still offline? what's going on

 

[Emperor Bohe]

Unlikely, but I'll be mad hype if PR Rog takes it

 

[pixelish]

stream just started with zhi and mike ross on commentary

 

[Unlucky]

It's been less frequent lately, but when Rog is on, he can take on the best in the world. Never count him out.

 

[pixelish]

pr rog looking so on point today.

 

[mbpm1]

Commentators are good

 

[pixelish]

Commentators are good

you forgot your kappa m8

 

[JayEH]

Damn didn't realize this started already. Guess I'll tune in for a bit before I sleep.

 

[pixelish]

rip haitani

 

[mbpm1]

you forgot your kappa m8

Better than Zhi

 

[Horseress]

Is pr rog still in?

EDIT: yes he is

 

[pixelish]

hugo vs gief always brings out great matches

 

[mbpm1]

hugo vs gief always brings out great matches

^^

 

[pixelish]

haitani eliminated by kok offstream

 

[Sayad]

;__;

 

[pixelish]

chuan's ryu reminds me of a more disciplined version of jyobin

edit: fuck chuan was robbed. shouldn't it be the TO's responsibility to constantly 'refresh' the ps4 controller in order to prevent this kind of thing to happen?

edit2: poor rog

 

[Horseress]

omg eduardo stop dropping combos ffs

 

[CountBlack]

LETS GO PR ROG

 

[Tripon]

chuan's ryu reminds me of a more disciplined version of jyobin

edit: fuck chuan was robbed. shouldn't it be the TO's responsibility to constantly 'refresh' the ps4 controller in order to prevent this kind of thing to happen?

edit2: poor rog

There is no rule about that in the CPT. Chuan or any other player has a reasonability to make sure their controller works. If they do not, there is a consequence.

 

[pixelish]

nice one gackt!

see you in two weeks at dreamhack, rog

 

[Horseress]

rip

 

[TheChits]

Land of the free

 

[CountBlack]

Gackt started playing a lot more loose with the DP's and Rog didn't adapt. Also, Gackt's punishes on the dash punches were amazing. He focus dashed the dash punch and punished the recovery with a st.HP. Most people just let it crumple with the level 2.

Really frustrating to go out like that :/

 

[FACE]

 

[Asd202]

Is that Asian Floe?

 

[Ivan Amiibo]

what a fucking run rog had for SF4, though

 

[pixelish]

Is that Asian Floe?

jwong + marn = kindevu

 

[Ivan Amiibo]

jwong + marn = kindevu

spot on

 

[Tripon]

jwong + marn = kindevu

Kindevu is a CvS2/3S legend though. Won EVO in CvS2 and finished top 8 muplitle times in both games.

 

[Asd202]

jwong + marn = kindevu

Makes sense.

 

[pixelish]

Kindevu is a CvS2/3S legend though. Won EVO in CvS2 and finished top 8 muplitle times in both games.

yeah, i know who kindevu aka golden fatty is.

 

[MrDaravon]

Really bummed Rog isn't making it to CPT; I don't give a shit about the whole USA thing, I just think he's a great player and super entertaining to watch.

Dude is probably kicking himself hard for kinda taking a break there for a while with his "retirement."

 

[pixelish]

rip pr rog's sf4 career

Ed &#8207;@PR_Balrog 7m
Ggs everyone,couldn't focus on the last 2 matches. I won't be going to dreamhack anymore.
Not worth it for me.
Time to enjoy singapore
#CPT

 

[CountBlack]

Really bummed Rog isn't making it to CPT; I don't give a shit about the whole USA thing, I just think he's a great player and super entertaining to watch.

Dude is probably kicking himself hard for kinda taking a break there for a while with his "retirement."

Yea his sudden "okay now I want to take this seriously again" around the early/middle of the year is what really messed up his chances of qualifying. He should've went hard the whole year.

But, he does have a full-time job so it's difficult :/

 

[vulva]

Haitani

 

[FACE]

Haitani

If only he had won in Brazil.

Edit: I'm brazilian and I'd have rather seen haitani in CC than Keoma, oh well.