DocFugu’s blog. Fighting games in Japan.
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A series of Momochi Tweets about the 2018 Japan Premiere
At this year’s Japan Premiere 2018 Momochi tweeted a bunch of interesting tweets. I’ve collected and translated them here. English after the embedded tweets. 今回のジャパンプレミアはちょっとバタバタした部分もあるだろうけど個人的には昔懐かしい感じで良かったです。最近の大会(海外含む)は賞金が上がったり規模が大きくなっててそれ自体は良い事だとは思うけど選手や観客の熱量をどこか感じづらくはなってる気がしてた。 — Echo Fox |ももち (@momochi212) September 22, 2018 凄いスピードで業界が成長してる故にちょっとそれに置いてけぼりを感じてる人はいるんじゃないかなと。今回で言うとめちゃくちゃ広い会場というわけではないんだけどそれが良くて、ゲームと人、選手と観客の距離感が良い距離感なんですよね。 — Echo Fox |ももち (@momochi212) September 22, 2018 広い会場で超大型スクリーンでゆったり椅子に座ってっていうのももちろん素敵なんだけど、ギチギチの人混みで人並み掻き分けて自分の見たい試合見たりどこか不自由なんだけどそれが良かったり。選手目線でいうと配信外の試合でも後ろで見てくれる人や応援してくれる人がいるとやっぱり嬉しいよ。 — Echo Fox |ももち (@momochi212) September 22, 2018 参加者、観戦者の方も凄い良くて良い試合をした時はしっかり声を上げたり賞賛してたり、ファンの方々も積極的に好きなプレイヤーにサインや写真を求めてたり、よく例えで海外の大会は〜観客の盛り上がりが凄いんですよ！とか言うけど(ごめんなさい自分もたまに言うw)日本も負けてないなと今回感じた。 — Echo Fox […]
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Studio Sky transforms into “Gaming Office Studio Sky”
2018-09-14 at about 2pm JST, Momochi announced that Studio Sky is undergoing a change. Here is a rough translation. スタジオスカイに関してのご報告https://t.co/mqij7cI2Pf — Echo Fox |ももち (@momochi212) September 14, 2018 Studio Sky transforms into “Gaming Office Studio Sky” Studio Sky has been operating as a rental space up until now, but from today we change how we […]
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2018 Fall Topanga League Information
Table of Contents 1. What are the rules for Topanga League? 2. Schedule 3. Online Day 1 Results 4. Online Day 2 Results 5. Online Day 3 Results 6. Online Day 4 Results 7. Online Day 5 Results 8. Online Day 6 Results 9. Offline Day 1 Results 10. Offline Day 2 Results The Topanga […]
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A report on the signing ceremony for the “Japan and Saudi Arabia eSports Match” agreement.
4gamer.net posted an article about a new Japan – Saudia Arabia eSports venture that will take place in January 2019. Ian Walker started an interesting twitter thread about the FGC and taking money from Saudi Arabia. I think he has a good point there, but since this is the second time I’ve seen someone talk […]
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Why would a 5th grade girl enter a Pro Gaming team? We ask her what she thinks about it.
Fugu here. I thought this was an interesting article, so I decided to translate it. The US equivalent school year might be either 5th or 6th grade. All errors are mine, I’m not a professional translator, constructive criticism is welcome. In interviews like these, the interviewer will often directly address the intervee by name, I […]
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2018 August and September Fighting Game Events in Tokyo
Previous: 2018 June and July Tokyo FGC Events| Next Seems like I’ve gotten into the habit of tracking FGC offline events in the Tokyo area. This isn’t a comprehensive list, but feel free to contact me if you want me to add anything. Very generally: On Tuesdays there is a DBFZ, Tekken7, and Soul Caliber […]
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Capcom supports SFV as an eSports game in Japan
Table of Contents 1. Capcom eSports Club 2. Street Fighter V AE Rookie’s Caravan 2018 3. Profit sharing deal for SFV streamers on OpenRec.tv and other OpenRec activity 4. Involvement with the Japan eSports Union (JeSU) 5. Capcom Confidential 6. What could Capcom be doing better? A note on word choice: I used the word […]
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Yoshimoto Gaming BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle tournament
The tournament is Single elimination, First to Two, random stage. Loser can change characters. VOD up on youtube, with top 8 beginning from 3:19:50. Teddy Bui had a great comment with the players and timestamps, which I used to put this together. Koji KOG (Waldstein / Tager) was in the tournament, but lost just before […]
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Interview with Itabashi Zangief: You can’t win just by “being good”.
Table of Contents 1. You can’t win just by “being good”. The dedication of Itabashi Zangief, a pro gamer that plays 10 hours a day. 2. The story up until Pro Gamer Itabashi Zangief enters the world of eSports 3. Being good alone isn’t enough to win. Learn from an eSports pro how to win […]
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Sako and Ryuusei join FAV Gaming, and we talk to them about it
Table of Contents 1. Sako and Ryuusei join FAV gaming’s Fighting Game division, and we talk to them about it! 2. How do you feel now that you have joined FAV gaming? 3. Ryuusei and his fighting game history 4. The players talk about their enthusiasm for the future! Sako and Ryuusei have joined FAV […]
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About Japan’s RAGE Street Fighter V All★Star League powered by Capcom
Table of Contents 1. What is RAGE? 2. What is the format for the RAGE Street Fighter V All★Star League powered by Capcom? 3. What are the teams? 4. Important Dates with Stream links 5. Daigo on the team draft 6. Results 6.1. Section One 6.2. Section Two 6.3. Section Three 6.4. Section Four 6.5. […]
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2018 June and July Fighting Game Events
Previous: 2018 April and May Tokyo FGC Events | 2018 August and September Tokyo FGC Events Seems like I’ve gotten into the habit of tracking FGC offline events in the Tokyo area. This isn’t a comprehensive list, but feel free to contact me if you want me to add anything. Very generally: On Tuesdays there […]
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