Category: Japan
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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 […]