Wednesday Night Fights returns from its hiatus (I hope everyone wished SHGLBMX a happy birthday last week) and comes back tonight with more matches live from Orange County.

Be sure to check out all the action starting sometime after 8:30 p.m. It's on the JustinTV portal.

As always, check out the thread on Shoryuken to find out what's going to happen.

Here's some info on what'll be happening:

Purpose: To share beginner to advance Street Fighter 4 knowledge with some of the most dedicated players in the Fighting Game Community.

Features: Live commentary from some of the best fighting game community analysts such as James Chen, UltraDavid, and surprise guests. Watch top players such as Combofiend, Justin Wong, Ed Ma, Ken I, and many more beasts battle it out in crazy sets! Tutorials from Alex Valle on beginner to advance players so everyone can Rush that Shit Down!

There's a good FAQ regarding the Evolution 2010 tournament series. There seems to be one every year, and this one covers pretty much what you need to know. If you're going to this year's tournament series -- it's at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas -- you might want to read it just so you don't feel lost.

Some of the questions include what to do when you get there, scheduling, and registration issues.

Here's one that's very important, your stick!

I’m bringing my arcade stick. Any suggestions?
Yup. Most people including ourselves bring our stick(s) in our carry on bag to prevent damage. Sometimes peoples carry on is their arcade stick. But if you want to pack it in your luggage make sure it’s well padded and well secured. You know how airlines can be.

I've been wanting to get these guys on for a podcast for a while, and I finally got the chance last night. In this podcast of bloggers, I talk to Rey Rey of The No Look Pass about all things NBA Jam.

If you follow other sports video games, you've probably heard that NBA Jam is coming back thanks to EA Sports. You can submit your thoughts on the EA site regarding who should be on each team.

In this podcast, I go back and forth with Rey Rey about the new version, past versions, and the Los Angeles teams involved, past and present. You'll find out what Clippers and Lakers we believe should be in the new version. Also, have you ever heard of an eight overtime game?

You can listen to the podcast below.

Be sure to check out The No Look Pass at www.thenolookpass.com.

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The guys at EA Sports released their first video blog regarding Madden 11 at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV this past Sunday. If you haven't checked it out, be sure to do it here:

If you thought that was all, that's apparently not the case. The guys at NCAA Strategies broke down some of the things that were seen during the video blog. A lot of it mentioned possible extras such as music, fans in the stands, and commentators.

But there were also at least seven players mentioned with possible ratings. Four were listed as an "99 OVR": Jared Allen, Chris Johnson, Nnamdi Asomugha and Peyton Manning.

What's there to take out the breakdown? I find it hard to believe anything is set in stone at this point, although I don't mind the four players given 99 Overall. I'll be waiting for when some of the plays in the game are broken down.

This was a fun podcast to do because I like watching Bronson aka Insanelee do his thing in Tekken. One of the characters he uses in Tekken 6 is Julia. At NorCal StrongStyle 4 a couple weekends ago, he rolled all the way to fifth place, and his strength of schedule was one of the top three in the tournament.

Here in this podcast, he talks about Julia, why he uses her and the things to be aware of when playing against other competitors in tournament play. You can listen to the podcast below.

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Less than 24 hours after registration opened for the Level|Up tournament, the 64 spots for the Street Fighter IV event have been locked in.

There's still plenty of spots for the Tekken 6 competition. Head to the Level|Up site for more.

Also, if you haven't checked out the promotional video, watch it below.

This is our weekly contest here on the main Get Your Tournament site. It's fairly simple: caption the following picture in this entry and be entered into a drawing for a MadCatz TE keychain.

I'll set it up for you, and you go from there. This time, you'll have until Friday to post a response. I'll pick the two best responses. Keep it clean.

PREVIOUS WEEK: Congrats to Menno and Insomnotek for winning last week's caption contest. Click the link for more.

Here you go with this week's picture ...

Jayce the Ace's breakout moment came at the Hooters Bar Fights tournament a couple months ago in Anaheim. It was there where he made the final eight, beating a lot of established tournament veterans along the way.

As everyone gets ready to watch the final eight, Jayce the Ace preps for his match against ShadyK. Thus, this picture ...

What's going through his mind? What's about to happen? The best two captions win a MadCatz TE keychain.

Picture by Kelly Bracha.

The guys at Big City Tourney, the organization running the Hall of Fame tournament on March 13, have just posted the rules and info for the major event.

The tournament is scheduled to take place at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. At least $3,000 in cash prizes will be awarded.

The competition will last from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. CT on March 13. The tournament organizers said time will be the biggest factor.

Guys this will be a early well ran tournament so we ask you all to be on point an most importantly BE ON TIME because we only have place for only that time period.

Because if we go over that schedule time OMG its a crazy cost!!

So we stress YOU MUST BE ON TIME AND ON POINT!! We won't be running around looking for you ...you will have a small amount of time to show up when your name is called if your not around within that time frame your game will be forfeited without question!!!

The ruleset to be used will be from Major League Gaming; it will be identical to the one used at the Orlando Madden Challenge.

The entry fee is $60 per person; buybacks will depend on whether there is time to run additional rounds.

More info can be found on the Big City Tourney site and Ask Madden.

Registration is now up for the Level|Up tournament, set to take place Feb. 27 at The Block in Orange.

Go sign up now. Click here.

Signups are limited to the first 64 competitors for Tekken 6 and Street Fighter IV.

Last week, the Madden community found out who the greatest player of all time is. Even if you were to separate what seems to be two short generations – PlayStation 2 and next-gen – there is no doubt that the greatest is Problem.

He cemented that status by winning the 2009 Madden Challenge championship, his second in three years. He's the only player to win two Madden Challenge titles; add the three other regional titles, and he ties Big Gene for most Madden Challenge tournaments won overall.

Oh, and let's not forget that he won a regional on the opening weekend for four consecutive years, which is also a record.

This guy could have stopped in 2007 when he won loads of money at all of the events, capped with his first Madden Challenge championship. Others would have stopped for sure. But I think he knew there was more to play for, including the distinction of greatest of all time.

Greatness was on the line and he captured it. And he did it with a punishing defense.

People that don't follow Madden see competitive play as 42-38, lots of throwing, lots of touchdowns, lots of trash talking. But when they see Problem, sometimes they get confused.

This is the best player in the nation? And he barely wins 14-3? And he doesn't yell and scream after every 2-yard run?

Yup.

I remember talking to Problem a long time ago about how he visions a match taking place. If I remember correctly, he envisions the situations of handcuffing his opponent's offense. From there, he wills himself to capture moments of success. If he knows he can hold an opponent to three points, a 7-3 final works.

I didn't truly understand this until I went to the Orlando Madden Challenge – and I had seen and been covering his tournaments for about four years. In his first six games, he gave up a total of 20 points; four games were shutouts.

Against Jet Steele in the Finals Tournament last week, he couldn't get a touchdown after four possessions. That didn't matter. He held Jet to just three points and took a 9-3 lead, which soon ballooned to 22-3 thanks to interceptions and third-down stops.

For all that he's done against his competitors, I'm starting to wonder whether he's the most dominant North American player in a tournament game. Before you say Ken, Isai only cared some of the time. We could go for days about JSB battling everyone. And I'll let someone else tell me whether fRoD is in this discussion. The answer to this probably won't be known for a while, when whatever next generation steps in and plays their games of choice, and we can look back at this current generation of players and games.

With that in mind, if we could list the five greatest Madden players of all time, who would they be? The community has barely started to talk about it, now that the top position has been sealed. Most believe the No. 2 spot is also locked in -- that would be Big Gene. After that? There's a load of players all with championship credentials.

I'd probably go:

• Problem
• Big Gene
• Sandman
• Fool
• Chow