From what I remember earlier today, some people were calling for some sort of penalty after "Long Island Joe" Ciaramelli conceded defeat to Justin Wong in the first semifinals of the PDP Mortal Kombat national championship tournament.
Long Island Joe was down 2-0 and was about to lose the first round of Game 3 to Justin when controller problems occurred.
I know Mortal Kombat is a way different game than Super Street Fighter IV, but I'll play the "what if" card here. Based on the thousands of rounds of matches I've collected, a player up 2-0 at the start of the third game has won the match nearly 91 percent of the time; and the number nears 98 percent for someone on first game point.
The stakes for Joe to actually pull off the improbable were way too high. Tough call, but I see why Joe would do that. no comments
Long Island Joe was down 2-0 and was about to lose the first round of Game 3 to Justin when controller problems occurred.
I know Mortal Kombat is a way different game than Super Street Fighter IV, but I'll play the "what if" card here. Based on the thousands of rounds of matches I've collected, a player up 2-0 at the start of the third game has won the match nearly 91 percent of the time; and the number nears 98 percent for someone on first game point.
The stakes for Joe to actually pull off the improbable were way too high. Tough call, but I see why Joe would do that. no comments
If you loved Daigo during last year's Super Street Fighter IV tournament at Evolution 2010, make sure you watch this year's message to North America. It follows the jump ...
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Justin Wong won the PDP Mortal Kombat national championship, beating Ari "Floe" Weintraub in the finals, 4-1. For winning, he received $10,000.
Justin finished the tournament undefeated (4-0). In the finals, he had a perfect first-hit win percentage, going 7 for 7. He also was 6 for 7 when getting the first combo. He had 30 combos, 10 which were broken by Floe. Floe only had 23, three broken by Justin.
In the Final 16, Justin lost only two games and played just seven rounds over the minimum. He gave up just one game in his final two matches, that being to Floe.
"Long Island Joe" Ciaramelli finished in third, his two losses to Justin and Floe. no comments
Justin finished the tournament undefeated (4-0). In the finals, he had a perfect first-hit win percentage, going 7 for 7. He also was 6 for 7 when getting the first combo. He had 30 combos, 10 which were broken by Floe. Floe only had 23, three broken by Justin.
In the Final 16, Justin lost only two games and played just seven rounds over the minimum. He gave up just one game in his final two matches, that being to Floe.
"Long Island Joe" Ciaramelli finished in third, his two losses to Justin and Floe. no comments
You're not supposed to have regrets in life, that's what everyone says. It is, for the most part, bullshit because there is always something out there. I've had a few regrets, some which amazingly have been erased over the past nine months when I moved back to Northern California.
One of those small regrets was not running another Monterey Bay Thunder tournament in 2007, before I left for Long Beach. When I came back to NorCal, that was one of my goals I wanted to accomplish.
It is finally going to get done this weekend. The Monterey Bay Thunder series returns. It is scheduled for Saturday at the Embassy Suites in Seaside.
We will have tournaments for Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, with the winner of Brawl receiving free entry into Genesis 2. It is going to be a fun tournament, so if you're in the Central Coast region, I hope you can attend.
I do ask that if you can help with any equipment, please bring it. TVs and consoles are needed. The more, the merrier (I have two for each game). And if you bring some equipment and we use it, you'll get a discount into the tournament.
We'll be recording matches (still not sure about streaming it, since I'll be running the whole tournament).
If you haven't seen the trailer video, it's after the jump.
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If the Box Hill Timeout Arcade tournament series was your normal run-of-the-mill series -- this is otherwise known as they run 3-game series in the preliminaries and perhaps a 5-game series in the semifinals and finals -- then we'd be talking about how Toxy has done the near unthinkable.
But alas, they only play one-game matches so I'll take what I can get. It is still amazing, though. Here's the capper right away: Of the six singles tournaments in the series, Toxy has been to the finals in five of them.
How does it feel to know that in a tournament series the same guy will make it to the finals almost everytime? And get this, Toxy is getting to the finals as the losers bracket representative. In all five finals appearances, Toxy has been the losers bracket representative. He's 7-2 in title series.
When crunching numbers on how bracketed tournaments are played out, I realized that about 75 percent of tournaments are won undefeated (this does not include tournaments that use the stupid continuation rule).
In the Box Hill Timeout Arcade series, the winners bracket finalist has won only 33.3 percent of the tournaments. Akira and Carnage are the only two players to win a tournament undefeated.
Yes, yes, yes, remind me that each match is one game. Remind me that the game is best-of-five rounds. Remind me that this is Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition. But there has to be something going on in the mind of Toxy going, "I could be eliminated at any moment if I fuck up one more time."
Here are some of Toxy's numbers:
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But alas, they only play one-game matches so I'll take what I can get. It is still amazing, though. Here's the capper right away: Of the six singles tournaments in the series, Toxy has been to the finals in five of them.
How does it feel to know that in a tournament series the same guy will make it to the finals almost everytime? And get this, Toxy is getting to the finals as the losers bracket representative. In all five finals appearances, Toxy has been the losers bracket representative. He's 7-2 in title series.
When crunching numbers on how bracketed tournaments are played out, I realized that about 75 percent of tournaments are won undefeated (this does not include tournaments that use the stupid continuation rule).
In the Box Hill Timeout Arcade series, the winners bracket finalist has won only 33.3 percent of the tournaments. Akira and Carnage are the only two players to win a tournament undefeated.
Yes, yes, yes, remind me that each match is one game. Remind me that the game is best-of-five rounds. Remind me that this is Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition. But there has to be something going on in the mind of Toxy going, "I could be eliminated at any moment if I fuck up one more time."
Here are some of Toxy's numbers:
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Genesis 2 registration is now open. Go do it. Pre-registration is mandatory, according to the tournament organizers.
UPDATE: International players can't sign up because the link will not work for them. The tournament organizers said Tuesday they are working on a plan to include a pre-registration link for those affected.
UPDATE: International players can't sign up because the link will not work for them. The tournament organizers said Tuesday they are working on a plan to include a pre-registration link for those affected.
The purpose of selling tickets to the event prior to the event is to properly seed each entrant according to region and location. Doing so ensures you play someone who you are not accustomed to playing with all the time. Last thing anyone wants is to be knocked out of first round pools by your friend that you just traveled 3,000 miles with.no comments
The reason we have the VENUE FEE available as online only, is because we actually need to use the money for the various expenses GENESIS 2 has presented us. Everything from projectors, projector screens, table covers, monitors, TVs, power cords, pens, markers, paper, ink, etc. There are a few specific things ill leave out that will be a surprise, but rest assured, we will be using every last penny of that VENUE FEE to further better your experience at GENESIS 2 this summer.
Also, 100% of all ticket sales for each event will be collected, and used as the prize money for GENESIS 2. We are NOT taking a cut from the pot.
The guys at Ask Madden have posted a video of the AM Gauntlet championship between longtime veteran Dan "The Truth" Brown and "Swizzy." The Truth is one of the founders of Ask Madden and he breaks down his matchup as it happened.
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I'm bringing back the Stats Series podcast, a daily audio clip featuring a stat from a recent tournament, tournament series or game in general. Hopefully with this, as well as the Fighting Game Stats database, you'll learn more about the matches we all watch.
You can also subscribe to the iTunes page and have the delivered automatically. Click the play button or the link below for today's podcast.
The Stats Series - May 9, 2011 no comments
EA Sports put out this video this morning highlighting the changes that are set to come in Madden 12. Looks like the game is supposed to be more fluid and less canned in terms of animations, at least that's how I'm interpreting it.
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Think of every player you know that has reached the Top 4 of an Evolution 2011 season tournament so far. Now, let me present you this question: Who is winless with an 0-4 record?
There are 15 players that have reached the Top 4 of an Evolution 2011 season tournament. You probably would never guess on one shot, or even two. The answer is in the Fighting Game Stats database. no comments
There are 15 players that have reached the Top 4 of an Evolution 2011 season tournament. You probably would never guess on one shot, or even two. The answer is in the Fighting Game Stats database. no comments
