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DojoSports returns Saturday with a heavyweight bout

Written by Glenn | 05 March 2011

The DojoSports league returns Saturday with what promises to be the first of two exciting semifinal contests. It's a Western tilt as Southern California faces off against Seattle. The winner goes to the title bout to face one of the East Coast teams.

Here's more from league founder Jason Cole:
This weekend, DojoSPORTS is broadcasting a West Coast clash of national Street Fighter talent in Round 2 of its Virtual Martial Arts 5-on-5 Fighting Game League. Jason Cole’s team AfroDOJO and Peter “ComboFiend” Rojas’s Team SoCali will face off 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, with California pride and a trip to the DojoSports grand finals on the line.

With TeamKhaos producing the stream and Season’s Beatings director Chris “Ghaleon” Hatala providing post-match coverage, DojoSports is continuing its goal of showcasing world-class, team-based broadcasting of the country’s top Street Fighter teams.

DojoSports will be invading the East Coast on Friday, March 11, traveling to one of the biggest events of the fighting-game calendar: Atlanta’s FinalRound XIV! New York’s famous EmpireArcadia and Team Georgia will battle, broadcast by the pride of the EC: TeamSp00ky.

Watch all of these events live over at DojoSports.com and other advertised stream channels. Stay tuned to DojoSports.com and Finalround.org for updates, matches, schedules, and player interviews and find out if East or West will emerge as the dominant coast in Season 1 of DojoSports!

Pacific Northwest aka AfroDojo
  • Jason Cole “Afrocole”
  • Jason Nelson “X-Rolento”
  • Tanaka “TanakaForce”
  • Francis “AwesomeJones”
  • Carlos “Bokkin”
Southern California
  • Peter Rosas  “ComboFiend”
  • Mike Ross
  • Ryan Gutierrez “Gootecks”
  • Warren “Galactic Indian”
  • ClakeyD
Georgia
  • ShinkuuR
  • Druseph
  • JTO
  • TooMuchDamage
  • Chappelle
Empire Arcadia
  • Santhrax
  • IFC Yipes
  • Twisted Jago
  • Hiro
  • DragonGod
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That announcement is somewhere

Written by Glenn | 26 September 2010

It's been a little more than a week since the boom was lowered on the Madden Challenge. There will be no tournament series this year. When the players found out, they were told EA Sports was to have an announcement about why it was canceled.

Is the Madden Campus Challenge supposed to be the announcement? I haven't seen any announcement about why the Madden Challenge was canceled, but there's been plenty of hype -- and more than 40 Facebook pages created -- regarding the campus challenge, which starts today.

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Pictures and videos of The Box Arena team ranbats finale

Written by Glenn | 29 August 2010

Ricky and Shady

Edward Sebastian Jr. put up a picture gallery earlier today of Saturday's The Box Arena team ranbats tournament finale. There's plenty of shots in there of many players, so be sure to check it out.

Also, if you want to see only the matches of the final eight teams, they're available in two parts. Hit the jump for the videos.

Picture by Edward Sebastian Jr.

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Madden Campus Challenge starting next week

Written by Glenn | 22 September 2010

EA Sports has announced the Madden Campus Challenge, a tournament series to find the best Madden players on more than 40 universities. It seems to be a mix of the old Madden Challenge and the NCAA Challenge. This time around, there will be student-only tournaments as well as open competitions. The event is scheduled to start next week.

Here's more from EA Sports:

Representatives will be running a preliminary campus event next week (Monday 9/27) to find the top three Madden '11 players on their campus to be placed into the official campus "Dream Team". These teams of three will compete each week going head to head online against other campus teams across the nation. Each week for 6 rounds ending on November 8th, losing schools will get knocked out of the tournament with the final campus team standing winning a trip to the Madden Bowl early next year. These weekly events will also feature an open Madden Tournament, giveaways, prizes, and more for all student participants.

Each school has a Facebook page in which information will be posted. Most of the schools are east of the Rockies. The only California school part of the challenge is Southern California. Their page is here.

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Picking the Finals Tournament final four

Written by Glenn | 05 January 2009


The only thing missing from the Madden Challenge Finals Tournament is the betting lines. There’s been many prediction topics on the various Madden forums, as spectators are encouraged to make their pick for who will win the Finals Tournament (and no, there won’t be any first-place splitting here).

There’s a week to go before the 22 finalists head off to Turks and Caicos to play in North America’s toughest tournament series. It’s been a long time since Young Nephew kicked off the season with a dominating performance, arguably the most dominant this season.

A lot has happened since then. A blocked field goal in the finals of a regional, a bevy of Dallas users and two non-Xbox 360 owners winning regionals are just some of the notable events.

I won’t be picking the winner, but I will predict who will make the final four. Yes, the bracket has not been revealed yet; I have heard it might not be released to the public because of the possible lack of Internet at Turks and Caicos.

Problem


The defending champion. His three straight finals appearances are the current best streak among those that are competing in this season’s Finals Tournament. Since he won, he’s answered almost every challenge presented to him. Last season, it was 50-50 in the community when it came to choosing him as the winner. The tide has turned a little bit in favor of Problem, but barely. To those that will play against him, don’t make a mistake, or it’s game over. There’s only been a couple times where I’ve thought last year’s Finals Tournament champion could repeat, and you now have to put Problem on that list.

Young Nephew

For the first time in three seasons, someone else won on Opening Day. That turned out to be Young Nephew, who had perhaps the most dominating circuit run of the 18 live finalists. And once again, he did it with a team not used by the masses (Minnesota this season, Philadelphia last season). His dominance is why I think he’ll make the final four. Whether he wins two more matches past that point remains to be seen. As great as it is that he plays with a lesser-used team, it could also be a crutch as well. Will it be all about Adrian Peterson, or can the wide receiving corps be just as formidable?

Prodigy

Problem and Young Nephew might be easy locks to get to the final four. Beyond that, it is going to be the struggle of all Madden struggles. And it’s Prodigy’s tournament experience that gives him a considerable advantage. He’s played plenty of big matches. He’s defended his turf, and he’s gone to bigger cities and won. This season, he prevailed in New York, considered one of the bigger Madden hubs on the East Coast.

Sirus the Virus

This is my sleeper pick. He’s not in the top eight of E.A. Sports’ power rankings, and there’s no talk in the community of him doing anything when he gets to Turks and Caicos. Understandable, because there are plenty of other players that have gained the spotlight. Many people in the community have probably referenced his interview during last season’s Finals Tournament; he lost in the second round and said he was planning on leaving the tournament scene. So, there’s the question of whether he’s up to it. He came back and won a regional, so it’s obvious that he’s not done yet. And there might be that fire to prove to people he is as dangerous as any of the 21 other contenders.

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