Marlin Pie is the winner of Curleh Mustache II, beating Chris G in a very exciting Game 7 of the second championship match. He joins Noel Brown as the champions in the tournament series.

Here's some more stats from the tournament:

Under a seven game series format, Marlin Pie won the the tournament with the worst survival rate possible in the finals: 12.1 percent. None of his characters survived in the first finals, and he won four of seven games with his final character. That's 4 out of 33 characters surviving.

Chris G, on the other hand, had a 51.2 percent survival rate. Nine characters survived in the first finals, and eight characters survived in the second finals.

Out of the 11 games played in both finals combined, the player that lost the first character eventually lost nine times. One of the two times it didn't happen? Game 7 of the second finals.

You might have heard Chris Matrix begging for Marlin Pie to switch to a different point character instead of his C.Viper. Whether it was emotion or fact, Marlin Pie's C.Viper didn't survive a round, going 0 for 11 in both finals combined.

If there was a plus/minus for characters, Marlin Pie's C.Viper would have a -9. While his C.Viper was alive in the 11 games, it was around to help kill only four of Chris G.'s characters.

In the Top 8, Marlin Pie's survival rate was 26.3 percent (15 for 57).

I'll post the stats of the tournament on Sunday.  no comments

I've started a post where you can see all of the total stats from the Big Two's UMvC3 tournaments. You can check it out here. The goal is to make the statistics more accessible for those who follow the tournament series. 

Currently, the Nos. 10 and 11 stats are there, and I'll be going back and adding more (I can't find my stats of the other nine tourneys. Note to self: Do not clean messy office ever again). 

On a related note, this past Wednesday, during the Top 8 streamed matches, Game 1 winners went 8-0. Going back to the last four weeks, Game 1 winners are 26-6. That's an 81.3 percent winning percentage.

I was told last week by a couple of sports statisticians that initial statistics like the ones I do shouldn't be heavily relied upon. I'm guessing it's because of the percentage of the match that remains. It's hard for me to take my eyes off of this statistic. 

Perhaps this will change on Saturday for Curleh Mustache #2 or next week when Wednesday Night Fights resumes. When I see how often Game 1 winners prevail, I get worried and I don't know why.  no comments

I've said it before (and I'm just repeating it again because I believe I got a lot of new followers over the weekend) the importance of EX meter during Super Street Fighter IV matches is not about how many you use, but what you do in certain situations with it. Most importantly, we can break down EX usage down to two situations: when you have one and when you have more than one.

Obviously, if you have more than one, the options increase, which includes doing an FADC or performing back-to-back EX moves.

I looked at the top 16 at Southern California Regionals, and was wondering how all of the players would do in certain situations. Who would be the best in certain situations.

And the winner is ...

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Congratulations to Justin Wong for winning the two main events at Southern California Regionals on Sunday. I wanted to post a couple of notes in following the Top 16 of both Super Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

• Your final character count for Super Street Fighter IV: Abel, Adon, Cammy, Claw, C.Viper, Dee Jay, Dictator (2), El Fuerte, Gen, Guile, Rufus (2), Ryu (2), Seth, Zangief.

• Yup, the twins had zero representation.

• There were 46 lineups, including the second finals, in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Wesker was in 22 of those lineups. A lineup that had Wesker won 9 matches (by default, he had to win 3).

• Was Player 1 or Player 2 the more fortunate side? In Super Street Fighter IV, it was 13-10 for Player 1. In Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, it was 16-7 in favor of Player 2.

• Justin Wong's survival rate in the Top 16 in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was 51.52 percent. Out of 66 characters, 34 survived. In the finals, his survival rate was 58.32 percent 14 of 24 characters survived.

• The average time in between games for Super Street Fighter IV was 7.05 seconds. In Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, it was 13.45 seconds.

I'll have plenty more stats and info throughout the week so stay tuned.  no comments

On the Fighting Game Stats database, I've posted all of the lineups that were in the Top 12 in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Wesker was a big part of it.

It should be noted that Wesker was not involved in two of the victories. Chris G defeated Justin Wong using Hawkeye, Ryu and Firebrand. DJ Huoshen defeated Fecal Penance with Felicia, Super Skrull and Taskmaster.  no comments

The final four in the SoCal Throwdown tournament series is set. Here are your finalists:

Round 1: Shoushi
Round 2: 801 Strider
Round 3: K Brad
Round 4: Damage310

These four guys will go at it in a round robin series next Saturday to determine which player will receive the all-expenses-paid trip to Orange County to compete in Southern California Regionals.

More information can be found at the Beyond Gaming tournament page.  no comments

Hero just won the Starcraft II tournament at Dreamhack, defeating Puma 4-3. It was an exciting Game 7. While I had spent most of the match recording times of attacks, I was asked to look at supply minute-by-minute. 

For the very-exciting Game 7, this is what occured:

  

Hero had the supply lead at the start, as was the case in Game 6. But the tide shifted to Puma at the 5-minute mark. The supply lead went back and forth until the big battle at the 21st minute. In a span of 3 minutes, Puma lost 84 supply (193 to 109). Hero had lost just 63 supply (200 to 137). From there, it was all Hero.  no comments

For a moment in watching last night's Big Two SSF4 championship, I had a feeling that everyone was about to watch the improbable. Justin Wong had a 2-0 lead on Dieminion and was on game point.

Dieminion forced a Game 5 before losing to Justin Wong. The two played a second finals, and Dieminion took care of business 3-0.

Stats of both finals matches are available on the Fighting Game Stats database.  Here's a couple things to note from both finals:

• The first-combo win percentage was .421 in both finals matches combined. Dieminion was 3 for 6, but Justin was 5 for 13. Both are bad in any format.
• Justin's big lead and eventual win in the finals was built on three comebacks. The only win he got in the second finals was a comeback. In total, his comeback rate was .286.
• Dieminion won again without needing too many combos. his combo rate was 1.421 per round. Justin's combo rate was 2.105. 

Video of the match, provided by Team Spooky, follows the jump ...

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Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez took home several titles at Northwest Majors 3 earlier tonight, including the Super Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs. Capcom 3 titles.

Filipino Champ won the SSF4 tournament undefeated, while he rallied from losers to win the Marvel vs. Capcom 3 tournament.

Stats of the SSF4 final are available on the Fighting Game Stats database.

Replays of the tournament are available on the Team Khaos video portal. no comments

Congratulations to Megaman3D, who won the third round of the King of GGPO tournament earlier tonight.

He joins SliceEveryone and Kyouya in the round robin championship next Friday to determine the first-ever King of GGPO.

Match videos can be seen on Arturo Sanchez's TwitchTV portal.

More information on the tournament series can be found on the Kuroppi tournament database. no comments