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Congratulations to Eduardo "Puerto Rico Balrog" Perez, who won the Gamestop Puerto Rico National Championship on Saturday, beating Bombito in a 3-0 sweep.
Stats of the match can be found in our database.
No doubt one of the best boxer players in North America, PR Balrog showed why; in five of the six rounds played, he sent Bombito to 50 percent first. PR Balrog also needed to make only one comeback.
Perhaps his most impressive statistic was that he nearly pulled off a perfect EX Connection rate. He was 13 for 14, connecting on his first eight shots. He was blocked only one time in the final round of the match. Since I started tracking stats, no player has ever had a perfect EX Connection percentage in a title match. PR Balrog's percentage was .928.
As for Bombito, his EX Connection percentage was .000. He never got a shot in against PR Balrog, going 0 for 8. Three of his EX meters were blocked.
PR Balrog's combo rate was an eye-popping 3.667 per round.
Video of the title match can be seen after the jump.
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Stats of the match can be found in our database.
No doubt one of the best boxer players in North America, PR Balrog showed why; in five of the six rounds played, he sent Bombito to 50 percent first. PR Balrog also needed to make only one comeback.
Perhaps his most impressive statistic was that he nearly pulled off a perfect EX Connection rate. He was 13 for 14, connecting on his first eight shots. He was blocked only one time in the final round of the match. Since I started tracking stats, no player has ever had a perfect EX Connection percentage in a title match. PR Balrog's percentage was .928.
As for Bombito, his EX Connection percentage was .000. He never got a shot in against PR Balrog, going 0 for 8. Three of his EX meters were blocked.
PR Balrog's combo rate was an eye-popping 3.667 per round.
Video of the title match can be seen after the jump.
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The guys at Madden Bible are broadcasting today's Madden tournament from Framingham, Mass. Hit the jump for the video and chat.
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Latif won the Peaceful Jay online tournament on Thursday night, beating AquaSilk, 2-0 in the finals. He finished with a 5-0 record in the competition, which was single elimination.
Of note, Latif's final five round victories came at more than 50 percent health, and it included back-to-back perfects. He out-comboed AquaSilk 16-2 and didn't allow a combo in the second game.
For winning the tournament, Latif won 1,600 MS points.
More info on the matches can be found on the Peaceful Jay portal. Match stats of the final four are on Fighting Game Stats. no comments
Of note, Latif's final five round victories came at more than 50 percent health, and it included back-to-back perfects. He out-comboed AquaSilk 16-2 and didn't allow a combo in the second game.
For winning the tournament, Latif won 1,600 MS points.
More info on the matches can be found on the Peaceful Jay portal. Match stats of the final four are on Fighting Game Stats. no comments
The final 16 players in the PS3 division of the Evolution Online Tournament were determined earlier today in a preliminary competition. One person will be joining Josh "Wolfkrone" Philpot as the second player to earn a berth into the Evolution World Finals, to take place in July.
The final 16 players of the tournament are, according to Galaxy4Gamers:
Uruseii
F8Less
Marlin Pie
Red Ranger
RandomRJ
Jewelman444
ChuckySRK
Foxisquick
Mike Ross
GhettoPeru
Hugo101
Tatsujinken
BigFleccs
Lazy922
Lilsicx66
Dudeman5566
These 16 players all went 4-0 in their division, which was a single-elimination bracket format. They will play Jan. 30 at 1 p.m. PT in another single elimination bracket to determine the winner.
All of the brackets can be found on the Galaxy4Gamers site. no comments
The stats of the West Coast Warzone 3 title match have been updated. You can check it out in the stats section or on the new Fighting Game Stats site.
Also, throughout the day I'll be updating the Fighting Game Stats page with stats from the Top 8 at West Coast Warzone 3. You'll be able to check out how players performed overall in the Top 8, as well as during certain situations. no comments
Also, throughout the day I'll be updating the Fighting Game Stats page with stats from the Top 8 at West Coast Warzone 3. You'll be able to check out how players performed overall in the Top 8, as well as during certain situations. no comments
Evil Geniuses member Ricky Ortiz won West Coast Warzone 3, beating Utah's 801 Strider in the championship. Ricky, the losers bracket representative, forced a second finals which he won, 3-2 after taking a 2-0 lead.
Ricky won five games in a row, the first three came in the first championship match. Here's some other notes about the finals, I'll have plenty more later in the day.
Here are the Top 8 results from the tournament. All of these players have received seeding points in Evolution 2011.
Ricky won five games in a row, the first three came in the first championship match. Here's some other notes about the finals, I'll have plenty more later in the day.
- Ricky was 3 for 4 when the game went to Round 3. The last win came on Game 5 of the second finals.
- Five of the nine games in total went two rounds only. Ricky won three, 801 Strider won two.
- Ricky had three perfects in both finals combined, including the double perfect.
- When on game point, Ricky was 6 for 8, 801 Strider was 2 for 8.
- Ricky's combo rate per round was nearly double that of 801 Strider, 2.619 to 1.381.
Here are the Top 8 results from the tournament. All of these players have received seeding points in Evolution 2011.
- Winner: Ricky Ortiz
- 2. 801 Strider
- 3. Juicebox
- 4. Filipino Champ
- 5. Marn
- 5. Keno
- 7. Ed Ma
- 7. XSK Samurai
West Coast Warzone 3 is taking place all weekend in Orange County. The guys at iPLAYWINNER are teaming up with G4TV to bring the broadcast of the major tournament.
Video following the jump ...
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Where have I seen Dieminion vs. Rebelo before? Oh yeah, I think it was 2007. The difference was they actually used more than just Guile this time around, and EX meter was in effect.
Stats of the match can be found in the stats section. See the video after the jump ...
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Stats of the match can be found in the stats section. See the video after the jump ...
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If your life recently has been filled with "YUN BEATING THE CRAP OUT OF YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER," here's a video of that not happening. This is the finals of the Round 1 Singapore 2-year Anniversary Tournament. Now, that's not to take away from what Xian did; the title match is the title match and he made it that far. Plus, the majority of players will probably never ever reach a title match. However, I think even I am getting Yun overload with Yun kicking everyone's ass, including Yun's ass, with Yun 75 percent one-mash Yun Yuns.
This was a one-game finals, so there probably wasn't much to be drawn out of the two players' styles. The one thing to note is that Xian did out-combo Leslie, 3-1 but lost both rounds.
Stats of the title match can be found in the stats section.
Video of the match follows the jump ...
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Sakonoko won the Team Nagoya Street Battle X Beat By Contest earlier today, beating Haneyama, 5-2 in the title match. With the win, Sakonoko will be going to Switzerland to compete in the championship series.
Stats of the match can be found in the stats section.
This was a really good match early on -- to be honest, not match-of-the-year worthy, but right up there -- as both competitors went back and forth. In the first four games, only six times in 18 rounds did someone win with more than 50 percent health remaining, that's fairly low. And it only happened twice after the match was tied 2-2. So while Sakonoko seemed to be pulling away, it wasn't as scarily bad as it seemed.
Also, nobody had a round win streak of more than three. Sakonoko had a win streak of three, and that was it. That streak, however, sparked a 6-of-8 run in which he closed out the match.
The one thing my mind got deceived on was how "fast" Sakonoko seemed to be working, especially in wins. However, check this out: the average time of match was 43.22 seconds. In every Sakonoko win, the average time of round was 45.27 seconds. And you're wondering, well, what about the last round where he got super'd and came back to win? Take out that round -- it was 67 seconds -- and Sakonoko's average time was 43.10 seconds. No matter how it's diced, Sakonoko's pace wasn't frantic, it was just ... there.
Finally, I want to mention combo rate, because this is the first time I've tracked combo rate and the loser had a better average. Here's the breakdown:
Sakonoko won two rounds where he gave up more combos than did, one round was the opener, the other gave him a 2-1 lead that he didn't relinquish.
After the first two games, in which Sakonoko used Rose, Sakonoko held the combo advantage, 34-33 (2.429 to 2.357).
Video of the match, with commentary by Team Spooky, follows the jump ...
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Stats of the match can be found in the stats section.
This was a really good match early on -- to be honest, not match-of-the-year worthy, but right up there -- as both competitors went back and forth. In the first four games, only six times in 18 rounds did someone win with more than 50 percent health remaining, that's fairly low. And it only happened twice after the match was tied 2-2. So while Sakonoko seemed to be pulling away, it wasn't as scarily bad as it seemed.
Also, nobody had a round win streak of more than three. Sakonoko had a win streak of three, and that was it. That streak, however, sparked a 6-of-8 run in which he closed out the match.
The one thing my mind got deceived on was how "fast" Sakonoko seemed to be working, especially in wins. However, check this out: the average time of match was 43.22 seconds. In every Sakonoko win, the average time of round was 45.27 seconds. And you're wondering, well, what about the last round where he got super'd and came back to win? Take out that round -- it was 67 seconds -- and Sakonoko's average time was 43.10 seconds. No matter how it's diced, Sakonoko's pace wasn't frantic, it was just ... there.
Finally, I want to mention combo rate, because this is the first time I've tracked combo rate and the loser had a better average. Here's the breakdown:
| Total combos | Combo Rate | Combo rate in wins |
Combo Rate in losses |
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| Haneyama | 44 | 2.444 | 3.571 | 1.723 |
| Sakonoko | 41 | 2.278 | 2.727 | 1.375 |
Sakonoko won two rounds where he gave up more combos than did, one round was the opener, the other gave him a 2-1 lead that he didn't relinquish.
After the first two games, in which Sakonoko used Rose, Sakonoko held the combo advantage, 34-33 (2.429 to 2.357).
Video of the match, with commentary by Team Spooky, follows the jump ...
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