Upcoming tournaments featuring BBCSX, GG and SSF4AE

EHADA's Gelo Morelos will be organizing a tournament for BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend and Guilty Gear Accent Core on March 16 at the PS3 Rental Shop beside Mineski Grounds in Taft Manila. Registration starts at 1pm and ends at 2pm with a fee of PHP100 per game, or PHP150 if you decide to join both games. Tournament starts at 2:30pm with the winners earning seeding points for the upcoming BBCSX tourney at Ozine Fest 2013.

A2G's Jerry Domingo will also be organizing a tournament featuring Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition v2012 at Robinson's Fairview on March 23. PHP3,000 is up for grabs for the winner, with the 1st and 2nd runner-up prizes still to be determined. Registration fee is PHP250.

For more information regarding either or both tournaments, you can read their respective facebook posts at A2G's official Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/groups/114189131996713/.

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Skullgirls Set: MatthewGaw vs. Ukyo_Rulz

For those who love Skullgirls or looking forward to play the game, ukyorulz has uploaded a video featuring a set of Skullgirls matches vs Matthew "MattGaw" Gaw. Now residing in Japan, ukyorulz managed to have a good net connection with MattGaw's Globe ISP. You can watch the video below or click here to view the video opn youtube.

For those who didn't know, ukyorulz has been playing Skullgirls for quite a while and has even created a tutorial video for his Valentine, Fillia and Double team, a video that has been posted on SRK.

Huge thanks to Matthew Gaw for sending this tip in.

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Recent UMvC3 and BBCSX videos uploaded by McArthur

Gelo "EHADA.McArthur" Morelos has uploaded several Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend videos from their casual session held at McArthur's place. The list of players include EHADA's McArthur, Insan and Chase, as well as IFTP.PromilKid, Charles "Cha" Leyson, ZekiraDrake, ZMPunk and Allen Tan. It also includes a high level Bang vs Jin BBCSX matches between EHADA.McArthur and David Go. Click here to view the playlist.

He has also uploaded another playlist, this time featuring BlazBlue EHADA's McArthur, Chase and BlickWinkel versus Fairview's Kennith and Yuan. Click here to view the playlist.

Finally, McArthur has invited anyone who is interested in having recorded casuals sessions with him, you can reach him view Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/GeloMorelos or follow and leave him a tweet on Twitter at @GeloMorelos

Huge thanks to Gelo Morelos for sending this tip in.

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Addicted 2 Gamez Closes

After a long, storied run with visits from the best players from all over the world, one of the pioneer local FGC locations will be closing its doors.

Jerry Domingo has announced that today marks the last day of operations for Addicted 2 Gamez at Vito Cruz, Manila.

Through the years, A2G has become a training ground for the top players from all over the Philippines like "Papable" Peter Chua, Andrew "Dru" Martinez, Kim Crisostomo, Angelo "Ehada.McArthur" Baldonado, Carlo Castilla, Charles Leyson, and a lot more. The place had so much talent inside it that it attracted players from all over the world to come over and test their mettle against our local powerhouses. Guys from Guam often visit A2G for casuals, and even the best Marvel player in the world today, Col. Filipino Champ, visited A2G on more than one occasion, as well as other top players like CJ Showstopper, Neo, Hiro and BIFU|WinRich.

We at Team PanCan would like to thank A2G for giving us years of fun, friendship, and hype. They may be gone right now, but knowing Jerry and Nelson, they, as well as A2G, will be back stronger than ever.

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Infinity Place TTT2 Tournament Top 4 Videos by PinoyVersus

PinoyVersus has uploaded the videos of the Top 4 players remaining at the recently concluded Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Tournament held last Saturday at Infinity Place.

You can view the videos below, or go to http://www.youtube.com/user/PinoyVersusDOTcom to view these videos along with the other videos they've already uploaded previously.

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Update: Infinity Place Tekken Tag 2 Tournament Results

Update: Another long grind to victory, but once again 12-year old Tekken sensation AK came out on top at the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Tournament held at Infinity Place in Taft, Manila. Shotti beat him earlier in the round robin phase, but when winner's finals arrived, he beat him 3-0 to advance to the Grand Finals, where used all sorts of team combinations but finally settling with Lars/Ogre to beat Shotti again 4-3, this time to win the championship.

Unfortunately, PinoyVersus was not able to live stream the event due to the weak signal inside the venue, but they did manage to record the top 4 matches which will be uploaded soon at http://www.youtube.com/user/PinoyVersusDOTcom.

For further updates, pics and complete results of this tournament, go to Infinity Place's official Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/infinityplace.

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Infinity Place will hold a Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Tournament on February 23, 2013. Unlike the usual prize distributions, the winner of the tournament will take the entire pot money.

The tournament will take place at Infinity Place, located at Taft cor. Padre Faura, Manila.

Registration fee will be 300pesos, call time is at 11am and the tourney proper will start at around 12noon.

To avoid registration complications, you can reserve a slot for the tournament by going to their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/infinityplace.

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PinoyVersus to Record TTT2 Tournament Matches at Infinity Place this Saturday

PinoyVersus has a very good surprise for the Tekken Tag Tournament 2 tournament participants at Infinity Place, as well as the Tekken fans from all over the nation and even the world.

PinoyVersus has confirmed that they will collaborate with Infinity Place with regards to the event's media concerns. They will, at the very least, record matches up to the Finals, and possibly have the event live streamed at http://twitch.tv/pinoyversus/ so local Tekken fans can see the action live as it happens within their living rooms and the participants will get to showcase their talents to a wider audience base.

Infinity Place will hold a Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Tournament on February 23, 2013. Unlike the usual prize distributions, the winner of the tournament will take the entire pot money.

The tournament will take place at Infinity Place, located at Taft cor. Padre Faura, Manila.

Registration fee will be 300pesos, call time is at 11am and the tourney proper will start at around 12noon.

To avoid registration complications, you can reserve a slot for the tournament by going to their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/infinityplace.

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FT5 Sets: Tobats vs. GeekPinoy

PinoyVersus and Team PanCan has uploaded Part 2 of the "FT5 Sets" video.

In this episode, Team PanCan's Tobats02 takes on PinoyVersus' GeekPinoy. What can Tobats' El Fuerte do against GeekPinoy's ever-improving Juri?

The video can be viewed below, or you can click on this link to go to the actual youtube page.

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FT5 Sets: RedP vs. JackBacoor

PinoyVersus, in collaboration with Team PanCan, has uploaded a video, the first of many "FT5 Sets" videos to come.

In this episode, two PinoyVersus regulars go at it at RedP takes on JackBacoor.

The video can be viewed below, or you can click on this link to go to the actual youtube page.

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AK story picked up by Eventhubs after PVS: Genesys win

12-year old Tekken Tag Tournament 2 prodigy AK has left people awed and amazed, wondering how a young kid like him can win tournaments consistently in a huge Tekken scene in the Philippines at such a young age. Apparently, this sentiment has also been shared internationally.

After winning the TTT2 in the recently concluded Eventhubs, one of the most popular FGC news sites in the world, picked up the story and posted an article.

To view the article, go to http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/jan/23/12-year-old-tekken-tag-tournament-2-player-wins-genesys-2013-tournament-philippines/.

We, at Team PanCan, would like to congratulate AK for his accomplishments, and thank him as well for promoting the local FGC is a very positive light.

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PinoyVersus: Genesys 2013 Results

True to the event title's meaning, PinoyVersus' Genesys event became a showcase of gamers who very well might be the future of the local FGC, and also of a player who keeps on winning consistently.

In the main event, Dru stays on top as he beats Ron Lim in convincing fashion in Grand Finals of Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition v2012. Dru's Dictator literally dictated the pace of the match, keeping Ron's Adon at bay and Ron kept getting hit trying to get in, an occurrence that will keep on repeating throughout the entire match, which led to his downfall.

Bifuteki's Winrich meanwhile went back all the way from 5-1 to beat Papable Peter 10-8 in Grand Finals of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Resilience has been the key for WinRich, who lost on his very first match against Charles Leyson, but he kept on beating the competition until he sets himself up for a Grand Finals showdown with one of the best, if not the best, UMvC3 player right now. Peter seemed to be in complete control early on, but the prodigy who now resides in New York showed great maturity and kept calm and composed, and it worked to perfection, coming back to had his first lead at 7-6, and eventually winning the match 10-8.

In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, 12-year old child prodigy AK, proved to be too much for his older adversaries, as his mixed combination of aggression and discipline and grit became the winning formula in winning the tournament, besting HAPZ in the finals. Losing to Silver Heel in the early stages of the tournament, he beat Elite House's Nas, Mont, scav and Nakajima-Jed because getting his revenge by beating Silver Heel in Loser's Finals. In Grand Finals, AK kept coming back, eventually beating Hapz in the first set 3-2 to reset, then beating him again 3-2 to win.

All of the tournament winners took home a Plantronics Headset, as well as a Shirt made by Reset Clothing, and of course 70% of the pot money, while the runner-ups get 30% of the pot money.

The final tournament rankings as well as brackets for all 3 tournaments are listed below:

Genesys 2013 SSF4AEv2012 Tournament Results:
1st Place: DRU
2nd Place: Limsanity
3rd Place: Jack
4th place: mael
5th place tie: TP.Apeshit, Willinden
7th place tie: Justice, CENTENO78
9th place tie: damskie, ibzmav, Zambie, redp
13th place tie: etutz, ICE, MD, Leo
17th place tie: Aaron, Ragingjoaquin, CITY HUNTER, Cascadian, Jermaine, Mitsu, googoo, Crimsoncobra
25th place tie: EPI, Putex, CIFER, Jay-R, Jek Roland, IAMFIEFO, GeekPinoy, Coke
33rd place tie: Kenshin, jkuc, jeplog, Daigo, PV|Saber Wing, rocket, EMCEE3RD, clinks63, Megamoves

Genesys 2013 UMvC3 Tournament Results:
1st Place: BIFU|Winrich
2nd Place: papable peter
3rd Place: [A2G]Zekira Wolfahya Drake
4th place: cha
5th place tie: GARRETT, Tonyo
7th place tie: Manza, Joseph
9th place tie: EHADA MCArthur, Tom, Ponso, amanda
13th place tie: CIFER, TP.Apeshit, Shogun Yu, Da Real Ponso
17th place tie: Alden, Jeriel, Brian

Genesys 2013 TTT2 Tournament Results:
1st Place: AK
2nd Place: HAPZ
3rd Place: Silver Heel
4th place: Nakajima - Jed
5th place tie: sepi, scav
7th place tie: jkuc, Mont
9th place tie: CIFER, EH - Nas, Zambie

For more information as regarding the event, go to the official PinoyVersus page at http://pinoyversus.com/.

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PVS: Genesys SSF4AE, UMVC3 and TTT2 Happening Next Week

PinoyVersus will be organizing Genesys next Saturday, January 19, 2013 at iTech in Glorietta, Makati City. The event will feature singles tournaments for Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition v2012, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2, with the winners will win not only the pot money, but also a brand new Gamecom Headset courtesy of Plantronics.

PinoyVersus has been in the FGC scene for quite a while now, and has established itself as one of the top communities for Street Fighter. With the success of their very first tournament back in September as well as their weekly Friday Night Mini-Tournaments, PVS look to add more games to their roster.

For more information as regarding the event, go to the official PVS Genesys 2013 page at http://pinoyversus.com/genesys-2013/.

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Lovekiller P4A Combo Video Posted on SRK, Lolokoa's Chaos Code Mechanics Video gets Brazilian Exposure

To follow up on the recent article featuring ukyorulz video, D-Tier players Lovekiller and Lolokoa have also uploaded separate videos that gathered international exposure.

Lovekiller's video is a Persona 4 Arena character combo music video, featuring Yu Narukami. P4A has been received quite well in the Philippines, and Lovekiller established himself as one of the country's top players. To view the article, click here.

Lolokoa's video meanwhile focuses on basic mechanics regarding the game Chaos Code. From movement, blocking, ukemi, to a basic rundown of the Chaos Gauge and combos using it, Lolokoa explained everything so well that Brazilian Fighting Game site PortalVersus posted an article specifically for the video. To view the article, click here.

You can watch the videos below, or click here to go to Lovekiller's actual youtube vid, and here for Lolokoa's youtube video.

Huge thanks to Raf and Allan Ray for the tips they've sent in to the IAD Facebook Page.

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Tutorial Video Made By ukyorulz; Gets posted on SRK

Local PSN Gamer ukyorulz has uploaded a Skullgirls combo/tutorial video featuring the team of Valentine, Fillia and Double. While Skullgirls wasn't able to enjoy the mainstream popularity Street Fighter, Marvel and Tekken currently have in the Philippines, this video shows that it managed to garner loyal fans of the game that play it on a very competitive level and still try to find amazing techs.

So amazing, in fact, that the popular fighting game website Shoryuken.com posted an article specifically for this video. This shows that we are able to not only mimic new techs done by popular players, but create our own as well, so this obviously is great publicity for our Local FGC. To view the article, click here.

You can watch the video below, or click here to go to the actual youtube vid.

Huge thanks to Matthew Gaw for sending this tip in.

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A2G: Paulo vs Kim Match Videos

A2G has uploaded videos from the recently concluded A2G: Paulo vs Kim event held last Saturday January 5, 2012 at A2G in UMall Taft. The featured a series of one-on-one first-to-ten Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 matches, with the main event being a first-to-fifteen.

You can watch the match videos below, or go to http://www.youtube.com/user/theaddicted2gamez/videos?view=0&flow=grid for the list of their videos.

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A2G: Paulo vs Kim Results

Kim defeated Paulo in the main event at A2G: Paulo vs Kim, an event that featured a series of one-on-one first-to-ten Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 matches earlier at Addicted 2 Gamez in UMall Taft, with the main event being a first-to-fifteen.

After a competitive start which saw Paulo leading 2-1 after 3 matches, Kim kicked it up a notch and proceeded to win 5 straight which led to Paulo switching characters. The change wasn't enough as Paulo only won once then losing the next five again, which prompts him to try another lineup which also didn't work, thus going back to his original lineup towards the duration of the set. The end result was a convincing 15-5 victory in favor of Kim.

The undercards also put on a show as Cha breaks out midway and beats IFTP|TXO.PromilKid 10-5 after an intense back-and-forth games in the early part of the co-main event. Tonyo defeats AJ in convincing fashion 10-3, Keno puts on a late surge and beats Ran 10-5, Philip proved to be too much for Miro to handle, the former beating the latter 10-3, and a couple of close matches as Garrett defeats David 10-6, and Deo triumphs over Myk 10-6.

The event also became a welcoming party as BIFU.Winrich pays a visit to A2G, to participate in long casual sets with the best UMvC3 players in the country.

The full match results are shown below:

Deo vs Myk First-to-10 Match
Player Name	Character Lineup(s)	Matches
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Deo	Haggar, Chris, Taskmaster	O	O	X	O	X	X	X	O	O	O	O	X	O	X	O	O
Myk	C.Viper, Trish, Doom	X	X	O	X	O	O	O	X	X	X	X	O	X	O	X	X
Deo def. Myk 10-6

Garrett vs David First-to-10 Match
Player Name	Character Lineup(s)	Matches
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Garrett	Spiderman, Rocket Raccoon, Doctor Strange	O	O	X	X	O	O	X	X	O	O	X	O	O	O	X	O
David	Zero, Vergil, Sentinel	X	X	O	O	X	X	O	O	X	X	O	X	X	X	O	X
	Zero, Vergil, Strider Hiryu
Garrett def. David 10-6

Philip vs Miro First-to-10 Match
Player Name	Character Lineup(s)	Matches
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Philip	Wolverine, Dormammu, Akuma	O	O	O	O	O	O	X	O	X	O	X	O	O
	Magneto, Dormammu, Wesker
Miro	Nova, Thor, Doom	X	X	X	X	X	X	O	X	O	X	O	X	X
Philip def. Miro 10-3

Ran vs Keno First-to-10 Match
Player Name	Character Lineup(s)	Matches
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ran	Zero, Vergil, Hawkeye	X	X	O	O	X	X	X	O	O	X	X	X	O	X	X
	Wesker, Vergil, Hawkeye
Keno	Tron, She-Hulk, Taskmaster	O	O	X	X	O	O	O	X	X	O	O	O	X	O	O
Keno def. Ran 10-5

Tonyo vs AJ First-to-10 Match
Player Name	Character Lineup(s)	Matches
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Tonyo	Wesker, Doom, Vergil	O	O	X	O	X	O	O	X	O	O	O	O	O
AJ	Spencer, Vergil, Hawkeye	X	X	O	X	O	X	X	O	X	X	X	X	X
Tonyo def. AJ 10-3

IFTP|TXO PromilKid vs Cha First-to-10 Match
Player Name	Character Lineup(s)	Matches
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
IFTP|TXO PromilKid	Wesker, Magneto, Doom	O	X	O	X	O	O	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	O	X
	Wolverine, Wesker, Doom
Cha	Nova, Spencer, Sentinel	X	O	X	O	X	X	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	X	O
Cha def. IFTP|TXO PromilKid 10-5

Paulo vs Kim First-to-15 Match
Player Name	Character Lineup(s)	Matches
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Paulo	Wolverine, Doom, Sentinel	O	X	O	X	X	X	X	X	O	X	X	X	X	X	X	O	X	X	O	X
	Taskmaster, Doom, Sentinel
	Morrigan, Dormammu, Doom
Kim	Captain America, Spencer, Doom	X	O	X	O	O	O	O	O	X	O	O	O	O	O	O	X	O	O	X	O
Kim def. Paulo 15-5

For more information as well as pictures regarding the event, please go to A2G's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/groups/114189131996713/.

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