Northern California’s premier fighting game tournament returns to the scene in style as the final major for 2009. This year’s NorCal Regionals tournament will be held on November 21-22 at the beautiful Domain Hotel in Sunnyvale CA, just down the street from the historic Sunnyvale Golfland Arcade. 

This year’s revamped lineup of titles features fresh and familiar faces, like the highly anticipated Tekken 6 and fan favorite Street Fighter 4, as well as old friends like MvC2 and NorCal favorite CvS2. Duke it out in any or all of our tournaments, or cheer on your favorite players in our special exhibition SF4 team grudge match: NorCal vs. SoCal.

The highest level of elite players from all over the country including EVO top 8 finalists Alex Valle, Ed Ma, Ricky Ortiz, ShadyK, Combofiend, Chunkstah, and West Coast Warzone SF4 champion Marneto, are confirmed to attend to stake their claim as “The Best In 2009.”

NCR will be utilizing official tournament-grade EVO equipment, and Shoryuken staff members Seth Killian, Ponder, James Chen, and Mr. Wizard will be present to oversee the tournament. Spectating is free and there will be plenty of  giveaways from sponsors including Namco, Madcatz, and Sugar Betty.

Can’t make it this year? All of the action will be livestreamed courtesy of the folks at iplaywinner.com and additional coverage will be provided by Kineda and Get Your Tournament. Pre-register by November 13 to save. To register, visit the official NCR website or browse the SRK thread for additional information.

ACTivegamerS LA & UFRAGTV present…

Two Days of Gaming Euphoria: Hollywood Massacre & Triple Threat!

Join us on November 13-14 for the biggest gaming event to hit Southern California thus far!  ACTivegamerS LA is putting together two amazing events to cater to the fighting game community!  A weekend of fierce gaming competition, good company, and passion for fighting games!

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Community members Fugee and Ghaleon are back, once again, to bring you their annual gift to fighting game players everywhere;  Seasons Beatings 4!   Running at MoMo2 KTV in Columbus Ohio starting tomorrow and going all weekend long, Seasons Beatings is in its fourth year and has become the tournament hot-spot for the cold winter season.

This year’s main event will be a rematch of the Evo2k9 Street Fighter 4 finals, in which Daigo “The Beast” Umehara will face off against Justin Wong in a first-to-ten-wins battle for worldwide supremacy.    On top of that, tournaments for the hottest fighting games will be running all weekend with a live stream showing off the best and brightest matches from the USA’s greatest competitors.    While the Daigo v. Justin event will not be streaming, the finals will be streamed all weekend, with the hottest games finishing up on Sunday.   And as the icing on the delicious cake, Seth Killian himself will be in attendance to lend his commentary to the proceedings.  Rumor has it that he is bringing the latest build of the US version of Tatsunoko vs Capcom with him to show off as well!

You can live it through the live video stream this weekend, or buy that last minute flight and come join us in Ohio for a holiday bash like you’ve never seen.  Stay tuned to Shoryuken.com for a link to the live streaming site, or just keep an eye on the thread in our forums.

 Taking care of your tournament-caliber joystick while traveling tournaments can be tricky. That’s why we’ve produced a courier bag that’s sized to snuggly accommodate your stick and make it easy to keep with you, whether you’re in the airport or on the tournament floor.

These are courier style polyester bags with short carry handles and an adjustable shoulder strap. The bag is perfectly sized for either the MadCatz TE stick or large Hori sticks like the Real Arcade Pro. This is a slim, light-weight bag that makes it a lot easier to carry your stick around with you instead of leaving it lying some place to get stolen or stuffing it in a bulky backpack.

• Size: 11-3/4″ x 16″ x 4″. This is perfectly sized to fit either the Madcatz TE stick or a Hori Real Arcade Pro
• Made from 600D polyester.
• Zippered closure to main compartment
• Flat front pocket for extra storage of cables, a notepad, or whatever.
• Includes cellphone pocket on the front of the bag and two pen loops.
• Short carry handles and adjustable shoulder strap for convenient carrying comfort.

 
There are a few back in stock! Sorry, No international orders.

Ladies and gentlemen, here are your Evo2k9 winners:

Street Fighter IV
1) Daigo Umehara (Ryu)
2) Justin Wong (Rufus, Balrog, Abel)
3) Ed Ma (Akuma, Zangief)
4) Sanford “Santhrax” Kelly (Akuma, Cammy)
5) Long “ShadyK” Tran (Akuma)
5) Eduardo “Vvv scrub” Perez-frangie (Balrog, E.Honda)
7) Takashi “Dan from Japan” Hukushi (Ryu)
7) Ricky Ortiz (Rufus)

SSF2T HD Remix
1) Hung “Afro Legends” Nguyen (Balrog, Dee Jay)
2) John Choi (Ryu)
3) Damien “Damdai” Dailidenas (Ken, Zangief)
4) Graham Wolfe (Balrog)
5) David Sirlin (Fei Long, Cammy, M.Bison)
5) Louis “Thelo” Paquin (E.Honda)
7) Alex “CaliPower” Valle (Ryu)
7) Alex “Sin” Salguero (Dhalsim)

Marvel vs Capcom 2
1) Sanford “Santhrax” Kelly
2) Justin Wong
3) Michael “IFC Yipes” Mendoza
4) Bill “Deus” Wellman
5) Marc “Madbooface” Ansay
5) SooMighty (Magneto/Storm/Psylocke)
7) Jay “Ytwojay” Son (Magneto/Storm/Psylocke)
7) Erik “SmoothViper” Arroyo

SF3 3rd Strike 2-on-2 Teams
1) Justin Wong (Chun Li) and Issei Suzuki (Yun)
2) Jimmy “Emphynaps” Tran (Urien) and Rommel (Yang)
3) Mark “Mopreme” Rogoyski (Ryu) and Ryan “Fubarduck” Harvey (Chun Li)
4) Alex “CaliPower” Valle (Ken) and J.R. Rodriguez (Akuma)
5) Lee Cephas (Dudley) and Starboy (Ken)
5) Amir (Chun Li) and Thomas (Ibuki)
7) Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont (Makoto) and Sanchez (Alex)
7) Hsien Chang (Yun) and Ricky Ortiz (Chun Li)

Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core Plus
1) Latif (Eddie)
2) Marn (Eddie, Jam)
3) FlashMetroid (May)
4) Hellmonkey (Baiken)
5) Elvenshadow (Faust)
5) Senkei (Faust)
7) Wuku (Testament)
7) Joe Higashi (Chipp)

Soul Calibur 4
1) malek (Ivy)
2) KDZaster (Cassandra, Astaroth)
3) thugish_pond (Amy, Hilde)
4) Ceirnian (Hilde)
5) Omega (Zasalamel, Nightmare)
5) RTD (Hilde)
7) AlphaMale (Voldo)
7) Dreamkiller (Amy)

Street Fighter IV Regional Team Exhibition
1) Team East Coast
2) Team Wildcard
3) Team Southwest
3) Team SoCal
5) Team Midwest
5) Team Northwest
5) Team Norcal
5) Team Southeast

Thanks to everyone for showing up, participating, competing, and helping to make Evo2009 the best one yet!

The biggest and baddest tournament is in two days. Some are packing their essentials right now and most will do it the night before leaving for the Vegas. Do you have everything needed for your stay in the City of Sin? The following list will give you an idea of what to pack for the best weekend of your life.

Check it out after the jump…

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One weekend. 6 tournaments. 50,000 matches.

On July 17th, the world’s largest and longest-running fighting game competition returns to Sin City at the Rio Resort and Casino. The heart, history, and unbelievable skills of the fighting game community will be on display as the planet’s top fighting gamers assemble from around the globe to duke it out on today’s hottest games, including Street Fighter IV, Soul Calibur IV, Marvel Vs Capcom 2, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, and a special BlazBlue exhibition.

EVO 2009 World Finals will feature:

• Special appearance by Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono
• The world’s largest live Street Fighter IV competition
• Tekken 6 playable on console
• Watch all the action streaming live, for free, featuring top players and expert commentary
• The best players from around the US and the world, including Japan’s legendary champion Daigo Umehara
• The newest build of Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
• First publicly playable Marvel Vs Capcom 2 for X360 and PSN
• Complete coverage from IGN Insider, recording HQ, direct-feed tournament matches available for download following the event
• And more!

Spectators can attend the event for free, and are welcome to play at one of the dozens of freeplay stations. For those who can’t make it to Vegas, EVO 2009 will also be streaming live all weekend. The live stream will run all day from July 17-19th, and feature non-stop tournament matches between top players, with live crowd audio accompanied by expert commentary to explain all the onscreen action.

The stream can be found at http://www.evo2k.com/live , http://www.shoryuken.com and http://www.capcom-unity.com

The 2009 EVO Championship Series is powered by Capcom, Namco-Bandai, and PlayStation 3

It’s July, which means you only have 2 days left to register online for the biggest live fighting game tournament EVER! Online registration is MANDATORY, and there will be no in person sign ups.

Head on over to www.evo2k.com/register to secure your place in history as one of the competitors for the Super Bowl of fighting games.

Remember, legendary player Daigo will be in attendance to take all of your monies. Yes, that Daigo!

From Peter Livingston (SRK name: Etep1)

First I would like to thank the great people from Ignition Entertainment and EVO for putting on the tournament and Element for hosting. You guys did a great job handling everything and everybody. I felt like it was an overall success. Thank you guys.

I know this is a few weeks late but having just graduated from college, moved into a new place, and trying to get everything in order to live life in “the real world” has slowed me down a bit. This is going to be the first of three stops I will be making this Summer to fighting game tournaments: KOF XII in Hollywood, Devastation (SF IV) in Arizona, then EVO 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. What else is a college grad to do (besides get a nine-to-five…)?

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Battle for the South (Saturday, June 6 2009)

Tournament report – Evan Coffey (SRK & PSN: Molander16)

Because this is my very first competitive level tournament (I made it to Round 3 of the Gamestop tournament, but I don’t really count that), I’ve decided to write a tournament report.  I have 3 goals in writing this:

1) I want to chronicle my first tournament experience so that I can reminisce later.

2) I want to show the world that there is a scene in Mississippi (albeit a small one).

3) I want to give a different perspective of a tournament to the SRK community, from the POV of an average player instead of from the POV of someone already at the top.

So.

This is one of the smaller crowds in the room, at the 3rd Strike area.

For those of you that don’t know, Battle for the South was an all-day event in a suburb of New Orleans which included tournaments in six fighting games: Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Soul Calibur 4, Guilty Gear (can’t remember which one), and, of course, Street Fighter 4.  It was paid for by Patrick Henry (Vegita-X), there was a very good turnout (from what I understand, there were over 60 players in the SF4 tournament), and it was run very smoothly.  Hats off to everybody who put the event together!
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