Feb 292012
 

Huge news. Starting April 7th, Big E will be running a new Bi-monthly Bar Fight tournaments at the CopaCabana. More Information will be forth coming soon but for now here’s the initial information.

There will be $6 Tokyo teas, $5 burgers and some great comp.

The list of games:
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Super Street Fighter 4 AE2012
Soul Calibur 5
Mortal Kombat

 Posted by at 11:27 pm
Feb 232012
 

Missed the action or hype of Winter Brawl or just forgot to get yourself a momento? Well we have a limited quantity of shirts left for sale. So gets yours now.

Each shirt is $10 and shipping is $5.

Shirt Sizes available

 Posted by at 9:21 am
Feb 212012
 

Winter Brawl has now been laid to rest. Many came to compete for those highly treasured evo points. So who qualified? Well lets check out the results.

SSF4AE 2012

1st – EG|Justin Wong (Rufus, Adon)
2nd – DMG|Juicebox (Abel, Juri)
3rd – BT|Dieminion (Guile)
4th – MRN|Wolfkrone (C. Viper)
5th – RPD|Gridman (C. Viper)
5th – LB|NYChrisG (Sakura)
7th – TS|Sabin (Rose, Dhalsim)
7th – Weaksauce (Sagat)
9th – Henry Cen (E. Honda)
9th – AG|Demon Hyo (Blanka, Seth)
9th – Aquasilk (Zangief)
9th – EG|Floe (Guy, Rufus)
13th – EMP|Hiro (M. Bison)
13th – Manny (El Fuerte)
13th – Flash Metroid (Zangief)
13th – EMP|Santhrax (Sagat)

SSF4Ae 2012 Teams

1st – Team Darkness: EMP|Santhrax (Sagat), Jeron (M. Bison), BT|Dieminion (Guile)
2nd – Team eSports: Aquasilk (Zangief), LB|NYChrisG (Sakura), Manny (El Fuerte)
3rd – Team DMG/FNEX – DMG|Insaynne (Blanka), DMG|Lionheart (Sagat), FNEX|K-Brad (Cammy)
4th – Team Honeypig: RyRy (C. Viper), TFA|Banana Ken (Ken), Zerp (Adon)
5th – Team X-Factor: Lucky D (Dhalsim), Demon Hyo (Blanka), AG|Dr. Chaos (Ken)
5th – Team Boshy: EG|Justin Wong (Rufus), EG|Floe (Guy), UVG|Noel Brown (Balrog)
7th – Team Cheap Shots – Meteo, Remy Bleu, DJ Eric
7th – Team Replay – Weaksauce (Sagat), Gridman (Viper), and Noobtron (Guile)

UMvC3

1st – EG|Justin Wong (Iron Fist/Wolverine/Akuma, Wolverine/Storm/Akuma)
2nd – LB|NYChrisG (Morrigan/Akuma/Doctor Doom, Ryu/Wesker/Hawkeye)
3rd – AG|MarlinPie (C. Viper/Doctor Doom/Amaterasu)
4th – Smooth Viper (Magneto/Sentinel/Dormammu)
5th – IGT|Unkn0wn (Nemesis/Sentinel/Wesker)
5th – DJ Huoshen (Felicia/Super Skrull/Taskmaster)
7th – AlukardNY (Wesker/Iron Man/Super Skrull)
7th – RayRay (Ryu/Magneto/Sentinel)
9th – TA|Predator1A (Haggar/Chris/Wesker)
9th – Omen (Spencer/Dante/Wesker)
9th – IC|Ruin (Magneto/Dormammu/Sentinel, Magneto/Doctor Doom/Sentinel)
9th – BIGE|FecalPenance (Felicia/Frank West/Dante, Deadpool/Dante/Felicia)
13th – XAQshinor (Nova/Vergil/Doctor Doom)
13th – Flocker (Zero/Vergil/Hawkeye)
13th – Blacktastic (Captain America/Sentinel/Storm)
13th – Royal Flush (MODOK/Thor/Viewtiful Joe)

UMvC3 Teams

1st – Team Boshy: EG|Justin Wong, EG|Floe, UVG|Noel Brown
2nd – Maverick Hunters: BT|IFC Yipes, BT|Dieminion, Flocker
3rd – Team Your Name Here: DMG|AtroCity, IC|Ruin, RDK
4th – Masta G’s Pie: AG|MarlinPie, LB|NYChrisG, DRS|Masta CJ
5th – Team Spooky: TS|Spooky, RyRy, Persia
5th – Team 4ocious: IllWill, RushedDown, and JJuice
7th – House of Crack: Ray Ray, Smooth Viper, Fab
7th – The Grease Boys: AG|Demon Hyo, Josh Wong, BIGE|FecalPenance

Soul Calibur 5

1st – LinkRKC (Ivy)
2nd – TSF|Ramon (Mitsurugi, Pyrrha)
3rd – RM|SawnikFaux (Viola, Tira)
4th – EMP|KDZ (Maxi, Siegfried)
5th – Woahhzz (α Patroklos)
5th – OmegaXCN (Natsu)
7th – Something Unique (Pyrrha, Xiba)
7th – Bibulus (Leixia)

King Of Fighters XIII

1st – RyRy (Mature/EX Kyo/Benimaru)
2nd – LB|NYChrisG (King/Kyo/Benimaru)
3rd – DRS|Masta CJ (Athena/Kyo/Chin)
4th – Marco Polo (Duo Lon/Athena/Kula)

Mortal Kombat

1st – vVv CDJr (Smoke, Jax)
2nd – vVv REO (Kabal)
3rd – VSM Crazy Dominican (Kitana)
4th – VSM Maxter (Johnny Cage, Cyrax, Stryker)
5th – RM Sawnik Fawx (Mileena, Kung Lao)
5th – WNBA Death (Mileena, Sonya)
7th – TS Sabin (Reptile/Kenshi)
7th – LB NYChris G (Reptile, Noob)

 Posted by at 7:58 pm
Feb 032012
 

Eric Small, otherwise known as Big E, was resently interviewed about the local Fighting game community in philly and fighting violence thru gaming in the February 3rd, 2012 eidtion of the Philly Inquirer.

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/annette_john-hall/20120203_Annette_John-Hall__Using_video_games_to_reduce_violence.html?ref=facebook.com

Here’s a small portions of the article.

“We’ve heard it for years – a violent culture begets violence.

Conventional wisdom says, if you want to understand the not-so-subliminal reasons for incivility, you don’t have to look any further than the movies, the music, and the video games – the elements of pop culture we so readily identify with and glorify.

Those blasted video games are the worst. Violent video games, more than violent television shows or movies, can increase aggressive….”

 Posted by at 1:25 pm
Jan 232012
 

Hoep your ready for the frozen battlegrounds!

Thanks to Kazi for making another amazing traler for the NEC philly tournament scene.

EDIT

Here’s another amazing video by Kazi. Its his submission video for cross counter. Check it out!

 Posted by at 1:17 pm
Jan 112012
 

Hubbs and Big E present Soul Calibur 5 Launch Day Tournament Event

Where:
University Family Fun Center
4008 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

When:
Jan 31st, 2012
Registration starts @ 5pm, tournament starts at 6pm SHARP!

Prices:
Venue Fee – $7

Game Fee:
Soul Calibur 5 – $10
SSF4AE v2012 – $5(side tournament)
UMvC3 – $5(side tournament)

Rules:

Soul Calibut 5
•3/5 rounds per match
•2/3 match points, 3/5 for finals
•time set to default
•life and soul gauge set to default
•Stage select is random, unless both players agree on selection
•winner character lock, loser may pick new character
•Create-a-soul characters are not permitted
•Dampierre is banned until further notice
•Devil Jin is banned(part of the CAS editor)
•marco or programmable pads/sticks are not allowed

SSF4ae v2012 & UMvC3
•2/3 rounds
•2/3 match points, 3/5 for finals
•time set to default
•life set to default
•stage is random select
•Winner character lock, loser may pick new character
•macro or programmable pads/sticks not allowed

We are looking to have some good clean fun. We are running this at a place where people bring their kids. So we expect people to watch how you conduct yourselves.

 Posted by at 4:33 pm