FGC TO/EO/Commentator/Coach/Manager/Mentor with 25+ yrs of experience. South Carolina FGC (SCFGC) Admin Final Round forever c('.'c)
Charleston, SC
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Capcom really said, "Thanks for doing our marketing department's job for the last 35 years, now go fuck yourselves."
Okay then.
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If an FGC tournament's commentators' material consists mostly of them berating new/unknown players and exclusively uplifting top/known players, then they aren't commentators.
They're gatekeepers/bullies.
Get them off the mic and keep them away. Your scene will thank you for it.
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Amaury Perez-Marchenko a.k.a. OOFMATIC has been indefinitely banned from Final Round following their racist, anti-Semitic, and LGBT+ phobic tweets.
The FGC is and always will be an inclusive, safe space for all walks of life to share our passion for FGs with one another.
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Who is more frustrating to try and help:
the player that complains about their character not having everybody else's best tools and ignoring the available options
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the player that asks what to do but rejects every solution because the opp "could just do this instead?"
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Can't help but feel like there's two succinct groups now in this lil subculture that we have:
FGC (community), grassroots, locals, and friend groups keeping fighting game culture alive.
FGE (eSports), where the bag is all that matters regardless of what/who is exploited/harmed.
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Folks picking up Tekken for the first time that are top players in other games, a word of advice:
STOP WHINING AND JUST PLAY
Your hot takes and assessments are just as garbage as your movement. Know your move list before you start trying to assess this game. Git gud 1st omfg D:
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Top 10 situations in Tekken where you feel like you take rl dmg:
Steve CH b+1
Paul clean hit CH qcf+2
Kazuya CH d/f+2, EWGF
Bryan Taunt~Jet Upper
Lucky Chloe BT f+3+3,3+4
Hwoarang RFF 3~4
Yoshimitsu 1+4
Josie CD+3
Marduk ground throws
Kings iSW
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So... I just found out that sponsoring a local youth league team only costs $225 and I'm about to shamelessly sponsor a team in order to advertise the local FGC.
How awesome would it be if I do and it evolves into a youth esports opportunity? :o
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I hate this model shift from games as goods to games as a service.
At a time where companies are looking to milk IPs of every last cent through microtransactions and NFTs, Capcom decides to go further and take a hulking shit on the community to show us we don't matter to them.
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Wow. Okay.
Uh... listen y'all, I know that in the FGC we are all about trying to secure the bag.
But make sure that bag isn't stolen first pls.
A thread as to why WePlay partnering with 1xBet is a PROBLEM
press.weplay.tv/weplay-espor…
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Hey Smash, want a $1000 pot bonus for Ultimate at FR2020? Done.
Hey Tekken, want international comp brought in for FR2020? Done.
Hey Anime, want pot bonuses for BBTag+Granblue at FR2020? Done.
Hey everyone, want pot bonuses based on entrants' for your game(s) at FR2020? Done.
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@JUSTIN62659408 will be replacing @emily_UwUUUU on the NA/USA Tekken team for the 10v10 against EU
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All any fighting game publisher has to do is just tweet out "Here's our community license agreement!" with it just saying "lmao do whatever you want you bought it (SUPPORT YOUR LOCALS)" and they'd pretty much guarantee themselves some Steam sales rn
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TWTF Schedule:
LCQ (Saturday)
🇹🇭 12pm - 10pm (ICT)
🇵🇰 10am - 8pm (PKT)
🇬🇧 3am - 3pm (GMT)
🇵🇪 12am - 10am (PET)
🇺🇸 Friday 9pm - Saturday 7am (PST)
Finals (Sunday)
🇹🇭 10am - 10:30pm
🇵🇰 8am - 8:30pm
🇬🇧 3am - 3:30pm
🇵🇪 Saturday 10pm - Sunday 10:30am
🇺🇸 Saturday 7pm - Sunday 7:30am
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FGC Challenge:
Go the entire week without criticizing others' game play decisions.
If you find yourself asking, "Why would you do that!?" the answer is almost always, "Because you play bad enough to get hit by it."
Change "why would you do that?" to "how can I prevent that?"
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Players in the FGC need to understand that no respectable eSports organization cares if you're the best player in your region or with a character.
They care about whether you're versatile, professional, and productive enough to help them further the needs of their business. /1
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We lost an amazing player that was an even more amazing person in Dom yesterday.
Dom was the top T4 Xiaoyu in the US, possibly the world. He had an incredibly fun personality and had created a successful life for himself in ATL.
This hurts so much. :(
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Countries currently represented in the TWT Finals (pre-LCQ):
🇰🇷 8 (Knee, LowHigh, JDCR, Kkokkoma, Ulsan, Chanel, Rangchu, Saint)
🇯🇵 4 (Chikurin, Double, Nobi, Noroma)
🇺🇲 3 (Anakin, Jimmyjtran, Shadow 20z)
🇵🇰 2 (Arslan Ash, Awais Honey)
🇫🇷 1 (Super Akouma)
🇵🇪 1 (Abel del Maestro)
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"Why aren't there more women In the FGC? Why are there women only tournaments?"
We can literally just point to this week for FGC Twitter and see a thousand reasons why. :/
The reason why I will not play Tekken this year is because of this. I can handle hate comments, but this is just way too much. I sincerely apologize to disappoint all of you. I am scared of what might happen in the future. I do not know what is the intention of this person.
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11 years ago already... That's crazy. :o
This was after Final Round 16. Top 8 was:
1. JDCR
2. Knee
3. Lil Majin
4. Anakin
5. Kayyal
5. fightinggm
7. NYCFab
7. AO
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Capcom really had an opportunity to reboot another IP (Darkstalkers) but instead spit on the fanbase that kept fighters alive.
You hate to see it
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I'm going to need a lot more than having feedback reviewed.
Never have I ever felt more disrespected as a TO, player, or any other hat that I've worn in the FGC by a publisher (and I lived through SvC, SFxT gems, MvCi🤢).
You tried to own us, but now you owe us. You owe us BIG!
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Wifey is negative for cancer in her neck. No lymphoma and no leukemia. 🙌
Biopsy still needed for the mass in her breast. Oncologist thinks it might be a cyst based on all of the other tests, but at the very least if it is breast cancer it isn't metastic (biggest fear if it was)
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FGC Steps to Success
-Drink water
-Wash your hands
-Watch your matches where you lose more than your matches that you won
-Practice neutral before combos
-Find comfort in being uncomfortable
-Support your locals
-Create content
-Play more, argue less
-Show up to pools on time
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Pakistan Tekken top 15 for February 2020 (based on feedback from Pakistanis!)
1. Arslan Ash
2. Awais Honey
3. Atif Butt
4. Heera Malik
5. The JON
6. Bilal
7. Qasim Meer
8. Farzeen
9. Ahsan Ali
10. Khan
11. Zubair Butt
12. Esharib
13. Nouman
14. Dawood
15. Atif Ali
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A lot of players get caught up in the idea of how a game "should" be played and lose to a style that doesn't fit what they believe is "good"
Learning to accept and adapt to what is front of them would make so many players so much better instead of getting upset and being abusive
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Love seeing this.
A problem was identified, and they're already working together to try and overcome it.
I miss offline. T_T
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FGC Teaching PROTIP
When trying to help somebody that doesn't know the match-up, advise them on how to handle simple situations (ie: block punishment, string evasion, game plan, etc)
DON'T over explain mix-up situations. Keep it concise. It's for their defense, not your offense
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My USA TWT 2020 Preseason Rankings! Excited to see how the season plays out :3
1. Anakin
2. Jimmyjtran
3. Shadow 20z
4. Joey Fury
5. fightinggm
6. Spero Gin
7. Mr. Taxi
8. Pokchop
9. Trungy
10. Joonya_20z
11. Lil Majin
12. Sayco
13. NG-Obscure
14. cuddle_core
15. RunitBlack
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I just realized something.
Tekken was released in Japan on Dec 9th, 1994. The TWT Finals are Dec 7th & 8th, 2019. This means that the day after TWT Finals, @TEKKEN will officially be 25 years old.
Remember last year's TWT?
Omg @mykeryu & @Harada_TEKKEN are about to BLESS us 😱
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Tokyo Masters 2019 Results:
1. 🇵🇰 @AtifButt540
2. 🇵🇰 @awaishoney94
3. 🇯🇵 @chikurintut
4. 🇯🇵 @double4646
5. 🇯🇵 @1206_king
5. 🇵🇭 @PBE_AK
7. 🇯🇵 @daichinobi
7. 🇯🇵 @gen0202
🇰🇷 Korea held out of top 8 😱
@TK_SAINT & @Jeondding_tk (t.9th) lose to Gen + AK & Nobi + AK respectively.
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Dropping Lidia notes before napping and starting again
punishers are:
10f: 1,2,2; 1,4; FC 1
11f: b+1,2; WS+4
12f: f+2,4; FC,d/f+2
13f: WS+1,2
14f: f+1+2,4,2,1; WS+3,2
15f: u/f+4; WS+2
16f: b+4,4,4
17f: 3,2
Ch (b3),1 is +14
CH df3,4, ff1+2 is 65dmg
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A breakdown of this season's TWT dojo events.
1180 dojos
68 countries
Dojo events are evidence of how important SUPPORTING YOUR LOCALS is. Remember JeonDDing's struggle to qualify during DHATL? I wonder how different that wouldve been for him if Korea had more than 5 dojos...👀
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10yrs ago, my wife survived Hodgkins lymphoma and was told that she would never be able to carry a child to full term. All that she ever wanted to be in life was a mother.
Now, our son is 3.5yrs old and might start K4 in the fall.
Never, ever, stop fighting.
#WorldCancerDay
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Fellow TOs:
SNK is great about assisting even smaller sized events. Don't hesitate to reach out!
Anúncio: Estamos apoiando este torneio através do nosso programa de suporte para eSports!
#SNK #KOFXV #SAMURAISHODOWN #GAROU #TheLastBlade
smash.gg/tournament/ft-fight
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With FGC offline events making their return, here are some tips to get (back) into the swing of things!
1. "Get your retail legs."
You're going to be standing around and waiting a LOT. Get some insoles, start taking walks, and stretch to avoid ankle/knee/hip/back issues.
/Cont.
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"There's too many characters/moves/stars in the sky."
"Getting up is a mini-game..."
"Just run away in Tekken..." *gets snake edge'd into wall combo and dies* "Omg I'm the better player and only lost because the game is bad."
"I leave shopping carts in parking spots."
😑
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Just a reminder that Tekken 7 is the best Tekken. Beautiful, entertaining, and fun.
Despite the pandemic, improvements were still made to the game as well as new content added.
I cannot wait to see how much better the next Tekken will be after the teams' experiences with 7. 🥰
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@WePlayUFL #TEKKEN7 Results
1. FATE|RB|Arslan Ash (@ArslanAsh95 🇵🇰)
2. GG|Awais Honey (@awaishoney94 🇵🇰)
3. JDCR (@TKJDCR 🇰🇷)
4. GG|Saint (@TK_SAINT 🇰🇷)
5. UYU|Fergus (@Fergus_TK 🇮🇪)
5. VGIA|Caiper (@CaiperMG 🇪🇸)
7. HGE|Danielmado (@DanielMadonia)
7. mYi|KiraKira (@mYiKiraKira)
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I hope not.
There's a major difference in resources available between grassroots events and eSports extravaganzas.
Failing to recognize that is like assuming a local ice cream parlor should have McDonald's money. I think that we should properly set expectations before demanding
The production levels from @weplayUFL Tekken 7 tournament has been set to a NEW LEVEL for the FGC.
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TOs when it's time for top 8 and they gotta make sure nobody sits in the front spots reserved for the competitors
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Final Round 2020 5v5 Invitational To Do List:
-Recruit 3 players for 🇺🇸 ☑
-Recruit 2 players for 🇪🇺/🇬🇧 ☑
-Recruit 2 🇰🇷 teams
-Recruit 1 🇯🇵 team
-Recruit 1 🗺 team
-Recruit 1 🇵🇰 team
-Recruit 1 South American team
-Crowdfund for unsponsored Pakistan/SA teammates
-Media/sponsors
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Tag2 players will complain about an Akuma death combo that required rage, full meter, and a read where they jumped over a fireball, but then justify doing 100% off a CH rage launcher with a tag assault wall combo because of "resource management"
Yall gonna stop
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It was at this moment in their first FGC tournament that xXBootyNinja420Xx's deep and ongoing hatred for grapplers began
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I'll take an FGC that gives opportunities to artists, logisiticians, casters, producers, musicians, programmers, hardware junkies, cosplayers, etc rather than one that only values top players to the point of enabling their most toxic characteristics.
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This whole SonicFox/NobiGaming is just a taste of things to come
Folks that understand contracts and how to scam (ie: voiding the contract by changing venues therefore not owing the talent money), such as former music/entertainment industry heads, are going to try to be preying.
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LMAOOOOOOOOO HOW DID I MAKE IT OUT OF MY POOLS
I'VE BEEN TWO FISTING DRINKS SINCE NOON AND LANDED ONE FULL COMBO THE ENTIRE POOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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For any players looking at potentially being signed by a pro team, please feel free to reach out to me to see if the team might be a good fit for you, if you need advice, etc.
While I by no means can provide legal advice, I can provide insight from 20yrs in the FGC + workforce
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Jeremiah Weaver is hereby banned from Final Round following his physical assault against another player during Tekken 7 top 8 at DHATL
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I wanted to take a couple of weeks to let this past weekend marinate, but I'm too excited.
I think it's time to make Pakistan vs. Korea a reality.
Time to start looking for folks to collaborate with in order to bring another successful project to the FGC!
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We saw the blueprint when Capcom had their "tournament license" fiasco
Publishers are understandably desperate to own and monetize the content produced using their IP
I've been screaming from the mountain tops that licensing was in our near future back in the early 2010s. D:
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Update on the 5v5 exhibition planned for Final Round 2020:
Team USA... COMPLETE!
Team Korea A... COMPLETE!
Team Korea B... In Progress
Team South America... In Progress
Team Europe... In Progress
Team World... In Progress
Team Pakistan... Initiating
Team Japan... Initiating
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General Public: "What happened with WePlay, Bandai Namco, and NetherRealm Studios?"
FGC Twitter:
Wow. Okay.
Uh... listen y'all, I know that in the FGC we are all about trying to secure the bag.
But make sure that bag isn't stolen first pls.
A thread as to why WePlay partnering with 1xBet is a PROBLEM
press.weplay.tv/weplay-espor…
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ATTN GIGAS PLAYERS
For the next two months, we must hold forward and lose all of our matches in order to actually receive buffs.
I repeat, stop dunking online scrubs so that he can get adjustments.
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Lots of folks refuse to go to CEO so long as it remains in Daytona. Hopefully it'll move back to Orlando, even if it means making profit margins smaller for the investors.
Maybe not having a major tournament in a former sundown town just to save on costs would have been better?
I just had a group of 6 men follow me done the street to my hotel in Daytona. One split off to the other side of the street when I started walking faster. I thought they wanted my phone so I hid my phone under my arm pit. When I crossed the road to get into my hotel, the one guy
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Character representation for TWT Finals (minus LCQ) according to standings:
3 Kazumi
2 Akuma
2 Jack-7
1 Steve
1 Shaheen
1 Geese
1 Law
1 Alisa
1 Julia
1 Eddy
1 Bryan
1 Dragunov
1 Devil Jin
1 Claudio
Will #20 be Marduk or Anna? Another Steve or Akuma? We'll find out Saturday!! 😱
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There was only a "dark age" for the FGC if your existence was based on what the newest Capcom game was
03: SC2, GG#R, SvC, KoF03, Bloody Roar 4, Matrimelee
04: T5, CFE, SamSho5
05: T5DR, SC3, DOA4, NGBC, KoFNW, SamSho6
06: GGAC, VF5, KoF11, AH
07: T6
08: GGAC+, BB, AH2, SC4, TvC
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JannaKazama posted this back during the T4 era and folks flamed the shit out of him.
20yrs later and he's been proven correct.
Love to see it :)
Devil Jin's b,f+2,1 is -10 on block.
But for reasons unknown, characters with 1+2 or 3+4 moves that are up to 14f fast can use them to punish this move.
To do so, input a sidestep slightly before the attack.
#TEKKEN #TekkenLibrary @mixboxarcade
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My son's first tournament! Despite having turned four only a month ago, he was recovering back onto the stage and trying to ledgeguard. He also had surprisingly good spacing!! 😯
Thank you to the SC Smash community for being so welcoming and giving us a father-son moment. ♡♡♡
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Yea, Leroy definitely gonna get some nerfs
-Incredibly safe, damaging CH options
-Incredible punishment
-Really good dmg + wall carry
-Good enough low options
-d/f+1 meta is ridonk
Leroy is Tekken's Allen Iverson because he always has "The Answer"
I'ma have for fun now tho👀👀
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I hope that folks understand the severity of these events being canceled in the FGC.
There are only 3 US events that might be able to survive the financial impact. Most of the other major events though cannot survive a canceled year.
With the upcoming tech debt of ps5 too, oof.
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As excited as I am for Evo 2022, I'm also heartbroken over who we have lost between now and Evo 2019 :(
FlashG, Dom, Mick, Henny, BKC, and more...
Really puts into perspective how important it is to move fwd with love in our hearts instead of fear (or worse, apathy)
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How fighting gamers are about to be with late payouts after hearing $1M for the winner of Capcom Pro Tour 2023
Klaus ~nodejs
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Trick question: they're both equally terrible and reject improvement in favor of maladaptive coping.
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Worked this out with some good friends while having a good time :D
Our opinion on the Tekken 7 v3.33 tier list
(Ranks are S, S-, A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C)
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For there to be a true FGC again, three things are required:
1) A centralized hub that all can gather at and bad actors be expelled from.
2) A community-first mindset, not capital and/or clout focused.
3) Supporting ventures that support the community, not just their clique.
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