Thursday, October 29, 2009

Vampire Savior Character Parameters

Working with Dara and the listeners on a recent Nico radio show, DD put together a set of character parameter graphs for Vampire Savior. Click the image over there for a larger version. He doesn't go into a lot of detail beyond stressing that this is a work-in-progress. For reference, the ranking diagram that DD and company put together earlier this year is here.

Clockwise from the top, the attributes are:
攻撃 Offense
潜在能力 Potential Ability
対応 Counters*
守備 Defense
安定性 Stability
スピード Speed

* I'm not sure how to translate this term. Perhaps Anakaris has a high mark because he can respond to jump-ins well.

Illustration by Yuza.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Star Cup Videos 100806

Neo Star Cup videos from a few years ago. For the 2006 and 2007 contests there was a rule that prohibited having more than two "big 5" characters (Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Boxer, Claw, O.Sagat) on a team.

UPDATE: I uploaded the results over here. 1.5MB pdf in Japanese.

http://starcup.news-site.net/mov/sc7mov.htm

a-1-1.zip - Chamu (Chun x2, O.Chun) vs. Komoda Blanka (x3)
b-2-1.zip - Gotoh (Ryu x3) vs. Tencho (Ryu x3)
e-2-1.zip - K (O.Hawk x2, Fei) vs. Gian (Dhalsim x2, Ryu)
f-1-1.zip - AFO (Blanka x3) vs. Gunze (Zangief x3)
h-f.zip - Wassekun (Dhalsim x2, Dictator) vs. Nakanishi (Guile x2, Ryu)
i-f.zip - Ashitana (O.Ryu x3) vs. sako (Honda, Ryu x2)
k-f.zip - Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Fei) vs. Yuubou (Fei x3)
l-f.zip - Kurahashi (Guile, Ryu, Boxer) vs. Mattsun (Ken x2, Cammy)

wild-2.zip - Kunihata (Hawk x2, O.Hawk) vs. Nakanishi (Guile x2, Ryu)
wild-6.zip - Gunze (Zangief x3) vs. Mattsun (Ken x2, Cammy)

2nd-a-3.zip - Kurahashi (Guile, Ryu, Boxer) vs. ARG (Ryu, Claw x2)
2nd-b-5.zip - Gian (Dhalsim x2, Ryu) vs. Mattsun (Ken x2, Cammy)
2nd-c-2.zip - Shiki Guile (Guile, Boxer x2) vs. Wassekun (Dhalsim x2, Dictator)
2nd-d-1.zip - Noguchi (Claw x2, Fei) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
2nd-e-3.zip - Taira (Dictator x3) vs. YuuVega (Dictator x2, DJ)
2nd-f-5.zip - Oota (Cammy x3) vs. Aniken (Ken, Ryu, Boxer)
2nd-g-3.zip - Gotoh (Ryu x3) vs. Otochun (Honda, Chun x2)
2nd-h-3.zip - TIO (Dhalsim x2, Ryu) vs. Muteki (Guile x2, Chun)

3rd-1.zip - ARG (Ryu, Claw x2) vs. Shiki Guile (Guile, Boxer x2)
3rd-2.zip - Kurahashi (Guile, Ryu, Boxer) vs. The SuperStar (Boxer x2, DJ)
3rd-4.zip - Taira (Dictator x3) vs. Gian (Dhalsim x2, Ryu)
3rd-6.zip - Noguchi (Claw x2, Fei) vs. Muteki (Guile x2, Chun)
3rd-7.zip - Otochun (Honda, Chun x2) vs. Aniken (Ken, Ryu, Boxer)

fin-2.zip - ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile) vs. Shiki Guile (Guile, Boxer x2)
fin-3.zip - Gian (Dhalsim x2, Ryu) vs. Aniken (Ken, Ryu, Boxer)
fin-sf1.zip - Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Fei) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
fin-sf2.zip - Noguchi (Claw x2, Fei) vs. Aniken (Ken, Ryu, Boxer)


Elsewhere...
SF4 video: Kanagawa vs. Chiba 17on17 full-roster showdown.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Great stuff. Mulder and PinoAB7 were the MCs.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Star Cup Videos 100905


These videos are from the main event a few years ago: The Superstar Cup FINAL*.

* The next year was Neo Star Cup.

http://starcup.news-site.net/mov/sc6mov.htm

f-2-4.zip - ARG (Claw x3) vs. Otochun (Honda, Chun x2)
h-2-1.zip - Gotoh (Ryu x3) vs. Muteki (Guile, DJ, Chun)
h-2-4.zip - Gian (Dhalsim x3) vs. Aniken (Ken x2, Boxer)

wild-a.zip - KKY (Dhalsim x3) vs. Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Claw)
wild-b.zip - Mayakon (Hawk x2, O.Hawk) vs. Eronimo [Gunze] (Zangief x3)

loser-2-4-1.zip - Sky High Claw vs. ShootingD (Ryu)
loser-3-sf.zip - Kokoruru (O.Sagat) vs. Mattsun (Ken)
loser-4-f.zip - Kusumondo (Honda) vs. Hakase (Dhalsim)

2nd-a-2.zip - Kemura (Zangief x3) vs. Tsuji (Boxer x3)
2nd-a-3.zip - Aniken (Ken x2, Boxer) vs. Mattsun (Ken x2, Cammy)
2nd-b-2.zip - Macky7 (Boxer x3) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
2nd-b-3.zip - Batayan (Honda, Guile x2) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
2nd-c-3.zip - Muteki (Guile, DJ, Chun) vs. Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Claw)
2nd-c-4.zip - Gorilla Imo [Shogatsu] (O.Honda x3) vs. Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Claw)
2nd-d-3.zip - Otochun (Honda, Chun x2) vs. YuuVega (DJ, Dictator x2)
2nd-d-5.zip - Oku (Ryu, Chun x2) vs. Otochun (Honda, Chun x2)

fin-1-1.zip - Hakase (Dhalsim x2, Claw) vs. ShootingD (Ryu x2, Guile)
fin-1-2.zip - Gorilla Imo (O.Honda x3) vs. Macky7 (Boxer x3)
fin-1-3.zip - Tsuji (Boxer x3) vs. YuuVega (DJ, Dictator x2)
fin-1-4.zip - Otochun (Honda, Chun x2) vs. Aniken (Ken x2, Boxer)

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Pre-Star Duo 4on Videos 101009


http://starcup.news-site.net/mov/movmenu013.htm

a-1.zip - Sawada (Cammy, Fei) & Prince (Chun, Ryu) vs. Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) & Nero (Blanka)

a-f2.zip - Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) & Nero (Blanka) vs. Aniki (Guile, Boxer) & Noguchan (Ken, Chun)

b-f.zip - baby nine (Honda, Fei) & Opemai (Claw, Guile) vs. Gian (Dhalsim, Boxer) & Gotoh (Ryu, Guile)

b-f2.zip - Nakamu (Blanka, Chun) & Majiro (Dictator, Hawk) vs. Gian (Dhalsim, Boxer) & Gotoh (Ryu, Guile)

d-2.zip - AFO (Blanka, Boxer) & Numa (DJ, Ryu) vs. Hanayama (Ryu) & ARG (Boxer, Dictator, Claw)

e-1.zip - Roku (Honda, Dictator) & MAO (Dhalsim, Claw) vs. Gakuzan (Zangief, DJ) & Mayumura (Ryu, O.Ryu)

8th-2.zip - AFO (Blanka, Boxer) & Numa (DJ, Ryu) vs. CR Yuji Juhachisai (Ken, O.Ken) & Oshiro (Zangief, O.Zangief)

fin-1.zip - Roku (Honda, Dictator) & MAO (Dhalsim, Claw) vs. Gian (Dhalsim, Boxer) & Gotoh (Ryu, Guile)

fin-2.zip - KKY (Dhalsim, Blanka) & The SuperStar (Boxer, DJ) vs. Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) & Nero (Blanka)

fin-3.zip - Handsome (Ryu, O.Ryu) & Smile (Guile, O.Sagat) vs. Sawada (Cammy, Fei) & Prince (Chun, Ryu)

fin-4.zip - baby nine (Honda, Fei) & Opemai (Claw, Guile) vs. Hanayama (Ryu) & ARG (Boxer, Dictator, Claw)

fin-sf1.zip - Roku (Honda, Dictator) & MAO (Dhalsim, Claw) vs. Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) & Nero (Blanka)

fin-sf2.zip - Hanayama (Ryu) & ARG (Boxer, Dictator, Claw) vs. Sawada (Cammy, Fei) & Prince (Chun, Ryu)

fin-f.zip - Hanayama (Ryu) & ARG (Boxer, Dictator, Claw) vs. Aniken (Ryu, Ken, Boxer) & Nero (Blanka)

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Star Cup Quick Results



77 entrants

1st Otochun (Chun x3)
2nd ARG (Claw x3)
3rd Futachan (Ryu x3)
3rd Seki (DJ x3)

EDIT: just a few highlights. Gama no Abura (Umehara ga... gamen haji!) did a terrific job with the stream.

Underdogs Baby Nine (Honda) and Tsumura (Fei-Long) both making it through to the third round was excellent. Baby Nine (Xbox Live player) took ARG to five games. ARG came up with some really clutch wake up throws. Nero (Blanka), visiting from Shikoku, did really well at the pre-star 4on, too.

It seemed like a lot of heavy hitters were missing: no Taira, Komoda, Inomata, Yaya, Nakamura. No Kurahashi either, which is a shame; besides Aniken he's one of the only guys who runs a mixed team (Ryu, Guile, Boxer) at full or increased strength. Gian and Tsuji were both there but I guess they had off-days.

Second round A block was Otochun, ARG, Aniken and TIO. Tough draw for the Kyushu Dhalsim. Both of the Otochun-ARG sets — A block and finals — were fantastic. Otochun-Aniken was great, too. Chun's footsies were too strong for Aniken's shotos but Anioah almost made a comeback. Otochun stopped a Crazy Buffalo with a standing roundhouse towards the end of the set. Pretty funny.

All three of the X-Mania 10 winners made it to the top 8. Gunze vs. Seki was a nailbiter.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Star Cup Live Stream

The SuperStar Cup 2009 starts this Sunday October 11th at 1pm. That's late night Saturday in the US.

[player removed. link]

The warm-up event is scheduled for 7:30 Saturday night (early morning US time.) I'll update this post with more links when I have them. UPDATE: the Nico live stream starts at 10:30pm (Japan) today.

Pre Star Cup Results
1 Aniken (Ryu), Aniken (Boxer), Nero (Blanka), Aniken (Ken)
2 ARG (Boxer), ARG (Dictator), ARG (Claw), Hanayama (Ryu)
3 Sawada (Fei), Sawada (Cammy), Prince (Ryu), Prince (Chun)
3 MAO (Dhalsim), MAO (Claw), Roku (Dictator), Roku (Honda)

Friday, October 2, 2009

Sounds of the Arcade Plus Alpha

All of the audio in the foreground here comes from Ms. Pac-Man, the Ms. Pac-Man joystick and Will, the guy playing Ms. Pac-Man. Thank you!



Far Corner Only ST Tricks


I added a couple of side-dependent tactics to this old post.

Farewell Shinjuku, Howdy Baba


Shinjuku Mikado is finally closing on October 18th. There are a bunch of tournament posters over here. Super Turbo action — including wednesday training with Mattsun — will continue at the Takadanobaba store.

Where are you Fighting?!


Illustration by Robovita A. Click for larger version.