Ultra Street Fighter IV

Showdown.gg "Churning The Butter" - USF4 Game Night
Every Tuesday & Thursday at 6PM PDT |
      • Website: http://showdown.gg
      • Brackets: N/A
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/showdowngg

West coast's FGC scene is so big that it's usually divided into north and south. Showdown.gg airs weekly tournaments from the NorCal scene. Recurring players include LPN, Julio, Ricky Ortiz, HooDaMan, El Cubano Loco, G Dragon, Jame, Nando, and BJ Unchained, with occasional commentators/guests Crackfiend, Nacer, SD|Watt, and Mike Ross


UGC Live
Every Tuesday at 7PM PDT |
      • Website: http://www.ugcgamer.com
      • Brackets: N/A
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/ugclive

The counter to NorCal's SF Game Night is the UGC Live, featuring all kinds of SoCal talent. Recurring players include Marq Teddy, Veloc1raptor, Chris T, Brentt, Commander Jesse, and a host of others I can't think of off the top of my head.


Capcom UK Presents: Winner Stays On
Every Tuesday at 8PM BST |
      • Website: https://www.facebook.com/WinnerStaysOn
      • Brackets: N/A
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters

Winner Stays On is a London-based weekly where top players around the country get invited to a series of FT5 (first to five) games against each other. Winner moves on to the next set. This is not a tournament, nor are there brackets. You either get bragging rights, or you get blown up for all to see. Recurring players include BTM Hurricane, Isam, Ryan Hart, F-Word, RMZ, Problem X, Pro Fluke


Toronto Top Tiers & ATC Weekly
Every Wednesday at 2PM EDT |
      • Website: http://torontotoptiers.com
      • Brackets: N/A
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers

TTT & ATC is a small Toronto-based weekly. Recurring players include: I have no idea, their website is useless and they don't have this stuff anywhere from what I can see. If you're a regular viewer and you feel like making a list, post in the thread and I'll add it here. Production values are fine, though.

FFM Rumble 8 has concluded, and with it a day of upsets. From the very start, things got weird when Emersion - one of the best Vega players in Europe - was knocked out by Cody player Sheva. Shortly thereafter, StarNab knocked Pro Fluke into loser's bracket, preventing him from showing off on stream until later. Pro Fluke certainly found his groove in loser's bracket, however, where he knocked the best Sagat player on the planet, Bonchan, out of the tournament with a clean 2-0 victory. Meanwhile, EBI was knocked into loser's by Dark Jiewa, and then lost to Valmaster, just shy of the top 8.

The runaway hero of the tournament was undoubtedly Infexious, a Hugo main who went on a rampage. He beat Halibel, Pro Fluke, and Packz in the top 32 bracket to make it into the top 8 alongside players like Tokido, Luffy, Valmaster, Poongko, and Dark Jiewa. Once there, he apparently decided that Sagat and Akuma aren't awful match-ups for Hugo, and promptly bodied Sagat player Demulant, and then clinched out a fantastic game against Tokido, master level Akuma player and one of the favorites to win the whole event. Unfortunately, Infexious couldn't deal with Poongko's Seth play, who ended up going to the grand finals against Luffy.

Poongko also took his shirt off on several occasions. It didn't work.

Current Evolution 2014 champion Luffy ended up beating Poongko 3-2 in the finals, looking incredibly strong as he did so. Luffy denied the bracket reset and won his third tournament of the year.

Results:
      1. MD|Luffy (Rose)
      2. /r/Kappa|Poongko (Seth, El Fuerte)
      3. MBA|Infexious (Hugo)
      4. MCZ|Tokido (Akuma)
      5. Dark Jiewa (Ken)
      5. GL|Valmaster (Chun-Li)
      7. Demulant (Sagat)
      7. WSO|Andreas (Rufus)

      9. UM|RMZ (Yun)
      9. Packz (Cody)
      9. /r/Kappa|Ebi (Hakan)
      9. StarNab (Fei Long)
      13.
      13. IND|Pro Fluke (El Fuerte)
      13. MDZ|emptysys (T. Hawk)
      13. GG|Halibel (Ken, Sagat)

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      NuckleDu wins Combo Breaker 2015!
      TeamLiquid needs to get off their butts and promote this guy already
      May 25, 2015

Not bad for a guy who prior to the tournament was actually hit by a car.

Congratulations to Du, it was great watching him take down both EG Justin Wong and EG Ricki Ortiz. ♥ I'll probably do some kind of write-up on his run at CB unless TeamLiquid wants to use someone who is actually a writer.

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      South Korean man wins tournament using 46 different characters
      Texas Showdown concludes with a nail-biting grand finals between Infiltration and Snake Eyez
      May 11, 2015

***

Texas Showdown has concluded, closing the doors on a weekend full of solid games. Favorites like Justin Wong, K-Brad, Snake Eyez, Infiltration, NuckleDu, and recently-on-fire 801 Strider showed up to square off in the US Midwest.

Day one of pool play was straightforward, with almost all top seeded players getting out as expected. Unfortunately, Liquid`NuckleDu was hit by a car and promptly decided that playing Akuma would be a really keen idea. He ended up dropping a game in pool play, getting placed into the losers bracket of the top 32, and then losing to Air off-stream.

The rest of the pools went as expected -- Infiltration, Justin Wong, K-Brad, Ricky Ortiz, Snake Eyez, Chris G, 801 Strider, Hsien Chang, MLSwear, El Cubano Loco, Tampa Bison, Air, and Hamad all finished winners side of their pools and ended up having some highly entertaining games in the top 32 brackets.

As the first day of Street Fighter wrapped up, PandaxGaming hosted Battle in the Pandagon, a series of First To Five showmatches where some fan favorites were clashing for fun.

And then Hamad came out for his showmatch to the tune of "A Whole New World" from Aladdin, riding on Brolylegs' custom motorized platform.



Hamad, who previously rose to fame by beating Justin Wong in a FT5, squared off against Justin in the runback of the evening. Justin clutched out a close set, coming down to the final game.

Day 2 of Street Fighter had few surprises but great games. Chris G knocked Justin into loser's bracket, K-Brad popped off against Snake Eyez, and Ricky Ortiz had her Rufus on standby as she was trying to make it with Rolento and Chun-Li, although she unfortunately couldn't take down Infiltration and Snake Eyez, the two players who would go on to face off in the grand finals.

801 Strider had another great tournament, shocking the world by having James Chen carefully explain to the audience that Abel is even better as a character if you are capable of playing footsies.

And lastly, there was Infiltration who - playing all 44 characters in the game plus two he invented on the spot - cruised into the grand finals on the winner's side, dropping very few games as he did so. He brought out Elena, Ken, Rolento, Akuma, Ryu, and Chun-Li across various matchups.

The grand finals ended up being against "Mr. OVERRATED" himself Snake Eyez, who (coming off super strong games against K-"Snake-Eyez-Is-Overrated"-Brad, 801 Strider, and Ricky) proceeded to destroy Infiltration's Akuma and Ryu, resetting the bracket from losers and even going up 2-1 in the final set. Unfortunately, Infiltration is South Korean and therefore broken, so when Infiltration switched to Rolento (a character Ricky had attempted to use against Snake Eyez and lost 3-0 with) he proceeded to clutch out round after round.

Eventually, the grand finals came down to the absolute final round of the final game. The game was super tense, with the timer slowly ticking away to zero and both players exchanging the life lead several times. Snake Eyez played brilliantly, and finally everything looked lost for Infiltration... when, with four seconds left on the clock and a life lead for Snake Eyez, he found a magical throw out of a perfectly spaced Rolento slide which barely got him the life lead. And thus, with a backdash and an Ultra timer scam, Infiltration is your Texas Showdown 2015 champion.



Results:
      1. INFILTRATION (Ryu, Elena, Ken, Chun-Li, Akuma, Rolento)
      2. Snakes Eyez (Zangief)
      3. EG|K-Brad (Cammy, Chun-Li)
      4. 801 Strider (Abel)
      5. Tempo|ChrisG (Sakura)
      5. EG|HelloKittyRicki (Rolento, Rufus,Chun-Li)
      7. Magneto1080P (Elena)
      7. Hsien (Yun)

      9. DL|Four Wude (Akuma)
      9. CCG|Air (Poison)
      9. VGP|Integra (Ken)
      9. EG|JWong (Elena)
      13. Epic L.GG|Onisan (Abel)
      13. Liquid|NuckleDu (Guile)
      13. VGP|cHaotix (Dudley)
      13. HaMAGO (WTHamad) (Fei Long)

In short, Texas Showdown was fun, and you should watch it.
Top 32 & Top 8 VODs on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive/v/4889581
(Fast forward past the wtf-this-isn't-street-fighter content)
(I may edit this with a YouTube playlist later)

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      1.05 patch is live, and Steam rolls its netcode changes into the main client
      Literally the only thing that changed was a nerf to my character PJSalt
      April 22, 2015

***

The USF4 "1.05" patch hit, and with it came very little. The only change to gameplay was a nerf to Decapre:

      USFIV Edition Changes:
      DECAPRE
      Must charge downback to activate the anti-air version of DCM.

Previously, Decapre could launch into the anti-air version of Ultra 2 (DCM) much more easily as it only required charging back, not down+back. This is a definite nerf as DCM AA was one of the few good AA options for a Decapre on the move.

The rest of the patch - with the exception of some minor bugfixes - focused entirely on Omega mode, removing a few infinites and rebalancing it somewhat. I wonder if there will ever be another balance patch, or if Capcom will continue to hate Dee Jay until the sun flares out and turns as cold as a rock.

***

The new netcode changes that dramatically fixed netplay on PC (see "Old news", below) are out of beta and have been rolled into the main Steam client. For the most part, PC connectivity is incredibly stable now, and with it came all the players who gave up on PC netplay when the problems started almost a year ago.

Currently the PC scene is very healthy both in the US and Europe, netplay is as good as ever, the Capcom Pro Tour has an unprecedented amount of money to throw at its champions, and it's a damn good time to be a Street Fighter fan.

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      Steam has fixed netplay issues on PC!
      Opt-in to the Steam beta client to reap the rewards of the updated netplay API
      April 1, 2015 [No, this is not an April Fools joke -- reddit thread on this topic]

Ever since May of last year, Street Fighter on PC has been pretty miserable. Frame stops, freezing, disconnects, and all kinds of latency problems almost killed the USF4 scene on PC. This was a result of migrating the game away from Games For Windows Live. Granted, GFWL was a titanic piece of shit whose demise was long overdue, but this forced Capcom to move over to Steam's API for peer-to-peer play.

This did not work out too well.

Turns out the netcode was not set up properly on Capcom's side to work with Steam's API. The problem was a combination of the Steam matchmaking system causing long blocks on the process thread that handled it, and Capcom letting the main game thread handle the matchmaking. Capcom could have solved it by putting the matchmaking in a separate thread, but reworking the system would supposedly have been a major hassle. Capcom made a few tweaks to try and improve things, but it never actually helped.

However, an employee at Valve recently took a look at it, and basically put together a quick fix on their side of things done specifically for USF4.

It worked. Netplay is now as good on PC as it was back in the AE 2012 days, meaning it's the best netplay you are likely to get across all platforms and versions of the game. The PC version is the ultimate version of the game in all but player count right now, but hopefully the player count will rise a bit once word gets out that the netplay has been fixed.

Currently the changes are only in the Steam beta client, and you will only notice a difference if both you and your opponent are using the latest Steam beta. Click below to see how to opt in to the Steam beta program -- it's fast and updates are automatic once you've done it.

+ Show Spoiler [How to sign up for the Steam beta client] +

Update: The netcode fix is out of beta and has been rolled into the main Steam client. Happy gaming!

If you play on PC, chances are you already know how to optimize your game for low input lag and high framerate. DisplayLag took a closer look and the numbers are interesting:

http://www.displaylag.com/reduce-input-lag-in-pc-games-the-definitive-guide/

The absolute best settings:
* Ingame VSync: OFF
* Framerate: FIXED
* Antialiasing: NONE

The in-game VSync feature adds up to 3 frames worth of input lag all by itself, meaning it nearly doubles (going from 3.5 to 6.2). This is the biggest culprit and the one you should turn off immediately. Framerate should be set to fixed, as setting it to smooth can introduce actual glitches. No, I don't mean graphical glitches, I mean "characters may fall out of ultras randomly".

If you have a graphics card and monitor capable of G-SYNC or FreeSync, you can enable that instead of VSync. It's just a better version that doesn't affect input lag in the same way VSync does. In Nvidia's case you get almost no difference, and if you have an AMD card and a monitor capable of FreeSync, it's actually beneficial to turn it on (3.5 with FreeSync vs 3.7 with VSync off).

If you don't have G-SYNC or FreeSync but hate screen tearing with a passion and you want VSync enabled, the guide will tell you how to minimize the increased input lag. It depends on your graphics card and setup, whether you run it in windowed mode, etc.

Footsies as explained by Juicebox. A great introduction to arguably the most important part of playing Street Fighter IV at a high level. This will get you to think about what you're doing. In StarCraft 2 terms, this is like "keep making probes, keep making pylons" in that it will let you run over opponents that don't, but it takes a lot of practice to do well. This right here is why Daigo is better than you.




There is also an article on footsies that you should read. The post includes animated .gifs of the techniques in question and makes it very easy to understand what we're talking about.

http://www.standingfierce.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1310&p=45868


For people who play a character that has a projectile, this quick (6 minute) projectile and zoning tutorial will show you how to force your opponent to play a more cautious footsie game with you. Don't forget that your projectile is also a poke.




This is a guide for Ryu made by top player Air. It's an advanced guide in that it assumes you know the basics of play. Mostly covers character-specific tactics and obscure tricks that can be used, but the techniques it teaches are relevant to all characters, and it is a must-see if you are serious about taking Street Fighter to the next level.

Infiltration gives a shoutout to his fans










Fuck this guy in particular






Nobody has read this far ever, so I'm just going to put this here because I thought it was interesting:

Top 25 CPT player ages as of May 2015:
Infiltration - 31
Xian - 25
Daigo - 34
Mago - 30
Poongko - 30
Tokido - 30
Justin Wong - 30
Momochi - 29
Dark Jiewa - ??
Gamerbee - 35/36
Nemo - 30
Bonchan - 28
SnakeEyez - 27
Kazunoko - 27
HumanBomb - ??
Tonpy - ??
KojiKOG - 28
Nuckledu - 20
Sako - 36
Luffy - 30
Fuudo - 30
Shiro - 36
Chuan - ??
Ryan Hart - 36
K Brad - 26

FGC Calendar
      http://tinyurl.com/fgccalendar
      A not-always-up-to-date calendar of upcoming FGC events. Not just USF4 content.

Shoryuken Tournament Calendar
      http://shoryuken.com/tournament-calendar/
      As above, except more legible but with less information. Most majors are listed here.

TeamLiquid Fighting Games Thread
      http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/games/476342-fighting-games-2015
      Our hub for FGC content on TeamLiquid -- includes links to all games we have threads for.

Capcom Pro Tour
      Capcom has a setup on their Capcom Pro Tour website for broadcasting all events related to 2015's Pro Tour
      Stream: http://live.capcomprotour.com/

Capcom Fighters
      Official Capcom stream that usually covers the USF4 portion of any major FGC event.
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters

Team Spooky
      Run by Victor "Sp00ky" Fontanez, Team Spooky has covered just about every kind of tournament there is
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky

Tough Cookie TV
      Commentator Zhi and Evo champion Xian often travel to cover tournaments in Asia and abroad
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/toughcookietv

LevelUpLive
      Papa Valle's house used to host WNF, now hosts a weekly online tournament as well as some majors
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive

UGCLive
      Hosts weeklies for all kinds of fighting games. Tuesday is USF4 night. Above average (for the FGC)
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/ugclive

Toronto Top Tiers
      Has a weekly USF4 tournament featuring some moderate talent
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers

ARMSHOUSE
      Based in Europe and covers a lot of the big tournaments there
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/armshouse

MixUp Night
      Japanese weekly that very occasionally streams on Twitch. Features tons of killers
      Steam: http://www.twitch.tv/mixupnight

Khaos Gaming
      Formerly TeamKhaos, KG hosts some regular content and also covers the occasional major
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/teamkhaos
      Stream 2: http://www.twitch.tv/khaosgaming2

FunkyP
      Paul Nguyen operates FunkyP to provide some additional FGC coverage including USF4 tournaments
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/funkyp

Canada Cup
      Once a year, Canada Cup delivers a glorious Street Fighter tournament that's always a lot of fun to watch
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/canadacup

Dreamhack Fighters
      Covers the FGC portion of DreamHack every year, usually semi-competently
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/dreamhackfighters

Infiltration
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/infiltration85
Infiltration is considered the best player in the world on some days, and top 3 every other day – a product of him being South Korean and therefore completely insane with his practice regiment. His streak of Akuma dominance was marked by victory after victory at every major qualifier and tournament he attended. Between games, he always appeared focused and serious, always checking his extensive player notes on his phone.

On his stream, we see just how much of that personae is a lie. There he will repeatedly apologise to his opponents for hitting them, invoke the names of other famous players in the FGC in the hope that their names alone will make himself able to play their respective characters better, and whisper enthusiastically under his breath about how he's going to stalk and murder other FGC members who happen to be playing online at the time. He is my favourite streamer right now – not just for Street Fighter, but period. There is no contest. You need to follow this man, for he is incredibly silly, engrish, and completely adorable. If only he would stream more.

NuckleDu
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/nuckledu
Our very own Liquid NuckleDu plays Guile and Decapre, except on his stream where he plays every other character except the ones we want to watch him play. He also recently upgraded - and I use that word quite wrongly - from bad rap to Linkin Park--which is progress of a sort.

Smug
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/teampienyc
PIE Smug occasionally takes a break from being a thug lyfe gangsta livin' on the street to play video toys on the internet. Unquestionably the best Dudley player on the planet joins forces with unquestionably the worst rap music money can buy.

Arturo Sanchez / NYC Furby / TS Sabin
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/nycfurby
Has been practising hardcore lately for the Capcom Pro Tour, and performed incredibly admirably at Final Round 18, one of the most stacked tournaments of 2015 so far. An amazing Dhalsim player who regularly makes absolute magic happen (until the round of 8).

PR Balrog
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/pr_balrog
Old school player and regular top contender, Eduardo seems to go to every big tournament in the US. Plays Balrog when he's awesome and Evil Ryu when he's salty.

Snake Eyez
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/snake_eyez_
Snake Eyez is a world class Zangief player who has been streaming a ton lately. You are likely to get a stream from him every week. Consistently wins big tournaments that don't matter.

Gamerbee
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/gamerbee
World class Adon player. He doesn't stream all that often, and when he does his stream sound is probably echoing and/or peaking. In other words – it's FGC.

Poongko
      Stream: http://www.twitch.tv/poongkotv
The best Seth player in the world teams up with the worst microphone in the world to bring you something tolerable.

Excalibur_Z
      • Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970519484/
      • Region: NA, West Coast
      • PP: 3000
      • Characters: Sakura
No description

FakeSteve[TPR]
      • Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198006244427
      • Region: NA, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
      • PP: Over 9000
      • Characters: Sakura/Cammy, secondaries Decapre/Chun/Dudley/Shotos
No description [Editor's note: FakeSteve plays in tournaments, add him at your own peril ]

Wangsta
      • Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/UCLA/
      • Region: NA, Los Angeles, California
      • PP: 5000+
      • Characters: Sakura, Elena, Ken, Ryu, E.Ryu, Dhalsim, Chun, Dan, more
Looking for high level training partners on PC.

Duka08
      • Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/hereticrc
      • Region: NA, Midwest
      • PP: ~1000
      • Characters: Oni
Interested in either serious practice or just nonsense fun in endless. Also playing alts / learning new characters.

Trumpet
      • Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/VastlyImprovedTrumpet
      • Region: NA, Southeast US
      • PP: Video
      • Characters: Balrog
I don't play online often, but I'll gladly boot it up to play with TL ppl whenever someone is looking for games.

Aylear
      • Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/TLPCane
      • Region: EU, Norway
      • PP: ????
      • Characters: Decapre, Gen, C. Viper
Training Room monster who reinstalled USF4 after Valve fixed the matchmaking and latency issues. Practice partners would be good, especially if you have Skype/VC where we can talk about the game while we play.

ElyAs
      • Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/FerGork/
      • Region: EU, France
      • PP: 500 (new main)
      • Characters: Bison, Cody
Starting to play USF4 again recently, also looking for KoF13 practice other than training mode.

Flicky
      • Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Flickyfij
      • Region: EU, United Kingdom?
      • PP: Don't play ranked
      • Characters: Makoto
People for Endless please!

kuresuti
      • Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/balle24/
      • Region: EU
      • PP: 2500
      • Characters: Sagat
I don't have any Street Fighter friends so it would be great with some endless for practicing.

Noocta
      • Steam link: http://steamcommunity.com/id/noocta/
      • Region: EU, France
      • PP: 3000+
      • Characters: Makoto, Yun, Viper
No description.

Capcom Cup 2015
December 6, 2015 |
      • Website: http://capcomcup.com
      • Schedule: Link | Image
      • Brackets: Link
      • Streams:
            • http://live.capcomprotour.com (Both streams)
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters (A stream)
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters2 (B stream)

Capcom Cup 2015 Information:



It's here at last! The Capcom Cup is the long-awaited grand finals of this seasons' Capcom Pro Tour. Premiere after premiere, major after major, every big Street Fighter tournament around the world has been a qualifier for this event. After a whole year of travel and pain and effort, the top 32 players of 2015 will meet up in San Francisco to determine who is the absolute best player in the world.


About the Tour

The CAPCOM PRO TOUR (CPT) is the premier league destination for competitive fighting games. Featuring the latest flagship title of the legendary Street Fighter series, the CPT brings together players and spectators from all over the world to share their love of gaming. With over a dozen official events, and even more independently run tournaments involved, the CPT showcases the very best that competitive gaming has to offer.

Additional external information:
Shoryuken.com primer article for new viewers
Road to Capcom Cup by Michael Martin, a series of articles that looks at the players


$250,000 prize pool
      • First Place: $120,000
      • Second Place: $60,000
      • Third Place: $25,000
      • Fourth Place: $15,000
      • Fifth & Sixth Place: $10,000 Each Player
      • Seventh & Eighth Place: $5,000 Each Player


Schedule:

Sunday 6th of December
      10:00 AM: Opening Ceremony
      10:30 AM: Ultra Street Fighter IV Top 32 to Top 16
      2:00 PM: Analyst Desk
      2:30 PM: Ultra Street Fighter IV Top 16 to Top 8
      5:30 PM: Analyst Desk / Break
      6:30 PM: Ultra Street Fighter IV Top 8
      9:30 PM: Awards Ceremony / Closing
      • http://live.capcomprotour.com (Both streams)
      • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters (A stream)
      • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters2 (B stream)




Player Entrants:


[list][*]Momochi, an incredible Ken player who is on a "best in the world" level streak of complete dominance
[*]Infiltration, Evo champion, best player in the world most days and top 5 any other. God tier with many characters
[*]Bonchan, perennial runner-up and best Sagat player in the world
[*]Xian, Evolution 2013 champion and uncontested best Gen player in the world
[*]GamerBee, Taiwanese Elena player who also has a phenomenal Adon
[*]Luffy, Evolution 2014 champion and best Rose player on the planet
[*]Tokido, a godlike Akuma player, called "Murderface" for his on-stage presence
[*]Fuudo is part of the Holy Trinity of Fei Long players, and is a super strong contender in any tournament
[*]Mago, the best Yang player on the planet who just keeps getting better
[*]Daigo Umehara, consistently the best Street Fighter player the world has ever seen
[*]Kazunoko, top 10 player in the world and best Yun player on the planet
[*]Snake Eyez, arguably the best Zangief player in the world, top 5 at Evo, crushes nerds
[*]Nemo, the best (and most bullshit) Rolento player currently living, recently unveiled a sick Decapre
[*]Xiao Hai, amazingly impressive Cammy player who also plays a perfect Sagat counter-pick
[*]Justin Wong, like you even need to ask
[*]Poongko, top 10 in the world and without a doubt the best Seth player to have ever walked the earth
[*]Itabashi Zangief, an amazing Japanese Zangief player who is a constant threat to Snake Eyez' throne
[*]Tonpy, the best C. Viper player in Japan and possibly on the planet
[*]NuckleDu, TeamLiquid Pro who wins tournaments with a fantastic offensive Guile and a scary rushdown Decapre
[*]Dashio, an up-and-coming Seth main who has been on an absolute tear throughout Japan recently
[*]Keoma, a scary Abel player from Brazil who keeps improving his tournament play
[*]801 Strider, an old school Abel player who has recently started kicking some serious ass
[*]Dieminion, the best Guile player on the planet and featured in the Twitch emote DieminionMode
[*]Dark Jiewa, strong Ken player always brushing up against tournament results but never quite getting intimate
[*]HumanBomb, a strong Sakura player not quite at the level of in-his-prime Chris G
[*]Shiro, world class Abel player who has inspired a new generation of Abel players
[*]Problem X, a very strong C. Viper player from the UK
[*]Gackt, part of the Holy Trinity of Fei Long players, less traveled than Fuudo but always a contender
[*]Valmaster, a crowd favorite Chun-Li player who is always fun to watch
[*]Misse, world class Makoto player who - unlike Haitani - actually likes playing Makoto
[*]Dakou, the man who OCVd an entire team of high level players... with Dee Jay
[*]RZR RB, a historically strong Hugo player with a very scary Rolento

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DreamHack Winter 2015
November 28, 2015 |
      • Website: https://www.dreamhack.se/dhw15/
      • Schedule: Link (Scroll down)
      • Pool overview: Link
      • Brackets: TBA
            • Pools: TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/dreamhackfighters
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters
(Stream location has not been confirmed yet on the official site, but it is likely the top one.)

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Evolution 2015
July 17, 2015 |
      • Website: http://evo.shoryuken.com
      • Schedule: Link | Image
      • Pool overview: Link
      • Brackets: Link
            • Top 32: TBD
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/srkevo1
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters

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CEO 2015
June 26, 2015 |
      • Website: http://ceogaming.org
      • Schedule: Link | Image
      • Pool overview: Link (Click on the USF4 tab)
      • Brackets: Link
            • Top 32: Link
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/team/ceo
            • http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters

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South East Asia Majors (SEAM) 2015
June 20, 2015 | [unparsable timestamp format]
      • Website: http://www.beastapac.com/events/sea-major-2015
      • Schedule: Link | Image
      • Pool overview: Link
      • Brackets: Link
            • Pools: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
            • Top 32: Link
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters

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NOW!


East Coast Throwdown
June 13, 2015 |
      • Website: http://ecthrowdown.com
      • Schedule: Link
      • Player list: Link
      • Pool overview: Link
      • Brackets: TBA
            • Pools: TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA
            • Top 32: TBA
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/nycfurby

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DreamHack Summer 2015
June 13, 2015 |
      • Website: http://dreamhack.se/dhs15
      • Schedule: Link | Image
      • Player list: Link (Almost certainly incomplete)
      • Pool overview: Link
      • Brackets: Link
            • Pools: Link (same as above)
            • Top 32: Link (same as above)
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/dreamhackfighters

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SCR: Prelude I
June 6, 2015 |
      • Website: http://socalregionals.com
      • Schedule: Link | Image
      • Player list: N/A
      • Pool overview: N/A
      • Brackets: Link
            • Pools: N/A
            • Top 32: N/A
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive
            • http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive2

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FFM-Rumble 8
May 30-31, 2015 |
      • Website: http://rumble.hardedge.org
      • Schedule: Link
      • Player list: Link
      • Pool overview: Link
      • Brackets: N/A
            • Pools: N/A
            • Top 32: N/A
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/fight_club_nrw

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Midwest Championships 2015, a fairly small tournament this weekend.
http://www.twitch.tv/pandaxgaming |
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Combo Breaker 2015
May 22-24, 2015 |
      • Website: http://combobreaker.org
      • Schedule: Link | Imgur
      • Player list: Link
      • Pool overview: Link
      • Brackets: Link
            • Pools: e1 | e2 | e3 | e4 | g1 | g2 | g3 | g4 | h1 | h2 | h3 | h4 | i1 | i2 | i3 | i4
            • Top 32: Link
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
            • http://www.twitch.tv/vgbootcamp
            • http://www.twitch.tv/nycfurby (Arturo hosting after-hours content)

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Stunfest 2015
May 22-24, 2015 |
      • Website: http://www.stunfest.fr
      • Schedule: Link
      • Player list: Link
      • Brackets: Link
            • Pools: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
            • Top 32: TBD
            • Team Tournament: Link
      • Streams:
            • http://tv.stunfest.fr Overview
            • http://tv.stunfest.fr/r/Versus [FGC/Main, French]
            • http://tv.stunfest.fr/r/MainEN [Main Stage, English coverage by Armshouse]
            - OR -
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters
            See this post for details

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Toryuken 4
May 15-17, 2015 |
      • Website: http://torontotoptiers.com/other/toryuken-4-stronghold
      • Schedule: Link
      • Player list: Link
      • Pool overview: Link
      • Brackets: Link
            • Pools: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
            • Top 32: Link
            • Team Tournament: Link
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers
            • http://www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers2

Toryuken 4 is an annual fighting game tournament in Toronto, Canada. Last year we had K-Brad, Chi-Rithy, J-Wong, and Riceata finishing top 4, with an assortment of Canadian and North American players competing for the top. This year we'll see a similar lineup.

The event starts Friday the 15th of May, 2015, and concludes the following Sunday.


Notable entrants:

• Infiltration, Evo champion, best player in the world most days and top 5 any other. God tier with many characters
  
• Justin Wong, like you even need to ask
  
• K-Brad, a Cammy player who was dominant in AE2012 and still arguably the best Cammy in the world

Semi-notables:
      • Kane Blueriver
      • Noel Brown


Schedule for USF4 is as follows:

Friday 15th of May
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4 Team Tournament
            19:00 EDT - 21:00 EDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers

Saturday 16th of May
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4 Singles to Top 16
            12:00 EDT - 16:00 EDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers
      Break for UMvC3, then
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4 Singles Top 16 to Top 8
            18:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers

Sunday 17th of May
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4 Singles Top 8
            18:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers

News and updates will be added to this post as details become available.

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Texas Showdown 2015
May 8-10, 2015 |
      • Website: https://txshowdown.com/
      • Schedule: Link
      • Pool overview: Link
      • Brackets: Link
            • Pools: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
            • Top 32: Link
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive
            • http://www.twitch.tv/pandaxgaming

Texas Showdown 2015 is the next major tournament of Ultra Street Fighter 4 in the US, and is part of this year's Capcom Pro Tour. The event starts Friday the 8th of May, 2015, and concludes the following Sunday.

Ultradavid and James Chen are attending and will be on mic most of the time. Commentator hype.


Notable entrants:

• Infiltration, Evo champion, best player in the world most days and top 5 any other. God tier with many characters
  
• Justin Wong, like you even need to ask
  
• Ricky Ortiz, the most exciting Rufus player, now also plays Rolento and Poison
  
• Air, super old school Ryu, now one of the world's top Poison players
  
• NuckleDu, TeamLiquid Pro who wins tournaments with a fantastic offensive Guile and a scary rushdown Decapre
  
• Snake Eyez, arguably the best Zangief player in the world, top 5 at Evo, crushes nerds
  
• Chaotix, a rising, strong Dudley player
  
• K-Brad, a Cammy player who was dominant in AE2012 and still arguably the best Cammy in the world
  
• Alex Valle, called "Papa" Valle, is a tournament organizer and player. Super, super old school
  
• Brolylegs, a very disabled Chun-Li player who beats you with his tongue
  
• Chris G, a top Marvel player and no slouch in Street Fighter either with one of the best Sakuras in the world
  
• Hamad, because when you beat Justin Wong 6 times in the finals with Fei Long you get to be on this list
  
• El Cubano Loco, the "other Vega player" who's never had much tournament luck but is always fun to watch
  
• Tampa Bison, an excellent Bison (Dictator) player who has recently become a serious contender
  
• Ludovic, a Chun-Li character loyalist who always brushes up against greatness
  
• 801 Strider, an old school Abel player who has recently started kicking some serious ass
  
• MLSwear, a decent player who manages to be a fan favorite because he plays a fun Hakan

UNCONFIRMED: Mago. Check the pools (below), "HaMAGO" is an entrant but I don't believe it's him.


Pools for Texas Showdown 2015
Notable names are bolded
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Schedule for USF4 is as follows:

Friday 8th of May
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB7mHxdHlRY

Saturday 9th of May
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4
            12:00 CDT - 14:00 CDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4
            14:00 CDT - 16:00 CDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/pandaxgaming

Sunday 10th of May
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4: Top 32 to Top 16? 8?
            10:00 CDT - 12:00 CDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive
[USF4 break while waiting for other games to conclude]
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4: Top 16? 8?
            20:00 CDT - End |
            http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive

News and updates will be added to this post as details become available.




KSB, aka KVO x Team Stickbug (TSB)
May 4, 2015 |
      • Website: http://www.teamstickbug.com/ksb2015/ksb-event-info/ | http://kvo2k.com/capcom/ (moon)
      • Specific site info: Link
      • Schedule: Link (Scroll down past the moon speak)
      • Pools: None
      • Brackets: Link
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/godsgarden (Japanese)
            • http://www.twitch.tv/adastream (English)
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters (Japanese?)

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Northwest Majors 7 | April 24-26, 2015 |
      • Website: http://northwestmajors.com
      • Schedule: Link
      • Pools: Link
      • Brackets: Link
            Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Pool 3 | Pool 4 | Pool 5 | Pool 6 | Pool 7 | Pool 8
            USF4 Top 16
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/teamkhaos
            • http://www.twitch.tv/khaosgaming2

Northwest Majors 7 is the next major tournament of Ultra Street Fighter 4, and is part of this year's Capcom Pro Tour. The event starts Friday the 24th of April, 2015, and concludes the following Sunday.

Notable entrants:

• JayceTheAce, former C. Viper and current Decapre demigod. Flashy and fun to watch
  
• Nativeimpact, very solid T.Hawk player
  
• Alex Myers, Sakura & Evil Ryu player who's always a threat despite never having really "made it"
  
• brenttiscool, a WNF regular and highly skilled Rufus player
  
• Air, super old school Ryu, now one of the world's top Poison players
  
• Crackfiend, the "other Balrog player"
  
• Dogura, former #1 Bison (Dictator) in Japan, and now a mean Rolento player
  
• Justin Wong, like you even need to ask
  
• PR Balrog, unarguably the best Balrog player in the world and renowned for his amazing reads and reactions
  
• Ricky Ortiz, the most exciting Rufus player picked up Rolento recently, and it is great to watch
  
• El Cubano Loco, the "other Vega player" who's never had much tournament luck but is always fun to watch
  
• Filipino Champ, self-proclaimed bad boy and the best Dhalsim loyalist in the USA (if not the world)
  
• Julio, one of the best Yun players from USA
  
• KojiKOG (2), the unquestionably best and most epic T. Hawk in the world swims from Japan to scoop players
  
• LPN
  
• Xsk_Samurai, a frustratingly good Evil Ryu player who frustratingly never wins anything
  
• Mean Saltine, a Zangief player who just can't seem to string it together in tournaments
  
• HooDaMan, godlike E. Honda loyalist who needs to win a goddamned tournament already
  
• Fawwaz, a C. Viper and occasional Fei Long player you don't see very often
  
• Chris G, a top Marvel player and no slouch in Street Fighter either with one of the best Sakuras in the world
  
• German Luger, once almost beat Daigo using Vega and people have been curious ever since
  
• TS Sabin (Arturo Sanchez), world class Dhalsim player who is currently on fire
  
• UGC Vicious, highly skilled Yun (and occasionally Rufus) player who is most known for this
  
• White Gun, #1 Ibuki player on Xbox Live with a phenomenal pocket Yun

Schedule for USF4 is as follows:

Friday 24th of April
      • Exhibition Match: Fawwaz vs KojiKOG
            18:00 PDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/teamkhaos
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4: 3v3 Tournament (from start to finish)
            18:00 PDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/khaosgaming2

Saturday 25th of April
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4: Pools 1-4
            10:00 PDT - 12:00 PDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/teamkhaos
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4: Pools 5-8
            12:00 PDT - 14:00 PDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/teamkhaos

Sunday 26th of April
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4: Top 16 to Top 8
            13:00 PDT - 15:00 PDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/khaosgaming2
[USF4 break while waiting for other games to conclude]
      • Ultra Street Fighter 4: Top 8 (All games are 3/5)
            19:30 PDT - 22:00 PDT |
            http://www.twitch.tv/teamkhaos

Challonge brackets can be found here.


There is a sizeable prize pool (I don't know how much) plus a pot bonus based on number of entrants which is likely to exceed $1500. This is also a Capcom Pro Tour event, and results awards points for the Capcom Pro Tour final later this year. Points will be awarded as follows:



News and updates will be added to this post as details become available.

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Double Elimination - Capcom Pro Tour Asia | April 25, 2015 |
      • Website: http://www.beastapac.com
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/xsplit
Event has concluded! View the VODs here: YouTube Playlist

Notable entrants:

• Infiltration, Evo champion, best player in the world most days and top 5 any other. God tier with many characters
  
• Poongko, top 10 in the world and without a doubt the best Seth player to have ever walked the earth
  
• Laugh, a Korean Ryu and Evil Ryu player who is always a top 5 contender at any tournament
  
• Tokido, a godlike Akuma player, called "Murderface" for his on-stage presence
  
• Fuudo is part of the Holy Trinity of Fei Long players, and is a super strong contender in any tournament
  
• Kazunoko, top 10 player in the world and best Yun player on the planet
  
• Bonchan, perennial runner-up and best Sagat player in the world
  
• Dark Jiewa, strong Ken player always brushing up against tournament results but never quite getting intimate
  
• Eita, a solid up-and-coming Akuma player
  
• Itabashi Zangief, an amazing Japanese Zangief player who is a constant threat to Snake Eyez' throne
  
• Kim1234, arguably the best current Bison (Dictator) player in Japan and maybe the world
  
• HumanBomb, a strong Sakura player not quite at the level of in-his-prime Chris G
  
• WeirdoNeo, the best Juri player in America
  

OLD:

NOW!
NorCal Regionals 2015 |
      • Schedule: Link
      • Pools: Link
      • Brackets: Link
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters

NorCal Regionals (NCR 2015) is going live tonight, Friday the 3rd of April! Featuring Gamerbee, Filipinoman, Snake Eyez, Velociraptor, Fuudo, HooDaMan, Katzu, Justin Wong, Filipino Champ, Kazunoko, Whitegun, Floe, LPN, EX Pugera, Infiltration, Koryu, Chris G, Liquid NuckleDu, CCG|Air, Momochi, PewPewU, K-Brad, iPeru, Sherryjenix, Daigo, Ricky Ortiz, Marq Teddy!, Poongko, Brentt, PR Balrog, and fresh off his win in France: Bonchan.

This tournament is stacked, people. Get freaking hype.


Hypespotting 4 | Done!
      • Schedule: See big image below
      • Pools: Link
      • Brackets: Link
      • Streams:
            • http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters

Hypespotting 2015 will be attended by our very own Flicky, who intends to get his ass kicked (and maybe win one game).

Hypespotting is part of this year's Capcom Pro Tour, and winners get points towards the Pro Tour brackets and a chance to win the biggest prize pool in Street Fighter history this November. Featuring Mago, Tokido, Xian, Ryan Hart, Luffy, Problem X, and of course Flicky -- this one is going to be fun to watch!

Combined NCR/Hypespotting streaming schedule:

Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition is an awesome game! It's available right now for Xbox, PS3 and PC. If you're a beginner or new to the game, going through 135 pages (and counting!) can be pretty daunting. Here are some of the videos I wish I knew about when starting!

Awesome combo video made by Desk to get you in the mood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BpkJ3sZczs


This is a 3-part series to "2d Fighters" by mingtongzhi, but all the game play is from Street Fighter 4. Highly recommended in order to understand the correct mindset when fighting.




Made by the same guy, useful again in that it teaches you what is important in the heat of battle.


Lengthy video series by VesperArcade that really goes in-depth into how the game works. Covers important topics like Plinking, Option Selects, Linking, Canceling, etc.

And finally, if you play Ryu - a guide made by top-player Air. It's an advanced guide in that it assumes you know most of his basic stuff. Mostly covers character-specific tactics and obscure tricks that can be used.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcMVI-7cn04

Enjoy and I hope you enjoy Street Fighting!