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The Pre Beat-Tribe Cup (Pre-BT Cup) is a popular 5on5 team tournament held halfway through the VFR Season. What makes the Pre-BT Cup special is the option to make a 5-person team of the same character. This year, 63 teams (over 300 players) will be playing in the event. 41 of these teams are made up of the same character with 18 of the Virtua Fighter characters represented (A Brad-only team is absent this year). In the past 4 years - Lion teams and Akira teams have each taken a pair of the Cup. Which single character team will take the title this year? Or will a blended team win it all this time!?

Date and Time: May 4, 2013 - 11 AM JST tournament start time
Stream: VFRTV Ustream Channel and on Nico Nico.

At the end of the Golden Week--a week long holiday in Japan--there are several Virtua Fighter themed events:

Aoi/Jacky Off Event - May 3, 2013, 1 PM JST
1on1 Event on the Eve of 2013 Pre Beat-Tribe Cup - May 3, 2013, 8 PM JST
2013 Pre Beat-Tribe Cup - May 4, 2013 (see other news topic)
Kage Off Event - May 5, 2013, 3 PM JST

The inaugural SEGA Cup, held at Super Arcade (Walnut, CA, USA), concluded on April 20, 2013. Congratulations once again to the top three: Fuudo (SH), GentlemanThief (JN, PA, JA) and Itazan (SH).

In case you missed out on the action, or just want to re-live it all again, you can find brackets, videos, and other related information right here! If you were there, why not post your shout outs, impressions and feedback as well?

Check out this interview with ShinyBrentford, featured at firm-guide.com:

http://firm-guide.com/2013/sega-cup-usa-and-an-exclusive-interview-with-shinybrentford/

It's ShinyBrentford, so you know it's gonna be interesting.

How far would you go for charity? VFDC has shown that it's willing to hand money over for a good cause, but are you willing to FIGHT FOR IT!?

Just a bit of a premise, I got a $500 loan for SEGA CUP travel expenses, and now I'm left with money that I was 100% SURE that I was going to spend. So after seeing BLACKSTAR's Donation Drive, I found a way to spend it.

This Friday, 4/26 @ 7PM-10PM, I'll be opening up a VF5:FS Room Match on Xbox-Live. Anyone who joins and beats me in a match will be putting $5 (per match won) of that loan money toward ChibiAya's Donation Drive.

Rules of the Room: 5 slots. If people are waiting for a chance to fight in stream I'm going to have to enforce a 3 match limit. IE once you fight me 3 times you'll have to leave to let someone else in. Other than that, the room will run like a normal room. (IE you WILL fight other people, not just me, but my matches are the only ones that have $5 on the line.)

Stream Info: http://twitch.tv/Johoseph

Care about charity? Think you can beat an out of practice Lau player? Show me your best VF skills to get $5 (per match) of my money sent to a good cause.

Inspired entirely by BLACKSTAR, LA Akira's WNF Promotion, and Chibiaya.

Unequalled Media and Ludus Magnus are proud to announce Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Sega Cup Europe 2013.

This event is taking place on Saturday August 3rd, at the Dugdale Theatre, London, UK.
A staggering €7000* will be up for grabs. As the World's best Virtua Fighter 5 players duke it out for the top spot to find out who's truly Europe's best.

Update:

Ladies and Gentlemen, the signup page for Sega Cup Europe 2013 is now LIVE!
http://www.unequalledmedia.com/segacupeurope2013
Sign Up Now!

Tournament Entry: £10
Spectators/Casuals: £5

We'll be giving out goodie bags to each person that registers for this tournament.

And because the fans have asked for it...

First 64 to sign up get a guaranteed limited edition Sega Cup Europe T-Shirt.



All other tournament entrants will receive a free t-shirt while stocks last.

This event is taking place on Saturday August 3rd, at the Dugdale Theatre, London, UK.

A staggering €7000* will be up for grabs. As the World's best Virtua Fighter 5 players duke it out for the top spot to find out who's truly Europe's best.

The prize breakdown is as follows:
£6000 = €7000*

1st prize: £2,500 = €3000
2nd prize: £1,500 = €1700
3rd prize: £1,000 = €1200
4th prize: £400 = €475
5th prize: £200 = €235
6th prize: £150 = €170
7th prize: £130 = €150
8th prize: £120 = €140

Note: *(Prize money will be awarded in £, €7000 is a rough calculation)."

The Tournament format will be Round Robin Groups into Double Elimination.

Tournament Cap is 128 players.

For more information on this exciting event, which includes: accommodation, travel and tournament information.
Please be sure to check out:...

Today, April 20th is the Sega Cup! Here is the schedule and stream information.

Schedule in Pacific time (GMT -8)
10am Check-in
11am Pools 1 and 2
1pm Pools 3 and 4
3pm Pools 5 and 6
5pm Pools 7 and 8
7pm Top 16
8pm Top 8
10pm Prize ceremony

Stream of Event
http://www.twitchtv.com/leveluplive

Information from Sega Blog

This thread has been created in support of a member of VFDC who has been one of the most helpful and giving to the VF community since the release of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, Chibiaya.


If you don't know who he is, Chibiaya is a very talented veteran of the fighting game scene, having played a variety of fighters on a tournament-level of skill -- he's even had a hand at designing a doujin fighting game with japanese developers. As far as Virtua Fighter is concerned, Chibiaya is a very formidable player skilled with Jacky, Wolf, and a variety of other characters. His contributions to the VF community have been numerous. He has contributed valuable information as a Jacky Forum Content Manager on VFDC, as well as created valuable and impressive media focused on VF5:FS; including the very informative podcast series featuring players like Kamaage, video tutorials geared toward newer players learning VF fundamental tech, as well as hosting hype matches between VFDC vets, as seen by many players. Chibiaya has been and still is, one of VFDC's most valuable members.

Unfortunately, Chibiaya has been stricken by cancer. While this has been known, not many understand the extent it may affect him, which includes rising medical costs associated with treatment and pain that can be considered debilitating to most.

Here's where we need your help. A donation fund, via paypal, has been set up for the purpose of relieving Chibiaya's costs of medical treatment, as well as for any other use that Chibiaya deems to use it for. All funds go directly to Chibiaya himself, with no middle-man involved.

Note: as per request, deadline for the...

Dora neko akira has produced a follow-up video to Virtua Wrecker 5 Final Showdown which showcases attacks against Oten-Ukemi (Side-Roll Recovery) that can lead into very damaging combos! In this new video, we see attacks that generate a Side Crumple on Normal Hit thrown into the mix. Check it out!

Stunfest 2013 will take place in Rennes, France on April 26th, 27th and 30th 2013 as is known as "the place to be" for gamers. As a special bonus for the VF5FS tournament, Kamui will be a guest player from Japan. She is known as a world record holder for the shmup Battle Garegga, but also has a high level Akira and has competed in past Beat Tribe cups. French VFers, and anyone else in the area, be sure to check this out!