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Thanks for everyone that have registered for the VF Circuit! As of today, we have 100 plus players total and 60 plus players in both the 360 and PS3 League. There is no deadline to register for the VF Circuit (there are registration deadlines for the individual events in the Circuit though), so when you wish to be part of it just fill in the required registration information. Some new info to share with everyone:

First, Sega, Mad Catz, and U•be will be providing prize support to the VF Circuit! More info will be provided within the season.

Second, the time and date for the first event (round robin format that should take less than 2 hours of your time) has been set! Saturday, July 28th is the start of the 360 League and Sunday, July 29th is the start of the PS3 League. Both leagues events will start ~ 8 PM(your local time but can be +/- one hour from the stated time based on who registered for the event).

For more information on signing up for the event please check the following post in this news thread.

Chris Bahn conducted this interview at EVO 2012 with our very own OG player, LA Akira. Among other topics, LA Akira talks briefly about the history of the broader FGC and how things were different back in the day. Check it out!

Several weeks ago, DK's Blog and later AM2's Virtua Fighter Arcade Website announced the Final Season of Battle Audition. Battle Audition is a series of tournaments that ultimately determines the current line-up of “Star Players†that started with the Virtua Fighter 5 series in Japan. Current Star Players include Tomarion, Fullswing, and Anaguma. Former Star Players include Itabashi Zangief, YOU, and Koedo. So who will win these tournaments giving them the right to challenge the current star players!? Check the next post in this news topic for more information on Battle Audition and Star Players.

Sega continues their series of Final Showdown tutorial videos! This time they focus on character specific information. Check out the original Sega blog entry and provide feedback on their three new videos.
Tutorial #4: Jean and Taka
Tutorial #5: Jacky and Sarah
Tutorial #6: Lau and Pai

Here's another installment of the *insert character here* series hosted by Chibiaya. This one features Kamaage giving excellent advice about VF5:FS and Akira.

Listen and download here.

Be sure to check out the podcast thread here for more discussion.

The mind of podcast series thread

This wonderful combo video showcase, recently posted in the VF.TV forum by Sithlord, was produced by Caj814. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this fantastic piece of work!

This is the first podcast of the *insert character here* series hosted by Chibiaya. The first character up to bat is Akira! Chibiaya gets Plague & Cozby to discuss their thoughts about Akira in VF5:FS. You can listen to and download the podcast here.

Mind of Akira podcast on soundcloud.com

Download mirror at divshare.com

In case you missed it, Chibiaya's very first podcast was last week featuring L_A Akira. They discuss VF5:FS in general and recap the tournament at this years EVO. You can listen to and download it here.

VFDC podcast with L_A Akira

Be sure to check out the podcast thread here for more discussion.

The mind of podcast series thread

Frank "I can't talk about it" Hom, Senior Producer on Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown at SEGA of America has blogged about The Road to Evo 2012.

"The ROAD wasn’t easy and we met a lot of great people who hooked onto our bandwagon as we made the journey. I’d like to give some highlights from my perspective now that EVO has passed."

It's an excellent account on the journey SEGA have taken, starting from 2010 with Frank's appointment of Producer, and culminating at EVO 2012. Check it out!

» Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown - The Road to Evo 2012

Y'all thought you could rest. Hah. No!

IT'S COMBO TIME!

Last week, Gamer Bee(!), L_A and GoatCheese Blues took the top spots and Rip earned $60 of IndustryVFX money by winning the WNF Weekly Rising Star Player Award. Don't sit on your ass at home and let that happen again. Come and do some BIG DAMAGE!

Now there's more money up for grabs!

Brisal73 just messaged a bit ago. He's putting his money on the line, too. He will pay players new to VF $5 every time they win a game off of him in the tournament. Send him to losers, you get $10. Meet him there later and kick him out of the tourney, BAM!, another $10 for you (or anyone else who does it).

WNFs are hosted at the Super Arcade in Walnut, California with the tourney to start ~ 9 PM PST. Casuals start at 7 PM PST. $5 to get in. $5 to enter the tournament.

Last season saw 30+ players entered two weeks in a row. Looking for 40+ for 4.2. Let's do this!

For past summaries of the previous events, please check the Wednesday Night Fights - Weekly VF5FS Tournaments Summary Thread. For those that don't live in the Los Angeles area, the event will be streamed at the Level|Up Live Channel.

Update: Results and Archive of event are up.
WNF 4.2 VF5FS Challonge Bracket
WNF 4.2 VF5FS Tournament - Part...

Due to Evo 2012 the "Weekly Roundup" for this time around is actually for two weeks: June 29th to July 12th. So here are some links that you might be unaware of, but may be of interest to you. If you think something should be highlighted for next week's roundup, PM one of the moderators about it!

Post-Evo Podcast with LA Akira - hosted by Chibiaya, first of hopefully many. Direct link to the Podcast

VF5FS DLC Review - by BloodBurger, who earlier made videos displaying the command lists of all the characters.

Apocryphic Visions 'Shihan' Akira Combo Video. - made by ApocryphicV. Not to mention there are tons of combo videos made the last two weeks by other users including DatNewCharisma, Sithlord (multiple videos!), and BolverkGTM.