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VFDC presents the first public draft of The VF Circuit - the free region-based online events mentioned in the VFDC Online Events Feedback Thread in early April! There will be more details about the VF Circuit after Evo 2012, but for now please view the document and provide any feedback (everything is subject to change).

VF Circuit: Season One Public Draft (Version 0.9) - requires free Adobe Reader to view.

Finally, I want to say thank you very much to those that have preregistered for these events. Early registration helps immensely to the organization of these events and also in determining the prizes. As an incentive to get people to register for the season before the first tournament is announced, you will be given 1 bonus point for either the PS3 League or Xbox 360 League. As a token of appreciation to those that have registered before the first public draft, there will also be a "small gift" for you at the end of the season.

A long interview (written by Hameko, photographs by Ohsu Akira) was posted at 4 Gamer Website (Japanese) that highlights Dead or Alive (Page 1), the collaboration between Tecmo Koei and Sega (Page 2), and Virtua Fighter (Page 3).

Members of the Virtua Fighter AM2 arcade team - Daichi Katagiri and Takeyuki Haneda (aka Shinjuku Jacky) - represented the Sega portion of the interview. While a complete translation will likely take a while (any volunteers?), interesting portions from the interview--which includes VF5FS sales, the 30 second room match wait, the future outlook of Virtua Fighter, and professional players are posted in the second post of this news topic!

Update: Full Translation by Reno of Page 2 and Page 3

While, AM2's Console Port Twitter had announced earlier that sales of VF5FS has exceeded expectations in the Japanese marketplace, Sega of America and Europe Community Teams recently tweeted global download number for Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown.

The fourth week of WNFs with VF5FS will be happening when that clock reaches zero! In the last tournament, L A, GoatCheese Blues and Plague finished in the Top 3. Let's see if new challengers step up to take their spots!

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 week saw 31 players entered. Looking for 40+. 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 3.7 VF5FS Challonge Bracket
WNF 3.7 VF5FS Tournament (start at ~1 hr mark)
WNF 3.7 VF5FS Grand Finals (start 1:55:42)

Going to Evo and have not registered for VF5FS? Or for those planning to register at the last minute, today is your last day to register for VF5FS Side Tournament at Evo 2012! 1st place is guaranteed $3,000 while 16th place at least $500. Registration is $15. To register, please use this link: http://vf5fsevo2012.eventbrite.com/

Update: Registration has ended.

天翔神 (Tenshoushin - Soaring Sky God) is the highest ranked title in Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown. Since Final Showdown was released in Summer 2010, only a few players have reached the coveted rank. The first was Itoshun (BR), the second was Joseph (AK), and the third and most recent one was Sarudera (JA). What's unique about the highest rank in Final Showdown is that it's not permanent - there can only be one!

At the end of the 2012 Tokyo Bay Area Cup Vol. 5, the Second Tenshoushin Ranking Battles were fought between the defending Tenshoushin champion, Itoshun, and the new challenger: Sarudera! Did Itoshun, "the VF King," continue his reign as the best? Or will Sarudera take his coveted throne!?

Check out the archive of the battles in the video below, or see the next post for the results.
Tenshoushin Ranking Battle - Itoshun vs Sarudera

The fifth volume of the 2012 Tokyo Bay Area Cup season will be held and streamed on June 24th, ~ 1PM JST start time on: Newton Live. The wealth of talented VF players in the Toyko area shows as not a single team has dominated the 2012 season so far. The first four 3on3 tournaments had a different team winning the event each time. Those teams are listed below with some of the team members listed:

Team Satani Fantastic Circus (Homestay Akira and Jin)
Team Doramachikku (Koedo and Senningiri)
Team Zenryoku Kabuppaazu (Joseph and Yuutenji)
Team Ooyama Newton (Zettoman and Kamaage)

The Bay Area Cups 3on3 tournaments are unique in that teams made at the beginning of the season remains the same at the end of the season. For past tournament summaries and other information, please check the Virtua Fighter Relationship 2011-2012 Season thread. The second post in the thread have a list of teams and team members participating in the Bay Area Cups (not comprehensive).

Archive of the Event:
2012 Tokyo Bay Area Cup Vol. 5 - Preliminary League
2012 Tokyo Bay Area Cup Vol. 5 - Playoff Stage
2012 Tokyo Bay Area Cup Vol. 5 - Final Stage

Most people visiting this site likely own a copy, but maybe you have a friend that might be interested in getting the game for free? Or maybe you want another copy for an extra system?

As part of Sega's promotion of the game and with several days left to register for VF5FS at Evo 2012 (June 25th Deadline), Shoryuken website have 30 free VF5FS codes to give away! All you have to do is tweet the following messages provided in the SRK article. In the coming days, SRK will be randomly announcing the winners of the codes.

Check out this excellent tutorial video put together by Dandy_J. At over 2 and half hours of footage, he covers a wide range of topics geared toward new players as well as experienced players from other Fighting Games!


Basics - 0:28, Evade - 32:09, Knockdowns - 42:46, Fuzzy guard - 1:06:23, Option selects - 1:31:34, Back and side turned - 1:45:27, Ring outs and walls - 2:01:55, General tips - 2:18:01

The third week of WNFs with VF5FS will be happening tonight! In the last two tournaments, both DRE and LA Akira finished in the Top 3. Will there be new challengers showing up to take their spots!?

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 tournament.

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.

Challonge Bracket with results / WNF 3.6 - VF5FS
1. L A
2. GoatCheese Blues
3. Plague