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Since the launch of the console port, SEGA had released short videos introducing the system of the game (Volume 1 to 3) and introductions to the 19 characters (Volume 4 to 12). That is over 2 hours of information to help VF enthusiasts get better! All the videos can be found in the Sega's Beginner Video Tutorials for Final Showdown Thread.

OK! Got a new challenge to overcome: It's Persona 4 Arena. The key to victory over this upstart is a bunch of entries to the VF5:FS tournament! We've got the stream this week, so let's make it count.

An even greater challenge looms with TTT2. This is the time to show up and support all the games you love.

Good news! We've got word that Akiralove (that's Spotlite to all you old-timers) will be here this Wednesday. Don't miss out.

IT'S COMBO TIME!

Last week, L_A, DRE and Plague took the top spots and BL earned $50 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. Brisal73's money is on the line, too. Come and do some BIG DAMAGE!

The extra cash incentives continue!

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. Now we've seen huge numbers for post EVO action: 16 one week, 19 the next, and even more this last week. Looking for 40+ for 4.4. 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 by Level|Up on the Level|Up Live Channel.

Update: Results and...

A couple years ago, If someone had told me there would be weekly offline VF tournaments in 2012, I might have laughed. Turns out I'm laughing now... because we're having these tournaments AND they're awesome!

IT'S COMBO TIME!

Last week, L_A, DRE and GoatCheese Blues took the top spots and Rip earned $50 of IndustryVFX money by winning the WNF Weekly Rising Star Player Award, plus he took $10 off Brisal73! Don't sit on your ass at home and let that happen again. Come and do some BIG DAMAGE!

The extra cash incentives continue!

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. Now we've seen huge numbers for post EVO action: 16 one week and 19 the next. Looking for 40+ for 4.3. Let's do this!

My favorite moment from last week.
The whole fight starts here.

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 by Level|Up on the Level|Up Live Channel.

Update: Results and Archive of event are up....

Here are some stuff (vids, podcasts, discussions, etc) from last week that may be of interest to you. If you think something should be highlighted for this week's roundup, PM one of the moderators about it!

Mind of Eileen Podcast with Marlyjay and Tricky - Chibiaya's fourth Virtua Fighter podcast within two weeks!

Cherry Pai Combos - Sithlord continues making combo vids for different characters.

Tutorial #7: Lion and Shun and Tutorial #8:Wolf and Jeffry) - Earlier in the week, SEGA made several tutorial videos for 6 characters. These are two additional character-specific videos made later in the week.

Meaty attack setplay and range specific advantage - Maybe you are aware of this, maybe you are not. Lucky_GT discusses active frames with an emphasis on using it to your advantage against players quickly recovering from a knockdown.

VFDC needs you! Specifically, we need dedicated and responsible people to volunteer as a Character Specialist. Read on for more details.

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