Checklist

Pouch is working on getting rank C with all characters in SSFIVAE. He has a handful of the characters out of the way. He is trying to get characters he has least experience with to rank C. We will be posting his progression as he gets closer to completing this task.

RANK C

- Gen
- Hakan
- El Fuerte
- T. Hawk
- C. Viper

Next in line is Zangief...

Notes on progress and footage coming soon.

Revive

Attempting to keep up with the posting again...

News

- Pouch has been working on getting rank C with every character in SSFIVAE
- Eugabong has been playing Lost Saga, tagging along with him are Deuce and Cameron.
- Blog has a slighty different layout.

Tournament Season

X FACTOR @ FX
Pouch, Duece, TommyGUnz, and eugabong represented Arcade Science at X Factor @ FX MVC3 and SSFIV tourney. Chris and Duece did work in Street Fighter singles. Chris eventually eliminated Duece from winners with. Shout outs to Duece for giving us a impressive show. Overall the tourney was good experience and exposure for us.

ARC SCI SHOWDOWN
We had a Arcade Science tourney at one of our labs hosted by Eugabong. It was a fun small ranbat for MvC3 and BBCS.

BBCS

1. Dinosaurus - 11 points
2. Dr. Death - 9 points
3. Strange - 7 points
4. Duece - 6 points
5. Pouch - 4 points
6. Eugabong - 0 points

MVC3

1. Pouch - 6 points
2. Eugabong - 4 points
3. Dinosaurus - 3 points
4. Duece - 1 point

UPCOMING TOURNEYS

Salty Suite AE (Austin Edition)
This will be April 22nd and 23rd in Austin. Invites have been sent for this tournament! See you all soon :D

UCC
Dallas will have its hands on AE! come out to this big tourney May 8th and 9th! Shoutouts to Dallas Fight Club.

Trip to UFO

Arcade Science team members Deuce and myself will be going to Austin this weekend for SXSW and also to go visit AS Pouch Pipe and the local arcade down there "UFO". We are hype to play some Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition and Marvel vs Capcom 3 in the arcades. Stay tuned for photos, posts, and videos.

Upcoming Local Tournaments!

X-Factor at FX

LISTEN UP! GET HYPE! FX Game Exchange in Plano will be having a tournament on April 9th for the following...

* $3 venue fee

- Super Street Fighter IV Singles (Double Elimination) - $5 entry fee per player

- Super Street Fighter IV Teams (2v2) - $5 entry fee per player

- Marvel vs Capcom 3 Singles (Double Elimination) - $5 entry fee per player

- Marvel vs Capcom 3 Teams (3v3) - $5 entry fee per player



UPPER CUT DALLAS

Win a trip to EVO 2011!! Lone Star Gaming (LSG) is providing a trip for the winners of Super Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs Capcom 3! more info here at .

--When--
Saturday - Sunday, May 7th-8th
Sign up Saturday is 12:00PM - 1:00 PM
Sign up Sunday is 9:00AM - 10:00AM
We have run a lot of tournaments and have a reputation for starting on time, so don’t be late!!!!!!!!

--Where--
Homewood Suites by HILTON
3701 Tanacross Dr
Fort Worth, TX 76137
Map

Immuzikation - Street Fighter 2 Character Select Mix

Immuzikation using "MIDI Fighter" once again. This guy is so dope! Enjoy!

Oni Akuma Footage!

Arcade Science founder Pouch was brave enough to record some Oni Akuma gameplay at Arcade UFO in Austin, TX. Here is the footage, hopefully the Cap Cops don't take this video down! Thanks POUCH!!!

We're Back

ARCADE SCIENCE is back in motion. The blog will be keeping up with the latest news in fightsticks, SSFIV, MVC3, and other important things going on in the fighting game community. Sorry for the long break on posts and everything but heres what you missed...

- Salty Suite Tournament: Arcade Science - SSFIV winner: Pouch
- Season's Beatings Tournament: Arcade Science - SSFIV winner: Eugabong
- Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition was released!
- New characters Yun, Yang, Oni, and Evil Ryu join.
- Character changes. Buffs and nerfs.
- Marvel vs Capcom 3 was released!
- FX Game Exchange in Plano hosted a tournament - winner: Daniel Do
- Blog name changed from "sfarcadescience.blogspot.com" to arcadescience.blogspot.com

Also there will be a Arcade Science tournament coming up soon for the following games...

- Super Street Fighter IV
- Marvel vs Capcom 3
- Blaz Blue: Continuum Shift

We will be hosting it in North Dallas for Arcade Science members and Pouch will be joining us in every game thru XBL. The winner will win a 30mm Ball top for a arcade stick, a custom arcade science dustwasher, and maybe some herb.

More info on this tournament coming soon.

GODSGARDEN 2 UPDATE

Here are the week 2 updates.

Ranking and Player Records

1. Mago (Fei Long) - 3 Wins - 0 Losses
2. Sako (Cammy) - 2 Wins - 1 Loss
3. Daigo Umehara (Ryu) - 1 Win 1 Loss
3. Momochi (Ken) - 1 Win - 1 Loss
5. Uryo (C. Viper) - 1 Win - 2 Losses
6. YHC-Mochi (Dhalsim) - 0 Wins - 3 Losses


The finals are round robin set up. Each of the six players take turns playing in a first to 10 set.

Mago (Fei Long) vs. Sako (Cammy)
Uryo (C. Viper) vs. YHC-Mochi (Dhalsim)
Mago (Fei Long) vs. Uryo (C. Viper)
YHC-Mochi (Dhalsim) vs. Sako (Cammy)

Season's Beatings Redemption RESULTS

SEASONS BEATINGS YOUTUBE CHANNEL

5v5 Team U.S.A. vs Team International

-USA wins 13 to 12!!

USA: EG. Justin Wong (Rufus), EG. Marn (Dudley), Mike Ross (E.Honda), PR Balrog (Balrog), TS. Sabin (Dhalsim)

International: Daigo Umehara (Japan - Ryu), Momochi (Japan - Ken), ChocoBlanka
(Japan - Blanka), GamerBee (Taiwan - Adon), StarNab (France - Fei Long)


SSF4 Singles Tournament — Results

1. GamerBee (Adon)
2. Momochi (Ken, Akuma)
3. EG.Justin Wong (Rufus, Makoto, Balrog, Cammy)
4. TS.Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez (Dhalsim, Rose)
5. Mike Ross (E. Honda)
5. Sanford Kelly (Sagat, C. Viper)

* EMP.Andre "Twisted Jago" Lambert (M. Bison) sends Daigo Umehara to losers bracket.

* EG.Marn (Dudley) eliminated Daigo Umehara (Ryu) 2-1, Daigo placed tied for 25th overall.

* Justin Wong uses Makoto against GamerBee's Adon, and won 2-0. Makoto is considered one of the lowest tier. lol :D

* Inthul (Pad, American Fei Long) eliminated Starnab (France Pro player - Fei Long).
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo — Results

1. Daigo Umehara (Ryu, Balrog, M. Bison)
2. Roy Bissel (Old Sagat)
3. TS.Arturo Sanchez (Dhalsim)

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 — Singles Results

1. IFC.Yipes (Magneto, Storm, Psylocke)
2. Chris Schmidt (Magneto, Storm, Psylocke)
3. EMP.Xecutioner (Storm, Sentinel, Captain Commando)
4. Neo (Sentinel, Storm, Captain Commando)
5. Demon Hyo (Magneto, Storm, Psylocke)
5. Harry Potter (Cable, Sentinel, Captain Commando)
7. EMP.Sanford Kelly (Storm, Sentinel, Captain Commando)
7. EG.Justin Wong (Storm, Sentinel, Cyclops, Psylocke)


Marvel vs. Capcom 2 — 3 vs. 3 Teams Results

1st Team West Coast
Fanatiq (Magneto, Storm, Psylocke)
Neo (Sentinel, Storm, Captain Commando)
Chris Schmidt (Magento, Storm, Psylocke)

2nd Team Speed and Violence
Justin Wong (Storm, Sentinel, Cyclops)
IFC.Yipes (Magento, Storm, Psylocke)
EMP.Xecutioner (Sentinel, Storm, Captain Commando)

SSF4 3 vs. 3 Teams — Early Results

Winners Bracket Teams:
• Shadaloo: Sanford Kelly (Sagat), Juicebox (Abel) Yipes (M. Bison)
• EG Sp00ky: Justin Wong (Rufus), Sabin (Dhalsim), Marn (Dudley)

Losers Bracket Teams:
• Hurry Up Starnab: Starnab (Fei Long), Dieminion (Guile), Dawgtanian (El Fuerte)
• Seasons Beatings: Dr. Chaos (Akuma), LUD (Chun-Li), NickYourMaster (Abel)
• STL New School: German Luger (Vega), Unknown, Unknown
• MD Hate: Zerb (Adon), Unknown, Unknown

Team Science Rankings

Team Arcade Science will be playing matches in SSFIV, BB:CS, MvC2, and SSBB for rankings. This is so our players can see where we all stand against each other in different games.

SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV
- best of 5 rounds (first to 3)
- infinite time

PLAYER RANK

eugabong: 6 wins
- Main: Vega (4)
- Alt: Guy (2)

TyStrange: 4 wins
- Main: Cammy (3)
- Alt: Dan (1)

Deuce: 3 wins
- Main: Blanka (3)
- Alt: Ryu (0)

Lawlocaust: ?
- Main: Ryu ( )
- Alt: ?

Pouch Pipe: ?
- Main: M. Bison ( )
- Alt: Blanka ( )

Dusty Donovan: ?
- Main: Cody ( )
- Alt: Rose ( )

BATTLE LOG

Alt vs Alt
[W]eugabong(GUY) vs [L]TyStrange(DAN)
[W]eugabong(GUY) vs [L]Deuce(RYU)
[W]TyStragnge(DAN) vs [L]Deuce(RYU)

Alt vs Main
[L]eugabong(GUY) vs [W]TyStrange(CAM)
[L]TyStrange(DAN) vs [W]Deuce(BLA)
[L]Deuce(RYU) vs [W]TyStrange(CAM)
[L]TyStrange(DAN) vs [W]eugabong(VEG)
[L]Deuce(RYU) vs [W]eugabong(VEG)
[L]eugabong(GUY) vs [W]Deuce(BLA)

Main vs Main
[W]Deuce(BLA) vs [L]TyStrange(CAM)
[L]TyStrange(CAM) vs [W]eugabong(VEG)
[W]eugabong(VEG) vs [L]Deuce(BLA)

MvC3 Update

Super Jump Cancelling and Wave Dashing! Awesome tricks in MvC3 to provide us keep range or rushdown, and help us link into some combos. Here are the videos :D

SUPER JUMP CANCELLING


WAVE DASHING

West Coast Crown and GODSGARDEN 2

In California, Combofiend hosted a tournament called Battle for the West Coast Crown: The Combofiend Invitational. The tournament consisted of all the top players in the west including, Alex Valle, EG. Ricky Ortiz, EG. Justin Wong, Mike Ross, Phillipino Champ, Shizza, Vangief, and Combofiend himself. First to 5 games in double elimination.



Here are the results.
1. EG.Ricky Ortiz - Rufus - 5 Wins 1 Loss
2. Alex Valle - Ryu - 4 Wins 2 Losses
3. Vance "Vangief" Wu - Zangief - 2 Wins 2 Losses
3. Peter "Combofiend" Rosas - Abel - 2 Wins 2 Losses
5. EG.Justin Wong - Rufus - 1 Wins 2 Losses
5. Mike Ross - E. Honda - 1 Wins 2 Losses
7. Filipino Champ - Dhalsim - 0 Wins 2 Losses
7. Shizza - Chun-Li - 0 Wins 2 Losses

GODSGARDEN 2

GODSGARDEN ONLINE is a tournament that consists of all the top japanese players. They play first to 10 games through either PSN or XBL. The previous winners for Godsgarden are Sako a Cammy player, for Godsgarden 1 Mago who played Sagat won, and Nemo a Chun Li player won Godsgarden 2.5 which was a offline tournament. GODSGARDEN 2 is online and the same format as the original Godsgarden.

Here are the final results.
1. Mago - Fei Long - 1 Wins0 Losses
1. Sako - Cammy - 1 Wins 0 Losses
3. Daigo Umehara - Ryu 1 Wins 1 Loss
3. Momochi - Ken - 1 Wins 1 Loss
5. YHC-Mochi - Dhalsim - 0 Wins 1 Loss
5. Uryo - C. Viper - 0 Wins 1 Loss

Videos
Daigo(ryu)vs Sako(cammy)
Daigo(ryu) vs Momochi(ken)
Mago(fei long) vs Mochi(dhalsim), pt 2
Uryo(viper ) vs Momochi(ken)

MvC3 Update

At Comic Con New York Arthur from Ghouls n Ghosts and Nathan "RAD" Spencer from Bionic Commando were announced as playable characters in MvC3. Also leaked from the Marvel side were M.O.D.O.K. and Magneto.

Pouch Comix

Arcade Science member Pouch now has a blog with his comics! Check these out as he updates through out the week. For more info and to read the comics go to POUCHCOMIX.

Heres one of the latest

SSFIV Alt Costume Update

There will be new alternate costumes for Super Street Fighter IV releasing at the end of this month. Here are the release dates, prices, and characters.

10/26/10 - $4/320Microsoft Points - Hakan, Makoto, Guy, Dudley, DeeJay
11/02/10 - $4/320Microsoft Points - Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Gouken, Dan
11/16/10 - $4/320Microsoft Points - Chun-Li, C. Viper, Sakura, Rose, Cammy
12/21/10 - $4/320Microsoft Points - Juri, Ibuki, Cody, Adon, T.Hawk
01/18/11 - $4/320Microsoft Points - Zangief, E.Honda, Rufus, Abel, El Fuerte
02/15/11 - $4/320Microsoft Points - Vega, Sagat, Balrog, Bison, Seth
03/15/11 - $4/320Microsoft Points - Guile, Blanka, Dhalsim, Fei Long, Gen
04/26/11 - $18/1,440Microsoft Points - All Characters

A few screenies.

Fight Stick Update AGAIN

Didn't like what I did with the Blaz Blue art, I felt like I was cheating on Capcom so I changed the art back to some good Street Fighter! have a laugh :D
- new art
- new shaft cover


Bullies

QQ Guile

Fight Stick Update

Updated my SE cause I got a new JLF from my homie Nick, and also been playing BBCS :P
- new art
- new JLF
- new shaft cover
- 6 button

Nagoya Street Battle 17

Nagoya Street Battle 17 is a 3v3 SSFIV tournament in Japan and was hosted last night and streamed live. Some great fights went down including Justin vs Daigo which was hyped up and advertised. Rematch since double K.O. at fight club in L.A.

TEAM MADCATZ VS TEAM EG



RESULTS

1st — Team Mad Catz
Daigo Umehara [Ryu/Guile]
Momochi [Ken/Guile]
Machi [Akuma/Guile]

2nd — Team Japan
Uryo [C. Viper/Sagat]
Staygold [Ryu]
Kuma [Dictator]

Tied for 3rd — Team Managers
-R- [Guy]
Nyanshi [Sagat]
Gonta [Cody]

Tied for 3rd — Team Blond Pig
Tokido [Akuma/E. Honda]
Kindevu [Cammy]
Eita [Akuma/Adon]

Tied for 5th — Team Legendary
Haneyama [Chun-Li/Seth]
Edesketsubat [E. Honda/Makoto]
Chakku [Rufus/Cammy]

Tied for 5th — Team Pizza Beast
RB [Guy/Rufus]
Kokujin [Ryu]
Korei [Boxer]

Tied for 5th — Team Evil Geniuses
Justin Wong [Rufus/Cammy]
Martin "Marn" Phan [Dudley/C. Viper]
Ricky Ortiz [Rufus/Chun-Li]

Tied for 5th — Team Napoleon
Freeda [Ibuki/E. Honda]
Ken [Rose/Boxer]
Riki [T. Hawk/Dictator]

Fights after the tournament!

• Ricky Ortiz (Rufus) beat Uryo (C. Viper) 2-0.

• Martin "Marn" Phan (Dudley) beat Eita (Akuma) 2-1.

• Tokido (Akuma) beat Justin Wong (Rufus) 2-0.

• Daigo Umehara (Ryu) beat Y24 (Chun-Li) 2-0.

• Daigo Umehara (Ryu) beat Martin "Marn" Phan (Dudley) 2-1.

• KSK (Abel) beat Kokujin (Ryu) 1-0.

• StripFighter (Dan) beat Choco Blanka (Blanka) 1-0.

Street Fighter World Map

A cool world map showing where all our favorite world warriors are from.