tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18938338408857527652024-03-08T03:33:48.551-08:00FGC NEWS NETWORKUnblockable News on WakeupAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-63438489998212257792019-06-26T13:59:00.000-07:002019-06-26T14:13:16.697-07:00Record Donations Reported At 2019's FGDQ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Organizers celebrate another year of record donations for the charity event known as FGDQ or <i>Fighting Games Die Quick -</i> an annual gathering where players speed run the popularity of the latest fighting games, trying to obtain as much playtime and stream profitability as possible before the inevitable death of the game's player base.</span><br />
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Titles at this year's FGDQ include <i>Tekken 7</i>, <i>Mortal Kombat 11 </i>and <i>Dragonball Fighter Z</i><i>.</i> A bonus game of the dead-on-arrival <i>Samurai Shodown</i> will be played if the donation incentive of a ridiculously high $15 is met. Xuses, professional vulture and annual reuploader of FGDQ told <b>FGCNN Esports Correspondent Get Goodson</b> "If we don't make the incentive, maybe I'll use all the money I stole from others streamer's content to cover it".</span><br />
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One event organizer has hinted at the return of FGDQ legends Justin Wong and Kelvin Jeon - 2012's record holders in the "Fastest Death of A Scene" category for <i>Street Fighter x Tekken</i>. "I'm not saying this Justin guy is going to show up" said FGDQ Chief Influencer <b>@RandomNewGameCPMStreamThot</b>, "but he reposts and faves all of my '<i>Black Guy Sidewalk Challenge</i>' videos on Twitter, so it's possible."</span><br />
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According to FGDQ founder Adam "Keits" Heart, creator and world-record holder for the fastest dying game ever made <i>Divekick</i>, current total donations for the charity event is at $36, with $32 of it charged back by the East Coast scene when they found out they can't actually win the donations, which makes this year so far the largest donation amount ever for FGDQ at an impressive $4.00.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"We can't wait to present Martin "Marn" Phan with this check and finally get him back to the States. We always need a good sponsor like Team MRN to really push the limits on how to quickly kill a scene by bringing his experience in rapidly murdering a scene and his brand, thanks to his personal business ethics."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Not to be deterred by their history of doing nothing to help fix obvious problems with their products or their tournaments, Capcom announced a upcoming patch to <i>Street Fighter V</i> designed to help players deal with hecklers, crowd noise, and human vuvulezas at offline tournaments according to a statement given by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Damon Anderson of Capcom. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> "We're looking to provide players with a real and jarring simulation of the offline experience; Goons screaming in your ear, from as little as a few inches away", said Mr. Anderson. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"We sampled thousands of the most annoying players who are widely regarded as experts in damaging their blowholes with sideline commentary that many competitors have mistaken for air-raid sirens". </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This new feature will seamlessly bring the experience of hearing a broad array of screams, from the lowest setting of a deafening shrill of grown men screeching during a scramble, all the way up to the max volume possible, known as </span><i style="color: #151b26; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Caba</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The reaction from some members of the community in response to this new feature has been in support of the change. "This is the real way of playing matches", said Saul "MenaRD" Mena. "If your group doesn't have your back like that, it's not my problem. Get louder friends and set your Twitter account to private while you're at it". Mr. Mena added that he was "proud" of his friend and fellow countryman Christopher "Caba" Rodriguez for being the inspiration for Capcom "to show the world how we do it in the Dominican Republic".</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #151b26; font-family: , "blinkmacsystemfont" , "segoe ui" , "roboto" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <i>Screaming</i> will be available in English or Japanese, along with the deluxe "Spanish" option available for 40,000 FM through the game's online marketplace. "We hope to add a complete suite of localized screaming options post-launch, but given our track record of taking years to ship a complete product, I wouldn't expect much."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1b2432;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Julio announced, via his Twitter account, that he would be Mr. Wong's "Manager" from January 1st, 2017 onward. When FGCNN pressed Mr. Wong for comment, he stated that he left his former sponsor, Evil Geniuses ("EG"), on his "own accord". Although we do appreciate Wong informing us what model Honda vehicle he left in, we were unable to pry any more information from him regarding his Accord, nor were we able to obtain details of either of his former contract with EG or his current business dealings with Mr. Julio.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1b2432;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Julio, who would only respond under his new moniker of "Buyforce", lists some of the current sponsors he is targeting. "I am currently looking at sponsorship deals with brands such as Nike and Supreme, as well as any place that has carne asada fries, anime or vintage gaming keychains or cellphone cases... all that. This is my current initiative for my future Knights and Valkyries at Empire Markadia".</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1b2432; font-family: , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Future plans for Empire Markadia include relocating his management firm and players to a posh gaming house called the "mARC" where players are able to practice, and "a huge 3-foot wall dedicated to displaying our trophies and achievements to impress potential sponsors", according to Mr. Julio. The trophy case will be impressive should potential sponsors ever come to the mARC and not get robbed on the way there.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1b2432; font-family: , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When asked about plans to sign additional players to contracts, Mr. Julio, excitingly gripping his characteristic NES Zapper, stated that he would love to "recruit players who are loyal to the expansion of the empire, and are financially able to provide their own flight, rent, and living expenditures." Empire Markadia plans to attend events in close proximity to the coast, "preferably the beach", in order to maximize earnings and stay true to Mr. Julio's Southern California roots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">President-elect Trump opposes current proposed amendments to the national anthem which would change the lyrics from "land of the free" to "land of the barely-okay-but-with-one-really-good-player". Furthermore, the AFF strongly opposes any assertion that foreign players are better than native-born Americans due to a stronger work ethic or more time spent in training mode, arguing that Americans lose due to having “real responsibilities” such as periodically reloading their EBT cards and blaming illegal immigrants for their poor life choices, such as majoring in Liberal Arts or skipping University altogether to stream Naruto CPU tournaments on Twitch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Is America still the land of the free? Is <i>Street Fighter V</i> a “shit game for noobs”? Do people only play <i>Tekken 7</i> because Akuma is in the roster? Did you vote for a third-party candidate? Did you google "move to Canada"? Let us know in the comments below!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-79901505225251207692016-09-29T11:13:00.003-07:002016-09-29T11:31:50.868-07:00EXCLUSIVE: Details on Capcom's latest "Security Enhancement" for Street Fighter V<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br style="color: #1b2432; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b2432; font-family: , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">While attempting to punish loyal, paying customers as well as a few chat monsters who spend too much time shitposting on Internet message boards, Capcom sought to improve the experience of <i>Street Fighter V players</i> by installing a rootkit designed to invasively monitor and examine a player's porn collection and social media posts. The "rootkit" was removed following the fighting game community's outrage, despite not understanding what a "rootkit" even is, and FGCNN has obtained internal Capcom documents which indicate that they're not done with their attempts at sabotaging the computers of their own paying customers.</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b2432; font-family: , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Automatically runs as your computer administrator without your knowledge, thanks to a "new and improved" malware package stolen from a Chinese hacking forum instead of the inferior Sri Lankan Neopets forum</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b2432; font-family: , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Replacing "racist, homophobic and mysognistic comments" posted to social media and stream chat with "positive, inclusive language, free of trigger words and memes"</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #1b2432; font-family: , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deleting any mention of, and the ability to type the word "Mighty", or the number 9.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1b2432; font-family: , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upon hearing this information, it left only one single thought: You got to be </span><span style="color: #1b2432; font-family: , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">root<i>kidding</i> me!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1b2432; font-family: , "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Capcom believes that installing malicious software on your computer is the right decision. Being exposed as incompetent is not going to stop us. The reason why? <i>Courage</i>. The courage to move on and continue to do the same thing over and over and expect a different result... this betters all of us. Also, be sure to buy our <i>CPT Premiere Package</i> DLC so we can continue to provide you with new and improved ways to destroy your illegal Windows installation.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Following a heated Twitter fracas surrounding pirates and piracy, Justin “Marvelous” Wong has announced that he is banning himself from the 2016 Capcom Pro Tour for Street Fighter V. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The incident began following an overwhelming victory in Mad Catz's V Cup by Official Unofficial Capcom Beta-Tester Long "LPN" Nguyen. Twitter was set aflame by angry top players claiming that Mr. Nguyen had an unfair advantage due to possession of an illegal pirate copy of the game. Among the most vocal of these accusers was Evil Geniuses's own Mr. Wong, a player who was unable to enter the tournament due to his Uber Black Car not being able to make it to the venue on time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mr. Wong launched a Twitter campaign with the aim of banning gamers who have practiced piracy from entering tournaments. This campaign, emblazoned with the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23banthepirates&src=typd" target="_blank">#banthepirates</a>, was approved by several prominent tournament organizers, and Capcom itself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">However, after scanning his own Twitter history and finding incriminating tweets, Mr. Wong was forced to add himself to the banned list. "I was surprised to find that other people would actually question my claims of innocence, <a href="https://archive.is/ydEO8" target="_blank">having never engaged in piracy myself</a>”, said a flustered Mr. Wong. “After accusing others of piracy, I began to look inward and I remembered that time I <a href="https://archive.is/5jRz4" target="_blank">downloaded and burned a copy of Melty Blood: Actress Again</a>, and all those times <a href="https://archive.is/helzG" target="_blank">I read bootleg translations of Naruto and One Piece</a>... oh, and that one time I <a href="https://archive.is/Wm7lO" target="_blank">downloaded illegal roms and streamed myself playing them</a>...I realized at that point that I should remove myself from the 2016 [Capcom] Pro Tour for engaging in piracy. [Hashtag], banthepirates!”.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">When this FGCNN reporter asked if he would download a Pizza, Mr. Wong enthusiastically replied, “Are you kidding me? Of course I would!”. Mr. Nguyen was unavailable for comment, as he was busy continuing to train on his pirated copy of the game and counting the $30 he won at a tournament that no one will remember a month from now. A spokesperson from Capcom refused comment, and was later seen delivering what appeared to be a Playstation 4 development console to a home in the Hillsdale neighborhood of San Mateo, California.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is Mr. Wong a true paragon of virtue? Is Mr. Nguyen a dirty, cheating scoundrel who gained an unfair competitive advantage by downloading a torrent any idiot can find on Kick Ass Torrents? Is the Capcom Police Department complicit in this wave of organized cheating and early access? Can I get a copy? Let us know in the comments below!</span><br />
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WALNUT, CA — Months after a massive coup which resulted in Triforce Johnson fleeing the country for his safety, Mike Watson has officially replaced Mr. Johnson as Supreme Manchild, a position which includes such duties as making the FGC look socially regressive and exploiting it for personal and financial gain. <br />
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While many are uncertain as to whether Mr. Watson can maintain the “leadership” that Mr. Johnson provided while in office, the consensus remains that, by participating in petty online arguments and purchasing expensive toilets on rented property, Mr. Watson is primed to tightly fill the sandy shoes of his predecessor.<span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
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“With [Mr. Johnson] gone, the community had nobody in which to direct our hatred” said BrolysThirdLeg, a professional r/kappa user. “People in the subreddit just spewed hatred to anyone who spoke. It was pure anarchy. But now with [Mike Watson] behaving with the class and intelligence of people literally half his age, the community can return to its days of glory!”<br />
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Some critics think that Mr. Watson may not have what it takes to maintain the position. “If [Mike Watson] sticks to throwing decent tournaments and keeps his big mouth shut, he might be forced out of office.” remarked ChefBoyardee_BowlOfSoul, a fighting game community analyst and evangelical atheist.<br />
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Mr. Watson is expected to give a low-budget press conference later this week, but only if 10 people subscribe to his channel on Twitch.tv. When questioned for further details, Mr. Watson challenged FGCNN correspondents to a fist fizzzight in the Super Arcade parking lot.<br />
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What do you think? Will Mr. Watson deliver on his promise to provide the FGC with hours of entertainment through internet thuggery? Or will he be intimidated by screen captures of user's bank accounts? Let us know in the comments below!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-80887137563201645482014-12-19T07:46:00.000-08:002014-12-19T07:51:46.095-08:00iPad DJ A_Rival Announces New Music Game for iPad - FGCNN EXCLUSIVESAN FRANCISCO - Riding the wave of his successful <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL5IPVBXSRo" target="_blank">head-banging performance</a> at Capcom Cup 2014 as well as the "success" of his most recent FGC themed game <i><a href="http://planetskill.com/stickchucker/" target="_blank">Stick Chucker</a></i>, world famous face DJ and game designer <a href="http://twitter.com/8bitpimp" target="_blank">A_Rival</a>, has announced his latest game <i>DJ iPAD Headnika,</i> exclusively for the iPad.<br />
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In the ambulance ride over to the emergency room after a "dope concussion session" at his music studio, FGCNN was invited to a private demo of his game. Beautiful imagery, live video and colorful graphics compliment the blood that shoots out of every cranial orifice when crushing your head to the beat.<br />
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The controls are straight-forward; A colored icon appears on screen, and once the glowing bar hovers over an icon, the player must Dirty Buffalo the iPad as hard as possible. The bigger the impact, the more points and intracranial hemorrhaging the player receives.<br />
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"It's difficult at times, like when there are two red icons to hit. The game really shows you how hard it is for real DJs like me.", A_Rival remarked. We then dove head-first into the next song.<br />
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A_Rival explains, "Even though the head smashing is simple to grasp, it's still a competitive game." When asked the question if competitive smashing led to irreparable brain damage, A_Rival responded "Yes, but Nintendo is doing the best they can."<br />
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A_Rival plans to release branded accessories such as bite-guards for protecting your tongue during the inevitable seizures, as well as replacement touchscreen glass kits for iPads.<br />
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What do you think? Will <i>DJ iPAD Headnika </i>be the iOS smash hit of the new year? Will people be able to handle the mindgames of <i>DJ iPAD Headnika</i>? Let us know in the comments below.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-88593283584823420302014-04-21T15:54:00.002-07:002014-04-21T18:01:12.481-07:00KillerKai Retires From Pro-Gaming to Focus on Acting Career<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfbOjeES24OXZoG-ary9p-CEcL8ikipo9UJjly5au-mreHaUzAfGQpDZdZUoLqw4IWc8k-jvh3dMJBey4NiEAhT63wS60acaQBj0U4i1GV5my2jn46jDNPKQG0ARFw-Fi0otGd1Ao7vty/s1600/fgcnn-killerkai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfbOjeES24OXZoG-ary9p-CEcL8ikipo9UJjly5au-mreHaUzAfGQpDZdZUoLqw4IWc8k-jvh3dMJBey4NiEAhT63wS60acaQBj0U4i1GV5my2jn46jDNPKQG0ARFw-Fi0otGd1Ao7vty/s1600/fgcnn-killerkai.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a><br />
HOLLYWOOD CA -- Renowned fighting game player and wall-denting enthusiast Eliver "KillerKai"<span style="text-align: center;">Ling recently announced his retirement from the fighting game tournaments, citing his intention to concentrate exclusively on his acting career. The announcement came swiftly after a disappointing 9th-place finish at Norcal Regionals, a dimly lit tournament hosted in Sacramento, California.</span><br />
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"There has never been opportunity in the film world for an actor of ambiguous oriental descent" said Mr. Ling.<b> "Whether the role calls for Japanese, Chinese… pretty much any of the 'eses or 'eans — an actor like myself can fit the role, given that the average white person can't tell the difference."</b> Ling continued on to describe, at great length, his joys of portraying such rich characters as "Asian Thug", "Ming Warrior", and "Nguyen".<br />
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Mr. Ling was also quick to point out that <b>his earnings as a film star have already proven more lucrative than his winnings as a professional gamer.</b> "Just the other day, I made $50 as 'Miko's gang member (uncredited)' and I got free catered lunch on top of that," said an elated Ling. "I think I made the right decision to move forward with my career in acting." Eliver's latest starring role as "Stuntman" in the film "Anita Ho" only reinforces this notion, and although FGCNN's research team was unable to determine whether Ling plays as a stuntman or a character named "Stuntman" in the film, they did agree that it'd be more awesome if it were the latter.<br />
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Do you think that Eliver Ling is better suited for the acting world? Will the fighting game scene be the same without KillerKai in their tournament brackets? How do you escape from ApologyMan's unblockable setups? Sound off in the comments!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-58727862350964166162014-04-11T20:03:00.002-07:002014-04-11T20:26:54.913-07:00StrongStyle 2014 will not be streamed; dozens outraged<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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President of LevelUp and fighting game legend Alex "CaliPower" Valle </span><a href="https://twitter.com/AlexValleSF4/status/454704454890041344" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">took to Twitter</span></a><span style="color: #212f40;"> to voice his displeasure with the decision to not live stream Tekken from </span><i style="color: #212f40;">StrongStyle</i><span style="color: #212f40;">. "NorCal Strongstyle not going to be streamed? Good luck with that[, Bronson Tran]". Mr. Valle was later seen backtracking on this comment after the two or three people who still care about Tekken lashed out at him, presumably in defense of Mr. Tran.</span></span><br />
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Mr. Valle and LevelUp recently made the announcement that<i> PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale</i> would be joining the line-up for <i>Wednesday Night Fights</i>, joining the likes of perennial draw <i>Injustice: Gods Among Us</i>. LevelUp’s partnership with Sony's Santa Monica Studio caught many gamers off guard, as they had completely forgotten the game existed. Many accused Mr. Valle’s Twitter comments of being drawn from a place of professional cynicism over missing an opportunity to stream the event and earn more money to spend in the champagne room on weekends, though a trusted source within the LevelUp production crew told a FGCNN correspondent, "We were just looking to see if we could stream something even more dead than <i>Injustice</i>."</span><br />
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Is Mr. Tran completely out of line for not providing a free stream to several dozen Tekken fans? Is Mr. Valle attempting to corner the market for streaming dead and irrelevant games? Will Mr. sherryjenixssportsbra get the full-figured support of other monsters? Let us know in the comments below!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-4343562223253057582014-03-20T15:26:00.002-07:002014-04-11T20:02:58.164-07:00"Sticks Without Borders" To Help Impoverished Fight Fans Join the Scene<div style="color: #212f40; font-size: 14px;">
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"After I trashed my stick at Next Level because it made me lose against Rico [Jonathan DeLeon], I thought about all of the people that can't afford a stick, either because they are too poor or sticks cost way too much in ther native country", said a deeply introspective Mr. Kelly. <b>"I thought about how selfish and immature destroying my stick was, even though it made me lose, and I think that I should do more to help players who are less fortunate than I am and aren't as good as me [in Street Fighter]."</b> Mr. Kelly leaned into the FGCNN correspondent's voice recorder and added, "Rico only won because my stick screwed up my inputs; I'm better than he is. I'm the best. He can't beat me in a long set. I just had a lot on my mind."</div>
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Mr. Kelly added that he plans to ask companies such as Qanba and Mad Catz to donate excess stock in order to expand the pool of sticks for him to smash after he loses and then donate through his charity. Representatives from Qanba and Mad Catz were unavailable for comment, but Mark "MarkMan" Julio of Mad Catz did say through his Twitter account,<b> "I'm proud that [Mr. Kelly] chose us as his stick of choice to carry into battle. It's unfortunate that it failed him; we'll re-evaluate our manufacturing processes in the future to ensure that all of our sticks are able to handle [Mr. Kelly's] unmatched execution and errorless, cat-like inputs."</b></div>
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Will Mr. Kelly's chairty help provide opportunities for up-and-coming players to improve as competitors and expand their local communities? Should Henry "Golden" Cen install a rubber floor to protect himself and his patrons from flying fight stick parts? Let us know in the comments below!</div>
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During the match, a distraught <b>Mr. Ramirez made sure to look directly at Mr. Meka while Mr. Meka used unblockable loops with Firebrand to defeat him in what quickly became a single-player game.</b> "It's in the game, so I don't see what the problem is", said a triumphant Mr. Meka. Earlier in the day, Mr. Meka made a series of angry tweets after losing to an unblockable used by Kokonoe players in Blazblue: Chrono Trigger, implying that it did not give him a chance to play and that the unblockable should be removed from the game.</span><br />
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Supporters of Mr. Meka said that <b>the criticism was unfair, since Marvel is a broken "kusoge" or "shitty game"</b>; his supporters appeared to be mainly Anime players who were playing BlazBlue, a historically balanced series with fair characters which are further refined in each subsequent iteration.</span><br />
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Mr. Meka remained silent on the issue, but Mr. Ramirez was adamant that he live up to his name and apologize. "My team is like, you know, skill-based. You can't just play my team and mash crouching L to win matches you know what i'm saying? People have a chance to play against me until I get five bars."</span><br />
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Christopher "Chris G" Gonzalez, widely considered to be Marvel's top player, was unavailable for comment as he was occupied working with local firefighters to rescue a cat stuck in a tree, but he did provide the following brief statement via email: <b>"At least my opponent has the option of blocking my unavoidable, unrelenting stream of projectiles. What he is doing is disgracing the game."</b></span><br />
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Will Mr. Meka live up to his name and apologize? Should Mr. Meka change his handle, or Internet alias to reflect the fact that he won't apologize for being a cheap player? Let us know how you feel in the comments below!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-13536407953225288802014-03-06T15:25:00.003-08:002014-03-06T15:28:11.863-08:00Chris G Disqualified: The Real Story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Los Angeles, CA (USA) -- </b>Socal Regionals (SCR), a major fighting game tournament which transpired this past weekend, is rife with controversy concerning the reported "special treatment" given to Christopher "Chris G" Gonzales by LevelUp Series owner and SCR tournament organizer Alex "Calipower" Valle. <b>Christopher Gonzales was first disqualified after showing up late to the tournament pools of his preferred game Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3, sending him to the losers bracket, and was subsequently disqualified a second time after arriving late to tournament match. </b>However, Alex Valle acquiesced to Christopher Gonzales's pleas for a re-entry into the tournament to the distraught of many critics who believed that Christopher Gonzales was receiving preferential treatment due to his gaming skill.</div>
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FGCNN's research team took the initiative to investigate the truths surrounding this ordeal. What they discovered was <b>an astonishing, heroic tale of which only a person of Christopher Gonzales's moral character could make remotely believable.</b></div>
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After hearing of these shocking, yet selfless reasons for his lack of <b>Alex "Calipower" Valle rewarded Christopher Gonzales's unwavering gumption for bettering the world with the restoration of his tournament spots. </b>"I knew that there was a solid reason for [Christopher Gonzales] to be late. I even made a side-bet with a colleague that [his tardiness] wouldn't be due to him being a lazy dumbass and not setting his alarm clock", said Alex Valle. He then put his cash away and threatened a random tournament spectator that'd he'd have him removed from the venue if he partook in any side-betting.</div>
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Christopher Gonzales chose to keep this information private due to his humble nature. However, as altruistic his silence may be, <b>many will choose to believe that Christopher "Chris G" Gonzales is nothing more than an arrogant, entitled diva living off his girlfriend's parents' dime</b>. We here at FGCNN beg to differ.</div>
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"I was inspired after watching Chris "ChrisG" Gonzalez body all of New York week in and week out with his Morrigan/Doom/Vergil team, so I began taking short naps while the matches played out", said Mr. Fontanez in a brief interview which was cut short when he abruptly began snoring and appeared to have fallen asleep. FGCNN reporters attempted to touch Mr. Fontanez's laptop in an attempt to rouse him from his slumber, at which point he suddenly regained consciousness and added, "I bust my ass day in and day out and I don't get to take breaks, so I figure I should try to get some Z's in during the streams. Besides, <b>Marvel is getting boring and Vortex Fighter is enough to put anyone under these days. That's where the idea for 'Team Sleepy' came from".</b></span></span></span><br />
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Mr. Fontanez made the introduction, ironically, during a series of Team Tournaments on the inaugural day of the Winter Brawl stream. Mr. Fontanez started off the stream with his trademark introduction: "What's up guys, this is--" and nodded off, lightly snoring while the stream went on unattended. Spooky's team mates, Min "TS|Min" An and Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez could also been seen taking naps during their match against Team Korea in the Super Street Fighter IV Team Tournament, with Mr. An losing to Avermedia's Kelvin Jeon after opting to go for a siesta, and Mr. Sanchez pulling off a win when he unexpectedly awoke during a critical point in the match and made an amazing read. <b>"I don't even know what happened, I was half-asleep dreaming about Kamui when I woke up and just pressed some buttons, but it worked out in the end", said a dazed Mr. Sanchez.</b> Shorty thereafter, Mr. Sanchez was observed falling asleep in the spectator's area, mumbling something about subscribing to his Youtube channel.</span></span></span><br />
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As the face of "Team Sleepy", <b>Mr. Fontanez is also considering changing his handle(internet alias) to "Sleepy" as part of the rebranding effort.</b> "Taking a nap is one of the few moments of peace for me lately, and we're rebranding the team, so maybe I should change my name to be consistent". Mr. Fontanez curled into a ball on the ground next to a FGCNN correspondent and began purring softly, apparently having fallen asleep.</span></span></span><br />
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<b>In addition to the rebranding. Mr. Fontanez also intends to expand his programming offerings into areas such as sleep observation.</b> Mr. Fontanez plans to set up a webcam in his room and stream himself sleeping, which he says "will give the skulls a deeper connection to myself as a person and the brand. I want Team Sleepy to be a family". <b>Mr. Fontanez admits that such a stream may violate Twitch.tv's Terms of Service, but FGCNN Analysists suspect this will not be an issue, as Twitch is known to enforce their Terms of Service to suit their best interests.</b></span></span></span><br />
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FGCNN analysts consider Killer Instinct a no-brainer. With Amazon's recent purchase of Double Helix, Microsoft will be desperate to maintain customer confidence in their new system's flagship fighting franchise, and with desperation comes prime opportunity for related event organizers to squeeze promotional capital from these deep-pocketed companies. Mad Catz's joystick department could also use help clearing their warehouses which are full of Killer Instinct Fight Sticks.<br />
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This next game on the roster will certainly be Capcom's beloved Street Fighter X Tekken, which, despite its bad press and nonexistent tournament scene, will serve as a great vehicle to change Capcom's mind about leaving their game unplayable online for their PC audience. As a bonus, FGCNN notes that there are plenty of Street Fighter X Tekken Sticks that Mad Catz has available at a discount.<br />
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Past experience has shown that Netherrealm Studios have never shied away from shelling out the cash money for a prominent spot in EVO2K's lineup. Netherrealm Studios has also teamed up with Mad Catz to produce a tournament-caliber fighting joystick, which is available for purchase now. FGCNN admits that the entire staff fell asleep during the top 8 of last year's tournament, but also remarked their relief at the possibility of not seeing Superman mirrors.<br />
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<b>NOT INCLUDED: KOF XIII</b><br />
With no free t-shirt to bait EVO2K entrants, FGCNN's data shows that KOF XIII's numbers are sure to collapse. Other studies show that players in the Asian region are reacting negatively to being super-free to Latin America and may not attend. Possible replacements include Soul Calibur V, which has a tournament joystick avaiable courtesy of our friends at Mad Catz.<br />
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<b>INCLUDED: Super Smash Bros (any version)</b><br />
The Fighting Game Community has continually voiced the concern that the Smash Brothers series is not a fighting game; however, given their strong showing at Apex and their incredible donation performance last year, the EVO2K staff would be wise to appease Nintendo in any way possible, despite <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-wanted-to-shut-down-evo-super-smash-tournament/1100-6411317/" target="_blank">Nintendo's past disdain for its own community</a> and lack of a Mad Catz joystick.<br />
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<b>WILDCARD: BlazBlue: Chrono Trigger</b><br />
While not a complete shoe-in, FGCNN suggests that Square Enix's popularity in the Japanese Role-Playing Game realm maybe entice a brand new audience to attend and compete in EVO, and possibly purchase a BlazBlue joystick from the excess pile at Mad Catz's HQ. FGCNN's sources inform us that excess piles of BlazBlue joystick boxes at the Mad Catz warehouses look remarkably similar to piles of Walter White's cash in Breaking Bad.<br />
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How accurate are our staff's predictions? Can the FGC maintain it's hype amidst lack of new games? Will this Evolution Championship Series be the best yet? Will the Seahawks win the Super Bowl next year? Let us know in the comments!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-11649949038987366682014-01-27T12:00:00.000-08:002014-01-27T12:00:03.515-08:00Call for Reform Intensifies as Sponsors Drop Players<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYFeOL7qR-Qz1A6GsdnVjxVxPt_1SmtxbGvdvqRVAKU-6m5cwVOluxWx_gUifcUSd6QgCWSSzkH_TArf3uEuu2jpUPwqAaxId_Huc8RCsFrNrCdP4U_y51lzyXbWYMxLiAaCr96-5J-Zs/s1600/fgcnn_breaking_news-cash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpYFeOL7qR-Qz1A6GsdnVjxVxPt_1SmtxbGvdvqRVAKU-6m5cwVOluxWx_gUifcUSd6QgCWSSzkH_TArf3uEuu2jpUPwqAaxId_Huc8RCsFrNrCdP4U_y51lzyXbWYMxLiAaCr96-5J-Zs/s1600/fgcnn_breaking_news-cash.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">As the Fighting Game Community is recovering from the startling revelation that Loren "Fanatiq" Riley no longer has a functioning coupon code to pelt live stream viewers with, <b>the community has been blind-sided yet again by divisive infighting and yet another influential sponsor unexpectedly dropping top players from its roster</b>.</span><br />
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Emmanuel "CDJr" Brito, an outspoken member of the Top Players Party known for dropping more games than Andre "Omgitzandre" Howard drops combos, took to the Twitter airwaves this afternoon and lashed out against "Original Gangsters" and the alleged "Illuminati" and demanded that they step aside and allow the Fighting Game Community to grow beyond "ballroom[s] at a hotel" and enter the grown-up world of convention centers. "<b>It's time to let big companies take over so they can push our games even more. Cause [in my opinion] shit WILL stay the same unless that happens.</b>", an enraged Mr. Brito said via his Twitter account. "I honesty cant believe [Maxter]EMP_Maxter [Brito] got payed (sic) more for getting 3rd in [Major League Gaming] than [Ho Kun] Xian did forgetting first IN SF4 at Evo.", he added, going on to say that Street Fighter IV at a Major League Gaming (MLG) event would "double the payout Evo has plus different states all tournaments [...] venue 100x bigger, free raffles, free food drink". <b>FGCNN analysts were quick to note that the Evolution Fighting Game Championships do not have "free food drink" nor do they have "different states all tournaments", which would imply that Mr. Brito is on to something, or on something.</b></span><br />
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Fighting Game Community Critics were quick to step in and fire back at Mr. Brito, such as James "jchensor" Chen, retired lifetime 0-2 player and noted Cammy apologist, who was quick to call Mr. Brito "confused". "I want [the Fighting Game Community] to be successful like eSports, I just wanna do it OUR way.", Mr. Chen said via his Twitter account, going on to say that "building it up yourself is a lot better than relying on someone else to do it for you.". <b>It is unclear what Mr. Chen is doing to build up the Fighting Game Community beyond stating incorrect "facts" during broadcasts of Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and constantly being baited by clowns into social media arguments.</b></span><br />
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Mr. Chen went on to say that "going eSports" would lead to community contributors/content producers such as Team Spooky, iPlayWinner, BossLogic, LevelUp, Seth Mussey and the like to no longer be able to earn pennies on the dollar from "CPM", or online ad money for working 12+ hour days with little to no recognition from top players. "MLG doesn't need them.", said Mr. Chen, noting that MLG and other "eSports" leagues would simply pay their own production teams or hire freelance contractors rather than do something intelligent like hire from within the community, such as when MLG contracted or hired Fighting Game Community members such as Ryan "fubarduck" Harvey, Min "TS Min" An, Eric "Juicebox" Albino, and Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez, among others in 2012. " Mr. Chen went on to say that if the Fighting Game Community grows itself organically without the assistance of "corporate" leadership such as MLG, the community will "have our own organizers, TOs, coaches, commentators, analysts, article writers [...] The FGC players can make it a CAREER. That's what I want. I'm looking VERY long term." FGCNN analysts are quick to note that Mr. Chen is approaching forty years of age.</span><br />
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Amidst all of the unproductive and poisonous infighting on social media outlets, Mad Catz poured fuel on the fire by announcing that they are dropping two of their sponsored players from their roster.<b> Ghim Kee Eng, better known as "Gackt", and Ho Kun Xian, better known as "Xian", were unceremoniously dropped by Mad Catz 3 days ago according to Mark "MarkMan" Julio's Twitter account.</b> "We have removed the profiles of [Mr. Xian] & [Mr. Eng] from [the Mad Catz website] & wish them the best in the future! We owe [Mr. Xian and Mr. Eng] so much for their hard work & representation. I'm sure they will do great in their next venture!" Mad Catz dropping the 2013 Evolution Fighting Game Series Champion for Super Street Fighter IV on the heels of Performance Designed Products (PDP) announcing that they were disbanding the "Team Afterglow Elite" gaming team has led some members of the Fighting Game Community, such as Mr. Brito, to call for reform in community leadership in order to produce more opportunities for advancement and monetary gain. FGCNN Financial Analysts recommends that perhaps Mr. Brito, and e<b>veryone else in the Fighting Game Community should remember that they are playing video games, and they should perhaps seek gainful employment from an individual or business with an actual plan and sustainable revenue stream.</b></span><br />
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Are the "Original Gangsters" and the "Illuminati" holding back the Fighting Game Community from advancing? Will Mr. Chen succeed in his dream to get paid a living wage to make factually inaccurate statements about games he doesn't play? Will Mr. Brito finally turn in the McDonalds application he has been sitting on for so long and play video games for fun again? Will everyone remember that we're all just playing video games and forget about trying to make a living off of this stuff? Let us know in the comments below!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-41029577991789052972014-01-21T16:16:00.002-08:002014-01-21T16:17:36.729-08:00PDP Pulls Out of FGC, Discontinues Team Afterflow Elite<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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THE INTERNET -- Another company has opted to release it's reigns on the FGC. Performance Designed Products, better known to the fighting game community as PDP, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PDP.Candace/posts/649674215069327" target="_blank">has discontinued their Team Afterglow Elite Program.</a><br />
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Whether or not this is detrimental to the FGC is up for interpretation, as many have expressed disinterest in hearing about discount codes on fighting game streams, and believe that the dissolution of this team may lead to less of that.<br />
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Rumors are circulating that Chris G will join fighters Ricky Ortiz and Justin Wong on Team EG after his move to California. Others also speculate that Fanatiq will join Team Target in order to earn funds to refill his paypal account.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-30589075620861773992014-01-16T15:39:00.000-08:002014-01-17T07:21:37.436-08:00UPDATE: Popular Controller Adapter Causes Unacceptable Input Lag; Breaks Your XBOX 360<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgESor2MHzgpmofk0x28RAXKh9IRqFfvda6_qa2XURuzAfu5HwVag3qbRlsjGsJ9GlQuc-3JrEkaxc19P6eSLsPrE8K2af1t0xsDzAzzhen_ueVCb0B5xTg4Fww3y03PAYrsam8Hg9Ch2U/s1600/burntUSB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgESor2MHzgpmofk0x28RAXKh9IRqFfvda6_qa2XURuzAfu5HwVag3qbRlsjGsJ9GlQuc-3JrEkaxc19P6eSLsPrE8K2af1t0xsDzAzzhen_ueVCb0B5xTg4Fww3y03PAYrsam8Hg9Ch2U/s1600/burntUSB.jpg" height="183" width="320" /></a>THE USA -- Fighting Gamers and <a href="https://twitter.com/CEOJebailey/status/422514440597028865" target="_blank">Tournament Organizers</a> alike are up in arms following the discovery of serious and intermittent input latency while using CronusMAX™adapters during tournament play. <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkMan23/status/422518791440842752" target="_blank">Leaders in the community have suspected</a> suspected these malfunctions to exist previously, but this marks the first time that criticism for this particular device has been virtually unanimous. Several players at the recent fighting game tournament Defend the North confirmed not only latency but random pausing in their matches while using this popular device.<br />
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Players have also reported that the device <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexValleSF4/status/422932521697828865" target="_blank">damages your XBOX 360</a>, leaving them <a href="https://twitter.com/nobodyexe/status/422515500430938112" target="_blank">unable to recognize controllers plugged into the USB ports.</a> FGCNN experts note that an XBOX 360 with this affliction is less worthless than a PS3 with only <i>Divekick</i> installed on it.<br />
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Several tournament organizers have since <a href="https://twitter.com/TFA_OmGiTzAndre/status/422909548387528704" target="_blank">banned the use</a> of these adapters during tournament play.<br />
FGCNN experts note that these problems may surface when using the adapter on the XBOX One, and that the potentially-harmful situation could have been avoided had Microsoft included <a href="https://twitter.com/XboxSupport/status/337055917755482112" target="_blank">controller backward-compatibility in their console.</a> <br />
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CronusMAX was unavailable for comment; however, a Microsoft spokesperson did reach out to let us know that these malfunctions have nothing to do with their generally unreliable hardware.<br />
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UPDATE: The CronusMAX team has <a href="http://testyourmight.com/threads/cronus-adapter-banned-from-all-big-e-gaming-events.40538/page-2" target="_blank">released a statement</a> on a popular gaming forum which confirms the issues discussed in this article, which then goes on to claim that their team is not the original Cronus device developers, and that the current batch of devices were purchased in bulk from the original manufacturer. Since the recent fallout, they have updated the available firmware on their devices, but also note that it is still possible to utilize button macros and other usable forms of cheating, therefore rendering it completely illegal for tournaments. Cronus also notes that a possible "Tournament Edition" adapter may be released with a new name, equipped with firmware which lacks cheating functions.<br />
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A number of community personalities and observers, including <b>fighting game luminary <a href="https://twitter.com/darryh/status/420676850772221952" target="_blank">Darry Huskey</a></b>, have made tongue-in-cheek remarks on social media outlets and message boards alleging titles such as <i>Tekken Tag Tournament 2</i>, <i>Injustice: Gods Among Us,</i> and <i>Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate</i> are "dead games" and that no one should run tournaments for them, despite the fact that they regularly draw a small handful of players to events such as <i>Wednesday Night Fights</i> and <i>The</i> <i>Runback</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://twitter.com/AlexValleSF4/status/421853614395514880" target="_blank">Alex "Calipower" Valle</a>, Founder of Level|Up Productions, took these comments personally, knowing that <b>labeling these titles as 'dead and gone' affects the amount of money he can spend in the VIP room he frequents at the local strip club on weekends</b>, stating "we have pretty good turnouts for every game [...] I'm really tired of people bringing down the FGC with their cry baby agendas. It's time to do something about it to make the scene better!". FGCNN analysts have been unable to determine what exactly it is that Mr. Valle plans to do to "make the scene better", but remark that his bizarre, passive-aggressive tweeting about FGC cliques and his praising of Filipino Champ have already been a huge boon to the scene.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meanwhile, players of these under-represented titles are confused at the commotion, quietly mumbling to themselves that <b>maybe these people should shut up and actually play fighting games instead of bitching on social media about other people enjoying their games</b>. Some observers believe that such behavior is contributing to killing games that community pundits don't even care about to begin with, making the scene smaller and potentially restricting growth. "Look, I just want to see tits bounce and mash reversals", an anonymous <i>Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate</i> player was quoted as saying at <i>Wednesday Night Fights</i> this past Wednesday. <b>"I don't really care what some old guy or hipsters from Norcal think about my game, I just want to play".</b></span><br />
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Mr. Valle expanded on his initial criticisms via Twitter, adding that "NorCal players [are] vocal assholes" who "seem to bring everything down for them." Fighting Game Community members from Northern California could not be reached for comment, as they were likely ironically playing dead games such as <i>Tekken Tag Tournament 2</i>, <i>BlazBlue: Chronophantasma</i> and <i>The King of Fighters XIII</i>.</span><br />
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Is Mr. Valle running twenty games at <i>SoCal Regionals 2014</i> in order to finally purchase an adult-size bed for his child-sized room? Is the Northern California Fighting Game Community full of snooty, hipster assholes? Should the Fighting Game Community as a whole continue destroying itself from within so it can be stuck playing a game like <i>Street Fighter IV</i> for another ten years? Let us know what you think and blow it up in the comments below!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com243tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-61866718158555754042014-01-08T22:54:00.001-08:002014-01-08T22:54:51.099-08:003 Helpful Tips to Not to Get Swindled in the FGC<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczy860JphuIyyvYeBtPt6V2XNMt76VbZOxcC20be1jKAONO0BMmE3wp-NBWG5fJm7ITz45woOEl_fAZtpzccjLpJ49xxKsXKjfR2MsIL7vwlloKjHYQQPwSidZSHcA2T6ttwr0gr5NgDs/s1600/fgcnn-money.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczy860JphuIyyvYeBtPt6V2XNMt76VbZOxcC20be1jKAONO0BMmE3wp-NBWG5fJm7ITz45woOEl_fAZtpzccjLpJ49xxKsXKjfR2MsIL7vwlloKjHYQQPwSidZSHcA2T6ttwr0gr5NgDs/s1600/fgcnn-money.jpg" height="237" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">With recent revelations that several mediocre Fighting Game Community players were allegedly involved in significant financial missteps, some observers and community members are beginning to ask if <b>the Fighting Game Community is in the midst of a global financial crisis</b>. FGCNN's Financial Strategists have compiled a helpful list of tips to avoid parting ways with your hard-earned cash.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In one such incident, Richel Hernandez, a self-described "close friend" of Peter "Flash Metroid" Susini, allegedly loaned approximately $7,000 to Mr. Susini in March of 2013 because of a "family emergency", with an alleged verbal agreement to repay the funds within 1-2 weeks as detailed in a now-deleted Facebook post. Mr. Hernandez further alleges that he has not been repaid as of the time of the Facebook post, with Mr. Susini claiming he is unable to pay due to several reasons, including having misplaced all forms of identification, not having a Social Security Number, and being a fraudulent "Street Fighter IV" player that "left" the community when his lack of skill was exposed by competent players. FGCNN legal experts have deduced from the Facebook posting that <b>Mr. Hernandez likely did not have a contractural agreement of terms with Mr. Susini,</b> and may experience some difficulty retrieving his funds in civil court, though this is probably a total waste of time as Mr. Susini's bank account is likely as empty as promises to deliver the cash payouts owed to VxG competitors.</span><br />
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</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. </span><b style="color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Avoid lending money to a fighting game player. </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mr. Susini is not the only Fighting Game Community personality involved in a recent money lending scandal, as Brandon "HAV" Tizol is alleged to have failed to repay a $2000 loan to Chris "DJHuoshen" Miller. Mr. Miller, who describes Mr. Tizol as "someone I had known for more than a year" made a personal loan to Mr. Tizol in July of 2012, with a verbal agreement that the funds would be repaid in October of that same year. The two men later agreed to extend the deadline to November, following a scheduling conflict, at which point Mr. Tizol is alleged to have disappeared into thin air; Mr. Miller attempted to serve Mr. Tizol with legal summons, but Mr. Tizol could not be found at home, where he is generally known to be. FGCNN experts aren't sure who either of these men are, but it is assumed they are slightly more relevant than Mr. Susini.</span><br />
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Members of the Top Players Party are also alleged to have engaged in predatory financial practices through scams referred to as "donation drives". In a "donation drive", a Top Player will make promises of providing a service or some form of entertainment to members of a live streaming audience in exchange for "donations" of cash. One alleged donation drive occurred in 2013, when Michael "Yipes" Mendoza solicited the community for donations in order to upgrade his live streaming equipment with the promise that he would provide hours of entertainment for viewers to enjoy. <b>Mr. Mendoza's donation goal was allegedly met and the equipment was purchased, yet Mr. Mendoza has not consistently performed a live stream in nearly six months.</b> Mr. Mendoza was not asked to comment on why he has failed to deliver on his promises to provide a live stream, but audiences continue to express their undying adoration for the popular media icon and would likely throw more money at him if he asked them for it. It is unknown if his Chief Legal and Exploitation Expert, Triforce Johnson, is aware of this fact.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even more revealing is a recent study which concludes that <b>a person's fiscal trustworthiness is inversely proportionate to the amount of time spent as an avid FGC member</b>. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">FGCNN recommends not to lend large amounts of money to close friends, not to lend large amounts of money to people you've known for little more than a year, and also not falling prey to "donation drive" scams, as the recipients generally will not follow through on their promises. However, by following our 3 helpful tips, you can avoid most of these situations entirely.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have you ever encountered an issue with recovering lent funds? Are all FGC players unable to honor their financial obligations? Let us know in the comments below!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-86686442697429660552014-01-03T17:18:00.001-08:002014-01-03T17:30:33.186-08:00Mike Watson and Empire Arcadia Engage in Open Hostilities Over Legal Rights to Fundraiser<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzG6w7WXgKnKa3th7hKIuXwisCVLRtkPdaavKDFHFjd2GvuqS4ZRDg6ZcOf5ekPh9E97WK2WWX023ecp6zxkiKkuEanicTD7iGqM7nR0539nTMEfzY3o0nEGzA6CKKS08i5R-w7sj50K1/s1600/fgcnn_breaking_news-superarcade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzG6w7WXgKnKa3th7hKIuXwisCVLRtkPdaavKDFHFjd2GvuqS4ZRDg6ZcOf5ekPh9E97WK2WWX023ecp6zxkiKkuEanicTD7iGqM7nR0539nTMEfzY3o0nEGzA6CKKS08i5R-w7sj50K1/s1600/fgcnn_breaking_news-superarcade.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A legal battle is brewing as members of <b>Empire Arcadia</b> have claimed exclusive rights over any and all fundraising events to be held in support of <b>Nelson "Remix" Reyes</b> and his family.</span><br />
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Citing what appears to be non-sensical legal jargon, <b>Michael "Yipes" Mendoza</b> wrote via his Facebook account that<b> Super Arcade owner Mike Watson</b>, referred to as "the staff", had "not talk to his family like the reyes family and his brothers and sisters of Empire arcadia..." and had absolutely no right to assist in running a fundraiser to put toward costs associated with Mr. Reyes' funeral services. Mr. Triforce Johnson, Empire Arcadia's Chief Legal and Exploitation Expert added, "We have a problem then."</span><br />
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Mr. Watson did not take kindly to this interpretation of the law, and went on a tirade via the <b>IEBattleGrounds Twitch.tv channel</b>, repeatedly referring to Mr. Mendoza and Mr. Johnson as "bitches" and "faggots", adding that the fundraiser "wasn't even my idea" and declaring his intent to "beef" with the two men if they did not apologize to him within ten minutes. The declared time period has since elapsed without an apology from Mr. Mendoza and/or Mr. Johnson, and FGCNN experts believe that this marks the initiation of hostilities among involved parties.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Neither Mr. Watson, nor Mr. Mendoza or Mr. Johnson could be reached for comment, but Mr. Mendoza did say via his Twitter account that "this isn't about beef [...] just know there will be no retaliation on our end", and Mr. Johnson added, "Forward movement." Mr. Watson commented via Twitch.tv chat that "you cant even retaliate if you wanted to you mother fuckers" and "ill beat both their ass at the same time and take bets on it. whatever i win ill donate to nelson's family how bout that mother fuckers". FGCNN is actively investigating whether motherfucker is spelled with or without a space.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">FGCNN recommends in times of grief to<b> resist the urge to act like a studio gangster in gaming chatrooms</b>, no matter how therapeutic it may be to act like a teenager when you're over 30 years old. It is also recommended to <b>avoid claiming false legal rights to fundraisers for deceased individuals, as that doesn't really make any sense</b>. Both actions may be construed as being disrespectful to the surviving family as well as hella dumb.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-6989069002816890872013-12-31T08:55:00.001-08:002013-12-31T08:55:23.133-08:00PhD from MIT Trolls Entire Fighting Game Community with Phony Lecture and Book<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHdCQqXD9UDOEJRLQivjE-9GD-QXh-6WZMTk7WpV47sCVdOaJYe9gl6N0dlNBplWQd7_x7cyQnuqqRR55SO5y0fmKcJjFNMywpb590sfUymT5XxAPefUjs0bLciQ9Xz-H-5bI88PB_Swg/s1600/bookburning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHdCQqXD9UDOEJRLQivjE-9GD-QXh-6WZMTk7WpV47sCVdOaJYe9gl6N0dlNBplWQd7_x7cyQnuqqRR55SO5y0fmKcJjFNMywpb590sfUymT5XxAPefUjs0bLciQ9Xz-H-5bI88PB_Swg/s1600/bookburning.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a>The Fighting Game Community is in an uproar after facing an elaborate troll from community outsider Todd Harper, an MIT Graduate with an unexplained interest in the Fighting Game Scene. Gaming community icon <a href="https://twitter.com/samusclone/status/418008008174866432" target="_blank">Maddy Myers</a> helped to legitimize the ruse, but rest assured: FGCNN has unearthed the bigger picture surrounding this ambitious and involved social prank. The analysis follows below.<br />
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The first revelation comes in the form of hypocrisy for satire's sake. Both Maddy and Todd claim to be acting in the interest of feminism. Most would agree that one of the goals of feminism is to minimize the occurrence of overgeneralizing and typecasting, yet both of these individuals go out of their way to <a href="https://twitter.com/samusclone/status/417656972020707328" target="_blank">do just that</a>, and feign surprise when <a href="https://twitter.com/laevantine/status/417439018444259330" target="_blank">people react negatively.</a><br />
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Readers familiar with "confirmation bias" will pick up immediately that Todd Harper only cited examples that fit his narratives, ignoring any examples of the contrary. Todd focuses on Cross Assault, a 2-year-old isolated incident involving a small handful of people, and then extrapolates this behavior to the rest of the community, professing that the behavior at this event is not only expected but encouraged, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sXmdSNPdY0#t=0" target="_blank">all while neglecting to mention that a much BIGGER and successful tournament has already run on his own school grounds with no issue.</a> Apparently, <a href="https://twitter.com/laevantine/status/417492154160664576" target="_blank">he knew this all along.</a><br />
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One example from his "works" asserts that fighting gamers gravitated to consoles for economic reasons, ignoring the fact that, up until a few years ago, consoles were the only avenue for playing arcade-caliber ports of fighting games. Also not mentioned: <a href="http://ggpo.net/" target="_blank">the healthy PC fighting game scene stemming from when the technology was made available.</a> FGCNN chalks this up as the most obvious ruse.<br />
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The final(and most revealing) sign of this elaborate hoax is on twitter, where <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcjkLn1CUAALrf6.png" target="_blank">Todd Harper flat out admits that he isn't actually making a worthwhile contribution to academia</a>, but is merely "indulging a personal issue" with the FGC. Notice that, in the same thread, he refers to himself as a scholar. <b>Utilizing your entire dissertation to make a small jab at a niche community that may have rubbed you the wrong way is one of the following:</b><br />
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A. Trolling at its finest<br />
B. Sad and unfortunate<br />
C. A waste of both the student and school's time<br />
D. A curiously elaborate scheme to push an overpriced book<br />
E. B, C & D<br />
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Analysts at FGCNN strongly believe that Todd Harper is doing A. Consider this: is one to believe that a socially maladjusted man compiled a suspiciously spotty thesis(which lacks proper research) on a subject he is ignorant about, then wrote an entire book on said subject and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/ref=sv_b_2" target="_blank">sold it for over 7 times the average price of a hardcover?</a> Experts at FGCNN don't believe so.<br />
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What do our readers believe? Is this the greatest bamboozle of our time? Is Mr. Harper really serious about this works? Or are Todd and Maddy strawman feminists looking to insult a community while simultaneously claiming to NOT care what they think? Let us know in the comments below!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-16020480585648456582013-12-23T14:30:00.002-08:002013-12-23T14:30:28.735-08:00Kyohei "Marlinpie" Lehr Shows Love to New Sponsor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Kyohei "MarlinPie" Lehr</b>, a sponsored fighting game community personality, hopped onto his Twitch.tv channel recently to discuss the issues surrounding a recent high-stakes <b>Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3</b> money match between Loren "Fanatiq" Riley and Naoki "Nemo" Nemoto. During the broadcast, Mr. Lehr, who is sponsored by Brokentier, spent close to ten minutes extolling the virtues of The Steam Co., a "a vape shop, lounge, and eliquid brewery based out of Orange, Connecticut" and their products, encouraging viewers to use code [redacted] at checkout for 15% off their next order! Mr. Lehr went on to describe his love of <b>The Steam Co</b>.'s Reserve line of e-juices, favoring their "sophisticated oaky undertones" and "smooth flavors".
<b>Brokentier</b> was not mentioned by name during the broadcast to FGCNN's knowledge, aside from Mr. Lehr mentioning Paul "Koogy" Kugler, Brokentier's founder/lead designer/team manager/janitor and how <b>Mr. Kugler had purchased the stream equipment that Mr. Lehr was using to broadcast to Twitch</b>. Mr. Lehr added that it was "the first time I have ever used this stuff" while the video overlay featured a tiny Brokentier logo in the upper right-hand corner. Mr. Lehr followed up by displaying a "slide", or full-screen advertisement of The Steam Co., prominently displaying his checkout code and a photograph of a scantinly-clad Asian female. <b>Mr. Lehr's Twitter profile does not currently identify him as being sponsored by Brokentier. </b>
When approached for comment, Mr. Lehr asked an FGCNN intern if she had ever tried "e-cigs", and recommended she try some of the fine offerings from The Steam Co., using the code [redacted] for 15% off her order at checkout. Mr. Kugler was not asked for comment, but did say on his Twitter account that "<b>marlinpie is better at advertising his ecig sponsor than me, hashtag biblethump</b>".
Mr. Lehr remains sponsored by multiple companies despite not having played "for a year" by his own admission and <b>going 0-2 in the inagural Capcom Cup</b>, solidifying his status as the prototypical sponsored fighting game player. Only <b>Loren "Fanatiq" Riley</b> could surpass him in being a better representation of his title sponsor, but Mr. Riley is currently occupied with innovating his own new and exciting forms of content delivery.
Is Mr. Lehr the poster child for the ideal sponsored player? Should Mr. Kugler give Mr. Lehr a raise? Do you prefer the "Nightlife" or "Reserve" line of premium e-Liquids from The Steam Co.? Let us know in the comments below, and don't forget to use code "FGCNN" at checkout for Fifteen percent off your next order!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893833840885752765.post-47603805552086890972013-12-16T19:06:00.000-08:002013-12-16T19:06:01.327-08:00Microsoft is watching: DRM interrupts Killer Instinct tournament in NYC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212f40; font-family: proxima-nova, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">NEW YORK, NY -- Much to the shock of no one that owns Sony's Playstation 4 Video Game Console, it appears that <b>Microsoft's insidious Digital Rights Management System, or "DRM"</b>, reared its ugly head during a local tournament for the Xbox One title <b>Killer Instinct</b> in New York City on 12 December 2013. During a live broadcast of the tournament on Twitch.tv, it appears that Microsoft's DRM system on the Xbox One activated, dropping the players back into the Xbox One Operating Systems' "Home" screen and prompting them to verify that they "own this game or app". <b>It took nearly four minutes to resolve the DRM issue</b> by connecting to the Internet to verify the software as genuine. This issue may prove to be a deal-breaker for the Tournament Organizers Party, which<b> may opt not to run tournaments for games on the system, including Killer Instinct, should DRM issues such as these continue.</b></span><br />
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The owner of the Xbox One console said on stream that the DRM check "wouldn't happen if you go [into] Offline [mode]", though he followed up that statement with "it very rarely happens [at home] If I'm Online... once in a blue moon". This indicates that <b>owners of Xbox One consoles are just as confused as everyone else is about the DRM</b>, which means that you'd probably have better luck trying to get CDJr to stop complaining about Sabrewulf and just play the damn game than trying to understand how the DRM schemes work. You can view the incident on the <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/nycfurby/b/486682548?t=3h44m02s" target="_blank">"Nycfurby" Twitch.tv channel</a>.</span><br />
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When solicited for comment on this story, a Microsoft representative asked, "What is 'FGCNN'?", before hanging up the phone. <b>Double Helix</b> was not asked to comment on this story. FGCNN has not been able to research the validity of any of these "DRM" claims, as FGCNN staff skipped over purchasing an XBox One to instead purchase a low-end $400 Gateway computer, as performance was better.</span><br />
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Is Microsoft completely clueless? Is Double Helix terrified that Microsoft's Draconian DRM schemes are going to lead to the demise of their title as a competitive game? Does anyone even care about "Killer Instinct"? Should everyone just buy Valve's "Steam Machine"? Let us know in the comments below!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989694068090543577noreply@blogger.com43