On August 4-5 it will be time for SBO/Tougeki 2012! Unfortunately BB is not part of it this year but the new fighting game by Atlus and Arcsys, Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena is!

Here’s a basic rundown for how to qualify for a SBO spot in Japan:

Local Qualifier (Red ticket) > Block Final (Blue Ticket) > SBO!

The number of local qualifiers in an area varies depending on the population, as an example there are usually more qualifiers in the larger cities. This gives anyone who wants a shot at SBO a chance to qualify; You can win multiple local qualifiers in different blocks. The block final is after each local qualifier, where all the winners from the local qualifiers compete for the real spot in SBO.

So, if there were three local qualifiers there will be three people competing against each other for the SBO spot in the block final. A player can lose a qualifier or block final in one area but if they go to a different area and win both events there, they can still compete in SBO.

If you are interested in seeing the players that made it to SBO 2012 for P4U please check out this article! P4U will take place on August 5th and will be streamed on NicoNico. More details on this to come.

Here are the qualifiers sorted by block and then into local qualifier and block finals with the winners listed at the bottom; Some events are in playlists. Note that any qualifiers that happened before the beginning of June are not the most recent patch!

Sources and thanks: Jourdal, pktzn1213, zero3japan, gulliver01uru, nakajoy01, GcomWajiro2, Ruv0324, Tougeki official website





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With Tougeki drawing closer we finally have a complete lineup of who qualified to compete in Persona 4 Arena. Some pretty surprising numbers for some of the characters. Every character is represented so no one is left out on seeing their character compete for a chance to win. Tougeki takes place August 4th and 5th in Japan, with P4U running on Sunday the 5th. We'll keep you'll updated as we get more information on how to watch the event. Thanks to Roman Cancel Blog for doing the write up of the lineup.

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One More Burst! New Age Fighter Tournaments


General Info

Date: August ...

Evolution 2012 has come to a close. The side tournaments this year were plenty of fun and plenty of hype. Congratulations to everyone who placed and thank you to everyone who showed up. Also major props to the TOs of these events. All of the tournament footage can be watched at http://www.twitch.tv/xiei/videos

Blazblue Singles Top 8:

1st. Huey253 (Bang)
2nd. Xie (Platinum)
3rd. Brkrdve (Arakune) ...

Greetings all, we've got the equipment purchased and ready to go for our stream on http://twitch.tv/xiei. So here's the TENTATIVE AS FUCK stream schedule for EVO 2012 side stream that is totally subject to change if something goes wrong:

Friday (7/6/12)
P4A Casuals: 8AM-12PM
BB Singles: 12PM-8PM
GG Singles: 8PM-10PM
P4A Casuals: 10PM-END

Saturday (7/7/12)
BB Singles Finals: 10AM-12PM
BB Teams: 12PM-2PM
Skullgirls Finals: 2PM-4PM
BB Teams Finals: 4PM-6PM
Melty Blood Finals: 6PM-8PM
P4A Casuals: 8PM-END

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Unfortunately, the 4G device we rented malfunctioned. I decided to just bite the bullet and drop $400 on a new Verizon hotspot. Unfortunately, it cost me $400, but with the current contributions, the hit on me personally isn't so bad. The most important thing is that we can get the stream going, which we'll be able to do. However, this will mean that I'll have to redact the refund I previously, now that our cost has also risen... For being such a faggot, I apologize.

I want to give another shoutout to everyone else who has donated. If you would like to be featured on my stream channel in the profile area, just send me an email/PM/tweet on what your name is, and I'll throw you on there.
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If you missed the stream this Saturday, don't worry everything has been uploaded to my YT channel. The games played were BlazBlue,Guilty Gear,Skull Girls, Melty Blood and the surprise addition of Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown.

BlazBlue Continuum Shift ...

If you want to go straight to petition, go to the bottom of this, click the link and sign it. Ignore anything about donations.

Now, for those actually interested - my name is Steve, but a lot of you know me as Lord Knight. I'm a two time EVO 2nd place finisher, I've traveled all over America, and even internationally (Canada, Japan, and soon to Brazil) to compete in ...

BB didn't get its chance to be on the mainstream, nor was there enough bandwidth for St1ckbug to stream either. Luckily top 8, and Sundays team tournament were all recorded by St1ckbug. I've uploaded and ...