Saturday, September 16, 2017

Judgement Day 5 Teams

Judgement Day 5, Japanese VAMPIRE SAVIOR 3v3 and biggest tournament of the year is this weekend!
Start time: Saturday @ 8pm PT / 11pm ET (Sun@12pm JST for those in Japan)
Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/gamenewton
Website: http://darkstalkers-federation.org/jmd/05/
(The start time above is when the tourney starts, the stream will go live an hour earlier than that with casuals) 

TEAMS
No. 1 — Fate/Kusosure Order
•Fugo (Lei-Lei)
•Uminoko (Aulbath)
•DD (Sasquatch)
No. 2 — 3rd STRIKE‼︎
•Kowahara (Sasquatch)
•Komemaru (Zabel)
•Wantaren (Zabel)
No. 3 — ゾンビストリッパーズ
•Gobu (Zabel)
•K Nishi (Bulleta)
•Nakanishi (Lei-Lei) [not THAT Nakanishi]
No. 4 — 寝屋川ABCピックアップ
•Nonoude (Q-Bee)
•Mayo (Aulbath)
•Bullet Liger (Bishamon)
No. 5 — クズ運三銃士
•Teitoku (Jedah)
•Crono (Zabel)
•Lily (Lilith) 
No. 6 — Q獣9
•Tsukumo (Lei-Lei)
•Buzz (Gallon)
•Jyoniki (Q-Bee)
No. 7 — 「入」と「船」の物語
•Oraora (Q-Bee)
•Tera (Victor)
•Tsune (Sasquatch)
No. 8 — 川越マグマックス
•Dekamelon (Zabel)
•Kawagoe QB (Q-Bee)
•Osakana (Aulbath)
No. 9 — Stop back
•Natsu (Bishamon)
•Ego (Lei-Lei)
•KEN (Gallon)
No. 10 — Team USA
•Hildr (Anakaris)
•ShinATproof (Felicia)
•Mr. Igloo (Sasquatch)
No. 11 — もしもしピエロ
•Arien (Zabel)
•Wakamago (Lilith)
•Maritime (Lei-Lei)
No. 12 — リトルナイトメア
•TROJAN (Demitri)
•Akashi (Bulleta)
•Masahi (Demitri)
No. 13 — 南浦和※◯被害者の会
•Sakamoto (Q-Bee)
•Okekebi (Sasquatch)
•Rine (Felicia)
No. 14 — ドライブイン杜王町
•Reira (Demitri)
•Andore (Victor)
•Kumi (Felicia)
No. 15 — フクロウカフェ
•OWL (Sasquatch)
•Koyote (Lei-Lei)
•ZERO-ONE (Felicia)
No. 16 — 東京ツダヌマ村
•MAB (Gallon)
•Pe Jun (Bishamon)
•Kim (Lilith)
No. 17 — Dog gun dream
•Nakanishi (Bishamon)
•Takahashi (Gallon)
•Kosho (Bulleta)
No. 18 — Odyssey
•Animus (Demitri)
•Sebone (Gallon)
•Saitou (Q-Bee)
No. 19 — 通報しないでください
•Shimatsuya (Jedah)
•Kuma (Sasquatch)
•Oouchi Jedah (Jedah)
No. 20 — リザレクリベンジャーズ
•Asahi (Jedah)
•Rere (Q-Bee)
•Bakeneko (Lei-Lei)
No. 21 — チーム・サティスファクション
•Saenoki (Sasquatch)
•BUD (Zabel)
•Namacha (Lei-Lei)
No. 22 — チームハレルヤ
•Teronnu (Lei-Lei)
•SaikyoBOY (Felicia)
•Shigeru (Q-Bee)
No. 23 — ULTRA UPPERCUT
•Suzumura (Lilith)
•Sai (Demitri)
•Sasunii (Sasquatch)
No. 24 — ハイボールクズ 2.0 (仮)
•Arui (Morrigan)
•M (Jedah)
•iwa anna (Sasquatch)
No. 25 — トイプラザ
•Super Motimoti (Bulleta)
•Usushio (Gallon)
•Moisture (Q-Bee)
No. 26 — SCO
•Madam (Morrigan)
•Kazama (Bulleta)
•BOO (Morrigan)
No. 27 — 北戸田担々麺クラブ
•Nishiken (Morrigan)
•Chapa (Zabel)
•Ranti (Bishamon)
No. 28 — ディシディア勢(?)
•Ginsho (Gallon)
•amapple (Anakaris)
•Ao (Gallon)
No. 29 — タイラント・シューティンスター
•Zuya (Sasquatch)
•玖珂けーじ (Gallon)
•Seri (Zabel)
No. 30 — 立川スタンドリバー
•Mugicha (Zabel)
•Uuroncha (Bishamon)
•Ryokucha (Lei-Lei)
No. 31 — 二十年に一度の新人勢
•Naninun (Lei-Lei)
•Oohashishi (Morrigan)
•Yaapi (Demitri)
No. 32 — つぎはぎ野郎
•Tate (Victor)
•Oshikiri (Victor)
•Dara (Demitri)
No. 33 — 救済戦隊ジェダレンジャー5
•Eldyene (Jedah)
•Citrus (Jedah)
•Oinu (Jedah)
No. 34 — ハーベスト斑尾
•Nasu (Sasquatch)
•Kaji (Lilith)
•Hoe (Jedah)
No. 35 — 関西NewGenerations
•Shain (Gallon)
•Iseamo (Sasquatch)
•Oyo R (Demitri)
No. 36 — ヤマネコッ!
•yama (Lei-Lei)
•Tsuchineko (Q-Bee)
•Masahiko! (Demitri)
No. 37 — ヴァンパイアセイヴァーオブシャーマンズ
•Toho (Bulleta)
•Oshii (Felicia)
•Guratan (Gallon)
No. 38 — 待ち合わせはドンキ!
•bow (Aulbath)
•Mano (Lilith)
•Kuroe (Sasquatch)
No. 39 — 待て待てまだ慌てる時間じゃない
•STO (Lei-Lei)
•Kurio (Anakaris)
•Olive Oil (Jedah)
No. 40 — 蛮勇筋力
•Shippo-chan (Bishamon)
•Ando (Felicia)
•Tobi (Aulbath)
No. 41 — 斡旋②
•Fumio (Felicia)
•ARK (Morrigan)
•Saga (Zabel)
No. 42 — 斡旋③
•Wataranai (Sasquatch)
•Gesayan (Demitri)
•Yajima T.T (Morrigan)
No. 43 — 斡旋④
•T k m (Zabel)
•Pii (Lei-Lei)
•Odabutsu (Victor)
No. 44 — 斡旋⑤
•Kanagawa (Gallon)
•HQ (Gallon)
•Ayataka (Victor)

CHARACTER USAGE
15 - Sasquatch
14 - Lei-Lei 
13 - Gallon 
12 - Zabel 
10 - Jedah 
10 - Demitri 
10 - Q-Bee 
8 - Felicia 
7 - Morrigan 
7 - Bishamon 
6 - Lilith 
6 - Victor 
6 - Bulleta 
5 - Aulbath 
3 - Anakaris

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

SoCal VSAV 100


It's been a long road, but we've finally arrived at SoCal's 100th VAMPIRE SAVIOR tournament! This Friday, September 30th we'll be at Game Realms in Burbank, CA to celebrate!
We're going all out with this event, I'll be providing some small prizes for Top 8 and there will be DONUTS! The tourney format will be similar to Japanese tournaments, as in round robin pools with the winner of each pool qualifying for a Top 8 double elimination bracket.


Event starts at 8pm, while the tournament starts at 9pm. The stream will go live just before 9pm PT / 11pm ET.
Venue fee is $5, while the tournament entry fee is FREE!
The tournament will be ran on UD-CPS2, arcade Vampire Savior, but we'll also have a couple Darkstalker Resurrection setups hooked up via CRT to play casuals on between pools.
If you plan to go and I haven't confirmed your attendance yet, please let me know you're going, as I'll be making the pools the day before. You can still sign up on site either way, it'll just make my job easier with a heads up.

In addition, there will also be the regular Skullgirls and Guilty Gear Accent Core +R tournaments that are typically ran along with Vampire Savior.

--Details--
Location: Game Realms
Address: 137 N. Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA, 91502
Website: http://gamerealmsstore.tumblr.com/


Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Judgement Day 4


Judgement Day 4, Japan's yearly Vampire Savior 3v3 team event is happening this weekend! For Vampire Savior fans, this is definitely a "don't miss" event, so definitely tune in!

Live Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/gamenewton

The stream will go live at:
•8pm Pacific Time, Saturday
•11pm Eastern Time, Saturday
•4am Central European Time, Sunday
•12pm Japan Standard Time, Sunday

The actual tournament itself though is scheduled to start 1 hour after the stream goes live. The whole tournament should take about 6 and a half hours.

There are currently 42 teams with 124 entrants, with a few open spots for day of entrants.

TEAMS

No. 1 - チーム小江戸
•Dekameron (Zabel)
•小江戸屋 (Felicia)
•Kawagoe QB (Q-Bee)

No. 2 - Re:TAKE ACTION
•Shain (Gallon)
•Ishimon (Sasquatch)
•Ninoude (Q-Bee)

No. 3 - 三位一体
•Azuwan (Demitri)
•Saga (Zabel)
•Hosokawa (Sasquatch)

No. 4 - 暗黒剣
•KEN (Gallon)
•Kurono (Zabel)
•Jyoniki (Q-Bee)

No. 5 - ニューセイヴァーマイスターズ
•Hellbeat Zabel (Zabel) aka Sakai
•Oouchi Jedah (Jedah)
•Kuma (Sasquatch)

No. 6 - Darkstalkers'Revenge
•OWL (Sasquatch)
•Andore (Victor) [Andre?]
•MGN (Sasquatch)

No. 7 - サマーレッスン
•Tsukumo (Lei-Lei)
•Shuu (Bishamon)
•Kame (Victor)

No. 8 - othello
•Atsuta (Lei-Lei)
•Super Motimoti (Bulleta)
•Usushio (Gallon)

No. 9 - EGOJAPAN
•Ego (Lei-Lei)
•Nishiken (Morrigan)
•yama (Lei-Lei)

No. 10 - Sadamin会
•Sadamin (Demitri)
•Kanou (Sasquatch)
•Tsune (Sasquatch)

No. 11 - 中トロみみみまさし(仮登録
•中トロ (Felicia)
•Mimimi (Felicia)
•Masashi (Demitri)

No. 12 - Super Uppercut
•Sai (Demitri)
•Suzumura (Lilith)
•Sasunii (Sasquatch)

No. 13 - 沼
•Gobu (Zabel)
•MAB (Gallon)
•Peejyun (Bishamon)

No. 14 - 救済戦隊ジェダレンジャー4
•Eldyene (Jedah)
•Fatikaman aki (Jedah)
•citrus (Jedah)

No. 15 - ペッパーブランチ
•Nasu (Sasquatch)
•Kosho (Bulleta)
•DD (Sasquatch)

No. 16 - 修学旅行(仮)
•Wataranai (Sasquatch)
•Magumogu (Aulbath)
•MEGASTAR (Anakaris)

No. 17 - Team USA
•Hildr (Anakaris)
•ShinATproof (Felicia)
•YSL (Bulleta)

No. 18 - ESビーストぱなし隊
•SKSOS勢 (Gallon) this may be Guratan Felicia?
•Maguro (Gallon)
•Aoi (Gallon)

No. 19 - CC8's
•TROJAN (Demitri)
•Nishi (Anakaris)
•Akashi (Bulleta)

No. 20 - 3rd strike?
•Kowahara (Sasquatch)
•Komemaru (Zabel)
•Match (Zabel)

No. 21 - リザ勢(仮)
•Asahi (Jedah)
•Rere (Q-Bee)
•化猫 (Lei-Lei)

No. 22 - Plus Ultra
•Shimatsuya (Jedah)
•Kaji (Lilith)
•Uminoko (Aulbath)

No. 23 - ネコミミ道場
•Keso (Jedah)
•Tosshi (Felicia)
•Yuki (Lei-Lei)

No. 24 - ロングさんと聖戦士達
•Saenoki (Sasquatch)
•BUD (Zabel)
•Namacha (Lei-Lei)

No. 25 - THE LAST SAMURAI
•Orecom (Sasquatch)
•Takahashi (Gallon)
•Nakanishi (Bishamon)

No. 26 - ガード可能連携
•Maritime (Lei-Lei)
•Arien (Zabel)
•Wakamago (Lilith)

No. 27 - お気持ち
•Saeki (Q-Bee)
•Sebone (Gallon)
•Natsu (Bishamon)

No. 28 - Sakegumi
•M-ta (Zabel)
•Oshikiri (Victor)
•Chikyuu (Anakaris)

No. 29 - ユカいな仲間達
•Teitoku (Jedah)
•Koohei (Q-Bee)
•Yuka Chocolate (Felicia)

No. 30 - じゃあ行こうか M3
•Gorrigan (Morrigan)
•Yajima T.T (Morrigan)
•Chukuchuku (Morrigan)

No. 31 - 真龍の賢者大石P
•Dosu (Sasquatch)
•Chatsubo (Zabel)
•Toho (Bulleta)

No. 32 - TBH
•T k m (Zabel)
•Buzz (Gallon)
•HQ (Gallon)

No. 34 - Aoが好きすぎる
•Oyo R (Demitri)
•ZERO-ONE (Felicia)
•Koyote (Lei-Lei)

No. 35 - 日高
•Mugi (Zabel)
•Sekiguchi (Zabel)
•Pii (Lei-Lei)

No. 36 - ぎりぎり
•Animus (Demitri)
•Oshii (Felicia)
•Reira (Demitri)

No. 37 - 築地市場問題を考える会
•STO (Lei-Lei)
•Seri (Zabel)
•Masa C ni (Bulleta)

No. 38 - 地鶏ベッキーズ
•Lily (Lilith)
•Imasaki (Lei-Lei)
•Kurio (Anakaris)

No. 39 - 奇数週水曜日は川越
•Katsu (Demitri)
•Ginshou (Gallon)
•Osakana (Aulbath)

No. 40 - 斡旋チーム1
•Nakanishi (Lei-Lei)
•Shopopo-chan (Bishamon)
•Tobi (Aulbath)

No. 41 - 斡旋チーム2
•阿井 (Q-Bee)
•Toa (Lilith)
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No. 42 - 斡旋チーム3
•Shige Q (Demitri)
•Emptyshiki (Bulleta) <-- this is a gaijin
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Monday, September 12, 2016

SoCal Vampire Savior 99 & 100

The SoCal Vampire Savior community is coming up on a milestone. After six years of Vampire Savior tournaments at a variety of venues, starting all the way back in late 2010, we've ran a total of 98 local tournaments. 100 is a big number, but first we must clear the 99th tournament.
This Friday, September 16, we'll be holding the 99th SoCal Vampire Savior tournament at Game Realms in Burbank, California. While I have bigger plans for the 100th tournament, including prizes (please don't expect much!), the 99th tournament will be simple. Very simple.
Single Match, Single Elimination.
I'm hoping for some quick and intense matches, and some big shake-ups with this format. We'll have to wait for the day itself to see how it goes though! This game in particular I think provides a certain experience with this format from what I've seen with Japanese events. I'm personally eager to throw everything into a single match where we walk a thin line between life and death!


For those coming to the event, it starts at 8pm PT.
The Stream will go live at about 8:30pm PT/11:30pm ET, and the tournament itself will start an hour after that at 9:30pm PT/12:30am ET.
This tournament will probably go FAST, I'm expecting it to take only an hour max, so you'll want to be on the stream watching when we start if you don't want to miss it! I will be attempting to stream every single match.

In addition, the regular Skullgirls and Guilty Gear AC+R tournaments that run alongside Vampire Savior have agreed to go along with my crazy idea and are running single match, single elimination tournaments as well. We'll be running them one after the other, in the order of VSAV > SG > GG+R.
Another big benefit of running this format is the extra time to run some serious casual sets afterwards in preparation for the 100th tournament happening two weeks later.
--Details--
Location: Game Realms
Address: 137 N. Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA, 91502
Website: http://gamerealmsstore.tumblr.com/
SG and GG+R Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/game_realms

Monday, September 5, 2016

Dreamcast 17th Anniversary Event at Game Realms in Burbank, CA


This Friday, September 9th, 2016 we will be celebrating the 17th Anniversary of the Sega Dreamcast at Game Realms in Burbank, California.

We will be featuring:
-A play area featuring the classics.
-Raffle Prizes
-Free tournaments for: Soul Calibur, Power Stone, Vampire Chronicle, and Plasma Sword.

Location: 
Game Realms, 137 N Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA 91502

Start Time: 
The play area will be available starting at 1pm PT, while the tournaments will begin at 8pm PT.

Hosted by:
Valley Vintage Collective
• https://twitter.com/VVCollectiv
• http://www.instagram.com/vvcollectiv/

Game Realms
• https://twitter.com/Game_Realms
• http://game-realms.com/

Facebook Event Invite:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1761649587450787/

FREE PLAY - 1pm to 7pm

Starting at 1pm PT, the play area will open with multiple Dreamcast titles for people to try out for free from until 7pm.

There will be both singleplayer and multiplayer classics up, so come and socialize while enjoying great games!

TOURNAMENTS - 7pm until closing

After 7pm there will be a $7 venue fee, which grants entry into any of the tournaments you wish to join, as well as a raffle ticket.

Tournament Start Time Schedule
• 8pm PT - Soul Calibur
• 9pm PT - Power Stone
• 11pm PT - Vampire Chronicle / Darkstalkers Chronicle
• 12am PT - Plasma Sword / Star Gladiator 2

All tournaments will be held in a 2 out of 3 matches, double elimination format.

LIVE STREAMS

There will be two live streams, one focusing on multi-player games and the tournaments, and the other focusing on single player games.

Multi-player and Tournament Stream - http://www.twitch.tv/ROTANIBOR

Stream Schedule (not exactly the same as the tournament start time schedule above)
• 8pm PT / 11pm ET - Soul Calibur
• 9:30pm PT / 12:30 ET - Power Stone
• 11pm PT / 2am ET - Vampire Chronicle / Darkstalkers Chronicle
• 12:30am PT / 3:30am ET - Plasma Sword / Star Gladiator 2

In addition to the tournament stream schedule, prior to 7pm we will also be streaming playthroughs of games such as Typing of the Dead, Cannon Spike, Dynamite Cop, as well as some other versus games such as Virtual On and Virtua Tennis. The schedule for the casual playthroughs is TBA.

Single Player Stream - http://www.twitch.tv/game_realms

There is currently no set schedule for this stream, but come check it out and see what's showing the day of the event! There may also be some overflow for tournament matches we don't have time to show on the other stream.



Friday, July 22, 2016

Record of Donations for UD-CPS2 (SUCCESS)

This is simply a record of the successful donation fund I ran and completed during 2014-2015. Thank you to all who donated, the Vampire Savior scene I feel has greatly benefited from your generosity!

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The Donation Fund has officially started up to acquire two UD-CPS2, as well as two Vampire Savior boards to go along with them. After EVO it was clear that the scene had grown beyond my single UD-CPS2. Getting two more systems would allow us to run almost any tournament or event with ease.

For those who don't know, the UD-CPS2 is a consolized CPS2, the arcade system that Vampire Savior was released on. It allows us to play the arcade release of Vampire Savior in a modern format with USB XBOX 360 and PS3 controllers. They have minimal setup compared to a supergun and can be played on any TV. Here is an image from EVO2014 of my UD-CPS2 and the two loaners units: [http://i.imgur.com/rsOk9kl.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/rsOk9kl.jpg)

**Cost breakdown**
• $350 – UD-CPS2
• $350 – UD-CPS2
• ~~$125 – Vampire Savior CPS2 Arcade Board~~(DONATED)
• ~~$125 – Vampire Savior CPS2 Arcade Board~~(GOT FOR $100)

The amount to raise comes out to be ~~**$950**~~ **$825**, not including shipping costs.

**Contributions**
• $512 – Anonymous
• VSAV CPS2 B-Board – Mr. Igloo
• $80 – My EVO 2014 Second Place Winnings
• $75 – djstorm
• $50 – Krakhan
• $34.50 – Infy
• $20 – Mekei
• $15 – ChooseAGoose
• $13.37 – KFL
• $10 – northdash
• $10 - Sinjihn
• $10 – Amaxing
• $5 – Devita
• $5 – Raven_257
• $3 – Ewickify

**$842.87** has been currently raised, minus whatever Paypal has taken out.

I'm also considering running GGPO tournaments for high contributors for a game of their choosing. I haven't set a price for this yet, but it is potentially a bit of work on my end if I don't already know the game since I'd need to learn it first. Let me know if you're interested!

That's it for now, thanks for reading! If there are any questions or concerns just ask!
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Vampire Savior & Salty at Game Realms in Burbank, California - Every Other Friday at 8pm PST!

It's been a long five months since we left TGL, but we finally have a new venue for Vampire Savior here in Southern California! This Friday we'll be meeting at Game Realms in Burbank, with a bi-weekly schedule (every 2 weeks).

Location: Game Realms
Address: 137 N. Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA, 91502
Website: http://gamerealmsstore.tumblr.com/

Date: Friday, September 16th, 2016
Time: Sign ups start at 8pm. VSAV tournament will start at 9pm.
(I'll show up with the VSAV boards at 7:30~ pm)

Venue Fee: $5
Tournament Entry Fee: FREE

Streams
-Vampire Savior: http://www.twitch.tv/ROTANIBOR
--Will go live with VSAV around 8:30pm PDT / 11:30pm EDT
-Skullgirls & GGAC+R: http://www.twitch.tv/game_realms

--Background--


Once again we'll be with the wonderful SoCal Skullgirls community, meaning there will be Skullgirls and Guilty Gear +R tournaments in addition to Vampire Savior. In the future I'll be probably running other games as well, but I'll be focusing on VSAV until we get settled in.

This location seems perfect for us, we (the VSAV and SG communities) were admittedly picky about where to go next which was partially the reason for the long delay, but Game Realms seems to do everything right! The regulars of our group are very excited, and newcomers are always welcome to join in.

If you're a newcomer, send me a tweet that you'll be coming so I know to expect you. It's not required, but I'll make sure you'll have a spot in the bracket at least if you do. Likewise, if you're a regular and are potentially going to be late, let me know as well. All are welcome!