Dead or Alive 5 has been out for over a week now, giving many players some time to pick up on some strategies in the forums and with each other. This hasn't prevented tournaments from being held, and we're already seeing some known players taking control of the game in the early goings.
Seasons Beatings Ascension (SBA)
Cleveland, OH
This event not only featured many of the top mid-west players including Carl "Perfect Legend" White, Chris "NinjaCW" Harris, and Eric "Ryujin" Lee. Unsurprisingly, each of these players took the top three in the tournament. In addition to these power players, Team NINJA also was on hands for the event. Many of the players were able to share their passion with not only others of the Fighting Game Community, but with Team NINJA as well. Yohei Shimbori (Dead or Alive Game Director), Peter Garza (Overseas Producer), and Tom Lee (Creative Director of Team NINJA) were all there to provide a Q&A session with the fans and watch the tournament go down in person. Yohei Shimbori even entered the tournament.
I'm personally still capturing the footage from the event since it has yet to be sent over to YouTube by the event coordinators, but I have been able to provide the finals for the event. A playlist has been made in the media section, where additional matches will be added (located here). Here's the Grand Finals featuring Carl "Perfect Legend" White and Eric "Ryujin" Lee:
Final Results:
1. Carl "Perfect Legend" White
2. Eric "Ryujin" Lee
3. Chris "NinjaCW" Harris
Game Underground Tournament Spectacular (GUTS)
Boston, MA
This was considered "Boston's First Major", and while many of the top players in the community were at Season's Beatings Ascension, Boston's growing scene was dedicated to showing off its support to the Fighting Game Community. The event, like SBA, showcased many great matches from various fighting games including Dead or Alive 5. The Dead or Alive 5 tournament was being hosted by Free Step Dodge's own Greg "Gill Hustle" Nicholas who has been trying to grow his Boston scene with his UGS arcade lounge.
GUTS had many players from other fighting games have their try at Dead or Alive 5 as well, including Virtua Fighter 5's EMP Rodney "Rodnutz" John showing off his Kokoro. Kenny "H20 Evil" Leite showed off his Pai skills transferring over from Virtua Fighter 5 while helping some of the new community members with the game and it's deeper strategies. The tournament also had Maia Allison in attendance who had many underestimating her skills as she took down each competitor up to the grand finals. The playlist for the event is available in the media section (located here). Here's the Grand Finals of the Singles event featuring Maia Allison and Matt "Mr. Wah" Ponton:
Final Results:
1. Matt "Mr. Wah" Ponton
2. Maia Allison
3. Kenny "H20 Evil" Leite
However, that's not all from GUTS. It also featured the first Dead or Alive 5 Pair Play Tag Tournament. This is where we have a tag tournament requiring each character to be played by an individual player. It gained a lot of attention at the event as deeper levels of strategies were created at the event itself. For example, tagging in on a sit-down stun to get a guaranteed sit-down stun or Critical Burst. I hope to see this at more tournaments. Here's the grand finals for the event featuring "Dragon Hustle" ("BP Dragon" & Greg "Gill Hustle" Nicolas) and "EMP FSD" (EMP Rodney "Rodnutz" John & Matt "Mr. Wah" Ponton):
Australian Launch Tournament
Melbourne VIC
The United States wasn't the only tournament that was held in the first week of Dead or Alive 5. Berzerk was able to help run an event on the first weekend as well. Featuring many of Australia's best in Virtua Fighter and Dead or Alive 5, the tournament turned out to be a nice success. There was even an incident of a match deciding on account of stealthy tiger (Video).
The event hasn't been sent to YouTube but you can view the tournament at the 3:52:00 mark of the twitch TV link: http://www.twitch.tv/couchwarriors/b/333838039
Final Results:
1. Emperor of Japan
2. fm.BigBoss
3. Tones
Stay tuned to the FSD event calendar for an event that may be near your area to help grow the scene. I can't wait to see the end of the year as these months of DOA5 breakdown heat up.
Seasons Beatings Ascension (SBA)
Cleveland, OH
This event not only featured many of the top mid-west players including Carl "Perfect Legend" White, Chris "NinjaCW" Harris, and Eric "Ryujin" Lee. Unsurprisingly, each of these players took the top three in the tournament. In addition to these power players, Team NINJA also was on hands for the event. Many of the players were able to share their passion with not only others of the Fighting Game Community, but with Team NINJA as well. Yohei Shimbori (Dead or Alive Game Director), Peter Garza (Overseas Producer), and Tom Lee (Creative Director of Team NINJA) were all there to provide a Q&A session with the fans and watch the tournament go down in person. Yohei Shimbori even entered the tournament.
I'm personally still capturing the footage from the event since it has yet to be sent over to YouTube by the event coordinators, but I have been able to provide the finals for the event. A playlist has been made in the media section, where additional matches will be added (located here). Here's the Grand Finals featuring Carl "Perfect Legend" White and Eric "Ryujin" Lee:
Final Results:
1. Carl "Perfect Legend" White
2. Eric "Ryujin" Lee
3. Chris "NinjaCW" Harris
Game Underground Tournament Spectacular (GUTS)
Boston, MA
This was considered "Boston's First Major", and while many of the top players in the community were at Season's Beatings Ascension, Boston's growing scene was dedicated to showing off its support to the Fighting Game Community. The event, like SBA, showcased many great matches from various fighting games including Dead or Alive 5. The Dead or Alive 5 tournament was being hosted by Free Step Dodge's own Greg "Gill Hustle" Nicholas who has been trying to grow his Boston scene with his UGS arcade lounge.
GUTS had many players from other fighting games have their try at Dead or Alive 5 as well, including Virtua Fighter 5's EMP Rodney "Rodnutz" John showing off his Kokoro. Kenny "H20 Evil" Leite showed off his Pai skills transferring over from Virtua Fighter 5 while helping some of the new community members with the game and it's deeper strategies. The tournament also had Maia Allison in attendance who had many underestimating her skills as she took down each competitor up to the grand finals. The playlist for the event is available in the media section (located here). Here's the Grand Finals of the Singles event featuring Maia Allison and Matt "Mr. Wah" Ponton:
Final Results:
1. Matt "Mr. Wah" Ponton
2. Maia Allison
3. Kenny "H20 Evil" Leite
However, that's not all from GUTS. It also featured the first Dead or Alive 5 Pair Play Tag Tournament. This is where we have a tag tournament requiring each character to be played by an individual player. It gained a lot of attention at the event as deeper levels of strategies were created at the event itself. For example, tagging in on a sit-down stun to get a guaranteed sit-down stun or Critical Burst. I hope to see this at more tournaments. Here's the grand finals for the event featuring "Dragon Hustle" ("BP Dragon" & Greg "Gill Hustle" Nicolas) and "EMP FSD" (EMP Rodney "Rodnutz" John & Matt "Mr. Wah" Ponton):
Australian Launch Tournament
Melbourne VIC
The United States wasn't the only tournament that was held in the first week of Dead or Alive 5. Berzerk was able to help run an event on the first weekend as well. Featuring many of Australia's best in Virtua Fighter and Dead or Alive 5, the tournament turned out to be a nice success. There was even an incident of a match deciding on account of stealthy tiger (Video).
The event hasn't been sent to YouTube but you can view the tournament at the 3:52:00 mark of the twitch TV link: http://www.twitch.tv/couchwarriors/b/333838039
Final Results:
1. Emperor of Japan
2. fm.BigBoss
3. Tones
Stay tuned to the FSD event calendar for an event that may be near your area to help grow the scene. I can't wait to see the end of the year as these months of DOA5 breakdown heat up.
