Season 2 has come to a close. The playoff system introduced this season was successful in creating high-profile and exciting matches, and we will continue using this format in upcoming seasons. Congratulations to our Season 2 Champions:

• Tekken 6: Mike “Highlander” Magno. Runner-up: Mark “Alphasine” Magno
• King of Fighters XIII: Beau “Kitch” Kitchpanich. Runner-up: Julian “Akagi” Racelis
• Super Street Fighter AE 2012: Yong “Shinji” Shin. Runner-up: Neo “WeirdoNeo” Yim
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3: Jason “BigRaichu” Lee. Runner-up: Bruce “ShyGuy” Vang
• ALL-STAR AWARD: Banky “Banksters” Kitchpanich (Most points overall, top 8 placement in all 4 games, 20 of 20 bracket participation)

AKG’s first UMvC3 tournament was held on November 20. The archived stream footage for both AE and UMvC can be found at the AlaskaGamers twitch.tv page.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 – Top 8
1. Kurbzin
2. Manny S
3. WeirdoNeo
4. Highlander
5. Orry Watts
5. Raphael
7. Shyguy
7. Yen
[ Full Bracket ]

Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition – Top 8
1. Shinji
2. Laggyness
3. Banksters
4. Orry Watts
5. WeirdoNeo
5. Grandmaster B
7. Manny S
7. Ebomb
[ Full Bracket ]

Several members of the AKG fighting game community will be traveling to Seattle, WA next week to compete at Northwest Majors 3. NWM is the largest tournament held for players in the northwest region. Several well-known SF4 players from around the country (and other countries) will be making an appearance as well. The event takes place from November 11-13 and will be streamed by Team Khaos. More schedule and stream details can be found at the NWM homepage.

Alaskan players confirmed for the event are: WeirdoNeo, Kitch, Banksters, Ebomb, Tigerstyle, KevinP, and Shyhaida. We will be updating the progress of AKG players via our Twitter @AlaskaGamers during the event!

Season 1 of Friendly Fire Ranbats ended on November 1st. You can view the final score sheet for all players here. Here are your Season 1 Champs:

• Super Street Fighter 4 AE: Neo “WeirdoNeo” Yim
• Street Fighter 3rd Strike: Banky “Banksters” Kitchpanich
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Bruce “Shyguy” Vang
• Tekken 6: Mike “Highlander” Magno

Here are the results for the Gears of War 3 2v2 tournament held by AKG/FF at Friendly Fire on October 23:

8 Teams [ Full Bracket ]

1. Win ($34)
2. BK ($18)
3. Massachusetts ($6)
4. Barbara Walter’s Cream Cheese Sandwich
5. Tak Backpack
5. You Suze You Lose
7. Lonewolf
7. Champion

Thank you to all the players for participating! This was the first FPS game tournament organized by AKG (special thanks to Benny). If you have any comments or suggestions for improvements on future tournaments feel free to leave a comment!

Sunday, October 9 @ 1pm
GoW3 Free-for-All Tournament
Play-N-Trade on Dimond Blvd
Facebook Event Page

Sunday, October 23 @ 4pm
AKG Presents: GoW3 2v2 Tournament
Friendly Fire – 343 W. Benson
Facebook Event Page
Forum Discussion

(Photo by Sam Slone)

Senshi-Con was held on September 24 and 25th. Fighting game tournaments were held at the gaming area of the convention, and AKG was there in full force to provide support and record highlight matches.

NOTE: Only results for MvC3 and SF4AE have been made public. Contact me with results for the other tournaments if you have them.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our first season of ranbats at Friendly Fire. Current standings have been posted at this page. Links to the full brackets can be found there as well.

UPDATE: Results from T6 1.1 and MvC3 1.1 have been posted.

AlaskaGamers and Friendly Fire is proud to announce the first season of ranking battles! The season consists of 4 different games running for 8 weeks. Players will compete for points and bragging rights as the season 1 champion. Week 1 for both Street Fighter titles starts on Tuesday, September 13. Tekken 6 and MvC3 begins on September 20. Click here for more details.