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FriendlyFire Ranbats Updates

ebomb — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:54:20 +0000

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)

Visit our Season 3 page for information on the next season of ranbats featuring Street Fighter X Tekken and Soul Calibur V.

November to Dismember: Results

ebomb — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:14:11 +0000

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 ]

AKG @ Northwest Majors 3

ebomb — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:57:08 +0000

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!

FF Ranbats Season 1 Results

ebomb — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:28:44 +0000

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

Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to all of our players for taking part in this inaugural season. We will take what we learned in the past 8 weeks and begin working on plans for a new season of fighting game competitions!

AKG Gears 2v2 Tournament Results

ebomb — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:39:41 +0000

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!

October Gears of War 3 Tournaments

ebomb — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:29:33 +0000

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

Senshi-Con 2011 FG Tournaments Results

ebomb — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:38:55 +0000

(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.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3
20 Players
1. Shyguy (Bruce) (1)
2. KurbZin (3)
3. Yunghove (4)
4. Manny (5)
5. Banky (6)
5. Julian (7)
7. Neo (8)
7. Kaiser (12)
9. Yen (2)
9. Swaggatastic (Kevin) (9)
9. AK Grandmaster B (10)
9. Z-row
13. Orry Watts (10)
13. RE AK (Brandon)
13. Erik J
13. RD
17. Daniel
17. KmkzGrl (Kiki)
17. Mick
17. Shijicon

Super Street Fighter 4 AE
24 Players
[#. Name(Seed)]
1. Neo(4)
2. Orry(3)
3. Benny Honda (5)
4. Banksters (6)
5. Jason Lee(1)
5. Laggy(2)
7. Bomby(7)
7. Julian
9. Milo
9. Z-row
9. Tigerstyle
9. Vega
13. Kalem Eat Cookie
13. SecretG
13. Nine
13. Iron Johan
17. Dyrus
17. Rina-Chan
17. Kaiser
17. Dereck
17. Masenko
17. Narojima
17. Dusty
17. Raphael

FF Tuesday Ranbats Week 1

ebomb — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:30:09 +0000

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.

Friendly Fire Ranbats Season 1: MvC3, AE, 3S, T6

ebomb — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:25:06 +0000

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.

Back-to-School Bash: Results

ebomb — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:40:46 +0000

Here are the top 8 results and bracket links for the tournament held on August 28th. Match videos can be found at our YouTube page.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 – Top 8

1. Jason (Dante/Magneto/Sentinel) ($33)
2. Shyguy (Magneto/Zero/Sentinel) ($17)
3. KurbZin (Magneto/Dormammu/Haggar/Task) ($5)
4. Yen (Amaterasu/Trish/Taskmaster)
5. Manny (Spencer/Wesker/Chris)
5. Banky (Magneto/Wesker/Dormammu)
7. Grandmaster B (Wolverine/Hulk/Sentinel)
7. Kaiser (Wolverine/Amaterasu/Sentinel)
[ Full Bracket ]
[ YouTube Playlist ]

Super Street Fighter IV AE – Top 8

1. Shinji (Yun, C.Viper) ($60)

2. WeirdoNeo (Juri, Chun-Li) ($30)

3. Laggyness (Fei-Long) ($10)

4. Jason (Seth, Yang)

5. Orry (Dan, Adon)

5. JTM (Dhalsim, Balrog)

7. Manny (Zangief)

7. Banky (Seth, Yun)
[ Full Bracket ]
[ YouTube Playlist ]

Tekken 6 – Top 8

1. JTM (Christie, Alisa, Bruce) ($60)

2. BVS (Mokujin, Paul, Miguel, Asuka) ($30)

3. Highlander (Devil Jin, Kazuya) ($10)

4. Akagi (Lili)
5. Iron Johan (Marduk)
5. Kaiser (Steve)
7. Ippo (Steve)
7. Tigerstyle (Feng)
[ Full Bracket ]
[ YouTube Playlist ]