SF5 Top 32 bracket is starting to get filled out, see it here.

So far in top 32 are: Tokido, Strider, Fuudo, Kelvin Jeon, Ricki Ortiz, Crizzle, LPN, Kazunoko, Filipinoman, PR Balrog, Haitani, Afrocole, Julio, Xian, Xiaohai, Fubarduck, Momochi, XsK_Samurai, NuckleDu, Lamerboi, Snake Eyez, bjUNCHAINED, Reynald, Nando,

Notable moments so far:
LPN knocks Kazunoko down into loser's bracket in pools.
Gllty beats AfroCole in a Dhalsim mirror match/Sim vs Dictator.
Chris T beats Poongko in the death pool.
Justin Wong gets knocked down by Bonchan.
Sudden emergence of Marn x Mago bromance.
AHHHH MARN JUST BEAT MAGO LMAO
Marn is just upsetting left right and center today. I think if he even got that first stun on Infiltration he might have gotten at least one game. But Nash/Charlie imo wins the match up vs. Mika pretty well...

Just a reminder that the SFV part of NCR is all day on twitch.tv/capcomfighters

As of this post pools will end in around 6:30 hours, starting at 6:00 PM PST.

Brackets can be found here.

Notable players are Graham Wolfe, Tokido, Ricki Ortiz, Kazunoko, Fuudo,PR Balrog, Haitani, Xian, Xiaohai, Momochi, Nuckledu, ChocoBlanka, Snake Eyez, ChrisG, Hellpockets, Dakou, Nando, Justin Wong, Bonchan, Crackfiend, Alex Valle, Jiewa, Infiltration, brentiscool, and gootecks.

Pool 16 is the legendary "death pool" which contains Chris T, Poongko, KBrad, Fchamp, Alucard, Mago, MOV, and Marn.

i played 50+ party quests or something in a day in maplestory when i was like 14.

Just so you guys know NCR is kicking off tomorrow, Friday March 25. SFV starts on Saturday but there's still some fighting game action going on tomorrow so you can check that out in the schedule linked below.

This is a Premier Event which means lots of international attention. Infiltration, currently considered the best SFV player so far winning the first Premier Final Round, is still in the US I believe so he's likely to make another appearance and perhaps take another win.

Will we see another "Year of Infiltration" for SF5? Tune in at twitch.tv/capcomfighters on Saturday and Sunday to find out!

The schedule for the entirety of NCR can be found here

Brackets will be posted by me or whoever is awake whenever they pop up (probably tomorrow idk?)

Canada lost one of it's few memes today. rip.

honestly how many memes do we have aside from people pretending we don't exist? :/

Where is the marsh??

edit: on a more serious note the last looks really easy to push into considering the defenders have almost no elevated positions around the point while offense get 2 high ground positions from upper lobby to push off of. It's also really strange that if you are defender there is a 1-way door into the left room with the health+ammo but the only way to get out is to either go forward right next to upper lobby or go all the way around and somehow not get spotted in lower lobby/2nd.

2nd also looks really easy for the attackers to hold since there's realistically only 2 ways to get in and both ways the attackers have high ground.

Mid looks fairly good though. It's not very wide but fairly long, promoting efficient soldier aggression similar to snakewater.

Overall the issue for me is that it looks like if you win mid it's a VERY uphill battle for the defenders.

Loser's finals is happening now at twitch.tv/capcomfighters
The winner between Haitani and Tokido will face Infiltration in the Grand Finals.
Which of the two of the five gods will make it into grand finals?
I'm predicting Tokido! :D

EDIT: WHOOPS LOL actually the winner of Haitani and Tokido is getting a spot in loser's finals...

So loser's finals is Mago vs. Tokido. Both Madcatz sponsors and really familiar with each other as players and friends. It's gonna be a hype match.

Top 128 is happening now on twitch.tv/capcomfighters
Bracket: https://smash.gg/tournament/final-round-19/brackets/11882/19110

Fchamp, Mago, Fuudo, Velociraptor, Chris T, alucarD, and Bonchan all in the same bracket = craziness.

Snake Eyez, Poongko, PR Balrog, Dakou are also all in the same bracket.

Things to note:
Fuudo eliminates Bonchan.
Somehow 3 brackets do not have any asian players.
Momochi eliminates Alex Valle.
SonicFox going really deep into the tournament (MKX champion + other games).
Goichi/Go1, and Nando making a name for themselves breaking into top 16. (Nando knocked out Goichi recently)
Infiltration, Mago, Nando, and brentiscool in top 8 winner's side.
SonicFox, Go1/Goichi, Tokido and Haitani in top 8 loser's side.

Really liking how the site looks and functions. It just seems really clean and concise while also being fancy. Loving this site and will definitely be using it quite a bit.

The pool brackets are up: https://smash.gg/tournament/final-round-19/brackets/11882/14394

Things to note so far:
Dark Jiewa lost in pools.
AfroCole lost in pools.

Infiltration, Fuudo, and Poongko look like they have free pools.
A name I missed is EG.ChocoBlanka. I don't know too much about her but I know she got bodied by Ricki Ortiz at the E3 exhibition tournament.

What's everyone's top 8 predictions for Final Round?

Mine is: Infiltration, Jwong, Fuudo, Kazunoko, Mago, 801 Strider, PR Balrog, and I'm gonna go with KBrad for my 8th to spice it up.

I don't think SnakeEyez is going to do that well unless he fights people that don't know how to fight Gief... He might do well against Japanese players if they don't study the match-up though. If that's the case I'd put him in there instead of probably Mago or Fuudo.

On a side note, anybody going to Evo this year? I'm tagging along with my Mom who is going to be on a business trip and I'll be there all weekend while also watching finals so if we got any homies that want to meet up and not look like lonely gamers I'm down.

Evo dropped USF4 in favor of SFV and CPT did the same. So yeah people pretty much have moved on to it. Some players won't like it but generally everybody has moved to SFV.

SFV however is quite different than USF4. USF4 was fairly execution based. Many 1-frame links and FADC's made the game fairly mechanical. SFV however toned it down by making more target combos (combos that are really easy to link) as well as making some gestures easier (such as Chun Li's kicks where in SF4 you had to spam kick buttons but in SFV it's just a Hadoken but with kicks instead of punches).

Overall, yes, SFV is generally considered to be the new game. However those that really liked the mechanical aspect of SF4 will probably still play the game. I know Tokido is just playing for a year and going back to USF4 and Xian is still playing USF4. (Xian and Tokido got 1st and 2nd place in Evo 2013 btw). Also some players that didn't pick up SF4 are picking up SFV now (aka Nuki, Evo 2007 and 2005 3rd Strike winner).

Also on a side note: NorCal regionals are literally next week which is another premier event (and I think Daigo is going to that one?) so if you are nearby consider dropping by. The atmosphere is great for these events. If not, tune in next week on (likely) the same channel twitch.tv/capcomfighters