Daigo Umehara's Event Schedule 2015

- Canada Cup's Master Series [January 9-11]
- 5th Niconico Shotenkaigi [January 18]
- Yonpahi radio show [January 23]
- 6th Niconico Shotenkaigi [January 25]
- Taipei Game Show [Jan 31]
- Tokaigi 2015 [Feb 1]

Saturday, May 4, 2013

TOPANGA Asia League Day2 summary

Info
- TOPANGA Asia League announced (rules, prizes, stream links, ticket links)
- Bon-chan qualifies for TOPANGA Asia League
- Player characters revealed
- Ringside seats offered
- Niconico Pro Tip: Time Shift

Previous posts
- TOPANGA Asia League Day 1 summary

 Commentators
- R
- Kazunoko

Opening skit
- Kazunoko shouted TOPANGA LEAGUE instead of R.

Notes
- Nemo and Eita were in the audience

 Day 2 / May 4 / Saturday
    1. Sako vs. Poongko
    2. Xiao Hai vs. GamerBee
    3. Xian vs. Bon-chan
    4. Poongko vs. Xiao Hai
    5. Sako vs. Xian
    6. Fuudo vs. Bon-chan
    7. Umehara vs. GamerBee
      Results are below (spoilers)


      1. Poongko (Set U1) 3-7 Sako (E. Ryu U2)
      - Poongko chose 1P side. Sako chose Morning Mist Bay.
      1. 2-1 *perfect in 2nd round by Poongko
      2. 0-2 *big comeback in 1st round by Sako
      3. 0-2
      4. 2-1
      5. 0-2 *Sako showed off some vortex-like setup in last round
      6. 0-2
      7. 2-1
      8. 1-2 *nice combo (stomp x3) in last round by Sako
      9. 0-2
      10. 1-2

      2. GamerBee (Ado U2) 3-7 Xiao Hai (Cam U1)
      - GamerBee chose 1P side.
      1. 0-2
      2. 2-1
      3. 0-2 *nice Ultra reaction in 1st round by XH
      4. 0-2
      5. 0-2
      6. 0-2 *it's clearly GB can't do anything at this point
      7. 0-2
      8. 2-0 *XH almost had a comeback in last round (very close)
      9. 2-1
      10. 0-2

      3. Bon-chan (Aku U1) 0-7 Xian (Gen U1)
      - Xian chose 2P side. Bon chose Overpass.
      1. 0-2
      2. 1-2 *Bon threw last round by random DP (eating big combo)
      3. 1-2
      4. 1-2 *Bon aimed for timeout in last round but failed (even big lead)
      5. 1-2
      6. 0-2
      7. 1-2 *Bon aimed for timeout in last round but failed again 
      - Apparently Bon didn't know how to approach as Akuma. He mainly waited to counterattack but failed to do anything worthwhile. Many rounds ended/almost by timeout.

        4. Poongko (Set U2) 5-7 Xiao Hai (Cam U1)
        - Poongko chose 1P side.
        1. 0-2
        2. 1-2 *close 1st round
        3. 1-2 *Poongko changed his chair
        4. 1-2
        5. 0-2 *beautiful low Cannon Strike>Ultra in last round
        6. 2-0
        7. 1-2 *perfect in last round
        8. 2-1 *nice trade Gyro finish in 1st round *perfect in 2nd/3rd round by Poongko
        9. 2-0
        10. 2-1
        11. 2-0
        12. 1-2 *Poongko missed EX SPD at the end and lost in last round
        - Poongko found his form at around 7th game which was too late.

        5. Sako (E. Ryu U2) 9-7 Xian (Gen U1)
        1. 1-2 *Sako made a big miss which cost him last round
        2. 1-2
        3. 2-0 *close last round
        4. 2-1
        5. 2-1 *Sako failed to chip win with DP and lost big lead in 1st round
        6. 2-1 *perfect in 2nd round by Sako *Xian lost big lead in last round
        7. 2-1
        8. 0-2
        9. 2-1 *a comeback in last round
        10. 0-2
        11. 0-2 *nice okizeme>super>ultra setup in last round by Xian
        12. 0-2
        13. [deuce] 1-2
        14. [deuce] 2-1
        15. [deuce] 2-1
        16. [deuce] 2-1
        - Sako left Xian some space as he approached 7th win and it almost cost him this match, because Xian fought back hard.

        6. Bon-chan (Aku U1) 3-7 Fuudo (Fei U1)
          - Fuudo chose 2P side.
          1. 0-2
          2. 2-1
          3. 0-2
          4. 0-2
          5. 1-2 *close last round (Bon missed overhead)
          6. 2-1
          7. 0-2 *nice comeback in last round
          8. 2-0
          9. 0-2
          10. 1-2 *how not to play Akuma in 1st round (random tatsu, random demon flip)
            - Best Fei Long in the world vs. half-baked Akuma. Nothing to see here.

            7.  GamerBee (Ado U1) 7-9 Umehara (Ryu U1)
            - GamerBee chose 1P. Umehara chose Inland Jungle.
            1. 1-2
            2. 2-1 *Umehara dropped an important combo in last round
            3. 2-0
            4. 2-1 *nice block in 2nd round by Umehara
            5. 2-1 *nice Arigataya finish (and comenback) in 2nd round
            6. 0-2
            7. 0-2 *beautiful bait in last round by Umehara
            8. 0-2
            9. 1-2
            10. 2-1 *super intense last round
            11. 2-1 *very close 2nd round (EX DP beat EX Rising)
            12. 1-2 *very close 1st round
            13. [deuce] 2-0
            14. [deuce] 1-2 *Arigataya finish in 1st round *Umehara dropped important combo in 2nd round
            15. [deuce] 1-2 *Arigataya finish in 2nd round *weird/exciting last round (SRKFADCMetsu somehow didn't kill and they tried to chip each other)
            16. [deuce] 1-2 *nice hitconfirmed super in 2nd round by Umehara
            - The most exciting match in 2013... no, actually in such a very long long time. This's a real heartbreaker. Umehara was losing, was winning, was losing, was going to win, ?????????, HE WON!
            - The audience actually yelled ARIGATAYA! GOOD JOB GUYS! (Whenever Umehara connects Shoryuken>FADC>Metsu, people will yell Arigataya (ありがたや) (it's used when God granted you a wish, Thank God/Thank You Lord). So we call that Arigataya finish.
            - It took too much time for Umehara to adapt to. At the beginning, he walked into too many of Adon's standing K (GamerBee was waiting for that).


              Table
              Player P W L GD
              1 Fuudo 3 3 0 +15
              2 Sako 3 3 0 +13
              3 Xiao Hai 3 2 1 +4
              4 Umehara3 2 1 +2
              5 Bon-chan 4 2 2 -7
              6 Xian 4 1 3 -2
              7 GamerBee 4 1 3 -11
              8 Poongko 4 0 4 -14


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