Furthermore, last week on Shoryuken’s official podcast, Wakeup SRK was about Melty Blood and featured interviews with Sp00ky and bellreisa. The scope is similar, as the show is about what the game is, how the hell it got so many votes, and what people can expect at Evolution this year for Melty Blood.

!!

Wow. It’s so weird reading this post from Master Chibi a couple of years back:

As we decided what to order Sabin was looking at me oddly when he said he wanted to slap me for not talking to Mr. Wizard, and then I asked him about what?

“Melty Blood, chance of a lifetime and you passed it up!”

He was right, I really did blank out. We all ordered our food and ran back up again, when I decided to ask Mr. Wizard a question or two about Melty Blood ever being held at any Evolution in the future.

At first he smiled, because when I asked my hands were clapped together as if I was praying, but he was kind enough to talk about it.

Basically he made the point that the game has to get a community going first, not only on EC but WC and elsewhere too. You know, get the game to blow up however possible. Make him notice that people are into this game and that it’s worth consider. He said not to take it as being hopeless either, and brought up an example. Street Fighter 3S was originally on the roster when released, only to be taken off due to lack of anyone even playing the game. Then out of nowhere the community blew up and they realized it was worth putting back in. They also noted that having around 100 entrants (TTT had around 90+ when it was held at Evo) is something that will quickly get them to take notice and get them to look into it more.

So it’s not entirely hopeless, and it can be done. If we could get 30 people last year, then Zaelar and myself are going to personally push for 50 this year. We’re looking to really start pushing the ranbats here on the EC, possibly by a projector for MB at Evo World this year (you heard right), put in $200+ into the pot, we want to push this shit and make it happen. Evo 2k8? Probably not, but that shouldn’t stop us for shit.

So let’s make this happen guys!

How far things have come along in the last three years. There are still a lot of things that need to be done (like coordinating donations, trying to attract foreign plays to come out, other events, etc.) and never mind the players themselves training up to bring their best game to Vegas.

One last item, two images to note this event:

(Thanks for grandlordzero for the image.)

(Thanks to Paikman for this image.)

Melty Blood at Evolution (as a main game)? « on: May 28, 2007, 06:18:01 PM » Quote Modify Remove Split Topic A few things first, I wouldn’t have had actually gone through with this if it wasn’t for Arturo because at the first chance I had my mind went completely blank because I’m a fucking moron and more or less exhausted from Evo East. Second, for NYC MB’ers, I managed to secure a TV to always have available for our tournaments at W2Z, more on that later. Anyways, earlier today (Monday), around the time we were going to check out (originally 11am) myself, Zaelar, and Sabin were getting ready when we got suckered into watching the 5th (or maybe 6th) Pokemon movie on Cartoon Network. Haha, we stuck around until 11:50am, and then ran downstairs to check out. A friend had come earlier that day (more like 3am) to tell us that they were literally giving televisions away due to the absurd shipping costs it would have cost to send them all, so we went up to the event hall to see if this was really true. There was literally like 20 televions in boxes sitting in the back with all the PS2’s, Dreamcasts, and games packaged next to them. At first we wondered why the event hall was open when that stuff was just sitting there, so we just brushed it off and went down to the parking lot thinking it’s best we head out. It’s then that we bumped into Gavin (Echoes of Pain on SRK, tournament director at TGA) and Ralph (RushedDown on SRK) in the parking lot. Talked for two minutes, when I jokingly brought up the point of taking the tv’s. Anyways, to make a long story short, he called a friend who was part of staff, who called the other head of staff, and told us to chill in the room for the staff to show up. Sure enough they did, and sure enough Zaelar and myself took one televions to donate to W2Z, and Sabin took one to do whatever he wanted with. On the way back up with the boxes (the tv’s wouldn’t fit in the boxes so we took them out) we walked past / bumped into Mr. Wizard (do I really need to tell who he is?). We threw away the boxes, and Sabin got to chatting it up with Seth and Mr. Wizard about the old days. We had some laughs about EvoEast, the old days, and lots of other random stuff. Then we decided to go eat, thanked them for the televions and a great time, and went down to the restaurant in the hotel to eat. As we decided what to order Sabin was looking at me oddly when he said he wanted to slap me for not talking to Mr. Wizard, and then I asked him about what? “Melty Blood, chance of a lifetime and you passed it up!” He was right, I really did blank out. We all ordered our food and ran back up again, when I decided to ask Mr. Wizard a question or two about Melty Blood ever being held at any Evolution in the future. At first he smiled, because when I asked my hands were clapped together as if I was praying, but he was kind enough to talk about it. Basically he made the point that the game has to get a community going first, not only on EC but WC and elsewhere too. You know, get the game to blow up however possible. Make him notice that people are into this game and that it’s worth consider. He said not to take it as being hopeless either, and brought up an example. Street Fighter 3S was originally on the roster when released, only to be taken off due to lack of anyone even playing the game. Then out of nowhere the community blew up and they realized it was worth putting back in. They also noted that having around 100 entrants (TTT had around 90+ when it was held at Evo) is something that will quickly get them to take notice and get them to look into it more. So it’s not entirely hopeless, and it can be done. If we could get 30 people last year, then Zaelar and myself are going to personally push for 50 this year. We’re looking to really start pushing the ranbats here on the EC, possibly by a projector for MB at Evo World this year (you heard right), put in $200+ into the pot, we want to push this shit and make it happen. Evo 2k8? Probably not, but that shouldn’t stop us for shit. So let’s make this happen guys!

Time to break those piggy banks and grab those rainy day funds.  Let’s make this Evo the ultimate hype ever.  As a Vegas local, I’ll look forward to seeing you.

The bad news is that Melty Blood: Actress Again was not chosen as one of the feature games. :( However…

The good news is that the final game is going to be determined by the community at large, and one of the games for consideration is Melty Blood: Actress Again. The choice will be made via a forum poll on Shoryuken’s forums, and as such they are going to require forum accounts with some standing in order to vote.

Voting is available now; voting is open until 12:01 AM PST, February 6th. So the poll will be available for tonight and all of the next week. If you have not already registered as a member on Shoryuken, you will not be eligible to vote.

Melty Blood: Actress Again live on stage (and the stream) at America’s biggest fighting game tournament?

YES

WE

CAN

(Thanks to Paikman for the image.)

Singles results:

1: Lord Knight ($261.00)
2: Xie ($130.00)
3: jiyuna ($85.00)
4: Tonberry ($46.00)
5: Sp00ky ($29.00)
5: GenericSuperhero ($29.00)
7: Santa Suit Biff
7: Pfhor
9: XAQShinor
9: mynusdomo
9: Master Chibi
9: bellreisa
13: FrankTheTank
13: Rayza
13: Zero
13: Kamina
17: Rithli
17: orka
17: Chaser
17: Rei
17: Curbeh
17: tinshi
17: Comic-Z
17: Dipstick
25: nightroad
25: Badfish
25: LordPangTong
25: MakotoFox
25: Tempered
25: Rhal
25: Skiki
25: David Sirlin’s Friendster Page
33: Kirah
33: Choco
33: StickBug
33: Lolisauce
33: Zaeler
33: Great Knight
33: JeffM
33: sibladeko
33: Nas
33: 10Stars
33: motoh
33: Komidol
33: Kite
33: sumAzNDude
33: K
33: Spidey
49: Hyperhal
49: phauxe
49: moku
49: FecalPenence
49: Vice Virtuoso
49: true_tech
49: Theli
49: orochimarusama21
49: Rorec
49: Ehrik
49: LivingShadow

From the team tournament:

1: Team Handsome (GenericSuperhero, Xie) ($156.00)
2: Team Bangs (jiyuna, Lord Knight) ($78.00)
3: Team Lolis Toss Salt (mynus, XAQshinor) ($26.00)
4: Team ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED????? (Sp00ky, Zar)
5: Team Netplay Warriors (Great Knight, Tonberry)
5: Team Gattai! (Nightroad, Kamina)
7: Team Kite Runner (LordPangTong, Kite)
7: Team Ladels and Lines (Master Chibi, Zaeler)
9: Team Amber Alert (pfhor, JeffM)
9: Team VStarbucks (CajunStrike, FrankTheTank)
9: Team Taiga (Komidol, Kira)
9: Team Some Asian Guys (sumAzNDude, sibladeko)
13: Team Take You To The Movies (Rayza, Curbeh)
13: Team We Don’t Need A Team Name (Mizuki, ehrik)
13: Team Dat EX Slayer (Nas, Gos)
13: Team Beret (Zero, Tempered)
17: Team Poverty (Moku, K)
17: Team only_hal_gets_picked_last (Hyperhal, Lolisauce)
17: Team Politically Correct (Rithli, ShadowFox)
17: Team WAFU- (Comic-Z, Rorec)
17: Team YLIS (Dipstick, orka)
17: Team Dabvid “The Beast” Sorelin (Choco, bellreisa)
17: Team Ivanna Humpalot (tinshi, FecalPenence)
17: Team Bye (motoh, TrueTech)
25: Team Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo (Celestein, Theli)
25: Team North Carolina (PurifyWeirdSoul, BeastOfFire)

Thanks to everyone that showed up and competed, and also thanks to who were helping me on IRC and the UStream chat keeping things straight.

Live streaming available via UStream, and if you go on it right now the team tournament is being streamed live, and you can also view the casuals streamed last night in the archive.

Videos are already out too. As always, thanks to sp00ky for working on the videos and getting them out so quickly.
http://teamspooky.com/content/?p=160
http://teamspooky.com/content/?p=163

If you don’t want to download, they can also be viewed on Youtube here.
Top 8 Singles

18 vs 18 team tournament

http://teamspooky.com/content/?p=151

http://teamspooky.com/content/?p=156

As for upcoming tournaments with MBAA, there are two tournaments next weekend on 9/19. There’s a Play N Trade tournament in Smith Town, New York, and WTF 2009 in Paul’s arcade at Racine, Wisconsin.

Seasons Beatings 4 in Columbus, Ohio will be held during October 16-18, but iirc currently MBAA is not on the roster for side events, although there is potential interest in it. If you live in the area, go ahead and post in this thread expressing interest for a possible side tourney.

Northeast Championships X will be held during December 5th-6th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is one of the biggest annual fighting game tournaments in the country, and MBAA will be a main game at this event, so if you can, try to go to this to support MBAA and all the other games in their roster. More information at:
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=205593
http://www.meltybread.com/forums/tournaments-and-events/necx-in-philly-the-fourth-annual-northeast-melty-major-(1205-062009)

Final Round XIII in Atlanta, Georgia will be held during March 12-14 2010. This is quite a ways from now, but MBAA will be a main game and FR is one of the biggest fighting game tournaments in the country so make sure to pre-register if you are planning to go. More information at:
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=200458
http://www.meltybread.com/forums/tournaments-and-events/march-12-14-2010-(final-round)13-new-era-of-hype!-atlanta-ga

In commemoration to jiyuna winning BBGXI, the next character in the MBAA showcase will be Nanaya, all styles. The videos are of a Nanaya only 2on2 tournament, which sounds like a joke at first but the players are actually really good, and many of them are fairly well known.

New features in the PS2 version of MBAA are a new console original balance mode, fully voiced cutscenes and winquotes, and 5 new characters in the form of Shiki Ryougi, Seifuku Akiha, Kohaku&Mech, Mech&Neco, and Archetype Earth, a boss version of Arcueid.  There’s also a new moon phase called Eclipse Moon, which is purely a style meant for boss versions of characters.  Finally, there’s a very hilarious Boss Rush mode which is highly recommended for everyone to try out at least once.

To unlock the new characters:
Seifuku Akiha – Beat arcade mode with both Akiha and VAkiha
Mech&Neco – Beat arcade mode with Miyako
Neco Arc Chaos – Beat arcade mode with White Len and Hisui
Kohaku&Mech – Beat arcade mode with Neco Arc on a specific path where Koha&Mech is the first opponent.  If they’re not 1st, then restart and try again
Archetype Earth – Not really too sure, but pretty sure Boss Rush needs to be beaten without losing a round

Boss rush mode is unlocked by beating arcade mode with all of the characters.  In addition, it’s possible to just time unlock everything

If this sounds like too much trouble(and it should), then there’s a full savefile available here.

Finally, the next char to be featured in the MBAA character showcase is Miyako.  The player is かんな(Kanna), who was a top Miyako player in MBAC and is continuing to use her in MBAA mainly using her Crescent and Fullmoon styles.  The Youtube playlist contains videos of Kanna against various players at Joybox arcade.  A little background about Joybox, it is an arcade located in Tokyo, and many people in the West know Joybox for its Youtube account Geesendou, which posts tons of match videos for lots of games.  Basically, they record pretty much everything, so in the videos they put up on their Youtube account the level of play tends to vary wildly, since they’re not recording tournaments and just about anyone could go on the cab that’s getting recorded.  However, occasionally some very good players show up and get recorded, which makes for great watching.  Player names are never labeled in their videos, but luckily, through the power of the Japanese MBAA BBS, we know that the good Miyako in this set of videos is Kanna.  There’s about 16 videos in this Youtube playlist. There are also more videos of Kanna available on the Meltybread Youtube account, which can be found very easily using the search function.