SSF2T Match Analysis from SF25 - Damdai vs John Choi/Afrolegends

Little bit late for this one - but I have finally released my match analysis video from the Super Turbo finals at the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tournament! The top 3 for me was particularly quite interesting - mainly because we got to see a clash of generations - with Choi being the super-old school player, Afrolegends being the middle-school player, and Damdai being the newest school SF2 player out of all of them. 
 
For this video, I have added some backbeats from Jibbo aka Automattock for this video - since it clock in at 55 minutes long. Shoutouts to him and Seb Rhee of FADC fame - his THawk analysis vid was a huge help - make sure to subscribe to my Youtube at Youtube.com/FGCSabin if you like it!

                                          SSF2T Match Analysis - Damdai vs Afrolegends/John Choi

 

SFXT Match Analysis from SF25 - MCZ Tokido vs WW|MCZ Infiltration

Interested in more match analysis videos? Well look no further - I've complated another set in my match analysis series. This time, it's the Street Fighter x Tekken Winners Finals/Grand Finals from Street Fighter 25th Anniversary! This set was MCZ Tokido (Dhalsim/Cody) vs WW|MCZ Infiltration - (JackX/Rolento - JackX/Ryu)

The video is comprised of me going into training mode and breaking down some of the most commonly used moves from the characters that were played. I also cover gem loadouts before the match. There is also a breakdown as to why I feel Dhalsim is so good in SFXT (as opposed to SF4!) From there I go into the match in my usual match analysis style, using whiteboard/slowmo functionality, etc.

As always, thanks to Haunts of Capcom for letting me use the footage. Hope everyone enjoys the video in lieu of SFXT v. 2013 coming out in a month from now! As always, make sure to subscribe to my youtube channel (FGCSabin) if you enjoy the content I put out!

Street Fighter X Tekken Match Analysis - MCZ Tokido vs WW|MCZ Infiltration @ SF25 Grand Finals

SSF4AE Match Analysis: Daigo vs Infiltration Finals @ Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Tournament

Ever wanted a deeper look at one of the biggest high stakes Street Fighter matches of all time? Well, I'm back again with another Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition analysis video! This time, I take a look at Madcatz|Daigo Umehara's match vs WW|MCZ|Infiltration! This covers not only the winners finals, but the grand finals as well. 

As usual, shotos are not my forte, but I manage to spice up the analysis with frame data via Shoryuken.com, and I used hitbox scans from Eventhubs as well! I also use frame-by-frame and whiteboard analysis. It takes me about 90 minutes to analyze 30 minutes of match play, so the video is long. However, I hope people find it informative! Thank you to Capcom for allowing me to use the footage for my own match analysis. Make sure to subscribe if you like what you see!

SSF4AE Match Analysis - Daigo vs Infiltration SF 25th Anniversary Finals

SSF4AE: Gods Arc Tourney featuring Alioune Sensei

 It has been a long time coming, but the European/French player of legend, Alioune Sensei finally made his way to the US - thanks to the SF 25th Anniversary Tournament! With the event coming to a conclusion, Alioune made his way to New York City to participate in the "Gods Arc" house tourney hosted by Empire Arcadia's very own Triforce GameMaster. With nothing on the line but pride at this point, this was a great way for some of New York's top rated players to test their mettle against one of the best Cammy players in the world!

The usual suspects were at the event, as well as some strong up and comers like "Loud" Zeus and PIE (Professional Instigators Entertainment)'s very own Chin! Below you will find a link to the Challonge bracket if you want to spoil the results. I will also link the Winners/Losers/Grand Finals of the bracket as well as the playlist of the tournament. Thank you to Empire Arcadia for hosting, the players for participating, and especially Alioune for coming to visit NYC! The tourney would have not been the same without you there!

Make sure to subscribe to my youtube channel at FGCSabin if you haven't already! In the next few days I will upload some "concept matches" Alioune had vs a lot of the top NYC players - so be on the lookout for that.

 SSF4AE @ Gods Arc: Top 3 Match Video

Playlist of the Gods Arc Tournament

Challonge Results Bracket

SSF4AE Match Analysis: AGE NYChrisG's Sakura @ Big Two #51

Interested in some SSF4AE match analysis? Well, I've started to resume my match breakdown videos again. This time, I take a close look at After Glow Elite's very own NYChrisG! At Big Two #51, ChrisG broke out his battle hardened Sakura and took out both EMP Santhrax and Dieminion! This was a first, as ChrisG is not known for being a dominant force in SSF4. He actually won both tournaments that day, which was a first for Big Two. I spend a hour and a half documenting the matches, trying to figure out what ChrisG's Sakura was doing. In the process I use frame data and hitbox data to support my analysis. I learned a lot, and I hope you can learn quite a bit as well. Make sure to subscribe to my youtube channel, and leave a comment if you enjoyed what you saw!

SSF4AE Match Analysis: AGE ChrisG vs EMP Santhrax/BT Dieminion

TTT2 After Hours Footage Pre/Post MLG Dallas w Koreans!

Watched most of MLG Dallas but hungry for more Tekken Tag Tournament 2 action? Then wait no more - I've uploaded a lot of high level footage from Eddy Pistons house (AKA the House of Goons!)

In this series, I've uploaded a lot of footage of Anakin, JDCR, Saint, HelpMe, Rip, Aris, Pokchop, The Exalted, and more! Quite a few of these players are top level Tekken competitors - JDCR, Saint, Anakin and HelpMe for example, closed out a lot of the top 4 at MLG Dallas. I've embedded one video from my playlist in this article -

Anakin vs JDCR (Pre-MLG Dallas Matches)

And of course, click this playlist for the rest of the matches! Be sure to subscribe to my channel at FGCSabin on Youtube if you want to see more, which I'll be uploading throught the week.

Evil Geniuses Justin Wong/TS Sabin/Spirant in MVC Origins

I'm back again wtih some MVC1 high level play from the Marvel vs Capcom: Origins re-release port by Iron Galaxy. This time, I take on Evil Genuises very own Justin Wong as well as SpirantGuitar, a solid online player that joined us in the lobby as well! I have 2 separate videos for you guys here, so enjoy the matches! My ping to Justin is around 80-90ms since he's based in California - however, due to both of us having fiber optic internet + Iron Galaxy's implementation of GGPO netcode, the connection between both of us feels lag free (with GGPO delay set to zero.) Props to Iron Galaxy and Ponder for the best implementation of GGPO on a console yet! Enjoy the videos and don't forget to subscribe to my youtube channel at FGCSabin.

TS Sabin vs JWong vs SpirantGuitar - Set 1 | Set 2

Marvel vs Capcom: Origins Netcode Test Video

Marvel vs Capcom Origins was just released yesterday on Playstation Network and XBOX Live! With ports of very old games, two questions tend to be on everyone's mind for legacy players of these games. First off, how is the emulation? Arcade perfect? Secondly, how is the netcode?

After some extensive play on my stream last night, I can confirm for Marvel vs Capcom Origins that the port is one of Iron Galaxy's more solid releases.  GGPO for the most part works extremely well, compared to Iron Galaxy's last Third Strike Online Edition release. To confirm this, I have uploaded a hour and a half of footage from the beginning of my stream. I jump into some ranked matches, and even run into TS NerdJosh in player match! Check out the footage at the link below! Just note that this is for MVC1, not Marvel Super Heroes.

TS Sabin Day 1 MVC: Origins Netcode Tests

DOA5: Day 1 Netplay Sets with PerfectLegend and NinjaCW

DOA5 finally dropped yesterday - as such, I picked up the XBOX version to put it to the test. Did a 19 hour day 1 stream of the game, and I was searching for some solid DOA5 vets to play on stream to show people what the game was about. Thankfully Perfect Legend and NinjaCW obliged and invited me to their Endless Battle lobby. There's a variety of chars being played in this 2+ hour set from these long time DOA vetarans. It also offers a good look at DOA5 netcode as well - with PL based out of Ohio and NinjaCW based out of Deleware. Enjoy and don't forget to subscribe to my channel.

DOA 5 Day 1 Netplay Casuals (XBOX) - Perfect Legend vs NinjaCW

King of GGPO Summer Finals Tonight @ 8PM PST/11PM EST

 The King of GGPO Summer 2012 edition is coming to a close tonight - we'll be doing a sendoff to this current season tonight at 8PM PST/11PM EST! Currently, Jarek (O.Sagat) from Mexico is in the finals as well as Damdai, which should come as no surprise. Who will be the 3rd person playing in the 3 way FT10 finals? Will it be another Mexican? Or will it be another GGPO vet? Find out in a few hours!

Round 3 is tonight, and the Race to 10 will immediately be after Round 3 ends. If you want to signup for tonight's event, check out this link on STRevival.

Stream will be at the usual place - twitch.tv/nycfurby

King of GGPO Summer Edition Round 2 Tonight! 10PM PST

Round 2 of The King of GGPO Summer Edition is back again tonight at 10pm PST/1AM EST! Come through tonight if you want your daily fix of old man Super Turbo action! Last week we had a pretty cool event - Damdai showed up and it made for some interesting matches! Jarek from Mexico took it in the end over Damdai with that solid O. Sagat fireball spacing! You can check out the replays from last week HERE.

Stream URL will be at the usual place - @ nycfurby on TwitchTV! Hope to see you guys in attendance tonight!

TTT2: FightingGM vs The Game sets + EC/WC PSN Netplay w FilthieRich!

As of today, TTT2 has launched worldwide! As such, I invited a few solid Tekken players over for some running sets and a EC to WC netcode test run.

The first 2 sets are with FightingGM and The Game. FightingGM is a world reknown Lee player - while The Game is known for his Mishimas and Law throught the Tekken series.

After that, we have a netplay demonstration with FilthieRich of Namco Bandai Games! To our surprise, the netcode holds up very well on PSN even on a east coast to west coast connection. Check out the sets and the netplay demo below! The players involved in this demo are MLG Carlos, FightingGM, The Game, lordsavior and Devil Himself! Don't forget to subscribe to my channel at FGCSabin for more footage in the future!

FightingGM vs The Game - Set 1 | Set 2

FilthieRich vs TS Sabin Netcode test!

Super Turbo: King of GGPO returns tonight with Summer Edition!

After a bit of a hiatus post-Evo, The King of GGPO is back with the summer edition of online tournaments! This has been a year long project started by myself and Bob "sf2kuroppi" Painter to keep ST's momentum alive in 2012 during the quiet months!

This is the Summer edition of qualifiers -- the winners of the King of Summer will play each other in a race to 10. Seasonal winners will play each other off at the end of the year. Right now, the other seasonal champions are none other than Afrolegends, who is repping Socal, and yito2k, a strong Dhalsim player from Mexico!

Sign-ups are still ongoing if you want to play, and the tourney tonight starts at 10pm PST/1am Eastern. Info about signing up and stream posted below! Thanks as always to Kuroppi and Super Turbo Revival!

King of GGPO 2012 Signups | Stream @ 10PM PST on nycfurby @ TwitchTV

SSF4AE 2012 - Post CEO Match Analysis

Right before Evo, I decided to do another SSF4AE analysis video! Instead of myself analyzing other players matches, I decided to analyze my own stream matches vs Filipino Champ and Mike Ross. I try to offer some insight into what I'm looking for in specific matchups with my own characters - as well as what goes through my head when I get blown up. I pretty much detail why I won/lost, and the decsion process that goes into making the choices that I did in the Rose/Sim - Sim/Honda matchups! No popoffs here, these breakdowns try to be objective and unbiased as possible. Of course, the production values are a little rough, but I hope everyone that watches it learns something - this is just a recording from me doing it on stream. Don't forget to subscribe to FGCSabin on Youtube - gonna try to get some good Evo footage this weekend!

MLG|TS Sabin SSF4AE CEO Match Analysis Video

CEO2012 Salty Suite Roundup (SSF4AE/UMVC3)

Over the past week or so post CEO, I've been posting all the money match room sets for UMVC3! I've uploaded the last of my CEO2012 footage - this time it's for SSF4AE! I've included all the links in one post so you can view all the blowups in one place! If you weren't at CEO this year, you definitely missed out. One of the sickest top 32's for AE and UMVC3 that we've seen in a long long time.

For UMVC3, we have players like Fanatiq, Neo, AG MarlinPie, FC Jago, PR Rog, Filipino Champ, Knives!

In SSF4AE, we have Wolfkrone, WeirdoNeo, OnlineTony, FNEX KBrad, CCG Air, UYG Knuckledud, German Luger and more! Of course lots of players are hungry to get at Wolfkrone - he's in quite a few FT5/FT10 sets for big money.

Be sure to subscribe to FGCSabin on youtube, and check out the links below for all the matches!

UMVC3 Salty Suite: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

SSF4AE Salty Suite: Part 1 | Part 2

King of GGPO Round 3 Matches + Race to 10

 While UFGT8 was going on, we had week 3 of King of GGPO 2012! This is a ongoing online tournament that is trying to build up hype for the Tournament of Legends at Evo! Results:

		1st		Real Decoy	Blanka
		2nd		Arturo "Sabin" Sanchez	Dhalsim
		3rd		CigarBoB	Fei Long

Shortly after this, we had a 3 way FT10 round robin between the 3 winners of the past 3 King of GGPO events play off in a FT10. The players were yito2k (Sim), Real Decoy (Blanka) and mexicutioner (O. Hawk/Chun) I won't spoil the results for you guys, but needless to say it went down to the wire! Just want to thank Cigarbob, Damdai, Papasi, and of course Kuroppi for all his hard work! Links to the Round 3 tournament and the FT10 are linked below, so check them out and subscribe to me on Youtube at FGCSabin!

King of GGPO Week 3 | FT10 Round Robin

King of GGPO 2012 - Spring Edition Round 2! (Super Turbo)

We're back again with another week of Super Turbo and GGPO! Week 2 of the King of GGPO (Spring Edition) is back! Results for last week:

		1st		The Mexicutioner	T-Hawk / Chun-Li
		2nd		Real Decoy	Blanka
		3rd		Mad_Zero	E. Honda

Replay for last week can be found here in one convenient upload. As always, the King of GGPO series culminates into a FT10 round robin between the 3 winners of 3 separate tourneys. Myself and sf2kuroppi are using this event to blow up the Tournament of Legends at Evo2012 this year!

Stream for tonight is already up and can be found at the usual location - http://www.twitch.tv/nycfurby/

King of GGPO 2012 Spring Edition this Saturday @ 7PM PST!

Click for full size This Saturday we'll be keeping the classic fighting game momentum going! I'm working with @sf2kuroppi for another season of The King of GGPO! Last season had a fairly successful run, so we're going to run it back for a spring season. We're trying to build up momentum for SF2 before the Tournament of Legends happens at EVO2K this July!

If you guys missed last season, it ultimately culminated in a race to 10 between 3 strong offline players in the SF2 scene - Roybisel, afrolegends, and Marsgatti playing each other in a round robin format! You can check out the final replay for the first season HERE

The tourney will my streamed live at http://www.twitch.tv/nycfurby at 7PM PST (10PM EST). If you have some time, definitely stop by and watch it live!

SSF4AE Match Analysis - EMP Santhrax vs MCZ MRN Wolfkrone from PowerUp 2012

Sup IPW monsters, I'm back today with my first analysis video for SSF4AE! My first breakdown video features Empire Arcadia's very own Sanford Kelly vs MadCatz MRN Wolfkrone! This is from the Winners Finals and Grand Finals at PowerUp 2012. Since this is my first time doing this, the production values are a little rough, but the content is there! It's over an hour and 20 minutes of match analysis. If you like what you see, check it out and let me know how I can improve!

SSF4: AE 2012 Match Analysis - Sanford Kelly vs WOLFKRONE

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UMVC3 Matches with BT|IFCYipes + MK9 With Curbolicious

I'm back on the grind uploading to youtube, and I've got some nice sets for you UMVC3 and MK9 monsters! On the UMVC3 side, I have a fairly long (2-3 hr set) between BrokenTier IFCYipeS and Team Spooky NerdJosh. Lots of interesting technology in this set on Yipes's part especially in these long sets..but this is to be expected from Brokentier!

The second set of matches features Curbolicous playing me + others in MK9 KOTH online matches. If you don't remember who Curbo is, you may remember this match from MLG where he beat PerfectLegend 3-0 with a babality! Definitely a up and coming star in the MK9 world. Also, some of these matches have CDjr in it as well as Forever Swagg - all solid players.

UMVC3 BT IFCYipes vs TS NerdJosh: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

MK9 TS Sabin vs Curbolicous + KOTH w CDjr + others: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3