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Fuudo
, better known as , is a Japanese electronic sports player specializing in the ''Street Fighter'' series. Fuudo entered the fighting game scene in 2005 playing ''Virtua Fighter 4''. Fuudo has won various fighting game tournaments, including the World Cyber Games and Evolution Championship Series. Fuudo has been described by multiple journalists as the world's best R. Mika player. Career Fuudo first appeared on the larger fighting game scene at the ''Virtua Fighter 4'' tournament at the 2005 World Cyber Games. Fuudo came first place in ''Virtua Fighter 4'' at Super Battle Opera that same year, and first took gold at the World Cyber Games in 2009 before permanently switching to ''Street Fighter IV''. Fuudo entered the ''Super Street Fighter IV'' tournament at the 2011 Evolution Championship without much attention, but according to Red Bull's Pete Dreyer, "rampaged through the competition, displaying incredibly solid fundamentals and perfect execution," beating players such as X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stunfest 2016
Stunfest 2016 was a fighting game tournament that took place on May 21–22 in Rennes, France. Being a Premier Event of the Capcom Pro Tour, the winner of the event would qualify for the 2016 Capcom Cup. The Grand Finals of Stunfest 2016 were dominated by Asian players such as Tokido and Daigo Umehara, with European players like Luffy being eliminated on day 1. Japanese players Fuudo and Yusuke Momochi faced off in the final round, with Momochi winning the tournament. Background Shortly before the release of ''Street Fighter V'' in February 2016, Capcom announced the schedule of the Capcom Pro Tour, Stunfest being its third global premier event. Stunfest 2016 shared its spotlight with two other Capcom Pro Tour tournaments that took place during the same weekend. Various Evil Geniuses members, including Justin Wong, competed at Toryuken V, which took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Meanwhile, top Peruvian and Chilean players participated in Lima Salty 3 in Lima, Peru. All thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latif (video Game Player)
Abdullatif Alhmili, better known as Latif, is a Saudi Arabian electronic sports player. Primarily a ''Guilty Gear'' and ''King of Fighters'' player, Latif competed in the ''Street Fighter IV'' tournament at EVO 2011, coming out of nowhere to claim second place. Latif is known for his skill with ''Street Fighter'' character Crimson Viper. Career Latif grew up in Saudi Arabia playing games such as ''Guilty Gear'' using a gamepad. He moved to Austin, Texas in 2007 at the age of 17 in order to study English for a year, before moving to Flagstaff, Arizona to attend Northern Arizona University. Here he found an arcade hall where he managed to beat other players easily despite it being his first time playing with an arcade stick. Latif became more involved with the local fighting game community over time and by 2008, he competed in Final Round 11 despite his parents' disapproval and won the "Guilty Gear Accent Core" tournament. With his parents' approval after his initial success Latif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EVO 2012
The 2012 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2012 or EVO 2012) was a fighting game event held at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas on July 6–8. The event featured a major tournament for six fighting games, including '' Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition'' and ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', as well as various smaller-scale competitions. Background Held in Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Evo 2012 featured over 3,500 entrants among its six major tournaments. The tournaments held at Evo 2012 were livestreamed through the Twitch online video service. A "Road to Evo" tournament series started in January 2012, in which competitors could earn seeding points for the main event. Games Six major tournaments were held at Evo 2012. The games played were: *'' Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition 2012'' *''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' * ''Street Fighter X Tekken'' * ''Mortal Kombat'' * ''The King of Fighters XIII'' * ''Soulcalibur V'' Evo 2012 was the first event in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evolution Championship
The Evolution Championship Series, commonly known as Evo, is an annual esports event that focuses exclusively on fighting games. The tournaments are completely open and use the double elimination format. As with Super Battle Opera, contestants travel from all over the world to participate, most notably from Japan. The first Evolution was originally held as a ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' and ''Street Fighter Alpha 2'' tournament called the Battle by the Bay. It changed its name to Evo in 2002. Every successive tournament has seen an increase of attendees. It has been held at various venues across the Las Vegas Valley since 2005. As of 2021, the event is jointly owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment and the Endeavor esports venture RTS. History Evo was founded by Tom Cannon, also known for his work on Shoryuken.com, a fighting game website. The tournament started as "Battle by the Bay", a 40-man ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' and ''Street Fighter Alpha 2'' tournament i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Dot
''The Daily Dot'' is a digital media company covering the culture of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Founded by Nicholas White in 2011, ''The Daily Dot'' is headquartered in Austin, Texas. The site, conceived as the Internet's "hometown newspaper", focuses on topics such as streaming entertainment, geek culture, memes, gadgets and social issues, such as LGBT, gender and race. In addition, an e-commerce arm produces branded video for advertisers and sells items from an online marketplace. History ''The Daily Dot'' was established in 2011 by Nicholas White, whose goal was to cover Internet communities such as Reddit and Tumblr in the same manner as hometown newspapers cover their own communities. White's family has been in the newspaper business since buying the '' Sandusky Register'' in Ohio in 1869, and White was a reporter and executive with the family's media company before establishing the site. White launched ''The Daily Dot'' with $600,000 and a handful of full-tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DreamHack
DreamHack is an ESL Gaming brand specializing in esports tournaments and other gaming conventions. It is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records and Twin Galaxies as being the world's largest LAN party and computer festival with the world's fastest Internet connection and the most generated traffic. (The Internet connection record was beaten in 2012 by the world's second-largest computer festival, The Gathering in Norway.) It usually holds its events in Western Europe and North America. Events summary DreamHack's events include local area network gatherings with live concerts and competitions in digital art and esports. The first event was held in Malung, Sweden. The company has held several gaming events throughout Europe, in Stockholm and Jönköping, Sweden, Tours, France, Bucharest and Cluj, Romania, Valencia and Seville, Spain, London, England and Leipzig, Germany. In May 2016, it held its first North American event in Austin, Texas. In August 2016, it held its first Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Famitsu
formerly ''Famicom Tsūshin'', is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly formats as well as in the form of special topical issues devoted to only one console, video game company, or other theme. the original ''Famitsu'' publication, is considered the most widely read and respected video game news magazine in Japan. From October 28, 2011, the company began releasing the digital version of the magazine exclusively on BookWalker weekly. The name ''Famitsu'' is a portmanteau abbreviation of the word "Famicom" itself comes from a portmanteau abbreviation of "Family Computer" (the Japanese name for the Nintendo Entertainment System)—the dominant video game console in Japan during the 1980s. History , a computer game magazine, started in 1982 as an extra issue of ''ASCII'', and later it became a periodic magazine. was a column in ''Logi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Krakoff
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Razer
Razer Inc. is an American-Singaporean multinational technology company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, financial services, and gaming hardware. Founded by Min-Liang Tan and Robert "RazerGuy" Krakoff, it is dual headquartered in one-north, Singapore and Irvine, California, US. History Razer began as a San Diego, California-based subsidiary of kärna LLC in 1998, created to develop and market a high-end computer gaming mouse, the Boomslang, targeted to computer gamers. Kärna ceased operations in 2000 due to poor financial issues. The current iteration of Razer was founded in 2005 by Min-Liang Tan, a Singaporean NUS graduate, and Robert Krakoff after they procured the rights to the Razer brand following a large investment from Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing and Singaporean holding company Temasek Holdings. Razer bought the software assets of the Android-based microconsole Ouya from its parent company Ouya Inc. on 27 July 2015, while the hardware was dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade Controller
An arcade controller is a collective set of input devices designed primarily for use in an arcade cabinet. A typical control set consists of a joystick and a number of push-buttons. Less common setups include devices such as trackballs or steering wheels. These devices are generally produced under the assumption that they will be used in commercial settings, such as in video arcades, where they may be heavily or roughly used. Durability is one of the distinguishing characteristics of "authentic" arcade parts when compared with numerous, low-cost arcade imitations designed for private use in the home. Joystick design A typical joystick is a digital input device that registers movement according to the range of motion that it is designed to detect. Most modern joysticks have an 8-way configuration, allowing for movement in the cardinal directions and the diagonals. There also exist common "analog" sticks that in actuality are implemented as 49-way digital, with incremental degrees of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razer Inc
Razer may refer to: * Razer (Canadian TV channel), former name of MTV2, a Canadian digital television specialty service * Razer Inc., a Singaporean-American computer peripherals manufacturer specializing in PC gaming * Razer Phone, a smartphone designed and developed by Razer Inc. * Razer (robot), a contestant on the series ''Robot Wars (TV series), Robot Wars'' * Razer Airport, airport serving Koran va Monjan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan * Razer, a main character in ''Green Lantern: The Animated Series'' * Razer, a character in ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'' People * Greg Razer, American politician * Helen Razer (born 1968), Australian radio presenter and writer See also *Razor (other) *Razar (other) * Rasor (other) {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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