Upcoming BB:CS Tourney

Heya~
Arcadia (Iluma) has contacted us and they are seeking to do a Blazblue tournament. They would like to check on a response from the players before they can decide on the rest of the details.
What we do know is that the top 8 will receive prizes. Details like a singles/team tournament would depend on the response. So please drop us a note and let the other players know.
PM me at Round1 forums or simply drop me an email at akane[at]round1[dot]sg

=)

BlazBlue Continuum Shift locations

I'm sure that most of us knows that there's one BlazBlue Continuum Shift available at Arcadia in Iluma.
But now there's one more: Zone X in Scape.
And it's on a Vewlix cabinet, no less.







It's $1 a game for non VIP members, and 80 cents for VIP members.

Updates!

I bring with me 2 news.

BlazBlue Continuum Shift mook will be released on Feb 17th.

http://www.arcadiamagazine.com/cgi-bin/news_view.cgi?id=123

And also, console release will be on July.

=)
Akane

Official Announcement Of Blazblue Continuum Shift

Arc System works have officially announced the release date for Blazblue Continuum Shift. Release date for the Arcades in Japan is Nov 20 2009 like the rumored street dates. Announcement linked here.

http://blazblue.jp/topics.html#topics45

Some Observations From The Loke Test

Ok, so we went to the loke test at Osaka Namba Hills Arcade.
There are some small stuff we noticed during the loketest.


People are still trying to figure out how to link Hazama's normals, including after the swing and pulling opponents to him. Maybe they will tweak his normals in the next loke test.

Rachel is more dependant on wind now, but her canon now shoots faster.

Arakune is very dependant on his fever.

The players commented that Tager is now pretty scary.

There's more variety in Noel's strings now.

Othwerwise, every other character pretty much are the same, with some minor things to adapt to.

Looks like major changes might happen only in the next loke test.

Peace out!
Akane

BlazBlue Loketest @ Osaka Namba Hills Arcade

Yes folks, we're in Japan and we went for the loketest in Osaka!


It was fun. There were some changes for players to adapt to but I am sure that is a minor problem. We were lucky to get 2 plays despite the crowd.
I managed to win a Hakumen before losing to a Jin in the first go and won a Noel before losing to a Ragna in the second go.

Kilvear played Carl in the first go and got bullied by said Hakumen. He played Bang later in the second go.

We also managed to meet up with HeartNana!

Yeah, that's him with cheese curry rice. We may have more updates to come, but that's all for now.

Peace out,
Akane

2v2 Tourney Pictures & Results!

A BIG shout out to all participants and major props to Farp for helping out!
And a big thank you to TKA for hosting this tournament! Thank you for making it possible! =)
We had 23 teams! That's a whopping 46 participants! Keep this up and we're not far away from 3v3 now! =)

Here are the pictures and results!


One screen for each machine so that people won't have to climb on chairs to watch the matches. (lol)


Players warming up before the battle.


Our very own Farp, being one of the commentators and the video man.


Players looking intensely at the battles on the screens.


It's getting hot as it nears the semis.


3rd placing match. (They fought so hard that the BB Tourney poster is starting to fall off?)

AND HERE ARE THE WINNERS!

1st Place

Team LitChiChiBoy! Brothers power with Leon (left) and ChiChiBoy (right), 3rd place winner from the second tourney.

2nd Place

Team Boss. With 2 time champion Souhaku (left) and Zio (right), 4th place winner from the first tourney.

3rd Place

Team きもちいい　ですか？ (Kimochii Desu Ka?) with Jaeshi (left), 3rd place winner from the first tourney and Lionel (right).

Here are the standings:
1: LitChiChiBoy (Leon (Litchi) + ChiChiBoy (Ragna))
2: Team Boss (Zio (Hakumen) + Souhaku (v-13))
3: きもちいい　ですか? (Jaeshi (Bang) + Lionel (Rachel))
4: 2nd Hand God (Kuni (Carl) + ZackTee (Rachel))
5: Joke Beans (Pablo (Arakune) + Cheesebunz (Arakune))
5: Blah Blah (GLH (Tager) + Mistwraith (v13))
7: Ragna Fetish (Mono-GTR (Jin) + Barewolf (v-13))
7: Beauty & The Beast (RuckyZOMG (Litchi) + Daichi (Arakune))
9: Depox (Popcorn (Arakune) + Han Sen (Bang))
9: B & P (Neph (Litchi) + Rx (Taokaka))
9: Floor Scrubber (Ice Cube (Jin) + DNeo (Noel))
9: No Dash (Setsuna (Hakumen) + Edz (Tager))
13: Nameless (Brixgrounds (Tager) + Efendi (Bang))
13: 変身 (Akai (v-13) + Enoma (Litchi))
13: Wantan (7Fan (Noel) + Wan (Ragna))
13: Like Clockwork (JayEm (Tager) + Poke (Noel))
17: Orange Julius (Avenged (Taokaka) + Walker (v-13))
17: Big & Small (Farp (Noel) + Taxi (Litchi))
17: Pink Rangers (Thorsten (Jin) + Holy Beergut (v-13))
17: AES DOGS (Hannybal (Litchi) + Marspeople (Ragna))
17: Mizzet (Mizzet (Noel) + Onlooker (Rachel))
17: Great Justice (Glimmerous.FOP (Noel) + Matafleur (Tager))
17: Disconnected (Kyonster (Ragna) + CWX (Tager))



Once again, a big thank you to TKA and all participants in making this tournament a success!
We hope to see you again in the next tourney!

Akane, peace out! ♥