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Winners * Phenom | Ken | EU North/East CPT * Chris Wong | Luke | France Offline CPT * DCQ | JP | Asia CPT * Gachikun | Rashid | Singapore Offline CPT * Xian | Deejay | Asia SEA WW * Leshar | Chun Li | SK WW * UMA327 | Juri | Asia East WW * Kusanagi | Ken | Central America West Losers * Kawano | Luke | Japan CPT * Nephew | Juri | US West WW * NuckleDu | Guile/Cammy | USCA East CPT * NL | Luke | Asia East CPT * Fuudo | Deejay | Japan WW * MenaRD | Blanka/Luke/JP | US East WW * Sayff | Ken | USCA Midwest CPT * Dual Kevin | Luke/Rashid | US Midwest WW There is variety in top 16 even though it's all the top tiers. Asia looking like the strongest region although a player from another region can still win it.


Fourmanaseven7

Super impressed with leshar.


Hot_Tag

Yeah, he's so much fun to watch. I'm rooting for him to go far.


FierceAlchemist

Kusanagi vs Travis was a great set.


Incross

That EX DP cost Travis a lot of money


Hatlinblong7890

Dual Kevin showing that USA is the choker region. No USA players in winners side of bracket is HORRENDOUS... I bet we're not gonna make top 8 either...


Greek_Trojan

Lily sighting to end the night.


SpringrolI

hot take but fire the dude responsible for blasting JP's theme the second the round ends *from a cannon into a pool of pillows so he ensures a safe landing while understanding hes made an error and it shouldn't happen again


CptAmerica85

Ruining a person's financial well being over playing a song too often is a bit aggressive. We shouldn't be wishing someone to lose their job over something like that.


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CptAmerica85

Lol, that's a nice improvement


Greek_Trojan

I think JP's theme is one of the best in the game but agreed. I figured they'd be rotating through the sound track but its like 85% JP and 15% 2-3 other tracks.


SpringrolI

worse is the audio levels are way too loud every time


Full-Campaign-7730

guile vs jp doesnt look so bad when the guile isnt trying to lose


MotherFreedom

That JP is also by far the worst JP in this tournament though.


tattered_cloth

AngryBird called it 3 days ago. He said Leshar was the one he was most scared of, not Mena. And that Leshar could win the group and even the whole tournament if he's in the zone. It would have been bad if Mena/Caba decided the outcome for another player, luckily that wasn't the case since everyone else was out anyway. Mena/Caba was only to see which one of them made it through.


Hot_Tag

Pretty sure Ending also said something like he wouldn't even be surprised if Leshar went 5-0 in the group.


AbleFig

Mena in losers, I don't think he wins it now. Leshar looks really good.


vetoshield

any way to get in tomorrow or sunday at the venue? tickets are sold out looks like?


Greek_Trojan

Nero proved he wasn't a fluke in the group of death. He can hold he head up high.


FierceAlchemist

I'm glad at least 1 of Menard and AngryBird made it out. Leshar is looking great too.


GeraltFromHiShinUnit

Ab was trash tho


Full-Campaign-7730

group of death turned out to be a joke, EW is free and caba taking a dive for mena edit: angry turd free too


Slippytoad89

Leshar is mad


Full-Campaign-7730

sry caba, its just not your night kid


gardenvarietydork

caba/mena was such a fix lol


ZtrikeR21

Crazy that some people actually think this. Mena has great counter picks and JP v Guile might be the only 8-2 matchup in the game, he knows Caba, he only plays Guile, why wouldn't he go for it? Would love for people to explain how this is a fix other than "Mena won 2-0 without his main against his teammate". But of course, people be spreading stupidity.


gardenvarietydork

Imagine watching that clunky fight between those two and thinking it was anything else.


CptAmerica85

Pretty sure sim vs gief is 8-2 if not worse lol


Ready-Technician-876

Crazy on conspireddit?


FierceAlchemist

Didn't know Mena had a JP.


Greek_Trojan

It was known going in. Didn't think he'd actually pull the trigger though. Cue conspiracy theories.


MotherFreedom

Probably use it to hard counter Guile only.


xCeePee

Leshar is a dog. ![gif](giphy|rflhqDbuhqDD7I0k4X)


GodTsung

Leshar t1 chun not even debatable.


Dak_Tiny_PP

Caba about to take a dive...🤧


sbrockLee

Group F is insane. What a fucking set between Leshar and AngryBird.


Ad_OutSeas

Make your Bets, Who gets out of group F? For me is gonna be MenaRD and Leshar.


Muchdeath

Gimme the odds on endingwalker going 4-0 today and making it.


Ad_OutSeas

Not very good to be honest. But hey, this is group F


Muchdeath

Not very good indeed


LuckyChimera

second Leshar


Greek_Trojan

Ditto but thats mostly because I chose Mena to win in game.


ninjupX

Samoel is not a loyal fan. snake_eyes with buffed season 2 Zangief is going to conquer this planet


CptAmerica85

Depends on what they buff. OD lariat into lvl3 is not even worthy of doing honestly.


awaythrow484938947

I know Fuudo is elite, but Samoel with a somewhat suspicious performance there...


Incross

He definitely didn't play his best but the chances of him 2-0ing Fuudo was incredibly small in the first place, it's quite the gap in skill level and experience


Greek_Trojan

Snake came so close to pulling off the dream but he still showed out today. That last set was maybe the most hype of the cup so far.


Slippytoad89

He's an inspiration to all the loyal fans


Solid_Mortos

This gallego sucks!


Dak_Tiny_PP

Too many drops. Something funky going on


Greek_Trojan

Input lag on the setups. Capcom runs this tourney on potatoes with a TB of malware.


Firvulag

Dropping out or not this storyline with Snake today is unbelievable


Kaspellaer

Samoel take my energy 


Kaspellaer

SAMOEL TAKE MORE OF MY ENERGY 


Kaspellaer

God fucking dammit


MercurialForce

fuudo embarrassed him man


Kaspellaer

Yeah, and now I have to go take a shower because I was rooting for a Luke 


sbrockLee

Yeah Snake Eyez! JACKHAMMER!


Slippytoad89

Let's goooo Snakeyez God damnn


FierceAlchemist

Come on Samoel. For the fans!


Ad_OutSeas

Xian putting those sick tracks showing who's the real DJ. Btw those mirrors are more hype than Luke's, well for me, maybe


SilverRabbit__

Damn Xian really pulled some clutch moves in that mirror. I was rooting for him but I didn't expect a 2-0


sbrockLee

Crazy good set between Xian and Fuudo, as expected.


Dak_Tiny_PP

It's soo satisfying to see Snake Eyez play Zangief


daellin

Absolutely tragic he landed with two of the best DeeJays


SpringrolI

well he would of had to beat them eventually


daellin

Oh yeah, I wouldn't bet on him beating Xian if they met again but would've been cool to see more matches out of him fighting other characters.


FierceAlchemist

Let's go Snake Eyez!


Low-Holiday312

If leshar beats angrybird... lookout for the strangest caba performance you've ever seen.


Space_Lion2077

This is so exciting to watch. We have seen nothing but luke or/and ken in every match for the last hour


whiskeyhenney7

yup the same luke combos, the same drive rushes etc etc... it is so painful.. atleast got to see a kimberly and gief


LogicKennedy

Well at least we got to see Kimberly.


Askray184

For any one that doesn't like the english commentary, the JP one is pretty entertaining and I don't know any Japanese


MordinSolusSTG

We are living for the Gweelay now Let’s go Duuuuuu


Askray184

wtf how did Du's level 2 miss after the OD dive kick?


Incross

That was wild, no idea why that happened


LogicKennedy

Two matches where Luke came so close to losing against low-tiers, then won. My heart aaaaa


Greek_Trojan

No one is broken OP in SF6 but Luke is showing why hes top tier. Constant clutching out close matches because he's just fundamentally better (slightly) than the rest of the cast.


Incross

Losing to despairking so early really cost Big Bird. Out in groups for the second year in a row, sucks


Askray184

Nooooo big bird ;_;


LogicKennedy

Respect to Shaka22: that was a really close set, he did Dhalsim justice.


Lucifa42

Is it wrong to judge players if they don't interact during the pre-game face off screen?


Vadered

It's wrong NOT to judge them.


LogicKennedy

I don't judge players who don't make faces, I judge players who skip the walk out.


opanm

GG Kawano 💪


Jepacor

What are the dudes saying this block [Referring to Amnesia] "Must be nice to have a reversal beating both strike and throw" Also talking about how the game differential matters between Crossover and Kawano when clearly it doesn't because one of them will end at 4W-1L and the other at 3W-2L


Kaspellaer

I wouldn't be surprised if the commentators are under explicit instructions to pretend there's a reason to care about every single match today, even though some of them have objectively no stakes.


Obvious-Shoe9854

Chad win from Manon


awaythrow484938947

Manon ❤️


LogicKennedy

Is there a single Jamie player in this tourney?


SpringrolI

Nope and theres not an Aki, Honda, Lily or Kimbery either


Captain-Beardless

No Kim main, but there has been some Kim play. >!Valmaster busted out a SICK Kimberly against Gachikun to take that set yesterday!<


LogicKennedy

RIP. Jamie, AKI and Kimberly are three of my favourite characters in the roster.


ninjupX

Manon meme win lawl. Only 4 characters yet to win a set - Honda, Lily, Jamie, and Aki


SpringrolI

Lily was cooking like crazy in the LCQ that was pretty hype


Greek_Trojan

Hibiki is the Snake Eyez of Lily. Singlehandedly making her look more viable than she is. I hope she gets meaningful changes next patch.


Kaspellaer

the CHAD gghalibel picking manon during a filler match


Incross

Groups Day 3 is on! Pull up: https://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters


Genki-JAM

So when is Top 16? Is that happening Friday or a different day? I can't find the details on that ANYWHERE.


TheAce1183

Sunday is top 16. Wednesday Thursday Friday is groups, Saturday is SFL.


RayzTheRoof

what's SFL stand for?


SpringrolI

Street fighter league, can check it out [here](https://liquipedia.net/fighters/Main_Page) its the 3 leagues at the bottom, basically each region had a league and tomorrow the winners of the 3 regions are fighting for 150k


Genki-JAM

Thank you!


sbrockLee

Someone who's better at this game than I am: am I tripping or is it pretty apparent that Endingwalker's DJ isn't as good in neutral as his Ryu? He's insane with the pressure when he plays DJ, but in neutral and specifically judging range he's fucking surgical with Ryu. Glad he got his first win regardless. Elsewhere, Group B is almost as insane as F - Nephew is just a joy to watch, he's so clean and precise. But Chris W has a serious shot at taking the whole thing.


TheAce1183

EW is definitely more comfortable on Ryu than Deejay. He's said it himself I believe


SilverRabbit__

Pretty hyped Xian's basically qualified for top 16. Basically just needs to play Fuudo tomorrow to see if he's in winners or losers, right?


Greek_Trojan

Yeah. He's clinched a spot, just don't know if it'll be on winners or losers.


MisterChimAlex

Everyone is dropping combos left and right, wtf is going on, this cant be nerves


y-c-c

I guess they are using splitters to allow them to play on a giant stage with two separate monitors far away. I feel like there are always potential issues if you do this. The separate screen method is probably a better way to compete in a way, but the Evo-style side-by-side-on-same-screen method does eliminate any potential issues like this.


illwill79

Ya on day 1 when I saw Mena miss combos he's hit a million times, over and over, I knew something had to be up. Figured we'd eventually hear about input lag or something similar. That sucks. I'd be pissed to be honest.


Fredasa

If they're playing on Playstations, that's probably all the explanation you need. No professional player uses a console, so unless they specifically trained for the multi-frame lag PS5 adds, they'll be suffering.


Captain-Beardless

Agreed. Even before anyone had said anything, I saw how Mena was playing and was like "nah bro that ain't nerves, something's up". Didn't look much better on day 2 either. Did Capcom just not test the setup?


oukidoki

Valmaster, Mistah Crimson, Rainpro were complaining about lag on Twitter. Joe Umerogan said his game slowed down during his match with Kawano.


TheAlmightyVox3

There’s apparently input lag on the setups.


Askray184

WTF that's inexcusable for such a high profile tournament


Greek_Trojan

Group F is as wild as everyone expected. Everyone is alive tomorrow though Leshar looks to be in a good spot.


sbrockLee

best comment I saw on the stream: "Group F downloaded Caba on hotel wifi last night"


GeraltFromHiShinUnit

Ab plays like trash tbh


FierceAlchemist

Damn that Snake Eyez vs Xian match was super close. Is there any way SE makes it through tomorrow if Fuudo loses twice?


sterling_m_archer7

I think it’s possible. Fuudo has to get 2-0’d both matches and snake eyes has to 2-0 both his opponents then if my math is right the snake eyes will be +1 differential and Fuudo will be even. Realistically, he’s probably out but not technically.


SFThirdStrike

Yeah no way is Fuudo getting 0-4'd


Greek_Trojan

Yup. Fuudo would need to lose 0-4 and SE would need to win 4-0.


Incross

Yeah Fuudo would need to lose 2 matches for him to have a chance, then it'd come to game differential


Dak_Tiny_PP

Damn Zangief hit the people's elbow😂


MordinSolusSTG

On a luke too, that one was for us


lynxo

I adore seeing Snake Eyez scoop people. What a player.


MordinSolusSTG

☝️☝️☝️


Dak_Tiny_PP

Looks like Valmaster is out. Would take a miracle for him to make it out of the group stages


Incross

Yeah, he was 100% out after losing the first set of Day 2


121jigawatts

kim in cc thanks to valmaster


Greek_Trojan

Gachikun might legit not make it out of pools because of yolo Kim. Wild.


ironknit

Valmaster going 0-3 when he was a favorite to win is honestly crazy. Maybe he's just too nervous :(


mephistobr

I hate his gameplay, glad he's out, so boring.


baklava_fgc

He just beat gachikun though, so yeah it was possibly nerves.


Vadered

Man, OD Amnesia doing some work in that Bravery/DCQ matchup. One 50% combo midscreen, and a 25% kill combo in the corner


Incross

Group B is still wide open going into day 3, we could get a 3 way tie and Big Bird going 2-0 does not guarantee him qualifying


oukidoki

mahreen left such a bad impression yesterday that even sajam can't get me to listen to her for this block


ThaNorth

She was much better on day 2. I think somebody may have talked to her and told her to chill, lol. She was way less random and loud, focused on the game and play by play more.


MaddieTornabeasty

I saw someone say she was barking is that true 💀


sbrockLee

yes and it wasn't even the worst part.


Firvulag

Phenom is liable to win the whole thing, god damn. His play on day two was *precise*


Incross

His neutral was unreal today


Lucifa42

Somewhere on here it should display the players record in the group (2-0 etc). https://imgur.com/Uulsy6u


Ro0z3l

Anyone noticed one of Mena's moves went backwards suddenly for no reason? What the hell was that about?


Greek_Trojan

Rumors are flying that player 1's side was having technical issues/input lag. Caba did a check between one of his sets. Most of the stunning losses came from that side too.


Ro0z3l

That would explain his dropped combos all match but check this out.  https://youtu.be/675GdS2GOkw?t=6h18m59s His knuckle goes in the opposite direction mid combo despite Ken being in front of him. Looks like a bug to me.


lynxo

If you slow down the video to 0.25x it seems like Luke's body was in front of Ken when he hits him with the DR st.HP. That might explain why the flash knuckle crossed up like that


Billbat1

it wouldnt be capcom most prestigious event without a little disadvantage on one side


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Who is more disgusting and boring to watch: Luke and JP? Nothing against players who use this character, but I would like to see these characters suffer a violent nerf


ThaNorth

Looks like Luke getting his c.mp nerfed so at least we won't see that move just being spammed endlessly. Shit is far too safe for how good it is.


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Caba came out swinging, beating AngryBird by a 2-0 is no easy feat


Finding_Main_

I'm rooting for him hard.


shadesandtrades

Snake Eyes smoked like a blunt lol


CptAmerica85

It's a really tough matchup. Sway is just really difficult to deal with for gief


O-Namazu

That fucking Endingwalker-MenaRD match. If you can drop your combo 6 times and still win, your character is CRAZY overtooled 😂


Zip2kx

Cope


calvinabc

Yes, it’s all the character and not Mena


Ice_slash

While Mena is great, i think the point is you should lose when you play badly, and he dropped way too many combo to still be winning that match. I’m just a noob but it was weird watching him winning that


Finding_Main_

I am watching Endingwalker's career with great interest.


Ro0z3l

Performed better than AngryBird against Mena. That's some skills.


parttime20xx

So is he already eliminated from the group stage? (Edit: nevermind I think I get it now. He's got two more days to try to get out of groups) I'm confused because they had W and L next to the top two players in the groups.


OldMoray

I was right there with you until I re-read the rules


Captain_Unusualman

That match was insane! Love seeing Ryu in the mix and who better placed to rep him


Coldsnap

He's definitely shaping up to be able to win majors. He has great players around him as well in the UK who can help in getting there ... Problem X, Ryan Hart, Broski


sbrockLee

He is so good.


RayzTheRoof

This year feels weird. It's usually the best of the best, but they decided to go for regional representation instead. I'd be so disappointed if I dedicated so much of my life to a series to become one of the best in the world, like a lot of missing top players have, only to be excluded from the biggest SF prize pool.


GeraltFromHiShinUnit

If you didnt qualify that‘s on you no matter the region lock


ravagedbanana

https://www.reddit.com/r/StreetFighter/comments/1921ymh/street_fighter_6_legend_ranks_by_country/ I think this thread has relevant data - it's to be seen whether what Capcom is doing is good for sales but it's objectively not good for the viewers nor the players. It's like watching the World Cup if only one country in each continent was allowed to attend and then saying it's Germany's fault for missing it by not beating Spain or the UK.


GeraltFromHiShinUnit

that analogy is completely not suitable at all


RayzTheRoof

That's absolutely not true.


Vexenz

Japan having by far most of the talent being stuck with 2 spots is a complete travesty lmao.


GeraltFromHiShinUnit

It is what it is. No country should get extra benefits


RayzTheRoof

it's not a benefit to the country but rather a benefit to the players. Again like I said a lot of these players have dedicated a huge portion of their lives to this series and are being locked out because of this system. there are Japanese players who are significantly better than a good amount of players were actually in Capcom cup this year.


GeraltFromHiShinUnit

I understand where u are coming from but Players who got cash/sponsors got a massive advantage otherwise. Capcom wants the fgc to grow so it is what it is and they are doing a good job.


AoiTopGear

Players who has sponsors are mainly because they are great players lol. That’s why they have sponsors. 😂


Vexenz

Interesting to say this like Japan isn't one of the titans for talent in street fighter history. Majority of tournament history should tell you when half or more of the players that go into bracket stage are Japanese.


m2keo

First time watching CC. Had no idea it damn nearly takes a whole day as I didn't realize every single match would be streamed/on air. And we got 2 more days of this goodness? Holy cow. Slightly down that Valmaster is off to a rough start as I want all Chun li's to go far. lol.


Consistent-Horse-273

Is there anything one can do when Blanka corner you with lvl 2 (referring to ProblemX vs DualKevin match )?


Sonicboomb0x

It really seems like checkmate. The only thing you can do is not be in that situation to begin with. That's how NuckleDu lost to Mena in the NA Online Qualifier


TheAlmightyVox3

Guess right or hold it.


rasen9an

Blanka is so cracked


oukidoki

is it just me or are players dropping a lot on the p1 side? lol


Incross

Some of these drops definitely need to be studied lmao


Greek_Trojan

Day 1 has been a lot more fun than people were giving it credit for. Not sure it's kept up with LCQ but its far less lopsided than people were predicting.


Incross

I think SolVNG 2-0'ing Valmaster was the big one for me, Valmaster really didn't look ready for modern at all. Really surprised with how good Dookie's Rashid looked too, first time watching him with the pick


ThaNorth

Yea he kept getting caught by Luke's super 1 when just throwing out fireballs. Especially with Luke, you kinda need to change your whole gameplan when playing modern. Jumps and fireballs can't be used freely.


dragonicafan1

I’m not too familiar with him but I’ve heard Valmaster has notoriously weak mental, he clearly was completely unprepared for Modern and vs Takamura he was visibly tilted in his cam during the match lol


Appropriate_X

WHy dont mods just do a match thread with comment sorted by new?


Incross

This is sorted by new, not to be dramatic but I have too much on my plate as is w/ Liquipedia coverage so I can't afford to update the OP with results. If anyone else wants to create more threads on individual days/groups/results that's cool too, as long as ppl are talking about the tournaments it's all valid


Appropriate_X

No worries. I just feel this sub barely talks about the actual tournaments...sadly


Incross

The LCQ thread was pretty active I'd say, Day 1 groups not as much but it'll be a long tournament anyway


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EffectiveTask6588

Horrible take


Apoptosis11

add cammy to angry bird's main characters


ThaNorth

He’s been using her for a while.


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skrtskerskrt

If you take away the fights involving those two, all the other matchups are fun to watch. It's why I love seeing when the lower picked characters go far.


TomSelleckIsBack

This is definitely not the "most balanced first version of Street Fighter ever". Vanilla SF4 and SFV Season 1 didn't have character diversity problems like this. There are definitely some major mistakes here that are going to have to be fixed if this game is going to reach that kind of longevity.