One more VF player moves on...?

My article: http://www.versuscity.net/2009/08/11/the-shiozawa-cup-this-thursday/

Long story short, there's a big 5 on 5 SF4 tournament happening before SBO this week. There is actually a team registered that is almost all VF players from what I can tell. Fuudo and Itazan have been playing SF4 since the beginning... but now... Koedo is playing SF4.

I don't think he'll completely abandon VF but it's pretty telling about the VF scene in Japan that he's playing SF4 rather than play/practice VF before the biggest tournament of the year.

 

I think Ogi mentioned he's been playing SF4 for quite some time now along with Fuudo and Itazan.

He still hasn't qualified for SBO yet either?
I know in previous years that there is a last chance qualifier on the day. So he still has chances I guess

I guess after SBO maybe less people will play VF.

 

It's all Sega's fault.

I wonder if Sega's even proud of their own decisions.

 

Koedo was extremely lucky to have won that match. In the fifth round Fuudo clearly meant to do [k], which would've won the match, instead of standing [k].

 

I think you are hyping things up a bit too much here because their team for the 5v5 is named "Virtua Fighter Highest Motivation". So I don't think they are really abandoning their VF roots. Itazan, SHOU, Ohnuki, Ryan Hart , there are tons of VF players that play other games competitively so I don't see it as them moving on by playing a SF or a Tekken or whatever.

 

I don't think anyone's hyping things up a bit too much.

I think Reno was just sayin'

It's going with the running theme of how Sega screwed us over, imo

 

The VF team just placed second in the 5v5 event so obviously they are no slouches in SFIV.

Imagine if SFIV players tried to transition to VF5R and win a team battle event.

 

Who won in the end?

 

Champion team:
Neko Punch
Nyan Shi (RY)
Misse (AK)
Iyo (DH)
Bonchan (SG)
Umehara (RY)

2nd Place:
VF High Motivation
Fuu (RY)
Itabashi Zangief (ZA)
Sutoraikun (KE)
Yoru no Teramachi Zangief (SG)
Koedo (JN)

3rd Place:
Sakamoto Shosa Wa Ore ga Mamoru
Mahoshojo Zangitan (ZA)
FAX Gimoto (BL)
Darui (DH)
Yuru (RY)
Sakamoto Shosa (SG)

Iyo, Japanese singles SFIV national champion, OCV'd the team of VF players in the finals.

 

Didn't "lets go Justin" aka Wong's team participate to this? If so, what happened to them?

 

Koedo plays Jean in the SF4 tournament too?

edit: i heard he played sagat

 

The VF team did pretty damn good. I would love to see the opposite.
Only heads I know off the top of my head that do well in 2d and 3d are Ohnuki and Ryan, anyone else?
p.s Link to the matches?

 

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showpost.php?p=7287984&postcount=141

Aren't you forgetting Itazan?

No matches have been posted anywhere yet.

 

Hehe, I don't see any Rufus players
When I was on Revolution II (a fighting games tournament some time ago, in Poland), the sf4 champion was Rufus... and he won against Mat(maybe someone knows him) who used Sagat! Now that's what I call winning against the odds.

I second the request, keep us updated on any movies from the fights please, thank you.

 

Reading that thread it's pretty crazy. AZ translated what one of the Japanese players posted, and it was mad trash talk.

 

omg, even Japanese trashtalk

 

Iyo and Daigo same team C'mon....... Iyo's dhalsim is something serious... Big ups to the so called VF team.

 

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i like the rep grove meter

 

Well put it this way; I made the move from VF3 to sf3. Sign of the times it seems.

Although, I do not see SF4 as something I would quit VF5R for. I mean I left a good game for another good game. IMO this is not the case.