Professional Fighting Gamers Play for $20,000 in Capcom Cup

Some the leading fighting game players in the world took to Northern California this weekend to play for $20,000 in prize money in the Capcom Cup.

Players competed over Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition (2012), Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Street Fighter X Tekken, the players fought for the top prize of $6,000 for the first place in Super Street Fighter 4 and Street Fighter X Tekken. Smaller cash prizes were given for second and third place.

Below is a list of the player’s placements and names along with their playable character name used during the tournament’s finals and the acronym for their sponsor (to those that apply).

Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition Ver.2012

  1. Sako (Evil Ryu) HORI
  2. Xian (Gen) DM.MCZ
  3. Fuudo (Fei Long) RZR
  4. Hanitani (Makoto)
  5. Tokido (Akuma) MCZ
  6. Gackt (Fei Long) DM.MCZ
  7. NYChris (Sakura) AGE
  8. Alioune (Cammy) BCN-eSports

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

  1. NYChris (Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Vergil) AGE
  2. Yipes (Spencer/Vergil/Hawkeye, Dante/Magneto/Wesker) EMP
  3. Filipino Champ (Magneto/Doctor Doom/ Pheonix, Magneto/Dormammu) coL
  4. Nemo (Nova/Doctor Strange/ Spencer) BE
  5. Justin Wong (Wolverine/Storm/Akuma, Wolverine/Spencer/Frank West) EG
  6. ABEGEN (Tron/Thor/She-Hulk) BE
  7. MarlinPie (C.Viper/Doctor Doom/Amaterasu) BT
  8. Kane Blueriver (Hulk/Haggar/Sentinel) BE

Street Fighter X Tekken Ver.2013

  1. INFILTRATION (Jin/Alisia)
  2. TrampaBison (M.Bison/Rolento) EMP
  3. Justin Wong (Hwoarang/Chun-Li) EG
  4. Alex Valle (Yoshimitsu/Lars) LU
  5. Nuckledu (Guile.Zangief) DSC.EMP
  6. Ramos (Vega/Cammy) KS
  7. THEZOMBIEDRVER (Hwoarang/Nina)
  8. Sethlolol (Law/Kuma) KS.CORN

You can see the highlights of the weekend’s event on the Capcom website.

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