Capcom Cup 2014

Capcom Cup 2014 was an Ultra Street Fighter IV tournament held at The Warfield in San Francisco, California on December 13, 2014. 16 players qualified for the tournament by winning at events at the first Capcom Pro Tour, co-sponsored by Twitch. The tournament was won by Yusuke Momochi, defeating Kun Xian Ho in the finale and winning $30,000 USD.

Capcom Cup 2014
2014
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Tournament information
SportUltra Street Fighter IV
LocationSan Francisco, California
DateDecember 13
Tournament
format(s)
Double-elimination
Venue(s)The Warfield
Participants16
Purse~$36,000
Final positions
ChampionsYusuke Momochi
Runner-upKun Xian Ho

Capcom Pro Tour

In March 2014, Capcom partnered with livestreaming video platform Twitch to create a year-long fighting game league, titled the Capcom Pro Tour. The Tour featured a large number of tournaments, among which ten "Premier Events". Winners of the Premier Events would automatically qualify for the Capcom Cup in December, and six more players were selected based on their ranking in Capcom-sponsored tournaments. During early tournaments in the Capcom pro Tour, the 2012 version of Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition was played. Tournaments transitioned into Ultra Street Fighter 4 as it became available in June.[1][2]

The Street Fighter tournament held at the Pro Tour Premier Events (except for Evo 2014) were all streamed through the "Capcom Fighters" Twitch channel. Capcom also brought smaller tournaments to well-known video game conventions such as E3 and PAX East.[3] In April, online gaming platform Virgin Gaming (now WorldGaming) partnered with Capcom and Twitch in order to hold regional online tournaments.[4] In total, 716 players scored points in the ranking.[5]

Tournament background
The 2014 Capcom Cup was held at The Warfield music venue in San Francisco.

The Capcom Cup was held on December 13, 2014 in The Warfield in San Francisco, a music venue usually reserved for major musical acts. Heidi Kemps of Red Bull described the venue as "close-knit and communal", though noted that The Warfield didn't afford much space for crowd control. The Capcom Cup offered live commentary not only through its online livestreams, as the commentary of James Chen and David "UltraDavid" Graham was also broadcast among the crowd.[6] The tournament had a prize pool of over $36,000 USD, $30,000 of which went to the winner.[7]

Tournament summary

The Capcom Cup featured a double-elimination format and featured a roster of various high-level players. Justin Wong and Snake Eyez, among others, suffered two losses in a row at the start of the tournament, causing them to drop out early in the brackets. Due to Ultra Street Fighter IV's large character roster featuring 44 options, character choice became an important metagame at the tournament. Competitors were allowed to mutually blind-pick characters in order to avoid counter-picks. When a player loses, they are allowed to change their character, while the winner has to stick with theirs. Quickly, players started to bring out unexpected characters in order to surprise their opponents.[6]

The Capcom Cup was won by Yusuke Momochi, defeating Kun Xian Ho in the finale. After winning a very close rematch against Ryan Hart in the loser's brackets of the tournament and defeating Luffy in the loser's bracket finals, Momochi was faced with Xian's Poison in the Grand Finals. Momochi caused Xian to change his character to Gen after winning the first set 2–1. Momochi then managed to force a bracket-reset and eventually won the final set 3–1.[6][7]

Results
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Place Player Alias Character(s) Qualification
1st Yusuke Momochi EG|Momochi Ken South East Asia Major 2014
2nd Kun Xian Ho RZR|Xian Gen, Poison, Dhalsim Points
3rd Olivier Hay MD|Luffy Rose Evo 2014
4th Seon-Woo Lee Infiltration Akuma, Elena, Chun-Li CEO 2014
5th Eduardo Perez-Frangie EG|PR Balrog Balrog NorCal Regionals 2014
5th Ryan Hart DIG|Ryan Hart Ryu, Evil Ryu Final Round XVII
7th Keita Ai RZR|Fuudo Fei Long Dreamhack Winter 2014
7th Valentin Petit GL|Valmaster Chun-Li, Elena VSFighting 4
9th Daigo Umehara MCZ|Daigo Umehara Evil Ryu Capcom Pro Tour Asia Finals
9th Du Dang CRS|NuckleDu Guile, Decapre Points
9th Masato Takahashi Bonchan Sagat Points
9th Ricky Ortiz EG|Ricky Ortiz Rufus Points
13th Hiroshi Nishikido NISHIKIN Blanka Taito Arcade Nationals
13th Darryl Lewis SnakeEyez Zangief The Fall Classic 2014
13th Eric Moreira Silva CNB|ChuChu Sakura, C. Viper Points
13th Justin Wong EG|Justin Wong Rufus Points

References
  1. Ingenito, Vince (2014-03-10). "Capcom and Twitch Join Forces to Create the Capcom Pro Tour". IGN.
  2. Grubb, Jeff (2014-03-10). "Ready? Fight! Capcom partners with Twitch for year-round Street Fighter league". VentureBeat.
  3. Breslau, Rod (2014-03-11). "Capcom and Twitch team up for year-long Street Fighter league tour". GameSpot.
  4. Nunneley, Stephany (2014-04-02). "Virgin Gaming partners with Capcom Pro Tour for Street Fighter Online series". VG247.
  5. https://capcomprotour.com/standings/?circuit=2014&region=global&pg=14&list_view=full&lang=en-us
  6. Kemps, Heidi (2014-12-18). "Capcom Cup: The FGC's Take on a World Championship". Red Bull.
  7. Martin, Michael (2014-12-14). "2014 Capcom Cup Street Fighter Champion Crowned". IGN.
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