We are down to the final 4 fighters. Each fighter is now representing their own colored bracket. Many thanx to everyone who has played their matches, win or lose, but especially to the remaining four fighters who completed their matches two days early. The success of this tournament is directly attributed to every member in this league. Interestingly, the final four fighters are all different, representing the best with each character no doubt. Personally, there is a surprise as to who made it to the Final Four in ND2130’s Sagat as the other three fighters (Skrface13’s Blanka, ElGeneral’s Guile, and Deltron2020’s Ryu) were all accomplished members expected to go far in the tournament. Please understand that isn’t any type of disrespect to ND2130 as he definitely earned his spot among the Final Four with impressive wins in the Blue Bracket.
For the third time in this tournament, all the matches were played & completed in the 5th round. Congratulations to all the winners for advancing to the 6th Round – The Final Four of the SFCCL. And for all the fighters who saw their season come to an end in 5th round, I think can I speak for everyone in the SFCCL community when I say "Thank You" for being part of the SFCCL & this great tournament. Now join the rest of us sitting back & watching SUPER BRAWL results come in! Hopefully, some of these final 3 matches are recorded for everyone to watch.
Perhaps as a final reminder, no fighter may advance twice in the tournament via forfeit. However, I believe all matches going forward will be played out.
PREVIOUS WEEK RECAP
SFCCL Super Brawl Round 5 (4 matches):
* Completed matches: 4 out of 4 (100%)
* Forfeited matches: 0 out of 4 (0%)
FUN FACTS OF THE 4th ROUND
Highest Seed eliminated: #39th seed SFGodfather SAGAT (Blue Bracket)
Lowest Seed eliminated: #104th seed Haduken3 RUFUS (Red Bracket)
Highest Seed advancing: #5th seed Deltron2020 RYU (Green Bracket)
Lowest Seed advancing: #63rd seed Nd2130 SAGAT (Blue Bracket)
0 fighters eliminated from final Gold Division rankings (1 remaining)
0 fighter eliminated from final Silver Division rankings (1 remaining)
1 fighter eliminated from final Bronze Division rankings
0 fighter eliminated from final A Division rankings (2 remaining)
2 fighter eliminated from final B Division rankings
1 fighters eliminated from final D Division rankings
All fighters have been eliminated from the final rankings in the Bronze, B, C, D, and E Divisions.
REMANING and DEPARTING MEMBERS & FIGHTERS
There was a total of 4 matches for 8 fighters in the 5th round, which resulted in 4 winning fighters…and 4 losing fighters. Since this tournament marks the end of the season of the SFCCL, the losses result in the end of that fighter’s season. Here is a listing of fighters eliminated in the 5th round:
# 39 Seed = Bronze Division # 6 rank - SFGodfather SAGAT
# 68 Seed = B Division # 3 rank - Skrface13 GUILE
# 78 Seed = B Division # 13 rank - Zti890 CAMMY
# 104 Seed = D Division # 7 rank - Haduken3 RUFUS
Again, thank you for your commitment to the SFCCL and for being part of a magical season.
Of the 64 actual members entering the SUPER BRAWL tournament, 60 members are no longer playing as both of their fighters have been eliminated in the first five rounds. Of the remaining 4 fighters & 4 members still playing, no member has both of their fighters advancing to the Final Four, which means there will be an actual match for the SFCCL SUPER BRAWL Championship. Here is a listing of the current members still alive in the tournament along with their fighters and final division rankings:
# 5 Seed = Gold Division # 4 rank - Deltron2020 RYU
# 17 Seed = Silver Division Champion - ElGeneral GUILE
# 54 Seed = A Division # 5 rank - Skrface13 BLANKA
# 63 Seed = A Division # 14 rank - ND2130 SAGAT
MATCH OF THE WEEK
Since we have reached the Final Four, I do want to take some time to spotlight the 4 remaining fighters and their journey to the Final Four. Here is a listing of the Final Four matches:
RED BRACKET CHAMPION vs. GREEN BRACKET CHAMPION
#17 seed ElGeneral GUILE (29-5) vs. #5 seed Deltron2020 RYU (13-4)
Red Bracket Champion: #17 seed ElGeneral GUILE (29-5)
1st round – forfeit win over #114 seed C0nspire86 C. VIPER (0-2)
2nd round – win over #81 seed Hollowman1288 BLANKA (3-3)
3rd round – win over #49 seed Sbl21 AKUMA (3-4)
4th round – win over #65 seed Fran_Gil GUILE (6-3)
5th round – win over #104 seed Haduken3 RUFUS (4-1)
Opponents winning percentage: .552
Joined the SFCCL: Founding member
Only SFCCL defeats: Lux_ Guile (twice – opening tournament, wk 4), Lux_ Zangief (wk 1), xxUltimaCloudxx Rufus (wk 20), Marcopolo177 Guile (wk 23)
Green Bracket Champion: #5 seed Deltron2020 RYU (13-4)
1st round – win over #124 seed Kaziglubey FEI LONG (0-1)
2nd round – win over #69 seed Karate_fingerz RYU (4-1)
3rd round – win over #37 seed xx_Von_xx GOUKEN (8-3)
4th round – mirror-match win over #44 seed Deltron2020 RUFUS (4-1)
5th round – win over #68 seed Skrface13 GUILE (7-3)
Opponents winning percentage: .719
Joined the SFCCL: Week 15
Only SFCCL defeats: Undeadsato Honda (wk 19), Wild_A_187 Akuma (wk 20), Jinsouku_z Cammy (wk 21), xxUltimaCloudxx Rufus (wk 25)
BLUE BRACKET CHAMPION vs. BLACK BRACKET CHAMPION
#63 seed Nd2130 SAGAT (9-1) vs. #54 seed Skrface13 BLANKA (11-1)
Blue Bracket Champion: #63 seed ND2130 SAGAT (9-1)
1st round – win over #66 seed Orkanmuoh23 DHALSIM (2-4)
2nd round – win over #2 seed Marcopolo177 GUILE (14-5)
3rd round – win over #98 seed Leagueofitsown RYU (3-1)
4th round – win over #114 seed Haduken3 BALROG (3-1)
5th round – win over #90 seed SFGodfather SAGAT (10-5)
Opponents winning percentage: .666
Joined the SFCCL: Week 21
Only SFCCL defeats: Fran_Gil Balrog (wk 24)
Black Bracket Champion: #54 seed Skrface13 BLANKA (11-1)
1st round – win over #75 seed Bryanconroy SAGAT (2-1)
2nd round – win over #11 seed xxUltimaCloudxx BALROG (14-4)
3rd round – win over #86 seed Zti890 SAKURA (4-1)
4th round – win over #6 seed Flashfan7 BLANKA (13-2)
5th round – win over #78 seed Zti890 CAMMY (5-1)
Opponents winning percentage: .809
Joined the SFCCL: Week 19
Only SFCCL defeats: Nova979 C. Viper (double-forfeit wk 25)
BRACKET ANALYSIS – FINAL FOUR (6th ROUND)
COMPELTE RED BRACKET
Total number of wins by fighters: 179 wins
Total winning percentage: .481
COMPLETE BLUE BRACKET
Total number of wins by fighters: 162 wins
Total winning percentage: .593
COMPELTE BLACK BRACKET
Total number of wins by fighters: 147 wins
Total winning percentage: .538
COMPELTE GREEN BRACKET
Total number of wins by fighters: 150 wins
Total winning percentage: .549
SFCCL ANNOUNCEMENTS & NEWS
Here is a listing of the number of players using specific characters in the Final Four 6th round:
1. Guile 1
2. Sagat 1
3. Blanka 1
4. Ryu 1
Total = 4
I will be posting Part III of my final REFLECTIONS post this Friday. Within that post, I will post my official announcement regarding a possible 2nd season of the SFCCL on Super SFIV. Stay tuned…
Some of you might have noticed the Final Four emblem I used to incorporate into the tournament. The emblem is actually from the 2010 Women’s Final Four college basketball tournament held here in San Antonio, Texas. While I'm not a big fan of women's basketball in general, I am a proud Texan so I thought I would use it for our own Final Four emblem since the SFCCL is based out of my own home in San Antonio! Remember the Alamo!
I had wanted to do a special SFCCL night to celebrate the Final Four of the SUPER BRAWL tournament. Perhaps some mini-tournaments of previous styles as well as character-specific tourneys. Also, my friends and family back in the day would setup special competitions like fastest KO, longest combo, etc. Since I had my recorder finally working, I could meet up with all the participants for the special tasks who wanted to play & record the exhibitions. I could then post the winning videos. Unfortunately, the reality of this would be very difficult to do as big as we are. If this were a Evo 2010 type of physical event, I would be sure to do this as part of the festivities.
I look forward to my next SFCCL weekly update to be the final one by announcing the final SFCCL Gold Champion of the SUPER BRAWL tournament! Consider this blog my 3rd to last blog as we end this season. I appreciate all the feedback I’ve gotten from these blogs as I never envisioned them to amounting to much when the league first started per the reason they were not consistent every week in the beginning.
DEADLINE FOR SFCCL SUPER BRAWL FINAL FOUR ROUND 6
DEADLINE TO PLAY THE FINAL FOUR & CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES IS MONDAY, APRIL 26th – 7 days. With only 3 matches to go to complete the tournament & with SUPER SFIV being released a week from today, this should be more than ample time to play the remaining matches.
Round 1 – 64 matches / 128 fighters = March 8 – 21 (14 Days) - COMPLETE
Round 2 – 32 matches / 64 fighters = March 22 – 31 (10 days) - COMPLETE
Round 3 – 16 matches / 32 fighters = April 1 - 5 (5 days) - COMPLETE
Round 4 – 8 matches / 16 fighters = April 6 – 14 (9 days) - COMPLETE
Round 5 – 4 matches /8 fighters = April 15 – 19 (5 days) - COMPLETE
Round 6 & 7 – Final 4 & Championship: 3 matches / 4 fighters = April 20 – 26 (7 days)
Good luck to everyone in the Final Four. All members and fighters truly belong there.