SoCal Regionals 2017 (sometimes shortened as SCR 2017) was a

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event that took place in Santa Ana, California on September 22–24. Held by Level, Up, the event featured eleven tournaments, among which the debut competition of '' Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite'', one of the ''

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'' Premier Events of the

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, and a ''

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'' tournament that was part of the 2017 Tekken World Tour Master. The''Marvel vs. Capcom'' tournament at SCR 2017 was won by Ryan "FilipinoChamp" Ramirez, while its ''Street Fighter V'' tournament was won by Atsushi "Yukadon" Fujimura.

Background

SoCal Regionals 2017 was held at the Anaheim Convention Center in

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from September 22 to 24. The event featured eleven tournaments, and a triple main event to close out the show: a ''Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite'' tournament, a ''Street Fighter V'' tournament, and a ''Tekken 7'' tournament. SCR 2017 also featured tournaments for ''

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'', ''

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'', '' BlazBlue: Central Fiction'', '' Under Night In-Birth EXE Late t', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Pokken Tournament'', and ''

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''. There was also a three-on-three exhibition match of ''

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'' held at the event. The ''Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite'' tournament was Part of Capcom's "Battle of the Stones" series and, as such, it featured a best of 3 format. As this was the first tournament played for the game, there existed some concern around competitors getting copies of the game early. Regardless, many players carried over habits from the previous game in the series, ''

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''. After the tournament was concluded,

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set up a "Body Count Fighting" tournament with nine announced matches and one "secret" match. Jason Dimberg of Mechinima described the event as "adding two more champions/belt-holders for ''Marvel Vs. Capcom: Infinite'', ... and ''Tekken 7''."

Tournament summary

The first two days of the ''Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite'' tournament at SoCal Regionals was dominated by Richard Nguyen, who, playing with

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defeated established ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' players such as BT Clockwork and former

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. The final top 8 of the tournament was populated by lesser-known players, such as Gabriel "Jibrill" Lam and Robert "Sacktap" Capps. The tournament was won by Ryan "FilipinoChamp" Ramirez, the only "top name" from competitive ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' history that reached the finals. Though the early rounds of the ''Street Fighter V'' tournament at SCR 2017 featured much local talent, the top 8 ended up being a highly international affair. Six different characters were played during the finals, though the character choices did not stray far from the norm. The finals were dominated by Japanese player Atsushi "Yukadon" Fujimura, who defeated other players such as Geon "NL" Sim, Hyungsuk "Verloren" Kong, and Saul "MenaRD" Mena. The ''Tekken 7'' tournament at SCR 2017 was dominated by two

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members, HyunJin "JDCR" Kim and Choi "Saint" Jinwoo. Though Saint entered the grand finals in the winner's bracket, JDCR, playing with Dragunov, determined the tempo of their match and pressured his opponent through effective spacing and punishments. JDCR forced a bracket reset and defeated Saint again in their second set, winning the tournament.

Results

References

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