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Evolution: the world’s biggest fighting game tournament
In 2016, at Street Fighter V’s debut, it had more than 5,000 entrants
The South-Korean Lee Seon-Woo “Infiltration” wins the tournament
and becomes the first Street Fighter V world champion
Infiltration is the first Street Fighter V champion here
Evolution 2016
Meet Thomas “Brolynho” Proença
From Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, the Street Fighter V player got worldwide recognition
after facing and defeating Infiltration, in the US.
One more “mixup” only
Can Infiltration stay alive?
Can the Evo champion stay alive here, in winners?
No, he’s not gonna do it!
He did it!
He did, Brolynho has taken it over infiltration!
He did it again at E-League 2017 in Atlanta, USA
Thomas also won international tournaments in South America, such as Never Give Up! In Chile
And Lima Salty, in Peru.
And that’s not to mention two appearances at Capcom Cup,
the annual championship that gathers the best Street Fighter V players on the planet
Thinking of improving the skill level of his fellow cariocas,
he decided to do something then unheard of in the Rio de Janeiro fighting game scene.
The creation of a Street Fighter V tournament circuit
The idea it was to make more and more Rio players reach pro level at the game,
through a more hands-on interaction with tournaments.
Well, the idea behind the circuit is to introduce new players to the scene,
and also to keep the stronger players active, right?
So, it’s important to feel that pressure regarding the need to win the match.
If you lose the next one, you’re out and that sort of stuff.
Well, I think these are the goals.
And thus, the Fight in Rio Circuit was born
Fighters in Rio
A Boris Gucovski film
January 2017: on the way to the first round of the Fight in Rio Circuit (then known as “BTRolynho”)
So, guys, we’re going for the BTRroylnho circuit, which is Rio de Janeiro’s Street Fighter Circuit.
The name is kinda funny, it merges “BTR” with “Brolynho”, because Thomas, Brolynho,
was the one who came up with it and it’s happening at BTR's place, Marcos Nascimento’s.
How am I feeling, man? I feel good, I’m tired, I slept very badly,
but the game for me is like a drug, a vice. I love this game!
Since I started playing it, I tried to stop many times, but I can’t! It’s the scene.
And I’m very happy, because I’m going to see some guys I haven’t seen in quite a while.
We’re gonna get together... I love this environment, you feel me?
Everyone together, helping each other, and that’s very important.
ROUND 1: CAMPINHO
So, today, January 2017, it’s our first off-line meeting here in Rio de Janeiro.
Season 2 just started and everyone is following up on what happened last year
We met to play off-line many times, and this is the first one this year.
That’s the scene, man! It’s like leaving a legacy, you get it?
And that’s been happenng a lot and for a quote-unquote “small circuit”
We have 50 entrants here, so, look... How delightful! How beautiful!!
Well, I think it’s... not wonderful. If we had air-conditioning, then it would be wonderful.
So many new faces, like. We didn’t have this many people back in Season 1.
Mission accomplished today. We had 52 entrants and 50 actually showed up,
so, well, that's considerably good.
That’s more than double the entrants of our first round last year.
I have to thank BTR who is letting us use the place, free of charge like always.
He even offered us some sandwiches. All this goodwill towards making it happen... and that’s that.
Now we gotta prepare for the next one on the 28th and we’re going to have streaming soon,
we’re doing a nice stream for everyone.
The more people, the better, man! It’s cooler that way.
The new guys, like... A lot of people I didn’t know... Like the Ibuki guy.
Really, I never even saw him online.
There’s also this guy... called... Shades_BR.
He played Dark the day before yesterday, I think, online.
And Dark said “we're having an off-line tournament” and he was like “Damn, so cool!” and he did come.
He showed up?
And he had a nice result.
For instance, there’s this guy I played in ranked and I started talking to him,
we added each other on Facebook, and I told him there was going to be an event, and the guy showed up.
He even arrived before me and he’s there. First time playing in a real tournament.
We started talking and he went “hey, man. It’s gonna happen, it’s getting started... that was back in December.
Hey, there is a Rio Circuit starting in January. I don’t know, if you’re willing to play...”
and I told him “Hey, I’m in!”.
All I needed was a push, someone to tell me:
“oh, I think you’ve got a lot of potential to take part in it”.
Specially coming from someone like Dark
Yeah. I was, man...
I was astonished, I said “damn, the guy recognized my skills, so and so”.
And I even have a special place in my heart for him.
Because he was the one who brought me to off-line play, to competitive play,
so I will always hold him in high regard and always remember when he invited me to the scene, right?
That was kinda how I started it all for me on the competitive scene, so to speak.
I think we are on the right track, right?
There are some bigger tournaments that don’t have our numbers.
And the skill level, too. I think that’s what matters the most, really.
That’s right! Their skill level is really good, so, well, I think we’re on the right track.
I think we got everything in hand to improve the Rio Scene, which is soaring here in Brazil, even more.
It really is!
People from Rio de Janeiro, if you didn’t come and want to come on the next ones, man, you’re missing out.
Thomas beats Dark to win the 2017 circuit’s first round
Thanks, guys! Congratulations to everyone!
When did you start playing fighting games?
My story with Fighting games is a staple with people who played during the 90s.
People who were born in the 80s e played it in the 90s.
People who went to the arcade to play Street Fighter 2, KOF ‘95, ‘97, ‘96 or whatever.
It wasn’t that serious back then, despite the fact that I already competed
on KOF 2000, 98, but it was for just 30 or 40 reais. Today we have 250,000 prize pools around the world.
I think I started around, like, 7 or 8 years old.
It was back on Fatal Fury Real Bout, and I really started to enjoy it, right?
I have older brothers, so they took me to the arcade.
Soon after, KOF ’97 got released, which is where I really started enjoying Fighting Games.
I play Street Fighter since the SNES days, Super Street 2, on gaming rental joints.
As I said before, I’ve met my friends there and, like, it was awesome.
When I was a small kid, it would scare me, but I liked seeing it.
The first hadouken, I don’t know, the sound, like, it’s impacting when you hear it for the first time.
Look, to be honest, ever since I can remember, I always enjoyed Fighting Games.
Since I was, I don’t know, 6 or 7 years old, I already dabbled in Street Fighter 2,
Super Nintendo, and I went to the arcades near home.
I started playing Fighting games in 1992. Street Fighter 2, on those bootleg arcades.
I lived in Duque de Caxias back then, I was born there and, down my street, almost across a school
on the André Vidal de Negreiros street, there was an old bar which I can’t recall the name of the owner,
but it had a Street 2 machine and a Final Fight 1 arcade,
I can’t recall if it was Final Fight Guy or the vanilla Final Fight.
But Street Fighter 2 really bothered my mom,
who had to accompany me to the bar almost every day for me to play with all those characters.
I could only leave it alone if I’ve had beaten Blanka.
Doesn’t matter where I started, even if I started playing against Zangief,
but I wouldn’t be satisfied until I beat Blanka,
because I think Blanka was some sort of an arch-enemy for me. I always lost to Blanka
And then you lost a quarter?
And then I lost a quarter, of course. 30 cents, never to be seen again.
My mom tried to remedy that giving me a console at an early age,
but obviously, that console was a Turbo Game etc., Phantom System...
it did not have Street Fighter 2, so it was all in vain.
So, I was always at the arcade.
I managed to step up my game from a very young age.
I even had some problems because of that, because I was too young,
and I won against dudes way older than me and they got pissed.
They pounded my head. It was complicated!
They would beat you up?
They would! That was not cool. But this is how things were at that time, it happened with everyone.
This is what made the arcades so frowned upon...
For sure...my mom would lose her mind, right? She was completely against it.
Did you go without letting her know?
Yes! I skipped classes for it.
Change from the grocery?
From the bakery, too! I would sell empty bottles to get money to play.
It was cool! It is good to remember stuff like this.
So, it was worth it?
Yes it was! I would do it all over again, for sure!
ROUND 2: PENHA
So, this is my first time.
It is the very first tournament in my Street Fighter history overall.
I’m loving it! I’ve never met so many people
just like us that enjoy Street Fighter, want to play it and such.
I find the FGC across the world very fascinating because it is so diverse.
It is a big...there is people of all kinds,
it comes from the arcade culture that you had to have a quarter in order to play,
it was not something that had...it was more democratic, it was more accessible in that sense.
In some way this made the FGC the mix it is, so, I’m finding it wonderful.
My first impression was very good, everyone was very receptive.
There is a real interest in enlarging the community and gather more people
Because with more players there is more levels and more opportunity for everyone.
So, this second round was my first contact with a tournament.
I had never been in a tournament before, and this was my first one.
And man, I found the level of the people here great, you know.
I came a bit apprehensive, because I didn’t know how things rolled out
but man, people were so receptive. It was good to come, chat a little bit.
And exchange information about what to do in order to improve your game.
This was the best part of getting together with these players, like, it was the best part.
Well, the tournament is achieving bigger things
than we have previously thought when we began, Thomas.
And there is plenty of newcomers, known faces are coming too, everyone is coming around and that’s it.
There is the space also, we have to offer a good space
to make it accessible for everyone, a good space.
Overall, everyone is going to improve and if we keep this pace
it may be that a tournament with this name is going to get known across the whole country.
Tubarão reaches grand finals of the second round,
But is defeated by Thomas, on his second consecutive victory
Why fighting games?
Sometimes I think that, sure, certain aspects, certain characteristics,
that we can identify and say that they cause the game to appeal to me, right?
So, in the first place there is the challenge thing.
It's a very challenging game and winning a challenge is so gratifying,
like, your body gives you a fantastic mental reward
and winning any kind of challenges is phenomenal. This is why I think this is the most important aspect.
A second one I believe it would be the exchange of information
and what involves the community in that sense.
So you meet people, you give your best,
you, for example, admire, sometimes, someone’s playstyle and say
“man, that’s awesome! He plays very well”,
then you call him for a lobby, he accepts it and you play, roll some sets and exchange information afterwards.
So there is this thing about enjoying being in a process of evolution
and to recognize the same thing on other players, and to be recognized as well, right?
When people come and say to you “well, man, you really improved!”
you get like...”cool, that’s so *** cool!”
What I like the most in fighting games is that you’re the only one responsible for your success, right?
It’s you and that’s it. When you win, the merit is all yours and when you lose so is the failure,
you’re the only one to blame.
You have no one else to say: “oh, it was that dude’s fault”
as it happens in, for example, other types of games.
This is something we see, in sports, in team games
it’s always possible that there is someone else to blame.
In a fighting game it’s your fault only. It’s like swimming, and not like soccer or volleyball.
You can always blame the full-back or the setter.
When you swim, the water or the lane ropes are not responsible. It’s your fault.
It’s either that or you’re not better than those who are competing against you.
You either commit some mistakes or, if you gave all you got, there were people better than you.
I believe that a fighting game makes that very clear.
Even if you want to blame the game, say that the character is broken,
it is your fault, ok? You’re the one to blame.
And that’s for better or worse.
It is a game that is demanding for the player. It demands maturity.
If you don’t have it and you play a fighting game,
you’re gonna get frustrated, you’re going to lose and abandon the game, because there is no one to blame.
Then you’re gonna look in the mirror and say “Damn! I’ve gotta git gut”
and this “I need to improve” is a humble act that demands maturity
and that's not very common, especially among younger players.
How do you define a fighting game?
So, it’s about two people fighting each other, one on one, ok?
Again: this is not an exclusive rule, but it’s the core, the mainstream, right?
There is variation in different games. It’s one on one.
One character against other character trying to win, depleting the opponent’s life bar,
or by the time limit and you’re going to build strategies,
mind games and try to surpass your opponent
both in knowledge about the game and knowledge about the other player
so that you end up victorious on that round, on that set.
I believe that a fighting game can be defined as a battle of minds,
Because you’re trying to anticipate at all times a play from the opposition
or making a read of what he could be doing
and in a fighting game itself, specifically, everything is so fast, right?
It all happens so fast...
It’s almost like chess at 200 miles per hour.
Exactly! You have to be trying all the time to predict what you opponent can or cannot do
and that’s what I think is cool... because whoever makes the better calls wins.
Of course there is some luck involved, though.
But I think that 70% or, who knows, even more is...
Is the mind play.
It’s the mind, isn’t it? Mainly in a tournament.
How much you are psychologically prepared, mentally prepared, for that situation.
So, you mentioned this thing about the game being a mental battle and you know not many people see it, right?
Generally, they think that the game is all punches and kicks until the life gauge is over, but that’s not accurate.
Not at all, far from it! I, for example, never thought I’d have to study frame data, things like that, right?
Study how many frames a move has, when can I do this, when I can’t.
So when you start to study it more deeply,
you start to see it in a completely different way
I’ve never thought I would see.
Sometimes, a match is apparently simple,
you see the players studying each other, no one strikes a blow, nothing, the fear of starting an offensive.
You see there’s a reason behind all that, ok,
after you study the game more seriously and then it gets a lot more interesting.
For someone who already likes the game, they will fall in love with it, you know?
And fighting games, they’ve shown to be, since the very first approach to a fighting game,
they’ve shown to be very complex and very interesting on that level,
borrowing a bit from jankenpon, so every action has a response reaction.
So you always have a risk/reward involved, I mean, it is very balanced,
very structured, and there is the mental aspect of it as well,
which comes from the jankenpon part,
it adds what in Japan is called yomi, ok?
It is about being capable to predict or read
the opponent’s intentions or their mentality and make this work in your favor.
You know there is a rock coming in, so you choose paper.
If you feel he is flustered and he wants to counter you,
you expect scissors from him and then you play rock. So you keep playing with these aspects
and I think this is, like, fantastic.
It is something that makes the game, that is very important to a game that it’s replayable, right?
You play it once, and then again and again and you keep wanting to play more. It never stops.
And this structure is kind of infinite, because it never stops.
Since you have two human players, ok?
If it’s against the AI maybe it will get boring,
but with this human aspect, the game never gets boring, as the strategies never end. They simply never end.
Fight in Rio Circuit's New House
Brolynho’s circuit at RedZero is going to be a big leap in quality terms,
Prior to this, the tournaments happened in a very informal way, right?
It was always at someone’s place or someone conceded some space.
Then there was one event, if I’m not mistaken, where 70 showed up, so...
It was the first one.
Right! It became unfeasible to host it on a building’s garage like we did at BTR,
so we moved to RedZero.
The Fight in Rio staff helped Brolynho out with the space at RedZero,
so we’ll meet there several times and the auditorium is very nice.
There is a big screen, the overall quality is ridiculous.
Things are about to get serious!
ROUND 3: REDZERO, NITERÓI
What is competition to you?
I think that we as people are very competitive.
I actually believe that every person is very competitive to and let that all out
on a game is a very enjoyable way to exercise this competitiveness as a person.
It is a competition against myself, right?
Knowing how much...
if all that time that I invested, all the effort, if it was worth it, if it has been fruitful.
I’m very competitive. I demand a lot of myself, I mean...
On any fighting game?
On any game, even on adventure games.
Really?
Really! I’m serious!
On the third round, Tubarão got to top 3 again, knocking off ZeusB to the losers bracket
And what does that competition mean to you?
Man, I don’t know. It’s something natural. When I get into a match, I’m always striving to be the best,
to be among the best and get recognized.
I can’t play just for fun.
Which is unfortunate, right?
I’d really like to have more fun and be less competitive, but I just can’t.
It’s just how I am. I can’t control it.
After an outstanding comeback, Thomas eliminates ZeusB
He must now defeat Tubarão, who is waiting for him at the Grand Finals
Thomas will need to win six matches to win the round.
Tubarão, only three.
I’m a very competitive guy, to the point where when I lose, I’ll start studying my fights.
I don’t get angry at my opponent, ever.
I get angry at myself, you know?
Dwelling on how I could’ve trained harder and whatnot.
During his interview, Tubarão is called over the microphone to play in the grand finals against Thomas.
So I’ll be off now, say goodbye to you guys.
I’ll play in the grand finals, ok? Thank you so much!
Thank you a bunch, Tubarão!
Thank you!
Round 3: Grand Finals
Thomas is Ibuki
Tubarão is Necalli
Thomas wins three matches and resets the bracket.
It’s time to kill or be killed.
If Tubarão wins the next round, he will be the champion
Carlos Pivotto: A round of applauses to this warrior of the underground pubs!
Tubarão: Holy ***, this is so awesome!
So, man. Tell me all about it! How are you feeling about having won the tourney?
Man, I have no words to describe this.
It is so gratifying for me, being new to the scene.
I started out in Street Fighter 5.
Most of the guys there have a huge Street Fighter IV background, even international tourneys,
so I’m very happy for everything that’s happening and I hope everybody keeps playing,
participating and may the next rounds come.
Our ultimate goal here is not for me to be the Champion, or Brolynho, anybody.
It’s to raise the level of the players, for everyone to evolve together to represent Rio and Brazil abroad.
Me: So Tubarão (Shark), tell us why this nick “SHARK”. How did that come to be?
Man, that I first got called that when I was 13, 14, which was when I started...
at that time I used to play KOF, right?
So there was an arcade place I used to go to where the people started calling me that
because in my teenage years, my nose started to get really distracting, you know?
So the people were like “holy ***, that dude looks just like a shark” and that’s the story of this nick.
So that’s the story, right?
Yeah! And it was even pretty funny. It still is...
And it caught on.
It did. And I even like it, you know? I don’t have any problem with that
Some people don’t really like nicknames, right?
Especially about something physical, but my nose was never a problem for me.
It was never a problem.
Amazing. But how did you start competing?
What brought you to this level, like “I play the game, but now I want to get into competitions”?
What was that process like?
So, I actually started to dedicate myself and even to get to know Street Fighter in 2011.
It was in 2011 that I started to play Street Fighter and, different from the others,
I used to play that old version, Street Fighter Champion Edition, better known as "2.5"
that very underground one.
So, I used to play KOF at the time, only KOF.
And there was a guy at this bar I played at and his name is Sergio,
he would always give me trash talk, because he played both games – KOF and Street Fighter.
When he lost to me at KOF and was like “oh, but you’ll never beat me at Street Fighter,
he would always give me this excuse.
So I said “dude, I’m going to practice that game just so I can beat you”.
So I trained, met the Street Fighter crowd and picked up Bison and I beat the guy.
But during this time I was practicing the game I started to actually enjoy it,
I really started to like it.
And, since there was this cool crowd who played the game... the bar would always be stock-full,
I started to play more, get involved to the point where I dropped KOF to dedicate only to
Street Fighter Champion Edition, which I played it from 2011 to 2015.
That’s how I started to play competitively, when I got into tournaments, right?
I won tournaments in Brazil, then I moved to Chile
and won tournaments there, in Chile. Five of them.
I played the world championship, which took place there, too. I got 3rd place.
So you made a name for yourself through Champion Edition?
Yes, it was through Champion Edition that I got where I am today
and also got reasonably famous in the world of fighting games.
I have a special place for that game in my heart. I really like it!
And how did you transition to Street Fighter V?
So, when the year of 2015 came, the end of the year...
We would be getting Street Fighter V in 2016, right?
So, in Street Fighter Champion Edition I had already achieved everything that I wanted.
All my objectives.
So I decided to take on this new challenge:
“I’ll try this Street Fighter V out”.
At the time I even wanted to play Street Fighter 4, but since it was nearing its end I decided:
“oh, I’ll just a little to start from scratch like everyone else”,
and then I started, in 2016, to play Street Fighter V.
And then I started to meet the guys, right?
I was already friends with Dark, I’d met him already.
And then I met the others through Street Fighter V, really.
The Rio de Janeiro scene.
What’s up, Koopao and little Koop.
One more time here, for one more edition of our TPT, Tijuca Pro Tour,
the meetings we do with players from Tijuca and surrounding neighborhoods.
And, I don’t know, we must be at what? The 7th edition, 6th?
Of course I’m kidding by calling it “edition”.
But I don’t know, seventh time we meet off-line to play, I guess.
Koopao: we always try to do it in different people’s houses, right?
At least we try, right? Boris is the main host,
but we do try to switch it up a bit.
It started out for us to play Street Fighter V.
We started this out to play Street Fighter V off-line, which is a lot more fun than on-line.
The on-line component of the game is very lacking.
Yes, we rage less.
And recently, the last time that it happened at my place and this time too, at Boris’s.
This is the second time we’re hosting Guilty Gear.
Everybody was all for it, some wanted to get their hands on this game
and now we’re doing this, practicing both Street Fighter and Guilty Gear off-line.
Sometimes we get together,
we set up the meetings through text messages, right,
to try and do this whenever we can.
If we have a free Sunday, a Holiday we’ll try to get together and…
I mean, everybody together, having a blast, a good time.
It’s not just about practicing for me.
It’s also about being with your friends, you know?
There’s a difference between playing in front of a computer screen
chatting with the other player online and playing here, where we pick on each other,
talk, get salty because the command won’t come out.
We press block and still get hit, you know?
It’s a lot of fun.
And I think this interaction is so nice, and it’s more than the game.
For me it’s more than that. It’s about being with the gang.
It’s very important for the players to be all together.
Playing on-line is good, right?
Especially considering how busy our days usually are nowadays,
but the off-line competition has to exist, you know?
So that the scene grows even stronger.
Me: Why does it have to exist?
Because that’s where people meet, right?
The exchange of information, tech, the camaraderie that also happens.
Everyone helping one another.
It’s off-line that... there’s where you really get to see whether if you’re good or not,
what needs to improve.
And since the circuit took place every two weeks, the players would be always reunited,
playing, exchanging experience and there, many casual players, like me at the time,
it was an opportunity to be in touch with more successful players,
like Tubarão, Thomas himself, Brolynho, Dark.
And we could feel that they were not distant like some people may think.
People usually have that idea that you’re going to get to one of these events
and they won’t talk to you, will look down on you...
Me: And that’s not the case...
Far from it! Not the case at all!
Players new to the scene are a little afraid to compete with the more experienced players, Round 4
Players new to the scene are a little afraid to compete with the more experienced players,
players who have been competing for some time,
so it’s a little tougher for us because of the nerves…
And then you say “oh, but we’ll go there, we’re gonna lose to the pros
and they’re gonna mock us” or “oh, those guys are trash and whatnot”,
but when you actually get here you can see it’s completely different, you know?
When you come here, you’ll lose a match and your opponent will tell you
“hey, man, you made this, this and that mistake, try to improve on this and that”.
We have a ton of support here, you know?
We are constantly encouraged to keep playng.
If you watched the stream you saw that there was a little boy, Cabelo’s nephew.
So, he was probably 10 or 11.
10 years old. If a ten-year-old boy had the guts to do it…
Even though he said “I’m shaking”, he was happy, it was good for him.
Staying home, is it good to play on-line?
Sure, it’s nice to be under the AC, drinking some Coke, all cozy and all. I agree!
But the adrenaline here is so great, you know?
For example, I saw Brolynho beating Nolan and right after that
he was telling him why he won the match and why those things are happening,
so you learn so much more here.
It’s very different when you’re sitting at home, all silent,
you’re relaxed, you can go to the bathroom, go for a glass of water, you stop if you get tired.
Off-line it’s more... you can still go the bathroom, of course, but it’s not as...
you have to play when you’re called.
You sit side by side with your opponent, you see his reactions, everybody watching your match,
maybe you’ll be even on stream, so, that… the idea is to make you get used to that setting,
not just with the off-line timing, which is different from the on-line timing,
but with all of these aspects of the off-line setting.
So, the idea was to make a circuit in which players could be in touch with the off-line setting
to get used to these championships so they will have a shot of doing well at tournaments
the bigger ones, both in Brazil and abroad, as well.
NEWCOMERS AND VETERANS
We had the Circuit itself and we also had a circuit in between for the newcomers.
Everyone participated. It was the same circuit, but there was a rank for the newcomers
and another rank for the veterans of the scene.
What defines you as a newcomer is
not having participated in any major championship outstide of Rio
since the beginning of Street Fighter IV up to now
So if you have taken part in any major outside of Rio,
you’re not considered a newcomer anymore.
The main prize is going to be two plane tickets to Chile,
for the tournament which I consider to the most important fighting event in Latin America,
Never Give Up, N.G.U., and also 5 plane tickets to Treta.
Even though I previously announced four, I think I’m going to be able to send out five players.
Five players are going to Treta. Newcomers, newcomers this time.
They’re going to get the ticket to Treta plus lodging
to compete in Brazil’s bigger tournaments.
And the most important aspect, actually, is for the players to evolve and not so much the prizes.
Me, for example, I won’t get any of the prizes but I’m still competing
because I find it important to be competing with the players here
so that I can help evolve their game them and mine, too.
The fourth round was marked by the presence of Rio Grande do Sul’s Keoma
Keoma is considered by many to be the strongest Street Fighter 4 player in the country
He classified for Capcom Cup 2015 at that year’s Brasil Game Show
With Karin, in Street Fighter V, Keoma is still considered a top player in Brazil
We received Keoma at the Galeão airport,
he would be staying at Thomas’ house to participate in round 4.
Just arrived here in Galeão for the fourth round of the Fight in Rio Circuit
I didn’t sleep last night
I haven’t been sleeping too well, but I’m looking forward
to being able to play the folks from here
players from Rio de Janeiro are the strongest in Brazil right now, so that’s going to be a nice experience
it’s going to be nice to play offline with a very diversified group of people
the offline scene in Rio Grande do Sul is not doing too well,
so I’m curious to see the difference the circuit is promoting around here, you know?
not just when it comes to the points
but how the scene has grown because of the Fight in Rio Circuit
Keoma quickly paves his way to the grand finals of the round with his Karin
Keoma lives up to his name and faces Thomas, who is once again at the grand finals
By 3x1, Keoma defeats Thomas and becomes the only winner of a round from outside of Rio
Fight in Rio – major
In August 2017, Fight in Rio took place
the major of the same name which attracts the strongest players in the country.
So, Boris, I don’t know if everybody knows the origin of Fight in Rio, the major,
but it came to be out of a need that I saw in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
We already had small events, but we needed something big,
something worth marking in the calendar:
“I know that one event happens every year in Rio”.
So I started thinking about names, did some research, had some talks about it
and it finally came: “Fight in Rio” and the result is what you see today.
We became a consolidated brand.
This is very summarized story of what Fight in Rio is.
And in this championship guys like Thomas, a great player, became evident.
He started competing in big events and he also participated in an event
I organized in Nova Iguaçu, his city.
That’s where I met him, where he invited me to be a part of the SOA team,
which I’m a member of today.
That’s the story of out friendship.
But, you know, what is the Fight in Rio CIRCUIT today?
It did not really start as Fight in Rio Circuit, right?
We all know it was first called Btrolynho,
as a homage from the players to Thomas.
In regards to the Btrolynho Circuit, Thomas saw the need…
I don’t even know if it was a need per se,
but I think he associated a need to our friendship,
listened to some feedback from the players on the name and decided:
“ah, it’s all Rio de Janeiro, I trust Rodrigo Shogun,
there’s already the major Fight in Rio”,
and Thomas is also my associate in Fight in Rio.
I started it but Fight in Rio everybdy's
it's mine, yours, everybody’s.
I’m not the owner, I just make it happen.
So, going back a bit, Thomas saw this and thought “well, the guy’s my friend,
we have the circuit, let’s call it that way. And he did it.
Fight in Rio Circuit.
It is a separated event. Yeah, but in the end, I don’t know if you’re with me here,
it’s separated but at the same time it isn’t.
It’s all the same thing, they’re both home to the same players.
We waited virtually the whole year for this event.
I’m particulartly excited to be here today.
I find the event extraordinary.
It’s amazing to see everyone from the scene together,
the place, which is very pretty. Very well organized.
Let’s see what happens, but I only expect the best out of this event, for sure!
Nice to meet you! I’m Fernanda Beatriz, a.k.a: fe_beatriz.
I’m here honoring the event, which is looking amazing, really amazing.
The level of the players here is really high,
but the most important thing is to be here representing the women’s strength in videogames.
Girls, there is no bigger pleasure than beating up these boys,
so come on out, because playing is very satisfying,
entertaining and relaxing.
And, damn it, we’re women, we must be together everywhere, there’s no distinction here!
What do you think about the event today, Marquin?
a super nice event
if they include anime it’s going to be like “comic con”
it’s insane to participate in this, to get to have this experience
This here is my friend Paulo Henrique.
I’ve known him for many years, an excelent Fighting games player.
He started out in KOF 2002, beating up tons of scrubs, by the way.
He is now starting out in Street Fighter V and came to me for recommendations for a controller.
Say what you suggested to Paulinho.
I didn’t know him and I found out about his difficulties
so that I could try to adapt a controller the best way possible.
For him it would be ideal to have a shoulder strap. We did that.
In Ed’s and my own behalf, I’d like to thank you for having met him
and I hope he becomes the newest top player in Rio.
I'm Paulo Henrique, better known in the gaming world as “Stump_RJ”
I’m just starting out on Street Fighter, with this gift
and let’s see if I can become a professional in Street Fighter as well
So, I feel very well received in the whole gaming community,
I think it’s due to the curiosity of seeing me play,
as most people, on first glance, don’t think I’m good.
But when I dedicate myself… For example, in KOF 2002, I consider myself strong,
I can keep up a fight.
I think it’s funny how sometimes I’ll put the quarter in and someone will say to me:
“um, are you sure you’re going to play competitively?”
and then I’m like: “well, excuse me? Can I?” and then he’s like: “oh ok!”
And then I fool around a bit and say: “oh, can I check the buttons first?”,
and if I detect that he’s weaker than me,
I’ll let him take out my first character and then I’ll play seriously with him.
Me: and then you beat him up
Yeah. That’s the idea.
Me: do you have any specific technique to play?
Do you use a regular PS4 controller?
So, my technique is the ninja mode, no fingers
So, I use one of these sticks now, a lot easier for me to play
But I can also use the PS4 and Xbox pads pretty well
I do prefer the Xbox one, as it fits my playstyle better, you know?
Me: are you still going to play today?
Yeah, for sure! I’ll try out some KOF’98 with the dudes over there,
see what I can get. I can’t even recall how to play that anymore.
Me: how about Street Fighter V, are you going to play it?
Not today. I need to practice it first.
It would be an embarassement, as I don’t know any of the commands yet.
Now with KOF’98, that’s a whole different story.
On the competitive side of things, Keoma and Thomas have made it to top 3.
The surprise came from Shingolex, from Bahia.
He made a name for himself in the event, fighting elbow to elbow with the giants.
After losing by 3x0 to Keoma,
Shingolex has had his revenge, eliminating him from the championship
Shingolex is going to face Thomas in Grand Finals
[Commentary: Caio Padoan / Keoma / Carlos Pivotto]
To commentate the finals with us, the grand finals between Thomas and Shingolex,
I’m going to put the two players here on the versus screen for you guys.
To your left, Brolynho picking Necalli.
To your right, Shingolex, with his explosive Balrog that you have just seen.
And let’s get to it!
Shingolex needs two sets of 2 out of 5 to be the champion of Fight in Rio.
That string of medium kicks.
Nice backdash!
So close! And goes 1 x 0, Shingolex.
He’s already getting some coaching from his peers. Brolynho has signaled he’s ready to go.
Wow, crush counter, fierce!
Nice roundhouse whiff, he’s ready for the punish, Shingolex.
He has the chance to... goes for another stun! One more mixup for him.
And goes 2x0, Shingolex.
Look at the momentum Brolynho’s building up.
He gets a hit. One more hit will do it.
One more hit.
Went for the instant overhead. Didn’t get it.
He interrupts him and gets his first game. Brolynho 1, Shingolex 2.
He gets to stop the momentum Shingolex was building.
Extremely important for Brolynho!
And now he’s the one getting a coach. F3 Brolynho,
we can see him perk up his ear.
Let’s see what kind of adjustment he’s suggesting to Brolynho
and if that’s going to be enough
because Shingolex only needs one game to reset the bracket.
This is very dangerous to Brolynho!
Command grab, ex dp coming next?
No! He prefers to keep the bar. Has one more...
Challenged by Shingolex, who’s one point away from resetting the bracket.
Shingolex’s been getting lots of resets, gets the overhead, v-trigger.
That could very well be the beginning of the reset!
Nice reset but he could not capitalize on what he did
Shingolex, from Bahia, resets the bracket!
He’s unstoppable. So strong!
That’s a very important statement right there.
Sends F3 Brolynho to the losers bracket.
Now it’s even for the two players. Grand Finals, both players in Losers.
The players will now face each other equally.
We’ve already got Baby here giving another coach to Shingolex.
Everybody’s helping him. Everybody wants to see him getting this.
Everybody wants to see him do well, he’s been doing extremely well.
It’s tough not to cheer for both players.
Two players with an excelent run so far.
Now would you look at that, Brolynho transforming into Necalli.
Satsui no hado.
The dive kick was everything he needed.
They’re tied now and Brolynho makes it to Championship point.
If he gets this round he takes the whole Fight in Rio 2017.
It’s going to be his second Fight in Rio win in a row.
He’s confident. Gets one more crush and the stun comes in a mixup,
standing short for the stun and gets it...
He needs one more mixup to take the match.
Ex command grab, vskill, opportunity for Shingolex, but he drops the combo!
He needs just a touch.
Too close.
There’s a huge tension between the two players, lots of respect.
Shingolex finds his way into Brolynho’s defense, same life now.
He’s got a better positioning now.
He manages to block.
Brolynho is the champion!
Brolynho takes Fight in Rio once again! His second victory in a row!
F3 Brolynho is the returning champion of Fight in Rio.
And now the man’s going to talk.
What’s up, everyone! Well, first of all, I’m pretty happy to…
Shut your trap, dammit!
I’m pretty happy to see... first of all, for having defended the title.
I mean, this tournament was hell. Extremely difficult!
My first fight was... I mean... there wasn’t a single fight at which I thought
“this is going to be easy”.
So I’m happy for having made it.
I’m also very happy for Shingolex.
Shingolex is a dude who’s always been successful online
but nobody believed he would also do well at offline championships.
So yeah, I’m so glad that he went this far deep into the championship.
He got into grand finals!
And this has certainly been the toughest tournament in Brazil this year
and no other tournament should be tougher than this one, I think.
So, man, congratulations, Shingolex!
Well, that’s it. I mean, thanks for everybody who came out to honor the event,
everyone who rooted for me, or even against me,
but with the best of intentions, which is to say, rooted for the success of the event.
Rooted for your player of choice, but never ever wishing something bad for the opponent.
So, I’m very thankful to everybody and...
- The champion’s back
- The champion’s back
Round 11: last round of the Fight in Rio Circuit
Boris, today is the last round of the Fight in Rio Circuito.
I can’t recall anymore at what month exactly we started out, if it was January.
There’s a good chance it was January of this year, 2017.
We started the second season of the circuit.
At the 2016 season we did something very similar and yeah,
it’s heartwarming to be here at the last round.
It’s so nice, because you can see people who were complete strangers
becoming friends, rivals, you know?
Things much bigger than just complete unknowns like in the beginning
and being here to end the season symbolically…
Sure, we’ll stay in touch, but you know,
the last round is something special.
So cool! We are going to hand out the prizes, so the players are going to reap the benefits
of their efforts throughout the circuit
and it just feels like… “wow, it’s been quite the journey”, you know?
This is the end of a marvellous, exhilarating journey and today marks the final step.
Happy to see the players evolving, to see that the circuit actually worked, you know?
Yeah, happy. I’m very happy.
In general, I feel great.
I feel satisfied with the results and that’s a big encouragement for me to keep running it,
because I can see everybody’s embraced the idea.
So I just have to thank everybody for that and let’s go for the next one in January.
2018?
2018, January.
Without everybody, without us, this wouldn’t be possible, you see?
And this is so important, because if people don’t realize this, if we don’t have this kind of support...
I mean, this will end in Brazil and that would be absolutely the worst.
So let’s focus on that.
Let’s… let’s dive head first into the scene, because this is amazing, man.
You simply can’t miss out on this.
It’s been an absolute *** success, right?
Especially... I always like to mention the players
who were not playing competitively during Street Fighter IV and started out in V now.
In special Tubarão.
He started out from scratch
and today Tubarão is one of the best players in Brazil, alright?
And here we have a special rule for newcomers.
The newcomer is someone who hasn’t participated in any Major
outside of Rio in the last 4 years. 5, actually.
So, according to that, we infiltrated those guys in the same tournament as the stronger ones,
like Tubarão, me and other guys. Cabeça, Ludo..
But you may ask “why did we do that”?
“Why didn’t we make a separate tournament for the newcomers?”
It’s because those guys will only improve if they go against the stronger players.
If they only fought newcomers all the time, they would never improve.
So now we’ll start giving out the prizes for those guys.
First off, the absolute representation of this growth: Orion.
Hold onto this trophy, buddy.
Did you expect this performance at the Fight in Rio Circuit?
Man, I mean, if I expected it? In the beginning, no, for sure, as I was still playing Ryu.
But of course I expected something, right?
But I never thought I would do so well,
especially considering that in the overall ranking I placed 4th.
I never pictured that!
I thought it would go down like this: newcomers would be overall 8th, 9th,
that’s where the newcomers would place.
But no, we fought elbow to elbow with the stronger, famous players, right?
The veterans. That made me very happy.
Man, this guy right here... I mean... I saw his evolution from the very beginning.
From the very beginning.
You saw him dropping Ryu for Necalli, that’s what.
I saw him dropping Ryu… no, but it wasn’t just that.
It wasn’t the character that made this guy here.
Sure it wasn’t...
No, I mean it! I’m serious! I’m very serious!
This guy right here played a top tier Ryu in season 1 and he was absolutely nobody.
He was a nobody. Ryu was a lot stronger at that time than Necalli is now, alright?
And what did this guy develop from then until now?
And I mean last year, ok? He had no confidence in his game at all.
And today he’s gotten to Grand Finals, right?
He knocked off Dark, he had an outstanding fight with me,
he killed other guys here.
And today he’s getting this.
He’s in 4th in the overall ranking.
If we had more time, maybe he would place even higher.
So, props to you, I *** mean it. For real!
And the next one has also had an amazing growth:
Lucas, better known as “Shades_BR” or “ L Medeiros”.
For a first year playing competitively, it was...
I didn’t think it was going to be so good, you know?
Being able to take part in all the official competitions here in Brazil.
Being able to participate even in an international one.
Yeah, I didn’t expect it to be such a good year, such an amazing year.
First place, you’re one of the best Necallis.
A dude who helped me a *** lot with everything,
so you get first place in Street Fighter V and it’s well *** deserved,
because to stay on top after 11 rounds is a lot, it’s *** tough!
So, give it up for Tubarão, guys. Hold this for a minute, please.
To me it was surprising, right? Because I didn’t expect that.
Even with so much dedication I didn’t really expect that, there are so many big names there.
To become a top player in two years
Yeah. Because Thomas was competing there, also Dark, Zeus, right? Ludo as well.
Several top players from the scene, so for me it was surprising.
Of course I trained a lot for this,
I really trained a lot to get this,
but I didn’t expect to really be the champion.
Show off the trophy a little bit.
I thank Second Impact who made this trophy for us as a gift.
So, congrats, Tuba. You *** deserve this!
Thank you, man. Thank you, really!
Second place is me.
I’m going to give myself the this pretty little medal from Second Impact, the silver one.
And the third place, right? Dark, who is always placing high.
Come on over, my brother. This guy rocks! Take this please. Congrats!
Thanks, bro!
It’s not easy, man.
So it is possible, alright? It is possible to be strong like these guys here.
These guys are the living proof that it is possible.
You just have to want it. Go and do it. And it’s not just them, right?
For example, Shogun, like Tubarão has said, Shogun has just started training hard.
He stopped whining and decided to train hard.
The biggest proof of that if you stop crying and play hard… it’s Ludo.
Man, Ludo would always whine in every group he was part of.
When he stopped whining, he got *** amazing at the game.
It’s that simple.
So stop *** and play!
These guys here are going to Curitiba to represent us there,
so expect them at the top. Top 8, top 16 and even winning the whole thing.
Congrats to these guys, for *** real!
I’m so happy for you all and next year we’re going to have this all over again. Thank you!
Well, just to remind everyone that all the money
that was gathered here was invested totally on us, right?
To send out players to represent Rio de Janeiro and Brazil outside of Rio, right?
Like Chile, TRETA etc.
And the person who lots of people have something against,
because they don’t know him in person, and have this kind of preconception
But he's the guy who made all of this happen
That’s Thomas, who is always trying to help the Brazilian scene.
And if this is happening today is thanks to, for the most part, to him.
Of course it’s thanks to us as well, but he came up with the idea,
together with all of us, so he’s the guy who deserves everything here, applauses and everything.
It’s that time of the year again when I say how amazing all of you are
for making such a fantastic community like this one, you know?
I saw a lot this year. A lot of things in a lot of places.
And the only place where we can really grow side by side with our own rivals
is in the Fighting game community,
so thank you very much to all of you who make me,
who make each of you stronger and make Thomas stronger
so he can represent us, right?
So it is thanks to you that everybody’s going beyond. Keep on going beyond with us.
Thank you very much and see you guys at Treta!
Just one more thing, guys. Karnov’s Revenge.
We’re going to have the grand finals here soon.
So the moment of the BALOON is finally upon us, and it’s hype, and it starts in a minute.
Take your shirt off!
The best in *** Brazil!
Hey, Zeus! You’re the best in the world, ***!
Hold on a sec! Gimme that *** mic!
Listen up! Here’s what’s up:
I’m incredible in this game!
My brothers, I am the king!
Nobody in Brazil will beat me in this *** game!
Here’s the proof.
FIGHTERS IN RIO
SPECIAL THANKS
THYAGO “BIG KOOPA” TELLES
VITOR “TUBA” – AND HIS SECRET JUTSU
LUCAS “SHADES” MEDEIROS
NOLAN “CAIO” PADOAN
JOÃO “JAM” MORAES
& PAULA “BABY” CAROLINA
With the participation of:
Other participants:
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