MASTERCUP.6 Announced! | Japanese 5on5 Tournament Scheduled for 11/3

The tournament scene in Japan have seen a bit of a resurgence recently with the increasingly popular and successful MASTERCUP tournaments. With the recent huge turnout for MC5 that included over 600 players and also the Tekken development team, MASTERCUP.6 has officially been announced on the official Mastercup website. The date for the new tournament is set for the 3rd of November this year and will follow a format similiar to MASTERCUP.5. More details on the event to follow closer to the event's date.

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TTT2 - PS3/X360 World Tekken Federation Service to End

The official JP Tekken Tag Tournament 2 website was recently updated to include a new notification that mentions that the World Tekken Federation online service will be coming to an end on the first of September this year. Since this online service is so deeply integrated with the online functionality of the console Tekken Tag Tournament 2 games, several features such as searching for replays, team creations, replay & ghosts downloading as well as web access to the World Tekken Federation website will all be affected. You can read the notification of WTF service closure for yourself below.

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Rage Reaction Relationships for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 By Archer Mac

Archer Mac has been diligently studying and documenting the Rage Relationship mechanic which exists in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ever since the findings of the interesting system. One of his most extensive works include filling out the dedicated Tekken Zaibatsu's Wiki page with charts and calculations that show at what point certain tag teams within the game will trigger rage for the partner character. For those of you who find the chart a bit too complicated to read, Archer Mac has recently released the "Rage Reaction Relationships" program for Windows that visually details when certain character teams trigger rage. The program is pretty straight forward with how it works and all it requires you to do is select your two characters in the dropdown box and the program will do the rest. You can find the download link to the program below.

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Seremura Cup - MASTERCUP Summer Tournament 2013 Announced

The official Mastercup website has just announced a new TTT2 arcade tournament set for summer in Japan. Titled the "Seremura Cup," the tournament will be similar to the previous MASTERCUP J1 Climax tournament in the 3on3 format however, this new tournament will be in Waseda tournament style and have the entry team limit capped at 48 teams (144 people total). The event is scheduled for the 11th of August and will be held in Tokyo's Taito Station arcade. Further details of the event and it's live broadcasting (If available) to follow closer to the event's date.

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TTT2 - Japan VS Korea 5on5 Event Archive & Results

The massive Japan VS Korea 5on5 event in Namco Sugamo has now come to a close with it's recent conclusion and it does not disappoint. The teams on both sides were both stacked with high level players from both regions and the matches certainly show. Since I managed to timeshift the nico stream, I got the full 5 hour recording of the event which you can find below. You can check this previous post to see the competing teams.

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