Tag: events

Bringing the best events to our FightRise community is what we are all about! Besides just wrapping up Urge to Fight 10, our One Fight Stand Double Elimination, and getting ready to unleash the Terry Scavenger Hunt... We have ONE MORE EVENT coming your way! This October we are experimenting with our very first Street Fighter League: BIG LEAGUE KO. What makes this event special? Well, it is a month long league that will culminate into playoffs from the top contenders. Each week every player will be responsible to play two matches against preset opponents in their pool. Oh, and the pools are all balanced by skill level, which will make the games more competitive and give players the best chance to level up. Players have the flexibility of scheduling their own matches against their determined opponents. The top 4 from each pool will battle it out in a single elimination tournament during the final week for a prize! The good news is that this is our very first one and, if it's a success, we'd love to do more. So far it's received a lot of hype! The bad news is... if you weren't in the Discord the first 24 hours of this being announced, you missed your sign-up window. We filled up every slot almost immediately. But, the other good news is, you don't have to miss out on the next one. Join the Discord and be there for when we announce the next one. Plus, you can join in for our One Fight Stand Round Robins and Terry Scavenger Hunt! See you there.
This Sunday, September 15th @ 7:30pmEDT, FightRise is proud to present Urge to Fight 10: The War Next Door. Every stream event our main goal is to showcase our FightRise Community Members. This time we pit contenders from neighboring countries with Team USA versus Team Canada. Making things even more special, we have a legend amongst legends of the FGC...often hailed as the greatest fighting game player of all time...Justin Wong joins the commentators to call all the action this Sunday. Plus, kicking off the action we are bringing back our Boss Battle challenge. GreekFire will hold down a Battle Hub cabinet and stave off all challengers who would like to rob them of their King of the Hill prize. Then we go right into our Team Battle featuring WASEDA rules. Team Canada will be represented by wkd, JMro, Mouse, MrLobo, and Schauncey. Team USA's roster will be led by Lazyboredom with Inari, NoH2O, ClemPRime13, and Duozza. Skill levels from Platinum to Master are sure to guarantee a wild night of fireworks from each country representative. Join us on Twitch this Sunday (the 15th) @ 7:30pmEDT: https://www.twitch.tv/fightrisefgc
We got winners! One Fight Stand #19 just wrapped up and, with 48 players competing, this was a special one... Every quarter we like to organize a Double Elimination Bracket and an 0-2 Bracket to replace the ol' Round Robin night. From the player perspective, they get some great practice in a tournament format and we dish out some prizes. Plus, on the Tournament Organizer side, we test our efficiency in making sure our members have a smooth, speedy event. I mean... keeping the event to about an hour and a half on a Tuesday night? Yes...please...
If you're looking to level up in Street Fighter, I can't stress enough how important and helpful it is to have a community at your side. That's why FightRise is an all-inclusive community where newer players are welcomed and our master rank players are always willing to share, help, train, and play! These One Fight Stand events alone have taken some of our players who have never touched a fighting game into developing their game plan and climbing to Master rank. Plus they're fun as you can see they're run seamlessly with an automated system in Battle Hub (so come dressed to impressed!).
When I dreamed up FightRise I really did not know where this slice of the FGC would land. Today I am very humbled and proud of the giving nature of our little community. Not only do we have a plethora of level-headed, helpful, and experienced players, but we also have a rallying tribe, ready to put on a show for the good of the community... And this time, for the good of Child's Play Charity!
Tomorrow, November 21st at 9pm EST we'll be hosting a special double elimination bracket on the FightRise Discord! A pristine hardcover copy of The Art of Street Fighter is up for grabs as the first place prize as well as various gift cards and other prizes for a conjoined "0-2 side bracket."  I'm happy to say the One Fight Stand (OFS) bi-weekly tournament series has been a big hit for the FightRise Discord channel.  It has accomplished many of the goals I had set out for when creating the series and this special tournament format feels like a fitting culmination of everything we've accomplished this year since the launch of Street Fighter 6.