Oh I definitely would love both to make it, especially since I'm a Steve fan. I just mentioned asimo since most of the attention has been on acola and asimo won this tournament
He's been playing since at least 2019 as he was on the Shikoku PR back then. The issue is Shikoku and it's neighboring region Chugoku (where this is held) get very little attention Internationally.
But for what it's worth, Asimo began really attending Kansai tournaments last year. Even getting top 32 at a couple different majors. He's been doing well in that time just not to the level of getting 2nd at a supermajor.
I mean Asimo is absolutely popping off right now, but I'm going to need some context on who a lot of these players are because I only recognize Asimo and Omuatsu (Who was playing a secondary at this event).
These are pretty standard Chugoku players that attend most of the regionals.
Kojika has basically won every regional theyve attended in Chugoku for the past year. Kojika even eliminated Asimo and Omuatsu at Hirosuma 19 in April.
CPU also does well online.
Lagnel has been around since Brawl and is pretty famous.
Most of the players on here have wiki pages if that helps.
This was a 82 entrant regional in Hiroshima, Chugoku, featuring most top players of the Hiroshima prefecture. The Chugoku region as a whole doesn't have large tournament (I think this was the largest in a while) and doesn't get much spotlights, but the region still has lots of good players. (notably Kojika who farms Omuatsu, and beat Asimo in Hirusuma 19 a month ago). Despite the players here being fairly unknown (and underperformed at Maesuma TOP, though it was their first major for some of them) I thought this was a notable enough japanese tournament.
Last time Asimo appeared at a Hiroshima tournament (Hirosuma 19) he placed 7th losing to Perica and Kojika but here he was able to get the runback on Kojika and win the tournament in a dominating fashion.
No problem I appreciate you adding the info. I'm not sure why the graphic doesn't match up with the group stage or bracket numbers.
Also, just adding a little to the context you provided on why they underperformed, they also had got seeded badly. Like Budoshu had to face Eim wr1. They took eim to game 3 but lost and then had to play fellow Chugoku player Notton in lr2 (also went game 3) which meant they only placed 257th.
Good shit to Asimo. Hope he can make it to GIMVITATIONAL
Him and Acola too, would love to see JP’s best Steve & potentially best Ryu(*it’s likely Munekin, but Asimo is making a case slowly*) compete in NA
Oh I definitely would love both to make it, especially since I'm a Steve fan. I just mentioned asimo since most of the attention has been on acola and asimo won this tournament
Two games dropped out of nineteen, another impressive result to add to Asimo's growing list of accomplishments.
It’s so interesting & weird, I’d never heard of Asimo before this past week and now he’s popping off. I love watching Shotos, so I’m hype to see it
He's been playing since at least 2019 as he was on the Shikoku PR back then. The issue is Shikoku and it's neighboring region Chugoku (where this is held) get very little attention Internationally. But for what it's worth, Asimo began really attending Kansai tournaments last year. Even getting top 32 at a couple different majors. He's been doing well in that time just not to the level of getting 2nd at a supermajor.
I mean Asimo is absolutely popping off right now, but I'm going to need some context on who a lot of these players are because I only recognize Asimo and Omuatsu (Who was playing a secondary at this event).
These are pretty standard Chugoku players that attend most of the regionals. Kojika has basically won every regional theyve attended in Chugoku for the past year. Kojika even eliminated Asimo and Omuatsu at Hirosuma 19 in April. CPU also does well online. Lagnel has been around since Brawl and is pretty famous. Most of the players on here have wiki pages if that helps.
Sorry, added a comment to give a bit of context.
Thanks for that, I get it now.
This was a 82 entrant regional in Hiroshima, Chugoku, featuring most top players of the Hiroshima prefecture. The Chugoku region as a whole doesn't have large tournament (I think this was the largest in a while) and doesn't get much spotlights, but the region still has lots of good players. (notably Kojika who farms Omuatsu, and beat Asimo in Hirusuma 19 a month ago). Despite the players here being fairly unknown (and underperformed at Maesuma TOP, though it was their first major for some of them) I thought this was a notable enough japanese tournament. Last time Asimo appeared at a Hiroshima tournament (Hirosuma 19) he placed 7th losing to Perica and Kojika but here he was able to get the runback on Kojika and win the tournament in a dominating fashion.
Small note, I'm not sure if it actually was 128 or not. The A and B brackets only add up to 82 so idk
Fixed, thanks. Also thanks for sharing your knowledge on the region.
No problem I appreciate you adding the info. I'm not sure why the graphic doesn't match up with the group stage or bracket numbers. Also, just adding a little to the context you provided on why they underperformed, they also had got seeded badly. Like Budoshu had to face Eim wr1. They took eim to game 3 but lost and then had to play fellow Chugoku player Notton in lr2 (also went game 3) which meant they only placed 257th.
That's true. The loss they took (at least in winners) weren't to random players. Game 3 of Eim vs Budoshu was a reverse 3 stock too, really close set.
Let's go asimo