The official thread for Combo Breaker 2022!
No Coast, No Kings.
MAY 27-29, 2022 | đź“Ť 1551 Thoreau Dr N, Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA
No Coast, No Kings.
MAY 27-29, 2022 | đź“Ť 1551 Thoreau Dr N, Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA
Unofficial Community Podcast Pre-Show
Best of V - hosted by Ilan and Acekingoffsuit - with the EU v NA Tekken 10v10 lineup!
VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1310053153
OP's Note: Get hyped for Combo Breaker with Best of V!
Best of V - hosted by Ilan and Acekingoffsuit - with the EU v NA Tekken 10v10 lineup!
VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1310053153
OP's Note: Get hyped for Combo Breaker with Best of V!
About The Event
Combo Breaker is a 3-day video game convention and tournament series held each year over Memorial Day weekend. Established in 2015, Combo Breaker carries the torch from the Midwest's former premiere tournament Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament series (UFGT) which held its final event on Memorial Day weekend in 2014. As UFGT did before it, Combo Breaker is big event with its own flavor including but not limited to the mystery game tournament (highly recommended!), auction tournaments, 24-hour venue for constant casual matches, and more! Combo Breaker is brought to by FGC stalwarts Rick 'The Hadou' Thiher, CurlyW, and many great staff members.
Remembering Pheasant Run
This year event will be held at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel dwarfing the event space available at its previous home, the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles. You will likely hear about the Pheasant Run during Combo Breaker streams. Sadly, the Pheasant Run closed in 2020 and just recently the closed resort suffered tremendous fire damage. The resort was Combo Breaker's first home and allowed for great innovations such as the 24-hour venue; it will be missed.
You can learn about Combo Breaker and Rick by watching interview conducted by FGC shows!
- UltraChenTV interview: https://youtu.be/2sqOs5LdhsQ?t=1427
- Best of V Interview: https://youtu.be/jA93sqJsE5Y?t=111
COVID-19 Policy
https://combobreaker.org/covid-19-policies/
- Everyone attending COMBO BREAKER 2022 will be required to provide a proof of full vaccination to enter the event.
- Everyone at COMBO BREAKER 2022 is required to wear a face covering while attending the event and throughout event spaces.
- Sanitizing Stations will be supplied throughout the venue.
Official Event Site & Twitter
https://combobreaker.org/
https://twitter.com/ComboBreaker
Official Event Games, Entrant Numbers, Brackets Link, & Pot Bonuses (where available)
https://www.start.gg/tournament/combo-breaker-2022/details
- Guilty Gear: Strive - 1061
- The King of Fighters XV - 621 ($3,000 pot bonus from SNK!)
- Tekken 7 - 560
- Street Fighter V: Champion Edition - 440
- Super Smash Bros Ultimate - 388
- BlazBlue: Central Fiction – 267 ($500 pot bonus!)
- Mystery Game Tournament - 256
- Melty Blood: Type Lumina - 254
- Dragon Ball FighterZ - 230
- Granblue Fantasy: Versus - 191
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] - 190 ($2,125 pot bonus!)
- Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate - 154
- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - 146
- Skullgirls: 2nd Encore - 144
- Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 - 131
- Killer Instinct - 117
- Vampire Savior - 96 ($250 pot bonus!)
- SOULCALIBUR VI - 94
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo - 87
- Them's Fightin' Herds – 66 ($2,000 pot bonus from developer Mane6!!!)
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl – 54 ($500 pot bonus from publisher GameMill Entertainment!)
- TMNT x Justice League Turbo - 45
- Bloody Roar Extreme - 39
- Brawlhalla - 16
Attendees
https://www.start.gg/tournament/combo-breaker-2022/attendees
2,968 players in attendance including but not limited to:
- SonicFox
- Reynald
- Leffen
- Kizzie Kay
- LostSoul
- K7 Showoff
- Dekillsage
- Hotashi
- Punk
Justin Wong- MenaRD
- BrianF
- Mono
- Shadow 20z
- Super Akouma
- Arslan Ash
- Rangchu
- Cuddle_Core
- iDom
Other Activities at Combo Breaker
- Dedicated casuals (over 60 setups!)
- COMBO BREAKER pop-up shop
- Industry vendor village
- Curated Artist Alley
- Arcade and retro room
- Dedicated casual stations
- Cosplay contest
- The Popcorn Baron
- Early access playable Black Dahlia at the Skullgirls booth!
- Playable Capcom Fighting Collection on the show floor, free hand sanitizer in gift bag while supplies last!
ALL IN TOGETHER: The Community Tourneys
25+ community tourneys happening this weekend including Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2, Marvel vs Capcom Infinite, Dead or Alive 6, Panel de Pon, Sailor Moon S, Super Smash Bros. Melee and many more!
https://www.start.gg/tournament/all-in-together-the-community-tourneys-at-cb2022/details
Exhibitions
https://combobreaker.org/cb2022-exhibitions/
CAPCOM FIGHTING COLLECTION: MYSTERY ROUND BRACKET
Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 3pm CT ( ) on twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
TEKKEN 7: NORTH AMERICA VS EUROPE
Friday, May 27, 2022 at 7pm CT ( ) on twitch.tv/tenomedia
STREET FIGHTER V: CHAMPION EDITION: MIDWEST VS WEST COAST
Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 8pm CT ( ) on twitch.tv/bgcallisto
DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ: UNITED STATES VS EUROPE
Friday, May 27, 2022 at 9pm CT ( ) on twitch.tv/tampaneversleeps
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH EXE:LATE[CL-R]: PANGE BATAILLE
Friday, May 27, 2022 at 9pm CT ( ) on twitch.tv/lowkickesports
SKULLGIRLS: AFTER HOURS (7v7 crew battle, Black Dahlia exhibition, and more)
Friday, May 27, 2022 at 9pm CT ( ) on twitch.tv/bgcallisto
VAMPIRE SAVIOR: 2V2 TEAM TOURNAMENT
Sunday, May 27, 2022 at 6:30pm CT ( ) on twitch.tv/vampirearcadia
VAMPIRE SAVIOR: REAL VAMPIRE HOURS (winner-stays-on exhibition hours for Vampire Savior)
Friday, May 27, 2022 at 11pm CT ( ) on twitch.tv/vampirearcadia
Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 10:30pm CT ( ) on twitch.tv/vampirearcadia
OP's Note: See all that's going on? This is why Combo Breaker is awesome!
General Event Schedules
This year event COMBO BREAKER begins Friday, and ends Sunday, .
Combo Breaker has a handy program guide that I've linked below along with the schedule.
https://combobreaker.org/cb2022-program-guide/
Stream Schedule
Multi Time Zone General Stream Schedule
by Acekingoffsuit! (Thank you Steve who is soon to be a proud father!)
Community Tournament Stream Schedule
by Acekingoffsuit!
Tournament Streams
Combo Breaker streams are brought to you by a host of awesome FGC channels including the venerable Victor "Team Sp00ky" Fontanez! Watch and follow!! You never know, you just might find a new community of friends thanks to Combo Breaker!
Team Sp00ky - https://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
Callisto Media - https://www.twitch.tv/bgcallisto
10/0 Media - https://www.twitch.tv/tenomedia
FunkyP - https://www.twitch.tv/funkyp
Tampa Never Sleeps - https://www.twitch.tv/tampaneversleeps (Note: Twitch VOD will be behind a paywall)
Low Kick Esports - https://www.twitch.tv/lowkickesports
Beyond The Summit Smash - https://www.twitch.tv/btssmash
DataFGC - https://www.twitch.tv/datafgc
MadCityGG - https://www.twitch.tv/madcitygg
Vampire Arcadia - https://www.twitch.tv/vampirearcadia
Net Battles - https://www.twitch.tv/netbattles
Relevant CB and Fighting Game News
One Frame Link has created a beastly media pack for SFV, Tekken &, and GGST for Combo Breaker. See all registrants' placements and win rates!
Source Tweet: https://twitter.com/OneFrameLink/status/1529886212852535297
After Combo Breaker, Guilty Gear Strive will have a balance update on June 10th with a PC-PlayStation cross-play beta this summer
News Article: https://www.siliconera.com/guilty-gear-strive-cross-play-beta-and-balance-update-announced/
SFV's Luke just received some nerfs ahead of CB
News Article: https://www.dexerto.com/street-figh...-sf5-bug-fixes-character-adjustments-1824864/
Notes: https://game.capcom.com/cfn/sfv/as/...h=f7dd31305e0bfc254bcaf271ccdb6ef9&20220329_2
KoF XV just got a big patch with lots of character adjustments
Notes: https://www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/games/kof-xv/img/news/patch_1.32_eng.pdf
Black Dahlia's playable alpha will be available on Steam to all Season 1 Pass holders in June!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkp82DqgbSo
DBFZ's Android 21 Lab Coat wasn't banned at CB but a nerf is likely coming
News Article: https://dotesports.com/fgc/news/new...f-android-21-lab-coat-in-dragon-ball-fighterz
The Tournament Begins With:
FRIDAY, May 27, 2022 11:00am CT ( )
Mystery Game Pools - https://www.twitch.tv/madcitygg
KoFXV Auction Tournament - https://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
Tekken 7 Pools - https://www.twitch.tv/tenomedia
Street Fighter V: Champion Edition Pools - https://www.twitch.tv/lowkickesports
FRIDAY, May 27, 2022 1:00pm CT ( )
The 3 pools above continue and are joined by:
Guilty Gear: Strive Pools - https://www.twitch.tv/funkyp
BlazBlue: Central Fiction Pools - https://www.twitch.tv/bgcallisto
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] Pools - https://www.twitch.tv/datafgc
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Auction Tournament – https://www.twitch.tv/tampaneversleeps (Note: Twitch VOD will be behind a paywall)
Killer Instinct Pools - https://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Pools - https://www.twitch.tv/vampirearcadia
Final Message from the OP
In these streams you'll see great commentators and great competitors, but you won't see staff that planned for months on end, bracket runners doing their best to run efficient brackets, production staff manning the streams and others running around to grab players from different tournament pools to play on-stream! And then there's head tournament organizers *for each game* who are always running around to help folks especially bracket runners!These folks and the community members that sign up to play are the FGC. There are many awesome people in the FGC you have yet to meet. I have personally met some fantastic amazing people who I wouldn't have otherwise!
Don't let trolls on Reddit and a couple bad apples convince you otherwise. I hope you enjoy watching Combo Breaker and I hope you join us for more FGC events and streams!
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