Capcom Pro Tour 2018

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The 2018 Capcom Pro Tour is the fifth edition of the Capcom Pro Tour, an annual season of Street Fighter V tournaments that are officially sponsored by Capcom. The 2018 Capcom Pro Tour followed several months after the release of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition and started off with Final Round 21 on March 16. Similarly to the 2017 season, this season featured seventeen Premier Events, a few dozen smaller tournaments, several online tournaments, and the Evolution Championship. In these tournaments, competitors gained points needed to qualify for the 2018 Capcom Cup, which was held in December.

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Background

On January 16, 2018, Capcom released Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition for PC and PlayStation 5. Capcom releases only one major balance update for Street Fighter V each year, which greatly defines the experience of competitors during the Capcom Pro Tour. Several balance changes were made to address issues that arose during the 2017 Capcom Pro Tour. Twelve new player characters were added to the game in Arcade Edition, bringing the total character count up to 28. Six more DLC characters were released throughout the year, starting with Sakura in January. [1] Street Fighter V was also given a major mid-season balance update in April. [2]

Capcom announced in February 2018 that this year would be "Esports Year One" for the company. Besides supporting the Capcom Pro Tour as it has since 2014, the company unveiled the Capcom Esports Club and awarded $90,000 USD in prize money for the Tokyo Game Show Street Fighter V Premier Event. [3]

It was considered for a series of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite tournaments to be held alongside Street Fighter V during the 2018 Capcom Pro Tour, but Capcom announced in February 2018 that the game would not be included. [4]

Point accumulation and Cup qualification

Like in the previous year, competitors could accumulate points and climb the Pro Tour leaderboards by placing highly in Pro Tour-sponsored tournaments. Of the 32 players who qualified for the 2018 Capcom Cup, most did so by garnering points. The Capcom Pro Tour featured several types of tournaments. Placing first at a Premier Event awarded a competitor with 700 points on the leaderboard. A victory at Evo 2018 awarded a player 1,750 points, second place picking up 850 points. [5]

The smaller Ranking Events were made less important in the 2018 Pro Tour, as the Premier Events and Evolution increased in relevance. This made it more difficult for players in regions with fewer Premier Events, such as South America, to qualify for the Cup. [6]

The Capcom Pro Tour includes "Regional Finals" in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. These events feature a regular open Premier Event, as well as an invitational last-chance qualifier tournament. In this closed qualifier, the top 8 players of the local Pro Tour leaderboard competed for a guaranteed position in the Capcom Cup. [7]

Major tournaments

The 2018 Capcom Pro Tour featured seventeen Premier Events across nine countries. These were: [8]

TournamentLocationDateType
Final Round 2018 Atlanta, Georgia 2018-03-16Premier Event
NorCal Regionals 2018 Sacramento, California 2018-03-30Premier Event
Stunfest 2018 Rennes, France 2018-05-18Premier Event
Combo Breaker 2018 Chicago, Illinois 2018-05-25Premier Event
TWFighter Major 2018 Taipei City, Taiwan 2018-06-16Premier Event
Community Effort Orlando 2018 Daytona Beach, Florida 2018-06-29Premier Event
VSFighting 2018 Birmingham, England 2018-07-20Premier Event
Evolution Championship Series 2018 Las Vegas, Nevada 2018-08-03 Evo
Esports Festival Hong Kong 2018 Wan Chai, Hong Kong 2018-08-25Premier Event
Final Fighters China China 2018-09-01Premier Event
Dreamhack Montreal Montreal, Canada 2018-09-07Premier Event
SoCal Regionals 2018 Los Angeles, California 2018-09-14Premier Event
EGX – EU Regional Final Birmingham, England 2018-09-20Regional Finals
Tokyo Game Show Tokyo, Japan 2018-09-21Premier Event
SEAM 2018 Asia Regional Final Singapore 2018-10-13Regional Finals
Canada Cup 2018 Toronto, Canada 2018-10-26Premier Event
LATAM Regional Finals 2018 Sao Paulo, Brazil 2018-11-02Regional Finals
Red Bull North American Regional Finals 2018 Washington DC 2018-11-17Regional Finals

Capcom Cup

The Capcom Cup concluding the 2018 Pro Tour was held in the Esports Arena in Las Vegas on December 14–16. The tournament began with a "Last Chance Qualifier" event, which filled the final spot of the 32-person Capcom Cup bracket. [9] The tournament's first prize was set to $250,000 USD. Capcom Cup 2018 was won by Kanamori "Gachikun" Tsunehori, defeating Hiromiki "Itabashi Zangief" Kumada in the grand finals. No. 1 seed and Evo 2017 champion Taniguchi "Tokido" Hajime dropped out early during the tournament, alongside various other high-seeded players. [10]

Downloadable content

At the end of Combo Breaker 2018, the character Cody was announced to be added to Street Fighter V. Cody became available for download on June 26. [11]

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