Capcom Pro Tour Explained

Capcom Pro Tour
Sport:Fighting games
Commissioner:Capcom
Matt "Matt Deezie" Dahlgren
Countries:China, United States, France, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Spain, Dominican Republic, Brazil, United Kingdom
Continent:or
Continents:-->
Champion:Tsunehiro "Gachikun" Kanamori
Qualification:Open
Website:https://capcomprotour.com

The Capcom Pro Tour is a series of international fighting game tournaments sponsored by video game developer Capcom. The Pro Tour culminates in the annual Capcom Cup, a single-day tournament held in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]

2014

See main article: article.

Capcom Cup 2014 Qualifiers

CountryNumber of playersPlayers
5Snake Eyez, EG|Justin Wong, CRS|NuckleDu, EG|Ricky Ortiz, EG|PR Balrog|-| | 5| MCZ|Daigo Umehara, NISHIKIN, RZR|Fuudo, EG|Momochi, Bonchan|-| | 2| MD|Luffy, GL|Valmaster
1DIG|Ryan Hart|-| | 1| RZR|Xian
1Infiltration
1CNB|ChuChu

2015

See main article: article.

Capcom Cup 2015 qualifiers

CountryNumber of playersPlayers
13EG|Momochi, MCZ|Mago, MCZ|Daigo Umehara, Kazunoko, MCZ|Tokido, YBK|Dashio, RZR|[[Fuudo]], RB|Bonchan, Nemo, Itabashi Zangief, MF|Tonpy, YBK|Shiro, /r/kappa|Misse
5RB|Snake Eyez, EG|Justin Wong, Liquid|NuckleDu, WFX|801 Strider, YOMI|Dieminion|-| | 3| Qanba.Douyu|Xiaohai, Dark Jiewa, Qanba.Douyu|Dakou
2RZR|Infiltration, /r/kappa|Poongko
2RZR|Xian, RZR|Gackt|-| | 2| AVM|GamerBee, RZR|RB
2MD|Luffy, YP|Valmaster
1KIG|Problem X|-| | 1| FGCBR|Keoma|-| | 1| CCG|HumanBomb|}

2016

See main article: article. Like the previous year, Capcom Pro Tour 2016 has a US$500,000 prize pool. Street Fighter V replaced Ultra Street Fighter IV as the game played during the series. Final Round 19 was the first major tournament in the circuit.[2] Capcom plans to make the Capcom Cup itself much more balanced nationality-wise. The organizers also stated that only first-place finishers of each twelve premier events and regional finals can qualify, meaning that if someone who is already qualified takes first place, another global points qualifier will be added. Eight players will qualify from regional point leaderboards (two from North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America each).[3]

Capcom Cup 2016 qualifiers

CountryNumber of playersPlayers
12Tokido, Mago, BST|Daigo Umehara, EG|Momochi, RZR|Fuudo, MOV, YD.MJS|Haitani, HM|Eita, HM|Go1, GGP|Kazunoko, HORI|Sako, YD|Yukadon
8Liquid|NuckleDu, EG|Justin Wong, FOX|Julio Fuentes, PG|Filipino Champ, DNL|Chris Tatarian, EG|Ricki Ortiz, WFX|XSK Samurai, EG|K-Brad
2RB|Luffy, MD|Mister Crimson
2PxP|Problem X, Ryan Hart|-| | 1| F3|Brolynho|-| | 1| Qanba|Xiao Hai
1GAM|DR Ray
1HuomaoTV|HumanBomb
1BX3|Phenom
1RZR|Xian|-| | 1| RZR|Infiltration|-| | 1| ZW|GamerBee
[4]

2017

See main article: article and Capcom Pro Tour 2017. The 2017 Capcom Pro Tour took off on February 17, 2017. The points leaderboards and qualification mechanics for the 2017 Capcom Cup were greatly streamlined in the 2017 season, with automatic qualification upon winning a Premier Event being taken away. This Capcom Pro Tour still features Regional Finals, but the Regional points leaderboard is otherwise unused. This Pro Tour features more online events than the 2016 event did. The finals were won by MenaRD, using Birdie.

2018

See main article: Capcom Pro Tour 2018. In total, 465 players scored points in the season.[5] The finals were won by Gachikun, using Rashid.

2019

In total, 508 players scored points in the season.[6] Idom won using Poison.

2020

Live events in 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Evo weekend was replaced with an online-only tournament. Street Fighter V was not selected for this event.[7]

At the first official online event, two leading competitors, including Idom, dropped out live on air, citing the poor netcode of Street Fighter V.[8]

In August 2020, top player Punk was penalised by Capcom for a public outburst against the poor netcode.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Capcom Pro Tour Update: Red Fight District and Ze Fighting Game Championship. Gab "GBstep" . Lazaro . Philippine National Inquirer. October 5, 2015. December 7, 2015.
  2. Web site: Walker. Ian. Capcom Pro Tour 2016 Begins on March 18 with Another $500,000 Prize Pool. shoryuken.com. Shoryuken. 2015-12-07.
  3. Web site: Capcom Pro Tour 2016 Season Details. capcomprotour.com. 12 February 2016. Capcom. 2016-04-05.
  4. Web site: Capcom Pro Tour 2016 Rankings. rank.shoryuken.com. Shoryuken. 2015-11-02.
  5. Web site: Best Street Fighter Players - Street Fighter Standings.
  6. Web site: Best Street Fighter Players - Street Fighter Standings.
  7. Web site: EVO 2020 Online: Dates, Schedule, Brackets, Lineup, Games and More.
  8. Web site: Street Fighter V Players Drop Out of Official Tourney over Crappy Netcode.
  9. Web site: Capcom Hands Down Odd Punishment for Street Fighter V Player's Outburst.