Tournament Archive

A.C.M.E III: Touhou 12.3 Singapore tournament

Update (13 Aug): The original article had a few factual errors regarding the actual organisers of the tournament, and some confusion between which Touhou fighting game came first. Edited for clarity. Original: The Touhou Hisoutensoku community in Singapore will be taking part in a tournament at this year’s A.C.M.E III (A Certain Magical Event III) […] Read more »

Singapore at Evo 2011: What you need to know

Local fighting game enthusiasts and members of the competitive fighting game scene in Singapore will be cheering on their compatriots this weekend as six Singaporeans mark the nation’s debut at the Evolution 2011 World Finals (EVO 2011), held from 29-31 July in Las Vegas. For the local community, this is a historic moment and a […] Read more »

Evo 2011 Championship Series: Guide to SG participants

This year’s Evolution 2011 Championship Series, one of the biggest fighting game tournaments in the world, will be special because it is the first time six Singaporean participants will be taking part. They are Kun-Xian Ho, Ghim-Kee “Gackt” Eng, Leslie Cheong, Paul “VintageSoul” Ho, Zhenyuan “HZY” Han, and Kenneth “Spore” Lim. Read more »

Battlefield Fridays: An Interview with Tax

When I was at last week’s Battlefield Fridays, a weekly console fighting game meetup and tournament, I met up with Curren “Tax” Seow (left in photo, with Yu-Sheng “Farpenoodle” Tan on the right). Tax is one of the organisers behind the community-run event. He shares with me more about how Battlefield Fridays got its start, what […] Read more »