With 251 entrants, Final Round 15 in Atlanta, Georgia, may have been the largest Soul Calibur tournament on American soil in the history of the series! Huge congratulations to all the placers!

Top 8 are as follows;

1. OmegaDR (Nightmare- Miami)
2. Hawkeye (Natsu- Chicago)
3. Thuggish_Pond (Leixia- Chicago)
4. Wing Zero (Xiba- Atlanta)
5. Sword Lord (Pyrrha/Leixia- Atlanta)
5. Lolo (Yoshimitsu- Mexico City)
7. Dreamkiller (Natsu/Leixia- New York City)
7. EMP KDZ (Astaroth/Seigfried/Maxi- New Jersey)

Final Round XV in Atlanta started today and already the competition looks fierce. With a total 251 registrations for Soulcalibur V, that makes FR15 the largest Soulcalibur tournament in history! With the pot bonus from both Namco and Evolution, some of the best players in the world will be competing for over $9,000!

The expected schedule can be found here: http://www.finalround.org/FRXV/schedule.cfm
There are two streams for this event focusing on the games shown in the schedule.

Stream 1: http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky
Stream 2: http://www.twitch.tv/funkyp

Don't forget to log onto 8WR chat to discuss the event with fellow Calibur lovers.

Its been exactly a month since Soulcalibur V was released in America. Up until now, Dampierre has only been available as a pre-order bonus from BestBuy. Well later tonight, the final round of announced DLC will become available on both PSN and XBL; with it comes the Dampierre unlock code!

Previously, Dampierre had been banned from tournaments since he was not readily available to all players. How could you legalize a character that not everybody could use or practice against? Well now, since he is available to everyone with an internet connection (which you need to receive patches anyways), he is officially being declared legal for tournament play per the Official 8WAYRUN.com Sanctioned Ruleset.

Don't have Soulcalibur V yet? First, whats wrong with you? It is by far the best fighting game on the market today. Secondly, you're in luck! Amazon.com is now offering a special discount of $20 off the game. Who knows how long the sale will last, so get on it while you can. Click the image link below to go directly to the sale.

We’re closing in on the one month mark and things are going pretty strong. Local tourneys abound (I’ve participated in four already), we just finished a very exciting Winter Brawl tournament, and next weekend is the much anticipated Final Round. Thanks to all these opportunities to get out and compete, not to mention the fact that we’ve had the game long enough to begin developing real strategies, it’s natural that almost everyone is focused intently on improvement. I’m right there with you.

Dreamkiller & Chuck the Landslide are back in another edition of their tutorial series "Quick Steps". In this episode, we take a look at frame data and some of the more "advanced" areas of the game. Be sure to check it out if you're interested in learning the game!

I have a confession to make. I’ve been breaking one of my own rules by refusing to share the existence of Quick Step~4G (hereafter known as QS4G or step guard) or any related tech, despite having known about it for a while. This wasn’t some pathetic attempt to maintain a marginal unfair advantage over everyone else, though. My previous silence is in fact due to the incredibly deleterious effect this sort of glitch is bound to have on high level play.

It’s no secret that I want SCV to get big and have a long competitive lifespan, and I think most everyone taking the time to read and participate here at 8wayrun share those desires, but, in addition to all of that, I want SCV to be good. Step guard in all its prior incarnations has always undermined SOULCALIBUR’s competitive depth, and that was within more conventional, passivity-friendly game systems.

In a few hours of me writing this, World Game Cup will commence live from Cannes, France where players from around the world will compete in various fighting games, along with players from across Europe and some from Japan who will be competing in Soulcalibur V.

Two days ago, the stream schedule for all of the events was posted. The entire schedule of events can be found here. After the break, you can find the schedule of events that pertains to Soulcalibur V along with times and an embed of the main English stream.