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An effective defensive technique at certain disadvantages is the Evade-Cancel; 866G / 833G and their variants. However, it is possible to use evade-cancels offensively as well. Let's call the ability "OEC" for "offensive evade-cancel". I know many VFDC'ers already use it (or at least the weak form of it), but the technique doesn't seem to be explained in any detail yet, so here goes.

ADVISORY: The full OEC technique is very high-level and mechanically demanding. If you cannot yet box-step, this tech is out of your reach. However, if you never bothered to learn to step due to the reduced efficacy of movement in VF5:FS then I hope to change your mind. Also, hit-checking is absolutely required. I'll give a drill to train both of these things in conjunction with this tactic further below.

First, I'll describe when and how the technique works before getting to the inputs. When your opponent is at disadvantage, their best options are either defensive option-selects (fuzzy, ECD, yutori, etc) or an abare attack. Each option has counters (guard breaks, fast mid full-circulars, adapting your throws, and only throwing when guaranteed, for example), but they tend to lose if your opponent uses a different defensive tech and not every character has those options. Thus, higher-level matches often have a stuttered rhythm where each player either attempts to trick the other into thinking it's safe to attack or deliberately baits a specific response. This technique accomplishes both of those goals while remaining very safe. It beats the primary abare attacks (2P or launcher) while also giving defensive-minded opponents just enough rope to hang themselves.

The technique boils down to purposefully giving away your advantage by dashing forward and then evade-cancelling into an attack. The notation would be 668[Dash-Attack]. Examples would be 66866P (Jean or Akira) or 66833P (Kage.) Any quick dash attack may be used, but dash attacks are not the only useful...

Another set of archived tournaments/results from November 9th-11th weekend from San Franscisco, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Tokyo.

Several events took place over the November 3rd-4th weekend in Oregon, United States and Kantou, Japan. Also, last night there was the regular WNF VF5FS tournament in Southern California. If you missed out on these events or curious to who won them,

Today, Sega of Japan posted a Job Advertisement for 3 part-time positions related to work with AM2 and on the Virtua Fighter Series. The job description includes assisting with production, organizing/creating events, and working on the VF.net mobile website. Specifically, they are looking to hire fans of the Virtua Fighter series. Application deadline is December 7th and the job begins in February 1, 2013.

Here is an exciting FT10 match featuring VFDC members TonyFamilia & Tricky. This was a scheduled event that took place last Sunday October 28 2012.

Below is the footage, both contain commentary that is not safe for work.

The stream footage can be found here thanks to Chibiaya. http://www.twitch.tv/ayaimmortal/b/337247780 First match starts at 33:51

Here is capped footage with resolution up to 1080p by Chief Flash

If you missed out on some of the offline events from the past weekend (Oct. 27th-29th), here are some of the archives from those events. Check out the matches from San Francisco, New York, and Tokyo

This week, members of the Russian VF community posted two videos onto youtube. First, there is a Best Moments compilation by ZBEP. The video shows some of the quirkiness seen in VF5: Final Showdown. The commentary is in Russian, but you can click on the Youtube English subtitle option with commentaries. The second video is a combo video compiled/edited by RyanWalter and Velone.

The last Battle Auditions for the Virtua Fighter 5 series in Japan will take place in November. The Battle Auditions are a regular series of tournaments to determine Sega's Star Players. On November 4th, 2012 there is the Kantou Battle Audition. Winner of that tournament will join 5 other "Candidate Star Players" to challenge

The Evo Championship Series made a poll to gauge the interest of fighting game enthusiasts for the official game lineup at Evo 2013. So Virtua Fighter fans, here is a chance to show support by voting for VF5FS! Don't forget to be proactive within your local community in promoting VF5FS!

Evo 2013 Fighting Game Lineup Poll

November 16th, 2012 Update: Model 2 Collection will be released on November 28th, 2012. Based on the Japanese Official Model 2 Collection Website and was confirmed all 3 games will be playable online.

As has been leaked last week, Sega released a youtube video confirming five games: Virtua Fighter 2, Fighting Vipers, Sonic the Fighters, Virtua Striker, and Virtual-On will be available on the PSN and the 360 as part of the Model 2 Collection. In the video description (rough translation):

1. Virtua Fighter 2 - The 3D fighting game phenomenon, you can play Version 2.0 and Version 2.1
2. Fighting Vipers - A flashier 3D fighting game introducing armor and wall breaks.
3. Sonic the Fighters - An unique game within the Sonic series of games.

The above three games will each be available for 800 YEN or 800 MSP in Fall 2012. For the Playstation 3, there will be a bundle deal of all 3 games for 1500 YEN.

4. Virtua Striker - 3D football (soccer) game that will be released on console for the very first time.

5. Cyber Troopers: Virtual-On - another revolutionary game that influence the control scheme of other robot games, the game will feature online play. You can also pre-order the Hori Twin Stick peripheral to replicate the arcade control scheme

The price for the last two games are currently not set. Both games are expected to be released early 2013.

According to a Siliconera article, all three games--Virtua Fighter 2, Fighting...