Happenstance FGC streamed another night of exciting esports fighting game action with the latest installment of round-robin play in the King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match league. What is Happenstance FGC? It is a fighting game community that is currently hosting its second online league. Happenstance FGC provides esports programming and competitions online and in-person.
The following is a quick roundup of the results of the September 8 broadcast. That broadcast (and all future broadcasts and past recordings) can be seen on the Happenstances FGC Facebook page here.
The league is currently in its round-robin phase. All players play one another during the round-robin portion of the league. Match winners are determined by the first player to win five games in a best of nine games format. After round-robin play is complete, the top 8 players will compete in a double-elimination tournament to determine the league champion.
Gameplay Description
The King of Fighters franchise is famous for an innovation in the fighting game genre by replacing the traditional round-based format with a 3-on-3 team-based match. Instead of choosing just one character, each player selects a team of three characters. Once the characters are selected, the player then determines the order in which the team members enter the battle. At the start of the match, the characters chosen to go first on their respective teams fight first. When a character is defeated, the next member on the same team then takes the defeated character’s place and enters the fight as a new round starts. The winning character of a round has a small portion of their health gauge restored prior to the start of the next round if the winning character lost health during the previous round. The game ends when one side’s team of three characters are all defeated.
Because there are a total of six characters (three per side), for each game there is a minimum of three rounds (assuming the winning side only uses one character to take out the opponent’s three characters) and a maximum of five rounds to determine the game winner. The Happenstance FGC league employs a format of first to 5 games to determine the match winner. Thus, a total of nine games are possible if the match is tied at 4-4 and requires a ninth game to determine the match winner.
Match Results
The September 8 broadcast featured 4 total matches. Here is a recap of the official match results.
Match 1
Dany Hop (Angel/Kyo/K’) defeats Gera Jump (Ralf/Kusanagi/Clark/Iori) 5 games to 0.
Match 2
Rola (Chin/Hinako/Mai) defeats Moya (Takuma/Yamazaki/Kasumi/Vice/Bao) 5 games to 0.
Match 3
Kim (Chin/Kim/Blue Mary) defeats Alaztor (Iori/Blue Mary/Leona) 5 games to 1.
Match 4
Kim (Kim/Chin/Blue Mary) defeats TS|El Profe (Lin/Jhun/Iori/K’/Ryo/Kasumi) 5 games to 1.