I do wonder why Capcom did not just allow 2nd place of the Capcom Cup IX LCQ – Kichipa – to take the final spot. Side Note: Why did Capcom Cup IX only have 47 qualified players? The graphic above suggests it was supposed to be 48 players but the final bracket only had 47 players. Committing 10 days to a single tournament is incredibly exhausting and expensive for all parties involved. The issue is logistics and time management for round robin groups. The biggest question here is: how many competitors can qualify for Capcom Cup X? Is Capcom really going to stick with 47 competitors divided into 8 round robin groups? Or is Capcom going to return to the traditional 32 competitor double-elimination bracket? I personally prefer the traditional 32 competitor double-elimination bracket but the round robin groups were certainly entertaining to watch this year. All of the 45 other Capcom Cup IX competitors qualified through 19 region-locked online regional premiers and 26 world warrior circuits. Source: Capcom Pro Tour websiteĮven though offline premiers technically returned in 2022, the only offline qualifiers for Capcom Cup IX were Evo 2022 and the Capcom Cup IX LCQ. For Capcom Pro Tour 2022, there were three ways to qualify for Capcom Cup: online premiers, offline premiers, and world warrior. The second part of the announcement: the return of online premiers and world warrior. Capcom seems to be leaving behind the Global Ranking Point Leaderboard from Capcom Pro Tour 2017-2019. I personally think that is what is going to be happen for Capcom Cup X. Is Capcom going to host more of their own offline tournaments like they did for the CPT North America Open 2019 (which took place in Las Vegas)? I personally would love to see the US Red Bull Kumite LCQ (which also took place in Las Vegas) become an offline premier.Īnother question is: will these offline premiers be direct qualifiers for Capcom Cup X? In the past, winners of premier tier offline tournaments would be qualified directly to Capcom Cup. In North America, the three biggest offline tournaments we have are Combo Breaker, CEO, and Evo. We can only speculate what tournaments would be considered offline premier tier in 2023. It is a shame that SF6 is releasing right after Combo Breaker 2023 because that tournament would easily be an offline premier. I think it’s safe to assume that CEO 2023 is part of the list of offline premiers as well as Evo 2023. A lot of these tournaments don’t exist anymore (Final Round, NorCal Regionals, Celtic Throwdown, etc.). The tournament landscape in 2023 is very different from how it was in 2019. The last time the Capcom Pro Tour had multiple offline premier tournaments was 2019. The first part of the announcement: the return of offline premiers. Tsujimoto’s time on stage was quite short but it was important enough to have all of FGC Twitter talking about it afterwards. It was quite surprising to see one of the top Capcom executives making the announcement, which had some people speculating it was going to be a significant announcement. During the conclusion of last night’s Capcom Cup IX Top 16, Capcom’s President and COO, Haruhiro Tsujimoto, stepped on stage to announce the tenth Capcom Cup, Capcom Cup X.
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