High School Professional Gamers Sweep First and Second Places! eSports Tournament "Puyo Puyo Championship" June 2018 Report

The June 2018 edition of the eSports professional tournament "Puyo Puyo Championship" was held at Asakusabashi Hulic Hall (Taito-ku, Tokyo) on June 3 (Sun.) from 19:00.

The "PuyoPuyo Championship" is an official Sega e-sports tournament (with a prize money of 300,000 yen) for players who have acquired a Japan e-sports professional license for the popular action puzzle game "PuyoPuyo" series. The tournament consisted of 16 players, including 13 professional players and three new professional players, Tobikichu, Zairo, and Piponia, who won the "Puyo Puyo Cup" mixed tournament for professional and general players in June 2018, which was held from 3:00 p.m. on the day.

In the exhibition match held before the tournament, professional players played a 2 vs. 2 team game. In the "Puyoteto Match," which followed the "Puyopuyo Match," the players showed that "Puyopuyo is not the only game I'm good at," by performing a Tetris (4-step erase) early in the game, and by performing a series of "T spins," in which a T-shaped Tetrimino (block) is twisted between the gaps between the blocks. I'm good at more than just Puyo Puyo! He showed off his superb play, and the audience was very much excited.

＜The best bouts of the exhibition match, as judged by Akiba Research Institute.

Puyopuyo Match: Kuroro and HeyoMaha vs Maysetsu and Tema


Puyotet Match-up" Amemiya Taiyo & Oka vs MATTYAN & Kumachomu


Extra Edition: Commercial video of AKRACING, the sponsor of the June 2018 tournament *It was fun, so be sure to check it out as well!

After the heated exhibition matches, it was time for the tournament. Following the introduction of the contestants, the tournament rules and the tournament table, which was decided by a preliminary draw, were announced. Here is a video of the heated tournament matches (the first and second rounds were played simultaneously by two pairs).


Puyopuyo Championship" June 2018 Tournament Contestants

＜Puyopuyo Championship" June 2018 Tournament - 1st Round

First round 2nd game Tom vs Piponia



First round 3rd match Kuroro vs Kamestry



1st round 5th match MATTORO vs Mackie



1st round 6th match MATTYAN vs oka



Round 1 Game 8 KUMACHOMU vs Tobikuchu

＜Puyo Puyo Championship June 2018 2nd Round

2nd round - Game 1 Maisetsu vs Piponia



2nd round 4th game live vs KUMACHOMU

＜PuyoPuyo Championship June 2018 Semifinals

The four players who advanced to the semifinals were Meisetsu, meta, live, and Mackie.
The first match, "Meisetsu vs. meta," was a tense, close game, with both players playing responsive games to win one set each. In the second match, "live vs. Mackie," the two players engaged in a dramatic chain reaction battle that went all the way to a full set, drawing applause from the audience.

Semifinal Game 1: Maisetsu vs meta



Semifinal Game 2: Mackie vs live



Third place match: live vs Maisetsu

＜The final game of the June 2018 Puyo Puyo Championship

The two players who won the fierce battle to advance to the final were meta and Mackie, both high school professional gamers.
The final match was a high-level affair, with meta using small chains of attacks to check his opponent, and Mackie using precise attacks based on his understanding of his opponent's attacks and stacking patterns. In the end, Mackie took two sets in a row, leaving no room for meta to take advantage of him, and took the top spot in the "Puyo Puyo Championship" June 2018.

Final match: meta vs Mackie

＜Puyo Puyo Championship" June 2018 Awards Ceremony

At the awards ceremony, Mr. Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Chairman of the e-Sports Executive Committee of SEGA Games Inc. presented the first place winner, Mackie, with a prize money of 300,000 yen, the second place winner, meta, with 150,000 yen, and the third place winner, live, with 50,000 yen. The fourth-place finisher, Meisetsu, was presented with a certificate of commendation.

June 2018 Tournament Award Ceremony

<Details of the "Puyopuyo" eSports Tournament FY2018 Tournament Schedule and Annual Rankings Announced

Following the awards ceremony, details of the "Puyo Puyo" eSports Tournament FY2018 Tournament Schedule & Annual Ranking were announced, and it was also revealed that the "Puyo Puyo Ranking Finals (1 million yen prize for the winner)" will be held in the spring of 2019 to determine the true top of FY2018. In addition, the entry site ( # ) is now accepting entries from general players for the "Puyo Puyo Cup" August 2018 tournament. If you have the skills, why not participate?

■"Puyopuyo" eSports Tournament FY2018 Tournament Schedule & Annual Ranking Details



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