2018 Tokyo Bay Area Cup Vol.2

On 25 February 2018, the 2018 Tokyo Bay Area Cup Volume 2 took place.

Spoiler: Timestamps

0:00:02 - Jacky vs Vanessa (01:16)
0:01:50 - Jacky vs Vanessa (02:28)
0:04:39 - Jacky vs Lion (00:11)
0:05:21 - Jacky vs Vanessa (02:21)
0:08:35 - Akira vs Vanessa (01:34)
0:10:42 - Akira vs Vanessa (01:56)
0:13:22 - Akira vs Vanessa (02:09)
0:16:10 - Akira vs Vanessa (02:23)
0:19:31 - Akira vs Jacky (01:54)
0:22:03 - Akira vs Jacky (01:27)
0:24:27 - Akira vs Jacky (01:58)
0:26:57 - Akira vs Jacky (02:29)
0:29:57 - Akira vs Jacky (01:24)
0:32:04 - Akira vs Jean (02:34)
0:35:27 - Shun vs Jean (01:06)
0:37:05 - Shun vs Jean (01:55)
0:39:32 - Shun vs Jean (01:39)
0:41:59 - Shun vs Lau (01:56)
0:44:59 - Aoi vs Lau (02:20)
0:47:51 - Aoi vs Goh (00:41)
0:54:04 - Taka vs Goh (00:52)
1:04:13 - Akira vs Jacky (01:48)
1:06:59 - Jean vs Jacky (02:07)
1:10:06 - Jean vs Jacky (01:50)
1:12:11 - Shun vs Akira (01:01)
1:13:32 - Pai vs Lau (01:21)
1:15:46 - Goh vs Aoi (02:33)
1:19:18 - Jean vs Aoi (01:49)
1:21:59 - Jean vs Aoi (02:23)
1:24:59 - Shun vs Aoi (01:35)
1:27:03 - Taka vs Jacky (00:15)
1:27:57 - El Blaze vs Jacky (01:18)
1:29:45 - Akira vs Aoi (01:47)
1:32:15 - Akira vs Aoi (02:16)
1:35:13 - Akira vs Vanessa (00:01)
1:36:01 - Akira vs Lei Fei (02:11)
1:38:52 - Akira vs Aoi (00:34)
1:39:46 - Pai vs Sarah (02:06)
1:43:07 - Akira vs Sarah (01:14)
1:44:28 - Jean vs Akira (00:38)
1:45:33 - Akira vs Jean (00:50)
1:46:37 - Kage vs Akira (01:57)
1:48:41 - Jean vs Lei Fei (00:45)
1:49:57 - Kage vs Jean (01:12)
1:51:16 - Akira vs Lei Fei (01:36)
1:53:01 - Jacky vs Lau (00:46)
1:54:24 - Jean vs Jacky (02:21)
1:56:55 - Vanessa vs Lau (00:02)
1:57:52 - El Blaze vs Jacky (01:39)
1:59:47 - Kage vs Akira (00:45)
2:00:39 - Jean vs El Blaze (01:37)
2:03:02 - Lau vs Akira (02:01)
2:05:44 - Shun vs Akira (02:15)
2:08:34 - Lau vs Jacky (01:21)
2:10:52 - Taka vs Jacky (02:09)
2:13:08 - Jean vs Lau (02:07)
2:15:29 - Jacky vs Lau (01:46)
2:17:22 - Jean vs Akira (00:04)
2:18:21 - Lau vs Lau (02:06)
2:21:49 - Lau vs Jacky (02:49)
2:24:45 - Lau vs Lion (01:14)
2:26:53 - Shun vs Lion (01:41)
2:29:20 - Kage vs Lion (02:10)
2:31:55 - Aoi vs Vanessa (01:32)
2:33:34 - Kage vs Jacky (00:06)
2:36:18 - Lion vs Vanessa (00:16)
2:37:11 - Lau vs Vanessa (01:31)
2:39:37 - Lau vs Taka (01:24)
2:41:58 - Lau vs Akira (02:02)
2:44:36 - Lau vs Akira (01:12)
2:45:55 - Pai vs Lion (01:25)
2:47:58 - Aoi vs Lion (01:46)
2:51:41 - Lau vs Lion (00:11)
2:52:24 - Lau vs Vanessa (02:48)
2:55:54 - Akira vs Vanessa (01:31)
2:58:09 - Lion vs Vanessa (01:55)
3:00:55 - Lion vs Taka (02:13)
3:20:50 - Goh vs Vanessa (02:12)
3:23:58 - Goh vs Lei Fei (02:23)
3:27:04 - Wolf vs Sarah (01:11)
3:29:06 - Wolf vs Akira (01:18)
3:31:16 - Vanessa vs Akira (01:21)
3:32:44 - Goh vs Jacky (00:10)
3:37:38 - Jacky vs Jacky (01:26)
3:39:47 - El Blaze vs Jacky (01:03)
3:41:29 - El Blaze vs Jacky (01:48)
3:43:55 - Kage vs Jacky (02:02)
3:46:56 - Jacky vs Jacky (02:11)
3:49:45 - Jacky vs Taka (02:26)
3:55:12 - Jean vs Sarah (00:30)
3:56:26 - Jean vs Kage (01:34)
3:58:44 - Jean vs Eileen (01:39)
4:01:10 - Jean vs El Blaze (01:17)
4:03:05 - Sarah vs Vanessa (00:24)
4:03:36 - Jacky vs Akira (00:20)
4:04:43 - Jacky vs Lau (01:32)
4:06:22 - Sarah vs Vanessa (01:51)
4:09:04 - Sarah vs Lau (01:42)
4:14:31 - Jean vs Shun (02:34)
4:18:11 - Jean vs Sarah (01:51)
4:20:46 - Goh vs Sarah (02:03)
4:23:42 - Goh vs Akira (01:32)
4:28:47 - Jean vs Jacky (01:16)
4:30:39 - Shun vs Jacky (02:44)
4:34:28 - Shun vs Lion (01:48)
4:37:06 - Shun vs Akira (01:56)
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Total matches: 106

Character Usage
Jacky: 35
Akira: 34
Jean: 23
Lau: 21
Vanessa: 19
Shun: 12
Aoi: 11
Lion: 11
Sarah: 9
Goh: 8
Kage: 7
El Blaze: 6
Taka: 6
Lei Fei: 4
Pai: 3
Wolf: 2
Eileen: 1

Post tournament matches:

Spoiler: Timestamps

0:00:19 - Aoi vs Jacky (01:34)
0:02:27 - Aoi vs Jacky (02:03)
0:05:04 - Aoi vs Jacky (02:02)
0:07:24 - Goh vs Kage (00:03)
0:07:55 - Aoi vs Jacky (02:18)
0:11:05 - Aoi vs Akira (02:19)
0:13:57 - Aoi vs Akira (01:46)
0:16:11 - Aoi vs Jeffry (00:03)
0:16:47 - Aoi vs Lion (01:15)
0:18:41 - Aoi vs Lion (01:49)
0:21:22 - Aoi vs Jacky (01:41)
0:23:33 - Aoi vs Jacky (02:11)
0:26:20 - Aoi vs Jacky (02:28)
0:29:33 - Aoi vs Jacky (01:32)
0:31:38 - Aoi vs Jacky (01:52)
0:33:43 - Lion vs Jacky (00:09)
0:34:58 - Sarah vs Jacky (01:49)
0:37:25 - Sarah vs Jacky (02:10)
0:39:48 - Lion vs Jacky (00:09)
0:40:49 - Pai vs Jacky (02:40)
0:44:03 - Pai vs Jacky (01:33)
0:46:22 - Pai vs Aoi (02:50)
0:49:45 - Pai vs Aoi (01:59)
0:52:00 - Pai vs Aoi (00:17)
0:54:09 - Pai vs Lau (01:42)
0:56:24 - Pai vs Lau (02:26)
0:59:31 - Pai vs Akira (02:56)
1:03:05 - Pai vs Akira (02:10)
1:05:48 - Pai vs Akira (02:19)
1:08:49 - Pai vs Akira (01:09)
1:10:31 - Pai vs Akira (01:55)
1:13:52 - Jean vs Akira (01:42)
1:16:43 - Jean vs Akira (01:54)
1:19:09 - Jean vs Akira (02:18)
1:22:15 - Jean vs Akira (01:52)
1:24:40 - Jean vs Akira (01:55)
1:27:07 - Jean vs Akira (01:54)
1:29:50 - Jean vs Akira (02:23)
1:32:44 - Jean vs Akira (02:14)
1:35:45 - Akira vs Akira (02:02)
1:38:17 - Akira vs Akira (01:53)
1:40:50 - Akira vs Akira (02:34)
1:43:57 - Akira vs Akira (01:25)
1:46:24 - Jacky vs Akira (02:15)
1:49:22 - Jacky vs Akira (01:22)
1:51:15 - Jacky vs Akira (01:07)
1:52:57 - Jacky vs Akira (01:57)
1:55:41 - Lau vs Akira (01:42)
1:57:56 - Lau vs Akira (02:27)
2:01:05 - El Blaze vs Akira (01:18)
2:02:59 - El Blaze vs Akira (01:39)
2:05:17 - El Blaze vs Akira (01:23)
2:07:25 - Lau vs Akira (02:30)
2:10:27 - Lau vs Akira (01:55)
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Total matches: 54

Character Usage
Akira: 34
Jacky: 19
Aoi: 17
Pai: 12
Jean: 8
Lau: 6
Lion: 4
El Blaze: 3
Sarah: 2
Goh: 1
Jeffry: 1

Standard Disclaimer
These videos were all automatically indexed by a little program I wrote which is still in progress. A new feature I've added now shows a summary of the characters used along with the play count. This is helpful if you're looking for videos of a particular character since you can readily see if the character was featured, and for how many games. No need to manually scan long indexes any more!

If you spot any errors in the index, please let me know.

 

This is really hard to do for a number of reasons.

In very simple terms, the way the program currently works is that it's performing image recognition on the character portraits and comparing them to a library of portraits (19 characters). In other words, for every frame in the video, it compares:

• Player 1's character portrait against the 19 characters available, and
• Player 2's character portrait against the 19 characters available.

If a match occurs, then I stop checking until the current detection is broken. So that's potentially 38 image detection calculations occurring every frame of video. With me so far? Good.

So in order to detect Japanese characters, a similar approach could be taken, but I'd need to build an image library of all Player ring names (any volunteers?) How many players are actively playing in Japan? A shit load more than 38! Of course, this is susceptible to being broken because players can and often do, change their ring name so ideally you'd want someone to maintain the list.

Another approach would be to research into some Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the Japanese text. Those who've used OCR software before will know that results can be really varied, and that's with clean, legible text. I personally couldn't imagine getting anything useful from grainy-vision Japanese streams where every Kanji character looks like a white blob.

Having said that, I don't really have the time or resources to be able to build up a Japanese player name image library (again, calling for volunteers?), and I don't know if it's even technically feasible to use existing OCR technology with the program I've written. It'd be definitely a nice feature to have, but it's not really worth the investment for the perceived value it might provide.