Photos by Steven Bryant of SBDesignworks for Electronic Dojo
Over 1,300 competitors travelled to Millennium Point in Birmingham on the weekend of August 16th-18th 2024 to participate in the UK’s biggest multi fighting game event: VSFighting XII.
The 12th edition of VSFighting, hosted by ElectronicDojo, ran tournaments across 19 different titles with the prize pool of all events reaching over £19,500 combined.
Team UK beat France as 2XKO makes one of its first UK appearances at VSFighting XII
Before we get onto the main results and winners, Alpha Lab testing for 2XKO also happened to overlap with the VSFighting weekend. This gave the opportunity for those that missed out a chance to try Riot Games’ upcoming 2v2 fighting game.
There was also the first (of potentially many) UK vs France crew battles in the game with six players from each country taking each other on in the 2v2 format.
The UK took the crew battle, with TalesOfMrE and Lazarus being the duo to bring it home. The full VoD for the country v country crew battle can be found on FlashNo47’s Twitch Channel.
Tekken 8
Of the seven main tournaments at VSFighting this year, Tekken 8 had the highest entrant count at 441.
As part of the Tekken World Tour 2024 as a Master Tier event, the second highest tier of event on the tour, players earned points based on their placement and the Top 20 players on the global leaderboard were invited to the finals.
Mulgold, a Feng and Claudio player from South Korea, won the event, with the highest placing UK player, Gosain, a Law player, finishing in 5th place.
Street Fighter 6
Street Fighter 6 made a return to VSFighting with an entrant count of 290 players and multiple UK players making into the Top 8.
UK talent EndingWalker took the tournament from Winners Side after beating Hurricane in the Grand Finals, who also finished in second place at VSFighting XI in the previous year.
Like he did at the Brussells Challenge, EndingWalker also beat Mouz teammate, Problem X, in the VSFighting XII Winners Final. This meant ProblemX finished in third place for the event.
Other UK players in the Top 8 included Shakz in 4th, Broski in 5th and veteran player Ryan Hart in 7th.
Guilty Gear -STRIVE-
Guilty Gear Strive with 193 participants also part of the ARC World Tour 2024 at VSFighting. The tournament was a Platinum tier event on the tour, with the winner being directly invited to the finals.
UK player Tiger_Pop won the bracket after going on a nine-game losers bracket run, defeating fellow UK player Setchi in the Grand Finals Reset, and securing a spot at the ARC World Tour Finals. Other UK Players in Top 8 included GideonTG in 4th and Precho in 5th.
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Also part of the ARC World Tour 2024, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising had 119 entrants at VSFighting, with German Nier player Socky winning the event and qualifying for the Finals of the World Tour.
The Platinum tier event also had one UK Player, Dudeakoff, playing Metera and Seox, reach the Top 8, finishing in 5th-6th place.
Under Night In-Birth II
Another Arc System Works game at VSFighting – UNI2 – had 71 entrants and is also a part of the ARC World Tour with UK player Mo.Sin (using Kuon) winning the event and securing a spot at the Finals. This comes after Mo.Sin recently finished runner-up at Evo 2024.
Also in the Top 8, Deviance secured 5th place and MysticSmash finished in 7th.
Dragon Ball FighterZ
Dragon Ball FighterZ also had a circuit tournament as part of the VSFighting event. The 46 participant tournament is a Power Event tier, the second highest tier on the circuit.
Multiple UK players made it to Top 8, with UK Player OBAssassin winning the event through the winners side of the Grand Finals.
Other UK results include FullMetalFury in third, plug in fourth, Videct in 5th and Kyoshi and Suiruuydan in the 7th-8th position.
The King of Fighters XV
The King of Fighters event at VSFighting had 34 entrants and was a qualifier event for the SNK World Championship 2025, with the winner qualifying for the finals.
The event was won by Swedish player bubblan, whilst other UK players in the Top 8 included KuriNyanko in third, InfernoKong in 4th and Boroshin in 7th.
There were also side/community events through the weekend. Full brackets for all tournaments at the event can be found on the StartGG page for VSFighting XII, with VoDs for the main tournaments on the VSFighting YouTube Channel.
Wade ‘AggresiveDuck’ White is a tournament and event organiser for Super Smash Brothers Ultimate in London and Essex, with events reaching as many as 250+ attendees.
Wade originally started in esports by entering in amateur Dota 2 leagues before moving into the FGC scene with Smash Ultimate in 2018, competing in offline events in the UK and Europe.
