SnK HappyPow wins AFK XL 2016

[rubmytaco]

On November 5th, approximately 50 European challengers gathered in Rotterdam to fight for the title of AFK XL 2016 champion. It was a day filled with hype, upsets, some crucial drops, and a whole lot of comradery. In the end it was SnK HappyPow from France who claimed the title with his extremely entertaining reptile, after beating EXiLE Crathen's Grandmaster Sub-Zero in a hardfought grand finals.

I would like to thank all the players who showed up to support our scene and the hundreds of viewers in the Twitch chat. GGs to all, and I personally hope to see everyone again at the next big European event.

Top 16:
1) SnK Happypow (France) // Nimble Reptile / Ancestral Kung Jin
2) EXiLE Crathen (Italy) // Grandmaster Sub-Zero
3) IrishMantis (Ireland) // A-List Johnny Cage / Stunt Double Johnny Cage
4) EXiLE RZA (France) // Crystalline Tremor / Aftershock Tremor
5) MBA Ermok (United Kingdom) // Mystic Ermac
5) AT Nindo (Netherlands) // Sorcerer Quan Chi / Cyrax Triborg
7) AT Lucky (Netherlands) // Grandmaster Sub-Zero / Smoke Triborg
7) EXiLE Taco (Netherlands) // Unbreakable Sub-Zero / Grandmaster Sub-Zero
9) EXiLE Shura30 (Italy) // Hollywood Cassie Cage / Brawler Cassie Cage
9) The-Bizzle (Netherlands) // Full Auto Jacqui Briggs / Sektor Triborg
9) YUZU Masta (France) // Shaolin Kung Jin / Ninjutsu Scorpion
9) Loundsandman (Italy) // Dragon Fire Liu Kang
13) YUZU S-007 (Netherlands) // Assassin Kitana / Boneshaper Shinnok
13) EXiLE N0rv1s (Lithuania) // Royal Storm Kitana / Assasin Kitana
13) YUZU FlashNo47 (France) // Shirai Ryu Takeda
13) YUZU Ganondeurf (France) // Thunder God Raiden

Full event archive: https://www.twitch.tv/afk_rotterdam/v/99158747

Youtube video's will be uploaded after they have been edited.

Sneakily promoted by the Tortoise

 

[Matix218]

No surprise, dude has a sick reptile

 

[rubmytaco]

@Youphemism can you put this on the front page, please?

 

[LaidbackOne]

Gonna remember this tournament as "EAT THAT B2 X 1000"
Good games everyone! Entertaining commentary aswell @RyuKazuya & @The-Bizzle

 

[YUZU_RZA]

Probably the hypest EU Tournament since MKXL Release.

Thansk to AFK Rotterdam, @rubmytaco & @The Doctor for this tournament !!

GGs to my boi @HappyPow for this awesome victory !!

Cant w8 to see u on the next tourney guyz =D

 

[SaSSolino]

I really wanted to see Italy win with that scrub @Crathen, but damn @HappyPow's good.

 

[Masta]

GG @HappyPow le troll ahah ! Thanks for this event, I love NL community you are the best! Shoutouts to every players who came from all over Europe. It was nice to see/meet you !

 

[RyuKazuya]

Id like to thank each and everyone for organazing this great event. I must say this was the best MKX event I have ever been to.
It was a great event and big congratulations to HappyPow for taking it convincingly with his amazing Reptile.
It was a great pleasure meeting you all again and meeting new great People.

 

[fr stack]

@HappyPow MAAASSTTAAAAAAA!!!!! good stuff my man

 

[MK_Al]

great tournament guys! congats to @HappyPow and shoutouts to @RyuKazuya; you're a hell of a commentator!

 

[Riot Frenzy]

Nice job Happypow!

 

[nindo]

Taco already did it but i'm gonna repeat; Thanks everyone for attending AFKXL! Hope you guys had a blast like me. Also thanks to everyone in the MK community for watching the stream. It's amazing to see how much interest we've gathered (even after last years' Red Fight District) with our small community in the Netherlands. It couldn't have been done without the help of all our friendly neighbour countries, the Belgians, Frenchies, Germans, Britains, Austrians, Italians, Irish(!), etc. You guys are the best!
Also shoutouts to the AFK team and organizers, Virgil aka Swagmeister2000, Rochdi aka Demi Hollow, @rubmytaco and @The Doctor. We started 2 hours too late but we caught up in speed thanks to the US double elim format and enough setups available (thnx Zowie / BenQ / Monster and all that).
Shoutouts to @The-Bizzle and @RyuKazuya (and guest appearances of @YUZU_RZA and Dio) holding it down on the commentary. They did their best to make AFKXL enjoyable to watch and it definitely was!

Congrats @HappyPow for taking the tournament after a really hype Grand Finals! That moment where everyone gathered and got close to the stage to watch who's going to take it.... fucking loved it.

Hope to see you all next time!

 

[Gofer_MK]

....How the fuu did I miss thiss.....

 

[Atriox]

While I wasn't ready to compete again yet, this was a super hype tournament. Congrats to everyone who made top 8 and of course HappyPow for taking it, amazing reptile!

Shame @IrishMantis and I didn't get the chance to commentate together though (jk it was for the better lol)

 

[Kroaken]

Grats to HappyPow!

What youtube channel will this go up on?

 

[rubmytaco]

Grats to HappyPow!

What youtube channel will this go up on?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1bDtf_L2mKflpyEA4e_mGQ

 

[RyuKazuya]

great tournament guys! congats to @HappyPow and shoutouts to @RyuKazuya; you're a hell of a commentator!

Thank you so much ^^

 

[Gofer_MK]

Hoooollly mother of JC that match between YUZU S-007 and AT NINDO is something everyone should watch!!

 

[shura30]

definitely HYPE

also, my brawler brought me out of pools, if anything, holly made me look like an idiot this time @rubmytaco please update

too many shoutouts but @MBA_Ermok deserves it the most for the looooooong friday evening session
and ofc my man @flashNo47

there's good shit here in europe, keep hosting such amazing events!

 

[HappyPow]

Was awesome as hell, I've been glad to see people there. Maybe too much shy and stressed but I'm not use to all of that yet.
MAMA! This guy RyuKazuya was just so hype, glad to have someone like that as a commentator. Come on meen!!
That was Oh Oui Oui Oh Oui Oui!!!
(Bizzle is def a monsta, I was shitting on my self. Best Master of Storm by the way! Looooool)

 

[The Doctor]

Thanks everyone for tuning in and/or competing!! This is what i want a strong community with dedication to travel and just have a great time!! I'm sure i will see you guys another time in the near future, thanks again for making this a succes you guys are SUPERB! YUZU-S007 Signing out

 

[Masta]

@rubmytaco If it can help : Lucky played Smoke and Norvis Assassin Kitana , and we cant forget @The Doctor Shincock Boneshaper

 

[Gofer_MK]

SnK Happypow fantastic Reptile, IrishMantis fantastic Johnny, EXiLE RZA fantastic Tremor, AT Nindo comback hype dude!! Awesome tournament, one of the best in MKX life. All players, all games were great, and the commentary was out of this world!! Next time I'M COMIN!!

Congratulations to all participants!!

 

[rubmytaco]

SnK Happypow fantastic Reptile, IrishMantis fantastic Johnny, EXiLE RZA fantastic Tremor, AT Nindo comback hype dude!! Awesome tournament, one of the best in MKX life. All players, all games were great, and the commentary was out of this world!! Next time I'M COMIN!!

You'd better

 

[ganondeurf]

Thanks for AFK Rotterdam for this tournament. It's thanks to those kind of events that I have fun to play fighting games!
Congrats to @HappyPow for 1st place
Epic commentary from @RyuKazuya and @The-Bizzle
Everytime I heard Bizzle speaking, I feel like it's worth to be quoted
"And if anyone turns on another controller, I'm gonna destroy that event"
"Nothing hurts more than Bo Rai Cho's fart"
Haha

It was great to finally put some faces on some names, seeing again others, seeing new faces and discovering that others changed their game tag @EXiLE Zeus xD