Knee on his Tekken History: 'For me, this game is my life'

This interview with Knee was put up almost a week ago, but it wasn't until recently that it got English captioning supplemented onto it. So without further adieu, here is Inven's interview with ROX Dragon's Knee. It's quite a lengthy session that goes far back to his arcade beginnings with the Tekken series, to his adult life, where he was studying and conscripted into the Korean military service. Maybe some out there can personally relate to Knee's experience in growing up with the Tekken series, in which case, Knee offers his perspective on committing to Tekken instead of a more 'normal' life. Get familiar with not only a Tekken playing machine, but a man who 'made it'. Oh and don't forget to turn the English subtitles on:

ROX GAMING Youtube ≫ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdKARw3laPXg1FXbFSRcDXQ/

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Soul Calibur 6 National Rival Competition | Japan VS Korea 7on7 Team Battle

Taking place later today is the 7on7 Japan vs Korea team battle in Soul Calibur 6. The communities in both regions have already set up preliminary tournaments to pick their representing teams of 7 which are going on to rep their country in the team battle. The rivalry competition is being streamed live over on TheKura's Twitch channel at around 7 PM Japan/Seoul time so head on over there to catch all the SC6 action live:

Kura's Twitch channel ≫ https://www.twitch.tv/thekura0611

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Korea's Green Arcade Closes its Doors

The end of an era. Green Game Land (그린게임랜드) in Daerim, South Korea is shutting down. News of the closure was posted by Knee alongside a photo showing the arcade closing up and starting to haul all the cabinets out. For many years, Green Arcade has been the cultural Tekken mecca that produced the best players in the entire world and you can see it with walls filled with posters and trophies across many Tekken games. All the longstanding history from the arcade; dating back to ancient days of the earlier Tekkens, are now over. The future for Korean Tekken in arcades is now uncertain. Thanks for playing.

Green Arcade Closure Notice ≫ https://twitter.com/holyknee/status/1049635501211185152

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Brazilian New Master III Tournament Taking Place October 13 with English Commentary

Getting the word out on the third instalment of the "New Master" set to take place in the city of São Paulo in Brazil on October 13th. The New Master tournaments are fairly new but usually feature some of the best Tekken talent to watch for the South American region. For this occasion, they're planning on stepping up and enlisting an English commentary team for the stream to help guide the whole world into the Brazilian Tekken scene. There's prize money on the line and maybe news on possible international guests so stay tuned to the New Master social pages for more info on the tournament. You can expect to watch the entire tournament live on Twitch as it happens on October 13th.

New Master Facebook ≫ https://www.facebook.com/newmasterbrasil/

Project Korea Twitter ≫ https://twitter.com/Project_KoreaBR

Project Korea (Tournament Stream) Twitch ≫ https://www.twitch.tv/projectkorea

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EVO 2018 | Fighting Game World Tournament on August 3 - 5

It's that time of the year, the celebration world tournament of all fighting games is taking place this week in in the city of Las Vegas. Evo 2018 sees a staggering amount of competition spread across several fighting games in its lineup which includes Tekken 7 as a main stage game and Soul Calibur 6 as a side tournament. The SC6 tournament commences at 10 AM sharp in the morning on Friday with all the Tekken 7 pools starting at 8 AM on the Saturday with the Top 8 and exhibition of both games later at the Mandalay Bay arena on Sunday. For all things fighting games, Evo is not the tournament to miss out on while it's happening live so tune in with us and hopefully we see some new fighting game announcements.

Evo 2018 Smash.gg ▶ https://smash.gg/tournament/evo-2018/details

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