Twitch Rivals is back with another fighting game event and this time it’ll be the much beloved classic Marvel vs. Capcom 2 which takes the spotlight.
The invited players for this event are DK Express, J360, Smoothviper, RomnetoNYC, Chris Matrix, Roundhouse, Abraham Sotelo, Crizzle, KhaosDimension, Gthrllah, SpartanADC, GoForBroke, Peruchamp, Wiganator, G Conceptz, Team3arcade, Padder, ThisGuyRJ, Locdown87, Lazyreaper808, Choboruin, FilthGnasty, Bmazterz and Lemagicdude.
Matches will be played first-to-2 for the tournament up until the top 4 at which point the format switches to first-to-3 sets instead.
There’s a total prize pool of $15,000 for this event with $5,000 reserved for the champion, so players have definitely been working on derusting so that they can grab as much of that pie as possible. Only the top 8t get any compensation, so two thirds of the players will be leaving with nothing to show for it.
The action begins at 2 p.m. Pacific time and will keep going until the event is wrapped, so just stay tuned for as much Marvel vs. Capcom 2 goodness as you can muster.
Streaming will be mainly conducted at Twitch Rivals, but if you’ve got a favorite player you can tune in to their personal stream to follow their journey with their own commentary. The list of channels can be found here.