Fight For Relief charity tournament raises money for Japan

by David Hinkle on Mar 28th 2011 10:00PM

Two fighting game streaming giants, iPlayWinner and Level | Up Series, are teaming up to help raise money for Japan the only way they know how: by kicking ass. Simultaneous tournaments in Union City and Irvine, California will be streamed online as one massive show. Fight for Relief will feature giveaways, interviews and competition in Super Street Fighter IV and Marvel vs Capcom 3 from some of the best in the scene, including EG Justin Wong, Alex Valle, John Choi and others.

The fundraiser kicks off this Sunday, April 3, with all tournament proceeds and donations being given to Japan through GlobalGiving.org, a site that facilitates the actual giving of the money. We imagine flying to Japan with a giant briefcase stuffed full of cash just isn't the most practical way to do it.

If you want to sign up for either tournament, there isn't any pre-registration; just show up to either the NorCal venue or the SoCal venue with some cash and your fight stick and throw down!

Source: Fight for Relief

Tags: charity, iplaywinner, japan, level-up-series, Marvel-vs-Capcom-3, Marvel-vs-Capcom-3-Fate-of-Two-Worlds, microsoft, playstation, ps3, super-street-fighter-iv, tournament, xbox

Reader Comments (8)

Whooping ass for charity?

Lets do this.

For once, I support a fighting game tournament. This time it's not about pretentiousness and egos, it's about a greater cause.

Chalk one up for the relief effort.

Its cool it see a big site like Joystiq cover fighting game events. I think its really awesome of the fighting game community to make a tournament to help raise funds for Japan's relief. We need more of these type of charity events in all gaming communities.