The first tournaments for the Street Fighter Online Series, the online portion of the Capcom Pro Tour hosted by Virgin Gaming, just went live yesterday for both PS3 and Xbox 360.  The speed at which the spots filled up in the United States and Europe has been blistering to say the least. There seems to be some confusion on how the online tournaments will work, so please read below for a full explanation.

Online tournaments will take place regularly in North America, Latin America and Europe.  Once the qualification portion of the tournament begins, it’s a race to fill up the bracket.  Players will need to win three matches in a row, to then be able to qualify for the double elimination bracket.  These qualifying matches can be played at any point until April 15th, however once the 16 spots are accounted for, the qualifying matches end.  If you happen to be returned to the landing page upon signing up, it’s because the cap has already been met, and the double elimination bracket has been filled.

For those who have made it in, the double elimination bracket will take place on April 15 ^th , and all players in the bracket will receive ranking points toward the Capcom Cup this December.    

Currently spots have been completely filled for the United States Xbox360 and PlayStation 3 tournaments, and Europe’s Xbox 360 tournament.  There are still spots available for PlayStation 3 in Europe, as well as both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Latin America. 

For the future online tournaments, we plan on increasing the cap based on demand per region. So to those who did not make it in this time, look forward to next month and another chance to win those ever so sweet Capcom Pro Tour points.