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The first podcast was a huge success because not only did it shed light on the importance of community, but Kwiggle was given the mic and spoke to us about how he feels as a professional player in the circuit. As a growing community it's important to grow in every positive way possible. This...

15281 Today there were a lot of intense matches in Top 8, but above all else, Kwiggle vs XcaliburBladeZ in Winners really showed the importance of adapting to your opponent. We begin to see that Kwiggle has studied the Eliot match-up as he proceeds to hold out of Cali's fighting patterns and...

Spectate Pools & Semi-Finals before observing our Top 8. Peruse the Complete Bracket ranging from new-school and old-school competitors. The Fall Classic 2015 was the perfect mesh of everything we had accomplished as a community, and we all got a chance to be showcased through the Pool Gameplay...

Even though NEC is going to wrap up the Battle Royal this year, for the past two years the community has seen TFC as one of our most important events. 2013 Lopedo won the tournament using Rachel, a character that was considered to be broken at the time because of the stomp vortex, but the set...

For Last Round, Summer Jam 9 has concluded, and XcaliburBladeZ reigns supreme as the SJ Champion! He was able to capture back his championship by defeating Kwiggle's: Rachel, Phase 4 and Christie all with Eliot. Though young Bladez has won with the ambitious blonde at Summer Jam before, he took...

'Defend the North' is a major on the East Coast that is adding DOA5 to its roster of games this year. If you are in the area or plan to travel; make some time for this event. Pre-registration ends October 1st according to the official website. What we have wanted is to see as a community is for...

Last Round is finally scheduled for updates, detailed in the latest patch notes. This update will not only change the balance of the game but fixes bugs and adds a stage and some more costume DLC. Be sure to stay up to date on these changes and check out the trailer! 10008

The DOA community confuses me sometimes. I'm a part of the Smash community and what I see there is completely different from what I see here. Don't get me wrong, some people know what they are talking about most of the time, and they already know who they are, but generally people do not know...

The genius game theorist, whom is aware of his catching good looks... pastes his face onto Christie and says that the skimpy outfits are distracting and that the community leaders were wrong for the soft ban. My question is, if this is a strategy; shouldn't it be banned? Wouldn't that mean the...

Team NINJA has released a new statement for Core Fighters on YouTube boasting 3.5 million downloads and has announced that Rig will be free for Core Fighters until 7.14.2015. For Core Fighters on XBOX ONE you can get: Tina, Bass, Jann Lee and Hitomi for 4.99 USD. This is a nice deal for anyone...

(2025 News Archive Update) DOA5 was originally shafted from the ECT 2015 stream list, but the tournament was indeed recorded and later on lost in time. It's now available again despite there being no write-up for this event here at Free Step Dodge; it is in fact preserved within our site. Please...

Congratulations to Hoodless aka Mark Macklin for winning MWC. Hoodless has also uploaded replays from the tournament which are all now available in our improved media section. 9555 Within Grand Finals, @SilverForte goes head on with Hoodless using Raidou, a new character we haven't seen much...

A small update for Last Round just came out, and this patch is for PS4. The XBOX ONE version is still under testing and should be released soon. There are no balance adjustments, but it does fix a few bugs. You can view the list of changes at their official website. Version 1.03

(2025 News Archive Update) Hajin's Ayane Tutorial is no longer available on Twitch and was not preserved on YouTube. We've replaced the dead link with @Force_of_Nature DOA5LR Beginner video for Ayane. Thank you for your understanding and checking out Free Step Dodge as your number one Dead or...

Within the competitive community Kwiggle is definitely one of the most well-known players. He has represented the game at almost every tournament and has won almost every tournament he's entered the past year. Kwiggle is also known for having multiple characters - all at high-level play. The...

Next on the docket of the 2015 Battle Royal is ECT on June 13th-14th. Team NINJA has thrown in $500 to the prize pot for this NJ major, and like last year I expect we will see some hype matches, and I believe @Sly Bass will be there. Check out his profile when you get the chance because he has...

Time to show other communities what we are really made of by making an impression with DOA5LR at EVO 2015! The event has been known about for a while now, but you can now RSVP on Big E's Facebook Invitational Thread. We already have 15 planning on going including: @Mr. Wah, @E-Mann...

(2025 News Archive Update) The Downloadable North California Regionals 2015 Tournament is no longer available to download from Destruction Bomb. If you have a copy of this tournament preserved; please reach out to us so we can reestablish the link and download. Thanks to community contributor...

Are you ready for the SCR? After some super intense matches at NCR, I hope you are! We saw the return of one of DOA's finest competitors.... Requiem... aka... CJ... aka, uh Corposant... I guess he was living in the 16th century with that name, but alas he has won the major defeating Hajin in a...

(2025 News Archive Update) Since the original playlist went missing; this is the last remaining footage from the ITG tournament that has been preserved. IGT was South Korea's first Major tournament, but it also featured players from all around the world. I think this Top 8 looks fairly...