The Results for the 2019 Ultrachen Awards

UltrachenTV is a long running twitch channel with two of the Fighting Game Community’s favorite commentators, James “Jchensor” Chen and David “UltraDavid” Graham. They host the Tuesday Show, which talks about fighting game related news and topics.

At the end of every year, James and David does a little award show on the Tuesday Show to recognize members of the Fighting Game Community. They want to give praise to those who have put in a lot of work to bring a positive change to the community as a whole. This year they also had a special bonus segment for awards for the decade to highlight the biggest happenings in the past 10 years.

Here are the results for the 2019 Ultrachen Awards:

Newcomer of the Year

James

1. Pakistan
2. XO Academy
3. Next Next Generation (FGC members’ children)

David

1. Arslan Ash
2. Ninja Killa
3. Mortal Kombat 11

Event of the Year (Not EVO)

James

1. Tekken World Tour Finals
2. Red Bull Kumite
3. Frosty Faustings

David

1. Combo Breaker
2. CEO
3. Viennality

Match of the Year

James

1. Texas vs. Florida – MK11: Combo Breaker
2. iDom vs. Punk – SFV: Capcom Cup
3. GO1 vs. SonicFox – DBFZ: Evo 2019

David

1. SonicFox vs. NinjaKilla – MK11: ECT
2. Axe vs. Wizzrobe – SSBM: Smash Summit
3. iDom vs. Punk – SFV: Capcom Cup 2019

Story of the Year

James

1. Pakistani Rise to Power
2. The Battle for Rollback Net Code
3. Changing of the Controller Guard

David

1. Pakistani Tekken
2. Smash Melee still striving
3. The Push for Net Code

FGC Member of the Year

James

1. 10/0 Productions
2. Stephanie “Vexanie” Lindgren
3. AceKingOffSuit

David

1. 10/0 Productions
2. WillyP & Kattaemari
3. CurlyW

Content Creator of the Year

James

1. Sajam
2. FGC Translated
3. Shunao / Wavechan

David

1. Arturo Sanchez (TS Sabin)
2. Maximilian
3. FGC Translated

Commentator of the Year (Not Us)

James

1. Entire Tekken Commentary Crew
2. Kitana Prime
3. Logansama / F-Word

David

1. Tasty Steve
2. Sajam
3. Rip

Worst of the Year

James

1. SFV Net Code
2. Some World Tours Need to Step it Up
3. Tekken / Street Fighter Leaks

David

1. Sexual Assaults / Roofies @EVO 2019
2. People Defending Infiltration’s Actions
3. Capcom Cup

Player of the Year

James

1. Arslan Ash
2. iDom
3. Samurai

David

1. Arslan Ash
2. SonicFox
3. Punk

Fighting Game of the Year

James

1. Street Fighter V
2. Samurai Shodown
3. Tekken 7

David

1. Street Fighter V
2. Mortal Kombat 11
3. Smash Bros. Ultimate

Random Select Awards

James

1. First Foray into CCG’s with Teppen
2. Street Fighter League Didn’t Suck
3. Giving Up So Many Games

David

1. Friends Lost
2. FGC Families Starting
3. UltraDavid

Player of the Decade

James

1. SonicFox
2. Daigo Umehara
3. Justin Wong

David

1. SonicFox
2. Tokido
3. Kazunoko

Fighting Game of the Decade

James

1. Street Fighter IV Series
2. Tekken 7
3. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

David

1. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
2. Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
3. Mortal Kombat 11

Story of the Decade

James

1. Rapid Growth of the FGC
2. Developers Gaining Responsibility
3. The Rise of SonicFox

David

1. FGC Will Be Around Forever
2. FGC Sports
3. Introspection & Improvement

You can watch the full award show here below:

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