With Drowning Pools now capped, here's our official schedule! Check back during the week for pools releasing, and then make sure of what wave you're in. Be aware that pools may be subject to change throughout next week as well!

Fifty whole MerseyBeats! To celebrate volume 50, we're making this one the Half Century Hoedown with an afterparty! 🧢50 entrant cap 🎉Free after party for casuals or party games 📅17th January 2026 Sign up now: https://t.co/gqD91yoDxq

Honoured to keep the 2 phonon top 8 Drowning Pools tradition with the homie @xxasomeaxx Big shoutouts to MFGC and the whole drowning pools peeps for a sick event!

Thank you SO much to everyone who came! The VODs for top 8 will be up shortly, so watch this space. Hope to see you next year! <3

And last but not least, Sailor Steam brought Vampire Savior to Drowning Pools for the first time: 1st: Sailor Steam 2nd: @joeLark0 3rd: Kamen Aya 4th: @HoseaFidel 5th: @KingOfBamboo 5th: @froakiethroat 7th: RDE|Windy 7th: SMBF|Vertigo

Marvel 3 had another successful year, this time courtesy of willo1188: 1st: Inclaa 2nd: DemonPhoenix 3rd: Doplghost 4th: Spiderbrush 5th: @MysticSmash 5th: @willo1188 7th: @releasebogus 7th: Pizza Time

MFGC *also* says one thousand years Skullgirls, launch party never ending, courtesy of Dr Curly: 1st: @laboratorysg 2nd: Rainer 3rd: Bananarama|BigMassiveHuge 4th: Sailor Steam 5th: CP0|Snooze 5th: @Curl_E_Brace 7th: @VextrixX 7th: @Flumpilicious

MFGC says one thousand years Xrd: 1st: FN|Large Lad 2nd: @Nani_Rez 3rd: Shadon 4th: shadow_freak 5th: TheCaptain! 5th: @CupOfVersal 7th: FayeOkay 7th: @joeLark0

Back for its biggest bracket yet, Virtua Fighter 5, courtesy of Blessy: 1st: @MarlyJay 2nd: MyWife|RedLine 3rd: Rayne 4th: @BrianC_88 5th: SMBF|JAYNE$$ 5th: Ash Kaiser 7th: @MBA_Icarus 7th: @joeLark0

The Tsurugi nation grows stronger in UNI2: 1st: @Jeshter_ 2nd: @MysticSmash 3rd: @DrK_FGC 4th: @xxasomeaxx 5th: @MaxVerstappenB1 5th: TheCaptain! 7th: @jayjajaya 7th: Wolf Pack|Sn9

Making a first time appearance at DP, next is GBVSR: 1st: @Dudeakoff 2nd: @WEEZERFANSADLY 3rd: @releasebogus 4th: @GideonTheGreat5 5th: @Zekenator21 5th: Frosty 7th: TS|Silly Puppy 7th: SuperReversal

Strive had one of our most insane top 8s: 1st: @OutdoorTurtIe 2nd: @deerbyyy 3rd: @Herculiann 4th: @snivyraccoon 5th: @microwavepasty 5th: @MarvelBigWheel 7th: @tatamigalaxyFGC 7th: @GideonTheGreat5

Mystery had a whopping 64 person cap, doubling last year: 1st: @HoseaFidel 2nd: MBA|Vals 3rd: My Wife|RedLine 4th: GeoDuck 5th: @Nachoninja5 5th: shadow_freak 7th: @Pudge_6929 7th: dyb

Next up was Tekken 8: 1st: @instantws1 2nd: @GaerGaeaf 3rd: @Shirdel7221 4th: @DawnjaegerTK 5th: @babydollknugget 5th: @BoltRaka 7th: @Legoshi_G_Wolf 7th: @_cupofnoodles

Congratulations to all our Top 8 finishers at Drowning Pools! Starting with our largest ever Street Fighter 6 bracket: 1st: @MysticSmash 2nd: Matt Hazard 3rd: @ASuleymon 4th: @stickbrokevega 5th: @LukeyFGC 5th: @LinkNova_ 7th: @rapiDthaGOAT 7th: JhinW

Managed 25th/60 (3-2) in Tekken at Drowning Pools this year! Won 3 straight after losing my first round, some King mirrors were involved and all were ggs! Proper chuffed tbh Got dq’d out of mystery bracket unfort but Tekken was a lot of fun, shout outs to @MerseysideFGC !!

Home after @MerseysideFGC Drowning Pools and am so happy that this scene is growing so much. had an amazing day was so fun watching the top 8s. hitting that cap is a huge milestone and honestly defo could of broke 300.

13th place at Drowning Pools! Not bad. Shoutout @MerseysideFGC for hosting a great event. Top 8 next year?

2nd at drowning pools, what a way to finish off the year insane amount of highs and lows for me, but overall, it's been a great year. I can't wait to see what 2026 brings. Thank you, @MerseysideFGC, for hosting. I'll see you next year

5th at Drowning pools 2025. My first ever top 8 at a regional. Starting in winners top 8 and losing immediately to Suleymon and Matt Hazard. Super happy with how I played and I hope I can keep doing well at tournaments 😊 thank you to @MerseysideFGC for supporting me ❤️

Home from Liverpool now. Thanks to everyone at @MerseysideFGC for putting on such a fun event. Met my goal of top 8 in SF so maybe I can aim for top 4 next year 😎