I attended this free tournament at the UNF gameroom and it was really fun. I didnt do as good as i wanted to in SF4, but i got 2nd place in brawl which was cool but i wasnt really happy about it. I lost to decent Kens and Ryu’s so I just need to work on my shoto game which is the most important thing for rufus. They’re running a free tournament on November 21st so you guys should check it out.
Posted in Updates/Random on October 23, 2009 by lukenessmonst3r
Hey everyone that tunes in here. I’m not sure if you can comment on here without having an account, but I’ll figure that out later. But I’d really like to get a response out of all of you guys that tune into my soon to be website. I’m sorry for not having lots of content at the moment, I’ve been really busy with school. Within the week, I’ll have DJ_Vest’s interview up so you guys can enjoy that as well as other things that may come up. For my interview with Micky D, it’s going to be recorded so you guys don’t have to read as much haha. But I would really like to get to know my fans. Email: looc105@yahoo.com, AIM: kungfufreak226
I appreciate all of your views. And if you guys have any suggestions for things you would like me to do, do tell.
Posted in Street Fighter 4 on October 20, 2009 by lukenessmonst3r
Frameadvantagedotcom’s youtube page has been uploading Money matches against Daigo. And 3rd Strike casuals against the legendary Issei. Subscribe to that channel…seriously.
In honor of SSF4, Capcom is bringing back their Fight Clubs. The address of where you can play it is unknown, but you can email Capcom(sfevent@capcom.com) to try and get your spot in this deal.
This picture is not my property(idk if i need to say that but i dont wanna take the chances)
Here is a link to his youtube page with his advanced Gen tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/user/JiBbo
1.We all know you as a Gen player so, was Gen your choice before the game even came out of what is the main reason along with little reasons that you use him?
I was pretty interested in the character during a short time where I was playing alpha 3 with an old school friend of mine, Kevin Micheal. He got me interested in that game even though nobody was really playing it at the time and I picked up V-Cody. It was a lot of fun especially when I was doing the CC combo’s, . Later in my A3 “career” he suggested I pick up Gen cause he told me this story about some Japanese Gen player who really worked him on GGPO. I never did, but I saw he was gonna be in console SF4 so I decided to pick him up. Before I knew about him though, I was dead set on picking El Fuerte and then Fei Long because I played Yang in 3rd strike. I guess Gen being Yang’s teacher is sort of a plus so I can hang on to my roots in some way. Basically though, I really wanted a character that I could put a lot of work into so I could put my full thinking and playing potential to work. I love to develop myself, so this type of challenge plays on that. I always knew Gen was good, people weren’t just seeing his tools immediately like I was. Even before what is now his BnB, I saw that standing forward button and was like Shieeeeeet, THATS the button to press! But with Gen’s complexity in mind, I wanted to play a character that I could pick up easily and compete with at first, so I started playing Sakura.
2. What do you think about people not sticking true to their character and counter picking?
I don’t care. I do what I do and I don’t really worry about what other people do as far as counter picking. My whole thing is I want people to witness the work I’ve put in my character through my performance and thinking. If I counter pick its like cheating myself out of that principle. I don’t find anything wrong with it, cause some people find that more convenient in their goals of winning. Winning in these games in subjective — it’s all about what you want and how you want to do it. I want to win a certain way that satisfies my own personal goals and I find it to be much more rewarding this way.
3. Tell me a little bit about the North Carolina community and why they’re so godlike
YO REAL TALK NC IS GDLK . We were hot shit in 3rd strike before it died down. Always placing well in majors, we got 1st in teams last Final Round, Myself Cajunstrike and Commonsense. Carolina 3rd strike was sooo serious and competitive. Cut throat I tell you! But yeah, in my eyes we were really breaking through the scene in that game and Matt Frank with GGAC. Once SF4 came out, it sorta reset our status in the SF world which is kind of a good thing with the increased player base. It started off pretty rough but I think now we’re at the point where we can compete with the nations best. I’m really proud to be a part of where I’m from.
4. Angriest moment in your gaming life, hands down.
Playing SF4 when it first came out. I’m really not one to get upset over the games. I get frustrated, maybe a little held back if I’m annoyed, but never angry. I’ve never ever cursed at a game, ever. Buuuut, I vividly remember getting hit with a green hand at Final Round and the guy spammed out a 720 and it hit me and I screamed out “FUCK!!!”. Lol. SF4 is terrible when you first play it IMO, but it’s pretty solid once you get all the bugs out.
5. In all honesty, who do you think is the best Gen player is why?
Well my usual “excuse” for saying me is because I’m me, so why would I say anybody else? But to give reason, I don’t think Yeb is better than me because of who I get to play against, and my 3rd strike experiences. When I see Yeb play I see that impressive first glance Gen who has yet to have been challenged — destroyed for all it’s worth. I’ve suffered many many losses before I could get my Gen to where it is now. I think Yeb will be more of an amazing player once he’s experienced that. Needless to say I have infinite amount of respect for anybody who tries to take such a difficult character seriously, especially when there is no means to x-copy anybody else.
6. Where did Jibbo/Automattock come from?
JiBbo – Basically a made up word. I was in middle school looking for a cool alias, cause I was addicted to this first person shooter at the time, Rainbow 6. Yes, the very first one, . But yeah, I was in NC History class looking for a cool looking word, and I saw this word “Jubba”. I was like WORD IMA USE THAT. Went home, forgot how to spell it. Made up some shit. Here I am stuck with it.
AutoMattock – My last name is Mattock. I have good reactions. It’s said “Automatic”. It’s a pun, it fits. Puns are cool, right? 7. Except for your stick and stuff being stolen, what was Evo like for you, predictions?
I thought I’d do pretty well at Evo, but it ended up being sort of a bad experience for me — a lot more minuses than pluses. The grey hound trip was ASS. Four days up there with a friend (stories galore) and the second time around I was basically alone for 3 days. Barely any sleep for that time, so come Las Vegas I was pretty cranky. I specifically remember waking up from an exhausted nap and the first thing I wake-up to is some strange man staring at me. Yeah… so when I got there I was excitied but very held back financially, so that was tough. It was great meeting a lot of people though, that’s one thing I’ll never forget. As far as the tournament, on top of my stick being out of commission (had to use a friends) I was disappointed with the TV’s. Everytime I would do Gen’s Gekiro, the game would skip due to the trophy notification and it would throw off my timing, so I was losing out on damage, meter and knockdown opportunity. I didn’t do as well as I would have liked, so hopefully next year I can do a lot better.
I think most everything happened as expected though, diago vs justin in finals. It was a great event, no doubt. I just had an unfortunate experience.
8. What is something that most people don’t know about you?
I’m actually a really nervous person. I’m comfortable while I’m nervous though, so it doesn’t really show in my gameplay and I sort of mask it in my appearance with real controlled movements. I feel like this is one of those questions off of playboy magazine now… haha. “What’s your sign? What REALLY turns you on?” lol…
I don’t think most people know I play piano, at high level haha.
JiBbo vs Sabre at Evo2k9
9. What is the most amazing thing you have done in Street Fighter 4?
Probably would be beating Steve H at the last C3 tournament. I’m really happy with how I approached his Sagat this time around. He pretty much wrecked me last time at Civil War. I really implemented EVERYTHING I developed up to that point and really interacted with his high reaction, turtle play-style.
10. What is the craziest thing you’ve seen happen at a tournament?
Easily the Liston moment. No further details necessary.
11. Why is Gen’s combo called the “home” combo?
It’s an old joke about combo’s that you can’t really do when you’re playing somebody, but you can do them at home when nobody is watching. The Gen home combo is now bnb combo though.
12. “Analytical thinking is a hobby of mine, which is why I like to play fighting games.” Explain what you mean by Analytical thinking and how it factors into fighting games for you.
Analytical thinking it fighting games to me is understanding options and why things happen. In other words, what are my opponents deepest motivations with respect to his options? It is necessary at high levels of play to know what exactly your opponent can do at every point in time, and to believe what he is willing to do. I use the terms know and believe separately, because I feel you can’t “know” something until it actually happens, which then calls upon reactions. But in order to react optimally, you should know what is possible, what to expect, what to anticipate. Outside of the way I gain knowledge, that’s my whole philosophy and approach to these fighting games.
13. I read on your SRK page that you like music/performing piano jazz and producing, Could you tell me a little bit about your experiences with that?
I’ve played in a couple jazz bands and I do a lot of work and studying on my own, but I’m far from a professional musician as I would like to be. I’ve also done a few tracks with some friends of more hip-hop/jazz type feel. It’s actually pretty good stuff we’ve just never found the time to really sit down and make something out of it.
14. What brought you to make the unbelievable Gen tutorials on your youtube page?
I wanted to show people how I was progressing/approaching Gen and hoping that people would learn from it or get ideas. My aim was/is always development and performance.
15. What was your first tournament like and what’s the highest you have placed at a tournament?
My first tournament back in the arcade in Fayetteville was bad. I was playing CvS2 at the time and I was a total scrub. I entered 3rd strike also just because and I didn’t go two and out like I did CvS2. It wasn’t until I started playing with a guy Kevin Micheal that I truly developed a fighting mentality and from there I just went beast mode. I won quite a few NC 3rd strike tournaments and I usually placed top 5 at majors with Yang. So far I’ve won two SF4 tournaments with a couple team tournament victories and 2nd places in singles.
Although this interview was done before SB4, this picture is of Daigo Umehara vs JiBbo in a tournament match
16. Who are your choices for Top 8 at Evo2k10?
In no order, Justin Wong, Alex Valle (I think Bar Fights 2 woke him up), Arturo, Daigo, Sanford, Marn, and probably two randoms like Twisted Jago or Myself. Probably another japanese player in there somewhere. I’m really bad with guessing btw.
17. Is there someone that you have always wanted to play?
Honestly, not really and if I did have an answer there would be way too many to name. I like to play everyone that’s good that I can learn from and enjoy the game with. I remember playing Issei online, I never had some sort of pursuing desire to play him, but I’ve never had so much fun playing SF4 online. Those kinds of experiences are what make playing these games worth while.
There is, however, a lot of people I want to beat. I can say that much.
18. What games did you play professionally before SF4 and was it hard transitioning from one to the other?
Only “pro” level game I played was 3rd strike. It was different but I wasn’t so stuck on 3rd strike mindset that it was especially difficult to adjust. I never relied on a certain game play mechanic to win, rather the mechanics of that particular game is what I relied on. That is not to say I don’t apply things from one game to another, because there’s definitely universals, or as we call them fundamentals. I learned strong fundamentals in 3rd strike and those carried over in SF4.
I already sense people say PSH NO FUNDAMENTALS IN 3RD STRIKE!!
19. Why fighting games and not FPS’s or RTS’s?
I’d probably do both if there was more time in a day. I just love to use my head. I like fighting games though because there’s so much development involved and up close and personal people sitting right next to you. There’s so much character on and off the screen. The experience in fighting games is much more interacting I think. Traveling to tournaments, meeting new people, being among friends, putting the hard work to the test — it’s just so rewarding in my opinion.
20. What can we expect from Jibbo in the future? Also give any shoutouts or upcoming events that you’ll be attending.
I’ll always be bringing the new stuff to light and doing my best to win these tournaments. I’ll be at SB4 this weekend, reppin that Gen. Shoutouts to all the NC players, they know who they are.
1. How many hours a week do you play Street Fighter 4?
About 15, sometimes 20, so 15-20. I work full and go to school full time.
2. Would you consider this to be the best 2d fighter out there right now and why?
I think SF4 is the best 2d fighter out there right now because of the community, it’s also a very good, well balanced game, I don’t feel like any match up is really horrible and with the new mechanics there’s a lot of ways to make comebacks. Also because of the graphics, at first I didn’t like them but all the characters and their animations just look so cool in 3D I don’t think it should ever go back
3. Why Street Fighter 4 and not another 2d fighter?
The other 2d fighters don’t have that big of a community. With a larger community you have more players, more competition, more tournaments, more traveling, more learning, overall more fun
4. What are your hopes for Super Street Fighter 4?
More characters, better online features/netcode, more winposes, more stages, pretty much what everyone wants. Just slightly lower damage on Sagat, like 5% less.
5. How long have you been a competitive video game player?
A year.
6. How many places have you traveled to play video games?
Hmm let’s see, Virginia for Sinsation, Philadelphia for Summer Jam, Connecticut for Digital Mayhem, Atlanta for Final Round, New Jersey for East Coast Throw down, Las Vegas for evo, next week Ohio for seasons beatings
7. How much money have you won from Tournaments/Money matches?
I never did a total but if I had to estimate, all together about $1500
8. What character do you use in this game and why?
I use balrog because he fits my play style, I like to play footsies the most, and balrog doesn’t have projectiles so he’s not like full screen zoning, he has to get in and do damage, I feel like I’m in total control of my character. He big and mean too haha. I like his moves like his head butt throw; I bang the buttons if I’m hyped
9. What are your predictions for Evo2k10?
I predict more international players from Japan and Korea will come, because SSF4 will be even bigger. I also predict there will be a new young star, the next Justin Wong
Evo2k9: Javits in the middle with Daigo, John Choi, Sanford, LI Joe, Sabin, I don't know the others XD
10. What made you want to take the game to another level?
It was a new game, I started playing since the game first came out, I had no excuse to not be one of the best, so I made it my goal, still aiming for that goal, it’s never ending, but definitely fun process
11. Who do you think is the most underrated character in SF4? And also who is the most underrated SF4 player?
I feel in America, Blanka is very underrated, he’s so good but no one dominates with him because they get frustrated at bad matches like balrog while in Japan they learn ways to deal with the bad matchups. In America most people just switch to another character. I think Long Island Joe is very underrated. People like to say he only wins because of Sagat, but u don’t see many other Sagats use him as well as Joe does. Joe has very good instincts and reaction time also. His reaction and instincts combined is so good that people think it has to be random. I have played him consistently though and his “random uppercuts” and ultras aren’t really that random
12. What are your feelings on the East Coast vs. West Coast rivalry?
It’s good to have a rivalry, keeps the games exciting
13. What do the people around you think about you playing video games at a competitive level and playing for money?
Friends are cool with it; parents don’t like it, because it takes time to be a good player, so they see me playing a lot, then when they hear of tournaments, its just “more playing”
14. At times, when people lose, they make excuses. What is the most RIDICULOUS excuse you have ever heard anyone say after losing in any game?
That’s a hard one, hold on, hehe. You beat me because you’re hitting all your combos, and I’m not. That’s so obvious that I thought it was funny because that’s what your supposed to do you know? HIT ALL YOUR COMBOS
15. What would you personally say was the highlight of your gaming career?
The highlight of my gaming career was going to evo 2009 because I met all the west coast players, I made it out of my pool, met and hung out with daigo, I setup the famous daigo money matches in Room 1676 (my hotel room thanks to Hold Dat)
16. What is the most important asset for getting better at street fighter 4?
Dedication, let me elaborate. You have to be willing to lose, in order to learn how to win. Hopping around from character to character wont make u better as a player, it will just make u learn how to counter pick, but u can never be at 100% with a counter pick
17. What is the craziest comeback or beating or clutch move you have ever done in SF4?
Well my biggest match in SF4 was at Summer Jam, the final of the team tournament, it was my team (Me, Chris Hu, Issei Suzuki the 3s evo champ) -vs. – Eric Kim, RyRy and Moose. It ended up in a Balrog mirror match. Me -vs. – moose. Moose is considered to have one of the best balrogs on the east coast, if not the best, but I never got a chance to play him, so I wanted to see how I did against him. I beat him in winner’s bracket but his team made it back to grand finals. I had to beat him again and it wasn’t easy but I was confident I was going to win. I pulled it off and it was a big confidence boost for me. Since that day I only use Balrog color 6 (red shirt and shorts, blue gloves) because it reminds of that day. Moose is a phenomenal player though; I respect his balrog a lot
18. Usually when people know they are playing top players like Justin Wong, Ed Ma, Gootecks etc., why is it do you think they play against them differently than they would usually play anyone else?
They give them too much respect/credit
Javits(left) Justin Wong(right) FlashG(middle)
19. What do you do in preparation for an upcoming tournament, and do you have any “rituals” before you play someone?
No rituals, just tell myself to be confident and play my hardest, a little self reassurance is always good.
20. Basically for this last question just do some shoutouts, upcoming events.
Shoutouts to my team issei, Chris hu, and cuz were winning SB4 teams. Seasons Beatings 4 next week. That’s it.
Here is the shoryuken thread for SB4: http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=193466
Posted in Updates/Random on October 16, 2009 by lukenessmonst3r
My friend Brian(Showgun) is a local rape C. Viper player. He made this absolutely amazing banner just for my website! I absolutely love it. Props to you Brian!
Seasons Beatings 4 is going to happen from October 16 to 18.
Daigo Umehara vs. Justin Wong sounds familiar doesnt it? Well, at SB4, Daigo and Justin are going to do a first to 10 exhibition in Street Fighter 4. Who will prove the old axiom? GET HYPED!
Also, Seb from Frame-advantage.com will be providing Live Stream, match commentary, and high quality match recording that will be re-uploaded. Check it out!
More information: http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=193466
A little background on DS. He is a Balrog main who uses Bison as a secondary. He lives in New york city. Here are some videos of him posted by Frameadvantagedotcom:
Enjoy.
1.How many hours a week do you play Street Fighter 4?
12 hours
2.Would you consider this to be the best 2d fighter out there right now and why?
i think it’s high up there, but it does have it’s flaws. regardless, capcom did manage to get the game right on it’s first try since every character can compete. it obviously goes farther than that also since i played ST competitively for 2 years and it reminds me of ST in the sense of it being a very footsie oriented game. also, it’s brought back the competitive spirit of the fighting game community
3.Why Street Fighter 4 and not another 2d fighter?
because as simplistic as the game is, the sub-system does allow for it to go deeper and there’s a wide variety of styles of play for each character. KOFXII and BlazBlue have a very 1 dimensional style to them. while you do need defense in all of these games, the aforementioned 2 games are more offense oriented. it’s all about momentum and who can land the bigger combo to win
4.Do you consider yourself to take video games to a level above most people?
it’s all about dedication at the end of the day. when you’re exposed to a different level of play and how the game really works, you just fall in love with it because everything looks flashy and you just wanna do this cool looking stuff. and of course, the competition keeps you coming back. so yes, i guess i can say i’m one of those people that would take video games to a level above most people
5.How long have you been a competitive video game player?
i’ve been playing locally since 1997 when marvel vs capcom 1 first came out in the arcades. i didn’t begin traveling to compete nationally until 2007/2008. so to put a round number on it; i’d say 13 years
6.How many places have you traveled to play video games?
i’ve been to atlanta, chicago, las vegas, california, philadelphia, Virginia, connecticut, rhode island, ohio and hopefully one day i’ll add japan to that list of places. 7.How much money have you won from the tournament scene?
considering that i’ve only recently found my stride finally in SF4, i haven’t really made much considering top 3 is official payout these days. i’ve made maybe a total of 100 dollars. it’s not much, but it’s also at locals where it’s smaller entry as opposed to majors where there are more hungry players later in the brackets. it’s never easy. i did get a cool c.viper figure for getting top 3 at this one tourney in Pennsylvania
8.What character do you use in this game and why?
i first started out as a bison player when the game first came out. i always liked bison, but thought he was really hard to play in a lot of games. i liked cvs2 bison since i played a-are(a-bison/vega/blanka) and though he looked cool doing his patented paint the fence custom combo. just looked sex and he always had a cool voice. so i found out he was considered top tier at first because of his 6 frame s.rh which beat out a lot of things and his ex headstomp which was amazing and nobody knew how to stop it. but then i switched to balrog after watching more videos and watching gootecks and combofiend play him. i played balrog in ST, Alpha 3, and CvS1 and always liked the character because he’s black, angry, and a boxer. so after a lot of video watching and studying, i switched to him and became more known for balrog. so in essence, i almost main two characters as opposed to one.
9.Who is characterized as the “best” at the game that you play?
the best in america is currently justin wong. the reason why is because he has an amazing footsie game. last weekend he won a tournament, in which i entered, with fei long. fei long is not really considered a top tier character or a mid tier character. he’s more bottom mid, but with his amazing footsie game, justin was able to prevail against chris hu’s ryu. some people think they lose to the character, but in reality, they just get out-played. and justin wong is that kind of player. i would almost say he’s the new john choi although mr. choi still plays till this day
10.What made you want to take the game to another level?
plain and simple: hunger. placing 33rd is not fun half the time. it just means you played well enough to win two matches. why stop there when you can get better? i was never into competitive sports as a kid. i never really had the talent for them, so i ended up finding my niche in fighting games. granted i wasn’t the greatest, but i would try my best to emulate what i saw and try to understand as to why it was done in a certain situation. results were less than stellar, but with experience, i’ve been able to understand fighting games a lot better as a whole. better late than never, in my honest opinion
11.Why do you think video games are looked down upon when being compared to sports like football or basketball?
in america they are looked down upon because the first thing you envision is a fat kid sitting on a couch playing metal gear solid or final fantasy. it’s not a proactive sport by any means. you do a lot more sitting down than actual physical labor. the only labor you do is mentally. granted, sports are very huge on the mental aspect more so than the physical, but you’re also maintaining your health as you play. video games is really just a game of hand/eye coordination with more thinking. it’s like a virtual chess that just so happens to be more intense than chess itself since you need to think fast and consider your options in as few seconds as possible or you’re dead. as opposed to japan, there’s more of a emphasis on the social aspect of it. you go to the arcades and make friends and you play. it’s just pure chance that you end up becoming really good at the game, but it’s more about the social aspect. basically, it comes down to cultural differences
12. What other games have you played competitively?
when i decided to expand on my competitive play and finally start entering tournaments locally, i played cvs2 mainly. then around 2007, i picked up ST because i felt that i had to improve my footsie game and shake off the habit of jumping. it also prepped me up for SF4 when it was announced. by the end of this year, i will be adding tekken 6 to my resume of fighting games. hoping to do my best in that game, but it’ll be a long journey in that one. lots of hungry players in the tekken community
13.What do the people around you think about you playing video games at a competitive level and playing for money?
when i first started getting into competitive gaming, my mom looked down on it pretty badly. she thought it was a waste of time. but my uncles actually liked it because i was traveling the country, which is fun in it’s own right. if it wasn’t for fighting games, i would have never had authentic chicago deep dish pizza. my friends think it’s cool to be popular for something, albeit it being in a niche community, but you have to start somewhere i guess. that’s only assuming this turns into something bigger than what it is. as for the money aspect: i don’t really think i play for the money. i play to see how well i can do against those better than me. money is just there. if i win, i win. if i don’t, then i have to become better. the goal in every tourney is top 1. money is really just an incentive for those coming in to have a reason to be hungry to play
14.What would you personally say was the highlight of your gaming career?
hmmm, if i was valle, i would say something along the lines of beating daigo in 3S a few years ago at evo. i forget which evo, but it was pretty intense. but to be honest, while i think landing ex kara cancel ultra against chris hu’s ryu in tourney play was pretty awesome because of the crowd cheers(which is something i never got in my life of playing), i would have to say meeting daigo, bas, and tokido. especially my picture with tokido. he was my inspiration because he plays top tier in every game and doesn’t care about it. he wants to win at any cost and i respect that. and i’ve always wanted to meet the japanese players. so i think that’s a really good highlight for me 15. Is the competitive gaming community friendly or hostile and why?
i’d say in the early days it was more hostile. so much drama between east coast and west coast, it wasn’t even funny. it never turned into a fight or anything, but it was a really serious war of words and the only way to justify those words were in game. back then, results mattered most, so whichever coast came out on top had bragging rights until the following year since the B series was the beginning and would later evolve into EVO. the reason as to why the hostility was there in the beginning was because west coast would get their games first and had them about a month or two in advance compared to the east coast. so they always thought they were the best by default. however, over the years that changed as the games got older and more stagnant. SF4 managed to bring that fire back, but there was less trash talk. we let our game do the talking. however, east coast did talk a big game due to justin taking back the east coast title from ryan gootecks guiterriez and mike ross at final round. this was shortly after gootecks and peter combofiend rosas beat justin at sinsation. gootecks beat justin in winners and losers in top 8 and combofiend beat justin in a ft7. but the hostility is no longer there. we let our game do the talking now and get along a lot more than ever
16.Would you say playing video games, either competitive or casually, is a bad thing for people to do? (i.e. not focused in school, lazy, etc.)
it’s never a bad thing. just depends on how you approach it. it can become an addiction because winning is always fun. but some people do take it a bit overboard and dedicate themselves a little too much to it and just abandon their day jobs for it. i’ve seen that happen before and it’s not a pretty sight. it’s really just a recreational activity. you just so happen to do a little more than the average person to enjoy this hobby(i.e. traveling, spending money at the arcade to play, playing long hours on weekends at gatherings). like most things; it has it’s pros and cons. the pros are obviously getting better and maybe winning some money out of this. the best pro is the interesting people you meet. i’ve met some really good people thanks to the scene and i can easily consider them friends. the cons are obviously losing focus on the more important things in life. it’s always good to find a fine line between both and try to balance them out
17.How many people play the same game you play at a competitive level?
considering there were 1040 entries at evo this past july, i’d say that’s just maybe half of the people that play it at a competitive level. not everyone has the time or money for evo, sadly. however, those people that don’t have the time or money do have some really good talent. but thanks to the power of the internet, there are a lot of streams for SF4 and people get to see those hidden talents play.
18.Do you think it should be used a source of entertainment on television and why?
well, in korea they have this series called tekken crash which is either streamed online or actually aired on TV. they show high level tekken 6 matches in a 3v3 team format. each week is a different set of teams that go at it in a 20 minute segment. it would make good entertainment as long as people understand what’s going on. it works well in tekken’s case because it’s a full 3D game and it looks like a kung fu movie. now you look at SF4 or SF in general, there’s a concept of spacing and a lot of very quiet moments in the matches you normally see. it’s like watching chess, but with frames.
19.What is considered the “super bowl” of gaming tournaments?
evolution is the super bowl of gaming tournaments. bar none. nothing is bigger than evo, in my opinion
20. If you could send a message to all the people that want to get better at this game at a competitive level, what would it be?
hard work and guts. nothing is free. dedication is always key to get what you want and to get where you want. and never feel discouraged after a loss. you learn from it and you improve upon it. never be afraid to ask someone better than you what you did wrong. questions have answers and answers contain enlightenment. and above all else, practice makes perfect.
