Judging by reading your posts I missed good matches in AE, I just woke up lol.
anybody know where to find marvel finals in the archives? is it up yet?
Last year's Evo probably ranks slightly higher for me since the stakes and hype make it feel bigger and more important. Plus it had bigger moments like Poongko styling on Daigo and Latif's run. This one was every bit as good and maybe even better, but didn't have the same weight to it. Less star power too.
I'm surprised people are excited about a Bison doing well. It's not like he's low tier or anything, and his play style has been the exact same for 3 years straight. Plus he beat Gen.
I can say it was the most awesome SF4 top 8 I ever watched, even better than last year EVO. Nearly every matches went down the wire and it was refreshing to see characters like Dictator and Gen.
He isn't. But Bison normally doesn't get very far. They either come across Guile or run into that the wake up game that has become the epitome of SF4 (eg. Akuma vortex, Rufus/Cammy/Yun divekicks, Viper/Seth stupidity). Bison is stuck being one of the few characters in SF4 that can't lose the life lead and make a huge comeback.
You wouldn't know it from the posters in this thread (lol NeoGAF), but SFxT was actually really hype.
And, it got 14K viewers (a number which gradually rose as SFxT finals went on, rather than dissipating from boredom over time), despite common believe that no one cares about the game.
Good players + good matches = entertainment: http://www.twitch.tv/shadowloohq/b/317307349
I'd recommend watching Poongko v Gamerbee and Gamerbee vs JWong.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled hate.
I'd recommend watching Poongko v Gamerbee and Gamerbee vs JWong.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled hate.
Yeah, the SFxT hate sometime is really stupid and overblown, but I don't think that matters, what matters is if people want to play it.
Justin wrote on twitter that he had much fun playing SFxT top 8, so it's not like the game is hated by every players.
Source?Justin actually said he likes it better than Marvel. However lets not invalidate legitimate complaints people have with the game.
Source?
1. eLive|Xiaohai (Billy, EX Iori, Mr. Karate)
2. MCZ|Tokido (Mr. Karate, Kyo, Iori)
3. eLive|Dakou (Andy, Clark, Kim | Others)
4. TH|Poongko (EX Iori, Duo Lon, Kyo | Others)
5. EG|Justin Wong (Athena, King, Benimaru)
5. WW|Ryan Hart (Clark, Kyo, Daimon)
7. V1p3R (Kyo, Terry, Daimon | Others)
7. Colonov (Duo Lon, K', Iori)
Excellent stuff there for kof.
Anyone can collate all the top 8 for each game?
So pimp! lolhttp://i.imgur.com/7uvT6.jpg
lol.
Street Fighter
1. Eita (Akuma)
2. Banbaban (Cammy)
3. Shungoku Neurosis (M. Bison)
4. MCZ|Tokido (Akuma)
5. Amiyu (Gen)
5. AVerMedia|GamerBee (Adon)
7. Naruo (Evil Ryu)
7. eLive.QanBa|Dakou (Ryu)
Marvel
1. AG.MCZ|MarlinPie (C. Viper/Doctor Doom/Amaterasu)
2. coL.CC|Filipino Champ (Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix)
3. EG|Justin Wong (Wolverine/Storm/Akuma)
4. Dignitas|Zak Bennett (Firebrand/Dormammu/Amaterasu)
5. 86′d|Knives (Spencer/Sentinel/Akuma)
5. SL|Antman (Wesker/Vergil/Hawkeye)
7. Omega Red (Wolverine/Sentinel/Wesker)
7. MCZ|Tokido (Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix)
Tokido looks seriously worn out for some reason.
Placing that high in all those games does that to you. I can't imagine how good he'd be if he were to concentrate on just one game.
Probably not that different honestly. That's just how he is.
He would be better in Marvel imo and he would probably give a shit about the rest of the cast of a particular game than just the top characters with the easiest cheapest shit.
banbaban vs neurosis was such a great match, GODDAMN.
banbaban vs neurosis was such a great match, GODDAMN.
Real talk, all the SF4 matches in top 8 were god like....except the matches between Eita and Banbaban. Which made things even more unfortunate seeing as these two faced off in Winners and Grand finals. BBN was scared shitless when getting vortex'd and just kept doing stupid shit. Besides that he abused backdash like 2000 PP Chun players.
I was rooting hard for Tokido to make it. I think that would have made GF much more interesting because I think it would have been more competitive and having a bigger name like Tokido in GF makes it more hype.
Man, Marvel was so sick!!! I'm so glad Fchamp lost. It's definitely somewhat cliche to hate on Fchamp nowadays, but he still has a long way to go before out living his past douche baggery, plus the characters he plays don't do him any favors.
Isn't this what he does in every game, though?he would probably give a shit about the rest of the cast of a particular game than just the top characters with the easiest cheapest shit.
I respect the hell out of that, honestly.Tokido plays a game and tries to find the nastiest, cheapest stuff as soon as possible.
He also doesn't have that whole "Honor" code that many americans have (or want to have) when it comes to characters, he's actually rather proud of himself that he found that cheapness and is doing well with it.
Congratulations to Eita for winning AE, the entire tournament was godlike.
The finals were not what I was hoping for though. I think Banbaban is a great player, but not on the same level as many of the other internationals who came. He caught breaks IMO and ran into the right people to get there. I was rooting for a Akuma mirror with Tokido in the finals but it wasn't meant to be. Great tournament though and I can't wait to see what these guys will do next.
Street Fighter
1. Eita (Akuma)
2. Banbaban (Cammy)
3. Shungoku Neurosis (M. Bison)
4. MCZ|Tokido (Akuma)
5. Amiyu (Gen)
5. AVerMedia|GamerBee (Adon)
7. Naruo (Evil Ryu)
7. eLive.QanBa|Dakou (Ryu)
Marvel
1. AG.MCZ|MarlinPie (C. Viper/Doctor Doom/Amaterasu)
2. coL.CC|Filipino Champ (Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix)
3. EG|Justin Wong (Wolverine/Storm/Akuma)
4. Dignitas|Zak Bennett (Firebrand/Dormammu/Amaterasu)
5. 86′d|Knives (Spencer/Sentinel/Akuma)
5. SL|Antman (Wesker/Vergil/Hawkeye)
7. Omega Red (Wolverine/Sentinel/Wesker)
7. MCZ|Tokido (Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix)
Pongko got cheered because they love him downunder...too bad he started crying for like whole match after he got knocked out by JWong.
literally crying?
Yes. Like crying crying. I felt so bad for him. If I recall Mov was comforting him. So touching.