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Oct. 18, 2009
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Seasons Beatings 4 results and wrap up

Seasons Beatings 4 results and wrap up

Seasons Beatings IV has concluded. It was a great tournament with several events running. Most of the competition was streamed, although there were some hiccups for viewers.

Towards the end of the event the stream got better — and the action was terrific.

For the final results and notes, hit the link below.

Street Fighter IV, Singles Tournament — Final Results

1. Daigo Umehara (Ryu)
2. Justin Wong (Rufus, Fei Long)
3. Joe "ILOVEU" Ciaramelli (Sagat)
4. Ari "Floe" Weintraub (Sagat)
5. Eduardo "vVv Scrub" Perez (Balrog) — Played tiebreaker against Dr. Chaos for 5th
6. Dr. Chaos (Ken)
7. Andre "TwistedJago" Foney (M. Bison)
7. Issei Suzuki (Akuma)
9. Sanford "Santhrax" Kelly (Cammy, Akuma, Ryu)
9. Eric "Ramza" Kim (Sagat)
9. Chris "Fascinating" Hu (Ryu)
9. Lud (Chun-Li)
13. Checkmate (Ryu)
13. Brandon "DemonHyo" Deshields (Blanka)
13. Wolfkrone (C. Viper, Rose) — He's an analog stick using PS3 pad player
13. Vegita-X (Zangief)

Match Notes

Grand Finals Set 1: Daigo made major adjustments here after losing to Justin Wong's Fei Long in the Winners Finals. He went for a lot less Crouching Hard Kicks and switched to Focus Attacks to catch Fei's pokes, which worked well. Umehara went up 2-0 to start. Justin bounced back through to even it at 2-2, making big adjustments on his end too.

After some time, Daigo figured out the right range he could throw fireballs at and took the overall set, 4-2, resetting the match.

Grand Finals Set 2: Big time footsies in the second set, Daigo switched to Crouching Medium Kicks here and had really good success with them. But both players did a lot of ground games to psych each other out. In the end, Daigo took this 4-1 by playing a very defensive game.

Losers Finals: Daigo looked much more comfortable in the Loser Finals match against ILOVEU Joe's Sagat than he did against Justin Wong in the Winners Finals. Although Daigo took this, Ciaramelli put on a good showing, playing Umehara tough, but The Beast had the edge.

Winners Finals: Justin Wong defeated Daigo Umehara 3-1 in the Winners Finals. Wong picked Fei Long and played a great set here. Justin punished Daigo many times when he did Ryu's Crouching Hard Kick. Daigo made many adjustments on the fly, but it wasn't enough as Wong had Umehara's number with Fei Long. Daigo's classic composure looked shaken after wards.

• Ari "Floe" Weintraub (Sagat) eliminated Sanford "Santhrax" Kelly from the tournament. Sanford took Ryu in this match, even though he typically plays Cammy and Akuma, but Ari played an outstanding defensive game, which he's known for, to take out Sanford. Santhrax had beaten Daigo Umehara in the 3 on 3 teams tournament twice, and really wanted another shot at him, but it wasn't to be.

• Seth Killian said that Daigo recently played a 30 game set against Mago, who's regarded one of the best — if not the best — Sagats on the planet. Umehara beat him 23-7.


Justin vs. Daigo — Main Event Final Results

Daigo Umehara: 10
Justin Wong: 2

Justin Wong and Daigo Umehara played a first to 10 set of matches, which was the main event for Seasons Beatings IV. The tournament organizers decided not to stream this event, but videos should follow in the future.

Justin started off by using Rufus, and Daigo of course picked Ryu.

After having some back and forth games, Daigo went up 4 games to 2, then Justin switched to Balrog — a character he had a bit of success with at this year's Evolution Fighting Game Championships against Daigo — but it wasn't in the cards for him today.

Daigo went up 6 games to 2, Justin switched back to Rufus, but couldn't get win there either. Finally when Daigo was up 8 games to 2, Justin picked C. Viper, which was a big time surprise for almost everyone.

Despite the new character, he couldn't find a way to best The Beast and lost by a final score of 10 games to 2.


Street Fighter IV 3 on 3 teams — Final Results

1. Team Best Friends Forever (BFF) — Justin Wong (Rufus), Joe "ILOVEU" Ciaramelli (Sagat) and Noel Brown (Zangief).

2. Team WTF — Sanford "Santhrax" Kelly (Cammy), Ari "Floe" Weintraub (Sagat) and Vegita-X (Zangief).

3. Team Daigo — Daigo Umehara (Ryu), Larry (Zangief) and Moses (Rufus).

4. Team Puerto Rico — Jose "Frodo" Llera (Ryu), Ryan "Fubarduck" Harvey (Akuma), Eduardo "Vvv scrub" Perez-frangie (Balrog).

Notes

• Justin Wong was the MVP of Team BFF. While the other guys had times when they came up big with some impressive play, Justin consistently showed he was the best player on the squad today, pulling off some huge wins in the Grand Finals with Rufus and all throughout parts of this tournament.

• Team WTF's Sanford Kelly (Cammy), beat Daigo Umehara (Ryu) by capitalizing on Umehara throwing out one too many fireballs. This knocked Daigo's team into the Losers Bracket initially. Team WTF replicated this feat again in the Losers Bracket Finals, eliminating Daigo's team from the competition. Sanford scored another win over Umehara while using Cammy here and Vegita-X's Gief also beat Daigo in one of these games.

• Sanford Kelly was asked about his initial set against Daigo, before they played their rematch in the Losers Finals. Some people claimed Umehara wasn't prepared to face a console character (Cammy). Sanford stated that Daigo knows the match up, he simply outplayed him. Daigo also said he's more than prepared for the rematch, which he later lost.

• One of the announcers reported that Daigo Umehara had about 4, or possible even more, one character victories (OCVs). He typically played as the clean up guy (last) on his team. Some readers claimed his teammates weren't exactly top caliber players.

• In a very early set, Wolfkrone, a pad player on the Detroit team who uses Viper took out Noel Brown (Zangief) and Joe "ILOVEU" Ciaramelli (Sagat) on Team Best Friends Forever. Justin Wong battled back beating Wolfkrone and the other two members of the Detroit team to advance.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 — Final Results


1. Sanford "Santhrax" Kelly (Storm, Sentinel, Cable, Captain Commando)
2. Justin Wong (Storm, Sentinel, Cyclops)
3. Alex "Chunksta" de Souza (Magneto, Storm, Sentinel, Captain Commando, Psylocke)
4. Loren "Fanatiq" Riley (Magneto, Storm, Psylocke)
5. Chris "Magneto-X" Creecy (Magneto, Iron Man, Sentinel)
5. Neo (Sentinel, Storm, Captain Commando)
7. Josh 360 (Magneto, Ironman, Sentinel)
7. Chris "Matrix" Ellis (Cyclops, Sentinel, Cable, Storm)

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix — Final Results


1. Daigo Umehara (Ryu)
2. DGV (Ryu)
3. Damdai (Dhalsim, Ken, Zangief)
4. Brent "Immortal" Werling (Vega, Chun-Li)

Street Fighter 3 Third Strike — Final Results


1. Issei (Yun)
2. Justin Wong (Chun-Li, Ken)
3. Jose "Frodo" Llera (Ryu)
4. Daigo Umehara (Ken)

Thanks to Justin Wong for providing the 3s results.

Other notable results

• A $13,000(!?) money match between two Marvel vs. Capcom 2 players, Toan and Fanatiq took place, Toan won 10-7. Several readers claimed this was the biggest money match pot they've ever heard of.

Posted by Frogman on October 16, 2009 at 6:32 a.m. #1

Wow,another Wong vs Daigo rematch.I wonder if Justin is going to run around like monkey(Evo) and lose again to Daigo.Anyways im sure it will be a interesting match to say the least...

 

Posted by Tony on October 16, 2009 at 6:36 a.m. #2

Fu#k him up Justin !!! It's time we take the top spot in sf4!!!

 

Posted by Capcom doing things right on October 16, 2009 at 6:38 a.m. #3

What??!!!
The min event should be me vs Daigo. I am a TRUE Street Fighter fan not a FANBOY like Daigo and Justin. They're alright, but they started playing AFTER 1991, that makes them FANBOYS not true fans like me. I was playing Street Fighter 1 in 1987 a TRUE FAN of Street Fighter. I am the greatest champion that ever lived, I would win any of these tournaments as long as they are Capcom games. SSBB, Guilty Gear, Blazblue are all a waste of time. I am a TRUE FAN not a FANBOY like most scrubs who post here.

ALL NEW PLAYERS NEED TO LEAVE. IF YOU WEREN'T PLAYING STREET FIGHTER 2 IN 1991 YOU ARE A SCRUB.

 

Posted by Chastise on October 16, 2009 at 6:44 a.m. #4

Why the hell are they not Streaming the J.Wong VS Daigo match? Seriously.

 

Posted by anonymous on October 16, 2009 at 6:51 a.m. #5

OP should make it known that the main event (Justin vs Daigo) will NOT be streamed live for whatever reason these elitist tournament organizers have. If people visit the thread they will see the ####storm that has been going on about them turning off the feed because they feel true sf fans would have flown out. They claim the rest of us who watch at home and don't attend in person are a bunch of useless scrubs that should leave the community.

They also said they now don't want to do a stream at all and are only streaming the other events because Seth (commentator)had already bought his ticket. Amongst other crazy things they say they hate sf4 and wish to go back to 3d strike crowd.These guys are a bunch of unprofessional clowns.Seriously read some of the crazy stuff they've written in the thread.

 

Posted by purphaze on October 16, 2009 at 6:59 a.m. #6

thats horrible that they arnt going to stream that....there not helping the community at all by doing this.... i was shoked to hear there not streaming it and thought it was a sick joke.. but wow

 

Posted by boo on October 16, 2009 at 7:04 a.m. #7

@#3
dude we will never take top spot... our best country's best is having such a hard time with Japan's 3rd.... I personally saw Marn and Justin Wong at Big Box this Summer in Japan before SBO and they got thrown around with various tops.. the won some but lost most... and Daigo also loses like any normal person too at Big Box.... I even saw AmeriKen beat Marn left and right... and he's American but he played in JApan since day one.... we are far ways off

 

Posted by TMNT on October 16, 2009 at 7:07 a.m. #8

Daigo vs Justin is boring. They're both turtles.

 

Posted by boo on October 16, 2009 at 7:08 a.m. #9

i also flew to japan and happen to see GODSGARDEN and they streamed that for everyone and that event had 90% of JApans top players playing... and they still streamed it for everyone across the world. Our selfishness and cockiness is unrivaled her ein the states... our SF community is the very thing that is segregating the community... pathetic

 

Posted by Fei Long on October 16, 2009 at 7:09 a.m. #10

I hope he uses me and whoops Daigos ass!!!

 

Posted by hah on October 16, 2009 at 7:12 a.m. #11

he will use you in bed then go kick daigo's ass

 

Posted by @12 on October 16, 2009 at 7:15 a.m. #12

I think most of our community is good, just some parts of it are snobs. All majors this year since Devastation have been streamed, it's just these tournament organizers that our douches and appear to hate newcomers to the community. Also maybe a good 5-10% of srk have a bad attitude but most of the community is pretty good.

 

Posted by lang on October 16, 2009 at 7:19 a.m. #13

What timezone are those times for?

 

Posted by blahblah on October 16, 2009 at 7:19 a.m. #14

Wow.. After skimming thru the thread, I'm saddened..

"If you were part of tge community, you'd he here playing and not watching at home."

-- Yeah, but I got sh!t to do..
SRK is disgusting sometimes.

 

Posted by @blahblah on October 16, 2009 at 7:29 a.m. #15

Yeah it's funny how some of the old community (SOME) are disgusting pricks. It's funny how the elitist trash talkers like these tourney organizers have always been with the community and in the tourney scene for a long time but were never top players.

All the top players like Valle and Wong don't talk s##t and encourage growth of the community.

 

Posted by miaou on October 16, 2009 at 7:36 a.m. #16

i hope mcdonald boy loses hard to Daigo

 

Posted by Gief_Mobile on October 16, 2009 at 7:47 a.m. #17

I don't get why the main event isn't being streamed when everything else is.

If the tournament organizers are worried about money, they should put up a PayPal donation thing. I'm sure they'd get some contributions ON TOP of the $25 venue fee and the $10 per tourney entry fee they're ALREADY getting.

I know events like these aren't cheap, so money has to come back in for putting them on. At the same time, come fu&king on guys. This is bullsh!t and you know it.

Just another example of lameness in the community. Makes you respect things like Devastation, Bar Fights, West Coast Warzone, etc. even more because those events did things for the community and didn't try to pull crap on people.

 

Posted by Lame on October 16, 2009 at 7:59 a.m. #18

I bet that the percentage of people that will be there just because Daigo vs Wong matches will not be streamed is very small... And, the percentage of people that will not even watch these matches because Daigo vs Wong will not be streamed is high... And the percentage of people that would be interested in going to a next such type of event, after had watch Daigo vs Wong on stream, would be high...

So, IMO, marketing FAIL...

 

Posted by Poe22222 on October 16, 2009 at 8:03 a.m. #19

I support their decision not to stream the main event. They paid big money to get Daigo not only to America but then all the way to Ohio, and they are trying to make their event an even bigger deal (everyone says last year was amazing), so it's extra motivation. I know it made me want to go even more, although the timing is just bad for me.

We're lucky we're getting a stream of the finals, guys. SBO wasn't streamed, either, and for good reasno (they sell DVDs). With the SF4 explosion and the availablilty of semi-reliable streaming technology, everyone is trying to find the right balance between spoon-feeding the internet warriors and telling people to get off their butts and out to the events... and I think this is a good attempt at a compromise.

I am actually going to predict JWong loses to someone other than Daigo this time. As great as he is, everyone has bad/unlucky days, and he has been on quite a run since the game came out. I know "never bet against Justin," and I'll be the first to tip my hat if he wins, but it is my prediction to make things more interesting for myself, if for no one else.

 

Posted by blahblah on October 16, 2009 at 8:20 a.m. #20

What people fail to realise however, is not everyone has the time or money to get out to tourneys far from their home. And for people to say I'm not a fan 'cuz I don't go to tourney's, thats BS.

 

Posted by @SRK thread on October 16, 2009 at 8:41 a.m. #21

This is some stupid sh!t. This elitist bullshiit strangles the community, NEW AND OLD look as dumb as each other right now. Thats a fuking fact.

All that bull about trekking through the snow in the good ol days if you wanted to see a tourney - Times have changed, deal with it.

No one feels entitled to get the stream, but its pretty lame to stream everything EXCEPT the main event.

Also I live in the UK so was I supposed to fly over just to see that match, or does the 'commuity' not exist outside the USA? If you need to make money back CHARGE FOR THE STREAM.

Bottom line: even if you don't want to expand the community or HATE ALL NEW MEMBERS and DONT EVEN LIKE SF4 blah blah blah - y'all just lost yourselves a lot of money. But I suppose you don't care about that either.

 

Posted by purphaze on October 16, 2009 at 9:02 a.m. #22

i would even pay to watch the main event if they could gurantee it nt to be laggy and choppy woudent mind shelling out 10 bucks to c diago vs justin idk why they wont do it like that! there doing it wrong cuz if they really cared about SF getting bigger and better they would understand that this attitude isnt helping the community.. yea it might make a few of the elites feel exclusive or w.e but the more coverage the better... i wish daigo would say "im not playng unless my fans in japan can watch it live" then they would have to do it lol

 

Posted by @22 on October 16, 2009 at 9:08 a.m. #23

Exactly.

You're not a true fan unless you travel to this specific point in the USA...

Hang on, since when was the USA the center of the SF community? With people having this attitude it never will be either.

*facepalm*

 

Posted by boo on October 16, 2009 at 9:14 a.m. #24

i actually wish gooteks was running it because he has a good drive about expandning the community unlike these douche bags...

 

Posted by Jack on October 16, 2009 at 9:17 a.m. #25

LoL, yeah... because I have a job and I'm not able to go to Ohio on short notice -- therefore I am not a SF fan. What a joke

 

Posted by Joe on October 16, 2009 at 9:29 a.m. #26

These guys are retards acting like they own the community. They make Gootecks look like a real stand up guy that truly cares about street fighter. Everyone should seriously check out the thread at srk (link in article)those tournament organizers are really jerks. Everyone should leave at least 1 comment calling them out for being pricks.

 

Posted by - on October 16, 2009 at 10:13 a.m. #27

Most East Coast players are really snobby and really cocky. Gootecks is a dick too.

 

Posted by joe on October 16, 2009 at 10:26 a.m. #28

I don't know if Gootecks is a dick or not in person but he has done nothing but good for the community as far as I know. Unlike the people running this tournament.

 

Posted by Crys on October 16, 2009 at 11:01 a.m. #29

I hope Justin sticks with Boxer this time around. Daigo relies too heavily on C.MK into Hadoken to deal damage, and Boxer is great on ground poke priority. Go Justin!

 

Posted by Garuda on October 16, 2009 at 11:16 a.m. #30

What a bunch of A-holes... And i'm amazed seeing that people want Gootecks now, when before all they said was "Boohootecks" "Crytecks" etc...

 

Posted by FAIL on October 16, 2009 at 11:23 a.m. #31

They should show the stream, this is EPIC FAIL. I really don't care if they flew daigo in or not, this is so stupid that it is almost funny. money, money, money I guess...

 

Posted by desu on October 16, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. #32

registering to flame these pricks, so deserved.

 

Posted by pioneer99 on October 16, 2009 at 12:16 p.m. #33

Who do these people think they are? It's the extreme version of the NFL blackout rules. "If we don't make enough money, we aren't going to show you." Just plain and simple greed that doesn't serve the good for anyone except some very short-sighted organizers.

 

Posted by Kexx on October 16, 2009 at 12:27 p.m. #34

just shows that the street fighter community, well let's be honest, the SRK community is one of the worst communities that exist. to be fair it's not all of SRk, mostly the US citizen that acts like morons.

 

Posted by Minphesto on October 16, 2009 at 12:48 p.m. #35

This is their venue and they are free to do whatever they want. I get that it cost money and time (time=money)...so it's really money and money. That's fair...we aren't communists.., but to say if you are a SF Fan you would be there that's a load of cr*p..It's like saying you aren't playing SF unless you are at Japan. It's not all that feasible to get to places...we are in a recession.

 

Posted by S on October 16, 2009 at 12:56 p.m. #36

WIll this matches get posted on FADC??

 

Posted by BullDancer on October 16, 2009 at 1:33 p.m. #37

Quit complaining about Daigo and J. Wong, you do get to see the rest of it, its not like saying youre not an SF player if you dont see it live, its saying youre not a J. Wong or Daigo fan if you dont see it live. Either way its going to be available after the fact, so quit complaining, Daigo and J Wong arent the only good fighting game players in the world, there are many others that are going to be there for season's beatings. If you dont want to see anyone other than J Wong or Daigo shut up and dont watch it. Personally, I am excited about all the games and players that are going to be this event and I get to watch most of it live for free :)

 

Posted by Digital- on October 16, 2009 at 1:45 p.m. #38

Posted by S on October 16, 2009 at 12:56 p.m. #36

WIll this matches get posted on FADC??

==========================================

I'm pretty sure they will be up on FADC like the very next day. If they don't stream it peeps shouldn't worry cause it WILL make it on to youtube someway or another.

 

Posted by BullDancer on October 16, 2009 at 1:49 p.m. #39

youtube vids for new tournaments get pulled so if it does get uploaded catch it quickly but yes I think it should end up on FADC.

 

Posted by where? on October 16, 2009 at 2:09 p.m. #40

Columbus Ohio? Wow, that'll be an interesting site... I don't think there will be a "home court" advantage for Justin out there (although it doesn't really seem to faze Daigo).

 

Posted by ticket to watch? on October 16, 2009 at 2:09 p.m. #41

Hey does anyone know if you need any sort of ticket to get in or is that only if your playing a tourney. cuz i just wanna go to watch im wondering if its just a walk in to watch it all.

 

Posted by purphaze on October 16, 2009 at 3:02 p.m. #42

they said on there thread that they are already nearing max capacity and cant break the fire code. if u didnt register there might be a chance u get turned away at the door but if u live in the city or near by its worth a shot

 

Posted by classy on October 16, 2009 at 3:23 p.m. #43

i wanna see some poongko

 

Posted by Balloon on October 16, 2009 at 3:44 p.m. #44

Nobody else mentioned it, but:

@8: You're a funny guy, man. (no sarcasm)

 

Posted by haha on October 16, 2009 at 4:18 p.m. #45

SRK boards are quickly reaching the levels of elitism and idiocy you see on the WoW boards. I've been playing SF since it came out in the arcades when I was 10 years old in 1991, played every sequel in the arcades and purchased each version I could afford on any console I've ever owned.

And yet were I to sign up on SRK now it would be "LOL 2009'er omg what a noob." The most hilarious thing I saw on there was someone saying how if you don't fly out to Japan to train you aren't a real fan. Give me a break. Clearly in some people's minds if you don't live in some kind of dorm and play SF for 8 hours a day and have no life you aren't a true fan.

There's a difference between being a fan and being obsessive about it, and those people who want to obsess are welcome to it. In the meantime, the rest of us will enjoy and be a fan of the game while keeping in mind that in the end, it is just a game.

 

Posted by desu on October 16, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. #46

the whole event will suck, who wants to see the scrubs when you know daigo and "usas best" are playing. sell the dvd? rofl please

 

Posted by @45 on October 16, 2009 at 5:47 p.m. #47

You sir are correct

 

Posted by classy on October 16, 2009 at 7:45 p.m. #48

although gootecks was hit hard by the pwnage delt by beastcoast, he didn't want to disapoint the community and viewers so he begged for a wildcard bonus match. and it was great, we got to see sanfords dan!

gootecks is a great dude, everyone needs to stop attacking him for no reason.

 

Posted by blahblah on October 16, 2009 at 8:03 p.m. #49

They aren't streaming the Wong Umehara rematch 'cuz we already know who's gonna win..

lol

 

Posted by J on October 16, 2009 at 9:54 p.m. #50

What the heck is "Melty Blood Actress Again?" Yikes, what a title.

 

Posted by LG on October 16, 2009 at 10:28 p.m. #51

Post #45

I completely agree.

It's not 'cool' to play for fun anymore. That's why I mainly stick to the games I grew up playing, like Megaman 2, Super Metroid, Super Mario World, Streets of Rage 2, I could go on forever. Those games were fun and will never be forgotten. The street fighter franchise is my favourite fighting game series and I love every game that comes out. I play for the love of the game and I also respect the high level players and their abilities. Whether you play seriously or just for fun, stop complaining and play and enjoy yourself. Games are supposed to be for entertainment and fun.

 

Posted by classy on October 16, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. #52

the stream is laggy ass hell, and it got horrible when a super ghetto guy i think andre got on the mic then even worst chris hu's annoying broken english was on the mic.

and everyone in the chat room just seems to like him for his stupid pronounciation of words.. im asian so i find it annoying ass hell

yet everyone thinks hes the second comming

 

Posted by classy on October 17, 2009 at 12:18 a.m. #53

its me again, this is the most despicable events ive ever seen, they made daigo hold mortons salt, pringles, and flite drink.... and took pictures while laughing maniacally

they basically made a fool out of the beast, dis-honorable unprofessional.. and just no class, they were hella disrespectful

footnote: daigo ate damdais food lol

 

Posted by heysteve on October 17, 2009 at 12:18 a.m. #54

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v10...

Daigo holding Pringles and Mortons, so SALTY. lol. that was hilarious.

 

Posted by Goddamnit on October 17, 2009 at 12:55 a.m. #55

A bunch of great games I really wanted to see this weekend and of course it's just a choppy SF4 feed :( Why can't they stream 3S/BlazBlue/Accent Core?

 

Posted by KillBot on October 17, 2009 at 1:10 a.m. #56

@ 3: Unsuccessful troll is unsuccessful.

 

Posted by Garuda on October 17, 2009 at 1:47 a.m. #57

I watched a bit of it yesterday, Saw Daigo play against Issei on 3s and the broadcast was awesome. No lag at all. Hope SF4 is like that today too.

 

Posted by The Truth on October 17, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. #58

"If you were part of the community, you'd he here putting money in our pockets."

 

Posted by bob on October 17, 2009 at 3:51 a.m. #59

They're always talking about "big prize money" but it's only $2,000 to $13,000 which is only a lot of money for students who live on scholarships. For people who actually have a steady job, this amount of money isn't very impressive. It's just that most of these "pro's" are college students without a job, like Justin Wong and John Choi. They're not real professional players such as Daigo, but students without money. So for them, $2,000 is a lot of money. I wouldn't even bother winning that small amount of money and if I'd participate, it would be for the challenge, not $2,000.

Real professional sponsored full-time SF players would be like tennis or soccer players, earning $200,000 a week.

SF "pro's" are just hobbyists/enthusiasts. There is no such thing as a "professional SF player". Daigo isn't rich. He only earns a couple of thousand at a tournament. He can't go to each tournament because he has to pay the expenses unless he won a previous tournament. Real professional sports people don't care about trip expenses because, for them, it's like thinking to whether or not buy a sandwitch.

 

Posted by Dakkon on October 17, 2009 at 4:47 a.m. #60

Well, big prize money is always relative.
13k money match seems to be one of the biggest ones I have heard of.
And when you most likely get several times less for winning the actual tournament it does seem like alot of money when you put it into that perspective.

 

Posted by boo on October 17, 2009 at 6:45 a.m. #61

ONE of the biggest??? what was higher than that than???

 

Posted by @ 59 on October 17, 2009 at 7:15 a.m. #62

While it is true not many people can play SF for a living you did leave out some important info. Justin Wong does play SF4 professionally. By that I mean he doesn't have to work on the side. No matter how I look at it if you don't need supplemental income then you are probably a professional at whatever you are doing. Daigo on the other hand has a job and has to take days off work like the rest of us. Also anybody who recognizes this as America (aka not Korea) should know you can't really make a living off games alone (unless you are Justin Wong and somehow get just enough by playing a large variety of games. Please don't view this as a threat on your life like many eventhubs goers would, but some insightful information to help clear up the world of professional game playing.

 

Posted by Q on October 17, 2009 at 7:40 a.m. #63

Technically, professional means you earn money doing it. Does Wong earn money? Yep. Does Daigo earn money? Again, definitely. Whether or not you can survive on it is irrelevant.

 

Posted by A on October 17, 2009 at 8:52 a.m. #64

Irrelevant? Are you a professional football player if you earn $10/month playing it? If you don't mean professional as in 'expert' you would expect that it means something that is your primary source of income, or at least a very signficant one.

 

Posted by Cuttyb87 on October 17, 2009 at 11:04 a.m. #65

I person with a pad beat people with a joystick???? I thought in these kinds of tourneys u had to use a fightstick the guy with the pad had the advantage

 

Posted by @ Cuttyb87 on October 17, 2009 at 11:35 a.m. #66

Because its about skill. Not what controller you use.

 

Posted by low-tech ustream on October 17, 2009 at 12:20 p.m. #67

The stream worked fine when scrubs were playing. Then, Daigo entered the matches and the stream went black. ustream is the biggest piece of garbage imaginable. It uses a shameful low resolution of 100x100 pixels and only had 1500 viewers and STILL got off air. I bet my internet connection at home is 10 times more capable than ustream. It's just pathetic low-tech equipment and ancient software that they use. Typical American technology.

 

Posted by Firegod on October 17, 2009 at 1:07 p.m. #68

representing the pad players

 

Posted by g on October 17, 2009 at 1:49 p.m. #69

the commentators are idiots.

 

Posted by WTF on October 17, 2009 at 1:52 p.m. #70

The most puzzling thing is, imo, how we went 69 comments without someone mentioning Sanford's Cammy beating Daigo's Ryu. I really really want to see the video of that match.

 

Posted by Q2 on October 17, 2009 at 2 p.m. #71

@70

Seriously, I want to see that match. Daigo is the biggest fireball spammer around, glad to see someone taught him a lesson. And a Cammy player, no less

 

Posted by SRKilla on October 17, 2009 at 2:21 p.m. #72

Honestly, what kind of scrub 09er uses a pad? How do you even take yourself seriously when you go to a tournament with your Dual Shock in your pocket? He might've won two matches, but he was the biggest loser there.

 

Posted by acku on October 17, 2009 at 2:50 p.m. #73

@72, obvious troll is obvious.
The end result counts, everybody knows.

 

Posted by kj on October 17, 2009 at 3:05 p.m. #74

Sanford loses to Justin Wong - Great match.

 

Posted by RAGE on October 17, 2009 at 3:34 p.m. #75

GUYS DON'T Y0U KNOW IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PLAYING STREET FIGHTER SINCE 1987 AND USE A STICK THEN YOU'RE A NOOB!!! :rage:

 

Posted by intehweeds on October 17, 2009 at 3:36 p.m. #76

stop crying you f*cking scrubs.

not only are we not paying for the stream, but it's been set up with the venue's wifi. this is why it's not running as smooth as it should.

don't like it?

buy the f*cking dvd, nobody should give you anything. how about stop crying and go practice instead of wasting valuable training mode time, those dps aren't gonna mash themselves out you know.

 

Posted by Firegod on October 17, 2009 at 3:37 p.m. #77

@SRKilla

To be honest, i dont think your a scrub for useing a pad. I see stick choice just like character choice. Play with what works for you, just because you use pad doesnt make you a scrub, just like if you play dan your not a srub. Will you have to work harder? Yea of course, but its not impossible.

I personally think the pad hateing thing is overrated, specially when socalled pros decide they want to make stick top teir and useing anything else is as charles barkley used to say, "Just uncivilized...."

If they loose with a pad, its not the pads fault its the players, just like if Dan looses to Sagat its not Dans fault, its the players.....(and developers for makeing stupid matchups........but you know what i mean....)

 

Posted by Gief_Mobile on October 17, 2009 at 3:45 p.m. #78

Looking at the teams left, it's clear that Daigo's team is just him. No offense to the other dudes, but compared to the other squads they have way more talent there.

Justin's got Joe. Santhrax has Floe. Team Puerto Rico had Perez and Fubarduck on the same squad.

Daigo has two relative unknowns in SF4.

 

Posted by Jeremy on October 17, 2009 at 3:45 p.m. #79

I agree with not streaming the main event and the sentiment below from one of the organizers.

"You are not entitled to sh*t.
Let's get that clear. Maybe in FPS world every little scrim is streamed? I don't know. Maybe you're new to the community and don't realize that tournament streaming has only become a regular phenonemon in the last year, and so you shouldn't really expect full capacity from any event outside of evo.

At SB, we like to give our attendees a little something extra. Why? I think it's obvious, they took the time to get Columbus, OH - a nice place but this is obviously not Vegas. They willingly put up the money for the venue fee, participate, help out, and make this a great event. So they are treated to awesome live events like Yipes Justin Sanford, and Daigo Justin.

This is a GIFT for them. It has been that way from the start. People coming to the event is what enables us to get Daigo here in the first place. What is so hard to understand about that?"

 

Posted by Struggs on October 17, 2009 at 3:48 p.m. #80

Daigo has 4 OCVs already, that tells a big story, although I think Justin Wong has just as many. Wong and Daigo are at another level, although I think Sanford is close, he's just not there.

This team format is interesting though. It's nice to see this AND a singles tournament on top of it. Daigo said he's prepared for Sanford this time, big statement after losing to him. Daigo doesn't seem prone to bragging, so unless Essei is embellishing, Umehara is going to come out guns blazing. Can't bet against Daigo at this point unless he's playing Wong and maybe not even then.

 

Posted by 2009 sucks on October 17, 2009 at 3:52 p.m. #81

2009 and its players have singlehandedly ruined street fighter for good.

 

Posted by Matt on October 17, 2009 at 3:56 p.m. #82

I can see the organizers point. I didn't go to Evo myself because I had heard that it was going to be streamed. Had I not known that, I would have gone to Evo because I suck anyway. I'm a 2009 player.

 

Posted by Lol@stream on October 17, 2009 at 4:11 p.m. #83

Just tried to watch daigo play some casuals, but it was just a frozen screen of some black dude giving him a hand job...

 

Posted by yes4me on October 17, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. #84

I hope some exciting news for super street fighter 4 will come out of this tournament.

 

Posted by capcom doing things right on October 17, 2009 at 4:14 p.m. #85

@82: You are absolutely right, if you weren't playing Street Fighter in 1987 like a TRUE FAN you need to leave the Street Fighter community for good because you are just a scrub.

 

Posted by @86 on October 17, 2009 at 4:25 p.m. #86

I've been playing since 2003 actually not 1987.

 

Posted by 2009 sucks on October 17, 2009 at 4:26 p.m. #87

Everybody that played street fighter because street fighter iv are ok. SF IV is a terrible game with a terrible new player base.

 

Posted by Capcom doing things right on October 17, 2009 at 4:38 p.m. #88

@87: 2003!!??? 2003??!!! You are a scrub and a FAN BOY, not a TRUE FAN like me; I spend my life in arcade playing and practicing street Fighter. 2003?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

@88: You are dyslexic, I can't understand that, but it seems like you are a scrubby fanboy also, although people who startd in 09 are definately scrubs, how can they compete with TRUE FANS who have spent 22 years practicing non - stop in the arcade?! I hate SF4 too but I don't whine, I just play and I just win, I am a TRUE FAN not a FANBOY like everyone else in here. I am also pro FPS king.

 

Posted by KJ on October 17, 2009 at 4:53 p.m. #89

Wow out of 3 matches... Sanford beats Diago TWICE with CAMMY.

 

Posted by Daigo fan on October 17, 2009 at 4:54 p.m. #90

Japan is out of the tournament. Daigo lost.

 

Posted by Daigo fan on October 17, 2009 at 4:55 p.m. #91

Daigo doesn't know how to play against Cammy because Cammy is not in the arcade version. Daigo only plays arcade SFIV so basically it was a blindfolded match for Daigo.

 

Posted by WOW on October 17, 2009 at 4:55 p.m. #92

SANFORD BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Posted by @89 on October 17, 2009 at 5:03 p.m. #93

It's not about being a True fan. It's the fact that 2009 sf4 players are like high school freshmen trying to fit in and they feel they are entitled to everything just because they play the game.

 

Posted by B-jamin on October 17, 2009 at 5:04 p.m. #94

YES DAIGO IS OUT HA HA HAA!

 

Posted by chickenwings on October 17, 2009 at 5:06 p.m. #95

seriously, peopl eact like diago isnt playing enough console to know the match ups versus console characters. THe freakin lives to play sf so HE KNOWS what hes doing. He lost fair and square, it was a good match. Stop suckin the guy off, seth killian does that enough.

 

Posted by lol on October 17, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. #96

Man this stream is horrible.

 

Posted by hahaha on October 17, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. #97

*in before pathetic excuses for Daigo losing to Sanford's Cammy 2 out of 3 and once to a so-so Zangief*

 

Posted by Scamford on October 17, 2009 at 5:07 p.m. #98

Daigo is very tired. He never plays against Cammy.
Sanford is not tired. He plays against Ryu 20 hours aday.

Daigo is better than Sanford. You sanford-ball-lickers can celebrate what you want but Daigo is still better.

 

Posted by hyperbomb on October 17, 2009 at 5:11 p.m. #99

how am I a scrub when I was playing street fighter 2 world warrior in the arcades and at home I wasn't playing fighting street alot cuz it was hard as hell to play? whoever made that comment is the true scrub and needs to start winning more in 4 to enjoy it he just should us his age lol

get a life or a clue on how o become a real stf fan holla

 

Posted by Rolento on October 17, 2009 at 5:17 p.m. #100

#100: obvious troll is obvious. guy is trolling so hard.

you're only a scrub if you think you're great and you're not. (And if you think ____s are cheap)

 

Posted by capcom doing things right on October 17, 2009 at 5:17 p.m. #101

@100: You are dyslexic, I can't understand a word you say. But I am a TRUE FAN not a FANBOY like you. I am ultimate champion of Street Fighter, you play World Warrior?! Congratulations but I play Street Fighter 1 in 1987 in Japan like a TRUE FAN. You just a scrub who ruins Street Fighter and the community.

 

Posted by lol@#3 on October 17, 2009 at 5:26 p.m. #102

dude #3 ur an idiot and have problems with losing to people younger than u get a real job

 

Posted by Minphesto on October 17, 2009 at 5:34 p.m. #103

c'mon does anyone expects Daigo to win the 3v3 tournament when his teammates can't win a single match? 4 OCV is impressive.

 

Posted by gajd on October 17, 2009 at 5:56 p.m. #104

Lol sanford is fuucking stupid. Daigo prepared? The dude only played u once before loser finals. He just wants an excuse to say he beat daigo on top of his game. Fuucking retard

 

Posted by capcom oing things right on October 17, 2009 at 5:59 p.m. #105

@89: I agree with everything you said. All new players feel entitled to enjoy the game they have just bought, its disgusting. I can tell you are new too i.e. joined after March 1991, therefore you also are ruining the community so kindly stop playing and leave.

@103: Idiot?! I am TRUE FAN I spend all day EVERYDAY practicing in arcade to be best player in world, I dedicate All time to practice. I just play, I don't moan like ALL NEW PLAYERS. I dedicate my entire life to Street Fighter why? Because I am a TRUE FAN not a FANBOY like you. I know you are not a true fan because you are not at Seasons Beatings with me and all the other TRUE FANS from SRK, you at home in front of computer whining about real players. I make all these post on my iphone like a TRUE FAN, look at stream you see me playing SF4.

 

Posted by #96 sucks on sanford on October 17, 2009 at 6 p.m. #106

See what I did there? Daigo DOES NOT PLAY CONSOLE VERSION. Nuff said.

 

Posted by Minphesto on October 17, 2009 at 6 p.m. #107

Daigo knows the basics of playing Cammy...but he doesn't know the matchup as well as he does versus Sagat or Rufus... here's a simple question..does sanford think he can beat daigo with non-console character? A win is a win..but no one believes Sanford>Daigo

 

Posted by Sanford is Sh!t. on October 17, 2009 at 6:04 p.m. #108

Sanford is garbage.

Not only is he a cry baby and is visibly shaken after every loss he knows Daigo(And Dan at EVO) are not great against console characters. He uses this as a crutch and even admitted to doing so at EVO. Surprise after using his Akuma at EVO he was eliminated.

Not, only is Daigo playing a team tournament by himself... he is no doubt jet lagged and doesn't have as much Cammy experience as Sanford does for Ryu.

These are facts.

Congrats on the wins but I wouldn't feel too special giving the circumstances.

 

Posted by LOL@#106 on October 17, 2009 at 6:13 p.m. #109

well then lets see i'll challenge u, ive played every street fighter game out there and show my skill online im not some fanboy like u claiming to be the best well i have sf4 on ps3 xbox 360 and pc so its ur choice where u wanna fight buddy and if u accept my challenge on pc i'll record it and show anyone who request it.

 

Posted by daigo is over hyped on October 17, 2009 at 6:16 p.m. #110

STFU all you f*cking Daigo dick suckers. Daigo plays at God's Garden all the time and that's console.

Sanford beat Daigo, get over it.

 

Posted by ABEL_BEAST on October 17, 2009 at 6:17 p.m. #111

lmao that capcom doing things right guy just got pwned hey home boy send me that bad boy

 

Posted by LOL@#106 on October 17, 2009 at 6:19 p.m. #112

yea i know lol
#111 yea i know but everyone loses here and their ppl just need to stfu about him losing no one has a perfect sf record

 

Posted by blahblah on October 17, 2009 at 6:22 p.m. #113

Honestly, of all the characters, Cammy has some pretty nasty shortcomings. She's not the worst, but not the best either. I think Sanfords wins are legit.

 

Posted by GG Sanford. on October 17, 2009 at 6:31 p.m. #114

Good shiIt Sanford. Who cares what Sanford used, stop downplaying his win. Daigo is good, we all know that, but fan boys need to chill and stop making excuses for his losses.

Lol@QQTecks supporters.

 

Posted by NinjaMonkey009 on October 17, 2009 at 6:34 p.m. #115

LOL screw Sanford. Daigo is owning Justin, that's what is happening at the moment.

 

Posted by lol on October 17, 2009 at 6:36 p.m. #116

I find it funny when people try not to act like sanford fanboys. OHHHH quit sucking on daigos dick!!! LOL quit sucking sanfords dick stupid hypocrites.

 

Posted by NinjaMonkey009 on October 17, 2009 at 6:39 p.m. #117

GG. Daigo still leaves America beating USA #1 player by 10-2.

 

Posted by Lol. on October 17, 2009 at 6:40 p.m. #118

No Sanford fan boy here. Just tired of seeing people make excuses for why Daigo lost.

Besides, I'm a Chris Schmidt fan boy. Although it's getting hard convincing him to play SF4.

 

Posted by @119 on October 17, 2009 at 6:41 p.m. #119

Don't convince Chris S to play SF4. It sucks. Marvel!

 

Posted by Dez on October 17, 2009 at 6:42 p.m. #120

Chris Schmidt baby!!!! Is he winning?

 

Posted by jesus on October 17, 2009 at 6:43 p.m. #121

These comments make me want to put a gun in my mouth.

 

Posted by KJ on October 17, 2009 at 6:43 p.m. #122

Wow 10-2... Daigo is still the Worlds best player. Anybody seeing that otherwise is straight up stupid.

 

Posted by Minphesto on October 17, 2009 at 6:44 p.m. #123

I don't but from people who had podcasted there journey to SBO...Daigo plays at Big Box not god's garden. A win is a win..Sanford...won fair and square..but he is still <Daigo.

 

Posted by Fighter on October 17, 2009 at 6:46 p.m. #124

Good job to Sanford beating Daigo but Justin defeated Sanford in that team tournament twice(From what I saw). Then Daigo with the epic 10 to 2 against Justin. I guess Daigo wasn't playing around. Maybe that's why they didn't stream the main event lol.

 

Posted by Teehee on October 17, 2009 at 6:49 p.m. #125

uh no daigo doesn't play console. don't make bs up. he plays mostly in arcades so no console experience is sanf's only excuse. top players of US be Jwong, sanf, and marn. JW consistently beats sanf and marn in every tourney including this one. sanf and marn his buttbitches. So hence Jwong is the top for WC. Daigo pringles Jwong for sure. Daigo still pwns all for the record.

 

Posted by WG on October 17, 2009 at 6:50 p.m. #126

Cammy is a very underrated character shes agile and has ways to get through Daigo's fireballs with knuckle, and ex skills and sometimes ultra. Gratz to Sanford for winning but i would like to see him vs daigo when his not tired and when he gets a lil more knowledge on cammy. That would be a good match. Kudos to Daigo smashing Justin lol

 

Posted by Daigo on October 17, 2009 at 6:51 p.m. #127

FIRING MAI LAZAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

Posted by Humble on October 17, 2009 at 6:55 p.m. #128

Well done daigo

 

Posted by omg on October 17, 2009 at 7:09 p.m. #129

omg daigo killed him.....i knew it was gonna happen tho. o0o yeah daigo should have known to get ready for console characters, after his boy dan got destoryed by sanford lolz

 

Posted by liukangstoupee on October 17, 2009 at 7:15 p.m. #130

Best from the East >best of the west.

This is getting boring maybe have daigo play Mago, Iyo and Shiro extensively before lining him up against Daigo again. Umehara just has his number.

 

Posted by Nyoronoru on October 17, 2009 at 7:58 p.m. #131

I hoped someone recorded the commentary and the match of that MvC2 money battle.

 

Posted by Woowoo on October 17, 2009 at 8:07 p.m. #132

Surprisingly few comments after Daigo tools Wong. I think all the Wong nuthuggers are hanging themselves right now.

 

Posted by Kasht on October 17, 2009 at 8:53 p.m. #133

Puerto Rican Ryu's name is Jose "frodo" Llera, from Puerto Rico

 

Posted by dingo on October 17, 2009 at 8:55 p.m. #134

all the ppl that are saying playing at god's garden are idiots... yes GG is played ON CONSOLE, but there was NO CONSOLE CHARACTER UNLOCKED.

 

Posted by G on October 17, 2009 at 8:55 p.m. #135

I still consider Daigo the best player in the world, but why is it so hard for some people to accept the fact that he loses sometimes? Bashing Sanford for using Cammy? Really? Daigo jetlagged? The excuses people will come up with are pathetic. The man will lose games, no need to make excuses on why his losses "shouldn't count."

 

Posted by J on October 17, 2009 at 9:01 p.m. #136

"Daigo is very tired. He never plays against Cammy.
Sanford is not tired. He plays against Ryu 20 hours aday.

Daigo is better than Sanford. You sanford-ball-lickers can celebrate what you want but Daigo is still better."

So Daigo's failure to prepare for the match makes him better? Just admit you would have still claimed he was "better" even if he'd lost in straight perfects. This is about competitive video games. It's not a fan forum for you to express your love. If the outcome of matches isn't going to alter your perceptions, why do you fight at all?

 

Posted by Pumpkin Bomber on October 17, 2009 at 9:03 p.m. #137

At least get the names right.

Vegita-X

on Team WTF in the 3 v 3 tournament. Hell they came in second, the least you could do is get the names right.

 

Posted by yes4me on October 17, 2009 at 9:06 p.m. #138

I am not surprise about Daigo Ryu losing to Standford Cammy. Cammy has a good chance against Ryu imo.

 

Posted by nono on October 17, 2009 at 9:28 p.m. #139

#139 where is the evo09 ign dvd then? and i mean the whole thing..

 

Posted by ApocNarok on October 17, 2009 at 9:30 p.m. #140

GG Daigo, Santhrax would have been a better contender for the main event.

 

Posted by PainKiller on October 17, 2009 at 9:31 p.m. #141

Daigo probaly still got no idea how to play versus cammy I think

 

Posted by chickenwings on October 17, 2009 at 9:32 p.m. #142

are they reaallyy tryin to jerk people for the dvd? lol wow.

 

Posted by Fightclub on October 17, 2009 at 9:40 p.m. #143

Awww Daigo doesn't know how to play against Cammy.So did he get held at gunpoint and told not to play on a console against cammy after his boy Dan got whooped by one? When daigo comes statside be ready to play console characters.
That isn't Sanfords problem.I'm going to say it like Flash "f**k daigo, son!".Daigo doesn't have diplomatic immunity so stop making excuses for him.THis isn't lethal weapon 2.
And on another note can somebody please help Mago get a passport.

 

Posted by manicman on October 17, 2009 at 10:17 p.m. #144

I find it hilarious how people are fighting over people the don't even know and that the rest of the world doesn't even give a crap about.

Justin vs Daigo in a video game?

It is not that serious people its a game not a sport. Its all for fun. I swear u people act like its the world cup or super bowl.

 

Posted by classy on October 17, 2009 at 10:19 p.m. #145

shut the hell up everyone and someone post up the justin vs daigo, and sanford vs daigo on the youtubes

 

Posted by haha on October 17, 2009 at 10:24 p.m. #146

justin got his sht stomped and sanford trying to sound like hes a better player

 

Posted by boo on October 17, 2009 at 10:30 p.m. #147

congrats to sanford but too bad for him he won in the msot controversial way... its kind of capcom's fault too for not having console characters in arcades...sanford will always have to debate about the prestige in his win...that sucks...

 

Posted by Daigo on October 17, 2009 at 10:31 p.m. #148

Now this is the story all about how
My life got flipped, turned upside down
And Id like to take a minute just sit right there
Ill tell you how I became the prince of a town called bel-air

In west philadelphia born and raised
On the playground where I spent most of my days
Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool
And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys THAT were up in no good
Started making trouble in my neighbourhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
And said youre moving with your aunte and uncle in bel-air

I whistled for a cab and when it came near the
Licensplate said fresh and had a dice in the mirror
If anything I could say that this cab was rare
But I thought now forget it, yo home to bel-air

I pulled up to a house about seven or eight
And I yelled to the cabby yo HOLMES smell you later
Looked at my kingdom I was finally there
To SIT ON my throne as the prince of bel-air

 

Posted by And on October 17, 2009 at 10:42 p.m. #149

Vegita-X beat Daigo, too. With a SF original, Zangeif! No props for that it seems. Even spell his name wrong in the reports. LOL

 

Posted by check on October 17, 2009 at 10:48 p.m. #150

@manicman

last time i check it is for money and it is not as much as OVER paid baseball and footballs players are.

 

Posted by wtf? on October 17, 2009 at 10:52 p.m. #151

@post 149
So I'm just wondering, how competitive are you (terms of SF of course)? Depending on your answer, your opinion is officially bullsh%t to us. It's easy for a scrub or a random spectator to call this "just a game."
And no sh$t; Daigo and Justin are just random people talk about. So you think people really know pro athletes when they talk about them as well? I don't fu!@ing think so.

 

Posted by @#146 on October 17, 2009 at 11:08 p.m. #152

@#146
Stop sucking on sanfords cock. Stupid hypocrite.

 

Posted by well on October 17, 2009 at 11:13 p.m. #153

number 158's got a point you know...but what I wanna know is how did this video game spawn such an amazing following in the first place?

 

Posted by Zacc7 on October 17, 2009 at 11:14 p.m. #154

well, i dont think daigo plays cammy (console character) alot because he plays mainly at the arcades. even though sanford won, who gives a sh*t?

 

Posted by Zacc7 on October 17, 2009 at 11:17 p.m. #155

so what if daigo lost, its just a video game. there are other stuff in life we must focus on also

 

Posted by DBZ is no good on October 17, 2009 at 11:25 p.m. #156

Soo many people are named after those terrible characters, how can anyone complain about spelling them wrong?
What's next, someguy named =SSSJGOKU_X= is going to complain he was missing an S, because he's lv 4 Super Saiyan/Psyaijin?!

 

Posted by Hi-Yo on October 17, 2009 at 11:28 p.m. #157

Drew Carey Show - "OHIO!"

Japan greeting - "OHAYO!"

 

Posted by scrubs on October 18, 2009 at 12:16 a.m. #158

why the fck are you 09 scrubs still playing lawl

 

Posted by zzz on October 18, 2009 at 12:33 a.m. #159

lmao let's all be as elitist and insular as possible

FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY

 

Posted by Minphesto on October 18, 2009 at 12:37 a.m. #160

Let's put this objectively...in a best to 10..who could be Daigo?

 

Posted by Morton Salt on October 18, 2009 at 12:55 a.m. #161

When it rains it pours.

 

Posted by justin@twitter on October 18, 2009 at 1 a.m. #162

"OMGGGG me and Daigo almost went to jail because we went to Mickey D's drivethru and caused trouble

We were just hungry and there was no food anywhere. Ohio peeps complaining we were in the drivethru with no car lol"

"God damn I got raped 10-2 by daigo. Lol scrubwong"

"I wonder why ppl always boo me? I think I'm like the nicest guy ever and I'm using fei long if I play daigo tomo in singles"

http://twitter.com/jWonggg

:D

 

Posted by Lol. on October 18, 2009 at 1:38 a.m. #163

Wong is hella good, no doubt. I'm not hating per se when I don't root for him, it's just I would like to see someone else's name in a tourney/game he enters.

Go Justin. Win it for US!!!

 

Posted by Lol. on October 18, 2009 at 1:39 a.m. #164

[Added to ^^] Except now, US needs to win, not Japan/Daigo.

 

Posted by zafo999 on October 18, 2009 at 2:01 a.m. #165

@170

Haha! Well said!

 

Posted by sanwa man on October 18, 2009 at 3:32 a.m. #166

Ive played street fighter since 90s, but i dont understand how 2009 players, new player, are "scrubs"?

What the hell is a "scrub" really?

Eveyone keep calling them scrubs, but doesnt explain why.
Its quite sad really.

 

Posted by zig_zag on October 18, 2009 at 3:46 a.m. #167

daigo lost fair and square no doubt

but real talk, if he had 2 of his jap buddies in his team instead of ppl he's never play with before you don't wanna think what would have happened.

but yes, he lost to a cammy coz he shot out a fireball like a scrub and got ultra'd for it. truth.

 

Posted by JWongFanClub on October 18, 2009 at 3:52 a.m. #168

Can't really expect Japanese who predominantly play on arcades to have experience with console characters. Seriously they spend the day at the arcades then go home and play on their PS3's/XBox's? Yehhh right...

 

Posted by zombiebrian on October 18, 2009 at 4:21 a.m. #169

The stream sucked for a good long time, the team tourney was almost ruined by it then they switch puters it still sucked it got better after it had been off during the diago matches.

Of all the tourneys this one had the worst stream ever

 

Posted by Stupid Elitism on October 18, 2009 at 4:24 a.m. #170

The people who made SF4 are scrubs. How many of them were involved in the original SF? Damn scrubs!!

 

Posted by 90's scrub on October 18, 2009 at 4:33 a.m. #171

This 'if you haven't been playing SF since the beginning means you are a scrub' is complete elitist nonsense.

It doesn't matter how long you've been playing if you're good enough. How old were J Wong, Daigo and most of the current so-called pro's when the SF1 was released?

I've been playing since SF2 and actually like the challenge of all the newcomers since SF4.

 

Posted by jeff on October 18, 2009 at 4:44 a.m. #172

The word "scrub" is used to indicate that someone thinks he is great, but in fact he's not great at all. It's worse than the term "n00b" which only says the person is inexperienced and doesn't know what he's doing. A scrub is a n00b who thinks he's very good.

The word scrub, just like the word n00b, is being used by everyone, even by real scrubs to insult players who are far more skilled/experienced.

A player who has very little experience and is technically weak will mostly try to win by using character advantages. In most cases either very powerful characters or counter-picked characters. If their advantages don't work, they will get angry and call the more experienced/skilled opponent a "scrub" even though he is a scrub himself.

Most kids today who weren't even born when SFII was in the arcades, are acting very scrubby. Most scrubs have no idea that they're scrubs because they truly believe that they are equal or better than more experienced/skilled players.

 

Posted by anon on October 18, 2009 at 4:50 a.m. #173

That's true Jeff, especially with all these online warriors from SF4.

 

Posted by jeff on October 18, 2009 at 5:01 a.m. #174

I totally agree with #182

I'm from that era too, but it says nothing. Today's top players are from the new generation. Justin and Poongko were 6 years old when SFII came in the arcades. Daigo was 9 years old, but they are far better than most of those self-proclaimed veterans.

 

Posted by Random Player on October 18, 2009 at 5:07 a.m. #175

Next time, Daigo should bring a bunch of other Japanese pros with him. Seriously, Mago, Momochi, Nemo, Nuki, Iyo etc. needs to go to America and start beasting. Although Daigo is definitely doing a good job at representing Japan by himself.

 

Posted by You are mentally retarded on October 18, 2009 at 5:08 a.m. #176

#185

Wow played a single money match against a Cammy.

Guess he knows the match up now. You are mentally retarded.

 

Posted by Minphesto on October 18, 2009 at 5:10 a.m. #177

playing a cammy and knowing the match-up or 2 different things..go to versuscity.net and look at Daigo option select or look at what he does against a tiger knee..THAT IS KNOWING THE MATCH-UP.

 

Posted by Daigo on October 18, 2009 at 5:11 a.m. #178

#187, Daigo doesn't want to embarrass USA so he tones down the situation. If he'd appear with Nuku, Mago and the others it would become a pointless tournament because the US players would be very happy if they didn't lose every round Perfect.

 

Posted by omg on October 18, 2009 at 5:19 a.m. #179

#188
more like 2 out of 3 but ok

 

Posted by Minphesto on October 18, 2009 at 5:35 a.m. #180

are you serious that playing a few games against cammy = 1 year vs Sagat or Rufu(which he owns both matchup)?

 

Posted by Capcom doing things right on October 18, 2009 at 5:48 a.m. #181

@110 & 112: You know how I know you are a scrub? You challenge me to a match on xbox/ps3/pc - you want to record laggy little match using scrub lag tactics and post up on youtube so all other FANBOYS can watch say how great you are?!
I DON'T OWN ANY CONSOLES!!!! I ONLY PLAY ARCADE: A TRUE FAN. If you ever moved from in front of that computer screen you could come and challenge me, but you will be too busy whinning with other 2009 whiners.

I'm in Ohio now with all the TRUE FANS from SRK and I promise you Sanford is a scrub. Anyone who uses console characters is an xbox live noob scrub and neeeds to leave the community. Daigo vs Justin was awesome - all you 2009 whiners wait till it gets posted on youtube and then cry as Justin gets raped... again.

 

Posted by Sanford Kelly on October 18, 2009 at 6:22 a.m. #182

I choose Cammy because I needed a high-priority console character as an advantage. If I chose an arcade character, Daigo and his team would gang-rape me over and over again. I play on XBOX LIVE against a bunch of scrubs who barely know how to shoot fireballs.

Now I'm going to brag about beating Daigo where ever I go.

 

Posted by Sanford Kelly2 on October 18, 2009 at 7:01 a.m. #183

I'm a miles better than Daigo and out played him at every turn in our match.

 

Posted by Kabbila on October 18, 2009 at 7:27 a.m. #184

A cammy player that beats diago ?

Thats just cool.

No need to further brag/complain about it (Diago won the main event, no need for ryu fans to panic). It's just awesome for cammy players & i wanna see it!

 

Posted by Kabbila on October 18, 2009 at 7:30 a.m. #185

And i wrote his name (AI not IA) wrong. sorry.

 

Posted by Jesus on October 18, 2009 at 7:56 a.m. #186

So if Sanford picking a console character to beat Daigo makes him a scrub, then what does it mean when Vegita X beats him with Gief?

You might have to take Daigo's dick out of your mouth to type your response.

 

Posted by seph13 on October 18, 2009 at 8:15 a.m. #187

Vegita x earned everyones respect for beating Daigo (though he lost badly in the rematch). It's just Sanford that people are pissed about because it's just plain taking advantage of Daigo. No one is saying that Daigo is 100% unbeatable all the time, it's just that Sanford beat him twice (boasted about it) and ANYONE that actually watched the match could see that Daigo didn't know anything about the match-up

 

Posted by :P on October 18, 2009 at 8:23 a.m. #188

You can't base a proper opinion of who is better on the result of a best of 3 round, single game. If Sandford was to play Daigo in a first to 10 like Justin did, Daigo would figure out his Cammy fairly quickly and destroy him about 10-2, aswell.

 

Posted by :P on October 18, 2009 at 8:25 a.m. #189

Sanford*

 

Posted by Daigo "The BEAST" Umehara on October 18, 2009 at 8:27 a.m. #190

Shut up, Jesus. Sanford is a scrub. He and Vegeta X were just lucky that Daigo was so tired. He woke up today and destroyed Justin.

When I only had 2200 GP, I beat a 16000 GP friend of mine who beat Gilly on XBOX LIVE. Nobody has a 100% win ratio. Sometimes you lose. Daigo was too tired to play yesterday. If he would play Sanford after some rest, he would totally annihilate him. If Sanford is so great, how come Justin's team totally whooped him while Daigo 10-2 destroyed Justin after all those matches?

His 2 wins say nothing. Daigo is better than Justin and Justin is better than Sanford.

 

Posted by Daigo "The BEAST" Umehara on October 18, 2009 at 8:29 a.m. #191

Sanford was lucky that his main was a console character. If he chose Ryu, Daigo would R3DRUM him.

 

Posted by @191 on October 18, 2009 at 8:37 a.m. #192

why don't you try like he said: take it out of your mouth first, and then type your response. You might not sound so pathetic.

 

Posted by well on October 18, 2009 at 8:46 a.m. #193

You guys should think about what you're saying.
If daigo was the ultimate street fighter like all you shoto users think he is, then he would have beat sanford easy.
It's not sanfords fault that he mains cammy, daigo should expect people to use other characters than an arcade top tier. You're going to handicap him for not knowing a match up when he is a professional player, maybe he should buy a console, so then all you fan boys will stop complaining.

 

Posted by Don on October 18, 2009 at 9:19 a.m. #194

lmao Justin got his sh** cracked.

 

Posted by lol on October 18, 2009 at 9:23 a.m. #195

@Got Hateraid?

Said, The whiteboy with PMS

 

Posted by casualgamer on October 18, 2009 at 9:58 a.m. #196

Wow some of you guys are incredibly immature. I play games because they are fun. I don't care when you started playing, what controller you use, or what character you select. It's sad when you think that you are a better person because you've played since 1987, or because you use a fight stick. You may be better at the game, but you are in no way a better person. It's time for some people to grow up.

 

Posted by to #194 on October 18, 2009 at 10 a.m. #197

We're on their meat because it's very good. You should try it yourself. Even without lube it's fine as hell.

 

Posted by Capcom doing things right on October 18, 2009 at 10:04 a.m. #198

i go to eventhubs to talk about how awesome i am at sf even though no one has EVER heard of me. i could never post on srk because in reality i am a horrible player. so i come to eventhubs and brag because i don't want to feel like the years i spent playing sf were for nothing.

 

Posted by just sayin' on October 18, 2009 at 10:06 a.m. #199

joe vs static first to ten for $100 in UMK3 was more hype then Daigo v Justin.

JUST SAYIN'

 

Posted by HappyDude on October 18, 2009 at 10:26 a.m. #200

I have to say that i'm soooooo glad Daigo got his ass kicked by a "low tier" character.

Noobwise, Daigo annoyed me always picking the same character again and again..... almost never smiling or having any reaction..... almost not enjoying the game at all.

He got totally own by Sandford, gratz to you, I admire you, thank you.

 

Posted by shino on October 18, 2009 at 10:28 a.m. #201

congrats to sanford, butni feel kind of bad for sanford getting the win but having to do it in such a way that its easy to argue about it... not the cleanest win in the world... but it was a win, its kind of capcoms fault too for the console exclusive characters thing and before people bitch at me about japan having console to i would liek t say I have ben to Japan and Big Box and trust me there is no way those guys would be able to play on console as much as they do at the arcades because of the environment and I also went to GodsGArden and people fail to realize that even though they did use consoles... all the pros only used there mains which OF COURSE are arcade characters... the only time they used console characters was for random silliness before the main tourney....

 

Posted by GH on October 18, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. #202

@Capcom doing things right
man how old are u to be playing in the arcade everyday...been playing sf...dam man u need a woman

 

Posted by @202 on October 18, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. #203

agreed I knew that sanford had his heart set with fighting Daigo with cammy in order to stop the Japanese reign on SFIV so in that regard he fulfilled his goal so good for him..

 

Posted by u on October 18, 2009 at 10:31 a.m. #204

@Capcom doing things right
LOL 40 year old virgin

 

Posted by shino on October 18, 2009 at 10:32 a.m. #205

well daigo only plays ryu not because he's a noob but most of the top SFIV players in Japan stick with their mains to perfect them and that is why you have MAgo, NEmo, Iyo and etc... so Daigo happens to be the best RYU in world so there is nothing noobish about that.... its dedication... be more open with your post

 

Posted by Hyperbomb on October 18, 2009 at 11 a.m. #206

I mian RYU and I have to give Diago credit is ryu is the best I learn by watching him but since he only plays the arcades theirs no way he could known the match up with Cammy lol but If Justin was a pro he would of pick Cammy to counter pick Diago
We should blame Capcom for not having all the characters on the game at launch instead console characters
Beside Diago is the man who was tired playing Stf4 while ur sleepy ur not going to win period

 

Posted by Flawless on October 18, 2009 at 11:01 a.m. #207

IMO Sabin and Andre are the best at SF4 in North America to bad Sabin missed his flight to go to SB but don't be surprised if Andre win singles for SF4 and takes care of Daigo

 

Posted by Minphesto on October 18, 2009 at 11:17 a.m. #208

Daigo loses, it happens, but it's the circumstances of his lost. it's not as easy to just buy the system and learn...who is he going to play against? Or are you saying he should go online beat everyone then go to local tourney...thinking he is really good? But, we know that xbox live players aren't as good in tournament as arcade players. In japan the competition is in the arcades anthat is why japanese players are so much...i never want to take the arcades away from them.

 

Posted by cuttyb87 on October 18, 2009 at 11:49 a.m. #209

Yea the online thing is cool but the aracdes where the comp is and the lag is not here lol if their was a stf4 aracde near my house I wouldn't play at home online but to practice my moves and I would be an arcade player.

To all stf4 players how many games u lost online due to the lag or some serious connection issues?

 

Posted by @ cuttyb87 on October 18, 2009 at 12:05 p.m. #210

"how many games u lost online due to the lag or some serious connection issues?"

Too many. There's no way I'd lose 90% of those matches offline. Got to laugh at the people who think they're awesome because they beat people online.

 

Posted by ha on October 18, 2009 at 12:05 p.m. #211

online sf4 is absolute trash. anyone who thinks they're good based on online play hasn't got a clue

 

Posted by IdiotGamerMassesLeader on October 18, 2009 at 12:07 p.m. #212

Daigo/Justin debate = Israel/Palestine conflict

The uneducated idiot gamer's mass political debate.

I hope the mass of you who blow up 200 comments in a day over something this trivial eat a cock.

Take a dose of reality, Daigo IS the best SF4 (possibly SF player) of this time. He's going to lose once in a while because 1) He's not use to the console character 2) has an off day because he is afterall, a human being. Santhrax got the best of Daigo for WHATEVER reason, so props to him. You're all douchebag (all of you and even me for being part of this)

End of debate or any discussion whatsoever.

 

Posted by ha on October 18, 2009 at 12:09 p.m. #213

# 214 : especially you for being a part of it. you say the same nonsense despite admonishing others for it.

 

Posted by Minphesto on October 18, 2009 at 12:21 p.m. #214

#215...

2nd that

 

Posted by Arcade? on October 18, 2009 at 12:21 p.m. #215

I know there is a large arcade scene in Japan but a lot of tournaments are still held on console all around the world. Daigo Umehara is a great player and makes money off the game. Exactly why do you think the guy wouldn't practice his matchups with every character, including the console characters? If they are available opponents in a tournament I guarantee he at least has practiced the matchup. Does he primarily practice at the arcade? Possibly. But I wouldn't rule out the guy owning a PS3 to practice on or something.

And if Daigo doesn't know these matchups well you guys should go challenge him to some casuals at a tournament with a console character.

 

Posted by IdiotGamerMassesLeader on October 18, 2009 at 12:56 p.m. #216

#215

Thanks captain obvious, I was being ironic. But let's just pull this into extreme abstraction since you seem to enjoy this game. You are the MOST Douche Baggey because you were part or of my extreme douche bag "admonishing". So, I hope you choke on that cock the most.

 

Posted by ha on October 18, 2009 at 1:06 p.m. #217

If you were being ironic then you fail buddy, because no ironic interpretation of your message can possibly have any real substance

 

Posted by gaf on October 18, 2009 at 1:27 p.m. #218

Don't bother watching the stream. The stream gives only black screen for everyone on the east coast. West coast streams fine but laggy.

Also: the stream admins think everyone who isn't at the event but watching the stream is a poser.

 

Posted by Wow.. on October 18, 2009 at 1:29 p.m. #219

Look what the admin said in the chat:

1:21 skisonic: we have 2 options here
1:21 skisonic: 1. inconsistent stream with wireless
1:21 skisonic: 2. no stream
1:21 skisonic: if you want to stay, then stay
1:22 skisonic: if you'd rather #2, there is a little red X in the corner
1:22 skisonic: you can <censored> about black screens to your friends on AIM
1:22 skisonic: because honestly if you're not here and you care so damn much
1:22 skisonic: you're either a poser, a <censored>, or poor
1:23 skisonic: so i don't feel like giving a <censored> about you any more

 

Posted by Capcom doing things right on October 18, 2009 at 1:35 p.m. #220

@200: Couldn't go on SRK?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I thought that was a site that ANYONE could join for FREE and that it was filled with elitist theory fighter champions who spend life in front of computer screen and never set foot in an arcade in their life... Must be thinkin of somewhere different.

@204&206: I already admit I am homosexual pedophile, why you think I spend all day in arcade???

Sanford is a scrub, I beat him and Daigo in Ohio with WORLD WARRIOR GUILE. I am also pro FPS king.

 

Posted by Garuda on October 18, 2009 at 1:45 p.m. #221

LOL at chat and stream being killed. Very mature and professional on them.

 

Posted by Raguda on October 18, 2009 at 2:01 p.m. #222

Garuda, the stream is still working. The chat doesn't seem to be working though.

 

Posted by Capcom doing things right on October 18, 2009 at 2:06 p.m. #223

@220,221&223: They kill your stream?! BOOHOO! You should be here in Ohio with me and other TRUE FANS from SRK. I travel 5000 miles barefoot to get here. I stop in arcades across the country for respite, shelter and to win money for food.
I here now like a TRUE FAN. Not a FANBOY scrub like everyone posting here, watching grainy low res picture on computer screen.

 

Posted by srkistheposer on October 18, 2009 at 2:11 p.m. #224

if those thread quotes are true, then shoryuken.com is the poser, and nobody should support them. i never visit their page and don't care about the stream, but if what u guys say is true (their posts) then they are incredibly unprofessional. my 2 cents

 

Posted by Garuda on October 18, 2009 at 2:14 p.m. #225

Yeah, the stream is still (barely) working. Which is good enough. And @225, did your mom ever teach you how to not lie? Fuqtard.

Also, new developments, someone from ustream staff posted on the chat asking if Seb needed any help, they took it to PM's.

 

Posted by Please Don't Feed the Troll on October 18, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. #226

It'll only make him talk more.

 

Posted by zxzyz on October 18, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. #227

quake live, streaming from DUBAI has a perfect stream. godsgarden streaming from JAPAN had a perfect stream. and these fckups can't stream from OHIO. and it has nothing to do with the wifi. they fcked up something with ustream, cause half the people can see stuff fine, and the other half get the black screen bug. but instead of trying a different ustream setup, or switching to justin.tv, they just btch like all the whiny srk forum douches, who feel like they deserve to have their dck sucked for having a position of power.

the tournament, forum, and streaming mods/organizers for the american fighting scene are the most incompetent failures of ANY gaming genre. too busy giving each other handjobs to figure out how to run a good event.

 

Posted by Garuda on October 18, 2009 at 2:17 p.m. #228

I still say, Devastation stream=Best freakin stream EVER. Get those guys on the job, they were fun AND competent. or even the same staff of EVO.

 

Posted by eventhubs on October 18, 2009 at 2:17 p.m. #229

eventhubs... thanks for letting anyone post, too bad there are so many immature douchebags...more to the point, username Capcom doing things right

 

Posted by Garuda on October 18, 2009 at 2:26 p.m. #230

Okay, NOW it's Off the air.

 

Posted by falconcrest on October 18, 2009 at 2:27 p.m. #231

@Garuda #230

DJ Wheat needs to step in and provide the coverage for these events.

 

Posted by djWheat rocks on October 18, 2009 at 2:31 p.m. #232

Agreed that Devastation was the best stream ever (and also my first fighting game tourney stream, so I had high standards after that). But EVO's wasn't that great, it had poor quality and even worse, poor framerate. When it comes to the finals, I want to see every little thing that happens (and for MVC2, you can miss a whole lot with watching at a low framerate, hahah). I would pick poor quality with smooth framerate over high quality, maybe even HD with poor frameate.

For Seasons Beatings 4, at its best, the framerate was pretty good when at its best and I was watching the MVC2 parts fairly well.

 

Posted by Yay on October 18, 2009 at 2:34 p.m. #233

It's back up, let's see if it's gotten any better.

 

Posted by Garuda on October 18, 2009 at 2:34 p.m. #234

SB4 is good for about 2 mins then craps out on you. it's ridiculous. The only thing that saved it yesterday was doing a smaller picture, but they're refusing to do it today.

And even though EVO had poor framerate at times, at least you could SEE SOMETHING. SB4 is just blackscreenfreezeblackscreenfreeze!!!YAYVIDEO!!!freeze.

 

Posted by hyperbomb on October 18, 2009 at 2:57 p.m. #235

@ cuttyb87 yea am like the notion that online play doesn't mean ur bad but it doesn't mean ur good either so the arcade scene is where its at and its no excuses I play stf3 cuz of Alex (hyperbomb) but in stf4 do u think that the championship gave the "noobs" confidence in thinking they are good?

 

Posted by MJ on October 18, 2009 at 3:03 p.m. #236

cry more, whiners

also visit my site gfbnews.blogspot.com

 

Posted by cuttyb87 on October 18, 2009 at 3:07 p.m. #237

@ hyperbomb I like Alex also lol they do get confidence with winning championships online hell I do lol but
I mean where good cuz we can play the game and focus dash attack cancel but the thing is online its a 3 frame lag i think so bruiser like Abel and Honda aren't as effective and fast characters like fei long are getting their due cuz the joke for a while was fei long was he was the new Dan until I seen Wong pick him and dominate the tourney with him

online is cool to test ur skill but the arcades and just seeing ur opponent taunt u and u have to execute ur moves to win is awesome no random slow down during a combo and getting countered randomly

so see u guys a EVo 2010 my main will be RYU or a new character lol

 

Posted by gaf on October 18, 2009 at 3:10 p.m. #238

Here is irony for you. All the fans complaining about black screen and laggy stream. skisonic freaks out like a little whiny bitch.

Turns out all the complaining about black screens caught the attention of a ustream employee who has now fixed the stream.

lol skisonic.

 

Posted by Garuda on October 18, 2009 at 3:23 p.m. #239

I love this mazy guy who fixed the stream.

 

Posted by Garuda on October 18, 2009 at 3:31 p.m. #240

Also, I think Sanford is the new Justin Wong. beat Daigo, beat Wong at MvC2... This guy is rising up.

 

Posted by Wowowow on October 18, 2009 at 3:37 p.m. #241

Yeah that MVC2 finals was CRAZY.

As for him being the next big thing, we'll see after this SF4 tourney. From what we've seen this weekend, Sanford can beat Daigo, Daigo beats Justin, but Sanford can't beat Justin haha.

 

Posted by e on October 18, 2009 at 3:37 p.m. #242

sanford is not even close to being the new justin wong.... rofl

 

Posted by Garuda on October 18, 2009 at 3:43 p.m. #243

I don't know man, he's coming from behind and sweeping peeps. I have high expectations for sanford, he's a cool bro.

Also, lol at "I'm turning the chat on now guys" "NO DONT DO IT PLEASE STOP!!!! LAG" *chat is off*

 

Posted by joeytwotimes on October 18, 2009 at 4:08 p.m. #244

it's a known fact that skisonic is a huge pussy in real. i foresee people getting pretty violent with this internet tough guy at the next live event. honestly, you can't expect to act like a douche to people justifiably complaining about a garbage quality stream in terms of both fps and video quality and get away with it. seb is also another fking nerd that shouldn't try to act hard.

 

Posted by troof on October 18, 2009 at 4:12 p.m. #245

Daigo= rock... Sanford= paper... Justin= scissor.

 

Posted by lol on October 18, 2009 at 4:14 p.m. #246

1:21 skisonic: we have 2 options here
1:21 skisonic: 1. inconsistent stream with wireless
1:21 skisonic: 2. no stream
1:21 skisonic: if you want to stay, then stay
1:22 skisonic: if you'd rather #2, there is a little red X in the corner
1:22 skisonic: you can <censored> about black screens to your friends on AIM
1:22 skisonic: because honestly if you're not here and you care so damn much
1:22 skisonic: you're either a poser, a <censored>, or poor
1:23 skisonic: so i don't feel like giving a <censored> about you any more

coming from two skinny nerds this means nothing. can't wait till you guys come to ny :)

 

Posted by Garuda on October 18, 2009 at 4:14 p.m. #247

Good comparison there troof.

 

Posted by seth on October 18, 2009 at 4:34 p.m. #248

Where is Seth commentating from, the Moon?

 

Posted by Nooo on October 18, 2009 at 4:36 p.m. #249

Skisonic just tuned off chat!!!

Fuk that guy.

 

Posted by Yawn on October 18, 2009 at 4:41 p.m. #250

Wow that Sagat mirror match was awesome.

/sarcasm

 

Posted by bob on October 18, 2009 at 4:44 p.m. #251

skisonic kept saying dumb things like "refresh!" as if it has anything to do with it. He also turned off the stream when Daigo was playing. He did that on purpose.

 

Posted by Daigo on October 18, 2009 at 4:46 p.m. #252

Im fighting Andre now =)

 

Posted by Mark on October 18, 2009 at 4:50 p.m. #253

Daigo once said he thought Ryu Dic is 5-5, but he hates playing the matchup because it's too easy for him.

 

Posted by SUPER FOR CHIP on October 18, 2009 at 4:56 p.m. #254

Into srk

 

Posted by kiitos on October 18, 2009 at 5:14 p.m. #255

big surprise. ustream steps in and helps and the stream actually works. proving that it could have worked the whole weeked if seb wasn't a retard.

 

Posted by gtfo back to smash on October 18, 2009 at 5:48 p.m. #256

im glad you retards bash seb and ski

proves what a bunch of useless c-nts you are to the community.. gtfo back to smash

 

Posted by Capcom doing things right on October 18, 2009 at 5:57 p.m. #257

@260 Exactly like what I say to them all, if you not in Ohio RIGHT NOW, you a scrub and need to leave the community, simple as that.

If you join community after March 1991 you are a scrub and need to leave.

 

Posted by gay on October 18, 2009 at 5:57 p.m. #258

events hubs is garbage

 

Posted by Trolling4Suckers on October 18, 2009 at 5:59 p.m. #259

Over 260 comments= video games dorks that truly have no lives. Let's all praise and engage in nerd conflicts over Daigo Virginhara and other super nerds.

 

Posted by ehfury on October 18, 2009 at 6:29 p.m. #260

is daigo done for the day?

 

Posted by ToughInternetguy on October 18, 2009 at 6:35 p.m. #261

263-Everyone look at ballsy here, gtfo.

 

Posted by Pumpkin Bomber on October 18, 2009 at 6:44 p.m. #262

Just FYI. After 6 comes 7. So everyone you have tied for 8th place you might want to correct those to 7th.

 

Posted by lol@#261 on October 18, 2009 at 6:45 p.m. #263

ok well i figured an online match would be easiest but i see u declined my challenge wat a poser u probably were born in like 1995 obsessed with ur snes and think u were born in the 80s when the first sf came out. look man w/e i'll challenge u ANYWHERE u name it arcade, console, your moms fat ass, anywhere! cuz the fact of the matter is u are not in ohio u r a $2 chump and a pimple on e.hondas ass name ur bet and challenge location u n00b just bring it

 

Posted by Pumpkin Bomber on October 18, 2009 at 6:47 p.m. #264

Then tie for 9th. Then tie for 13th. Start from 1 when counting. Makes it much easier.

 

Posted by hahaha on October 18, 2009 at 6:48 p.m. #265

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JUSTIN LOOKING TO DOUBLE XBOX SALES IN JAPAN
JUSTIN LOOKING TO DOUBLE XBOX SALES IN JAPAN
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JUSTIN LOOKING TO DOUBLE XBOX SALES IN JAPAN
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WELCOME TO USA NIGGA

 

Posted by RESET on October 18, 2009 at 7:14 p.m. #266

RESET

 

Posted by JAPAN!!!! on October 18, 2009 at 7:29 p.m. #267

DAAAAAAIIIIIGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Posted by Daigo on October 18, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. #268

Justin can't win even when he uses gimmick console characters.

 

Posted by ja;erkw on October 18, 2009 at 7:32 p.m. #269

Oh is Daigo a pokemon cuz he just evolved. Adapt that shiet.

 

Posted by o0 on October 18, 2009 at 7:39 p.m. #270

Last match was really entertaining! Watching a decent Fei Long pull out some flashy and hard to execute moves was one of the major highlights of the finals. That and watching Daigo slowly adapt to Fei Long made it especially interesting.

 

Posted by suckaMCeez on October 18, 2009 at 7:40 p.m. #271

SB4 sounds off the chain... we need a full event download. Shiii, if it sounds as eventful as described here, I would buy a DVD. Sanford vs Daigo FT10 has to be on there though

 

Posted by Capcom doing things right on October 18, 2009 at 7:41 p.m. #272

@267: You Know how I know you are a scrub?

You know where I am, OHIO WITH ALL TRUE SF FANS watching Daigo destroy Justin, where are you? Sitting in front of a computer screen inhaling cheeso's and whining like a little bich.

If you want to play me I'm not hard to find, watch stream you see me, but you don't want that you want to talk a lot and not back it up. I just play and I just win.

Go practice, maybe someday you improve at this game with rest of 09 FANBOY whiners.

 

Posted by mikenmike0001 on October 18, 2009 at 7:43 p.m. #273

I got tired of watching how many matches daigo and justin went through in the grand finals. No fun when you can't chat about it and the mod blocked off people from talking for some reason.

Daigo looked pretty relaxed the whole time. I was watching several matches with justin using Fei Long at the end against him. He had a lot of moments where he used the ex-chicken wing effectively to get through the fireball spamming, but he had trouble linking it not a combo every time he connected with it, like only every 2/10 times he'll be able to connect after doing that, and that was costly in a lot of clinching moments of the matches, or not getting all 3 hits for the rekka ken down.

Daigo wins again.

 

Posted by jay on October 18, 2009 at 7:43 p.m. #274

277: Internet Tough Guy acts are not very becoming.

 

Posted by Wow on October 18, 2009 at 7:44 p.m. #275

Daigo adjusted to Fei Long in 5~ matches was uncanny. Justin missed a lot of round ending links but you gotta give credit to Daigo for how crazy good he is being able to counter Fei Long that quickly.

 

Posted by Panda on October 18, 2009 at 7:46 p.m. #276

Wong just keeps trying to beat daigo, and he comes up short.

Then sanford comes out of nowhere to beat daigo twice. Wow.

 

Posted by zig_zag on October 18, 2009 at 7:47 p.m. #277

i dont know if fei long plays liek ST fei that much, but do remember daigo has had much experience with ST and im sure some similarites would have helped him adapt.

but still, great play by both guys.

i'm more happy daigo beasted in HDR

 

Posted by Anonflexer on October 18, 2009 at 7:55 p.m. #278

281:If Daigo and sanford played more sets then daigo would've won like he did with justin cuz this is how it goes Daigo>wong>sanford I honestly find it funny that ppl think sanford is better then daigo just cuz he beat him twice fanboys lol

 

Posted by lame on October 18, 2009 at 8:22 p.m. #279

wow all is see is ryu ryu ryu sagat sagat ryu ken sagat ryu ryu talk about boring as f**k

 

Posted by Ryu lost to Cammy? on October 18, 2009 at 8:40 p.m. #280

Remember folks, they don't have Cammy in the Japan arcades...yet

 

Posted by Results on October 18, 2009 at 8:59 p.m. #281

Good coverage. But let's fix the results

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th

7th, 7th

9th, 9th, 9th, 9th

13th, 13th, 13th, 13th

it's the right thing to do. :)

 

Posted by yeea right on October 18, 2009 at 9:08 p.m. #282

JUSTIN LOOKING TO DOUBLE XBOX SALES IN JAPAN
yea right.... loser

 

Posted by Snobby SRK'er on October 18, 2009 at 9:08 p.m. #283

Its jus good business to be honest, if u really wanted to see the match then you would go. The fact that they are streaming EVRYTHING ELSE just shows the lack of appriciation that goes with being a "snobby" tournament director. It truely is a thank less job when you make the initiative to stream evrything but the main event. Be grateful, they didnt have to stream ish so just stfu...and no diago lost to sanford fair and square....stop crying fanboys

 

Posted by Catalyst on October 18, 2009 at 9:23 p.m. #284

@Results

D'oh. Fixed, thank you.

 

Posted by beans on October 18, 2009 at 9:24 p.m. #285

Sanford lost to Daigo in a money match 5 to 0. in season's beatings I was there Sanford was using Sagat.

 

Posted by IrPanda on October 18, 2009 at 9:28 p.m. #286

Nice job Wolfkrone.... i pay him online pretty good viper and rose.

 

Posted by SSJ3X on October 18, 2009 at 9:32 p.m. #287

Have to admit, gotta give Wong Props for using Fei, but he had one too many matches with Daigo, enough for The Beast to change up his style and read more on what Wong was attempting to do.

I still think the craziest thing I saw was just the walk up Shoryuken to Ultra. That takes a lot of confidence to do that, and I'm guessing Daigo read Throw from Wong since Daigo had originally attempted that before. Good stuff though very good.

 

Posted by Kaishin!! on October 18, 2009 at 9:53 p.m. #288

I predicted it & this tournament is proof, Daigo has no idea how to play against console characters. He is one of the best SF players ever, but he lacks so much info on console characters that when faced he doesn't know what to do. Arcade characters however, he makes quick work of.

 

Posted by JuniorMints on October 18, 2009 at 9:54 p.m. #289

Any results on UMK3?

 

Posted by jaq on October 18, 2009 at 9:54 p.m. #290

@ #276

"Wong just keeps trying to beat daigo, and he comes up short.
Then sanford comes out of nowhere to beat daigo twice. Wow."

Are you stupid or something? Wong defeated daigo in 13+ matches in this tournament! sanford did it twice! daigo adopted to wong's fei and he would do the same with sanford's cammy if sanford was actually able to face him again..

 

Posted by e on October 18, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. #291

commentators are srs idiots

 

Posted by boo on October 18, 2009 at 10:36 p.m. #292

i dont care about sanfords win controversey but really good for sanford.. but I still see Daigo being chamion for SFHDR and SFIV so he's still probably the best all around SF player in world.. and of course its not a big deal when he loses some still the champ

 

Posted by Miggs on October 18, 2009 at 10:36 p.m. #293

finally Daigo vs DGV. Great fights guys...

 

Posted by u cant stop me on October 18, 2009 at 11:16 p.m. #294

i guess justin is american (even tho he was born jap or japamerican he not full jap.) he sure losses like one (daigo full jap or korean or whatever they liked to be called) japs are just to good at fighting games.

 

Posted by are you ok? on October 18, 2009 at 11:23 p.m. #295

at least Wong is using a wider range of characters, even the ones perceived as "low tier".

Daigo is a beast, but Ryu has no real bad matchup in this game.

also too bad Andre f-cked up the final round against Daigo :<

 

Posted by let's go justin on October 18, 2009 at 11:53 p.m. #296

yanks are looser again! I'm very glad.
by the way justin is chinese american.

 

Posted by peoples people on October 19, 2009 at 1:15 a.m. #297

justin is pretty sick he plays with so many different chars you gotta show love for that

sanford is nice his cammy is mental!

but overall daigo does hold some sort of god playing skills the bastard... yes he lost to cammy! twice! and regardless of what people say... daigo aint use to console chars and so on... all players lose! but to see how fast he can adapt to other chars is pretty amazing... considering some are non arcade chars... i would like to see sanford vs daigo 1st to 10 but my guess would be daigo... he needs to read sanford cammy a bit more... thats like all players i think thats why justin can beat sanford simply because he has more match experience with him

when daigo 1st started to play mago it was semi even then with time to adapt... daigo runs away with it

people must remember tho... everyone loses! even daigo! even ME!!!! LOL

 

Posted by The_Truth on October 19, 2009 at 1:21 a.m. #298

Honestly, time for the yanks to sit down, shut up and give someone else some air time.
The same old matches with the same old outcomes are fast becoming boring.
It's just becoming a waste of everybody's time, so America really should be made to earn a rematch by working its way up the food chain. Start off with say... USA vs Ethiopia.. Winner of that earns the right to play off against say Somalia... YOU GOTTA EARN IT, SON.. GOT SALT?

 

Posted by shame on October 19, 2009 at 1:39 a.m. #299

I've got only one think to say:
Shame on all American player.
You can't beat Daigo so you switch to character he never faced in sf4 ( cammy, fei long)
It's not a think great warrior do.

I'm ashamed for you right know.

 

Posted by InvaderFelix on October 19, 2009 at 2:09 a.m. #300

Yeah, you're right there #300, he shouldn't have to prove that he's the best by facing console characters as well as arcade characters!

As a matter of fact we'll have two titles: one for being the best of the arcade set and one for being the best of the console set.

Well either that or you could BE LESS OF A SCRUB PL0X.

 

Posted by JWongFanClub on October 19, 2009 at 2:20 a.m. #301

What happened to this??

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthrea...

"I will only play arcade characters. I feel it isnt fair to play console chars."

ROFL!

 

Posted by Ghaleon on October 19, 2009 at 2:21 a.m. #302

Wow, whiny and retarded SFIV scrubs in here, what a shock

Guess what, how bout you guys get no stream next year since we're such greedy mofos for buying a venue, holding a $1500 exhibition with and paying for a famous Japanese player to fly to Ohio WITH NO SPONSORSHIP, just a venue fee.

We don't really care what moronic top-player fanboys think about our tourney, we run a tournament for the scene and our friends, which was doing pretty good before this influx of couch-potato armchair SFIV heads. We didn't really care about doing a stream since we're A LIVE EVENT but it seemed like it would could host one it'd be good.

w/e, tons of SRK heads loved the stream even in nonoptimal quality so keep BSing, no one who matters is listening to BS like "DESE GUYS ARE DICKSX" and "ALL THESE TOP PLAYERS ARE SCRUBS LOL THEY GET LUCKY"

 

Posted by pringles refund on October 19, 2009 at 2:26 a.m. #303

i really feel the for american players. :(
hopefully with the release of super sf4 there might be a chance to take the number 1 spot, at least for a little while.

best of luck and god bless :)

 

Posted by The Black Guy on October 19, 2009 at 2:27 a.m. #304

Way to go Lud. Way to represent Maryland around here.

 

Posted by ChunLover on October 19, 2009 at 3:11 a.m. #305

Does boring Daigo ever know how to use a non-overpowered shoto at all? He should be ashamed of always picking a top tier character and facing off against characters like Fei Long or Chun Li with all the fireball spamming he does. By any chance, is there a video of him playing a match where he's thrown less than 3 fireballs in one round?

 

Posted by dJp on October 19, 2009 at 3:27 a.m. #306

@ ChunLover

fireballs are one of ryu's best zoning tools, why the hell would he NOT use them? and its a competition, its about WINNING. and if you did some research, you would see that daigo also uses boxer and guile in ST, theres a video of him owning with gief as well.

 

Posted by @305 on October 19, 2009 at 3:34 a.m. #307

He should be ashamed? Top tier? LESS THAN THREE FIRE BALLS PER ROUND? what the f!@k? LOLZSPAM?

 

Posted by @djp on October 19, 2009 at 3:35 a.m. #308

he's a beast with boxer..

 

Posted by SRK on October 19, 2009 at 3:43 a.m. #309

ChunLover, Ryu is a good all-round character but he's not overpowered. A lot of his moves are slow as hell. His dragon punch goes straight up. Akuma, Sagat and Ken all have much better dragon punches. The reason why he performs so well is because Ryu players avoid to use his weak moves. He has tons of weaknesses like his inability to block after he sweep kicks a blocking opponent. Balrog and Sagat are much more powerful than Ryu. Sure, Dan is not as good as Ryu, but Ryu is not a perfect character. Put a good Ryu against a very skilled Ken. You will see that Ryu needs to play very defensive to prevent Ken from kicking his rear end.

 

Posted by zig_zag on October 19, 2009 at 3:45 a.m. #310

hey chunlover, here ya go I'll do ya one better

first round: daigo v dhalsim, 0 fireballs, perfect win.

enjoy ur serving of owned in the fase.

 

Posted by zig_zag on October 19, 2009 at 3:46 a.m. #311

^forgot link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRRJBR...

 

Posted by Mimiru on October 19, 2009 at 3:52 a.m. #312

LOL people actually still whine about "fireball spammin'"...
get a clue, goddamit

 

Posted by Come on! on October 19, 2009 at 5:12 a.m. #313

People complaining about any player using any move frequently = people who doesn't know how to play.

It reminds me the old days, when we were little babies and played with house rules like "no throws allowed"...

 

Posted by haha fat justin on October 19, 2009 at 5:23 a.m. #314

hahaha, justin showing why people hate him by picking gimmick console character trying to steal it from daigo. too bad daigo adapts to his scrubiness and owns him anyway

 

Posted by desu on October 19, 2009 at 5:25 a.m. #315

daigo played gg with a non-shoto character(sol) and was a beast. justin played mvc2 and was good aswell, gtfo trying to underrated this players, dont be jelous scrubsnubs.

also console players has no shame for being proud of beating an arcade player with tactics like that.

 

Posted by tes64 on October 19, 2009 at 5:44 a.m. #316

Go ask these SRK guys that "loved" the stream if they want every future stream of every event to freeze every few minutes for minutes at a time, because I think you're answering to the wrong complaint. They love the fact they get a stream at all, not how the stream is compared to other streams from prior events.

 

Posted by SSJ3X on October 19, 2009 at 6:02 a.m. #317

Now that I think about it, Justin may have stood a chance if he didn't use Fei Long in the winners final and used someone like Balrog or Rufus, y'know someone Daigo's familiar. Granted thats risking a loss and a losers bracket match but I'm sure Wong would have gotten of it, then in the grand finals, pick the fresh face Fei to throw off Daigos game. He might have been able to get an upset there, but we'll never really know. Regardless I'm thankful to watch the match.

 

Posted by nuhu on October 19, 2009 at 6:19 a.m. #318

we all are winners, you at home, you at the tourney, fans, old fans, the players, all of us. We just like the game being played, its street fighter, it just makes you want more of all it gives. Wow!

 

Posted by omg on October 19, 2009 at 7:01 a.m. #319

justin new name is the justin "the flop" wong or justin "why cant i beat daigo" wong. wong is such a good player he should be able to beat daigo at least once durin a final but it jus never happpens. if daigo is in front him he get over eager n start tauning the crap out of daigo by running around like a retard everytime he beats him in a set. i herd seth tellin him to get out daigo face. that being said i think this event was great n im goin next year. ppl r very oblivious to the fact that the U.S. is getttin better at sfiv.

 

Posted by Seriously? on October 19, 2009 at 7:03 a.m. #320

Are people really complaining that Wong used a console character? I really couldn't give a crap about the guy, so I'm not defending him, but REALLY?!?

A guy like Daigo Umehara gets PAID to play this game. He plays countless hours every single day to improve his skills so he can get paid even more. The LEAST he can do is pick up the console version once in a while.

There is NO excuse for not knowing how to play the console characters. In fact, it would be a seriously scrub move to even attempt to make that excuse. They have consoles in Japan. If you're going to call yourself a "pro", you should know how to play every single aspect of the game, even the aspects only available on the consoles.

The last thing Daigo Umehara needs is a handicap. He should seriously consider investing some of his tournament winnings in a PS3.

 

Posted by SSF4 FTW on October 19, 2009 at 7:33 a.m. #321

In case any of you fools dont realise, daigo has a family and a job to go to everyday. After work, he hits the arcade for a few hours and then back home to be a family man. You cannot expect him to be going home and hitting up hes console too. It was pretty obvious that it doesnt bother him much that he loses to a console character.

You should have seen hes expression when he lost to Sanford, he was just smiling but when he lost to Vegeta (zangief) he looked really furious. He stood up straight away and was like trying to ask for a rematch.

If Ono decides to bring SSF4 to the arcade with all the additional characters, the Americans can forget about ever winning an international tournament ever again. Maybe they should think twice about inviting Japanese players over because the Japs are always gonna take home the money. and Screw Sabin. He thinks hes some kind of god now because he levelled up in Japan. Jwong & Marn will still kick hes ass anytime anyday. Real talk

Btw the only person that probably had a chance against Daigo is MARN. Hes C Viper is sick as hell and Daigo doesnt know the C viper match up too well due to her mix ups.

 

Posted by Insert Name on October 19, 2009 at 7:34 a.m. #322

@Seriously:

He's from Japan, they don't play the Console version of SF4, they don't want to.

So yeah while it's not really a good excuse it's just the fact that Japan as a whole does not play the Console version.

 

Posted by BS on October 19, 2009 at 7:38 a.m. #323

"A guy like Daigo Umehara gets PAID to play this game."
Completely false.
There is not pro player in vs fighting, excepting Wong

 

Posted by THTB on October 19, 2009 at 7:58 a.m. #324

"t13. Wolfkrone (C. Viper, Rose) — He's an analog stick using PS3 pad player"

Wow. If anyone gets props, that's Wolfkrone.

 

Posted by zig_zag_gay on October 19, 2009 at 8 a.m. #325

i think everyone needs to be reminded that:

in the first to 10, justin didnt use any console characters. out of respect and understanding and to have a legitimate set with daigo where he isn;t handicapped

in a tourney where cash is up for grabs on his own home turf USA, its play to win. you expect not to bust out his fei which he's been working with lately?

it's not even about console/arcade, if you were in a final of generic fighter x and u know ur opponent doesnt have a good idea about playing against character x (no console/arcade issue, this game has 12 fighters both versions), would you not try and take advantage when cash is up for grabs?

it's like a lot of ppl are saying usa peeps cant use console characters at all to beat japs. if the usa bases the majority of their players on console u cant say 'nar dont use him he's console' fook that.

 

Posted by cuttyb87 on October 19, 2009 at 8:19 a.m. #326

So people can play with any joystick and a fight stick? a pad player i was in the tourney? wtf and the game was on the PS3 is that the system of all tourneys or what?

 

Posted by to_EventHubs_admins! on October 19, 2009 at 8:21 a.m. #327

90% comments on this site are either scrubby, misinformed, troll attempts or just plain dumb.

please add registration to the site to be able to comment. the collective stupidity can be dealt easier in that form by banning troublesome users or with an ignore feature.

 

Posted by zx80 on October 19, 2009 at 8:27 a.m. #328

Yeah I agree.
It's time for Daigo to move on and find more worthy opponents.
Just a huge waste of time repeating the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.

 

Posted by sanford ugly on October 19, 2009 at 8:43 a.m. #329

sanfords looks like a monkey

 

Posted by Ineffability on October 19, 2009 at 9:09 a.m. #330

@#321
There are plenty Vipers in Japan that are much better than Marn, Daigo certainly knows the matchup.

Also, Marn's Viper is average at best. Marn is not a very good player.

 

Posted by Ineffability on October 19, 2009 at 9:14 a.m. #331

@#320
Even if Daigo had a console, which I'm sure he does, he probably doesn't know many Japanese players who use console chars often or at high level. The Japanese arcade scene is huge, and people were playing in the arcade for 7 months before it came out on console.

Even once it came out on console, they had no reason to play console. If you could take the train to your favorite arcade and play SF4 for a quarter against all the best players or sit at home and play online, chances are you would choose the former.

Also Japanese players tend to pick a character and stick with it, chances are after investing 7 months mastering a character that no one wanted to switch to a brand new console character, especially due to the fact that they wouldn't even be able to use that character against most players because the arcade is where the Japanese play.

The culture is completely different and the country is the size of California with most people centered near Tokyo, so online play isn't even necessary.

It was Capcom's fault for making "console characters". All the characters should have been available in the arcade release.

 

Posted by to_EventHubs_admins! on October 19, 2009 at 9:20 a.m. #332

Never mind forget what I said I myself sometimes troll and say racist things. I'm sorry so sorry I can't say it enough I'M SORRY :'( EventHubs your doing this site right be different and I'll be the same plain old me. GO EVENTHUBS!!!!!!

 

Posted by dasdasdas on October 19, 2009 at 10:55 a.m. #333

"It was Capcom's fault for making "console characters". All the characters should have been available in the arcade release."

this!

 

Posted by sb4 on October 19, 2009 at 11:23 a.m. #334

On SRK, if you say that the stream sucked, you get a negative rep?? WTF? It did suck.

 

Posted by Trolling4Suckers on October 19, 2009 at 11:31 a.m. #335

Yes, make registration a must for future posts. Eventhubs should be exclusively reserved for ultra-magnate gaming dorks suffering from acute hypersensitivity. Here's an outline as to why a registered user base will rock:

1.) Video game nerds endure hefty amounts of ridicule in their daily lives (or the lack thereof). The eternal virgins don't need additional flak from trolls like myself.

2.) People have the tendency to hide behind different user names and imitate others here. I certainly don't resort to this practice, but other gutless pussies overexploit this practice.

3.) Exclusivity will grant the so-called true fans of the Street Fighter series reign over "scrubs" and noobs" (some of the gayest words ever conceived in the English vernacular). I think it is an awesome idea to alienate the fan base from this site, and reduce the pimply-faced geek verbal contests to a dedicated few.

4.) Once again, most gamers don't get laid. I would try to explain the marvelous properties of a vagina, but they tune me out and instead go back to their 24-hour long dorkfests online. According to hardcore gamers, girls are overrated and infested with cooties.

Think about it.

 

Posted by Rambo on October 19, 2009 at 11:52 a.m. #336

I know this is WAY late.. but someone was commenting about how John Choi is just a loser college student. FYI, the guy has a very nice career at a rather large technology company in the silicon valley (http://www.synaptics.com/). He has been there for years now.

Just sayin, before you pass judgement on these players about how they have all this spare time, you might want to get your facts straight.

 

Posted by yes4me on October 19, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. #337

@335: They already told me they are working on it a while ago. I guess they simply lack the resource to implement this feature fast.

 

Posted by yes4me on October 19, 2009 at 11:55 a.m. #338

@334: So what? Did you pay for the video? How did this help them improve the quality video? You got nothing for nothing. Quit bragging about it.

 

Posted by Akuma on October 19, 2009 at 12:16 p.m. #339

Ill tell you why justin will probably NEVER beat Daigo. Its because he doesn't stick to one character. As an old saying goes "you can't chase 2 rabbits and catch both". If justin could just pick one character right for him, then perfect his play with that character, then I think he could beat daigo. But untill then, his character switching tactics wont work in teh long run.

 

Posted by Ummm on October 19, 2009 at 12:31 p.m. #340

^ I think everyone agrees Jwong is a complete master of every character he plays. He won an NY tourney using only Fei(newly adopted) and is near unbeatable with Rufus throughout Sf4. Jwong is a wall of hurt, Daigo's just too damn solid.

 

Posted by www on October 19, 2009 at 12:36 p.m. #341

justin use almost only chunli for a long time @3s. but he never beat japanese top players in major tournaments. character is not only reason. skill knowledge experience and other things cause him defeat.

 

Posted by yasagei on October 19, 2009 at 12:38 p.m. #342

daigo can own vs. console chars he never plays... why are people even cheering when a round is won? do we feel no embarassment?

 

Posted by Minphesto on October 19, 2009 at 1:11 p.m. #343

Justin is good...it's just the level competition in the US vs. japan. Japanese players play way too much and every day is like a major tournament for them since all the best players play at the same arcade.

 

Posted by Fail263 on October 19, 2009 at 1:14 p.m. #344

How hard you try to land there loser? You're probably some fat 40 year old virgin who has nothing to do but play videogames in your moms basement. Go out and get a job fat turd. Oh and pimples in asses? You're one sick f#ck i bet your ass is riddled with em.

 

Posted by no2you on October 19, 2009 at 1:16 p.m. #345

Circle jerking is going to help future events even less. Either way, you don't have to be financially tied to anything to criticize it, there just has to be something fundamentally wrong to warrant criticism. SRK really needs to drop this wannabe "gang" mentality that if you aren't a yesman that agrees with the head of the herd then you're a "hater" and need to get out.

 

Posted by BrInG iT On on October 19, 2009 at 2:05 p.m. #346

at 321 and 322 your both wrong.

Daigo definitely knows the C.Viper matchup, if you've seen The Gods Garden tourney in japan than you'll see the best C.Viper which is Uryo. As you marn Uryo took him out in The Gods Garden tourney lol C.Viper mirror match. Also Daigo is a celebrity in japan for his gaming so he does get paid..... but in the end Mago's Sagat is the worlds best.

 

Posted by BrInG iT On on October 19, 2009 at 2:08 p.m. #347

I meant as for Marn* lol

 

Posted by desu on October 19, 2009 at 2:19 p.m. #348

And theres definitely pro gaming in fighting games, maybe not in a japan as an esport, but theres a scene in korea, where teams and players get paid for competing in tv aired tournaments.

 

Posted by Garuda on October 19, 2009 at 2:23 p.m. #349

Daigo played Mago in a first to twenty recently. He won, 17-3. NO JOKE.

 

Posted by BullDancer on October 19, 2009 at 3:19 p.m. #350

Did anyone watch the HD Remix portion? Daigo and DGV were pulling off the sickest Ryu combos ive ever seen in my life.

 

Posted by dc on October 19, 2009 at 4:18 p.m. #351

Congratulations SBO. Good to see more events being held for fighting games.

Gotta admire Daigo for coming all the way to the U.S.A and winning even with all the hostility.

I have to agree with some of you. Please let someone else take on Daigo. Justin Wong vs. Daigo is really getting boring to watch.

How about Marn, Sabin or Sanford?

 

Posted by shagy on October 19, 2009 at 4:37 p.m. #352

@346

Yea i know Marn got owned in Godsgarden but he seemed to have improved alot now since den. From the videos that i see, Japan still does not haven enough C viper players which is partially why the reason alot of pple dont haf enough exp against her mix ups. Dont even talk about America for heavens sake, a pad viper making it into top 16. god

 

Posted by Quake on October 19, 2009 at 5:23 p.m. #353

Daigo vs Justin is not boring. If one of them did non stop offense, that person was losing. Besides, there top players. They would drag yo ass.

 

Posted by cuttyb87 on October 19, 2009 at 6:01 p.m. #354

Next tourney I will u se a pad cuz I play alot better with it than without it lol how can he get props for that? isn't that cheating

 

Posted by Jordan on October 19, 2009 at 6:38 p.m. #355

Anybody got links to these matches?

 

Posted by whatevr on October 19, 2009 at 8:28 p.m. #356

People are dumb...i dont care about diago not knowing matchups...you're treating your champion like a handicaped kid...awww he wasnt ready for the console characters lalala acting like he couldnt have done some homework after dan got bodied by sanford at evo...if he wasnt prepared thats his fault...whatevr, still good stuff by daigo adapting but then again it iz ryu...

 

Posted by heisty on October 19, 2009 at 9:28 p.m. #357

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• Seth Killian said that Daigo recently played a 30 game set against Mago, who's regarded one of the best — if not the best — Sagats on the planet. Umehara beat him 23-7.

The End. Mago has more points yet is clearly not the best japan has to offer. DAIGOO!!!

 

Posted by Teehee on October 20, 2009 at 12:54 a.m. #358

For the people who forget, Justin consistently beats marn, sabin, and sanford down regularly in NYC casuals and tourneys. So he is the highest level out of their gang and also the biggest threat to Daigo. That is why the main event at SB4 is Daigo vs Justin not Daigo vs ________.

It's a tossup between marn and sanford for 2nd place after Justin though. They play alot and put in a lot of hours into the game. WC might or might not put in as much as hours as them. However, they were totally destroyed by Justin's gang in Bar Fights 2. One can say well the WCers have jobs, friends, and their own family to worry about. Something that Justin's gang doesn't have to worry about since they could just pack up and fly to Japan to "lvl up" as they have proudly stated. lol it's kind of sad when you think about it.

 

Posted by Riot Guard on October 20, 2009 at 10:43 a.m. #359

I was there and I'm glad most of you ungrateful scrubs bitching about the main event not getting streamed weren't there. Buncha lames. Stay online and just DC when things don't go your way.

 

Posted by Roit Guard on October 21, 2009 at 12:34 a.m. #360

I also love children, cant wait for Halloween so they can come and ring my doorbell

 

Posted by zenjet on October 21, 2009 at 11:47 a.m. #361

I always wondering why daigo's reactions are like inhuman. If a car passing by us with the speed 100km/h, he probably seeing it at 60km/h.

 

Posted by DJ on October 21, 2009 at 7:34 p.m. #362

so little variety of characters in the final results, not even funny...

 

Posted by Miggs on October 21, 2009 at 8:32 p.m. #363

lol........ One question? On Daigo vs. D-G-V's battle, do u guys think D-G-V's 9hit super combo, was performed with TURBO? (Hell of a combo) but makes me wonder.........

 

Posted by lefthook on January 18, 2010 at 5:40 a.m. #364

wasnt blazblue at this tourney?

also fei long is hype

 

Posted by kara on February 7, 2010 at 12:18 p.m. #365

poor justin...
he's like revenge obsessed hermit out of a cartoon from the 90's

 

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