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Korean SBO qualifier video featuring Poongko

Posted by Nyoro — August 18, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. PDT

Poongko recently attended the Korean SBO qualifiers, and while he managed to fight his way through the initial part of the tournament he met some resistance in the losers bracket. You can check more videos of the qualifier on KingofTekken6's channel.

Tip from MAKAVELI2004.

Comments

crosell said on August 18, 2011 at 10:33 a.m.

LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Slayman said on August 18, 2011 at 10:54 a.m.

SO PoongKO did not make it to SBO? :(

giantbass said on August 18, 2011 at 10:58 a.m.

pire driveooooo!

Jarkyttaa said on August 18, 2011 at 11:16 a.m.

According to posts in SRK, PoongKO got knocked to losers by a Makoto, and the video linked above is actually his team losing in loser's bracket.

gensnroses said on August 18, 2011 at 11:19 a.m.

I was in absolute tears by the commentating.. omfg...

trauma213 said on August 18, 2011 at 11:25 a.m.

yun wins

Shockwavesxe said on August 18, 2011 at 11:32 a.m.

God I love PoongKO!

suprez said on August 18, 2011 at 12:14 p.m.

Well he got beat by some nobody Yun . It's just show that stress can affect anyone. After witnessing this i have no more doubt that Daigo choked in evo.

MasterCheeze said on August 18, 2011 at 12:19 p.m.

WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP!

abdelmajidtolba said on August 18, 2011 at 12:41 p.m.

daigo in evo against poongko wasnt the true daigo,and like old englishmen says:he was bu a shadow of himself

#10

sickthink said on August 18, 2011 at 12:58 p.m.

thanks makavelli2004 for stayin on top of all this SBO news!!! Does anyone know what korean team is going to SBO though?

#11

simply_nic said on August 18, 2011 at 1:21 p.m.

Korean SBO Team = Kimlegend（Blanka）&　Aiku（Ibuki）

#12

Aluppoj said on August 18, 2011 at 1:27 p.m.

@10

But Daigo did qualify for SBO! You see boys, it's about consistency. Daigo is the Beast for a reason.

Cheers to Poongko for a great EVO performance, but it's still tiny compared to Daigo's Legacy.

#13

JIHADJOE said on August 18, 2011 at 1:48 p.m.

He forgot to chug dat Red Bull.

#14

ibLeo said on August 18, 2011 at 1:48 p.m.

Wow, sure is fanboy in here. Hilarious the way the Daigo dickriders are trying to convince us that Daigo's loss to Poongko at EVO somehow "didn't count". Daigo lost. People lose. Everybody loses. Poongko loses. I lose. You lose. It happens. And on that particular day, Poongko was better than Daigo. Don't make excuses for it, just acknowledge that life goes on and that losers can become winners again.

#15

boulderabuser said on August 18, 2011 at 1:52 p.m.

Yun finally got his revenge against Poongko.

#16

CheeseCakez said on August 18, 2011 at 1:52 p.m.

So where is the official SBO site...?

#17

Aluppoj said on August 18, 2011 at 1:59 p.m.

@15

Who's making excuses? Yes, he lost. Who cares? I just find it distasteful how desperate everyone one was to see him lose.

But now he continues to have success regardless. And the Hero of EVO doesn't even Qualify for SBO. That's funny.

Both Daigo and Poongko are great players. Better than I'll ever be. I cheer for both of them because they are two of my favorite international players. I'm no "DickRider", they're both great. But people's attitudes toward Daigo is grotesque.

#18

A_M_Arc said on August 18, 2011 at 2:04 p.m.

@ 18 - You came off like a dickrider because you spouted about Daigos "Legacy" and how Poongkos performance at EVO was tiny compared to Daigo... You probably couldn't sound more fanboyish imo. Its just how you said/typed it man. It didn't really have to do about ppls opinion of Daigo at all. The guy that responded to you sounded completely unbiased where you (as I already explained) sounded like a rider.

#19

illness690 said on August 18, 2011 at 2:32 p.m.

I wanted to see Daigo lose because I always root for the underdog, Daigo wins too much IMO. Wanted to see someone different win EVO.

#20

Aluppoj said on August 18, 2011 at 2:32 p.m.

Well, maybe the guys d!ck does deserve some riding? He's like the Michael Jordan of our sport right?

Sorry, to me it seem desperate and pathetic when people are so blood thirsty for another human to perform badly. I guess I just felt like sticking up for him.

But he really doesn't need me to say anything. His track record speaks for itself.

Either way, I'm not biased. I don't care if he never wins again. It's just sad that so many people want to downgrade him for finishing 4th in the largest tournament in the world. The same one he just won two consecutive years prior.

#21

Gameplan said on August 18, 2011 at 2:49 p.m.

Damn, Poongko got randomed out, oh well. Still, those Seth mixups are f*cking NASTY. o_O

#22

okay said on August 18, 2011 at 2:54 p.m.

Daigo's Street Fighter 4 history includes not being able to win the Japan National Tournament or Super Battle Opera the last couple of years. It shouldn't be a surprise that he loses a tournament these days.

#23

Bajas said on August 18, 2011 at 2:58 p.m.

SBO is random. When you play one single game and get eliminated, the best player isn't always going to win, that's just how it is. Not saying Poongko is better or worse than that Yun, but with one game it's way too random

#24

RedMist said on August 18, 2011 at 3:10 p.m.

Daigo's Street Fighter history includes 10 years of being consistently at the top of nearly every iteration of the game.

I think people need to show a little respect for the guy. He's super humble. He plays. He wins. And he also loses. But you don't see him mouthing off so I have always respected him.

My personal POV (and I was there at Evo) is that Daigo got overwhelmed in a match up that doesn't exist anywhere in the world except for with Poongko. Meaning there's not a Seth out there that comes close for match up experience.

Vs. Latif on the other hand I'm sure he has plenty of experience against Vipers. There I think he choked. But so what? He's human. He also happened to do a full parry against J Wong's Chun at Evo in 2004 in SF3. Who else has done something like that at Evo on this site? *tumbleweed*

#25

RedMist said on August 18, 2011 at 3:12 p.m.

What #24 said. It's stupid IMO. sad really because it could be the biggest tournament in the World if they changed the format to best out of 3.

#26

Sirius said on August 18, 2011 at 3:41 p.m.

Poongko cannot into SBO

#27

cheameup said on August 18, 2011 at 3:48 p.m.

diago wasnt playing well at evo no doubt but no one can doubt his dominance

Poongko rules . I rather watch him than diago's boring yun and he brings personality to pro gaming which is needed as well as skills

but playing seth with low health and Poongko's his risky style. he's gonna take osme unexpected losses

#28

ur3shii said on August 18, 2011 at 3:57 p.m.

guys, daigo got paid to lose at evo. red card plz.

#29

rogueish1 said on August 18, 2011 at 4 p.m.

sbo 3 rounds max to figure your opponent out EVO 9 round max enough said

#30

crispylinks77 said on August 18, 2011 at 4:28 p.m.

And the Daigo dickriding continues. You know how you guys seem like dickriders? It's cause you bring up Daigo's loss to Poongko when Daigo has absolutely nothing to do with this topic.

You guys bring up Daigo's loss to validate yourselves even though, at least on that day, Poongko was better than Daigo.

Deal with it and stop complaining.

#31

SsjBizzle said on August 18, 2011 at 4:38 p.m.

You guys do know that Poongko did way better against Fuudo than Latif did? So saying Daigo wasnt himself only against Poongko is a weird thing to say.

And Poongko plays Seth. Hes a gamble character, one random ultra or shoryuken can ruin his entire game. He can be very inconsistant.

#32

Aluppoj said on August 18, 2011 at 5:32 p.m.

@31

I'm mearly responding to a comment that was made by another poster. And not every person who mentioned Daigo is complimenting him. So have you read all of the posts before labeling everyone "DickRider"?

And why are you the Daigo "DickRider" Police? Do you down him/Us daily to validate yourself?

Hey Crispy, don't be Douchy.

#33

Anon said on August 18, 2011 at 5:44 p.m.

Hah, you guys are funny. Not that it really matters since it is casuals but apparently Daigo and Poongko recently faced off at an arcade near Shinjuku station in Japan and Daigo won 22-8.

source: http://shoryuken.com/forum/index.php?...

source: http://xiansf4.blogspot.com/ (Wednesday, 17 August 2011 post)

#34

Ronald_Raygun4LYFE said on August 18, 2011 at 6:34 p.m.

Poongko....thats all

#35

Kuya117 said on August 18, 2011 at 7 p.m.

I'm starting to think that maybe Daigo threw his matches at EVO lol

#36

Raven said on August 19, 2011 at 8:43 a.m.

Poongko still did very well. Yun player was solid and had pretty good defense. Yun's easy mode combos just didn't let Seth open him up. lol

#37