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Poongko (Seth) vs. Infiltration (Akuma) FT10 SSFIV match

Posted — February 10, 2011 at 2:17 p.m. PST

Two of Korea's top players, Poongko (Seth) and Infiltration (Akuma), played a Super Street Fighter 4 first to ten set. Poongko has been featured in numerous videos and was flown over from Korea as part of the vanilla Street Fighter 4 World Championships. Infiltration has been making waves for some time, and took home 3rd place overall at the EVO 2010 SSF4 tourney.

Video from Raknos1982. Sent in by Shinuza. You can see the results for this set by hitting the jump.

Spoiler — Results

Highlight text to the right to see result: This was a very one-sided match with Infiltration (Akuma) taking the entire set 10-0.

Comments

Artecz said on February 10, 2011 at 2:20 p.m.

Omg i always wanted to see them fight!

Chakra_Flow said on February 10, 2011 at 2:27 p.m.

This was just O_O......

gtfopanda said on February 10, 2011 at 2:29 p.m.

Whoever hits first stuns the opponent and wins. Love this matchup, lol.

Combo_Knight said on February 10, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.

-_-

Well, that was ten minutes I wish had some variety in them.

Sasori_ said on February 10, 2011 at 2:31 p.m.

Suprisingly poongko's execution was ass this game haha, and infiltration was relentless. Kinda 1 sided either way in that matchup haha.

0ShinAkuma0 said on February 10, 2011 at 2:33 p.m.

This is one of the reasons why I feel Hiropon > Poongko .. no offense to Poongko, their both my favorites Seth players.

ShadowKnight28 said on February 10, 2011 at 2:35 p.m.

Wow, that was a complete beatdown.

MamaWeegee64 said on February 10, 2011 at 2:35 p.m.

The sound of countless crying Seths brings a tear to my eye...

Paine said on February 10, 2011 at 2:35 p.m.

It's not that Poongko's execution was bad that game, but Akuma is better in Seth's strong points. Akuma hits harder and has plenty of ways to get in and escape. It's very scary to rush down against a good player with Seth because a poke later your down 10% of your health. Infiltration played this match-up JUST right. With Akuma's high stun capabilities and his damaging combos, Seth has to lay off after getting hit by a combo or else we risk getting stunned in the next batch of combos.

Hitstick said on February 10, 2011 at 2:46 p.m.

Domination by Infiltration; But seriously Capcom, stop weakening Seth please.

#10

radica said on February 10, 2011 at 2:53 p.m.

Looks like a lot of execution errors and pressing too many buttons by Pong. Infils footsies and reads were spot on at keeping Pong from rushing.

#11

Akro said on February 10, 2011 at 3 p.m.

I said this before and I'll say it again

1. Infiltration
2. Laugh
3. Poongko

#12

gtfopanda said on February 10, 2011 at 3:04 p.m.

@ Paine:

I hope you're not serious with what you wrote, because if that's the case, then this matchup would be 10-0 - and of course it's not.

Poongko played like crap, plain and simple, and if there's one character which doesn't forgive sloppy plays that's Seth.

Also, this is SSF4, not Vanilla. Akuma's stun is gone, that was just Seth's 750 stun rating.

Anyway, this matchup is gonna get better for Seth in AE, 800 health, 900 stun is a cool upgrade for the guy.

#13

RandomJohn said on February 10, 2011 at 3:20 p.m.

The fastest first to ten match ever broadcast. Good job Poongko.

#14

Maryokutai said on February 10, 2011 at 3:32 p.m.

And here I was hoping for some interesting games after reading the title:/

#15

Gameplan said on February 10, 2011 at 3:33 p.m.

Wow that was quick! Poongko just kept walking into Akuma's st.HK over and over.

#16

Dynamuppet said on February 10, 2011 at 3:39 p.m.

the first time I've seen Poongko miss his combos this bad, wish him luck for the next time they fight -_-.

#17

HawkinsT said on February 10, 2011 at 3:40 p.m.

I think the problem is poongko is a rather gimmicky player. While that worked well at first it's getting to the point now where solid play is what's required to win, and for that, players such as Hiropon are just better.

#18

shichi said on February 10, 2011 at 3:41 p.m.

I liked the parts where 25% of the screen was dedicated to the match, 20% to the commentator, and 55% was left for blank space.

#19

Threedawg said on February 10, 2011 at 3:49 p.m.

This is exactly why people who say street fighter tiers mean nothing are wrong. Poongko is perhaps the best seth in the world yet he was obliterated by a very good akuma with really nothing he could have done.

#20

craziryu said on February 10, 2011 at 3:55 p.m.

@21 its too bad that Poongko isn't the best Seth.

#21

NumeroGaijin said on February 10, 2011 at 3:56 p.m.

Honestly after watching these vids I have to say...Is this the same Poongko that we saw running through countless victims...well those were online matchups so I can't really say much about those although their net is basically the same as being there. He played garbage. I could have understood of he would have lost 10-0 but fought back to the very end consistently but he did not.

#22

Bajas said on February 10, 2011 at 4:03 p.m.

I'm just gonna say it and let the sh*tstorm begin; Poongko isn't a very good player. People think he is, because he has good execution, and he's playing bad players in just about every vid there is of him. This is how he fares when he's up against someone who knows how to play

#23

gtfopanda said on February 10, 2011 at 4:04 p.m.

@ #21

"Nothing he could have done"?

How about actually start fighting?

Lmfao @ Poongko the best Seth. He might be the flashiest one, but sure as hell not the best, not even close.

#24

Super_Shoto_Fighter_4 said on February 10, 2011 at 4:14 p.m.

He missed some basic combo's and played quite wildly for Seth. I like OnlineTony's Seth.

#25

gaffel123 said on February 10, 2011 at 4:18 p.m.

@19 no the problem is that he plays on PS3 rofl.

#26

Element_H said on February 10, 2011 at 4:22 p.m.

Lol at how fast Poongko disconnected his controller. You can feel the rage.

"F*** this s*** I'm going home!!!"

#27

SAMURAI said on February 10, 2011 at 4:24 p.m.

Poongko is the best Seth hands down. This loss ain't gonna change that.

#28

rycexboi said on February 10, 2011 at 4:26 p.m.

Lol..best seth and gets bodied. OnlineTony's Seth looks better.

#29

terror said on February 10, 2011 at 4:28 p.m.

ouch

#30

genesiskhan said on February 10, 2011 at 4:31 p.m.

wow great sets good post

#31

umad said on February 10, 2011 at 4:37 p.m.

best seth my ass lol. poong got weak basics. sure his vids looks good when he's styling on PSN, but w/o strong basics he's going to get bodied by good players.

#32

Darkyellow said on February 10, 2011 at 5 p.m.

I'm surprised that Poongko kept trying to go for the auto-correct shoryu after that failed about 10 times for him. You can't be clever if you think of the clever thing, but don't get the right result.

#33

JoeySoAmazin8 said on February 10, 2011 at 5 p.m.

Awesome dominating performance by Infiltration. But to be honest the Akuma vs Seth matchup in Vanilla is quite one side. Akuma deals a ton of stun in Vanilla, while Seth stuns very easily. I would say it's a 7-3 matchup in Akuma's favor. Still Infiltration severely outplayed Poonko

#34

Kira_Timmy said on February 10, 2011 at 5:07 p.m.

lol poongko loses and now he is garbage..?
He wasnt strong in this fight, but i think that overall akuma has the advantage peeps. Drop 1 combo and 1/4 of his life was gone. 4 combos and its over. xD

#35

firkraag said on February 10, 2011 at 5:09 p.m.

You play too much PSN and a while after you forget how to block. -_-

#36

SSJ3X said on February 10, 2011 at 5:11 p.m.

Man... this is a joke. That was a complete destruction of Poongko. His Seth looks good when he's dominating or playing average players, but once he goes offline and fights Infiltration, forget it. I've never seen so many attempts of an auto correct DP offline... o.o

#37

jdigitalseven said on February 10, 2011 at 5:36 p.m.

Boss characters shouldn't be playable...especially Akuma and Seth

#38

MALDA said on February 10, 2011 at 5:38 p.m.

(This user was banned.)

#39

rudiano said on February 10, 2011 at 5:44 p.m.

This is the original video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n809p_...
You guys should embed that video since Raknos uploaded it first.

#40

Natzu_AC said on February 10, 2011 at 6:17 p.m.

Is true that Poongko excution sucked on this set is also true that he lost mainly because he wanted his mix ups to work but Infiltration knew this match up and knew what Poongko would do. So if everybody thinks poongoko sucks koodos to you lol

#41

gosuftb said on February 10, 2011 at 6:40 p.m.

Good luck Seth players

#42

Catalyst said on February 10, 2011 at 6:40 p.m.

@rudiano

I'll change the embed around, thank you.

#43

zarakisan said on February 10, 2011 at 6:54 p.m.

ive always said that poongko was among the top 5 in the world. I kinda feel ashamed now and that I shud eat my words

#44

JIHADJOE said on February 10, 2011 at 7:02 p.m.

When a FT10 is 12 minutes long you know there's going to be a ton of RAPE!

@42
I don't get how Infiltration knowing the matchup somehow excuses Poongko for being ass. That's like saying he's only good when playing against the typical PSN or XBL'er who doesn't know the matchup. You can't be 'the best' if you can't even play with the best.

#45

NDC said on February 10, 2011 at 7:14 p.m.

Naw Poongko just cant beat infiltration he did place third in evo's. Infiltration just had a answer for everything wit some great anti air and good blocks.

Poongko good but like i said he not the best tournament player cause he not good at adapting all he knows is how to rush

but they played in vanilla poongko had ryu it was pretty much the same results

#46

Ruffles said on February 10, 2011 at 9:22 p.m.

HEY correct me if Im wrong, but this FT10 is old, I mean, Poongko is much better than that, obvious, that akuma is no kidding, but I kind remember watching this very clip months ago, wheen poongko started playing seth. One thing I saw, Poongko did Shoryuken FADC normal grab, he dont do that anymore, its FADC 360 motion, just saying.

#47

SSJ3X said on February 10, 2011 at 9:30 p.m.

Don't get me wrong, Poongko is a solid player, that matter is true. Problem is, he just got outmatched very badly. Plus, I've never seen him participate outside Korea for tournament play. We've seen him on nStar with the other Korean players, but that's about it. His only trip was to the Vanilla Nationals in the US; that's it, where has Infiltration has been over seas along with Laugh and have played a variety of players. If he went to EVO this year, I don't think Poongko would place top 32 even.

#48

illness690 said on February 10, 2011 at 9:34 p.m.

I main Juri, but this has inspired me to work on my Akuma as well. Just gotta get my PS3 fixed first....STUPID RED LIGHT OF DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!

#49

umad said on February 10, 2011 at 9:52 p.m.

@42

and poongko didn't know the match-up? akuma's one of the most played character. he got owned hard.

#50

Heroscaper said on February 10, 2011 at 10:42 p.m.

That's the worst first to ten beat down I've ever seen.... wow!!

Poongko got totally annihilated...

Infiltration looks better than Tokido Imo, even though I like Tokido alot.

#51

Sakura said on February 10, 2011 at 11:06 p.m.

where's Online Tony when you need em...

#52

gaoser said on February 10, 2011 at 11:56 p.m.

I wouldn't say his execution was terrible, he just didn't look like he knew what to do. It looked like it was the first time he ever played against Akuma or anything. You can't just derp derp rush in whenever you feel like it or push buttons. How many times did Poongko eat Akuma's roundhouse? That sh*t was ridiculous.

Poongko needs to get out more often and stop playing online.

#53

Slade_Hokan said on February 11, 2011 at 12:31 a.m.

Looks like Poongko "Puts on shades" just got infiltrated.

#54

Nei said on February 11, 2011 at 12:56 a.m.

@Slade_Hokan
lol awesome

Well I dont think hiropon or onlinetony would have done much better really.

#55

Sirius said on February 11, 2011 at 3:34 a.m.

Wow, Poongko was totally under the weather (i'm not saying Infiltration is bad, he's even probably better actually)

#56

www_zeeshan_de said on February 11, 2011 at 4:33 a.m.

It should be Djdelvalle (Seth) vs Infiltration (Akuma), and Infiltrations Akuma would get some lesson.

Ive seen some vids of Poongko Seth before here in eh, and i wrote there my comment, his Seth is not strong enough.

#57

Nei said on February 11, 2011 at 5:52 a.m.

djdelvalle LOL

#58

ShinZero said on February 11, 2011 at 10:19 a.m.

Wow I was hoping for a more competitive match up.

#59

2iLL said on February 11, 2011 at 12:59 p.m.

I love infiltration's akuma, but you guys fail to realize this video came after the one down below...poongko took first place in this tournment if i'm not mistaking & LITERALLY ABUSED inf WITH NO problem...so a first to 10 matches after the video you're about to see means absolutely nothing! LoL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVc2_6...

#60

ricefarmer said on February 11, 2011 at 1:08 p.m.

poongko has to hit him a million times to damage akuma.. not really a fair match

#61

BisonBetterBeGoodInSSF4 said on February 11, 2011 at 1:20 p.m.

@46

me and you are ass. the typical XBL/PSN gamer is ass...almost 75% of SSF4 players are ass. Poongko is not ass. if you played Infiltration with Seth, you would get double perfected everytime. one major loss doesnt mean hes ass. hes not the best Seth, but dont go around like your the best player calling someone who would demolish the living poop out of you, ass

#62

BisonBetterBeGoodInSSF4 said on February 11, 2011 at 1:26 p.m.

@63

Akumas damage output and stun are quite higher then Seths, but to say he has to hit him a million times? Akumas not Gief i hope you know. hes got crap health and Stamina too. Ive seen Seth players dizzy Rufus' and Hawks a bunch of times. what do you think he would do to Akuma? trust me theres two possible solutions to this outcome.

1) Poongko was not playing well due to numerous reasons (under the weather, nervous, etc...)

2) Infiltration is just better.

does it mean its impossible for Seth to beat Akuma? no...plain and simple.

#63

Raven said on February 11, 2011 at 2:01 p.m.

Playing online does not determine how good you are...

Aren't Alione Sensei and the best Cammy player in Japan xbox live enthusiasts? If someone is messing up, obviously pointing at online is not enough. If the knowledge and execution is proper, you'll win regardless of where you are.

That being said, it is a horrible match-up. Akuma can runaway better than Seth can and he can stun many characters quickly....let alone Seth's child-like stamina.

But it's evident in some of Poongko's decision making that he wasn't taking the match seriously. If he was...why would he do a head tap once Akuma was stunned? Wouldn't a focus attack > combo for more damage be better?

Poongko was trying to be pretty and he got peaced out, hard. What he needs is to be able to switch gears, he shouldn't take anyone lightly. He also kept walking up to Akuma and got RH numerous times. Akuma's massive damage and stun is nothing to toy with, any good Seth needs to be aware of this. The teleports were useless because Akuma just air fireballed and trapped PKO if he did it in corner.

He needs stronger core play and less fancy stuff, if he wants to get serious. He isn't a bad player, but his state of mind was bad for this match. He has the capability, that's the difference.

Akuma = massive damage, massive stun, low health, good escapes, awesome vortex.

Seth = child's play damage, low stun/health, decent runaway/zoning tactics.

One mix-up from Akuma was easily taking 30 to 45%, with numbers like that, there are no room for mistakes.

#64

Beehol said on February 11, 2011 at 9:51 p.m.

Poongko is without a doubt the best Seth in the world. The fact that ya'll can deny that is beyond me. Some of you say, "this is how Poongko fairs against high level players." Are you kidding me? Poongko beat Infiltration in the last Korean tourney. Ya'll need to actually look into things before ya'll start passing judgement on Poongko being a bad player. He's an amazing player. I would love to see EVERYBODY ON THIS ENTIRE PAGE try to beat Poongko. And the best part of it would be watching every single one of you lose... badly.

#65

Beehol said on February 11, 2011 at 9:58 p.m.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5rk_J...

Please watch this, Poongko haters... thanks.

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