Street Fighter Legend Honored with Guinness World Record
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See, this is the kind of thing that holds the gaming community back. When someone achieves something great within our community, even WE start decrying them. "Oh anyone could do that with enough practice," or "wow he must just have no life." Then of course there's the cliche "button-mashing" argument, and probably about a dozen others. If even we can't appreciate the achievements other gamers are reaching, how the fuck are we supposed to expect people from outside the medium to give a crap?Abedeus said:
Tell me something, last time a famous baseball player hit the record for career homeruns; how many sports fans were sitting around saying he should get a life? Think about that one for a bit. In fact, how about you go down to your local bar and try to be the guy saying that. Go on, see how well you get received into the community there.
This has nothing to do with the current situation. Do you know how hard it is to tech-block ALL hits in Chun-Li's ultra? Button mash, yeah, that seemed to do the trick. Try that against any experienced player. You will be kissing virtual floor before you get to say ouch. Also, who cares about records. The persons who have or had them. I had a world record once. And yeah, it felt good. Veeeeeeery good.Abedeus said:
Instead of bitching about someone's success, go get better. Do not get sour cause someone is better than you.
I remember watching that video a while ago.
I was in pure awe. And I still am. Crazy stuff right there.
I was in pure awe. And I still am. Crazy stuff right there.
I literally have 11 messages about people who are zealous about the subject enough to spam the thread and my incoming box with posts I didn't even bother to read.John Funk said:Well, when you say things that people vehemently disagree with, it tends to happen...Abedeus said:
Great. Still all your doingAbedeus said:I literally have 11 messages about people who are zealous about the subject enough to spam the thread and my incoming box with posts I didn't even bother to read.John Funk said:Well, when you say things that people vehemently disagree with, it tends to happen...Abedeus said:
You don't think that happens to all of us when we say something controversial (and pretty disrespectful) about a topic?
They have no souls so they spend all their time gaming....Mackheath said:
OT: I wonder if Daigo has any real useable skills for the real world
Honestly, I would say the more impressive part was being on point enough to end the parrying string with a jump into super art combo. You could see him baiting Chun's super and parrying it is something you can train yourself to do in practice mode. Overall though, it's just some amazingly clutch gameplay.. and it's not even really what Daigo is known for. Daigo's more known for dominant almost psychic play, not amazing comebacks. hehekatsabas said:
Abedeus said:
You like to talk about things you know nothing about, don't you?
Tekken 3 has a lot of balancing issues. BTW, if there's one thing the Tekken professional community agrees, is that every new entry of the game is a major improvement over the others in pretty much every way (from a competitive perpesctive, that is). I know, some fans of the series like some entries better than others, but for high level play, it's amazing how Tekken can become even more balanced, technical and deep for each new entry.Sammyroc said:
I do agree that, to a certain degree, low level play has button mashing as a VERY valid strategy (possibly more than in any other game) and, on a mid level, the game is all about juggles you can't get away from.
However, you'll notice that high level players don't depend that much on juggles. That's because almost every launcher in the game is unsafe, and people start really learning how to avoid launchers, so the game becomes more about punishing moves, pokers, parries and so on. Of course, here and then, the player can try a risky move (part of the mind game) and end up failing and getting launch in the air, but the juggle/bound system makes it so that maximum juggle damage is proportional to the properties of the launcher. That being said, the most damaging juggles are only possible if you use the slower launchers, which you shouldn't in high or even average level play. There's not such a thing as "the guy will launch you in the beginning of the match and juggle you till you're dead". People can try to reset juggles, but it is totally avoidable if you know how to.
On the thread subject: Daigo is simply amazing. Watching him play is really inspirational. I wish I could be able to predict a player like him. Sometimes it looks like he can see the future, know exactly how you'll play and has everything reharshed to counter you in great, epic style. Props to him and nice record.
While we're hanging around and trash-talking one another, I'd like to throw my cards down on the table...
1) Daigo's a machine. I think he has a camera. In your brain. EVERYONE'S BRAIN.
2) It's okay, Mornelithe, you can stop arguing with Abedeus. He's made it clear that he's a scrub at best, and the definition of "scrub" is "someone who cannot or will not learn to play a game properly." Arguing with him any further would be a waste of your time and energy, both things that are better spent elsewhere (like, say, practicing Street Fighter!). Also, you said earlier that you "didn't read all of your response, and won't read any further responses from you." Show some integrity, be the better man.
1) Daigo's a machine. I think he has a camera. In your brain. EVERYONE'S BRAIN.
2) It's okay, Mornelithe, you can stop arguing with Abedeus. He's made it clear that he's a scrub at best, and the definition of "scrub" is "someone who cannot or will not learn to play a game properly." Arguing with him any further would be a waste of your time and energy, both things that are better spent elsewhere (like, say, practicing Street Fighter!). Also, you said earlier that you "didn't read all of your response, and won't read any further responses from you." Show some integrity, be the better man.