The Escapist Invades Wired for Street Fighter IV

Jared Rea

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The Escapist Invades Wired for Street Fighter IV

In which I attempt to teach Wired's Chris Kohler the subtle art of punching his co-worker in the face.

In case you haven't heard, Street Fighter IV [http://streetfighter.com] is sort-of a big thing.

So when Wired editor and good friend Chris Kohler asked me to come over and show him a thing or two regarding Capcom's latest, how could I refuse [http://blog.wired.com/games/2009/02/gamelife-vide-1.html]? With nearly a decade of tournament experience and a good four months of Street Fighter IV play time on the general public, he couldn't have picked a better Mr. Miyagi to his Daniel LaRusso.

His opponent, Wired's Chris Baker, wouldn't be caught at a disadvantage, however. Not only was he armed with the current Cadillac of controllers, Seth Killian [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/88514-Street-Fighter-IV-Arcade-Sticks-and-Pads-Announced-at-Last].

The two of us, Seth and I, have tangled many a time, and I had a feeling that he'd attempt to properly train Baker. Knowing the crunch for time we were under, I opted for the opposite route: teach Kohler the cheap stuff right away. I taught him one thing: Sagat's forward roundhouse attack into Ultra combo. Did my power hungry, top-tier whoring tactics work in the face of Seth's patient tutelage? Will I manage to sell enough watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRISkyV_B8] to find out.

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John Funk

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Victory by proxy!

I'll have to unlearn everything I know about SF3 first, but once I'm confident in my Tao of SFIV? We gonna throw down, son.
 

PhoenixFlame

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"This is going to be way harder than Double Dragon". - Classic.

Seems like you taught more of the fundamentals while Seth tried the path of least resistance. Good see the training paid off.
 

Keane Ng

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I said wow every time.

CantFaketheFunk said:
Victory by proxy!

I'll have to unlearn everything I know about SF3 first, but once I'm confident in my Tao of SFIV? We gonna throw down, son.
Them's fighting words, Funk. You're going down!!
 

Clemenstation

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"... or do you want to be Mighty Ducks?"

Nothing like a good sports movie analogy to get fellow underdogs on-side. Also what's with all the argyle sweaters?
 

Keane Ng

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CantFaketheFunk said:
Keane Ng said:
Them's fighting words, Funk. You're going down!!
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Reppin' East Coast, boy-ee!
Now you are bringing the coasts into this?!? Alright, it just got hella serious...

West coast is the best coast!
 

John Funk

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Keane Ng said:
CantFaketheFunk said:
Keane Ng said:
Them's fighting words, Funk. You're going down!!
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Reppin' East Coast, boy-ee!
Now you are bringing the coasts into this?!? Alright, it just got hella serious...

West coast is the best coast!
Pffft! Standard West-coast fighting game snobbery! Just because you guys have, uh, most of the arcades and, um, a good portion of the serious competitive players...

... that doesn't mean jack squat! Consider it brought!