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[Bruce Vilanch]

It just looks like the guy is kneeling and blocking.. What's so hard about that?

 

[Blinky]

He's not blocking. He's parrying...it's fuckin hard normally and that kick is uber-pwerful/fast

 

[Bob White]

Is this bait?

 

[Bruce Vilanch]

I don't know much about the game.

And I'm pretty sure he's just blocking.

 

[Bob White]

This guy HAS to be joking.

 

[Baron Aloha]

I don't know much about the game.

And I'm pretty sure he's just blocking.

He's not blocking.

 

[Blinky]

You're pretty wrong...if you don't know much about the game. Then why dispute all teh people on shoryuken.com that do...and say it's a parry?

 

[Defensor]

My gif movie lives on!

I don't know much about the game.

And I'm pretty sure he's just blocking.

There's your answer.

 

[Bruce Vilanch]

Oh, okay. I honestly don't know much about this game.

I didn't know what parrying was.

Sorry.

It just didn't look all that impressive.

Why couldn't the guy have just kneeled and blocked?

 

[impirius]

It's clearly an awesome series of parries in the full-size video. Besides, you can't tell from the small GIF, but Ken has only a sliver of life remaining... block damage from that attack would've been more than enough to kill him.

 

[Baron Aloha]

Oh, okay. I honestly don't know much about this game.

I didn't know what parrying was.

Sorry.

It just didn't look all that impressive.

Why couldn't the guy have just kneeled and blocked?

Because he didn't have any life left. Blocking that super would have chipped away his life. Parrying doesn't take away any health.

 

[Ferrio]

Oh, okay. I honestly don't know much about this game.

I didn't know what parrying was.

Sorry.

It just didn't look all that impressive.

Why couldn't the guy have just kneeled and blocked?

He would of died if he blocked.

He was down to a sliver of life, if you block special moves you lose a tiny bit of life. That move was enough to kill him even if he blocked.

 

[Blinky]

Oh, okay. I honestly don't know much about this game.

I didn't know what parrying was.

Sorry.

It just didn't look all that impressive.

Why couldn't the guy have just kneeled and blocked?

No need to apologize. Just a simple mis-understanding.

 

[evil ways]

Like others said, it's not blocking, he's parrying, which means he's manually brushing off every single hit of the super move to avoid getting block damage, which would've surely killed him.

 

[Bruce Vilanch]

Is it really worth jumping up and screaming over, though?

Is it worth saying "THIS IS MADNESS" over?

 

[nubbe]

Did you watch the video?
He has no health left... he would have been KO if he had blocked it... he doesn’t take any damage since he manages to parry every attack...

 

[Blinky]

Well...it's the finals of a gi-normus tournament. So yes..

 

[tenchir]

Have you played Dead or Alive before? Parrying in Street Fighter 3 is like DoA except the counter-attack isn't automatic. You have to press the stick forward at the right time as you are getting hit to parry an attack. The big difference between parrying and blocking is that parry allows you to avoid damage and allows counterattack. Parrying that Super attack requires a lot of skill because you have to time each parry with each individual attack just right.

 

[Shompola]

Is it really worth jumping up and screaming over, though?

Is it worth saying "THIS IS MADNESS" over?

Considering it's very hard to do YES. I mean parrying a slow fireball is hard for most of the "regular" people not to mention something like this fast and repeating attack.

 

[Andy787]

Is it really worth jumping up and screaming over, though?

Is it worth saying "THIS IS MADNESS" over?

Yes.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Is it really worth jumping up and screaming over, though?

Is it worth saying "THIS IS MADNESS" over?

this is OBVIOUSLY a joke thread...

 

[Blinky]

this is OBVIOUSLY a joke thread...

Coulda (and did) fool me...

 

[Bruce Vilanch]

Um, this isn't a joke thread.

I just don't know much about fighters. I've always been a button-masher.

What's the prize in that tournament?

 

[jett]

Bruce: You obviously have never played SF3. This video isn't for you, and you'll pretty much never will be able to appreciate it unless you start playing the game.

 

[nubbe]

Doing that during the finals… the enormous pressure… He has nerves of steel and the calm of a true master

 

[Buggy Loop]

I wish i even had half of that talent in fighting games

Btw, who is the winner? Someone known in the domain?

 

[Warm Machine]

If you look at the video you can tell he only has a sliver of life left and blocking those attacks would have killed him.

I don't think anyone else has said this.

 

[Kiriku]

If he's so damn good, why did he get his life bar reduced to just a tiny amount in the first place?

And yeah, their wild cheering is a bit nerdy.

 

[Shogmaster]

If he's so damn good, why did he get his life bar reduced to just a tiny amount in the first place?

And yeah, their wild cheering is a bit nerdy.

Because Justin Wong is a turtling SOB.

 

[DjangoReinhardt]

I don't know much about the game.

And I'm pretty sure he's just blocking.

So you assume that everyone is stupid except for you?

Classy.

 

[nubbe]

And yeah, their wild cheering is a bit nerdy.

Cute.
I assume it’s not nerdy when you cheer for someone who run round in shorts… kicking a ball?
Just because it’s a game doesn’t make it less competitive, emotional or requires less skill and practise.

 

[DarkGiygas]

I wish i even had half of that talent in fighting games

Btw, who is the winner? Someone known in the domain?

1st: KO (Yun)
2nd: Daigo Umehara (Ken) - THE BEAST
3rd: Justin Wong (Chun)
4th: Raoh (Chun)
5th: KSK (Alex), Kokujin (Dudley)
7th: Hsien Chang (Ken), Mike Watson (Yun)

 

[impirius]

If the Niners were so great, why were they down by 6 before The Catch?

Warm Machine: That's true, but you failed to mention that he probably would've died if he blocked any of the attacks.

 

[Kiriku]

Cute.
I assume it’s not nerdy when you cheer for someone who run round in shorts… kicking a ball?
Just because it’s a game doesn’t make it less competitive, emotional or requires less skill and practise.

You seem to imply that I consider the term "nerd" as something completely negative. I'd rather consider it more in the lines of "very devoted". And I'm not at all neglecting the fact that there are nerds in sports too.

 

[The Faceless Master]

If he's so damn good, why did he get his life bar reduced to just a tiny amount in the first place?

And yeah, their wild cheering is a bit nerdy.

that's the most fucked up part of the whole video...


HE DID IT ON PURPOSE


Daigo orchestrated the whole thing by first losing alot of energy... then you can see where the video starts, he rushes down Justin to take off just enough energy from Justin... then he backs off and baits... Justin tries to throw him off by random attacking before doing the super... doesn't work out so well for Justin...

 

[Shogmaster]

that's the most fucked up part of the whole video...


HE DID IT ON PURPOSE


Daigo orchestrated the whole thing by first losing alot of energy... then you can see where the video starts, he rushes down Justin to take off just enough energy from Justin... then he backs off and baits... Justin tries to throw him off by random attacking before doing the super... doesn't work out so well for Justin...

O....M......G........

I kinda thought it looked like he was letting Justin Wong have too much time to get his super off, almost like he was waiting for it, but dismissed the thought as too crazy....

That guy is insanely skilled.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Man that video fucking owns.

 

[tenchir]

that's the most fucked up part of the whole video...


HE DID IT ON PURPOSE


Daigo orchestrated the whole thing by first losing alot of energy... then you can see where the video starts, he rushes down Justin to take off just enough energy from Justin... then he backs off and baits... Justin tries to throw him off by random attacking before doing the super... doesn't work out so well for Justin...

I noticed that too, after the heavy amount of offense, he just suddenly standthere waiting for justin to do something. I didn't hink he was that good enough to pull it off at the time.

 

[DarkGiygas]

But then if you have a sliver of health, are you really gonna take the huge risk of going on offense and getting hit? It was safer for him to wait for Wong to jump in or do some kind of attack so he could parry.

 

[Mike Works]

Doing that during the finals… the enormous pressure… He has nerves of steel and the calm of a true master

Cute.
I assume it’s not nerdy when you cheer for someone who run round in shorts… kicking a ball?
Just because it’s a game doesn’t make it less competitive, emotional or requires less skill and practise.

nnnnnnnnnNNNNNEEERRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDD

ps: what do you have to do to pull off a parry? certain button combo or something?

 

[tenchir]

But then if you have a sliver of health, are you really gonna take the huge risk of going on offense and getting hit? It was safer for him to wait for Wong to jump in or do some kind of attack so he could parry.

What was the rule of the tournament? Single elimination match only or "best of" like 3 games out of 5? If it's the latter, I think he would risk it if he's that good.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Well all those people screaming know how hard it is to do, if you really knew what was going on, I bet you would be excited about it as well.

 

[DarkGiygas]

nnnnnnnnnNNNNNEEERRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDD

ps: what do you have to do to pull off a parry? certain button combo or something?

Tap forward on the stick just as the move hits you. That super was 7 hits, 7 hits, 1 hit, each hit also had slightly different timing.

What was the rule of the tournament? Single elimination match only or "best of" like 3 games out of 5? If it's the latter, I think he would risk it if he's that good.

I'm pretty sure it was 1 match only. It was double elimination though, that video is Daigo winning the "loser's" bracket which he got put into after losing once earlier.

 

[Ferrio]

What was the rule of the tournament? Single elimination match only or "best of" like 3 games out of 5? If it's the latter, I think he would risk it if he's that good.

It's 2 outta 3 games.


I was misinformed. It was the first match.

 

[RevenantKioku]

Where can I get the actual vid?
That's far too tiny for me to make out

 

[DarkGiygas]

http://media.shoryuken.com/srk-daigo.zip

 

[Stryder]

This thread makes me want to sob

 

[Ferrio]

Um, this isn't a joke thread.

I just don't know much about fighters. I've always been a button-masher.

What's the prize in that tournament?

Don't know what the actual prize amounts where... but this is how prizes work

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

* For each tournament, all of the $10 entry fees go into the pot.

* The pot will be divided among the top 3 players at a 70/20/10 ratio.

* Example: If 412 people enter the MvC2 tournament, the total pot will be $4120. 1st place will receive 70% of that ($2884), 2nd will receive 20% ($1236), and 3rd place will receive 10% ($412).

Daigo and them usually have to win to cover their costs of flying over heh.

 

[BeOnEdge]

parrying is stupid. SF3 is lame.

 

[Ferrio]

Oh and for anybody that feels bad for Daigo only getting second in 3rd strike, he won the SF2 Super turbo and GGXX tournaments.