No surprise here. Go Daigo!

Was Iyo apart of this tourney? His Dhalsim at the Gamestop Tournament was unreal, I loved it.

Also, I still love the SF3 matches no matter what.

Evo was pretty sweet this year, maybe someday I'll actually be able to attend.

Fuck thinking of something else. Balrog, duh.

Sabre is freakin amazing, makes me proud that sakura is my favorite character!!

That cammy that took out Dan from japan was crazy.
I wonder how Diago would fair against it?

Comparing the both of them physically, I am now slightly more embarrassed to say i'm american.


Seriously. One appears to be in perfect shape, and good hygiene. The other, is an abomination. America... fuck yeah. *sigh*

also fuck east coast.

just sayin.

"Fuck east coast just saying"?

East coast swept 2 teams and then almost swept wildcard...west better bring thier better game on next year, we need to see the rivals through.

Watching EVO on the live stream was amazing, and everything I want to see in watching a gaming event. I would have loved to be there :D

Also, I thought Sanford's Cammy was surreal....I was rooting for him to beat justin in order to face daigo, but they said he was planning on using Seth. I'm not sure how that would have fared, but who knows!

vApathyv: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5y5Euh0Zfo

You're very welcome!! Enjoy!! I know i sure as hell did!! =P

nice I wanted to see the Sanford cammy matches as people have been saying his shit was awesome.

the Daigo/Wong match was good. I think Daigo dragged it out on purpose but that's me. Wasn't so much of a fan of Wong getting up after a few matches as if he won the damn series. sit your ass down and win. It's cool to be hyped but don't need to trudge off on a victory rant.

TBH, Not that surprised.

Daigo is a monster but I just think his Ryu spams the hadouken a little too much...and Justin is such a douche. I don't care, his last name is another word for a penis... so... hah.

And the Sanford match, was amazing, but I did think the JP player was at a disadvantage, because JP players rely on arcade characters... and Cammy is not an arcade character.

He did kind of get the tactics after a while but his inexperience against a Cammy player, made the lost a little inevitable.

@bluerei

There's a section on the EVO site for videos... They could or could not... I hope they do.

Yeah I saw it live too... that shit was electric... If you know SF, you know what kind of level these two guys were playing at. Kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Wow...that really was an awesome Cammy match. I could never hope to be on that level. And while I'm sure Cammy's still low tier, it won't stop me from using her all the time, and it's really great to see there is a guy out there repping Cammy at EVO.

Also, douche or otherwise, that 12-hit Balrog combo from Justin deserved to be bragged about, IMO.

He lost HDR pretty early this year. But he's still the man.

Congrats to Daigo for having an astounding amount of free time on his hands.

Christ, I hate this pro gaming shit, guy gets money cause he's good at Street Fighter? What a load of horseshit.

"Are you freaking out? I'm freaking out."

ill will: hahahahahahaha

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wong is kind of hot

With regards to Justin hamming it up - It's important to take a few things into account.

One is that Justin is from New York. That's totally an expected thing for guys from New York. As long as you don't show disrespect to your opponent by slapping off a handshake, getting in their face, or something, playing to the crowd is all right. Getting them pumped up is cool.

Two, Justin and Daigo have a long thing going. Ever since Evo 2004. They're considered the best from their country and have a rivalry. They both have mad respect for each other and a little hollering isn't gonna change that.

Three, Justin is usually considered the bad guy in fights. Unless he's going against a Japanese guy he's the overwhelming favorite. When the crowd got behind him he was pumped.

Finally, Justin really had some clutch play by going with someone he doesn't normally play. Balrog would probably be his third character. However, Justin prides himself on being able to play anybody when the need arises. His main two picks weren't working so he pulled out Balrog and battled back from elimination it was amazing. Everyone was pumped.

Re: Justin being a fat slob - He's actually way more trim than he was when he showed up to the gaming scene. Also keep in mind he played a ton of matches. He made the grand finals in three major tournaments. He wasn't the only one looking pretty bad by the end of it.

This is the first EVO Championship Daigo has won since 2003.

Kyosuke - that seems... like a silly mindset? They're essentially gambling on who will win since it costs money to enter the tournament. Similar to a golf or poker tournament.

@Gten: C'mon man, that was just a rumor (I hope).

Grats to Daigo. Props to Justin too. He got one 1st and two 2nds. Not bad by any means.

I was very much rooting for Daigo here. Justin Wong seems like a douchebag.

@Kyousuke Nanbu

Christ, I hate this pro gaming shit, guy gets money cause he's good at Street Fighter? What a load of horseshit.

Is that somehow supposed to be worse than a guy getting paid thousands or millions for being able to throw a ball through a hoop or whatever? If he and the others can do what they love and get paid for it at the same time, I say more power to them.