Forever a legend. He was never the most talented player and that makes his success all the more impressive. He's been working so hard at it for so many years.
The moment vs Justin Wong might be the greatest moment in competitive gaming history, mainly because unlike other games, it's a moment that gamers and non-gamers can all appreciate.
I think his spirit and aura are his strongest attributes. I met him twice. He treated me like he was just a normal dude. I seen no Hollywood attitude in him. A great spirit to be around.
Daigo is such a fascinating man. Retired and came back still as the best in the world. More than willing to just change everything about his style of play because he likes challenging himself. He's the seminal representation of class. He doesn't want to be the best or the greatest (he has given away prize money in the tens of thousands). He just wants to challenge himself without becoming obsessed.
Doesn't seem like he performed poorly at all, to be honest. He took all games to the last match, and he could've taken it from Tokido just as he could've lost his second match. These are very high stakes games. He's getting used to a new tool, a new meta, and it's just one tournament where he put a lot of expectation into winning. Ignore the guy's age and history. None of you would look at those matches and say the player's overrated, or not highly competitive.
When you talk about Street Fighter. You talk about Daigo. Same as when you talk about basketball. You talk about Michael Jordan. Legends name will always be represented for certain activities.
In the Asia CPT qualifier Daigo was pummeling everyone right and left.He himself once said that he doesn't give his 100% to win.He gives 70% to winning and 30% to experimenting.Imagine what would have happened if he wanted to just win tournaments.Follow FGC to see more of daigo's fights
Even if he's not strong with the current Meta, he set the bar for training and effort. His legacy still lives on with his rival who still struggles with him to this day, EVO 2017 champion Tokido. His legacy lives on with his Mah-jong partner and former protege, EVO 2019 Champion Bonchan. He helped turned the dude's life around after years being stuck in a Mah-jong parlor. Daigo has inspired future generations of FGC players and soon champions. May his Legacy live strong.
daigo once taunt bonchan, "even you can become evo chap?" and bonchan said " i see no light at the end of this tunnel" and goes offline but after that , they happily goes to mah-jong parlor ....
The problem is SFV has been dumbed down to the point that people that would have had no chance in older titles can win. SF4, SF3:3s, SSF2X, SFZ3, CvS2 you see consistency in the winners since the games have a high ceiling and reward technical skill.
Yes. You'd be set on at Max 3 revisions throught a game and some super versions, but the way sfv is within a year -not even in change of seasons - make it a totally different scenario from the older games
READ ME: Daigo is Street Fighter. His influence will always live on. He got started in Vampire Savior and dominated in that game. He came to Street Fighter 2 and quickly rose to the top. The way competitive players hold the joy stick is called Umehara style, look it up the dude literally changed the way players hold the stick... COME ON! Countless titles and championships in countless games. People forget he was top in the GGX era as well. He has nothing to prove. He was the first signed JAP pro gamer. During the renaissance ERA if SF4 he returned to show he still matters. The fact of the matter is that SFV took away invincible shoryukens and this changed SF 100%. Now you can bully on wake ups and OKI is a thing unless you spend meter. But in the OLD days you must always REPSECT the Shoryuken!
There are exceptional players, but Daigo will always be a motivating force for those passionate about fighting games, especially for SFV CE players. In fact it is the biggest reference we have! Existem jogadores excepcionais, mas Daigo sempre será uma força motivadora para aqueles apaixonados por jogos de luta, especialmente para jogadores de SFV CE. Na verdade, é a maior referência que temos!
Florian Pinterowitsch Balrog is originally meant to be named M. Bison but it wasn’t used in the west for obvious reasons so they moved the names around a bit in the west to even things out so; Balrog is M. Bison in Japan, Vega is Balrog in Japan and M. Bison is Vega in Japan.
He is getting older. Already said it time ad time again since few years ago. It is very hard to be competitive with younger competitors these days. What he did and achieved last time will be remembered. That EVO moment is forever sealed as the top in all gaming lore.
he is the bravest player and become precursor to WHOLE GAMING Community and Industry . People Should be thankful to Daigo inspiration of millions of people
People should know. I know most of you know but for the ones new to the FGC. Daigo was a pro gamer since 10 years but played on tourneys since the early 2000s, an over 20 year lasting career
I think he was watching the last episodes of excellent adventures and saw Mike Ross and Gootecks use the Hitbox and was motivated, basically compelled to use it.
Am still a fan of daigo. But this sport, like another traditional sports, favours young players, who have quicker reflex and steely concentration. Daigo has simply passed his prime, like Roger Federer, both of who are 38 years old now.
My dude he still plays. I think you were tired around maybe 2008?but he ended up getting a full-time job and started playing shogi and decided that that wasn't for him so replace fighting games, he's a media figure, and he's a nurse.
one of the most interesting things is the makeup department and photographers. the business aspect of the FGC is super bizarre and doesn't represent the FGC.
Why not? Why not make the players look good? Or have cool production? That kind of stuff makes it more legit. And brings in new watchers. The 2004 set up was cool. But if you want players to see increases in prize money and sponsers.. the FGC needs more viewers
@@claudeyaz I don't' disagree, but misrepresenting the FGC culture isn't the right way to do it. Notice how most pros don't celebrate as much and are generally less... personal? As in they don't have much room to be themselves and interact with the crowd as before. That's a huge part of the FGC which is just lost in translation.
