Mad Catz Unveiled at Seattle Aug 29, 2013. SSFIV:AE v2012 - Daigo Umehara vs. Xian first-to-10 exhibition match Live from Mad Catz channel: / madcatz More FGC news at www.tokidoblog....
+999a0s lol, gen is definitely not a "terrible character", at the time he was a less explored char so nobody (except xian) knew his strength but now is clear he is at least a mid tier char, maybe even better than that.
Xian played against himself .he played diago as if he was playing a grappler ,he did alot of blockstrings that was not good for a right space to apply pressure, his block strings left him at a range where diago could at times punish him if xian choose to jump after rappid hand on block, in this case diago could pressure him with hadoken an force bad jumpin from xian or xian would have to work hard to get at mid range where he could be more effective ,also diago judgment of movement is on point an has a wide range set ups on hkd
Fuck that guy, only 12 year olds like him that started with SF4 and not turbo like the rest of us have. He's fucking cringy too. The way he dresses is embarrassing for the age he is. Get laid ugly Asian virgin, if you can
It's so cool to see how Daigo still can adapt and adjust his play style, that's really what makes him a legend in the FGC. Look at the difference between how he handled Xian's Gen in CC last year versus how he does now; the fact that he's been playing SF for so long and is still evolving is amazing.
thanks for upload, this was awesome to watch. so much more fun to watch daigo fights that is more about footsie and less about guessing which side akuma will land on.
Xian prepared for an exhibition, Daigo prepared for an annihilation. This offensive style of Daigo is unreal. I mean brutal.... And to finish it off with 2 U's and end 1 before with a perfect. That's utter annihilation....
Daigo was extremely formidable! However, with that being said, I'm not foolish enough to think Xian's a fraud or that this will be the last off him. Both those dudes are world class.
Daigo said in the interview that he practice a lot before this match. He now knows all the ambiguous setups and jumps in etc that Gen is capable of. He said that the only point to worry about is Gen´s super and ultra, thats why daigo forced Xian to waste his meter to aproach him. He was more confident and learned a new stile to face him. So its not that Daigo has two stiles, Daigo will learn an adapt himself to the challenge.
So far, what we know for sure is that they're getting rid of the cr. mk to dp shortcut, so it's easier to walk forward for the cr. mk to fireball poke.
It's cause Xian won Evo 2013, that Daigo became so interested in his Gen, and learned all the stuff about Xian and his Gen. I think it would've been very different if it was between Daigo and Xian at the Grand Finals at Evo :3
Xian is a great example of champion's coma. Once he won Evo he got way too cocky and as a result daigo who puts in more than 100% of his gameplay blows Xian out of the water. Xian was smiling through the whole thing, daigo on the other hand was on beast mode, truly intimidating and inspiring. Daigo is the epitome of a true champion. Daigo doesnt need the fame or anything he is always on the road of a warrior learning and adapting. He adapted to Gen he will never lose to a gen player ever again.
It's different when you're going through a bracket of people opposed to focusing on one person. Daigo also had how many weeks to prepare and develop a gameplan? He also said he wanted to make Xian burn meter to take away his FADC option. Without that Gen is just a basic footsie character. I'm pretty sure Daigo has better footsies too. Don't be surprised if he bodies Infiltration too.
Apparently you didn't watch the EVO 2013 top 8 with a wide variety of characters played including Hakan. And it was a big surprise that somebody won with Gen.
Holy....when I see the time of the video 21:38, I was thinking, "Is it really the whole set?" If Daigo is in the Grand Final of EVO, he would have had a better chance at taking it from Xian than Tokido. Their style is just so much different. Anyway, this is why Daigo is my favorite SF player of all time!!
A few things: 1- It's Daigo. Every once in a while, he will obliterate "the best" in an exhibition match. 2- Once you're figured out, you're figured out. There was really nothing Xian could do except switch characters or adapt. However, on-the-fly adapting doesn't work against the greatest Street Fighter player of all-time. 3 - I lost no respect for Xian here.
i agree as this is evident in the matches. These matches are impressive and even experienced players can get something out of watching them. Also, who even sandbags anymore? It made more sense back in my quarter-pumping days
What "aces" or tech (besides that jump hk setup) did Daigo reveal during this set? Daigo's weakness in the Gen match-up was trying to block those ambiguous setups that Xian does. Daigo even admitted this and started watching patterns in Xian's gameplay and how to prevent/block this. Daigo just practiced against Xian's playstyle as well as Xian did to Daigo. Xian even said he'll 10-0 Daigo with his gameplan he prepared for the event. What more excuses can you say besides "a non-monetary match"?.
xian said after this that gen still has the advantage in this match up. In xians tier list ryu is below gen. Also the fact that ryu is a basic character means its harder to be dominant with him as everyone knows what he can and cant do
FT10, ends in 20 mins. In the past, Daigo has always played defensive waiting for reads against Xian's Gen, but this time he went in like he's playing Akuma. I've never seen Daigo jump in and focus-dash forward this much ever. Completely threw Xian off guard and never allowed him to do a single super-into-ultra.
Most notable (not everthing) Marks of EVO Champions (currently): Daigo: EVO 2009 and 2010 (2 year dominance) and Japan's Street Fighter 25th Anniversary National Tournaments. Fuudo: EVO 2011 and Godsgarden 4 (won both highest ranked tournament in US and Japan before Topanga League took over, consecutively) Infiltration: EVO 2012 and SF25th Anniversary Xian: Canada CUP 2012 but got 6-0'd by Kazunoko (CC2011 champ) after the event. EVO2013 but got 10-0'd by Daigo. Still has a lot of potential
I know you're writing on Seths statement however if Daigo "clearly" did not want to win anymore, he wouldn't be practicing 24/7. Someone who clearly doesn't care to win anymore is someone like Alex Valle, whom doesn't practice 24/7, someone who clearly doesn't want to win anymore is someone like John Choi who doesn't play 24/7 like he used too. Daigo still Studies and Practices vs Opponents, Look what he did in preparation for Xian, is that someone who doesn't care about winning?
i don't think it's because other players have caught up, he only plays ryu and ryu has never had any secrets or tricky special moves but he plays just for fun now he said. and that he would pick a better char if all he wanted was to win but it isn't. even if you have seen a video on yt where he played another char, he probably plays them all. it's just very hard to beat certain chars with their vortexes like akuma, when it comes down to guessing it doesn't matter how good you are.
What's concrete is Daigo's position in top 8 of sf4 evo dropping over the years. He won one exhibition match here, yay. Let's see if he drops out of top 8 for sf4 in evo 2014.
Yeah, everybody talks about Daigo's footsies, but his defense may be the best in the business. But Xian never used the focus through fireball, as Infiltration did. I don't know, I am shocked, XIan looked so incredible at EVO.
The more I see Daigo play, the more I come to the belief that Daigo is 98% in control of his fate in these matches. I mean with what Seth said about Daigo at EVO when he said Daigo says he's above winning, I believe it. I feel if Daigo wants to win, he WOULD.
If you have seen previous matches of daigo vs xian, you would clearly see how daigo was simply out playing xian, from not letting him build meter to blocking most of those ambiguous cross ups. Daigo clearly outplayed xian.
Yeah, I was glad Daigo won, not because I have anything against Xian, but after Evo, people were saying stuff like Gen's Super into ultra is too broken, and that Gen is cheap, which I find appalling. Daigo, through this match showed us how limited Gen was, when understood. Outside of his use of meter Gen is defenseless. And that's what made Xian's win at Evo incredible, he won through extremely smart play, despite the handicaps accompanied by Gen.
