The Player That Defied Time To Beat a Champion 

this was the first evo i watched, it was early in the morning right after i had gotten out of work, i was betting on this match on salty bets with 1:5 odds, when snake eyez won i converted to learning grapplers that very day, this set is the REASON i play street fighter.

I love match breakdowns like this. Shows us casuals what high-level players may be thinking, but also saves us from having to rewind 10x to figure out what happened.

I miss SF4. I honestly believe it was the most amazing street fighter ever created. Played a good thousands of hours of it. All the tournaments, the hype, the beautiful comebacks OMG! Great analysis on this match. Cheers

Watching this live was an unforgettable experience

Here's another tidbit I remember from the time - as certain points in the match when Snake Eyez is kind of rocking back and forth, that's him both maintaing spacing and repeatedly inputting half circles back and forward, so he can command grab on reaction. Insane stuff and great video.

Top level SF4 was some of the best fighting game viewing we will ever witness.

There was this guy who would come in the arcade back in the days and just sit back and watch. And nobody ever knew his name. We thought we were the shit using Ken and Ryu. This guy used one quarter and kicked everybody's ass who came in there with Zangief. I learned that day back in the early 90's that Zangief is not to be mucked with.

I remember watching this back when I was just getting out of high school. Man the memories I miss the greatness back then but I look forward to the history we will be seeing ahead.

As a Zangief player myself, there's a little important tip I could add myself. I'll break it down with the exact timing: - An important grappler tip, is to not always rely on grab, but use the fear of grabs to catch your opponent trying to escape. See also Alex Valle vs Bonchan. - At 7:55, SnakeEyez has cornered Xian, who jumped in fear of the grab. SnakeEyez hit him with a flying headbutt; this was on reaction, notice he did it a split second after Xian jumped. - Getting hit by flying headbutt is actually very dangerous, because it did 600 stun (this is a shoutout to a SF2 bug). 2 Headbutts will stun ANY character, which put the fear of death in Xian. - If Xian jumped again he would've been stunned/dead. He could also dodged with backdash, but backdashing in the corner is very risky because it's doesn't build distance, leading to an obvious punish. - Xian also could've done nothing, but if SnakeEyez saw that hesitation, he would've used a SPD. - At 7:57 Xian kinda took the cowardly way by using an immediate Ultra ("Reversal"). This was actually very unreliable, because most players only get hit by random Ultra if they went too committed with an active move. But still, he didn't expect it to get, he just wanted to run the clock like Round 1. - Unfortunately he miscalculated the time left, and paid the price. But still, he might not have made this mistake if he wasn't put in such a sudden moment of risk. Side note: I did get to play Xian in a casual in the same year, and did fluke a lucky win (was 1-3 LOL). He did admit for the rest of that year, SnakeEyez was a bit of a mental demon for him.

This is why SF4 is so amazing, it has so many incredible moments like this.

Dude, that SoCal team got cooked by Snakes reverse OCV. One of the hypest and most improbable moments in SF history. Id love to see you do another video. Keep rockin it steady, SF4 style.

I was there in the crowd for the SoCal vs NorCal set That was the most hype I’ve ever been in a match and even more proud to be from Socal lol Snake Eyez was forever a legend to me for that

Another interesting video would have been Luffy. He actually won this evo and did so 1. barely ever competing in the USA, 2. Using a character no one was even getting “good” results with, 3. played with a PS1 controller and 4. Became the first European to win evo. Luffy was almost unbeatable around this time and xian was one of the few who could consistently beat him whereas snake eyes had never beaten luffy, (to my knowledge) and was eliminated by him in this tournament.

I remember watching this at the time, & losing my mind! It's easily one of my favorite matches in SF4, I still come back to watch it years later! I love the quality, style, & editing you do for your vids, top notch content! I'll be enjoying the ride here, keep up the good work man! 👏

Snake eyes is such a hype player to watch, his approach to the game is so interesting to watch in execution. Great video and breakdown 👍

It sucks we didn't get too see more of these guys in the sf5 era but I have a good feeling they are going to do big things in 6

Keep up the good work. Loving these FGC story times haha

Godlike content, show these newer players the essence if what makes these games so great.

This was a fantastic video! This was actually the series that introduced me to competitive FGC!

I was there live and the hype in the crowd was amazing. Thanks for making this and all your mahvel vids. Loved the KBR/Fooblat one

I really missed Snake Eyez, and Itazan Zangief. Hope they will come back and main Zangief in SF6

I really hope you make more of these, this was such a great watch!

Your an excellent story teller. Great video and classic match. Would love to see a video on USF4 Evo top 8.

SF4 Evo days were unmatched

That was a really really well made video, the topic, the editing, the voice over amazing work!

Excellent break down. Honestly I'm positive I enjoyed this video more than I would have enjoyed the match at the time. Your analysis and editing fully added value.

As a person who just has interest in Street Fighter/ Fighting games. that quick small little explanation of all the Terms you use in the video is just... appreciated.. LOL thank you

I remember watching this live on twitch. The hype the chat it was insane!!

Gotta talk about Poongko's Seth during 2011. Shadowloo Showdown. His EVO run which he got top 3? And perfected Daigo was sick. Watching him dunk on Yun was breathtaking.

Just found your channel and devoured the last 4 fgc match analysis videos. I'll be damned if that's not next level storytelling Thanks and cheers!!

Snake Eyez bodied Norcal with a reverse OCV (One Character Victory, but reverse because he was the LAST CHARACTER/PLAYER FOR SoCal) during Socal Regionals 2014. Whole place was hype as hell. I didn't play SF IV, but good lord Snake Eyez knows his SPD ranges down to the freakin' pixel!

That was super nice of you to add the fighting game small fundamentals to help explain the Match! I highly recommend this way of videos.

Great video! Also to note Snake Eyez had Xian’s number for most of sf4

Watched your Marvel vid and then this one, love seeing high effort content like this in the FGC, amazing, thank you

It's great to see the amazing growth of snake eyes. He's my favorite player.

Snake Eyez forever a legend

Great content and so nicely narrated.

Outstanding analysis, excellent piece of FGC history archived. Thank you for this! 10/10 content.

Gonna leave a like just cuz you explained basic fundamentals in the vid to give context to how good this set was

Both players had such crazy reactions on this match. Jeez SF4 was so different

your breakdowns and all around videos have been a great....insta-subbed

Love the work Papa put on the video and perfect narration!!! Greetings from Brazil!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷💪💪💪

I love your content bro. You're going to blow up

Another great video as usual!

Great breakdown of it, thank you for the vid about such a great period of fighting game culture and history 👍

I remember watching this year's ago. It was amazing!

Beautifully explained please more amazing content like this. Thank you

Sick breakdown.

dude u explain it so well. i appreciate tht.

match breakdowns like this are so interesting and i could watch them all day, even though i play a lot more guilty gear over street fighter. amazing work!

Nice analysis, thanks. Subscribed.

This dude is the NFL Films of the FGC! Highlighting the classics!

Love the content

that was an awesome video good break down bro :)

yo you make great content keep up the great work

I remember this game I am slowly becoming a fan of your page watched several marvel videos now this one. Amazing commentary I have been liking videos and then I said I'll just sub as well

Holy shit this the same snake eyez that whooped ltg in sfv w Kage lmfao I never would’ve imagined he was this good at a grappler in sf4😭

I may be the one person who would see this that needed the explanation of +/- but I did, and I appreciate you for that bro lol

awesome breakdown. very approachable.

man! excellent match analysis! completely disected.

This channel is doing great! Love the content. Ps: You look like Bray Wyatt

I like your essay style alot. I want to learn much much more about fighting games.

I was always really disappointed that Snake Eyes didn't throw himself into SFV more, as he was legitimately my favorite player to watch in SFIV. I realize that V wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but here's hoping he'll return to the pro scene in SFVI.

I like your content style! I think a video about gamerbee's Evo 2015 run would be perfect for this!

The fact that your breaking it down really help’s understand this more. I used to play street fighter ( not at this lvl ) just wanna say thank you for that!!!!! Definitely

Love content like this

incredible channel

You do a great job of explaining.

underrated channel

What a great video!

This channel is going to pop off.

hey your videos are goated !

Kusoru umvc3 win! Forgot the tournament exactly, but he won. And he was the first foreign player to win a major marvel tournament hosted in the US. iirc.

I was there in person when he beat norcal. That comeback was super hype....

That would have been the *perfect* time to hear the SF 4 announcer go "Incredible! I can't believe it!" That was an amazing match. Great job for both Snake Eyez and Xian.

Let's see that first SF4 Finals ! Justin Vs Diago!

This was insane

Nice video!

SF back in the day, you could not reach high level play because it was easy, you had to know what you were doing. That's what made those moments so great to watch...👏👏👏

Honestly one of my favorite EVO's and both Xian and SnakeEyez are the main reasons why. Both are incredible players playing what are generally regarded as sub-optimal characters but they've just devoted themselves to their respective characters so that watching them play is poetry in motion.

broooo i don't even play these games, but I be getting so into the story!

this set was fire

that was amazing.

great content

Another Snake Eyez classic: his reverse OCV at SCR 2014.

This was the first EVO I attended.

I watched this live. To me it is a bigger moment than Daigo vs JW.

man this really takes me back. please do Momochi. he was one of my favorites

I’m surprised people still remember these matches.

That was so perfect…

SnakeEyes gives me the vibe that his heartrate stays low no matter how high the stakes are.

Anybody who tried those characters knows both players deserve respect..

Gotta give props to xian, this match up is hard af!!!

You should make a video about Infiltration vs PR Rog on Evo 2013 (the infamous Hakan pick). Love your content bro

oh man after a set like that, that would hurt.

snake eyez is also an Evo champ for SF2

Dude you also cover SF4?!?! Hell yeah. Analyze some KOF, Tekken, or SoulCaliber from this era and you’ll be my goat

Down to the wire, just how I like it. Man, Snake Eyez dug that W out with property. Kudos to him.

The combo at 3:00 is not a stance swap combo. Also, Xian is not hitconfirming at 7:50. Hands is safe there. If he were hitconfirming a single hit, he would have gone into EX hands cuz it gives him sweep afterwards. Great video my man. Still one of my favorite matches of all time.

Xian and Snaleeyez.... Two of the best