DAIGO not retired yet...

[blueterror]

<EDIT>MAJOR DISCLAIMER: daigo is not retired as of now. he did slow down at one point and it seemed like he stopped but according to sources in this thread, he is back and ready for evo. DAIGO RETURNS.

the purpose of this thead is now this: ive gotten interested in collecting daigo footage in both st, a3, 3s, cvs2 (they will get more rare than they already are if daigo has indeed retired). This thread's purpose is to post links and directons to getting those vids.

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Thank you all for the contribution of both information and helpful links. I will post my link here soon. I also think this thread should be extended to both videos and video discussion of daigo's mindset during those games and the different counters/baits that he chooses. This doesnt have to apply only to Justin vs daigo (which has been beaten to death. Daigo won it. He has the guts to win under tough situations. Dont need to elborate on that do we?).

Keep on postin good stuff, yall.

[Darkside3024]

Where did you find out Diago is retiring? Also I think CV.com may have some Diago vids somewhere in their database.

EDIT: I see a A3 a CvS2 and two CFJ videos.

[platinum_pinoy]

I read it in one of the SBO 4 journals by forgenjuro. Said something like "Daigo focuses on job at mah jong, place, which he also plays". Sounds more like he switched games to me.

[Rakukojin]

I read it in one of the SBO 4 journals by forgenjuro. Said something like "Daigo focuses on job at mah jong, place, which he also plays". Sounds more like he switched games to me.

And lastly I inquired KO about Daigo and this is what he has said. Daigo is apparently working at some Mahjong joint and he is working and playing hella. So much so that apparently he has stopped playing games completely. And in fact he might actually have gone into...... *gasp*......... retirement....... Who knows whats going through Mr. Umehara's mind? Only time will tell if this it is true or not.... Only time...


The entry you were referring to.

[Eric J]

http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/monmon999/

This site is dedicated to Daigo, and has a lot of his vids

[BillyKane]

Happy birthday Daigo!! :rofl:

He was playing ST at More during golden week so he hasn't completely stopped playing games.

[ruin-]

- The beast

<3

[thedude.com]

I read it in one of the SBO 4 journals by forgenjuro. Said something like "Daigo focuses on job at mah jong, place, which he also plays". Sounds more like he switched games to me.


i just couldn't imagine him wearing a chinese male chinese chibao and playing mahjong with 30 wins ...

give me the money bitch , because is beastin' time .

[Hail And Kill]

Japanese players say he quit, so i guess he really did? I think he'll come back someday though. He has job now, thats good.

[Obot64.com]

wow that diago site is great...

I have some odds and ends vids of diago on my site... www.obot64.com in the media section at the bottom.

[goodm0urning]

Daigo retired? Christ... it's the end of an era.

[Best Kind Boxer]

I think this year's evo would get him out of retirement. That's some mad cash and basically free money for THE BEAST. You know he would get top 8 easy in almost everything lol

Someone should let him know. :P

[deadli_aznboi]

yea someone let him know about the increase in evo's pot and see if he has interest in coming to evo to get some dough.

[ruthless_nash]

so like i guess this answers what daigo does when eh is not playing. i mean, everyone gotta earn, to quote "nigga gotta eat". what do most of these japanese players do aside from gaming anyway? surely they cant depend on that shit for thier livelihood :sad:

[Ken34]

wow, this is sad to hear, but a mans gotta do what he can to make a living, i wish him the best, I will definetly be collecting his vids.

[Ukyo Tachibana]

lmao at the "Happy Birthday, Daigo" pic. :rofl: Perfect image chosen.

To me it has a double meaning. It could've also meant that Daigo got lucky as hell during that one "EVO moment" match vs. Justin Wong, and pulled a win out of his ass. :rofl:

Happy Birthday, Daigo!

[jae hoon]

lmao at the "Happy Birthday, Daigo" pic. :rofl: Perfect image chosen.

To me it has a double meaning. It could've also meant that Daigo got lucky as hell during that one "EVO moment" match vs. Justin Wong, and pulled a win out of his ass. :rofl:

Happy Birthday, Daigo!


Nah not really, if you watch the match you can see Daigo was trying to bait the SA II out.

[Eric J]

The writing in red on the Beast Daigo website says he just got second place at the 2nd Club Sega Super Turbo Cup 5 on 5 at Club Sega in Shinjuku on May 6, 2006! So he's not completely out of the game!

[Ukyo Tachibana]

I was a witness of that "EVO moment" in person at Cal Poly. I don't need to "watch" anything.

And yes, I am fully aware of the "oh look, notice how he was moving back and forth for a parry bait!". I am also aware of the full situations and factors into the match (time running down for added pressure, Justin taking an early lead, Justin obviously having momentum, etc., etc.)

Odds were STILL against Daigo's favor in that situation. Yes, even if you're Daigo. If Justin's last connected hit (Chun Li crouch MK that traded) did one or two more pixel's worth of damage, he would've won. Heck, if it wasn't a trade, Justin would've easily cancelled that into SAII, no questions asked. Face it, it was a Happy Birthday, Daigo moment. :P

Thanks, anyway, champ. I guess I learned something new today.

[Darkside3024]

The writing in red on the Beast Daigo website says he just got second place at the 2nd Club Sega Super Turbo Cup 5 on 5 at Club Sega in Shinjuku on May 6, 2006! So he's not completely out of the game!
The beasting felt too good. You can't just give up that easliy.

[Formation Z]

haha that's awesome Daigo's birthday is 6 days before mine.

How old is he anyway?

[Ken34]

http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/monmon999/

This site is dedicated to Daigo, and has a lot of his vids


nice site, but it seems alot of the links are down

[Terry_nb]

http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/monmon999/

This site is dedicated to Daigo, and has a lot of his vids

That's what I call fine Alpha 3 vids, a really good link.

[thedude.com]

I think this year's evo would get him out of retirement. That's some mad cash and basically free money for THE BEAST. You know he would get top 8 easy in almost everything lol

Someone should let him know. :P


i don't mind donating ...even though i don't have pay pal .

and in evo , we could start a farewell ceremondy , salute ...



rock daigo .

while mohammad ali "flies like a butterfly and stings like bee"

daigo is as calm and unpredicatble like the ocean , also unimaginably terrifying like a tsunami "

[Gaijinblaze]

stinks like bee lol

[thedude.com]

stinks like bee lol


corrected :rofl: :sweat:

you americans should make a theme song for daigo , "the beast" , "east beast" , "skinny outside , beast inside" , "daigo the beast" ." not diego , is daigo" etc etc .

[Khiempossible]

In hindsight, Justin should have turtled some more and waited another 18 seconds.

[spoon]

If Justin's last connected hit (Chun Li crouch MK that traded) did one or two more pixel's worth of damage, he would've won. Heck, if it wasn't a trade, Justin would've easily cancelled that into SAII, no questions asked.

Dunno what video you were watching, but the only way that Justin's c.mk would have connected with anything in that instance was if Diago stuck out a c.mk of his own. If Diago hadn't, then Justin would have just whiffed since he was just too far away...

[ShinVegeta_Py]

happy birthday DAIGO!!......................=)

[white shadow]

Wait what did Daigo do before? Did playing SF really supply all his monetary needs?:confused:

[AKUMA2000]

That's what I call fine Alpha 3 vids, a really good link.


where, i didn't see any ??

[Shin-RoTeNdO]

Yeah, let us all say Happy Birthday to a guy we all really don't know! Yay, happy birthday Daigo, you muthaphukin beast!!

"No one ever truly goes into retirement." <Remember that

[Axel Kelly]

In hindsight, Justin should have turtled some more and waited another 18 seconds.

Hindsight is 20/20, my friend.

[BiolloInTrip]

- The beast

<3

:wink:

[Maj]

Daigo's not gonna retire. That guy will still be playing SF at 65. You can't get that good at something and then just give it up.

I was a witness of that "EVO moment" in person at Cal Poly. I don't need to "watch" anything.

And yes, I am fully aware of the "oh look, notice how he was moving back and forth for a parry bait!". I am also aware of the full situations and factors into the match (time running down for added pressure, Justin taking an early lead, Justin obviously having momentum, etc., etc.)

Odds were STILL against Daigo's favor in that situation. Yes, even if you're Daigo. If Justin's last connected hit (Chun Li crouch MK that traded) did one or two more pixel's worth of damage, he would've won. Heck, if it wasn't a trade, Justin would've easily cancelled that into SAII, no questions asked. Face it, it was a Happy Birthday, Daigo moment. :P
You're right that Justin took an early lead, but he did not have momentum at the end of the match. He had just spent the last 15 seconds getting rushed down and the best he could do was jump out of the corner and hold UB for 10 seconds.

The reason everyone is praising Daigo for that performance is that he was clearly at a disadvantage but the pressure didn't get to him. On the other hand, the pressure destroyed Justin because random half-screen super was the scrubbiest thing he could have done. So, yeah, Daigo shouldn't get 100% credit because he didn't force the error but you can't say he got lucky either because Justin deserved to lose that match for that mistake.

The reason OG players like Daigo is because he punishes every mistake, no matter how minor.

[FMJaguar]

I think we will be talking about that damn match till we're 65.

[white shadow]

Hindsight is 20/20, my friend.
alternate dimension SRK: "Look at Justin he only defeated Daigo cuz he turtled what a looosuur, and KSK still took him down."

[Demon Dash]

I'd like to see him Parry a box of Domino's.

[shirase]

I'd like to see him Parry a box of Domino's.

What if he parries it and then throws all the slices back at you, Remy's SA1 LoJ style?!

[Maj]

I think we will be talking about that damn match till we're 65.
Not if we do something about it. Let's each make a video of playing against Apocalypse in XSF. Whoever gets the highest score wins. We'll send highlight clips to all those same websites that posted about the parry clip.

FMJ vs Maj 2006 Evolution Championship Trophy Winners Invitational Millennium Match! Calling you out!!

The fighting game world will be talking about it for the next two years. We'll retire all the Daigo threads to make room.

[goodm0urning]

I think we will be talking about that damn match till we're 65.
I wouldn't mind. It's easily the most impressive SF-related feat I've ever seen, and it's well worth talking about.

My two cents: to dismiss it as luck, or whatever, is very foolhardy. Daigo was on the losing end of the match, so he tricked Justin into making a big mistake and then punished him for it. The fact that he pulled off this mind trick isn't even the half of it; he then had to execute one of the trickiest tactics of the game in order to punish it, or he still would have been toast. It was a complex, high-risk maneuver that only the best of players could have pulled off, luck or no luck. And Daigo did it.

Believe it was luck if all you want. But in a situation when you have only one chance to get it right and 20 chances to fuck it up, luck can pretty much be ruled out due to the odds alone.

[Shodokan123]

I wouldn't mind. It's easily the most impressive SF-related feat I've ever seen, and it's well worth talking about.

My two cents: to dismiss it as luck, or whatever, is very foolhardy. Daigo was on the losing end of the match, so he tricked Justin into making a big mistake and then punished him for it. The fact that he pulled off this mind trick isn't even the half of it; he then had to execute one of the trickiest tactics of the game in order to punish it, or he still would have been toast. It was a complex, high-risk maneuver that only the best of players could have pulled off, luck or no luck. And Daigo did it.

Believe it was luck if all you want. But in a situation when you have only one chance to get it right and 20 chances to fuck it up, luck can pretty much be ruled out due to the odds alone.


most people forget that when he started to parry it justin just got up... there was time for him to parry his jumping hk/mk(forget) to hit him... Justin could have won but he didn't know of the way daigo was going to end it, and if he had guessed he would jump up right before last hit and have time to parry we would all be talking about how daigo ALMOST beat justin.

Regardless,

Daigo deserved the win, no doubt. But people do forget that.

[True_Tech]

you can't sj the super if you parry the last hit unless it cross overs under you in the corner ala the jinrai glitch if you could parrying the last hit of the super would be useless

justin couldn't have done anything but what he did which is get kicked in the facial

[Gumbercules]

that alpha 3 vid is cool, wish I understood it, I just like the last part with alex valle

[GGL-steve]

Nobody ever "retires" from video games. They just stop competeting because it's no longer worth the investment in time... or whatever game/genre/franchise they were playing changes so much they aren't interested in it anymore.

[Robust]

I appreciate all the love in the thread, and all the thoughtfulness and joy I've brought to you all, but I'm entering Evo2k6.

Yes, I do speak english, and the occasional spanish.

[Ken34]

where, i didn't see any ??


go back to the first page of this thread and look for a post about a website dedicated to daigo, they have a bunch of vids there, its awsome, his V-Ryu is like untouchable, lol, I dont even think anyone beat him one round, that shit was insane...:looney:

[hanz0]

I appreciate all the love in the thread, and all the thoughtfulness and joy I've brought to you all, but I'm entering Evo2k6.

Yes, I do speak english, and the occasional spanish.

and who are you, if your alex valle then Buena Suerte, gana esta por mexico!!!:wink:

[Silentness!]

TX tourny: Justin vs Executioner (cable pixel comeback)
Evo2k2 : Justin vs Tokido's Urien :rofl:
Evo2k3?: Justin vs Soomighty exhibition(sandbagging or not, the multiple snapback finish was too funny)
Evo2k4: Justin vs. Daigo (you know the deal)

____

If it wasn't for Justin the crowd wouldn't be screaming at the top of their lungs. :rofl:

[Ukyo Tachibana]

Daigo's not gonna retire. That guy will still be playing SF at 65. You can't get that good at something and then just give it up.


You're right that Justin took an early lead, but he did not have momentum at the end of the match. He had just spent the last 15 seconds getting rushed down and the best he could do was jump out of the corner and hold UB for 10 seconds.

The reason everyone is praising Daigo for that performance is that he was clearly at a disadvantage but the pressure didn't get to him. On the other hand, the pressure destroyed Justin because random half-screen super was the scrubbiest thing he could have done. So, yeah, Daigo shouldn't get 100% credit because he didn't force the error but you can't say he got lucky either because Justin deserved to lose that match for that mistake.

The reason OG players like Daigo is because he punishes every mistake, no matter how minor.

I am a HUGE Umehara Daigo Fan. I collect a lot of his videos.

I've first seen him in action since A3, my character in that game is A-Guy. I'd play V-Akuma but I suck ass in V-ism. In Darkstalkers I play Demitri. In ST I play Ryu. In the GGXX days I've played easy-mode dustloop Sol. You get the idea.

Hell, I pick all the colors he chooses for his characters in his games.

And yet, I can say with a straight face and believe that THAT moment for Daigo, was EXTREMELY lucky. But being lucky doesn't mean squat if you're not going to pull for the clutch win, which of course, Daigo did. There are a lot of could've-would've-should'ves in that situation, but the fact of the matter is, Justin had FAR MORE favorable scenarios than Daigo had. Lucky for Daigo for Justin to make a mistake and choose the worst possible scenario, and unlucky for Justin to make that mistake.

To anyone else (jae hoon, spoon, whoever) who wants to disagree with me for the sakes of disagreeing, I don't know what else to tell you. :) You can tell me all sorts of irrelevant dabble (like "I don't know what you're watching", etc.), but Daigo got lucky, plain and simple.

Could've whiffed? Maybe!

Could've been that both players were thinking the same thing, and they stuck out a poke at the EXACT same time? Maybe!

Could've been a Justin scenario doing fireball xx SAII instead? Maybe!

Could've been a Justin scenario turtling even more? Maybe!



Too many could've would've should'ves. But it's over now. It's history.


Daigo got lucky that a bad choice (on his opponent's part) was handed to him, when someone as good as Justin doesn't make too many bad choices. Which is what I've been trying to say all along. He's still my hero though, and that glimpse of history is something that I will forever treasure, along with many of you.

[AKUMA2000]

go back to the first page of this thread and look for a post about a website dedicated to daigo, they have a bunch of vids there, its awsome, his V-Ryu is like untouchable, lol, I dont even think anyone beat him one round, that shit was insane...:looney:

I just found it, man oh man those vids has made me even more hype to play the alpha series all over again........can't you just feel your fighting spirit come alive as you watch them, makes you want to throw a fireball out of your hands right now. :rofl:

:nunchuck: :lp: :lp: :r: :lk: :hp:

[Silentness!]

I didn't really get interested in 3s until I saw Evo2k2 match with Justin vs Tokido.

"Get a load of Tokido's super" :rofl:

[Gen-An]

According to the Insanity DVD guild book for Hyper SF2, Umehara got on the Capcom gaming map back in 1995 when he was a 2nd year Jr High student. He won 286 matches in a row in Vampire Hunter using Pyron at High Tech Sega in Akihabara.

[DS]

The only way I see him coming back into the scene at full potential is if the competition begins to really pick up. Lets face it. Right now the Japanese 3S competition is too much for the U.S. to even compare to. So if Daigo plays at EVO in 3S its GGPO.

But it does suck to see him go out like that. Even though he's still competing here and there I kind of want to see him full time. But of course, just like all of us, he has to pay the bills.

[Ken34]

I just found it, man oh man those vids has made me even more hype to play the alpha series all over again........can't you just feel your fighting spirit come alive as you watch them, makes you want to throw a fireball out of your hands right now. :rofl:

:nunchuck: :lp: :lp: :r: :lk: :hp:


lol, I still play alpha 3 at my local arcade, there are liek onyl 2 guys there though that are high level players, one uses A-Guy(SICK ASS GUY!!!) and the other guy uses none other than....V-RYU!!!!! and when ever he activates that shit and gets that second of inviniciblility he just catches me everytime. we had alot of close matches, very good games, well worth the quarters. I gotta start working on how to bait him into activating that shit....:rofl:

[white shadow]

I just found it, man oh man those vids has made me even more hype to play the alpha series all over again........can't you just feel your fighting spirit come alive as you watch them, makes you want to throw a fireball out of your hands right now. :rofl:

:nunchuck: :lp: :lp: :r: :lk: :hp:
Too True!:wow: Seeing Daigo's A-Guy play is almost like watching some glitsy martial arts fight!:pray::karate::china:

[RaishinX]

According to the Insanity DVD guild book for Hyper SF2, Umehara got on the Capcom gaming map back in 1995 when he was a 2nd year Jr High student. He won 286 matches in a row in Vampire Hunter using Pyron at High Tech Sega in Akihabara.

Jesus Christ...

[spoon]

To anyone else (jae hoon, spoon, whoever) who wants to disagree with me for the sakes of disagreeing, I don't know what else to tell you. :) You can tell me all sorts of irrelevant dabble (like "I don't know what you're watching", etc.), but Daigo got lucky, plain and simple.

Could've whiffed? Maybe!

Could've been that both players were thinking the same thing, and they stuck out a poke at the EXACT same time? Maybe!

Could've been a Justin scenario doing fireball xx SAII instead? Maybe!

Could've been a Justin scenario turtling even more? Maybe!



Too many could've would've should'ves. But it's over now. It's history.

Uh, yeah....whatever

I never said Daigo wasn't lucky and what I said wasn't irrelevant. You said yourself that if justin's c.mk didn't trade he would have cancelled right into super. Now, I'd be inclined to agree with you if not for the fact that Daigo was so far away that the c.mk wouldn't have hit anything. It wasn't a "could've", it's a straight up fact that the c.mk would have hit nothing but air and therefore couldn't be cancelled into SAII.

The only condition that the c.mk would have hit is if Daigo stuck out his own poke - that is what happened and thats why there was a trade.

Again, I'm not disagreeing with you on the topic that Daigo was lucky. Personally, I don't know enough about either player to determine that, but to say that 'if the c.mk didn't trade Justin would have cancelled into super np' is just wrong. I dunno if it was something you said in jest, or it was just something that popped into your head while writing your original post, but its wrong.

[AKUMA2000]

Ken34, i just replied to your pm.

Btw, watching those vids shows how powerful V-ism really can be (in the right hands of a skilled player that is).


white shadow:Too True! Seeing Daigo's A-Guy play is almost like watching some glitsy martial arts fight!

Diago's V-Akuma is nasty as well, he really went all out on Alex Valle's V-Ryu

[Maj]

You can say that Daigo got lucky that Justin fucked up, because goodm0urning is wrong when he says that "Daigo tricked Justin into making a big mistake." It was an unforced error on Justin's part.

But you can't say that Justin got unlucky. He lost that match because of a bad decision. Don't mix mental errors with bad luck. Unlucky would be something like both players twitching back and forth half screen apart, and Daigo accidentally superjumps exactly when Justin decides to do the super. But Daigo did not commit to some stupid guess the way Justin did. So even if you can get away with calling Daigo lucky, you can't get away with calling Justin unlucky. I've got no issues with Justin and he's obviously an amazing player, but he can't make any excuses for losing that match.

Out of curiosity, what would have happened if Justin had done FB xx SA2 and Daigo had parried the first hit of the super then thrown Chun Li? Would the FB pass through Ken without hitting?

[Kamui]

Most characters are completely invulnerable the second they start throwing a character. There are a few exceptions, but it would have passed through him unless the fireball caught him during the initial throw start up.


Out of curiosity, what would have happened if Justin had done FB xx SA2 and Daigo had parried the first hit of the super then thrown Chun Li? Would the FB pass through Ken without hitting?

[Maj]

So can Ken parry the first hit of SA2 and then throw before the second hit comes out? I mean, if Justin had done FB xx SA2 instead, would Daigo have been able to live through it or would he have died for free? I'm just trying to figure out exactly how "lucky" Daigo got.

[Robust]

Stupid Americans, since when have you ever seen me get lucky? Justin is so predictable. The Last time I got lucky, Earth was formed. The Last Time I loss, countries were conquered. The Last time I was argued about, Shoryuken.com was formed.

You're all witnesses.

[archetype]

If you guys like videos of BEASTS then DL my vids. Just google search Mandingo and cop my DVD's Holla.

[Matarick]

How come Capcom didn't give this guy a job being a senior tester/designer and what not?

He could of worked on the ultimate SF4 if given the chance. Come on Capcom USA, please have enough money for Daigo to work on the next Street Fighter game. You know you have the cash ;)

[Ken34]

How come Capcom didn't give this guy a job being a senior tester/designer and what not?

He could of worked on the ultimate SF4 if given the chance. Come on Capcom USA, please have enough money for Daigo to work on the next Street Fighter game. You know you have the cash ;)


I always wondered things like this, how come they dont get these big tourny guys to beta test sequels to the games they play? unless they do, and we just dont hear about it.:wonder:

[SilverGear]

I always wondered things like this, how come they dont get these big tourny guys to beta test sequels to the games they play? unless they do, and we just dont hear about it.:wonder:

If heard in passing that Capcom of Japan tried this with CvS2 and that in return the assigned beta-testers found Roll Cancels but decided not to inform anyone so they could put it into use for future tournaments.

Again please keep in mind this is only something I've heard a handful of times with no real evidence backing it up. As to if this is true or not is uncertain.

[polarity]

If heard in passing that Capcom of Japan tried this with CvS2 and that in return the assigned beta-testers found Roll Cancels but decided not to inform anyone so they could put it into use for future tournaments.

Again please keep in mind this is only something I've heard a handful of times with no real evidence backing it up. As to if this is true or not is uncertain.

No idea if that's true, but it seems they did at least get players to help them with testing. BAS, Knit, Nuki etc. are thanked in the credits.

[Kayin]

Too True!:wow: Seeing Daigo's A-Guy play is almost like watching some glitsy martial arts fight!:pray::karate::china:
As an A-Guy user, I'd love to see some vids.

[JohnnyEight]

I was a witness of that "EVO moment" in person at Cal Poly. I don't need to "watch" anything.

And yes, I am fully aware of the "oh look, notice how he was moving back and forth for a parry bait!". I am also aware of the full situations and factors into the match (time running down for added pressure, Justin taking an early lead, Justin obviously having momentum, etc., etc.)

Odds were STILL against Daigo's favor in that situation. Yes, even if you're Daigo. If Justin's last connected hit (Chun Li crouch MK that traded) did one or two more pixel's worth of damage, he would've won. Heck, if it wasn't a trade, Justin would've easily cancelled that into SAII, no questions asked. Face it, it was a Happy Birthday, Daigo moment. :P

Thanks, anyway, champ. I guess I learned something new today.


WTF is this? If Justin's move did one or two more pixels. Get real. There's no randomness in this situation. Mks do not take extra pixels. Its like hoping that your team will make a 5 point shoot ath the last second in basketball. Its impossible, crazy dude. And Daigo was very likely to win the next rounds even if your crazy random world theory applied to 3rd Strike anyway.

Coulda shoulda woulda don't hold any weight outside your mind.

[AneurysmX]

Ya, you cant get lucky in that situation..... that was the only combo damaging enough to kill Chun at that moment, which means he had to air parry the last hit of the super, which means he was baiting out the super..... regardless I dont think too many ppl can even parry the whole super, with all that noise and with all that pressure.

[Silentness!]

I dont think too many ppl can even parry the whole super, with all that noise and with all that pressure.

You'd be surprised, some people can have total focus even in a burning building. :rofl:

[thedude.com]

You'd be surprised, some people can have total focus even in a burning building. :rofl:


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: hey why not having such scenarios and environment for top players to play in EVO ? it gives you the feeling you are in a fantasy world of fighting game ...LOL!! :rofl:

[snakedizzle209]

How come I hear all this talk about Daigo having a phobia of big crowds. I doubt he'd be able to make that clutch parry/combo in the semi finals of Evo with a packed room screaming and some rooting against him, if that was true.

[thedude.com]

that's why MKA created parry because of daigo , PARTALITIY!

[jae hoon]

Not to mention the fact that Daigo didnt win the tournament of that parry. Justin still had a chance to beat him but couldnt. That is the one fact people seem to miss.

[FMJaguar]

maj: I've only seen people counter in between the 1st and 2nd set, but i don't know for sure, i think that fb xx super can be jumped over tho with that kinda distance and ken being in neutral.

I disagree with the super being a bad move, i think the mistake was that it wasn't actually random, by whiffing those moves to hide the super motion there was a reference point to try to get the first parry, so it wasn't random.

IMO a better move would have been to just do like qcfx6 into super, it's a lot riskier because if you miss the parry then try to parry the real one again youll probably dash. This is all assuming that he had to parry before seeing the flash, which i believe was the case.

Luck is when preparation meets oppourtunity, so i'm not sure what's gained by talking about what's lucky or unlucky here.

[holler mcdollar]

If you guys like videos of BEASTS then DL my vids. Just google search Mandingo and cop my DVD's Holla.

...as savonne steals the thread, looool.

[Gimpy]

Before Daigo retires, I want to see him win this year's EVO with Ryu in 3S. Then he can retire.

[Best Kind Boxer]

maj: I've only seen people counter in between the 1st and 2nd set, but i don't know for sure, i think that fb xx super can be jumped over tho with that kinda distance and ken being in neutral.

I don't think you can throw her after the first hit. Hell, Ryu ex-shoryu gets beat, and Kikosho trades. I think only really invincible type stuff will get her inbetween the kicks.

[blueterror]

NEW DAIGO LINKS:

http://youtube.com/results?search=s...uploaded&page=1

also, can anyone help me nativatage this link: http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/monmon999/

The reason is that there are some confusing links on taht page that lead you to different websites( i assume they have potitenal stuff about daigo, maybe even vids)

EXAMPLE:http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/monmon999/link.html

Perhaps someone good at navigation can help here? Maybe ekin?

[TS]

For any crazy people who can't find the movie page:
http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/monmon999/movie.html

A3 vids. Warning: first vid is hella long. Dig the ancient A3 matches though...that V-Charlie is just...wow... Other vids are better, especially relative to file size.
http://walhall.sakura.ne.jp/zero3.html

Vids mostly in crappy Real Media format. Infamous Cole vs Daigo vid (A-Dhalsim vs A-Guy) is the second link from the bottom.

[ShinVegeta_Py]

thx for the links!!..........=)

[blueterror]

anyone use a mac for this shit? i have a laptop thats struggling with these movies.

[DenjinAqua]

My advice, try VLC media playerhttp://videolan.com/vlc. It's free works on almost anything andplays almost anything. As for Daigo. I saw that 17-hit parry. I can barely parry an Akuma flaming fireball from CVS2. That was Great.

[ShAix510]

The only way I see him coming back into the scene at full potential is if the competition begins to really pick up.


Let's hope some day, one of us would be able to bring him back. :pray:

[DenjinAqua]

Let's hope some day, one of us would be able to bring him back. :pray:

I'm praying as well, he could inspire a new generation of players and start a new golden age.

...

Right, with my scrub-like optimism out in the open, I think I'll keep quiet

[Kiske]

I doubt he would retire, but if he does, I can't imagine it being a very long hiatus. It's hard to give up something that you've put so much time into, enjoy doing and well- getting payed quite generously for your efforts. We'll see nonetheless.

[TrueSephiroth]

I agree, I mean he's so consistant on so many fighting games that he plays...ST, GGX, CvS2, A3, 3S...I mean, all of these games, he's done well in...the man is exactly what they say he is, The Beast. I hope he doesn't retire either, not dick riding on Daigo, but man, he's been playing for a long time and he has my respect as a top player, so I would hope that this isn't true, but just a mere "vacation".

[Gimpy]

I doubt he would retire, but if he does, I can't imagine it being a very long hiatus. It's hard to give up something that you've put so much time into, enjoy doing and well- getting payed quite generously for your efforts. We'll see nonetheless.





That is so true. I once retired from masterbating....needless to say I didn't get payed generously.

[Kiske]

I agree, I mean he's so consistant on so many fighting games that he plays...ST, GGX, CvS2, A3, 3S...I mean, all of these games, he's done well in...the man is exactly what they say he is, The Beast. I hope he doesn't retire either, not dick riding on Daigo, but man, he's been playing for a long time and he has my respect as a top player, so I would hope that this isn't true, but just a mere "vacation".

Yeah, much less leave to pursue a job of mahjong was it? If that's the case, I'll give him a couple of months before shows up at his nearest arcade ready throw down again.





That is so true. I once retired from masterbating....needless to say I didn't get payed generously.

LOL! Classic.

[SirFritzalot]

I got the Daigo vs KSK match from evo...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pGzdqc9pbfk

-Fritz

[spoon]

Wow, KSK is amazing...

[thedude.com]

i just can't imagine daigo performing 'ume' in mahjong..

opponent : " PONG !! "
daigo : " NO !! SHORYUKEN !! "

[kuku81]

Let's hope some day, one of us would be able to bring him back. :pray:
A man has been dominating the news since last Wednesday on Japanese fighting game forums. He played 3rd for five hours continuously with his best friend/rival Onuki that day. But for what? Of course for the reason.... He is serious about going West and getting $5000 this summer!



http://hipee.moe.hm/uplon/2029.jpg

[nothingxs]

A man has been dominating the news since last Wednesday on Japanese fighting game forums. He played 3rd for five hours continuously with his best friend/rival Onuki that day. But for what? Of course for the reason.... He is serious about going West and getting $5000 this summer!



http://hipee.moe.hm/uplon/2029.jpg

EVERYONE HIDE THE MONEY

:rofl: Good shit, I have a really good reason to go to EVO, now.

[platinum_pinoy]

I agree, I mean he's so consistant on so many fighting games that he plays...ST, GGX, CvS2, A3, 3S...I mean, all of these games, he's done well in...the man is exactly what they say he is, The Beast. I hope he doesn't retire either, not dick riding on Daigo, but man, he's been playing for a long time and he has my respect as a top player, so I would hope that this isn't true, but just a mere "vacation".
I think he is an insane beast in all the aforementioned games, but he's more a "jack of all trades", meaning he does place high in all of them, but he isn't the best in any of them, naw mean? I mean, if he is the best in anything, I guess it would have to be A3 or ST.

[blueterror]

Excuse me sir. Can you please help me answer this queastion. Here it is:

Help me so I can play my only game. In case you forgot the question...

Please anyone help me with CCC Vol. 1 for PS2 to unlock all extras/secrets. The code that was on gamefags... I mean gamefaqs isn't working--- HELP!:sad: It says to press L1, R1, Up, Down, L1, R1, Up, Down, L1, R1, Up, Down. Basically it's L1, R1, Up, Down, repeated 3 times. Why aint this workin?:confused:
Sincerely,
BlitheringIdiot

not to be an ass but this post has no relation to this thread, its kinda off the point:confused:

again, no offense.

and daigo probably never browses this forum

[ccgol]

A man has been dominating the news since last Wednesday on Japanese fighting game forums. He played 3rd for five hours continuously with his best friend/rival Onuki that day. But for what? Of course for the reason.... He is serious about going West and getting $5000 this summer!



http://hipee.moe.hm/uplon/2029.jpg

:lovin: :lovin: :lovin: :lovin: :lovin: :lovin: :lovin: :lovin:
:lovin: :lovin: :lovin: :lovin: :lovin: :lovin: :lovin: :lovin:

[canada_street_team]

if thats Daigo in the picture, how come he's in ken's stage with his character?? Or maybe he's playing somebody??? but if he's playing the cpu, it should be in chun's stage right?

[polarity]

Or maybe he's playing somebody????

no shit?

[True_Tech]

if thats Daigo in the picture, how come he's in ken's stage with his character?? Or maybe he's playing somebody??? but if he's playing the cpu, it should be in chun's stage right?
He played 3rd for five hours continuously with his best friend/rival Onuki that day

that part not clear enough for you?

[Superking]

if thats Daigo in the picture, how come he's in ken's stage with his character?? Or maybe he's playing somebody??? but if he's playing the cpu, it should be in chun's stage right?

It's a head-to-head Versus Cabinet, Nuki is on the other side playing as Chun.

[Hand Hanzo]

I've always wanted to meet Daigo in person. Or even better, face him in 3s. A recurring dream of mine is beating Daigo with Q (SA2). That would be the shit.

[ruin-]

Well I just heard he will becoming to evo ^_^!!!!

[Hoonyo]

wow hes gonna earn a lot of money then

who thinks he'll be going home with at least $20k?

[FMJaguar]

$20k, no way, is he even training for anything other than 3s? I wouldn't be suprised to see a finish in the money in several games, but he's already lost in the cvs2 event before, and there are more game specific experts in slash / cvs2 etc... than ever before, plus who knows what will happen in hsf2 (and it's less money).

The best chance for someone to win the most money IMO is justin, as he's been actually competing in mvc2,cvs2, 3s, and maybe he'll be up for t5 this time too? If he gets top finishes at evo east he'll be the top ec seed at the finals and it'll look pretty good for cashing in.

[Hoonyo]

I totally forgot HSF2 had a $1250 grand prize. I guess Justin has the best shot at walking away with more than $10K. How about DOA4? I have no fucking clue who a "top player" is for that game. I could probably win it, and I've never even played the game.

[Darkside3024]

I totally forgot HSF2 had a $1250 grand prize. I guess Justin has the best shot at walking away with more than $10K. How about DOA4? I have no fucking clue who a "top player" is for that game. I could probably win it, and I've never even played the game.
I don't think it is a such thing as a top player in DOA4. I've pulled off plenty of streaks just from mashing.

[GGL-steve]

I totally forgot HSF2 had a $1250 grand prize. I guess Justin has the best shot at walking away with more than $10K. How about DOA4? I have no fucking clue who a "top player" is for that game. I could probably win it, and I've never even played the game.

Some people are better then others at DOA but the game is basic enough you really won't see the huge skill gaps you do in others.

[BoggleMinds]

Good to see the old A3 vids from '98 making the rounds ... it's about time that more people saw some old school dominance :D

Daigo's best game is either 3S or ST .. well, he DOES have the best Ken and the best Ryu respectively :)

[blueterror]

Good to see the old A3 vids from '98 making the rounds ... it's about time that more people saw some old school dominance :D

Daigo's best game is either 3S or ST .. well, he DOES have the best Ken and the best Ryu respectively :)

i wanna see some daigo footage in ST :sad:

[blueterror]

-------------MAJOR EDITING OF LINKS------------

after discovering that my links are wrong, here are the new, edited links!

MORE 3S AROUND HERE
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=daigo+

ST FOOTAGE BELOW/ DAIGO VS MESTER, RX, NUKI(3S) and a short ggxx vid is in there.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=daigo&search_type=search_videos&search=Search

this one is GGXX. Daigo rushing down here.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=daigo+the+beast&search_type=search_videos&search=Search

[Josh-TheFunkDOC]

Regarding DOA, tournament results seem to be more random than in other games. There are a few consistent high placers though; ones that spring to mind include DOAMaster, JustOwnin, and Perfect Legend. I think these guys would be the favorites to win, although it's hard to tell since this game has a ton of online players that haven't really traveled. Sometimes these people, in their first time traveling to an offline tourney, actually win; one such guy even beat both Ownin and Legend to win a major (by DOA standards). It's definitely the biggest crapshoot of any of the Evo games, even moreso than SF2 AE I think.

And Daigo could be very dangerous in GG Slash. Remember that Sol's DP does way too much damage now...

-Josh

[Shadowcuz]

Is there a vid where Daigo faces Alex Valle in the '98 SFA3 tourney?

[thirdstrikeman]

Is there a vid where Daigo faces Alex Valle in the '98 SFA3 tourney?

Here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDgDX-EvFnU

[Shadowcuz]

Here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDgDX-EvFnU
Thanks!!!:clap:

[Rise Vader]

Here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDgDX-EvFnU

good ish ive been looking for this.:wgrin:

[BoggleMinds]

There's quite a bit of Daigo ST footage floating around the net, if you look around long enough. Most noteworthy are:

SBO1 ST Finals (Daigo - Ryu, Kurahashi - Guile, Otochun - Chun Li)
http://kingoffighters.planets.gamespy.com/video/capcom.shtml

Evo2k4 footage (Ryu, Boxer, O. Sagat) vs. John Choi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnG-OBPYa2I&search=John%20choi

Insanity DVD (there are some clips on their site: http://www.inhgroup.com/item/st2/)

More ST clips here:

http://www.putfile.com/nohoho

Matches Daigo played against Jeff Schaeffer in July '04:

http://www6.streamload.com/Nodes/Node.asp?cxInstID=1742315&nodeID=86197538

You can also check monmon999's site:

http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/monmon999/movie.html

There is also the 700MB Absolution 2004 Alpha 3 collection that might be on P2P or whatever; has a few Daigo V-Ryu matches, but it seems like he long gave up that game ..

Daigo also played in the inaugural Ultimate Zero Direction tournament in '03, using V-Ryu, of course. His first round opponent (a V-Gouki) got *very* lucky and knocked him out in the first round.
http://www.combovideos.com/page.php?id=690

The UZD matches on combovideos.com are god tier. Get 'em if you're an A3 fan.

[polarity]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEBzTsI_OHc

What the fuck :confused:

[Eric J]

Daigo's best game is either 3S or ST .. well, he DOES have the best Ken and the best Ryu respectively :)

I would have to argue that the best Ken would be DeshikenKFG, Daigo would probably tie for second with Spellmaster J. Deshiken has the most retarded Ken I've ever seen :looney:

[canada_street_team]

I would have to argue that the best Ken would be DeshikenKFG, Daigo would probably tie for second with Spellmaster J. Deshiken has the most retarded Ken I've ever seen :looney:

whats the sean unblockable??

[Darkside3024]

whats the sean unblockable??
Joke account?

[SuperSamyon]

Evo2k4 footage (Ryu, Boxer, O. Sagat) vs. John Choi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnG-OBPYa2I&search=John%20choi



Daigo's Balrog is freaking insane! Damn!:rofl:

[stream3]

deshiken is crazy but he doesn't go PSYCHIC like daigo does with random parries and super footsies.

[Darkside3024]

Evo2k4 footage (Ryu, Boxer, O. Sagat) vs. John Choi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnG-OBPYa2I&search=John%20choi

That Balrog shows the true meaning of beasting.

[EveryFlowerFlow]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnG-O...ch=John%20choi

LMAO @ that Rog. crazy.

[Overworld]

I don't even play SF2 and that was exciting.

[Shadowcuz]

I don't even play SF2 and that was exciting.
lol same here

[Silentness!]

O. Sagat vs O. Sagat is exciting?

TIGER TIGER TIGER!

____

Daigo's Balrog is scary though. Talk about rushdown...

[Overworld]

O. Sagat vs O. Sagat is exciting?

TIGER TIGER TIGER!


____

Daigo's Balrog is scary though. Talk about rushdown...

Nah I was talking about the balrog stuff.

[blueterror]

thanks for the amazing links! heres a few more from me

http://www.combovideos.com/page.php?id=1052

daigo in cvs2 if you missed it.

http://www.combovideos.com/list.php?c=cfjmv

daigo in capcom fighting jam. that game is pretty broken.

i cant seem to find vids of daigo in darkstalkers. i know i saw a vid on combovids that had him winning like 30 to 50 games in a row, but cant seem to find it right now

[Ken34]

thanks for the amazing links! heres a few more from me

http://www.combovideos.com/page.php?id=1052

daigo in cvs2 if you missed it.

http://www.combovideos.com/list.php?c=cfjmv

daigo in capcom fighting jam. that game is pretty broken.

i cant seem to find vids of daigo in darkstalkers. i know i saw a vid on combovids that had him winning like 30 to 50 games in a row, but cant seem to find it right now


hmm, nice links.

I think that daigo tribute site that was posted on the first page of this thread has darkstalker vids from a tourny he played in, he beasted really bad with that ghost swordsman dude.

[blueterror]

hmm, nice links.

I think that daigo tribute site that was posted on the first page of this thread has darkstalker vids from a tourny he played in, he beasted really bad with that ghost swordsman dude.


yes....ill check that one out but the one i saw had Daigo beating up everyone with Jedah. :looney:

[Postman~730]

Daigo's Balrog is freaking insane! Damn!:rofl:

co-sign 100%

[benj86]

Daigo had always been my favorite player. I hope he returns to evo this year so we can even have more footage of him xD

[blueterror]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx_A-AClCIQ&search=daigo

this video deserves its own highlight even though its already in my links awhile back.

Alex Valle comes reallllllllllllllllly close to beating Daigo but it always seems like Daigo finds a way to get super serious and win.

[Darkside3024]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx_A-AClCIQ&search=daigo

this video deserves its own highlight even though its already in my links awhile back.

Alex Valle comes reallllllllllllllllly close to beating Daigo but it always seems like Daigo finds a way to get super serious and win.
So do you think he holds back a little then plays at his best when in danger? Or more like a hidden power?

[canada_street_team]

is there a match between the 2 beasts, Daigo and Deshi somewhere? Or they never played against eachother..?

[hobbes8548]

is there a match between the 2 beasts, Daigo and Deshi somewhere? Or they never played against eachother..?
If I remember correctly I think they played against each other at last years SBO and Deshi totally raped Daigo, think one round was perfect.

[escobuu]

is there a match between the 2 beasts, Daigo and Deshi somewhere? Or they never played against eachother..?

http://www.combovideos.com/page.php?id=735

edit: I posted the link before downloading it myself. It's Goemon (Yang) / Deshi Ken (Ken) vs Ohnuki (Chun-Li) / Daigo (Ken) but Daigo didn't play.

[blueterror]

So do you think he holds back a little then plays at his best when in danger? Or more like a hidden power?


i dont know because ive never played daigo myself. My analysis is that daigo can play his way into winning despite whatever health meter he has. he adapts to the situation pretty quick and in clutch situations where its do or die, daigo doesnt mess up that often as long as he knows he has a chance there.

[canada_street_team]

yea both of them should do a couple of rounds, that would be interesting..

[hobbes8548]

Ah yes I was wrong, was thinking of one of the previous rounds where Deshi raped some other ken.

[stream3]

Ah yes I was wrong, was thinking of one of the previous rounds where Deshi raped some other ken.

time to learn how to read japanese :wgrin:

[Gaijinblaze]

Daigo played Hirai (another Ken player) in some team tournament a long time ago and lost. I don't think Daigo is the best Ken but really, I can't even make that claim because I've never played any Japanese Kens. Judging who's the best by watching videos would be plain ludicrous.

[blueterror]

http://youtube.com/results?search=street%20fighter%20daigo&sort=video_date_uploaded&page=1

i dunno if i posted this but its my fave link. basically TONS AND TONS of footage here.

He has his own Wikipedia article.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Umehara

[marn]

You know... it'd be pretty funny... If Daigo showed up to EVO this year.. Wouldn't that mean that this is a worthless thread? I mean... He's not retired...

[Spirit Juice]

My guess is that he wasn't planning on attending until he heard how much the prize pot was worth.

[Darkside3024]

My guess is that he wasn't planning on attending until he heard how much the prize pot was worth.
:rofl: Money talks.

[blueterror]

You know... it'd be pretty funny... If Daigo showed up to EVO this year.. Wouldn't that mean that this is a worthless thread? I mean... He's not retired...

i had thought about that. if daigo shows no slowdown after evo itll be clear that hes stayin in the game and ill edit the topic to "daigo vid collection" or something

[Silentness!]

My guess is that he wasn't planning on attending until he heard how much the prize pot was worth.

Daigo: I'm retiring from fighting games.
(Ohnuki hands Daigo an Evo newsletter showing the prize pot)
Daigo: OH SHIT! Where do I sign up?

[thedude.com]

Daigo: I'm retiring from fighting games.
(Ohnuki hands Daigo an Evo newsletter showing the prize pot)
Daigo: OH SHIT! Where do I sign up?


at a second thought ...

Daigo : " naah i'll stick to mahjong cuz' i can win more money than evo ,just like farming . "

[blueterror]

who do u think wld win if Daigo went aganist Gian in ST? if youve seen Gian, that guy is a hecka machine.

[stream3]

gian - dude is OG player

[JustOwnin]

I totally forgot HSF2 had a $1250 grand prize. I guess Justin has the best shot at walking away with more than $10K. How about DOA4? I have no fucking clue who a "top player" is for that game. I could probably win it, and I've never even played the game.


(retired champion) me http://www.doacentral.com/NewsContent.aspx?aid=717

o M A S T E R o
Mk Bill/MK legend/Tom brady
Perfectl Legend
BlackMamba

www.doacentral.com/

skill gaps HUGE. Unlike other games that have bad online play doa4s one on eone is great. So instead of all the top players getting to play once every blue moon they play each other nightly in a continous none stop bid for power.

You'd see how this'd be advantagous.

[Josh-TheFunkDOC]

Gian is supposed to be the best Dhalsim in the world, and I think Kuni said Daigo is "the weakest of the top ST players" or something like that. Ryu has a bad matchup against Sim, but Balrog (Daigo's beastly secondary character) has a fighting chance. Gain would definitely have the edge though.

EDIT: I'm sorry, but Tom Brady seems to do nothing but place 7th in 15-20 man tourneys. Please tell me how this makes him "elite." And please don't mention tournaments for previous games, 4 is a very different animal.

-Josh

[blueterror]

another vid of daigo in ST.

seems like he gets outplayed but still edges out the opponet? can anyone who reads japanese verify who the opponet was.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=B-mEn9QprLI&search=Daigo

[Bacardi]

kky is the best dhalsim not gian

[Kyokuji]

seems like he gets outplayed but still edges out the opponet? can anyone who reads japanese verify who the opponet was.

Yeah, he was definitely out played there. He has ST's high ass damage setting to thank for that win.
He isn't really known for his ST game though.

[blueterror]

Yeah, he was definitely out played there. He has ST's high ass damage setting to thank for that win.
He isn't really known for his ST game though.

daigo's acheivements thus far in ST:

Super Battle Opera (2003) - 1st [Ryu] w/ Kurahashi [Guile] and Yng.Bro.Chun [Chun Li]
Evolution 2003 - 1st
Absolution2K4 - 1st [Ryu, Balrog]
Evolution 2004 - 1st [Ryu, Balrog]

lets just say that even though daigos speciality is not ST that doesnt mean you should count him out. this year will just be his hardest EVO challenge i bet. dont forget -never underestimate your opponet!

[thedude.com]

(retired champion) me http://www.doacentral.com/NewsContent.aspx?aid=717

o M A S T E R o
Mk Bill/MK legend/Tom brady
Perfectl Legend
BlackMamba

www.doacentral.com/

skill gaps HUGE. Unlike other games that have bad online play doa4s one on eone is great. So instead of all the top players getting to play once every blue moon they play each other nightly in a continous none stop bid for power.

You'd see how this'd be advantagous.


thread jacking ???

looks like somebody is going to do a front-down-front-punch on ya' soon .

[Shadowcuz]

thread jacking ???

looks like somebody is going to do a front-down-front-punch on ya' soon .
:rofl:

but i do like this pic of Hitomi:hitit:

http://myspace-799.vo.llnwd.net/00476/99/79/476559799_l.jpg

[JackTenrac!]

A man has been dominating the news since last Wednesday on Japanese fighting game forums. He played 3rd for five hours continuously with his best friend/rival Onuki that day. But for what? Of course for the reason.... He is serious about going West and getting $5000 this summer!



http://hipee.moe.hm/uplon/2029.jpg

In response to the Daigo news, here is the new noise of Fighting Game summer:

ahem! ahem!




"Ohhh Daaaaaaaaaaaaaigggggggooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! !!"


...that went well.

[Perfect Legend]

Regarding DOA, tournament results seem to be more random than in other games. There are a few consistent high placers though; ones that spring to mind include DOAMaster, JustOwnin, and Perfect Legend. I think these guys would be the favorites to win, although it's hard to tell since this game has a ton of online players that haven't really traveled. Sometimes these people, in their first time traveling to an offline tourney, actually win; one such guy even beat both Ownin and Legend to win a major (by DOA standards). It's definitely the biggest crapshoot of any of the Evo games, even moreso than SF2 AE I think.

And Daigo could be very dangerous in GG Slash. Remember that Sol's DP does way too much damage now...

-Josh

That tournament was in the first month of the game being out and we didn't know much about the game then.


But I am really looking forward to seeing Daigo at EVO.

*edit* wow I didn't know justownin posted in this thread before I did.

[RaishinX]

I was just thinking the other day. The vid commentator on the famous Justin vs. Daigo fight said that the vid was rare footage of Daigo actually angry. How could they tell? Was his face all frowned up? Sounds pretty funny now that I think of it. I can understand why, though. Turtling can be very aggravating for the opponent.

EDIT: http://youtube.com/watch?v=d9PdoFpSkDw&search=Daigo%20Umehara Hahahahaha

[Marty]

Haha, the concept of a fighting game pro having a hissy fit mid-battle.

[canada_street_team]

dammit I hate people who turtle....especially chun freakin' lee's

[Spirit Juice]

I was just thinking the other day. The vid commentator on the famous Justin vs. Daigo fight said that the vid was rare footage of Daigo actually angry. How could they tell? Was his face all frowned up? Sounds pretty funny now that I think of it. I can understand why, though. Turtling can be very aggravating for the opponent.

EDIT: http://youtube.com/watch?v=d9PdoFpSkDw&search=Daigo%20Umehara Hahahahaha

I think Daigo ticks his head in annoyance during the match.

[snakedizzle209]

dammit I hate people who turtle....especially chun freakin' lee's

Join the club and welcome to 1991.

[goodm0urning]

Haha, the concept of a fighting game pro having a hissy fit mid-battle.Like back in the day, when using a throw meant an outright ejection from the arcade.

"WTF... did you just press MY start button?"

"Yeah, fucker. After that infinite combo, you deserved it."

"Why you..."

*slap fight*

[s-kill]

I was just thinking the other day. The vid commentator on the famous Justin vs. Daigo fight said that the vid was rare footage of Daigo actually angry. How could they tell? Was his face all frowned up? Sounds pretty funny now that I think of it. I can understand why, though. Turtling can be very aggravating for the opponent.

EDIT: http://youtube.com/watch?v=d9PdoFpSkDw&search=Daigo%20Umehara Hahahahaha

That commentator was me. I've been a big fan of Daigo since I first saw his DS vids a loooong time ago. I've followed his career and played him at every opportunity ever since.

Daigo hates turtling. It's not some moral objection to the style--he just finds it frustrating like everyone else does. Anyone familiar with Daigo's style that watches that entire match (instead of just the famous bit) could tell he was annoyed by Justin's shenanigans.

The way players like Nuki and Tokido win is clear: they do the highest-percentage techniques with near-perfect execution. They have other virtues like a certain ruthlessness and good basic mindgames, though they do not exceed other top players in those departments. Daigo is something different though (no one knows this better than Nuki himself).

Here's an article I wrote a few years ago that started the term "psychic DP" to explain some of Daigo's (and Alex Valle's) special powers:

http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34760

I also wrote an analysis of the EVO2K4 Daigo v Justin match that was included with the EVO2K5 program guide. SRK user Dogface has extra copies of that that he's giving away, but I should have an electronic version of it someplace--if I can think to look for it I'll post it up.

xo,
Seth

[TrueSephiroth]

daigo's acheivements thus far in ST:

Super Battle Opera (2003) - 1st [Ryu] w/ Kurahashi [Guile] and Yng.Bro.Chun [Chun Li]
Evolution 2003 - 1st
Absolution2K4 - 1st [Ryu, Balrog]
Evolution 2004 - 1st [Ryu, Balrog]

lets just say that even though daigos speciality is not ST that doesnt mean you should count him out. this year will just be his hardest EVO challenge i bet. dont forget -never underestimate your opponet!

True that, but that was ST, this is HSF2 a completely different fighting game, so we'll see how well he will play up against other players who play characters like Hyper Ryu, CE. Guile and CE. Bison. If Daigo is comming to evo, would be interesting to see how well he does this time around, and not to sound like I'm riding on his cock, but from his past times being in evo, he'll most likely be right up there again in the majority of the fighting games that he enters in no doubt.

[dereklearnslow]

I also wrote an analysis of the EVO2K4 Daigo v Justin match that was included with the EVO2K5 program guide. SRK user Dogface has extra copies of that that he's giving away, but I should have an electronic version of it someplace--if I can think to look for it I'll post it up.

xo,
Seth


That would be dope.

[NKI]

who do u think wld win if Daigo went aganist Gian in ST? if youve seen Gian, that guy is a hecka machine.Gian would win. I say this because:
1) Sim does well against Ryu
2) Gian knows ST way better than Daigo
3) Gian has played Daigo before and beat him convincingly

another vid of daigo in ST.

seems like he gets outplayed but still edges out the opponet? can anyone who reads japanese verify who the opponet was.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=B-mEn9QprLI&search=DaigoHis name is "umechin". I've never heard of that name before, but I think I might have seen him at More a few times...

kky is the best dhalsim not gianKKY is good, but there is no Dhalsim better than Gian's. That's not just my opinion, but also the opinion of all the Japanese players.

[Nick T.]

The way players like Nuki and Tokido win is clear: they do the highest-percentage techniques with near-perfect execution. They have other virtues like a certain ruthlessness and good basic mindgames, though they do not exceed other top players in those departments. Daigo is something different though (no one knows this better than Nuki himself).


I agree. This is why Daigo is my favorite player. You can see he has a little extra umph that clearly puts him above others in certain aspects.

[s-kill]

Gian would win. I say this because:
1) Sim does well against Ryu
2) Gian knows ST way better than Daigo
3) Gian has played Daigo before and beat him convincingly

co-sign. Daigo has his special Daigo powers, but Dhalsim vs Ryu is a lopsided fight and Gian is good enough to avoid getting baited and make the character advantages into a key issue here.

The knowledge thing is also very true. I learned like 6 new things from Gian just watching him in the few minutes I could get away at last year's EVO. I learn pretty much nothing new from watching Daigo, other than the already familiar lesson that he knows what you're thinking, and is going to make you pay.

His name is "umechin". I've never heard of that name before, but I think I might have seen him at More a few times...

I do not know Daigo's opponent, but I am 99% sure that this was a regular tourney match from the SBO that Daigo's team went on to win. I was watching it over Daigo's shoulder--it was fairly early on in the tournament, not on the main stage or even on a big screen.

It was not quite as dramatic as it seemed (I believe the team was starting Daigo in the early rounds, but leaving him as the anchor in the finals, meaning Bro Chun and Kurahashi were still around to play if Daigo lost in this one), but still a classic "Daigo" match. I was thinking to myself as it was happening "he's going to hit that corner too fast to run out the clock safely!" (jumping risked super, and staying on the ground has it's own risks of course), and the funny part was that I (if not the rest of the crowd) was actually scared for the other guy, not Daigo.

That said, I still say that overhead did a little too much damage, and that Daigo is a cheater.

xo,
Seth

[JohnnyEight]

(retired champion) me http://www.doacentral.com/NewsContent.aspx?aid=717

o M A S T E R o
Mk Bill/MK legend/Tom brady
Perfectl Legend
BlackMamba

www.doacentral.com/

skill gaps HUGE. Unlike other games that have bad online play doa4s one on eone is great. So instead of all the top players getting to play once every blue moon they play each other nightly in a continous none stop bid for power.

You'd see how this'd be advantagous.


The top players in the WORLD at Marvel play each other everyday since the game came out, with no lag (CTF in NY). That's why nor Japan nor DoA players can have a shot at MvC2.

[eks]

analysis please seth

[Graham]

Its too bad he is supposedly retired, i was looking forward to battling him at evo. Oh well im sure there will be other top japanese players to defeat.

Then again Daigo is next gen st like Valle eh?

[canada_street_team]

umm, isnt Daigo coming to Evo finally, after hearing about the prize money??

[blueterror]

umm, isnt Daigo coming to Evo finally, after hearing about the prize money??

if daigo is coming to EVO ill change the name of the thread to "Daigo Returns:vid collection" after the superman returns movie haha. i already mentioned this earlier in the thread, you should browse for some nice links here.

to NKI: ive heard of the name umechin i think hes still around in 3s or something. not sure here.

some good knowledge around here, im just wondering who has a better resume in capcom fighting games than Daigo?

p.s: i cant wait for EVO

[BoggleMinds]

That Umechin player has been on the ST scene quite a while, I think. His Ryu's probably low to mid of the top tier players in Japan .. although there *are* like twenty odd top Ryu players. I believe he participated in the Master Secret 'AV' Cup tourney (vids at combovideos.com).

As for Daigo-sama, well .. as everyone knows, he's got such good prediction skills (and quick reflexes, a must) - all with perfect execution. A very 'technical' player, his style is the opposite of flashy; instead his play is very solid, based on high percentage, low risk tactics. Very much focused around zoning and limiting the opponent's options ... and although his knowledge of ST, for example, isn't up there with the ST-specialists, he knows his chars well enough that for most matches it doesn't matter.

P.S. What do people think of the Daigo vs. Jeff Schaefer vids? Didn't Daigo get perfected a few times by Schaefer's CE-Guile? Perhaps he just couldn't find a way around a broken matchup :)

[Graham]

thats a lame excuse for jeff playing well. Its not a broken matchup, its called experience and jeff has what daigo lacked if he was winning. Don't make excuses when old school players win, just accept it for what it is. Jeff was one of the best from LA in the old school days and I have no doubt he could hold his own against anyone in any game he was well versed in, that is except me and my brother =)

[BoggleMinds]

thats a lame excuse for jeff playing well. Its not a broken matchup, its called experience and jeff has what daigo lacked if he was winning. Don't make excuses when old school players win, just accept it for what it is. Jeff was one of the best from LA in the old school days and I have no doubt he could hold his own against anyone in any game he was well versed in, that is except me and my brother =)

You're right. I wasn't trying to play down Schaefer's wins at all .. Just that, looking at the vids, Daigo might have underestimated just how strong CE-Guile is, e.g. several times his distances were wrong and got caught by Guile's low forward poke. I guess there's no doubt he lacks experience in *AE* ... :rofl:

[Hol Horse]

co-sign. Daigo has his special Daigo powers, but Dhalsim vs Ryu is a lopsided fight and Gian is good enough to avoid getting baited and make the character advantages into a key issue here.

The knowledge thing is also very true. I learned like 6 new things from Gian just watching him in the few minutes I could get away at last year's EVO. I learn pretty much nothing new from watching Daigo, other than the already familiar lesson that he knows what you're thinking, and is going to make you pay.



I do not know Daigo's opponent, but I am 99% sure that this was a regular tourney match from the SBO that Daigo's team went on to win. I was watching it over Daigo's shoulder--it was fairly early on in the tournament, not on the main stage or even on a big screen.

It was not quite as dramatic as it seemed (I believe the team was starting Daigo in the early rounds, but leaving him as the anchor in the finals, meaning Bro Chun and Kurahashi were still around to play if Daigo lost in this one), but still a classic "Daigo" match. I was thinking to myself as it was happening "he's going to hit that corner too fast to run out the clock safely!" (jumping risked super, and staying on the ground has it's own risks of course), and the funny part was that I (if not the rest of the crowd) was actually scared for the other guy, not Daigo.

That said, I still say that overhead did a little too much damage, and that Daigo is a cheater.

xo,
Seth

nope, that match was in the "best bout Selection" of the 1st SBO, and Daigo was the anchor of the team since Kurahashi and Otochun were raped by the opposing team's 1st player.

[NKI]

Its too bad he is supposedly retired, i was looking forward to battling him at evo.I have no contact info for the man himself, but I heard first-hand from bas and from Chikyuu that Daigo is going.

Then again Daigo is next gen st like Valle eh?Exactly. Daigo's strength comes not from knowing the game well, but from being able to read your mind.

The other top ST players (like Gian) dominate simply because they know the game so well, not because they have super powers.

P.S. What do people think of the Daigo vs. Jeff Schaefer vids? Didn't Daigo get perfected a few times by Schaefer's CE-Guile? Perhaps he just couldn't find a way around a broken matchup :)I think Daigo lost for two reasons. The first and major reason is because he just doesn't know pre-ST Street Fighter. The second and minor reason is because he was playing on American sticks on an American cabinet for what was probably the first time in his life.

[TrueSephiroth]

I think Daigo lost for two reasons. The first and major reason is because he just doesn't know pre-ST Street Fighter. The second and minor reason is because he was playing on American sticks on an American cabinet for what was probably the first time in his life.

True, but imo, Daigo did get to pick his ST characters, and if I'm wrong, Jeff didn't play much at all during the ST days...someone correct me if I'm wrong here. Jeff is extremely good in oldschool, and the two played quite a bit of matches too, I mean, I could reason if it was just 1 or 2 sets, but they played a fairly good amount of matches against one another.

I agree with Graham, Jeff has the experience...I just wished that Tomo would come back into the scene once, would love to see him take on Daigo as well in AE.

[stream3]

that jeff vs daigo stuff is interesting but I don't put too much weight into it. Anyone taking those results to seriously has too much time on their hands. Schaefer and Daigo both showcased good skill. No need to read too deeply into that, hopefully Schaefer makes it out for AE.

Those were casual matches too ... like those A3 casuals where daigo fucked around with Guy all the time. Tournament counts more.

[MaybeMemories]

someone post diagos pic

[RaishinX]

someone post diagos pic

Someone already did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Umehara

[blueterror]

More ST daigo footage found from this thread!

Daigo vs Zazaman at absoultion2k5


http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115506

[BoggleMinds]

More ST daigo footage found from this thread!

Daigo vs Zazaman at absoultion2k5


http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115506

Good shit! Absolution was in '04 not '05 .. still, nice to finally see some Abs2k4 ST footage. I remember there was some discussion about Zaza's 2nd place finishing in the original Abs2k4 thread here on SRK. Pushing Daigo to the limit -- similar to Schaeffer, a decade long hiatus, and still having the skill. Nice

[thedude.com]

Pushing Daigo To The Limit ...

[popo187]

Just saw the newest episode of purepwnage (purepwnage.com), and for a really popular online show, they mentioned Daigo Umehara and his infamous evo2k5 parry.

[goodm0urning]

Just saw the newest episode of purepwnage (purepwnage.com), and for a really popular online show, they mentioned Daigo Umehara and his infamous evo2k4 parry....

[Rakukojin]

Daigo seems to have recently won a qualifying tournament at Gamer's VISION for the 6th Cooperation Cup on 6/18/06 (http://www.game-newton.co.jp/).

This shows that Daigo is not retired from fighting games just yet.

[blueterror]

noob question:


how does one edit the title of the thread? i know i can edit my entry but i want to change the title of the thread?

[thedude.com]

blue : only the mod and admin can do it .

[Psycho_Kenshin]

Daigo's the guy who parried Chun-Li's whole kick-super with Ken in Third Strike right? That guy was crazy.

[thedude.com]

Daigo's the guy who parried Chun-Li's whole kick-super with Ken in Third Strike right? That guy was crazy.


that alone isn't enough .. there are more daigo matches which is also very incredible .

[canada_street_team]

Daigo seems to have recently won a qualifying tournament at Gamer's VISION for the 6th Cooperation Cup on 6/18/06 (http://www.game-newton.co.jp/).

This shows that Daigo is not retired from fighting games just yet.

yes, I heard the same from a friend that knows Bas (a good friend of daigo) he beasted in the Co-op cup, he said that he was now ready for evo
but is there a vid on the site mentioned ?

[blueterror]

okay it seems that daigo is back in the game. there is now a disclaimer in the thread's title but i wish i could change the title of the thread. oh well.

DAIGO RETURNS.

[goodm0urning]

Daigo's the guy who parried Chun-Li's whole kick-super with Ken in Third Strike right? That guy was crazy.One of his lesser accomplishments, I assure you.

[blueterror]

that alone isn't enough .. there are more daigo matches which is also very incredible .

can u give a example? id like to hear em. or even better, upload a vid somewhere.

[RaishinX]

can u give a example? id like to hear em. or even better, upload a vid somewhere.

We've already posted several videos. Just read.

[Darkside3024]

can u give a example? id like to hear em. or even better, upload a vid somewhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnG-OBPYa2I&search=John%20choi

[goodm0urning]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnG-OBPYa2I&search=John%20choi
Hahaha, Jesus. Daigo must have taken rushdown pills before that match.

[incognegro]

why is daigo so beast?!!!!! that balrog shit just crushed john choi spirits so bad he just couldn't think anymore in that last round...lol

[Tone!]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnG-OBPYa2I&search=John%20choi

Dear god, that's insane.

I found it funny how some guy screamed "WHAT?!" at that last punch... funny as hell.

[thedude.com]

why is daigo so beast?!!!!! that balrog shit just crushed john choi spirits so bad he just couldn't think anymore in that last round...lol

the world is coming to an end ......~ 6 6 6

[dongle]

here's a video of daigo totally beasting on a table:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5879344952169428776&q=daigo

he kept pinning that bitch down even after the ten count.

or he was sleepy.

[Darkside3024]

here's a video of daigo totally beasting on a table:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5879344952169428776&q=daigo

he kept pinning that bitch down even after the ten count.

or he was sleepy.
:rofl: BTW, who were those guys talkin' about DSP?

[CRIMS0N VEN0M]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnG-OBPYa2I&search=John%20choi

Jesus christ, I've never seen a Balrog player do that. That shit was insane. No fear!

[goodm0urning]

here's a video of daigo totally beasting on a table:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5879344952169428776&q=daigo

he kept pinning that bitch down even after the ten count.

or he was sleepy.The Beast... UNLEASHED!!!

[Dumehra]

We all know that Daigo owns in most Street fighter games, CvS 2, and Guilty gear XX. Does anyone knows if he is good at SNK's fighting games, especially KOF?

[BoggleMinds]

We all know that Daigo owns in most Street fighter games, CvS 2, and Guilty gear XX. Does anyone knows if he is good at SNK's fighting games, especially KOF?

Unlikely. He's earned his fame as the Capcom fighting game god. Besides, KoF doesn't have the big scene like the Capcom games do in Japan.

[Gaijinblaze]

I thought KoF and other SNK games like Samsho were even bigger than Capcom games in Japan, especially since sequels are still being produced there. I always see Tenka, XI, and other SNK stuff on the most-played arcade lists along with VF.

[Khiempossible]

Unlikely. He's earned his fame as the Capcom fighting game god. Besides, KoF doesn't have the big scene like the Capcom games do in Japan.

You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. Did you even look at the SBO games this year? How many Capcom games did you see? How many SNK games? Only in America is Capcom >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> popular >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SNK

[BoggleMinds]

Whoops, my bad. Looks like I don't know anything .. :rofl:

[DevilJin 01]

http://kedamono.net/download/20060618coopeseed.wmv.torrent

I hope no one else has posted this but...this is a torrent showcasing the footage of Daigo's beasting at the recent KSK Gamer's Vision tournament (not a ranbat).

[_MJ_#R]

^ 6th co-op cup seed

[canada_street_team]

ur the man deviljin

[stream3]

dude

UMEHARA (KEN), NUKI (CHUN), NITTO (YUN)

that team has BEAST written all over it.

[forgenjuro]

I guess i should have asked Nuki about Daigo instead of KO.... heh

[Kurse318]

http://kedamono.net/download/20060618coopeseed.wmv.torrent

I hope no one else has posted this but...this is a torrent showcasing the footage of Daigo's beasting at the recent KSK Gamer's Vision tournament (not a ranbat).

The link doesnt work for me >_<.

[DevilJin 01]

The link doesnt work for me >_<.

It's a torrent file. You have to go to a torrent site and download a torrent program. Here's a good one. www.bitcomet.com. Otherwise just wait until it gets upped on the filefront at http://gfb.combovideos.com in the next few days.

[Kurse318]

It's a torrent file. You have to go to a torrent site and download a torrent program. Here's a good one. www.bitcomet.com. Otherwise just wait until it gets upped on the filefront at http://gfb.combovideos.com in the next few days.

I know how torrent works, it just wasnt connecting to the tracker at the time (last night) I shouldve been more specific. Anyways it didnt work until today, downloaded and watched. Thanks for the link DJ!

[canada_street_team]

he seems a little rusted tho..any one agree?

[BoggleMinds]

There's a vid of Daigo being awarded prizes by some president dude (Capcom?) for winning the Gamest Savior Cup 6 -- it was in '95, I think. There are quite a few 'familiar faces' in there (like Nuki, who looks twelve years old in it). Can't remember where I got it, sorry. Here's a poster pic:

http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/monmon999/gamest_savor.html


He has his own Wikipedia article.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Umehara

Looks like the Wikipedia entry has come up for possible deletion...

[RushedDown]

u might have got it from www.godweapon.net
cause i uploaded that whole tourney there

[_MJ_#R]

http://files.filefront.com/20060618coopeseedwmv/;5217204;;/fileinfo.html

[blueterror]

you ppls should debate on the deletion of daigos wiki article. good stuff there...

ok heres the recent gamervision on google vids. uploaded thereee

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4486090114036459496

[blueterror]

http://youtube.com/results?search=street%20fighter%20daigo&sort=video_date_uploaded&page=1


just a friendly reminder that this link is growing to become a huge colllection of daigo vids. ENJOY!

watch his physic dragon punch vs sirlin

[BoggleMinds]

There seems to be a wealth of info at http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/monmon999/index.html

It's too bad that I don't know Japanese -- and machine translation sucks. What I'd give to see what Daigo thinks about all things Street Fighter .. a look inside what makes The Beast tick ...

[Dumehra]

Does anybone have the video of daigo playing as Yun in that france invitational? I already have the vids of Daigo(ken) vs Mymoza(ken) and Daigo(Ken) vs BillyKane(Yun). I remember seeing a vid of Daigo playing as Yun for the heck of it. Is there any site where I can find it?

[goodm0urning]

There seems to be a wealth of info at http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/monmon999/index.html

It's too bad that I don't know Japanese -- and machine translation sucks. What I'd give to see what Daigo thinks about all things Street Fighter .. a look inside what makes The Beast tick ...One of our prominent players who is knowledgable in Japanese or knows somebody who is (bring them with you!) should corner Daigo and grill him on the subject of all things Street Fighter, next time he shows up at a tournament. Record and transcribe the conversation, or better yet, get it on video and subtitle it. This would be an amazing treat for all the fans out there.

[Kyokuji]

I don't think he'd be much of an interview. He's always very stoic when I see him.
He obviously has a great mind for fighters, but I'm not sure if he's as passionate about them as a lot of you seem to think.

[NG1313]

you ppls should debate on the deletion of daigos wiki article. good stuff there...

ok heres the recent gamervision on google vids. uploaded thereee

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4486090114036459496

Cool, thanks for the link. We like the finish by Alex on the second round against Urien. :tup:

[ironreaversoul7]

GFB.combovideos.com had a recent tournament that he just won back in june. So he must be outta retirement. he won the whoel thing also and has shown any signs of rust.

[goodm0urning]

I don't think he'd be much of an interview. He's always very stoic when I see him.
He obviously has a great mind for fighters, but I'm not sure if he's as passionate about them as a lot of you seem to think.He may not be a talkative guy, but I bet he has a few things worthwhile to say if you pressed the issue.

And you don't get that good at anything without being passionate for it, even if it doesn't reflect in your behavior.

[blueterror]

i notice even when he slows down for mahjogg he manages to bring out fresh material to his ken that i havent seen before.

[Shin Akuma]

I heard NKI (was it him?) had to take down a translated version of Daigo's book (UMEHON) because of some legal bullshit.

I wonder if there is a way to go about getting this translated again without some legal bullshit to deal with.

And who the hell won ABSOLUTION 2004? Cause I see that Daigo got 3rd. Man, that just doesn't seem right.

[goodm0urning]

And who the hell won ABSOLUTION 2004? Cause I see that Daigo got 3rd. Man, that just doesn't seem right.Nobody's perfect. Even the Beast has a bad day once in a while.

[The Great Sephiroth]

One of our prominent players who is knowledgable in Japanese or knows somebody who is (bring them with you!) should corner Daigo and grill him on the subject of all things Street Fighter, next time he shows up at a tournament. Record and transcribe the conversation, or better yet, get it on video and subtitle it. This would be an amazing treat for all the fans out there.

It's been done before. Look for Light Circle Production's "Interview with the Japanese" from Evolution 2003. They interviewed Daigo, Ino, and a whole bunch of Japanese players in that vid.

[hellhound7]

i notice even when he slows down for mahjogg he manages to bring out fresh material to his ken that i havent seen before.

like that jump back kick?
he never use to do those.
saw a bunch in those matches though.

[BoggleMinds]

I heard NKI (was it him?) had to take down a translated version of Daigo's book (UMEHON) because of some legal bullshit.

I wonder if there is a way to go about getting this translated again without some legal bullshit to deal with.



Say whuh? :confused: Damn, that's exactly the shiet that we all need to see .. to whet our curious appetites.



And who the hell won ABSOLUTION 2004? Cause I see that Daigo got 3rd. Man, that just doesn't seem right.

You mean for Alpha 3? BAS came 1st, Kiyo 2nd. Kiyo defeated Daigo's A-Ryu.

[blueterror]

like that jump back kick?
he never use to do those.
saw a bunch in those matches though.

daigo loves doing that aganist dudleys and alexs. i was speakin of his c.fierce anti-air, it screwed up parrying. he also parries dudleys c.rh on reaction so he basically owns dudley for free now. rust, my ass.