Clash of the morons
This evening, I rediscovered a beautiful joy in fighting games that I had fought I'd all but lost.
My friend matt_marshall had seen this clip from the '2004 Evolution StreetfighterIII: 3rd Strike' finals and was not only inspired to buy this game but also compelled to fight me.
[What is also worth noting here is that at the very end of this match, Chun-Li performs a Super-Art and Ken 'Parry's every single hit before coming back with a combo of his own]
The setup was as follows. The players wer me as Ryu, Matthew as Ken.
The Round-match was a best of 5 bouts.
I was pretty cocky before our match. I was talking it up with words of how I'll play without using my arcade stick "otherwise it wouldn't be sporting". To say the least, I was pretty confident in myself and my chances against my opponent.
I was a fool. I had forgotten that he was also a long-time gamer. To my complete suprise, I was overwhelmed with the type of combos and attacks I'd only seen pros do before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvfFG73lyGU
I was decamated; DESTROYED.
"Best out of three!", I excliamed. The classic pillar of gaming was invoked.
I could not let defeat beat me down while I could still fight, not while I'd found a strong player to fight against.
It was at this point that my mobile rang, the chorus-themetune of the ringtone sounding loudly with pride. It was Sarah, she was calling back because I phoned earlier while she was out. We talked about a myriad of things and organised some things for the coming days... during which time, Marshall was honing his skills against the CPU.
I mentioned the current situation over the phone and she gave me something of a challenge in Guilty Gear. You've gotta love a woman with fighting spirit, you realy do.
Anyways, leaving that aside, the game was back on. I had to keep cool, if I didn't stay in complete control it would just be a repeat performance of Round 1. Things were closer this time around, I was able to keep hit at bay with hits here and there and even got to put some pressure on myself.
Then, the unimaginable happened. Catching a suprise opening, I had the beginnings of some kind of combo. Memories of what I'd seen much better players do in this situation came to me and before we both knew it, about 3/4 of the lifebar had been blown away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56DgnmoNxGI
The kill was mine. Now we both on 1 Round each.
The final fight was so close it wasn't even funny. We'll, if it weren't for that fact it was hilarious.
Hits were matched blow for blow. The bouts themselves were so close you couldn't tell by looking at the lifebars.
It was almost a shame that only one person had to come out victorious but of course that is the case.
But for now, out of respect of this battle and because I am feeling sleepy I shall not declare the winner at this moment.
Maybe I'll leave a clue here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z6a9_8Icrvc
And to celebrate this festival of gaming, I give you Rick Wakeman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ya6dsej-0I
Side notes of notice:
On October the 28th, there is going to be a concert by one of the most brilliant of game composers, Richard Jauques. I say this because I am a great big fan of Sega games music and I want to see this candle-lit musical event XD
http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2006/09/where-will-richard-jacques-be-on.html
My friend matt_marshall had seen this clip from the '2004 Evolution StreetfighterIII: 3rd Strike' finals and was not only inspired to buy this game but also compelled to fight me.
[What is also worth noting here is that at the very end of this match, Chun-Li performs a Super-Art and Ken 'Parry's every single hit before coming back with a combo of his own]
The setup was as follows. The players wer me as Ryu, Matthew as Ken.
The Round-match was a best of 5 bouts.
I was pretty cocky before our match. I was talking it up with words of how I'll play without using my arcade stick "otherwise it wouldn't be sporting". To say the least, I was pretty confident in myself and my chances against my opponent.
I was a fool. I had forgotten that he was also a long-time gamer. To my complete suprise, I was overwhelmed with the type of combos and attacks I'd only seen pros do before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvfFG73lyGU
I was decamated; DESTROYED.
"Best out of three!", I excliamed. The classic pillar of gaming was invoked.
I could not let defeat beat me down while I could still fight, not while I'd found a strong player to fight against.
It was at this point that my mobile rang, the chorus-themetune of the ringtone sounding loudly with pride. It was Sarah, she was calling back because I phoned earlier while she was out. We talked about a myriad of things and organised some things for the coming days... during which time, Marshall was honing his skills against the CPU.
I mentioned the current situation over the phone and she gave me something of a challenge in Guilty Gear. You've gotta love a woman with fighting spirit, you realy do.
Anyways, leaving that aside, the game was back on. I had to keep cool, if I didn't stay in complete control it would just be a repeat performance of Round 1. Things were closer this time around, I was able to keep hit at bay with hits here and there and even got to put some pressure on myself.
Then, the unimaginable happened. Catching a suprise opening, I had the beginnings of some kind of combo. Memories of what I'd seen much better players do in this situation came to me and before we both knew it, about 3/4 of the lifebar had been blown away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56DgnmoNxGI
The kill was mine. Now we both on 1 Round each.
The final fight was so close it wasn't even funny. We'll, if it weren't for that fact it was hilarious.
Hits were matched blow for blow. The bouts themselves were so close you couldn't tell by looking at the lifebars.
It was almost a shame that only one person had to come out victorious but of course that is the case.
But for now, out of respect of this battle and because I am feeling sleepy I shall not declare the winner at this moment.
Maybe I'll leave a clue here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z6a9_8Icrvc
And to celebrate this festival of gaming, I give you Rick Wakeman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ya6dsej-0I
Side notes of notice:
On October the 28th, there is going to be a concert by one of the most brilliant of game composers, Richard Jauques. I say this because I am a great big fan of Sega games music and I want to see this candle-lit musical event XD
http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2006/09/where-will-richard-jacques-be-on.html