2015年7月25日土曜日

TOANGA-EVO2015 translation tweets by @FightingGameESL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lANZkRNR15g

Mago caught a cold on the last day of EVO, first time in 4 years. He got 38.5 ℃ when he got back.

Bonchan showing Momochi's EVO stick.

(There are only 3 golden EVO sticks with a USF4 logo) Mago: Can I scratch the logo? I can write my autograph. Bon: LOL Momo: It's mine.

Mago: We should make a special tag for Bonchan "Weak Guy" like I got a special tag "2D God" for winning a tournament in the past.

In the Japanese stream, they said "Mago got out of his pool!" before he did.
Mago: I was like I really have to win now lol

In his pool, Momochi played a Ryu from Dobai. "He was strong."
Bonchan: I played him a lot in Singapore. He plays very very solid.

Momo: In my pool there was a M.Bison named Mono from PR. He's a friend of PR_Rog. Fuudo played him at CEO. Tokido: He beat Velociraptor.
Momo: PR_Rog was telling me he's good so I practiced M.Bison matchup using Elena. It turned out he lost to an Elena. I had to play the Elena. I didn't have to play the M.Bison who seemed the strongest in the pool. I'm used to and confident with the Elena matchup.

Bonchan: What about your pool, Mago?
Mago: There is nothing in particular.
Momo: Are you awake? lol

Mago: My first 2 matches were easy. I then played Alex Jebailey. Against his Balrog, I tried my Rolent for the first time in a tournament. I won the game but my Rolent play was very rusty since it's the frist time.
Momo: It's very brave of you doing that at EVO.
Mago: You used Elena at a tourney before. Momo: But it's EVO.
Mago: Alex is good but his Balrog is not like anybody very hard to win. So I decied to use Rolent against him before EVO.

Bon: You had NEMO as a coach?
Mago: I told him that I would use Rolento. Then he offered himself as a coach. But they told us no coach allowed.
Bon: So we had to go.
Mago: We were coaching in previous matches tho. It was the TO who told us no coach. I don't know but Alex might have told them about coaching. I won the match but I couldn't do the anti-air s.m.p at all. When I tried it came out as a back roll.

Mago: Then the next match was against with Mr. SNK. He used Honda. He's pretty strong. I lost the first game using Yang. I thought I could use Sagat but I wasn't prepared for a Honda so I sticked to Yang. The second game went to the final round. I barely managed to win. The third game was close as well.

Momo: All pools have some killers.
Tokido: There was none in mine. There might've been but I didn't see it. My pool was easy. That's all.

Bonchan: In my pool, there was this Bison called SD Pnoy. When Alex Valle asked who is in my pool, I mentioned his name. Then Alex was like "You rearch well. Anyway, I will get out of the pool." I was like "I will get out as well. I'll be ready." So I watched Pnoy's footage to study. Tokido: But there was no Sagat match? Bonchan: Right. So I studied his match against Momochi

Momo: I played him at NCR top 32
Tokido: Wasn't it FR?
Momo: In FR I played Hiro's Bison. There are many Bison in US.

Bonchan: I watched Pnoy's videos like 3 games. His Bison play is orthodox. You know, Bison is a type of character it's hard to be unique. A way to be unique as a Bison is like just run up and s.h.k. or something. So I was like I wouldn't lose if I just play my normal game.

Bonchan: I lost one game to Pnoy. I didn't know what's wrong but I was thinking I could win anyway. I was in deficit but I didn't freak out. .All I needed was to calm. I took the second game. In the last game, he got life lead and played very safe. He's like walk up, block, walk up, block, s.m.k. It was hard to open up. He did not AA'd my jump in but I still couldn't give much damage. Last game, when i was in life deficit, i was praying for him careless EX head-stomp. At the moment i saw it I forward dashed and did U1. But It came out as EX knee, which was actually better because it's more damaging when it combos into U1. I did it totally ad lib. I was like "Yes! U1! OMG it's EX knee! Oh I can combo it to U1!"
Mago: Is it really more damaging?
Bon: It's 20 more. EX knee is 180.
Momochi: 180!?!?
Bon: When it's fully hit. When it's not full hit as it is normally abused, it's just 40-80.

*Bonchan says "I got U1 and managed to come back." But he lost the round as a matter of fact lol
https://t.co/nlLWIO35bS

Bon: So I barely won the match against Pnoy.
Tokido: It almost was your match to lose.
Bon: That's so true.
Mago: I really wish you lost there.
Bon: LOL
Momo: Well, Pnoy is coming up later in the story.
Bon: Yes. Pnoy Episode 2: Revenge.
Mago: My story is like in Episode 6 lol

Bon: He also used EX Psychocrasher carelessly at the end of a round. I got to punish it with U1 and came back. I got many comebacks in that match. He was overall outplaying me. After that match, it got easier to get out of the pool

Momo: Getting out of the pool is piece of cake for players like us :)
Bon: Well, so many strong JP players were sent home in their pool.

Tokido: Yeah i was surprised.
Bon: Players who are ranked highest online here, like ...
Mago: ... ErectLive, Kenzo, Gonzareth ...
Bon: Gonchan lost in his first round to a Sagat. So there were may upsets in Pools. Players on this show got out of it tho
Momo: It's like tournament experience really matters. In that atmospheree

Tokido: Oh NEMO also went to Losers in his pool.
Bon: NEMO didn't know Chrs T's name. But I thought he'd win anyway.
Mago: I saw them play in Losers again.
Mago: ChrisT's play agaisnt Rolento was pretty good. Tokido: Yes. He's really good. Their match in losers was very close too altho it's 2-0.
Tokido: He used s.h.k option select to snipe Rolento's roll
Mago: And when he blocked the roll, he punished it with kara h. uppercut.

Bon: So let's talk about the matches after pools. I'll go first.
Momo: Aren't you supposed to be the last?
Bon: No I'm absolutely not lol

Bonchan: I expected to play Valle and Kamoshio's Hugo after my pool. So I mainly practiced Hugo matchup. I really preapared for it. My biggest mistake was I forgot to move forward. I had notes for Hugo match but there was no memo like "Don't move back." Alex was moving all the time. While I watched out for his f. dash, he poked me. I walked back to keep the range I can use s.m.k to beat his poke. But he then walkup and block. That's how i ended up being cornered. Looking back I should have used EX knee more
Momo: that 180
Bon: no it's 40. Well, to be frank, I freaked out with his pressure.
Mago: Japanese Hugo usually do Clap>jab>jab>jab>Lariat. But his Hugo did jab>jab f.dash and block just to see.
Bon: I think he was buffering during his f.dash so he can catch my back jump anytime. His pressure was on point. Also, he used s.h.p. well. Sagat's s.h.k is 2 hit but he used s.h.p in a range it only hits one.
Mago: Hugo's s.h.p looks so good in a tournament. Its damage is just 100 or something but it really looks like you're reading the opponent. The crowd gets hyped so much for it. That powers up the Hugo player. The same thing happened at Topanga Charity with KSK's Hugo.
Bon: Yeah the crowd was totally Valle's side. I wanted to drink water during the match. I was like "where is my water? ah I lost one game." I lost my focus. Well, Valle outplayed me. I lost completely. That match showed his strength and I could not play as well as he did.

Bonchan: I got in losers and needed to win 11 games to be in Top 8. I won 2 matches. Then I was told to play the loser of the match between Daigo and Baby 9. I saw Daigo defeated Baby 9 pretty bad. I was like "Okay! He lost his momentum. Let's play!"
Mago: Daigo in fact broke him pretty bad.
Bon: He was actually thrown off by that. I played him for the first time. Mago told me Baby 9's Guile is really good. He actually played really good.
Tokido: He's from ST so his fundamental against Sagat is really good.
Bon: One round I came back by f.dash U2 to his normal sonic boom. I then got the momentum and won the match 2-0. I was happy to beat a very strong player.
Momo: You play Guile a lot.
Bon: That's true. I sometimes lose to Guile overseas but I have so much experience in that matchup.

Bonchan: Next up it was Kelvin.
Momochi: Hugo again lol
Bon: I actually like playing Hugo. Sagat can have fun in the matchup.
Tokido: Hugo has fun too.

Bon: I took my memo out and added "Don't move backward." However, what Kelvin picked was Rolento. I was like "You're dead. I'm so confident." But it turned out his Rolento was really good. After the match I told him he should main Rolento. Forget Hugo. I heard there are quite a few Rolento in US who all claim to be the No.2 Rolento after NEMO. Kelvin was one of the best from US. Kelvin was really good. It went all the way down to the final round. His hit confirm was accurate. Rolent's combo is supposed to be hard to Sagat but he did it very well.
Mago: I though he was lucky when he did the first loop but he did it the second loop too. I was like "Oh he's real"
Bon: I talked to him at the after party too. I really tried to convince him to main Rolento. Only Rolento. He seemed excited for that.
Tokido: Do you know Kelvin's BJ Unchained's brother?
Bon: I know.
Tokido: You could've lost to both of them. They'd be like "Bonchan's free"

Bonchan: My next hard match was Misse, who lost to XiaoHai. I was outplaying him but his nickname is One Chance Boy (Wan Chan Taro)...
Mago: You were playing well but he made huge comebacks 2 or 3 times when he got a momentum. The last round was a comeback too.
Bon: Right after I lost to Valle, Mago told me he was out already.
Mago: Yeah my EVO was over that early. ...

Mago: I lost to an Adon. I don't even know his name. I used Yang. I was winning the first game but lost it for some reason. I used Fei then. I used Fei as I planned after I lost one game. I won the second game like easy, like the opponent had trouble deciding what to pick next. The third game, he used Adon and I lost like really fast. He took the first round and at the end of the second round, I threw him. His life was like one pixel. Mine was as much as i wouldn't have died by blocking a rising jaguar. I was gonna chip him by meaty Shienkyaku. He then used a super. I was like "What? Super? How invincible is it?" I could have dead by chip. I wasn't sure if i could jump. .So I mashed Shien but i lost because of the lengthy invincibility of his super.Tokido: What about EX chicken wing?

Mago: I thought it would have lost. Well, my mind was all on Shien at that moment. I think I had Ultra charged. If I had used Ultra, I might have won. But I couldn't react in time. If it's Adon's Ultra instead of Super, I could've reacted by my Ultra. The time stop of super was too short.

Mago: I was up against Pnoy next. I planned to use Rolento against Bison and Balrog. But I could not play as well as I practiced... I lost really fast before I could play as I practiaced in the Bison matchup. I stick to Rolento but I lost like that. I then ran to see Bonchan.

Mago: When I got my first lose, I didn't wanna give up but I felt like I could just play my best and see how it goes. You know i didn't wanna give up but to be frank part of me gave up already. I felt like I would be lucky if I could win some. .I had two premiers already so that made me feel less pressured. I thought that feeling helped me but it did not.
Tokido: Well I think that feeling and experience works better for you in a long run.

★Tokido's Post Pool Story

Tokido: My first match after pool was with HydeBuffy. He and I played a lot before EVO to "help each other." It was like 6-4. He's scary. I didn't know what he would do, like he does rising jaguar after throw tech. So I was thinking very carefully how to play him. Plus, Infiltration did FT50 with him, Akuma vs Adon. I saw its archive.
Bon: HydeBuffy is good at playing Akuma b/c he played Infiltration?
Tokido: Yes. That helped Infiltration in Adon match as well.

Tokido: However, it seems like Hyde lost a lot in casino before EVO. He was playing like he didn't even care. Mago: I heard he lost $20,000.
Momo: He lost $10,000 after EVO on top of that.
Mago: He said he got to the point he couldn't withdraw from ATM in the next 24 hours.
Tokido: So he did a lot of wake up rising jaguar. He usually makes you think he does it and throw and stuff instead. I just blocked his wake up rising j and punished. that's how i won. He realy was playing he didn't even care.
Mago: After EVO, I talked to him. I said "You lost a lot right? Are you not going to do gamble any more?" and he said "I'll go to japan in 2 weeks and do pachinko there." He seemed really happy.

Tokido: My next match was someone from Harumi's pool. I was wondering if she would come out but she lost to a Viper. Ten I saw the Viper lost to a Ryu. There was a Bison but the Ryu won. I checked my memo for Ryu matchup and prepared. So I won like that. It was easier than Hyde. Then I thought it was Wolfkrone next. I was thinking I'd play the winner of the match between FlashMetroid vs Wolf But I saw Flash was playing a Fei. So I was relieved like "Oh yes. Wolf lost." I was confident against Flash.
Momo: But you didn't know what he'd use.
Tokido: He used Chunli. That's his main now. I was like "Okay. Chunli is easy." But he was really good. He did air to air really fast. And if when did early jump jab to counter his air move, he did Kikosho to counter it.
Momo: That's amazing.
Tokido: At the end, I was lucky his U2 did only 3 hit on to my pseudo-crossup and I landed before his U2 ended. I got to punish it really hard. It was the frist game. He seemed to feel really down like "aww you're lucky." I won the second game easy cause he's so down.

Tokido: Next up, I thought it's one of Sabohani, Taigah, or Kindev. But there was Profluke in Sabonani's pool, the Fuerte from UK.
Bon: I lost to him in Germany.
Momo: I almost lost to him too
Tokido: He beat Sabohani and Taiga but Kindev used Elena to beat him. I was guessing he'd use Elena. He actually used Elena. I am really confident in fighting Elena. I still am. I beat him pretty good.
Mago: Why are you smiling, Bonchan?
Bon: Well, I know there is a good punchline in that story so... Anyway, did Kindev changed the character?
Tokido: Yes. I beat his Elena pretty bad. So he used Viper. I think it's smart cause he could get the momentum and win. However, I was prepared for Viper.
Mago: Yeah, cause there was Wolfkrone.
Tokido: So I was very confident and took the game. There was something Kindev taught me in that matchup. I thanked him by winning.

Tokido: Two more games to get in Top 8. Next match was Sako. It's exactly what I expected. I was prepared for his Elena but he used Ibuki,
Bon: It was a surprise.
Tokido: I actually lost a lot to his Ibuki in the past. That's maybe why he used her. I was surprised but part of me knew he is an Ibuki player so I was like "I see." One week before EVO, I played MOV's Ibuki offline. That really helped me. In the Ibuki match, it's hard to block things without mental preparation. Sako made a lot of mistakes too. He didn't do much okizeme. But there was a mix up that looked back but it's in fact front. He was doing something special.
Momochi: He does some unknown things.
Mago: What I saw was all this *teleport*
Tokido: No I blocked a lot.

Tokido: That was my match to lose. I took the first round but we both played like whatever and I lost the first game. I didn't like how the second game was going but I made a huge comeback by combo into U2 from walkup low forward. That totally changed the momentum. I have so much experience in that matchup that I am very confident to win. I played well as I planned. But I won because he made a mistake. So I think I should study the matchup more.
Mago: Sako said to me that Elena is hard to win that matchup. Looks like he didn't practice Akuma matchup very well.
Tokido: But I lost to him so bad when we played a long set. It was like 7-3.
Mago: Maybe he thought, since there are so many Elena now, Tokido would prepare Elena very well. At CEO, you beat Gamerbee's Elena well. He must have seen that and picked Ibuki instead.

Tokido vs Sako:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H08IUhw11E

Tokido: I had two themes this time: good health and empty mind. I think I was smiling all the time. I change myself like that.
Bonchan: I got kinda annoyed by that. I was like "why is he smiling?" -"-
Tokido: I don't think it's a good idea to show you freak out. So there for empty mind.
Bonchan: I see. So you wanna hide yourself?
Tokido: Not about hiding. You make yourself like that and that changes yourself.

Tokido: I knew how Kazunoko would change his tactics for this tournament. There were two points I had in mind. Well, I didn't think he would do three command throws at the beginning like that. I got thrown first. I escaped the second one by teleport. I was like "hmm maybe he is in command throw mode." I didn't read it very well. That's not one of the points I was expecting.

Tokido: The first thing I knew he would do was m.k crouch tech. Akuma can punish Yun's normal crouch tech by walk back and whiff punish. I knew he would instead use m.k tech cancel into shoulder and maybe into red focus. So I was watching out his low m.k into shoulder. I tried to focus f. dash the shoulder and hit a jab.
Mago: In reality?
Tokido: My jab was blocked.
Momochi: I've never seen you succeed focus f.dash punish.
Tokido: So. From Akuma's back throw, he can f.dash and tatsu to cross up. I did that and one time I did m.p instead of tatsu. He got hit by that crouching. I was like "you moron." I did the full combo in the corner. Big stun damage too. Them I was like "hmm at this point, he must want to make a huge comeback, so he will do low forward into shoulder, red focus combo." Then I did walk back, block low forward and focus his shoulder. I could have just mashed uppercut, but I wanted to do what I was practicing.

Tokido: There is one more thing I knew about his play. I learned when he used focus.
Mago: After shoulder?
Tokido: It's when he want to focus Akuma's sweep, which is when he used s. short. Akuma's sweep can one of few moves that can beat Yun's s. short. I knew he would try to focus my sweep so I used low forward into tatsu to punish it.

Tokido: I managed to beat Kazunoko because of these two points.
Momo: Your first thing didn't succeed.
Tokido: But it's much better than blocking the shoulder.
Bon: You could have lost if he did Ex upkick to your jab.
Mago&Tokido: I've never gotten EX upkick like that.
Momochi: Kazunoko would do.
Mago: In that situation, you have white damage, so he might mash ex upkick after blocking a jab.
Tokido: I could have hit a jab too early and come out nothing. So mashing upkick is risky.
Mago: Yun wants to do combo from the shoulder so it might be really hard to switch into ex upkick in reaction. What he could do is to release red focus straight.

Tokido vs Kazunoko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKyobLNhaZ4

Tokido has been on EVO Top 8 every year since 2011. When he did not get on SF4 Top 8, he did on KOF. Justin was holding the record with Marvel but not this year.

★Momochi's Post Pool Story

Tokido: My next match was with Valmaster. In his pool there was your guy (talking to Bonchan)... BJ Unchained. I wanted him to win cause Cordy is easier. But Valmaster won as I expected.

Tokido: You played pretty good and safe.
Mago: The first game was very close.
Momochi: I did FADC to his Hazanshu. Normally, I do low shoet, jab, low fierce into DP after FADC, but I did FADC DP directly to be safe. He did Hazanshu FADC back that made my FADC DP whiff. He then punished it with combo into Ultra
Bonchan: It's Amazing he could do that. You see FADC back dash to Lv2 Focus but you don't see FADC back to your FADC dash forward.
Mago: Maybe it was just a good read to your FADC.
Momochi: Maybe. Later he did Hazanshu FADC back when I was just blocking. I was concentrating very well, like I did FADC back dash to his EX Hazanshu in reaction.

Momochi: I never played Valmaster except at Capcom Cup last year. So I studied the footage. It went as I was imagining.
Bonchan: I think Valmaster studied the match between you and Infiltration ChuLi from SEAM. I thougth he could win by studying that.

Momochi: Next opponent was the winner of the match between Sherry and CastBlanka. I knew by reasearch that his Blanka is really good.
Tokido: Is he from US?
Momochi: I don't think he's from US. I don't remember where... Mexico...? I don't know.
I was watching their match. It looked like Sherry was winning so I was like "Yes! Go Sherry!" But CastBlanka won at the end. As I was watching their match, I was thinking "His play is okay. Maybe he doesn't know Viper matchup very well." But when I played him, I realized he's really good. The score was 2-0 but he played really good. He's as good as Japanese top Blanka players. I know the Blanka matchup very well. Plus, I was playing Choco since we got to Las Vegas as warming up.

Momochi: Netxt up, it was Gackt or the Akuma with a little girl, who beat Reiketsu.
Mago: That guy was playing on the main stage with the girl. She was just playing her DS didn't care about her Dad's game. She was like "Dad, are you done here?" Her dad was like *popping up*
Momochi: He was really good. I wanted to play him, but Gackt played like Gackt, so I had to play him. It was a really close game.
Bonchan: He played really patient.
Momochi: When we played the last time it was AE2012, round-robin at Singapore. I got bodied by him. It was 7-1 or 7-2. I didn't like playing him. Well, I didn't practice enough for Fei matchup since Mago changed his main. It was only Fuudo.
Mago: Many Fei player changed their characters since USF4.
Momochi: I almost never run into Fei in a tournament. I didn't like the matchup.
Bonchan: You were playing in the corner all the time. It was like my play with Fei. I couldn't get ouf the corner against Fei.
Mago: You didn't wanna get out of the corner right?
Bonchan: It's not that. Gackt used normal a lot so that Momochi couldn't use f.m.k at all.
Mago: He played really good. He changed his play to USF4 Ken, not the same as AE2012.
Momochi: I barely made it in that match.

Momochi: I was up against Xian next. It was my game to lose. He was playing KojiKOG. We have seen Xian lost to Hawk players in Japan recently, at TOPANGA Charity, TOPANGA ranking. So I was hoping KOG beat Xian. I didn't want to play KOG either but...
Mago: KOG was saying "I have a chance against Xian."
Momochi: I didn't like playing KOG but Xian was scarier cause he had more tournament experience. Xian beat KOG. Vs Xian, it was totally my game to lose.
Bonchan: You have played Xian a lot. You two take turns to outplay each other every time.
Momochi: That happens even during the match. He adapts so fast. We counter each other's counter. How I lost the first game was the worst. I was in the corner and he jumped in, which was cross up in the range my DP would have whiffed. So I used low fierce instead to antiair. His life was 10% and mine was 60%. I was so confident to take the round like "I'm genius" but my low fierce whiffed.
Tokido: That happens sometimes when Gen is in Kiryu stance.
Momochi: I was totally on the corner on my back but it whiffed for some reason. I then got Super into Ultra, lost the round.
Bonchan: That's the worst.
Momochi: I got bodied the first round in the second game. I got hit by super in the second round of it.
Bonchan: That's how you lose to Gen.
Momochi: But Xian was thrown off by how easy it went. It seemed like he wanted to finish it fast and lost his patience. I saw that so I used fireballs and f.m.k to lame out. I tried not to rush. I landed Ex air tatsu every now and then, barely won the second game. In the beginning of the third game, SnakeEyez beat Reiketsu on the main stage. Crowd got so hype. I saw Xian get distracted by that. So rushed down with f.m.k at that moment.
Mago: Didn't he freak out by how you came back in the second game?
Momochi: I saw his body flinched by the crowd's hype.
Bonchan: It might've been both.
Momochi: I was just rushing down to the end. The second round, I blocked EX waterfall kick. I usually think to myself I could get hit by that as long as I don't get hit by his super. I sometimes get hit by it on purpose so he loses his super. But this time I read it and blocked. If he didn't use it, it would have been fine, too. I blocked it twice at the end.
Bonchan: I didn't see the match but when he wanted to finish it you were playing patient?
Momochi: I think I played very well like that. I was losing but I played very calm and lamed out by fireballs and f.m.k. That went very well.
Bonchan: Just by hearing the story, I wanna say that's awesome. I wanna see the footage now.

Momochi vs Xian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSnmzxjvBks

Momochi: My last match before Top 8 was with Santarou. He was playing 801 Strider. I was thinking I could win Santarou like 6-4 but Stride might be harder. 5-5 or worse. I lost to him at NCR. So I didn't wanna play him. So I was rooting for Santarou. It turned out he's so good at Abel matcuup. He beat Strider very well. I was like "Thank you!" It's like, which one do you wanna  play, Sagat or Abel? Nobody wanna play Abel. You can play vs Sagat by just being patient, like you can take your time. So I played calm and patient.
Bonchan: I saw the match. Momochi played it very well. It was perfect.
Tokido: I said to Satantrou "Good luck" and I went to the bathroom. It was over before I came back. I was hoping Sagat is going up instead of Ken.
Bonchan: Santarou was taking it so hard. He was like "it was impossible..." He has so much experience in Ken matchup. He was confident before he played Momochi but after the match he changed his mind like "I can't beat Momochi right now."

Momochi vs. Santarou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTI7BjPpUmw

2015年7月14日火曜日

Ex Special S4 Ep1 Pre-Evolution 2015 Super Show!

http://www.twitch.tv/ultrachentv/v/7479539


★任天堂の社長岩田氏に追悼の言葉

★EVO の歴史をおさらい
・JC「来週のこの時間(日曜日の夕方六時頃)には、ウル4とアルカプ以外のゲームで今年のEVO の優勝者が決まってるって想像できる?」。UD「信じられないよね。去年のEVO が終わったのはついこないだっていう感じがするよ。今年は格闘ゲーム業界は全体的にも濃いシーズンだけど、それが始まってからもあっという間だよね」。JC「EVO はなんで一年に一回だけなの?っていう声もあるけど、二回以上なんて絶対無理だよね。殺す気かって思うよw」
・EVO の始まり:当時AGSF2 と呼ばれるネット上のニュースグループ(フォーラム)があり、その中で「アメリカのどのエリアが一番実力が高いか」という議論がかわされていた。その議論に決着をつけるためにAGSF2 がサンフランシスコで全国大会を企画し、Battle By the Bay (通称B3)と名付けられた(1996年開催)。使われたゲームは当時の最新ゲームだったストゼロ2と、当時も根強い人気があったスパIIX。参加者は60人強。カナダやクウェートからの参加者もいた。優勝を争ったのはアレックスヴァイエとジョーンチョイの2人(ふたりとも優勝候補とだった)。優勝はアレックスで、誰もが弱キャラだと考えていたサガットを使って驚きの優勝。
・B3 から数年後の2000年、サンフランシスコの双子の兄弟トムキャノンとトニーキャンがカリフォルニア州フルソンでB3 に続くB4 という大会を開催。この大会は「Bang the Machine」というドキュメンタリー映像にもなっている。
・B4 は大成功を収め、続く2001年にB5 が開催。
・その次の年の2002年に初めてEVOLUTION と名付けられた大会が開催。JC「2002年まではアーケード筐体で開催してたんだよ。でも2003年にトムキャノンが、『家庭用でやる』って言い出してさ、コミュニティからは猛反発があったんだ。でもトムは、『家庭用で大会を開催できるようにしていかないと格闘ゲームコミュニティは死滅する運命だ』って言いはって、家庭用での開催になったんだ。今から考えると全く正しかったよね」。UD「その頃僕はまだFGC に参加し始めた頃で、EVO に初めて行ったのも2004年だけど、2003年にみんなそのことで騒いでたのは覚えてるよ」
・2004年にもカリフォルニアで開催。2005年に初めてラスベガスに場所を移しての開催(ラスベガスなら大会以外にも観光地が目白押し、家族を連れて参加できるなどの理由による)。
・その後もEVO は少しずつ大きくなっていったが、2009年からスト4のトーナメントが始まり(グランドファイナルでジャスティンが梅原にバイソンを使ってブラケットをリセットするなどの展開で大盛り上がり)、人気が一気に加速した。JC「2009年のEVO の盛り上がりには本当に驚いたよ。あの年のEVOが終わったあと会場で呆然としてたら、AJ が寄ってきて『こんなことになるなんて想像した?』て聞いてきたんだ。僕は、『全く考えられなかった。もし去年の今頃に今年こんなに盛り上がるって言われても笑い飛ばしてたと思う』ってコメントしたのを覚えてるよ」
・その後スト4の人気ともに格闘ゲームの人気が再燃、現在に至るまでFGC とEVO は急成長を遂げている。
・FGC の中心となる最大規模の大会を毎年成功させているということ自体が素晴らしい偉業。EVO がなかったら、これほどの賞金額の増加もなかっただろうし、格闘ゲームのイベントがメインストリームのメディアで扱われることもなかっただろう。
・Mr. Wizard 曰く「最終日の観戦チケットが売り切れるなんていうことが現実になるなんて考えたたこともなかった」。EVO の主催者も加速度的な成長に驚いているようだ。
・どんなに大きくなろうとも「草の根」の精神はなくなっていない。観客一人ひとりの存在がEVO の盛り上がりに貢献している。


★ウル4の見どころ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf3_Hhf6k6I
・ウル4の出場者は2200人以上。JC「ゲームの歴史上、最も参加者の多い大会と言っても過言ではないんじゃないかな。長期にわたって開催される大会は別としてね。たった3日の間に2200人強の中から優勝者が決まるんだよ」。UD「その前に一日で2200人強が8人に絞られるしね」
・予選プールを抜けてやっと256人に絞られる。そこからが本当の戦い?256人という人数自体がすでにメジャー大会の規模だ。予選プール抜け直後の一回戦ですでに他の大会のグランドファイナルのような組み合わせもある。JC「この中にはだいたい100人ぐらいトッププレイヤーがいてさ、その100人の中からランダムに8人を抽出してTop8を決めたとしても全く不自然じゃないぐらい、それぐらい予想が難しいトーナメントだね」。UD「この配信の前に予選プールを見て注目プレイヤーのリストをつくろうとしたけどあまりに多すぎて意味がないからやめたよ」。JC「例えば梅原は最強のプレイヤーTop 10 に入ると思うけど、梅原が128位とかでも全く驚かないし、逆にグランドファイナルにまで勝ち上がっても驚かないね」。UD「去年は梅原はF チャンプとジョーンチョイに負けたんだっけ?今年も同じようなことが起きてもおかしくないね」
・JC「アメリカ人が今まで一度もス4で優勝したことがないよね。今までずっとアジア勢が優勝してて、去年ついにヨーロッパのルフィーが優勝した。じゃあアメリカはどうなの?っていうのが大きな見所だよ。CEO ではアメリカ人プレイヤーの活躍が目立ったけど、その流れが続くかな」。UD「CEO でアメリカ人が活躍したって言っても、優勝は日本人だったけどね。あんまり楽観的にはなれないな。でも例えば誰かが『日本のプレイヤーが優勝する』っていう賭けを挑んできたら、僕は日本以外の国のプレイヤーが優勝するほうにかけるよ。アメリカやヨーロッパだけでなくアジア各国や中東からも強豪が参加するし、どの国が優勝するかなんてまったくわからないからね」
・トーナメントの結果は予選プールの組み合わせにも大きく依存している。JC「去年梅原がF チャンプとあたらなかったら結果は大きく違っていただろうね」。UD「僕は今日3時間半ぐらいかけてトーナメントの組み合わせを検証したんだけど、番狂わせが沖で誰かがルーザーズに落ちたらまったく結果が変わってくるんだよね。誰がいつルーザーズに落ちてもおかしくないよ」
・去年はウル4が出てまだ一ヶ月だった。今年はだいぶ時間がたって研究が深まっているから大会の価値もかわってくるんじゃないかな。それに今年はたぶんウル4がメインイベントとして扱われる最後のEVO だろうから、今年のEVO の結果で誰が真に最強なのかが決まると考える人も多いと思うよ。プレイヤーにかかるプレッシャーはものすごいよね。大事な場面でありえないミスしたり、痛ましいドラマが生まれることもあるんじゃないかな」。
・UD「EVO の歴史を振り返ると新作のゲームが出てから旧作がEVO のラインナップに残る期間はせいぜい一年だから、ウル4で実力を証明しようとしたら今年か来年しか残されてないね」。JC「来年のEVO にウル4が選ばれたとしても、今年ほどの参加者は多くならないと思う。せいぜい1000人程度じゃないかな。だとしたらやっぱり今年のEVO で優勝することの価値は計り知れないよね」
・使用されるキャラクターはより多彩になるだろう。




【編集中】

2015年7月4日土曜日

[Twitter Translation] TOPANGA TV #199 Kazunoko, Mago, Momochi, Tokido [2015.7.1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ip6GYlLbtY


★Kazunoko won USF4 and GGXrd at CEO

Kazunoko: It went too good for me :] *holding the prize paint of USF4 and GGXrd* Momochi&Tokido: We lost too soon...

Tokido insists pronouncing Smug as smog (スモッグ)because Japanese people often pronounce Smug as Smag (スマァッグ)

Mago: How was GGXrd?
Kazunoko: It was kinda easy.

Mago: Anime players getting strong overseas?
Kazunoko: GGXrd, not so much. Persona, yes. Very strong. Even Souji couldn't win.

Mago and Tokido don't understand Persona at all.
Mago didn't even know Persona is in the official lineup of EVO lol

When he got 1-2 in GGXrd winners final, Kazunoko didn't know it's 3/5 so he thought "Oh I lost. What char should I use in the next match?" That misunderstanding actually made Kazunoko relaxed and played better in the next 2 games and eventually won 3-2.

Kazunoko doesn't think he can beat Ogawa. They never played each other, but Kazu have seen a better Sol play Ogawa and thinks he can't win.

Kazunoko: I don't think I can even take a round from Ogawa.
Mago: But you're wining all over the place.
Kazu: I promise I play him like crazy

Mago: FAB-kun went overseas?
Tokido: You call him kun? Isn't he older?
Mago: Okay FAB-san and Oshige-san. Alright?
Tokido: And Oga-chan lol
Mago: Yeah I know Ogawa in person.

Kazunoko got salty when Dogura bodied him in GGXrd.

Kazunoko doesn't think he can beat top of the top GGXrd but he has a chance against "so-so top" players. "I won't name names but, yeah"

Kazunoko: My goal at EVO GGXrd is to get in Top 16. There are like 30 top players coming from Japan so...

All say Orlando is very very far.


★Momochi's travel and Universal Studio Florida

He went: E3 > SEAM > Tokyo (1 hour) > Detroit (layover) > Orlando

Momochi had PC USF4 to train during his travel. He enjoyed Universal Studio very much. (He went to Disney last year)

*Talking about Universal Studio*
Momochi: Many rides come with a 3D.
Tokido: Oh the red-blue glass thing?
Momochi: No no it's too old.
Mago: Yeah, the red-blue glasses, it's the way to see 3D I know.
Momochi: No. It's only in children's magazine. It's much fancier.
M&T: Heh...

Mago: We didn't see Momochi around at all. He was like a hagure metal. I saw him for a moment and he's gone before you know. Ran away so fast.
Momochi: Yeah even at SEAM, we didn't see each other.
Mago: He was such a jerk. They only had a meal together. That's all lol


★Momochi at CEO

Momochi was scared of Hsien Chang's Yun because he lost to Kazunoko's Yun twice at SEAM. "It's 2-0 but my first win was a losing game."
Momochi: He was so good.
Mago: He was well known even back in the 3S era.

Momochi lost to Smug in TOPANGA WORLD so he was studying him but "I can't understand what he was thinking." Fighting Smug is like "What? Does he get hit by that?" or "What? Does he not get hit by this?" It's totally backward. The mixup I was very confident, he did not get hit by it. But when i did "whatever" so-so mixup, he got hit. It was lucky but…
Tokido: Yeah his style is very unique.
Mago: You two's styles were not fitting well together. Looks like Momochi was thrown off by that, like you could have won with H. Shoryu chip but you used light one.
Momochi: Yeah I got thrown off.
Mago: Smug has power of momentum.

Momochi: Even Poongko was saying he didn't undersand Smug. I was like "you're the one to say that?" He's like "I don't wanna play him again"

Momochi couldn't get over the lose by Smug while he was playing Alucard, and lost to him as well. It's the first time in a while he lost back to back like that. "I have been able to recover fast recently but not this time"

Momochi: "Smog" hurt me so bad.
Tokido: *nodding to Momochi's pronounciation of Smug*

Alucard lost to Infitration's Gouken and switched to Sagat so fast.
Mago: He did kara uppercut in the opening.
Kazunoko: He was so mad lol

Momo: Yeah I got sent home like nobody knows... I ranked the same with Daigo again.
Mago: Did you talk to him?
Momo: Yeah we're like, EVO next…


★Tokido at CEO

Mago: iPeru, I heard he's the best Feurte from US. How was he?
Tokido: It ended before I understood him.
Mago: Is that the end of story!?
Tokido: It's Feurte in a 2/3 set. What can you undersatnd? It's very close, came all the way to the last round, of course.
Kazu: Of course!?
Tokido: iPeru used a lot of run-stop-throw, which I am bad at. Well I don't remember very well.

Tokido: I knew GamerBee was nearby so I was practicing Elena match up hard.
Mago: With my so-so Elena :3
Mago: You lost to Gamerbee at Texas. He was prety happy then.
Tokido: I couldn't get over that so I worked hard this time & won pretty well.
Mago: It looked like a routinely fight.
Tokido: He run into a fireball often. Elena's focus is hard to go through a fb with because she leaned back.

Tokido prayig for "Smog"


Mago: You beat Gamerbee and what?
Tokido: I was like this *praying to heaven*
Mago: Praying for Smog now.
Tokido was like "Yes! I'll do it!"

Tokido: I was like "watch me getting in! It's all about offense!" I played him when he came to TOPANGA WORLD. I felt pretty good then. It was much better than playing Momochi to me. So when he beat momochi, I was like "Yes i'm in! Time to do offense!" But I lost b/c I used s.h.p too much. It's my fault. My s.h.p beat his crouch tech once, but he then used focus to go through it.

Momochi: I was suprised Smug adapted so fast but he had learned from casuals before.
Mago: Dudley's Focus hurts so bad. It's like one more mixup and over

Tokido: I feel like I forgot how I won Smug before. I only remember the result but not the process.

Kazunoko: I was praying for Smug too lol
Mago: Yeah cause you lost to Tokido at SEAM so bad.
Kazu: Yeah Momochi's gone and Tokido's gone all thanks to Smug, I was like "it's finally going my way!"

Tokido lost to XiaoHai
Tokido: It was so different from SEAM. I had to do offense in this match up but it was not working as well as at SEAM.

*At SEAM, offensive play was strong in general. Tokido did not adapt it back to non-SEAM setting fast enough. The difference threw him off.

Tokido: My biggest mitake was, XiaoHai learned my bad "hand-habit" quickly and countered it. I won't say what it is, but next time I won't do the same. We could run into XiaoHai soon, plus he uses E.Ryu, same as Daigo. So learning that match up is important homework.

Tokido: *Sigh* One more win to get in Top 8 and prize money...


★Mago at CEO

Mago: Before the pool, I was like, "my luck is Godlike again! There's nobody I know. Only one somewhat decent Akuma. Easy." But I saw a very outstanding Viper. I was like "who is this? what pool is this guy in?"
Momochi: It is YOUR pool.
Mago: He was amazing. He did things like m.p cancel high jump low air burn kick cross up. You don't see such a Viper even in japan. I played that Viper on the pool's semifinal. Luckily, he didnt know the Yang matchup at all. Next up the Akuma. I lost 1 game.
Tokido: WHAT!?
Mago: I took the first game easy and got too comfy, got perfected next round & lost the second game. I was like, okay calm down Mago.
Tokido: I didn't see that game. I was gone to the bathroom. It's just an Akuma and i thought you would win so

Mago: Hamad was coaching the Akuma. He was like *swinging his body like a boxer*. I was like "you can't do any good like that" but soon I was like "omg!" But the last game with the Akuma, I played okay and got out of the pool.

Mago: I was up against Dakou next. I thought he saw me beat XiaoHai at SEAM so he could have surprised me with DJ or something. But he used E.Ryu. I was like "Did you not see me vs X.Hai?" But I found out Dakou was maybe triple better than XiaoHai in the Yang muchup. I was like "shit"
Momo: He did so good at whiff punish & AA.
Mago: He even punished my neutral jump with Ultra. It was not a clean hit tho. He made a lot of mistakes too. I got my ultra hit and it's almost over.

Mago: Next up, Bonchan. I am so confident against Sagat I can use character like Rose. Maybe not against Bonchan but Sagat in general. I lost to him 0-5 last year at Tokyo Game Show. It was around the time when I started using Yang. I wanted to take revenge. I got a good result this time. I'm very happy.

Mago: I was even thinking I could pull out Fei if it didn't go well.
Kazunoko: LOL
Mago: Well I wouldn't actually do that.

Mago: Yeah that's my first day. Wait, did you guys lose on the first day!?
Momo&Toki:…
Kazu: I wouldn't say anything now. It gets scary later.
Mago: He did that to me before. My revenge.
Momo: You're amazing. Lately. Really really amazing.
Tokido: We can trash talk all we want. I used to have to be really sensitive around you. I'm so happy now.
Mago: All I care about is Nemo. He is the worst nitpicking trash talker.
Momochi: Nemo picks up tiny trivial stuff from your old blog.
Mago: Right lol. There's nothing you can do about him

Mago: I'm atually doing really good lately.
Momo: I'm really looking forward to EVO.

Mago: You know, I wanted to win CEO but in a way I'm glad I didn't. I wanted to save my luck for EVO. Three wins seem too good.

Mago: I deliberated my next opponent, 801 Strider. Yaoi Strider as put by Kazunoko.
Kazu: Heeey.
Tokido: Yaoi Strider
Momochi: Yaoi Strider

Kazu: I didn't know what to say in a interview, and that phrase came out of my mouth before I knew. Isn't it easier to say than eight oh one?
Tokio: It's State of Utah, Salt Lake City, 801 Strider. That's how I call him. Even Strider's friends' from Utah was calling him that way.
Kazunoko: I don't believe you.
Mago: Yeah they were saying that.

Mago: I studied him so hard. But as we saw on the first day, Strider is so good.
Momochi: He's really really good.
Mago: Seems like he had gotten too bad of luck to be ranked higher before. We know Shiro from Japan. Strider looks as good as him. And he got 2nd place at CEO. That's better than Shiro.

Mago: Yang-Abel is Yang's favor. But I didn't play Abel enough to be confident. Nobody uses Abel around me, so I had to go with imagination.

Mago: My preparation was not enough, so I wanted to win quickly before he adapted. I got in and took two games first, but at the end of the third game he started adapting. He AAed my low divekick w/ s.m.p & beat my crossup w/ close h.p so fast. I was so amazed like "what?" Nobody AAed me like that before.

Momo: You know when you took the first 2 games in a 3/5 set but lost the third game like "oh shit" then you know...
Mago: Yeah yeah it was like that

Mago: It's not like the way I played got worse or anything, but he adapted so well. My mistake was, I got hit by f.m.k too much and didn't do good after I blocked f.m.k.
Momo: It's hard in a tournament.
Mago: Character like that with such a dangerous move is so scary in a tournament.
Tokido: Yeah. Abel can get 500 damage with ultra from it. It's plus on block and takes 500 when it hits...
Mago: Strider's so good at using f.m.k. He makes you block it&do b.dash and he does f.dash and punish. I found that tech the night before. I didn't know you could that. But I was told it's been like that since vanilla SF4.
Tokido: I think Nekojita does that too sometimes

Mago: I was using command throws from the beginning. I noticed Strider back dashed to to escape from it. In the last game, I was thinking Strider would expect me to stop using it and bam! Landed 4 of them! The last one was not meaty at all lol. It was a good reset and everything but I was kind of freaking out as well. Kazu: Doing 4 in a row is freaking scary.

Mago: I did that because my life was so low so I wanted to gamble on it. Then, you know I got such a momentum but I lost afterword. I really wanted to win.

Mago: Looking back, I could have played more patient game for a better result. I think I got so scared of Strider getting in on me. I was not used to that kind of stage-feeling. It is hard.
Momochi: It's hard. Hindsight is always 20/20.

Mago: Between XiaoHai and PR_Rog, I was praying for XiaoHai so hard. Among all, PR_Rog is the worst enemy. That matchup is bad for Yang, plus PR_Rog is so strong himself. Seems like he hasn't experienced Yang but he won by his own player skill.

Mago: After I landed rekka, I could just dash and do meaty rekka. But Rog's EX upper beats it, so i didn't wanna do that. I had my super fully charged. It's close to coner. I thought he wasn't thinking of my super, so i did roll cancell into super then it's like *EX upper motion* (@_@)

Mago doing PR_Barlog's EX uppercut to Yang's roll into super.


Mago: I lost my super, 40% damege, and got cornered. It got shocked and lost the game. I should have played with more patience.

Momo: I'm looking forward to EVO.
Mago: I will pray harder at EVO
Momo: We all pray hard all the time at EVO.


★Kazunoko at CEO

Kazu: CJ Truth's in my pool. Watching videos, I knew he's good at AA. So I used whiff divekick. He missed AA once,& he didn't do it anymore.

Kazu: I got Abel's command throws a lot, got scared, and lost 1 game. Didn' know what to do. But Fuudo happend to be there and coached me. He just said (in Fuudo voice) "Calm youself. Just play your normal game. Don't get hit by okizeme" That's it.
Mago: LOL. "I see!"

Kazu: I won the game but it was close.
Momochi: Lately, even getting out of the pool is not easy. It's not uncomon you lose one game or so
Kazu: I can't watch every opponents videos so

Tokido: You should be watching their games during the pool as it's going.
Kazu: At Top 32, I was up against Ricky. I was like "Lucky! It's Rufus!" I checked out a lot of Rufus videos but he chose Poison! I was like "OMG!" I lost one game quickly. He used a tech like neutral jump jab whiff into throw. It looks hit but whiffs. I got a lot of normal throws. On the second game, I used a lot of back dash b/c I wanted get away from throw and H.K. It went well. I took the the next two games. But I freaked out a little because the matchup I was prepared for was different.
Mago: Different character lol
Kazu: And the opponent was playing it just to counter my Yun. It's scary.

Kazu: Next up, SnakeEyez. At Final Round, I beat him by whiff punishing his s.m.p with my s.m.k. In the team tourney the day before, he walked forward one step further to beat that strat of mine. He was watching my whiff punish. He walked forward. I lost to his pressure, jumped in, and get AAed. That was it in the team tourney. So at Top16, I changed the way I used s.m.k. I used it to poke his walk forward rather than as a whiffpunishing tool. It worked very well. I took 1st game like that. In 2nd game, he was coached and started walking back to w.punish my s.m.k with s.m.p. It got harder, but in that range, the tip of Yun's s.h.k beats Gief's options. So I countered his counter to my counter to his counter like that.
Momo: So if you hadn't played him in the team tourney, you would have lost.
Kazu: It would've been bad. I did't expect him to counter me like that. So I think playing in a team tourney is a good thing.
Momochi: Well, it can be reversed. You can get downloaded in teams as well.

Tokido: Did you know that s.h.k tech before?
Kazu: Yes. It's hard for Gief. But if it's blocked in too close a range, he can punish by spd. If he could walk forward to do that. Then I'd use s.m.k to beat it.
Momochi: You're amazing.
Mago: You're genius! I learned a lot!
Tokido: That's something you would love to do (to Mago)
Mago: That's right. But Yang's s.m.k. loses to Gief's s.m.p.
Momo: That sucks.
Mago: I was like "I'm so jealous of that move" when I was watching.

Top 8. v.s Smug
Kazu: He only did s.m.k to my neutral jump. That's such a low risk for me. I can even beat it with a low divekick. He didn't do s.h.p. which is bad for Yun. So I was thinking I could just win by neutral game.
Momo: Like I said he's hard to understand, like "you didn't use the good move? why?"
Tokido: You couldn't beat Yun without using it.

Kazu: I was winning in neutral game, but his okizeme was so hard to deal with. It's so fast and damaging. I lost the first game. But I was confident I outplayed him in neutral game, so it didn't throw me off. The rest of the set went well. Like, I was thinking, you would get okizeme every now and then. That's fine. You could still beat him.

Tokido: Smug was playing nuts. He cut the combo and did *counter.* It was for Yun's upkick right? Smug would do that.Kazu: Really? But you could stun with the combo and KO.
*non-ultra counter can't catch a reversal move. Smug was probably looking for a jab*
Mago: I think Smug wanted to hype the crowd with the counter. Mago: I wanted to play Kazunoko so bad.

Kazu: I wanted to play you too. Mago: Yeah. It'd be better for you (in terms of CPT ranking) Kazu: I got so mad when you did 4 command throws
Mago: Yeah? You're like "whatcha doing!? you wanna die!?"
Kazu: I was like "get serious!"

 

Kazu: "Get serious! For me!"
Mago: "I am serious!"

vs.801 Strider
Kazu: I lost two games even tho I outplayed him in neutral game. His mixup was too good.
Tokido: It was so sharp.
Kazu: But I was playing ok in neutral game. That's what I was saying to myself, and I won 3 games. Just like that. I was able to play calm.

Mago: He did armor chancel into super. I was so amazed.
Kazu: It was auto-corrected.

Kazu: I thought I'd lose when I lost 2 games. I was like "if I win after this, I will win CEO." And I won. I was like "I AM going to win!" (゚д゚)

Momo: You didn't wanna play PR_Rog right?
Kazu: That's right.
Mago: Rog was on fire that day.

Mago: I heard PR_Rog was gonna retire this year but took that back lately
Momo: He said that cause he's mad at something in the first place.
Mago: Oh it's like "Sorry I was young and stupid then. Never mind."
Mago: He didn't use E.Ryu and focused on Balrog. He was playing so well. His combo was almost too good.
Kazu: He should keep using Balrog.

Kazu: I was praying for Strider.
Mago: You don't wanna play PR_Rog with such a momentum.
Momo: It's so scary. Balrog-Yun is bad for Yun too. Momochi: PR_Rog vs Strider was so close.
Kazu: It was the most intense match.

Mago: It was such a good game to watch.
Mago: How did you feel when Strider came back to GF?
Kazu: I was like "Yes! I'm going to win! If I did't win today, when would I?"
Momochi: Most people were thinking Kazunoko would win.

Tokido: But I saw HsienChang stop Strider getting on the ring and teaching something. I wanted to take a photo of them but I couldn't. They were talking like 2 min. Mago: Strider was listening to many people. Kazu: He looks like such a hardworking player.

Kazu: Until GF, I didn't have a coach at all. But I needed one in GF. If it had been reset, it would've freaked out and lost to myself. So I asked Fuudo to coach me. I was like "Fuudo-san, you're free now right? Can give me your opinion during the match?" So I asked Fuudo to coach me. I was like "Fuudo-san, you're free now right? Can give me your opinion during the match?" You know, I could play yomi game myself but I wanted totally objective insights to the match. You know, Bonchan would've been more like an emotionally supportive coach, like "YOU CAN DO IT!" type of thing. I didn't need that. I just needed logical, objective, third-party type of thing. So I went "Fuudo-san, can you do that?" It went well. You know, I lost 1 game and then "omg why did I lose!?" but I had the ramen king by myself to explain what's wrong. The strat was, he is good at AA, so get life lead and focus on the ground game. Watch out for his f.dash and punish it with s.m.p.

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2015年7月2日木曜日

Tuesday S4 Ep22 SEAM & Others, SFV, MK Patch, Etc

http://www.twitch.tv/ultrachentv/v/6794971


★CEO の結果。
http://shoryuken.com/2015/06/28/community-effort-orlando-2015-day-1-streaming-live-from-orlando-florida/
・CEO は毎年素晴らしいイベント。JC「CEO に初めて参加した人は必ずと言っていいほど『どうしてもっと早くこなかったんだろう』って言うんだ」。UD「イベントの運営も参加者もいい人たちばっかりで最高のイベントだよ」
・UD はプールパーティにも参加した。近年のCEO のプールパーティは人が多くなりすぎている。プールパーティのあとにはCVS2 をプレイした。
・UD は次の日の午後五時まで二日酔いだった。UD は最近アルコールにアレルギー反応が出るようになって弱くなってしまった。JC「僕はアルカプのコメンタリーをすることになったけど『僕はアルカプは詳しくないから…』って言い訳してスキーソニックに変わってもらったんだ。おかげでゆっくり睡眠がとれたよ」
・コンボブレイカーやCEO などのイベントは、ステージの演出にかける投資を惜しまない。その苦労が功を奏している。
・それぞれのイベントがそれぞれのやり方でイベントの個性(演出や場の雰囲気など)に磨きをかけていっているのは素晴らしい。すべてのイベントがEVO を目指す必要はない。
・CEO 会場の近くのレストランではスマブラの配信が流されていて、食事をしながら観戦することができた。最終日のチケットが売切れてしまっているEVO でも、近隣のレストランやスポーツバーで配信を見ることができるのではないか。
・9月にプエルトリコでも大きな大会がある。
・CEO のアーケードルームに行かなかったことを嘆くUD。JC はスパIIXをたっぷりプレイした。JC「僕のキャミー対戦するとみんな、キャミーは弱くないって言うけど、それぞれのキャラにキャミー対策のテクニックがあって、それを習得したとたんキャミーは強くないってみんな理解するんだよ。まあホークは別だけどね。」
★ウル4
・カプコンカップのプレミアイベントだった。
・梅原、ももち、ゲーマービーなどの有力プレイヤー(EVO やカプコンカップの優勝経験者)がTop 16 (およびTop 8)入りを逃した。
・Top 8 を読み上げるUD。JC「アメリカの国旗を用意しておけばよかったよ。僕はアメリカ大好きだからね。でもかずのこが優勝するかもって言ったら、コミュニスト呼ばわりされたけどw」
・優勝のかずのこはカプコンカップに出場決定。UD「かずのこは最強のユン使いだし、プレイヤー性能も高くて努力も惜しまない。かずのこがカプコンカップにいなかったらおかしいよね。まあポイントだけでほぼ出場確定だっただろうけどね」
・アメリカのプレイヤーも活躍したのでランキングポイントを稼いだ。801ストライダーは13位に急上昇。梅原にも勝つという活躍。かずのこを2-0まで追い詰めたが逆転された。マゴには僅差で勝利。アベルはユンとヤン(などのダイブキックが強いキャラ)には不利。
・801 ストライダーは、地上戦、択攻め、技のタイミングなどのスキルが高い。また、アメリカのプレイヤーにはめずらしく、オプションセレクトやアーマーキャンセルなどの微細なテクニックを使うことも得意。そのことが今回の活躍に大きく関係している。
・プレイヤーの強さは、努力か才能か、の話。JC「801ストライダーはどちらかというと才能より努力によって実力を上げているプレイヤーだと思う(ジャスティンやリッキーは天性の才能がある)。以前のストライダーは今ほどの強さはなかったよ。これは全く褒め言葉としていっているんだけど」。UD「強くなるにはある程度の才能も必要だと思うし、それにともなって努力も必要だよ。ジャスティンやリッキーは才能だけじゃなく、ものすごいやりこみで強さを伸ばしたんだ。彼らはそれができる地域に住んでいるから有利だったよね。一方でストライダーが住んでいるユタ州は、まったくプレイヤーがいないわけじゃないけど、カリフォルニアやニューヨークに比べたら不利と言わざるをえない。だからストライダーが今のレベルになるのに時間がかかったのはしかたがないことだと思うし、ストライダーには十分な才能があると思うな」。
・JC「キネーダが最初にストリートファイターを始めた頃のこと思い出すな。キネーダは最初すごく弱くてさ、勝つのに全く苦労を必要としなかったぐらい。そこから今の強さになるのに彼が費やした努力の量は半端じゃないよ」。UD「って言ってもキネーダがCEO で準優勝することはないだろうけどね。やっぱりある程度の才能が必要だからね。そしてそれに伴う努力だよ」
・801ストライダーは最後のラウンドで致命的なミスを犯して負けた。JC「ストライダーは準優勝っていう結果に満足してないみたいで、これは僕は喜ばしいことだと思うな。最後にウル4の上位陣でとった写真の中でもとても不機嫌そうに見えたよ」。UD「あ、その写真見たよ。かずのこは例のキメ顔で写ってたよね。PR ログはめっちゃ嬉しそうだった」。JC「PR ログは常にハッピーだからね」。
・PR ログは久々の活躍。一時はアメリカで最もつよいプレイヤーの一人に数えられていたPR ログ。トパンガリーグにも招待されるほどだった。また強いPR ログが見られることを喜ぶ2人。
・Smug は四位。ときどにも勝利。ウィナーズではかずのこに負けた。PR ログとアメリカ人同士で戦わなければならなかったのは不運なことだ。PR ログに勝っていれば勢いに乗って優勝したかも。
・先週SEAM で優勝したマゴ(Hypspotting でも優勝してプレミア2冠)は優勝候補だった。5位というなかなかの成績。
・ダイミニオンはスマッグに対し一度ジュリを使った。
・シャオハイは予選プールでタンパバイソン(ブッカーに改名)に負けたが、Top 8 まで勝ち上がった。先日のSEAM に続いての好成績。ブッカーに負けたときはかなりのショックを受けていた。ブッカーも17位入賞という成績。
・アメリカのプレイヤーは全体的に非常によく戦った。
・マイクロスと一緒にコメンタリーをすると売り言葉に買い言葉で馬鹿なことを言ってしまう、という話。UD「僕はマイクとコメンタリーしてたとき、サガット対ザンギエフが5-5なんて言っちゃったんだよ。そのあとすぐシャオハイがSnakeEyezをボコボコにしててさ、あのときはなんであんなこと言ったんだろうって思ったよ」
・とはいえ、アメリカはまだアジアやヨーロッパに及ばない。かずのこは優勝後のインタビューで「アメリカのプレイヤーもけっこう強い」と言っていたが…UD「あのインタビューは質問自体がかなり誘導的でそう答える以外にどうしようもなかったと思うな」
・UD「アメリカのプレイヤーはいい成績を残したと思うけど、もし結果を入れ替えられるなら、2位以下が全部海外のプレイヤーでもいいから、一位がアメリカ人だったらなって思うよ。アメリカのプレイヤーが優勝することは本当に少ないからね」
・F チャンプの考える「アメリカ人プレイヤーTop 10」(順不同):801ストライダー、PRログ、Smug、ダイミニオン、ジャスティン、ナックルドゥー、リッキー、SnakeEyez、K-Brad。JC「このリストは全く正しいと思う。でも最後の一人は空欄になってて決まってないんだ。10人目はアートゥロだっていう声もある」。UD「僕が同じリストを作っても同じ顔ぶれになると思うな。それで最後はやっぱり空欄かな」
・アルカードのヒューゴに剛拳を使ったインフィルトレーション。アルカードはももちを敗退させた。剛拳は誰の目から見てもヒューゴに有利だが、インフィルトレーションの剛拳の強さは圧倒的。EX 竜巻のリーチは画面半分ほどもあり、インフィルトレーションは差し返しにも使っていた。UD「剛拳のEX 竜巻は、開幕と同時にガイルがソニックブームを撃っても一歩踏み込んで出せば勝てるぐらいリーチが長いんだよ。スカればリスクが高いけど、インフィルトレーションは自信満々に使ってたな」。JC「立ち小K キャンセルEX 竜巻をセビキャンすればゲージ3つでウルコンにもつながるしね。それが差し返しでできるのは強いよね」
・ももちや梅原が敗退したのは、彼らがスランプなのではなく、どんなプレイヤーにも対策が不十分なキャラがいるということの証だろう。JC「日本では何故かヒューゴが弱いと考えられているみたいだね。ヨーロッパの大会でもインフェクシャスのヒューゴにしてやられてたけど」。JC「ヒューゴは強キャラではないけど弱くはないよね。剛拳やポイズンのように極端に不利なキャラが相手じゃなければ、恐るべきキャラクターだよ」
★スマブラWii U
・CEO 史上で最も参加者が多かった。
★スマブラDX
・グランドファイナルはスウェーデン勢対決。
★MKX
・SonicFox は四位。
・YOMI のプレイヤーが優勝したのははじめて?上位3名がYOMI チーム。
・優勝のDJT はEVO の優勝候補。
・タニアは弱体化されるだろう。
・9位のForever King は13歳。
★アルカプ
・KBR は新しいチーム(PR ログのチーム)も使った。
・地元フロリダ出身のFull Schedule が優勝。
・アルカプはプレイヤー人口は多くないが、出場しているプレイヤーは誰もレベルが高く、どの試合も非常に見応えがある。UD「僕もしばらくアルカプが嫌いだったけど今は観戦するのがすごく面白いよ。試合が始まって数十秒ほとんど何も起きないこともあるくらい間合いどりの駆け引きも奥が深くなってる。キャラクターの多様性もかなりあるしね」。グランドファイナルにはゼロもヴァージルもウルヴァリンもいなかった。
・先日のSCR プレリュードではクロックワークが優勝。CEO ではJan とFull Schedule がクリスG を下すという快挙。アルカプのシーンはEVO を目前に盛り上がっている
・JC「クリスG、ジャスティン、F チャンプのようなアルカプ神に勝てないからって言って多くのプレイヤーがアルカプを諦めたけど、Jan やFullSchedule のようなプレイヤートはッププレイヤーに追い付いてきている。ものすごくワクワクする展開だね」
・ジャンがクリスG に使った出現攻め。ハルクの岩スパコンで固めてDHC でシュマゴラスのカオスディメンションにつないでガー不。

【編集中】