Month: October 2014

Hakan doesn’t get a lot of big stage attention. Sure, there are players out there like Infiltration who can play most of the roster at tournament level and occasionally whip out the olive oil, but when it comes to maining the Turkish wrestler no big names come to mind.

But just because we don’t often see high-level Hakan players on streams or at major events, that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. In the newest addition to their long-running Spotlight series, the folks at Olympic Gaming caught up with Xbox Live’s #1 ranked Hakan, DeadMaker of Team Ground Zero, to show off the stylish side of this slippery grappler.

In the footage provided, DeadMaker lives up to his name as he faces off against top players like Wolfkrone, Evil Geniuses’ PR Balrog, Dieminion, and more, proving that he deserves his first place standing.

If you think you’ve witnessed every trick in Hakan’s repertoire, get ready to see something new! Perhaps the most impressive bits of tech, again and again, involve the masterful use of Ultra combos–and not just the command grab, but the anti-air as well.

Olympic Gaming also did a brief interview with DeadMaker which you can find in the video’s description. He discusses his history with Street Fighter IV, his local scene in Mexico, the origin of his gamer tag, and a whole lot more.

Source: Olympic Gaming