Month: November 2015

With a shiny announcement trailer now available, Evo 2016 planning is officially in full swing. Naturally, discussion has turned to which games should be included in the main lineup, and heated opinions on all sides are filling social media with discussion.

While specifics have yet to be announced, organizer Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar has taken to Twitter to ask the community for their thoughts on three key issues: should Ultra Street Fighter IV return to Evo alongside newcomer Street Fighter V, how many Smash games deserve a spot on the main stage, and which Smash game you would include should only one be chosen.

Now, we would normally put together polls of our own to gauge public opinion, but Cuellar has made use of Twitter’s spiffy new features to let folks quickly vote on his timeline. You’ll find all three of these polls below along with a fun bonus concerning Evo’s naming structure; feel free to follow up in the comments with an explanation on why you voted the way you did.

Evo 2016 is scheduled for July 15-17 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Source: Mr. Wizard

Earlier today, the folks over at Red Bull dropped the very first episode of Cultivation: House of Snake Eyez. As the name would suggest, this documentary series aims to follow newly signed fighting game player Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis as he travels the world leveling up in Street Fighter.

This first episode opens with a bit of Lewis’ history growing up, from his beginnings in Compton to his first major tournament win at Evo 2010. While much of the fighting game lore may be old hat to frequent readers of our site, the insight this opening installment gives on the Zangief master’s background lays the foundation for a promising series.

New episodes of Cultivation: House of Snake Eyez are scheduled to debut on a weekly basis leading up to Capcom Cup, so stay tuned for more.

Source: Red Bull via UltraChen TV

Arcade Stream is back with a new video that goes into some interesting theoretical and philosophical ground. Here, they explain a theory put forward by Ryan “Laugh” Ahn on the three types of fighting gamers.

According to Laugh, fighting gamers can be represented by three different attributes: brains, heart, and body.

Brains refers to the scientific player, the type who spends time in the lab trying to find ways to optimize their game. That said, the almost limitless possibilities and situations in fighting games means it’s impossible to find the optimal answers to all these situations, and unfamiliar situations can be very scary for these players.

Heart, on the other hand, represents the emotional or feeling-based player. A player like this prefers mind games, baiting their opponent, relying on making reads, or as many in the community would call it, “yomi”. This kind of player thrives on the other player’s unfamiliarity with certain situations to get the win.

The final archetype, body, refers to players who are known for their physical capabilities, specifically their execution and reactions. This is the most straightforward of the three archetypes and tends to be the one that people unfamiliar with fighting games tend to think is the only attribute required to succeed. These types of players benefit from characters who have difficult links and combos.

For a closer look at these archetypes, be sure to check out the video below, and let us know which you most strongly represent in the comments.

Source: Arcade Stream