Month: July 2016

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Daigo Umehara to Participate in Reddit AMA Live from Evo This Friday

Back in 2014, Daigo Umehara took to Reddit to answer the questions of his fans in the form of an Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread. While a number of good questions arose from that discussion, much has changed since just shy of two years ago: a new iteration of Street Fighter is in the hands of players worldwide, and Umehara himself now fights beneath the banner of two major sponsors, Twitch and Red Bull. With these things in mind, the time is ripe for the community to pick The Beast’s brain once again.

If you’ve got some burning questions for the most recognizable name in the fighting game community, the folks at r/StreetFighter will be running a brand new AMA session with Umehara this Friday beginning at 4 PM PDT.

The actual AMA session is set to run for just one hour, but a thread for brainstorming questions is already live. If you’re looking to participate, head on over to get involved in the discussion!

Source: r/StreetFighter, feature image ©Maruo Kono / Red Bull Content Pool

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Panda Global Officially Introduces Their Wandering Warrior, Trela

Despite joining Panda Global just before CEO, the team has not had the chance to officially introduce their latest signing to the world, that being the Ryu specialist Alberto “Trela” Miliziano. As such, they’ve created a short video interviewing their newest player, talking about his competitive drive, his connection to the traveling karate master, as well as some of his previous characters that he has to draw from should the need arise.

He makes it clear that he is not dropping Ryu any time soon, despite his shaky performance at CEO. Much like Trela wanting to see Ryu evolve and grow as a character, Panda Global wants him to mature and improve as a player, with this attitude being one of the main reasons Trela agreed to join up with the team. Despite being known for his Ryu, Trela states in the video that he has actually returned to playing Shulk, using the Bidou controller style to hopefully crack that character open like he did with Ryu. He even says that he’s been messing around with using Bidou with Cloud, Robin and even Charizard so you may see them sometime in the future.

In my Evo preview for Smash 4, I tipped Trela as one of the 8 players to watch so keep an eye on this Texan during the coming weekend.

Source: Panda Global