Month: May 2017

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Can You Beat an Esports Champion: Watch an “average Joe” mount a comeback against Justin Wong, & other highlights

Last Saturday, Gillette and Compete’s “Can You Beat an Esports Champion” gave amateur players the chance try and take on some of Street Fighter V’s top pros. Specifically, the line up consisted of Team Liquid’s Du “NuckleDu” Dang, DTN’s Bryant “Smug” Huggins, and Echo Fox’s Justin Wong.

Well, it seems that an amateur does have a shot at beating out a pro, given the chance (and likely copious amounts of practice). Compete has now shared some highlights from the event, including this amazing match where an “average Joe” going by the gamertag Option is actually able to stand up to Justin Wong, even mounting a comeback against the latter with his Ibuki.

Of course, there were other noteworthy matches during the event as well–especially when some of New York’s more well-known players also showed up. NuckleDu for one found himself having to face another Guile master in the form of Kevin “Di3minion” Landon.

Smug, however, found himself doing much better in his match against New York veteran Sanford “Santhrax” Kelly.

Now, these aren’t all of the highlights from the event. Head on over to Compete for more matches: including a young kid trying his best to go up against Justin, and a head-to-head match between Smug and NuckleDu.

Source: Compete

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DreamHack Summer 2017 is now a part of Pokkén Tournament’s World Championship Series

A new tournament venue has been added to the Pokkén Tournament World Championship Series, and it’s none other then Sweden’s DreamHack Summer.

This is a bit of a surprise as, you may remember, last year’s Dreamhack Summer Pokkén Tournament was a bit of a fiasco. Still, the biggest problem of that event was when it was announced; this year’s announcement gives a much more generous amount of preparation time. DreamHack Summer 2017 will be taking place June 17th-20th.

Curiously, the site also mentions that 4 players will qualify from an unnamed American event. It’s possible this is simply referring to CEO 17, but there are still two more DreamHack Events in the USA this year (Denver, Atlanta) that Pokkén players will likely travel for, if DreamHack Austin was any indication.

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Source: DreamHack Summer

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Get meaty with these EX fireball setups for Ryu in Street Fighter V

Ryu has seen a decrease in effectiveness in season 2 of Street Fighter V. As such, it’s important for Ryu players to try to find anything that can give them an advantage!

One way for Ryu to gain such an advantage over his opponents is using the knockdown from his EX Hadouken to set up meaty hits on the opponent’s wakeup. In their latest video, NurseLee focuses on these setups utilizing the EX Hadouken. Specifically, the setups in the video below are designed to work on opponents who try to quick rise out of the EX fireball’s knockdown, as a double dash following it gives Ryu just the right timing to get the meaty hit in.

Source: NurseLee