With ESL’s Brooklyn Beatdown just days away from hitting New York City, everyone is in preparation to fight for a chunk of the $75,000 prize pool up for grabs. Today, there are two interviews available from two players on different ends of the spectrum.
Firstly, theScore esports sat down and talked with Team Razer’s Xian, Evolution champion for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition in 2012, runner-up at Korea’s Street Fighter V Crash, and currently ranked #6 in the world rankings. Xian has built a reputation for playing characters not viewed as viable and achieving immense success with them, and his pick of F.A.N.G in Street Fighter V is no exception. In the interview, he talks about his pick, as well as Ibuki–his pocket character–and hints at having a new strategy going into Brooklyn Beatdown.
On the opposite end, ESL talked with Commander Jesse, an up-and-coming player who is currently ranked #216, who qualified for winning at Wednesday Night Fights. While not favored to win Brooklyn Beatdown–which sports a stacked bracket including Razer’s Infiltration and the aforementioned Xian to name just a couple–the Southern California Dhalsim player states that he is excited to face off against the best in the world.
Sources: theScore esports; ESL