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Fuudo Explains Why He Always Picks Top Tier Characters in Fighting Games

Fuudo is always known for being a strong player in whatever game he dedicates himself to. He was recognized for his strength in games like Virtua Fighter, and later showed that strength on the international stage in Street Fighter IV as well as Street Fighter V.

While part of his abilities lie of course in himself, another part lies in his ability to pick top tier characters and use them effectively. In a recent interview with Japanese YouTube program Toco Toco TV, Razer’s sponsored player talked about his mentality for picking characters, stating “When I play a fighting game or something else, I try to find which character is the strongest, so that way I’ll be strong with a strong character.” He also talks about why he likes fighting games, saying “One of the reasons I like fighting games is that you have to make decisions on the spot.”

Source: theScore esports

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Alex Has a New Tick Throw Setup in Street Fighter V Season 2

While the jury is still out on Alex’s place in the tiers in Street Fighter V Season 2, there is still some new tech to be discovered for the Brooklyn brawler that could make Alex mains feel better about their fate. One such discovery has opened up, and looks to be somewhat viable.

VesperArcade has discovered that since his Powerdrop startup has increased from 5 frames to 6 frames, Alex can now cancel into it from his heavy slash on the last possible frame to create a tick throw setup. This not only opens up his in the throw game a lot more, but also adds various mixups–which they go into detail about in their video.

Source: VesperArcade

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Elevate’s Mr.R May Be Unable to Attend US Tournaments Due to Trump’s Travel Ban

Last week saw United States President Donald Trump sign an executive order restricting travel to the United States of citizens and immigrants from Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, and Libya for a total of four months. While the implications and controversy of this signing will assuredly play out on the political and international stage for a long time to come, it is quite possible that the FGC itself has seen a casualty to this travel ban.

Ramin “Mr.R” Delshad, the current #10 ranked Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player and member of Elevate Gaming, is a Dutch national whose family originally come from Iran. As such, it is uncertain whether he will be able to attend US tournaments as a result of the executive order. He has taken to Twitter to state that while contacting the United States embassy in the Netherlands, he received notice that the travel ban extends to dual nationals.

However, when reading more information provided from the US government, he is given a conflicting report that dual nationals are protected by their issuing document. Thus if he provides a Dutch passport, he will be treated as a Dutch citizen and allowed entrance.

At any rate, the confusion and the concerns over his legal rights has forced him to opt out of going to various early events in the United States, going to Japan to train instead.

Mr.R is certainly not the only player that is feeling the effect of this travel ban sadly, as Street Fighter V player Arman “Phenom” Hanjani is also affected by the current travel restrictions.

Current reports from the US State Department indicate that as long as a person traveling to the USA has a valid passport from an unrestricted country, has a valid US visa and uses that unrestricted passport, they should not be affected by the executive order. As long as Mr.R has a Dutch passport and Phenom has a Norwegian passport, both should be able to attend US events without issue.

Sources: ABC News; PhenomSF (Twitter); Mr.R (Twitter)