He gave up on fucking around at the Asia Finals and went back to his Nash and got freed the fuck up regardless.
It's possible he's been sandbagging for 6 months, but it's more likely that everyone else has caught up.
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CAPCOM CUP 2016 | Fighting Game Tournament | Dec 2-3 | WHENS MAHVEL?
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He gave up on fucking around at the Asia Finals and went back to his Nash and got freed the fuck up regardless.
It's possible he's been sandbagging for 6 months, but it's more likely that everyone else has caught up.
toddhunter
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Compared to Daigo, sandbagging for only 6 months is nothing.
plasmawave
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lucebuce12
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Parallax Scroll
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Daigo's been sandbagging for about 5 years now. Playing the long game.
West Coast of the USA blows.KidA Seven
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Yeah it's weird how people underrate Daigo in SF4 when he was better than Infil almost every year. Especially in USF4 where he had better results the last 2 years than practically everyone, but Momochi. 2013 was his real down year even though he had some good performances (top 8 at evo, dreamhack, +more). That was the year he was doing those arcade tours and book advertisements.
Having said that I think Daigo will get bopped this year. I follow the patterns sons. Daigo got 2nd at 25th anniversary (the capcom cup before capcom cup), went 1-2 in Capcom Cup 2014, got 2nd at Capcom Cup 2015, and now he's going to go 1-2 at this year's capcom cup.
Yup or some Necalli player.
I believe that in FGC terms that qualifies as: Washed up and fray
KidA Seven
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He has a tough bracket. Mago himself said that he struggles vs Mika and Infiltration isn't a cake walk. I think he can easily handle Daigo. So even though Daigo is better than Luffy, Luffy I think would give him a harder time.
It's all about matchups.
Luffy > Mago
Mago > Daigo
Daigo > Infil
Daigo > Luffy
At least that's how it's been this year.
Best bet is DR Ray, I think. His Vega is amazing. Or maybe Kbrad if he has an outstanding day.
Honestly, the whole thing is made for upsets. Players like Problem X, Brolynho or Ryan Hart can always eliminate some top pros.
KidA Seven
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In a surprise twist, grand finals will be played in Marvel 4
Yeah, Tokido first round is brutal, but the whole tournament is lol
He also destroyed Kbrad 6-0 or something and he has good Vega experience.
The difference it that Tokido had a lot of time to prepare.
Fuudo, Momochi and Infiltration have been hiding. Infil talked about preparing for Capcom Cup months ago.
And remember when Momochi lost to Xiao Hai and then gained like 10,000 LP to become the first master rank online in like two days out of frustration? These guys are ready.
And remember when Momochi lost to Xiao Hai and then gained like 10,000 LP to become the first master rank online in like two days out of frustration? These guys are ready.
I wouldn't be surprised if Fuudo wins it, but honestly anything can happen when you have such a high caliber player pool.
CrispyBoar
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The reactions are gonna be even worse than when we've gone from MVC 2 to MVC 3 when the characters were announced for the latter game.
KidA Seven
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2 hours until the pre show
Parallax Scroll
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Making a sequel and removing a large portion of the most popular characters is kind of a big deal.
Hands of Stone
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lucebuce12
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Jesus Christ, that is terrific.
Marvel
could never
Enjoy your game.
sixteen-bit
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Infiltration's expression is hilarious
They feel that way because Daigo's performance in international tournaments, particularly US majors, hit a huge wall in 2011/2012 and he never really recovered his dominance over here. Infiltration meanwhile dominated in 2012 and 2013, and Momochi carried 2014.
To go from the unequivocal best to "could place top-8 or could place 256th at EVO" is a big step down on what people wanted or expected of him, even if his actual performance was better than it seemed.
Marvel
could never
He always makes me laugh, I hope he wins personally.
sixteen-bit
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Same. I want that 2012 era Infiltration domination
It's a 14 hour stream. There is no good timing
Hellshingu
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That's the lobby at the Hilton I wonder if I should go down there and see if I can meet some of the players. I work about 2 miles from it.
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KidA Seven
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But it didn't in 2011 or 2012. In 2011 he got 3rd at SBO, 4th at EVO, and won a few tournaments. In 2012, he had a streak of like 20+ games without dropping a game at the Japan nationals and 25th anniversary global finals which got him 1st and 2nd. Fuudo was the 3rd best player that year winning Topanga League over Daigo and yet Daigo was making him look free at the end of 2012. He got 5th at EVO, among other performances. He was the 2nd best player in 2012 and if not for Infiltration, people would be talking about how great Daigo was in 2012. In my eyes, that just makes Infiltration's 2012 even more impressive.
Only 2013 was a down year for Daigo and that was the year he promoted his book and the arcade tour. That was also the year he did the Gunslinger Stratos shit. However, 2013 was also the year Daigo made Infil and Xian look free.
So apart from 2013, it is easily arguable that Daigo was top2-3 in the year.
In my eyes this is how I viewed the years of SF4 (no order) through looking at results of arcade rankings early on, sbo, evo, topanga, global finals, etc...
2009: Daigo, Mago, Momochi,
2010: Daigo, Sako, Mago, Kindevu?,
2011: Daigo, Poongko, Fuudo, Kazunoko,
2012: Daigo, Infiltration, Fuudo,
2013: Xian, Infiltration, Daigo, Bonchan, Sako
2014: Momochi, Luffy, Bonchan, Daigo,
2015: Momochi, Daigo, Kazunoko
SFV
2016: Infiltration, Tokido, Fuudo, Momochi, Xiaohai,
Then again, I've always held the Topanga League and Gods Garden tournaments in high regard. Not only because of the prize money, but also due to the format and competition. It tests you how great you are at both short and long sets.