We’ve had to change our mindset to adapt to this. You still need to have very technical knowledge of the game’s frame data and situational awareness to win consistently. It’s heralded as a game where anyone can win, but in reality that doesn’t happen. It’s actually very technical, you’re not going to beat people that you haven’t prepared for. The game is described by fans as quite shallow and robbery heavy. There’s a weird paradox that’s been set in Street Fighter V. Your opponents become more familiar and it pushes you to be more creative.
You want to expose people to your tech, break it, and force you to come up with other answers. Hiding it isn’t good for long term players. If you don’t share what you know, you don’t really grow the scene and you won’t truly get to test the robustness of your game plan. Sharing tech and knowledge has improved 10-fold and it’s showing in the results. They’re going to have answers for it, they’re going to come back with something of their own and you’re going to be the one on the back foot. You may win a game or even a tournament by using some secret tech, but the next time someone comes along they’re going to be ready for it. I used to save specific tech for special occasions, but in a way that mentality was a little bit shortsighted.
In the Street Fighter IV days, players didn’t share secrets like they do now. Other games in the arena include King of Fighters XIII, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Injustice: Gods Among Us and Street Fighter X Tekken.įellow Singaporean Jovian Chan was placed second for the Soulcaliber V game at last year’s event.Things have changed dramatically in Street Fighter V.Įverybody is so knowledgeable. This year’s event was the largest the organisers have seen for a long time, with over 3,000 individual players in attendance, said Evo.
Mr Ho was previously seen co-hosting a programme on gaming site, Cross Counter Asia where he helps players learn the ins-and-outs of Street Fighter IV and is now currently active on ToughCookieTV, where he streams videos of his own gameplay. He had won first place in two games, Super Street Fighter IV and King of Fighters XIII, in last year’s international fighting games tournament, Canada Cup, and had also taken the top place for SSF4AE two weeks ago at Community Effort Orlando 2013, a major gaming tournament in Florida. This is not Mr Ho’s first time at lifting a championship cup, however. Mr Ho had finished outside the top 32 in last year’s event after being knocked out early on, reported the blog. This is the first time a Singaporean player has emerged champion at Evo, thought to be the world’s biggest and most important fighting game tournament, according to game blog No Game No Talk. Mr Ho dominated Japan’s Hajime “Tokido” Taniguchi using Gen, a character not normally chosen for top tier tournaments. Ho Kun Xian, 22 (DM MCZ | Xian), was crowned the champion of Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition (SSF4AE) at the Evolution 2013 (Evo) Fighting Game Championship of the World held in Las Vegas over the weekend.
LAS VEGAS - A professional gamer has placed Singapore on the gaming map after taking home top honours at a global gaming tournament yesterday (this morning (July 15), Singapore time).