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August 06, 2004

EVO2K4 shows how gaming stars are born

EVO2K4 is the 2004 edition of a three-day tournament of fighting games for the PS2, Xbox and Dreamcast.

In the Street Fighter 3 finals, Daigo "The Beast" Umehara battled Justin Wong, and a wonderful gaming moment was captured on video.

In many fighting games there is the concept of parrying. This essentially allows a fighter to block and nullify an attack by another fighter, and also allows the defending fighter to counter-attack. It's often a difficult thing to do, and requires very precise timing.

About halfway through the video, you'll see Daigo's character (the male dressed in white) get attacked with a "super" (big, repeated attack). He parries each hit in the attack (looks like a block with a blue flash), which is incredibly difficult to do, and comes back to win.

The crowd goes absolutely wild (turn your sound on).

Here is a link to the zipped video (may be slashdotted, in which case let us know and we'll mirror it). This is a must-see.

You can also read the ensuing discussion.

Posted by jb at August 6, 2004 12:38 PM