Josh Ballard

kool speedruns done live for charity http://speeddemosarchive.com im playing castlevania 1 + 3 + 4 around midnight 2night

just crushed my neuroanatomy exam...not going to SB was worth it, much as i hate to admit it. even tho im not into FGs right now i still miss you guys! and kyle i saw a bit of you vs. mike z, good shit. never knew about that blockstun trap from airthrow break lol see yall sometime during winter term, maybe?

Most of the reaction toward Daigo was probably standard nationalistic bullshit, sure. For at least a few people it's about more than that, though. There's a perception among some players that Daigo gets a lot of special treatment, and that leads them to strongly root against him. Arturo talked about this a bit on the stream, but there's more than just (allegedly) not wanting to play on the stream. I think it's a lot of conspiracy theory myself, but I'll try to at least explain where they're coming from... Remember that, in Evo2k9, he got a bye all the way past pools for no reason other than "he's Daigo". Other players had to win national or at least regional tournaments to get those seeds; the only comparable tournament Daigo had won at that point was an SBO qualifier, and other SBO qualifiers didn't get auto-seeded. And it wasn't because he was a strong international player, either - so was Dan, and he still had to go through pools. On top of that, Daigo had far and away the easiest bracket of anybody in the top 8. The strongest players he had to get through were UTJ (whom he destroyed) and that random Hong Kong Chun who almost beat him. Meanwhile, Dan had to win his pool and play Sin, Dr. Chaos, and Combofiend to make top 8. PR Rog had to win his pool and beat Floe + Valle + Marn. And so on. In this year's Evo, they thankfully stopped giving byes past pools. However, Daigo still had an easier path to top 8 than the majority, with one of the softer pools and Lamerboi as his only close fight. Doesn't compare to Mike Ross's bracket, but about on par with Henry Cen's. Combine all of this with the never-ending hype of Daigo, people calling him the greatest of all time (when he hasn't clearly been the best in Japan in a game since early Alpha 3), and so forth, and it shouldn't be too hard to understand why people would think Evo would try to protect him. I don't believe that one bit myself, but it makes some sense that others would. Justin gets a lot of this same hate for a lot of the same reasons, FYI. If someone's heavily marketed, there's going to be a backlash against him and people will delight in his every failure. Happens every time, whether it's Justin & Daigo or Peyton Manning & Tom Brady.

yea agreed zidane. my post was worded badly i just meant outside pressures in general forcing him to do more ssf4. fanboys + tourney organizers etc. im not goin in on spooky if that's what anyone was thinking!

qwerty did you see the stream where spooky went on a rant about everyone only wanting ssf4 and changed all 3 screens to the same ssf4 match and said that's what it's like in his head all the time thats still my fav spooky stream

good shit to BB/GG placers. where SH & mac at? spooky tried to stream every game, the fanboys just became too much for him. BB/GG got it better than some other games, reminder that there was a $50 arcade ST tournament that had part of 1 game streamed. also lmfao @ "disrespect", that's how it always goes in big competitive events. you're telling me none of you have ever seen that football game where the marching band ran onto the field while the game was still going on, or any of the million crazy things soccer fans have done? the hype & attitude around daigo matches was nothing compared to the shit that pro athletes have to deal with on a regular basis. still, fuck marn. so glad dieminion got him, he was saying all kinds of shit about europe.

so ray u gonna go to socal regionals just to MM sako and have him turn you down oh yeah, and show him a pic of O.Kamui Moon

what i searched and found some vague references (to taunting maybe?) but nothing specific, now im kinda curious

Mac I'll cover your entry dude. Seriously. Slayerworld needs to be in there! Also just a heads up, it looks like Bar Battles could be moving to Momo's. Would definitely have the space to run GG and whatever else people want if it happens. =)

hi from columbus fuck fgs. except maybe mvc3 that actually look fun right now? also i just uncovered a deep dark secret... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaH98rp3N0c kamui. how did you manage to hide your place at the top of the japanese fg god pyramid so well? well now THE JIG IS UP BUSTER

you didn't get the joke m8 but its cool i should be around after mid-may (finals etc.) i will try my hardest to at least make it to mwc though, if any of you are going to that

nah eric you're cool + probably better at GG than me by now! learning how to jab into hands atm cause honda is gonna be top 10 + THE dudley counter actually im going w/ the evil rahsaan strategy for super, counterpick everybody ftw. seth/honda/dudley for sure, also cody/hawk/ibuki possibly... but i only get to practice like a couple times a week, i dont think ive even streamed in a minute. school is SERIOUS

every day

mystic quest > most real FFs, deal w/ it it's a nice game to speedrun, short for an RPG and not too complex + it has some cool tricks people don't know about. anyway, stream is starting in a couple mins!

happy birthday, my Friend. :toot: give us a celebratory drunkpost, or better yet get in my stream 2night (starting @ 9 or so) and do whatever there!!!!!!!!