Grey

Casual Player, #KOFXIII slave

[Justin Wong @JWonggg]

My man Chris G tried to create a new 3S moment lmfao

[Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN]

I think it was around the third or fourth year after the show that used to be called CES became known as E3.

Back then, someone from the event staff asked me something like, “Some American celebrities are here ! do you want to meet them?” But I was just a hardcore game developer and self-built PC nerd who had absolutely no understanding of the value of meeting celebrities. So instead of paying attention to famous people visiting our booth, I only remember running straight to the Half-Life booth and the pre-release Baldur’s Gate booth.
(Actually… I still wonder what celebrities were even there.)

At that E3, NVIDIA’s RIVA TNT graphics card was an absolutely massive topic of discussion ..at least among people like me ,,and I remember standing there staring at the demo endlessly.
I think my body temperature was probably three degrees higher than normal at the time.

And younger people today may not know this, but back then there was a video card called the Voodoo2 that every PC gamer in the world knew about. I was completely obsessed with the idea of buying a second Voodoo2 card at a Fry’s Electronics store in the US.
I needed that second card. The meaning was a bit different from what people today think of as SLI, though.
but at the time almost every PC gamer belonged to the “Church of Voodoo.”
Eventually I converted to NVIDIA later on, though.

Honestly, my head was so full of “I need to get to Fry’s” that I barely even remember the reaction to our own game titles. In those days, unlike now, our schedules weren’t packed from morning to night with interviews.

Every year back then, I’d run around to other companies’ booths, play demos, stare closely at the technology, and then head to Fry’s the next day. I remember once going there to buy a Santa Cruz sound card, and seeing an employee casually put what appeared to be a returned product right back onto the shelf. I was genuinely shocked by how different that was from Japanese retail culture.

Also, in the 1990s, arcades still barely survived in the United States, and there was still a real arcade versus culture there, so I used to go watch it. This was something I did from the very beginning. What always surprised me was that, unlike Japan, players in American arcades often played sitting directly side-by-side on linked cabinets. I would always think, “These guys are sitting this close to each other… how are they not constantly getting into fights?”

In Japan, the players usually sit facing each other with two arcade cabinets physically separating them, so if someone gets angry, the most they can really do is throw an ashtray or kick the cabinet to indirectly express their frustration.

I also used to visit stores and tournament organizers who were running major events, bringing posters, small printed character CG posters, and Japanese prize goods, telling them, “Please use these as tournament prizes.” It was a very grassroots kind of support activity.

And speaking of memories from those days …I remember seeing Masaya Nakamura, the founder of Namco and the company president at the time, bringing Japanese instant udon with him on business trips to Los Angeles. After seeing that, I started copying him and did the same thing for years.

I guess those are the kinds of memories I have from that era.
AH!! I just realized something ….apparently even at this age, I’m still the same hopeless game nerd at heart.
The moment someone asks me even a small question, I immediately start rambling on forever about tiny details nobody even asked for.

[Arlieth @Arlieth]

you ever have a round where you sit there and think...

no, the game was wrong. i should be dead. i absolutely should have lost

[Piter Ernandis @PITERERNANDIS]

Sonho realizado participar da EVO Japan. Fui muito bem recebido por todos, e fiquei realmente impressionado com a educação, organização e a riqueza da cultura japonesa — algo que marcou profundamente essa jornada. Volto muito feliz e grato por tudo. Grato meu mano @komitegames 🙏🏽

[曾卓君 @Xiaohai_]

I am very honored to receive this award from evo.@Evo The "Best Game of 2025" award, because I have to prepare for various project competitions, I can't be here to accept this honor, I want to apologize to the organizers, but you can still give me this award, I really appreciate it, and thank my team, the Falcons and the competition equipment team, thank all the fans who support me, thank you all.

[Grey @GreyFGC]

@lp89_ Então tipo, um cara burro e normal qualquer não pode usar IA pra nada, ele tem que fazer o corre do jeito que um CNPJ faria, ou vai estar tirando o pão da mesa de algum editor?

[Lauyagami @Lauyagami1]

This second day of Evo Japan(@evojapan_info)was very fulfilling for me; it helped me clear my head and relieve the immense pressure I was putting on myself. I was very worried about self-criticism because of the championship title and ended up forgetting the real reason I became champion: to have fun playing! However, this second day was wonderful because I got to play a lot(more than 60 matches haha)with players from all over the world. And during a match, when I saw the SNK video about a new balance live(thanks @SNKPofficial,@snk_esports_hub )we all jumped for joy, hahaha. And to end the day, I received a gift/tribute that I will cherish, made by @HASSY_Nishikawa. I remain happy that Jesus is my strength. Thank you very much to everyone who continues to follow and support me; life is full of victories and defeats.

[SANWA｜M' @arubionhat]

EVOJAPAN2026
Kof15部門優勝&swc出場権ゲット！

2023年のevojから優勝を目標に毎年参加してて、今回四度目の正直で優勝できて本当に嬉しいです。

練習に付き合ってくれた方々
応援してくれた方々ありがとうございました！

[Espadad@Fatherhood - Zane @Espadah_]

Daigo's notes on his notepad vs Mena, sourced from a translator who saw the notepad on facebook.

[Justin Wong @JWonggg]

I HATE THIS SO MUCH

[GuiSarda @guisarda]

Esse vídeo do Daigo é loucura. Não sei se foi roteirizado, mas as coisas que ele fala kk:

Sobre cravarem que ele irá perder:

"Quando a gente cresce, a realidade vai batendo, como quando se descobre que o papai noel não existe. Se ele não existe, então eu serei o papai noel"

[Grey @GreyFGC]

@Alemeras_ @Lauyagami1 @komitegames To esperando é os react das comidas

[J I Y U N A @jiyunaJP]

Daigo literally inspired countless people and led the FGC to where we are today. His 30+ year legacy being concluded by getting embarassed 10-3 on stage in a game he's never performed well at, to a player he has no connection to, does nothing for the community.

This match never should have happened, but the moment Mena called him out in front of 10,000+ people, he couldn't say no.

[James “jchensor” Chen @jchensor]

I’ve shared this before, but every time it shows up it’s worth sharing again.

Fighting Games are just like this. This is overloading the Mental Stack.

Obviously your actions are limited in Fighting Games, so you have to feint by creative means. Crouching for half a second, changing directions of walking for half a second, whiffing LPs, etc. You’d be surprised at the very subtle things people react to in milliseconds.

One of my favorite examples is something Mike Ross used to do in SFIV with Honda. Instead of just doing a raw Headbutt at opponents to attack, he would take advantage of the Special Move button window and make Honda walk forward for just the tiniest fraction of a second before Headbutting.

People relax when they see Honda walk forward. They assume he’s lost his charge, so they’re baited into walking or approaching or lowering their defense. So the Headbutt would come out and catch people by surprise.

But all it took was that tiny millisecond of walking forward, and it was enough of a feint to get people to subconsciously react to.

Another example: if you want to walk up and Throw someone in the middle of Neutral because you got them scared to press buttons, even the slightest crouch for half a second in the middle of walking forward can cause the opponent to be convinced you’re going to attack instead of Throw (esp. in SF6 where crMK DRC is such a threat), making them less likely to Tech the Throw.

So like GSP talks about here, feinting is very important. Making your opponent overly stimulated by subtle cues can make them less likely to react to your actual angle of attack.

[Victor Hugo Buiu @buiufgc]

Isso aqui é histórico e inédito! Teremos o maior evento de jogos de luta do MUNDO no streaming, localizado em português pela nossa comunidade! vamo que vamo fazer mais história juntos!

[Grey @GreyFGC]

Finalizamos mais um Eternal Drive #7
Parabéns ao @CDA_YAGAMI22, nosso novo campeão!

#KOFXIII #EternalDrive #SNK

[Caio Nobre | MEIA-LUA @Nobre_Caio]

CARAIO! OLHA esse INÍCIO do embate entre GO1 e SONICFOX no Masters Showdown do DBFZ. QUE INSANO. HAHAHAHA #dragonballfighterz

[NieL @NieL_Messatsu]

O dona @kabumcombr , estou desde a primeira etapa sem receber minha premiação, não foi pago nenhuma das etapas que joguei, isso desde fevereiro ate agora, como podemos resolver isso?
vocês vão pagar nossa premiação ou não?

[Colin @IntroSpecktive]

This the realest shit I’ve ever seen in esports

[STG | Blaizzy @CrazyBlaizzy]

I have been competing for 8 years and i have gotten 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th , 13th, 17th 25th, 33rd, 65th 98th 125th . but today i finally WON A TOURNEY!! 🥲