Daigo is cool. I used to be a hater, but he's really the coolest guy out there. Very well mannered and respectful of his opponents, even though everybody wants to see him lose because it rarely happens.
The reason Diago is 'smiling' in these videos is because he's in his own country japan, after every game people are happy regardless of who wins because they show him respect. On the other hand when you see Daigo play in evo etc, not a single person claps when Diago wins. Its like boxing, fighting in the other boxers home town has a big affect on a person psychologically, nobody would be happy in a situation like that, however some people show their emotions more than others.
Guys watch Tokido from 2:30... You can see his really happy with Daigo's performance but then Daigo suddenly makes a mistake and Eita starts to come back and ready to do a counter attack but then Tokido tells Daigo to pause the game. Watch this in full screen HD and you'll see what I mean...
Daigo ain't the old Daigo no more. Look at him. He's enjoying himself much more now. Smiling and laughing. I think he found a character that he can relate to. But he's got to watch the health and stun.
That was an amazing combo near the end. It's always fun to see Daigo try and main a new character. He brings new stuff to the table. He won the match in my opinion.
Damn it must be awesome playing against daigo, apart from his sportsmanship it's also like if you lose, your opponent was THE BEAST, so nothing to be ashamed about but if you win you turn insta-SF legend :D Great match overall.
@T0b0re Madcatz sticks have a pause lock. I'm pretty sure their number 1 sponsored player would make sure to use it. Especially if it's someone like Daigo who makes sure to do everything perfectly if he can help it.
Tournament rules state that the player who paused the game be either disqualified, or let the match go on if the opponent wishes to. Obviously Daigo chose the latter and took advantage of this minor confusion to take the round.
@acidglow No he cancelled it into teleport, then into ultra 2. Crouching jab to crouching forward is a 1 frame link, then you have I think 3 or 4 frames to cancel crouching forward into teleport and then ultra 2. It's pretty damn hard.
You know, as much as I like Akuma, I just realized I DON'T want Daigo to choose him as his new main, because it means I'll have to watch him do that damn Ultra 2 animation over and over and over....
@IlIl00 It's most likely because the US have leveled up and closed the gap alot more between the skill level of Japanese and American players. Either that, or US really relies on Viper..
if whilst in the processof the combo it's blocked, instead of going through and being left vulnerable when he lands, most of the top players cancel with a focus which burns a meter but is better than being left open for a crushing counter
Am I the only one thinking title needs to be changed as Eita vs Daigo? I always thought during the match Daigo was using the left Akuma or bluish Akuma however as I see from final player reactions and after from comments below I realised it wasn't.
@SedoSan controller adapter. Usually on tournaments people have sticks and controllers for different platforms (f.e. only an xbox360 stick or ps3 stick). To be able to play with your stick on a foreign platform you have to use an adapter. And sadly ps3 to 360 adapters are pretty crappy and you get more input lag with it on the 360 than on the ps3.
According to Beastnote, "Interview after tournament] Umehara said using a new character in tournament is fun. His character in Ver.2012 is still undecided, but probably Akuma."
When the accidental button got pressed at 2:49 how come Daigo was allowed to take the round? It looked like Eita was doing one of those crazy Gouki come backs. Was it him that accidentally hit the oause button?
its a pretty fancy variation but i reckon he should of started the combo with crouching medium punch and when he cancelled, immediately do a crouching light punch, but it looks too easy to block after a cancel
at 1:14 Tokido claps. Well done hahahahah! look at his face! at 1:18 Daigo: ^___^ tehe at 3:45 Someone: Hey Daigo you DL him huh? Daigo: yeah ^___^ 4:25 Tokido: hey just let him have it, its his birthday Daigo: okay
Yeah I read the comment, it's the same comment where u said that u knew the rules right? If u pause then you forfeit. You're basically saying that if YOU mess up and pause the match while you're in the middle of a combo that I have to sit there and let you finish off a combo that you may or may not have even completed? for free? with no pressure... and with less damage scaling? Eita knew he messed up and waited for Daigo to end the round, because he understands the rules. He didn't cry about it.
5:53 at this point, tokido was shocked for the UC2 combo. Maybe he learned this from daigo
Daigo is cool. I used to be a hater, but he's really the coolest guy out there. Very well mannered and respectful of his opponents, even though everybody wants to see him lose because it rarely happens.
Man am I the only one that loves seeing Daigo show some emotion! Keep smiling brothah.
Lmfao @ 2:50. Daigo taking that pause win with a smile.
What you doing here big bro
Gotta love how Daigo just picks up a new character and already has a signature move!
That face Tokido makes in the background when Daigo lands that ultra link is HILARIOUS
So much respect for Daigo.
He's very competitive and yet so respectful to his opponents.
Everyone should be like him!
UMEHARA THE BEAST
Japan: great country, great inventions, great food, great culture.
The reason Diago is 'smiling' in these videos is because he's in his own country japan, after every game people are happy regardless of who wins because they show him respect. On the other hand when you see Daigo play in evo etc, not a single person claps when Diago wins. Its like boxing, fighting in the other boxers home town has a big affect on a person psychologically, nobody would be happy in a situation like that, however some people show their emotions more than others.
5:54 when tokido is impressed by something you did with akuma...
I like this, Daigo actually looked like he's having fun for once. :)
Daigo was in an awesome mood though. Never seen him smile so much.
I'm sure he learned a lot from this fight.
in 98 he smiled and laughed in US playing against Alex Valle (the Sfa3 American champion), but those are the old days...
Tokido's expression at 5:52, absolutely priceless.
LOL at the accidental pause button! Good to know I'm not the only one who panics and accidentally does that.
Nice daigo uploads :) its been awhile since I watched daigo matches.
Guys watch Tokido from 2:30... You can see his really happy with Daigo's performance but then Daigo suddenly makes a mistake and Eita starts to come back and ready to do a counter attack but then Tokido tells Daigo to pause the game. Watch this in full screen HD and you'll see what I mean...
Amazing. Great match from both. Really excited for diagos akuma in the future
Daigo ain't the old Daigo no more. Look at him. He's enjoying himself much more now. Smiling and laughing. I think he found a character that he can relate to. But he's got to watch the health and stun.
Tokido's funny faces worth it.
@AbelFordManhattan I also like how he's enjoying the character he plays now. He looks really happy when he wins a round with Gouki.
He loses but haves so much fun...i love that
That was an amazing combo near the end. It's always fun to see Daigo try and main a new character. He brings new stuff to the table.
He won the match in my opinion.
Its really good to see both players happy, win or lose
2:48, eita hit the xbox button, causing a match pause. The rule from what the announcer said was Umehara 1 combo, which ended up winning the round.
2:56
Tokido: "Oh, wait, it was him?"
Daigo: "Come on, bro, would I fuck up like that?"
@blackmehrad that was epic xD " NANDA KORE " feeling like watching an anime movie xD
1:10 haha :D Daigo is smiling and Tokido is clapping slowly like "Fuck yeah!" :D
sounds effects in this game it is awasome
that Ultra at the end was sick, it should've taken the match for daigo
That was intense. Fantastic play from both players.
Spoiler: Akuma wins.
Shut up.
***** Awesome reflexes there, champ.
That wasn't a reflex, but idiots have their opinions. Move along
Damn it must be awesome playing against daigo, apart from his sportsmanship it's also like if you lose, your opponent was THE BEAST, so nothing to be ashamed about but if you win you turn insta-SF legend :D Great match overall.
@T0b0re Madcatz sticks have a pause lock. I'm pretty sure their number 1 sponsored player would make sure to use it. Especially if it's someone like Daigo who makes sure to do everything perfectly if he can help it.
LMAOWTFBBQFTW - Eits's face when commentator shouts his name 0:09
5:53
Tokido's reaction is priceless.
Was that Tokido behind Daigo?
Tournament rules state that the player who paused the game be either disqualified, or let the match go on if the opponent wishes to. Obviously Daigo chose the latter and took advantage of this minor confusion to take the round.
Daigo looked happy when he is playing with his Japan mates... When he's in USA, the crowd always destroy the mood.
does anyone else like the "NANDA KORE WA" yelling guy @ 5:56 like i do? xD
I wish this had some translation the commentary looks cool
@acidglow No he cancelled it into teleport, then into ultra 2. Crouching jab to crouching forward is a 1 frame link, then you have I think 3 or 4 frames to cancel crouching forward into teleport and then ultra 2. It's pretty damn hard.
really nice play from both, daigos gouki is getting better and better=)
Why is Daigo smiling so much? MACHINES CAN'T SMILE
@IlIl00 He's at an arcade in HIS home country. It's hard when you have a crowd of 3000 people chanting "U.S.A" behind you
You know, as much as I like Akuma, I just realized I DON'T want Daigo to choose him as his new main, because it means I'll have to watch him do that damn Ultra 2 animation over and over and over....
My point was that you are watching daigo play, which should also mean you know about professional scene
He actually laughs after losing the game... Respect!
Wow @ the SRK FADC combo into U2.
Daigo tried once again here to FADC the tatsu into a combo.
@warriorofpeace786 I agree normally Daigo has on his sound proof head phones at evo, but i rarely see him wear it in the Japanese competitions
0:39 Biggest reaction from Daigo you'll see ever.
0:41 even tokido shat his pants lol
Daigo's footsies are SPOT ON!!
got dang they exacute these combos so effortlessly man i try so hard to do these combos but fall so short
O.O Daigo....smiled...& laughed....I have honestly never seen that before. interesting. I was beginning to think he was a constantly serious person.
awesome, but what's with the lagg?
a dignified discussion but the comments have been removed?! What's the meaning of this??!!
@IlIl00 It's most likely because the US have leveled up and closed the gap alot more between the skill level of Japanese and American players. Either that, or US really relies on Viper..
if whilst in the processof the combo it's blocked, instead of going through and being left vulnerable when he lands, most of the top players cancel with a focus which burns a meter but is better than being left open for a crushing counter
no wonder daigo was chuckling.. haha thanks man!
5:53 First Tokido is like >:-| and then :-O lol
1:11 Tokido's slow exaggerated clap. lol
DAIGO SMILES IN JAPAN!
Am I the only one thinking title needs to be changed as Eita vs Daigo? I always thought during the match Daigo was using the left Akuma or bluish Akuma however as I see from final player reactions and after from comments below I realised it wasn't.
Never seen Diago so happy.
@SedoSan controller adapter. Usually on tournaments people have sticks and controllers for different platforms (f.e. only an xbox360 stick or ps3 stick). To be able to play with your stick on a foreign platform you have to use an adapter. And sadly ps3 to 360 adapters are pretty crappy and you get more input lag with it on the 360 than on the ps3.
Dat U2 setup.
Tokido's face: Hot Damn.
According to Beastnote, "Interview after tournament] Umehara said using a new character in tournament is fun. His character in Ver.2012 is still undecided, but probably Akuma."
@skrface13 He said "Either way, Daigo's still the best". He wrote in spanish, but he wrote a few words wrong by precipitation...
the person who did not pause is granted one free combo
Amazing match...two skilled akumas
@TEEN1DOL LOL That was priceless man ahahah, good eyes mate.
When the accidental button got pressed at 2:49 how come Daigo was allowed to take the round? It looked like Eita was doing one of those crazy Gouki come backs. Was it him that accidentally hit the oause button?
Daigo's Akuma is getting stronger and stronger. He's probably getting tips from Tokido. That combo into U2 was excellent.
Daigo is such a good guy.
Did daigo invent combo into ultra 2 ?. Seems like it?
@RajmanGamingHD
What's this guy's tag in your videos? Do you still have them up?
4:37 rare footage of daigo actually exasperated
*insert stylized sun glasses comment about sweeps here*
5:52 dat combo
DAT-TOKIDO-AKUMA-MASTER-DAIGO-KOHAI-PROUD-FACE
rare footage of daigo smiling
what happened at 2:45? eita accidentally pauses the game? and is that a standard penalty after that? just curious :)
its a pretty fancy variation but i reckon he should of started the combo with crouching medium punch and when he cancelled, immediately do a crouching light punch, but it looks too easy to block after a cancel
@tripelon he probably meant the arcade machine, not a console
@tripelon And what ? They are playing on Xbox. Do u think there is Xbox button on the arcade version ?
Great match.
2:53
OMG
OMFG WHAT IS THIS
DAIGO SMILED
THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!! F***
@Mearonm LOL!! I caught that before I saw your comment. yeah that slow clap was pretty hilarious.
@6:05 ohhhh... pretty colors!!!
Anyone else ever notice that matches in any version of street fighter ends at 64 sec ?
best mirror match ever
I never seen this kind of technology, where did he get this, Roswell?
Cheers to a dignified discussion on youtube :D
Almost... too dignified....
@ 5:49 love it.
@iammichael Probably because they wanna catch every single detail in the game :)
That can be said for every other country...
Tokido is in the back like you guys have nothing on my akuma :D
at 1:14 Tokido claps. Well done hahahahah! look at his face!
at 1:18 Daigo: ^___^ tehe
at 3:45 Someone: Hey Daigo you DL him huh?
Daigo: yeah ^___^
4:25 Tokido: hey just let him have it, its his birthday
Daigo: okay
Yeah I read the comment, it's the same comment where u said that u knew the rules right? If u pause then you forfeit. You're basically saying that if YOU mess up and pause the match while you're in the middle of a combo that I have to sit there and let you finish off a combo that you may or may not have even completed? for free? with no pressure... and with less damage scaling? Eita knew he messed up and waited for Daigo to end the round, because he understands the rules. He didn't cry about it.
You're right. Maybe it's his way of linking his combos. Diago's spin on it maybe!