How a Broke, Unsponsored Underdog Became the First Fighting Game Millionaire
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- čas přidán 19. 04. 2024
- The first Capcom Cup for Street Fighter 6 held an unbelievable prize: One Million Dollars to first place, higher than any fighting game tournament in history.
Everyone wanted it, and many seemed likely to take it all. But no one was paying attention to Uma.
Uma was an overlooked outsider who fought through one of the toughest regions in the world to make it to a million-dollar tournament with nothing but an inhuman will to be the best. With no money in his pocket, he woke up one day and decided to make Street Fighter his life.
Without a championship pedigree, a sponsor, or a cent to his name, Uma did what no one else could.
He dominated everyone - and he did it his way.
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Just the fact that Uma not only won, but that he was invited to Kumite and he just went, 'Nah, I can't, I need to go to HoloFes' is the cherry on top of the story!
He would go and drop an aka Supa (red super chat) on an Asamio soon after
Disrespectful. Just a money hunter
@@Jason940728bruh what
@@Jason940728 playing tournaments to win money? whattt? what a rude thing to do!!! do u hear urself rn?
@@Jason940728haters
He represented Miofa on the world stage and win the whole tournament with the power of his kamioshi.
What is Miofa and kamioshi xD
@@xXRedErrorXx Vtuber stuff, to keep it simple his hoodie is a merch from a popular JP Vtuber, and a kamioshi is basically a way to say that this vtuber is the BIG one he is a fan of.
Fun fact, on the JP side of social media, once the JP community noticed that he was wearing that hoodie, at first everyone went "wait, is he wearing ..." to "Well, he is one of us (fan if the company that produce the vtuber) so now we HAVE to support him"
Oh, and Miofa is the name of the vtuber's fan.
@@nekogami87 so complicated stuff😅
@@Tuh_qh90 hell, he was in invited for Redbull Kumite and he declined cus it has the same date as Hololive fes, a yearly event for Hololive Idols, one of the idols being Mio, Uma's Oshi(favorite).
Uma won and one of the first things he did was give Mio an akasupa and made Cover reconsider putting the Parka back up for sale again, and then he dropped another akasupa promoting it too, Uma just ascended into Legends status right now.
All the others were batting for glory… but Uma was battling for his *life*.
They wanted victory like they wanted a name, but he needed victory like he needed to breathe.
THE STRONGEST MIOFA!
For the Forest!
What is miofa
@@xXRedErrorXxMio fan. Ookami Mio is a vtuber from Hololive.
He turned down Redbull Kumite for HoloFes damn
@@WisdomLearner i aspire to be like uma, that's such a chad move lmao
And thanks to him, that Mio Parka is being made for sale again.
The Oshi power up really is strong
What is oshi
@@xXRedErrorXx His favorite
@@xXRedErrorXxOshi means someone you wholeheartedly support. Usually refers to Idol stuffs, but its applicable to anyone basically. For example you love Michael Jordan in Basketball, you can say Michael Jordan is my Oshi!
And he did it in a Miofa hoodie the GOAT
What is miofa
@@xXRedErrorXx Miofa deez nuts lmao
@@xXRedErrorXxVtuber mio
@@xXRedErrorXxHis Vtuber idol's fanbase name. His jacket is the Vtuber's merch.
This had sparked Juri in Mio's Hoodie fanart
The true definition of a “dollar and a dream” this is what perseverance looks like
He had 300 though
He and Juri showed the "naysayers" they're wrong to just dismiss them. And he got their numbers when he faced them. He took home a million USD with Juri's help, and she's his main gal.
Always bet on Asian.
@@Popmycherryyo 300 dollar and a dream
I miss this kind of videos from theScore esports. Please bring back these type of videos man, it's what made me love your channel. Good job! And well played to Uma
Fun fact, he did all this to spend money on his oshi, Mio, since Holo 4th fes was happening after the tournament.
Bro even akasupa Mio for the win, absolute king.
Now that's a real player with patience
He's UMA1M now.
One thing I saw UMA technique that he intentional do drive reversal to bait the opponent punished and have them whiffed. This technique didn't much got any kind of attention on any competitive by far. Even Leshar and Chris Wong who are the most consistent players can also got caught by this. UMA learn this technique quite ahead of time. And he use it only necessary when the opponent is on low health for guarantee winning the set. So if you all thinking UMA won entire 1 million because of luck, that's definitely not. All those every match are very well crazy calculated by UMA himself.
Right, UMA seems very talented at that strategic play for a fighting game. Doesn't sound like a total scrub coming into the tournament like this video framed him as.
@@islandboy9381 I don't think the video makes him out to be a scrub. Just that he was a complete unknown
T1 won worlds with Keria fanboying over Newjeans, UMA won while having the Miofa jacket... Is there a pattern here 😅
He also had a jacket of his kami oshi to support him
It's amazing how less known players can rise up to be a champion. Excellent 🙂
I remember when I watched that move at 12:55 , I went "wait, you can do that ?! That works ?!"
One can only begin to imagine what Uma did at that tournament. Going from having just 300 dollars to his name to having more money that countless people throughout the world will *ever see in their entire lifetime.*
I became so invested in the aftermath of this tournament and so happy that Uma won it all that I ended up falling into a depression.
To know that this unsponsored, poor, broke, scrub of a player is now the closest thing that the FGC has to a god, before or since… it drove me to the brink of insanity.
Luckily, I was able to pull myself back from the brink. All I will say is this.
Uma is no longer human. At Capcom Cup 10, we witnessed the death of a man…
*AND THE BIRTH OF A GOD.*
Diabolical level of glazing
Gods don't simp over v-tubers
@@Matt-qs5rx uhm... what?
Was he a scrub? He seemed to do pretty decently, it's not like the guy was completely untalented when he entered Capcom Cup
@@islandboy9381 …that’s fair, actually.
As a Juri main that's attending my first Evo this year, this story is amazing
Am I the only one who truly enjoy's Dimitri when he does these segments? Impeccable, great work by others but he takes the cake.
God i love these heartwarming underdog stories! You guys do them so well!
I'd love to see you guys do a "where are they now" series where you catch up with these legends!
I'll bet anyone a $1,000,000 that after this his mom will NEVER tell him to stop playing games and go to sleep early! 😂
he's a fellow Miofa - he channelled hatotaurus power to win! :D
all while repping ookami mio ABOSOLUTE. FUCKING. KING
Repping what ?
@@xXRedErrorXxrepresenting
@@xXRedErrorXx ookami mio she's a vtuber and he was wearing her merch
UMA-sha the strongest, Miosha. All Hololive fans are kneeling before him.
Love your FGC content, please make more!
His Oshi was watching. He couldn't fail.
hope u guys keep uploading sf6. this was great
What a story, and great narration!
UMA is insane, but can we also appreciate how Chris Wong was also a beast and a crazy good player
This grand finals was epic af !
Thank you for making fgc content! ❤
He has the power of God, Hololive & his Oshi Ookami Mio's jacket on his side.
“Videos game get you no where in life they rotten your brain”
Went from broke to millionaire by playing an fighting game 😭🔥🔥
Its crazy how the best players also have so many other obstacles to get past outside of the game.
Arlsan Ash for example his origin story is insane. Hell even to this day Pakistan literally couldnt enter EVO Japan because they couldnt get a visa in time.
I am happy to see you guys making stories like these. Just like Arslan Ash, I wonder who is this dude gankin' these players. Y'all make me care about these FGC players I never heard of. Please, more videos like this.
and the Hood he wore alway out of stock lmao
Bro actually playing Hunger games in real life.
Capcom cup shocks just keep coming year in year out. No one even knew who he was.
What an uplifting story.
Everybody with big names and sponsor names and Uma is just Uma.
He needed funds to buy all the goods in Holofes nice
A literal nobody wins the first ever million dollar Capcom Cup. You cannot make this shit up..
gotta love underdog winners
about time you guys covered Street Fighter 6
A bonafide Cinderella story. That 1 million USD is LIFE Changing Money. Buy a small building with 4 or 5 unites and collect rent and set for life.
Is 1 million USD enough to live off interest? Or is money of that scale just 'A lot of money' not 'Coast for the rest of your life money'
@@harpot678to live off of interest youd need around atleast 5 mil
@@harpot678 it'll get you a lot further in SEA at least.
The problem is that even in Taiwan, real estate especially in the big cities and desirable areas are ridiculous. 1 million after taxes and maybe he's affording a nice but modest place in Taipei with money to furnish it. Thankfully property tax is minimal in TW.
Fighting games are the greatest
“Fighting games are something… so great.” - Tokido
We are getting alot of crazy good FGC players that's also a Hololive fans it's crazy.
bout time you cover the fgc
I wish him all the best
Winning while wearing Mio hoodie
Wow. Just wow.
The mio hoodie!
I didn’t expect to hear from “Rory Breaker” in this video…
Hololive fan its time to support the strongest miosha
Too bad there’s only one winner. Chris Wong was good enough to be the winner, but Uma had to say no.
I watched this live and everyone in the chat and the crowd was team UMA because he was one of the few people that was relatively unknow and wasn't playing the busted character Luke.
or Ken, or JP
there is always an east asian who can beat anybody in any game after in couple of days of training
Man gotta love the fgc. Shit like this really happens 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Also wearing a Vtuber merch
華人格鬥玩家之光UMA! 又是一個無法複製的傳奇❤🎉
I heard this story before...oh wait...Arslan from Tekken
Give him sponsor broo
Now nintendo take some note. Give back to the fan please host a big tournament for 1million😂
A true story of a loser became a champion !
Hard work
Kabuki Klash is the Neo Geo game in the background in case you were going to ask
So he went from Uma300 to Uma1M
This is why we love being a part of the FGC
what is fgc?
@@deepaknarayan3713 Fighting Game Community
@@Pal0maSama thanks
The strongest Miofa indeed
Uma is also the Ox King's name
Wished they got Colton on to talk about his affinity for vtubers
Imagine watching what is literally one of the most stacked tournaments in SF history and this random dude wearing vtuber merch suddenly appeared out of nowhere and bodied the best SF players in the world.
Wow a video that isnt about cs or a riot game, is it going to rain?
Someone can tell me what stick Uma used in the Capcom Cup?
The only thing i know is he using Lever.... don't have any information my bad
Qanba Titan
Every unemployed boyfriends dream to become, instead they’re just practicing 12 hours a day with nothing to show for it
inb4 china has beef with theScore esports because they acknowledge Taiwanese people are Taiwanese
How many left after IRS take his parts !!!!
can you talk about YZNSA from overwatch 2 ?
Andddd he took that million and bet on red. Right?
ka-ger my big brother
Technically he ain't a millionaire. Don't forget tax.
Technically, he wasn't broke. He had 300$.
wow
the story is awesome but he wasn't an underdog, he consistently places high at many tournaments with top players.
Need a good title on the video, so...
And he was playing on ps5. Impressive
台灣之光 Uma kagami :D
This is why I will never care any franchised tournaments, he it sports or esports.
Open circuit rocks, franchised is bad for everyone except the investors.
I think he most retired from sf6
Sf6 content :))
🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲Mio-fa 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
Players like UMA and the stories their journies tell are the true essence of the FGC and is what carries it. Amazing watch!
Grand finals
HK vs Taiwan
TAIWAN # 1
😂😂😂
Amazingg !! Hope you guys gonna make a video about Verix, The GUILTY GEAR STRIVE ARCEVO TOUR 2023 WINNER
"you may have the strongest current meta character, but I have my two waifu by my side"
Uma probably
Miofa
Kind of foul they described him as being broke
It makes for a compelling story. Everyone loves rags to riches.
He has a good story and deserved win but i dont think he can win another tournament anymore since he lost his motivation. Menard on the other hand is the most well accomplished after didnt win Capcom cup he won the Team world championship, Red bull kumite and now Evo Japan. Such a goat player
the fact he did something extremely ill-advised and bet his livelihood on winning the highest prize pool in fighting game history, if I were him I'd quit while I was ahead too.
I mean, just look at how much he win. he also cancelled his invitation to another tournament after this because there is a vtuber concert that was held on the very day of the event so he take his W and go to the concert instead of playing another game
Noice