Around The FGC: TheKing1nTheNorth

Well here’s another one guys!!! I was recommended by a prior interview that I should pass on these questions throughout the FGC and I ran across this fellow. Ladies and Gentlemen, TheKing1nTheNorth!

1. What is your favorite fighting game?

   My favorite fighting game is a tie with SFV and SFA2

2. Who is your favorite fighter and why?

    Ryu is my favorite character overall because of his struggle and continuous training. His drive to improve. His ethics and discipline embody what it takes to do things the right way and find self growth.

3. What lead you to wanting to be a part of this community?

    Reaching Platinum rank in SFV back in season one. I never thought i would achieve that back then because it was my endgame goal at SFV. I felt if i can get it done then i can help others do it to and started a YouTube channel with guides and tutorials based on how i did things and how others can follow suit and grow as a player as well and the channel has grown a lot over time. Met some amazing people as subscribers and some of them are now very close friends and it’s been great building these relationships and getting the continued support from them.

4. What do you do in order to get as good as you are?

    Train consistently. Consistency is key. I’d recommend spending at least 30 mins a day on a fighting game to keep on top of things like execution. Every session i start 10-15 mins in training mode doing repetition of moves, combos and spacing my normals. If i struggle with a character or to sequences, I’ll recreate the sequence in training mode and see what my options are. How i can deal with the situation.

5. Who was your favorite for Capcom Cup 2019?

   My Fav for CPT was Bonchan. I have followed him for a long time and admire that he sticks to Nash, Sagat for a chunk of his sets. Tokido as well because his play is exciting to watch and has many godlike moments which just seem unreal at times.

 

What other games do you play when you aren’t playing SFV?

I play a lot of different games. I like Kingdom Hearts, Resident Evil, Zelda BOTW, COD, Destiny 2, Last of us, Uncharted series,Metal gear solid series, Jedi fallen order, Persona 4 and 5, Final Fantasy Series, Mortal Kombat series Currently hyped for Resident Evil 3 and FF7 remakes.

So Much going On

Hey Guys! I know it’s been a while but with so much going on in the world it has really become hard to keep up with what is going on. Politics and Gaming has strongly consumed my time because I don’t want to be stressed but I don’t want to be without knowing. Theses days are becoming more confusing and consuming. We really need to be able to help our fellow humans out with what is going on with being motivating to those who need it. I will be more so dishing out some more motivation and some insight into what we should be doing as things are going on the way the are. I know that we are here for gaming news and other niches but it will also have some advice to it as well. Love you all very dearly. Please stay safe and healthy.

Corona Taking Us Out

I know that this is off of my regular topics but this has to be said:

COVID-19 is on a mad dash through out the world and we the people are the targets. It seems to be attacking the elderly in the world as most of those who have passed away have averaged the age of 50 and up. This is a sad state of affairs as we still really don’t know how to handle this. There are researchers out there trying to discover a cure while our families and friends are self quarantined for 14 days. 14 days seems to be the average time it takes for this bugger to last within ones system.

Corona has also shut down a bunch of events that affect the world. The HEMS Conference in Orlando, Florida was one of them. That would have been the best place to have pressed for information about COVID-19 but still being at the time there was still no knowledge of it. So for now we do what everyone else is doing until this is solved.

Many other gaming events has been shut down as well due to COVID-19. Capcom has cancelled a few events. NRS limited attendance for Final Kombat just this past weekend. And there will be more closed/cancelled events to come with the new order that POTUS put out that there will be no European travelers allowed here on US grounds for the next 30 days. That’s going to have a huge effect on a bunch of different entities as we are going through financial drama with the stock market. Me, I plan to purchase a few stocks of Disney next month as the price has fell to around $100 per share, I’m just saying. But please people beware and be safe out there. We don’t want to lose anyone else to this. Much love, peace.

Around the FGC: Shoryuken1979

This week we feature Shoryuken1979 in Around the FGC!

Shoryuken1979 aka JT, born in the South, live in the West. Given life and service to the Army, now Vet lives out in Washington State. Loving life and gaming takes both seriously and lightly at the same knowing that things will get done. Fighting games is a serious hobby as he can tell you about framework and lags. JT is one of the best that I’ve played with and learned as he is my greatest sparring partner. Check him out.

 

What is your favorite fighting game?

Street Fighter

 

Who is your favorite fighter and why?

Ryu. Usually well balanced.

 

What lead you to wanting to be a part of this community?

The competition and camaraderie

 

What do you do in order to get as good as you are?

Lab. Watch my replays to see my mistakes.

 

Who was your favorite for Capcom Cup 2019?

No favorite. I like to see the competition and learn new tech.

 

What other games do you play when you aren’t playing SFV?

Various other games.

 

 

I strongly appreciate your time and the opportunity to interview you. This will be my first interview with someone major in the FGC.

Running an E-Sports Team!

When you think running an E-Sports Team was an easy thing. The staff at Exposed Learning got with me asking me if I could share my input with the community. From doing so, they have made me their coach for the team. It is a great honor I will say and will do what I need to in order to teach these children skills in communication and research as part of growing with the team.

 

On this day we were short handed due to My-Con which was held. But the following weekend coming up we will know exactly what we will be working with as per how many members will be a part of the Exposed Learning Program that is ran by Mr. Poole from Jones High School out here in Orlando, Florida. Some of the students are extremely excited because it takes on so many different aspects. We have a team working on the Social Media, the Staff, and of course the members. So as we get this all together please stay tuned.

 

The biggest thing we are looking for is some sponsorships to help us with some of the head room. And the fact that we will need to start doing some fundraisers as well. All these are projects that I can’t wait to help head to get the community better. We are only going to be operating during the school year so that will be interesting as well.

Just Plain Unexcusable!

Hey guys!!! What’s up?! I know it’s been a minute but I’m back. Had things going on IRL so here I am to start with the mess again.

Net Neutrality

One of the biggest things that has been pissing me off is the fact that people have been playing video games for a long time and now with the internet involved the traffic has become very heavy. But the quality of the internet has gone down and become very laggy. Why is this? Could they have sneaked Net-Neutrality into affect? There’s no telling anymore. But hey it is what it is, right? So what do we do? Nothing, when we were supposed to vote on this and no one took the effort at all. Crazy, huh? But there is no excuse for this at all. Hopefully the next POTUS will do something about this instead of playing to choir as our current POTUS did. We gotta get this right and soon.

Around The FGC: Don Punch Punk

Hey all!!! Welcome to Around The FGC! This is where I select a random person throughout the FGC Arena and ask a couple of questions to share with you my wonderful readers. Today I took on Don Punch Punk! Check out what he had to say!

 

Here is a little about me …

I have been a video game boy since the day I entered  the arcade in the 80’s

the fun of dark noisy place that scared my dad away for the noise

he just gave me money and told me I’ll be back in an hour

setting me free in a dream world

Then I bumped into Street Fighter … and at all started

Im 46 y/o this year on 02/02/2020 so that makes me older than Tata Valle *Alex Valle LOL
Some people ask me if I’m 09’er  … release year of SF4
No thanks I’m a 87’er release date for SF 1

 

I tried to play competitive SF player since 2012 to 2015, during this period

attending several tournaments in Mexico and EVO 2014 and 2015

during this period realized a hard cold fact, that Im just another hardcore fan with limited skill but love the game as much as any PRO player

 

Also tried to push content for younger players through YouTube,Facebook,Twitter also commenting SF matches in Mexican FGC, trying to make it easy for interested people who wanted to know more, and translated some of the FGC jargon for them applied that to the comment for the matches, because the language barrier is a big thing here, that stops people to get hands on proper tech knowledge and the reason and how to’s, instead of just mimicking combos from top pro players.

I’m not very active at the moment because it is hard to stay up to date with 38 characters, and also keep up with the discipline for this media content generation, when you have 3 kids and a day job LOL

So this is why I limited my spectrum to Shoto players in Twitter and YouTube

 

I relaxed on that for a bit on that, and now I just push retweet and collect, what I think is interesting or appealing to me and maybe to other players and SF fans

 

  1. What is your favorite fighting game?

Street Fighter always

 

  1. Who is you favorite fighter and why?

Ryu … because he struggles al the time thinking not being good enough all the time, and I love the stereotype of the young underdog … everybody loves underdog stories LOL
but he continues to strive for greatness only for personal accomplishment not for the champion ceremony
“Where is the champion?”
“Where is Ryu?”
Already seeking the next challenge … ceremony means nothing to him.

Those lines got my eye that is why I’m a Ryu main

 

  1. What lead you to wanting to be a part of this community?

Arcades back in the day the only haven to stay away from drugs and other bad things

 

  1. What do you do in order to get as good as you are?

Stubbornness LOL and a guilty pleasure for flashy things in the game, that are not optimal for a good tournament player, but I consider myself more a StreetFighter aficionado

 

  1. Who was your favorite for Capcom Cup 2019?

I’m a Daigo boy LOL but so much talent this last cup, that I just kicked back and enjoyed the show because young generation of players have stated that Street Fighter is no longer a game for old people

 

  1. What other games do you play when you aren’t playing SFV?

Some Battlefield V and LOL most of them old games Pacman, Strider, nostalgia to try to preserve the flavor and feel of old school gaming to yank out stress out my life

Why Wasn’t He Better Prepped?

So I let this stew for a day because I’ve seen some foolishness in polotics but not like this. This wednesday that past was the Democratic Debate where Micheal Bloomberg was finally invited. It was good to see a fresh face on stage but also it was very deploring at the same time as I watch the entire debate attack one man. A man who seemed to not be prepared to rebut any questions that he faced.

 

Elizabeth Warren laid waste to him on Sexual Harassment issues in his company. Mayor Bloomberg had those who were assaulted to sign NDAs so that his business would not suffer anymore. Ms. Warren demanded that the NDAs be removed so that they may be questioned and that the American people can find out for ourselves. As I can agree with what she is attempting, I also believe that if NDAs have been signed, then this should be left alone.

 

The same when Bernie Sanders bluntly attacked him as well on the infamous “Stop and Frisk” law. For those who may not know, Stop and Frisk was a law passed that allowed local law enforcement officials the power to stop someone the assumed to be armed illegally. This law caused an uproar because it targeted minorities more than anything. Once other officials had became involved in what was going on the law was done away with and things moved forward. Mayor Bloomberg will never be allowed to live this down. The 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act to where there mass incarceration. And also they did away with higher education for inmates.

 

Mayor Bloombergs’ Prep team failed him when for anything that would have came his way and I believe that it’s time for him to replace them. That’s just completely out of sorts! Let’s get it right Mayor Bloomberg!!

 

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