SFIII: 3rd Strike -The Final P-Cup [POPY Saitama]

[peraltaman]

i dont know why rikimaru celebrates the wayy he does at the end u swear he pulled off such a win with such skill lol i mean hes usin chun li

[Protectobot]

Go Kazuya! I LOVE that bastuhd :P

[cloudzero1]

they should've put terry bogard in this game. They should put him in every fighting game. ARE YOU OK! BASTA WOLF!

[peraltaman]

damn Rikimari does that combo at 10:09 a lot sick combo tho

[TTroopa]

Seeing Alex beat a top tier character like Chun Li was fantastic to see.

[codyyyyy]

theshend --> the missing chun name is Inzai.

Recognised him towards the end of the vid.

[TheShend]

Cheers Cody ^_^

[travelscrabbler]

Sweet reset???

[komot]

lol @ the end finally some kinda excitement.

[713nd]

lol the comments here are funny. Idk, i would just say that 3s is the type of game that any one character can beat any other but tier lists are existing for a reason, i suppose players have the liberty to play any one character but i'd say its pretty scrubby to complain when someone else decides to play a top tier, itz a good game period, better than sf4 no doubt, u kno, shit actually makes sense in 3s lol

[krazziejrboi]

finally some one knows how i feel sfiv is broken

[philanthropic]

ah yes that's right, a more balance game, sf4, makes for a more broken game. great philosophy.

[TenchiHawkwing]

With characters like Sagat and C.Viper I'd really like to know how SF4 is more balanced... just because it doesn't have anyone Sean level doesn't mean there's not still a huge gap.

And hell, Yamazaki shows that even Twelve can do some crazy shit. Obviously he's low tier for a reason but it's no worse than SF4 Dan!

[occult702]

gawd, this was a crazy lineup. The Alex was pretty impressive, then the Ken more stunning then the Alex, The Yang crazier then the Ken, and the Chun-Li, well, plain n simple - beastly indeed.

[Yosefhouser]

Man, now THAT is how you play Alex!

[grassinigrassini]

i wonder if this game has all round world champion..

[grassinigrassini]

has an all around world champion

[lostn65]

Two Chun Lis in a team.. One wonders why Rikimaru didn't take Nuki or Tokido as his 3rd Chun. Then for their opponents the battle is over before it's even started.

[pokari69]

cause this is in Saitama... both nuki and tokido play in Tokyo...

[grassinigrassini]

genei jin is so overrated.the guy who could barely use it.personally, i would just keep my easily bufferable sa1 or 2(anyone which connects easier ) just like chun's.i know it has a weaker mdg potential but its too risky to use genei jin,i think.

[WxxExxS]

Geneijin overrated? It's too risky? You sir have no clue about high level 3s play. Geneijin is free damage, hard to block, and results in 30% meter regain with the right enders.

[joejones]

dont forget more priority

[grassinigrassini]

too few players have managed to actually juggle the other players to cause all that shitload because you have to be too close..also another supers have more than one stock so it shouldnt be so bad..and i dont mind blocking genei jins and you mostly know you gonna get grabbed when the guy starts rubbing yun in your fucking face xD

[PuckyTucky]

^idiot who doesnt know how to use Genei Jin.

[grassinigrassini]

hey asshole, im not an avid 3S player and also not an idiot.i didnt try learning genei jin,i probably wouldnt put in a level too make it so fucking amazing as you say it is if i did,and havent fought any amazing player that would whoop ass with genei jin.i would like to call you an idiot but maybe you just rushed with "omfgscrub" talk.i dont mind not being that good and rather input two qcf punch very quickly from my pokes to learn it.

[HFNeko]

lol. You must suck horribly at 3s to not understand how damn near broken Genei Jin is.

[grassinigrassini]

not that much.i just dont have patience for long combos,besides i played yang.

[prowerkawai]

You don't know how to play or something. what you witnessed here was by far the worst Yun in all of shend's videos.

[PuckyTucky]

Well, it's ard to defend Genei Jin, but it can be done. Its usually just who has the better set up to get into the genei jin combos.

[yogsothoth2099]

no dude genei jin or jesus mode lol, its the most powerful supert art in the game, first of all its easy to do the combos, the combo does a lot of damage , and in the middle of the combo secuence the genei jin stops , but you can juggle like 4 o 5 hits more , so your genei jin its half filled . the most overpower thing about it its that you can fill the sa meter very quickly. just watch ko yun matches .

[quicktooth1]

That was a fantastic set of fights! The last match was just unbelievably good. Thanks very much for sharing this with us TheShend!! It's really sad to hear about another arcade closing... I hope that Street Fighter 4 and King of Fighters XII can inspire people to return (and take up Third Strike darn it!) :D

[jamiany]

4:14 - PINGAS, PINGAS, PINGAS!

[BlckToad]

That win was pretty beastly

[WIIboxing]

lol If your dumb ass didn't care what character anyone used this whole argument wouldn't be here.

[Jester718]

We await your return, warrior

[luc328]

I enjoyed this video, especially the Alex and Yang players. Good stuff :)

[Richnagga92]

Idc if Yang lost, he bust ass, especially kens own and that juggle made him look so pro !!!

[Jeredin13]

gg

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[CRAPPUCCInoo]

The definition of "fun" is different for everyone. One person can see it as just enjoying the game, while another can see it as winning. No harm in both.

And nothing's "unfair" or "cheap" in 3s. If anyone thinks that Chun is a cheap bitch, then by all means, they should start using Chun, too. If they don't like it and want to use anyone else and wins or loses, it's still good as long as they're having fun. But if they complain about "cheap/unfair", then stop playing.

[SELG88]

then you should know that a tournamente is fun. FUN is all that matter when playing. 3rd strike maybe the best 2d fighting game ever and its meant to be enjoyed. wikipedia could give you the definition of fun.

[MengoMango]

3s isn't the best...

[wolfumz]

3S is like ten years old dude, the "o hehe i meant to lose im just experimenting and having fun u know" stage died long ago. you even missed the death rattle.

the only reason 3S has stuck around is because of it's competitive value, which is fueled by the fact that it's MORE FUN when you WIN.

GET SOME W'S KID then maybe you won't have to try and pretend like the game is all about free love and playing grab ass with the boys.

[SELG88]

ok you win this . goood luck in your tournaments.

[Mungo13]

Kazuya rocked it

[SHIMRYU]

cool

[HyourouSen]

That Chun reset at the end was tight

[at1withWii]

that yun was worse than garbage, its almost as if he didn't know hwo to use genei jin

[ATG913]

It was fun watching Yang and Alex win a few rounds. I especially liked the narrow win by the Alex player, and that sweet juggle at 9:01

Thanks for uploading. :^)

[deathcrusader]

Rikimaru is such an asshole.

[dinmamma333k]

Haha... xD

[Namqula]

meh, Chun Li..

[RyukendenY]

A yea 3:14 KO

[LiSyaoran3063]

You talk to much and repeat the same crap. We get your point.

[RaishinX]

"you're gonna see the competition get bored of losing to sagat's ultra"

I really don't think people lose to Sagat's ultra because they enjoy to....

[ILOVETODANCELOL]

And anyway, Sagat isn't half as broken as he was in SSF2T. He doesn't have bad matchups, but any Sagat player has to be very careful because he has a lot of 5-5 matchups, meaning that matches with Sagat in SFIV will usually be a display of skills.

Also, it's easy to be good with Sagat in IV. Being great with him is not.

[durhamred]

3rd's tiers aren't terrible. it's super hard for the lower tiers to win but it's definitely doable.

[YouKube]

Kazuya and "Kenzo" are beasts.

And I'm pretty damn sure that "Kenzo" is really KO in disguise or something.

Hence the name "K" and "O" from his name.

[bobomber]

Nice of KO to give the others a chance by playing Yang instead of Yun. I think we all know what would happen if he played his Yun.

[andy2k]

6:00 - 6:03 sick shit!

[Raymhein]

Weird title.

[st3v3n3ss]

holy crap that yun SUCKS

[nagah720]

Yay for Alex. Was rooting for him the whole time. :(

[NileLLS]

They have great taste in music to turn it up when they did. xD

[hci85]

don't try to block Alex's jumping fierce!

[xcl485]

nvr seen a A++

[moonlitearthx14]

Kazuya got skills.

I honestly don't know who the best Alex is. I've looked at Kazuya, Genki, KSK, and Zangoef, and they all seem about the same for different reasons.

[LiSyaoran3063]

Loved it! but 2 Chuns on the same team? Gay.

[hci85]

ye definetely

[yummychick3ns]

KO did all he could lol... riki's just too much a chun whore to beat

[arunachala1008]

that was a great 2 super combo at the end.

[TheRealZoSo]

Gee it's almost like good players would rather win with good characters than get raped with shitty characters.

[xkingxgrimx]

I think it's pretty obvious from the alex vs chun match that it's far from impossible to beat the top tier with the other characters in the game. I've seen Q's, Oro's, Necro's and even a few Sean's stand up to Yun and Chun.

Is it a tough battle? Sure. But hey, at least someone wants to have fun while their winning, throw something fresh into the scene.

Chun and Yun would be alot cooler if everyone didn't use the same exact play style and the same exact super arts...c'mon now...grow a pair

[phantomofakina]

>.> They play the characters the most effective way with the most effective super arts.

What you are asking is for people to gimp themselves purposely to make it more entertaining for you.

They play to win, not make things interesting for us.

[Owwmykneecap]

so they are robots then...

whatever happened to playing for enjoyment eh.

Play to win, another who pretends he has read sirlins book perhaps?

[phantomofakina]

Its a tournament with a prize.

You HAVE to play to win, thats the idea of entering a tournament to begin with. If you aren't going to give it your best shot from the get go, don't enter.

You play for fun during casuals, you play to win during tournaments.

[zozokoko1]

in japanese tournaments, they NEVER gave away cash prizes.

[phantomofakina]

I said A prize, i never mentioned cash, did I?

[xkingxgrimx]

Yeah, but i refuse to believe all these guys fave characters are Chun, Yun and Ken, out of a cast that features WAY more interesting characters on all levels.

You can win with any of those characters, but these guys think it's soo cool to win with a lk>super with chun, or do a faggoty custom combo with yuns SA. They do it because they're too pussy to use the character they'd REALLY like to play as.

They don't even use all of chun's moves, it's literally JUST footsies all day into SA. Zzzzzz

[phantomofakina]

You can choose to believe what you wish, but those are the characters they use, only a handful of players (like KO) use multiple characters, most of them really like the characters they use, hence why they use them.

also its Mk->SA, her lk does not connect into anything.

Yun's Geneijin combos are not easy to set up or keep going, let alone do one that doesn't have damage massively scaled back.

Because of how SF3 is, its always massive footsies, thats how it is for almost every character.

[xkingxgrimx]

No, I could care less who they play as. I can find vids of any character here.

RealZozo said that "they'd rather play with good characters."

But 3S is FULL of EFFECTIVE character styles. These players spend all their time playing the god tier characters, with the overpowered SA. Which is fine when the tourny has most of the cast being used, but it NEVER does, it only has Chun, Yun and Ken. Because the players are too pussy to learn to use the OTHER characters effectively, or just a dif SA.

[phantomofakina]

Yes but some are more effective than others.

Chun, Yun and Ken are top tier for a reason, they choose specific SA for a reason. They are the most effective ones to use and will give them a better chance of winning.

Like I said, its a tournament, they play using the characters they are best with as well as the character that has the best chance of winning.

When was the last time you have heard of any character outside the top 5 or 6 placing high in any tournament?

[0nslaugh7]

Players who only play to win should not get respect

People should play to become the best and to have fun.

And even if KO looses to Rikimaru people still know KO is the better player.

Do you really think Kuroda was using Q because he was his strongest character?

[phantomofakina]

Once again, if you are entering a tournament, you typically play to win, or else it defeats the purpose of entering.

Your idea of "fun" is subjective, are you going to tell me that winning isn't "fun"? In addition, you are confusing casual play with tournament play. In casual play, you dick around, have fun and don't care.

Some people are just able to use some characters better than others, or simply like a character enough to use them even in tournament play.

[xkingxgrimx]

this is a fighting game, you are playing to win be it casual or not. That's the name of the game.

I'm not saying there aren't AWESOME Chun's and Yun's out there. I'm saying some of these guys would probably play better/win more if they used a different character instead of trying to whore top tier, thinking that's all they can do to win.

Alex is low tier. Watch the vid again, he destroys chun, and builds up stun easy...why don't we see more Alex? Because tourny players got no balls.

[MongoSlade84]

you don't see more alex's, seans, tweleves and hugos because they dont have as much tools as chun, ken, yun, makoto, dudley etc.

Just because an Alex beat a Chun dont think that all alex players can achieve this. For every Alex that beats a Chun there are 100 plus times an Alex loses to a Chun.

Its not about players not having the balls. Its that characters are better than others. Bottom Line.

Dont get fooled .

[xkingxgrimx]

Man, Alex isn't "worse" than chun. He has plenty of tools to work with against the entire cast.

Once SF4 ages a bit, you're gonna see the competition get bored of losing to sagat's ultra, and whoever else ends up being top tier once tourny play gets more flawless, and then people are just going to get scared and not try any of the other characters because they want to win so bad.

I said it before, I'm not saying there aren't SICK ASS chun's out there, I'm just saying there's a large bandwagon.

[xkingxgrimx]

I mean you're right and you're wrong at the same time.

I'me just saying there's not enough players with balls enough to take on the chuns, yuns, makoto's and kens.

It's not like they don't know what's coming, so step it up! I think makato is harder than chun and yun, you can parry most of their shit, but makato's got those grabs and she's even got some 100% combos from what I've heard/seen.

[qwasdninja]

If characters had lots of potential it would have shown by now. Top tier arent top tier for no reason.

[xkingxgrimx]

...lol

search: kuroda Q

then we'll talk

here: wjqWaFgZL0M

Watch the chun do the same shit every tourny chun does, and get massacred even though kuroda taunts every three seconds, even gets hit by random supers while taunting. Dudes barely even trying. You're telling me all but three characters have lots of potential? Give me a break.

[prowerkawai]

Your a dumbass probably not even mediocre at the game because of the common "omg the game is 100% balanced" crap.

[xkingxgrimx]

...You obviously don't know how to read, I've stated plenty of times the game isn't balanced. But it's not so UNbalanced that the other characters are useless, it's just slightly more difficult.

But if you learn the characters, it's not really that big of a deal, it's not like you don't know what's coming, and everything is parryable. So why bother tier-whoring to win except that you suck?

Also, it's "you're," not "your." Glad to know the mentally handicapped play 3s too, though.

[prowerkawai]

You obviously didn't notice how much your comments contradict themselves. Correcting little mistakes show the lack of maturity one has.

[xkingxgrimx]

"When was the last time you have heard... "

I wouldnt know, because it pretty much goes like this:

1. A couple players learn the most devistating, (read:cheap) way to win in the game.

2. Everyone else reads about it on some message boards, and then hops on the "road to winning as easy as possible" bandwagon.

They could probably beat just as much ass using other characters, it's not like these players were even very good with chun and yun. First thing Yun did was build meter then waste it.

[prowerkawai]

"wouldnt" has an apostrophe. I wish idiots would be stupid somewhere else.

[xkingxgrimx]

You obviously didn't notice how much your comments contradict themselves. Correcting little mistakes show the lack of maturity one has.

[prowerkawai]

You obviously didn't notice how much your comments contradict themselves. Correcting little mistakes show the lack of maturity one has.

[Kimjjo]

You contradict yourself

"God tiered characters" "Overpowered SA"

So just how is FULL of EFFECTIVE other chars and other SAs when the few are god tiered and overpowered?

Are saying that these players are pussies because they would rather drive a Ferrari than ride a tricycle to win the race?

A tournament is where the WINNER gets the prize, nothing else gets you to the prize other than winning.

[xkingxgrimx]

I never said the game was balanced, the game is far from that.

I don't see how having god tier characters suddenly makes the rest of the cast useless too? If they used more than just two moves the entire match, they'd get my respect, but this chun and yun stuff is the equivilant of spamming lariats and wake-up 360s with gief in SF4, it's boring, and doesn't really require much skill, but hey, it's GETZ THE WINZZORZ...

prize this prize that, it's a video game you turd.

[Kimjjo]

Ughh....

You have something fundamentally mistaken here.

They don't play for your respect. They don't play for your amusement. Why the hell should any player care if they are boring to you?

As you said, it's a video game. They play for their own amusement or prizes. Prize this prize that, it's the player's role to decide if that's their goal in gaming, not some turd's.

And yes, god tier chars make the rest of the cast useless. God-tier means they are Godly compared to the rest.

[xkingxgrimx]

I don't care who they choose, nor do I expect them to amuse me. Regardless, it's boring. The games been out ten years.There's plenty of tactics to use for the rest of the cast. But these fools are lazy, and only want to learn how to win with the tippy top, because they don't have the balls to try and win with a unique character.

Below god tier is S, A, and B tiers. Doesn't mean the rest of the cast is useless in any way, it doesn't derive them of their skills.

Alex whooped chuns ass. Low tier.

[ILOVETODANCELOL]

xkingxgrimx, stop being a judgemental scrub and gtfo my internet please. I'm tired of people like you, thinking they know better than the top players, and bitching about things nobody gives a damn about. Sit down, enjoy the show, and stop criticizing the 3.3 community - you won't change anything. If you think there are too much Ken, Chun and Yun, take Sean and win some tournaments with him. Meanwhile, please stfu and enjoy 3.3 the way it is.

[xkingxgrimx]

Lol. I ain't bitching.

I'm calling players pussies, whole different story.

So, y'know, eat a dick and all that.

[phantomofakina]

>.> So you are saying because a one win for a lower tier character, or a handful of wins means everyone should use lower tier characters?

Fail Logic.

Higher tier means you have a higher chance of winning, Alex always stood a chance of winning, just not as good of one.

People will use what they like, and what is more effective, simple as that.

If you want to use Sean and win 1/10 of all your matches, and call that having "balls" sure, whatever floats your boat.

[HmongYou2Tube]

Winning isn't everything. Whatever happened to "fun"?

[phantomofakina]

Fun is subjective, if you want to argue that winning isn't "fun", go ahead.

And once again, THIS IS A FUCKING TOURNAMENT. If you aren't going into it with the mindset of winning, don't bother entering.

Tournaments have entry fees, if i am paying 5 bucks or more to play the game, i better damn well win.

Tournament play and casual play is not the same, you do your best and try to win in a tournament, you dick around and don't care during casuals.

[SELG88]

have you been in a tournament at any arcade?

[phantomofakina]

I have been to a few, never won though.

[IaIaPazuzu777]

this is Street Fighter. Its a lifestyle. scrub.

[HmongYou2Tube]

Omg! You're so cool! I could care less about being in competitive 3s. I have a life buddy, I don't dedicate my life to games.

[daswolfman]

Hey Hmong, you're not the first no-skill scrub to say this. Everyone who sucks falls back on the 'I don't play this as much as you' defense. It's old, it's weak, it's sad.

[HmongYou2Tube]

I never said I wasn't bad, people just assume I am. I've been playing Makoto for 3 years. Not as much anymore. I stopped playing 3s as much.

[ai2006b]

Actually, its not sad. 3rd Strike requires a lot of training, as does many games. Its not a bad defense in itself, its perfectly true.

Now, using that as an insult, claiming that other people have no life, etc, then right, that is sad and weak.

It always annoyed me that I just need to spend more time on something, when I COULD be as good as someone, I just don't have the training. In the world of -video games- anyway, it can be annoying. I still respect those that do train and perform well.

[Shintroy]

lol "eat a dick" West Coast USA? or FL?

[xkingxgrimx]

haha, west coast, of course.

[maximus451]

It all depends on THE PERSON BEHIND THE CONTROLLER

[mahuizoh]

That's the thing with tiers though, the concept is that assuming a fight between 2 people of equal skill, the one with the higher tier character will win.

I'm indifferent, but some people don't like that.

[IaIaPazuzu777]

The concept is simple. better char. gives you a better chance of winning. I still pound on shoto scrubs & tier whores with Alex though. They're all the same to me... can't man up and learn a real, challenging character.

[IaIaPazuzu777]

lol you mean arcade stick

[d2girls]

Whats with the video tags?

[locoghoul]

chun/ken/chun what a cool team...

[ChampIDC]

Hurrah for top tier whoring!

[shiken]

kazuya's alex is a beast, amazing chun match

[ADdadirector]

thats the first time i've actually seen the guys who play lol

[SuperDelta95]

Kazuya and his awesome Alex

[some1x]

The Yang is KO ... you can hear the announcer say "Kenzo" a few times during the match.

[krumpkrumpkrumpkrump]

Giving this vid one star because he uploads it to show it how it is? How pathetic.

[ttto]

fuck yeah charge-partitioned stomps, bitch

[catharticarrest]

i found all the stomping f'in awesome!

[s0bek]

GOOD TO SEE CHUN LOSE FOR ONCE

[moocus]

dumbass.

[just6822]

go kill yourself

[d2girls]

Agreed, one mother fucking star.

[livingshadow29]

Yes!Alex for the win!

[Gunnar00]

That Yang has got to be K.O.

[katsuranomaly]

It is KO.

[nephewchan]

yea his name says kenzo

[Protectobot]

8:22 1 of the spectators/commentators said "KenzO" :D