The Street Fighter Community is NOT dead. Shout out to KingKindred for getting it right.

[a1337turtle]

Not dead, but salty as hell.

[THETRUTHOWHY]

what about now, its defo dead

[dfw0jay]

definitely not dying brother...

Egos are fine... its when you see someone at a tournament and u walk up and say.."hey (insert popular SF name here) whats up man?!" and they give you a blank stare that says "who the fuck are you?" ...

Thats the type of negative ego's that I don't particularly care for. You're obviously the kind of person that would answer with a "Hey man!" followed with a smile.

Trust me... when u see some of these guys in person.. they act like assess sometimes.

[NovRide]

lol I hear that ff7 in the backround xD

[HELLSHATRED7]

lol funny korn got da life 7 thumbs up 

[MsNoNuts]

If Fred, Nigahiga, Shane Dawson, or any other real youtube stars did a video on SSF4 or Street Fighter in general, you know that video would still get at least a million hits and even if they had 100's of videos of SSF4, if they bad-mouthed the game and completely shitted on it, that would void them as being 'supporters' - I watch DSP but I dont count him as being a supporter of the SF YT community since he does his own thing, thats all I'm saying.

[XN3DragonX]

@MsNoNuts Yeah but i know he isn't a supporter but i still if you watch all his sf4 vids you would know or at least i would hope so that he complains just to complain most of the time especially when he complains about lag

[MsNoNuts]

@XN3DragonX I watch his videos too and I'm not knocking him because he's good at "what" he does but what if someone who wasn't as "popular" did the same shit he does? They wouldn't get an ounce of the respect he gets and you know thats true! That was my point, it's not "WHAT" he's done for the community but rather "WHO" he's become that seems to be the reason why he's getting mentioned. I'm just saying, lets call a spade a spade, he doesn't give a shit about the game but he's popular thats all

[XN3DragonX]

@MsNoNuts Well the way he did it was unintentional but it still was a good thing, but you are right because he doesn't really help at all now, but it's still funny.

[MsNoNuts]

@XN3DragonX Yea, we're basically on the same page. I enjoy his vids and I'm not hating but it is funny how your status can sometime override you motives. He's at a point he can get at least 20k views even if he made a video titled "Phil takes a dump" so its all good. But Checkmate, I'm definitely enjoying the new Shin Series and a few others who are trying fun and new ways to keep the ssf4 community going.

[gmangohard]

Great video. The best videos are when u speak from the heart and you voice your opinions. Fuck whoever dont like it. your vids have improved my Ryu and I just want to say thanks as a sub and Ryu player. Keep doing ya thing.

[4chanisfunny]

What FF battle music is that in the background? Sounds like either 4 or 9

[Zaiduko]

@4chanisfunny Boss battle theme from FF7

[Iamlegend1234]

YO FF7! mad respect checkmakte. FF7 is the best game ever.

[Macktube]

This is why I play Tekken. Best fighting series and no drama

[KingR1P]

Yall takin this way too seriously. It's just a game that's gone be shit when the AE hits.

[TamaTones]

subbed*

[Whatisright]

good shit dude. BTW who were you battling in FF7?

[RedRobo6x]

thumbs up

[NYCxPLAYB0Y]

checkmate love your outlook in this vid, u seem like a super cool kid to kickback have a couple of drinks an chat with bro ... much respect much love, happy holidayz bro

[Behrudy]

LOL!

love your attitude. The SF community is still here and will always be here. The fact that you look like my uncle makes me love you more xD

and people rag on Ranked matches? I'm no good at SF but the only reason I know how to block in this game is because of Ranked/Championship.

Anyways, much respect!

-Behrudy

[YogaFlame24]

Iperfectlegend is a monster of an Akuma player!

[ModestDeity]

Hennessy tastes like shit. Jägermeister tastes like candy.

[KINGKINDRED]

@ModestDeity

Hennessy takes like pussy.

[NYCxPLAYB0Y]

@KINGKINDRED i dont know wanna kinda hennessy you be drinkin . ..... lol

[ModestDeity]

@KINGKINDRED Your bitch must be drunk 24/7, lol.

[treyglock]

Good Shit brother...

[OrlYarly11]

Black Ops' fault

[KINGKINDRED]

LESSSS GOOOO!

[NissanZaxima]

LaSwaggas channel is dying because the guy complains too much so he generalized this by saying "all the youtube SF community is dying". Wrong, the community is fine. Swagga needs to stop bitching and start playing more.

[EmJaYGaming]

@NissanZaxima Yeah I've never been a sub of Laswagga but the vids I've come across all have him complaining and acting like an all knowing authoritative figure on everything.

[NissanZaxima]

@EmJaYGaming Yup, the only thing that comes from that dudes channel these days is a complaint about some dude or aspect about online play. It got really fucking annoying after awhile so I unsubbed right away. Some other channels are following the same suit of LaSwagga's where its more about theory fighting and bitching than it is about playing and getting better.

[DZasTer83]

Hit that nail right on the head man, i appreciate your humility and levelheadedness. Respect.

[itzMoneyMarv]

The canadian honda player is Dave, his gamertag is Davero SRK :P

Canada represent :X

[ADcoolboy]

but its going down, because of black ops...

[Gutterbreaks]

great stuff checkmate. anyone else noticed how it's only the bad players that say the community is dead meanwhile the best ones (you, TKK and Free1up) have nothing to say on it?

[GLOBETRAHTER]

Good Video dude! I have a huge ego but I know Im not the best either, far from but I talk shit anyway. I don't get to do tourney's but alot of people bash ranked matches but I think you get a plethora of different types of players with the same character which is good to learn. I do talk shit online cause its fun and Im still learning.

[bigv1878]

man thats the truth right there checkmate i played you not to long ago 10 zip and i had fun with and learnt alot of stuff so i dont see why people get salty when they get beat. but yer i would love tgo play better players all the time its hard to fight the likes of you, tkk, and free1up, because your allways busy doing other things so for the likes of the average player its hard for us to improve but amazing video man

[silver052133]

Good shit Mike I agree with 100%

[retromaniac617]

And this is why i respect u bro... keep doin wat u doin

[darksidehavok]

the problem is people playing FOR exposure. The originators of this sf youtube thing never started it for exposure, they put it up just to show themselves having fun with the game and looking to get better and better. Anyone who is posting vids to become like dsp, like tkk, like anyone else then your the problem not the community. I watch everybody.

[GreyBones215]

Real talk you just became one of my favorite SF personality lol

[caderly28574]

Moar like this checkmate. I love to see you doing work like this. A nice steady cam and giving props to other SF4 Youtube ppls. Please link there pages in your disc for the cats that dont know DSP/Free1up/TKK

[TheKevC88]

agree

[mikasaka]

This man has his head screwed on the right way.

[Jesuslolowns]

I don't know why, but out of all these "SF community is dead" videos, I actually valued your opinion the highest and actually gave my full attention. Needless to say I was not disappointed. Good shit man.

[kingoffighterz]

What happened was that these youtube players turned into divas, and when people started posting their videos of themselves beating these youtube "stars" people like dayasha, lupasan, and laswagga would get furious........so what happened? dayasha started playing with a secret account, lupasan makes stupid fake lil wayne songs, and laswagga just makes rant/bitching videos......youtube sf community didn't die, midwest sf players took over on youtube, this coming from a tx player.

[MrRafie82]

Well said man.......well said!

[asassyn99]

Agreed.

[GDNEntertainment]

@dayashathirsts you hit it right on the head. Views have nothing to do with it, its all the immaturity that has come because of a game that has made it not as exciting as far as YouTube goes

[DoctorZhao]

Well said as usual!

[dayashathirsts]

I am a subb of yours so I do care what you think, and I respect your opinion just felt I should comment yknow. Keep it up, peace.

[dayashathirsts]

I get what your saying but I think you missed what I was saying. I'm actually not mad at all that my sf vids dont get as many views because my sf vids get about the same amount as any average sf blogger. Like I said, I get paid for this but not on a life changing level, so I'm not gonna stop putting up videos no matter what. If you look at my channel theres not many sf videos theres more blogs and rants which is what people like from me. I'm gonna get views regardless, I just miss the old days.

[brotherfree1up]

THAT RIGHT !

[AsisGalvin]

Much respect checkmate Ive been subbed for a while love what ur doing keep it up bro

[megadriver23]

props bro i been lost of sf world the last couple months nba2k11 is just freakin sickkkk but i still have something left in chico23mj34

[thekidd88]

great vid. i wish there was someone like you who would do sagat videos. i've reached a wall with him and need help getting better.

[phoenixfaction]

what is the song going on during 8:30 ? it sounds good

[deedogg313]

checkmate is the best person that can give good ass advice and tell it how it is ..good video.

[AsisGalvin]

@deedogg313 word deedog keep speaking that truth my dude

[mellouk78]

I don't play Ryu but I still enjoy your videos, I can't say I enjoy watching many Ryu players but you and Daigo are really entertaining to watch.

[pablotwg32]

Im a recent subscriber and Ive only gone through few of your videos but after watching this one im definately glad i subscribed. Like a lot of others on here, I agree with you and I couldnt of said it better myself. thanks for this upload, well done.

[antlp89]

Great vid man, you got a lot of fans here on youtube.

[lancecryor]

This man keeps it real.

[MrMiddleKick]

Holy shit, FFVII Boss Battle music, makes everything so epic.

There are always people who say that communities are dead, no matter what fighting game it is. Those people are always the same, they just love the drama it causes and they love the attention they get from it. People who actually love the game should just ignore those and keep playing and enjoying it.

[MrSlaughteredu]

ITS A FIGHTING GAME, NOT TETRIS = WIN

[xBrizzyaNx]

Spoken like a true warrior.

[rubberspoon]

This is exacty what i thought. Good that you made vid about this. People need to notice that Fighting game scene can`t be compared to something on the scale of real sports such as basketball, football etc. You know what i mean right!? I just find it sad that exactly those people that made the street fighter scene more aware to more people on a larger scare. I mean it`s about having fun at very first, it`s not a job! Fighting scene is very much alive is what i think.

[endauthority]

i agree 100% with this video

[GamesPlayer1]

i don't like how the community acts...its a BIG community, bigger than ever, but i don't like how people act sometimes. (and btw because there are so many people making videos the views are going to be fragmented as well...)

you can improve with online, i'm the living proof of that...i started from scrub and remember playing 12h a day in summer. I'm good now.

I don't know what you're drinking but i like Jack Daniels

I enjoy your vids a lot :) but don't comment often since people don't like it

[XN3DragonX]

I never get a chance to find some one around my skill level that wants to get better because every one i fight around 2000PP picks Guile Chun and Ryu and they all do the same thing and i can't get better by just fighting those characters

[darknewday4d]

wwoooow..

i see your point,checkmate..

good stuff..

[SNSDZero]

I subscribe to you because you do fun stuff like shin series and you are funny.

I subscribe to Free1up because of his style of commentating.

I subscribe to DSP because its funny when he loses.

[zAvatarLegendz]

Well we still got Checkmate,PikachuAkuma, Free1up,TKK, and DSP. Im good. lol

[PaNiiC28]

@zAvatarLegendz dsp doesnt play ssf4 anymore as far as i know lol. so not him

[darknewday4d]

@zAvatarLegendz same here..lol

[Ammaculate44]

@zAvatarLegendz No.. actually, it's pretty bad ShinAkuma is so much bigger, right next to pikachuakuma.

[watsup516]

@zAvatarLegendz to be honest only 1s worth watching is checkmate and pikachuakuma.

[DeliriumzzZ]

@zAvatarLegendz

and shinakuma who uploads constantly :V

[MsNoNuts]

@zAvatarLegendz DSP? WTF? Am I missing something here? I understand DSP being a Gaming/Marketing wizard but did any of you actually watch his SF series? He hates SSF4! In his latest vids (a few days old) he completely shits on SFHD Remix & SSF4 & even goes as far as to say that he's done with the game! So why does everyone act like he's contributing? Yes he has a huge following but he does a ton of random shit, I can respect everyone else on the list but keep it real DSP does care for SSF4

[XN3DragonX]

@MsNoNuts Because he still has more ssf4 videos then alot of people.

[MsNoNuts]

@XN3DragonX That doesn't mean shit! I get what you're saying but that doesn't make him a "contributor" to the community, to be honest if I never watched Checkmate, Tkk, and others who actually like the game and give it props and ONLY watched DSP's videos, I'd hate the fucking game. DSP craps all over the game so just because he has 100k views or subs doesn't mean he should be given any props when it comes to people who are "helping" the community grow.

[XN3DragonX]

@MsNoNuts Well in a way he still did, i saw his videos first and then i got to see TKK and Free1up because of him and now Checkmate

[thasith16]

ff7 boss fight music

[xDepthChargex]

great vid. its like hip hp being dead. false propaganda

[JxL3G3NDx]

CHEERS MAN! jager is good

[BossHoggaKaGameking]

I couldnt said it any better. The only one I actually like.lol Much respect to you man, for not dick riding everyone else. Not disrespecting the other Youtubers but I just kept hearing the same thing from everybody else.

[StyleSessions]

sf4 vids I watch the most on youtube are by who I think are the best players on youtube. So Geomodinside Pikachu Akuma and Ch3ckmate I watch the most.

I dont think I watch any other sf4 matches at the moment, time is too short.

[ivypoison19]

eh checkmate I wish you had more views you're like my favorite streetfighter uploader funny, intelligent, skilled player and dead on with this vid keep up the good work

[SNSDZero]

Im subscribed to you , DSP and Free1Up.

I use to subscribe to KingKindred but he wasnt fun for me.

[AwesomeDavies86]

Final fantasy 7 boss music for the win