5/7/2023 0 Comments Evo moment 37![]() The timing window in this version of Street Fighter was about 130 milliseconds, or one-eighth of a second.ĭaigo made the split-second decision to go all in and attempt to surpass the average competitor. This negates all damage, but is usually riskier than just blocking. In Street Fighter, a parry is a specific type of block where the defending player has to move toward his opponent within a few frames of getting hit by an attack. Daigo decides to take the seemingly riskiest approach either player could think of, to parry every single hit of JWong’s 15-hit assault. He could take a riskier approach and try to jump in a way where he’d parry the last hit of JWong’s special, and follow up with his own barrage of attacks. The safest option would be for Daigo to dodge the attack, either leading to a neutral state or with Daigo retreating, both of which would be advantageous for JWong.ĭuring the wind-up animation, Daigo has less than a second to decide what course of action to take. A few seconds later, JWong decides to pull the trigger and unleash a 15-hit special. JWong backs off and starts to fake attacks in an attempt to throw Daigo off and create an opening. Any hit from JWong, even if it was blocked, would knock Daigo out. Although this gets JWong from almost full health to less than half, JWong landed a few blows, leading to Daigo being one hit away from losing the final round of game one. Then, Daigo stars using long ranged attacks and following up with a few hits to chip away at JWong’s health. At this point, Daigo tries something different.īoth players begin using safer attacks and blocking each others’ moves. Eventually, Daigo tries to go in and gets punished by the same combination, going down to about a tenth of his health. JWong doesn’t press the attack, and both players revert back to a neutral state. JWong then lands one hit and immediately follows up with a special, taking away almost half of Daigo’s life. The final round of game three began with both players backing off, something Daigo rarely does. This explosive moment happened in round three of game one. How Street Fighter tournaments work is there are three rounds in a game, and the first player to win either three, five or seven games takes the match. You’d also have to do it 15 times consecutively.ĮVO Moment 37 is also known as the “Daigo Parry” in honor of the victor of that game, Daigo “The Beast” Umehara.ĭaigo was versus Justin “JWong” Wong in losers finals. For EVO Moment 37 to be possible, you’d have to react within 130 milliseconds, a feat only seven out of 36 Olympians accomplished in the finals. According to, the fastest reaction time in the Rio 2016 Olympics final races was 104 milliseconds, with the slowest being 230. The reason why EVO Moment 37 is so well-known is because something so risky and difficult had never been done before in such a large gaming tournament at such a late stage in bracket, at least for Street Fighter.Īlthough the average human reaction time is a bit lower, top Olympic sprinters can improve their reaction to a specific stimulus, a starting gun for instance, with top reactions being about 100 milliseconds. A combination of risk, excitement and almost inhuman reactions cemented this story into legend. A moment where hundreds of people gathered around a small TV, on edge waiting for one opponent to be defeated, and then it happened. However, there’s one moment in particular I’d like to talk about. People who’ve never played a video game in their life can watch these and be impressed, even excited. Many of these timeless clips display beauty and are one of the many reasons I love esports. People who aren’t into esports, who don’t play fighting games have seen clips without knowing their names. Known to some as the Olympics of fighting games, some of the greatest players and moments have come from this event.
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