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Street Fighter Tournament... Ready? Fight!

Omackeral · 2019-08-07 13:12:27

Some of you may recall I held a tournament here for Ireland's favourite chocolate bar. Well here I go again. Little bit more niche this time but let's see how we get on. Most of us would have grown up with a Sega Megadrive or SNES. One of the top games around was undoubtedly Street Fighter. It boasted an array of colourful…

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Some of you may recall I held a tournament here for Ireland's favourite chocolate bar. Well here I go again. Little bit more niche this time but let's see how we get on.

Most of us would have grown up with a Sega Megadrive or SNES. One of the top games around was undoubtedly Street Fighter. It boasted an array of colourful and eccentric characters with outrageous special moves. Who was favourite? We're gonna pit the 12 characters from Street Fighter against each other in a 12 man tournament. Since twelve isn't a tournament-friendly number, the 4 recognised Boss characters receive a bye into the quarter finals.

First to get to 7 votes will progress into the next round. Try to include reasons for your choices such as moves you liked etc. All draws are made using a random number generator.

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#2 07-08-2019 1:12pm

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Blanka (Brazil)

A mutant who grew up in the jungles of the Amazon in Brazil, after being separated from his mother in a plane crash. He enters the tournament in hopes of finding his mother.

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Guile (USA)

An American soldier hell-bent on revenge for the death of his best friend, caused by tournament creator M.Bison.

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#3 07-08-2019 1:20pm

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I'd have to go for Blanka on that one. Just a better character imo. Owooo!

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#4 07-08-2019 1:21pm

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Always a fan of Blanka. Gets my vote

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#5 07-08-2019 1:21pm

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Blanka because I blame Guile's hair for Jedward.

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#6 07-08-2019 1:22pm

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Blanks bears Guile all day long IMO.

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#7 07-08-2019 1:22pm

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Sonic boom for the win.

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#8 07-08-2019 1:23pm

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Always Col. Guile. Sonic BOOM!!

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#9 07-08-2019 1:24pm

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Blanka for the long armed punch

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#10 07-08-2019 1:29pm

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5-2 to Blanka so far here. Good tussle right off the bat.

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#11 07-08-2019 1:33pm

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Guile, always my go to....

Plus he was played by Jean Claude Van Damme in the film, what more needs to be said.

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#12 07-08-2019 1:34pm

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Guile is extremely effective against Blanca when used right.

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#13 07-08-2019 1:35pm

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Guile

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#14 07-08-2019 1:36pm

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Boom_Bap wrote: »

Guile is extremely effective against Blanca when used right.

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#15 07-08-2019 1:40pm

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Boom_Bap wrote: »

Guile is extremely effective against Blanca when used right.

Will I count that as a vote for Guile?!

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#16 07-08-2019 1:46pm

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I make it 5-5 if Boomer's vote is for Guile. Comeback is on.

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#17 07-08-2019 1:51pm

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Omackeral wrote: »

Will I count that as a vote for Guile?!

affirmative

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#18 07-08-2019 1:53pm

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5 a piece so. Next fighter to win 2 falls advances.

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#19 07-08-2019 1:56pm

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It's Blanka for me. I used to pick him when playing against my mates using the logic that he was a big green monster so I'm guaranteed to win (:rolleyes:) and because I was a huge Incredible Hulk fan as a youngfella.

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#20 07-08-2019 1:58pm

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Autecher wrote: »

It's Blanka for me. I used to pick him when playing against my mates using the logic that he was a big green monster so I'm guaranteed to win (:rolleyes:) and because I was a huge Incredible Hulk fan as a youngfella.

Solid reasons. Plus he could electrocute kunts. That's why I'm voting for him and giving him the win.

Blanka wins 7-5

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#21 07-08-2019 1:59pm

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My Blanka always wins against (my mates) Guile because of spamming Electric Thunder.

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#22 07-08-2019 2:00pm

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Sofiztikated wrote: »

My Blanka always wins against (my mates) Guile because of spamming Electric Thunder.

Hmm. I could always kick the shit out of the lot of them with Guile, but my favourite was Ken.

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#23 07-08-2019 2:04pm

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Zangief (USSR)

A Soviet pro wrestler, Zangief enters the tournament to dominate the competition and to shut down M.Bison's evil organisation from having influence in the Motherland

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E. Honda (Japan)

Full name Edmond Honda, a Sumo with a chip on his shoulder regarding the lack of respect shown to his country's sport.

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#24 07-08-2019 2:06pm

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Honda-san, as peaceful and immobile as Mount Fuji. :cool::cool::cool:

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#25 07-08-2019 2:08pm

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E. Honda because I though Sumo wrestlers were funny looking when I was smaller and because Vince McMahon had me trained to hate Russians back then.

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#26 07-08-2019 2:09pm

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Easy win for E-Honda, his handslap was paradise for the button basher.. Zangief seemed a little slow in comparison

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#27 07-08-2019 2:10pm

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Zangief for me because that spinning piledriver was a thing of beauty when you could pull it out of the bag.

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#28 07-08-2019 2:11pm

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E.Honda can f*ck **** up. Zangief was extremely limited but best against the likes of Ken/Ryu and Chun-Li.

E.Honda Wins

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#29 07-08-2019 2:12pm

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Isn't Edmond a funny name for a Japanese guy?

Honda for me!

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#30 07-08-2019 2:13pm

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Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Isn't Edmond a funny name for a Japanese guy?

Honda for me!

It is. Probably why he just goes with E.

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#31 07-08-2019 2:14pm

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Thousand hand slap on repeat. Game over!

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#32 07-08-2019 2:14pm

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Omackeral wrote: »

It is. Probably why he just goes with E.

The E stands for ecstasy, baby. Why? Watch how fast this hand moves.

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#33 07-08-2019 2:14pm

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Might as well shill this in the most appropriate thread.

http://celticthrowdown.com/ is Ireland's largest fighting game tournament.

The Street Fighter V tournament is a Premier event on the Capcom Pro Tour this year.

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#34 07-08-2019 2:15pm

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I make that 6-1 to the big Honda fella.

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#35 07-08-2019 2:15pm

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chopperbyrne wrote: »

Might as well shill this in the most appropriate thread.

Vote or die bitch.

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#36 07-08-2019 2:16pm

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Omackeral wrote: »

I make that 6-1 to the big Honda fella.

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#37 07-08-2019 2:17pm

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jimgoose wrote: »

Keep them gifs coming every round. I'll be impressed. Thank you.

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#38 07-08-2019 2:22pm

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jimgoose wrote: »

E. Honda must have had some epic **** in his day.

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#39 07-08-2019 2:23pm

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Autecher wrote: »

E. Honda must have had some epic **** in his day.

BANNED

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#40 07-08-2019 2:23pm

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Autecher wrote: »

E. Honda must have had some epic **** in his day.

I'd say he'd have a rather tender mickey on him if he goes full force

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#41 07-08-2019 2:25pm

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What a move though

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#42 07-08-2019 2:27pm

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#43 07-08-2019 2:28pm

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Second one is a bit rapey.

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#44 07-08-2019 2:29pm

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Omackeral wrote: »

Second one is a bit rapey.

it's erm suggestive alright.

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#45 07-08-2019 2:29pm

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Zangief. They were both crappy fighters tbh.

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#46 07-08-2019 2:30pm

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Jasmine Wrong Louse wrote: »

Zangief. They were both crappy fighters tbh.

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#47 07-08-2019 2:31pm

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Oldbee's vote makes it E. Honda 6-2 Zangief

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#48 07-08-2019 2:32pm

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Jasmine Wrong Louse wrote: »

Zangief. They were both crappy fighters tbh.

Not if you knew how to use them, Honda has more scope of attack so Ill vote him.

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#49 07-08-2019 2:33pm

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Id Go for Honda, didn't he have the torpedo also?

On a side note we are building an extension to a new property and will be installing a games room a full size arcade machine (or 2) will be included and street fighter was my first choice in sourcing a multi game machine!

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#50 07-08-2019 2:33pm

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With Zangeif, once you get close, you f*ck anybody up. But you can never get close to the Honda man

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#51 07-08-2019 2:33pm

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Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Not if you knew how to use them, Honda has more scope of attack so Ill vote him.

Both very slow. Zangief had better girth.

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