Street Fighter Tournament... Ready? Fight!

Remouad · 08-08-2019 09:22AM

Blanka
Because if you're stuck you can always hammer punch for an electric attack

Lil Sally Anne Jnr. · 08-08-2019 09:23AM

Few things more iconic in video game history than those seemingly two or three frames where Blanca is crouched down doing his electrocution. Plus as the only non-human in the game he gets my vote.

everlast75 · 08-08-2019 09:28AM

Blanka for me.

IIRC, Eddie took a while before he started to slap the sh1t out of you, so you knew what was coming.

With Blanka, you could back away from a dragon punch for example and wait until Ken or Ryu floated down onto your electric attack.

Plus, I always felt sorry for animal type characters, such as Blanka, or Chewie in Star Wars. Dunno why.

jimgoose · 08-08-2019 09:31AM

Omackeral wrote: »

Looking for reasons at this stage of the tournaments please!

Great Yokozuna Honda, not content with sitting on his (considerable) laurels enjoying his food and his bath, trained further in kick-boxing and went out into the World to show the round-eye Gai-Jin what a sumotori can do. How can you not love the guy??

:cool::cool:

Earthhorse · 08-08-2019 10:07AM

Blanka had savage reach with his crouching heavy punch.

He also had a double spinning punch that was removed in the Tournament edition 'cos it was too powerful. How 'bout dat, suckazzzzzzz?

Gets my vote.

Deebles McBeebles · 08-08-2019 10:19AM

David "Blanka" Blankenchip.

Yes I made up that name.

jimgoose · 08-08-2019 10:36AM

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

David "Blanka" Blankenchip.

Yes I made up that name.

Actually, his name is Jimmy.

everlast75 · 08-08-2019 10:45AM

I thought it was Costa, as a result of where he was conceived?

aloooof · 08-08-2019 10:45AM

jimgoose wrote: »

Actually, his name is Jimmy.

Jimmy Blanka?? This thread delivers again.

I'm gonna vote for E. Honda in what is, imo, an underwhelming QF in comparison to the Ryu v M. Bison match-up. A bit like watching Japan v Peru in the World Cup after Germany played Brazil earlier in the day.

08-08-2019 10:51AM

Blanka wins 9-2

Semi-finals will go up at lunch time. Y'all come back!

captbarnacles · 08-08-2019 11:12AM

How Is M Bison not in the semi!-finals !!

Consistently ranked in top ten hardest bosses to kill but only the world warrior version. In CE when you were able to play him he was much weaker.

jimgoose · 08-08-2019 11:20AM

everlast75 wrote: »

I thought it was Costa, as a result of where he was conceived?

Hmm. No, but the film combined his character with Col. Guile's old Vietnam buddy "Charlie" (who of course is never seen in any, AFAIK, of the video games) to give Carlos Blanka.

gerrybbadd · 08-08-2019 11:32AM

Lil Sally Anne Jnr. wrote: »

Few things more iconic in video game history than those seemingly two or three frames where Blanca is crouched down doing his electrocution. Plus as the only non-human in the game he gets my vote.

Blanka was human Sally. The green skin has been explained as coming either from consumption of chlorophil in the jungle to help him blend in, or through being struck by lightning while on the plane that crash landed, leaving him stranded in that same jungle.

Earthhorse · 08-08-2019 12:04PM

Wasn't Blanka a ginger as well? If he had white shorts he'd basically be the Irish flag in beast mode.

08-08-2019 12:57PM

It's crunch time now as we power on in our Street Fighter Tournament. Draws are still random and at this stage we require 11 votes to proceed to the Grand Finale. As before try to include reasons for your choices. Ready? FIGHT!

Semi Final 1

Ken 30?cb=20120921202630

(USA)

Fighting Style: Ansatsuken
Signature Moves : Hadouken, Shoryuken, Roundhouse Kick

VS

Sagat 30?cb=20140415083559

(Thailand)

Fighting Style: Muay Thai
Signature Moves : Tiger Shot Fireball, Tiger Knee, Tiger Uppercut

Boom_Bap · 08-08-2019 12:59PM

Sagat was a right pr*ck to try beat, versatile, powerful and mobile. But Ken has the edge with being so clinical.

Ken Wins.

gerrybbadd · 08-08-2019 01:01PM

A tough one.

I'm picking Sagat. Why? Mothafúcka had an eyepatch, and a lightning bolt scar down his chest, caused by a Ryu SHORYUKEN!

Also, Ken, in Street Fighter 2, was more or less a pallette swap with Ryu, so Sagat for me. More variation in moves, tiger knee, tiger uppercut, high and low fireballs, those kicks!

Potential-Monke · 08-08-2019 01:01PM

Oh that's a toughie, both characters I like. Hmmmmm....

I'm gonna have to give this to Sagat, I don't think i've ever seen him bitch out, but I've seen Ken bitch out a few times. Yeah, Sagat would make ****e of him anyway.

Lil Sally Anne Jnr. · 08-08-2019 01:04PM

Sagat is the ultimate badass. Dude is probably doing human sacrifice in the jungles of Thailand with a small dedicated cult following and eating the remains of his enemies.

Sagat for the win.

DrPhilG · 08-08-2019 01:05PM

Sagat, due to my dislike of Ken for being the less classy version of Ryu.

Deebles McBeebles · 08-08-2019 01:06PM

Yankee Ryu, no thank you sir. Sagat for me.

08-08-2019 01:14PM

Ken.

08-08-2019 01:21PM

Going with Sagat. Love his muay thai style - very hard to play against.

I think we need a baddie like Sagat in the later rounds too.

08-08-2019 01:25PM

6-2 to the Muay Thai Bad Boy

rossie1977 · 08-08-2019 01:33PM

Big Sag

gwalk · 08-08-2019 01:42PM

Ken

Just for the Hadouken

jimgoose · 08-08-2019 01:45PM

Ken, because he's more powerful than Ryu while just as fast and technically superb.

aloooof · 08-08-2019 01:48PM

Sagat, he'd cream that second-rate-Ryu.

Lewis_Benson · 08-08-2019 01:49PM

Ken,
Simply because you could beat anyone with the spinning hurricane kick on repeat.

Tatsumaki Senpukyaku!!!!

Earthhorse · 08-08-2019 01:59PM

Ken. Dat music though.

Street Fighter Tournament... Ready? Fight!

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