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Here’s the second match nominated by onreload after winning last week’s screenshot caption. More specifically, he recommended the Dudley/Elena set starting at 6:29.

players: ??? (Dudley-SA3) vs ??? (Elena-SA2)

observations:
Neither of these characters has much of anything resembling a defense, so the entire match is totally all-or-nothing in both directions. In the very first round you can see Elena in full control, until Dudley lands a single sweep and then it’s a complete 180° turn! And you have to like the confidence Dudley shows at the end of the round, utterly owning up her reversal super. It’s tiring just watching these two go at it. In fact, Dudley himself looks exhausted at 9:20!

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Love him or hate him, you’ve got to admit – Tokido is entertaining.

players: Tokido (Akuma-U1) vs ClakeyD (Ibuki-U2)

observations:
ClakeyD puts in a good performance, but ultimately runs out of tricks. Who would ever expect to see time expire in an Akuma vs Ibuki match? Not only does Tokido make that happen at 6:00, but he somehow extends for another 5 seconds. That dude is a turtle!

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After winning last week’s screenshot caption contest, onreload chose to nominate this “bizarre finals match between Tokido (a fantastic Chun-Li player) and Tottori (a great Ryu).”

players: Tokido (Sean-SA1) vs Tottori (Alex-SA2/Makoto-SA1/Ryu-SA1)

observations:
“Tokido uses Sean, and Tottori uses Alex. After match 1, Tottori goes back to his Ryu, but Tokido sticks it out with a beastly Sean. My favorite moment is at 0:58 when Sean backthrows Alex into the corner, but Tokido, realizing he has 0 vital AND 0 pressure possibility with Sean, backs away slowly…” – onreload

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In honor of the recent Ed Ma interview, here’s a Street Fighter IV tournament match between two of SoCal’s finest – played in unusual three-out-of-five round format.

players: Edma (Akuma) vs ComboFiend (C.Viper)

observations:
That’s got to be a heartbreaking sight at 0:16 – an entire round of work instantly wiped out! But when you’re up against an alert player who knows the game inside out, there’s no such thing as a sure victory. It’s a well-played match all around, but i particularly like the way Akuma uses the Focus Attack at 2:29 to dodge Viper’s flame kick. The dusty finish was awesome too.

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