2:33 "Smell my feet!"

I love watching this video every now and then

First, it's called "playing your strengths". Ryu has a very good hadoken, and if you wanna win in SF and an opponent can't deal with a strategy you're using, you press that advantage. This video shows that Poongko knows that very well. Second, Daigo is so good at landing DPs that the phrase "umeshoryuken" (psychic dragon punch) was invented to describe his reads. I'm glad you brought this up though. If you have more to say, please use the "reply" feature so that I'll be notified.

Glad to finally talk to someone with sense. It's a real shame that Daigo's choked and not playing as well anymore because he's fun as hell to watch.

I don't play Streetfighter. I didn't even know that they still made Streetfighter. But I can definitely see how people can get excited about Poongko. His stage presence is so fun.

@hellterskelter89 Yes this is true. Also, this is one of Daigo's 1st couple times maining a top tier character. For most of his career, he was SF3 Ken (High Tier), S/SF4 Ryu (High Tier), and SF2T Ryu (which was considered top of high/bottom of top)

Years later it still gets me hype as fuck

I really like how the commentators hype this up in the beginning. "HE THROWS HIS JACKET, IT DIDN'T QUITE GO INTO THE AUDIENCE BUT HE THREW HIS JACKET!!!!"

@b7ray32 Actually, in the total of 4 times they've met that was recorded, Daigo has won 3/4 of them. GameStop International Tournament 2009 - Ryu vs Ryu (4 - 1) - Winner: Daigo Evolution World Tournament 2011 - Yun vs Seth - (0 - 2) - Winner: Poongko Daigo vs Poongko 30 Kumite match - Yun vs Seth (22 - 8) - Winner: Daigo TOPANGA TV Special FT10 - Yun vs Seth (10 - 6) - Winner: Daigo In tournament settings, Poongko has a slight advantage. In long sets? Umehara has the clear advantage.

I already stated my reasoning a month ago with Bisboy, but I'll reiterate. Seth's Dragon Punch is absurdly safe and can blast through anything. Seth can also follow it up with easy, high damage combo's that are pretty much guaranteed to dizzy the opponent. Back then, nobody knew just HOW safe his DP was until Poongko took the risk.

Daigo is one of the best. Poongko simply outplayed him in this match up. It happens. Daigo will move on, learn from it, and improve his game as he always does. Congrats to Poongko on a great fight and spectacular finish. I think his showmanship is great. It gets the crowd excited and its fun to watch.

Poongko might have fallen off lately, but you have to admit what he did to Daigo was classic EVO history.

>poongko bein' dramatic >daigo bein' chill >both bein' awesome

Daigo has a personality. He just controls himself during a game usually so his emotions do not totally control his game.

this was actually a very good lesson for daigo. He used to play the most solid ryu in the entire world but since AE came out and he switched to yun, he's not even half as solid and consistent as he used to be.His yun just wasn't ready for this match. I think his switch to akuma is nice, akuma is generally very offense oriented but has one of the best defensive tools (air hadokens). I hope to see a more solid daigo in the future but i think it would be better if he just went back to ryu.

I felt bad for Daigo. Evo is his favorite tournament, but everyone there is against him just because he is known as the best... Being the best sucks sometimes. Anyways, congrats to Fuudo for winning the whole thing and to Latif for beating the 4 top players in a row. Watching it live via streaming was awesome.

Whether or not he's the best SF player, anyone playing the game should aspire to be more like Daigo. He's the embodiment of Ryu - he plays for bigger challenges and doesn't showboat.

@Demoniq You're pretty much spot on. Daigo got outclassed and outplayed. The Seth is cheap excuse is laughable when Yun is volumes better then Seth in AE. As you said, Daigo got Baited into wake up DP's, in which Poongko predicted and punished him every single time. Then when Daigo would guess on what to do on Wakeup. Instant Grab SPD by Poongko. In this match up, Daigo lost because Poongko was simply the Better Player. For crying out loud, his last round he perfected Daigo.

A lot of you guys saying Daigo adapted to Poonko because he beat him with Ryu in topanga, but did you know Poonko beat Fuudo and Daigo in the LG Cup recently? Basically they're all top players and it can really go either way.

every time the crowd goes wild it makes me smile.

I wouldn't say no mistakes ever to be an OP character but this match definitely was a good example

Doesn't make it any less cool. On a related note though, I will say that SF4's newness is what ultimately led to Poongko's victory. Before this match, the SF4 metagame wasn't fully explored and people thought Seth was a "skill" character that needed to be played carefully. Then Poongko came along and said, "No, he isn't." He showed just how risk free Seth's DP was and just how easy it was to dizzy opponents with his combos. I still think Daigo is more skilled, but Poongko is ballsier.

Holy shit not only poongko has a marvelous mix up game with seth but he toped one of gaming's greatest players, I've seen people beaten daigo before but never this good.

This is the first time I've seen Daigo blown up and I'm happy to see it.

Esto fue mas que una guerra entre gamers, esto fue un duelo de naciones

@ChrisRokers I agree . i have a lot of respect for this player. he defended his titles for many times. and when he win he doesn't make a lame show like kids he just shake hand with the opponent. Bravo Daigo

you came all the way here just to remind ppl of that? What a wonderful person you are

Daigo has already gotten his revenge vs Poongko @ pre Godsgarden 4. Finla score: 22 to 8. Daigo and told Poongko after defeating him: "Just so you know who's who." Poongko just left crying.

I don't know much about this Ryan Hart guy, but he sounds like a pretty cool guy who doesn't afraid of anything.

Listen to the silence of the audience at the start of game 2. During his focus attack, Seth's voice almost echoes throughout the room. Thumbs up for bass.

best quality for this fight on youtube, nice job

What? As a Korean you should be proud. People loved it because it was hella hype.

I was loving top 8 and wasn't paying attention to the fact that Daigo and Poongko was next. Then its announced, he just whips off his jacket and SHIT GOT REAL IN A HURRY

Holy shit, I heard Poongko beat Daigo very convincingly but I was not prepared for the amount by which he got absolutely destroyed.

I'm already saving money for my trip to Vegas next year, there's no way I'm gonna miss another Evo. Shit was so HYPE!!!

These are the truest words ever spoken... One ultra and 1 combo kills you when you main Seth ._________.

I like the way Seth says LETS GET INTO EVOLUTION TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN WORLD FINALS 1:57

agreed. seeing him have fun and getting into it like that made me like him lol.

Daigo: Was what your name? Poongko: My name is Poong K.O.

For Daigo being as hyped as he is, that was a pretty sad performance... Kudos to Poongko

The beast has been slain. Pride has done you in, Daigo. Go, Poonko!

If you look closely at the end, you can lip-read Daigo saying 'I meant to pick Ryu'.

eh, not a daigo fanboy, it's just a simple fact that he's the most dominant player in the history of street fighter for more than a decade now. really though it doesn't matter if it was daigo or not, that was just bad manners by poongko no matter who his opponent was (and i've been a fan of poongko's play for a while now, his seth really amazes me).

The irony of this match is that Daigo still throws out random dp's inexclipably and yet still owns Poongko today.

literally one of the hypest moments in gaming

i love how daigo keeps his composure and expressions same from the start to the end....

Match begins at 1:53 sorry for the delay cause of Poongko's long intro.

Seth doesn't need to FADC after his DP to keep risk to a minimum. In fact, Seth doesn't need to do much of ANYTHING to minimize risk to himself. Seth has dozens of attacks that put him at zero risk and a lot of them set up for high damage high dizzy combos. I only focused on his DP because it one of his best options and the one Poongko uses the most.

Koreans: Showing you up at all your favorite games since 1998.

That guy tried to life poongko up, and soon realised poongko is too heavy

3peating any major event is difficult so gotta give props to Daigo for even attempting the feat but I gotta say, even if he doesnt win it all Daigo is the most consistent & skilled player in the world. u see players droppin out of the top8 each year but Daigo is ALWAYS a factor so jus maintaining dat consistency knowing everybody is against you & analyzing plottin to dethrone u must be tough. 1 slip could cost u the match. Poongko was that guy, hes fearless & very dangerous. 3months he'll be iyo

The only video on KZfaq of Daigo getting schooled like a total scrub.

Poongko ftw, watching his fights has really helped me become a pretty good Seth player =D

I never thought I would ever see someone do a perfect against Daigo....holy shit

Great play from Poongko. That perfect was sweet. Daigo is also one of my favourite players of all time, but he dun' goof'd playing so defensively.

There's a handy little feature KZfaq has implemented call "reply". It obviates the need to type @SoAndSo and it notifies the person you directed your comment towards that you've just done so. Just mouse over the comment you want to reply to and the button should appear.

All they achieved this year is due to their unwavering determination and love for fighting games. Very few people to practice with, console and arcade game being unpopular and no local competition to earn money at all. They will have to immediately return to their jobs to make a living. I hope they do keep up their work though the future of Korean fighting gamers looks grim except for Tekken probably.

I'll admit that I WAS using online info as a refresher and I'm pretty sure I was misremembering that DP thing. I tend to not actually own a lot of the games I play unless they're downloadable and instead rely on the fact that most of my friends are very generous. It's also nice to know that you aren't trying to outright insult me either.

This is without a doubt the greatest moment of showboating in video gaming history. Not only did Poongko tear his jacket off; throw it in the crowd, tear his belt off; throw on the ground; tear his EVO badge off; throw IT on the ground, proceeding to poor Red Bull all over his face; and gesture like "I am about to fuck this dude up!" ... but HE BACK IT UP BY WHOOPING DIAGO ("The Beast")'s ASS!!! haha INCREDIBLE MOMENT IN GAMING HISTORY FOLKS. THAT'S how you talk shit and back it up!

i've never seen someone get so hyped over chugging an energy drink.

Lastly about Daigo, it looks like he gets a ton of hate because people are jealous of his success and getting recognition for it. I'm sure if Poongko had won Evo 2 times straight instead of Daigo, Poongko will be getting the haters. This game is about matchups and being able to read your opponent. Daigo may not have been able to do that against Poongko, but Fuudo did. And Daigo and Fuudo are generally considered on equal level, so you can't really use arguments like Poongko > Daigo.

We need to give Korean players more credits considering what kind environment they had to practice in nowadays. Korea used to have good pool of players and infra structure for arcade games in the past and had some world class players for Virtual Fighter series and so on. However, those days are long gone and arcade games are in ruins in the country. Lanshops replaced the arades and online games dealt a daeth blow to remaining ones.

"he is throwing his shirt, his can, his everything" daigo: -____- "ok, i should plug my controller , uh, ok i see the thing..." after losing: -______- "ok, i think the game is done..." -_____-

Whenever im sad, i watch this video, i feel so happy, i dont even play fighting games

Nobody has an argument for Seth being balanced. The whole purpose of AE was that it was deliberately designed NOT to be a balanced game. And atop the roster sitting an unbalanced, dominant mess was not Seth, it was Yun. Two years was new for a Street Fighter game before the internet. After the internet, two years was enough for two new updates because of how fast the meta fleshed out.

i've never seen so many people get excited over someone chugging a redbull lol.

I have always had the feeling that if Daigo would have hit that EX Lunge Punch in the second round, first game, he would have won the set, the game and the whole tournament :)

Best EVO I've seen. Was SO HYPE!

@Zedx84 Daigo seems to be happier when he loses than when he wins. He was happy as hell when he took his fourth place win. The guy loves competition. I think this kind of thing motivates him to keep going.

Congrats to Fuudo for winning, but this was the best match of all time in any SF game at EVO!

Poongko's not some little kid. He's a respected player thats been playing the game for a long time. It's evo. If he wants to have a little fun, hype the crowd a bit, why not? It's what the crowd wants anyway. It's obvious that he respects Daigo as a formidable player, thus the theatrics to begin with. He wanted to put on a show and he did. Doesn't speak anything of his attitude as a player or to the game.

Well, now he probably knows how Justin Wong felt after that epic beating he had with Daigo in SFIII: 3rd Strike.

my gf likes to call daigo charmander because of "not a single fuck was given that day" XD

Everybody loses, including "The Beast". Solid, solid game by Poongko.

@TheAnvilMan Yun's weakness is low health and stun. And Poongko clearly had studied Daigo's and Yun's tactics and knew how to perfectly deal with them.

"Thats Not Daigo playing, its his look-a-like friend with a wigg" kool

@chidoneone I don't think you understand what happened. In the gaming world, this is equivalent to Babe Ruth pointing to the outfield and hitting a homerun. Poongko showed some flash, then: 1) Put a whoop ass against Daigo (who used a top tier character) known for excellence, comeback skills, and purely just the best SF player known, 2) At the main event, EVO, 3) And the Perfect to finish Daigo off. It would look stupid if he lost, but he won. He walked the walk in this match.

To all those watching who doesn't know much about SSFIV AE, Ryu has been hit with the nerf bat. Yun together with Yang and Fei Long are widely accepted to be the strongest characters.

Daigo's decision of mashing dp wasn't the only thing that lead to his ultimate loss. It was the fact that seth's mixup game is rock paper scissors. Just like how viper's BK is 50/50, seth also has a simliar game. Daigo guessed wrong for the most part, and the mashing of upkicks did not help at all. He should have went for a simple strategy. Accept all throws, but block all shoryukens. Especially at this level, although it sounds simple, one blocked dp is all you need for an instant ultra punish.

Seth also has an insane enough reach and can control his opponents movement enough for good Seth players to file those weakness under "who cares?". As for why I don't compete? Because technical skill is just one of many factors in SF4. People, I'm not ragging on Poongko. He is the most amazing Seth player I've ever seen and has everything it takes to win championships. I just think that Daigo is better at executing tricky maneuvers.

@aubba You should watch their "first to 10" on topanga TV's recorded stream a long time ago after EVO. The result is quite different then Daigo's first time facing a good Seth player.

Me and my friend was so hyped when we watched this match on the live stream.

This would have made one hell of a Redbull ad.

Damn BOY! Poongko handled Daigo's bidnezz! Daigo got his salad tossed man! This vid makes me wish I didn't quit ssf4

This was the best match of the night hands down. Poongko simply went for the Tyson knockout (fast and furious) and got it. Daigo just froze up. Can't wait for next year. By the way, my scrub Ken would get "Perfected" by both of them any day.

@EPVxRaize Seth said in the beginning of this match that Daigo was at his absolute best and most dominate he's ever seen him as well as using one of the most dominate characters in the game. "Shin Daigo" is what he called him. Daigo also said he caught a lot of flak from other players that he tier whores and such, so he stopped caring and purposely picked Yun to be his new main. Slice it any way you want, but prior to this, Daigo was in the best shape ever seen.

14 hour street fighter sessions? god damn i never played a video game that long.

After watching Daigo's legacy with Yun leading up to Evo, and Poogko's great comebacks, I only have one conclusion; he was IN HIS HEAD, MAN. Jeez, great match, but sad to see Daigo go down like that

@theSkarekro I understand that. One of the things Poongko abuses is Seth's DP priority, but how many times did Poongko backdash away from Daigo's DP? The problem is Daigo didnt seem to care. He was intent on a rushdown win and it played right into Poongko's game. It seems like people are trying to make so many excuses for Daigo (bad matchup, Seth is cheap, it was Daigo's friend playing, etc) rather than owning up to the fact he was simply overwhelmed and brutally beaten.

No, it does not equate to the same thing. Performance anxiety is not inexperience. I posted my comments because I was sick of Poongko fanboys calling Daigo a "noob" and saying Seth is balanced when that clearly isn't true. I will admit that I wasn't as clear as I could have been, but now I have clarified myself and you're stone throwing like the other Poongko fanboys. I can't even get angry anymore. This is just sad.

@skiie Good comment. U.S. may not have a humble rep but damn we root for every foreign player who attends our tournies. When U.S. players go overseas (mainly in Japan) no one practically gives a fuck. Plus Daigo was using the most overpowered/hated/oversaturated character at the time. Poongko decided not to be a tight ass and revel in the excitment (that's not being disrespectful, that's being hype). I hope for every weabo fanboy to go to japan and see how indifferent they care about them.

I saw the love to Daigo, because I am also very excited that the champion had been defeated by some one.........

Poongko: Hi America I'm going to r@pe this japo! *flying jacket* Daigo:... Poongko: I don't need this belt and all this sh*t!! Daigo:... Poongko: glup glup glup glup ahhh!! *crowd gets HYPE* Daigo:... After 4 rounds..... Poongko: Told you people I did it!! Daigo:...

Poongko won because he was the better player and this was simply part of the moment where Daigo had fallen off in SF4. He hasn't looked the same ever since this match. He dropped matches to Justin Wong and Ricky Ortiz in major tournaments for crying out loud, not to mention his performance at this year's Evo, he honestly got beaten just as, if not more convincingly. He's not the best, and he hasn't been the best for years. That's all I'm saying. When someone loses, give the winner their credit.

@MrHyerty - What are you talking about? Obviously two wins is not a losing streak... I'm talkin' about his performance throughout the season, I just remember him getting beat a lot more than usual this season. EVO is a prime example. I think he'll go HAM next season.

That said, I've always been a fan of Poongko and while I thought he had a chance to win against Daigo, I wasn't expecting this kind of slaughterhouse...that said, this doesn't conclude that Poongko > Daigo.

The match-up is honestly 6-4 Seth. He counters the twins, but that doesn't make him a better overall character (see Sagat vs Akuma in vanilla). Yun is better at the start when neither character has meter but due to Seth's defensive options and zoning ability that Yun lacks Seth is able to gain the advantage assuming both players are of equal skill. This match is an anomaly however, because Daigo doesn't know the match-up and Poongko does, so it makes it seem more one-sided than it really is.

I don't know why there's a need to give it your own definition. Skill is how good someone is at something, and when two people compete in something, the one who is more skilled will win. You can word it how you like, call it choking, call it psychology, it all equates to the same thing. The skill doesn't measure up.

There are very few numbers of arcades left through out the country and people who plays arcade games are very few. Fighting game player pool is even worse. All the Korean players for Evo 2012 is from the same private gaming cafe. Even when they won the first price, the airflight fee is so expensive that they will be left with very little sum of money when they do return. The cafe manager had to pay for everything with his own money. They had great hardship just to find players to practice with.

poongko was like "call the cops, i dont give a fuck" and daigo was like "yea whatever. =_="