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One of the most famous esports moments in history happened way back in 2004 at Evo, gaming’s biggest fighting game tournament. Two legendary Street Fighter players, Justin Wong playing Chun-Li and Daigo Umehara as Ken, were duking it out. Just as it seemed Wong was going to take the round with a souped-up move, Daigo, with one pixel of health, parried 15 hits and came back for the win. Most players would have just died, especially under such pressure.
Now in January 2022, Wong was able to relive that experience nearly 18 years later, but with another player entirely and live on Twitch, for another audience to experience in real time.
2022 just started man…. WTF
— Justin Wong (@JWonggg) January 4, 2022
How did I let this happen already pic.twitter.com/m5Bco0Txza
Wong was facing off against a player named Capge in retro fighting game, Street Fighter III: Third Strike. Both Capge and Wong went back and forth over a handful of rounds, but at around 28 minutes into Wong’s Twitch stream, there was some serious déjà vu. Once again, Ken came back against a flurry of Chun-Li kicks by unleashing a string of parries with only a pixel of health to spare.
Read the full article on Kotaku
