Street Fighter V Champ: ‘Imma Just Play Guilty Gear’

Punk is more than happy to focus on Guilty Gear Strive if Capcom won’t fix Street Fighter V

Over the weekend, Victor “Punk” Woodley qualified to play in his fourth Capcom Cup, the developer-backed event that serves as the capstone for every year’s Street Fighter V competition. But when asked how he plans to prepare for the high-level tournament, Punk was as blunt as his in-game name implies, making it clear that there’s no way in hell he’s playing more Street Fighter than absolutely necessary.

“Imma just play Guilty Gear,” Punk told the Capcom Pro Tour hosts, prompting bemused expressions from the two fighting game community commentators and a humorous barrage of emojis in the chat. “That’s about it. I’m in Capcom Cup, there’s no reason for me to play [Street Fighter V] anymore. I don’t like the lag so I’m not going to force myself to play.”

Punk added that while he loves Street Fighter V as a fighting game, it’s not worth his mental health to continue playing in an unstable online environment inhospitable to competitive play. He’d much rather focus on a game with competent online implementation (i.e. Guilty Gear Strive, in which he’s also found early success) than keep playing something that understandably tilts him.

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