Evo West John Choi vs. Mike Watson

Evo West 2006
John Choi vs. Mike Watson
Street Fighter 2

[@aWarriorsDream]

Mike Watson's footsies in this match are gdlk. You just can't learn to space and predict like that from reading character guides and watching match vids. Those are true OG fighting game skills.

[@metricleader8243]

I love the way Mike Watson plays Guile vs Ryu.

[@mrmikey77]

just to let you guys know this is a pretty even match. ryu can zone out guile pretty good and get him in the corner and chip him very easily. john and i know each others game from playing over the years so it might seem boring. the reason he threw supers was in anticipation of me sticking out a move where as i got a bit lucky and decided to block. ryu charges meter very quickly so its not that big a deal.

[@pb879]

Mike Watson is that you?

[@Ott0matic]

watson played real good

[@kwokatmooff]

love mike Watsons old school play here

[@cliffburton333]

mike watson = legend

[@TwistedSoul2002]

Godlike footsie play right there

[@rsaran1288]

Great Guile charge by Mike at the end of round 1 to get the flash kick out! Good, patient play by Mike, not a lot of jump in's on Ryu. That's called disciplined Guile playing against Ryu.

[@sakura4994]

It's amazing how Choi vs Watson plays this match-up differently than Muteki Vs Daigo does.

[@miikey376]

that Guile backhand!

[@Silks]

Insults aside, that only really works when Ryu is ahead on life. A lot of time Watson was up, which means throwing fbs from far away isn't going to help. Watson will stop them with booms and neutral/back jump over them when necessary.

[@tank5495]

Amazing cornering by choi in the first round of the second game.

[@rooneye]

Yeah, I often wondered that too, you see it in a lot of Japanese stuff (anime etc.) were people/characters don't look japanese they look more western even though they are meant to be japanese.

[@sg-hunter]

if you have a footsie fetish then... mike watson.

[@Sakurazukamori2424]

Maybe against ST Guile, but CE Guile has enough range with low forward to deal with a turtling Ryu as well as his backhand in CE can also allow charging so he can rifle of s.booms all day in a corner to keep adv.

[@strikerk]

Fuck I love the sound effects in SF2. That backhand sounds like a bitchslap from hell. PRSSHH~!!!

[@INeedHerPomPomJuice]

John Choi why did you change up your strategy during the second round? YOU HAD HIM!!!

[@Lseelba]

Nice kick at 2:42. I never see that being used as anti air.

[@nastynas9000]

Pulling out them sonic booms rapid!

[@Sakurazukamori2424]

No, the Ryu is SF Turbo or also known as Hyper Fighting Ryu, cause he has the similar face to the Champion Edition Ryu but with the white head bandana, WW Ryu has wierd dimples on his face

[@INeedHerPomPomJuice]

Is this anniversary edition? Because Ryu says Haduken in a lower voice in hyper fighter but in turbo he says it in a higher voice

[@maxgunn555]

so true.

[@TheChilledScrub]

Thank you for owning those scrubs.

[@mynameistnb]

@iidop3 welcome to street fighter. what flavor of chi would you like?

[@Silks]

stuff like cr. rh cancelled to short hurricane, his super, and the overhead all make it even tougher on Guile

[@maxgunn555]

so true

[@joejones]

.......Thats World warrior.

[@ThePopoMaster]

@sakura4994 That's because they are using HF Ryu and CE Guile.

[@INeedHerPomPomJuice]

I know, I hate the old one where he says Haduken in a lower voice. Do you know which game they use in EVO? I've been trying to figure it out. Daigos ryu where he says Haduken in a better voice

[@MrGeneaux13]

jeeeez... mike throws sonic booms as if they were a down-forward motion @_@

[@aldizi]

fucking mind games

[@Jankenpop]

Out of curiosity, not to mention pure scrubbiness, what makes the CE characters so good?

[@INeedHerPomPomJuice]

I did lol, Ryu had the same grab voice as Zangief, Ken & I think Dhalsim lol

[@pspgosucks]

Fun match....

[@3DarkTemplar]

@XxGonixXFAN dhalsim actually never got his own added voices expect the yogas

[@joejones]

the 1st ryu in THIS video is "World Warrior" Daigo uses Super turbo Ryu, the one with the super meter(2nd ryu)

[@INeedHerPomPomJuice]

Yes but which Ryu is that. Which street fighter ?

[@PaulHindt]

The old Ryu voice from World Warrior, CE, and Hyper Fighting is low in pitch like you hear in this vid, although this game is Hyper SF2 Anniversary. Super SF2 and Super Turbo had a newer voice for Ryu which was more high pitched.

[@AkumerNYC]

dam john choi lets off those hadoukens quick lol

[@TrueSephiros]

Gracie is correct, CE. Guile is arguably Top 4 in AE, along with CE Ryu, CE Dictator, and CE Sagat. ST. Ryu definitely has a disadvantage up against CE. Guile, simply because he is not as powerful as CE. Ryu in AE. CE. Guile when played right, has almost no weaknesses besides a few character match ups. His damage, SB, zoning and spacing game is super powerful, anyone who's seen CE back in the days will know how beastly CE. Guile is.

[@Mutill]

It's Choi's style to throw super as soon as he has it. But that won't work if he's almost dead and Guile is full.

[@rocknflip66]

@strikerk CPS1 sound effects is way better then CPS2 version of SF2

[@TancerFang]

I don't get why Ryu even bothered attacking, he should have just sat back and spammed and chipped with supers. Jumping in just got him kicked out of the air 90% of the time anyway.

[@wanellin]

Good effort by Choi, but he was definitely up against a much stronger character pick by Watson.

[@nastynas9000]

See how he corner trapped Guile with it, omg.

[@Sakurazukamori2424]

@XxGonixXFAN lol I think maybe Honda as well, "HHhhuuugggh!"

[@INeedHerPomPomJuice]

He was talking about how zoning does not happen in SF3. I told him to go watch SF3 if he enjoyed it more, instead of complaining about it on here. I can't believe I had to explain that, when it was RIGHT there. If you reply back in a stupid manner, like you did before, I'm not going to bother.

[@AgentSpinhead]

no its ps2 hyper street fighter 2 on the sf collection

[@jetsyrup]

Yeah, man. He was getting greedy.

[@ZhangHe2369]

Damage and overall safe moves. And a few broken tactics (see ce bison)

[@3DarkTemplar]

1:14 that was a mean block stream

[@sakura4994]

@ThePopoMaster well, true... lol

[@Sakurazukamori2424]

Friggin Mike Watson is awesome, I play a similar style Guile but no where as professional haha

[@garougt]

Counting the supers, choi threw 84 hadoukens in total on this video.

[@iidop3]

HADOU-HADOU-HADOU-HADOU-HADOU-HADOU-HADOU-HADOU-HADOUKEN!!

[@nyccarini]

yeah, i cant figure it out either.

[@Mewnoz]

ST and WW Ryu are diff. hence the diff voice.

[@TheRyanNation]

@sabishiihito the super was the advantage he needed to be an OG god

[@renanmenezes93]

I prefer Street Fighter 2: Special Edition Warrior Champ. of Mega Drive... That's EPIC!!!

[@hitdank]

is this genesis?

[@HeatIIEXTEND]

1:31 ayayayayayay

[@6Diego1Diego9]

Why CE Guile?

[@jetsyrup]

Oh yeah? Let me see some tournament footage of you in action so you can show me what a "top SF2 gamer" really is. What was your name again...?

[@TancerFang]

He can throw sonic booms all day, unlike Guile Ryu has a super projectile and and can fire those off for chip/ crushing a sonic boom for damage. I am not saying it's an instant win for Ryu, it's just jumping in cost him 70% or more life befor ehe got to do anything. This isn't 3rd strike where you can empty jump in and parry, getting caught in the air is a big deal.

[@pacboy24]

hadouken hadouken hadouken hadouken hadouken hadouken hadouken hadouken hadouken hadouken hadouken hadouken UUUUUUUAAAAA!!!

[@sabishiihito]

Not sure why Choi went with ST Ryu, HF Ryu does just about everything better except no super and hard DP isn't a one hit knockdown. HF Ryu definitely has faster fb release/recovery, almost as good as CE and SSF2 Sagat.

[@stupidlips31]

lol mi always thought ryu from street fighter 2 looked like charlie sheen

[@emanuelsanchez2949]

original gangster nigga

[@INeedHerPomPomJuice]

This isn't SF3, this is SF2. No one's talking about SF3. If it's boring, don't watch it then. Don't even take the time to comment about it. Just leave and don't make a fool out of yourself.

[@FREEdomxxxZGMFX10A]

Lol, did you mean block STRING?

[@nnavehh]

SHOORRYYUUGHHHH

[@TancerFang]

Would be great if that was an opinion. I just basically recapped what happened in the fight. You know fact? Ryu wins fireball wars against Guile, It aint cool but if you want to win you have to play lame some times.

[@nyccarini]

how come ryu doesnt look japanese (or even asian) in any of them?

[@HeatIIEXTEND]

first round 0.0

[@INeedHerPomPomJuice]

It's not spam, it's zoning. Don't be stupid.

[@Sakurazukamori2424]

You must have grown up playing ST over WW CE and HF, Ryu's old voice was a manly voice. Just listen to the old SFs grab sound haha

[@3DarkTemplar]

@FREEdomxxxZGMFX10A you get what i mean though right?

[@Mutill]

A little too desperate there Choi ;)

[@nastynas9000]

Ryu's heavy sweep into a fireball is a fucking rip-off. You can abuse that.

[@goldenbrown22]

עלק-בום

[@TancerFang]

Yeah, How do you think Ryu gets down on life? The majority of the time, 60+ percent Ryu was just getting smacked out of the air. Why jump in against someone who has an insane anti-air? It's like trying to out grapple Zangief, you're just gonna take way more damage then you do.

[@joseantonioplasenciaferrei1231]

3do music

[@weglarz]

it's not lame. it's what is necessary to win... ryu is mid tier...

[@ZhangHe2369]

Then you haven't played ce or hf.

[@Standamanwhocan]

super turbo, fool.

[@TheRyanNation]

@sabishiihito beat not be lol

[@thejunkmanlives]

wish guile hit like that in sf4, fucking gay.

[@INeedHerPomPomJuice]

See no one knows -_-

[@MemoJr414]

John Choi, you failed in this round........... Im talking about how you Played Out Ryu

[@TrueSephiros]

CE rocks, bunch of cry babies who can't handle them.

[@TancerFang]

Lame wins.

[@patrickgomesify]

choi is boring. You cant do zooning gameplay against CE guile.