Here Comes a New Challenger - Fighting Game Community Documentary

'Here Comes A New Challenger' tracks the fighting game journey of a newbie player and offers an insight into the unique subculture by the people who created it -- from international superstars like Justin Wong and Ryan Hart to diehard locals.

[@noslopdx]

I found this extremely eerie to watch because Jake's video logs reflect almost word for word what ran through my head in my first 5-4 months with Street Fighter. Just goes to show that everyone starts in the same place. Great documentary!

[@Shadowdancer777]

I lost my first tournanment. way back in 92. I lost to a guy that I usually beat. Nerves got the best of me. I felt like I let myself down. fast forward to 2009 I joined another street fighter tournament(local gamestop). This time sf4. At the old age of 34 against young competitors. I went on to go undefeated with my main ryu. I felt such a huge weight off my shoulders. I finally redeemed myself and proved that I can overcome the pressure of competitive play. yeah true story. ha. Believe in yourself!

[@TJ_Actual1]

Weird how that works. You play and beat a guy all the time in a regular arcade setting but when you play in a tournament you loose to that guy. Same happened to me in a Mortal Kombat 1 arcade tournament back in 1993. Everyone expected me to win but I lost. I came in second, he in first. I know the feeling.

[@Wittygamer]

This was a fun vid. Every fighting gamer goes through this hell. I remember feeling pretty good about my skills, then checking out a scene in another area and getting completely bopped. Went through the same bottom-of-the-barrel doldrums Jake did. Got over it, and still sticking it out. Hope to compete in a major event someday.

[@aceyirl]

So cool to discover this 10 years later. Hope he doesn't get perfected twice. :)

[@SonofDadSC]

"I fucking won a round, far as I'm concerned that's a win for me" Love it, that's the spirit of the Fighting Game Community!

[@AntiPopLTD]

Thanks, now I have a face to put to every mashing reversal, random ultra, non low forward using, random ass Ken I have ever played online. I always thought about what they might look like.

[@mattkavanagh7058]

This is a great piece. I was amazed when he said he'd been playing for three weeks though. That's confidence.

[@JonBallard]

I always find it helpful to Take a break after days of playing. You usually come back refreshed and executing better.

[@CullenPHaynes]

Never gets old!

[@liamsmith5993]

Good documentary Corey! I really appreciate the drive and dedication you have for the game. I hope you get better man :) Keep training.

[@CoreyHague]

The FGC are the nicest, most welcoming bunch of people I've ever met. If you have even a remote interest in fighting games you should find your local scene and go along to a meet up. They'll take you in and help you out - even if you never become an expert, they're a great bunch of people.

[@sdzero]

Fighting games are fun and enduring as well. It's worth it when everything starts coming together. It's not so much about winning for me, but about finding my limits and making a breakthrough to ascend past them to become a better player. That's what I love about all fighting games. Challenge and mastery.

[@ekajgaint5663]

really good Doco, I knew how you felt the whole time about constantly losing. I just keep reminding myself its only a game and nothing to get worked up about. I got constantly smashed for about 7 months straight then magically I came good and people at my local competition say that they hate when I play M.Bison

[@sdzero]

Excellent video by the way! Thanks for sharing.

[@CoreyHague]

It was really interesting to see his joy contrasted with other people's disappointment. Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it!

[@Bob_Beaky]

Thanks for sharing. That was fun. :)

[@Ghostofenzo]

Who else thought Jake was going to commit suicide because of the constant losing online?

[@CoreyHague]

Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to watch it man, and it's interesting to read your thoughts. Glad the FGC approves!

[@walmartian555]

I loved 8:00 aka everyone's first experience at a tournament.

[@muttonheadcs]

Good shit Corey! I left my thoughts/comments on the docu on my blog beingascrub if you're interested Corey. Also, it is really strangely satisfying to see my fingers moving into the DP motion and hearing the Shoryuken sound coming out and the vicious ensuing smack...delicious!

[@3H4wk]

5 minutes in.. BEST PAINTING EVER~!

[@silenthicks]

awesome doco, me learning and having gone to ss2k12 as my first major i went through the exact same phases

[@LeftDownRightUpGaming]

I was so elated when he won that round XD

[@BurnoutFighter]

Awesome stuff!

[@Kanachrii]

"Just fucking wiggling the stick and mashing buttons like I was autistic" hahaha

[@Spaced-Station]

This is fantastic! I have been wanting to get into sf more but have been nervous. Seeing that it takes a long, long time to get good, no matter what, makes the prospect of biting for a long time less negative. Anybody think that a fight pad would be ok to buy as a start? I don't want to drop cash needed for a fight stick just yet

[@CoreyHague]

Thanks for watching Zach! If you don't come from the arcade side of things you'll be okay with a pad, but the sticks are really useful when it comes to certain combos. Have fun with it, and if you enjoy it, you can find cheap fightsticks online or on forums.

[@brutalion2295]

If you are on xbox, I would say buy a fight pad. If you are on PS3, I would say the regular controller is actually fine. Either way, when you get a stick, you will have to learn it from scratch. Pads are fine though.

[@Spaced-Station]

Thanks for the info both of you!

[@EBCX]

i know this is a litle late but watching VesperArcade tutorials on SF4 really helped me a lot !!, he goes through the most basic things like: how to hold the stick and never let go of it. To like more advance things like: PLinking, pianooing, double tapping, frame data, etc. His tutorials is where every begginer should go when starting

[@itsloosey]

33:35 I jumped up and was like "ULTRA" if it was ultra that would have been the round in his favor. and he would have started with the meter advantage. Good stuff man

[@dommafia]

This was a very good doc! Thanks for sharing. Has it been on eventhubs yet?

[@CoreyHague]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! It hasn't been mentioned on Eventhubs or SRK as far as I'm aware. There are two jobs when it comes to making films - making films and promoting the films... I'm not very good at promoting them!

[@LouieLoud]

zerokills having euphoric moments

[@aspreedacore]

everytime I see a player not using feng shui engine with Juri I die inside.

[@WisecrackJax]

I'm also brand new to the Fighting Game Community, and I get the shit kicked out of me constantly on SF4, but at least I can tell that I'm getting better.

[@MrAbe1984]

Great doco

[@awwnuts07]

Damn, when you said "newbie", you weren't kidding. This is great work. It's the kind of stuff the FGC sorely needs.

[@slipperyphish]

i def empathize with this guy

[@OhYouDontSayThat]

one time i played a street fighter and i did a huricane kickuu

[@NomineName]

OhYouDontSayThat i coud go for some poundcake

[@HeatIIEXTEND]

NomineName :DDD

[@cruxe7597]

Was an o.k doco. Great premise. I think (constructively), it got a bit lost in all the vlogs of jake complaining and wore thin towards the later stages with interview after interview of all the pros saying basically the same stuff. Would have been nice to see more playing and actually streams of jakes matches (onine games)... Some more context in to how the game is played and how jake was training and practicing (match ups, links, combos, footsies etc etc.) Just way to much talking and not enough seeing the game or game analysis imo. Otherwise good stuff, good look in to Melbournes SF scene.

[@SonofDadSC]

Good stuff

[@zerox242005]

Loved it. I won a umvc3 tournament they hosted at gamestop last year. about 40 people were there and it felt amazing. My dream is to beat justin wong lol. (Never gone happen).

[@ssj2mysterio33]

Awwww yiii ;) - Brownman

[@322king]

2 week red ring. Quality stuff

[@NitroFrost]

If he had his 360 on the carpet when ever he plays he deserved to get the RRoD....come on dude that's electronics 101.

[@BeastsFuryGame]

Is he still playing ?.

[@CoreyHague]

A little, though he's gone back to FPS mostly.

[@mgonepro8762]

Corey Hague couldn't "git gud" as they say.

[@aspreedacore]

im only silver in SF5 and I stil play I obviously dont consider myself good lol but I got one game in a platinum match casual, still lsot the set tho xd.

[@TangOhhSucka]

yo the 360 red ringed cus its on carpet.

[@Steve3child]

38:24 I feel compelled to plaster Ryan Hart's speech verbatim, all over srk, eventhubs or somewhere else. The notion that competitive games should be designed to service the needs of spectators is such a prevalent sentiment amongst the fgc.

[@itsloosey]

42:56 IS HIS NAME REALLY STREETPUSSY? damn no words on that.

[@arhenyss]

Chocoblanka went to shadowloo?

[@1deagr]

I hope your life is looking forwards since then, I'm around 30 and feel the same way in the sense of "mid life crisis"

[@nothingxs]

At 8:40, he realizes what it's like to be salty as fuck.

[@MatticusF1nch]

A few minor criticisms: the name tags on the talking heads are way too big. Usually they partially cover up people's mouths and it's really distracting. In one of the talking heads the guy keeps talking about what "they" say when he tells them he plays Street Fighter and there was no reference to who "they" were.

[@workoutfanatic7873]

3:55, brutal, dude dropped Cammy link to bait out ex-DP from a total noob - more disrespectful than any taunt.

[@Plump_Nick]

I've been playing for about 2 years now and I'm JUST finally getting good. I got up to 2800pp and I was so happy lol. But my thing is I lose to shitty players who mash but I beat multiple players ranked less than 50 in the world. Like wtfff.

[@Eriksk8ordie]

+Nick Alli Those players you lose to probably do stuff that make no sense and catch you off guard. When playing against mashers best thing to do is to sit and wait to them to make a mistake and then punish them

[@thugjuice69]

+Erik Heidegger Sanches Martins its interesting when you get to a level where you can stop the inputs and slow down to analyze your opponent. I just got to this point in SSBM and its a whole nother level of FG's

[@arhenyss]

"this is a bunch of guys... and girls"

[@Goochbag8]

I know it's been about 3 years but know that even Daigo has gotten perfect'd before. Never give up. Git gud.

[@chriswilliams7862]

OK this guy has annoyed me twice so far. Moaning that he keeps getting beat online and saying that he wont watch his replay but hopefully get better??? Not sure how if he doesn't watch his replay to find out where he is going wrong. It is tough though and I get were he is coming from if you dont play a game within the first few weeks of release or month it only gets harder the longer you leave it.

[@rebootcomputa]

Should of got it on PC..

[@naruaztec]

At least he tried.

[@TJV83]

The way he uses the stick is cringe

[@TJV83]

He’s really whiny, 90 percent of this video is rambling and crying

[@mystro5050]

Why would you think you could stand a chance against Justin Wong and the rest of them, I wouldnt even say your game play from what I saw was even average. It looked like you had only been playing for a matter of weeks. Fair play for the effort and dedication though.

[@kongkarry]

i think he did only play for a few weeks.

[@oriaphyn]

39:50 to 40:00 is the most cringeworthy thing I've seen with Justin Wong. Poor guy :(

[@onebadassmuffin]

oriaphyn he ain't gay so what

[@bakafish86]

so when will he lie? keeps saying "I'm not gonna lie". didn't finish the video...

[@kongkarry]

lol i read your comment and then he said it xD

[@mshartz5]

"Makes it difficcult for people to take gaming seriously." ... **Cut to next scene. "Jake Lynch, a.k.a. StreetPussy" haha

[@skullkrusher9]

dude sounds like werster

[@ducoboeschoten]

4:19 Hahahaha Faking MicroSoft.

[@youngantonio962]

He should sell me his fight stick

[@hiroxxxx79]

This guy is a beginner... Looking at the way he uses that TE stick LoL.

[@letsstudy5463]

Halls taekwondo dobok dude.

[@gregmitchell9724]

Decent documentary but jesus christ this guys voice is taxing on the ears. Almost everytime he ends a sentence he goes into this high pitched deal.

[@only1option]

Lol stop mashing.

[@oOBlueBubbleOo]

HOT GIRLS WILL NEVER BE GOOD GAMERS - NOT WORTHY TO EVER COMPETE IN TOURNAMENTS ASWELL!!!

[@awwnuts07]

TIL Ryan Heart is a b-boy