This Is How You Make A Fighting Game Character Interesting

[@EventHubs]

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[@willfenholtart]

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[@DShawnPaytonOffiicial]

G in SF6 would be amazing, top 5, without any changes. To really make World Tour Mode pop, they should add a G and Q storyline that lasts multiple seasons.

[@ReidRo1]

I really hope that’s the long term plan cause that’s really exciting, I would play the shit out of that

[@DShawnPaytonOffiicial]

@@ReidRo1 same here! Imagine Cammy or Chun Li start asking if you've seen a trenchcoat wearing, masked "person", who has been spotted at multiple crime scenes around the world. Then you find a female version in Nayshall, with a similar fighting style as G, but slightly different. After defeating her, you get more clues, taking you deeper into the story, leading up to a cliffhanger and reveal of the next season DLC characters. Or of you ask Marisa how she turns gold, and she reveals that she has accepted G's "One World" proposal, and starts praising him as the President of the Universe. I could go on and on, but you get the gist. Plenty of ideas can come from adding G to World Tour!

[@EventHubs]

When G first comes in they could do a takeover where all the NPCs are reskinned in Q-like clothing.

[@DShawnPaytonOffiicial]

@@EventHubs that would be sick!

[@HELLRAISER02]

​@@EventHubswhile this NPC got no mask, brian f found a guy in a similar outfit to Q in his demo world tour playthrough, tho this is definitely just a reference, but cool

[@freakinglegend3864]

I really wanted G in 6, in fact because of all this plot related to him I thought he was gonna be the main villain somehow. Still hoping he gets in, perhaps season 3 onwards.

[@agentrevenge3370]

Makes sense. G = President of the Earth Q = CIA, FBI, Secret Service etc. It would explain how he’s everywhere in SF3: 3rd Strike.

[@stefanroche3052]

Maybe a tragically preserved and horribly mutilated Chun-Li’s dad. He carried on the duty to be the ultimate cop, an ever present fed lol

[@mrrunodan8119]

And JP?

[@andresouza5751]

I'm honestly thinking Capcom have no idea what to do with all this plot.

[@dukeofnylon]

Occam's razor:"The simplest explanation is usually the best one

[@tracyndiyob162]

still handles it more better than mk rebooting because they screwed up as early as 9 though do think later on their should for 6 be a story addition that adds the characters from alpha,4/5 outside a few characters & 1 as capcom's fighters do have good stories it's just more for 6 they shouldn't have focused on 2's characters/world tour have an actual cliffhanger instead of just the villain basically escaping.

[@kaom4713]

@@tracyndiyob162 Yeah I'm actually not satisfied with the cliffhanger ending of world tour mode but I am under the impression that there will be a world tour expansion some time in the future but who knows. Maybe capcom feels like adding DLC characters to world tour is expansion enough but the story of world tour and JP was a fresh start but it does get in the way of the more urgent things happening with G and Gill

[@blakenapier3125]

Graeygroy can be his Name

[@Kaioshin9000]

G NEEDS to be in sf 6 he is the best new comer in YEARS

[@Rhino-n-Chips]

I always assumed Q was the tragic fate that awaited G, which would explain why all Q's moves seem like he was trying to do G's moves, but his mind and body were out of sync or deteriorated, so they come out all wrong.

[@weiwu1442]

id say this makes the most sense, like he had a fight with Gil or Urien and came out the other end severely damaged

[@pigglesgoomshby7249]

I like how so much about G is designed to make you question whether or not he’s Q, his moves, his height, even his hair color being the same as Q’s based on the tiny little glimpses we get in Third Strike. I really like the idea that Q is G since I think it’s cooler if Q is this mystery man who can be seemingly everywhere at once, but the open mystery makes it so it can go either way where Q may just be a title for G’s followers or something like that. If Q does end up being G and makes it into SF6, I could see them doing something similar to Bison where you help him regain his power, allowing him to act on the apocalyptic event Rose was talking about in SFV, since I feel like the devs fully intend to follow through on G’s mystery after Shadaloo’s had it’s time in the spotlight in 6. They decided to expand on Rose’s suspicions on G in the final season pass rather than pivot to another plot point ahead of 6’s release, so it’d be really odd imo if they just dropped G’s story entirely, but at the same time Street Fighter isn’t exactly known for its Shakespearian writing

[@freakinglegend3864]

Also does anyone remember G had an actual boss fight that could show up randomly in Arcade Mode?

[@HELLRAISER02]

I do and lost to him,hes definitely in there as a reference to Q in 3rd strike but still interesting

[@blakenapier3125]

Graeygroy Versus George Jones

[@a_creatorsstuff17]

Whatever yhe connection is, im amazed Q isnt in the background of a stage, strolling around on world tour or as a fightable world tour npc

[@Robomori]

Q is the reason why I devoted myself to 3rd Strike and G made me stay with SFV way longer than I thought I would. Both incredible characters, hope to see either of them in SF6 :))

[@Kusotario]

Ngl i thought JP had something to do with all of this because of his name

[@legendrai1]

brain washing multiple people into wearing similar attires like a cult while compelling them to cause calamities at different times & places world wide is quite a solid theory as that idea fits more into street fighter verse which goes to show psycho power isn't the only 1 capable of "converting" people into dolls & violent ken(s)

[@DioDCynic]

Finally, EventHubs talking about every single topic the SF community needs to hear. Take your tinfoil hats out and prepare your red string board while we dive deep into this rabbit hole.

[@DioDCynic]

will there be a Thirteen? wtf happened to Sean!?

[@epochtoaster]

I got a Foil Hat for you; as a villain whos power appears as golden light and threads with a goal concerning the leadership of the world and an appearance based on a benevolent ruler G is a heavy mirror of Chakravartin from Asura's Wrath. That game is the ancient past of the street fighter universe and ends showing its characters reborn during the events of street fighter.

[@tbrandy1405]

But hey, that's just a theory. A GAME THEORY.

[@funnyusername4774]

To be honest, I think this storyline is much more interesting as something we have to piece together from details and vagueness. While it would be cool for this to become a more front-and-center conflict, once it’s out it’s out. There isn’t really any more mystery. I think it’s much more interesting to keep giving us weird hints mostly or completely detached from the main plot, but in engaging and prominent ways like having Q, G, hell, even twelve or necalli return as playable characters without much explanation, if any (necalli would prob break this rule bc of SFV making him the main focus but maybe it’s salvageable, who knows)

[@EventHubs]

I do appreciate how it's been bits and pieces for 2 decades. It'd be cool if they wrote the whole thing and trickled it from the start, though I don't think that's at all what we're seeing.

[@MSCDonkeyKong]

Maybe it'd be nice if there were details that imply a resolution to the conflict

[@ShelbyAQD]

I wonder how much of Q's backstory they actually had in mind all the way back in SF3. Like, I doubt they knew exactly who or what was going to be controlling him. But if they did have at least an idea for a sinister President in mind, then I wonder if their naming scheme was a reference to the Men in Black movies where all the government agents are codenamed with single letters?

[@TheWonder_OfU]

Talking about animations from Q with his humanity seeping out. The win animation where he turns around and widens his stance then looks at the opponent seems a lot more fluid and human like to me. Almost like he’s about to cry out, then gets zapped back to mind control looking at the opponent. Another one is during his Special III I think where he grabs his face for a second. This could be because that Special is basically a self destruct and the human part of him is freaking out about doing it. I think it’s very interesting that the “human” emotions can almost be telegraphed by how fluid the movement is.

[@CrimsonMoonM]

Getting an answer to the mystery would be nice.

[@keenbeanmachine7214]

I’m really loving the idea that this G brainwashing, turning people into Qs could be the next big threat to the world of street fighter cause I love Q as a character and design, having the plot revolve around him would be such a treat for me lol

[@Aes_pen]

Thank you EventHubs for compiling all of those facts about G and Q. I'm very tired of trying to prove different people that they are clearly connected, but not the same character. You made this video perfectly, now more people will understand. Also, can't wait to get our glorious president of the Earth back in SF6. Power to Earth!

[@holllow]

LIGHT IT UP!

[@perc_nowitzki4735]

They are for sure connected in my mind and if you want proof they aren’t the same person just tell them how G has those crazy earth powers, meanwhile the most Q can do is blow himself up and not die lol.

[@blakenapier3125]

Graeygroy = Abraham Lincoln Versus George Jones = Dwaog

[@bradwig]

The theory I subscribe to is that between the events of sf5 and 3 G is captured by the illuminati and turned into Q. Stripped of most of his free will and powers because the illuminati feared him (much like rose did )

[@DavidMyrmidon]

That's not just your theory.. it's the general theory that is being passed around.

[@smnvalex]

​@@DavidMyrmidonhe literally said it's the theory he subscribes to he never said it was his lmao

[@VelocitySatrocities]

I really want Q to recieve a second chance in sf6 i think his sense of mystery and his sluggish and explosive moves just makes him so cool

[@therocklau]

It should be well known by now that sf3 was not supposed to be a sf game, the team are working on a brand new fighting game unnamed, it's capcom called them up and transform this game to the sf3.1 then two following, and that's why the game feels so much different, and there are many characters almost clones of old sf type, if it was a sf game developed they would need to add Remy or Dudley or Necro, just use guile balrog and Dhalsim. Anyway, Q is definitely an "original" character, and his backstrory started no where near streetfighter story, so everything is new, G is a direct succession to Q, which could mean a new type of force, but it could just be an experiment.

[@RobotPlaysGames]

Well written and narrated-props!

[@briancoulombe4517]

Honestly, my theory is that Capcom is just trolling us.

[@theloquenderoz100]

Q is such a cool and mysterious sf character, easily my favorite ever. Thanks for talking more about him and showing that concept art of him that i´ve never seen.

[@DaPhenomAce]

Here's to hoping that if G returns, capcom has a good writer to tell his story and expand his lore

[@alexspyro563]

I have a plot twist theory here: G could be Robert Sullivan (Luke father) we all know that he die in the mall explosion but how about gill save his life before the explosion, brain wash him and Robert is doing mysterious things

[@greypolar2720]

Sounds like they're just part of the same group, not the same person. Could also explain why it looks like Q is everywhere at once. It's actually Q,R,S, and T.

[@pian-0g445]

I do find the mystery fun, but in the end, for me, I just really want G back for 6 basically as he was in 5. Charisma and all. And if he gets the ‘Q’ costume, even better

[@ComputerFace24]

G also appears in an SF6 title that you can equip called “Here Comes the Reign” where it pictures a bunch of Street Fighter bad guys like M Bison and Seth (and G).

[@deconyus3412]

Q either being sad or stomping on the loser’s head felt like one man suffering from internal conflict or being mind controlled. Now it moreso feels like each Q is a different person each time, and while 1 Q may hate what they did another Q might love it, or not care at all. While I want G/Q to come back, watch Capcom give us O or C and just make the mystery even more complicated

[@pigglesgoomshby7249]

Honestly, would not surprise me if when G shows up as DLC, a bunch of Qs start running around in World Tour as part of a quest

[@captainphoton1693]

To me, Q being "manipulated from behind the scenes" in the sf3 animations notes was not about the fact he was manipulated. More that that's the feeling we must get from him. The fcte we see him everywhere with him having a teleport move is just to confuse us. His conflicting emotions, Etc etc. Just a mysterious character. Whats actually our best hint is that the recent director chose to show us those concept art without cutting the words. Decided to make a female concept art. Maybe for a move or story mode. Maybe decided to keep the mystery for one more game after sf6 was confirmed. But still show us that concept art. As well as taking the opportunity of a season 5 of dlc to add oro and rose. 1 that can see the future and potentially talk to her past self from before the first Q appeared. The other so powerful him saying that G is a danger makes it that much more impressive. Also side note. If thatbtheory is true. Why would he be named G, and his puppets Q? G could stand for gold, god, idk. But Q ? It may just be a detail that can really be retroactively changed. But I wonder if Q now actually stand for something.

[@EventHubs]

I saw somewhere that G could mean "Gold" while Q is "Quicksilver," which follows Gold directly on the periodic table. I seriously doubt that's what they were going for as they named Q some 20 years ago and I don't think they'd thought it through this closely, but there it is FWIW.

[@captainphoton1693]

@@EventHubs Q was definitely not intended to have a more back then. Just mysterious and confusing. So when making G they maybe tough of that when searching a name.

[@junka7684]

Maybe it stands for Question? Well, who knows at this point

[@ouranos0101]

G is for Globalization and Q is for Question Everything@@EventHubs

[@StevenTheVoxmanMane]

@@EventHubs Actually, what they seemed to be going for was a Japanese pun. The letters G and Q combined, GQ, sounds exactly the same as the word for Earth, Chikyu (地球).

[@domcloudy5297]

Both Oro and Rose were released at the end of SF5 life, and by that time SF6 was already in development, if G wasn't going to appear in SF6 they wouldn't have placed him as an important character in both their stories.

[@DiegoMartinez-ur7gi]

I always thought G was trying to stop the apocalypse?

[@cinnabarsin4288]

It is very interesting and I would love to know, but I think it's also one of those things that would lose all the magic if it was confirmed or explained. Some things are best left to debate and hinted at and referenced to.

[@blacklite911]

I still think the explanation for Necalli’s flair out is meta. I think Necalli’s character was Yoshinori Ono’s idea but when he was removed from street fighter due to the poor launch, they scrapped it.

[@AlphaProto]

Q is one of the most intriguing characters in the STreet Fighter universe, because they have not explained anything about him. We have to draw our own ideas.

[@AgentownshipRebelion]

Capcom has peculiar priorities when it comes to story. This is why I didn't understand why people were talking like they were "so sure" Rose, G and Q were getting a follow up in the next game. That said, at any point they can return to this. Several game(and years) from now or as a add on for World Tour.

[@dougeefresh1534]

I’m very excited to see where SF6 takes the story!

[@KingJaeTV]

Interesting topic!

[@johnguerrero4546]

Thanks Jae!

[@blakenapier3125]

Capcom did a Good Job on Some Characters

[@reapermecca5018]

Wow G the MK ultra master

[@GentlemanQ]

Bringing Q back would be great. But i feel like they would just ruin his signature as a mysterious menacing cyborg-like being. I would rather them keeping him the way he is than ruining it for us after 25 years of mysterious rizz around Q.

[@MackCasual]

I want g just as a playable character. But if this lore becomes canon it would be super dope.

[@EmphasisOnJ]

6:45 does he really shed a tear? Also the projectiles that JP uses in sf6 look like q&g high low rush punches

[@jesselee9223]

GREAT video. More of these!

[@sideofbeeferoni]

Q is so awesome.

[@perc_nowitzki4735]

Great simple video with good research. I’ve been trying to learn about this topic for years and your videos better then a lot seen much longer videos with just speculation, but that scraped special move description is kinda huge in my opinion and your the only person I’ve seen cover it

[@EventHubs]

I appreciate the kind words

[@blakenapier3125]

Street Fighter must be fixed over still

[@pie8863]

I think the street fighter story is good, and I’m tired of pretending I don’t

[@RyuNoZero]

Best would be if Capcom just does nothing with Q. G is kind of taking a massive dump on Q already, though I'd like to imagine that G got captured by Gill and turned into Q. But for real: Q should remain a Mystery.

[@windindi2834]

I hope Q returns!!

[@F1ghtGam3r]

I like the GQ magazine joke 🤣

[@Thomas-ye7jk]

It might be odd but I want Q to return in sf6 instead of G, either one is fine really

[@shaideyfresh1]

Can you guys talk about ALL of thr major fighters that are out, Not just Street fighter? Like Tekken? Killer Instinct? Virtua Fighter? MK? KOF? DOA? I thought you guys were a Hub for fighters ? Is that not the case?

[@kingleonidas2182]

You know, I think I’ve mentioned this in the past but the same way that Gil might be hinting that G is Q, is how I came to the conclusion that Lily is actually tied to Necalli. Because of the way that Ryu, Dhalsim, and Zangief refer to her spirit. I don’t remember the SF5 story, but I know that Ryu and Dhalsim had a pretty big role when it came to why Necalli was there. I hope he comes back with some kind of purpose. In a perfect world, SF6 would slowly release multiple story modes. One for the whole JP aspect, another surrounding Lily and Necalli, and another for Gil and the Illuminati coming back (cuz there’s hints of that happening in World Tour I think). Honestly they could do a countdown from the games, utilizing each villain for every new storyline. I know that those copy fighter robots aren’t there for nothing Seth. But ugh, I REALLY do not want Bison to come back. If it worked out this way tho, I couldn’t complain. Edit: Actually, maybe I wouldn’t mind Bison returning if Rose goes back to him and takes control, changing the character into something fresh.

[@HELLRAISER02]

Ok, crazy theory time Rashid n aki WT events point to shadaloo coming back, some members want ed to lead, others want JP to lead So eds WT events are prolly gonna be pretty important storywise, so if JP is only the first boss, and either gill or G (whos got the power of the roman goddess, Gaia) then Akuma could actually do something with that shin hair by fighting them since prolly no other chars strong enough, or somehow they gotta go avengers mode to beat this final boss, OR rose already reset the timeline which i cant prove, but basically, if theres no apocalypse then either rose succeeded or she failed and it just hasnt happened yet But this whole G thing is so big it makes me wonder if JP was added so that they could side step that whole storyline, which i hope isnt the case cuz dropping a whole multigame mystery would feel very unsatisfying ...yeah sorry, this was longer than i thought itd be

[@blakenapier3125]

Some Characters has Worst Design Appearances

[@tracyndiyob162]

while capcom has good stories(mortal kombat is where the story is unimportant outside subzero/scorpion and parts of kitana as it's just there for gore and the characters are just there to look cool or sexy with weak attempts at times to fix some/street fighter 4 is where the story felt like filler from ono's direction at points.) i like the mystery of g. really love rose(am so glad it didn't lead to an alpha reboot for 6 though really wish alpha characters got into 6 base.)/oro feeling unsettled by him,how he uses the power of the earth in a similar way to the terry bogard/geese howard,being unsettling but surprisingly hilariously benevolent compared to the others having complexes and having an awesome theme. while he's not q(necalli is more why not to shove an antagonist with a goal that goes against the series that could've been easily reworked.) i'm convinced he's tied to him being involved in his creation but also that g's the previous leader of the illuminati with how gill's somewhat surprised by him/the higher position of their society being hidden & ibuki hunting gill for the g-project(could easily have that be what g originally planned for the world with a comeback of gill/urien corrupting it to cause it's destruction controlling everyone after their society fell to disarray.)

[@jeremyhall2727]

Great video, i never part that together 😮

[@DavidMyrmidon]

The Real Reason they Created Q, was an Homage to a Japanese Detective Series.. I forgot The Name. But his story was so vague and mysterious, that it actually worked. So when V came around.. I don't doubt that they wanted to put Q back in there, but they couldn't do/pull that same "Mysterious" Narrative a Second Time.. because they're just - Capcom. So they created an imitation of Q. G. New Mysterious Background, similar Moves, well.. sort of. Now everyone and their mothers is running around claiming that The 2 Characters are Connected in some way, will only incentivize Capcom to Lazily connect The 2.. to tie things off. In all honesty, Q is more Gouki (Akuma) than he is Vega (M. Bison). He searches for worthy Opponents to kill them. It's why his Main Rival is Gouki. No words are Exchanged .. just Straight to Battle. Just how they like it.

[@Rylaine]

This. Knowing Capcom, Q might be just a throwaway character as a Japanese pop culture reference and they had no plan to expand him as a char. Also, it seems people didn't really care about him really much (although he's like the 4th most fav character in Japan around early 2000)

[@blakenapier3125]

They lost track on The Storylines

[@bigmonnie]

Gotta wait till Alpha/Zero 4

[@PressureCooker69]

bro let's goooo. ALL I WANT IS G

[@azizkash286]

POWER TO THE EARTH

[@nadvet8097]

If they add G in SF6 just if 😢, G is my best character was created in whole fighting games

[@caramel7149]

Star Trek: Character who's personality reflects how they grew up and the challenges they face Lord of the Rings: Whimsical Short Bois who grow up in a hurry to catch up with cataclysmic times H.P. Lovecraft: A man desperate to say the n-word, writes everything he can about his Sleep Paralysis Demons Streetfighter: hat

[@lerigan]

Top G.

[@305unleashedgraphix3]

G or Q hope either one of them drop as SF6 DLC !!

[@DavidMyrmidon]

I'm hoping Q. Never liked G.

[@305unleashedgraphix3]

@@DavidMyrmidon hoping for a full season of 3rd characters, Dudley,Markato,Q,Necro, Hugo

[@KaitouKaiju]

What if Q is a clone like the dolls

[@EdwardFeinho]

JP has something to do with it, you can say they aren't related but the moveset adds up, his fireball does an overhead, low and straight hit like dash punch, his animations when using Amnesia looks like Q taunt with the hands up, he does one of his animations when winning but he just don't steps on the player head, G and JP maybe worked together to make many Qs controled by both so that's why the moveset look alike, the same happens with Urien, Alex and Gill wich they all have moveset that look alike just because they are all from the same breed of fighters according to the comics, and Alex is a little different cause he didn't fight like the other 2, but having a tackle, knee drop, strong overhead and even a launching D.HP? They made it look alike for a reason and i think it' the same with JP, Q and G. Or i'm just really going way too far with it.

[@HELLRAISER02]

Well alex does wrestling, pro wrestling and kick boxing, while urien and gill do prankation i think, which includes wrestling but could be coincidence, or maybe to make the protag and boss feel connected or something Your JP theory might have merit since psycho power can control people, and JP has organized company fallings and peoples deaths, so it wouldnt be farfetched to think him and G made many Qs and other freaky stuff after (prolly) imprisoning bison in his cane, tho they gotta have a WT Pt.2 or a story mode for the main chars to progress all this cuz we dont have all the pieces norcharacters to tell this narrative yet

[@ivaerz4977]

Well than you should also count T.Hawk his throw animations are similar to Q

[@EdwardFeinho]

@@ivaerz4977 They are way different when it comes to anything else, Alex, Urien and Gill are related by other things outside of moveset, like the fact that Twelve can't hurt any of them, he just turn into sand in the comics if he touch alex, Q on the other hand is only really conected to G and that's it, they do look alike in their moveset and when it comes to lore reasons SF does that a lot, that's why Dan tatsu look like a tiger knee and not a actual tatsu, or why Decapre has Claw target combo and many other cases, you can say Jamie is related to Yan and Yung because of his moveset alone.

[@EdwardFeinho]

@@HELLRAISER02 I just want to know who or exactly what is Q, the guy is a cool character and i when i saw JP on the first trailer my mind went directly to him, but he may just have nothing to do with him at all 😳

[@HELLRAISER02]

@@EdwardFeinho i think Q is uh...um, a dude with a grab super with the coolest animation :)

[@fodolocraigo8426]

I always thought g=q

[@yourstillwithme]

man SF6 is really in a viable content drought. We need a new character BADLY right now. It's insanely pathetic how shooters like fort nite, overwatch, cod, and Xdefiant are being LOADED with content and SF and other fighters are just like "Hey, play ranked mode, and spend 40 hours of gameplay to just GET ONE COSTUME and we are going to release ONE CHARACTER every 4 months. Have fun!" its so pathetic how much fighters are drip fed these days. So pathetic.

[@mr.checkyourself4672]

G story went exactly nowhere all this build up and mysteries regarding him meant nothing.

[@ValChronification]

I miss Sfv ngl

[@llamabot9889]

I might download it again, I know people are playing and SF6 is Severely Lacking Content

[@blakenapier3125]

Nobody Plays these at all

[@IanSlutz]

I can't be the first to say this, I hope I'm not the last but "..."

[@silvanioaraujo5957]

Gen sf6

[@АртёмТор-к2ю]

You don't. Last interesting character was Makoto in sf3

[@NikolayNikoloff]

I know this is quite subjective, however, you guys gotta be delusional to think that G is the example of interesting character. G is probably the most uninteresting character in all of Street Fighter. Even the generic MMA fighter Luke is more interesting. Anyway, just so you know, your opinion on what's an interesting character is, just like mine, subjective.

[@liquidladdy]

Nice blog

[@blakenapier3125]

People are wrong about these

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

Capcom makes good games. But really bad at making character designs. Q is what happens if you ask a 5 year old to make a "mysterious character." Mask? Check. Trenchcoat? Check. Gloves? Check. Fedora hat? Check. Darkened profile upon entrance? Check. Useless nonsensical ending? Check.

[@________________6325]

3:11 booba

[@ggjcggg]

i knew someone would write this comment 💀

[@blakenapier3125]

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