It's so fitting that Justin Wong was one of the announcers commentating on this match. On his channel, Justin has an entire video about a tournament set where his Chun Li gets schooled by Hayao's Hugo. Justin isn't playing poorly, Hayao is just that much better. In fact, when Chun Li attempts a wake-up EX Spinning Bird Kick, Hugo uses the same standing FK drop kick knowing it would have priority. Hayao read it like a book. 🤯
Goes to show Hayao knows what he's doing and that roundhouse was the one that always surprised everyone when he nailed it along with his "SA1 Hayao Special jumpscare" xD
It's especially funny hearing Jwong's "worthless button" comment after seeing Hayao get good use out of it multiple times. I like Jwong and all, but Third Strike is *not* his game.
It has a lot of active frames, hits overhead, and beats a parry/throw break option select. It is a perfectly reasonable move to use to get a final hit and win a round in that situation. Using Ken's super as a reversal instead of an EX DP was the only mistake!
@@VitomazzarinoEX shoryu only hits once if the opponent crouch blocks. Frankie must have not wanted to run the risk of thar single instance of chip not killing Hugo, who has the highest health total in the game.
I was there in the crowd, that man stole our hearts the SECOND he walked on stage. and what did he do? he took that love and cemented himself in Evo History for forever
@@shivamarya5225 What does that have to do with EVO moment 37? Its not legendary because Daigo was an EVO winner in other years. Its just a great moment in itself regardless of the players involved.
This may be my favorite fighting game moment ever, i can't believe it, it's like if after moment 37 Daigo just hit the griddy, i love this fella so much
He said on Twitter that he plays on the floor because it make it easier for him to get up and do "unnecessary" things. The man has optimized his stance for popoffs... He's a legend.
It's actually even more difficult than you explained. Air tatsu hits at unpredictable timings and can hit an unpredictable amount of times depending on when it is used. And it comes out SO fast you can't just react. Hayao had to be SO ready for every precise detail in order to parry the full thing, but also be ready to get the punish on landing. If he tried to parry one more hit that wasn't actually there, he wouldn't have gotten the punish. And THEN he used dropkick in the sickest way possible. Such a great player.
This might be true for novice players, but an experienced 3S player is going to know the timings and number of attacks from an extremely effective attack from a top tier character, just from experience and memory.
@@ProzacStylings not quite. Its very finicky. But also, basically you are just saying. "If you are really good and experienced, its possible" and yea, lol hayao is. Dont downplay, this is legit harder than moment 37 imo. Tighter parry window, no superflash to telegraph, ambiguous amount of parrys, and then a 2nd hard read after the punish. Its insane
@@SuperLemonfish No, I did not say it's "possible" if you are very good and experienced. I said that good and very-experienced players know how many times a certain move will hit in a certain position, because they've seen it literally a thousand times. That's not "possible", that's "virtually guaranteed". Things that are unpredictable for new players are memorized for people with 10,000 hours in the game.
@@SuperLemonfish Parrying Chun's super is way harder than this, i could see how this looks harder, because on paper it is, but air parries aren't that difficult considering you can buffer one when you jump and you do have time to react to the first parry, and is not really that hard to gauge the amount of hits based on height, 100 hours will let you do this, basically any middle C and upper rank in Fightcade could pull an EX Tatsu air parry. The really big brain stuff comes from knowing you could punish the landing (Sometimes you can't do that because if you end up the parries at a weird angle your opponent ends up on the ground faster than you) and using s.HK, worthless move but lets you punish wake up super with EX Lariat. Don't get me wrong, parries were hype but a lot of folks tend to think they are a technical miracle when players just go by feel, you just can't react to most buttons/specials with parry. People think a lot of parries are really hard when most of them follow the principle of buffering one when you are near your opponent, if you go to training mode and press both Forward and a button, most of the time you will parry that move, after a certain level you see a lot of players doing exactly this thing, fishing for "safe" parries, mindgames at that level come from buttons delays/timing changes. ChikoPS2 (Chilean Dudley player) does this a lot.
honestly, this move is on par, if not crazier than Evo moment 37, the fact that this is Hugo fucking HUGO on main stage EVO using a move widely regarded as complete trash to win the match is one of the most insane things I have ever seen at a fighting game tournament, it felt like being in the room during the Daigo parry
The most impressive thing is that he's 41 years old,.. like wtf is this guy eating? I saw plenty of guys in their 20s in this tournament that looked pretty rough compared to Hayao lol, and there's no way they can move like him.
Hayao has retained his youth by Remaining Jolly and Whimsical, this is the man that practices 720 inputs upside down for the hell of it, no god would dare tear 'im down
@@keiharris332 it's a flashy game, it's easier to watch, but SF is more methodic, rather see 2 guys staring at each other trying to read and understand each other, than watching 10 seconds strings and TODs everywhere
@keiharris332 Marvel is great to watch but for a causal you're just seeing big flashy moves. Third Strike is a little slower, so positioning and individual moves are a lot easier to see, even if you don't really understand what's going on
The crazy part is parrying all of the hits Since the amount of hits can vary due to it being an air button and other jank like how far it goes into you, which side, etc
what framerate is the game running at? 7 frame converting to 1/12th of a second doesn't seem right. If its 50/60 frames (as I would guess), it should convert more to something like 1/7th or 1/8th of a second.
I was in that crowd, was talking to some people I met there about how hard this matchup looked, then this happened right after. I almost passed out from how much I screamed in that moment.
This video shows the most important part of the hype in the moment. Hayao using a useless button to secure victory. I’ve been seeing a lot of people downplaying this moment, saying the drop kick avoiding super was luck.
Whoever says it's luck is smoking something good. As the video stated, he has never used the drop kick before in the match. So when it was used it was 100% intentional.
Watching him on stream was a blast. He ate 2 Kara demons from PikachuAkuma, clutched a 720 on wake up from Resolve’s Aegis Reflector; list goes on. All the while, doing his hamstring ripping antics. One for the ages. 😂🎉
I was there. It was glorious. There was an exact EVO 37 replay and everyone overlooks it and I find it very funny. The Ken lost but the parry and punish was the same on a Chun.
@@Lreclusa They could never repeat the original. It's not just the full parry, it's being on 1HP and turning it around. It's about the punish being just enough.
Hayao has been my favorite 3S player long before EVO so seeing him captivate everyone while dominating with Hugo was everything and more than I wanted and expected. He's been a certified GOAT but reached GOAT of GOAT status with his antics and performance.
3rd Strike will never die. There will be aenior citizens playing it in resthomes in 20.years..Jwong will be parrying shit from.beyond the grave. 3rd Strike is too beloved to die
My friends and i were in the middle and Hayao immediately became the crowd favorite. His antics made everyone laugh and there was a moment when the entire arena was cheering his name. We all jumped from our seats the moment he parried. It was so epic I forgot we had one more day of EVO
Between this and the Turkish guy at the Olympics this has been a great year for guys who didnt win their event but won the hearts of the viewing public. And that's beautiful
Everyone is gonna compare this to evo moment 37 till the end of time, but to be honest I don’t even know if that does it Justice Moment 37 is the pinnacle of what 3rd strike was meant to be. When the devs allowed super arts to be parried, they probably envisioned someone in the distant future using it to make an incredible comeback happen What Hayao did, to both execute and innovate with the drop kick, should not have even been possible. Everyone knew evo moment 37 was achievable. The only person in that entire sold out arena that knew this could happen, with a smile on his face the whole way, was Hayao Great video as always man :)
Well, at the time of evo moment 37, according to Justing Wong, at least in usa they thought that parry chun li SA was impossible. And now, decades after, old players have much more knowledge than before. So i think both moments are impressive in their own way, but evo moment 37 has much more weight overall
The breakdown of why exactly Hugo’s drop kick is considered useless really helped me appreciate it that much more. This year’s Evo was such a treat as a viewer with so many special matches & moments. Great to see more & more people are watching this absolutely incredible moment.
This video's perfect to show people who aren't into video games, and why we love them. Skill, competition, community, exhilaration, fun. Described wonderfully here. Thank you.
Getting to be so close to the stage for this moment was insane. I had honestly had such a torrid weekend up to that point, but in that one single moment not one bit of it mattered. Pure, unadulterated, HYPE.
This EVO Moment #38 happened RIGHT on the year of EVO Moment #37, 20 years after the moment that made fighting game history. It's insane that White Gi Ken the underdog that overcame the odds now become the Top tier wall that Hugo bust down with his dropkick. 3rd Strike is a one of a kind game, i wouldn't be surprise if 20 years from now EVO would run 3rd strike again and we would get our EVO Moment #39 where in Hugo would get parried by Q with 1 HP and do some wild ass punish. Just like Infinite said, we'll always be trapped in the new world of Street Fighter 3.
EVO 37 has always been an inspirational clip. I thought nothing could top it. It still hasnt due to its legacy. Thank you for this video. It has opened my eyes to the such jaw dropping talent. You broke it down in a following pace. I will watch this match for years to come.
For a play to be considered an Evo moment I think it has to share 2 qualities. #1 It has to show an incredible technical feat and knowledge of the game. #2 The most important, it has to have a profound impact on the community and encapsulate the spirit of the FGC. This moment is just that! EVO moment #38
>magic pixel >Daigo Parry >insane tech dodge >Punish into winning the set >Has been rizzing the entire stadium the entire set, hyping them up for him >rewards the audience with a spectacular win ass-pulled fresh out for a live audience and on stream. This is what we call Peak Gaming Culture.
This is what keeps me hopeful they will continue releasing things like Online Edition for this game on modern systems. Seems like something captivating happens at least once whenever 3rd Strike is on the stage. As long as moments like this are possible, I don't think this game will ever die. For a lot of people, this set from Hayao is the highlight OF THE ENTIRE FINALS SUNDAY this year and he didn't even win the tournament. As broken as this game is, we love it. If they don't release editions for modern systems, I hope they revisit the 3rd Strike formula in the future and maybe make a new game around the system mechanics. It's already been 13 years since Online Edition released for PS3/X360, I really hope they don't wait too long. I was 23 when this edition came out, I hope I'm still breathing when they decide to redo this game in some fashion as those consoles are no longer being supported.
This was my first EVO going to and wasn't really into watching 3rd strike, but was like fuck it and went and was so glad to witness this incredible moment.
Hayao's extensive knowledge of Hugo cannot to expressed in mere words. Justin Wong himself did a FT5 match with him, and was swept. In fact, he was KO'd in one round by the very same dropkick that dodged Ken's wake up super. He also Half-Daigo parried Chun-Li's super, countering midway through with a command grab to KO her. He's legit.
2:15 fun fact: this is an anti air parry which has a shorter window. Instead of 10f, it's around 5-6f (forgot the exact number), making this even harder
Some of our team was here for this moment in person - and your recap is almost better than the real thing. Awesome video. And captures that moment perfectly!
Watching the entire set was incredible, my eyes were glued to the screen and when that moment happened I screamed so loud I hurt my throat 🤣Truly Evo Moment 38
"Evo Moment 37" is just a thing the guy who uploaded it to evo's youtube made up. The community is choosing to call this evo moment 38, and it would be cool if Evo also did that, but dont get it in your head that "Evo moments" are some kind of actual series that exists.
This set is the greatest example of what made old school fighting game design so enduring. Where newer games almost entirely rely on universal system mechanics to create scenarios, older games placed a bit more emphasis on unique character traits and tools In SF6, Hugo's drop kick probably wouldn't go over Kens super like that, and I think thats what makes this moment so great. Hayao had the character and situational knowledge to pull of a series of plays like that, pulling one over not only on his opponent, but the audience AND legends alike That is the stuff that makes fighting games beautiful
After all these years, after all these DECADES, in a world where Street Fighter VI is out, the most competitive 1v1 fighting game in the world is _STILL_ SFIII: Third Strike.
@@treacherousjslither6920 Can't tell if you're trolling but he's active in SF3 since like 2005. You can easily google "hayao sf3" to see a wiki page about him (and you can see his age there).
1:33 this statement alone always burns me. (Hypothetically) 30 characters release in a game and the masses that play to win stick to 5 of 30. From that movement alone comes SHEEP MENTALITY. So now everyone is led to believe ONLY these characters are good. ONLY they have the best moves. So on and so on. Then something like this happens and the world is on its head. PLAY WHO YOU WANT. LEARN WHO YOU PLAY. HAVE FUN. The "tier list" is subjective. Play for yourself
yeah you kids like to exaggerate things to lvls they don't need to be... that man has been playing the game since its inception and has most likely had well over a thousand matches against ken specifically... he knows in end game situations like that MOST Ken plyers are going to opt to use the easiest most effective way to end the match even if its still a gamble if you ply against a certain character most your life you can very much predict what the plyer is going to do with them in situations.. is that drop kick trash for the most part yes but it isn't useless and high chances he's done that to ken plyers more times then you can even know... the jump parry was impressive but again he figured dude was trying to scrub out the match so he predicted the ex hurricane kick
Yeah I agree, you should go next time they have a 3rd strike tournament of similar size/fame as hugo and replicate his run. I'm sure we will see "evo moment 40 justice2120 hugo highlights".
@@koreanbf8303 nah i gotta long way to go unlike you D.A. kids out here.. yal got no clue what's going on which you why you always posting bad takes like this
I don't play fighting games serious at all...but what an amazing moment, and he must have felt like an absolute star in that moment. Good for him, whatta legend
Incredible, and I love hearing Justin Wong absolutely losing his mind, always a good time. The crowd to, what a great moment. It would have been notable even in the lower brackets but the fact this dude did this in the finals is just top tier showmanship and artistry.
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It's so fitting that Justin Wong was one of the announcers commentating on this match. On his channel, Justin has an entire video about a tournament set where his Chun Li gets schooled by Hayao's Hugo. Justin isn't playing poorly, Hayao is just that much better. In fact, when Chun Li attempts a wake-up EX Spinning Bird Kick, Hugo uses the same standing FK drop kick knowing it would have priority. Hayao read it like a book. 🤯
Goes to show Hayao knows what he's doing and that roundhouse was the one that always surprised everyone when he nailed it along with his "SA1 Hayao Special jumpscare" xD
Awesome
It's especially funny hearing Jwong's "worthless button" comment after seeing Hayao get good use out of it multiple times. I like Jwong and all, but Third Strike is *not* his game.
@@krodmandoon3479I don’t think you’re reading the room correctly.
The intro to the same video calls him 'the best 3rd strike player?!"
Common footage of Hayao actually happy.
Underrated comment.😂
Forget SF7, I want SFIII-4
@@James-wd9ib
Street fighter 4rd strike
“Let’s stop Frankie!”
@@snaffu1Perfect comment for this scenario.
the real low tier god
truly
one of the few like kane blue river
i really REALLY wanted a Q player to make in the finals of evo
Alex valle would be also hugo god beating sagat in sf4
@@sandwiches1069alex valle
"this move is worthless"
"and thats why noone knows how good it can be"
It has a lot of active frames, hits overhead, and beats a parry/throw break option select. It is a perfectly reasonable move to use to get a final hit and win a round in that situation. Using Ken's super as a reversal instead of an EX DP was the only mistake!
@@VitomazzarinoEX shoryu only hits once if the opponent crouch blocks. Frankie must have not wanted to run the risk of thar single instance of chip not killing Hugo, who has the highest health total in the game.
@@mappybc6097 how about this: in high level Hugo play a HK will be the right choice more often than a wake up/reversal Ken SA3
@@Vitomazzarino Anyone that says that has never played with Hugo and has no clue how ass that move is.
@@TheKrangled th-cam.com/video/xJarTrB6l94/w-d-xo.html Please don't post comments like that in the future.
I was there in the crowd, that man stole our hearts the SECOND he walked on stage. and what did he do? he took that love and cemented himself in Evo History for forever
You sound like you’re a homosexual on his nuts.
Hayao was absolutely the people’s champion by the end of his run
He didn't win EVO, but he won our hearts.
Uncrowned champion.
Just like Daigo did all those years ago.
But daigo has still won 4 EVOs@@Teknanam
@@shivamarya5225
What does that have to do with EVO moment 37? Its not legendary because Daigo was an EVO winner in other years. Its just a great moment in itself regardless of the players involved.
our ? speak for yourself
Hearing Justin say "He Knew?!?!?!?" Was so hype and helped me understand how crazy that read was.
Man dedicated his win on that read and he must’ve played enough Kens to have confidence he’d be right
This is why he was on-stage
shivers!
This may be my favorite fighting game moment ever, i can't believe it, it's like if after moment 37 Daigo just hit the griddy, i love this fella so much
Hayao has waaaaaay more moments like that. Look him up, he’s been playing for 20 years.
@@icebread123 Post some links for everyone to see please
Daigo hitting the griddy is such a funny mental image
@@lilacrain3283 Then look up Daigo hittin' the Cossack Dance.
You know someone is WAY to strong to play against if he uses a low tier character and hes playing on THE FLOOR
AND HES HAVING FUN NO MATTER WHAT
If I’m playing against a garpler and dude has his controller on a chair, I’m not even going to waste his time, I’m just gonna walk.
Hugo is low tier. This is just a strong player. No quotation marks. Low tier is low tier. Major props to him tho.
Someone who works hard can never beat someone who enjoys themselves
@@keiharris332hi tier lists are almost never objective rulings they're opinions which can and do change over time
He said on Twitter that he plays on the floor because it make it easier for him to get up and do "unnecessary" things. The man has optimized his stance for popoffs... He's a legend.
Hayao is 41 years old. I wish I had that level of energy...
WHAT??? Bro legit looks like he's in his mid 20's. Wow.
Diet, exercise, and plenty of sleep.
@@TokyoXtreme 100%, gotta step up my game damn! Those splits mid-game are no joke lol
You can see that he loves what he does!! unlike me in my 30s: hate my life bc I work at a stupid call center.
I want to be free like him!!
Japanese genes.
It's actually even more difficult than you explained. Air tatsu hits at unpredictable timings and can hit an unpredictable amount of times depending on when it is used. And it comes out SO fast you can't just react.
Hayao had to be SO ready for every precise detail in order to parry the full thing, but also be ready to get the punish on landing. If he tried to parry one more hit that wasn't actually there, he wouldn't have gotten the punish.
And THEN he used dropkick in the sickest way possible. Such a great player.
This might be true for novice players, but an experienced 3S player is going to know the timings and number of attacks from an extremely effective attack from a top tier character, just from experience and memory.
Don't forget to add he had to do all that shit you said WHILE in front of thousands of peoples. Just goat all around
@@ProzacStylings not quite. Its very finicky. But also, basically you are just saying. "If you are really good and experienced, its possible" and yea, lol hayao is. Dont downplay, this is legit harder than moment 37 imo. Tighter parry window, no superflash to telegraph, ambiguous amount of parrys, and then a 2nd hard read after the punish. Its insane
@@SuperLemonfish No, I did not say it's "possible" if you are very good and experienced.
I said that good and very-experienced players know how many times a certain move will hit in a certain position, because they've seen it literally a thousand times. That's not "possible", that's "virtually guaranteed". Things that are unpredictable for new players are memorized for people with 10,000 hours in the game.
@@SuperLemonfish Parrying Chun's super is way harder than this, i could see how this looks harder, because on paper it is, but air parries aren't that difficult considering you can buffer one when you jump and you do have time to react to the first parry, and is not really that hard to gauge the amount of hits based on height, 100 hours will let you do this, basically any middle C and upper rank in Fightcade could pull an EX Tatsu air parry. The really big brain stuff comes from knowing you could punish the landing (Sometimes you can't do that because if you end up the parries at a weird angle your opponent ends up on the ground faster than you) and using s.HK, worthless move but lets you punish wake up super with EX Lariat. Don't get me wrong, parries were hype but a lot of folks tend to think they are a technical miracle when players just go by feel, you just can't react to most buttons/specials with parry.
People think a lot of parries are really hard when most of them follow the principle of buffering one when you are near your opponent, if you go to training mode and press both Forward and a button, most of the time you will parry that move, after a certain level you see a lot of players doing exactly this thing, fishing for "safe" parries, mindgames at that level come from buttons delays/timing changes. ChikoPS2 (Chilean Dudley player) does this a lot.
honestly, this move is on par, if not crazier than Evo moment 37, the fact that this is Hugo fucking HUGO on main stage EVO using a move widely regarded as complete trash to win the match is one of the most insane things I have ever seen at a fighting game tournament, it felt like being in the room during the Daigo parry
Evo moment 38
The fact that air parries are twice as precise makes just the Parry part as impressive imo, then the knowledge flex, damn
Hayao was basicly Joseph Joestar. "Next you gonna do the tatsu super" and Frankie does the super arts.
The most impressive thing is that he's 41 years old,.. like wtf is this guy eating? I saw plenty of guys in their 20s in this tournament that looked pretty rough compared to Hayao lol, and there's no way they can move like him.
He’s a vampire and he feeds on the souls of top tiers
To me, it looks like the guy just takes good care of himself and has a good time. Something we all should do.
by being japanese and not fall into the western junk food slop.
That split especially
Hayao has retained his youth by Remaining Jolly and Whimsical, this is the man that practices 720 inputs upside down for the hell of it, no god would dare tear 'im down
I dont think any fighting game will ever be more watchable than Third Strike.
You never seen a game of marvel 2 or 3?!
@@keiharris332 it's a flashy game, it's easier to watch, but SF is more methodic, rather see 2 guys staring at each other trying to read and understand each other, than watching 10 seconds strings and TODs everywhere
I would say Undernight since any character can win and the game rewards timing your attacks and blocks with GRD control.
@keiharris332 there is way too much going on in marvel
@keiharris332 Marvel is great to watch but for a causal you're just seeing big flashy moves. Third Strike is a little slower, so positioning and individual moves are a lot easier to see, even if you don't really understand what's going on
Hayao is the embodiment of "Someone who works hard can never surpass someone who enjoys himself"
Based.
You cannot fathom the power of a man that vogues mid set in a third strike tournament at evo, he is simply beyond our mortal reach
this was true love making.
The most insane part was that an air parry actually has a 7 frame window, so he has around 1/9th of a second per parry. He really locked in there
It's actually a 5f window because it's an anti air parry rather than an air parry which is even cooler!
The crazy part is parrying all of the hits
Since the amount of hits can vary due to it being an air button and other jank like how far it goes into you, which side, etc
@@Eggroll3s grounded anti air parry’s are 5 frames, air to air parry’s are 7
what framerate is the game running at? 7 frame converting to 1/12th of a second doesn't seem right. If its 50/60 frames (as I would guess), it should convert more to something like 1/7th or 1/8th of a second.
@@denissinner4625oops ur right, it’s more like 1/9th, game runs at 60FPS
Great breakdown!
holy shit I did not expect to see you here. Love your videos Jacob.
You’re the last person I would have expected in the comment section of a 3rd strike breakdown
@@StreamusTime Gotta love seeing great creators having a shared appreciation.
I was in that crowd, was talking to some people I met there about how hard this matchup looked, then this happened right after. I almost passed out from how much I screamed in that moment.
My "OH MY GOD" was so loud after the dropkick, i scared my wife who ran upstairs to check on me. Truly iconic moment.
the freeze frame at the end was a nice touch
This video shows the most important part of the hype in the moment. Hayao using a useless button to secure victory.
I’ve been seeing a lot of people downplaying this moment, saying the drop kick avoiding super was luck.
Initially I, too, was confused about the hype, even though I know Hugo is a low tier. But this explanation explains the context. The hype is real.
Not a luck，Hayao san 先讀 (which is meaning he did see that coming) a super art from Ken is coming and do that kick，and this 先讀 success
Whoever says it's luck is smoking something good. As the video stated, he has never used the drop kick before in the match. So when it was used it was 100% intentional.
Watching him on stream was a blast.
He ate 2 Kara demons from PikachuAkuma, clutched a 720 on wake up from Resolve’s Aegis Reflector;
list goes on.
All the while, doing his hamstring ripping antics. One for the ages. 😂🎉
this is what 20+ years of third strike experience looks like
I was there.
It was glorious.
There was an exact EVO 37 replay and everyone overlooks it and I find it very funny.
The Ken lost but the parry and punish was the same on a Chun.
That moment is so famous that people practice that parry just to say they can do it. Makes it less impressive than the original.
@@Lreclusa They could never repeat the original. It's not just the full parry, it's being on 1HP and turning it around. It's about the punish being just enough.
Hayao has been the Hugo God longer than many modern players have been alive.
Hayao has been my favorite 3S player long before EVO so seeing him captivate everyone while dominating with Hugo was everything and more than I wanted and expected. He's been a certified GOAT but reached GOAT of GOAT status with his antics and performance.
SF3rdStrike still making plenty of hype moments pls don't let this game die
3rd Strike will never die. There will be aenior citizens playing it in resthomes in 20.years..Jwong will be parrying shit from.beyond the grave. 3rd Strike is too beloved to die
We are here for a reason.
My friends and i were in the middle and Hayao immediately became the crowd favorite. His antics made everyone laugh and there was a moment when the entire arena was cheering his name. We all jumped from our seats the moment he parried. It was so epic I forgot we had one more day of EVO
I was surprised how many people had cooked voices on the last day lol Day 2 was just too hype to contain
Between this and the Turkish guy at the Olympics this has been a great year for guys who didnt win their event but won the hearts of the viewing public. And that's beautiful
"He parries... EVERY... HIT". I had to replay that four times
Awesome coverage KBF
for laughs if you wanna see a real life Hugo, look up Paulo Cesar Silva vs Ikuhisa Minowa
Everyone is gonna compare this to evo moment 37 till the end of time, but to be honest I don’t even know if that does it Justice
Moment 37 is the pinnacle of what 3rd strike was meant to be. When the devs allowed super arts to be parried, they probably envisioned someone in the distant future using it to make an incredible comeback happen
What Hayao did, to both execute and innovate with the drop kick, should not have even been possible. Everyone knew evo moment 37 was achievable. The only person in that entire sold out arena that knew this could happen, with a smile on his face the whole way, was Hayao
Great video as always man :)
Well, at the time of evo moment 37, according to Justing Wong, at least in usa they thought that parry chun li SA was impossible. And now, decades after, old players have much more knowledge than before. So i think both moments are impressive in their own way, but evo moment 37 has much more weight overall
@HurinThalion12 u beat me to it lol I was just about to say this
I've already seen this clip titled Evo moment 38
@@darius410 Great minds think alike! (stupid minds too lol, but lets just pretend is the former)
The narrative behind the match and of course its aftermath take it to another level as well
The breakdown of why exactly Hugo’s drop kick is considered useless really helped me appreciate it that much more.
This year’s Evo was such a treat as a viewer with so many special matches & moments.
Great to see more & more people are watching this absolutely incredible moment.
This video's perfect to show people who aren't into video games, and why we love them.
Skill, competition, community, exhilaration, fun. Described wonderfully here. Thank you.
And all it will attract is gay representation and women who want ugly women representation.
These moments are why fighting games, particularly 3rd strike. Will always have a special place in my heart
I was thinking how I hoped that someone would make a video breakdown of this moment. Then I realized I was like, "YEAH I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS."
This "moment 38" combined with all of the tense grand finals and awesome announcements made EVO 2024 the best yet.
Something so magical about Justin Wong commentating this match and freaking out when Hayao was parrying the ex tatsu. Like his ptsd resurfacing 5:38
Hmm i thought the same
Beautifully explained. Your channel has criminally low views for the work you put in to this.
God I’m so happy I got to see this live man the hype in the arena every time this dude got a grab was fuckin crazy
Getting to be so close to the stage for this moment was insane. I had honestly had such a torrid weekend up to that point, but in that one single moment not one bit of it mattered. Pure, unadulterated, HYPE.
You did an incredible job of allowing a viewer to re-live that moment. You've helped cement the history. Thanks for taking time to make this!
And just like moment 37, no one's talking about the Grand Finals. At least not right now.
CONGRATZ to MOV to winning the tourney!
i don't even know who was against who in the final... this is moment 38 indeed.
After Hayaos matches i just cant watch regular ass third strike chun yun ken lol
Well imo it takes much more skill to use a low tier character to beat a top tier character
Exactly why it's a certified EVO moment.
No one's going to remember GF's of 2024 in five years, but they will remember that Hayao shocked the world.
Grand finals was actually a great set
This EVO Moment #38 happened RIGHT on the year of EVO Moment #37, 20 years after the moment that made fighting game history. It's insane that White Gi Ken the underdog that overcame the odds now become the Top tier wall that Hugo bust down with his dropkick. 3rd Strike is a one of a kind game, i wouldn't be surprise if 20 years from now EVO would run 3rd strike again and we would get our EVO Moment #39 where in Hugo would get parried by Q with 1 HP and do some wild ass punish. Just like Infinite said, we'll always be trapped in the new world of Street Fighter 3.
I'm Japanese too, but it's very rare to see a 41-year-old who looks this young. Time has stopped for him for 25 years😃
He is what?!
Great video! And the song at the end was as clutch as the dropkick. Very good editing. Wish you the best on your TH-cam journey :)
Thank you! Always appreciate the support, motivates me to keep on going 🙏
Thanks for the technical breakdown! Great job explaining just how unique this moment was
Great video.
You explained to a relative noob like me how this moment was incredible.
I love seeing this kind of stuff. That's how you put on a show for your audience. Amazing. So glad to be a part of the fgc ❤
EVO 37 has always been an inspirational clip. I thought nothing could top it. It still hasnt due to its legacy.
Thank you for this video. It has opened my eyes to the such jaw dropping talent. You broke it down in a following pace. I will watch this match for years to come.
You really did this moment justice.
For a play to be considered an Evo moment I think it has to share 2 qualities. #1 It has to show an incredible technical feat and knowledge of the game. #2 The most important, it has to have a profound impact on the community and encapsulate the spirit of the FGC. This moment is just that! EVO moment #38
>magic pixel
>Daigo Parry
>insane tech dodge
>Punish into winning the set
>Has been rizzing the entire stadium the entire set, hyping them up for him
>rewards the audience with a spectacular win ass-pulled fresh out for a live audience and on stream.
This is what we call Peak Gaming Culture.
This video is as incredible as the thing itself, great job!
20 years later to 2004 to 2024 another EVO moment this is crazy!!!
I still can't believe I witness this live from Max's stream. The legendary tatsu parry after EVO 37
Dude really made a freaking epic comeback and was like I'm high fiving everyone 8:22 what a showman I'm a fan now 🎉🎉
"That button is USELESS!"
"My character has no useless buttons, Justin"
Yes, this is worthy of being called "EVO Moment #38".
Im so happy to have watched this live. The crowd went insane
bro got them to rush the stage what a legend
Amazing summary of events, thank you for the video! 🎉
This is what keeps me hopeful they will continue releasing things like Online Edition for this game on modern systems.
Seems like something captivating happens at least once whenever 3rd Strike is on the stage. As long as moments like this are possible, I don't think this game will ever die.
For a lot of people, this set from Hayao is the highlight OF THE ENTIRE FINALS SUNDAY this year and he didn't even win the tournament.
As broken as this game is, we love it. If they don't release editions for modern systems, I hope they revisit the 3rd Strike formula in the future and maybe make a new game around the system mechanics. It's already been 13 years since Online Edition released for PS3/X360, I really hope they don't wait too long. I was 23 when this edition came out, I hope I'm still breathing when they decide to redo this game in some fashion as those consoles are no longer being supported.
This was my first EVO going to and wasn't really into watching 3rd strike, but was like fuck it and went and was so glad to witness this incredible moment.
Hayao's extensive knowledge of Hugo cannot to expressed in mere words. Justin Wong himself did a FT5 match with him, and was swept. In fact, he was KO'd in one round by the very same dropkick that dodged Ken's wake up super.
He also Half-Daigo parried Chun-Li's super, countering midway through with a command grab to KO her. He's legit.
Excellent video, narrative, and analysis! Thanks!! Loved watching this live too but didn’t understand the importance of the HK
2:15 fun fact: this is an anti air parry which has a shorter window. Instead of 10f, it's around 5-6f (forgot the exact number), making this even harder
He says it in the video
@@Zadamanim he doesn't. He says it's a 10f window.
Some of our team was here for this moment in person - and your recap is almost better than the real thing. Awesome video. And captures that moment perfectly!
BEAUTIFUL video.
Watching the entire set was incredible, my eyes were glued to the screen and when that moment happened I screamed so loud I hurt my throat 🤣Truly Evo Moment 38
Do we have an official (or unofficial) Evo number for this moment yet?
it's Evo Moment 38 right?
38
"Evo Moment 37" is just a thing the guy who uploaded it to evo's youtube made up. The community is choosing to call this evo moment 38, and it would be cool if Evo also did that, but dont get it in your head that "Evo moments" are some kind of actual series that exists.
When he split, chat was calling it evo moment 69. 😂
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Great video, thanks for showing me that. What a legend in that freeze frame ending
Finally. Evo moment #38
For real this was the highlight of this year's Evo.
Edit : btw great narration and editing!
Damn that yukari cosplayer is popping off wild
When in the video?
@@Zadamanim somewhere 7:49, at the audience
Wow what a presentation of how great this is and that "hopes and dreams" kicks in the goosebumps.
Thank you Hayao for making
"Evo Moment #38"❤❤
This set is the greatest example of what made old school fighting game design so enduring. Where newer games almost entirely rely on universal system mechanics to create scenarios, older games placed a bit more emphasis on unique character traits and tools
In SF6, Hugo's drop kick probably wouldn't go over Kens super like that, and I think thats what makes this moment so great. Hayao had the character and situational knowledge to pull of a series of plays like that, pulling one over not only on his opponent, but the audience AND legends alike
That is the stuff that makes fighting games beautiful
Love watching him play. The guys is great and that is right up there with EVO Moment 37.
proof that low tiers are more interesting to watch than top 3
Word dude after hayao went down i didnt feel like watching regular ass third strike
Great video breakdown. Look forward to seeing more
After all these years, after all these DECADES, in a world where Street Fighter VI is out, the most competitive 1v1 fighting game in the world is _STILL_ SFIII: Third Strike.
Great analysis! I really enjoyed it.
This deserves to be called EVO Moment #38 I stg.
Amazing video. More people need to talk about how this was BY FAR the greatest EVO 2024 moment. I popped insanely hard when I watched it live.
Algorithm recommended this. Very glad I ended up here. Lots of fun top to bottom.
Was waiting for this type of breakdown analysis. Thanks for the video!
41 years old by the way.
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@@treacherousjslither6920 Literally mentioned in the live footage this was taken from.
@@Somebody374-bv8cd Lies
@@treacherousjslither6920 Can't tell if you're trolling but he's active in SF3 since like 2005. You can easily google "hayao sf3" to see a wiki page about him (and you can see his age there).
1:33 this statement alone always burns me. (Hypothetically) 30 characters release in a game and the masses that play to win stick to 5 of 30. From that movement alone comes SHEEP MENTALITY. So now everyone is led to believe ONLY these characters are good. ONLY they have the best moves. So on and so on. Then something like this happens and the world is on its head. PLAY WHO YOU WANT. LEARN WHO YOU PLAY. HAVE FUN. The "tier list" is subjective. Play for yourself
Fun retelling and explanation of this Street Fighter III 3rd Strike moment and why it was really cool! I was very glad to have caught it live too! :D
9:00 incorrect: If he blocks any *special move* or critical art, he takes damage. You don't take chip damage from normals.
yeah you kids like to exaggerate things to lvls they don't need to be... that man has been playing the game since its inception and has most likely had well over a thousand matches against ken specifically... he knows in end game situations like that MOST Ken plyers are going to opt to use the easiest most effective way to end the match even if its still a gamble if you ply against a certain character most your life you can very much predict what the plyer is going to do with them in situations.. is that drop kick trash for the most part yes but it isn't useless and high chances he's done that to ken plyers more times then you can even know... the jump parry was impressive but again he figured dude was trying to scrub out the match so he predicted the ex hurricane kick
Yeah I agree, you should go next time they have a 3rd strike tournament of similar size/fame as hugo and replicate his run. I'm sure we will see "evo moment 40 justice2120 hugo highlights".
@@R1CON i'm the nxt evo champ cuz i'm right... yeah i can agree with that.. THX
Goo goo ga ga, yeah I’m a baby with my whole life ahead of me while you’re old with one foot in the grave
@@koreanbf8303 nah i gotta long way to go unlike you D.A. kids out here.. yal got no clue what's going on which you why you always posting bad takes like this
@@koreanbf8303 also your come backs are always so tired and weak... much like you gen
I had never heard of Hayao before watching this on stream, but I instantly became a fan. Dude's energy is unmatched and this set was so sick.
What a guy. The celebration with the crowd made me genuinely happy. Definetely will seek to watch more stuff with him
I don't play fighting games serious at all...but what an amazing moment, and he must have felt like an absolute star in that moment. Good for him, whatta legend
7:51 worthless, but turned into a miracle
EVO Moment #38! It's so fitting this happened while facing a white gi Ken, as if he took it from Daigo himself in #37
Do more of these!!! This was awesome!
Incredible, and I love hearing Justin Wong absolutely losing his mind, always a good time. The crowd to, what a great moment. It would have been notable even in the lower brackets but the fact this dude did this in the finals is just top tier showmanship and artistry.