You cut the best part. When Daigo destroyed him in Kemonomichi event, Tokido said that he always wants to beat Daigo, atleast in the game. And he'll keep coming back for more. Tokido loses, the tension in the room reaches its peak so Daigo have to allevate some of that, He lightheartedly said: But you've already beaten me in everything outside of it. Tokido just got praise from the legend he has been chasing since the beginning, the man whom he looked up to. And in that moment, Tokido cried. That's what I called manly tears.
Many praises have already been said, but I just want to thank his dad for giving him that first push to play a tournament overseas. Great parent there to support what your kid wants. Tokido is amazing regarding academics as well anyway. Bet his dad knew that too.
It's just a gag tokido played. he has the murder face but he has a sense of humour. should also watch the Jenga match he played . the best Jenga game ever played.
Prestigious is kinda an understatement for Tokyo U, getting into it is like getting into Cambridge or MIT you literally need to be the top 1% of the top 1% to even considering being accepted
@@wyrw Long time necro, but for anyone else thinking that, todai doesn't work like that. It's a true meritocracy, entry is based solely on the results of a single monstrous test where you only get one chance a year and if you fail the first time, you get pretty much permanently stuck as literally 'ronin' from that point on. If you make the cut and the cut is entirely your score vs every other test taker that year with a hard cut when they run out of slots. Once in, it becomes quite difficult to lose your place, but going for it is putting a lot on the line, especially since the tests are scheduled about the same time so you have to make a real hard judgement call as to which universities you want to try for. You might think it's irrelevant to you, but it's open to anyone, foreigners included and if you think you're good enough, you might be able to take it. My dad is a tokyo daigaku graduate and it changed the arc of his entire life. He is not from Japan and went entirely for an education he would never have had the opportunity to have in his home nation.
honestly while i dont play them or even follow them much, these FGC videos are some of my favorite as most of these players have just the longest and most heartfelt background stories imaginable, from people growing up poor and using a local arcade as a get away from home, to not knowing if your parents trust your choice of what you wanna pursue to so much more, the history with these players is just not what you see with a lot of the FPS community, and I love every minute of these videos,
Tokido is one of my favorite esport player of all time. The story between him and Daigo is like those Japanese manga: He decide to become a pro player instead of studying his Med Master because Daigo announced to be the 1st pro player in Japan, he always want to prove he become stronger than Daigo, fail many time but never give up. Also what his definition of "Legend" in FGC is amazing. There is one time a reporter ask him this question, Tokido said: If there is an alien came to Earth, and it challenge 1 human to play SFV, if he/she lose, we all extinct, who will you gonna call? Tokido answer with even he will call Daigo to save the Earth, and Tokido said he hopes some day it will be him, that's what he call a "Legend"
Tokido doesn't realise how many people study his tactics. I keep on watching and watching and strive to have the same mindset. Thanks for all the crazy moments. You are already a legend. And great video !
I've been watching you guys for what feels like years and this is probably my favorite video you guys have put out. I don't even play fighting games besides the occasional Smash Bros with my friends.
Even though Tokido has beaten Daigo in tournaments before, the FT10 loss was still so devastating to him because the FT10 format is Daigo's greatest category, stamina and adapation. FT3's are like sprints, while FT10 is a grueling marathon, it tests the player's mental fortitude and sheer experience in adapting and reading the opponent. Like how Daigo's Vampire Hunter streak of 286 wins on a single coin demonstrated, Daigo has monstrous mental stamina and concentration, he is able to stay on peak performance for extremely long amounts of time. No one has ever beaten Daigo in an FT10 except Fuudo, which Daigo promptly defeated in a rematch. Daigo is too busy nowadays to do extensive training for tournaments, however if he knows who his single opponent is, he can study and learn his opponent like nobody else can, in a way he is like the Batman of fighting games, he is unbeatable with prep time. Until Tokido can beat him in an FT10, the format which Daigo excels in, Tokido will always see him a mountain whose peak he has yet to defeat.
Man, Tokido is so inspirational ! The way he strives for victory to live up to the name his grand father gave him, the way he wants to be the greatest despite already being a legend, the way he always has the fans in mind with his gimmicks, his lifestyle, his humility, and to top it off, he could go to one of the best university of Japan and the world while being a master of multiple fighting games. Literally everything about this man is great ! Thanks for this video.
I love Tokido's passion and how he always being strict to himself to be the best. I am a huge Daigo's fan but when I saw the fight against Tokido at Kemonomichi and saw him crying, I realized his true passion. It was beautiful.
man... the humility that Tokido presents and the way he speaks about Daigo... makes me wish there was a long running FGC manga out there that tells their story. It's really amazing to see this kind of conduct in a community that often highlights bravado and trash talk. I think this video just made me a Tokido fan for life.
this inspired me to start playing street fighter seriously again i used to be a regular player and my history with street fighter has been a bit different than the other players. by the time i was beginning to play video games there were no arcades around me i heard stories from my brother about how he used to sneak out of school to play kof, double dragon (the fighting game based off the terrible movie)cadillacs and dinosaurs, final fight etc.. but he always used to talk about street fighter 2 and i used to listen to his stories awestruck. few years later when i got my PC, i immediately started looking for ways to play the games my brother told me stories about. i found out about emulation and mugen games then found a website (the fighters generation) that had game and character reviews from games i didnt even know existed. browsing that website and playing every fighting game that i could get my hands on quickly became my new hobby those games were old but the 2d sprite animations aged really well the keyboard became my preferred controller and i never could figure out how to play the charge characters like chun-li balrog or vega until much later (they were actually simpler in some areas) i did manage to find some arcades afterwards (where i used to play cross-handed) i kept playing until life happened....
Man, what a vid. You guys consistently put out great stories of some of the best pros in esports/fgc. I hope this quality keeps up in every vid. I look forward to more vids of the stories of some of the fgc's best. You guys deserve a lot of praise.
Man this made shed a tear, ive been following this guy since SF4 vanilla all the way to his evo win in sf5. Truly incredible resilience and inspiration. Major life lessons here. His character is a marvel.
Holy shit. Tokido Was in the Tokyo University? And you say he chose to drop out from master? That is still impressive. Getting into that U is not easy.
Tokido is THE MAN. I love this dude. Never met him personaly, but the day I do, I will bow my head to the ground in light of his grandeur haha. Kidding, but I do hold him in very high regard, not only as a player, but as a person. Very good mini doc on him, thanks a lot for this video!
Sonicfox is great at multiple fighting games as well. I think if Tokido continued to play the other games instead of just Street Fighter he would have had more votes. The guy is obviously still good at other games as seen when he made it to 2 Top 8 finishes in King of Fighters XIII at EVO. One of them being in Grand Finals when he lost to Xiaohai who he had a close game with if I remember correctly.
It was fighting game player of the year, so really mostly about the year's accomplishments as opposed to an entire career spanning many years. And yeah, in terms of 2018 Sonic Fox was definitely the best.
I will always be a fan of Tokido! I was first exposed to him back in EVO 2002. Seventeen years later and he is still amazing. One of the 5 Gods in Japan and a legend forever.
Im really happy you gave Tokido the time in this video he so deserves. Whether he feels he is or not, he is absolutely a legend, or one of the gods, of the FGC, and is one of my personal favorite individual stories. Many stories told are those that sailed to great heights easily due to skill or lack of competition, but Tokido is a great case of never giving up on yourself and never settling.
Daigo destroying tokido in practice for kemonomichi against infiltration sparked tokido's desire to be the best, Daigo being tokido's motivation for perfection, and finally challenging Daigo in kemonomichi after being crowned first in the world, but only to be destroyed again. Tokido will forever chase after the back of Daigo, and there is no better story in esports than this.
For me tokido is such an inspiration of dedication and hard work. Most people would be satisfied with what he's achived. But he's still is pushing for more.
He's one of the most iconic players in the industry. I bet anyone who has devoted their time on SF5 competitive footage can recognized his Akuma in first glance. His air fireball is unique.
man that clip of all the FG players of Echo Fox was crazy to me. to think at one point the best players of the FGC were on that team at one point together is something crazy in itself.
If I'm not mistaken what Daigo said was: "You already beat me in every other thing." Meaning, Tokido is more successful in everything than Daigo but fighting games. He had a better education, black belt in karate etc. I think in Daigo's mind the only success he ever had was in fighting games, but while Tokido has a successful career in fighting games, he is also successful (or at least more successful) in every other thing. And later Tokido said, they were fighting to determide the better player so their life outside of that fight doesn't matter.
@@kagerou254 I wouldn't say that it applies to other fighting games. While he is not playing them anymore, Daigo was a beast in every other fighting game he played. He gave Ogawa (who was considered the best player then if Im not mistaken) a run for his money in a Guilty Gear Xrd exhibition match. Nuki also likes to mention how good Daigo was in Darkstalkers back then, winning every tournament he entered. He is a man worth of the name Beast in any 2D fighting game he takes seriously for sure. But sadly he doesn't seem to have enough time for other games anymore and he is getting older.
Even though Tokido has beaten Daigo in tournaments before, the FT10 loss was still so devastating to him because the FT10 format is Daigo's greatest category, stamina and adapation. FT3's are like sprints, while FT10 is a grueling marathon, it tests the player's mental fortitude and sheer experience in adapting and reading the opponent. Like how Daigo's Vampire Hunter streak of 286 wins on a single coin demonstrated, Daigo has monstrous mental stamina and concentration, he is able to stay on peak performance for extremely long amounts of time. No one has ever beaten Daigo in an FT10 except Fuudo, which Daigo promptly defeated in a rematch. Daigo is too busy nowadays to do extensive training for tournaments, however if he knows who his single opponent is, he can study and learn his opponent like nobody else can, in a way he is like the Batman of fighting games, he is unbeatable with prep time. Until Tokido can beat him in an FT10, the format which Daigo excels in, Tokido will always see him a mountain whose peak he has yet to defeat.
@@lilskunkmeat6976 The vortex is essentially a series of knock downs. And during an opponents knockdown the offensive player creates an ambiguous setup, forcing the knockdown opponent into a guessing situation. For example does he block left or right? If the defending player guesses wrong he then eats a combo which generally ends in another knockdown and the process is repeated again and again. It gets much deeper than that and if done correctly can be a nightmare to deal with. Tokido perfected the vortex style with Akuma, which eventually created a sort of meta in sfiv. Although I don't think it started in sfiv, it definitely became one of the most effective styles of play.
I remember when I first discovered Street Fighter in the summer of 2015, It was the end of my freshman year, I had only been out of school for maybe a week when I saw the "Games For Gold" section on my Xbox 360, the only good free game I saw for June was: Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition. I had previously known it in the past from watching the notorious DarkSydePhil from 2008 - 2012 (Age 8 - 12) I knew of the gameplay a little bit from watching DSP, but it had been a few years since I watched him or anything about Street Fighter in years... So I decided to try it out. Within a month I went from having no knowledge of the game to having a full knowledge of all the character's moves and strategies to beat players consistently. I loved the fast gameplay, the many easy to learn moves and combos, the large roster of characters, but most importantly I was addicted to the feeling of beating another smart player through sheer real time skill and reflexes. I turned out to be a natural when it came to learning the characters of the game, by the end of the summer I had a C Rank with a half a dozen characters, along with a few dozen nice replays. I miss that game, I played it for a year and I got kinda bored of it and just moved on. It's been 2 and a half years since I last played a Street Fighter game, I might try to pickup Street Fighter V and get back into it, although I prefer SF4's style over SF5.
And then you have commentators saying that Sonicfox is a bigger legend than Tokido. Don't get me wrong, Sonicfox is a great player, but he's a thousand years too early to be anything like Tokido
very good point, but i think it's the impact that sonicfox has had that made him as big, unlike tokido coming 2nd a lot of times, sonic was often first and if he lost it would be a major upset which again would be hugely impactful. So it is his impact more than his actual creds that makes him bigger.
I think that's usually used in the context of "the now." Tokido is a bigger legend with more history, but this was the year that the eyes were on SonicFox.
I'm not into fighting games. Like few years ago I played Tekken 3, but lets me honest - I was a kid. Right now I'm into moba or FPS. neverthless, what I'm tryin to say is that I admire this people so much. I dont know combos, what they doing but stories are incredible and i love it. From zero to hero. Never give up. Chase dream. Fight.
and when Punk said that he is not in his best mindset for last year's EVO, i think it's safe to say that Shun Goku Satsu did it's job very well in a narrative way. That move destroyed Punk's soul.
He is the best right now. But its tight competitions right now. Tokidos consistency to always in high level performance in every tournament prove that he is the best
damn. this 30 minute video is better than some movies out there. great job theScore esports. keep it up. hope to watch a video from admiral bulldog in the future. that would be great. hahaha
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You cut the best part. When Daigo destroyed him in Kemonomichi event, Tokido said that he always wants to beat Daigo, atleast in the game. And he'll keep coming back for more. Tokido loses, the tension in the room reaches its peak so Daigo have to allevate some of that, He lightheartedly said: But you've already beaten me in everything outside of it. Tokido just got praise from the legend he has been chasing since the beginning, the man whom he looked up to. And in that moment, Tokido cried.
That's what I called manly tears.
dude no, Daigo means "You can beat me another day but yet once again, not this time son. Try harder."
and we r so idle to watch this also : D
@@willing4sth That was Diego Umejuarez, his Mexican cousin.
Daigo is the only legend.
where's a video of it?
These fgc vids are 90% why im subbed to you guys
oh yeah yeah
True
Hello there brother
@@nicololagravinese9884 it has begun
Aryan Ata, this site soon will belong to us.
Many praises have already been said, but I just want to thank his dad for giving him that first push to play a tournament overseas.
Great parent there to support what your kid wants. Tokido is amazing regarding academics as well anyway. Bet his dad knew that too.
this is incredibly potent, many blessings to you for this message.
Tokido's impact on the fgc is something so great
after watching, I’m a little bit disappointed that you didn’t mention his measuring tape for the optimal distance from monitor to his seating
Wait what? Can you explain?
Tokido always plays at the same distance from the screen and uses a measuring tape. It ensures his footsies are on point
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Oh yeah, hahahah XD
It's just a gag tokido played. he has the murder face but he has a sense of humour. should also watch the Jenga match he played . the best Jenga game ever played.
Prestigious is kinda an understatement for Tokyo U, getting into it is like getting into Cambridge or MIT you literally need to be the top 1% of the top 1% to even considering being accepted
But those extracurricular credentials of being a multi EVO champ surely gave him an edge XD
@@wyrw
Long time necro, but for anyone else thinking that, todai doesn't work like that. It's a true meritocracy, entry is based solely on the results of a single monstrous test where you only get one chance a year and if you fail the first time, you get pretty much permanently stuck as literally 'ronin' from that point on. If you make the cut and the cut is entirely your score vs every other test taker that year with a hard cut when they run out of slots. Once in, it becomes quite difficult to lose your place, but going for it is putting a lot on the line, especially since the tests are scheduled about the same time so you have to make a real hard judgement call as to which universities you want to try for.
You might think it's irrelevant to you, but it's open to anyone, foreigners included and if you think you're good enough, you might be able to take it. My dad is a tokyo daigaku graduate and it changed the arc of his entire life. He is not from Japan and went entirely for an education he would never have had the opportunity to have in his home nation.
honestly while i dont play them or even follow them much, these FGC videos are some of my favorite as most of these players have just the longest and most heartfelt background stories imaginable, from people growing up poor and using a local arcade as a get away from home, to not knowing if your parents trust your choice of what you wanna pursue to so much more, the history with these players is just not what you see with a lot of the FPS community, and I love every minute of these videos,
Tokido is one of my favorite esport player of all time. The story between him and Daigo is like those Japanese manga: He decide to become a pro player instead of studying his Med Master because Daigo announced to be the 1st pro player in Japan, he always want to prove he become stronger than Daigo, fail many time but never give up. Also what his definition of "Legend" in FGC is amazing. There is one time a reporter ask him this question, Tokido said: If there is an alien came to Earth, and it challenge 1 human to play SFV, if he/she lose, we all extinct, who will you gonna call? Tokido answer with even he will call Daigo to save the Earth, and Tokido said he hopes some day it will be him, that's what he call a "Legend"
which interview was it?
Dude, Daigo and Tokido are literally All Might and Deku. WTF
Funny thing is there are actually mangas of these two in Japan.
@@willn8664 I need the sauce for that
Thanks for doing a video on one of the GOAT's of fighting games and one of my favorite players! :D
Daigo Parry got me into SF, Tokido made me stay.
Best quote
Tokido is a deity, but Daigo is forever my god.
S A M E
@Floofie kun 100% agree!!!@@
JWong got me into SF, Tokido made me play Akuma and stay
I'm Japanese and I'm happy that you made a story on a Japanese player at least modernly I haven't seen every story on the channel
このチャンネルマジでいいビデオいっぱいあるから見るとええで。
ウメハラのもやってなかったかなたしか
They did one on Tokido before this, it was about his evo run at 2017
@@surumeman7195 There is one about Daigo, titled: 'The Story of Daigo Umehara: The Beast,' but it was old. He hasn't had one in this format yet.
@@Voicelet yeah just checked. He hasn't accomplished much lately anyway
いやー 日本人がいて嬉しいw
He doesn't want to be a legend, he wants to be THE legend.
I would argue
He already is
Tokido doesn't realise how many people study his tactics. I keep on watching and watching and strive to have the same mindset. Thanks for all the crazy moments. You are already a legend. And great video !
Tokido is already a legend.
His loss to Daigo and seeing him cry was heart breaking. But like legends, you can't keep him down.
I've been watching you guys for what feels like years and this is probably my favorite video you guys have put out. I don't even play fighting games besides the occasional Smash Bros with my friends.
FINALLLLLYYYYYYY I’ve been waiting for this ever since I found this channel... his English is better than I thought it would be as well.
Even though Tokido has beaten Daigo in tournaments before, the FT10 loss was still so devastating to him because the FT10 format is Daigo's greatest category, stamina and adapation. FT3's are like sprints, while FT10 is a grueling marathon, it tests the player's mental fortitude and sheer experience in adapting and reading the opponent. Like how Daigo's Vampire Hunter streak of 286 wins on a single coin demonstrated, Daigo has monstrous mental stamina and concentration, he is able to stay on peak performance for extremely long amounts of time.
No one has ever beaten Daigo in an FT10 except Fuudo, which Daigo promptly defeated in a rematch. Daigo is too busy nowadays to do extensive training for tournaments, however if he knows who his single opponent is, he can study and learn his opponent like nobody else can, in a way he is like the Batman of fighting games, he is unbeatable with prep time. Until Tokido can beat him in an FT10, the format which Daigo excels in, Tokido will always see him a mountain whose peak he has yet to defeat.
Itazan beat diago in a ft10 like last year
Andre Fenton Itazan is also a crazy guy. That's why he won EVO 2 times,
Prep time daigo is the final boss
Tokido just did it right?
This guys is one of the true legends of fighting games hands down
Man, Tokido is so inspirational !
The way he strives for victory to live up to the name his grand father gave him, the way he wants to be the greatest despite already being a legend, the way he always has the fans in mind with his gimmicks, his lifestyle, his humility, and to top it off, he could go to one of the best university of Japan and the world while being a master of multiple fighting games.
Literally everything about this man is great !
Thanks for this video.
27:13 - this segment onwards is so sweet not just for gamers but people going through rough patches in life
I love Tokido's passion and how he always being strict to himself to be the best. I am a huge Daigo's fan but when I saw the fight against Tokido at Kemonomichi and saw him crying, I realized his true passion. It was beautiful.
man... the humility that Tokido presents and the way he speaks about Daigo... makes me wish there was a long running FGC manga out there that tells their story. It's really amazing to see this kind of conduct in a community that often highlights bravado and trash talk. I think this video just made me a Tokido fan for life.
13:08
Narrator : But It was to support the one thing he always cared about--
Me : His family
Narrator : Fighting games
Me : -__-
I actually like his english - especially when he says "farthuuuurrrrr"
His engrish?
Don't u mean "you actuary rike his engrish." hehe But forreal, I like it too and its great he's trying to get better.
@@giui123 😂
DID JU RIKE IT?
At least he tries Daigo doesn’t care
this inspired me to start playing street fighter seriously again
i used to be a regular player and my history with street fighter has been a bit different than the other players.
by the time i was beginning to play video games there were no arcades around me
i heard stories from my brother about how he used to sneak out of school to play kof, double dragon (the fighting game based off the terrible movie)cadillacs and dinosaurs, final fight etc..
but he always used to talk about street fighter 2 and i used to listen to his stories awestruck.
few years later when i got my PC, i immediately started looking for ways to play the games my brother told me stories about.
i found out about emulation and mugen games then found a website (the fighters generation) that had game and character reviews from games i didnt even know existed. browsing that website and playing every fighting game that i could get my hands on quickly became my new hobby
those games were old but the 2d sprite animations aged really well
the keyboard became my preferred controller and i never could figure out how to play the charge characters like chun-li balrog or vega until much later (they were actually simpler in some areas) i did manage to find some arcades afterwards (where i used to play cross-handed)
i kept playing until life happened....
Wow, nice story bro. Never give up. Fighting games are for life
After watching this. This gave me inspiration. I recommend doing a video on tekken pros like Knee, Qudans, JDCR or Rangchu
Man, what a vid. You guys consistently put out great stories of some of the best pros in esports/fgc. I hope this quality keeps up in every vid.
I look forward to more vids of the stories of some of the fgc's best.
You guys deserve a lot of praise.
I love how Tokido gives his interview in English.
And he was so good in many games. Legend. 🙌
Man this made shed a tear, ive been following this guy since SF4 vanilla all the way to his evo win in sf5. Truly incredible resilience and inspiration. Major life lessons here. His character is a marvel.
good lord this video was just awesome. he seems really like a nice, smart and humble guy. i already love him
I LOVE YOU TOKIDO thanks for making this video 😭😭😭😭
Some people shoot for the moon, Tokido shot for the sun.
YESSSSS!!!!!! Finally
I’ve been waiting for so long
Some really good editing on this video, I really enjoyed it thanks
Wow what a legendary vid for a great humble man and a legend in this beautiful community thx guys great job 👍
Holy shit. Tokido Was in the Tokyo University? And you say he chose to drop out from master? That is still impressive. Getting into that U is not easy.
Yep, so in China his nickname is "Tokyo U", just to show how smart he is
Once again you have produce another great video.
Probably my favorite fighting game competitor.
Very inspiring person.
This is beautiful, I didnt know Tokido was such a cool dude. Love you lots vids.
NICE VIDEO! I'm so excited just by watching those moments!
The Kobe to Daigo's Jordan. One of the greatest to ever do it.
i'm not crying, you're crying
Gabriele Hu i cried so did punk!
Hung Nguyen so did James Chen
The Hollanesian oh. he always does...
Great stuff guys! I really enjoyed it!
God I love this series. So many great stories I would of never known unless I was apart of that actual scene. Well done theScore
I love the way and the passion you can feel in his voice when he says "Fighting Game"
Tokido was amazing in King of Fighters 13
Tokido is THE MAN. I love this dude. Never met him personaly, but the day I do, I will bow my head to the ground in light of his grandeur haha. Kidding, but I do hold him in very high regard, not only as a player, but as a person.
Very good mini doc on him, thanks a lot for this video!
Cant belive people voted sonic fox on the game awards Tokido was a no brainer
Sonicfox is great at multiple fighting games as well. I think if Tokido continued to play the other games instead of just Street Fighter he would have had more votes. The guy is obviously still good at other games as seen when he made it to 2 Top 8 finishes in King of Fighters XIII at EVO. One of them being in Grand Finals when he lost to Xiaohai who he had a close game with if I remember correctly.
@@willn8664 yeah i guess Sonicfox has more exposure, its still a shame
@@kagerou254 yeh but you see its a contest of gamers not of whos form the most under represented comunity.
It was fighting game player of the year, so really mostly about the year's accomplishments as opposed to an entire career spanning many years. And yeah, in terms of 2018 Sonic Fox was definitely the best.
Tokido is the legend, however nobody else achieved as much as Sonicfox in 2018 alone, he is a prodigy in fighting games, nobody can deny that.
these long documentary style vids are by far the best content on this channel.
I will always be a fan of Tokido! I was first exposed to him back in EVO 2002. Seventeen years later and he is still amazing. One of the 5 Gods in Japan and a legend forever.
Thanks for this great video! It's funny how in almost all of these highlight clips, James Chen is screaming his brains out.
These videos are well documented and amazing. Good Job!
Im really happy you gave Tokido the time in this video he so deserves. Whether he feels he is or not, he is absolutely a legend, or one of the gods, of the FGC, and is one of my personal favorite individual stories. Many stories told are those that sailed to great heights easily due to skill or lack of competition, but Tokido is a great case of never giving up on yourself and never settling.
Daigo destroying tokido in practice for kemonomichi against infiltration sparked tokido's desire to be the best, Daigo being tokido's motivation for perfection, and finally challenging Daigo in kemonomichi after being crowned first in the world, but only to be destroyed again. Tokido will forever chase after the back of Daigo, and there is no better story in esports than this.
Tokido v Daigo is the closest we have to irl Ryu v Ken
For me tokido is such an inspiration of dedication and hard work. Most people would be satisfied with what he's achived. But he's still is pushing for more.
what a great video. really enjoyed it
I've met Tokido at a industry event and the man is very humble and awesome
incredible video. great work on this, one of the best videos by far.
Finally!!! Love thrown at my favorite FG player. Thank you for making this special. #ToKiDo
These documentary are really great. Thanks fro that.
I love how he takes his time with talking. We can tell hes learning but hes at an impressive stage with speaking English. Speed comes naturally.
Great video! Tokido is an amazing player.
God damn, this video is so damn thorough in covering everything, I LOVE it!
He's one of the most iconic players in the industry. I bet anyone who has devoted their time on SF5 competitive footage can recognized his Akuma in first glance. His air fireball is unique.
man that clip of all the FG players of Echo Fox was crazy to me. to think at one point the best players of the FGC were on that team at one point together is something crazy in itself.
Funny thing even Daigo said to Tokido that he's the best after that FT10 and didn't feel satisfied what a legend
If I'm not mistaken what Daigo said was: "You already beat me in every other thing."
Meaning, Tokido is more successful in everything than Daigo but fighting games. He had a better education, black belt in karate etc. I think in Daigo's mind the only success he ever had was in fighting games, but while Tokido has a successful career in fighting games, he is also successful (or at least more successful) in every other thing.
And later Tokido said, they were fighting to determide the better player so their life outside of that fight doesn't matter.
@@stilmaho Yeah I remember that both are awesome in their own way imho
@@kagerou254 I wouldn't say that it applies to other fighting games. While he is not playing them anymore, Daigo was a beast in every other fighting game he played. He gave Ogawa (who was considered the best player then if Im not mistaken) a run for his money in a Guilty Gear Xrd exhibition match. Nuki also likes to mention how good Daigo was in Darkstalkers back then, winning every tournament he entered. He is a man worth of the name Beast in any 2D fighting game he takes seriously for sure. But sadly he doesn't seem to have enough time for other games anymore and he is getting older.
Daigo is just the master of FT10's.
Even though Tokido has beaten Daigo in tournaments before, the FT10 loss was still so devastating to him because the FT10 format is Daigo's greatest category, stamina and adapation. FT3's are like sprints, while FT10 is a grueling marathon, it tests the player's mental fortitude and sheer experience in adapting and reading the opponent. Like how Daigo's Vampire Hunter streak of 286 wins on a single coin demonstrated, Daigo has monstrous mental stamina and concentration, he is able to stay on peak performance for extremely long amounts of time.
No one has ever beaten Daigo in an FT10 except Fuudo, which Daigo promptly defeated in a rematch. Daigo is too busy nowadays to do extensive training for tournaments, however if he knows who his single opponent is, he can study and learn his opponent like nobody else can, in a way he is like the Batman of fighting games, he is unbeatable with prep time. Until Tokido can beat him in an FT10, the format which Daigo excels in, Tokido will always see him a mountain whose peak he has yet to defeat.
He also pretty much invented the vortex with Akuma is SFIV which transformed the way that game was played.
Leonard McDougall what's the vortex
@@lilskunkmeat6976 The vortex is essentially a series of knock downs. And during an opponents knockdown the offensive player creates an ambiguous setup, forcing the knockdown opponent into a guessing situation. For example does he block left or right? If the defending player guesses wrong he then eats a combo which generally ends in another knockdown and the process is repeated again and again. It gets much deeper than that and if done correctly can be a nightmare to deal with. Tokido perfected the vortex style with Akuma, which eventually created a sort of meta in sfiv. Although I don't think it started in sfiv, it definitely became one of the most effective styles of play.
Leonard McDougall thank you
@@IamLe7nny Isn't that why USF4 or Tubo was released?
@@dylancross1039 yeah that's right, they created new mechanics in the game to deal with the vortex in ultra
Great video as always
A legend was born but it is yet to end.
Amazing job. Thank you!
I remember when I first discovered Street Fighter in the summer of 2015, It was the end of my freshman year,
I had only been out of school for maybe a week when I saw the "Games For Gold" section on my Xbox 360, the only good free game I saw for June was:
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.
I had previously known it in the past from watching the notorious DarkSydePhil from 2008 - 2012 (Age 8 - 12)
I knew of the gameplay a little bit from watching DSP, but it had been a few years since I watched him or anything about Street Fighter in years...
So I decided to try it out.
Within a month I went from having no knowledge of the game to having a full knowledge of all the character's moves and strategies to beat players consistently.
I loved the fast gameplay, the many easy to learn moves and combos, the large roster of characters,
but most importantly I was addicted to the feeling of beating another smart player through sheer real time skill and reflexes.
I turned out to be a natural when it came to learning the characters of the game, by the end of the summer I had a C Rank with a half a dozen characters,
along with a few dozen nice replays. I miss that game, I played it for a year and I got kinda bored of it and just moved on.
It's been 2 and a half years since I last played a Street Fighter game, I might try to pickup Street Fighter V and get back into it,
although I prefer SF4's style over SF5.
I love how adding english subtitles it says taquito or tokyo though. Great vid as always!
Thanks theScore for getting me interested in the fgc!
Wow I'm really glad it did, not enough gamers are exposed to this great scene and amazing stories!
"Tokido... is someone so great."
Tokido doing the raging demon pose in front of the camera made him one of my favorite players
Maxmillian Dood got me into fighting games, TOKIDO got me addicted to it.
His English has improved so much. So stoked for tokido !
If you don't root for Tokido you're probably not a human.
mjkVT YOU AREN'T human
Or the first thing you ever saw of him was back grab infinates in soul calibur 5.
Nah if you root for tokido you are a devil
Tokido is a legend, so good at so many diff games
Got to meet him at Canada cup 2018. Such a humble person.
Waited for the Tokido episode so much :)
incredible video!! tokido is a legend.
I don't watch fighting games, but Tokido seems like a wholesome dude
And then you have commentators saying that Sonicfox is a bigger legend than Tokido. Don't get me wrong, Sonicfox is a great player, but he's a thousand years too early to be anything like Tokido
very good point, but i think it's the impact that sonicfox has had that made him as big, unlike tokido coming 2nd a lot of times, sonic was often first and if he lost it would be a major upset which again would be hugely impactful. So it is his impact more than his actual creds that makes him bigger.
Fox is often first in lesser games
I think that's usually used in the context of "the now." Tokido is a bigger legend with more history, but this was the year that the eyes were on SonicFox.
What can you expect from supporters of a literal actual furfag?
But Sonicfox is a furrie he is in another level entirely!
I'm not into fighting games. Like few years ago I played Tekken 3, but lets me honest - I was a kid. Right now I'm into moba or FPS. neverthless, what I'm tryin to say is that I admire this people so much. I dont know combos, what they doing but stories are incredible and i love it. From zero to hero. Never give up. Chase dream. Fight.
Tokido's english is a national treasure. Protect him at all costs.
This was amazing !
and when Punk said that he is not in his best mindset for last year's EVO, i think it's safe to say that Shun Goku Satsu did it's job very well in a narrative way. That move destroyed Punk's soul.
Low tier god be like “what a scrub”
Because of his jealousy; he never win his first tournament in his lifetime, accept the Master of ragequite.
I have been a Daigo fan since Evo 37, but I will always have love for Tokido.His passion and unyielding drive gets me every time.
He is the best right now. But its tight competitions right now. Tokidos consistency to always in high level performance in every tournament prove that he is the best
damn. this 30 minute video is better than some movies out there. great job theScore esports. keep it up. hope to watch a video from admiral bulldog in the future. that would be great. hahaha
He's a certified legend. A true underdog.
Great work thank you
These fighting game docs always make me tear up
Even his documentary is Godlike.
Im not gonna cry.. im not crying... crying in the corner now..
This was really good.
Tokido is just a great human being. Wonderful video watched the whole thing no problem. I love the fgc
YESS GREAT VIDEO, LOVE THE FGC VIDS
FIGHTING GAME IS SOMESING SO GREAT