Some people are fans of Tokido. But many other people are NOT fans of Tokido. This article is for those in the latter group. And yes, I did completely steal this idea from Drew Magary. So sue me.
Your player
Echo Fox | Tokido
Am I the only one who sings Rashid's theme with Tokido's name? Y'know: "TOOOOKIIIIIDOOOOOOOO!" I can't be the only one who does that.
AKA
Murderface (but not THAT Murderface)
CPT season recap
GET YOUR TISSUES READY, FOLKS.
NO, I'M NOT CRYING. I'M JUST ALLERGIC TO PEOPLE TUGGING ON MY GODDAMN HEARTSTRINGS, THAT'S ALL.
Signature move
The Tokido vortex! Did you know that the Tokido vortex is "a move that guarantees an opponent character will get damage"? No? That's probably because that's the worst, least helpful, most inaccurate description of a vortex that you could possibly come up with. Thanks for nothing, wikipedia!
Greatest weakness
Trash talk. Remember that time when Tokido felt himself so hard that he stood up in front of the screen while the raging demon animation played? Sick, right? Yeah - but he got third place in that tournament. Or remember this?
That was pretty cool - until Bonchan won that match and Tokido inherited his second-place curse.
When he's humble, Tokido does just fine. All that meditation shit, his little speech after Evo - that's all good shit. But the INSTANT that he starts to pop off, everything falls apart. Basically, Tokido is the living embodiment of the taunt-to-get-bodied combo. If he renounced all worldly pleasures and took up a life of asceticism, he'd be fucking unbeatable. Luckily, WE ESPORTS NOW, so that'll never happen.
But did he beat Mike Ross?
I mean, what do you think.
Fraaaaaaaaay.
Why he's getting bodied at Capcom Cup
For one thing, nobody's ever won Evo and Capom Cup in the same year. Also, even Tokido himself doesn't believe that he's the best Street Fighter player right now:
"But wait," you say
He's one of the gods! And he learned how to play footsies! You've got his picture taped to the inside of your locker and sometimes you doodle hearts on it! Go ahead, then, and berate me in the comments for getting Rashid's theme stuck in your head.
Your player
Echo Fox | Tokido
Am I the only one who sings Rashid's theme with Tokido's name? Y'know: "TOOOOKIIIIIDOOOOOOOO!" I can't be the only one who does that.
AKA
Murderface (but not THAT Murderface)
CPT season recap
GET YOUR TISSUES READY, FOLKS.
NO, I'M NOT CRYING. I'M JUST ALLERGIC TO PEOPLE TUGGING ON MY GODDAMN HEARTSTRINGS, THAT'S ALL.
Signature move
The Tokido vortex! Did you know that the Tokido vortex is "a move that guarantees an opponent character will get damage"? No? That's probably because that's the worst, least helpful, most inaccurate description of a vortex that you could possibly come up with. Thanks for nothing, wikipedia!
Greatest weakness
Trash talk. Remember that time when Tokido felt himself so hard that he stood up in front of the screen while the raging demon animation played? Sick, right? Yeah - but he got third place in that tournament. Or remember this?
That was pretty cool - until Bonchan won that match and Tokido inherited his second-place curse.
When he's humble, Tokido does just fine. All that meditation shit, his little speech after Evo - that's all good shit. But the INSTANT that he starts to pop off, everything falls apart. Basically, Tokido is the living embodiment of the taunt-to-get-bodied combo. If he renounced all worldly pleasures and took up a life of asceticism, he'd be fucking unbeatable. Luckily, WE ESPORTS NOW, so that'll never happen.
But did he beat Mike Ross?
I mean, what do you think.
Fraaaaaaaaay.
Why he's getting bodied at Capcom Cup
For one thing, nobody's ever won Evo and Capom Cup in the same year. Also, even Tokido himself doesn't believe that he's the best Street Fighter player right now:
"'Aliens invade the Earth from the fighting game planet,' he said. 'If they win, we lose fighting games; we cannot play fighting games. Only one player can fight as a representative of the Earth. Who did you vote for?'As much as I would love to see a Street Fighter version of Space Jam, this is not exactly the kind of talk you want to hear from your guy. That goes double because he picked Daigo, of all people. Who knew that Tokido was a DDR? I mean, yeah, if aliens "from the fighting game planet" had showed up FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, then yes, by all means, send Daigo. These days, though? Momochi, Kazunoko, NuckleDu, and Punk are all consistently stronger players than Daigo - and, oh yeah, THEY'RE ALL IN CAPCOM CUP. Tokido had his magical run at Evo, and we can all agree that it was great. But he's not winning two championships in one year.
Tokido sees only one figure who could take on the challenge: Daigo."
"But wait," you say
He's one of the gods! And he learned how to play footsies! You've got his picture taped to the inside of your locker and sometimes you doodle hearts on it! Go ahead, then, and berate me in the comments for getting Rashid's theme stuck in your head.
He has mago
ReplyDeleteThat was the low-key best moment of that speech. IMO, everyone acts like the FGC is about competition, but it's really about camaraderie. The fact that he shouted out his man on the big stage is one of the all-time great FGC moments.
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