While a lot of fighting game tournament players are committed to their characters of choice, this competitor truly channeled the spirit of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Street Fighter’s Ryu. The ultimate honorable competitor.
Needless to say, the face of tournament play has been dramatically changed of late. The scourge of COVID-19 has caused widespread disruption throughout the world, and in the industry, its influence has been felt in a myriad of ways. Delays to anticipated releasℱes (such as Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course), developers and publishers off꧙ering a permanent switch to remote ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwork and, 𒀰of course,𓆏 the eradication of in-person tournaments.
Nevertheless, events such as Wednesday Night Fights have been able to continue through online play. Earlier this week, the event’s 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Street Fighter V throwdown was won in an unexpected, glorious fa📖sh🧔ion.
Of course, there’s nothing unsurprising about seeing a Ryu play🍸er at such an event. As the most popular pick in the franchise, the dependable warrior is among the most common competitors in fighting game history. Tournament entrant SFVRyuPlayerLol surprised nobody by choosing him, but what happened next was remarkable.
As reports, the unknown entrant romped through their matches, completely shutting out t𒁃heir grand final opponent, competitive veteran Christopher Hancock. On that final 3-0 victory, as Hancock later r𝔉eported on Twitter, the victor refused to claim their prize money, instead insisting that it be donated to the needy:
With the smaller scale of such events at present, SFVRyuPlayerLol’s prize was worth around $100. Regardless of the relatively modest sum though, this is a truly selfless gesture, considering that the player didn’t see fit to announce themselves or their decision for Internet kudos. Quite the contrary, in fact: they disappeared with that last casual “goodnight,” and neither fellowಞ competitors nor viewers have been able to determine who they were.
In these troubled times, perhaps we could all stand to be a little like SFVRyuPlayerLol, and like Ryu himself. Be bold, be powerful, be unconcerned with fame, fortune, and trinkets. Do good for good’s sake, and disappear from any potential limelight after doing so. You wouldn’t catch the new-and-improved Dan Hibiki 🤡(newly added to Street F💫ighter V: Champion Edition) doing that.