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| Dravenet7 said: Given the lack of context on my part, I updated the OP the previous comments. However people saying Daigo threw the match is laughable, I don't even want to humor these...
... Except this one. Dissapointing not because you think it was staged but because I tend to see your comments here and there are fairly reasonable given the context and debates you're in, and this is example is litterally painful to see: A 10 year old girl hired by Gamestop to pretend to play Smash 4 whilst a pro Melee player KDJ, who had some time with the game, actually played for her behind the scenes using hoo hah Diddy and beat none the wiser players coming into Gamestop, keeping in mind that for all intents and purposes it was supposed to be branded as a hoax from the get go, given the fact they recorded it themselves and were planning to show it to the general public later, only to be beaten to the punch by someone recording it and sending it out earlier than Gamestop intended, sending it out of control and context. This is what you're comparing to the exhibition match... Outside of that I don't even humor these staged comments. But this in particular was a bad comparison and I want you to know this |
It wasn't a direct comparison. It was an example to show that companies often use these kinds of marketing tactics.
In rounds 2 and 3, Daigo drops combos at the end of the round. In the case of the second round it would have won him. The second In the first round of the third set, Daigo can kill Lupe at the end with a combo, but uses a less damaging combo instead. He fell for a ridiculous amount of wakeup Shoryukens.
Meanwhile, Lupe was using random air hurricane kicks, jump ins without any attempt to mix up or cross up, random heavy dragon punches, dragon punches after blocked mediums, and so on. He wasn't playing badly, but he certainly wasn't anywhere near pro level.
I'm not saying someone was behind the stage playing for Lupe. I'm saying that Mad Catz and Capcom had a strong vested interest in seeing Lupe Fiasco win (would you have made a topic about this if Daigo had won?) and Daigo made tons of uncharacteristic mistakes. Could be that Daigo just choked, but it seems more likely that this was done for marketing purposes.
