Street Fighter’s EVO Moment #37 (ft. Justin Wong & Daigo Umehara)

August 1, 2004. Before esports became a billion-dollar industry, a few college halls in Southern California hosted a video game tournament: the Evolution Championship Series. Justin Wong is facing Daigo Umehara in the semifinals in Street Fighter III. Surprisingly, Wong has Umehara on the ropes. He goes in for a game-ending move when something unimaginable happens. Today, the moment that changes fighting games forever. When EVO Moment takes the world by storm, it helps revive a struggling video game franchise. How does the moment come to be? And why does it have such a huge impact on the gaming community and beyond? Special thanks to our guests: Glenn Cravens, author of “EVO Moment : One of the Most Famous Moments in Competitive Gaming History”; David Graham, gamer, lawyer and EVO Tournament commentator; Daigo Umehara, professional gamer; and Justin Wong, professional gamer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Street Fighter’s EVO Moment #37 (ft. Justin Wong & Daigo Umehara) is an episode from Sports History This Week by Ben Dickstein.

This episode is 30:14 long.

This episode was published on Aug 2, 2023.

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