I just had a few minutes to go back and read this thread and I see that WING/CLINT/JTO splitting the pot somehow brought up Evo2004 when Mick and I didn't play our main characters in the finals.
With that said, I'm just going to take a quick second here to fill some of you in on the history of Evo2004 since THE LORD owned the thread and gored everyone anyway.
Now I could just leave it at the old Cliché - "You can't satisfy everyone" - and be done with it.
But since I have a few minutes, I'll go ahead and indulge everyone.
You see, back in 2003, Mick and I played a serious match with our main characters at Evo2003.
It was a great match and it came down to the wire but because our play style (turtle :)) wasn't 'entertaining' to the crowd, we got booed off the stage!
We said that was cool and we played again with our main characters a year later at Evo2004 in winners' finals. Again, it was a great match, but it didn’t warrant any excitement from the crowd.
A few minutes later, we met AGAIN in the finals and we knew that based on our previous experiences, we figured the majority of people in the crowd were nOObs and that they didn't appreciate ‘high-level’ play. O.K. I get it.
So this time we thought we'd satisfy the majority and we picked a character that was a little more interesting.
And I tell you what; Soul Calibur has just the character - Voldo.
I picked Voldo and every 'freaky' move I performed received rave cheers from the crowd.
While ingesting the excitement from everyone, I got hyped and crawled up the wall and Voldo started stroking for no reason.
I didn’t try to explain it because I was caught up in the moment, so I watched Voldo pop his back out for a few minutes.
At that point, I had lost control of Voldo, but I was like fuck it because everyone was cheering, so I, or Voldo rather, jumped off the wall, did a fish crawl, had an orgasm with the floor, and won. I was like wtf!?!!!?
That’s the best way I can explain what happened in the finals.
After the finals were over, I had at least 3 nOobs, YES 3!!, come up to me and ask me how did I pick the costume with the tights.
I said all of Voldo's costumes are like that you fuckin nOobs!
Afterwards, I couldn't look at that man Manta or Aris in the eye. So I took the back door out.
Aside from all of this, and I hope that you all will get to experience this, Evo is a multi-day event. Soul Calibur starts on Friday and finishes off with the top 8 on Sunday.
Needless to say, Evo is a looong and exxhausting event, especially if you’re the one in the hot seat.
Now keep in mind that Mick and I are just your average southern county folk who don't get much sun even though we look roasted.
So when Mick and I met again at EVO for the 3rd time in the finals after besting over 130 people in Cali, where there are nice beaches, beers, and beautiful women, the last thing on our minds were games.
I'm sorry if that statement offends any hardcore gamers.
But all in all, at the end of the day, the nOObs were satisfied, Mick and I went out on the town while everyone else played casuals and jerked off.
Because of the inherent controversy of our actions, we went on to fulfill a legacy of being the first people to have a major gaming T.V. network make a documentary on Soul Calibur players.
Now I've heard some of you call it the Evo that Soul Calibur died but there is not a day that goes by that Mick and I don’t regret the very day that the ‘Da Dirty South’ became legends.
