Although a number of massive names in Road Fighter had been at Capcom Cup 11, probably the most thrilling rivals was 15 12 months previous Blaz, somebody who was in a position to take down a number of the easiest SF6 gamers on the earth regardless of a few of them being near triple his age.
Contemplating that lots of the greatest Road Fighter gamers of all time are nonetheless competing and at the moment are of their 30s (and even 40s when you’re Daigo), breaking into the scene as a brand new participant is exceptionally troublesome and really intimidating.
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Blaz, in the meantime, dominated a literal EVO winner in AngryBird, taking the Losers Semifinal match in opposition to him in 3-0 style. He did the identical to Leshar, one other Road Fighter legend, within the Loser’s Closing.
And, although the Chilean prodigy wasn’t in a position to beat Kakeru within the Grand Finals, he has cemented himself as the person main the subsequent technology of Road Fighter execs.
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Blaz takes dwelling $100k after tense Grand Closing
The Capcom Cup has the largest Grand Prize in all of combating video games, placing $1 million up for grabs. And, with the second place prize being solely $100k, the Grand Finals match was a $900k cash match. Lower than quarter-hour of gameplay decided who walked away nearly 1,000,000 {dollars} richer.
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Whereas Capcom’s prizing construction for the occasion has been some extent of controversy in the neighborhood, even amongst execs like MenaRD, there’s little doubt that it makes for a hype Grand Closing.
And, although Blaz didn’t win, he saved the competitors. If he learn Kakeru’s throw and broke it within the above clip, there’s an excellent likelihood this match went to a fifth spherical.
Kakeru is also referred to as the ‘Excellent Parry Prince’, along with his extremely oppressive and poke heavy playstyle making him very laborious to beat. Taking him down is a battle of attrition, discovering simply the suitable opening in JP’s offense to swing the match in your favor.
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And, although Blaz got here nearer than anybody else, he wasn’t in a position to beat Kakeru.
Regardless of this loss, Blaz’s story cements him as probably the greatest rookies in esports, particularly contemplating the wall of legacy expertise he needed to bulldoze by way of to make it to finals.
As a participant, the younger phenom is thought partially due to how concerned his father is in his coaching, with the 2 of them VoD reviewing and dealing collectively to make him a greater participant. Contemplating he’s going again to Chile $100k richer, that effort has paid off.
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In the meantime, Kakeru’s win makes him the very best incomes combating recreation participant of all time, along with his whole lifetime winnings amounting to nearly $1.5 million {dollars}.
