GamerBee and RB given a hero's welcome back home in Taiwan

Protocol_Snow · July 15, 2010, 1:03pm

I am tremendously impressed with the Taiwan Street Fighter community. A group of them drove out to the airport (an hour away from Taipei) and welcomed home GamerBee (5th place) and RB (13th place).

EVO 2010 ? Taiwan shocks the world at Protocol Snow

Nice to see that the Taiwan community really appreciates what they’ve done to represent their country at EVO. Very awesome gesture imo.

roxtc · July 15, 2010, 1:16pm

Good on them! Great sense of community!

MarkMan · July 15, 2010, 1:17pm

Good shit Protocol Snow <3

Galz · July 15, 2010, 3:11pm

what a nice scene. coooool.

broz0rs · July 15, 2010, 8:04pm

that is awesome. the scene can only get larger in Taiwan.

ilitirit · July 15, 2010, 8:28pm

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Translation in the comments:

Using his fingers and techniques, this player won the 5th place in an international tournament? and has became Taiwan’s very own superstar. during EVO, a fighting game tourny in las vegas on july 11th, Xiang Yu Lin (GamerBee), as a dark horse, beat US Champion Justin Wong, and became the first Taiwanese to enter top 8 at a US gaming tournament.

Gathering around a television watching a match between? Adon and Vega and seeing how Adon was styling on Vega, the spectators had nothing except praises for the player.
Question: "Do you think the player is skillful?"
Answer: "Definitely"
Leaving the spectators in awe, who is the player actually? He might be unknown to you, but he is probably the best fighting game player in Taiwan.

“Justin previously said publicly that Adon was a weak and low-tiered character. I fought every game well, slowly climbing step by step to the top”

The player who has beaten the us champion at evo is Xiang Yu Lin, a 31-year old well-mannered looking man working as a supervisor at the front desk of a famous hotel in Taichung. He has gaming experience of 20 years. He has used his skills and techniques to earn the respect of a player who previously looked down on Adon.

“When I beat him, I actually felt quite calm/peaceful.”

Even thought he won the 5th place, Xiang Yu Lin is not boastful/contented with his achievement. He aims to take part in other tournaments in the future, because one shouldn’t waste his youth. Being able to travel to a faraway place like America, it was valuable gaming experience for him.

“The best way? to be good is to constantly practice, and know the different situations and matchups at the back of your hand.”

supreme_jd · July 15, 2010, 8:58pm

GamerBee is dat dude.

Protocol_Snow · July 15, 2010, 9:01pm

Thanks for that link. Taiwan always celebrates its people when somebody gets major recognition outside of the country. They went crazy when a Taiwanese player beat Andy Roddick at Wimbledon this year.

sowutifmahsnsux · July 15, 2010, 9:49pm

wow. GBee doesnt look 31

Crhustle · July 15, 2010, 9:53pm

Thats awesome. Way to support your members

ruff0123 · July 15, 2010, 11:07pm

damn he made the news lol…

faux123 · July 16, 2010, 12:36am

Way to represent my childhood country… Congrats to GamerBee and Arubi…

Does anyone know which “famous” hotel he works at in TaiChung? I pretty much stayed at every major hotel in TaiChung… The most famous one is called the Landis… Just curious, maybe next time I go back, I stop by the one he works at and hit him up for some casuals… LOL

The_Electrifying_One · July 16, 2010, 12:40am

There’s a Taiwanese player called Timm119 (pretty sure that’s his name) that finished #1 in some European tournaments for games like KOF and Blazblue. Wonder why nobody made a big deal of him. He’s meant to be a top tier Taiwan player too, he’s sick on every game he plays. He’s on the Neoempire.com homepage atm trying out the new BBCS console game.

Cicada · July 16, 2010, 12:47am

Woot!

Protocol_Snow · July 16, 2010, 2:17am

I’ve stayed at the Landis before also. Very sweet hotel.

nothingxs · July 16, 2010, 5:27am

Can’t wait to see him next year, for real.