596

“He’s thinking more of how to sustain his life past pixels and gaming. This man had already sacrificed 15 years of his soul to this game.”

/\ Exact Lee

Come on men, why do you think he is in such a rut now? You think these skills came naturally? The man should of divided at least 1/4 of the 27 hours a day he would practice and think about the game in his prime to working on life. ( prime as in time on your hands and passion for the game and not seeing anything else in life, not necessarily some sort of physical or mental decline )

But if he did that, that would mean he would have only practiced 20.25 hrs a day, which is far from enough to become Kuroda… but then he would not be in such a rut, but then he would not be Kuroda.

What would you do if you were there when Kuroda was in his prime? Watching him study Riki Q so earnestly, specific reflex training versus CPU, trying to find answers even in baseball to relate to the game, etc… would you be a real pal/buddy and tell him to take a break and focus a bit more on life?, or would you marvel at his skill and determination while knowing he is going down the wrong path?

***Are you willing to sell your soul for 3rdstrike?***, forget your family, forget your friends, forget success, forget the future, forget your hot wife and practice 27 hours a day and become the best with every character?

Do you guys not see why Kuroda decided to main Oro in his late 3s career? because he had an epiphany, a sudden realization, he stopped and looked at himself, his life and his circumstances, and saw that… he BECAME Oro, the embodiment of Oro himself. Everything about him reflected Oroness.

What do you want, to be Kuroda-Like or to be some mediocre player with a better life? pray on it and think about it.

Like the announcer says…

“choose and pick the best one”***

597

You guys are trippin.

There’s a world of difference between haitani makoto and everyone else.

You guys only look at the wins and losses but don’t see the big picture.

Kuroda doesn’t do this to show his dick size and say “see I can beat anyone”

He does these gachis for entertainment and learning experience.

598

Life being in a rut is a different subject. Yes maybe he shouldnt have spent so long mastering 3s… but my question is about right now - is he past his prime?

I dont think so. His game doesnt appear any less amazing than it ever was.

599

I don’t know about him being past his prime, but being depressed about his lot in life must factor into his play.

600

bunch of weird as fuck comments…
you guys are creepy.

you remember why we play games right?
win or loss is irrelevant if it was enjoyable.

these are two awesome players having some fun.

601

Do you guys not see why Kuroda decided to main Oro in his late 3s career? because he had an epiphany, a sudden realization, he stopped and looked at himself, his life and his circumstances, and saw that… he BECAME Oro, the embodiment of Oro himself. Everything about him reflected Oroness.

So true lol

602

That reminds me of this

http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv197/lind880/cuff_breaker.jpg_zpsk0n20smp.png
603

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Come on man, if homelessness was a major concern of yours, it has to influence your play. I’d hardly call that weird .

604

He lost to SHO, Ushi, and Haitani. Saying he lost to them because “he’s past his prime” and “he’s slipping” is doing those guys a huge disservice.

605

I couldn’t agree more. Plus you guys were certainly not echoing these sentiments when he beat MOV.

I think haitani would have beaten kuroda in a ft10 at pretty much any stage of the game 2008 or later regardless of character. Secondly who cares, kuroda is great. One of the absolute best, but that’s it . So are Haitani, and Match. That’s the point. Just because he does sick shit and people call him some urban legend doesn’t matter when he is up against equally good players. Kuroda, Nuki, MOV, etc… they are going to beat each other and all the time spent arguing his case as the “one true 3s God” seems silly.

I feel like it unfairly inflates his skills both positively and negatively, while simultaneously dismissing the skill of his contemporaries.

Also unfortunately in the “inspirational” quote above it states there are two types of people while listing three.

Also I hardly think if Kuroda was bordering on homelessness he would be doing interviews and playing these sets and such. I’m being presumptuous, but not as much as you guys fearing your hero being tossed into the streets. I live in DC and while there are a multitude of variables to consider. I’d still say Kuroda doesn’t appear to fit the “homeless person” billing just yet.

606

I made the initial comment about Kuroda looking not as good as usual, but didn’t mean to stir this mess nor (as I wrote!) didn’t mean to underestimate Haitani.
I didn’t look at the score but more at the mistake rate which was higher than usual. Even if he was at 100% probably Haitani would have won this ft10 regardless, since he won the mind battle.

607

If homelessness is a major concern you probably need to reorganize your life a bit and spend your time more wisely.
What I mean is people are looking too deep and over-analyzing.

608

Basically what tebbo and aku said.

One of the best fighting game players of all time, who is incidentally an exceptional 3S player, beat the God of 3S in an FT10, when said God didn’t play his main and purposefully didn’t use one of his best normals because he thinks it looks dumb. CALL THE NEWSPAPERS GUYS

Sounds pretty silly, right?

609

Only sounds silly if you weren’t talking about Kuroda - people have very high expectations regarding him whenever and whoever he plays. It’s always been fun to observe the sort of aura Kuroda has especially amongst the people who have just a passing intrest in high level 3s as most of these people seem to think Kuroda is untouchable.

610

In 3rd Strike nobody is untouchable. It’s built into the nature of the game. One of the things that makes it truly great and gives it such longevity.

Also a reason why Kuroda has such mystique around him. Prior to the last few years he won so consistently. His skill and dedication created the illusion of invincibility.

Can you blame casual followers from becoming enamoured?

611

Anyone have a translation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MFDvpMJkdg

612

wow,he hates umehara but still decided to join his hollywood / pro from the couch bullshit ?
that’s really quite sad
umehara is the king of the sell outs army so no surprise there but uncle K ? damn
but,yeah,i guess those sf4 sets for playboy were foreboding

i liked how things were pre sf4 / “modern” era :
no big ass headphones so you could immerse yourself in shitty boring fighting games while looking ridiculous
shitty games you have to play so you can find a sponsor that will fly you out to EVO,the biggest console tournament in the universe
tougeki > cow manure > evo

but,yeah,translation please

613

There was one more article published a few months back.
Some brief translations:

  • Kuroda admitted not adapting to SF4 all that well. He didn’t really get the same feelings he got while playing 3S.
  • Regarding his fight vs Tominaga Makoto: “To be honest, I underestimated him pretty hard, so I didn’t bother practicing.”
  • His personal favorite set was vs MOV Chun: “In all the sets I played for 3S, I didn’t really like most of them. Sure I won a lot of them, but next time they’ll know what to do against me because I opened everything up. In the MOV set, that was the only time I felt confident he wouldn’t be able to counter this next time.”
  • He really hates 2ch and the trolls that talk shit about him.
  • Some more talks about his relationship with his mother, as well as the debt. More or less the same as last time.
  • He says he’ll try out SF5, but also mentions that he wants to take a sabbatical from games in general(remember this article was posted a few months back).
  • He also finally says that he’s thankful for shupure for the interviews. He says that it’s helped him out a bit with money and his mother’s condition has gotten better as a result.

Regarding the video, it’s pretty long so I won’t have time to translate the whole thing. He’s talking surprisingly friendly with Daigo, even not using formal speech despite the age difference. From what I’ve heard over the years about his personality, not to mention his attitude and mannerisms on video, Kuroda seems to have mellowed out and became more open.

614

My God! Where has Kuroda been??

615

he was in the tokyo button mashers major not too long ago. almost made it out of pools.