Bare with me guys. I know this is a touchy subject but I am curious about the regulars here and why you guys choose Hakan as your main. I got this thread idea from the T.Hawk Forums (Why do you play T.Hawk) and i was like, “why doesn’t this forum have that question?”
Honestly. I have so many reasons why I main Hakan. I’ll just start from the beginning. I’ve always played grapplers in Capcom fighting games. Always have, once the rumors came out of Hakan being a grappler, I told everybody I would main him.
Then when he came out… well…
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Then eventually I got a chance to play the oil king. I started to like him. Hakan (to me) was a fresh breath of air to a stale series. I played the whole cast for over 15 plus years. Playing with Hakan was new and exciting. Then when I got word of the tier list or better yet when the “5 gods” said HAKAN in unison (when asked who’s the worse character in SSFIV), I had my doubts. If it wasn’t for the emergence of Wildcat, I would’ve dropped him. However after seeing Wildcat and actually training with Hakan, I rekindled that fire in me to play with him. I can not tell you how many times I got bodied online or off however I just keep going on with it and going on with it. One of my down moments was when Wolfkrone and I had a first to five to prove who was worse; Hakan or Dan. I lost 5-3 and I was mad as hell, however I still keep playing with Hakan.
It wasnt till about 6 months ago, why I realized why I play this character. two main reasons.
#1 I’ve came from nothing. I mean nothing. The harshest neighborhood in Detroit, MI. I was labeled the worst, black sheep, what ever else you can think of. However I used that to motivate me to get out of the slums and now I am very successful in life. I can kinda relate that with Hakan. Dude is considered the worst character ever created in the Street Fighter universe, a waste of a slot, joke character, etc. etc. however I think Hakan players are now figuring out his potential (This was even evolving BEFORE the 2012 update rumors were even rumbling through the FGC) and the rest of the FGC started to catch on about 3 months ago.
I know that’s deep, but that’s just me.
2# In the west coast, they play chracters based on tiers. East coast counter picks (a lot). Mid west, especially South east Michigan, North west Ohio, we play who we like. Regardless of the tier list, I liked Hakan since day 12, so I stuck with him. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve dabbled with other characters in this game (C.Viper, guy, Cody) but Hakan just feels right to me. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve put so much work in him or just because. All I know is that, I’m playing him.