... you might be OG

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If you were a teenager when SFII first came out… you might be OG.

If you can remember when jump in HK, c.HK was considered cheap, cause it was unblockable… you might be OG.

If you have ever done jump HP, c.HP, hurricane kick, and had someone say “thats my combo. do your own” you might be OG.

If you can remember the place you were when you first heard the word “combo” in relation to street fighter, you might be OG.

If you remember when “all you can” was the ‘official’ move name… you might be OG.

If you remember when people tried to “asian” up the phrase “all you can” by saying “allYOUkin”… you might be OG.

If you rode your bike 10 miles to another 7-11 just for new comp… you might be OG.

If you can remember when tokens felt like the only currency in the world that mattered… you might be OG.

If you can remember going to the arcade to play SF1 when it first came out, AND it had the big buttons… you might be OG.

If you knew you were next up to play because the Guile player just lost… you might be OG.

If your local arcade was a 7-11… you might be OG.

If you remember when GamePRO actually had useful information regarding Street Fighter… you might be OG.

If getting out of “handcuffs” meant resetting the machine… you might be OG.

If getting the latest and greatest information meant heading to AGSF2… you might be OG.

If you accessed AGSF2 through a BBS or AOL/Prodigy/Compuserve… you might be OG.

If you attended B3… you might be OG.

If you used techniques such as “7-11 Guile” or “Mexican Uppercut”… you might be OG.

If you found fliers for new tournaments and “kept it on the low”… you might be OG.

If you attended a T:TG… you might be OG.

If you got your ass kicked for being too good or cheap… you might be OG

If you stole money out your mom’s purse to get your SF fix… you might be OG

If you waited for someone to put 50 cents in the machine so you only had to pay a quarter after… you might be OG.

If you told someone it was 2 quarters to continue when its actually one… you might be OG.

If you had a gun pulled to your head/maced/almost jumped because you were “cheesing” people… you might be OG.

If your machine was turned off because people didn’t like how you played… you might be OG.

If you always had to watch who you were playing and would give rounds/game for fear of getting fucked… you might be OG.

If you entered “the code” at the attract mode screen in CE to see the character breakdown… you might be OG.

If you saw Street Fighter: The Movie in the theater… you might be OG.

If you know who Goddard and Winstead are… you might be OG.

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nice! Im just a couple years too young and never really knew about the “scene” but I was playing every fighting game that came out since sf.
Long time no see trag, hope your doin well.

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if you got your ass kicked for being too good or cheap… you might be OG

if you stole money out your mom’s purse to get your sf fix… you might be OG

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lol I’m almost OG! I thought I was. I was 7 or 8 when jump in HK c.HK was cheap… used the hell out of it though.

…Ode to the 2hit combo ftw!

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Ha, I remember how geifs SPD was a seekrit move, and weather or not you could do it was some big seekrit. I even remember there being a rumor that in blankas stage geif could spinning pile drive that tree with the snake on it lol.

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If you were 14 before sf2 hit arcades…you’re definitely O.G.

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i still consider spending quarters as lost opportunities to play sf

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Hell yeah, and if you ever front-flipped over the bull in Karate Champ, you are straight-up geriatric. My beard is grayer than shit right now.

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If you lost your turn because the guy behind you was Bigger than you… you might be OG.

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Fucker always ran me down…then I’d lose, get pissed, get another quarter from mom and play Yie-Ar (or TRY to anyway. Chucka always beat my ass).

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If you waited for someone to put 50 cents in the machine so you only had to pay a quarter after…

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Aside from trag’s post, I qualify the most with this. Mind you, I was only 7 when World Warrior came out. Good times.

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Damn, I’m so OG…

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lol I’m with you Violent Ryo :smiley: (long time no chat by the way… if your the same VR from S-C that is :P).

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I can’t relate to any of those, I guess I’m NG?

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that shit was too funny

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Haha, I’m OG as fuck. I used to “keep it on the DL” all the time.

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LOL. I used to do that :sad:

My bro still calls it “all you can” :rofl:

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some of you guys are very old, I was 8 when sf2 came out

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Im half OG, i was that 5yr old who always watched the OG’s…then talk shit to them