A 16-Year-Old Apparently Unintentionally Created a “Mic Drop” Moment at a Street Fighter V Tournament. After Winning the Finals Against His Opponent, He Simply Left the Stage. It Seems He Hadn’t Even Realized He Had Won the Tournament.
What Kind of Tournament Was It? From November 11 to 13, the Ultimate Fighting Arena Took Place in Paris: An Event Where Tournaments Were Held for a Total of Seven Different Fighting Games, Including Street Fighter V.
Who is the 16-Year-Old Winner? For the 16-Year-Old “Street Fighter” Player Competing Under the Name Ending Walker, It Was Only His 2nd Offline Event Ever. However, This Inexperience Did Not Show in His Performance.
With Just One Loss, the Young Player Defeated Full-Time Professionals Over the Weekend. That Would Already Be an Impressive Achievement, But During His Appearance in the Grand Finals, He Particularly Stood Out with His Apparent Calmness.
Alongside Classics Like Super Smash Bros and Street Fighter, the Colorful Crossover Fighting Game MultiVersus Was Also Represented at the UFA.
Player Leaves the Stage Instead of Being Celebrated
What Happened in the Finals? In the Grand Finals, Ending Walker Faced Off Against “Street Fighter” Veteran Valmaster and Swept Him 3-0 Off the Stage. Instead of Being Celebrated as a Great Winner, the 16-Year-Old Apparently Unimpressed Left the Stage and Disappeared into the Crowd.
Only After Some Coaxing from the Enthusiastic Audience Did the Slightly Embarrassed Smiling Ending Walker Return to the Stage. There, He Not Only Received His Well-Deserved Applause but Also a Medal and the Grand Prize of €3,000.
You Can Watch a Video of the Performance Here:
How Was the Action Received? Many Viewers Celebrated Ending Walker for His Apparent Calmness in Light of His Victory. The US Magazine Dexerto Admired the 16-Year-Old on Twitter by Calling Him a “Gigachad”.
In the Comments on Twitter, Ending Walker is Even Compared to Ryu, the Protagonist of the “Street Fighter” Series. The Appearance of the Young Player Reminds Some of a Cutscene from the Nearly 30-Year-Old Street Fighter 2.
In This Cutscene, Ryu is Shown Walking into the Sunset After His Victory, with the Text Displayed: “He is Already Seeking the Next Challenge; Ceremonies Mean Nothing to Him.”
SON OF A RYU pic.twitter.com/MySTmANkFO
— Partytime Ying (@PartyTimeSeason) November 14, 2022
What Does Ending Walker Say About the Attention? The 16-Year-Old Explained on Twitter that He Did Not Plan the Cool Appearance. He Was Simply Overwhelmed at That Moment and Couldn’t Fully Grasp His Victory Yet.
The 16-Year-Old Ending Walker Had Already Built a Reputation as a Prodigy in the Street Fighter Community Before His Performance at the UFA and His Appearance in the Finals. Last Year, He Won Several Online Tournaments, and at His First Offline Appearance, He Managed to Achieve Third Place.
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