There may still be pockets of resistance in regards to televising video game competitions — or eSports, as they’re called now — but as you surely know if you’ve watched your friends play against one another, especially in games involving some kind of sporting event or fight, the action at hand lends itself to exciting and enthusiastic commentary.
That was certainly the case at Capcom Cup 2015 this past weekend, which featured the greatest Street Fighter players in the world facing each other in competition. There may be no better than Daigo Umehara, though that status will suffer after the outcome of his match with Kazunoko.
As it turns out, Daigo didn’t win the Capcom Cup. But he certainly did not go down without a fight. And his stirring comeback in an earlier match against Infiltration made for some entertaining play-by-play. Here is a clip:
Is that the eSports equivalent of Gus Johnson losing his mind during Saturday’s Big Ten Championship on the 85-yard touchdown pass from Iowa’s C.J. Beathard to Tevaun Smith? The two calls sound rather similar. Femi Adeboye and Logan Sama must have a meeting arranged with Johnson someday. Maybe each side can sit in on another’s call one day.
As the runner-up, Daigo won $60,000 in the tournament. However, Kazunoko pocketed $120,000 as the first-place finisher. It’s good to be the king. But it might not be a bad consolation prize to have a great play-by-play call with your game. (OK, that might not be worth $60,000, but it’s still pretty cool.)
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