Before we get started, we have to acknowledge Justin Wong's achievements and contributions to the Fighting Game Community. He is definitely one of the most talented and recognized faces in the American scene. Being the undisputed best player of Marvel vs Capcom 2 and winning an EVO Championship for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 have pretty much solidified Justin Wong as the best Marvel player in history. However, when it comes to Street Fighter 4, he is hardly considered one of the top 30 players. Going 0-2 in the SF25th tournament and Capcom Cup 2014 (he didn't qualify for the 2013 cup), this tournament is definitely Justin Wong's chance to prove that he has what it takes to win atleast one set in the year's toughest Street Fighter tournament.
Today we will do an in-depth analysis on why Justin Wong won't win a single set in this years Capcom Cup.
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THE EFFORT:
- Quit UMvC3 and MKX to focus on USF4 until Capcom Cup is over. Justin Wong's only fighting game since EVO has been USF4 1 2 3 4
- Aside from having a great Rufus and pocket Rose, he also started using Elena again, arguably the best character in the game.
- Practiced with Hamad, Ricky Ortiz, PR Balrog, Julio, 801 Strider and more.
WHY THE EFFORT DOESN'T MATTER:
- As soon as JWong announced that he would quit UMvC3 to focus on USF4, he lost against Chris G at Texas Showdown, a person that signed up in both UMvC3 and USF4. Source
- According to a reddit thread, Justin Wong chose not to enter the Pre-Capcom Cup tournament possibly because he was scared of showing off too much tech or being downloaded. Tonpy was in this tournament and got 2nd place. Tonpy is Justin Wong's first round opponent in Capcom Cup. Some may argue that this is a good call, because he would've had the awkward situation of having to face Tonpy in a weekly tournament before the big major... but let's not forget that Justin lives in Norcal and Tonpy traveled all the way to Japan. When you consider that this tournament was held in his backward you can't help but consider that Justin was ducking on fear of getting downloaded. He could've used the opportunity to try a secondary character pick and see how it goes. Justin Wong mains three characters whereas Tonpy only uses one. Source - Tweet
- This is not the first time Justin Wong ducks on an international player. An archived file from our past investigations suggest that JWong ducked on going to First Attack 2015 because Infiltration was going to be there. Source
- According to our research; Hamad, Ricky Ortiz, PR Balrog, Julio and 801 Strider are not Asian. Source
- Justin Wong qualified to Capcom Cup via the points system. This system is designed so that you can qualify if you attend and get top 8 at various events. Justin Wong is currently the #15 seed on the Capcom Pro Tour rankings with a healthy 310 points. The major sum of these points are the two ranking events he won, Northwest Majors (beating KojiKOG) and Defend The North (beating Snake Eyez). Both of these tournaments were lacking strong international representation so one could argue that they were free points for him. Source
- He's American.
He's American.All you need.
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