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Evo Moment 37: One of the most famous moments in competitive gaming history Paperback – April 3, 2014

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On August 1, 2004, one of the most famous moments in competitive gaming history occurred in the halls of Cal Poly University in Pomona, Calif., sending hundreds of fighting game fans into a frenzy and many more scrambling to find out what happened and how it happened. It is the most-watched tournament highlight ever, totalling more than 30 million views, first making its mark at a time when there were no major video streaming websites. Ten years later, the event and this video are still brought up in video game conversations, and the two fateful competitors involved continue to compete today for world championships in fighting games. In "Evo Moment 37," follow the journey toward the moment known today as 'The Daigo Parry.' The book chronicles the road toward the 2004 Evolution Fighting Game World Championships, the strange sudden rise of "Street Fighter III: Third Strike" in the United States, and how one unforgettable event in competitive gaming history changed several people's lives forever.

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Glenn Cravens is a sports writer, video game fan and former competitive gamer living in Northern California. He is the author of “Monterey Bay Thunder” and “Three in the Secret Society.”

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Paperback: 204 pages
Publisher: Glenn Cravens (April 3, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0996010904
ISBN-13: 978-0996010900
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.5 x 8 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,095,147 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #3727 in Computer & Video Game Strategy Guides

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Adrian Quirarte

Memories from a fight fan

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2015

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All the memories from the moment when the fighting games where in another place, before the comeback for this kind of game genere, we just dont see about that especific evo moment, we have memories about other details, ones are just amazing, the others are too especific, a great buy if you are a great fan for video game history and fighting games obviously

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wahid lui

i wish i were there! what a spectacle

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2017

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a great play by play, and also great story about EVOs humble beginnings. but i wish there was more on the general public's change in sentiment discussed.

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Chris

Even if you don't like fighting games.

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2017

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It dissects an entire niche group and the hype behind it. Amazing.

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John Dodo

Poor writing on an interesting subject

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2014

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As a member of a different competitive gaming community, I was curious about the history of the fighting game community. I had seen the titular video several times. I have personally experienced the feeling of a room exploding when somebody does something brilliant in-game, and I looked forward to learning the context which made Daigo's full parry even more amazing to the players present than it was to me.

This book fails to capture it for a number of reasons.

Its pacing is convoluted. Sometimes Cravens takes pages and pages just to describe the match before the match the section is about. He also glosses over significant events, returning to them later in order to add details left out of the initial descriptions. The word choice is repetitive and filled with jargon that those unfamiliar with the game (in other words, almost the entire audience who will learn anything from this book) will not understand. I found errors that, with other writers, I knew would be typographical in nature but which, in this book, seemed deliberate. I only trust direct quotes from the players interviewed to accurately represent their feelings or their experiences, and even then they are often poorly selected or presented.

It did provide some insight into earlier days of the FGC, particularly the beginning of the Evo tournament series. If one reads into the confusion of attempts at elevated diction mixed indiscriminately with slang and fighting game jargon, ignores the transparent use of suspense, researches the references to events and game strategies with which readers may not be familiar, and focuses on the objective facts presented in the story, it can be an interesting window into the community. But there are better ways to become familiar with the subject matter than reading this book.

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Good Book

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2014

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definitely a novel for a certain demographic, but if you're like me and apart of the scene- you'll love it

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