ICONIC Esports Moments: Luffy's Miraculous Losers' Bracket run at EVO 2014 (FGC)

Winning EVO from the loser’s bracket is the absolute hardest thing a fighting game player can accomplish.

You play twice as many matches as the players in the winners’ bracket. Twice the number of players. You’re twice as tired, working through twice as many bad matchups and fighting off twice as many world-class players.

Oh, and one more thing. Try doing it all on a PlayStation One controller.

In 2014, Olivier “Luffy” Hay made history by becoming the first ever European Street Fighter EVO champion, and the first ever Street Fighter EVO champion to play on pad. And he did it from the losers’ bracket in what has become the greatest EVO run of all time.

Courtesy List:

EVO vods
Courtesy: evo2kvids
Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/evo2kvids

Capcom Cup 2017 Trailer
Courtesy: Capcom Fighters
Link: https://youtu.be/1Jyi5-ql1AY

The Art of Street Fighting
Courtesy: Redbull/Talla’s Fight Lounge
Link: https://youtu.be/NifzWTRBG5k

The Art of Street Fighting | Trailer
Courtesy: Redbull
Link: https://youtu.be/ykU5Awjnpbs

WGC 2K10 – SF4 – Luffy vs Daigo
Courtesy: GnouzCorp
Link: https://youtu.be/SehZ-yo2dng

WDM|MCZ.Louffy (Rose) vs MCZ.Mago (Fei Long) – DHW13 RO32
Courtesy: DreamHack/hakf
Link: https://youtu.be/z8EnF25ATPk

Ultra Combos
Courtesy: Ray Dhimitri
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVY5WsnGa21NVDG70-g6kEw

Rose Arcade Mode
Courtesy: XGAMER 744
Link: https://youtu.be/ZgJ8GaoUybE

Ultra Street Fighter IV Full Retail Launch Trailer
Courtesy: Street Fighter
Link: https://youtu.be/o27jXbe0YbY

ELEAGUE vods
Courtesy: ELEAGUE
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK7CPGf74Fpes6kKLMuAdBg

Xian VS Luffy (EVO 2014, winner bracket finals)
Courtesy: Alessandra Lo-Presti
Link: https://youtu.be/cD2XD4E6_do

Tokido VS Luffy (EVO 2014, loser bracket finals)
Courtesy: Alessandra Lo-Presti
Link: https://youtu.be/xi5TuIJ65OE

Capcom Cup 2015 vods
Courtesy: Capcom Fighters
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPGuorlvarThSlwJpyTHOmQ

Luffy (Rose) vs Mago (Fei Long) Evo 2014
Courtesy: BornFree
Link: https://youtu.be/v6xq77sR6OM

EVO vods
Courtesy: PS3GamingHD
Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/PS3GamingHD

Bonchan: From Mahjong to pro SFV | Esports Unfold
Courtesy: Red Bull Esports
Link: https://youtu.be/TS9Hp-olxMU

Images:
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https://media.eventhubs.com/images/2015/01/12_top50_22.jpg
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https://image.redbull.com/rbcom/010/2015-10-06/1331752152428_2/0010/1/1500/1000/1/red-bull-athlete-masato-bonchan-takahashi.jpg

Dunno how you can play with an OG PSX controller and still get into @evo2k SF2 top 8 but Luffy makes it work #Evo2014 pic.twitter.com/ue7tx7g1n3

— David Zhou (@dz) July 14, 2014

Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).

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