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| Justin Wong | |
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| Team | Evil Geniuses |
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Justin Wong is an American competitive gamer, specializing in fighting games.
Evolution 2004
[edit]Wong is well known for a recording of his match in the Evolution Championship Series 2004 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike losers bracket final where, using Chun-Li, he lost to a dramatic comeback against Daigo Umehara's Ken Masters.[1][2][3][4]
Wong in 2009
[edit]Justin Wong took part in GameStop's Street Fighter IV US National Tournament in 2009, which he won. After the main tournament, a set of special exhibition matches of Street Fighter IV took place in San Francisco, California, on April 18 after the actual competition ended. It featured Iyo who had recently won the Japanese National SFIV tournament, Poongko who won the Korean SFIV National Tournament, Daigo Umehara who came by Capcom's invitation,[5] and Wong himself. Wong defeated Iyo and Poongko, but lost to Daigo who went on to win the tournament.[5][6][7] He was awarded a tournament seed at Evolution 2009 in Las Vegas.
Wong gained more fame after the footage of his matches in GameStop's competition were spread on the internet. As of July 19, the video of the match against Justin Wong received almost 80,000 hits on Niconico video sharing site.[8]
Evolution 2009
For winning the US GameStop tournament, Wong started his Street Fighter IV competition as a seeded player in the semi-finals on July 18, which is the second day of Evo 2009. He beat 4 opponents and had to start the next day by playing against Daigo Umehara.[9] In the third and the last day, Daigo defeated Wong and put him into the Losers Bracket, then advanced to the grand finals just to meet Wong again. In the final showdown, Wong changed his character from Abel to Balrog (boxer, called M. Bison in Japan) to counter Daigo's signature Ryu. The two fought until the last game possible, but Wong lost the competition.[10] It was this point of the tournament that had more than 23,000 users viewing the stream broadcasting.[11]
Seasons Beatings IV
Wong joined a tournament called Seasons Beatings on October 16–18 in Columbus, Ohio.[12][13] He participated in the Street Fighter IV 3 on 3 on the second day with two teammates and won 1st place. There was an exhibition match between him and Daigo Umehara which he lost by two games to ten. For Street Fighter IV Singles, Wong, who this time chose to play Fei Long, won in the Winners Bracket's final against Daigo. He later lost to Daigo after Daigo bounced back from the Loser's Bracket.[14][15]
Wong in 2010
[edit]In June 2010, Wong left the competitive gaming group Empire Arcadia and signed with professional gaming organization Evil Geniuses with Martin "Marn" Phan[16] and was later joined by Ricky Ortiz.
Evolution 2010
Wong won the Marvel vs Capcom 2 tournament coming out of the loser's bracket.[17] He also placed just out of the top 8 in Super Street Fighter IV, losing to Bruce "Gamerbee" Hsiang in an exciting match.[18]
Wong also participated in the reality show WCG Ultimate Gamer.[19] He made it as far as the Gauntlet, but was eliminated during the Forza Motorsport 3 driving challenge.
Wong in 2011
[edit]Marvel Madness Tournament
Wong placed 2nd in Super Street Fighter 4 and lost against Air in the Grand Finals. He placed 1st in Marvel vs Capcom 3. Team USA, which included Justin, James Chen, and Martin "Marn" Phan, took 1st place in both the Super Street Fighter 4 and Marvel vs Capcom 3 team tournaments. [20]
PDP.com's Mortal Kombat Nationals
Wong storms through the tournament without losing a set up until the grand finals where he wins the tournament and the $10,000 1st prize as Kung Lao playing against Floejisan's Ermac.
Tournament Placings 2001 - 2013
[edit]- Evolution (2001) - 1st
- Evolution (2002) - 1st
- Evolution (2003) - 1st
- Evolution (2004) - 1st
- Evolution (2005) - 4th
- Evolution (2006) - 1st
- Evolution (2007) - 2nd
- Evolution (2008) - 1st
- Evolution (2009) - 2nd
- Evolution (2010) - 1st
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
[edit]- Evolution (2005) - 2nd
- Evolution (2008) - 2nd
- Evolution (2009) - 1st (2v2 with Issei Suzuki)
- Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament (2012) - 1st
Capcom vs SNK 2
[edit]- Evolution (2007) - 3rd
- Evolution (2006) - 4th
Street Fighter IV
[edit]- Evolution (2009) - 2nd
- Evolution (2009) - 1st (5v5 Team East Coast)
Super Street Fighter IV
[edit]- Canada Cup's Marvel Madness (2011) - 2nd
- Canada Cup's Marvel Madness (2011) - 1st (3v3 Teams)
- Devastation (2011) - 1st
- Socal Regionals (2011) - 1st
- Winter Brawl 6 (2012) - 1st
- Final Round XV (2012) - 2nd
- Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament (2012) - 1st
- East Coast Throwdown (2012) - 2nd
- CEO - Community Effort Orlando (2012) - 1st
- East Coast Throwdown (2013) - 1st
- Evolution (2013) - 13th
Tatsunoko vs Capcom
[edit]- Evolution (2010) - 3rd
Marvel vs Capcom 3
[edit]- Evolution (2011) - 3rd
- Canada Cup's Marvel Madness (2011) - 1st
- Canada Cup's Marvel Madness (2011) - 1st (3v3 Teams)
- Devastation (2011) - 1st
- Canada Cup (2011) - 2nd
- Socal Regionals (2011) - 1st
- Winter Brawl 6 (2012) - 1st
- Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament (2012) - 5th
- East Coast Throwdown (2012) - 2nd
- CEO - Community Effort Orlando (2012) - 1st
- Evolution (2012) - 7th
- Shadowloo Showdown (2012) - 3rd
- Canada Cup (2012) - 2nd
- South East Asia Major (2013) - 1st
- Evolution (2013) - 2nd
- PDP.com's Mortal Kombat Nationals (2011) - 1st
- Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament (2012) - 1st
- East Coast Throwdown (2012) - 1st
- CEO - Community Effort Orlando (2012) - 3rd
- Evolution (2013) - 2nd
See also
[edit]References and notes
[edit]- ^ Livingston, Tim (2008-08-19). "EVO 2K8: Fighting Games Personified". Sports Joystick. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ Spitalieri, Mike (2007-03-22). "The 9 biggest moments in pro gaming". GamePro. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ McCarthy, Dave (2006-08-31). "The best of YouTube Article". EuroGamer. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ Miller, Pat (2007-03-13). "Fei Long and Justin Wong". The Escapist Magazine. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ a b Oichi (2009-05-31). "Arcadia July - Umehara Six Page Interview". VersusCity. Retrieved 2009-07-19. Cite error: The named reference "2009 Exhibition Matches" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Gilbert, Ben (2009-04-19). "Justin Wong wins national SFIV tourney, Daigo remains world champ". Joystiq. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ Bright, Hailey (2009-06-21). "Justin Wong (Street Fighter IV National Champion)". Coin-Op TV. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "ストⅣ世界大会 ジャスティン×ウメハラ【高画質】". 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ Evo2009 (2009-07-16). "Evo2009 SFIV: Semi-Finals Winners Bracket". Evolution Championship Series. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ng, Terry (2009-07-20). "Daigo Wins Evo 2009 Street Fighter IV Championship Title — Defeats Justin Wong". Kineda. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ "Evo 2009 Live Broadcast". Shoryuken. 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ "Seasons Beatings IV live broadcast from Ohio". Get Your Tournament. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ "Seasons Beatings IV". Get Your Tournament. 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
- ^ Catalyst (2009-10-18). "Seasons Beatings IV live now, with early results". EventHubs. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ "Seasons Beatings IV". Frame Advantage. 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ dunn (2010-06-24). "Evil Geniuses welcomes Justin Wong". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ Izuna (2010-07-11). "Justin Wong Wins MvC2 EVO 2010". 1up. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ Protocol Snow (2010-07-15). "EVO 2010 — Taiwan shocks the world". Protocol Snow. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Meet: Justin Wong". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2010-03-19). "Justin Wong Wins MvC2 EVO 2010". ESFI World. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
External links
[edit]- [1]—Evil Geniuses' team site