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Questions about Evo Moment 37

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What is Evo Moment 37 in Street Fighter?

Evo Moment #37, also called the Daigo Parry, is a sequence from the Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike semifinal at Evolution Championship Series 2004 between Daigo Umehara and Justin Wong. Umehara countered 15 consecutive hits of Wong's Super Art move while down to his last unit of health, then won the match.

Who won the match featured in Evo Moment 37, Daigo Umehara or Justin Wong?

Daigo Umehara won the match after parrying Wong's Chun-Li combo and landing a 12-hit counter capped by Ken's Super Art III. Umehara went on to lose the Grand Final of that tournament to Kenji 'KO' Obata, who played as Yun.

When and where did Evo Moment 37 take place?

It happened on the 1st of August 2004, during the Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike finals of Evo 2004 at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

How did Daigo Umehara pull off the parry in Evo Moment 37?

Umehara used the Parry technique, stepping toward Wong's attack within six frames, about 0.1 seconds at 60 frames per second. He predicted the first hit before Wong's Super Art II even started, then repeated that timing across all 14 remaining hits before countering with his own combo.

Who uploaded the original Evo Moment 37 video?

Tournament organizer and ring announcer Ben Cureton uploaded the highlight video under the title 'Evo Moment #37,' picking an arbitrary two-digit number. A previously unnoticed recording, filmed by a spectator called Ace R., was later found and uploaded to YouTube by Mark 'MarkMan' Julio in April 2019.

Why is Evo Moment 37 considered important to the fighting game community?

Justin Wong said in an interview with EventHubs that the moment may have helped 'save' the fighting game community when it was losing steam. It is also frequently described as the most iconic and memorable moment in competitive video gaming history, and it had drawn more than 30 million views by 2016.