I’m satisfied that this 12 months’s Olympics are for the avid gamers. Some time in the past, a runner who was on his method to the Olympics saved flashing Yu-Gi-Oh playing cards earlier than his races. Then, the Video games truly started with an obvious nod to Murderer’s Creed, full with rooftop parkour and hooded figures. There was even a Hunter from Future 2, or not less than one thing shut to at least one. Now, there’s a man who’s clearly been perfecting his impartial recreation in combating video games. His title is Sebastien Patrice, and if fencing stops figuring out for him, he’s received a future at subsequent 12 months’s EVO match.
This grew to become evident in a match this weekend that Patrice in the end misplaced, however not earlier than making some waves. That’s as a result of as he was down, Patrice settled on an unorthodox methodology to try to clinch victory: he started leaping ever so barely, after which very aggressively, in direction of his opponent.
An completely ridiculous clip of Patrice pulling this off on the Paris Olympics goes round now, and I’m sort of incredulous at the entire thing. He’s clearly like a wounded (and dropping) animal lashing out because it’s backed right into a nook, however the transfer truly stuns the opposite man a lot that he simply retains with the ability to press the advance and frantically whip his saber in search of a contact till it will definitely connects. It’s the equal of smashing the buttons at your native arcade’s exhibition and really stealing a win off your opponent.
I at all times thought fencing had way more to do with composure, mild touches, and ripostes, however I’m undecided Patrice has ever heard of the phrases if I’m being sincere. One of many prime feedback on the video jokes that his “0-60 is quicker than most automobiles,” and so they aren’t exaggerating. This isn’t in any respect like how fencing regarded in Mario & Sonic on the Olympic Video games.
His impartial bounce actually popped off within the gaming group, which began jokingly commentating on his approach. Contemplating that simply two weekends in the past, the largest combating recreation match on this planet occurred in Vegas, people who had the style recent on the mind (together with myself) began getting jokes off about footsies and jabs, that are assaults you do to try to poke the opposite participant and acquire management of the house earlier than you, opening them as much as additional strikes.
Within the parlance of the combating recreation group, my man Patrice nailed the jump-in. His opponent, who appeared baffled on the sudden burst of power from Patrice in addition to his method, may not work out how one can punish the transfer. As a substitute, he wound up on his backfoot, holding that guard till Patrice lastly went in for the unblockable. He might not have received, however on the very least he supplied the (gamer) Olympics with its very personal EVO second.
