5 Star Q&A

5 Star

What’s your name and its origin?
	El Cinco. It’s Spanish for “The Five” as in 5star

How long is your history with 3rd Strike?
	I started as a junior in high school, 2001. I would ditch school to smoke cigarettes and play DDR.

Where is your home arcade?
	FFA, the late great family fun arcade
	Currently Boiler Room III
	GGG Gay Garage Gaymez
	Barcode
	Baka Game Center

How did you start playing 3rd Strike?
	I started playing 2nd Impact cause it was a quarter while 3rd was 50 cents, big money at the time

Who’s your main and why?
	Ken, cause hitting people with shoryu over and over is fun. Infinite shoryu loop

Which players do you respect/admire?
	Frankie3s. He made us all want to play the game, he was so good at parrying, i swore he knew how to parry high and low at the same time
	Boss. Perfect player. Boss will download you in a round or two, and when you get hit by something, you’ll know you just lost to the Boss

Who do you consider your rival(s)?
	Pyrolee, Amir the eternal rivalry
	Heboryu now since I’m in Japan so much.

Which new players has your attention?
	I don’t know, whoever Nica Ko thinks is good cause I always ask him, “hey this guy any good?” I don’t really follow the scene anymore

Are there any matches that left an impression on you/memorable matches?
	Cooperation cup 1, watched it every night in my dorm freshmen year

What’s one adjustment you’d make to 3rd Strike?
	I don’t like that the lesser player has the advantage a lot of times because the more advanced player has to dumb down to match their thought process

Give us your self analysis.
	I’m an alright player, unless I get hot, then I’m hotter than grease. Heat check ☄️☄️☄️

What do you think is a fun point of 3rd Strike?
	Making the other player do what i want them to do because i set it up that way

Will you continue 3rd Strike in the future?
	Probably just in Japan

Any last words?
	The one characteristic that all great players have, in 3rd, in sports, in anything, isnt there talent, its their competitive nature. The best at what they do, are just dogs. And that dog in em, makes them great. Bring that competitiveness into anything you do, and you’ll find success. Most of the time, its just competing with yourself to be better than you were the day before
	Get ready to learn Chinese buddy