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The Street Fighter X Tekken competition that brought despicable behavior to light

"As part of their promotion for Street Fighter X Tekken, prolific game developer and publisher Capcom funded a reality show called Cross Assault, where competitive Street Fighter and Tekken players earn their chance at $25,000. It only took one episode of the show for a female competitor, Miranda "Super_Yan" Pakozdi to be inundated with lewd sexual comments from the live-chat, fellow competitors, and even from her own coach, Aris Bakhtanians, a well known champion of the fighting-game community. She went on to forfeit the match and lost her chance at advancing."

rdgneoz34400d ago

I remember reading about this several weeks ago. Hell, one article they link is from Feb 28th and the other is March 1st... Curious how it took them a month to write this.

Scizz4400d ago

OOLLDD!! Drop this shit already.

pucpop4400d ago

no men at the tournament then, just wee boys who cant handle female company so they act like losers

videoxgamexfanboy4400d ago (Edited 4400d ago )

Its a FIGHTING GAME! Boys will be boys. I play pretty much nothing but fighters allday and me and my crew talk so much shit that sometimes it causes a fight. But we all still have fun playing together. If a woman decides to play a competative game against men then she should be ready for insults and jokes( even sexual ones). With 25k one the line i would talk so much shit to my opponents just to get a edge. If a woman wants to play with boys then i suggest she be prepared for the barrage of sexual jokes to come.

ShaunCameron4400d ago

My sentiments exactly. I don't think they truly wanna be equal. They just want equality whenever convenient and special rights to avoid the consequences it comes with. It's the princess syndrome in effect.

videoxgamexfanboy4400d ago

@Shaun...Now heres a man that gets it!!! Bubbles to u sir

Tameel14399d ago

So wanting to be treated with respect is "wanting special rights" or "princess syndrome"?? WTF?? If a lady is uncomfortable with how she is being treated by somebody, then that's her right. That's ANYBODY's right. Nobody should have to put up with being sexually harassed. It's gross that there are people defending the guy who did it, or saying that hs behavior is just a part or gaming. I'm a gamer and I don't harass other gamers due to their gender. I don't know anybody who does. I think it's damn sad that there are people who think this guy's behavior is acceptable. He's just making us all look bad.

There is a big difference between trash-talking and sexual harassment. If you can't tell the difference, or if you think it's ok to harass another gamer because of their gender, then you're the one with the problem. Not the person who complains about it.

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Street Fighter X Tekken May Be Purchasable On Steam Soon

Or it's about to leave the storefront like another Capcom title.

Darkegg95d ago

When they announce tekken x street fighter, let me know.

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Street Fighter X Tekken - A Look Back at the Franchise's Biggest Misfire

With Street Fighter 6 now upon us, it's time to look back at some classic Street Fighter titles, beginning with Street Fighter X Tekken.

boing1317d ago

It was a cool gamble imo. In reality, everyone were waiting for Namco version, Tekken X Street Fighter.

Ryuha1234h317d ago

I don’t know. I enjoyed this game. I thought it was a great crossover.

TricksterArrow317d ago (Edited 317d ago )

Yep, played very little of it, but from what I played, it was serviceable enough. Could've been better? Yes, but then again, you can say that about pretty much anything.

maniacmayhem317d ago

What killed this game was their planned reliance on GaaS with the whole gem system. It made little sense and made the game extremely unbalanced. Not to mention the unbalance of most of the characters, especially on the Tekken side

Sgt_Slaughter317d ago

Ahhh the game that Capcom had DLC on the disc on release yet you had to pay to unlock it

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Street Fighter & Tekken - A Mash-Up Not Meant for Greatness

VGChartz's Daniel Parker: "Tekken and Street Fighter - two giants of the head-to-head fighting genre. A clashing of decades-old titans that was once thought to be a dream matchup that would never happen. It ignited a flame of excitement that quickly fizzled out and became a cautionary tale for game developers."

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bacrec11284d ago

The inclusion of gems ruined it from the start.