{"id":1255,"date":"2017-10-27T20:49:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T20:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fighter101.net\/main\/?p=1255"},"modified":"2017-10-27T21:37:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T21:37:47","slug":"interview-with-markus-marsgattai-gibbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fighter101.com\/main\/interview-with-markus-marsgattai-gibbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Markus &#8220;Marsgattai&#8221; Gibbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every character has a regional champion that showcases above average skills. Marsgattai has shown dedication and passion for Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo that has earned him the rightful place as the best Guile in the west. This is based on his accomplishments against top players all over the world and the fact that he has won very difficult matchups that are against the odds for his character. You can also read his input on Street Fighter V and being an active ranked Guile player.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who is interested in becoming a strong Guile player in Super Turbo needs to study Marsgattai\u2019s high level play. We asked some important questions and he shared some of his personal favorite matches against top players like Damdai, Daigo and Kurahashi.<\/p>\n<p>On with the interview.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1-First question is now tradition in our interviews. What are your top five favorite games ever made? (they can be on any genre and any console)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hsf2(sf2 pretty much)<\/li>\n<li>Street fighter ex2+<\/li>\n<li>Gears of War 4<\/li>\n<li>Rumble fish 2<\/li>\n<li>Street fighter zero 3 for Sega Saturn<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There are other games that I would put on this list(svc chaos, mvc2, cvs2 and msh I like alot) but these are probably the ones that I currently play the most.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2-Give us some background on your SSF2T trajectory. How long have you been playing and how did you first get introduced to the SF series?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been playing street fighter since the age of 5 years old.\u00a0 It was the first video game I played, and fell in love with it since.\u00a0 My first time playing was when I went to my older cousins house and he had the game.\u00a0 My first character I went to instantly was Guile because of his character design.\u00a0 My other favorite character was Barlog(Claw) because he had a mask(I actually thought he was a good guy until I saw the animated movie?).\u00a0 But after a while I just picked Guile because that&#8217;s whom I liked the most(also cause jcvd played him in the movie).\u00a0\u00a0 Nash is my 2nd favorite character right under Guile.\u00a0\u00a0 I also take playing Guile very seriously because I feel I have a bond with the character somewhat.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JammaCity@NEC17 Day 3 Super Turbo 2v2 (Top 4 Finals)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mc9l2bxqc7A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Marsgattai vs krost NEC 17<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>3-Has Guile always been your main character in SF?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes tried and true.\u00a0 I always like the hero characters.\u00a0 They give me hope.\u00a0 There have been times where I liked Nash a little more then Guile, but usually Guile number 1 for me.\u00a0 In elementary school, I&#8217;d always look forward to the weekends because that&#8217;s when I was allowed to play video games, and I would think to myself I can&#8217;t wait to play this character.\u00a0 When I saw he was a hidden character in Zero 3, it was like Xmas came early because both Nash and Guile were in the same game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4-What is your favorite arcade stick for fighting games?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well for sf2 I prefer to play on cabinet, but I do like the first PlayStation controller the most.\u00a0 Growing up I was a pad guy because that was what was most convenient.\u00a0 Arcade stick was very hard to use and I didn&#8217;t really figure how to use it well until about the time hdremix came out.\u00a0 That&#8217;s when I got the hori ex2 for xbox.\u00a0 Favorite stick would probably be the hrap2sa as I feel that&#8217;s basically an astro city cab imo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5-You\u2019ve fought the very best and you are considered the best Guile in the US by many. What would you say is the \u201cmoment of clarity\u201d that takes you from intermediate casual play to pro in ST? What did you need to understand about the game to reach that level?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t say im the best Guile(even in us).\u00a0 I do want to be different from every other guile though.\u00a0 As for from casual player to going on the circuit?\u00a0 It depends on the player imo.\u00a0 For me, I was really addicted to playing back in the hdr days.\u00a0 I would get up in the morning or early am just to fight Japanese guys on ranked(yuu Vega dj imo was the most dominant).\u00a0 With me, I had help from a guile player by the name of fifth and sum bud(awesome guile from hdr) who taught me some tricks.\u00a0 After a while, I thought to myself I should try it out and see how I do.\u00a0 Funny I think going to my first event(nec 09) was one of the best decisions I made because I met some of my best friends of today at that event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marsgattai vs Damdai @ NEC14\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-SoGSGgNtxA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Marsgattai vs Damdai Nec 14<\/p>\n<p><strong>6-Do you know your frame data and do you find this important for high level play?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honestly?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 I have no idea how to read or figure out how many frames this and that has.\u00a0 I just go by what I see.\u00a0 I do feel frame data can be a big help(especially in sfv), but the whole concept just doesn&#8217;t interest me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7-Everyone has their bag of secrets with their characters. Is there anything you would like to share about Guile that could help ST players get better with that particular character?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well guile is an a-tier character in the right hands but like dhalsim, I feel he can be difficult to master.\u00a0 As for others getting better, like my cousin tells me, the only way is to keep playing<\/p>\n<p>If people want to see a great guiles look up tecmo Superbowl, golcarjack from the UK and Axel.kelly from Seattle. Also\u00a03 underrated players that are worth checking out are Jollies, Ryry and Chris Gamble.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8-You are one of those guys that speaks his mind and never holds back on his thoughts. What is it that frustrates you the most about the community and the interactions you\u2019ve had with other players?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well fightcade\/ggpo, I&#8217;ve run into my fair share of pricks over the years.\u00a0 My frustration with the scene, I don&#8217;t really have one.\u00a0 Game is being promoted, no complaints.\u00a0 I usually keep in touch with great friends of mine as well as amazing players(nyc and MD).<\/p>\n<p><strong>9-You\u2019ve mentioned that you are not good at communicating and socializing in general. Would you say Super Turbo has helped you break out of that shell? After all, you have been to plenty of tournaments and socialized with a large number of FGC members thanks to your status in the game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lol if anything, I&#8217;d say Super Turbo or sf in general kinda keep me closed in.\u00a0 I have a really bad issue of social anxiety.\u00a0\u00a0 Dealt with it for a while but I think it&#8217;s gotten worse over the years.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t really talk to many people at the events I go(unless I&#8217;m really good friends with them).\u00a0 It&#8217;s pretty much I say hi to who i know or who says Hey to me first, otherwise I&#8217;m good.\u00a0 People have a tendency to be mean nowadays.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10-What would you say are the positive aspects of the old school FGC and what are the negative ones?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Positive is you get events like 2old2furious(shout out to Min an and next level) and get to play great old school fighters and meet really good people whom players can learn things from.\u00a0 Negatives are maybe equipment if anything because these oldschool games are on old hardware so it&#8217;s rare to come across them.\u00a0 But companies can fix this if they port them to new gen consoles(and also making it lag free if possible).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Super Turbo SBO US Qualifier 2011 - 3rd tournament - *Grand Finals * riz0ne vs Marsgattai [pt. 2]\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qG_WWw-mzWM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Marsgattai vs Riz0ne SBO 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>11- I know you are playing Street Fighter V and being Super Diamond rank with Guile, you\u2019ve obviously put in the hours. Being such a dedicated Super Turbo player, I would like to know how you feel about SFV. What are the main things you find lacking, what annoys you about it, and what do you actually like about the game?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lol yea sfv I feel is good but a big mess.\u00a0 I got to super diamond rank but it wasn&#8217;t easy at all.\u00a0 One thing I hate about the game is the little risk high reward grab characters have.\u00a0 If I guile and I&#8217;m knocked down, a grab character can just mindless spam command grab because I have to guess 100 percent in my opinion.\u00a0 Another thing I feel is the players.\u00a0 Alot of guys feel themselves on this game after winning causal match(I stopped ranked as I feel the system currently sucks)then tbag and don&#8217;t give runbacks.\u00a0 Game is pretty toxic but it looks good and guile plays cool I guess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12-eSports are now a huge thing for the gaming industry. How do you feel about this phenomenon and do you think it will help the FGC?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s cool to Watch and I do think it can help Fgc somewhat but I could care less either way lol<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marsgattai (Guile) vs. Kurahashi (Guile) - Evo 2014 ST Salty Suite Money Matches\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ucrIFUaBR0s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Marsgattai vs Kurahashi Evo 2014 Money Matches<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>13-Do you have a personal top tier in Super Turbo? And to follow up that question, who are the 3 characters that give your guile the hardest time and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Dhalsim &#8211; Answers for everything guile has.\u00a0 limbs easily go under booms, way better throw range, significant damage, no real way for guile to win unless sim makes a huge error.<\/li>\n<li>hawk &#8211; I have alot of trouble with this fight, but thawk usually forces me into the corner, it&#8217;s pretty much curtains as he can negative edge typhoon and be safe if he doesn&#8217;t get it.<\/li>\n<li>Guile &#8211; mirror matches give me an extremely hard time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>14-Justin Wong has a legendary rivalry with Daigo Umehara. Who is Marsgattai\u2019s true long-time rival?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good question.\u00a0 Too many to name but I just say one guy out or many.\u00a0 Wolmar from France.\u00a0 Hope me and him settle it down the road<\/p>\n<p><strong>15-If Capcom asked you to pitch ST to a new audience, how would you sell it in a couple of sentences?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Capcom should do Ultra street fighter 2 X for ps4, xbox one and steam.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Season&#039;s Beatings: Redemption ST High Stakes [Marsgattai vs The Beast]\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ooKrUe_aiAg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Marsgattai vs Daigo Umehara Redemption ST High Stakes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>16-Anything else you want to add to wrap this up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I also wanna give a shot out to the people I owe it to and close friends of mine.\u00a0 First and foremost my family for always supporting and being there(I know I can be hard to deal with at times).<\/p>\n<p>Also to Damien, riz0ne, Krost, Flawed red, Ganelon, Howard, john Rambo, Blb, Koop, Steve H,\u00a0 jollies, zoolander, technical monkey and I fix machine, min an and the ex2 plus scene, jeron Grayson, Chris Gamble, Miguel and the Chi town scene, David and the Toronto scene, Karl Wickman for what his doing with Monday night fightcade,\u00a0 Zass and Axel Kelly from Seattle, the low tier players and underdogs out there who are trying their best to be better players or better at whatever they (which one day they will be champions), to the people who support the 2x scene.\u00a0 I owe alot of thanks to janus Gemini as he got me.thru alot of tournaments being in my corner he&#8217;s like my manager.<\/p>\n<p>Also, To Big Gay Al from fightcade who said I would get a lot of heat at world\u2019s finest if I let guys outta dizzy&#8230;&#8230;..thanks again for the time.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Every character has a regional champion that showcases above average skills. 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