Nov 10 2009I'd Demand A Discount: Shoryuken Fail
This is a picture of some poor bastard's Street Fighter tattoo that's supposed to depict the directions for performing Ryu's Shoryuken (Rising Dragon Fist). Only thing is, the correct directions are →↓↘ + P, and not ↓→↘ + P. So yeah, that's a whole lot of black ink gone wrong. Although you've got to admit, even if it were correct, that tattoo would still suck compared to my 'Charge ↓ 2 sec, ↑ + K'. I also have some tribal shit on my arms BECAUSE I AM PART OF A TRIBE. Called Quest. Can I kick it? Yes I can!
Whoops [kotaku]
Thanks to Jimmy, who has the characters for General Tso's and Moo Goo Gai Pan on his upper back.
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Reader Comments
1. shitzangiggle - November 10, 2009 1:32 PM
he should put all ryu's moves on there as a cheat sheet haha
2. Poop - November 10, 2009 1:32 PM
He rolled a 1.
3. Pat - November 10, 2009 1:35 PM
Tattoo: fail.
Street Fighter II ad on this posting: win!
4. cabbo - November 10, 2009 1:38 PM
What a retard. Wow. You would think you'd make sure before putting that on your arm.
@GW flash kick ftw.
5. zoozle - November 10, 2009 1:39 PM
I truly feel sorry for this guy : (
6. ffffffffffff - November 10, 2009 1:39 PM
that was a good writeup i like a tribe called quest they are a good rap group
way to go man high five
7. Leonidas - November 10, 2009 1:40 PM
Shoryuken, Hadouken, what's a little "ouken" between friends. Even though it's the wrong move, the typography is great—can you say "Avant Garde Book," bitches?
8. cabbo - November 10, 2009 1:41 PM
qrt fwd qrt fwd lp+mp+hp.
METSU HADOKEN
9. cabbo - November 10, 2009 1:43 PM
Shouldn't it really be fwd,dwn,diag fwd/dwn,fwd p?
10. Closet Nerd - November 10, 2009 1:44 PM
Wow! Epic FAIL!!!!
If you like A Tribe Calle Quest, you should check out some of J Dilla's work.
You might not know his name, but you definately know some of his work....
"1nce Again", "Get a Hold", "Keeping It Moving", "Stressed Out", "Word Play" plus a lot of work with Common, Busta Rhymes, Slum Village, De La Soul.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla_discography
11. cabbo - November 10, 2009 1:47 PM
If I met the guy, it's be
fwd, dwn, diag fwd/dwn, fwd, k
TIGER KNEE PRESS.
I'd break his pathetic attempt at shoryuken.
12. Ian - November 10, 2009 1:48 PM
The sad thing about this, is it probably will work in Street Fighter 4. They made the inputs REALLY lenient, not like 3rd Strike.
13. Hybridesque - November 10, 2009 1:49 PM
This is how you're supposed to do it..
http://www.threadless.com/submission/197219/The_Ultimate_Combo
14. cabbo - November 10, 2009 1:51 PM
I want that arm to be Diego's.
He'd have to resign from competitions. He'd beat everyone, anywhere, but he'd still have that hideous fail hanging over him.
Alas, 'tis not to be.
15. pwall5000 - November 10, 2009 1:52 PM
@12 Actually the sad thing is that people like you exist and think anyone gives a shit about how you get along with your video games.
16. cabbo - November 10, 2009 1:54 PM
It'd work in 4, but the dwn is completely pointless, so it still fails.
17. cabbo - November 10, 2009 1:56 PM
@15 You're headed for a whole world of trouble, boy. Picture walking into a klan rally with a huge grinning depiction of Barak Obama. While listening to some motown. And being black.
18. cabbo - November 10, 2009 1:57 PM
I hope he doesn't take care of it and it gets infected.
19. Gargamel - November 10, 2009 2:01 PM
Other than the fact that it's wrong...it looks really well done. What a shame.
20. ryu wins - November 10, 2009 2:02 PM
you must defeat sheng long to stand a chance
21. Phil Ken Sebben - November 10, 2009 2:04 PM
A tribe called quest? Geekologie i may be falling in love.
22. Theo - November 10, 2009 2:08 PM
i asked the writer of geekologie to get on the mic, and i asked him, can you kick it? yes he can!
23. jaredr - November 10, 2009 2:08 PM
I'm not sure how many times I have to say this, but that's not my tattoo/arm/whatever. Stop failing me!!!!!!!! Dammit!!!!
24. LOLz-Diego - November 10, 2009 2:15 PM
@14 LOL Diego? Didn't know Dora the Explorer's cousin played Street Fighter.
25. kumo638 - November 10, 2009 2:16 PM
hate to ruin everyone's fun, but I don't think that's permanent ink. I think it's only henna so once someone points out to the idiot that he failed, he'll know better the next time he tries to get it put on.
I say it's henna because of the lack of pink skin/blood, and the fact that the ink is too shiny to be a tattoo. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
26. Little Bo Peeping Tom - November 10, 2009 2:17 PM
Wow... You know the dude looked it over, even saw the stencil before the ink went on. *FACEPALM*
27. STOMPY - November 10, 2009 2:18 PM
thats nothing, I have the entire konomi code tatoo'd on my johnson in letters bigger than that...
28. Gargamel - November 10, 2009 2:24 PM
@Stompy
Woman: ↑ ↑ ↓↓ ? Where's the rest of the code?
Stompy: Give me a second...
GET IT?! You can only see the full code when he's fully er...ah forget it.
29. jaredr - November 10, 2009 2:24 PM
@25
Yeah it is not henna, it was black face paint....good catch! Now will you people leave my twitter page alone already!!!
30. fakefakefake - November 10, 2009 2:27 PM
Fake...
31. AminN - November 10, 2009 2:34 PM
Pfft.. I laugh at you all...
I use BLANKA! I put this tattoo on my left arm!
LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP+LP
32. gizmoduck - November 10, 2009 2:35 PM
KAMEHAMEHA!!!
33. ~☻,_∫∫ ∕∕-][ Ỵ ([¦¦ ([]) ][-¦¦ ☻~ - November 10, 2009 2:44 PM
gay sob zero's ice migigger would have been cooler
haha
34. James - November 10, 2009 2:50 PM
@31, very nice
35. Leonidas - November 10, 2009 3:00 PM
@jaredr: how about that ad on your Flickr page, the one that says "don't let the dentist fool you"? Are those your neon green teeth? HAHAHAHA EPIC FAIL, PUNKZOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!
36. Leonidas - November 10, 2009 3:01 PM
Also, never cast your typographic pearls before Internet swine.
37. jaime - November 10, 2009 3:17 PM
nice jay-z reference, gw
and
@35/36
Is your name really leonidas or do you just think that 300 movie is cool?
38. Closet Nerd - November 10, 2009 3:26 PM
@37 What Jay-Z reference?
39. Ollie Williams - November 10, 2009 3:43 PM
Where is the fist button on a controller, I wonder? If punch is A, it should say A, not "fist". Never fist it, unless she asks.
40. akonn - November 10, 2009 3:50 PM
GW, i was having such a horrible day but when I read the Tribe Called Quest line, you made my frown turn upside down. As you always do, no homo. Maybe a little homo, what can I say its man love.
41. Gleasonator - November 10, 2009 4:50 PM
Actually, I think that's right for easy mode in Super Street Fighter II: Turbo Revival (GBA). The game allowed you to enter the traditional "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start" on the menu screen, which activated "easy mode" for special moves.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is right for that mode.
42. Correct - November 10, 2009 7:01 PM
It may be wrong if the it was a hadouken. But it is a Shoryuken. It's correct. It's not a fireball, it's the uppercut.
http://rlv.zcache.com/shoryuken_dragon_punch_tee_tshirt-p235308861049860006ud3o_400.jpg
43. @42 - November 10, 2009 7:07 PM
I agree, but only if you tilt your head to the left and look at it from a standpoint that the player is on the right side of the screen.
44. Leonidas - November 10, 2009 10:00 PM
@37: Internet ABC's: "A" is for "Anonymous."
FWIW I am an Hellenic boy. And I do have an uncle named Leonidas.
45. Mike - November 10, 2009 10:17 PM
Also, if this is on a leg and not a forearm, it's actually right once you turn the image sideways. Only from the player 2 side.
46. DB4D - November 11, 2009 1:32 AM
Um, that is the correct buttom combination for shoryuken. Down, Down-Right, Right, Punch is hadouken. Wow, whoever didn't catch this just lost a ton of Geek-Cred...
Epic fail on the part of this blog that I love so much. : (
47. Shockwave - November 11, 2009 4:49 AM
@46: Except, that's not the right combination for SRK, either.
48. UndatedCHRIS (XBL) - November 11, 2009 6:46 AM
Silly GW, you can do it this way >_>
49. Jaded Icon - November 11, 2009 7:34 AM
@ 46
Pwnd! You lose 30 pts of Geek cred urself.
50. b2dm2k - November 11, 2009 9:22 AM
He should catch a shoryuken just for that.
51. Anon - November 11, 2009 10:33 AM
The sad thing is that that motion would probably still net you a DP on SF4.
52. Mr. Fights - November 11, 2009 10:40 AM
Really dig the Rising Tackle reference.
53. Tom - November 11, 2009 2:12 PM
It's a leg fool. Turn your head and you'll see when he is standing, the buttons are correct
54. commenter - November 11, 2009 4:44 PM
this isn't shoryuken
55. me - November 11, 2009 10:56 PM
@37 isnt the name leonidas from Hamlet???
56. the heretic - November 11, 2009 11:53 PM
lol @ tribe called quest reference thumbs up
57. cabbo - November 12, 2009 11:09 AM
So the guy put his leg on a keyboard?
So the guy got the fist the wrong way up?
So I'm not sure how to spell the world champion of Street Fighter's name?
This is wrong, and even if it is the wrong way up, it's still a shortcut.
58. Leonidas - November 12, 2009 8:57 PM
Alas, poor Leonidas. I knew him well.
59. Lauryn - November 13, 2009 1:43 AM
QUEST REFERENCE FTW.
60. anon - November 13, 2009 1:46 AM
Shopped. You can tell by the pixels. And i know cause i've seen quite a few pixels in my time.
61. Paul - November 13, 2009 1:17 PM
I have this tatted across my gut:
↑↑↓↓←→←→BA+START
lol, jk
62. Paul - November 13, 2009 1:19 PM
TIGER UPPERCUT!!!
http://uppercut.ytmnd.com/
63. Sucka Nigga - November 14, 2009 3:21 AM
fuck yes tribe called quest.
64. Jessica - November 16, 2009 3:42 PM
Someone pointed out that this has to be henna ink.
Thats is wrong.
Freshly made tattoos do have that glow. They tend to look fake when theyre just done, and/or partially healed.
This is clearly a real tattoo. Anyone who has any experience with tattoos can see that. If not only from the fact that the guy still has scabs in the ink.
//xoxo Jess, ink studio employee
65. Mr. 200 - November 17, 2009 1:03 AM
Sorry, bro.
66. Captain Obvious - November 17, 2009 3:36 PM
So no one is going to point out the fact that the fist at the end looks like its ready for some serious up and down action? aside from the arrow fail that's a bit disturbing as well.