Julius Rage
Well-Known Member
D3V
The Writer
The Writer
44: That’s the number of DOA related articles D3V has posted on Shoryuken.com’s front page this year and, let’s be completely honest: Shoryuken isn’t the most accommodating place for a Dead or Alive supporter to ply his craft, this we know. Yet, in spite of the stigma, D3V goes out of his way to support the series and keep it from sliding out of the discussion and uses his credibility to elevate our series.
It may not read as impressive as some of the other nominees on this list but, don’t get it twisted, he’s doing the same work.
Master
The Bridge
For all intents and purposes, TKPlayers is DOAWorld. After DOACentral ceased to existed TKPlayers rose from its ashes…and it was not the success anyone who supported it had hoped for. It took some time but, ultimately, the decision was made to refocus and move the lion’s share of TK’s DOA content and contributors to DOAW and it paid serious dividends.
The Bridge
DOAW now caters to both Hardcore and Casual fans in an equal light. This feat has been largely credited to Master, the proverbial lighting rod that made it all work. To add cred to his claim to online contributor of the year he put out the single most in depth Hayabusa tutorial ever – which, for a guy who is trying to compete at the highest level takes guts and shows that he cares about the health of the competitive community.
Destruction Bomb
The Jester
A little levity is a good thing, DB knows that and that’s why he’s on this list. A major video content contributor, lot of the work he puts down is on a tongue and cheek side – A match of Akira beating a player with one move backed up by carnival-esque soundtrack immediately comes to mind. All of that alone would put him on this list but what bolsters his resume is his PS3 exclusive tournament “Cup” series.
The Jester
There aren’t many people running online tournaments anymore, in fact the only other person on this list who can claim that as a feather in their cap is Master and he’d have to admit that no one is putting up the kind of volume that DB is. Though many would point out that the competition level isn’t extremely high for his tournament rooms they are always fun watches and the presentation of the videos is always top notch.
Mr. Wah
The Boss
Why is Mr. Wah on this list? Without him there would not be any FSD awards. There would not be a forum for us to post on; a place for the hardest of hardcore Dead or Alive enthusiast to call his home. Keeping this website active and bug free, dealing with knuckle head writers (uh herm…), managing the stupid arguments that crop up on a weekly basis, etc.
The Boss
There isn’t a whole lot to say here because you know what this guy does for us; we see it every single day.
Emperor Cow
The Teacher
There are so many systems and theories that need to be understood before you even scratch the competitive level in Dead or Alive and, once upon a time, explaining how all of these mechanics worked in tandem – at least in a way that didn’t scare the potential prospect into sticking to casual play – was a complicated affair. Thanks to Emperor Cow this is no longer an issue.
The Teacher
Beginning in 2012 and culminating this year in 2013 Cow produced a tutorial series designed to teach the completely uninitiated how to compete in our game and ,as of this writing, there is nothing else quite like it online. In addition he’s done amazing work, in the same format, with individual characters - -his Leon and Eliot videos have personally took my game up a level - - and he’s even branched out into live streaming tutorials (something completely new to the DOA community).
