Evo 2024 is in the books, and this year's edit🍨ion of the biggest event in fighting games brought plenty of incredible stories and competitive action. But the undeniable highlight of the weekend was a moment in a Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike tournament that's already being hailed as Evo Moment 38, instantly catapulting a player who was already legendary in the scene to a much more widespread audience.

That player goes by Hayao, and he instantly won the hearts of everyone watching the with his showmanship and impressive Hugo play. Hayao elected to forgo a chair for the tournament in favor of kneeling in front of his fight stick - or, in one case, literally flexing by doing a perfect split through character select. His celebratory dances were also extremely endearing. 

The match instantly earned the moniker of , in reference to the legendary , where Street Fighter legend D𝔍aigo managed a very similar perfect set of parries against Chun Li's multi-hit super attack. It's worth noting that ol' Moment 37 had its number chosen arbitrarily, serving as a hint th💦at it's just one great Evo moment among many others, and the same is probably true of Moment 38 here. But a moment that brings this much joy to this many people? That's something worth celebrating, regardless of where it ranks in fighting game history. 

Hayao was eventually eliminated from the tournament, leaving MOV - the player who first sent him to the losers bracket - as the e﷽ventual winner. But there's no doubt Hayao won the true prize of Evo: the collective hearts of the fighting game community.

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