The Return of Domination 101

The site Insomnia somehow recently resurrected the “Domination 101″ series of articles on Street Fighter, which were originally posted by Seth Killian on Shoryuken.com circa 2001. At one time, these articles appeared prominently on the site itself, providing insight from a hardcore Street Fighter competitor into the world of fighting games. Subjects ranged from the game mechanics themselves and what went into making a good fighting game, to the conduct of players (most notably, scrubs) within the competitive community.

Unfortunately, as time went on production of these articles dwindled and as Shoryuken continually revised and restructured itself, these articles fell off the site and ended up relegated to a dark obscure corner of the forums, where they sat unnoticed for many years. At this point, I don’t even know if the Domination 101 area of the Shoryuken forums still exists.

Fortunately, Alex Kierkegaard (gesundheit) from Insomnia has gotten permission to “reprint” the articles on his own site so at least they can be presented properly somewhere where they might be seen and appreciated. Despite being almost a decade old, the articles still hold up, and if you’ve ever been into fighting games, you should check them out.

Domination 101: Why Street Fighter Rules, Part 1

Domination 101: Prelude To a Dis

If I’m not mistaken, there’s at least a few more Domination articles out there, so hopefully Insomnia will continue re-posting them. Until then, if you’re desperate you could go digging around the Shoryuken forums and see what you find.

~ by Julian Gnam on May 19, 2008.