"Secret bosses" from your local scene
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I just want to talk this phenomen that I've witnessed after I joined my local scene. After my first few meetings, I've figured out (for the most part) who are the top dogs and the ones who go for nationals. I've had the pleasure to actually play some of them in SF and Tekken and, man, do I actually feel the chasm between skill levels on these games. I'm by no means an actual "good" player (whatever that means) but also not completely inexperienced. I've been stuck on 1400 MR hell on SF and recently got to Tekken God. In terms of the local scene, that puts me somewhere to the low-end to the middle of the packing order on both of these.
However, on one day, the guy on the picture comes to play in our local bi-weekly and I got to play him on SF and Tekken. On the Street Fighter's side, I've actually went pretty okay, all things considered: got one game from him but got sent to losers anyway and lost to the local DI happy maniac. Granted, its not his main game, but he was still one of the top of players in that day (he got to the finals, but I can't remember if he won or lost).
But on Tekken? Couldn't even get a single round. If I even thought of whiffing a move, it was an EWGF to the face. Any offensive momentum I got was dissipated with a SS and 1,1,2. Tried any tracking move to counter it: he was already anticipating that, cancelled the SS and blocked. It was the type of humbling experience that puts on perspective of how FAR you actually are from the top of the top of people on an sport/hobby. Never felt anything like that.
After the biggest ass-kicking I've received in any FG that I remember, I asked to some people there of how come that a guy like him isn't even present on most of these events, much less participating in nationals. Turns out he lives in a town 200 km from here and is focusing on his bachellor's for now.
Anyway, I just wanted to ask any of you if you have a player like this on your local scene: REALLY strong players that, for some reason or another, can't/don't actually engage in competitive play. Kind reminds me of the whole Arslan Ash story and how such a strong region in Tekken went unnoticed due to their inabilty to attend to internationals for a long time.