Playing Street Fighter with your face, calling out Mike Ross and finding motivation during the lulls of life - BrolyLegs joins the EventHubs Podcast
Think fighting games are hard? Try playing them with arthrogryposis. Mike "BrolyLegs" Begum joins us to talk about his journey as a disabled gamer. Timestamps 00:46 - Playing fighting games without using your hands 04:50 - Playing with arthrogryposis, how long did it take to start seeing wins? 06:30 - Where do you rank in your local community? 07:30 - Rebuttal to Mike Ross 11:16 - Do you still play Street Fighter 4? 15:31 - What's the first fundamental lesson you teach your students? 16:39 - SF4 vs. SF5, which is more enjoyable? 21:22 - Was Chun broken in SF5 Season 1? 26:15 - Looking forward to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? 27:33 - I'm crossing my fingers for Lloyd Irving in Smash 30:48 - How do you find your inspiration to keep playing when motivation gets low? 35:02 - "Nothing is given to you [just] because you 'deserve' it" - Sponsorship drama, woes and the grind 45:51 - Carrying Gootecks on the table, drunken shenanigans at Final Round and showing real personality 50:21 - I wrote a book "My Life Beyond the Floor" 53:43 - "My favorite player USED to be Mike Ross" 53:54 - The story behind getting the name "BrolyLegs"
