Twitch streamer, content material creator, and Guilty Gear Strive celestial-ranked gatekeeper Majin Obama has just lately began lighting up the busiest pedestrian crossing on the planet: Shibuya Crossing. Earnt as a part of a sequence of Twitch promotional campaigns in Japan, Mr Obama was in a position to web the prize of getting their stream and face plastered round bustling Tokyo.

A very long time combating sport participant and former English instructor, Majin Obama has progressively been constructing an viewers as one of many communities’ most charismatic creators. Alongside their streaming work, they’ve created movies on a wide range of topical subjects, together with the latest Street Fighter 6 closed beta, the “official FGC certification exam” and a information on easy methods to get Twitch wealthy following the earnings leak late final 12 months.

Reaching out to him by way of Twitter DMs, Majin Obama expressed how he felt “proud but also lucky”, the shining screens in Shibuya affirming the fortune and work that’s gone into their profession up till this level. “I suppose I have come a long way in more ways than one since I started streaming, but I feel lucky to have grown a strong community along with it.”

That group has come collectively to have fun the event, sharing movies and screenshots of Majin Obama in a spectacular Arabic black and white gown and scarf as he illuminates the skyline. However, Obama made certain to take a while away from the web to go to the billboards with offline associates, as anybody would.

As for what’s subsequent for the streamer, they’ve huge plans for 2022 and past. “For my stream, I want to continue to do what we have been doing, playing fighting games, clearing some games, some IRL- but I also want to diversify a bit more, get outside my comfort zone, and innovate. I plan on doing some crazier and more experimental stuff using resources and space I have here, so look forward to it!” The subsequent few months are huge for combating video games as you might know, with Street Fighter 6 and even Project L making ripples within the style’s ecosystem.

“Aside from that, 2023 is going to be a big year for me. I want to start travelling again and going to locals/fg events and otherwise around the world.”

For extra combating sport content material that my boss and editor Tom Orry has foolishly allow us to publish up to now, take a look at Alex Donaldson’s op ed on SF6’s battle hub: Street Fighter 6’s battle hub is a superb try and digitize the arcade expertise.