RYAN HART pt1: “I nearly quit FIGHTING GAMES when I visited JAPAN” [timestamps]

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  @BornFreeFGC · 7 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Barely scratched the surface with Ryan. He’s one of the greatest multi fighting game players ever. <br>HE HAS ONE HELL OF A STORY! Hope to speak more with him in the future. Enjoy!<br>👇👇Expand description for TIMESTAMPS &amp; USEFUL LINKS👇👇 <br><br><br><br>SOCIAL LINKS<br><br>SUBSCRIBE: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/BornFreeYT?sub_confirmation=1">https://www.youtube.com/user/BornFreeYT?sub_confirmation=1</a><br><br>TWITTER: <a href="https://twitter.com/BornFreeTweets">https://twitter.com/BornFreeTweets</a><br><br>TWITCH: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/bornfreetwitch">https://www.twitch.tv/bornfreetwitch</a><br>(I usually stream around 6pm ET, daily)<br><br>PODCAST Apple: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bornfree/id1229220258">https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bornfree/id1229220258</a><br>PODCAST Stitcher: <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bornfreepodcast/bornfree-podcast">https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bornfreepodcast/bornfree-podcast</a><br>(more versions to be implemented)<br><br>PATREON: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5813309">https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5813309</a><br><br>INSTAGRAM: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/BornFreeInsta">https://www.instagram.com/BornFreeInsta</a><br><br>DISCORD: <a href="https://discord.gg/GsD8nn9">https://discord.gg/GsD8nn9</a><br><br><br><br>TIMESTAMPS<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs">00:00</a> Final Round clip.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=65">01:05</a> BornFree Intro.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=135">02:15</a> Question/Topic: Introductions. SFV. Sagat.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=400">06:40</a> Question/Topic: Commentating and current life and priorities.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=653">10:53</a> Question/Topic: Gaming and his first ever sponsorship as a fighting gamer back in the mid 90s! Namco &amp; Logitech - he was 17yrs old.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=902">15:02</a> Question/Topic: First ever trip abroad, and Japan. Discussing Ryan’s achievements and being “under the radar”. <br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=1048">17:28</a> Question/Topic: Being homeless at the age of 18. Ryan’s backstory and first trip to Japan. Winning KOF World Championship.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=1395">23:15</a> Question/Topic: Why did you take fighting games so seriously? Why did you train so hard and try to learn so much back in the mid 90s?<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=1482">24:42</a> Question/Topic: Did fighting games feel like “this is my destiny”? Includes Ryan’s old school training methods.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=1686">28:06</a> Question/Topic: More on the Japan trip. Should have been 3 days. Extended to 2 months!<br>The special welcome he was given by the players and media. KOF World Championship.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=1981">33:01</a> Question/Topic: First month in Japan. Being bodied in Tekken and Virtua Fighter.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=2190">36:30</a> Question/Topic: Nearly quit fighting games. Making the decision to carry on in Japan. The struggle was very real.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=2385">39:45</a> Question/Topic: Returning to UK, working and studying Japanese. And later back to Japan. FGC is a special place.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=2570">42:50</a> Question/Topic: Speaking his early Japanese, leading to job opportunities. Later worked at Nintendo as a product analyst.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=2839">47:19</a> Question/Topic: Deep dive on KOF tournament in Japan and, again, why Ryan was pursuing this stuff so adamantly?<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=3115">51:55</a> Question/Topic: Can’t even imagine being homeless…?<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=3185">53:05</a> BornFree Outro.<br><br><br><br>At EVO 2019 I got to sit down and interview one of the greatest multi fighting game players the world has ever seen. The legendary Ryan Hart. Hailing from the UK Ryan holds 4 Guinness World Records and comes second only to Justin Wong in terms of number of tournament wins across entirely different fighting games, including tiles in Tekken at Evo, King of Fighters in Japan, and Street Fighter across the world.<br>His life story is truly inspirational…if you’re into that sort of thing ;)<br><br><br><br>RYAN HART SOCIAL <br><br>TWITTER: <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanJosephHart">https://twitter.com/RyanJosephHart</a><br><br><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/ryanhart">#RyanHart</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/interview">#Interview</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/tekken">#Tekken</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/streetfighter">#StreetFighter</a>

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  @cutcc · 7 years ago

  Wow, so Ryan Hart was literally Ryu back in the day =p

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  @junior1388666 · 7 years ago

  Holy shit someone make a movie on this guy&apos;s life!

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  @mansmo9513 · 7 years ago

  I used to hear that Ryan Hart is a fighting games legend, now I know.

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  @clockpenalty · 7 years ago

  &quot;Not easy to get waxed and sent to the back of the queue like you don&apos;t matter....&quot;<br>Jesus Christ will fighting games ever again be this hardcore?!?!<br>That quote brought back PTSD from those days....but you couldn&apos;t ever give up...and the games ruled your imagination when you were away from the arcade...and the excitement when you had an idea and couldn&apos;t wait to go back and try it out! <br>Literally having to fight for your survival....there&apos;s a reason these games hold such a place in our hearts...

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  @skodedickinson6544 · 7 years ago

  What a great interview, Ryan always been an awesome dude but I had no idea about his back story. Inspirational stuff.

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  @NegoClau · 7 years ago

  This man is a legend!

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  @Benjitopaz · 7 years ago

  Never dropped a like faster in my life. Man, Ryan Hart is such an inspiration. I never get starstruck for anyone but as a fellow brit, Ryan makes me think that, with hard work and perseverance, anything is possible

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  @GatsuRage · 7 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdxtcvgRGSs&amp;t=1760">29:20</a> this guy keeps telling this &quot;legendary&quot; stories like if it was &quot;normal&quot; or rather super casually... I bet you could craft a whole movie / anime / manga out of his life&apos;s story lol.

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  @jeako777 · 7 years ago

  Ryan‘s stories are inspiring

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  @zhaf · 7 years ago

  As an European player Ryan was definitely among the first great fighting game players I’ve heard about. Great interview as always.

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  @Mpumi0van0KOF · 7 years ago

  I could listen to Ryan Hart all day.

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