Slightly different kind of show today guys. Alex Valle is the guest and we spend an hour talking with him about his illustrious Street Fighter career. If you haven’t heard of Alex Valle, you haven’t heard of arguably the most famous Street Fighter player of all time. A few of his accomplishments:
- Won the Street Fighter Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000
- First American to beat Daigo on American soil
- Qualified for the very first SBO tournament in Japan
Topics discussed:
- Alex’s rivals when he started out
- How things were back in the day pre-console era
- His experiences breaking new ground in the Street Fighter world by going to Japan
- Future plans now that Street Fighter 4 is out
Overall, this show is a must-listen for anyone remotely interested in the fighting game community. A lot of the original players don’t get the credit they deserve for paving the way for newer guys such as myself. It’s great for new players who weren’t around when all these things were going on as well as for older players who were around and have fond memories of afternoon beatdowns at 7-11.
Also, thank you to D.S.H. for the awesome album artwork! If you would like to make one for the podcast, send it to gootecks (AT) gootecks (DOT) com. 
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Excellent interview! Thanks to both you and Alex.
Alex Valle has always been something of an icon, right from back in the day in the tournament results in the Gamepro magazines. I’m very interested to hear that he potentially has something in the works
A good history lesson, and im very excited to hear JustinW’s progress in Sf4…because hes going to be heading here to TX for a sf4 tournament at aUFO.
Its definitely an exciting time for sf4 now that people are deciding to travel and play, hope I can make it up to california sometime!!!
Valle … “beasting since 94″
awesome interview and thank you!
Glad you guys liked it! Be on the lookout for future resources with Valle.
Hey gootecks,
SRK shot me over to your podcasts; keep it up man. It’s very refreshing to actually hear players’ voices, outside of random match videos and reading posts. I’m one of those guys who grew up with Street Fighter 2 but didn’t know any better; didn’t take fighting games seriously until Soul Calibur 2 and Guilty Gear; and just now got into the whole competitive scene (for SC4), so all this is really cool for someone in between playing casually and competitively. It’s been a lot of fun rolling through your podcasts. Keep it up!
Brian
@syr
Thanks Brian, I appreciate the kind words! Glad that the podcasts still apply for SC4.
Ahh yes, I used to kick it with Alex every so often back in the day when Gabe worked at Beach and Warner. Good times, good times.
This has got to be my favorite podcast. It feels like a trip through time. Whenever I get a chance I listen to this podcast. I’ve probably heard it over 15 times and never gets boring. The questions in the podcast led Alex to describe the early scene of Street Fighter perfectly. Nice interview Gootecks.