But can he shoot the 3-pointer?

[MavKikiNYC]

For some time I have been an advocate of the Mavericks acquiring a physical presence to deter other teams from rough play. I believe that I have located that presence.

Name: Nikolai Valuev
Nationality: Russian
Height: 7-0
Weight: 323
Current Profession: Heavyweight Boxer
Titles Held: WBA World Heavyweight Championship
Previous Employment: Club Bouncer
Avocation: Poet
Hobby: Back Hair Grooming

[alby]

Hobby: Back Hair Grooming

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[chumdawg]

I'm just sayin', he doesn't want to go ten rounds with the Russian bear we already have on the roster.

[capitalcity]

hmmm, where have I seen this guy before? hmmm, hmm...


Zangief

Our token stupid Russian comes to us in the form of giant-but-friendly 7' tall pro-wrestler. Zangief really has no axe to grind, he's only street fighting because he's too stupid to do anything else. Ryu, Chun-Li, and most of the others had some special prime directive...they weren't fighting just for the sake of fighting, they had some special mission that could only be accomplished by successfully uppercutting Dhalsim. Its a little more substandard with Zangief though. Its not like he'd make a great criminal lawyer. This is just all he can do.

Before you make the mistake of choosing Zangief as your weapon of destruction, you should make yourself aware of one of the eternal rules of the Street Fighter series. If a guy looks like he could, by all means, take on the entire combines armies of North America and Europe single-handedly, he most likely sucks. Likewise, unless you're playing against a person who's trying to manipulate the controller stick with their tongue, you'll almost always lose playing as the 'Russian Bear'. Zangief, who has a mohawk and who's striped with the scars of previous battles, doesn't seem to care too much about losing. If you take a closer look at his groin area, you'll see something far more disturbing for Zangief to be proud about.

Because he was a wrestler, Zangief's best moves were very WWF-esque. He could piledrive, supplex, or spinning piledrive you. To his credit, you would lose a lot of power when Zangief actually managed to get his hands on you, but on the same token, Zangief moved across the screen with all the stealth of a rock. Its going to be pretty tough to lose to this guy, especially if your controller is plugged in. What Zangief represents is a learning lesson for new players. Its pretty hard to resist picking the giant guy with a mohawk in a fighting game if you don't have much else to base your opinion on. But we live, we learn, and when all is said and done, even Dhalsim can take Zangief down with ease.

Zangief's stats say that he wrestles bears for fun. I tend to believe that's just hype. Nobody wrestles bears for fun, even 250 pound Russians with Blood Type A. These official stats were pretty odd...why do we need to know the characters' blood types? Its not like Guile's going to be any less pissed off about Sagat's blood getting on his pants if its just that harmless Type O.

[Dtownsfinest]

Why is he fighting De la Hoya? WTF? He's like a Super Duper Heavyweight and I believe De La Hoya is a welter or middle weight.

[MavKikiNYC]

Originally Posted by Dtownsfinest

Why is he fighting De la Hoya? WTF? He's like a Super Duper Heavyweight and I believe De La Hoya is a welter or middle weight.

Wasn't DLH.

Believe his name was John Ruiz.

[dirno2000]

Is it me or does this guy have really small hands for a man of his size?

[MavKikiNYC]

Originally Posted by dirno2000

Is it me or does this guy have really small hands for a man of his size?

He has disproportionately short arms, for sure.

Something like 85" reach , whereas I believe that Foreman at 6.3 had something like 82".

[sike]

Originally Posted by capitalcity

hmmm, where have I seen this guy before? hmmm, hmm...


Zangief

Our token stupid Russian comes to us in the form of giant-but-friendly 7' tall pro-wrestler. Zangief really has no axe to grind, he's only street fighting because he's too stupid to do anything else. Ryu, Chun-Li, and most of the others had some special prime directive...they weren't fighting just for the sake of fighting, they had some special mission that could only be accomplished by successfully uppercutting Dhalsim. Its a little more substandard with Zangief though. Its not like he'd make a great criminal lawyer. This is just all he can do.

Before you make the mistake of choosing Zangief as your weapon of destruction, you should make yourself aware of one of the eternal rules of the Street Fighter series. If a guy looks like he could, by all means, take on the entire combines armies of North America and Europe single-handedly, he most likely sucks. Likewise, unless you're playing against a person who's trying to manipulate the controller stick with their tongue, you'll almost always lose playing as the 'Russian Bear'. Zangief, who has a mohawk and who's striped with the scars of previous battles, doesn't seem to care too much about losing. If you take a closer look at his groin area, you'll see something far more disturbing for Zangief to be proud about.

Because he was a wrestler, Zangief's best moves were very WWF-esque. He could piledrive, supplex, or spinning piledrive you. To his credit, you would lose a lot of power when Zangief actually managed to get his hands on you, but on the same token, Zangief moved across the screen with all the stealth of a rock. Its going to be pretty tough to lose to this guy, especially if your controller is plugged in. What Zangief represents is a learning lesson for new players. Its pretty hard to resist picking the giant guy with a mohawk in a fighting game if you don't have much else to base your opinion on. But we live, we learn, and when all is said and done, even Dhalsim can take Zangief down with ease.

Zangief's stats say that he wrestles bears for fun. I tend to believe that's just hype. Nobody wrestles bears for fun, even 250 pound Russians with Blood Type A. These official stats were pretty odd...why do we need to know the characters' blood types? Its not like Guile's going to be any less pissed off about Sagat's blood getting on his pants if its just that harmless Type O.

funny