Queef? Best name ever.

Of course, only us hardcore New Yorkers would know that, though.

YUYU

@SumDum_Guy: Look man, people have an uncanny ability to make comedy out of just about everything. It's funny, no-one is hating on anyone.

Lov3

Her hand's are the same size as her head in the screenshot (as are a lot of peoples'), and the art they used had her hand in the FOREFRONT OF THE PICTURE. Does anyone know what perspective is?

Mikintosh

Post-op? Pff. I've seen some screenshots, man, some screenshots... make me thing, maybe, pre-op. That's all I'm sayin'.

Moonshadow101

And then frat boys wonder why they have such a bad reputation.

"Builds character", feh. Bad character, maybe. Exhibit 1: Guy.

Maybe Chun-Li's just had too many steroids. Like the East German women's athletes used to be, back in the day. Look at some Olympics pix from the 70's and you'll see scary things.

Evil Tortie's Mom

Who fucking cares what Chun Li is?

Here we have an artists interpretation of this SF character for the next iteration of the game, and people are going ape shit over it and speculating over things that really does nothing that changes the way the game fundamentally plays. Does it really matter? Different artists will take the look of a particular character and go different directions with them at different points in time during that artists' reign. Get over it. Move on. Discuss art direction. Discuss artistic style. But discussing character story background that may have/will never exist - and again doesn't alter the game-play mechanics, is pretty pointless and starts to dredge up topics and roads we here on Kotaku really don't need to travel. Keep this up and I'm willing to bet that sooner or later we'll have all sorts of derogatory comments from trolls who want to bash those who live an alternative lifestyle or are transgendered - on a gaming website.

SumDum_Guy

@Pickens

dude, funniest shit i read this week.

DontTouchMyDaughterYouFilthyGaijin

God, no. Poison is Chun-Li NOT.

DigiMish

The name, Fellatiowen, is awesome.

But I have no interest in knowing the origins of it, ever. EVER.

Fallible

@Aethyr: I still would

fadecy

I got a sun burn.

Maaxxx

it's a trap.

infi

What, strong women can't be feminine (or attractive)? Jessica Biel circa Blade: Trinity would beg to differ.

justhesh

I dunno. Those thighs and hands are pretty large.

KM91

Haha! Nice story, Fellatiowen.

Moridin

That story sounds like it could be some kind of weird/sick Street Fighter fan fiction.

"Chun-li, transsexual, starts a career with the Korean mafia, and heads to North Carolina to take out two of the Mafia's biggest enemies; Fellatiowen and Cooter."

Infact, I think that might not be fan fiction, but it may just be the plot to the Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

Pickens

I figured people would be playing at the NCSU Scrubcade on Hillsborugh, not in the dorms.

arstal

All I have to say about the man girl Chun-Li is that her thighs can probably exert enough pressure to turn coal into diamonds.

rabidkeebler

Fellatiowen?
hehehehehe

tibbie

That story makes me so happy that the closest I have ever been to the inside of a frathouse is in Sims 2.

jenvik

But srsly, she has a huge dong.

Aethyr

I've always thought the whole trans-gender for posion thing was silly.

I mean we know the story... nintendo was really up tight about morals and stuff at the time so to get around the whole "heroes shouldn't hit women" deal they called her a post-op/transvestite ect.... they just CALLED her that. It is quite clear that they never intended her to be anything other than a girl. And of course those wacky asians have a sick sense of humor so once this info leaked to the general public they ran with it. The poor thing is a girl, get over it.

I mean hell, the EXACT same thing happened to Birdo, whom I'll remind you was released at about the same time. US smb2 was a cheap hack of a more obscure japaneese game, a game that was geared towards older kids. Well kid friendly mario couldn't be caught beating up women and the devs were far too lazy to just fix the sprite, so they just said she was a he to get around it. Birdo is a girl though... you can't simply change the sexual identity of a character just to get around legal loopholes.

My point is, designing a transsexual/transvestite character from the start and desperately saying they are at the last minute are two totally different things.

There are plenty of questionable characters on newer fighting games coming out of japan in particular, but leave poison and birdo out of it... them are gals, like it or not.

Adding to the story, I'll remind you about a certain Van Damme flick (no, NOT street fighter) in which the main villian is a very large chineese man named chun-li. I'm fairly culturally inept when it comes to the far east, but going by that film either the dude had a girl's name or chun-li is also a boy's name.

HowardC

Owen Good, goddammit!

man_in_gauze

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I find it ironic how I typed in "Note to self: Do NOT call him Owen Wilson" and the only part of that that I forgot to erase was the "Wilson" part.

man_in_gauze

Owen Wilson, I officially love you.

man_in_gauze

No Chun-li in Korean? Sure there is. It's 천리. It's part of a Hanja set that describes forsight.

Sqrfrk

if poison gets turned into a post op tranny then fucking chun li is one too.

ManjiKengo

lame story

almarota1979

Fools, all of you. Don't hate on my WAIFU~~!

y2kenjination

The only time Chun-Li looked feminine was in SF II. Since then, in all the sequels and prequels released she became more and more of a ridiculous representation of exaggerated proportions. Eventually, she went from a character with some peculiarities into a peculiarity with some character.

Lixie

You probably had the best frat never ever. If not the best frat name, a rather creative one. Very funny.

Though I can say I'm glad I was never a part of one.

2NinjasTapedTogether

LOL i like how the biggest flaw of SF4 is the art and models themselves but no one cares enough to notice until their favorite Chinese wank material suddenly looks like a tranny.

And even then this is biggest an article on SF4's art direction is going to get.

I would seriously demand that Capcom remodel Chun-Li, as well as redo all those horrible character portrait illustrations.

Chun-li's always had big hands, but a good artist would make it so that as a whole, she looked entirely feminine and yet strong. This subtlety is entirely lost now.
The only true Ikeno work I've seen from this game is the character selection screen, which looks years better than anything "official." That is to say, it looks like your typically good Capcom art. Not this meaty, bulky crap.

aeontek

Fellatiowen. Mweheheheheheheh.

Nice story.

Dave Silva

Sexism is so much fun! I feel so welcome!

/feminist troll

Cola82

@justhesh: Though she's pretty much smoking regardless of role.

Mav

I refuse to sit here and listen to this ultra-enthused accusation that Chun-Li is a man. As a fan of Chun-Li, I love her thighs, and I've seen bigger hands on women. One of them was your mom!

enigma89

@Aethyr: You got it wrong: "Dong" is her Korean Gangster name.

Robotube

sorry don't know how I came up with the word petion, petition might be close to what I want. No Firefox, no spell check here.

Pornosaur

@y2kenjination:

GB2/4CHAN!!!1 :O

But anyway, those are some big ass hands, reminds me of that Seinfeld episode.

jello44

So that makes everyone in the WNBA is a transsexual too. This notion is pretty sexist.

kenkankendo

I think you must have a serious fetish for this kind of thing if you see that in Chun Li.
Considering how small and petite she is in Street Fighter Alpha and then after many years of training and battles she becomes a full warrior for Street Fighter 3 and 4.
But to skip the Chun Li of Alpha or SF2 then you already have trannies on the brain and probably have many files on you computer that prove it.

Whatever floats your boat.

MetalGearMax

this is my offical petion for a MK II, NHL 93, and Coach K on xbox live. I use to make my lunch money for the week in college playing $5 games in the dorms.

Pornosaur

I think you just got me laid with that story.

Eienhander

So you've been caught fapping it Owen?

artofwar420

Owen, I think its best to avoid Destructoid. That whole site is basically constructed of flame bait and trolls.

p_hon

This story proves that the name "Owen" is of epic proportions.

doesntlikedede

I dunno, I kinda think she's really gotten sexy

-Arod

Seriously, what is wrong wrong with having a strong woman in games? Girls don't need to be meak little things all the time.

huginn

WHY, OH WHYYYYY AREN'T THERE MOAR GRRL GAMERZ!!?!?!?

YUYU

@man_in_gauze: Hahaha, awesome.

On that note, I some how doubt this Chun-Li's a post-op tranny, even if the script of the film she's starring in might seem like a strange operation.

[www.thebluething.com]

JohnnytheFuture

I know a girl that had the same build (big hands and thighs not muscle bound) that pulled it off and still seemed feminine physically, so no I doubt Chun Li is really a Hun Li.

Everyone knows Poison has a huge man staff though.

SkutSkut

Perhaps Chun Li went a little overboard with the HGH?

Phbbt107

Mmmm....I'm on the fence with you Owen. It's like, you WANT us to like you.

...and I don't like being told how to feel.

On the other hand, you're like a breeze of fresh, ridiculous air here.

Mmmm...Maybe I do like you.

...

We should hang out sometime.

Woodwater

Ha. I've eaten at that IHOP. Go Pack!

But, yeah, Chun Li is crazy...

Platypus Man

All I can say is "People like to pretend."

Lets not go any further than that.

Witzbold

Don't destroy my childhood fantasies of Chun-Li. She was the first video game character I had a crush on. If she ever turned out to be a post-op tranny, like Poison, that would end me. D=

Bururian

I knew two twins whose frat names were Stunt and Kubble. If you don't get it, maybe try saying Stunt Kubble five times fast.

GregoriusH

I always liked using Chun-li in SF2.
Though that doesn't eliminate the fact that with the thunder thighs she is probably Robert Crumb's fantasy date (anyone who has seen Crumb should know of which I speak) ^_^.

relic1980

I hope that wasn't a Destructoid diss, good sir. Let us not forget about Kotaku's award-winning coverage of Peach and Zelda's panties in Brawl. ;) GAMES ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS.

Sharpless

man... its still crazy to me when i hear ppl talk about being in college and stuff when street fighter II was all the rage. im not trying to sound like a jerk, its just that it would have been so much cooler to at least have been a teen when some of my favorite games were kicking off in arcades, i was only 9 when sf II was doing its thing. by the time i got to my teen years, the alpha series was in the spotlight. although i thought it was dope then, after becoming more serious about fighting games, the alpha series pales in comparison to ssfIIturbo or 3s.

shouryuuken

Fellatiowen? too much information...

VakeroRokero

Please no. The early games are what helped to develop my thigh fetish.

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Thorax

Are Ryu and Ken descendants of the Hobbits because they have big feet?

Garo

Damn, Good. Your stories are more after-dark than the usual by Bashcraft.

Angryrider

There was a character. Called Strap-On.

I love the Japanese.

Communist_Gamer

Yet another great story from you. I wish you'd write these all day...

Zwei Voltage

lol, for those who dont live in Raleigh,,,, The Ihop in question has a very small parking lot. Its not that clean either, least it wasnt 5 years later when i got to NCSU. Good story. Made me laugh.

ShaggyB

It's called a "fraternity", not a "frat". You wouldn't call your "country" a "cunt", would you?

At my fraterity, people who called it a "frat" were not happy with the results.

LedRush

@Sharpless: Indeed, a knock on Dtoid for being irreverent followed by a hapless article about Frat assholes?

Ironic.

crapsh00t

@LedRush: Wow, good excuse to pull out the c-word there. Really necessary?

I think, deep down, guys are just afraid of strong women, so they make up for that by saying she used to be a man. I know it's supposed to be fun and blah blah blah, but come on. It's so fucking blatant at times how sexist shit is on gaming sites that people just excuse it.

In other words, I agree, SumDum_Guy.

Um, fuck the status quo? Yes.

peAr_nectAr

@peAr_nectAr:

America has an aversion to the c-word that doesn't exist in other English-speaking countries, where it means anything from silly to jerk. I never understood why there's such a stigma attached to the word. Anyway, editors here drop f-bombs like they're dropping names, so I figured the c-word would be nothing outlandish.

@crapsh00t: Why are members of fraternities a-holes? I never understood why the non-Greek hate members of fraternal orders so much. But then again, I am a reasonable person.

LedRush

@peAr_nectAr:

What I was trying to explain to you was that different words have different meanings in different cultures. Before projecting your biases on others, you need to understand that. I suggest that you try to increase your cultural awareness.

That, and you can learn to take a joke, too.

LedRush

@LedRush: I'm not surprised you don't find anything offensive in using the c-word. That I wasn't debating. But there is definitely a stigma attached to it that's different from using the word "fuck," which is not necessarily a degrading term applied to a specific people. I'm not saying the misogyny was blatant, I'm just saying it was there, and people should be more mindful of that.

peAr_nectAr

@LedRush: Well, then. Excuse me for being culturally insensitive in admonishing the use of the word "cunt." How terribly insensitive of me.

peAr_nectAr

@peAr_nectAr:

The problem is you still don't know what you've done. I understand your point (though it is clearly misplaced in the current context). However, you don't seem to understand that on a board with people from different countries you might see words that have different meanings to different people. It's quite sad, really.

LedRush

@LedRush: "However, you don't seem to understand that on a board with people from different countries you might see words that have different meanings to different people"

Exactly. Thats why you should be even more aware of what you post. If a word you post on the net may be offensive, you should avoid it if possible - unless you're from an uneducated lot.

This post has degenerated the discussion into a one about a derogatory subject - just as I had thought it would.

SumDum_Guy

@SumDum_Guy:

Well, I don't believe that a group of people from one place should restrict the use of language for everyone because they take the worst meaning for a word, use it out of context, and then apply it to a situation which is clearly not intended. Some might even call such action uneducated, but I would also chalk it up to arrogance.

In language, just as in anything, context matters. By slavishly banning a word with multiple meanings (a majority of which are ok) because you've mistakenly labeled it as misogynist (despite the fact that other "acceptable" words are equally so) is just plain wrong. To call someone out for it on a message board, and then to hijack an otherwise interesting thread just so you can justify your myopic opinion is selfish and unproductive.

It appears that despite the simplicity of this concept, you and Pear refuse to even acknowledge another way of thinking, despite my ability to understand yours. While I generally agree that one should moderate one's use of language to conform to the norms of where they speak (as your argument insultingly indicates), I don't believe either that my language has breached the norm (even if used in the worst way) nor that the idea/language I introduced was in need of moderation.

Rather than flail at me on this hijacked topic, why not send me messages privately if you continue to disagree and we can continue are discussion that way?

LedRush

so is there something wrong with the word "frat"?

Syre

@Syre:

While I was being slightly facetious, yes, there is something wrong with the word "frat". It is generally used in a derogatory manner to belittle people who are in fraternities. It conjures images of meatheads hazing freshmen, objectifying women, and doing very poorly in school.

At my college, fraternities were more serious than at many places and we used language that indicated this. Therefore, you'd never call your fraternity a "frat", and when people make stereotypically ignorant comments, like on this thread, I like to remind people that you should judge people on an individual basis, not because of affilliation, gender, race, or otherwise.

I actually don't object to the use of the word "frat" in many circumstances, just in the way I mentioned above.

LedRush

How dare you insult Chun-li! Trash talk Cammy's fat ass but leave Chun-li alone. Leave her alone!

Jesu

As the aforementione "Ton O'Fun" is have to say this sounds plausible. One fact needs to be correct, though.

I played Street Fighter exactly one time. The best player in the house was Evil E, and he caught me walking into my room and asked me to play him. Barely knowing which button did what, I beat him and he promptly demanded a rematch.

I put down the controller and declared "I'm never playing this game again, because I am now 1-0 vs. Evil E." And I haven't played it since.

I swear our house's address must have been like a rash on Columbia House's computer.

bostonwolf