ABOUT BUSHO

I first picked up a controller when I was three, thanks to my dad, who is a big Tekken fan himself. It all started with Tekken 3, and ever since then the fighting game genre has not just been a hobby to me — it is my love, the world I grew up in, and the one I am still tied to by every thread.

I have lived through the genre’s lows and its highs alike, and I stuck with it even when plenty of people turned their backs on it. I followed the competitive scene obsessively, and I still do: the players, the matches, the way the domestic and international scenes are shaping up.

I will admit it, I would love to compete more — I genuinely miss the test of it. Alongside my organizing work, though, there is neither the time nor the capacity left for it. And I know that is how it should be: it means far more to me now to watch another Hungarian player succeed. I live their win as my own, and that is a completely different kind of joy from anything I felt competing.

In my spare time I write about games and test tech gear, a good way to stay connected to the industry and keep learning. I love modding my arcade stick and trying out new setups, optimizing until it almost hurts. The perfect top panel, the ideal grommet, the circle gate, the whole traditional build and the endless modding potential — it is what I look for in other tech products too, and in every other part of my life, because there is always room to fine-tune and to chase perfection.

So yeah, that is it. Tekken since I was a little kid, supporting the community, and probably too much money and time sunk into my arcade stick collection.

What has always captivated me about Fighting Games is how personal and intimate they are. Two players are thrown into the fray, and within minutes, one becomes the winner and the other the loser. Even though you are fighting each other, you are also trying to understand each other, test each other, and adapt to each other. This entire genre is built around human connection. For this reason it is hardly surprising that strong communities have always formed around these games. A community gives you rivals who push you to improve, experienced players who guide you through the long process of learning, and beginners who remind you how far you have come. More importantly, it gives you a place where improvement does not have to be a solitary pursuit. And, somewhere along the way, you make friends. Many of them.

Over the past ten years, I have taken on many roles within the FGC: organizer, competitor, commentator, streamer, and just about everything in between. Still, my absolute favorite thing is sitting down with a friend at an empty station during an offline event and playing a long set of some obscure Fighting Game with a double-digit global player base. That is why one of my personal goals as an organizer is to introduce people to games they may never have heard of and show them just how much fun those games can be. Seeing people discover and enjoy Fighting Games is a joy I do not think I will ever grow tired of.