Started by Ryo Nakamura (@ryo_n) ·
Pakistan's Tekken scene and the 2019 run nobody saw coming
A player from Lahore nearly missed Evo Japan 2019 because of visa delays, arrived hours before his matches after a multi-day trip, and won it. Then he won Evo in Las Vegas the same year. Turns out the arcade scene in Pakistan had been quietly strong for years.
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