Gamer Celebrates Victory Prematurely, Gets Pwned Like a Noob

You must come to terms with e-sports, real sports fans.

Do not fight it. Just drink from the mana well of the gaming world and let the power of 1,000 additional pylons fill your body.

Because to do otherwise would leave you on the wrong side of semi-sports history and, more importantly, bereave you of moments such as this one, where a young man got too cocky on the sticks and was promptly pwned.

Destructoid's Kyle MacGregor brings us the tragic tale of Woshige, a professional Guilty Gear Xrd player who celebrated a win prematurely and lost because of it.

Facing off against Ogawa in a match at the Evo 2015 tournament, Woshige grabbed a comeback victory in the second frame of a three-round battle.

It was an emotional moment for Woshige, who jumped up and held his fists to the crowd like Rocky.

If you've ever boom-headshot-yeahed your way to an improbable video game victory, Woshige's joy is relatable. Winning at video games is the best. I've flipped tables over a hard-won GoldenEye Bunker showdown.

The only problem for Woshige was there was one game left to play, and he was still working the room like Vince McMahon when it began.

Ogawa didn't wait for him to finish his baby-kissing circuit and put Woshige away without a scratch by the time he scrambled back to his controller.

Some of my favorite moments from this video:

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1. Announcers lauding Woshige for win.

2. "NO BURST! NO BURST! OH, MY GOD! GENIUS!"

3. "So smart! So smart!"

4. Announcers immediately and dramatically turning on Woshige for his negligence.

5. "Woshige thinks it's over!"

6. "Woshige nooooooo!"

7. "NOT LIKE THIS!"

8. "WHAT ARE YOU STANDING UP FOR?"

9. Ogawa going with some kind of inverted, Cam Newton Superman chest-rip.

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Seriously. Ogawa equals the realest MVP:

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So there it is: the Bill Gramatica of e-sports celebrations. The buzzer-beater followed by a buzzer-beater of gaming. Woshige is the Nick Young of e-sports.

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And if all this isn't rich enough at face value, I received this bit of information from Jeff Dee, an e-sports fan who put Woshige's celebration into fantastic context:

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Bless you, Woshige. You clowned on the MJ of the game and faltered at the line.

Next time champ!

Dan is on Twitter. Gotta pwn through the line, noobs.