3rd Strike player Pyrolee needs your help to get to Japan to represent America in the world’s most prestigious fighting game tournament, Super Battle Opera! Unfortunately Pyro got laid off from his job and needs some help getting to Japan. When I qualified for 3rd Strike in 2008, the community was kind enough to help us out and contributed a lot to our plane tickets. So I am trying to pay it back/forward by spreading the word that one of the best 3rd Strike players of all time needs some help paying for his plane ticket.

If you’re unfamiliar with Pyrolee, he was widely considered the best American 3rd Strike player ever and has represented America in SBO more times than anyone else I can think of. He was actually the very first guest I ever had on the Street Fighter Podcast, so go back and listen to that for some nuggets of 3rd Strike wisdom. Enjoy and please kick down a few bucks if you can!

Update: So apparently Pyro is unable to go to Japan, regardless of his financial situation so donations are no longer needed and 5 Star has informed me that everyone is being refunded. Everybody can cool their jets now and think about more pleasant topics.