While he wasn’t always the fighting game savant we know and love today, his childhood fostered a love for the Street Fighter series that has continued into the present day - and now, he’s making big waves in the series’ competitive circuit in a major way.
While other fighting game players may have discovered the genre through a friend group, hanging out in the arcade, or by happy circumstance, JB grew up around the Street Fighter games, harboring a deep familiarity with the series from a young age.
, Street Fighter is like a “digital chess game,” a sentiment echoed by his Street Fighter League opponent, Derek “iDom” Ruffin, who similarly stated that the series is like a “high speed chess match.
This year, JB hopes to qualify for Capcom Cup 2019 in December, in order to compete with SFV’s top players at the game’s most high-stakes tournament of the Pro Tour season.
