Samurai Shodown<\/a><\/em>. After absorbing a super, Pekos was left with just a sliver of health. The fat lady was seconds away from singing.<\/p> But, then, a miraculous combination of ill-advised arrogance and opportunistic punishment! Rycroft dropped his sword to finish off Pekos with an unarmed attack. (Samurai Shodown<\/em> has a mechanic where you can knock the weapon out of another player’s hand, but weapons can also be voluntarily dropped.) Things didn’t go to plan.<\/p> Just watch:<\/p>
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