Judgement

Judgement (ジャッジメント, Judgement^?) (as it is spelled in-game) is a system mechanic introduced in (and so far, exclusive to) the Street Fighter III series. It is essentially a tie-breaker format that can happen at the end of any round.

Description

If a draw occurs at the end of a round, which happens either if both fighters have equal health after a Time Over or if they both knock each other out, thus resulting in a Double K.O., the word "Judgement" appears on screen, and a cutscene unfolds in which three female civilians, who were supposedly watching the match live, are each holding a picket sign.

Acting as jury members, the female civilians, based on their own personal preferences, decide who they feel should win the match, by turning over the sign, revealing the portrait of the fighter they voted for. Because there are only three jury members, ties are impossible. The fighter with the most votes wins.

Judgement is considered an unfair tactic, as the logic behind the choices made by the jury members is unknown. Hypotheses according to which the winner is the player with the higher fight grade, or the player who is 1P, or the player who has the most previous match wins, or even that it is always Chun-Li, appear to be unfounded.

As a result, Judgement is never considered a victory in tournaments, and if it happens in the deciding round of a match, either it is replayed, or other factors are taken into account for deciding who has won the match; (e.g. the player with the most points is declared the winner, etc).

Video

At the end of this short video, a Judgement is made to determine the winner.

Street Fighter 3 - Judgement

Jury Members/Judgement Girls

See also Judgement Girls

These are the jury members/Judgement Girls that appear when a Judgement occurs. No jury members are cloned/repeated, so every Judgement features three distinct jury members.

Name	Country	Appearance	Notes
Anna			Russian Blonde woman in a fur coat. Looks similar to Cammy.
Effie			Short Blonde woman in a red dress. Incidentally she is also Necro's girlfriend. Added to the Judgement system on Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact.
Julia			Blonde equestrian girl. Looks similar to Karin.
Libra			Tall African-American woman on roller-skates. Looks similar to Elena.
Lilly			Indian woman. Incidentally she is Dhalsim's sister in law.
Rifa			Chinese woman with a blue dress who is an olympic track star. Sister to Toli and Tonfa. Looks similar to Chun-Li.
Toli			Chinese woman with a red dress who is an online blogger. Sister to Rifa and Tonfa. Looks similar to Chun-Li.
Tonfa			Chinese woman with a white dress who is a Kindergarten teacher. Sister to Rifa, and Toli. Looks similar to Chun-Li.

Which NPCs appear during a Judgement appears to be random, but in Street Fighter III: New Generation it depends on the stage and round:

Stage	Round 1 or 5	Round 2 or 6	Round 3 or 7	Round 4
Alex's or Dudley's	Julia, Tonfa, Fair Libra	Anna, Toli, Julia	Fair Libra, Rifa, Anna	Same as Round 1.
Ryu's or Ken's	Anna, Toli, Julia	Fair Libra, Rifa, Julia	Anna, Tonfa, Julia	Anna, Rifa, Fair Libra
Yun's	Anna, Rifa, Julia	Fair Libra, Tonfa, Julia	Anna, Toli, Julia	Rifa, Tonfa, Toli
Yang's or Ibuki's	Anna, Tonfa, Julia	Fair Libra, Toli, Julia	Anna, Rifa, Julia	Anna, Tonfa, Fair Libra
Necro's	Julia, Toli, Fair Libra	Anna, Rifa, Julia	Fair Libra, Tonfa, Anna	Same as Round 1.
Elena's	Anna, Fair Libra, Julia	Anna, Rifa, Julia	Fair Libra, Tonfa, Anna	Julia, Toli, Fair Libra
Oro's or Sean's	Julia, Rifa, Fair Libra	Anna, Tonfa, Julia	Fair Libra, Toli, Anna	Same as Round 1.
Gill's	Julia, Fair Libra, Rifa	Tonfa, Toli, Anna	Lilly, Julia, Fair Libra	Rifa, Tonfa, Toli