Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 2012 Update Now Up!

[Smooth Groove]

But aren't you black?  Black guys are good at Street Fighting. 

[Beezy]

 

[Smooth Groove]

[Robo]

The early impression is that Makoto is pretty bad, but so it was for 3S and look at how that turned out...

Everyone's jumping to conclusions too soon; even haunts, crybabying about the Sagat nerfs in the GAF thread.  Granted, the scar stuff all requires some meter, but he's still got his insane damage output intact.

[Beezy]

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[Smooth Groove]

Is that from Black Dynamite?  Drinky had good things to say about it.  I was watching it with friends but a couple of them weren't feeling it after 10 mins so we switched it out.  I thought it was alright though and will give it another shot. 

[Beezy]

Yeah it is. Most underrated comedy of 09.

The early impression is that Makoto is pretty bad, but so it was for 3S and look at how that turned out...

We'll see.

[Robo]

I'm not saying she'll be good, but I haven't seen a single video of anyone who seems to have any clue what they're doing with her yet.  She needs to be re-learned; the 3S vets aren't gonna be able to just pick it up and break backs and fuck asses like they're doing with Dudley right now.

[Beezy]

http://www.justin.tv/cicadatehl337#r=okFbDc0~

This stream has been up since last night. They're mainly using the new characters. I've seen good Makoto, Guy, Juri, and Dudley players so far.

[Himu]

The early impression is that Makoto is pretty bad, but so it was for 3S and look at how that turned out...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Beezy]

The Makoto player on the stream was owning bitches last night.

[MCD]

ken is the only good character anyway.

[Beezy]

Awesome stream beezy, and yes Makoto is still owning them!

They're starting to use the older characters again. I wanna see more Makoto ownage!

[Beezy]

Fuck tiers. Makoto is a beast.

[Beezy]

Her dash in move gets stopped too easily though.

[brob]

Stream is laggy, my brother's xbox is unmodded and my ps3 is broken. I'm about to suicide :'(

"Justin.tv has reached maximum amount of viewers from your country" FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...

[MCD]

goodbye.

[Beezy]

They've been playing nonstop for 28 hours.

[bork]

Somebody on my friends list was playing this earlier today.  I offered him $60-$70 if he would get me a copy too, but no response.   

[demi]

Somebody on my friends list was playing this earlier today.  I offered him $60-$70 if he would get me a copy too, but no response.   

It's leaked on the net...

[bork]

Somebody on my friends list was playing this earlier today.  I offered him $60-$70 if he would get me a copy too, but no response.   

It's leaked on the net...

I know, but I don't think this guy's Xbox 360 is modded.  Besides, wouldn't excessive playing of an unreleased game on XBL be an immediate cause for a banning?

[Beezy]

I think there are different kinds of mods because I have a friend with a modded 360 who didn't get banned during the MW2 related mass banning. He's been online ever since. I'll be pissed if I see him playing SSF4 this week.

[demi]

Somebody on my friends list was playing this earlier today.  I offered him $60-$70 if he would get me a copy too, but no response.   

It's leaked on the net...

I know, but I don't think this guy's Xbox 360 is modded.  Besides, wouldn't excessive playing of an unreleased game on XBL be an immediate cause for a banning?

Nobody cares about Street Fighter. MW2 was one of the biggest games to come out and pisses on SF4.

[Himu]

The Makoto player on the stream was owning bitches last night.

[Robo]

I saw a couple of those Makoto matches; some pretty effective shit goin' on with that instant air tsurugi.

I also saw her get annihilated by T.Hawk a whole bunch of times, as expected.

[Beezy]

Here's the new popular stream:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/teamspooky

That Chris Hu dude is on it and has mostly been owning with Makoto too. There's also a really good Cody player. Or maybe Cody is just really good.

[iconoclast]

Chris Hu is awesome. I'd donate some money to his family if I weren't poor.

the greatest commentator in e-sports

[Beezy]

Any reason to preorder this anywhere besides amazon?

[Robo]

Is Amazon gonna have it at my door when I get home from work on the 27th?  If not, that's reason enough alone.

[bork]

The 27th is the ship date.

Is Amazon advertising delivery on the 27th?  If so, that beats out Gamestop by a day.

Imma be searching for the place I can get the game the quickest at in Japan.  If there's any places open 24 hours (like a convenience store) that will stock it, that's where I'll be headed!

[Beezy]

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I have an amazon prime trial membership until May 16th, so I'd be getting it on the launch date.

[Himu]

watching a makoto vs thawk match

makoto

[Beezy]

watching a makoto vs thawk match

makoto

On the stream?

She seems okay to me, but that is def a shitty matchup for her from what I've seen so far.

[Smooth Groove]

Anyone had this PS2 pad? How was it compared to the Madcatz?

[Don Flamenco]

The nyko anniversary pad has flimsier build quality and the pad is stiffer and not as accurate.  The buttons feel cheap.

[bork]

Saw somebody else playing SSF4 on Live just now.  I guess it must be driving people to chip their systems.     Pretty sure both of the people on my friends list with it weren't pirating games before this.

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Anyone had this PS2 pad? How was it compared to the Madcatz?

I have like five of these for both the systems they came out on.  The arcade stick, too.

Thought they were okay back then, but they are pretty crappy looking at them now.  Too stiff and the buttons are too small.  I remember it being difficult hitting a punch and kick at the same time on occasion.

[Smooth Groove]

Lyte, which arcade stick?

[bork]

Lyte, which arcade stick?

The SF 15th Anniversary Fight Stick, also from Nyko.

[Smooth Groove]

Oh, that one.  It was kinda crap.  I saw it @ E3 and got all excited because it looked like a classic US joystick, which is not that popular in the home market.   Unfortunately, it wasn't much fun to play with.  The stick was way too stiff and the buttons layout was just uncomfortable. 

[bork]

Oh, that one.  It was kinda crap.  I saw it @ E3 and got all excited because it looked like a classic US joystick, which is not that popular in the home market.   Unfortunately, it wasn't much fun to play with.  The stick was way too stiff and the buttons layout was just uncomfortable. 

Pretty much.  I've broken it out for stick-using friends every now and then, and they can get by with it well enough.  I was thinking of trying it to see how I'd fare switching entirely to sticks for fighters...

[Smooth Groove]

Oh, that one.  It was kinda crap.  I saw it @ E3 and got all excited because it looked like a classic US joystick, which is not that popular in the home market.   Unfortunately, it wasn't much fun to play with.  The stick was way too stiff and the buttons layout was just uncomfortable. 

Pretty much.  I've broken it out for stick-using friends every now and then, and they can get by with it well enough.  I was thinking of trying it to see how I'd fare switching entirely to sticks for fighters...

Tried that with my friends with one player using a HRAP Sanwa Addition and another using a Madcatz TE.  Every match in SF4 was like Kareteka. 

[bork]

I'd love to get a stick right now, but any money I get for gaming goes to buying the games first.  As soon as I get a job imma buy one.  Hell I may not be able to get anything coming out after the next few weeks until then...this Japan trip is going to fucking drain our bank account.   The good news is that the Japanese government still owes me around two grand from my pension...gonna call tomorrow and see if they finally got shit squared away.  That money would cover the trip and then some!

[Smooth Groove]

When you can, get the S edition of the Madcatz.  It's much nicer than the older version, imo.  I wish I had wait to get it since I barely use my original TE anyway. 

But if you're in Japan, get this:

[bork]

I wish!   

[Beezy]

dat stick

[Smooth Groove]

dat stick

still inferior to a BBC though

[Raban]

I want to get a stick for fighting game deliciousness, and I was wondering, is this good?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874179003

I want to get a TE but I can't justify dropping anywhere near $100 on a controller for maybe a handful of games

[originalz]

Why exactly are the good sticks so bloody huge?

[iconoclast]

I want to get a stick for fighting game deliciousness, and I was wondering, is this good?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874179003

I want to get a TE but I can't justify dropping anywhere near $100 on a controller for maybe a handful of games

I fucking hate this stick.

[Smooth Groove]

Smooth, which version of SSF4 are you getting?

Probably the 360 version initially because both my Madcatz pad and TE stick are 360 compatible.  If I get it for the PS3, I'd have to use the Dualschock or Hori HRAP.  The HRAP and the TE are basically equivalent but I'll like to mess around with the newer TE stick.  But I'm also planning on getting a 360 to PS3 adapter, so eventually I might get the PS3 version as well just so that I can use both high quality sticks on one system. 

[Raban]

I want to get a stick for fighting game deliciousness, and I was wondering, is this good?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16874179003

I want to get a TE but I can't justify dropping anywhere near $100 on a controller for maybe a handful of games

I fucking hate this stick.

After looking at some videos, it looks like it may be too light for me.

[Smooth Groove]

startselect, you can mod a cheap stick into a high quality one if you can't afford to buy a high-end stick right now.  Modding is much cheaper and if you know what you're doing, you'll get even better results. 

[Raban]

startselect, you can mod a cheap stick into a high quality one if you can't afford to buy a high-end stick right now.  Modding is much cheaper and if you know what you're doing, you'll get even better results. 

I was considering getting a MadCatz SE and sticking Sanwa parts in there, but from what I hear the price comes out same as a TE.

[Smooth Groove]

Get an even cheaper stick then.  There are a couple of cheap Horis like my PS2 Tekken 5 bundle stick, which have similar casings as their HRAPs and cheaper parts.  The PCB and case are really the only things that matter when it comes to modding. 

[Robo]

startselect, you can mod a cheap stick into a high quality one if you can't afford to buy a high-end stick right now.  Modding is much cheaper and if you know what you're doing, you'll get even better results. 

I was considering getting a MadCatz SE and sticking Sanwa parts in there, but from what I hear the price comes out same as a TE.

Shouldn't.  The only thing you really need to replace on the FightStick SE are the buttons, which are cheap.

If you get one from one of the later batches, it might not even be bad.

[Raban]

startselect, you can mod a cheap stick into a high quality one if you can't afford to buy a high-end stick right now.  Modding is much cheaper and if you know what you're doing, you'll get even better results. 

I was considering getting a MadCatz SE and sticking Sanwa parts in there, but from what I hear the price comes out same as a TE.

Shouldn't.  The only thing you really need to replace on the FightStick SE are the buttons, which are cheap.

If you get one from one of the later batches, it might not even be bad.

Hmm, this is tough to figure out.

[Robo]

I've owned that EX2 and I also thought it was pretty fucking horrid, even before the PCB randomly SNAPPED in half.

As for the FightStick SE, if its problems were indeed isolated to the first run, it's a capable stick --a bit on the cheapy side, but pretty decent for the price and easily moddable if you ever decide you want to goof around with it.

[iconoclast]

Yeah, the PCB on my EX2 snapped too. Not to mention the buttons on it are terrible. I got mine for VF5 when that came since there were no other options

[Raban]

I really wish there was more competition in this arcade stick market. It seems like the MadCatz TE is seriously the best stick out there, but it's also one of the more expensive ones. Goddamnit.

I want the TE Type S but I can't justify dropping that much skrilla on a goddamn controller.

[Smooth Groove]

I've seen the TE stick drop to $80 at Fry's.  You just have to wait for the old model to be cleared out. 

As expensive as the TE stick is, I still think it's a pretty good deal compared to stuff like arcadeinabox.  They must have made a ton of money when they were the only option in town.  I wonder if people still buy them now that high end sticks are prevalent in the US as well.

High end sticks are much cheaper in Japan, btw.  When I was in Tokyo 3 years ago, I spotted many stores selling the high grade VF5 stick for only $50.  I wished I had gotten one because so many people claim that it's one of the best sticks ever made.