Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 2012 Update Now Up!

[chronovore]

lmao

Lyte Edge has made EVERY SINGLE CHUN LI I ENCOUNTER easy as fuck

How so?

[bork]

lmao

Lyte Edge has made EVERY SINGLE CHUN LI I ENCOUNTER easy as fuck

How so?

I kicked his ass with Chun-Li hard, but he still learned a lot from those beatings, and facing subsequent Chun-Li players around his same level then got a lot easier for him.  The same thing happened to me back when SF4 was out and I kept playing against much higher-level players using characters I had difficulty against.  I used to have a TON of trouble against really good Rufus players, and then one of them played me a bunch, giving me advice on how to approach the match-up.  He still kicked my ass all over the place, but it went from him dominating me in every match to close rounds/me winning a few matches by the end of the session, and I suddenly found myself a lot more confident against Rufus players I'd meet in ranked matches.

[originalz]

Start the tournament

[Himu]

lmao

Lyte Edge has made EVERY SINGLE CHUN LI I ENCOUNTER easy as fuck

How so?

I kicked his ass with Chun-Li hard, but he still learned a lot from those beatings, and facing subsequent Chun-Li players around his same level then got a lot easier for him.  The same thing happened to me back when SF4 was out and I kept playing against much higher-level players using characters I had difficulty against.  I used to have a TON of trouble against really good Rufus players, and then one of them played me a bunch, giving me advice on how to approach the match-up.  He still kicked my ass all over the place, but it went from him dominating me in every match to close rounds/me winning a few matches by the end of the session, and I suddenly found myself a lot more confident against Rufus players I'd meet in ranked matches.

I thought our Chun Li x Cammy fight last night was pathetic. Jesus your defense is air tight.

[bork]

Start the tournament

Does anyone still have interest? 

[Raban]

I'm sure many people still do, but I call it quits. I've retired my 360 to the closet to make way for my PC and PS2 backlog.

[bork]

I'm sure many people still do, but I call it quits. I've retired my 360 to the closet to make way for my PC and PS2 backlog.

-_-

[Raban]

Sorry homie. No 360 exclusives for the next year look interesting to me at all, that means backlog time. Already lent my copy of Super to a friend who's been dying to play it.

[bork]

Sorry homie. No 360 exclusives for the next year look interesting to me at all, that means backlog time. Already lent my copy of Super to a friend who's been dying to play it.

Didn't you just recently get a 360 in the past few months?

[Raban]

Sorry homie. No 360 exclusives for the next year look interesting to me at all, that means backlog time. Already lent my copy of Super to a friend who's been dying to play it.

Didn't you just recently get a 360 in the past few months?

Yep. Played the shit out of it. I'm not getting rid of it or anything. It was hooked up to my widescreen computer monitor and I felt like re-using it for my computer, did that and I don't want to put it back on the 360. Brought the old CRT back up, PS2 is hooked up to it and rarin' to go!

[bork]

Sorry homie. No 360 exclusives for the next year look interesting to me at all, that means backlog time. Already lent my copy of Super to a friend who's been dying to play it.

Didn't you just recently get a 360 in the past few months?

Yep. Played the shit out of it. I'm not getting rid of it or anything. It was hooked up to my widescreen computer monitor and I felt like re-using it for my computer, did that and I don't want to put it back on the 360. Brought the old CRT back up, PS2 is hooked up to it and rarin' to go!

All right, well, re-add me to your XBL friends list whenever you come to your senses.   

You know you can buy switchers for video input, right?  I have my PC, PS3, and 360 all hooked up to the same monitor via HDMI.

[Smooth Groove]

Raban, how powerful is your PC?  And WTF at playing PS2 games now, you're turning into Borys!

[Raban]

Raban, how powerful is your PC?  And WTF at playing PS2 games now, you're turning into Borys!

Intel Q8200
GeForce 9800 1GB
3GBs RAM

Haven't had a problem running anything on this computer. And I love PS2 games!

You know you can buy switchers for video input, right?  I have my PC, PS3, and 360 all hooked up to the same monitor via HDMI.

Meh, the cable management drives me bonkers. I have nothing against the 360, but I'm backlogging it right now. There are only one or two games I didn't already beat (next-gen length ftl) that I own, so I'll just leave them for later. And I'm really out of practice on Super, so I wouldn't have had any fun in a tourney.

[bork]

For those of you like me, what would it take for you guys to stop playing SSF4 as your main fighting game?

BlazBlue Continuum Shift hits next month.  BB has superior netcode.  I loved the original but ultimately stopped playing it because of the character balance problems.  CS looks to fix all that.

KOF.  NeoGeo Battle Coliseum is a nice little distraction, but if KOF 2002 UM XBLA has netcode as good as -or better- than NGBC, I will be playing the shit out of it.  And whenever KOF XIII comes home, if it's got good netcode, then I KNOW what I'm going to playing nonstop. 

Marvel Vs. Capcom 3.  It's going to be HUGE.  Perhaps bigger than SF4 (sales-wise).  The home version of SF4 will be two years old by the time this hits.  Will people be hanging it up, leaving only the hardcore behind?

[iconoclast]

I really doubt I'll stop playing SF4 as my main fighting game until SF5 is out. Street Fighter has just always been the #1 fighting game series for me; it's going to take something special for me to switch over.

I really liked BB:CT; it was a nice distraction and a good secondary fighting game, but in the end I just stuck with SF4. I'm pretty hyped for BBCS, and I'll definitely put a lot of time into it, but again I figure I'll be playing SSF4 over it most of the time.

I've never been too into SNK fighters. The only ones I put any real time into are Samurai Shodown 2 and Garou, and I've dabbled in several of the KoFs, but that's about it. KoFXIII looks awesome, and as long as the online play is decent I'll put in the time to learn the game, but again, I doubt I'll play it over SSF4.

MvC3 is going to be interesting. By the time I started playing MvC2, the game was getting toward the end of its lifespan, so I never took too much time to learn it. So for MvC3, I'll be getting it while it's fresh and learning alongside everyone else, which should be a lot of fun.

I could also see myself playing a ton of VF5FS if Sega ever ports it.

[chronovore]

For those of you like me, what would it take for you guys to stop playing SSF4 as your main fighting game?

Tobal 3.

[Robo]

These would be of interest to Beezy.  Note that "gameinn" is Daigo Umehara, who is not playing his best in either of these videos, but then they wouldn't have been uploaded had he won.  Still, some neat high-level shenanigans goin' on from the challengers.

[youtube=560,345]hvuKYWbec1U[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]5YxGhIo5sM8[/youtube]

First I've seen anybody land mid-screen EX MGU -> ULTRA2 in a match.   

[Beezy]

How does he do Makoto's axe quick so quickly? It's like it comes out the instant he's off the floor. Besides that, he isn't doing anything really difficult. Just a lot of mind games and playing safe. I tend to dash in like an idiot with her.

OMG at that DeeJay match. I've kinda given up on him for now though because he feels really slow. I get bored playing with him.

[bork]

How not to commentate:

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Commentator 1: "I've seen Mike [Ross, E. Honda player] full-screen grabbing.  Why's he doing that?  He's been doing that all weekend."
Commentator 2: "I..I've never asked Mike that.  I've noticed the same thing and I've been hesitant to comment on that.  Uh...it's not a mistake by any means...?"

-Someone tells these too clueless schmucks that it builds meter for Honda-

Commentator 1: "Okay I didn't know that..."
Commentator 2: "It builds meter ABSOLUTELY but quick moves don't build as much."  <--(Uh...if you knew this as you claim, then why were you wondering why he was doing it?)
Commentator 1: "...I do other stuff to build meter..."

Commentator 2: "Yeah, you really-- I mean you really do a little bit to build meter when you whiff moves, but you don't build it as much -UNLESS YOU CONNECT-.  But like Rob said, IT GIVES AN APPEARANCE OF ILLUSION ( ) so you might try and bait something out."

Brilliance.

[bork]

This is a message I just got after playing a ranked match:



Again, it was a ranked match.  So you know, blind character select and all that.    I didn't even notice his Dictator avatar until he messaged me afterward...you can't see that in the lobby.

[Himu]

lmao

[bork]

Look who I found whining about counter-picking on GameFAQs/Gamespot!

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/975212-super-street-fighter-iv/55325472

[bork]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[OptimoPeach]

Everyone in that GameFAQs thread is shitting all over him That's good stuff

[bork]

Everyone in that GameFAQs thread is shitting all over him That's good stuff

With good reason!  Of all the things to whine about, he goes with something that's not even in the game!  

[originalz]

Ahahahaha, you owned his ass good!

[chronovore]

What a weak-sauce scrotum hog.

[Robo]

 

[Himu]

who is johnny drama

[bork]

who is johnny drama

Just some guy on GameFAQs/Gamespot. 

It appears that what he did has stuck a little bit.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/975212-super-street-fighter-iv/55353882

[chronovore]

MY COPY ARRIVED TODAY. PREPARE TO BE OWNED.

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I'm so utterly harmless, it's not funny. 

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[bork]

Had a random ranked match against a shitty Rog.  He started talking mid-match so I joined in.

Him: Wow.  I love how you do the same shit over and over.

Me: Wow.  I love you keep falling for the same shit over and over.

Him: FUCK YOU cigarillo YOU #$##@#@#@#@!# blah blah blah

Me: (Cutting him off completely) u mad!  u mad!  U MAD!  U MAD! 

Him: *mic cuts off as I win*

[OptimoPeach]

Yes, it's one of these posts.

I looooove competitive multiplayer, and I've been meaning to check out SF4 since before Super came out, so one of the things I'm planning on buying next week when I get my first paycheck (yay new job yay buying stuff) is SSF4 and either a cheapo stick or one of those MadCatz pads. The problem is that I have basically zero experience with fighting games, so I need like a crash course on the fundamentals. I range from decent to godly at pretty much any game I spend a substantial amount of time on, but because I'm so green I have a feeling that I'm gonna be straight up terrible at this for a while. So yeah, I need some guidance in a big way. I know about the shoryuken forums, but I haven't been able to glean much because of all the fucking impenetrable genre vernacular.

In the meantime I'm gonna get raped by the AI in SSF2 and hopefully pick up on some of the basics. I tried running Turbo on the only 3DO emulator in existence but the sound was all fucked up.

Random questions:

-Stick or pad?
-Any characters that are easier to start with? I like the way E. Honda plays from what footage I've seen
-Probably hard to gauge, but how long do you think I'll be routinely getting my ass beat before I stop sucking so hard?

[Beezy]

-Stick or pad?
-Any characters that are easier to start with? I like the way E. Honda plays from what footage I've seen
-Probably hard to gauge, but how long do you think I'll be routinely getting my ass beat before I stop sucking so hard?

-Stick, but if you have a 6 button pad, that might be enough for you. IMO sticks are easier for charge characters like Bison, Honda,  and Guile.
-Dunno, try a couple of characters first though to see who's play style you like the most and stick with them for a while.
-It depends on how much you play. Play people who you know online.

[bork]

So yeah, I need some guidance in a big way. I know about the shoryuken forums, but I haven't been able to glean much because of all the fucking impenetrable genre vernacular.

Stick to the character discussion forums, and check the stickied threads within them on each character's basics and match-up discussions.  That's a good place to start.

Random questions:

-Stick or pad?

It depends on what you are more comfortable with using.  Everyone has their own preferences and reasons for using one or the other, or both.

-Any characters that are easier to start with? I like the way E. Honda plays from what footage I've seen

I always say to just try out everyone and get a feel for how they play.  Find who you like, narrow it down to a main, and go from there.  Ryu is always a good choice for learning the basics for a FB/DP character, and Guile is a good start for charge characters, but don't think that you have to start with anyone in particular.  If you like Honda, use him!  He's definitely a good character and pretty easy to learn, IMO, but as a Street Fighter n00b, you may have some trouble initially dealing with long range battles and getting in close, since Honda lacks a projectile.

-Probably hard to gauge, but how long do you think I'll be routinely getting my ass beat before I stop sucking so hard?

A while.  You said you are very green, so you shouldn't just expect to hop in and start kicking ass.  It's going to take you a while, and you should just take it slowly.  Go one step at a time.  First things first, you need to find your character and learn his/her basics, plus strengths and weaknesses.  Play with people who are willing to give you some advice.  Playing against random strangers who either kick your ass and leave or are worse than you and rage quit isn't going to help you much when you are starting out.

Play against human opponents.  The CPU sucks and isn't going to be much of a help in learning the the real way match-ups work.  Some characters are going to give you a LOT of trouble, but don't get discouraged.  I play this game like fucking crazy and still have trouble in some match-ups.  There's always going to be someone better than you. 

[OptimoPeach]

Thanks, both of you

[Dickie Dee]

Steam version is up for $10. I know what you're thinking, SFIV on PC, are you simple? but anyways, it's there

[bork]

Steam version is up for $10. I know what you're thinking, SFIV on PC, are you simple? but anyways, it's there

You mean SF4, not SSF4.  That's a good price but SF4 even on PC (where there is no alternative) is kinda dead.

[Robo]

You can probably find a used copy of SF4 for about that price on 360/PS3 if you were so inclined.  Hell, I'd sell my copy for that much.  I have no desire to ever revisit the glory days of Sagat domination.

[bork]

You can probably find a used copy of SF4 for about that price on 360/PS3 if you were so inclined.  Hell, I'd sell my copy for that much.  I have no desire to ever revisit the glory days of Sagat domination.

There are still going to be more people on PC SF4 than the console versions, though.

[bork]

Been a while since I've had a rage quit in ranked.

[Dickie Dee]

Steam version is up for $10. I know what you're thinking, SFIV on PC, are you simple? but anyways, it's there

You mean SF4, not SSF4.  That's a good price but SF4 even on PC (where there is no alternative) is kinda dead.

woops!

actually just picking up a few things i might not associate with the pc through the steam sale b/c things was cheap. I was just putting out feelers about SF4 PC because it seems like a near oxymoron playing that on that, but was intereted in informed opines 

[bork]

Well, it's certainly a great port (visually it's the best version of the game) and it scales well enough on various PCs (I can run it on my netbook!).  You can also use any USB controllers with the game, so you can get a fightpad or stick for 360 and plug it right in, ready to go, and the game will instantly recognize it.  You do need to have GFW Live to play online though.

[Robo]

I'll probably be jumping on in a few hours if anybody feels like practicing/testing your might/crying.

[MoxManiac]

Lyte Edge is such a spammer 

[bork]

 

[brob]

OK MOTHERFUKCERS


I just bought this game for the suxbox360 even though I don't even own one of those. I have besieged my brother's machine that has a gold subscription though so I'm all about the combat.

I have absolutely no execution on the 360 controller though. I have a fancy saturn usb pad I usually use, which doesn't work on 360, and I almost bought a tekken stick at gamestop today, but I was worried it wouldn't be good for SF since tekken is 3D - I don't know shit about sticks, didn't want to blow a big chunk of money on a potential dud.

Anyone wanna vouch for the tekken stick? If there are several "tekken sticks" for 360, I would assume that it is the cheapest one as we generally only get shit over here.

I'll be on live in about six, eight hours on the GT "Jagga Toof"

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you bet your fucking ass I'm maining Adon. made that account LAST YEAR NICCA! JAGUAR SLEEPOVER UP IN THIS BITCH  

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[chronovore]

Trying to find 360 fight pads in Nipponbashi was humorous.  :'(

[Smooth Groove]

Hori's seimitsu stick is on sale for $99 today.  Sanwa is more popular but some gamers swear by seimitsu.  There actually aren't many mass produced joysticks with seimitsu hardware so this one is nice for people interested in seimitsu but don't know how to mod a stick.



http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002FKYPU4/ref=nosim/cheapassgam08-20

[iconoclast]

Anyone else watching EVO 2010? SSF4 all day

[Beezy]

Seen any Makoto's yet?

[iconoclast]

Nope. Haven't seen any Hakans either... not very surprising.

[Beezy]

That Viper vs. Juri match was crazy.

[iconoclast]

Yeah there's been a few really good matches so far. Chris Hu vs Inthul was hype. And some Blanka player named Scumbag (how accurate) threw his stick and started talking shit after he got wrecked by Juicebox's Abel.

[Purple Filth]

I will say that Abel ultra is messed up but Scumbag exploding was 

Shouldn't have taunted.

anyways check this out



 

[iconoclast]

Yeah that Korean player is using that. Finally someone found a use for a 360.

[Rman]

SSFIV semis coming up. 

Stream here: http://evo2k.com/live/

[bork]

Watched some of the Tekken stream (zzzzzz) and watched HD Remix (Jason Cole beat Daigo!).  Want to watch SSF4 but I dunno how much time I'm gonna have.  I know I'm gonna at least miss out on the beginning.

And some Blanka player named Scumbag (how accurate) threw his stick and started talking shit after he got wrecked by Juicebox's Abel.

Has this been Youtube'd yet?  I must see this!   

[bork]

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

[Rman]

Nice Gief.