Fighting Games Weekly | July 1-7 | Heel turns, shattered dreams, broken cages

I wish I had the drive to get better in fighting games. I half ass everything I do in games, and in life, and just accept my average ass gameplay.

Come on BB come out already. Maybe I should mess around with GG this weekend.
 
vocab said:
I wish I had the drive to get better in fighting games. I half ass everything I do in games, and in life, and just accept my average ass gameplay.

Come on BB come out already. Maybe I should mess around with GG this weekend.
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Getting better at fighting games just means you need to play people more and have something click.

I got tired of waiting for CP and just ended up playing CSE a ton recently. No regrets enjoying it now haha.
 
Dahbomb said:
US Central time zone. Two hour difference so its 2 AM here.
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Damn that sucks.

That's why I love living in the west coast.

When I come home from work on Wednesdays, nlbc is getting to the good parts.

I never miss WNF or the run back. And fgtv streams are pretty reasonable to watch time wise

Also, during majors, I like waking up at 9 and getting to see good matches right away
 
I have Wednesday and Thursday off. It's a double edged sword though, because even though I can catch NLBC, WNF, and TRB in their entirety, I essentially miss all majors, especially with the shift I work, unless I'm catching tidbits on my phone's twitch app.
 
Holy shit, that neo vs fchamp set... seems like neo is inside champ's head the first half of the matches(he killed champ's first character everytime) but he can't close it everytime even with dark phoenix.

EDIT: And after destroying Ray Ray he's giving champ hell again in GF(2-0 up neo)...
 
Dahbomb said:
Epic theory fighter discussion going on FGTV about the psychology of up backing in Marvel.

God damm FGTV for making me sleep late all week.
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I love how they just don't sleep. I just woke up at 4AM for no reason (maybe it's the grout sealer fumes in my apt) and figured I may as well make some coffee and watch FGTV. haha
 
vocab said:
I wish I had the drive to get better in fighting games. I half ass everything I do in games, and in life, and just accept my average ass gameplay.
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I find myself guilty of this, to a certain extent.
I certainly progressed A LOT since I first started taking fighting games "seriously", but since I'm really not playing as enough as I should be (probably an average of 2~3 hours a week) I'm progressing really slowly. As a result, I don't see myself improving (while I am, it's just that it's so slow that it's hard for me to notice it right away) and I tend to exagerate my weaknesses and focus on them, thinking I'll ever just be average at fighters.

Anyways, are you guys going to import BBCP?
As a european there's no real sense for me to wait, but the thought of getting once again stuck in a sea of zero-bar matches is a bit disheartening...
 
Shito said:
Anyways, are you guys going to import BBCP?
As a european there's no real sense for me to wait, but the thought of getting once again stuck in a sea of zero-bar matches is a bit disheartening...
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I might, but ps4 will be out around that time and I might just have fun with games on there and wait for the american release of BBCP, plus one of the things I like the most about the game is the story/english dub I cant really enjoy that if I import it.
 
QisTopTier said:
SkullGirls is a better marvel game than marvel

Because it has some of GG's feel to the gameplay
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Still needs to hit the early twenties in character numbers before more minions see the light.
kick51 said:
True and I'm fine with that for marvel, though these days I always feel like I'm getting on the verge of being sick of watching it (not even 5% done with playing it, on the other hand.) Then something hype happens and I'm right back in there.

It'll be cool if SG gets a competitive revival. Too bad they can't just churn out 4 characters quickly and release them all at once. I think more characters would give it a good shot in the arm.
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Non-Capcom games need a slow burn of hype at the very least. It is a good thing that the characters are spread out. It keeps the online scene at some minimum level of activity to boot.
alstein said:
Skullgirls won't die- the PC port will make sure of that. AE wil live as well if the PC port gets the update, and GFWL isn't shut down.

Got a feeling PC is going to end up important for fighters next-gen, provided there's a way to keep macros out (not really a problem for SG though due to how it's designed- AE has a huge problem)
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No one is gonna care about macros in AE next gen when SFV is out.
QisTopTier said:
GG is an amazing game because it's super easy to get into at low levels, it's fast as fuck, has awesome music, and the game just gets deeper and deeper the more you play it.

Anyone that says GG is harder to get into than BB is most likely a stupid fanboy. It's seriously one of the strongest things about the game is how easy it is to pick up and play if you have any sense of fighting game basics. Fuck I would say P4A is harder to get into than GG
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I call it the Tekken effect. Fanboys love to talk up how deep and intricate their games are despite how offputting it sounds to everyone else. It has torpedoed many a fighter's chances at obtaining a larger audience.
Karsticles said:
It is.
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I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone.

That altitude sickness getting to you?
Cosmo Clock 21 said:
I swear people said the same thing about P4A before release and that was like the worst $40 I ever spent on video games.
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Don't listen to hype unless it is coming from pragmatic gaffers.
Astarte said:
Yeah, I'm really liking the look of BBCP. Time to pick Valkenhayn up again, maybe this time people won't be mad at me for doing so!

My scene is the embodiment of capcom's rabid fanbase. Seriously, they use "too 3d" and "too 2d" in a serious tone and don't like to have fun. Use Dan? You're barred from any local for a month.
This is kind of why I'm clinging onto a game's online community; it's better than being here.
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The friends I played with bitched up a storm if I mistakenly used an assist in Mahvel. God, I hated playing that way for the longest. Online was a Godsend compared to that nonsense.
Juicebox_FGC said:
My roommate was getting constant BBCSEX online matches today on his PS3, so that game seems to have some (online) life in it.

The best online experience with a fighter I ever had was 3S on GGPO on PC. If the connection was good I could play the ~real game~ and not some half-assed version of it where a bunch of strats that should work don't and a bunch of things that shouldn't work do.

Skullgirls on 360 came close. Hopefully Yatagarasu reaches that level of playability if it reaches its goal.
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The thing I like about Skullgirls GGPO is how you don't have to worry about constant connection problems. I've heard many horror stories of folks trying to connect in VSav lobbies and not getting anything. A million things can go wrong on the PC program. SG and the other console GGPO games hardly give me those problems.
 
kick51 said:
I love how they just don't sleep. I just woke up at 4AM for no reason (maybe it's the grout sealer fumes in my apt) and figured I may as well make some coffee and watch FGTV. haha
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Last year's pre evo FGTV stream was freaking addicting too. They had Yipes, MarlinPie, Dieminion,Zak Bennet and hella japanese marvel players with Kazunoko.
 
kick51 said:
I love how they just don't sleep. I just woke up at 4AM for no reason (maybe it's the grout sealer fumes in my apt) and figured I may as well make some coffee and watch FGTV. haha
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Yep, I just turned it on. Champ just lost a set to Xian and now he's talking about how he's survived on just energy drinks instead of food or sleep for the last few days.
 
enzo_gt said:
I have a grad school exam on Saturday morning :(

Will be studying all Friday too so it means I won't be able to watch much then either. :(
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Damn =/
Try to get a free time to watch the AE 3v3 tourney on Friday after all the pools, that should be the hypest thing to happen on Friday, and Saturday the Marvel semis are at night, so you should be good to go.

You'll just miss Smedwicks humiliating Chris G on the very first round Saturday morning
 
As someone who is interested in Marvel 3 and Melee, it's going to be tough to catch everything throughout the entire weekend. I remember when I could just sit on my ass watching games on a computer for 3 straight days. Good times, good times.
 
enzo_gt said:
I have a grad school exam on Saturday morning :(

Will be studying all Friday too so it means I won't be able to watch much then either. :(
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Good luck bro! I'll believe in you if you believe in me! :P

Parallax Scroll said:
Yep, I just turned it on. Champ just lost a set to Xian and now he's talking about how he's survived on just energy drinks instead of food or sleep for the last few days.
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Champ dies before Evo confirmed.
 
Talking about EVO, do we have any info about the panels? I believe Capcom will announce something about SFIV on their panel, last years were on Friday afternoon right?
 
I'm glad more and more fighting games are getting a PC release. Makes it easier to ditch the current consoles for next gen. Hopefully MK does well for an Injustice PC release. Hopefully the rumoured KoF XIII gets released.

Just need Tekken, VF, DOA and Arcs games to follow suit.
 
Horseress said:
OK! Got the 12th of July off at work, 100% hyped and free to watch EVO all weekend long
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Took the 15th off, because from here it starts at something like 6pm and ends at ~6am. Or even 7 or 8 when they start getting late for the finals.
Last year the AE finals finished literally a few minutes before I had to leave to work. Let's say I had better days in terms of productivity...
 
LTWheels said:
I'm glad more and more fighting games are getting a PC release. Makes it easier to ditch the current consoles for next gen. Hopefully MK does well for an Injustice PC release. Hopefully the rumoured KoF XIII gets released.

Just need Tekken, VF, DOA and Arcs games to follow suit.
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Forget ditching current gen for next gen, if one good 3D fighter (Tekken, VF, SC, heck maybe even DOA) released their next new release on the PC I'd probably hold off on next gen until it's budget priced years from now. Chances are higher than ever that this might happen as well, PS4 and XBOne and closer than ever to PCs architecturally, so ports will be easier than ever.

The end of this gen is just making my salty towards consoles in general. PC releases are playable on future hardware (unlimited BC basically), they support the most flexible input options (so no arcade stick lockouts like XBOne and PS4) and without having to pay for online play you'll still be able to play multiplayer games years from now without having to rely on company X having the servers up still.
 
I do remember staying up until 5 am and sleeping in until 3 pm playing Counterstrike back in my college days but I just can't imagine doing that anymore. I do way worse wIthout good sleep than I used to.
 
Horseress said:
Talking about EVO, do we have any info about the panels? I believe Capcom will announce something about SFIV on their panel, last years were on Friday afternoon right?
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Max announced his pannel for friday on his video but evo hasnt announced a schedule yet.
 
JeTmAn81 said:
I do remember staying up until 5 am and sleeping in until 3 pm playing Counterstrike back in my college days but I just can't imagine doing that anymore. I do way worse wIthout good sleep than I used to.
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You get used to it. I've been running on about 5 hours sleep or less a day for about a 16 years or so now, with only occasional days of 8 hours or greater.
 
TheFightingFish said:
Forget ditching current gen for next gen, if one good 3D fighter (Tekken, VF, SC, heck maybe even DOA) released their next new release on the PC I'd probably hold off on next gen until it's budget priced years from now. Chances are higher than ever that this might happen as well, PS4 and XBOne and closer than ever to PCs architecturally, so ports will be easier than ever.

The end of this gen is just making my salty towards consoles in general. PC releases are playable on future hardware (unlimited BC basically), they support the most flexible input options (so no arcade stick lockouts like XBOne and PS4) and without having to pay for online play you'll still be able to play multiplayer games years from now without having to rely on company X having the servers up still.
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This is exactly how I feel. If I hold off on VF6 next-gen, I'll know I'll never buy another traditional console. Manadatory PSN+ was pretty much the last straw for me.

WiiU is something I might consider though.
 
SolarPowered said:
I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone.

That altitude sickness getting to you?
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I don't feel a difference with the altitude, really. All of our bath products were about to explode from the change in pressure, though.

I think I've been consistent about Skullgirls mechanics being better than Marvel 3. In particular, the lower damage levels are very important to me. Marvel's biggest problem is the prevalence of 1 touch kills. Zero and Vergil would not be nearly as problematic if they needed two resets to kill.

There are things that I do not like about Skullgirls, but it has fewer problems than Marvel.
 
I was up til 3 am Streetfighting last night. Haven't played that game in like a year and last night go on a binge.

Fighting games, man.
 
JeTmAn81 said:
Our ages are the same, but we don't have the same body. I remember when I quit caffeine for a year thinking I would eventually start feeling more alert without it. That never happened.
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I also used to do a lot of drugs which contributed to the lack of sleep, so now I'm just used to it.
 
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