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[CountBlack]

Why?

why not? kappa

 

[Neoxon]

Aren't CPT rules 1 week turnaround? Should be fine then.

Normally yes, but this is EVO.

 

[Shito]

It's impossible to answer this question without a clear date for her release.
But generally speaking, I am okay with the CPT rule of 1 week; people put too much emphasis on the "but what if someone finds broken tech with the new character and roll on everybody", when what usually happens is that people don't have enough experience with said character to be competitive at the highest level and just choose someone else. And it's not the 90s anymore where techs are kept secret...
Look at how much time Alex took to appear in tournaments.
See how Guile is only starting to show, thanks to ChrisG and nobody else for the moment.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Why?

Because it's fun, and if you lose to someone's two week character then that is on you (assuming she doesn't have any broken stuff).

 

[sixteen-bit]

Normally yes, but this is EVO.

My bad, I assumed Evo was a CPT premier event

 

[Westlo]

So about us who got the season pass....

I got it 20% cheaper on PC through GreenManGaming *shrug*

If I had known what a fuck up their zenny shop implementation was going to be as well as how shit the majority of premium dlc alts were I would never had bothered. I thought they were going to be on the level of the pre order ones....

 

[Scotia]

Arkane

We proudly present a member of North America's branch of Shadaloo.
One of the personal bodyguards of Lord Bison!

Name: Arkane
Height: 188cm
Weight: 92kg
Blood Type: A
Birthday: May 26
Home Country: Poland
Favorite things: Oil painting
Dislikes: warm beverages

A members of Shadaloo Troopers. Thanks to his ultrasonic device implemented in his arms, he can produce lightnings, although they inflicts little damage.
It seems the same device allows him to teleport.
The power of science is fantastic!

 

[Korezo]

It's impossible to answer this question without a clear date for her release.
But generally speaking, I am okay with the CPT rule of 1 week; people put too much emphasis on the "but what if someone finds broken tech with the new character and roll on everybody", when what usually happens is that people don't have enough experience with said character to be competitive at the highest level and just choose someone else. And it's not the 90s anymore where techs are kept secret...
Look at how much time Alex took to appear in tournaments.
See how Guile is only starting to show, thanks to ChrisG and nobody else for the moment.

Does any real sport ban players because he/she is new and the opponents need to watch tape or practice before? I'll never get this ban characters cause its new stuff. Should only ban if someone starts using a exploit.

 

[Piccoro]

It's up to the EVO administration whether Ibuki is allowed or not. I really hope she isn't. It's horrible from a competitor's POV.

Two weeks is more than enough time according to CPT rules.

Edit:

Arkane

We proudly present a member of North America's branch of Shadaloo.
One of the personal bodyguards of Lord Bison!

Name: Arkane
Height: 188cm
Weight: 92kg
Blood Type: A
Birthday: May 26
Home Country: Poland
Favorite things: Oil
Dislikes: warm beverages

A members of Shadaloo Troopers. Thanks to his ultrasonic device implemented in his arms, he can produce lightnings, although they inflicts little damage.
It seems the same device allows him to teleport.
The power of science is fantastic!

He was a hidden character on Street Fighter the Movie Arcade! I guess him and Cap. Sawada make the Movie canon, then

 

[lucebuce12]

Does any real sport ban players because he/she is new and the opponents need to watch tape or practice before? I'll never get this ban characters cause its new stuff. Should only ban if someone starts using a exploit.

While your sports comparison is pretty stupid, let's compare something like e-sports which is more comparable.

Whenever Dota 2 gets a new hero (or rather is ported from the original DotA), it's not available in Captain's Mode which is the standard format for all tournament play. It is available for people in public matches and for general play, but not for tournament play. They're kept there until Valve is sure that most if not all game-affecting bugs and balance work has been done.

Even when a hero gets reworked, they're usually taken out of the pool temporarily.

EDIT: The more time you spend against certain characters, the more strategies you figure out, both against them and with them.

Assuming Ibuki has no clearly broken stuff or crazy unbalanced tech, a lot of stuff probably won't get figured out in the short timespan of 2 weeks. Yes, it gives Ibuki pickers a disadvantage that they only have 2 weeks of experience with the character, but it also gives them an advantage as their opponent might not have as much experience playing against her or have knowledge of her tech.

Personally, I don't think she should be playable. If it was 1 month, maybe. But not 2 weeks.

 

[Neoxon]

My bad, I assumed Evo was a CPT premier event

It is, but EVO kinda goes by its own rules since it's one of the biggest fighting game tournaments in the world (up there with the Capcom Cup).

 

[bob_arctor]

KingBroly was right

Capcom is truly a mess

If only their incompetence made me better at the game somehow. Sigh.


I had a good Alex run yesterday at least. Back to it when I get home today.

 

[Korezo]

While your sports comparison is pretty stupid, let's compare something like e-sports which is more comparable.

Whenever Dota 2 gets a new hero (or rather is ported from the original DotA), it's not available in Captain's Mode which is the standard format for all tournament play. It is available for people in public matches and for general play, but not for tournament play. They're kept there until Valve is sure that most if not all game-affecting bugs and balance work has been done.

Even when a hero gets reworked, they're usually taken out of the pool temporarily.

EDIT: The more time you spend against certain characters, the more strategies you figure out, both against them and with them.

Assuming Ibuki has no clearly broken stuff or crazy unbalanced tech, a lot of stuff probably won't get figured out in the short timespan of 2 weeks. Yes, it gives Ibuki pickers a disadvantage that they only have 2 weeks of experience with the character, but it also gives them an advantage as their opponent might not have as much experience playing against her or have knowledge of her tech.

Personally, I don't think she should be playable. If it was 1 month, maybe. But not 2 weeks.

Lol thought fgc was eat sports.

 

[Scotia]

Two weeks is more than enough time according to CPT rules.

Edit:

He was a hidden character on Street Fighter the Movie Arcade! I guess him and Cap. Sawada make the Movie canon, then

Blade was yesterday

 

[lucebuce12]

Lol thought fgc was eat sports.

It's the poverty e-sports but we'll get there one day.

EDIT: Speaking of e-sports, remember when 801 Strider Popped off when he triple-perfected an 8-year old at EVO.

 

[LakeEarth]

Matchmaking is so inconsistent in this game. I'll have 4-5 matches in a row with only a ~1min wait, and then suddenly I have to wait so long that the first song ends. I wonder what is going on there.

 

[Augemitbutter]

Matchmaking is so inconsistent in this game. I'll have 4-5 matches in a row with only a ~1min wait, and then suddenly I have to wait so long that the first song ends. I wonder what is going on there.

if you suddently get unusual long wait you gotta stop the queue briefly to get out of the void. this will help in my experience, at least most of the time.

 

[Shito]

if you suddently get unusual long wait you gotta stop the queue briefly to get out of the void. this will help in my experience, at least most of the time.

Yeah, happened to me yesterday.
Got one match that got cancelled on the "connecting..." phase, and then 3 minutes of nothing. Cancelled the search, enabled it again, and found a match in the next 20 seconds...

 

[lucebuce12]

Got matched up with a Ryu. He RQ

Got matched up with another Ryu. He RQ.

Got matched up with the second Ryu again. He RQ.

Got matched up with a Mika. He RQ.

Oh goodie.

 

[BadWolf]

Got matched up with a Ryu. He RQ

Got matched up with another Ryu. He RQ.

Got matched up with the second Ryu again. He RQ.

Got matched up with a Mika. He RQ.

Oh goodie.

Play casuals, way less RQs.

 

[lucebuce12]

Play casuals, way less RQs.

The Mika was on casual.

 

[mbpm1]

Got matched up with a Ryu. He RQ

Got matched up with another Ryu. He RQ.

Got matched up with the second Ryu again. He RQ.

Got matched up with a Mika. He RQ.

Oh goodie.

they couldn't take the poison

 

[lucebuce12]

they couldn't take the poison

Well to be fair, I was taunting quite a lot when I got matched up with the RQing Ryu again.

btw, love the new avatar. See you've joined the Overwatch Brigade.

 

[LakeEarth]

if you suddently get unusual long wait you gotta stop the queue briefly to get out of the void. this will help in my experience, at least most of the time.

Thanks, I'll try that next time I start hearing the tail end of the first menu song.

The Mika was on casual.

Dropping in casuals is a mystery to me. There's literally no upside. You can't see the stats screen, so you don't even know your win/loss ratio. There's no rank involved, you can't lose anything for losing in casuals. In fact, the game gives you a bit of XP, which you don't get by dropping. Which makes getting that 1000FM level bonus process even slower. So dropping in casuals is actually a bigger detriment than taking the loss.

 

[lucebuce12]

Dropping in casuals is a mystery to me. There's literally no upside. You can't see the stats screen, so you don't even know your win/loss ratio. There's no rank involved, you can't lose anything for losing in casuals. In fact, the game gives you a bit of XP, which you lose out on by dropping. So dropping in casuals is actually a bigger detriment than taking the loss.

¯\_(&#12484_/¯ Guess they can't handle the poison ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[mbpm1]

Well to be fair, I was taunting quite a lot when I got matched up with the RQing Ryu again.

btw, love the new avatar. See you've joined the Overwatch Brigade.

Overwatch da bes fighting game

 

[lucebuce12]

Overwatch da bes fighting game

Who is more bae? Mai or Mei?

 

[sixteen-bit]

Dropping in casuals is a mystery to me. There's literally no upside. You can't see the stats screen, so you don't even know your win/loss ratio. There's no rank involved, you can't lose anything for losing in casuals. In fact, the game gives you a bit of XP, which you don't get by dropping. Which makes getting that 1000FM level bonus process even slower. So dropping in casuals is actually a bigger detriment than taking the loss.

oh yeah still temped to AFK light kick my way to level 50 for that last costume, lol

 

[LakeEarth]

oh yeah still temped to AFK light kick my way to level 50 for that last costume, lol

It'll be a long ass time before I get my Alex to level 50. I exclusively use him, and I'm still only around level 36.

 

[Xeteh]

Got matched up with a Ryu. He RQ

Got matched up with another Ryu. He RQ.

Got matched up with the second Ryu again. He RQ.

Got matched up with a Mika. He RQ.

Oh goodie.

Don't worry, rage quits are down 60%. Please to be happy.

 

[killu4what]

It'll be a long ass time before I get my Alex to level 50. I exclusively use him, and I'm still only around level 36.

I'm at level 49 with Bison. I got matched against somebody with Color 15 and it changes his hair to blonde. This makes it unusable lol.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I'm at level 49 with Bison. I got matched against somebody with Color 15 and it changes his hair to blonde. This makes it unusable lol.

Blonde Fighter V is real

Laura's color 15 is blond also

 

[spazchicken]

Got matched up with a Ryu. He RQ

Got matched up with another Ryu. He RQ.

Got matched up with the second Ryu again. He RQ.

Got matched up with a Mika. He RQ.

Oh goodie.

Yeah, I just play casuals now. I couldn't care less about points, I just want a complete match, the ability to replay it (can't replay if they RQ) and FM.

Also it's fun seeing people's game change once they realize that even though it says I'm Silver, my actual skill level is significantly above that. I almost want to drop down to Bronze and really send people for a loop.

 

[Dartastic]

I haven't played Laura since the beta and my Laura was ass. Tried her yesterday and all of a sudden I kinda have a Laura. Oh yeah.

 

[LakeEarth]

It's lame, but I've exclusively been playing casuals for a few weeks now because I had a fabulous run that got me to nearly 4800LP, and I'm worried that if I go back to rank I'll fall hard and be back to ultra silver / gold threshold hell.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

It's lame, but I've exclusively been playing casuals for a few weeks now because I had a fabulous run that got me to nearly 4800LP, and I'm worried that if I go back to rank I'll fall hard and be back to ultra silver / gold threshold hell.

Why does that matter?

 

[lucebuce12]

Man, it feels like battle lounges have a mind of their own. Sometimes I get great connections with people, then a literal slideshow the next. Random disconnects and occasional lag just happens all the time.

So freaking annoying.

 

[LakeEarth]

Why does that matter?

I got frustrated with the rank up / rank down cycle that I was stuck at for weeks. It was disheartening, I was happy to get away from it, and I'd hate to go back. Then again, I won't know if it was a lucky break or if I genuinely improved until I go back.

On another note, something I noticed. The game rarely gets "stuck" at the matchup screen anymore. I remember constantly staring at the Earth for 10, 20 seconds sometimes before the fighters would load, or sometimes the game hangs at the "white flash" before the match starts. Hasn't happened in a while. Maybe they fixed that.

 

[lucebuce12]

I got frustrated with the rank up / rank down cycle that I was stuck at for weeks. It was disheartening, I was happy to get away from it, and I'd hate to go back. Then again, I won't know if it was a lucky break or if I genuinely improved until I go back.

On another note, something I noticed. The game rarely gets "stuck" at the matchup screen anymore. I remember constantly staring at the Earth for 10, 20 seconds sometimes before the fighters would load, or sometimes the game hangs at the "white flash" before the match starts. Hasn't happened in a while. Maybe they fixed that.

Still happens quite a lot for me.

 

[qcf x2]

Two weeks is more than enough time according to CPT rules.

Edit:

He was a hidden character on Street Fighter the Movie Arcade! I guess him and Cap. Sawada make the Movie canon, then

JCVD Guile next plz. They could probably pay him a couple grand at this point to get him to okay it.

 

[『Inaba Resident』]

JCVD Guile next plz. They could probably pay him a couple grand at this point to get him to okay it.

This would be so hype.

 

[Edzi]

There's yet another thread on the front page about how SFV is doomed. Everything surrounding this game is just depressing.

 

[mbpm1]

There's yet another thread on the front page about how SFV is doomed. Everything surrounding this game is just depressing.

SFV: Lie down

 

[『Inaba Resident』]

There's yet another thread on the front page about how SFV is doomed. Everything surrounding this game is just depressing.

I've stopped caring about any SFV thread on the gaming side.
No matter what its originally about, its almost always turns out the same way. The same things said, the same posters show up, etc.
You might as well pick one SFV thread and just reread it every other week or so

 

[sixteen-bit]

JCVD Guile's CA would be rad. First, he's gonna get on his boat, and he's going up-river...

 

[mbpm1]

JCVD Guile's CA would be rad. First, he's gonna get on his boat, and he's going up-river...

And then he times you out with his long ass speech of glory

 

[lucebuce12]

JCVD Guile's CA would be rad. First, he's gonna get on his boat, and he's going up-river...

Then he crushes a walnut with his butt.

 

[Skilletor]

I've stopped caring about any SFV thread on the gaming side.
No matter what its originally about, its almost always turns out the same way. The same things said, the same posters show up, etc.

Pretty much.

 

[corrosivefrost]

There's yet another thread on the front page about how SFV is doomed. Everything surrounding this game is just depressing.

Doomed? Nah.

But it certainly is a clusterfuck at this point.

Ibuki being shown off on CPT and yet we have to wait for the update, which should've been before this past Wednesday, really bugs me. If she's good enough to demo on various streams, why do we have to wait until late June again? Makes me saltier than I already am on a daily basis. XD

 

[Neoxon]

I've stopped caring about any SFV thread on the gaming side.
No matter what its originally about, its almost always turns out the same way. The same things said, the same posters show up, etc.

I don't know, it's kinda like a magnet. I know better than to go in, but I can't help but peek in to see what's going on. And then it's a downward-spiral from there.