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The Official Street Fighter IV Thread of FADCing a Stranger in the Alps
- Thread starter haunts
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I don't take too kindly to AI myself, but I can like to think of it as a punching bag to test out my combos on a moving target before a fight. I don't know how things are over on the 360 side, but I hardly get to finish them off before someone interrupts. Maybe it's a 360 issue with the matchmaking, and then it probably would affect the arcade online mode too. :\Sectus said:
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
-COOLIO- said:
No, just my artwork, lol
psn: Xavipants
arrrrg. My brain is mush. Trying to do Balrog's headbutt into ultra combo is breaking me down. Straight, hook, straight, hook, hook, finsiher! I always mess up the second hook 
And then if the fool's in the corner I have to whiff another straight... arrrrrrgh.
And then if the fool's in the corner I have to whiff another straight... arrrrrrgh.sixteen-bit
Member
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showpost.php?p=5446189&postcount=1Zabka said:Fought an Akuma player who quit immediately after being headbutted out of a Raging Demon. For a second I thought he must have kicked his Xbox. Sent a message calling him a wuss for quitting (didn't want to get vulgar) and got this back.
Play to quit!
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
y2dvd said:
haunts
akachan ningen
Member
Vargas said:
just keep blocking low. her hooligan is useless against crouchers and you can punish any blocked spiral arrows. lariat should beat any jump ins but don't do any random lariats once she has her ultra.
Killa Sasa
Member
I am in terrible shape for this tournament. Lost to Sagat/Ryu flow charts (although some of them were pretty good). Even ruined my 20-0 against Sakura's . I'm starting to even out -- all the close matches I was winning before I'm now losing. Lost another 200 BP today. I think I'm done with ranked -- so tired of +1 wins, -130 losses. Just like someone said, if I wanna grind, I'll go to a club or play an MMORPG. Today was the first day I came close to ragequitting, but I reminded myself I'm not like them. I'm human . BTW, a guy with about 3800 BP ragequit on me too right as I was about to win. Avoid this balrog bastard GhOstRyDerV on PSN. Too much of a bitch to lose.
The general consensus is that there are better players in player matches, correct? Need a little more flavor than what I'm getting, and hopefully that gets me back on track.
Gonna hop on Killzone soon.
. I'm starting to even out -- all the close matches I was winning before I'm now losing. Lost another 200 BP today. I think I'm done with ranked -- so tired of +1 wins, -130 losses. Just like someone said, if I wanna grind, I'll go to a club or play an MMORPG. Today was the first day I came close to ragequitting, but I reminded myself I'm not like them. I'm human . BTW, a guy with about 3800 BP ragequit on me too right as I was about to win. Avoid this balrog bastard GhOstRyDerV on PSN. Too much of a bitch to lose. The general consensus is that there are better players in player matches, correct? Need a little more flavor than what I'm getting, and hopefully that gets me back on track.
Gonna hop on Killzone soon.
Ermac said:Like wise timekillr. Are you using a stick?
Anyone looking for a solid challenge should take on timekillr's Abel. He's not kidding when he says he doesn't lose much.
Though I did beat his Rufus with Goku Dan once.
Yeah, I use a stick. A nice sanwa modded HRAP3 with an octogonal gate.
The thing with Abel is that I go against the grain with him. Every strategy I've read (including Haunts') say you have to be patient, wait it out, look for opportunities, etc.
With Abel, I rush the fuck down. The second I get a c.mp in, it's into CoDx3, then dash, ambiguous cross-up (or not) and another CoDx3. I'm sure it's boring to a lot of people when they play against my Abel since they'll see a lot of the same stuff over and over again, but it's just a different playstyle. There's also the great thing where a lot of people get intimidated when I dash towards them. The psychological factor is really important. I don't go much for high-low mind games and such since I don't feel Abel needs them.
I also RARELY do his wheel kick. I'm starting to use it a bit more, but it's not something that feels natural with my style. In most cases, I'd rather roll towards since I'll use the wheel kick as a way to get myself next to my opponent quickly.
And yes, you did beat my Rufus with Dan.
I wish I could like Rufus, but... he's a bit weird and doesn't really work with how I play.Killa Sasa said:
I don't think it has to do with having better players in Player Matches, it's just that the people who do play there are usually a LOT more laid back and don't madly play to win BP. I've never, EVER had a single rage disconnect in Player Matches. Nobody cares since there's no records.
I just played a guy I didn't know earlier tonight - won 18 matches in a row, with the full character roster. He wasn't bad, but it was obvious he was playing to learn - at some point he went from selecting different characters to picking only Guile, which I felt was fine with me but I didn't want to just destroy him with my Abel. I beat him twice with Abel then just realized the guy was just there to train (set to 3 rounds instead of 2 as well) so I kept switching. I figure it gives him experience with a bunch of different characters. In any case, I had a lot of fun (and I assume he did as well since he never quit).
Whenever I meet players like this, I ALWAYS leave a message on PSN after the matches. In fact, I've never gotten bitched at on PSN when doing Player Matches. There's no reason to grief, no reason to do stupid shit like you see on Ranked Matches (Akuma with 1 round/30 secs), etc.
So yeah, try Player Matches. You might run into a few more scrubs, but I rarely see flowchart Ken and not THAT many Kens in general.
Arde5643 said:Weird, because Rufus is pretty much the prototypical rush down character. I guess you just like to play a rushdown grappler?
Pretty much!
I guess I should play Rufus more. He's interesting to me (and I just figured out something weird tonight with him... Apparently you can juggle after a jumping hk.)
My problem with Rufus is that he isn't "natural" with me. His moves and normals don't flow together like I'm accustomed to, so it's kinda weird. I'm very pokey as well, and aside from his c.hp he doesn't seem to have very good pokes.
_dementia said:
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
In other news, I had my first tournament today. I played at Ground Kontrol, in Portland, OR. I lost. Won my first match, lost my second, lost my losers bracket match. Bah! I also lost the HDR tournament, which I thought I'd do better in. I was playing on sticks, which I never use. I do however, want to buy a stick ASAP. Played on both the tournament level stick, and the normal stick. I think I might be fine with the normal Mad Katz stick, once they work the kinks out. <3 the tournament stick tho.
-COOLIO-
The Everyman
MY THUMBS
ggs punishing
that was a good session, i feel like i learned a lot.
like how i shouldnt use qcf qcf l1 to do my ex hammer lest i waste all my juice ; _;
*blows on thumbs*
you have the psn viper crown for now u__u
also i need to learn how to do the hammer -> super jump -> fire kick combo. IT LOOKS SO BADASS
ggs punishing
that was a good session, i feel like i learned a lot.
like how i shouldnt use qcf qcf l1 to do my ex hammer lest i waste all my juice ; _;
*blows on thumbs*
you have the psn viper crown for now u__u
also i need to learn how to do the hammer -> super jump -> fire kick combo. IT LOOKS SO BADASS
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Dartastic said:
The TE stick is awesome, we have 2 of them at the studio and every time somebody walks around and sees them they go all "HOLY FUCKING SHIT" like, its awesome.
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
Scrubs, listen up. This video shows you the Ken secrets that will help you be an all-star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4cQ8Iywi2U
Rice-Eater
Member
I can not for the life of me PULL OFF A MOTHER FUCKING ULTRA with Ryu when I want to. I keep doing the EX Shoryuken. This happens about 90% of the time I try it. Most of the time, I just want to do it. Sometimes it actually cost me a victory. In my last match I faced a Rose who had like a inch of life left. We both jumped and I one that battle by knocking her back, then I went for the Ultra which should have finished her whether she blocked or not. But instead I EX Shoryuken and when I land I get hit with a Ultra. FUCKING FUCKITY FUCK why can't I do this right more then not?
Hell yeah! Just picked up a 360 collectors edition! Now that I'm a proud owner of SFIV I need to invest in a stick! I've got enough coming back on my tax return to snag a TE.... but I found a store that has the SE in stock. I'm no hardcore player or anything I just want to be able to execute moves reliably.
This should probably go in the madcatz thread but... I dunno I've just heard of the SE having issues... Is it better to just wait it out and get a tourney edition?
VQ
This should probably go in the madcatz thread but... I dunno I've just heard of the SE having issues... Is it better to just wait it out and get a tourney edition?
VQ
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
"And then right when time's about to run out BAM you're Ken!"SnowWolf said:
Valkyr Junkie
Member
Are any of you vets using the new input shortcuts for DP motions? I'm having difficulty adjusting to a an arcade stick and wondering if I should just take advantage of the double-tap.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
It's great for comboing crouching fierce but not so good for super/ultra cancels. It's also a little bit easier to do from neutral than the default motion.Valkyr Junkie said:
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Sectus said:
Er, Ranked Mode isnt the only way to play online, you know
-COOLIO- said:
Cool. I have trouble with great Sagat players. I noticed that sometimes you stopped throwing your fireballs...Dude, spam that shit...I need the practice :lol
The thing with Viper vs Sagat, I can punish you with a seismic hammer if you keep throwing fireballs, the thing is it's easy to trade hits (you can HJC it but you were pretty good with your wakeup attacks, so I sometimes would get hit after)...And hits from Sagat against Viper are really damaging; so I can't afford to mess up...I think I'll just keep practicing this match up to get better.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
This may work as a metaphor of why I dont want a lobby system in the game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLDbGqJ2KYk&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLDbGqJ2KYk&NR=1
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
shintoki said:
Street Fighter uses 6 buttons so ....