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The Official Street Fighter IV Thread of FADCing a Stranger in the Alps
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FindMyFarms
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Threi said:
At SF4 he doesn't have any videos, since I don't think he's actually been to any tournies. We mainly play locals at his house and that's about it. He's mainly known for Tekken. he was the best Tag player in america for about 2 years, and by consensus had the most dominating legacy in the US in Tekken overall.. He's making a comeback in t6br, keep your eye on him!
With regards to play style, his offense is more devastating than Andres, but he waits for exactly the right moment to go off, playing really tight up until that point.
He's entering the Absolute Battle tourney in Dallas(sf4/t6) also, which we should be streaming live.
Kadey said:
That would be awesome!
Spiderjericho
Member
FindMyFarms said:
Are you entering? Since WCW, GAF hasn't had one of their own to cheer on. And when is it?
FindMyFarms
Member
Spiderjericho said:
Oh fa sho, I'll be in SF4 and T6BR. It's comin up Dec. 5-6.
>>Official Shoryuken Thread<<
>>Official Absolute Battle Website<<
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
~Devil Trigger~ said:
man, the AC Avenger fight was sad
i dunno how or will Capcom fix the Abel Zangief match-up
Woohoo!
As some of you guys know, we have weekly tourneys here in Montreal. This week we were in a new venue - we used to play in a really cool bar/cafe type place but it was getting very crowded and such, so we switched places to a place that specialises in LAN stuff. It seems one of the co-owners or whatever really loves fighters and set up a place in another room in their spot with 13 Xboxes, all on dual-head setups, connected via VGA into 16:9 PC monitors.
The place is INCREDIBLE. We'll grab some pics when it's fully decorated and up and such, but it's amazing. Tonight we ran a 20 person tourney in under 2 hours, with lots of setups and stuff.
One of the best things about the place is it's dirt cheap. For an arcade-like setup, it's 4$ per station per hour. What we do is get a bunch of people there, split the cost between everybody at the end of the night and we're golden. It cost me 6$ for a good 5 hours of play, with LOADS of competition. I definitely see myself improving in a setup like this - it's like playing in an arcade for super cheap.
And I placed very nicely in the tourney! I beat a standard Ryu, a good Balrog, my typical Vega nemesis. This led me to semi-finals, where I lost to the tourney winner (the guy mains Chun and is a fucking BEAST - if you check my youtube channel, his nick on SRK and on there is Chi-Rithy). I got bumped into the losers bracket, where I won against the city's best Fuerte (it's a crazy amazing fuerte too!) - this got me going crazy since I almost never win against him.
Then I lost to one of the best Ryus in the city. Still, it's my very best placement in a tournament ever, getting to winner semis and loser semis. To think that at some point I almost wanted to drop the game...
This commentator is AMAZING. He really, REALLY knows his shit, and he's funny as hell to boot. You should see him commenting god damn PUYO PUYO matches.
As some of you guys know, we have weekly tourneys here in Montreal. This week we were in a new venue - we used to play in a really cool bar/cafe type place but it was getting very crowded and such, so we switched places to a place that specialises in LAN stuff. It seems one of the co-owners or whatever really loves fighters and set up a place in another room in their spot with 13 Xboxes, all on dual-head setups, connected via VGA into 16:9 PC monitors.
The place is INCREDIBLE. We'll grab some pics when it's fully decorated and up and such, but it's amazing. Tonight we ran a 20 person tourney in under 2 hours, with lots of setups and stuff.
One of the best things about the place is it's dirt cheap. For an arcade-like setup, it's 4$ per station per hour. What we do is get a bunch of people there, split the cost between everybody at the end of the night and we're golden. It cost me 6$ for a good 5 hours of play, with LOADS of competition. I definitely see myself improving in a setup like this - it's like playing in an arcade for super cheap.
And I placed very nicely in the tourney! I beat a standard Ryu, a good Balrog, my typical Vega nemesis. This led me to semi-finals, where I lost to the tourney winner (the guy mains Chun and is a fucking BEAST - if you check my youtube channel, his nick on SRK and on there is Chi-Rithy). I got bumped into the losers bracket, where I won against the city's best Fuerte (it's a crazy amazing fuerte too!) - this got me going crazy since I almost never win against him.
Then I lost to one of the best Ryus in the city. Still, it's my very best placement in a tournament ever, getting to winner semis and loser semis. To think that at some point I almost wanted to drop the game...
~Devil Trigger~ said:
This commentator is AMAZING. He really, REALLY knows his shit, and he's funny as hell to boot. You should see him commenting god damn PUYO PUYO matches.
killdatninja
Banned
TimeKillr said:Woohoo!
As some of you guys know, we have weekly tourneys here in Montreal. This week we were in a new venue - we used to play in a really cool bar/cafe type place but it was getting very crowded and such, so we switched places to a place that specialises in LAN stuff. It seems one of the co-owners or whatever really loves fighters and set up a place in another room in their spot with 13 Xboxes, all on dual-head setups, connected via VGA into 16:9 PC monitors.
The place is INCREDIBLE. We'll grab some pics when it's fully decorated and up and such, but it's amazing. Tonight we ran a 20 person tourney in under 2 hours, with lots of setups and stuff.
One of the best things about the place is it's dirt cheap. For an arcade-like setup, it's 4$ per station per hour. What we do is get a bunch of people there, split the cost between everybody at the end of the night and we're golden. It cost me 6$ for a good 5 hours of play, with LOADS of competition. I definitely see myself improving in a setup like this - it's like playing in an arcade for super cheap.
And I placed very nicely in the tourney! I beat a standard Ryu, a good Balrog, my typical Vega nemesis. This led me to semi-finals, where I lost to the tourney winner (the guy mains Chun and is a fucking BEAST - if you check my youtube channel, his nick on SRK and on there is Chi-Rithy). I got bumped into the losers bracket, where I won against the city's best Fuerte (it's a crazy amazing fuerte too!) - this got me going crazy since I almost never win against him.
Then I lost to one of the best Ryus in the city. Still, it's my very best placement in a tournament ever, getting to winner semis and loser semis. To think that at some point I almost wanted to drop the game...
Yup, I live in a decent sized city and we have one of those...
http://www.arcadeinabox.com/tedition/
Tourney's go down within a few hours (give or take 3) instead of taking the whole day, which me likey.
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Dude.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
my stick broke and I accidentally had the replacement part shipped to my old address
at least I had some time to beat Just Cause
at least I had some time to beat Just Cause
Leunam said:
It only takes one or two to ruin a scene. The sad part is the biggest douche is also probably the strongest player, and lets everyone know that. (If you see the Jibbo streams, it's the Rufus player) .
Admittedly, if I see someone flowchart stupidly, I will start taunting if I get a big lead.
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
hey wait, you're talkin about the NC scene :Oarstal said:
I'm new to it, but I met a couple people last weekend at gamefrog and they were pretty nice. I guess a lot of people were at the SC tournament, though.
Yeah, most of NC's players are cool. It's mostly just a couple, who weren't there.
The Lucky's tournies are usually better run, and have higher class of comp, but you gotta deal with said people. That + my work hours is why I don't like offline play much these days.
The Lucky's tournies are usually better run, and have higher class of comp, but you gotta deal with said people. That + my work hours is why I don't like offline play much these days.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
I usually open the match with a taunt.qcf x2 said:
I also main Dan, though.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Switching between SFIV and Tekken 6 all the time but I've managed to do all hard trials but ONE, which is Fei Longs... it's fucking ridiculous.
black_vegeta
Member
Seiken said:
Hey, if you can do Abel's, Viper's, and El Fuerte's hard trials...then you can do Fei's. Man up and get that shit done son!!! Earn that precious achievement/trophy.
myDingling
Member
FindMyFarms said:
Alright, FMF you win. I'll be incorporating these hot tips into my game this week. Although, I'm pretty sure jabby balrogs are hard as hell to punish online, even with TKCS mixups. I think that mentality carries over into my offline game
but thanks for the tips.black_vegeta
Member
Damned, I raged last night to the 10 power. This Sagat that I played 5 times was getting the best of me with some basic ass tactics. Random Tiger Knee, wakeup Ultra's, and spammed Tiger Uppers thru my block strings. I have never been so pissed off when playing online on SF4.
The sad part was I knew I was better than him and I was eating knees to my face repeatedly. I called him the "f" word once I relaxed and served him something vicious with my Rog. Then, the bastard stops playing me once I beat him.
I love this game/franchise to death, but it can really test my dedication to it.
The sad part was I knew I was better than him and I was eating knees to my face repeatedly. I called him the "f" word once I relaxed and served him something vicious with my Rog. Then, the bastard stops playing me once I beat him.
I love this game/franchise to death, but it can really test my dedication to it.
Hmmm...Fuerte's corpse hop goes through more moves than I thought. I was watching a Guile/Fuerte video and apparently, it goes right through a flash kick (but not the EX version).
I got killed by a Flowchart Ken with a wake-up Ultra THREE STRAIGHT TIMES by the same person :lol I don't know how I kept getting hit. The third time, it was chip damage. I KNEW he was gonna do it, but little did I know that you get hit more than once while blocking Ken's Ultra. I could sustain the first hit--which I was prepared for--but not the 2nd one.
It was hilarious
I got killed by a Flowchart Ken with a wake-up Ultra THREE STRAIGHT TIMES by the same person :lol I don't know how I kept getting hit. The third time, it was chip damage. I KNEW he was gonna do it, but little did I know that you get hit more than once while blocking Ken's Ultra. I could sustain the first hit--which I was prepared for--but not the 2nd one.
It was hilarious
Rice-Eater
Member
black_vegeta said:
LOL, this is how I am every time I play, I rage like a maniac. It's mostly just screaming and cursing, but man I want to destroy things every time I lose because of different reasons like execution, lag, scrubby/predictable tactics and so on. Not that I'm not guilty of doing those things myself, I do plenty of scrubby things, but when I'm on the receiving end of it I just want to put holes in my wall. When I get really out of control I hit the part of the wall with wood behind it(don't know the name) to avoid holes and I once broke a table because of raging from the ownage I received in COD4 :lol
Trust me, I'm easy youtube material, worth at least a few thousand views. But I'd rather avoid that kind of attention.
Arpharmd B
Banned
Man, G1 is dead on 360.
My whole friends list, which was built from the ground up of SF4 players, is all MW2. Every. Single. One.
Damn.
How am I supposed to get my fix? I'm starting to withdrawal.
My whole friends list, which was built from the ground up of SF4 players, is all MW2. Every. Single. One.
Damn.
How am I supposed to get my fix? I'm starting to withdrawal.
black_vegeta
Member
They'll be back, they all come back.Arpharmd B said:
bistromathics
facing a bright new dawn
i kicked a glass after losing a match then cut myself picking up the piecesRice-Eater said:
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
G2 is pretty barren right now as well. I'm having to settle on 3-bar matches at best. :-/Arpharmd B said:
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
So, how active is SG? I'm getting pretty close to 70k. Am I pretty much gonna have to quit championship mode when I hit 70k?
Stabby McSter
Member
i'll admit i'm part of the problemArpharmd B said:
i'll come back eventually, just give me a week or two!
D
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well that was discouraging, when I made it to 9000Gp I switched from Blanka to Bison.
that was probably around 80/90 hours ago and played bison exclusively to 130k GP. I almost NEVER make it to finals and usually fail if i do.
after getting a round of beatdowns last night I switched back to blanka for a bit and won 8 games in a row (2 finals)
GREAAAT. Think I'm done with bison, his weaknesses screw me over (getting crossed up to shit and chased down)
that was probably around 80/90 hours ago and played bison exclusively to 130k GP. I almost NEVER make it to finals and usually fail if i do.
after getting a round of beatdowns last night I switched back to blanka for a bit and won 8 games in a row (2 finals)
GREAAAT. Think I'm done with bison, his weaknesses screw me over (getting crossed up to shit and chased down)
black_vegeta
Member
How dare you give on the purple army!catfish said:
I gave up on his ass awhile ago
Threi incoming in 3, 2, 1...
I went 4-13 against a really, really good player. All matches were best of 5.
His Balrog: shut my shit DOWN! (fuerte)
His Bison: *see above* :lol
His Chun-Li: Devastatingly good.
His Cammy: very, very tight matches. Did a lot of stuff that you see in the trials.
His Rose: Extremely good, but I got a win in. In my winning match, I pulled off "HP xx HP xx HP xx Super". I was so proud of myself. It was basically my way of saying, "Yeah bitch...I'm good, too!" lol (1 win)
His Fei Long: Also incredibly good. I picked Guile and for some reason, my mediocre Guile was able to kick his ass (3 wins)
I really hate how I'm never able to pull off a Focus Attack cancel and then a successful block string. Maybe it's just Fuerte's suckass Focus Attack but whenever he did it (with any character), he had it perfect. Maybe he just knows the timing better than I do.
I also played a Ken who I thought was cheating. Either that or he was psychic. If ever I gave the slightest hint that I wasn't blocking, I ate a SRK, every single time. And whenever I did block, there was no SRK....not even a SRK FADC. Or maybe it was option select? My knowledge is pretty limited on that strategy. Nonetheless, it felt like I was playing the CPU. -_-
His Balrog: shut my shit DOWN! (fuerte)
His Bison: *see above* :lol
His Chun-Li: Devastatingly good.
His Cammy: very, very tight matches. Did a lot of stuff that you see in the trials.
His Rose: Extremely good, but I got a win in. In my winning match, I pulled off "HP xx HP xx HP xx Super". I was so proud of myself.
It was basically my way of saying, "Yeah bitch...I'm good, too!" lol (1 win)His Fei Long: Also incredibly good. I picked Guile and for some reason, my mediocre Guile was able to kick his ass (3 wins)
I really hate how I'm never able to pull off a Focus Attack cancel and then a successful block string. Maybe it's just Fuerte's suckass Focus Attack but whenever he did it (with any character), he had it perfect. Maybe he just knows the timing better than I do.
I also played a Ken who I thought was cheating. Either that or he was psychic. If ever I gave the slightest hint that I wasn't blocking, I ate a SRK, every single time. And whenever I did block, there was no SRK....not even a SRK FADC. Or maybe it was option select? My knowledge is pretty limited on that strategy. Nonetheless, it felt like I was playing the CPU. -_-
Lost Fragment
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Is it just me, or are there a lot more people playing Abel recently? I fought 8 fucking Abels in a row tonight.
On that note, Abel is an annoying motherfucker to fight when there's a lot of input lag.
On that note, Abel is an annoying motherfucker to fight when there's a lot of input lag.
You don't drop Bison, Bison drops you.
Pretty much everyone I knew who has tried out bison has ended up dropping him. He can feel pretty damn limited when fighting a player that knows that all his specials can be stuffed in one way or another, and despite being able to dish out pressure (not as easy because of his reliance on long tight blockstrings that can be mashed through if you fuck it up) he can't take pressure at all. Its either you keep on your game the entire round and make no mistakes, or you lose. Simple as that. Bison doesn't really get second chances that much.
Most likely right now I will be switching to DeeJay when SSFIV drops, but for now the best I can do is keep using Bison because I put so much freaking time into learning him.
Pretty much everyone I knew who has tried out bison has ended up dropping him. He can feel pretty damn limited when fighting a player that knows that all his specials can be stuffed in one way or another, and despite being able to dish out pressure (not as easy because of his reliance on long tight blockstrings that can be mashed through if you fuck it up) he can't take pressure at all. Its either you keep on your game the entire round and make no mistakes, or you lose. Simple as that. Bison doesn't really get second chances that much.
Most likely right now I will be switching to DeeJay when SSFIV drops, but for now the best I can do is keep using Bison because I put so much freaking time into learning him.
McBradders
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Sixfortyfive said:
It's been the same 5 fucking guys for me since Monday
BotoxAgent
Member
Threi said:
I tried using Bison, but man, the timing of his block strings takes some adjustment which requires me to double tap every single input. And then I thought to myself, since I main Chun, why pick a secondary with equally shitty anti-air options :lol
Leunam said:
LOL
Play good Abels and see if jumping in is a good idea
Blocked wheel kicks are unsafe if you're playing a shitty Abel too - good Abels don't RH wheel kick from mid-screen :lol
The worst lag character is Blanka, imo. Without lag, his stuff is relatively easy to block, but with lag it's ridiculous.
And Abel does have crossup defense - jump back fierce is good crossup defense, so is standing fierce.
Baiting TTs also only works on shitty Abels who rely on it all day - it's a risky endeavor because if the Abel knows you're baiting them he can just hit fierce and hit you when you're up, then it's back to the guessing game with him having the advantage.
Leunam said:
cr.FP is actually pretty easy to time once you get used to it. Online is a bit more difficult, but look at good Abels play (Rico Suave, Busta, etc) and you'll see it's not that hard to land, plus it leads to good damage (ultra or cod -> ex fs combo).
cr.MK only trades when it's done too late or with bad spacing.
Standing MK also works. Standing close fierce is also a good AA. He has a few options, it's just that most Abels don't know how to use them properly (or can't use them with lag, which is the case with me and cr.FP). Offline, I land cr.FP ALL THE TIME.
Leunam said:
Yeah, standing MK is only good at a distance (like Rufus' standing far fierce).
c.mk is the same speed as c.fp, it just has more active frames (5 instead of 4). c.fp's problem is that it's SLOW as hell, especially when you want to land the 2nd hit, so you have to time it right, which depends on who you're fighting (landing it against Gen is pretty much impossible, but insanely easy on Chun and Bison since they're spending 409742387320982370827 hours in the air when they jump). It's also pretty easy on Rufus players who get in using dive kicks, since they typically start with a rather high one. Since they briefly stop in the air when they do their dive kick, if they don't time it perfectly they're getting a c.fp AA every time.
Abel has more serious problems than AA, like slow as molasses normals. Seriously, there's something to be said for a character when his fastest normal is standing close fierce (4 frames, same speed as his standing jab, but faster than all of his other normals).