Dias posted:

I actually like SF4's visual style but it's not a unanimity as a lot of goons would have you know if you posted that during its heyday, haha. Still, I don't think anyone would disagree if you said it arguably looks better than SF5 despite being considerably older.

Yardbomb posted:

He was another of the people that skirted by ever being punished much at all, for far too long by many years by playing the "B-BRO IT'S A CHARACTER, I JUST poo poo ON OTHER MINORITIES AND RAGE OUT CONSTANTLY AS A JOKE" shtick despite loving puke like the below having existed, him calling Brolylegs nasty bullshit aimed at his disability after losing to him, which is also recorded, being a weird and gross "feeemayles" type person, overall racist and homophobe, he was just one of those garbage people that got to stay in the community because he was "a personality" and somehow had and has fans, even after recently, he finally got the boot for being transphobic yet again, which somehow finally stuck.



He's one of those guys who desperately deserved one of the real cases of "Say that poo poo in person" and getting a fist to the face.

E: Oh and lol, after he got summarily banned from like every major tournament, big shock his cronies started crying "SO YOU SAY ONE THING ABOUT TRANS AND YOU'RE DONE HUH" as if he hadn't been a transphobe long before.

Endorph posted:

and 2d's better than 3d.

edit: and i want more scantily clad anime babes in fighting games

Wrist Watch posted:

He sounds cool but the nerfs they announced to ui immediately afterwards leave a bad taste in my mouth. Hopefully if he's as good as he looks they don't just neuter him in a year too.

Reiley posted:

More fighting game women deserve to wear practical clothing including actual pants and boots with treads instead of heels.

Artelier posted:

COMPLETELY WRONG THREAD XRD

Jiro posted:

boz posted:

I've got a fight stick that I've borrowed/stolen from one of my friends, and I keep bouncing off it in favor of a fightpad. Any tips/tricks to help it stick this time?

boz posted:

I've got a fight stick that I've borrowed/stolen from one of my friends, and I keep bouncing off it in favor of a fightpad. Any tips/tricks to help it stick this time?

Yardbomb posted:

If a pad really is more comfortable for you then use it, thankfully the days of "NO, STICK BETTER" have pretty largely disappeared, lots of dudes have and still do use pads and win major events.

Max Wilco posted:

What is it about the stick that you think is putting you off of it?

Max Wilco posted:

Speaking of incompetence, I'm still playing Street Fighter V, and I can't tell if I'm really bad, or the AI is really bad. I've been able to beat arcade mode with no continues for the SF1 route a few times with a couple of different characters (Ryu, Ken, Cody) and after a couple attempts, I was able to do a 1cc with Chun-Li in the SF2 route earlier today. However, I also ended up losing to Shin Akuma in the fight after Bison.

I tried playing online in battle lounges and ranked matches again today, but I absolutely cannot win a game. I've won a few rounds, and had a few matches where I came close to beating an opponent, but I've still only got like 4 wins vs 48 losses or something. I've switched characters six times (Ryu > Cammy > Ibuki > Ken > Chun-Li > Cody), but no luck.

Then I tried playing through some of the character stories and...they're really easy! I mean, I'm not surprised, because I know an actual human being is going to have more sense than a computer, but I've been playing the arcade modes on Normal, and I can steamroll most of the opponents, save for the final bosses (Bison and Gill can really wreck your poo poo if you fumble)

I tried doing character combos, and I actually managed to do quite a few with Cammy, but it took a lot of tries to execute them. I know lengthy combo memorization isn't required to win, but even with something like 'Light Jumping Kick > Light Crouching Kick > Light Crouching Punch > H. Spiral Arrow', I just could not get the timing down immediately, and it took me like two dozen or so tries to pull it off.

So I'm in a weird spot, where I can seem to handle the offline mode pretty well, but I get obliterated against people online, and I just generally feel incompetent.

boz posted:

I might stick with the pad but I want to give it a real chance, plus I don't think there will be a PS5 fightpad before Strive releases.


I think the hard part is learning a whole new control scheme for something I already know how to do with a different one, if that makes sense.

My problem might also be how I've been gripping the ball, watched a few videos earlier today that showed me I was definitely doing that in not the best way.

Max Wilco posted:

What is the story with LowTierGod anyway? I never really followed that whole thing, but people made him out to be a lot like DSP.

In Training posted:

play Mario on a Fightstick it owns

Max Wilco posted:

So I'm in a weird spot, where I can seem to handle the offline mode pretty well, but I get obliterated against people online, and I just generally feel incompetent.

MechaX posted:

If you want the full story in under 30 minutes, just watch this documentary (that LTG still rages about to this day apparently because this video got more views than his entire channel has over the course of a decade). I do not recommend watching clips or compilations of him across youtube uploaded by other people all that much because they are pretty weird themselves, but also 99% of what LTG says can qualify as hate speech or murder/sexual assault fantasies because someone beat him in a video game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XautDocZvbM

And then supplement that with "he got banned from EVO due to making a super transphobic rant not that long later"

He was "in" the FGC in the sense that he used to go to EVO at least to drown in pools a lot, and he was actually on his best behavior in person (to the degree where Punk was like "oh man he is like a completely different person in real life" at first, and then was back at "okay this dude is fake as hell" when LTG started raging usually the worst at punk, Smug, or Snake Eyez, and yes the reason why its usually these three in particular is an easy read).

In Training posted:

the esports industry is a scam top to bottom and should be destroyed

Lynx Winters posted:

If you like 2D platformers, shmups, and stuff like that, use your stick for basically anything you think it would work with. You'll get used to it real quick.

dhamster posted:

The game's been out a few years now, so losing a lot at first is totally normal when you hop online. If you find a character you like playing, learn a few of their bread and butter combos (e.g. for Ryu, I think now you can do his target combo into VS2 for big, easy damage), and practice anti-airing jumping opponents either with a dedicated special move like Shoryuken, or a high-hitting normal attack like Ryu's cr.HP. If you can do these two things consistently, you will lose much less often, and you can start adding more to your skillset as you play.

edit: also, if you want to post a replay of one or two of your online matches, we can probably give you some pointers.

Pockyless posted:

Playing against other people is almost a completely different game than playing against the computer. The strategy and tactics to improve and ultimately win have nearly endless depth and there are a lot of resources available in addition to just playing a lot to help get better. I recommend the videos on Core-A channel as well presented explanations of many of these concepts:

https://youtu.be/riGCdE6ZPck

MechaX posted:

If you want the full story in under 30 minutes, just watch this documentary (that LTG still rages about to this day apparently because this video got more views than his entire channel has over the course of a decade). I do not recommend watching clips or compilations of him across youtube uploaded by other people all that much because they are pretty weird themselves, but also 99% of what LTG says can qualify as hate speech or murder/sexual assault fantasies because someone beat him in a video game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XautDocZvbM

And then supplement that with "he got banned from EVO due to making a super transphobic rant not that long later"

He was "in" the FGC in the sense that he used to go to EVO at least to drown in pools a lot, and he was actually on his best behavior in person (to the degree where Punk was like "oh man he is like a completely different person in real life" at first, and then was back at "okay this dude is fake as hell" when LTG started raging usually the worst at punk, Smug, or Snake Eyez, and yes the reason why its usually these three in particular is an easy read).

Max Wilco posted:

I was doing a technique (which may or may not be an actual combo) where I was doing a jumping heavy punch, and then doing the crouching heavy punch, where I was able to score 3 or 4 hits. The issue I was having with Chun-Li was that I couldn't get the Spinning Bird Kick to execute half the time. I watched (part) of this video on charge moves/charge characters, and I learned that you can charge with the diagonals (thus you can duck and block at the same time). The issue I have is with the timing, where either hit the button too early, and do and kick, or too late, and do a jump.

I can try uploading a video, though I'm wondering if the game will run well with OBS. I tried taking a screenshot after one of the few online matches I did win when I first got the game, and it made the game crash. I dunno if it recorded the win, but it must confused the person on the other end that I beat them, then seemingly rage-quit.

quote:

Someone also suggested I drop SFV and play Tekken 7 or Soul Calibur VI instead (since I've bought both), and I might do that, but I want to play through the story mode first.

BornAPoorBlkChild posted:

im just trying to imagine mortal kombat and injustice in that style

Shinji2015 posted:

Rewatching the SSJ4 Gogeta showcase, he has a huge toolkit, but now instead of UI Goku-tier I'm thinking he'll be a better Base Goku, which is more than fine. Building up Dragonballs is going to be a double-edged sword. Also:

https://twitter.com/DbsHype/status/1368443800935231489

SSJ4 Gogeta will be available March 12th (and March 10th for those with early access).

Z Broly and Super Broly don't have a Dramatic Finish, do they? I don't remember seeing it

Mr. Locke posted:

I mean, most folks seem pretty convinced that UI Goku's the Top 1 character in the game, works in any character slot in any team, and basically his only weakness is that his offense can be safe or can have some vicious mixups but not both unless you have an assist, so he's slightly less preferable as anchor as the characters who shine there (while still being a better anchor then most of the cast because his defensive tools are just that good.) He's on a billion teams and the only reason he's not the most complained about character in the game is that Roshi's B assist still makes people mad salty and I'd be really surprised if he got past this point without getting some of that chipped at eventually.

Baby seemed insane at first but turned out to be pretty in line with a lot of the other stronger characters because it turns out his frame data wasn't stellar and a lot of the cast can just openly disrespect his attempted bullshit with superdashes/deflects/vanishes and his only answer besides assists is a random raw Level 3 on prediction, so I'd wait and see what SSJ4 is like when he actually hits to see if he's all that busted.

Max Wilco posted:

I was doing a technique (which may or may not be an actual combo) where I was doing a jumping heavy punch, and then doing the crouching heavy punch, where I was able to score 3 or 4 hits. The issue I was having with Chun-Li was that I couldn't get the Spinning Bird Kick to execute half the time. I watched (part) of this video on charge moves/charge characters, and I learned that you can charge with the diagonals (thus you can duck and block at the same time). The issue I have is with the timing, where either hit the button too early, and do and kick, or too late, and do a jump.

Captain Baal posted:

They mean one with each other. This is the first time two characters from different series have a dramatic finish together and no Super and Z Broly don't have one with each other.

anime was right posted:

also this really doesn't reflect on the greater picture of things but it's pretty funny that marns banned from league esports but not fighting game esports

Jack Trades posted:

Marn became a thing after I stopped caring about Street Fighter so the only thing I know about him is that one episode of Excellent Adventures where he was talking about financially abusing his girlfriend and Mike and Gootecks looking like they wanted to be literally anywhere else at that moment.

Lord_Magmar posted:

I cannot forget his leg, it's the most cursed thing I've ever seen/known of in a competitive gaming environment and the thought of it gets worse year after year.

Artelier posted:

What's up with Marn's leg? I realise I could google but I'm kind of scared in case search results immediately shows a cursed image

Artelier posted:

What's up with Marn's leg? I realise I could google but I'm kind of scared in case search results immediately shows a cursed image

Artelier posted:

What's up with Marn's leg? I realise I could google but I'm kind of scared in case search results immediately shows a cursed image