STREET FIGHTER IV

holy shit WONG IS OUT!

haha

crazy matches - so glad I tuned in.

ugh stream crash at the end of the final set was really awful

yeah - disappointing stream drops - especially that last one :( but honestly, the earlier matches were more exciting - the last batch just seemed like padding out the show until the inevitable Daigo victory.

Kinda true - last year's Grand Finals were more exciting with Justin winning his first set out of Loser's and coming closer to winning. But as crazy good as all the competitors were, still seems like Daigo's a step above everybody else - or maybe it's just his disturbing calm

definitely sad when Vangief got eliminated, as well both the awesome Hondas by Henry Cen and Mike Ross. a little relieved that Ricky didn't get put out by Infiltration - there'd be inevitable, infinite crying all year about the finals being Japan vs. Korea

I'm not sure what happened here

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad54/jlevel13/ilx/rage_7_13.jpg

^lol

dhalsim!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBPx9Eq4x0M

a new tier list
http://www.eventhubs.com/guides/2008/oct/17/street-fighter-4-tiers-character-rankings/

1. Chun-Li / Honda (tie)
3. M. Bison
4. Guile

blimey

glad I dropped this game when I did: the new top 8 are arguably the most obnoxious chars in the game (barring seth)

http://i29.tinypic.com/2zi6irc.jpg

yup, a bit lame... should be 6 more chars!

comic-con announcements:
more costumes
new sf4 characters reveal coming in september at tokyo game show
Street Fighter 3 Online Edition coming sometime
Street Fighter vs. Tekken

also Tekken X Street Fighter (a different game than SF vs. Tekken) developed by Namco

Yun and Yang are in the arcade version. Most of the characters have minor changes: http://shoryuken.com/content/super-street-fighter-4-arcade-location-test-character-change-confirmations-1729/

the AE characters are Yun, Yang, Evil Ryu, and Oni (Shin/Super) Akuma. only one new character model woo! and here's a list of a bunch of tweaks: http://shoryuken.com/content/super-street-fighter-4-arcade-edition-changes-arcadia-magazine-2598/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/street-fighter-iv/id354655665?mt=8

SFIV for iPhone/iPad for on sale for $0.99, proceeds going to charity for the next week

oops, just for iphone

http://www.1up.com/news/super-street-fighter-iv-arcade-confirmed

Bout time. No PC version for a while, as usual.

http://i.imgur.com/2FYF1.jpg

i have been trying to learn this. Chun Li's ultra is impossible. Although I'm beginning to think fighting games are just not for me.

Getting the rhythm of those charge ultras is a little weird at first, but you can get it down. I don't know if I can describe it well, but it's you hold (DOWNBACK), then you go BACK, FORWARD, BACK+PUNCH, your stick/pad movement should be (HOLD), TAP-TAP-TAP.

The easiest way to mess up that kind of Ultra is to "roll" the joystick inputs so instead of going right-left-right, you're going RIGHT-down-LEFT-UPLEFT-LEFT-down-RIGHT or some such. Open practice mode and turn on the inputs so you can see what you're doing.

I got AE on 360. Who's down?

not got AE yet, still figuring out the previous one. Not sure i can justify the price tag for just four more characters either.

also thanks for the info up top. i watched some tutorials (yes i'm THAT much of a noob on these games) on the web, actually it was for MvC3, but some of the basics were worth knowing.

also i was trying ultra on arcade versions that might not have actually included ultra option, doh.

getting better

well. played my first on line session last night. pretty spectacular failure. must have played in excess of a hundred bouts and didn't win a single one.

i was choosing ranked match which i presume means it tries to find opponents of similar level. this didn't appear to be the case at all, everyone seemed to be a complete expert at delivering the right special moves and at the right times.

bullshit really.

sorry man! SF can be brutal no matter what level you're at. i still occasionally get nights where I'll go 1 for 20 if I'm lucky. what character(s) are you playing as? have you tried doing the challenge modes for that character to nail down some of the basic combos and setups?

ppl doing ranked are generally in it for raising points, you might want to give the player lobbies a try as they might be more relaxed (though, not necessarily, there are still good ppl playing in non-ranked)

i'm trying to stick with chun li as I've learnt her moves, but i just don't get chance to perform them in the live battles. in the training room i'm fine haha

i'll try the challenge modes, is that similar to the mission modes in MvC3?

I kept getting matched with the same players too, to a point where one guy actually disconnected when he saw my name again.

that was me

went 1 for 10 tonight. yow. realizing since I skipped Super, I have like no idea how to fight half the cast

damn good finals this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_sUmonjEpA

Ultra comes out at the end of the month. Hooray for costumes and Poison?
I can't believe AE came out THREE YEARS ago, damn. I almost want to commend Capcom for their restraint, but you know they're gonna do something for X1/PS4.

in japanese arcades in april. consoles in june. final character being revealed this weekend at the final round tournament: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=782961

yargh, that's what I get for trusting Best Buy

And the 5th character is....................... Cammy with a mask

*groooaaaan*

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-03-18-how-the-combofiend-went-from-fighting-players-to-rebalancing-street-fighter-4

Hadn't heard about the new delayed wake-up mechanic; that could really change the game significantly.

Of course, people who already thought SFIV was too defensive-minded will probably be even more annoyed...

I'm not sure about it. Near-unblockable cross-ups were a major problem, but delayed wakeup makes normal cross-ups worse as well.

Even on cross-up, the delay still grants more control to the knocked-down player, doesn't it?

Ultra SF4 day 1 surprises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XqJtYc5ZS4

not a surprise

i think i'm gonna wait for physical release of Ultra

Well it was a surprise to him.

I am disappointed by Ultra. Same outdated netcode and they didn't fix unblockables properly.

Mad Catz has the 360/PS3 TEs on sale for $80 this weekend. Kind of tempted to get one, even though I know it's stupid now that PS4/X1 sticks are surely going to be announced by the end of the year...

Didn't even realize they announced a PS4/PS3 stick for USFIV
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/06/05/mad-catz-ultra-street-fighter-4-stick-to-feature-ps3-ps4-toggle/

But hmm. 360 version of the new TE won't be XB1-compatible. weird.

I was going to buy the TE for 360 last night, but they sold out. Ah well, maybe if they're on sale again around Evo. It's really tempting to wait until next year to get back into the fighting genre on PS4 w/the likely port of USFIV, Guilty Gear Xrd, MKX coming out

I'll probably come back here around August looking for matches

Good ol' Pat Miller:
http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/7/5876983/how-to-play-street-fighter-fighting-game-primer

and for another view
http://killscreendaily.com/articles/learning-play-ultra-street-fighter-iv/

Great EVO preview:
http://www.avclub.com/article/viewers-guide-evo-years-biggest-fighting-game-tour-206670

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