Too bad I only used her properly for about half of the first round against blitz. Had him on the ropes, but then I just laid off for some reason, and stayed that way the rest of the match. Stupid.

QUINTUPLE POST

Chun Li is awesome. She and Cammy fight over me in my master bedroom.

My execution isn't good enough yet where I am as good as you. I am hoping that will change when I get my stick.

Not saying a stick will make you better mind you, but the majority of my fighting game experience has been at arcades, so it might make ME better. More familiar, you see.

Dunno. I am a pad guy for life. I just need a decent d-pad to do my thing though.

Blahblahblah

Do we wanna play now?

Also, I am starting on cammy as well, after abandoning makoto. My thought is that if I can beat Khuntry while he is using makoto(knowing that he is way better overall than me, and he uses her way better than I likely ever will) she is not worth my time.

Anyway, maybe we can hit up some 1v1, so you can show me the ropes with both characters.

(insert Kane Knight style innuendo)

K, gimme 5 minutes to piss and mix a drink, you cunt. And you'd better have a headset. :foc:

I totally would, but my roomates brother is staying here, precisley where the xbox 360 is, that fat useless cunt.

I like to use her fireball and long range normals to influence behavior. The real punishment is her jumping HP combo (which is almost anti-air and leaves fools in a juggle state for EX Bird Kick or Kikosho) and her arc kick (which overheads and generally makes people panic for some reason). Her command combo is also good for setting up Kikosho, with the first kick having good range.

In fact her normals are so good you can have a match rarely using her specials.

Well fuck it, if funky is getting down as well, i'll unhook it and brink it to my room.

That would be cool. Though Cammy is fairly straight forward and relies more on reflexes. Chun Li is the most technically demanding character for me.

Once I get in close I mix up the arc kick, low kicks, and the down+foward fierce kick that works like a cross up, to deadly percision. It's how I got blitz's guy on the ropes( something that should be commended because to all due credit he's awesome with him) and dizzyed funky's el fuerte svereal times in one match. But I have trouble getting close enough to do this sometimes.

I can also do her jumping HP> back MK > up down MK > Kikosho Ultra combo, but I end up looking for it so much that I make stupid mistakes, and get KO'd. Just like I look for Juri's Special/FAC combo into ultras too much

Yeah you wanna impress yourself, but I like to look for opponent's actions with as much anticipation. Like with Chun Li all I want is for you to jump at me and I will beat you with her HP 2peice and set up Kikosho or EX Bird Kick, but people won't just do what you want. So you either need CPU on expert kind of psychic reflexes or you influence the fucker to jump, which can be done many ways.

Most of the attacks you do should be bullshit feints waiting for mistakes, if you're facing a bright lad anyway. Some people can be eaten alive by routine attacks, not worth the forethought. Then you got guys like Drak or RoXer who wisely cover up character weaknesses and the mind games expand.

Overall, however, SF4's DNA still ebbs toward execution rather than mindgames; so Soulcalibur is more attuned to my competitive beliefs (Yomi, shit like that). It helps that SSF4 is balanced as all hell, which is why we all got so evenly skilled in a short period of time with our own characters.

But yeah, we need to stop looking for self gratifying set-ups. Got me killed too much.

Yeah, definitely better at Tekken. Not so reliant on execution, and more on anticipating on what your opponent will do next.

VERRRRRY dissapointed with how far my tekken skills have fallen btw. Used to be as good at Tekken 5 as Khuntry is at SSF4. Now I'm a scrub again.

But really; Tekken 5 > Tekken 6. Juggling got out of hand for my tastes.

Well, you have to try and avoid getting caught with your opponent's pop up attacks. Anticipation. That's why I like Dragunov. Parry most pop ups into an arm breasker. BOOM. There goes the dynamite.

A lot of moves juggle you, though. The rewards for good reading is significantly less than the reward for dialing in a lengthy combo in Tekken 6.

Word. Tekken 5: DR = perfection.

fucken internet gayed out on me.

Is this thing still going? Who is still standing?

When MvC3 comes out we should get a tourney going, since it's a fighting game I'll actually buy.
I only have PS3 though, and I will probably get my ass kicked by all of you guys but I will be a good sport about it.

We're mostly on XB360. I had a theme for how an MvC3 TPWW tourny should work that ties with the game's premise before scrapping it. Don't know if a tourny will happen.

:( I'm trying to get really good with him. And you left so damn quick anyways. I was playing Ibuki against Roxer for a while too.

You already ARE really good with him.

Anyone who's good with a speed character like Guy, Cammy or Ibuki is really good in general, since you need perfect timing to be any good with those characters. Plus your Guy is pretty good, though your Ken and Ibuki are better, IMO.

Trying to really understand Ibuki along with some other chars. I never payed attention to.

I'm talking Kiryu Tsukimiya (youtube him) good. Honestly, my BP with Guy is only so high because no one uses him online so no one knows the matchup. And even then I'd say I win no more than 50% of my matches with him.
I don't understand your adulation for my Ken. Honestly pretty much all the fights I've had against you have been the exceptions to the rule. I'd say I probably win about 40% of my fights with him online. And Ibuki (Cammy too) has suffered greatly since I picked up Guy, as they are all have very different playstyles.

I really want to make my Guy into more of a rushdown threat. I tend to play runaway with him, relying on the Bushin Flip far too much. That's gonna be nerfed when the arcade update hits consoles, so I can't rely too much on it. I need to start incorporating Hozanto and related combos more.

I'm a pretty mediocre player altogether. I rely far too much on specials. Focus attacks have only recently become part of my game. I don't combo that much. I hit and run. Still wake up super/ultra way too much. Still jump in too much. I have a lot of bad habits I want to kick, and I figure the easiest way to do it is to focus on one or two characters for the moment.

Though I did recently experiment with Chun and I think she has potential. Might pick her up a little.

Well, your Ken is pretty god damned aggressive. Completely smoked my Bison. Even when I beat him with T Hawk, it was pretty difficult.

Speaking of T Hawk, I took him online again a while ago, and everyone seems to know the game a lot better. I'm still winning, but people are spamming jumps to try and make me whiff. Just wanna be like "I play T Hawk, niggas. I control the skies." all the time. Makes me think a lot of people have picked him up.

I thought it was me. When I was Seth against Abel, just at the end of the match my game froze and then started up again really laggy and I was KO'd.

Watching you guys fight, I was a whole round behind in spectator mode because of lag.

When I was Zangief and fighting you, it wasn't as bad but it was still there. That's why I kept jumping backwards and kneeing thin air. I was trying to grab and it was all out of time/sync etc so it ended up as jumps.

When RoXer was about to win with Gens bicycle kick combo, It slowed down to a crawl for me and then just disconnected me completely and sent me to the menu screen.

I spoke to my brother and he couldn't get an internet connection at all the night before. Someone else I spoke to said their internet connect was really slow yesterday aswell so I thought maybe there was a local problem at my side.

It was you. Once you left, we didn't have any problems.

What funky was talking about was the end of our series of matches. My xbox lost the connection to the internet for some reason.

Alright, no idea what's going on around here. Hopefully It'll be better next time.

Got my ass handed

At least I'm not black

Dunno what happened. Lost 5-1. Should have won at least 2. Fucked up a lot.


DRAKUL/BLITZ: What is the deal? Are you guys going to finish the 3-2 match you started? Or start a new one?

:foc:

Nice orange bar connection by the way, bitch. [/making excuses]

You totally let that Vega mirror match go. At least you beat Sakura. A rusty, slower, out of rhythm Sakura, but you beat her.

I'd love to give a full recap but I'd need to see the replays (didn't have my notebook).

Not worth it

I think it is. We are honor bound to give recaps.

Well that's that, no reason for the thing to go on. No such thing as third place honor.

Play your match, queer

Nah im good. Give it to Khuntry.

Fine.

Were waiting on Drakul and Blitz

Sweet, I hold this tournament in my hands.

Did you win or what?

No. We haven't played yet.

I thought you were winning 3-2 before Drakul disconnected?

I was. Moot point anyways, Drak and I finished our series and I won.

It's not moot. It's the exact the point I was looking for. So now I can advance the round.

ROUND 6


RULES:

- Time Limit: 99, Rounds: 5

- Best of 9 (Nine). FIVE OUT OF NINE

- You can only pick the same character twice.

TIPS:

- Clean up your connection. Do what you can, at least. Stop downloading porn/movies/whatever. Tell your MOM to get off the computer, you're playing in a fighting video game tournament for an internet wrestling message board. As long as Hasney isn't using his tethered iphone for a connection, we should be okay,

- Save replays. Please. After the entire round, obv. Don't play a match and go save and play a match and go save. That's dumb. And label them properly.

- Take a breather between matches. It helps.

BYE:
1. Kalyx - Kalyx triaD 360(3-0)
2. RoXer - RoXer1(2-1)



BRACKETS:
6. Blitz - Luneknight (2-1)
vs.
4. Khunty - KHUNTRY(3-1)

Winner gets at least 3rd place and a medal. Loser takes 4th and gets a participant ribbon.


5th Place: Drakul - Drakulbites (3-1)
6th Place: alvarado52 - Pwners Manuel (2-2)
7th Place: Boomer - jtboomer2 (2-2)
8th Place: Funky Fly - Busted Funk(0-2)
9th Place: Ant - TonyRomoASL (1-2)
10th Place: thecc - falloftheage (1-2)
11th Place: G/Juan/Fignuts (0-2)
12th Place: Hasney - Hasney (0-2)


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OCTOBER 25TH

You didn't take a breather between matches.

For the second year in a row, I have avoided last place, despite not even participating in any matches. I'm just that awesome.

I'm hoping Blitz wins because I don't think I can beat khuntry

The first tournament ran from 7/4 to 10/21.

I started this thread April 20th. The tourney started June 25th.

It is now October 19th.

:|

And we obviously all have a lot else to play. The game isn't new anymore, after all. Doesn't really surprise me.

That's just it. The game isn't new anymore, so we're getting a lot better and the brackets are more even now. Think about when this first came out: I sucked horribly with anyone but T. Hawk. A few of us would go on Win streaks for a bit there. Then as time passed our skills built up from constant battle and those of us who weren't so great to start are now catching up and those of us who dominated aren't doing it as easily.

Can't get decent at any fighter if you're only putting in time during the 'hype' period. Fighting games are the last type of games to do that with.

I don't care if I'm better now, I'm really busy and only have time to play certain things. Me being decent at SSFIV doesn't overcome me wanting to play something else. I'm not playing in some professional tourney, I'm playing with a bunch of people just for kicks. Just because its logical we should play more because we are better doesn't mean that we actually will.

Yeah, but we have a blast when we play. :'(

Endless Battles are nice with that attitude but you probably shouldn't enter a tourny.

I will kill some niggas in a tourny :mad:

That's the fighting spirit. A true sign of manliness.

You can't see it, but I am flexing so hard right now.

Too bad I already beat the fuck out of you, chump.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

snap

We will do battle again.

I will win.

*black man stare*

Blitz, think you and Khuntry can finish by this weekend? Kinda wanna streamline these last rounds

Tons of shit to do this weekend. No promises. Flip a coin if you like. Or just advance Khuntry.

Gonna play Reach now.

As opposed to you considering dropping mid-tourney? I'm not sure you're attitude has been perfect for the tourney either, and you still entered. Its a tourney on TPWW, not SRK. We've all had fun, despite how long its taken to finish it off.

Think he was talking to me, dude.

My reasons for wanting to drop had nothing to do with my competitive spirit, as was well explained. In fact it was how competitive I felt that inspired my near backing off.

A fairly interesting article written up by pro Sf player "Marn". Kinda likes hows points out the suckiness the elitist communities. http://myeg.net/blogs/user_blog.php?blog_id=1047

Yeah, I read that yesterday. Some good points, but if he thinks Americans are gonna adopt better training regimens he's got another thing coming. And interesting that the only fighter Americans are better than Japan in is the unbalanced 'premium MUGEN' that is MvC2. That's like Brazilian gamers saying, "Yeah you Americans got Madden but we'll kill you in Blitz 2000!" We wouldn't be impressed with that, and I imagine Japan could give a shit about MvC2.

Srk's little fiasco with MLG... real good example of how much that community suck ass.

Still pissed SRK managed to make me defend MLG.

Do enlighten me on this fiasco. Unfamiliar with it.

MLG wanted to run SSF4 tournies. SRK, which is essentially EVO, bitched about how MLG would harm the 'grass roots' scene of Street Fighter. Ignoring that EVO wishes it was MLG, and MLG would treat their winners much better, and the stage would be more mainstream. But SRK could give a fuck. Before Capcom gave them something to live for, EVO was a "group of guys in a hotel lobby playing Super Turbo". I think deep down they wanna keep that niche, exclusive boy's club bullshit.

I would just like to take this moment and make the statement that I officially approve of MLG sponsering our tournament.

Kalyx wins

Funny enough, if we restarted the tourny it would be a lot more unpredictable.

I was just about to fight Khuntry, damn.

Oh ok nvm then still on

Nah fuck you

Kalyx wins

lol

Gotta admit, kinda bummed I didn't get to slap around Super V for all his talk and show you guys the replay.

Ah well, with the DLC coming up perhaps we can have a special Spring edition tourny. And my MvC3 competition project could come the summer after.