That's why I stick to player matches. Even if I get really good, chances are I won't even break top 4,000, so I don't even bother with ranked.

You got the PS3 Version? Play me, that'll get you a few dozen or so wins.

Everyone here has the 360 version.

Hopefully the Championship Mode Expansion Pack will fix at least some issues with PvP matching.

Khuntry's revealed my skills to be lacking. I must train harder. Much harder.

I probably won't pop my head out of SF hiding until I get used to my EX2. It's taking a while.

Getting a stick and then needing to get used to it is kinda contradictory, ain't it?

No. I'm a fighting game fan and I understand that I will succeed better with a stick than anything else in the long run, but I have never played fighting games more than casually. I have to practice rolls and the like just like plenty of other people.

And also, even if I was skilled with a stick, I probably would want to get warmed up to the feel of a new one.

God, it's probably gonna take me a whole day to unlock Cammy with Crimson Viper. What a pain in the ass to play with.

Boomer: I see. The breaking-in process often takes some time, add to that SF4 unique timing.

She's pretty straightforward. Just put it on easy, anyway.

Picked it up today. Dig it so far. I will get thrashed online though.

Your Cammy's pretty solid tho. But i'd love to play against these other guys. Gamertag: KHUNTRY:cool:

Im so in love with Rose, especially in her alternate costume. very Hot

That Italian whore. I like her, really, but you turned her into some kind of monster. Her alternate is cool, though. Very unexpected.

I know I've said it before, but let me re-emphasize.


I am so fucking god damn tired of the fucking shotospam.

Player picks Ken. Hadokenhadokenhadokenhadokenhadoken. I jump over that shit, drill kick down at him and--Shoryukenshoryukenshoryukendragonkickdragonkickshoryukenhadokenhadokenshoryuken. Because every fucking move Ken has is DURHURSPINTHESTICKSMASHTHEBUTTON. I'll be in the middle of a sweep and get Ultra'd. I'll be in the middle of a grab and get Ultra'd. I'll be in the middle of EX Hooligan Throw and get Ultra'd. The worst part is the fucking Ultra because people will learn to do Ken's Ultra to compensate for sucking at the game. I'll whoop their fucking ass all round long, only for them to get rewarded for their shitty shotospam by I SPUN THE STICK AND PUSHED A BUNCH OF BUTTONS, SUDDENLY I'M WINNING!!!!1111!!!!

And every. God damn player. Is Ken. Or a shitty variant of Ken that they'll try to play like Ken. I got up to 850 BP, only to get knocked down by a procession of Ken-Ken-Gouken-Ken-Ryu-Gouken-Akuma-Ken-Ken-Akuma-Akuma-Ken. Toss in a few E. Hondas to HEADBUTTHEADBUTTHEADBUTT (and then he'll just highkick/sweep spam/panic when I get close), and you have me throwing the controller, punching shit and otherwise frightening my girlfriend.


God fucking dammit. I finally got the hang of countering Zangief's Magical Unstoppable Lariat, but I still get put down by zero BP newbie ass fucking scrub nigger "I CAN SPIIIIN THE STICK AND PUUUUSH THE BUTTONS" Ken players. It's one thing that he's so easy to use, but does the fucking Shoryuken need to have priority over every goddamn move ever, plus be pullable from wakeup, plus interrupt EX moves and Supers 9/10ths of the time? I mean, fucking really? Jesus Goddamn fucking tapdancing nigger fucking Christ.

And the Akuma players will usually set their Ranked matches to one round, so they can go spam crazy and by the time you've gotten their patterns down the entire fucking fight is over. And one round fights are worth as much as two out of three or three out of five, so one silly mistake on my part and HEY HEY HEY IT'S ULTRA TIME! You lose 70 BP, congratulations.

LOL That's the greatest rant I ever read on the game.

You're most likely giving scrubs too much credit in the match. Just relax and observe, you'll find that they are predictable scrubs who set themselves up for a fall more often than not. Keep that anger in check, you read like someone who lets his emotions run his game. Keep your Yomi level as high as 1 or 2 and you'll see how stupid these scrubs really are.

Me and Khuntry's latest session didn't end so one sided this time. My mental training and option-brainstorming helped me out. And my Ken seems more dangerous as a result. Awesome. And Cammy's finally getting at a level I want her to be.

My Sagat is still disgustingly beastly. I tend not to use him though if I can help it because beyond my being good with him, I also understand how strong he is in this version. My Gen is becoming VERY acceptable and I fucking love using him because you don't see a lot of him which makes him touch to defend. My Cammy is getting better. I'd like to have a decent Dhalsim but I just don't have the patience. I've also given up on my quest to become a strong Abel player. He plays too defensive/counter attack based for my liking and I get raped when I use him as result.

Also, fuck people who are actaully good with Abel. They make me hate life.

Bison is my main (and only really), and for the love of god I forget to keep the charge after using it most of the time. I would probably lose to all of you I imagine...I turtle far too much.

Abel used right is frustrating.

Your lack of fighting spirit makes me sick. Be gone, weakling. The fight decides the outcome, not you or me! :mad:

Actually, I find Abel plays better on the attack. Marsielles roll should be used more for posistioning than as a defensive move. Abel's only big defensive move is his anti air throw. The Change of Direction move should be the move you use most, as there are lots of ways to link into it, and it's follow up can hit high or low, making it unpredictable.

Also magdalene, Gouken may be a shoto from a story perspective, but he plays nothing like them.

I may have to give Abel another shot. I just outright could not do what I wanted with him. His change of direction is great though, I will agree with that.

Playing around today, I found myself maybe the most interested in what I could do with Abel. Might put some time into learning him.

Feel like I might be able to try a half decent Fei Long as well.

I fucking hate computer controlled Zangief, btw. Fucking grabs you at will.

god damn, son :eek:

You would hate Ken from Capcom vs SNK 2 so much. He is pariority whore in that gamn AND he has the overhead kick that Sean has in Street Fighter 3.

I loved that overhead wheel kick. I WANT IT BACK. And the knee bashes.

Yeah, but it kills balance. To date, Ken is the only character to be banned from that game. Shin Akuma and Ultimate Rugal? Completely fine.

I see nothing in SvC2 Ken that makes him ban worthy.

He does have priority like a motherfucker in that game for some reason. He is nigh untouchable.

Is this a 'gun in a child's hands' thing or a 'nuclear codes in a child's hands' thing.

Gun in a child's hands. He can be beaten, but I have an easier time fighting someone playing just about anyone else.

I see.

SvC chaos sucks ass

All this talk of strategies and theories boosts my fighting spirit.

Easy, Ironhide.

LOL "Can i Shoot it with my canon?"

My bro's hoggin the 'Box for some CoD marathon, so I didn't touch SF4 all day.

Drakul, good fights yesterday - though I imagine we both could have put on a better show.

Finally had a day of mostly wins today.

A couple scrubs but most of the matches were against people with skill, although not quite on roxer's level. This one guy gets mad at me for beating him apparently, and goes straight for seth. But, as I said, seth is balanced in human hands, and I proved it by demolishing him the first round with akuma, and getting a perfect in the second. Cocksucker disconected after the final hit tho, so I don't think I got credit for it.

Had an epic Gouken vs sagat match that ended in a double K.O.

Wanna play this so fucking bad.

Yo, just realised that Time Attack stage 11 has just remixed SF2 tunes. Anyway to put these on for playing the main game? :(

Haven't played SF since Super II but I'm really really interested in getting this. Would need a proper stick/pad though cause I tried playing II when it came out on Live and it was impossible.

I get the feeling by the time I actually get the thing and practice enough to get to a decent level everyone will have moved on to something else :o

Unfortunately there's no way:(

I play with HD Remix tunes via Custom Soundtracks.

I'm never playing with Khuntry every again.

I'm not one to call "bullshit" too often, but that was a bit much. I don't mind grapplers, I can execute a good stratagy around it but that was redicoulus. You were 500 yards away, executed a grab, and it somehow got me. Every time.

Maybe a little bit of hyperbole there but there was PLENTY of space between you and me and you somehow got the grab 100% of the time.

Or there were times when you would get me on the recovery. I haven't even begun my kip-up motion, you execute a grab, I kip-up into your crossed arms from the missed grab, and next thing I know I'm being shoulder thrown. I think the final sttraw was when you special grabbed as Zangief and I couldn't do anything to prevent it.

You are real good, no doubt. But my tiny, fragile heart cannot handle such bullshit.

Now I know how Kalyx feels when he plays me in SC4

LOL There's several ways around it, at least to lessen it. Back-dashes and moderation help. And you have no business being up close to 'Gief in the first place. You know he wants to be up close so play his advancement. These aren't perfect strat since I'm still give and take with Khuntri, myself, but I found you issue parallels my first session with him.

Making shit up now? I'm not so far removed from the SC4 that I won't get back in and terrorize your ass for sport. :mad:

Yes I know there are ways around it Thank You Kalyx Triad.

Also my buddy broke SC4 and replaced it with L4D.

Akuma players I keep playing online don't teleport. It's like his greatest weapon!

I miss SC4

Hasney, what is your gamertag?

No wonder your tongue was so loose. Be gone!

That would be his air-fireball.

Hasney

Oh, and don't get me wrong, air fireballs are the shit, but in Akuma v Akuma matches, I've been teleporting through them to greet them with a roundhouse as they land.

Cammy's Cannon Drill is also a great way to undermine the move, but's still deadly used right.

But 90% of shoto fanboys have little idea how to use them. They'll play Ryu/Ken/Akuma pretty much the same. No use of command attacks or exclusive priorities, it gets annoying.

I love it when someone trys to fireball spam with ken.

62 fights 24 wins in ranked mode. Not good, not bad.

And you're right about the shoto people. If I have to school one more jump kick sweep shoto Ill scream

And the people you anti-air four times in a row. What's their master plan after seeing this approach fail consistently? JUMP A FIFTH TIME.

I honestly get caught by that a lot. I really don't know why I even crouch-block when someone's jumping anyway. Gotta write that out of my system.

I have hit about 65432345677654345 shoryukens/cannon spikes/sumo butt smashs/vertical rolls etc.. at the very start of the match, because they all jump right in as soon as "FIGHT!" dissapears. Often in subsequent rounds as well, which is proof of stupidity.

Yeah, the vegas i've played just use his jump specials which are a joke against so many anti air moves

I use vega's wall jump specials as a fake out more than anything. You can control how much distance vega covers after the jump, so I usually immediately pull back, and they end up striking air, an leaving themselves open.

I have this habit from completing arcade mode so much of trying to hit a hurricane kick on someone just getting up. Threw my pad last time I did it because I can't stop myself!

Better off throwing a Hadukn against human players.

And doing a Shoryuken just because somebody is really close. A scrubby reaction that I still catch my self doing for no reason at all.

Fucking hate it when a good cammy player corners you. Can't even teleport in time.

Still finding a good second fighter for ranked mode. Akumas lethal, but his life amount is a joke.

That's the trade off with akuma. Deadly force, and the durability of a little girl. He'd be mad unbalanced otherwise, tho.

True, just mad annoying when you've got half your life and they only have a slither left, and manage to pull out their ultra for the win.

just destroyed a guy with the highest BP I've seen.. He used blanka and all he did was jump the entire match.

lol like the computer in SF2. Did nothing but jump around all match and then fly at you randomly.

Street Fighter 4 Costume Packs, DLC Detailed
by Maarten Goldstein Feb 05, 2009 12:22pm CST tags: Street Fighter 4, DLC, Xbox Live Marketplace, PlayStation Store
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+ Library | + Wanted ListCapcom today unveiled its plans for post-release Street Fighter 4 content, as the company will offer a steady stream of costume packs as well as a Championship Mode Expansion Pack.

The Championship Mode expansion will be a free download, but no release date was mentioned. When it arrives, the downloadable content will bring with it:
Replay Mode - Record, upload, and download top matches to share with the Street Fighter IV community. Players can analyze top tiered fighters matches, leave voter feedback for others, and share their own triumphant victories.
New Points System - Two new points systems to measure your skill (Championship and Tournament Points)
Enhanced Tournament Matching System - Skill level matching system offers improved tournament match making for beginners and mid-level players. Competitors earn Grade Points (GP) to earn entry into more advanced tournaments.
Meanwhile, five costume packs containing alternative outfits for five characters will release weekly for 320 MS points on the Xbox Live Marketplace and $3.99 in the PlayStation store. The release schedule follows
2/17 - Brawler Pack DLC Pack will include alternate costumes for: Zangeif, E.Honda, Rufus, El Furete, and Abel.
2/24 - Femme Fatale Pack will include alternate costumes for: Chun-Li, Cammy, Sakura, Rose, and C.Viper.
3/3 - Shoruken Pack will include alternate costumes for: Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Gouken, and Dan.
3/10 - Shadowloo Pack will include alternate costumes for: Seth, M.Bison, Sagat, Balrog, and Vega.
3/17 - Classic Pack will include alternate costumes for: Guile, Dhalsim, Fei-Long, Blanka, and Gen.


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I want to play as Balrog now.

LOL, Blanka and Gen.

Just noticed, it doesn't mention a better lobby system...

I want to see the new Sagat outfit :mad:

Just a nice session with Fignuts. Few pretty even matches but he got the best of me overall.

I really need to practice up.

Wasn't even playing very well, tbh. But fyi blitz, that jump spamming stuff will get you OWNED against good players. In fact, even I should have been able to counter it better, but I just couldn't put it together today, for some reason.

Didn't bother posting it, as it's only an above the waist shot. And the only thing that's different is there is a headband over his eye instead of an eyepatch.

Replays will be nice, but I'm also peeved at no news for improving the lobby.

I though I read somewhere that Sagat was going to be very slighty nerfed too, as even Capcom has admitted he's too powerful.

Definitely think there should be more of a delay to the tiger shot.

Random thoughts.

Shouln't sakura look a little older given the timeframe?

Also, fuck deejay and T. Hawk. I want Third strike characters, and more alpha characters.

His Tiger Shot seems no worse than it was in HD Remix, which was also a bit obnoxious. Atleast he doesn't juggle off Tiger Knee (good job Sirlin you dick).

HD Remix style?

Speaking of nerfings Smash Bros Melee > Brawl. Just an aside.

This was also my biggest issue with Sakura's inclusion. On one hand this the definitive version of Sakura. Her animations and mannerisms seem to jump right off her various promo art. I think she's how Capcom always wanted her to be like. In this regard I can see how Capcom may want to keep her in the classic look.

On the other hand, she should be years older - at least older than Cammy, with whom she looks younger. Her alternate attire at least makes her seem 'weathered', that should of been her default.

In HD Remix his Tiger Shot has similar hasty recovery.

Brawl's a fun game, and certainly deep(er than DOA4), but I'm not a high leveled enough competitor to pass judgment on the various changes on gameplay made since the last game.

I hear the Smashboards are pretty rabid about it. I also hear they're pretty whiny.

I know. It's always been a habit of mine in fighting games that I need to break.

Play me. I'll show you the error of your ways.

He kind of already admitted the error of his ways.

Are you threatening me?

lol first match I had online, I was Fei Long vs. a Ken player. He took the first round, I took the second, and he disconnected before the third could go down. What is with people?

Probably a legit disconnect. It's been happening to me as well. I hate getting disconnected after someone beats me. It looks really bad from his POV, I'm sure.

Random Thought:

So Vega can throw you from his charge-command leap, on the ground or in the air, yet he has no air-throw. Also, the command to throw the mentioned cases are archaic Street Fighter, why not make it a two-button command for consistency?

I've got HD Remix, I know all about it. It was more like a "WAHT?!? :eek:" sort ot response.

And yeah, For Brawl, all the top tier melee characters were nerfed to shit. For example, Captain Falcon's balance was that yeah, he's retardedly fast (movement-wise) and powerful, but most of his best attacks are pretty slow. Now he's got slightly better than average speed and strength, his range was shortened and his attacks are still slow.

It's like rather than balance everyone properly, they just crapped on the good characters and Sakurai's original characters get way better treatment. Plus tripping every 4 seconds is like punishment for being good at the game. Tourney fags are just that (fags), but they have a point. It's like Nintendo did everything it could to kill competition in the game.

I guess it wasn't their intention to appeal to the core fighting gamer base. I do remember Smash being surprisingly competitive, rather than expected to be taken that way.

Yeah, Melee was a huge leap forward from the original, but Brawl is like a couple of steps back. It's the little things that once the initial "OMG NEW SMASH BROS" feeling wears off, you notice a whole bunch of minor problems along with all the new improvements. And they still have clone characters, even after promising they wouldn't. :nono:

Anyway, this shit is about Street Fighter.

Street Fighter rules.

I personally don't think Nintendo ever intended smash bros. to be taken as seriously as some people do.