Ultra Street Fighter IV

[JLM]

I have just uploaded my first Russian Replay. It's not great, but I will be uploading every time I get the chance with Gief in the hope that the quality will improve over time. In the first round I was recklessly going for tick SPD set ups and watching him neutral jump. I find that if I want to "represent" SPD as Seth Killian would say, better to do it when they don't have meter yet. In the sexond round I fucked up Instant Air Blizzard yet again and got EX bear grab, but the guy inexplicably got hit by it. Huzzah.

I'm happy with my spacing towards the end where I make him whiff a crouching MK and a sweep and close in to green hand him to death, but I should be grabbing whiffed normals against Ryu, and I should never let him get away with a blocked sweep because that thing is incredibly unsafe.

[MrEPotato]

Thanks again guys good games all round, been away from my stick for two months having been in America with the wife so a little rusty too say the least. Thanks for barring with me and hope to play you guys again soon

[sith]

I love reading your post JLM!

One question though, if you had a solid read he was going to do wake-up something why not just block? Or was you just going for the flashy win?

[Meers]

Guys, is this new controller any good for fighting games? (I'm not an arcade stick man unfortunately)

[Camel]

You'd be better off getting a Madcatz fightpad.

[joffocakes]

I love reading your post JLM!

One question though, if you had a solid read he was going to do wake-up something why not just block? Or was you just going for the flashy win?

I'm pretty sure JLM is always going for the flashy win.

There's nothing more satisfying that landing a Blizzard from a good read. Oh man.

I too enjoyed reading all the words. I want to get an entirely new internet in and have a first-to-fifty against jellum.

Also, Meerman, I've found that twisty-dpad controller to be pretty good! If you'd benefit from having another all-purpose 360 controller then I'd really recommend it. It's £30 from Tesco (might be cheaper elsewhere, I just know this 'cos I saw it in store):

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.211-9470.aspx

If it is just for fighting games, then the madcatz fightpad probably is better. And likely much cheaper too (I know the HMV in glasgow still has a bunch of PS3 ones for £12; not seen an xbox 360 one in a while, but I haven't been looking).

I've only tested them on Street Fighter 4 though, which is pretty forgiving of sloppy inputs (I think even the standard, horrible 360 dpad is good enough for it). Games like King of Fighters or 3rd Strike are that little bit stricter might be better suited to the madcatz one. Which also has the additional benefit of six face buttons.

tl;dr: Get both.

[imp]

I love reading JLM's post too. Easy to do when he's so absorbed in fighting games you can just stroll right in there and take it.

[joffocakes]

Excellent.

[Nate Dogg III]

Took me a minute.

Loving JLM's science and seemingly limitless memory. Do you take notes or something? All I can ever remember is that I lost to Ryu after Ryu that I should have beaten.

[Camel]

I love reading JLM's post too. Easy to do when he's so absorbed in fighting games you can just stroll right in there and take it.

Do you take notes or something?

I'd like to know this too. Also, remembering how to use more than say, 3 characters is completely beyond me. Is it an age thing?

[mayor_mike_haggar]

Just do what I do and play about 7 characters really really badly.

[Camel]

Just do what I do and play about 7 characters really really badly.

I prefer to really focus and put all of my effort into playing 3 characters really really badly.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

Joffo prefers to really focus.

[joffocakes]

Also, also, in my first ever match against must (dan v rose) I finished the final round with cr.mk x fireball x post ko super taunt. Which is the first time I have EVER pulled it off in a match. I was leaping around the room like a madman.

This is an excellent thing.

[Camel]

Joffo's middle name is 'Cus'.

[jiroczech]

ggs to Pockets, MysteryTattie, Hagrid, Joffro Tull and JLS last nights. Too much lag at times and I ate a lots of smacks to the head while taunting at the start of rounds - are people fed up with that? Apologies if so. Is it too SSFIV:AE? Too 2011 maybe? In 2012 do we just kick fuck out of each other and to hell with chivalry? :massive winker:

I think I displayed the worst T-Hawk ever to grace an rllmuk lobby - I couldn't remember how to Condor Dive or anything so I tried to look it up on my phone mid-match. After lots of fun games I had to go training to make sure I could still combo cos it wasn't happening for me in Endless.

Nice to play Pockets and MrEPotato - haven't played Pockets in ages and think it was my first time vs. MrE's tricky Sagat.

[joffocakes]

Ha, I always feel really guilty when I hit a taunter and walk up in vulnerable shame toward the opponent for my penance.

"FAAAAAAAAATHEEEEEEEER!"

[jiroczech]

Those little moments are special. A standing jab is enough to acknowledge forgiveness but it'd be fun to pull out a wild combo into Ultra just for laughs.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

I have been known to accidentally on purpose ultra people when they're taunting. I also like the absolute refusal to ever punish whiffed ultras, with everyone just taunting instead. I also like that people keep insisting on walking into viper's wild firey ultra somersault after blocking the initial ground pound. I hope that this is a new lobby thing.

I dislike the guile vs adon matchup intensely. Although I am kind of enjoying playing a violently lame guile every now and then.

Also sorry for misspelling mute's name in that post about the super taunt (which is a saved replay now, haha).

[mayor_mike_haggar]

Oh, oh, I spent a while researching taunts last night and it turns out that Ted has a taunt where he says "do not be afraid to cry", which is beautiful. Imagine his big square face with noble tears majestically rolling down it, glinting in the Mexican sun. I'm going to change his voice back to english purely to hear that.

[Qazimod]

I like it when I play with randoms and they open with taunts - sometimes it's hard to know if it's done in jest, especially with someone as SERIOUS BZNZ as Ryu or Akuma, but with others it's like an informal greeting. I also like how Plopboy will sacrifice any lead or advantage if it means he can get several dozen taunts in throughout the match.

[carlito]

Thing is Guile actually has a load of great combos, particularly in the corner.

J.hp, c.mp xx hp.sb, c.lp, c.mp xx hp.sb xx super into ultra juggle is about as delicious as combos can get.

It's sad that people play him so dry.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

NO COMBOS

[Camel]

It's sad that people play him so dry.

It's what he would want.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

I like my guile how I like my women. Boring and difficult to approach.

[carlito]

Guile was Julian "Jazz" Rignall's favourite character in SF2. Surely that is still worth something.

[joffocakes]

I like my Guile like I like my women; with huge flat-top haircuts.

Didn't Julian Rignall have a wild mullet haircut at a time when it wasn't particularly cool to have a wild mullet haircut? No wonder he played Guile.

[Camel]

I like my Guile like I like my women - great at making comebacks.

[joffocakes]

I like my women like I like my Guile; overlooked entirely in favour of obese men.

Also; absolutely opposed to all aspects of my character.

[joeplus]

Guile was Julian "Jazz" Rignall's favourite character in SF2. Surely that is still worth something.

Oh god, I have memories of a Street Fighter II VHS that came free with a magazine. It had Guile's re-dizzy combo on it and the two guys talking really really liked Guile. I can't remember if that was Rignall.

Also I like my Guile like I like my women: ones who charge.