Ultra Street Fighter IV

[mayor_mike_haggar]

I got a pre-match nosebleed against Imp last night, things were getting pretty intense as you can well imagine.

I got blood on my TE and all over my nice white t-shirt. It was totally badass.

[Nate Dogg III]

I played this videogame! Briefly anyway. Geegs to joeplus and Donut. Joe, sorry for the Bison teleport and throwing you out of your taunt, like most of what I did last night it was supposed to be an Ultra.

Lovely time, though. I have forgotten most of the moves but can remember like one combo per character, which is nice. My flow chart Blanka is a sight to behold. As was the final match of the night when I stopped blocking chun U1 halfway through and ate the damaging bit. Smashing.

[Camel]

Joe, sorry for ... throwing you out of your taunt ... it was supposed to be an Ultra.

I should really try playing this game before Heggfest. I'm not playing any videogames whatsoever currently. I'm bored. I did watch Requiem For A Dream last night for the first time, however. That was cheery.

[imp]

Play Dark Souls Prepare To Die Edition! (When it comes out). I give it one imp out of a possible one.

GGGGGs last night. I ran away as soon as I saw Nate come online as I didn't want to get outkenned. Or I needed to finish some work before I went to bed. One or the other.

[Camel]

I played Demon Souls and was wildly baffled by how clunky, unfriendly and downright difficult it is.

Here's a question for the stick users among you amazing people with your actual skills and such.

Where do you place the fingers of your right hand while playing? Silly question perhaps, but I ask because I think I stitch myself up with bad finger placement. I have three fingers over the three punch buttons with my thumb over LK. Mostly I then use my thumb for the other kick buttons, apart from occasionally when I anticipate requiring more control over the kick buttons (eg doing Rufus' target combo). In those instances I move my fingers down to the three kick buttons. As I say though, this is only when I've anticipated requiring my fingers on the kicks.

I'm guessing I should have my fingers between the punch and kick buttons? Also, I don't use my little finger at all.

Come on guys, tell me about your fingers.

[joffocakes]

I use my little finger to accidentally press the 3xKick button.

[imp]

I set the 3xK button to NO FUNCTION to sabotage people at Heggfest.

I have my first three fingers on the punches, my thumb on LK and I usually use my little finger to press HK. I usually use my first or middle finger to press MK. For some combos I do bring all three punch-reserved fingers down on the kicks though.

[Camel]

I use my little finger to accidentally press the 3xKick button.

I use my thumb to do that excellent floaty glitch in SFxT.

I set the 3xK button to NO FUNCTION to sabotage people at Heggfest.

I have my first three fingers on the punches, my thumb on LK and I usually use my little finger to press HK. I usually use my first or middle finger to press MK. For some combos I do bring all three punch-reserved fingers down on the kicks though.

I have massive spider hands and I don't think I can persuade my little finger to reach back that far and rest on the HK button for a prolonged period

I wonder if using your hands *and* feet would be permitted in tournaments.

[imp]

I don't actually rest my little finger on HK, I slide my hand across a bit to use it.

[Nate Dogg III]

I just use three fingers. Fnar etc.

Oh, and everyone needs to watch Indie Game The Movie.

[Plopboy]

I use one finger as my poor old brain is slow and simple.

"Indie Game: The Movie" look awesome, I'll check it out later.

[joffocakes]

I just use three fingers. Fnar etc.

Oh, and everyone needs to watch Indie Game The Movie.

Where and how do I watch it? We've watched the trailer a few times and laughed at some men taking themselves too seriously. It looks good though.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

I use the fingers on the top row, my thumb should be on lk but it isn't, and I kind of haughtily hold my little finger aloft, as it is far too good for the likes of playing video games.

[Plopboy]

Where and how do I watch it? We've watched the trailer a few times and laughed at some men taking themselves too seriously. It looks good though.

if you go here http://buy.indiegamethemovie.com/ you can watch it for $9.99

[joffocakes]

I could do that. I'll probably just sit around waiting for it to appear on netflix forever.

[imp]

Yeah, I dunno. Where's that video clip of Phil Fish crying after he watched it? It looks very good, but at the same time, it looks a bit, y'know.

[ah]

I try to use my index finger for LK as well as LP - it feels like my timing is better when I avoid using my thumb - but I usually forget. Mostly I use spinny quarter circle thing and the PPP and KKK buttons, which I hit with gusto (and my ring finger).

[joffocakes]

I use my index finger for lk too. index and middle finger for throws, focus and taunt. I only really use my thumb for lk x lk.upper as Balrog when I'm using three fingers to hold down turn punch.

[Yasawas]

I accepted last night that I'm never going to find time to go properly through the archives of the SEA Major and just watched those three YouTube videos - sweet child of mine. Everything should end in a FT7, what a great format that is where you can really see it go back and forth as they try to work out what works and doesn't against one another in an extended set. A genuinely sweet moment to see so much smiling too and not two stony-faced competitors sitting with headphones on trying to block out the shouts of lairy fat men for a change. Lovely stuff.

[jiroczech]

I tried using just my middle finger to focus attack, lying it across MP and MP but it felt awkward and a bit like I might to snap my finger - maybe it'd work better with a convex-faced stick... I've also tried rolling a single finger from punch to kick in the same way, to hit cancels but while it's fine in training once I'm in a match I just start mashing everything with my fist.

[Qazimod]

I have my index, middle and ring across the three kicks (since I play Juri) with my pinky hanging over the side and my thumb underneath. But then I use a Fightpad...

[mayor_mike_haggar]

Yeah, I really dislike how all US majors go from FT2 to FT3 for the grand finals. It's really not a long enough set for my liking, FT 5 would be boss, but I guess they'd be worried about resets meaning it might take too long and oh no the audience might get bored or something. Which wouldn't happen.

Zhi's comments on US tournaments seemed pretty spot on too, I bet that brackets are deliberately stacked, the whole mentality seems kind of childish. And I agree that he's an excellent commentator, communicator and has extensive and deep knowledge (probably more so than ultradavid). I just find him a bit obnoxious sometimes.

[joffocakes]

I have my index, middle and ring across the three kicks (since I play Juri) with my pinky hanging over the side and my thumb underneath. But then I use a Fightpad...

When I'm playing pad I just use my thumb on the four face buttons, which I set up with hard punch/medium punch on x/y and hard kick/medium kick on a/b. lb is light kick and rb is light punch, with their corresponding triggers as 3xKick/Punch. I use them only for Ultras, pretty much; for EX i'll press the space inbetween X/Y or A/B for 2xPunch/Kick. I'll mash a flat thumb down over Y and B for focus attacks. Which I'll do a lot.

I've got that twisty Dpad pad now as well, which is much, much better than the 360 standard pad I was used to (and finished the trials on, which seems utterly mad, thinking back)

[ah]

Zhi's comments on US tournaments seemed pretty spot on too, I bet that brackets are deliberately stacked.

You mean like with the whole Evo points thing where the top American players have been building up seeding points all year round at a wide variety of events, and the foreigners have basically had to either fly around the world or get like one chance each at a seeding point in a nearby country? Nah, never happen.

Also yeah, Zhi has the knowledge and is good fun. I still long for more of those in-depth match analysis videos they did once upon a time. If he could cut down on the casual misogyny and the round-long descriptions of what is happening in the background of the stage then he would be much more consistently entertaining.

[Qazimod]

When I'm playing pad I just use my thumb on the four face buttons, which I set up with hard punch/medium punch on x/y and hard kick/medium kick on a/b. lb is light kick and rb is light punch, with their corresponding triggers as 3xKick/Punch. I use them only for Ultras, pretty much; for EX i'll press the space inbetween X/Y or A/B for 2xPunch/Kick. I'll mash a flat thumb down over Y and B for focus attacks. Which I'll do a lot.

I've got that twisty Dpad pad now as well, which is much, much better than the 360 standard pad I was used to (and finished the trials on, which seems utterly mad, thinking back)

That sounds awesome but I would be hopeless at stuff like that - I don't like the idea of my thumb doing overtime when I could just flip my right hand over and use my fingers... and as soon as I start throwing shoulder buttons into the mix I've no chance. I'd have to spend ages rewiring my brain...

I was going to get the twisty D-Pad controller for myself for Xmas but I never got around to it. I imagine it makes rotational moves a heck of a lot more straightforward.

Completely OT, but I play Frequency and Amplitude on the face buttons rather than the shoulders.

[joffocakes]

When I'm on a pad I cannot tech throws or kara-throw reliably at all. Not that I'm particularly good at teching throws anywya. As Alistarr and I agreed, our reactions to opponents' throw attempts are simply too fast for the game engine to handle.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

You should do what donut and I did last night, and have a round where you do NOTHING but throw. This basically makes Rose close to top tier, with her decent throw range and walk speed. You can play some excellent footsies, dancing back just out of their throw range before walking forward to whiff punish their throw with a throw.

Also most of the round is spend teching.

It is surprisingly fun.

[Yasawas]

Also yeah, Zhi has the knowledge and is good fun. I still long for more of those in-depth match analysis videos they did once upon a time. If he could cut down on the casual misogyny and the round-long descriptions of what is happening in the background of the stage then he would be much more consistently entertaining.

Yeah that's a bit tiresome but he seems to be reining it in now which is welcome. There was a notable slip in one of those matches I was watching where he referred to Gameouttt as "the yellow Die, eh..., the Asian Dieminion" which suggests he's been told to curb all that shit.

[joeplus]

Oh yeah, ggs last night guys. Made myself look a tit on a few occasions, but that's all part of the fun. Favourite was landing Sakura's EX hurricane kick, thinking "oh shit Ultra 2 doesn't combo" but doing it anyway and missing. Then looking it up today and finding out that it is possible

[ah]

People playing endless battle who only want to play one game. Gah.