Ultra Street Fighter IV

[palaver]

Onifiend is wicked!

[JLM]

Ha, I was about to post that for you Alistarr. He's so hype as it's the first time he's ever done it. It has to be that close for it to have a chance of working, and I think Dee Jay's jump arc helps.

[df0]

Combofiend is such a lovable cuddlebear.

[ah]

Haha he just said that it was the first time he's ever landed it. Good.

[JLM]

Also F-Word and Combofiend forming a commentary bromance is the pinnacle of streaming for me. I am sad that it will never get this good again.

[df0]

That Abel was sick.

[JLM]

Yeah Taaha is excellent. He's always been one of the strongest UK players but kept trying to pick up pocket characters instead of sticking with Abel. I'm glad he's gone back to it and it's working out. I think that EGL 8 beating Ryan Hart in the finals is his first big tournament win and I'm sure we'll be seeing more of them.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

Have they stopped?

[JLM]

Still on, running through losers bracket. Plenty of good players still in too; the WSO crowd is very strong when everybody turns up.

[JLM]

Great match between Slizzle and Ryan Hart there. Ryan Hart is all about raw talent and reads and he is one of the best in the world at pulling out those clutch comebacks. He has that Valle instinct of knowing when you want to twitch, and he is amazing at exploiting the shift in a player's mentality that happens when a player on 5% life starts threatening to make a comeback. The sequence where he got the knockdown, whiffed a jab, feinted the overhead and then did meaty cr. MK into tiger uppercut was glorious. Every Sagat ever in that situation would overhead, Slizzle made the smart high block and lost the round for it. So good.

[joeplus]

"Combofiend doesn't even like this game!"

[JLM]

I love Combofiend and I love his Oni, but I am sad that so many players choked it up against him there. He doesn't take SF4 that seriously and there were at least five or so players there who should have beaten him and didn't. Shame, but still a very good tournament and I'm always happy to see Combofiend win.

[joeplus]

That final was great, properly exciting. Also watching with the stream was mainly amusing.

Didn't know this was on, but I feel rewarded for cleaning the fridge now.

[palaver]

Yeah props to JLM for pointing out this was on.

Nobody knows how to fight Oni.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

Jesus, I could have gone there and maybe touched combofiend, just a gentle caress.

Also oh God, I'm going to be playing the walking dead for ages aren't I.

Does it stand up to replays? I want to be a dick and a nice man

[imp]

You can, there extensive options for trying things again without breaking your save, but I think that would spoil the experience personally. I might replay it before season 2 though.

[JLM]

Fifty minutes of Combofiend vs. Everyone from after tonight's tournament:

http://www.twitch.tv...use/b/343507606

Pleased to hear that Momochi will be at the anniversary tournament this weekend. He hasn't been to any majors outside of Japan for a while now. It'll be a shame if the U.K. players don't get to use their qualifying spots though, so I'll be rooting for someone to beat him.

[Yasawas]

High level Rainbow Edition let's GO

[Lyrical Donut]

Raggo Blanka @ 9:00

SF2 still has the best SF music that isn't Third Strike. Or Sakura's stage from Alpha 2.

[joffocakes]

Oooh. Sounds utterly mental. I think I'll have a wee watch of that later. Looks like it will take up my entire lunch break.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

Lads, I just invited combofiend round for dinner via twitter. Let's see what happens.

[Yasawas]

It's a shame there's so many Ryu mirrors in the second half of it but it's still pretty fun and brings back fond memories of the bootleg SF2 my local chip shop had. I can't remember if it was Rainbow Edition specifically but it had air fireballs, sine-wave trajectory projectiles and live character switching. Good times.

[Nate Dogg III]

Lads, I just invited combofiend round for dinner via twitter. Let's see what happens.

That is excellent. You can't use special characters in hashtags though y'nub.

Heh, 'special characters'.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

#combofienddinnerparty, let's get it trending!

Oh, haha, oops. I haven't 'twittered' in about 4 months, so am a bit rusty at my execution. I'm pretty big on there, though.

[Lyrical Donut]

The version where Ryu and Ken shat out 50 fireballs every time they did a dragon punch was probably the most balanced one. That might have been the version where Gief Yoga flamed from his crotch every time he did a lariat.

I have learned that Joffo does not have the DLC for NSMB2 yet. This is good news.

I did not sleep last night. This is bad news.

[Lyrical Donut]

#nombofiend

Sorry. I'm off to bed now.

[joffocakes]

Tell me a long story about how you failed to beat my Nerve Wrack Pack score immediately.

[Camel]

Tell me a long story about how you failed to beat my Nerve Wrack Pack score immediately.

I did not sleep last night.

[mayor_mike_haggar]

Yeeeesss, he replied. But he can't make it

How the fuck do I do that thing where you insert a tweet into a post, then?

[Camel]

I'm no expert on fighting game legends, but I reckon you ought to have changed that profile pic before asking. Especially when you changed the tag from combofienddinnerparty to combofiendslumberparty.