random online play observation

[shinobidj]

anyone notice those scrubs online, who use ken or ryu, you beat them once, and then they switch to the other shoto? this makes me laugh everytime, especially because they play both shotos exactly the same, and it makes me wonder what compels them to switch to the other shoto.

[Epic Username]

I hear you man. Another good one is when they think canon counts in game, e.g. choosing ryu to counter sagat.

[Olan]

I just hate the lag abuse that goes on. I know i aint getting hit by all them lows or fucking up flashkicks and shit.

[shinobidj]

i can't help but laugh when i'm halfway through a typhoon with a t. hawk and then the netcode decides to roll me back like a wal-mart sale and suddenly i'm the one getting thrown or dp'd

[Sakura.Densetsu]

Seeing them played the exact same way makes me wonder if people are observant enough to realize the difference between the two characters.

Picking Ryu vs Sagat is fine if you aren`t expecting Ryu to counter Sagat and just like to play story matchups for fun sometimes. It is casual after all.

If I meet someone I find is really good with a character I will often pick someone who is weak against that character and play that matchup straight for practice. I always snicker when someone calls me a scrub after these matches.

[sirblew]

i can't help but laugh when i'm halfway through a typhoon with a t. hawk and then the netcode decides to roll me back like a wal-mart sale and suddenly i'm the one getting thrown or dp'd

So either up the smoothing setting or choose to play people with lower pings :)

[Aznmnky]

observation: jump more please =P

[deadfrog]

When you hear their character select cursor move around like a million times in a second, and then slowly a few more squares afterward, they're going to pick a shoto. They just don't want you to think they're picking a shoto.

[CaliLifeStyle]

When you hear their character select cursor move around like a million times in a second, and then slowly a few more squares afterward, they're going to pick a shoto. They just don't want you to think they're picking a shoto.


Yeah thats BS. They should just get rid of your opponents character select sound all together.

[Murderbydeath]

Yeah thats BS. They should just get rid of your opponents character select sound all together.

Yeah, what's the point of double blind character selection if it isn't double deaf as well? Instead it's just double dumb.

[Krimzon]

Yeah, what's the point of double blind character selection if it isn't double deaf as well? Instead it's just double dumb.

your opponent cannot see who you pick and make a pick based on that

[Murderbydeath]

your opponent cannot see who you pick and make a pick based on that

Yeah, but I don't see the point in being able to hear what they're selecting if you can't see it. You can guess who they're picking instead, which is almost the same with all the scrubs who play Ryu and don't even bother to move their cursor, or the scrubs who select Akuma (cursor moves twice), or Ken (once), or the aforementioned insane superfast selection noise followed by a few slow ones (almost always a shoto). If they don't do any of that, you are simply unaware of who they pick, so there's no true point in being able to hear it in my opinion.

[zerodotjander]

If your opponent is a scrub it doesn't matter if you counterpick them or not.

If your opponent is not a scrub then you can't guess who they pick no matter how many sounds you hear.

[Murderbydeath]

If your opponent is a scrub it doesn't matter if you counterpick them or not.

If your opponent is not a scrub then you can't guess who they pick no matter how many sounds you hear.

My point exactly.

[io]

I have the most trouble with mashers, believe it or not. Somehow they will always do the most random counters and dizzies. I played this one guy who had no idea what he was doing, but literally countered everything on accident because of the sheer madness of mashing.

[Sosage]

When you hear their character select cursor move around like a million times in a second, and then slowly a few more squares afterward, they're going to pick a shoto. They just don't want you to think they're picking a shoto.

I've been found out!

[Pilgrim_Pud]

When you hear their character select cursor move around like a million times in a second, and then slowly a few more squares afterward, they're going to pick a shoto. They just don't want you to think they're picking a shoto.

Whats the most fun is turning it into a drinking game.
If its a Ryu everyone drinks.
Lightspeed cursor movement followed by shoto pick, drink.
Slow picker, guess character. If right you pick the drinker.

[Murderbydeath]

Whats the most fun is turning it into a drinking game.
If its a Ryu everyone drinks.
Lightspeed cursor movement followed by shoto pick, drink.
Slow picker, guess character. If right you pick the drinker.

You would be wasted after like 5 Friendly Quickmatches.

[Epic Username]

One way ticket to alcohol poisoning.

[Hisham]

Dunno about the 360 version, but if you pick your character with start, there is no sound when you pick them... There is still the sound of the cursor moving, but there is no select sound.

[downRupLYB]

I've been kind of a wuss and have only played friendly matches online (just started playing 2 days ago). The skill level of a ranked match is higher, right?

[orochizoolander]

Seeing them played the exact same way makes me wonder if people are observant enough to realize the difference between the two characters.

Picking Ryu vs Sagat is fine if you aren`t expecting Ryu to counter Sagat and just like to play story matchups for fun sometimes. It is casual after all.

If I meet someone I find is really good with a character I will often pick someone who is weak against that character and play that matchup straight for practice. I always snicker when someone calls me a scrub after these matches.

Bitch why do you bother posting?


seriously why? it's sad at this point affinity is toptier compared to you.

[DevilJin 01]

Yeah, but I don't see the point in being able to hear what they're selecting if you can't see it. You can guess who they're picking instead, which is almost the same with all the scrubs who play Ryu and don't even bother to move their cursor, or the scrubs who select Akuma (cursor moves twice), or Ken (once), or the aforementioned insane superfast selection noise followed by a few slow ones (almost always a shoto). If they don't do any of that, you are simply unaware of who they pick, so there's no true point in being able to hear it in my opinion.

Well first off the double blind pick is only available for online play which although can be taken a bit more seriously due to GGPO's netcode...is still just for kicks. The blind pick is there so people will be more open to picking different characters and lesser players don't have to worry about getting thrashed by counter picks all the time. Not that they would get thrashed any ways but at least they won't get thrashed by a bad matchup where they won't be able to move. Plus there'll be less complaining in general over counter picks. Scrubs and nubs don't have any use for and/or not worthy of the blind pick because they'll make it insanely obvious that they're a shoto whore or just talk about how good this or that character is.

The real issue here though is that it's unnecessary to get rid of the character select sound. Not that it's needed but there's no point in getting rid of it either. Good players will move the cursor around for a while if they are good with multiple characters and don't want you to know who they're picking. Everyone else either just can't figure out how to hide their character select noise or are just scrubs and are gonna run to the shotos no matter what.

I can guess someone is a shoto nub or scrub just by their Gamertag and their manner when they enter the room. People who aren't that good and only know SF cuz of RYYYEEUUU and GUYUUUU are gonna make a scene when they enter the room and utter all kinds of random BS and then pick R/K/A. A lot of the players doom themselves from making the blind pick to any kind of use before the match starts. My main is Blanka so the blind pick is useless to me. I pick Guile maybe once as my secondary for every 50 times I use Blanka.

[CWheezy]

I played this one guy who had no idea what he was doing, but literally countered everything on accident because of the sheer madness of mashing.

This is how I play every game

[Fir]

it happened to me just a few moments ago :lol:

my sagat ripped through that akuma, then he went to ryu, then ken :D

[Sakura.Densetsu]

Troll

Post more, its making me wet

[ToshyBoy]

Yes it must be good to mock people who arent quite as good as others at a computer game to make you feel better.

Might just go dancing around in front of wheelchair people and mocking them for being unable to walk to make me feel better......

[E C]

Yes it must be good to mock people who arent quite as good as others at a computer game to make you feel better.

Might just go dancing around in front of wheelchair people and mocking them for being unable to walk to make me feel better......


Walking isn't competitive.

But fighting games are. And FPSs. And football. And chess. And any other sport, game, or event where people directly or indirectly compete with other people for a victory. And as long as competition has existed, there has always existed the mindset to belittle the other's skills just as there's always been the mindset to tell your foe "good game" or "you fought well" regardless of their prowess

Welcome to competition.

[volatile]

Walking isn't competitive.

But fighting games are. And FPSs. And football. And chess. And any other sport, game, or event where people directly or indirectly compete with other people for a victory. And as long as competition has existed, there has always existed the mindset to belittle the other's skills just as there's always been the mindset to tell your foe "good game" or "you fought well" regardless of their prowess

Welcome to competition.

http://trackandfield.about.com/od/distanceevents/a/olymwalkbasic.htm

:)

[E C]

http://trackandfield.about.com/od/distanceevents/a/olymwalkbasic.htm

:)


Wheelchair-bound people = scrubs

(I'm gonna burn for that. It's just a joke, really!)

[CptMunta]

I think it's wierd when people drop on you just as you are about to beat them in a non-ranked match. It's like they have an allergy to win poses or something.

[zerojay]

I think it's wierd when people drop on you just as you are about to beat them in a non-ranked match. It's like they have an allergy to win poses or something.

Hahaha.. yeah, no kidding. Maybe they just think they are saving time. ;)

[DevilJin 01]

Well you can't blame that all on them. The player match system gives you no time inbetween rounds to exit a game any ways. If the next person up is mashing on A/X button and you're tired of losing to people you'll know you'll never beat there's no other way out any ways. They're rather save themselves the trouble of spending the time looking at your extremely cheesy win pose and saying and just leave then.

[zerojay]

Well you can't blame that all on them. The player match system gives you no time inbetween rounds to exit a game any ways. If the next person up is mashing on A/X button and you're tired of losing to people you'll know you'll never beat there's no other way out any ways. They're rather save themselves the trouble of spending the time looking at your extremely cheesy win pose and saying and just leave then.

Sounds like you're suffering from the same bug I am then. There's supposed to be an in-game menu to quit whenever you want... at least according to the response left by a Capcom staff member on my bug:

http://www.roadcru.com/sf/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14

[DevilJin 01]

Hmmm...have to look in to that. The only way I know to leave is through the lobby. Good thing is since I play on the 360 the worst my disconnect does is boot most of the people from the lobby. PS3 gets the whole black screen of death and crap. Sux.

[shinobidj]

i just got an angry message on PSN after i melted the face of some random scrub.

From: tomuchforu
Subject: YOU IS A GRABBING

Body: LITTLE FAGGIT

-

hahahahahahah that shit made me laugh out loud.

[DevilJin 01]

LOL. I like the delay between the subject and the body. "Maybe I'm a grabbing powerhouse???? No just a grabbing little gay guy."

[Epic Username]

Something that really annoys me, is when people play you over and over, and if they don't win, the second they win A ROUND, they drop. As if to say "Haha, I won the most recent round, you fucking scrub".