What disrupts 'the flow' for you?

[FistsofFury]

The 'flow' could be anything from a match to just a get together playing games. What are some of the things that when they happen you go 'wtf-_-'.

For me, the main thing is when you're playing against someone and the match is about to start and they go:

'wait don't hit me lemme try out my moves first'

I get so mad. Cause they NEVER tell me this while picking characters...while the VS screen pops up.....they even wait after the 'ROUND 1 FIGHT'.......waiting till the moment I gun for them charging to deliver a beatdown.

It just feels so wrong to me. 'Try out your moves' what the hell does that mean? Anytime someone says that they are just punching and kicking nothing for a good 15 seconds. It feels like such a waste and pisses me off to no end.

discuss.

[Rhio2k]

Originally posted by FistsofFury

It just feels so wrong to me. 'Try out your moves' what the hell does that mean? Anytime someone says that they are just punching and kicking nothing for a good 15 seconds. It feels like such a waste and pisses me off to no end.

discuss.

They wanna make sure their buttons work. Of course, dishonorable gamers PREFER their opponent to only have 1-4 working buttons...

[Drunken Master]

When I fuck up a move..

Sometimes I'll go for dragon or super or something, but mess it up, get hit not too bad at all.. but because I'm stupid I rifle off the super or DP or whatever the first opportunity I think they can attack afterwards.

Works sometimes yeah, but it's alotta blocked and I die because of it..

Totally ruins the flow. I stop thinking correctly, and concentrate on bullshit. I lose my grasp on the match, become a retard and risk my moves when I shouldn't, just because I missed it when I know I SHOULD have used it earlier, tried to use it, but messed up..

I think it's in Dom101 somewhere? That I'm a retard? :) Either way, that's what ruins the flow of a match to me mostly.

..that and the joystick fucking up or pausing or something.

[FistsofFury]

Originally posted by Rhio2k


They wanna make sure their buttons work. Of course, dishonorable gamers PREFER their opponent to only have 1-4 working buttons...

Well I was thinking in a pad situation, but yeah you do have a point.

[KaiSingrz]

blue boxes

[Korngo]

Originally posted by KaiSingrz
blue boxes

[Rhio2k]

Originally posted by FistsofFury


Well I was thinking in a pad situation, but yeah you do have a point.

OH, I thought you meant in the arcade. In the case of a pad, they're trying to figure out which buttons do what. You know, "Dude, where's my Fierce?".

[Ducky]

My flow gets jacked when someone starts making a combo exhibition video on my ass... I start getting afraid to make a move, start making mistakes, and forget to think about what I'm doing, which in turn helps me get owned even harder instead of keeping my rhythm and trying to make a comeback.

[L1qu1d]

sometimes when im pumped i'll go for a dp and accidently do a super, that fucks my flow so bad

[T-Kimura]

missing a combo totally fucks my flow up.

[FistsofFury]

Blowing a super....either by just plain missing my opponent with it or them just doing a low jab right when it starts up. I just feel so destroyed afterwards.

[Shin Ace]

Changes in game speed killing reversal and link timing.

[UncleSid]

completely fucking up can blow my whole game.... ie missing a super accidently tagging in an assist or doing a snap back when i didn't mean too. That usually means the end of the game for me. :bluu:

[EndLeSS8]

Taking a break in the middle of a match because their cell phone rings.

And taunting, but much less than before.

[caylen]

I have a really bad habit of doing a super after a failed super.
In other words, I am about to catch someone with a super and for one reason or another it doesn't come out. Yet instead of looking for another opportunity to get it in, by habit I do the super motion again right after a failed one. Problem is, the second time I do it, the super comes out, but my opportunity was missed, thus I leave myself open to get owned.
I really need to break this habit :(
But yea that kinda stuff disrupts my flow.

[HuDaThaN]

When I lose my cool and do unnecessary risky things to do damage back to my opponent.

[FistsofFury]

BUMP HAHAH

[strakka]

The power button fucks up my flow pretty bad.

[Saotome Kaneda]

I believe I said something about thread necromancy. THAT disrupts my "flow".



Edit: This one time, I'll reopen it. There had better be some worthwhile discussion...

[AudioProject]

What messes up the flow for me?

When someone tries to switch trick on mein mvc2 but forgets to hold the assist button, so before the match starts they're like "hold on, let me switch."

And getting shot.

[Mechanica]

When I start getting beasted on, even if it's just like a bunch of fluke anti-air normals thrown out that catch me just as I jump, I start panicking. When I panick, my execution is fucked up, I do stupid shit like trying to bait something and supering before I can even see if the bait worked, or I just can't defend well.

Or on those rare occasions where I'm messing around with Magneto on Marvel, trijumping all over the place, when I shoot the 896p air fireball, that fucks up my flow, massively.

[Adam Warlock]

My big thing is I get set on doing something when I screw it up if I know I can do it. Like if I mess up an RC, I'll keep RCing the move until I'm not messing it up and I get repeatedly punished for doing it. Same thing with complex combos. if i fuck it up, I get jump happy trying to land it again to prove I can do it.

[angryliberal]

My big thing is I get set on doing something when I screw it up if I know I can do it. Like if I mess up an RC, I'll keep RCing the move until I'm not messing it up and I get repeatedly punished for doing it. Same thing with complex combos. if i fuck it up, I get jump happy trying to land it again to prove I can do it.

yeah, i do that alot, then after the match, i wonder why the fuck i didn't just get back on my game and win...

[Panicked]

My big thing is I get set on doing something when I screw it up if I know I can do it. Like if I mess up an RC, I'll keep RCing the move until I'm not messing it up and I get repeatedly punished for doing it. Same thing with complex combos. if i fuck it up, I get jump happy trying to land it again to prove I can do it.

Same, I remember when I first started learning Ky, and I couldn't FRC stun dipper. So every time I did the move in a match, I'd force myself to try and FRC it. I'd blow a ton of meter if I messed up the timing. :bluu:

[MeanGreen]

when im around ppl i dont like i play crappy just hearing thier voices makes me suck

[KoftSF]

When I lose my cool and do unnecessary risky things to do damage back to my opponent.

Cool Jin pic...btw, it is the trash talk...they question death.

[Agmaster]

Getting grappled mid combo. Actually getting hit with anything during a string of moves that knocks off my timing, but I say grapple because I hate Potemkin.

Gay ass music or people talking to me. Seriously, I have wannabe ADD so I split my attention while playing on purpose and when they ask a question, I'll try to answer it. Or some lame song will get stuck in my head.

Whining. When I'm fighting someone who just won't stop bitching and moaning about how I'm out prioritizing for free or his moves just don't work. Then again, sometimes I'll just pick a rushdown character and enjoy hearing him whine in a few matches before leaving.

[poo]

Farting during a match screws me up. I get the giggles.

[cannabiscreator]

When somebody says, "dont hit me, let me try something"

When somebody pauses the game and does something then un pauses it.

On a console alot of the time, I do it too, people will get hit start+select or start-quit and start the match over because they "messed up" or picked the wrong fighter.

[DavDz]

What messes up my flow is when I try to land a string,special,or super on my opponent,and it ends up getting blocked or missed,and I try to get the move to work and land.I lose focus on the match just by trying to get the move to land and also abuse the jump alot which is in my loss of concentration.

On consoles,I overpress the pause button alot

[Arcas V]

when i miss a parry for a simple one hit move i saw coming :lame: messes my whole game up, bc it makes me want to parry more than i need to :xeye: and ofcourse i miss even more... u see where this is going....

[Septimus Prime]

The stick being broken disrupts my flow. That happens more often than not at my local arcade too. :xeye:

[Kikosho]

Something weird for me is when the sound is off I do surprisingly worse. I have no idea why, but that's how it is.

[Mechanica]

Yeah, me too. No sound is... gaah.

Not sure why the sound would be off, but yeah...

I don't know how people can play games and mute the game and play music -- I can't stand that.

[scum gale 88]

missing a parry, especially a lp fireball. I can parry all the fast stuff but when my friend uses a slow fireball and my timing gets ruined he refers to it as a "slow pitch". like in looney tunes when bugs bunny would throw the ball and it would move super slow and the other guy would swing like crazy trying to hit it. yeah,I hate that.

also when people talk during the fight. I dont mean the "good move" or "nice one" comments. its the "what are you doing?" "why dont you practice more" trash talk during the fight that just make me want to quit. ok,only 1 guy I played against said stuff like that, but I hate it. its a total buzzkill,granted I only played against the guy once and that was my first time playing 3s in the arcade but I was doing fine until he acted like an asshole and fucked up my game.

accidental moves. I have a hard time canceling into a fireball and I always do a shoryuken.

[FistsofFury]

I don't know how people can play games and mute the game and play music -- I can't stand that.


I don't get that either. Its too distracting. Then again the only thing I can do while listening to music is drive. And maybe have sex.

[evilj]

when a kid steps up on my side and leans on the side of the showcase cabinet to get a better view of the match.

[Saotome Kaneda]

I don't get that either. Its too distracting. Then again the only thing I can do while listening to music is drive. And maybe have sex.

I used to be the same. Then I started playing games with shitty SFX/OSTs. THEN I got my MP3 player. Dependant on the game and the amount of beasting that will occur, I may or may not turn on the in game music. Some games get automatic preference(OG SF2, etc), while some don't get any love(DBZ Budokai 3, even though I like the JPN voices).

[Arcas V]

Something weird for me is when the sound is off I do surprisingly worse. I have no idea why, but that's how it is.
sound helps me get the timing right for alot of moves, so its definitly an issue if i cant hear

[Ryu Shinnosuke']

What disrups my flow?

Arrogance/Trashtalking:
It's so annoying when someone is so overconfident, or mean...Like the jerks who used to play at my local arcade were such trash talkers when it came to playing CvS1 and MvC2..I never thought it was possible for anyone to take a video game so seriously...But, complaining is more annoying than anything else, IMO...

Crappy buttons/Messed up Sticks:
I rarely have trouble with adapting to different types of sticks, but when the arcade cab is very unstable, or the stick is broken, that sux more than my Sentinel does...Crappy buttons are worse, to me...I just can't play well with those certain buttons--I think they're called convex or something; maybe something else (I get button names confused, sorry). Broke buttons are awful; always...

Being RUSHED:
It's impossible for me to play even decent when I'm being rushed by someone (Like when it's almost time to leave, etc). :lol: That's even worse than broken buttons and sticks:lol:

I ain't trying to rant.

Peace.

[DrumlinerJoe]

Honestly, hot guys used to mess up my groove. This guy who played Marvel around here was fucking hot as hell. He was just okay, I could beat him easily. But I always lost the first 2 or 3 rounds cause I was distracted so much I couldn't concentrate. I get better to the point where I could win even with the distraction.

Other than that, I guess waiting on a friend to come to the arcade, that's about it.

[Qualger]

-When I succeed in baiting a risky attack (a jump-in, dragon punch, whatever) then fuck up the execution on the simple counter. This pisses me off more than any other stupid mistake and all I can focus on for the rest of the match is baiting the same attack so I can "redeem" myself.

-Spectators giving advice during a match. "Uppercut him when he attacks dude!"

[Kayin]

Messing up a combo that could have killed my opponent.

[fjf314]

On consoles,I overpress the pause button alot

I have a bad tendency to do that when I use a stick on consoles. It's not even when I'm mashing buttons to do a move faster or get more hits out of something like Sol's Grand Viper, I just randomly hit it sometimes. After that, I'm all fucked up.

[DID]

When my opponent is almost dead and I try way too hard to finish them off, and end up eating a super or something. I end up losing and my opponenet has no visable life left. Happens to me the most in SC2 and MvC2. :xeye:

As far as sound goes, some games I can play with out sound others I really can't, or maybe I'm just afraid to. 3d'ers I don't need sound, but when I play MvC2 I like sound because It lets me now what my opponent is doing if he's off the screen. On he same token though, music helps me chill if I'm at the mall or a tourney. I need an Mp3 player.

[bbq sauce]

When I get real antsy with my super.

IE. I go for a low forward xx SA2 with Chun, and I don't bother to confirm the hit and still let the super off after a block low forward. Which leads to 'parry the last hit and rape me' situations.

[Kouga]

Dumb fucks with big mouths.

[Kayin]

On he same token though, music helps me chill if I'm at the mall or a tourney. I need an Mp3 player.
Cosign, I brought my CD player with me everywher before the damn thing broke. >_>

[Kikosho]

Another thing that really messes me up is when I learn a new combo the day before and I'm so anxious to land it on a human opponent. I tend to focus more on landing the combo than winning.

[hold dat]

opponents who jump alot disrupt my flow. i can't seem to use my anti-airs quickly enough..

[Dem-Dem]

Not being able to smoke my cigars. I play at my best while somking.

[glass]

- smack talk.
- Zangief. is it only me or is fighting a good Gief of in ANY alpha game just a huge mindfuck? i'd say an expert Ryu is more predictable than a decent Zangief.

[Philth]

Kidney stones in my urethra.

[aznflict]

that happens to me too. although, since i've started playing urien, not so much. mostly when i'm using shotos...

[Overworld]

Sometimes getting close to beating someone with a perfect will mess up my flow, I don't lose, but a lot of times I end up not getting that perfect just because I'm trying to it a little too much.

Oh, and thinking you've won/lost before it's over. C'mon, it's happened to everyone, but it really ruins your flow.

[Roger Rabitt]

hmm.. the thing that probably disrupts my 'flow' is when at the start of the match i suddenly have the urge to herbal.

[Calcal]

When people start asking you questions when you play and your opponent doesnt let up while your doing so. That usually ditracts me to the point where i lose sometimes.

[The Fireboy]

what fucks me up is any type of reversal move (as in I attack, and they did something that puts them in a stance where they auto counter my move) I hate those moves because they always force me to be more careful rather then simply run in and do crazy mix ups constantly

[orochizoolander]

when my opponent misses a risky move like DP n i rush in while theyr vulnerable to do a super but fuck up by pressing :dp: :dp: wen the button combination is :qcf: :qcf:. Also wen i'm all "in the zone" but i do a move n it jus doesn't feel quite fluid that jus fucks up me up n that 1 move usually makes me lose. But the 2 biggest flow-fucks ups 4 me has gotta be:

me:yeah i owned u with my exceed i'm at near full-life n i can't even c ur health meter anymore wut chu guna do bitch!

opponent:well let me pull this out of nowhere super damaging combo 4 the win right wen u were about 2

2nd scnerio

opponet:UMM LET ME CHECK MY MOVE LIST (SCROLLS THRU LIST) GEE I'M NOT SURE I CAN DO THAT MOVE IT LOOKS HARD(CHAINS HARD TO DO MOVE INTO EVEN HARDER TO DO COMBO)

[ytwojay]

Missing a reset.

[Saotome Kaneda]

- Zangief. is it only me or is fighting a good Gief of in ANY alpha game just a huge mindfuck? i'd say an expert Ryu is more predictable than a decent Zangief.

Yes....YES! Fear grapplers that have some knowledge of their matchups!
:tup: :badboy:

[Emil]

Anyone that ends up countering my mindgames with a risky move before they actually saw me attack. This type of gameplay seems highly illogical to me (risk far greater than reward), so them hitting me out of it really disrupts my flow. It results in me having to dumb down my game considerably to be able to beat these types of players. I also hate it when I purposely try to bait out dps by running and then blocking the last instant, but mistiming the block and getting hit by the dp. It makes it look like you actually fell for the dp...that and the fact that you just missed a free combo.

[Zandwich]

Anyone that ends up countering my mindgames with a risky move before they actually saw me attack. This type of gameplay seems highly illogical to me (risk far greater than reward), so them hitting me out of it really disrupts my flow. It results in me having to dumb down my game considerably to be able to beat these types of players. I also hate it when I purposely try to bait out dps by running and then blocking the last instant, but mistiming the block and getting hit by the dp. It makes it look like you actually fell for the dp...that and the fact that you just missed a free combo.

In Guilty Gear, people who do random DP's disrupt my flow. I know exactly what you're talking about. People just run around with sol spamming volcanic viper and although its hilarious and wont win you anything, it's still annoying as hell

[Terry_nb]

I really have a problem, if I have a clear counter situation but don't use it right. For example someone misses a fierce slash and I just counter with a fast s.B, but I could do a lot more if I just didn't overreact ... Then it often happens I'm stuned over my own mistake, which leads sometimes to some confusion and so the flow is gone.

[The Death Knight]

When the CPU fights like a foreseer. What i mean is when they know you're move the instant you press it, even if it was executed with good timing.

[Chachi]

Where do I begin?


Being a frame late on a block/parry.
Whiffing a move and being punished by a 200 hit combo.
Laaaag.
Sticks I haven't used before. I guess I'm too used to the feel of my stick.
Guys standing too close to the cabinet, especially if they're RIGHT behind me. I stand at least four feet away from the game when I'm waiting.
Trash talking from random people, even when they're getting their asses kicked (Unless it's that Jinmaster kid, who I would probably just stab between matches and move on)
Various lame excuses to why I/someone else lost.
Chuck Norris.

[gouki10]

making a mistake on one move or reset that would have won it for me, but im still alive and in good shape to win, but i keep think about that one mistake and that will just lose the match for me.

[Rokiseph]

1. When my mobile rings
2. When someone keeps talking to me halfway through match, or in between characters someone tells me 'You know actually that move was ....'
3. Arcade is too cold (I get stiff)
4. Arcade is too warm. (hot actually)
5. When I use some low- mid tier character, the other guy loses and calls me cheap. The next match with him I'll lose it. (Happens only to 2 people i know tho', cos they're ridiculously uninformed about thier on playstyle and knowledge of the game)

[Hand Hanzo]

What disrupts my flow is that when I try to do a super like Geese's "Raging Storm" or one of K9999's supers, and I fuck up and leave myself open to get pwned.

[Hand Hanzo]

What I mean by that is when I'm trying to do a super like :db: :hcb: :df: :p: and I fuck up and do a punch or a special move or something. This especially pisses me off when the right opportunity comes to execute the move and I fuck it up. This is why I never use K9999 in KOF 2002 anymore, and also why I never use Geese in CvS2 anymore. I only get it right by mistake, if at all. Maybe I should get one of those arcade joystick-type controllers for my PS2, and another one for my Gamecube.

[Wellman]

What can seriously disrupt my flow is a lack of concentration like hearing or thinking of a good joke. That shit and just underestimating my opponents is what usually gets me, when I am not just being outclassed.

[vokial]

"ahhh Genei Jin!", yeah, that completely disrupt the flow. Every time I hear that, I started turtling. :P

[fjf314]

when my opponent misses a risky move like DP n i rush in while theyr vulnerable to do a super but fuck up by pressing :dp: :dp: wen the button combination is :qcf: :qcf:. Also wen i'm all "in the zone" but i do a move n it jus doesn't feel quite fluid that jus fucks up me up n that 1 move usually makes me lose.

Yeah, I occassionally have problems with that, too, whenever I haven't played a particular game for awhile and my execution is rusty. That just screws over the rest of my match at the very least, especially in Third Strike. Fucking up SA execution when I've got a guaranteed opportunity = GGPO me.

[TS]

In MvC2, when your first character gets beatsted on. It doesn't bother me so much anymore (mainly because it doesn't happen so much anymore)...but sometimes you try a new character, or try something cute vs Magneto...and that shit doesn't work out too well. Realistically, you can still make a comeback with just two characters...it's really common, even. But, psychologically, there's a weird thing that happens to you that takes you out of your game for a second.

After a while, it doesn't bother you as much, but you end up burning meter (best-case scenario) just to get space.

[Mikee_Showbiz]

People shouting advice, like someone else said.

"Uppercut him!"

Did my opponent hear? Is he now expecting a DP? Am I going to get a "told you so" if I do an uppercut? Will my opponent know that I know he heard, so he's expecting me not to do a DP, so I should do one anyway? Basically, I can keep on top of the mind-games involved, but when a third shouty person enters the mix I can't keep up mentally.

[HellSap]

people talking to me or trying to get me to respond.
concentrating on the flow of the match and the flow of my words as they flow out of my mouth.
also shitty sticks. ya.

[Ramon]

Playing a casual game at the arcade, when an obese white redneck female and her redneck husband walk by, and take up 7 ft of horizontal space.

They then bump me, and as I look back to see what bumped me, the redneck husband has his hand down the back of the obese girls pants, and she's wearing a thong.

Obese girls should be prohibited from wearing such garments.

After that I normally have to quit playing, and go outside for fresh air and to clear my mind of such a horrid image.

~Goodbye

[Dan?]

My flow gets jacked when someone starts making a combo exhibition video on my ass... I start getting afraid to make a move, start making mistakes, and forget to think about what I'm doing, which in turn helps me get owned even harder instead of keeping my rhythm and trying to make a comeback.

I have the same problem.

Also, winning matches can actually disrupt my flow. For some reason whenever I'm playing as the challenger I always feel more of an urge/tension to succeed, and when I win I feel this tension like I've gotten something through the other players mistakes/carelessness and I expect to get beasted the next match on a vicious comeback.

[Kyokuji]

When people start asking you questions when you play and your opponent doesnt let up while your doing so. That usually ditracts me to the point where i lose sometimes.

Ditto. People who don't shut up.

[ArcadeFire]

Taking a break in the middle of a match because their cell phone rings.




Some FOB did that to me today while playing NGBC. I combo-ed him afew times then stopped cause I felt sorry for the scrubby bastard.

[SiLLiEMutAfuKA]

Probably just me, but it really kills my flow when they keep throwing and tick throwing me. And most of all, guessing everything wrong, high/low/tech throws, I once had a game with some guy and I guessed wrong on EVERY move in that game, pissed me off really bad.

[haunts]

Like 45 min after smoking a blunt I just stop caring about playing and start thinking about snacks.

[EVERDRED]

low forward

[SuicidalGrandpa]

Just screwing up a set up for a combo. When I get all the moves connecting but the last one, it completely fucks with me. I'll pull off the super, get it blocked, and then fuck up because of the recovery time. I'll often look away or something out of disgust.

Getting bumped 'on accident' or on purpose really fucks everything else. Usually though, if they do that, I'm out for a sec and then I'll pull a super while they're bumping me or something

buttons not working. Biggest problem with mexican arcades.

[cricket_egg]

also shitty sticks. ya.

Bad sticks can ALWAYS fuck a match up. For BOTH players. There's nothing sadder than an MVS machine, with classic KOF / SamSho material, with broke ass sticks because somebody can't play Bust-A-Move right, and then they get pissed and fuck the sticks up. :sad:

[Duy Nguyen]

When I mess up on my execution and do empty combos or when someone press start and change their key configs during a match.

Oh and when someone soft resets because they lost...it really pisses me off.

[FistsofFury]

Do any of you guys prefer to play matches while other music is going on in the background? I have a hard time with that. Its strange to me.

[SiLLiEMutAfuKA]

Do any of you guys prefer to play matches while other music is going on in the background? I have a hard time with that. Its strange to me.


Some guys play listening to their iPods, some say it calms them, I do that sometimes, but I actually find myself playing better with the music from the game, since sometimes you can listen to the moves and you'll react faster.

[Jack-O-Jill]

1. Im not used to the sticks
2. I get very impatient and carelessly rush down then I get owned
3. Like said earlier, my opponent is owning me then I get kinda scared to attack thus disrupting my gameplan

But 1,2 are the ones that disrupt my flow the most . Through experience you learn how to keep your cool when your getting owned so n.3 isn't to bad anymore.

[Xiii]

I only really play 1 game now and that's 3S and the only thing that disrupts my flow is a runaway turtle Akuma and any style of Chun Li =/

[SuicidalGrandpa]

Do any of you guys prefer to play matches while other music is going on in the background? I have a hard time with that. Its strange to me.

For some reason this actually helps me. Say I'm in the arcade and there are a ton of other people yelling/talking/watching and the noise of other cabinets are really lowd it helps. dunno why.:sweat:

[Venom Scrub]

1. People pausing the game right in the middle of my rush/lockdown

2. Being rushed by someone else. I don't have much experience with this because I'm usually doing the rushing and I tend to panic.