Old OzHadou interview gets me thinking about NZism's future, please read!

[CptMunta]

I Hope this site gets more popular with South Islanders.

Get a south Island league happening. No comp here.



But the site has really exploded after playing Flux all those years ago on ggpo when it started up. (Go Alpha 2!)

Really cool to see a healthy thriving community in NZ with tourneys and practice sessions etc, even if it is north island so far.

To be fair it's all been SF4, without that we'd still be dead in the water. It's a shame there aren't more people from various regions around, it's basically only more Aucklanders. Hell we almost have more aussies than non-aucklanders. I don't really know how to reach more people

That's pretty much it right there. We had CVS2 at the arcade all the old schoolers played it and played it really well. When HD Remix and SF4 came out all those players play at home.

I don't blame them, I do as well.

What I am glad about is that SF4 is in two arcades in NZ. And am grateful that Yifans and Timezone paid all that money and had faith that people would be still into street fighter.

I really hope that the next version has a 2p on one board feature and comes out exclusively in the arcades first. More arcades would get Street Fighter, all the new blood would go to the arcades to play it before console release and the community would grow.

But I'm trailing a bit now. I think after this tourney things can only get bigger and better for the community. For the future? EVO NZ? Winners to US? Ooooooo who knows?

[Barnstorm]

To be fair it's all been SF4, without that we'd still be dead in the water. It's a shame there aren't more people from various regions around, it's basically only more Aucklanders. Hell we almost have more aussies than non-aucklanders. I don't really know how to reach more people

I think it has a lot to do with other regions not having arcade SF4, and the difficulty in obtaining a decent stick here. Although a lot of say the 3s regulars in wellington have SF4 at home they don't have a stick and without one it's pretty much pointless, not to mention comp wise your limited to online play which is decent, but nothing like playing in the arcade.

Kinda left me feeling why stop playing 3s when I can go to the arcade and play it, when the only way to get SF4 comp is online. (Though generally the connections were great)

The only thing I could really think of to get things moving outside auckland and hamilton is if people had a bunch of sticks, consoles and screens and went to one persons place for a Valle RTSD type session, or Watson YJDK house thing. Gotta find t he people first though, but it seems like there is a bunch of new people here daily so I think the players are out there.

Shit if dudes are grinding up to G1, and G2 as uppercut everything Ken's they must want to get better atleast a little.

Anyhow, my 2c.

As flux said sticks are easy to get if you willing to spend the money ~150 if you relly want one youll get one

i own 7 sticks myself for various consoles

we have had a few tekken get togethers with a side of mvc2 and super turbo b4 but that hasnt been for a while

and on the note of g1 and g2

im only on 4800gp hardly ever play the points dont mean much really when people on 3 times my score are flow chart kens
I dont personally see championship mode as the way to improve though

[Chuckk]

fyi I have 2 sticks.

And no I think championship mode is terrible, but if these flowchart kens spend hours and hours grinding GP or whatever, they must want to learn the game a little.
Otherwise they are crazy for nerd points. (achievements/GP/whatever)

My 1 setup way out in karori probably is not a great start for any kinda SF4, 3s, HDR, ST, T5Dr and soon T6 get togethers though.

Also I don't like to think of arcades as a moot point. The arcade atmosphere is really a driving force for playing and a way for connecting and getting involved in the community. Plus, face to face communication is really the only worthwhile kind. Saying GGs via ingame mail will never compare to getting hype over stupid crap like demon's or scrub gun headbutts.

I definitly agree though, should work out some kind of way to get some live sf4 happening so other parts of the country have some motivation to come to AKL and support the only game with a legit scene atm.

I kinda feel like my posts are coming across as like super negative, fuck all of you etc, it's not the case whatsoever. Will be easier to talk about things over IRC, looking forward to it etc.

[moose!]

scrub gun headbutts

I don't think arcades should ever be considered a moot point, in fact are the crux of any strong fighting game community. Just like playing something like poker, I find playing online is so uninspiring.

[stereomonkey]

Plus, face to face communication is really the only worthwhile kind. Saying GGs via ingame mail will never compare to getting hype over stupid crap like demon's or scrub gun headbutts.

If not face to face then at least voice chat is good to.  Especially when you want to say "you suck donkey dick" or you want to hear Euan yell out random special moves in bad engrish.

[Gino]

Plus, face to face communication is really the only worthwhile kind. Saying GGs via ingame mail will never compare to getting hype over stupid crap like demon's or scrub gun headbutts.

If not face to face then at least voice chat is good to.  Especially when you want to say "you suck donkey dick" or you want to hear Euan yell out random special moves in bad engrish.

AWWWW SHIT! DID YOU SEE THAT!!! SHOOO RYUUUUU KEEEEENNNN!!!!!!!!!

[[NIUE] B1ackstar Ninja]

BERRRRSERKERRR BAAAAAARAGEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!

[stereomonkey]

YOU SO WIN A FREE BEER FROM ME! 

[[NIUE] B1ackstar Ninja]

YOU SO WIN A FREE BEER FROM ME! 

lol yay
Turns out I can come get pissed with you thursday night b4 xlan now .
Went for another xray and yip my fingers still broken , I think from playing SF and hitting the buttons when im not sposed too  lol so minimum 2 more weeks off haha so I wont be going back to work till monday the 13th after xlan now lol so if you want a ride from the airport too lemme know

[fluxcore]

hahahah, my tax payer dollars are paying you to play street fighter huh?

[Lennysaurus]

I was thinking, might be a good idea to put up a thread with peoples gamertags ready for tekken 6 when its near dropping?

Might pull some more peeps.

[HoneyBadger]

It'll be awesome if we can pull out exhibition matches due to the publicity of our tourney. We can all have nicknames and theme music!!!

[Barnstorm]

I was thinking, might be a good idea to put up a thread with peoples gamertags ready for tekken 6 when its near dropping?

Might pull some more peeps.

its still another 4 months away but it is a good idea

boringryu being on ps3 and a lack of chat makes a huge difference its still not the same as arcade but its a lot better than sitting there by yourself i generally dont like playing if there is no1 to chat i just get real angry

on the note of t6 i think a tourny would be a good idea soon after its release

[fluxcore]

There's a national time zone tekken 6 br tourney going on ?sometime soon?, and apparently a 2v2 tourney tomorrow run by the tekken crowd, not sure how often they do them though.

But yeah, t6 console tournaments are certainly a possibility...

[Barnstorm]

There's a national time zone tekken 6 br tourney going on ?sometime soon?, and apparently a 2v2 tourney tomorrow run by the tekken crowd, not sure how often they do them though.

But yeah, t6 console tournaments are certainly a possibility...

yeah 2v2 tomorow

i was just thinking the more people we can get the better and tekken has a mass following i would even say bring the smash bro peeps in

its just a matter of building a scene
me personnaly i enjoy meeting people almost more than playing

ive gone to a few tekken tournys and the things i remember the most are

getting starbucks and checking out the hot asians in auckland before the tourny
betting on whose gona win a match
going out for wierd/different food after
having some epic laughs especially when toothy yelled fuck that shit to the waiter

i barely remember the games besides close matches and rage when people lost