Hey all.
So I was interested in finding out how much experience you guys have had in the arcades on your favourite games and what they are?
And how well you guys stack up to the opponents you've played?
Because I've lived out in the countryish most of my life, I haven't had much access to the arcades. But I played a little bit a year or so back, at Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike. I've won most of my games, but lost a couple of close ones to a Makoto and Urien. Pretty sure I could take em now, the Urien wasn't using Aegis Reflector or anything.
Most of the people I've played used Akuma, and weren't very good. I normally start using Remy SA II, then switch to Ken SA III if I get beat. So I haven't played all that much, but i'm looking to change that this year, as I will most likely move into the city at some point.
I got beasted by some 12 year old at Tekken 4 awhile back. And beasted by some guy on a KoF (can't remember the year). I haven't put much thought into Guilty Gear recently, and I sold my MvC2 (yes, i'm retarded), so I haven't had any experience in those.
How about you guys?
I started playing 3rd strike about 2 years ago when I moved up to auckland. I live and go to school in the cbd, which means I play way too much. But my game has really improved beacause of it and whenever I come back down to wellington nobody can beat me XD. (different story in auckland though)
Who do you play man? :D
Quote from: Ulrira on January 16, 2007, 06:26:09 PM
I live and go to school in the cbd, which means I play way too much.
After recently falling in love with the CBD (Yifan's, all the wonderfully unusual people, some random guy coming up to me and telling me "Thats a fucking nice t-shirt" in reference to my Pulp Fiction shirt...).
I just love the whole atmosphere of the CBD, and I'm seriously considering going flatting there, or nearby at least, in a year or two. Probably coincide with when I go to Media Design School (when, not if. Getting turned down is not an option).
Whats it like to live there? Mainly, how costly is it?
Back on topic,
I guess most of my experience is, sadly, fighting CPUs. I think my best game would be #Reload, which I'm getting back into now after letting her sleep for a while. Also, to a lesser extent, SFA3 and CVS2.
I'm slowly adjusting to stick play, and would love to get some decent comp in for any of these.
Quote from: Coddfish on January 16, 2007, 08:48:25 PM
Whats it like to live there? Mainly, how costly is it?
It's ok I guess and when you factor in the amount of money you'll save on travel, probably not that much more expensive. But then you gotta resist the urge to spend all your money at the arcade :-\
Quote from: Fate on January 16, 2007, 08:28:44 PM
Who do you play man? :D
In wellington? Just random button mashers mostly.
Hah. Yeah, that seems to be the case.
I was wondering what characters on 3rd Strike though? ;o
Like I play Ken and Remy (occasionally).
Ooooh... Mostly Urien and Q, with a bit of Ryu/Necro/Makoto on the side.
Ooh, Q, nice. I haven't seen much of him. What super art do you use with Urien?
And i've been seeing some CRAZY Necro's movies on youtube, search Sugiyama or PinoAB7.
Aegis reflector. I pretty much suck with Necro though, those corner stun combos are so hard!!!
I can imagine. Sugiyama makes it look so easy.
Check out this vid for one of the best matches I've ever seen.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cZ-6kz5LyiI
Quote from: Fate on January 16, 2007, 03:08:12 PM
Hey all.
So I was interested in finding out how much experience you guys have had in the arcades on your favourite games and what they are?
And how well you guys stack up to the opponents you've played?
The only 'real' competition I can say I've faced in the arcade has been at Yifan's, and that's been a mixed bag success wise. I do have a lot of problems with the sticks up there, but that's no-ones fault but my own.
MvC2:
Only one guy up there has played a good MvC2 against me, same guy, two different occasions. He whipped me first time back when I was a bit of a scrub, and it was closer but he still beat me on our next encounter. Seemed to fall victim to Cable quite easily.
I always find after a Yifan's experience that I should have just played a bit longer, because I'm sure I would have taken him.
Hamilton MvC2 is just sad. I met one fellow that was decent, and then became good friends with him & trained him up. He lives in Sydney now. :( Other than that it's entirely scrubs who think they are good because they can beat the computer at Xmen vs SF with Ryu and Akuma.
SamSho5:
Personally I really like the recent releases of SamSho. No cabs around in Ham, no players either. This is the only game where I've gone up to Yifan's and hung with everyone I've played, mainly presumably because no one really plays it. Haven't tried Tenka yet, but hear it's pretty good.
3s:
Back when I used to like this game some Urien from Game Paradise challenged my Urien and destroyed me with unblockables. I can't remember if I played at Yifan's, but if I did I'm sure I lost. 3s peeps in Auckland were just way better than me. Everyone was just playing Ken though, really boring. >_<
No cabs in Ham, so sucks.
Tekken5:
I'd played this game for roughly a week and then there was the one and only tourney in anything since XmenvsSF I'm aware of in Hamilton. I went out in two, but was very close to beating my first opponent who was absolutely flabbergasted that I'd only been playing a week. The second guy was Steve vs my Julia and I couldn't do a fucking thing. Damn that 5.0 Steve.
I haven't played Tekken before or after this in the arcade, but there is a DR cab. No home port = me no likey.
Like yourself, 95% of my playing has been vs comp, and I have one friend that still plays me at UMK3 occasionally. That's why I made this site, I'm just pissed off that I can't play anyone.
--flux
Quote from: fluxcore on January 17, 2007, 10:04:17 AM
MvC2:
Only one guy up there has played a good MvC2 against me, same guy, two different occasions. He whipped me first time back when I was a bit of a scrub, and it was closer but he still beat me on our next encounter. Seemed to fall victim to Cable quite easily.
come to yifans tomorrow. ill play you. ill either be better or worse than you.
Quote from: samurai black on January 17, 2007, 12:03:43 PM
come to yifans tomorrow. ill play you. ill either be better or worse than you.
I'm in Hamilton, dude. Next time I'm up maybe we can meet though.
--flux
gutted. oh well, ill practice against my mate then. gonna work on some crappy msp against his damn ironman. goddamn infinite = not cool
Quote from: samurai black on January 17, 2007, 01:10:10 PM
gutted. oh well, ill practice against my mate then. gonna work on some crappy msp against his damn ironman. goddamn infinite = not cool
Don't get hit :D
--flux
easier said than done. still, his ironman is no where near as scary as my mate's brother. so dangerous, it's not funny.
There's a guy called Illan (or Iron Illan, or Iron Rush In) that features in some of the denjin-video.com (http://denjin-video.com) mvc2 ranbats who is pretty absurd, it's actually quite amazing that a char with an easy infinite off any hit ISN'T in the top 4 characters... still freakin scary though.
--flux
Shoutout to Ulrira, we had some games today in Welly. It was awesome. Great games man, you really owned me but it's nice to play people that actually know how to play. So the only way is up :)
Thanks, and good luck finding comp in wellington(hopefully this site will help).
Quote from: fluxcore on January 17, 2007, 01:42:19 PM
There's a guy called Illan (or Iron Illan, or Iron Rush In) that features in some of the denjin-video.com (http://denjin-video.com) mvc2 ranbats who is pretty absurd, it's actually quite amazing that a char with an easy infinite off any hit ISN'T in the top 4 characters... still freakin scary though.
--flux
if he wer a little bit faster dash wise....he'd be better then cable and magz.......its that simple.........
next tym ur up in aux.....drop a msg.......we got some all good mvc2 comp up here....heck i'll even give u some third strike/cvs2 comp........i suck, but i kno people that will be there that are good, they'll be keen for some new comp.......aww yeh, this site is dope bro
I wanted to make something like this but just didnt know how.......ima tell everyone one i know that plays games about it.........nzism 100%.....
n samurai.........dont even dare forget about clockw0rk haha
Quote from: fluxcore on January 17, 2007, 10:04:17 AM
MvC2:
Hamilton MvC2 is just sad. I met one fellow that was decent, and then became good friends with him & trained him up. He lives in Sydney now.
--flux
Oh man, those were the days. I can't believe I was using silver sam, jin and storm as a main team. Hah
I think I still need training, I havn't played in such a long time on the DC these cob webs all over it, seriously
Marvel vs Capcom 2: Love the game, can never get to much of it... well maybe after the third time I hear "I wanna take you for a ride" lol. Favourite team: Mags,Sent and Storm. Team I want to be great with: Sent Strider and Doom.
I'm not very good at any other fighters. I enjoy CVS2, ST, 3S and KOF 97 and 2k2.
but if there is somebody playing I'm always happy to challange :)
Quote from: D0P3FI3ND on January 17, 2007, 11:01:36 PM
n samurai.........dont even dare forget about clockw0rk haha
bro, whenever clockw0rk comes out i might as just bend over and take it. itll still hurt like a mofo, but it'll be over so much quicker. still, i prefer fighting clockw0rk over spiral.
Quote from: D0P3FI3ND on January 17, 2007, 11:01:36 PM
if he wer a little bit faster dash wise....he'd be better then cable and magz.......its that simple.........
Cable is like the exact opposite... he's almost shit but AHVB is just so powerful he's top. I've been so tempted to pick up IM just to have fun against scrubs, but he's kind of too much effort...
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next tym ur up in aux.....drop a msg.......we got some all good mvc2 comp up here....heck i'll even give u some third strike/cvs2 comp........i suck, but i kno people that will be there that are good, they'll be keen for some new comp.......aww yeh, this site is dope bro
I wanted to make something like this but just didnt know how.......ima tell everyone one i know that plays games about it.........nzism 100%.....
For sure. I dropped a message LAST time I was up in AKL, but no one got my cell # so we could synchronise. To be perfectly honest I don't really care about 3s or CvS2, I'll play them, but why bother when MvC2 is around? :D
Thanks for the kind words about the site... I found the original post I made on gp forums in 2003 when I first was thinking about making such a site... got basically no response & so didn't go ahead with it. Only recently I got so pissed off about having no comp that I decided just to go ahead and do it & not care if no one came. Please do tell everyone that will listen about the site... the main purpose is matchmaking, so the more people the more possible matches!
I'm going to make a post on tekkenzaibatsu, actually, to try and get some tekken heads around. They probably have the biggest scene in NZ, so despite not being a massive 3d fighter fan I want to support them too.
Cheers,
--flux
Quote from: stereomonkey on January 18, 2007, 12:25:47 AM
Oh man, those were the days. I can't believe I was using silver sam, jin and storm as a main team. Hah
I think I still need training, I havn't played in such a long time on the DC these cob webs all over it, seriously
Marvel vs Capcom 2: Love the game, can never get to much of it... well maybe after the third time I hear "I wanna take you for a ride" lol. Favourite team: Mags,Sent and Storm. Team I want to be great with: Sent Strider and Doom.
I'm not very good at any other fighters. I enjoy CVS2, ST, 3S and KOF 97 and 2k2.
but if there is somebody playing I'm always happy to challange :)
Well first time we played you used Storm, Mag, Psy... and I was like "Switch your order fool!" :D I did fucking hate that silver sam mash super though. So painful!
--flux
clockwork huh!
Yep clockwork ;D
ClockwOrk > KAIsing wOrk > davewOrk > PICCO wOrk > LeewOrk > bEnW0Rk
This are da player in Yifans...
D-w0rx son :D
nah man....u got da best one man.......
lol if only clockw0rk came here.....id cry :P
Quote from: D0P3FI3ND on January 25, 2007, 01:13:42 PM
lol if only clockw0rk came here.....id cry :P
The amount you guys are on his nuts he just might! j/k he's awesome.
--flux
Quote from: fluxcore on January 25, 2007, 01:43:41 PM
Quote from: D0P3FI3ND on January 25, 2007, 01:13:42 PM
lol if only clockw0rk came here.....id cry :P
The amount you guys are on his nuts he just might! j/k he's awesome.
--flux
oh gosh i hope he does ::) :P
he was in the phillipines not too long ago wasnt he? too bad he never made a stop off over here...
Quote from: gunsmoke on January 25, 2007, 11:39:46 AM
ClockwOrk > KAIsing wOrk > davewOrk > PICCO wOrk > LeewOrk > bEnW0Rk
This are da player in Yifans...
ClockwOrk is surely awesome.... But l dunno all the other "wOrk" under his name :P
either get kick ass pretty quick... Or... MISTAKE comes along often >:(
The only 'real' competition I can say I've faced in the arcade has been at Yifan's, and that's been a mixed bag success wise. I do have a lot of problems with the sticks up there, but that's no-ones fault but my own.
MvC2:
Only one guy up there has played a good MvC2 against me, same guy, two different occasions. He whipped me first time back when I was a bit of a scrub, and it was closer but he still beat me on our next encounter. Seemed to fall victim to Cable quite easily.
I always find after a Yifan's experience that I should have just played a bit longer, because I'm sure I would have taken him.
Hamilton MvC2 is just sad. I met one fellow that was decent, and then became good friends with him & trained him up. He lives in Sydney now. :( Other than that it's entirely scrubs who think they are good because they can beat the computer at Xmen vs SF with Ryu and Akuma.
SamSho5:
Personally I really like the recent releases of SamSho. No cabs around in Ham, no players either. This is the only game where I've gone up to Yifan's and hung with everyone I've played, mainly presumably because no one really plays it. Haven't tried Tenka yet, but hear it's pretty good.
3s:
Back when I used to like this game some Urien from Game Paradise challenged my Urien and destroyed me with unblockables. I can't remember if I played at Yifan's, but if I did I'm sure I lost. 3s peeps in Auckland were just way better than me. Everyone was just playing Ken though, really boring. >_<
No cabs in Ham, so sucks.
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Flux... Do you remember what the guy look like in MvC2 who beat you....??
and according to my experience only Korean or new people uses Ken all the time.
All my other mates are using other CRAZY Char!
Quote from: ABC_SMN on January 31, 2007, 11:24:26 AM
Flux... Do you remember what the guy look like in MvC2 who beat you....??
and according to my experience only Korean or new people uses Ken all the time.
All my other mates are using other CRAZY Char!
I'm sorry to say that all I remember about him was that he was asian, and the first time he whipped my ass I went over and said 'good game' and shook his hand, and that he was completely taken aback and offered the limpest handshake I've ever encountered. :D
--flux
Quote from: fluxcore on January 31, 2007, 11:28:45 AM
Quote from: ABC_SMN on January 31, 2007, 11:24:26 AM
Flux... Do you remember what the guy look like in MvC2 who beat you....??
and according to my experience only Korean or new people uses Ken all the time.
All my other mates are using other CRAZY Char!
I'm sorry to say that all I remember about him was that he was asian, and the first time he whipped my ass I went over and said 'good game' and shook his hand, and that he was completely taken aback and offered the limpest handshake I've ever encountered. :D
--flux
Wouldn't be me then, I'm pretty friendly :) I'd have chatted a bit with you after a game, esp if you showed the courtesy. There's not many good players in MVC2, so meeting new skilled people is rare. It's usually the same group.
Quote from: Ryan on January 31, 2007, 01:24:09 PM
Quote from: fluxcore on January 31, 2007, 11:28:45 AM
Quote from: ABC_SMN on January 31, 2007, 11:24:26 AM
Flux... Do you remember what the guy look like in MvC2 who beat you....??
and according to my experience only Korean or new people uses Ken all the time.
All my other mates are using other CRAZY Char!
I'm sorry to say that all I remember about him was that he was asian, and the first time he whipped my ass I went over and said 'good game' and shook his hand, and that he was completely taken aback and offered the limpest handshake I've ever encountered. :D
--flux
Wouldn't be me then, I'm pretty friendly :) I'd have chatted a bit with you after a game, esp if you showed the courtesy. There's not many good players in MVC2, so meeting new skilled people is rare. It's usually the same group.
Shaking Hand ay....
He is TALL?? or Short....
did u remember what team he uses,,,,
and Did he wear glasses??
Sorry to ask all kind of question but we wanna see who was THAT GUY WAS!!!
So curious!
or.... does he have a curly hair? or.... his face is quite WHITE???
Does run away in the game with his cable?
once u answer these... We should know who HE IS!? I guess :o
Quote from: ABC_SMN on January 31, 2007, 01:43:13 PM
Shaking Hand ay....
He is TALL?? or Short....
did u remember what team he uses,,,,
and Did he wear glasses??
Sorry to ask all kind of question but we wanna see who was THAT GUY WAS!!!
So curious!
or.... does he have a curly hair? or.... his face is quite WHITE???
Does run away in the game with his cable?
once u answer these... We should know who HE IS!? I guess :o
Let's see... I only saw him sitting down, but I'd say he was a little short. Can't remember if he wore glasses... definitely didn't have curly hair! :D
This was in June 04 you must realise, so I really can't remember much at all. I know he used a Mag/Sent team, and was doing plenty of fast/unfly stuff & magneto shizz.
Good luck with that! :D
--flux
MUST BE MIKE!
yeh has to be mike haha.....
crazy ass unfly bastard
hahaha....
Mike!
Do you remember!!??
If Mike == IMagneto, then I don't think it was him... (judging from what I can make out on the match vids that were posted)
--flux
Mike's picked up his speed a lot during 2006. I wouldn't be surprised if his gameplay looks diff on those videos
SF series since a little kid, learned glitches and stuff alot...
btw NZ has heaps of talent in these old school SF stuff with the maori brothers.
SFA3: not playing hardout anymore but still can custom infinites and sh_t coz jump cancelling is easy.
CVS2: dunno, played about hardout for a year or more,
roll cancelling madness and hardout customs vs Daiki and kingpic back in the days.
SamSho: V, VSP and VI a bit hard for a while but screw that sh_t
GGXX and #R added: roughly 4.5 years
T5 to T5DR added: 2 years
Yeah man wonder when daiki coming back just to spend holidays few weeks and play cvs2..that was those days team Japan vs maori...kingpiccolo
Quote from: fluxcore on February 05, 2007, 12:20:27 PM
If Mike == IMagneto, then I don't think it was him... (judging from what I can make out on the match vids that were posted)
--flux
Mike was so CRAP back then.... u just wouldnt imagine....
He improve within 2 months!
No doubt... 2 MOnths !!
Quote from: ABC_SMN on February 06, 2007, 01:20:59 AM
Quote from: fluxcore on February 05, 2007, 12:20:27 PM
If Mike == IMagneto, then I don't think it was him... (judging from what I can make out on the match vids that were posted)
--flux
Mike was so CRAP back then.... u just wouldnt imagine....
He improve within 2 months!
No doubt... 2 MOnths !!
the most brutalist honesty if ever I saw........if you think mike was crap....i dont even wanna know about me :-\
I remember watching everyone playing sf3......so many people, but now......not so many...... :(
even CVS2 had a phew people wen i used to watch custom combos....
everyone should just come back and play :'(
Dave.....dont even talk about you...
Keep it quiet :P
But seriously... Mike improve heaps in a small period of time...
I forgot how SOL and DAVE got up....
Anyone knows???
Must be keep playing @ home!!! >:(