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Title: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on April 25, 2009, 08:48:46 AM
We had lols last night trying to install this, many problems - we gave up and played HDR instead. Anyway, this is live now!

Details:
http://www.capcom-unity.com/s-kill/blog/2009/04/16/sfivs_free_championship_mode_update_

I'm not going to complain about free stuff, but tbh not particularly hyped about any of the changes in this.

Uhh, yep...
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: geneterror on April 25, 2009, 09:13:09 AM
Updated last night, PS3 update had no problems. I just like the fact that character selection in graded matches is double blind ;D
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: stereomonkey on April 25, 2009, 12:33:59 PM
This is shit.

You can't make your own private tournament  >:(.  All this is is a updated ranked mode with blind select. 

The replays so far are pretty shit.  They load super quick and have a awesome slow mode (plus you can skip the introduction animations) but the matches them self are not very awe inspiring.    They must record the input codes of each player and then upload them to the server, then when you go to watch it you just end up downloading the inputs and then the game uses those inputs collected to replay the match.  Really good considering its not a "video" of some sort that would use up shite loads of bandwidth.


Utter shite!
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: CptMunta on April 25, 2009, 04:02:52 PM
Quote from: geneterror on April 25, 2009, 09:13:09 AM
Updated last night, PS3 update had no problems. I just like the fact that character selection in graded matches is double blind ;D

Co-sign,

The video system is pretty worthless. You can watch a match but you can't bookmark it or save it. So what's the point?

At least the Xbox version you can save replays slow it down etc.

Also the PS3 icon thing is annoying and stupid. entries 10 each for each match max I reckon. People are just mashing buttons while watching replays. And the sound is fuckin' annoying.

The tourney modes fun though. I was on 1:30 in the morning with 3 other guys with a decent connection. Elimination_ would always peace me out in the semis :/

Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: stereomonkey on April 25, 2009, 05:01:23 PM
I have to admit, the tournie mode is pretty fun.  Nice to see real results on your win, too bad you can't choose which match goes to the Server.  My 2nd match was crazy intenese against Ziggy Oz, but the one that was uploaded made me look like a poo bum  :(
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: CptMunta on April 25, 2009, 05:39:57 PM
This post from Mr Wizard is interesting:

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showpost.php?p=6567599&postcount=18

I wonder what else happened to the game.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] BIRRY WONG on April 25, 2009, 09:34:39 PM
I can understand them rebalancing the console exclusive characters, i would almost go so far as to say thats 'fine' But they should NOT be touching any of the physics to do with the arcade roster. Making the console version different to the arcade version is stupid. I dont want to see it become like MVC2 PS2 version.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on April 25, 2009, 10:44:25 PM
wtf...!
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] Optimus DAVE on April 26, 2009, 01:02:01 PM
Maybe they're hinting at making a SF4:Super Turbo...lol

You never know ::) ::)
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: Griever on April 26, 2009, 05:34:43 PM
least we didnt hav to pay for it tho. tht costume idea? paying for sumthing tht is already on your game jus so u can use it. hard times i guess, but is it really in this industry? even snk managed to get bak on ther feet. mind you that was a while ago nw. ryo + robert = dan. yo yea!
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] B1ackstar Ninja on April 26, 2009, 10:30:20 PM
i cant seem to get any decent connections over 2 bars .
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: iMagneto on April 26, 2009, 10:51:19 PM
im trying to update it. and then it keeps fucking up... i hate my stupid gay connection
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] BIRRY WONG on April 27, 2009, 06:15:28 AM
Random connection question: Where can i see how strong my own connection is? Theres a big blank space in the matchup screen next to my name (where, on the opponents area, the connection is showed) I don't even have the flashing aerial icon that seems to indicate a bad connection.

Or is the connection bar just an indicator of general connectivity between the two players?
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: stereomonkey on April 27, 2009, 08:20:22 AM
Quote from: ILL_BILL on April 27, 2009, 06:15:28 AM
Or is the connection bar just an indicator of general connectivity between the two players?

Yup, and join our invites when we send them to ya  :(
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] BIRRY WONG on April 27, 2009, 10:27:23 AM
Quote from: stereomonkey on April 27, 2009, 08:20:22 AM
Quote from: ILL_BILL on April 27, 2009, 06:15:28 AM
Or is the connection bar just an indicator of general connectivity between the two players?

Yup, and join our invites when we send them to ya  :(

Now that im on Gold i actually CAN. I was on silver before. I was trying to invite people myself the other day, but it was greyed out and i couldnt. So after about 20 really REALLY scrubby matches against randoms with low connectivity, i ragequit.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: CrazyMobius on April 29, 2009, 07:27:56 PM
Also the update lets you see what country your friends are from and what people's DISCONNECT RATIO is.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: CrazyMobius on May 09, 2009, 09:01:55 PM
I still don't understand how this thing works. :/
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on May 09, 2009, 09:07:47 PM
It's just a normal player vs player battle, but people get separated into grades during their tournament, so finalists can only play other finalists, 1st rounders can only play 1st rounders etc. There's nothing stopping you playing the same person multiple times during the tournament if they progress to your level before you find someone else to play.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 10, 2009, 09:30:26 PM
yea they should of gave you bp for this. i mean wtf . gp,bp,cp? and now its harder to find matches because they split the people between the two modes. i would be way better ranked if icould be fucked searching for atleast 2 bar matches for fucken aaaaages .
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: CrazyMobius on May 10, 2009, 10:41:19 PM
I have have played one match and won. Does that mean it doesn't matter when I play the next match I will still keep my place and just wait until there is a connectiom with another player that fits the corresponding criteria?
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on May 10, 2009, 10:45:29 PM
Quote from: CrazyMobius on May 10, 2009, 10:41:19 PM
I have have played one match and won. Does that mean it doesn't matter when I play the next match I will still keep my place and just wait until there is a connectiom with another player that fits the corresponding criteria?

Precisely
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] BIRRY WONG on May 11, 2009, 06:49:04 AM
I lost the only one i played because due to the WORST lag ive ever had in anything, i couldnt punish. Whiffed HP tiger uppercut, i go in for a combo starting with a HK, ken stands there...waits.....eats another HP tiger uppercut. Opp whiffs another one, i go in mashing the hell out of the jab button, ken stands there....waits.....eats a lvl2 FA -> ultra.

This is where i stopped and taunted for the rest of the match. Which didnt matter, since ken physically couldnt MOVE at all.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 11, 2009, 01:08:29 PM
yea so how much gp yall got i got like 1800 but goes up least 200 a day because its still so easy i hardly ever lose if i do luckily its in the first match mostly because i'm fuckin around . I just take 1 bar matches now who cares i still win, just spam the fuck out of stupid moves and they walk into it because of the lag lol .
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on May 11, 2009, 01:12:23 PM
I lose to the scrubbiest bullshit ever, so I'm only at like 1600.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 11, 2009, 01:21:32 PM
Quote from: fluxcore on May 11, 2009, 01:12:23 PM
I lose to the scrubbiest bullshit ever, so I'm only at like 1600.
lol atleast your honest i lost to a flowchart ken once.man it was so funny.yeah he was probally the best flowchart ken in the world lol
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: geneterror on May 11, 2009, 01:50:27 PM
I'm sitting around 1500 somewhere. I haven't done a ranked match since Champion Mode got released though. I was up about 2500 but lost a shitload trying to get my Abel competitive :-[
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 11, 2009, 01:58:19 PM
Quote from: geneterror on May 11, 2009, 01:50:27 PM
I'm sitting around 1500 somewhere. I haven't done a ranked match since Champion Mode got released though. I was up about 2500 but lost a shitload trying to get my Abel competitive :-[
yeah lol thats what happened to me when i startd practicing with my dictator went from 3000bp to 2600 in like 2 minutes lol. my gp is already 2000 and i just posted i had 1800 like 20 minuets ago
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on May 11, 2009, 02:03:20 PM
Yeah he's talking GP not BP. My BP is like 10 or something, only ever found 2 ranked matches with more than 2 bars.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 11, 2009, 02:08:46 PM
Bro get this i just had a match with some blanka player and in the final round we double ko'd, he was doing electric and i did EX headstomp. Then it said both of us go to 3rd battle i was like yeah cool that sounds about right, then after i won my next match it said go to 2nd battle i was like WTF stupid cpu doesnt know what its on about mate.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: stereomonkey on May 11, 2009, 02:51:24 PM
Lol, I'm on 2300 GP.  Still waiting for you mofoos to get up to me :P (XBL people)
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: CrazyMobius on May 11, 2009, 03:42:00 PM
this works totally different to how I thought. Better though! I was thinking you have to set an hour or so aside before you play and you had to wait for all the other matches to climb the ladder. :/
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on May 11, 2009, 03:44:33 PM
Yeah, it's not really a tournament as such, but I guess it works better for an online thing like this. The only downer is how much it segregates the people that ARE online, which is pretty fatal for somewhere as small as us - somehow I'm still getting more games than I ever did in ranked mode though.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 11, 2009, 04:53:22 PM
far when you get to G2 it gets way harder i just won a championship and the total CP at the end was a whopping 40,000 and i still only got 105  GP 's thought. the people with over 3000 are good . its about time i was getting bored
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] BIRRY WONG on May 11, 2009, 05:49:38 PM
Ill get up there once i

A) Stop sucking

and

B) Find matches with more than one bar.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] B1ackstar Ninja on May 11, 2009, 06:35:31 PM
Quote from: stereomonkey on May 11, 2009, 02:51:24 PM
Lol, I'm on 2300 GP.  Still waiting for you mofoos to get up to me :P (XBL people)

im on 1995 lol .
one more match till g2
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: FearlessNewbie on May 11, 2009, 06:51:29 PM
Went from 800 to 2600 gp last weekend, met lots good players, system even auto uploaded my 1st replay which ranked No.8 and I had no idea how the hell it happened...

Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: stereomonkey on May 11, 2009, 11:31:21 PM
Nice going Fearless.  I thought that none of us would get another reply (or even A reply for those who have none :'()
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: CrazyMobius on May 12, 2009, 10:29:28 AM
Is it that I'm getting dumber or just more out of touch? I don't know what the hell anyone is talking about anymore.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] BIRRY WONG on May 12, 2009, 10:32:19 AM
Quote from: CrazyMobius on May 12, 2009, 10:29:28 AM
Is it that I'm getting dumber or just more out of touch? I don't know what the hell anyone is talking about anymore.

Dumber IMO. :P

At higher levels i think it auto-uploads a replay of your match. But apparently fearless is the only one professional enough for that at this stage.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on May 12, 2009, 10:47:29 AM
Stu has a replay uploaded, but apparently it sucks...

I think the first time you are eligible for a replay upload it does it automatically.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 12, 2009, 01:27:41 PM
Quote from: fluxcore on May 12, 2009, 10:47:29 AM
Stu has a replay uploaded, but apparently it sucks...

I think the first time you are eligible for a replay upload it does it automatically.
yeah it does it automatically but what sux about it, its a replay if it sux the player sux . hey how do you find it mine got uploaded yesterday but i checked ranking and my rank in replays and shit. i'm at 2700 now ,its starting to get boring though to easy.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 13, 2009, 04:09:44 PM
hey any of you's know how to look at your own replay, i got 3200gp and besides i saw it say ''uploading replay'' and its not in the new replays or normal replays in both categories top rank and friends. Or maybe you just cant view your own only your friends,vice versa.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 13, 2009, 06:36:49 PM
Quote from: weazzyefff on May 13, 2009, 04:09:44 PM
hey any of you's know how to look at your own replay, i got 3200gp and besides i saw it say ''uploading replay'' and its not in the new replays or normal replays in both categories top rank and friends. Or maybe you just cant view your own only your friends,vice versa.
nevermind i found it lol.  it was probably just taking a while to upload
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] BIRRY WONG on May 13, 2009, 06:43:12 PM
Fuck. I have like, 140 because i can NEVER find a decent match.

I had 3 DIFFERENT people today, who i beasted in round one, and got the upper hand in round 2, only to have them fucking disconnect. THREE PEOPLE.

If not this shit then theres lag. Am i better off just playing on the weekend?
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on May 13, 2009, 07:31:58 PM
I don't really have much problem finding people, I'm usually on ~9:30 onwards some nights, and randomly on weekends...
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on May 15, 2009, 11:04:51 AM
"How the grade points and shit work pretty much"
http://forums.eventhubs.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=233
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 16, 2009, 09:38:38 AM
i got 4200gp now might give it a rest for a while and do some of there hard trials aye, or untill somebody posts up they got 10,000 or something.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: Will on May 16, 2009, 09:00:20 PM
I have 650-700 I think, been getting more wins lately which is all good. Will play a heap more once my new internet cap has been raised and I get a stick off Lenny (:D!!!)
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: FearlessNewbie on May 17, 2009, 12:46:44 AM
Quote from: weazzyefff on May 16, 2009, 09:38:38 AM
i got 4200gp now might give it a rest for a while and do some of there hard trials aye, or untill somebody posts up they got 10,000 or something.

a dude (GT: WKYLe)from AKL has over 10,000gp... mains RYU  8)
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: [NIUE] weazzyefff on May 17, 2009, 03:04:45 AM
Quote from: FearlessNewbie on May 17, 2009, 12:46:44 AM
Quote from: weazzyefff on May 16, 2009, 09:38:38 AM
i got 4200gp now might give it a rest for a while and do some of there hard trials aye, or untill somebody posts up they got 10,000 or something.

a dude (GT: WKYLe)from AKL has over 10,000gp... mains RYU  8)
damn i'm gonna pretend i didnt see this  lol, nah jokes.Yeah i rekon most people on this site(Lenny,hydro,toomeke, etc)could get that easy if we could put up with laggy as fuck matches.i played a ryu yesterday that had 11500gp and beat him with dictator,just throwing and wakeup ex headstomp and beat him easy, nearly perfected him and i've been owned by ryu's with 2000gp.Played a flowchart ken today with 7500gp and you can guess what happened, I LOST, lol nah jokes he got served.you could go up a thousand a day easy if your good or even if you just play championship mode over and over excepting 1 bar matches and what not.
Title: Re: SFIV Power pack (championship update) released!
Post by: fluxcore on May 17, 2009, 09:48:27 AM
I'm now at 1950 or so...

I just don't get enough matches in. I can't even go up 1k in a week!