Street Fighter IV

[reektan]

What's a good idea to use .. Read bad things about wd heh .. My guitar hero guitar had the same squeakiness which annoyed the hell out of me

[kernow]

Could try stripping it down and using normal grease you can get from anywhere, or teflon based lubricant. I have both here for me bicycle, can get either for a couple quid.

[stepp]

I dont usually like fighting games, last game i was into was street fighter 2 back on the snes.

This game has got me hooked, i spent 70 quid on the stick and i can honestly say its awesome.

Im gona swap the parts out for the sanwa parts though

The game is brilliant, defo the best fighter ever imo.

[hudson]

Hey you Street Fighting guuuuuuuuyz. There's a friendly NTSC-uk 360/PS3 SFIV tourney thread now open to all here

[C']

Finally 1CCed Arcade mode with Ryu on medium last night. Seth was a very close fight and I thought I'd messed up in the final round but managed to land a Metsu Hadoken and decided to just pile on the pressure when he was cornered and it paid off. Still don’t feel confident I could repeat it though.

Disconnections are really starting to annoy me in general now. I've had a series of people disconnect as I was about to finish them with an ultra. Ranked is really not a lot of fun. You spend so long waiting or trying to join a game, only to have the other player disconnect or the connection drop before its over. It's hard to get into the swing of things as you spend more time looking at menus than actually playing.

I can’t remember the last time someone disconnected on me. It really hasn’t been a problem at all so it’s odd that others are finding it so prevalent. I changed my Search preferences to Same Skill last night and it’s also seemed to have weeded out the constant Ken spam. A fair few Ryus (but none seemed like they didn’t really know how to use them which was a common problem with most of the Kens) but fought a good amount of the roster last night and having to develop my game accordingly.

Really though it’s not worth getting stressed over your BP. Even with the best netcode in the world there are going to be times when lag or latency play a part and it takes some of the result out of your hands when this happens (especially when you’re playing characters that rely on doing constant damage rather than being able to rely on 1 or 2 big hitting moves). I’m not saying that all my losses are down to lag obviously, but there have definitely been a few occasions where a move has not activated correctly in a laggy environment and cost me a round.

Player matches really are the best times I’ve had with the game. I’ve played Singho, Fallows and Saurian over the last week and the matches with those required me to play with much higher levels of concentration and variety in my play than any Ranked Match so far. I felt more benefit from those sessions than any amount of BP added to my score.

[Brad]

Found my dude - Vega
Stuck on the 5th lot of challenges though:

Crouching med punch ->
EX Flying Barcelona ->
Izuna Drop

Even when I pull all three moves off it doesn't register?

[eastyy]

that one i didnt have a problem with as long as you trapped them in a corner.....the ex flying barcelona goes for the nearest wall

[Brad]

So the EX has to make contact on the way to the wall to count?

[Riskbreaker]

Capcom have put up their SFIV training manual in pdf format. You can grab it here:

http://www.capcom-unity.com/snow_infernus/blog/2009/02/27/sfiv_training_manual

[JamesS]

Really though it’s not worth getting stressed over your BP. Even with the best netcode in the world there are going to be times when lag or latency play a part and it takes some of the result out of your hands when this happens (especially when you’re playing characters that rely on doing constant damage rather than being able to rely on 1 or 2 big hitting moves).

I'm not bothered about the BP at all. I just want to play the game.

I should probably switch to player matches, I guess. It'd be nice if player matches had a mode like ranked where you just play individual matches against different people, as that's really why I've been playing ranked in the first place. Maybe I'm being overly bothered by it but I feel bad about just dropping out of player match lobbies (particularly on PS3 where communication is a pain).

[Stormtec]

So the EX has to make contact on the way to the wall to count?

Yep. If you stand right next to him EX towards the far wall (i.e. the wall you are facing), you should get him with it.

[Brad]

Nice one mate, probably saved a few hours' frustration for me!

[Number45]

Check out the boxer combo at the end of that video!

[C']

Ah, this combo talk reminds me I need help with one of Chun Li’s Normal Trials.

Focus Attack > m.punch > Super Combo

I can 2in1 the m.punch > Super Combo easy enough but cannot link the Focus Attack at the start. I’ve tried dash cancelling after the FA hits but don’t seem to be able to charge the Super Combo quick enough.

[JamesS]

Ah, this combo talk reminds me I need help with one of Chun Li’s Normal Trials.

Focus Attack > m.punch > Super Combo

I can 2in1 the m.punch > Super Combo easy enough but cannot link the Focus Attack at the start. I’ve tried dash cancelling after the FA hits but don’t seem to be able to charge the Super Combo quick enough.

Don't you just do a charged focus attack and do the punch while they're in their crumple anim?

You don't need to do dash cancels or anything like that for her normal trials.