Street Fighter IV

[Stormtec]

Actually, they seem to have made Dan quite good in this game. The stigma of previous iterations have led many to underestimate him in SFIV

[teddymeow]

Going to have a mammoth session on this tonight after getting my Arcade Fightstick in at work today (still no Tournament stick )

If anybody fancies some online bouts then bung me an invite. My PSN tag is teddymeow for this of you who don't have it.

[Number45]

Actually, they seem to have made Dan quite good in this game. The stigma of previous iterations have led many to underestimate him in SFIV

I hate coming up against him online. My mind goes straight into shoto playing mode, then I fail because they don't use the same basic zoning techniques that the others tend to use.

[hudson]

Look at Blanka up there. I hate that overgrown son of pea.

[belmondo]

I was wondering why there are so many more Sagats and Blankas on PSN now. It's like CvS2 on XBL all over again!

[112]

I just can't get the intro tune out my mind.......... been humming it all day now.........

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[Geezer]

I just fought my first Dan online! This is out of 600 or so matches (300ish on each console). He's my most rare opponent along with Seth.

I was surprised to see that the other player had 2800BP afterwards, so i guess Dan isn't his main

[Hulk Davidson]

I've played a load of ranked matches but haven't faced anyone over 1500BP. I'm around 1900 now. Do the search parameters actually work?

[Geezer]

I've got about 2700BP at the moment and mostly face 2K+ guys and a moderate number of 3K+ players. I've faced maybe 10 4K+ players and a solitary 5K+ player who had a pretty cheap Honda.

[Flabio]

If you're just going for 'quick match' then that doesn't use your search params.

[browngirl]

http://store.gameshark.net/brand/sfiv.htm

not sure if im allowed to post this in first play, but ltd stock available of both TE stick and the cheaper on

[Mayhem]

And the TE is gone again...

Now a counter question. I've faced two Dhalsims and both have spammed his hard attack on ground and then the air, keeping their distance. Suggestions for dealing with them because trying to close the distance can be very hard. Timing some dragon punches properly? Or something else? When I close the distance, I wreck them but then they get the chance to teleport away and repeat the process.

[Hulk Davidson]

If you're just going for 'quick match' then that doesn't use your search params.

Ah, thanks Flabio, that answers my question nicely.

[ste]

And the TE is gone again...

Now a counter question. I've faced two Dhalsims and both have spammed his hard attack on ground and then the air, keeping their distance. Suggestions for dealing with them because trying to close the distance can be very hard. Timing some dragon punches properly? Or something else? When I close the distance, I wreck them but then they get the chance to teleport away and repeat the process.

shoryuken forums have dedicated matchup threads for each character, definitely check them out.

I'm not sure search is accurate. I started playing Ranked this week hoping the Kens had gone! At 5k bp and searches for "more skilled" are finding all sorts. Even had a textbook Blanka ultra-on-wakeup dropper, and **** me if he had more than 100 bp.

So who's ordered from Gameshark? I've had no notification of dispatch yet! I'm nervous now after my Amazon TE debacle.

[MattyD]

And the TE is gone again...

Now a counter question. I've faced two Dhalsims and both have spammed his hard attack on ground and then the air, keeping their distance. Suggestions for dealing with them because trying to close the distance can be very hard. Timing some dragon punches properly? Or something else? When I close the distance, I wreck them but then they get the chance to teleport away and repeat the process.

C. Viper makes mincemeat of Dhalsim. If the player is spamming low ground attacks you can either super-jump right over them and attack from behind or try to land on them for a crossover combo (I suggest mk>burning kick or hk>crouching mp>m Thunder Knuckle. Easier still is just to start with a Burning Kick; it goes right over the punch and hits him on the head. It also knocks him over so you can set up your next move.

If they get wise to this and start doing the diagonal anti-air kick use EX Seismic Hammer and dash cancel it to close the distance, or if you're close enough do an EX M Thunder Knuckle to sail right through them.

Another good anti-Dhalsim is Cammy - use Spiral Arrow for low attacks and Hooligon Combination > Fatal Leg Twist or jump > Cannon Strike for jumping over low punches.

I suppose you could also be a scrub and spam fireballs with a shoto character...

If you're just going for 'quick match' then that doesn't use your search params.

So this must be why I keep getting paired with people who don't even have any bars on their connection indicator