been really busy lately with work so not had much time
. was around yesterday and had a few hours of sf4 though 
ill probably be a little more active this week
Street Fighter (SFIV, SSFIV, HDR)
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been really busy lately with work so not had much time
. was around yesterday and had a few hours of sf4 though ill probably be a little more active this week
Finals of the Street Fighter 4 tourney at Devastation 2009 today over in Arizona.
Will be streaming live tonight at about 5 or 6pm our time at djWHEAT.tv. Recordings of the previous days coverage of the group stages and early brackets of SF4, Tekken6 and TvC are up on djwheat's ustream page.
Got up to about 2600 viewers yesterday, was pretty cool.
Will be streaming live tonight at about 5 or 6pm our time at djWHEAT.tv. Recordings of the previous days coverage of the group stages and early brackets of SF4, Tekken6 and TvC are up on djwheat's ustream page.
Got up to about 2600 viewers yesterday, was pretty cool.
People actually watch it? Really?
It's something like this...
G2-E 2000GP
G2-D 3000GP
G2-C 5000GP
G2-B 7,000GP
G2-A 10,000GP
Once in G2 you can play anyone from G2-A to E. Over 15,000GP takes you into G1. I have a mate on G1 who's a Sagat player, prob the best Sagat player I've played, I struggle to even get a round from him. As far as GS goes, don't think anyone has made it into that yet, maybe 50,000GP?
Not sure tbh, I won the final against a 14,000GP Ken player and it automatically gave me the option to upload so I did.
No never had this on the xbox, I played you afew times agesss ago on SF2HDR, but never on SF4. You whooped me on that
For some reason I struggle against good Guile players so it might be the same story on SF4 lol but yeah thats my PSN nick, add me on!mpower07
Or leave yours and I'll add you on.
It's something like this...
G2-E 2000GP
G2-D 3000GP
G2-C 5000GP
G2-B 7,000GP
G2-A 10,000GP
Once in G2 you can play anyone from G2-A to E. Over 15,000GP takes you into G1. I have a mate on G1 who's a Sagat player, prob the best Sagat player I've played, I struggle to even get a round from him. As far as GS goes, don't think anyone has made it into that yet, maybe 50,000GP?
Not sure tbh, I won the final against a 14,000GP Ken player and it automatically gave me the option to upload so I did.
No never had this on the xbox, I played you afew times agesss ago on SF2HDR, but never on SF4. You whooped me on that
mpower07
Or leave yours and I'll add you on.
Cavallino78
only about 6k on a couple of live streams at the moment.
Why wouldn't they? SF IV takes genuine skill and doesn't have any ridiculous ways to help you play it. That alone makes it very interesting to watch I think.
Some people actually watch Call of Duty 4/5 console clan matches (console = mass auto aim), probably one of the easiest games out at the moment.
If you were going to make Streetfighter a 'sport' or achievment, I'd rather spend the same amount of time being creative and being musical or getting fit and playing a sport, but each to their own.
What does that have to do with watching some videos online?
If people want to put time into Street Fighter to get really good at it then all the power to them, it can be a very social game especially if you have a strong arcade scene like they do in socal. You can make a lot of money from some of these Street Fighter tournaments too...somebody won a SFIV cabinet from the Gamestop tourney and I think that sold for well over 2 grand.
But yeah anyway, I don't see what your post had to do with people watching videos of high level SFIV play, sorry.
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Well, it was a bit of a ill-explained leap, but people enjoy watching skilled people play games.
I just find it a bit odd that people regard streetfighter as something so skillful that it becomes something worth watching live for leisure (note the use of the word 'live').
Well yeah it is considered a game requiring a lot of skill, always has been really and that would help explain why there's been so many tournaments where SF games have made an appearance. Street Fighter II is still used at Evo.
I didn't watch the live stream but I will definitely be watching the Evolution 09 SFIV videos next month. Will be entertaining. I would only bother with the live stream if I was bored and had some time to kill, otherwise I'd wait for the offline videos.
Although I must say Street Fighter videos are pretty much the only time I've really enjoyed watching somebody else play a game. :/ I enjoy watching the Japanese players mostly, Daigo is always a good one to watch play.
I didn't watch the live stream but I will definitely be watching the Evolution 09 SFIV videos next month. Will be entertaining. I would only bother with the live stream if I was bored and had some time to kill, otherwise I'd wait for the offline videos.
Well, that was the point I was making
Watching some youtube vids is one thing, but tuning in live?
ggs e36, sorry for leaving after so few i just got fed up tbh. Kinda reminded me why i gave the game a break, three times you just superd through my combos. I know it's because i mistimed the combo slightly that it happened but still incredibly frustrating to land the first 4 hits of a combo only to be met by a super fireball to the face that does double the damage.
Well, first day back in a month, just need to get more practice in i guess to avoid leaving gaps in my combos. Really rusty with my FADC, managed to follow it up with a falling sky instead of a cr.fp of all things.
Well, first day back in a month, just need to get more practice in i guess to avoid leaving gaps in my combos. Really rusty with my FADC, managed to follow it up with a falling sky instead of a cr.fp of all things.
Well, that was the point I was making
Watching some youtube vids is one thing, but tuning in live?
Why is it 'one thing'?
Honestly what is the big deal about watching a video of a game being played?
I don't get why you are making out that watching live/offline videos is a big deal. I mean it's not like Street Fighter videos last hours and hours. (that would be excessive
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"I'm going to organise my time around watching somebody else play a videogame live, because I find it exciting enough to take priority over anything else".
In a nutshell.
Doesn't seem all that different to setting aside time to watch a sporting event surely? Both involve watching other people take part in a competitive event. If it's what someone's into then it's what they're into.
Eh? When did anybody say that it would take priority over anything else?
I think you are reading too much into this, and yeah basically what Streeteh said.
I guess it just boils down to finding it odd that people appreciate, practice and participate in Streetfighter 4 to the same extent as a physical sport.
Likewise, I can't get my head around why people 'waste' their time spending so long on something like WoW either.
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I actually agree with both your points but, within reason, i don't look down on either activity (i say within reason as obviously life-revolving obsessions with anything are unhealthy). But i also don't get why people invest such huge amounts of time and money into things such as football (arguably the worst offender in the UK) and the other popular sports. I'm a rugby/F1/cricket fan so don't get me wrong; i do appreciate sports, i just never understand when people take obsessions what i'd rate as too far.
As i said previously, people are just into different things, as long as said interests aren't affecting that persons life negatively, i'm not going to question their interests.
Not having a go or anything, just seem to have rambled a random flow of my thoughts on the subject. In short; i don't get it either, but then i don't 'get' football but loads of people love it so who am i to question them?