Street Fighter (SFIV, SSFIV, HDR)

Kreeeee · 6 Apr 2017 at 00:41

Wilko_Dog said:
Haha I hate turtle players .. mind you i haven't played ranked in a while. But with my silver Alex I alwYs struggle getting in at the silver ryu's/guile's who just hold up back then throw fireballs

Fireballs were ten times better in SFIV so be glad you're not playing that game!

vian_siu · 8 Apr 2017 at 21:54

Wilko_Dog said:
Haha I hate turtle players .. mind you i haven't played ranked in a while. But with my silver Alex I alwYs struggle getting in at the silver ryu's/guile's who just hold up back then throw fireballs

my best advise would be alex is garbage so dont play him. anyway, you can cancel out the fireball with your chop while holding down the charge for neither the ex elbow, stomp or headbutt. ex chop is also a great move against fireball mid-close range. if you mix that up with jumps, block and superman dive its actually quite hard to predict and zone him out.

Kreeeee · 9 Apr 2017 at 14:17

vian_siu said:
my best advise would be alex is garbage so dont play him. anyway, you can cancel out the fireball with your chop while holding down the charge for neither the ex elbow, stomp or headbutt. ex chop is also a great move against fireball mid-close range. if you mix that up with jumps, block and superman dive its actually quite hard to predict and zone him out.

He's great!

The balance in SFV is better than any other fighting game so unless you're in the upper echelon of pro players any character is viable.

Syph · 9 Apr 2017 at 21:20

I tend to agree, though there are some bad match ups which emphasise the gap even at my level (in my opinion). There's no way a Gold or lower player is maximising potential of a character to have the tiers overly affect the game. However, someone like Balrog can totally steam roller you if you aren't aware of when your turn is and what's safe etc.

Kreeeee · 9 Apr 2017 at 21:49

Most characters are like that.

Wilko_Dog · 9 Apr 2017 at 23:58

I love being Alex think he's great ! I've tried Akuma a little bit but always end up missing playing Alex and go back to him , plus once he's in v trigger 1 parry or combo is potential 50% health ..

Syph · 21 Apr 2017 at 10:25

My brother is an Alex player and I find it a very hard fight for Laura though I know it shouldn't be. Our fights have somewhat devolved into his inability to keep me off him because his anti-airs aren't great and who pops trigger first.

New content - another Chun skin? For work? Isn't she a cop and has that outfit? I'll end up buying the Ryu and Alex ones because they're used characters at least. Thailand stage is good.

sityeuropa · 30 May 2017 at 21:40

Following the tournament scene for Street Fighter is entertaining. This guy Punk is dominating at the moment, he talks a lot of trash but in a light hearted way.

Just won a $150,000 tournament.

elrasho · 31 May 2017 at 10:00

There is no tournament scene for SFV...it's trash

sityeuropa · 31 May 2017 at 13:29

elrasho said:
There is no tournament scene for SFV...it's trash

The fgc spokesman has spoke.

I've no idea what I was watching then.

Kreeeee · 31 May 2017 at 15:41

elrasho said:
There is no tournament scene for SFV...it's trash

When was the last SFIV tournament?

I agree that SFV is a low point in the fighting game genre though.

elrasho · 31 May 2017 at 16:14

Kreeeee said:
When was the last SFIV tournament?

I agree that SFV is a low point in the fighting game genre though.

Can't remember but I'm sure I won it because my Abel is simply too strong

Syph · 31 May 2017 at 18:59

I'm still big into SFV. I see the problems people have with it, but I much prefer it to the alternatives, no matter how much I try. Some of the games over this weekend have been brilliant to watch.

Biggler · 31 May 2017 at 20:58

Syph said:
I'm still big into SFV. I see the problems people have with it, but I much prefer it to the alternatives, no matter how much I try. Some of the games over this weekend have been brilliant to watch.

I agree with this. The lack of tournaments over this past weekend alone were awful... E-League, Redbull Kumite, Combo Breaker. :rolleyes:

ThestigGT999 · 17 Jul 2017 at 18:36

new street fighter E???

elrasho · 18 Jul 2017 at 19:59

OK so I'm making a conscious effort to firstly get better at the game and pick up a main. So far been using just Rashid, I can get by mostly. Thing is I find him boring, are there any good tutorials with extensive input instructions so I can get out things like whirlwind fireball into roll etc....

Kreeeee · 18 Jul 2017 at 20:40

elrasho said:
OK so I'm making a conscious effort to firstly get better at the game and pick up a main. So far been using just Rashid, I can get by mostly. Thing is I find him boring, are there any good tutorials with extensive input instructions so I can get out things like whirlwind fireball into roll etc....

All the characters are boring as the game is very simple compared to past iterations. There are no difficult convoluted combos to learn in V.

elrasho · 18 Jul 2017 at 22:34

Kreeeee said:
All the characters are boring as the game is very simple compared to past iterations. There are no difficult convoluted combos to learn in V.

This is me we're talking about

Syph · 18 Jul 2017 at 23:48

Try the Rashid Discord group, probably quite a lot of tech on there. Don't know the link but a quick Google should help.

What rank are you at the mo elrasho?

elrasho · 19 Jul 2017 at 08:29

Erm Level 44... is that my rank?