Street Fighter V v3: WTF Capcom?

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OnionKnight86 said:
need to get my PS plus back on so i can play, hopefully the next character released is a grappler, but i'm sure that's going to the big silhouette guy

has there ever been a fighting game where grapplers ruled the meta?
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Ring of Destruction: Saturday Night Slam Masters II. :D
 
Speaking of Slam Masters, the special CA KO animation for Gief, Alex, and Birdie were inspired by that game.

 
OnionKnight86 said:
need to get my PS plus back on so i can play, hopefully the next character released is a grappler, but i'm sure that's going to the big silhouette guy

has there ever been a fighting game where grapplers ruled the meta?
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You know, I've read that they have to be real careful balancing grapplers because they can become too strong (See R.Mika). I believe there was a SF where Gief was broken because of the balancing. @Cyke_out would probably be better suited to answer that question.
 
SwamiLeoni said:
You know, I've read that they have to be real careful balancing grapplers because they can become too strong (See R.Mika). I believe there was a SF where Gief was broken because of the balancing. @Cyke_out would probably be better suited to answer that question.
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I think he was really great in SFEX+@, but I don't remember him ever being "broken." I know he was good in HF, Alpha 3 (V), and Vanilla SF4.
 
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Crimson Fury said:
I think he was really great in SFEX+@, but I don't remember him ever being "broken." I know he was good in HF, Alpha 3 (V), and Vanilla SF4.
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Right on. I just remembered reading in one game he was really OPd. I guess it would have to have been one of those because I'm not sure if they did balance changes on earlier SF's.
 
SwamiLeoni said:
Right on. I just remembered reading in one game he was really OPd. I guess it would have to have been one of those because I'm not sure if they did balance changes on earlier SF's.
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Arcade games had revisions back then too. Mortal Kombat 2 had a lot of hilarious shit in some of them, lol.
 
Crimson Fury said:
Arcade games had revisions back then too. Mortal Kombat 2 had a lot of hilarious shit in some of them, lol.
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Oh wow, I didn't even think there would be a reason for balance changes on old 90's arcades.
 
SwamiLeoni said:
Did they do this because of a tournament scene or did they do it just for fun?
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Tournament scenes weren't big back then. Stuff like that needed to be dealt with though. That was an earlier revision and a lot of that crap was removed.

A lot of fighting games had dumb shit, but that doesn't mean they weren't fun.



 
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i hate when I use Zangief and get thrown around by some wimpy character. Gief should be immune to most throws.
 
I decided to start playing again. I figured I'd give it a fresh start with Akuma; the first night that I took him into ranked I dropped nearly 2k points. Lucky for me I'm trash and never got out of silver anyway. It's actually easier to play against people in silver than in bronze, I think, because some silver players are trying to play properly so you can abuse things like tick throws.

Really, though, I'm just awful. Every time I punish some unsafe move with nothing more than a crouching medium kick makes me want to throw my stick out the window.
 
Swing said:
I decided to start playing again. I figured I'd give it a fresh start with Akuma; the first night that I took him into ranked I dropped nearly 2k points. Lucky for me I'm trash and never got out of silver anyway. It's actually easier to play against people in silver than in bronze, I think, because some silver players are trying to play properly so you can abuse things like tick throws.

Really, though, I'm just awful. Every time I punish some unsafe move with nothing more than a crouching medium kick makes me want to throw my stick out the window.
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Who do you use? I would set Ryu as the dummy and have him repeat DP's and practice punishing those. Without meter, with meter and using V-trigger. Then move on to cancelling your punish to Critical Art. Also, pick up Gief's Gym. I got it on my ipad for like $3. I haven't done many of the trainings, but its a great resource to help you build muscle memory. I'll probably start dipping into it myself in a little while. Welcome back by the way. A couple of us play in battle lounges once in a while and there are some very knowledgeable people in here to help you out with any questions.

That being said, whos up for battle lounges tonight, say 6:00pm PST?
 
SwamiLeoni said:
Who do you use? I would set Ryu as the dummy and have him repeat DP's and practice punishing those. Without meter, with meter and using V-trigger. Then move on to cancelling your punish to Critical Art. Also, pick up Gief's Gym. I got it on my ipad for like $3. I haven't done many of the trainings, but its a great resource to help you build muscle memory. I'll probably start dipping into it myself in a little while. Welcome back by the way. A couple of us play in battle lounges once in a while and there are some very knowledgeable people in here to help you out with any questions.

That being said, whos up for battle lounges tonight, say 6:00pm PST?
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I was gonna jump on 3rd Strike since I redownloaded fcade, but Im down.
 
Ggs. Sorry about leaving the set. I didn't even mean to start another one, but I figured I'd play two with Alex.
 
Dude its all good, its always fun playing you. We probably played over 20 sets. But I learn a lot in those long ones. I was kind of bummed I only hit you in 1 hit confirm to CA (cr.mk > hado > CA). I tried some others, but they didn't come out. Trying to hit that st.mp > hado > CA can get rough, but its so worth the confirm halfway through the fight. You used your CA early on in the round with Nash though. I figured you'd use a bar or two before blowing me up with it. GG's.
 
SwamiLeoni said:
Dude its all good, its always fun playing you. We probably played over 20 sets. But I learn a lot in those long ones. I was kind of bummed I only hit you in 1 hit confirm to CA (cr.mk > hado > CA). I tried some others, but they didn't come out. Trying to hit that st.mp > hado > CA can get rough, but its so worth the confirm halfway through the fight. You used your CA early on in the round with Nash though. I figured you'd use a bar or two before blowing me up with it. GG's.
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You build meter so fast that I don't even worry about it sometimes, lol.

I noticed you anti-air with the DP a few times. I was thinking, "Wait a minute! He never doesn't that!" lol.
 
SwamiLeoni said:
Right on. I just remembered reading in one game he was really OPd. I guess it would have to have been one of those because I'm not sure if they did balance changes on earlier SF's.
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In SFA2 if you use "classic" Gief he had no super but also no missed grab animation. Was sickening.
 
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