Week of February 23rd to March 1st, 2015.
Fighting Games Weekly is the weekly discussion thread for all things fighting games. News, events, streams, videos, players, drama, everything fighting game related.
Don't know what to watch right now? Check the FGCPros Twitch Group or Jaxel's Stream Viewer. If you want to watch multiple streams at once, you can use Jaxel's customizable multiviewer as well. If you are looking to see what events are coming up past this week, check out the FGC Event Calendar that our own Malice215 put together.
New to FGC-GAF is the FGC-GAF Index which lists the fighting games GAFers plays as a neat reference with some rough statistics to boot. To add yourself to the index, quote this post and use the survey link below. Please remember to save/bookmark the "Edit your response" link so you can edit your responses if/when you buy a game already on the list or a new game that releases in the future.
Last week's thread. An archive of previous FGW threads is available here.
Fighting Games Weekly is the weekly discussion thread for all things fighting games. News, events, streams, videos, players, drama, everything fighting game related.
Don't know what to watch right now? Check the FGCPros Twitch Group or Jaxel's Stream Viewer. If you want to watch multiple streams at once, you can use Jaxel's customizable multiviewer as well. If you are looking to see what events are coming up past this week, check out the FGC Event Calendar that our own Malice215 put together.
New to FGC-GAF is the FGC-GAF Index which lists the fighting games GAFers plays as a neat reference with some rough statistics to boot. To add yourself to the index, quote this post and use the survey link below. Please remember to save/bookmark the "Edit your response" link so you can edit your responses if/when you buy a game already on the list or a new game that releases in the future.
Last week's thread. An archive of previous FGW threads is available here.
Last year, GAFer Shouta helped organize donations from various FGC-GAF members to send fellow member QisTopTier to EVO. Q suffers from Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy, but has always wanted to go to EVO and we're looking to double up this year and send him to EVO again!
If you want to help out, you can check out the details and pledge on this spreadsheet.
2 Cold 2 Furious [ Friday ] [ 5PM EDT | 2PM PDT ]
- Now snowier and chillier than ever, 2 Old 2 Furious returns at Next Level.
- One of France's biggest majors, featuring 5v5 USFIV and KOFXIII team tournaments in addition to solo ones.
- This event continues through Sunday.
- More information is available here.
- Xanadu Games out of Maryland hosts it's multi-game monthly once again.
- More information is available here.
- OneFrameLink and MashfestNYC present a prequel monthly to The King of NY 2015, featuring USFIV played in a Swiss format.
- More information is available here.
Every week, FGW will spotlight one GAFer to get a better picture of their history with fighting games, their preferences, and much more. For this week's FGW Player Spotlight, we will be taking a closer look at #1 SNK fanboy, Fersis!
What fighting games do you currently play, what is your all time favourite and why?
Currently: Just a bit of KOF98 and XIII every now and then.
My favorite (Pretty hard to pick just one game) I would say: KOFXI, I know about the balance issues and all that but the game rocks.
What are your favorite mechanics from the current selection of fighting games and why? What are your least favorite and why?My favorite (Pretty hard to pick just one game) I would say: KOFXI, I know about the balance issues and all that but the game rocks.
Havent played any of the new games, sorry! [As far as least favourite goes] from the current selection I would say: KOF XIII Hyper Drive Mode, I don't like Custom Combos.
What got you into fighting games? Are there any other genre of games you play?
Art Of Fighting! As a little kid it blew my mind to see those super detailed huge characters that would get damaged through the fight. It even had a narrative, which I had never seen in SF2.
I'm pretty much retired from FGs nowadays. When the Next KOF is announced (Or Garou 2!) I'll be there day one though! Nowadays I pretty much only play Hearthstone, Diablo 3 and Battlefield.
What is your favorite fighting game character and why?I'm pretty much retired from FGs nowadays. When the Next KOF is announced (Or Garou 2!) I'll be there day one though! Nowadays I pretty much only play Hearthstone, Diablo 3 and Battlefield.
Iori Yagami: He looks cool, his moves are cool and his story is cool. He's not a fighter, he just wants to beat Kyo's ass before he dies !
Describe your style of play, and how do you play (local, online, etc.).
Rush I would say. Thank you Based SNK for giving grapplers tools to close in!
Used to spend hours and hours in arcades so I will go with: Local.
What do you feel are your biggest strengths and weaknesses as a player?Used to spend hours and hours in arcades so I will go with: Local.
Strength: None, I've always been a pretty mediocre player
Weakness: All you can think of !
Best and worst moments in the your fighting game career?Weakness: All you can think of !
Best: When I would beat a bunch of people in arcades.
Worst: Getting burnt out from working for EVO 2014 and losing my interest in the genre.
What do you want from future fighting games?Worst: Getting burnt out from working for EVO 2014 and losing my interest in the genre.
Legit online play, online training mode should be a standard.
And of course more Garou's and KOF's !
Who should be on next week's GAF Player Spotlight?And of course more Garou's and KOF's !
Has Tizoc been here already? Dude's makes those crazy cool posts with japanese footage. I watch some Garou every now and then!
Since Dahbomb strongly encourages pre-orders, what games do you plan to buy that have been officially announced?
Battlefield: Hardline, Bloodborne, Uncharted 4 and Ultra SFIV if the PS4 version supports PS3 sticks.
Code:
02/24 Under Night In-Birth EXE:Late (NA) (EU: 02/20)
02/27 The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match
04/15 Mortal Kombat X
2015 Dragon Ball Xenoverse
2015 Rivals of Aether
2015 Skullgirls Encore
2015 Under Night In-Birth (NA/EU)
TBD Beast's Fury
TBD JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven
TBD Next The King Of Fighters Title (tentative)
TBD Rise of Incarnates
TBD Street Fighter V
TBD Tekken 7
TBD Tekken X Street Fighter
TBD Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm
TBD Yatagarasu: Legend of Raven
Super Desperation Radio [ 9:30PM EDT | 6:30 PDT ]
- Hellpockets and various other members of the KoF community discuss KoF and happenings in the FGC.
- Out of the ashes of The BOX Arena, comes the San Diego FGC's newest organized weekly for UMvC3.
- Weekly FGC show dedicated to match analysis, teaching, commentary, news, debates, and more! Hosted by UltraDavid and James Chen.
Kachitagari TV (JP) [ 9PM JST | 8AM EDT | 5AM PDT ]
- Bon-chan, Kazunoko and Fuudo's new show, focusing primarily on SSFIV AE ranked matches but is branching off into other games as well.
- Logan Sama, organiser of the old WSO weeklys in London, invites some of London's finest to Capcom UK HQ for first to 5 sets in USF4.
- NYC VF crew presents VF5:FS tournaments casuals out of The Next Level arcade in Brooklyn.
- New Jersey's largest weekly featuring UMvC3 and Injustice.
- JamessMK & DarKNaTaS host a raw and uncut weekly talk show discussing events in the FGC with various FGC personalities.
- Weekly FGC show dedicated to match analysis, teaching, commentary, news, debates, and more! Hosted by UltraDavid and James Chen.
- iPlaywinner hosts a weekly talk show featuring alpha stream monsters Harrison and Honzo Gonzo.
Game Spot Versus KoF Casuals (JP) [ 7PM JST | 6AM EDT | 3AM PDT ]
- KoF 1998UM, KoF 2002UM and KoF XIII C action from Japan.
- A weekly show featuring Mago, Tokido, and Momochi. They go over the tournaments they will participate and have participated in overseas and in Japan, as well as the general news in SF. For long periods of the year, there is a student-teacher session involving one of the 3 Topanga members taking a player under their wing and teaching them how to play SF. The show features rank matches (sometimes random char. matches) and ends with a 8 man online tournament featuring players around 4.5kpp such as Poongko, Inco, and more.
- NYC's biggest weekly at The Next Level Arcade in Brooklyn featuring SSFIV AE, UMvC3 and TTT2. If the Teamsp00ky link is not working, it is likely on the backup stream on Arturo's channel.
- Often, WonderChef will stream Injustice pools up until Top 4.
- SoCal's biggest weekly at Super Arcade in Walnut, featuring Injustice and SSFIV AE. Season details are available here.
HBTB Live [ 8PM EDT | 5PM PDT ]
- Hold Back To Block hosts a weekly roundtable discussion of various happenings in the FGC.
- A bi-weekly Smash podcast discussing recent events, news and issues in the Smash community, hosted by Scar, Prog, Cactuar and Sheridan.
- Galloping Ghost Arcade presents an Injustice weekly out of Chicago.
- A weekly FGC talk show hosted by iPlaywinner, featuring a varying, ensemble cast of prominent members of the fighting game community.
- Aris' new weekly show, discussing whatever he wants to! The format resembles old ATP podcasts.
- The UMvC3 and KoF XIII branch of Wednesday Night Fights also hosted at Super Arcade in Walnut, California.
The Smash Break Bi-Weekly [ 6PM EDT | 3PM PDT ]
- The Break hosts a new Melee bi-weekly to replace Rokunaya Bi-Weeklies which are ending.
- Arturo streams a BlazBlue and Guilty Gear bi-weekly out of Next Level arcade in Brooklyn.
- For those who know how to use Nico Live, also join the GODSGARDEN community page on Nico to know when Ura KaoTV! goes live.
- A bi-weekly Skullgirls event hosted by members of the Skullgirls development team, often featuring preview builds of the game.
Rebel Up [ 7PM EDT | 4PM PDT ]
- Super Arcade's anime bi-weekly, featuring GG, BB, P4A, SG, Gundam and older anime games as well.
GGPO VanBats [ 4PM EDT | 1PM PDT ]
- Weekly GGPO Vampire Savior ranbats streamed by GAFer Rotanibor.
- SuperDojo and Team OXY partner up to create a new weekly for the SoCal Melee community, featuring doubles and singles.
On GAF we have various members that stream fighting games from time to time too. If you would like to add your channel to this thread, send me a PM.
Often, some fighting games can seem intimidating to players new and old. Below are a bunch of resources that may be of aid to new players, or handy as references.
- Learn How To Play Fighting Games Free eBook from Shoryuken is a fantastic primer for new players to the genre.
- Footsies Handbook is a guide to the potentially elusive, but integral part of doing well in any fighting game.
- NeoGAF's Arcade Stick Thread is the place to go for questions about anything arcade stick-related.
- Step Up Your Game is an editorial series by Justin Wong that covers a multitude of topics, notably focusing on strengthening your mental game and playing smarter instead of harder.
- Tips for first time competitors will help you straighten out those nerves and expectations when you head out to your first tournament.
- Domination 101 is almost a cult classic article in the FGC, which has Seth Killian telling us how he really feels about the idea of "cheapness" in fighting games.
- Team-building Guide by our very own Karsticles, which helps make it easier to approach team-building in MvC games, and games with similar synergistic elements.
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If you have any suggestions for the OP, please do not hesitate to post in this thread or (preferably) PM me to let me know.
