Week of September 8th to the 14th, 2014.
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.
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.
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.
Nintendo Treehouse [ Friday ] [ 4PM EDT 1PM PDT ]
- Nintendo announces a Treehouse stream that will be taking place just before the Japanese release of Smash 3DS, and featuring the final retail build.
- Namco's Sugamo dvision hosts a TTT2 tournament in Japan that will also feature an appearance by Harada and new Tekken 7 information.
- This event continues through Sunday.
- Thaiger Uppercut returns, once again attracting top Asian talent to compete in a variety of current fighting games.
- Capcom Pro Tour Qualifier
- 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 our creepiest member, Mr. X!
What fighting games do you currently play, what is your all time favourite and why?
Haven't had much time to play anything but I would be playing KoF13, Skullgirls and VF5FS. Definitely want to try Chaos Code, UNIEL, and P4A2.
All time favorite is hard to answer; 3rd Strike, Virtua Fighter, Guilty Gear XX AC because they feel incredible to play and I never tire of them. I think they all look beautiful during gameplay too especially the VF series.
What are your favorite mechanics from the current selection of fighting games and why? What are your least favorite and why?All time favorite is hard to answer; 3rd Strike, Virtua Fighter, Guilty Gear XX AC because they feel incredible to play and I never tire of them. I think they all look beautiful during gameplay too especially the VF series.
Custom assists in Skullgirls. Yeah people will gravitate to certain ones but it's always interesting to see how people use really uncommon ones to make it with their team or play style and it makes for some cool stuff in combo videos. Also, goodbye horrible preset assists!
I have 2 least favorite; Guard breaks and Just Frames.
Guard breaks seem like a weak answer to a game that might be too defensive. You could tweak throws, overheads, more meter for the attacker, etc. which I feel are better solutions to the problem I think guard breaks were introduced to solve. I just don't like the message of "blocking too long" as if that's a bad thing and trying to discourage that or defensive play. I like GGXX guard bar as far as guard bars go; doesn't break but you'll take more damage once you do get opened up.
Just Frames moves (as in perfect input for a superior version of this command) are horrible. The game will naturally have high execution for better rewards over time as people get better and explore, why introduce this from the start? It feels like luck getting these moves out. Why have moves that good where you don't want people to do it 100% of the time in the first place? VF5FS has a couple but they are either very lax like Jacky's [6]K:G or totally non-essential to playing the character like Akira's Knee which gives great frame advantage but isn't mandatory to learning/playing Akira at any level.
What got you into fighting games? Are there any other genre of games you play?I have 2 least favorite; Guard breaks and Just Frames.
Guard breaks seem like a weak answer to a game that might be too defensive. You could tweak throws, overheads, more meter for the attacker, etc. which I feel are better solutions to the problem I think guard breaks were introduced to solve. I just don't like the message of "blocking too long" as if that's a bad thing and trying to discourage that or defensive play. I like GGXX guard bar as far as guard bars go; doesn't break but you'll take more damage once you do get opened up.
Just Frames moves (as in perfect input for a superior version of this command) are horrible. The game will naturally have high execution for better rewards over time as people get better and explore, why introduce this from the start? It feels like luck getting these moves out. Why have moves that good where you don't want people to do it 100% of the time in the first place? VF5FS has a couple but they are either very lax like Jacky's [6]K:G or totally non-essential to playing the character like Akira's Knee which gives great frame advantage but isn't mandatory to learning/playing Akira at any level.
I was exposed to fighting games at an early age. I remember SF2 on Genesis and my aunt spamming Honda hands to beat me until I cried.
I was exposed to the competitive community through Soul Calibur 2 by a guy named KojiroChickenMan on GameFAQs and signed up to soulcalibur.com and that was the rabbit hole. Before him, I just remember seeing the arcade page in the back of Tips & Tricks with the fighting game tourney results and thinking the characters that won were lame.
I've always been a huge kung-fu/karate movie so it was destined.
My other favorite genres are action and beat 'em ups like Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, God Hand and Streets of Rage. After that, it's on a per game basis with games in other genres.
What is your favorite fighting game character and why?I was exposed to the competitive community through Soul Calibur 2 by a guy named KojiroChickenMan on GameFAQs and signed up to soulcalibur.com and that was the rabbit hole. Before him, I just remember seeing the arcade page in the back of Tips & Tricks with the fighting game tourney results and thinking the characters that won were lame.
I've always been a huge kung-fu/karate movie so it was destined.
My other favorite genres are action and beat 'em ups like Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, God Hand and Streets of Rage. After that, it's on a per game basis with games in other genres.
Jacky from Virtua Fighter. As said, I am an huge fan of martial arts flicks and a huge Bruce Lee fanboy. I feel other characters inspired by Bruce Lee are parody or caricatures and Jacky is the perfect homage. Probably the only character I'll play from sequel to sequel.
Describe your style of play, and how do you play (local, online, etc.).
I noticed I gravitate towards characters that are up close frame trap, counter hit types. Slayer in GGXX, Dudley in 3S, Vanessa my favorite in KoF.
Currently play more offline than online but current life stuff is making even that hard to do as often as I'd like.
What do you feel are your biggest strengths and weaknesses as a player?Currently play more offline than online but current life stuff is making even that hard to do as often as I'd like.
Strength would be how strong my mixup is.
Weakness would be getting hit by things I thought the opponent wouldn't do.
Best and worst moments in the your fighting game career?Weakness would be getting hit by things I thought the opponent wouldn't do.
Best would be seeing one of my suggestions end up in 2 games.
Worst is that I haven't attended an event yet. I was ready for EVO, had the money saved and then real life was like "nope"
What do you want from future fighting games?Worst is that I haven't attended an event yet. I was ready for EVO, had the money saved and then real life was like "nope"
GGPO in more games. It let's you pick between rollback or input delay and the current gen has so much damn memory. PLEASE USE IT!
A tutorial even half as educational and informational as what VF4EVO offered in more fighters. That taught me how to play fighting games in general, it is incredible!
Who should be on next week's GAF Player Spotlight?A tutorial even half as educational and informational as what VF4EVO offered in more fighters. That taught me how to play fighting games in general, it is incredible!
Call Kotaku. I like this guy :thumbsup:
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09/11 Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution (JP) (PS3/360: EU: 09/12, NA: 09/16) (PC: 09/16)
09/13 Super Smash Bros. for 3DS (JP) (NA/EU: 10/03, AU: 10/04)
09/23 Arcana Heart 3: LOVE MAX!!!!! (NA) (EU: Q4)
09/23 Killer Instinct Combo Breaker Pack
09/30 Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (NA) (EU: TBD)
10/15 Killer Instinct Season 2 (NA) (EU: TBD)
11/13 Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax (JP) (NA/EU: TBD)
12/04 Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- (JP) (NA/EU: TBD)
Q4 BLADE ARCUS from Shining
Q4 Rise of Incarnates
Q4 Skullgirls Encore
Q4 Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm
XMAS Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
SPRING Dead or Alive 5: LAST ROUND
04/15 Mortal Kombat X
2015 Dragon Ball Xenoverse
2015 Rivals of Aether
2015 Under Night In-Birth (NA/EU)
TBD Beast's Fury
TBD Next The King Of Fighters Title (tentative)
TBD Tekken 7
TBD Tekken X Street Fighter
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 Cross Counter Live rises a new discussion show from Gootecks and Mike Ross!
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
- Level|Up 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.
Additionally, if you want to really get involved, you may want to check out the various OTs for specific games:
Additionally, if you want to really get involved, you may want to check out the various OTs for specific games:
- BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma
- Chaos Code
- Darkstalkers: Resurrection
- Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate and Core Fighters
- Divekick
- Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost
- Injustice: Gods Among Us
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle
- Killer Instinct
- The King of Fighters XIII
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins
- Mortal Kombat
- Persona 4: Ultimax
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
- Project M 3.0
- Skullgirls
- Soul Calibur: Lost Swords
- Soul Calibur V
- Street Fighter X Tekken v.2013
- Tekken Community
- Tekken Revolution
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Ultra Street Fighter IV
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late
- Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
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.
- 8WayRun - Soul Calibur franchise community
- DOACentral - Dead or Alive franchise community
- Dream Cancel - King of Fighters franchise community and resource, more US-centric
- Dustloop - Forums/community for Arc System Works-developed games
- Eventhubs - Frequently updated news blog, resource and forums for all things fighting games
- FreeStepDodge - Dead or Alive franchise community
- Homing Cancel - Arcana Heart community
- iPlaywinner - Large fighting game news site and resource, and the home to Teamsp00ky and iPlaywinner
- Jet Upper - UK-centric news source and community
- Mayonaka Midnight - Persona 4 Arena community and resource
- Melty Bread - Melty Blood community
- Mizuumi - A resource for various "poverty" games
- Orochinagi - King of Fighters franchise community and resource, more EU-centric
- Reddit Fighters - Reddit's own fighting game community subreddit
- Shoryuken - The largest FG community and multigame resource on the web, with a large Capcom games community
- Skullheart - fan Skullgirls community and resource made official
- TekkenZaibatsu - Tekken franchise community
- Test Your Might - Mortal Kombat and Injustice community and resource
- UKFGC - UK-centric news source and community
- Smash Boards - The largest Smash Bros. Community
- VFDC - Virtua Fighter franchise community site
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If you have any suggestions for the OP, please do not hesitate to post in this thread or PM me to let me know.
