misterBee

I know people who are sexually harassed playing MMOs because they're girls.  You gonna tell me it's because they're dressed a certain way or how they present themselves?  People don't even know what they look like but the minute it's discovered they are girls all the creepers come crawling out.
 
Lots of guys are creepy and thirsty and their bad behavior has nothing to do with how women act or dress.  Don't excuse shitty behavior towards someone just because they're good looking -- it just comes off as jealousy.
 
Saying "well if people hit on me like that I wouldn't mind" isn't helpful either.  Some people like taking it up the butt, so should they assume you do too?  Projecting your own personal feelings onto other people doesn't make sense.

Just knocked out a 43 second solve just now! At this rate I'm hoping I'll be sub-30 by spring!
 

TBH, that army of simps they get attention from really are obnoxious. Imagine being a woman and constantly having simps rolling up on you, pretending they're being nice and then calling you a whore when you won't sleep with them for it. And the fact that no matter what the media says and your girlfriends claim, realistically you all know even the average geek can physically overpower you, even if you work out as hard as you can.
 
I think most regular young dudes get it twisted. It's not women that are pulling this BS, it's these simps that are constantly rolling up, not only on women, but on other dudes, being little bitches and insulting everyone they can under the guise of having women's approval.
 
SRK is getting older, when some of you start having daughters I think you'll understand, and your dislike will shift a bit.

There are many good shmups out there, but there is only one that really matters.
 

I guess I should have more compassion for the women since they have it harder than men in general. I should love them and give them attention. I tend to ignore them and it frustrates them. 

What a dumb girl? What does she expect when she's dressed like that? The way you present yourself is how you will be treated. Women are just like that. The way they are just attracts attention. It seems that is how they are made. They just look like sex. Being a woman is the worse deal.

I personally would not recommend a gaming chair, but people should get what makes them happy.
 
 
This is from a respected tech Youtube channel -- their videos can be long but they always go pretty in-depth.  Worth a look.
 
I generally try to stay away from anything labeled 'gaming'.  There are plenty of good office chairs out there.  Similarly, I use studio headphones + a good mic rather than any sort of 'gaming' headset for my audio setup.
 
I'm also seeing a bit of politics creep into here again.  Please stop.  Thanks.

I must confess. I  re-downloaded SFV with he intent to learn Gief, and yes, I hate myself.

02UM and vanilla 02 are completely different games.
 
The 02UM roster is twice the size, everyone has different moves, and game systems were changed.
 
98UM is pretty different different from vanilla 98 as well.

I didn't feel much of anything when I saw the SF2 animated movie as a kid, probably because I had already seen these in elementary school:
 

 

 
Chun didn't stand a chance.  🙃

I ruin plenty of fun
 

[faded 6 year old vhs of jessica rabbit.gif]

I didn't feel much of anything when I saw the SF2 animated movie as a kid, probably because I had already seen these in elementary school:
 

 

 
Chun didn't stand a chance.  🙃

There's no difference between an in-game sprite and a character model in terms of use in a fighting game.  They are both visual representations of a character.  You can change a character's appearance/facial structure regardless of whether you're working in 2D or 3D.
 
MvCI Chun Li's problem was that she was UGLY.  She and Dante came out looking like poor cosplayers because they simply weren't modeled well.  It wasn't facial structure that was the problem.  It was the fact that they were low quality models to begin with.  The fact that MvCI had poor art direction certainly didn't help things either.
 
For fighting game characters the costume and outfit is probably way more iconic than something specific like the facial structure of their 3D model.  Having Ryu's chin be a little less square next time around isn't going to automatically make people confused about who he is.
 
SFEX Chun Li doesn't look good because they somehow modeled her face in a specific way -- that model has so few polys she almost doesn't have a face at all.  The reason she looks good is because the art direction for that game was good (at least for the time).
 
Ugly art direction + poor models = ugly 'cosplay' characters.
Good art direction + good models = nice characters.
 
Minute details like facial structure are largely irrelevant, because it's more about the big picture in terms of artistic style and choice.  If a game has proper art direction they could make a SF game where everyone's face is a white square and you'd still be able to figure out who is who.
 
Think about fan art -- people draw characters using different styles all the time, oftentimes drawing the faces in wildly different ways.  That doesn't stop anyone from identifying them.  Rendering characters in 3D doesn't somehow change that.

Crunchyroll probably gonna be your best bet.

Crunchyroll probably gonna be your best bet.

KOF is a bit weird because they had to re-use sprites all the time out of necessity. If art/style consistency is what they really wanted then they wouldn't bother coming up with new promo/character/portrait art every time.  Shinkiro drew all the art for the early games, but later on it's clear they wanted a more modern pop look and feel to their characters.
 
I don't think it's a big deal if from iteration to iteration characters change in look.  In the Alpha series Ryu is super anime, in SF3 he got buff, in SF4 he looks like a gorilla, etc.  I don't think he has to be drawn/rendered the same in every game -- it would make things super boring.  New series should give chars new looks and proportions to keep things from feeling too similar.
 
Old KOFs were heavily criticized for sprite re-use, and I think KOF XV will get some criticism for looking too similar to XIV, which didn't look great to begin with.  I don't buy that the art for a new game should be similar to the art from the older games.  I would much rather see new takes and styles every time than re-hashing of what has already been done.
 
There are gonna be hits and misses when you attempt a new art direction, but it's better than playing it safe and worrying about making every character too similar to the way they were before.

I personally would not recommend a gaming chair, but people should get what makes them happy.
 
 
This is from a respected tech Youtube channel -- their videos can be long but they always go pretty in-depth.  Worth a look.
 
I generally try to stay away from anything labeled 'gaming'.  There are plenty of good office chairs out there.  Similarly, I use studio headphones + a good mic rather than any sort of 'gaming' headset for my audio setup.
 
I'm also seeing a bit of politics creep into here again.  Please stop.  Thanks.

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SNK changed their art style quite frequently.  I would say their portrayals of characters changed more times than Capcom's did over the years.
 
Here's official art of Blue Mary from 2000, 2001, and 2003:
 
Characters' proportions and faces changed all the time due to the use of different styles, and character portraits/win pose art changed a lot from year to year.
 
The only thing that didn't change much every year were the in-game sprites, and that was probably for logistical reasons.  You can bet that if they had the time/money to redraw the sprites for every game they probably would have.

SNK changed their art style quite frequently.  I would say their portrayals of characters changed more times than Capcom's did over the years.
 
Here's official art of Blue Mary from 2000, 2001, and 2003:
 
Characters' proportions and faces changed all the time due to the use of different styles, and character portraits/win pose art changed a lot from year to year.
 
The only thing that didn't change much every year were the in-game sprites, and that was probably for logistical reasons.  You can bet that if they had the time/money to redraw the sprites for every game they probably would have.

SNK changed their art style quite frequently.  I would say their portrayals of characters changed more times than Capcom's did over the years.
 
Here's official art of Blue Mary from 2000, 2001, and 2003:
 
Characters' proportions and faces changed all the time due to the use of different styles, and character portraits/win pose art changed a lot from year to year.
 
The only thing that didn't change much every year were the in-game sprites, and that was probably for logistical reasons.  You can bet that if they had the time/money to redraw the sprites for every game they probably would have.

How dare you.  Set those themes to light mode and say that shit again.  😤