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I love trolling the air duct people though. "Are you interested in this service?" "Hell yeah brother." "Great, how many rooms in your home?" "12 rooms bruh." "Wow that is so many, how many square feet is that?" "eight hunnid." Hangs up.

If I have the time, I'm always down to play something, almost anything. I've been crazy busy since the pandemic started with my job so I'm lucky if I get more than a few hours each week to play something. I was excited to play Last Blade 2 again on PS4. Unfortunately, that port was absolutely terrible at launch lol I think the neutral is generally the same as SamSho, maybe a little bit more aggressive at times. It kinda depends on which mode you pick for each character. Idk, I mostly played Hibiki which I think is similar to Ukyo? Is that char in 5? LOL

I got a call in Mandarin supposedly from my phone provider. I looked up online if anyone else got this and someone translated it. "Hello, we are calling from the Chinese Department of Rogers Communications" Sounds legit.

5 special is on fightcade I think... maybe I'll try it out. I played Last Blade 2 a little bit ages ago (over a decade) but I'm not sure if that is even similar to SamSho lol

That happens online and all of a sudden no one owns Uno anymore 🤔

I think the way internet works, putting things like flyers out is just an invitation to skepticism. Maybe with streaming (and social media connected to it) being more accessible these days, I think the best way to get others into something is through word-of-mouth.

I have SamSho but only ever played it like once cause no one else in my area wanted to play 😞

Why did I read that as Skisonic lol

Extracting your vaccine after it has been injected is like trying to suck venom out of a snake bite... lololol

America's new avengers, coming to a Midwest state near you

It shouldn't have but I totally get why. 5 years later and I'm still burnt out lol

No, it's not. You're playing a significantly different game at that point due to how buffer, piano linking, framekill, etc works. Netplay will always have a minimum threshold for input delay and it's even worse given that's it is crappy variable delay based netcode. A friend and I tested this out when USF4 switched from Games for Windows Live to Steam at my place. We were in the same room connected to the same router and there was observable input delay, which undermines a large part of how SF4 is supposed to be played. Not to say you can't play the game on it, just not to it's fullest potential which is where everyone wants it to be. Otherwise, they wouldn't be whining about it lol

There is no one currently attempting to overhaul the online experience which tbh, should not be on the player base to fix (even though often times it is, ie. Melty Blood). The alternative is parsec which costs actual real dollary doos to run properly. As I said, there was plenty of offline presence before the pandemic and hopefully more now that events are returning. Let's hope that support continues for those, I would call that the bare minimum.

Definitely interested in that cherry adapter. Please keep us posted!

Not everyone has the time or expertise to do that. Also, what is the bare minimum?

Their efforts to get more people involved with the game were maybe lackluster compared to others, but there was definitely an attempt. Twitch stream monsters and players are not the same thing. Expecting to keep this game relevant through online play is not realistic right now without serious investments that go beyond starting a hashtag, discord server, facebook group, etc. SF4 was played at every major offline event in some capacity. The same people who started in SF4 playing online are not the same people who play online fighting games now. Online is held to a much higher standard than before. There are other options available. Local scenes near where I live pushed the SF4 revival thing as best they could within their circles since a lot of them did enjoy playing. Bringing in NEW PLAYERS is difficult because A) most of them come from online now and don't want to deal with it's trash netcode and B) there are so many other games they would rather be playing, ideally newer games. You can't force someone to play something they don't want to play. You have to make it appealing. Right now, it doesn't look that appealing. And so in that sense, you are right, they could be doing more. I agree, there hasn't really been that much work aside from the really passionate few that still play frequently. If you look at games that have had a revival of some sort in the past few years, it almost entirely happens due to an upgrade to netplay and/or accessibility. Example, literally everything on fightcade, nulldc bear, etc. The closest thing I think SF4 players could do right now to revive the game without putting in some serious work would be to run parsec events, similar to mvc3 (which was also in a similar situation).

lol Maybe I'll see if I can find a cheap/free trial code online for PS plus. I haven't played Tekken a whole lot since the pandemic began so you might have a chance 😉

Honestly, bringing in new players for SF4 really requires the online to be relatively functional. Most players don't come in randomly to local events (if they even have them) or arcades, look at SF4, and be like "yeah, I wanna focus on this". Especially during a pandemic. Yes, it's not reasonable to expect Capcom to provide official support for a tournament scene for a previous entry in the series. The reality is that you can't just play the base game online as it is and expect to lure in new players. That's not even talking about the game itself and why it might not be appetizing to a new player base, but that's not relevant in this conversation in my opinion. Perhaps the easiest and most cost-effective method would be to run parsec tournaments similar to how Mvc3 has been run. Otherwise, I can understand where whiny comment sections are coming from. Doesn't make it right tho.

Sounds like some shit someone in the boonies would say, but I can't confirm otherwise lol

Dad said not to hit your sister growing up, not sure why you're doing it now she is your wife

We could but I'd have to re up on ps plus. Haven't played on there close to two years now.

Ow the edge

Sf4 made people insane. Remember when at one point it was a part of the meta to buffer an input, mash, plink into throw, and hold back? That was a real os in street fighter lol

I beat the remake over a year ago and sometimes see it sitting there on my shelf thinking damn... if I do another playthrough this might be worth the full price retail I paid for it lol Don't get me wrong, it's one of the best remakes ever but I wouldn't say all my money was well spent for what it is...