I was wondering (even though might be to early to say). If 3s will be in the 2v2 format of 08’ or possibly 3v3 or return to singles.
The first question to ask is if 3s will even return.
But to be honest I wouldn’t expect an answer before next year. That’s usually when games get announced (this year was in february right?)
Yeah, from what they announced at EVO this year, '09 was the last year for 3rd Strike.
That’s not to say that we won’t be holding a side tourney for it come next year.
not lookin good for 3s this year.
Gather money. Send it to Kuroda. He flies to EVO. Then hold a 100 man challenge special event. Kuroda takes on 100 challengers (or as many as EVO can fit in a day).
we need to get japan 3s players back to evo to get it goin strong again
no Nuki, Tokido, or any other players :sad:
Wasn’t that because they were doing the Coop Cup 5 around that time?
3rd Stirke is DONE. REAL TALK. I’ll enter a side tourney if someone starts one but with SFIV and Tekken 6 I’ll probably have no time to enter any side tourneys any ways. Super SFIV and Tekken 6 will be my new mains basically. Really praying Super SFIV is a more offensively rewarding game.
thanks for sharing deviljin, no one cares that you wont have any time for 3s though and tekken and sf4 are your new games.
haha
3s as side tourney is still good.
I still wanted a side tourney geez. I would participate if it went down. I think. :lol: I respect you for keeping 3S alive and on the real I’ve been entering 3S at every major tournament I’ve been to. I still think the game is better than SFIV at its current state but whatever. Gotta play new shit.
I just have zero hope for this game being an official Evo event. That’s all.
Yeah, it won’t be an official event unless like… everyone and their mom, grandma, and second cousin started petitioning for it.
There will be a side-event.
it was Coop Cup 7 or 8 one of those
This statement is false
i wont let it die as long as i continue playing, WC holds it down properly but EC can still hold it as well. !0yrs of playing wont die so easily especially if other games like ST can survive even longer
Game is dead, finals were horribly boring (minus Sanchez trolling Mopreme for a round.) Move on to other games (says the guy playing og ST), CvS2 players had to do it, so will 3s.
Cant argue that 3s probably wont be at evo next year, but theres no need to start claiming this game is dead, that game is dead, if you want to play it, play it.
this guy made a thread asking a question, the simple answer would have been “we dont know if it will even be at evo next year.” Then you got idiots like mizuki posting in pink (which i can barely read) saying the game is dead, you dont even play 3s so no need to post anything.
I meant 3rd Strike was done at Evo but whatever. That is a TRUE ASS STATEMENT. Out of context the statement is wrong but you all know what I mean. Unless you want to argue that we can still hold a side tourney at Evo to keep it alive which that I’ll agree with. 3rd Strike isn’t the 100 + major 300+ Evo tournament game we remember anymore. We all know there’s still tournaments outside of Evo for the game. I participated in one last weekend at SBIV and got top 8 and would have probably done better if I played the game anymore at all. Either way that’s still me showing respect for a game that’s lost a lot of hype in America to SFIV.
Alpha 3 isn’t necessarily DONE either but it’s definitely done at Evo and once it’s done at Evo that kills a lot of hype. CVS2 is all but lost without Evo and 3S will share the same sentiment soon. 3rd Strike is an awesome game but it is dead at Evo. I mean I’m not letting it die either but there’s no way in hell I’m going to go up in arms trying to get it to be a main Evo game. The attitude of the Evo staff is towards a new goal that doesn’t involve old gen games and I respect that. Even Super Turbo is technically dead at Evo. It’s replaced with a new game under a similar title based off the same game but the original ST that is still played in Japan is no longer relevant at Evo or many other tourneys.
Without a next gen release of the game that isn’t terrible ass competitively like Next Gen Marvel…the game has zero chance of being anything other than a side tournament.
3rd Strike is still my favorite SF game but I like the community at large over 3rd Strike. Lately playing SFIV for me has been like pulling teeth but I still enjoy the game and the community enough to continue playing it.
**In any event this thread would be better use for setting up a side tourney for the game at Evo. ** I’d like to see a side 2v2 or 3v3 go down.
Well idk if I am even going to go next year but…
A side tourny does seem to make the most sense. The 3s finals and basically the whole top 8 were boring as shit last year. Right now it seems that no one (In America) is doing anything skillwise to keep the game fresh.
I still love the game though and I would LOVE to do a side tourny.
this is the smartest 13 year old ever:party:
maybe wc players still play consistently, but the level of play elsewhere has atrophied too much. Just got back from SB4 in ohio: 32 man 3s bracket with subpar players(no offense…none of you were practicing 3s except maybe frodo) compared to sf4’s 256 with players knocked out in pool play that had potential to win it all. 3s shits all over 4, but I’d rather not see 3s at all if its going to be like this. I love the game, but I desire competition more.
My opinion may not be of much merit because I will most likely not be able to afford the plane ticket to EVO but I would like to agree that a side tourny for 3s is an awesome idea. I am confident that most, if not all, of those who enter this side tourny would not only have interest in keeping 3s alive but they would have tried to keep their third strike game up as much as possible so I would anticipate heaps of good matches/sets from great players in a 3s tourny at EVO. :bgrin: I’d also hope that someone would kindly record them and upload them to youtube…:wonder:
There are a handful of people that post in eye burning font colors, which is frankly annoying. I always have to highlight their dribble just to read it.
Also, I’m a nobody, but all I have to say is…a game dies if you want it to. The main problem is since SFIV is a sequel to SF most americans in general were content in completely dropping 3s in order to practice for the new shiny game.
Even though I’ve only played it for barely more then half of a year I see 3s as a timeless game like ST, which won’t necessarily die even if EVO decides to pull old games for new garbage that in my eyes is close to shovel ware (SFIV and BB).