Anime Expo’s right around the corner, so who’s going? And holy shit there are going to be so many people playing SF4 it might not even be worth it to play.
As for the SF4 setup, scottind says there will be four machines. If it’s like the setup at Fanime, then all four machines should be connected(it’s like I’m really in Japan!) and the cab, sticks, buttons should be American. Here’s a pic of one of the SF4 cabs on the very right(thanks Shingin). http://twitpic.com/8sz65
actually last year they did require it. They started half-ass enforcing it on one of the days half the time, and they stopped sanchez and lenin at the door. We had to pull some E3-style badge swapping shenanigans to get them in.
bullshit yeah i know, but its out of their control. ax management is seriously stupid this year, mismanagement of funds, nokia theater, crappy musical guests, crappy hotels, and arcade closing at midnight. are all negative strikes for this years show. I’m honestly only interested in going to 1 panel the entire con, and probably going 2 out of 4 days.
the arcade ops however, are all the same and have been the same every year, pretty good, always a good selection of fighters. So provided that, 1- you have a badge, or can get past the door (its 90% of the time its not guarded), 2- and its BEFORE midnight, the arcade will be awesome.
btw i just heard from the harrison- the ax arcade will have 4 machines.
be there for a 1day. spending most of my time at RSTD the whole weekend. AX this year is geh…so fuck buying a badge. Im spending my time partying w/ Duralath!!!
Ya they had badge checking security last year. Sucked. Also this year at the hotels you have to have a wrist band showing you stay at the hotel or if you get checked on you get kicked out.