Pointbreak i agree 100% i still remember sitting there at the arcade watching people play sfii. Nothin like playing side by side someone. Then again the online gaming has increased the amount of players (i assume) if it werent for that i wouldnt be as addicted as i am now. I hate playing ranked matchea anymore. Most my fights are against friends online or people i have met by playing online.
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<div class=“QuoteText”>Id absolutely love to play locals with ppl from the area. Thatd be way better. Just havent found anything. Im sure there is just dont really know of any. I was going to get the ps360+ or just sell my stick and buy one thats good on both consoles. Yea converters are horrible with missed inputs. Ive played a lot of sfxt so i kno most of the match ups. Just looking to be more knowledgeable in fighting games is all. I wont remember that frame data, way to much info. Just looking for general idea so i know what people r talking about and how to find safer moves and attacks. I kno my abilities and know that im no where near tourney level. Maybe could win some local stuff but thats it. I just love the game and want to witness the atmosphere of a tournament and the people. </div>
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From my personal experience, PS360+ is an extremely good PCB. If you’re able to install it yourself, it actually might end up being cheaper than selling your old stick and buying a new one, depending on how much you get and what you’re willing to buy for a new one. But for $60 in parts, getting a stick that will work on all modern consoles, and potentially future consoles as well, with no extra cost to you, is a fairly good investment. <br><br>I’m not sure what you mean by ‘tourney’ level. 80% of all players in a tourney aren’t experienced veterans, they’re guys like you that love the game and want to be able to meet and compete against other players. Plus, joining tournaments is a great way to expose yourself to higher levels of play, and show where you’re strong and where you’re weak. You might think you know certain matchups, but once you play against guys of a higher caliber, you’ll probably realize that you’ll have to adjust your strategy. Either way, even just watching tournament matches live and playing in casuals, will already greatly improve your gameplay. </div>
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If he has a supported MadCatz or Hori 360 stick, it might be better to simply get one of Toodles’ Kitty drop in boards since those require no soldering whatsoever.
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<div class=“QuoteAuthor”><a href="/profile/8358/DoctaMario">DoctaMario</a> wrote: <a href="/discussion/comment/8009277#Comment_8009277" class=“QuoteLink”><span class=“ArrowLink”>»</span></a></div>
<div class=“QuoteText”>Yes, offline is probably the most optimal way to play unless you live in Japan or somewhere where they have blazing fast connections. But there’s nothing wrong with being an online-only player if that’s what you want to do.<br>
</div></blockquote>Depends on the game. I live in Japan and my internet is over 100mbps, but UMVC3 is still a laggy, unplayable mess to me. Skullgirls is pretty good online, though.<br><br>As for the difference between online and offline play, they just build different but related skillsets. There’s a lot of stuff that works online but doesn’t work offline, and a lot of stuff that works offline but is impractical online. It’s hard to get good at both the online and offline “versions” of a game. I think I read an interview a while back where the korean KoF players
mentioned that practicing online actually made them worse players
because the skills just didn’t transfer very well. An online master would probably get bodied in an offline major, but a strong offline player might not stand a chance online. <br><br>I sometimes wonder if there are snobby, elitist online players turning their noses up at offline warriors who can’t deal with lag just like offline players dismiss online ones.<br>
You’ll be getting a pm in the near future.
I have the sf4 te stick fron mad catz. Ill check out that other converter. Itll have to wait for a little tho. I want to get it done so i can do tournaments.
Unrelated, i picked up kazuya last night. After a couple hours, hes a beast! I was beating high ranked players with him and zangief. Thats a good team. Way better than my ogre zangief. I dont have the mist step down, but kaz has great tools. Fits my style very well. I like straight brawlers who do big damage. Thata y i never really liked ogre, plus hes really unsafe.
Lol ive heard of that kit before. Ill check around the board and find out bout it. I like doing the research rather than just being told. I tend to learn more and remember more. That did make me laugh tho haha
Ive heard of that before. Ppl who were gods online, but wouldnt place high at tournaments even if they were a very high ranked online player. I cant f’ng stand lag. I get so pissed when i screw my combos up because of a terrible connection lol
I kno ill never be a godlike player, but i love playing and learning more bout the characters and the mechanics of the game. Just trying to get as good as possible. I know its only online, but thats what i have now. im working hard to get to b+ status. I kno some ppl could care less bout pts, but i want that damn b+ lol Thatd be amazing for me! That would just mean that im better than where im at now.
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<div class=“QuoteText”><a href="/profile/d3v">@d3v</a><br>
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If he has a supported MadCatz or Hori 360 stick, it might be better to simply get one of Toodles’ Kitty drop in boards since those require no soldering whatsoever.</div>
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You’ll be getting a pm in the near future.</div>
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Lol ive heard of that kit before. Ill check around the board and find out bout it. I like doing the research rather than just being told. I tend to learn more and remember more. That did make me laugh tho haha</div>
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You can get the kit at http://godlikecontrols.com/ when it’s back in stock. While you wait, it’s best to check out the thread <a href=“http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/129829?threads/official-kitty-class-boards-thread.129829/”>here</a>.<blockquote class=“Quote”>
<div class=“QuoteAuthor”><a href="/profile/81380/nsreeder">nsreeder</a> said:</div>
<div class=“QuoteText”><span style=“font-family: ‘lucida grande’, ‘Lucida Sans Unicode’, tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 1.7em;”>I kno ill never be a godlike player…</span><br></div>
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Stop right there. This is the worse mentality to have if you want to succeed in tournaments. If you want to do well, then you have to first believe that you have the capacity to do well and win.
That’s how Goku won EVO.
Lol trust me i try my ass off especially in a fight. But im realistic about it. I dont go in thinking im gonna lose no matter who im fighting. If i thought like i am going to be gos like id end up hating the game and never have fun playing. I balance the two of having fun and being good.
Thanks for the link.
Even if you have a good connection online, playing ranked mode means you kind of have to go all in. You’ve only got one match against a guy you don’t have any familiarity with and you have to win it. There might not be a rematch. This is a similar mentality to the Japanese arcade ranked system, believe it or not.<div><br></div><div>For me, when I started playing Marvel IRL I started having looooooong sets like 50-100 games. People can adapt to you and vice-versa. I think it’s a more enriching experience overall.</div>
playing long sets online helps you minimize the worst parts of it. if you can’t beat everything on reaction because of the netcode, you’ll at least get used to patterns. people are a lot less likely to go for stupid shit in a long set as well.
^ This<br>That’s the reason why ranked match sucks on most games.<br>The sad thing is the players with the best connections are always on ranked 
<br>I wish they would play sets instead.<br>