A friend and I were having a debate over whether watching your opponents hands while playing against them was a viable tactic. We’d like some other opinions on the subject. What do you guys think about watching your opponents hands while facing them as being a viable tactic?
It technically could provide a legit advantage.
Personally I think its fuckin wack. If I was running a legit console tournament I wouldn’t have people sitting next to eachother to prevent this buster shit.
I play dirty…
So I admit, I do this or listen to their buttons. But then again, I don’t mind playing far from them or on the other side of the machine so that the same does not happen to me.
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In the beginning of this video they have a shirt separating the table’s of the players. Would you say this is to prevent hand watching? Or as a form of advertising cafeid?
I remember something about Poongko pressing so many buttons so loudly because it is part of the metagame in Korea. Players try to read their opponent through their button sounds and movements.
I was gonna say sounds too, it sounds all fakey, but its something you end up doing, especially if you played in the arcades a lot.
It’s a viable tactic. Body fakes and fake button presses have become a part of arcade culture and tournaments since the beginning. Of course now, with players wanting to emulate the H2H style of tourney play, some would consider that cheap and distracting. I just consider it part of the meta-game. Part of the allure of fighting games is that ability to stand side-by-side against your opponent and testing your might. But it’s all quite subjective.
Yeah I prefer set-ups that don’t give you any information about what the other player is doing outside of what you see on the screen and hear from the speakers. Obviously it’s legit from a strategic perspective.
HAHAHA GOOD THING I MASH
TRY WATCHING THESE HANDS WHEN I PLAY SENT
but IMO its all part of the mind games. I watched my bros hands when we played madden and baseball and fighting games. get sneaky or get destroyed >:(
If it works for you, use it. Actually, keeping an eye on your opponent may actually work as well. Just like in poker, certain players may have certain “tells” (both in game and on their person) when their about to do something.
All forms of competitive sports use fakes, jukes, and mind games. You think in football someones not watching the entire field from above? Qbs have ear buds.
I say its fair. Nothing like seeing a buffered ultra or charge.
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I guess it all depends on your view whether strategy in a competitive game should be limited to the actual game screen. Since you hardly ever see tournament rules defined outside of the context of the game, i can only assume that the strategy also stays within the context of the game. I think if it were always possible to have any environment you want, then i would choose something that limits external factors, but reality usually decides such things aren’t always possible.
I dno’t really buy watching, you’re much better off watching the screen.
Sounds are different.
Before EVO, Mexico and Korea had a 5v5. The Mexican team all played with dead buttons and would hit them rather loudly. It apparently threw the Koreans off their game enough to all wear headphones and put up the CafeId shirt to block out the other players in tournament.
Mexico won the 5v5 btw.
This. If you want to look at my hands instead of staying focused on the screen, that’s your folly. If you can do both at the same time or know when it’s safe to look away from the screen, then more power to you.
I do pay attention to the sounds, but figuring out your opponent’s intentions is still a guessing game.
i believe in morocco, there are some kof players who don’t look at the screen at all when theres the ability to look at another person’s hands
The real way to do it is to Tommy it up though.
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