SFV Lounge: Cammy at the Falken bottom, Makoto is in final phases, Leo Alex is broken

I will likely start streaming around June or so, so I will make sure to have a camera on my stick so people can see what real savagery is like.

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This seems like a missed opportunity to position the stick in more suggestive spot on Zangief.

(For real though, nice artwork!)

Nothing I can really think of. Old models had some kinks that got sorted out, the newest batch is just fine.

I’ve heard people say it’s better to put together a hitbox than it is to order one from Hitboxarcade though, but I’m pretty happy with my “official” Hitbox so I can’t complain. Even though I used to play on an old, homemade shitbox made of a DS3 PCB, twelve sanwa buttons, a wooden case and a shitload of duct tape, which also worked just fine (and cost roughly no money).

I am of the average female height of 6’2’’ indeed.
I am not tall. It is the other people that are short.

More Kage stuff

c.HP the reason it’s good is because once it gets to the 11th active frame it reaches up pretty high. One trait it has over Akuma’s b+HP is that since it’s a crouching normal you can crouch and low profile to auto time AA a lot of different things at once.

TK Air Fireball AA

This is strong as it’s pretty easy to do on reaction to a forward jump and stuffs most jumps pretty easily. If you get it timed right you get super free oki that leads to great corner carry and solid damage on hit.

Optimized Kage you will pretty much not be jumping much vs.

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Daaaamn.

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Yeah I don’t really want to build one myself, not for a toy anyways.

What buttons come on the official one (I guess I could look it up myself, but I don’t wanna…)

Edit: looks like sanwa. Neat!

I remember watching the #1 Kage on the leaderboards (Teru, I think?) and he would do TK fireball pretty often just as a preemptive thing against the more jumpy characters, and it worked like a charm. It’s fast and covers a good space, so it’s not like you can really hurt him for doing it raw, and if you do jump he does snag you with a good knockdown.

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Yeah, it’s Sanwa.

I mean, if you’re gonna make a controller out of nothing but buttons, those better be some good ass buttons.

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I’m always tempted to get stick just 'cause of the designs you can have for 'em

I saw Shunao tweet this one and I wanted it so bad

But the thing that stops me from ever investing, aside from muscle memory issues, is just the size. It’s so, so much more convenient to just carry a pad around than an arcade stick. Means I can carry both my laptop and a console in my bag and still fit all my spare clothes too, so I can just use carry-on and not have to worry about the airport losing my luggage.

This is how I learned to hold the stick. I initially tried actual wineglass but that felt way too funky. 3 up 1 down feels easier on the hand and it feels like I have more wrist control.

@Akhos I’ll be ready in another couple of mins. Invite whenever.

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Buy a stick pussy do it do it do it do it

It’s also great as a general bait to get people to try to anti air you for jumping forward. His air buttons are pretty long so people will see him jump forward and want to AA, but air fireball can pull him back while throwing out something that keeps them from jumping or going air to air as easily.

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Join the stick side of the force.
Pads don’t even handle red days, let alone fighting games.

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I already have one, I’ve tried it before

Have a converter for it and everything

Tried it for like a month with SF x TK and still couldn’t do QCFs right so I went back to what I preferred

The path to enlightenment is not easily tread young William.

You must endure.

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It takes a while, for a couple months after a got mine I thought I had just made a huge mistake.

So, that’s normal. I would say stick with it (pun). But really, do what’s right for you.

Bruh I’m older than you :angry:

And I’d endure if I was enjoying the process, but I wasn’t. I hated using it.

Which is to play on stick or get a cheatbox.

I don’t really get the Kage sucking shit talk. If he could convert a little better from non-fierce buttons I’m sure he’d be much better, and his pressure isn’t really much to write home about, but damn his damage and control of airspace is impressive. He has to have the best c.mk xx special in the game too, it leaves you at pretty good space (even if the normal itself is somewhat lacking)

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