getting my sf4 this week cant wait
Hello to you all. Glad to be here.
Hi everyone. I’ve been lurking these forums for a while, but I finally decided to officially become a member so I can join in on the SFIV discussion. I’m main’ing Chun-Li and E. Honda at the moment. I’ll probably stick with them for a while since there’s still a ton I need to learn.
As on old school SFII player on the SNES, I haven’t been too much into fighting games since the recent release of SFIV on consoles. The game is awesome. Though I’m hoping the inevitable next iteration will fix some of the character balances. I’m playing on the xbox 360 with standard pad. Hoping to get the MC pad or TE stick soon.
Rock on!
Best way to do crouching jab to srk…on a ps3 controller? The broken up D-pad makes it pretty tough because of the diagonals (I’m guessing). 
I can’t seem to use the TE stick I bought until I get a bat-stick replacement. I can’t get used to the ball at all, My hands are bruised from hitting the base of the stick. I have no idea how you guys do it. My hands aren’t even that large.
If I have a bit of life left, and I absorb a hit with a focus attack, will I get KO’ed?
Yes.
Ive absorbed Hadoukens when I have barey any life and yet I die
For my first post, I’m going to ask a question that I can’t seem to find an answer to. I have been playing Street Fighter since SFII, but have always used a pad. I very recently picked up a stick (Madcatz SE, TE are impossible to find in my area and I don’t feel like playing inflated prices.) and am having difficulties adjusting. Though I realize it’s really a matter of personal preference, I was curious as to if there is a thread discussing button layouts and ways to hold the joystick for better control. With the top buttons being the punches and bottom being kicks, I’m finding it difficult to pull off FADCs and throws in a pinch. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks 
^ Thanks for posting this in here instead of making a new thread about it, dude. No sarcasm, honestly good shit. We get at least four threads created about this per week and they’re all so unnecessary. I’ll try and give you an awesome answer just because you’re smarter than those people.
A lot of this really just chalks up to your needing more experience. It’s just like when people ask about which side is easier for you to do moves on. Without meaning to sound condescending or unsympathetic or just plain mean, the answer is “you just haven’t played enough yet.” Don’t be afraid to experiment, understand that getting used to it will take some time and effort, and make sure you practice practice practice.
The most common misconception that pad players seem to have about arcade sticks when they make the switch is that the stick will instantly make them better. This is so far from the truth: you’re going to play like garbage UNTIL YOU GET USED TO IT. It’s from then on that you will appreciate the execution advantages it offers you. I don’t know anyone who’s ever genuinely reached that point and willingly switched back to pad after.
Regarding button layout: personal preference etc. etc. etc. but I’m going to tell you to stick with the standard configuration just because. Almost everyone will. It’s just too classic. Call me stuck in my ways, but anything else just sounds way more counter-intuitive.
LP MP HP
LK MK HK
Regarding different ways of holding the joystick: This post is the bible. It will show you basically every reasonable, effective way of using a human hand to grip and move an arcade joystick.
Aaaalso, you just may be that one-in-a-million person who holds their stick cross-handed; that is, you cross your hands over and use your right hand on the stick and your left hand on the buttons. If everything honestly feels terrible and awkward and wrong to you right now, maybe try it out. Seth Killian is the most famous player who does this. Some people call it the Jimmy Hendrix style. :lol:
Hope that helps!
So for about 2 (maybe 3 can’t remember) days now I have been disconnected midway in pretty much every fight I have been in in the tournament mode. I get the message “Lost connection to the other player” or something like that and before this started happeningen I think I have been disconnected twice since I got SF4.
Anyone know if this is some issue that’s happening alot right now or is my wireless 360 adapter (that usb one which you can put at the back of your 360) crapping out on me or something?
New member here.
Was a SF2 player a loooong time ago. It was the game that came bundled with my SNES. Having a blast with SF4 now just need to keep practising with my stick to actually get anything like good 
Thank you for the help Deadfrog. I’ve played for about 8 hours now on the stick and I can hit moves probably 6/10 times. I’ve also lucked out so far in not having my joystick malfunction (Madcatz SE).
heliconsoul: hi and welcome. 
Hasn’t been happening to anyone else, as far as I know.
Note that games are much more sensitive to internet connection “fluidity” (that’s not a technical term haha) than is… oh, let’s say, something like surfing the web just now. It could be the fault of any number of things in the chain: your ISP, your modem, your router, the wireless receiver. Do you notice webpages and stuff loading a little more slowly than usual on your computer? Do you play any fast-paced (action) PC games online? If so, how are they playing right now? What about other XBL games?
In any case, at this point in time and technology, the best possible wireless connection will still not work as well as a wired one. If you have any reasonable way of plugging a cable right into your console, do that instead.
After a few weeks of lurking, I decided to finally register and start posting. I spent countless hours during my adolescent years playing Street Fighter II in the arcades (When they existed here :crybaby:), and then later on the SNES. After more than a decade or so of feeling like fighting games have lost their appeal I recently decided to jump back into the fray with SFIV and learn all over again. I’ve always been able to beat 99% of the scrubs in my hometown but the types of discussion I see here are on a level that I’m not used to (Probably because the majority of my playing was shortly before net access was common). I feel like I’m starting from almost complete scratch now with so much new competition and a new game with so many changes, even though at one time Street Fighter felt as natural to me as bicycle, heh.
Anyways, for the real reason I made this post. I’m having trouble deciding who I should main. I haven’t really had much playtime yet and don’t know who’s really good at what, but I’m hoping some knowledgeable and experienced players can point me in the right direction based on my playstyle.
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I’m more of an attacker than a turtle. I’ve been described as passive and reactionary by some friends of mine, but when it comes right down to it I don’t enjoy standing still.
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I prefer up-close or balanced characters over those who rely on playing keep-away (Dhalsim). A strong throw game is a plus, but I can live without it.
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My technical skill is decent, but nothing great. I’d rather avoid a character who mainly relies on difficult combos and super precise input. My strength as a player lies more in predicting enemy moves and setting myself up in the right position.
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Charge mechanics don’t sit right with me. One or two moves is alright, but charge supers and ultras especially bother me.
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I’m not overly concerned with tiers, as there seem to be enough people out there who prove exceptions to the rule. but consistently rock bottom ranked characters such as Vega(Claw) do give me some pause. There must be something wrong with them. Right?
That’s about all I can think of right now. I appreciate any input people may have. Thanks.
I put the 360 in the same room as my router and now it works again which is weird since I always worked great (green bars) where it used to stand just up until recently X_x ill keep it in my room for now and try to put it back later I guess.
hello! new here. ive been lurking the cammy boards mostly, but decided to sign up. sf4 is like crack!
I can’t seem to post in the forum above this one, but I think another good stick thread would be move execution shortcuts… for example, to dragon punch, you only need to do down-forwards down-forwards punch… etc etc.
Rufus seems to meet all of your requirements…if you can get past his appearance.
- Rushdown/mix up
- Plethora of ways to move around and control space
- No charging
- Technical demands start low, but scale to slightly advanced
- Tier? If it’s good enough for J. Wong…
Rufus’ character design = :tup: