Well, Yi… When he visited I was preparing for my exams…
And I bet he met some of the coolest SF3s players in Shanghai there LOL Did he mentioned that a girl whoi was a terrific Yun player was there too?
Really? I’ve heard a lot of Beijingers say they hate people from Shanghai. haha 
Northerners also tend to make fun of southern accents. Especially Fujian and Anhui. So it’s a lot like America really.
When I was in Shanghai about 2 or 3 years ago there were very few 3S machines. There were 2 machines at Lie huo Arcade but there wasn’t any decent competition at the time (and that says a lot cos I suck at 3S). The most amazing thing for me was that I could actually hit-confirm cr.mk xx Jinrai, which I found impossible to do on console/emus. (I haven’t seen a single 3S cab in my entire country)
At Lie huo most people were playing KOF as expected, but the level of competition in SFIICE was very high as well. I did OK against some of the guys but the top players are untouchable in that game.
In Vanilla SFIV I got raped by a Sagat/Ryu player 42:3. Even though those characters were very strong in that version, China seems to have very good SFIV players - better than Hong Kong on average (at least in Kowloon when I visited there).
I don’t remember seeing 3S at the arcades I visited in Shenzhen. It was also mostly KOF, and CE was quite popular as expected, as well as SFIV. Tekken also seemed to be very popular at that one arcade (I think it was called City Hero?).
I would love to see vids of 3rd Strike matches from China.
The two SF3s were still there. Thanks to everyone who were taking care of them, for I started to play 3s in Liehuo several years ago. And by the way, because we held an online SF3s match it seems that there comes some more people who starts to get interested with SF3s. I have to wait for an hour to play the SF3s.
Mention that there was once MVC2 and CVS pro arcade in Liehuo, you could talk to the boss for your favorite game, if you want to.
And the arcade in Shenzhen - yeah you were right City Hero was a famous one in Shenzhen.
Louiscipher plays KOF games. And looks up manga (hentai versions). He probably figured out some things and why they happened there.
Also it is rumored he is one mad chatter in game. Every round he has one thing, one word on his mind.
That thing is the naked man that keeps showing up intermittently in the video. In the beginning of the video on those throw exchanges and Heavy hits, the video showing things like that. So do not answer him and those requests! Good work you did not do that anyway, you were not mixed up!
Even if this doesn’t make any sense and is only about one player we still might be able to learn things from other people who play and different 3rd Strike scenes! For one thing, I thought only America uses: “That was sick” but it shows up in the Japanese translated interviews. Does China say “sick” or have anything different to say when cool stuff happens? Like after anything funny/skillful/exciting that happened in the game. If yes, very cool. If not, “that was sick” can become a part of 3rd Strike player universal language!
Let me respond to this point by point:
Kinda. I played 13 a lot and it’s kind of a step backwards compared to the other games in some ways. KOF has some quirks that I don’t like such as CD attacks and alt-guarding. I hate that shit. I don’t like it and don’t understand why these are features. Especially alt-guarding. Who wanted that shit to return? Because it was not in the original broken (literally) arcade version of 13. But someone decided to bring that back, and adjust the number of hitstun on jump ins, and give 8 frames of grab invincibility on wakeup. It’s like the devs are telling me “Hey, you like grapplers? Fuck you!” and HD mode is very annoying and super easy with the top tiers. But despite the quirks I still liked it enough but then came Mr. Karate who just shits all over the tier list and the netcode is almost unplayable. So 3 strikes (get it?) you’re out.
KOF 98 is good but the controls suck. 02 is just broken. I want to check out the UM’s.
To be fair, most dudes here are into it. Have you even checked out the Bayonetta 2 thread? Or the Killer Instinct thread where several guys are talking about Orchid’s ass and titties? If I see another post like that I’m just going to recommend those dudes look up some Umemaro shit.
Stomp?
Honestly, I’m tempted to do a series of online 3S vids in the style of that Korean KOF video.
French fries may have a history in being food for 3rd Strike players.
Dander
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I think they basted them in apple pie juice, discerned by the empty pie box closest to the camera-man.
Tebbo
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looks like money to me bro.
Dander
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Crazy ass China and their paper box money.
rageous
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGHpufD3Uug
casual match i took this weekend at the arcade in beijing shuangjing (双井) VIVA Shopping Mall (the only spot for 3rd strike in beijing)
that’s where MOV, BillyKane etc. all went.
if your in beijing, please feel welcome to drop by on fridays and saturdays (around 6pm there is guaranteed competition), level is definitely the best all over china, with the posted match NOT being played by the top players. the playerbase is only like max. 20 people though.
Deemo
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My friends moving to China early next year, Tiajin to be exact, is there any 3s there or should he just visit Beijing when he can?
ryan
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I will go to Beijing soon. When? It is a mystery for now. 
rageous
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Tianjin to Beijing is a really short trip by train (ride takes a half hour lol) so he should just go to beijing, I don’t think there’s anything like a community around 3s in Tianjin, at least none that I’ve heard of.
If some of you guys need a contact person, you can send me a pm (friend of mine, necro-player, his english is sufficient to get you there I think)
@ryan
how long will you stay, when you get there? I think I’ll go again in late november/ early december.
@general
they have a greatly talented young mak player here, who goes by the name of Xiao Zheng. they told me, it was him who gave MOV a headache.
oh, and they put some new parts (sanwa) in the machine some months ago, so it’s still pretty comfortable to use. only one cab though^^
i plan on posting more vids soon, after next weekend.
I played in Shanghai (Lie Huo Arcade) two weeks ago, but it wasn’t crowded at all and the level compared to beijing definitely weaker (japan 10pts, beijing 7pts, shanghai 5pts).
Deemo
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Half hour, well that should be him sorted then Thanks for the info
This is the player who will be in China with you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRTF3wO61d4
ryan
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Sorry I meant I will go someday in the future but I have no idea when. No plan right now. I want to go and party with ack!
@deemo
he’s sick, i’ve played him on ggpo. he should feel free to contact me here on srk.
@ryan
O.O haha, then tell ack to go there as well. or maybe he is, dunno.
Video is now updated with arcade location. you may type it in google/baidu-maps just as is written in the description of the video.
Dander
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I should’ve known Ack was Chinese.
