In my defense, he’s not only complaining about lag but players who abuse lag like Yang’s teleport tricks, and Urien’s dashes.
Also find it funny how no one is really debating that there’s a lot of bad players, but I get toasted irregardless of pointing this out or not.
Nobody is debating it because we all know it’s true, however that doesn’t mean you should make some faggoty thread on srk to make yourself feel better by calling other players scrubs. Despite the fact that you yourself are a scrub of course.
If you don’t like it, don’t play online. Otherwise stfu.
Using the term faggoty is harmful to homosexual players such as Ricky Ortiz. Are you against Ricky Ortiz Womble?
Only on sundays.
Anyway, stop trying to redirect the conversation.
Pointing out homophobic slurs in SRK is like saying the KKK are full of racists, but that’s not the point. What brought me to my attention to this quote in regards to another one…
id say its more the bastion of players not able to play people face to face :rolleyes:
Ha, I didn’t mean to say all the players on it are people too afraid to play face to face. I’d say a lot of the better players on there are people who are the players who don’t have access to offline play, but a significant amount are people who aren’t confident enough in their skills to play people offline so stick to online 
It’s true. I’ve met quite a few Japanese players on GGPO who told me that they’re still getting used to the game and are too afraid to go to the nearby arcades. They’re not terrible scrubs either, but they are too afraid of letting go of the GGPO pacifier. Thankfully some of them are now showing up in vids and making a name for themselves, like Gouki-san, who I had some hilarious online Sean/Alex vs Q/Urien matches with.
the thing i dont understand is the people who live so close to arcades and dont even attempt to show up to play ever. people carpool, make friends. too cool to go to an arcade. not cool enough to be playing hours of ggpo a week. mystery to me.
I live in japan actually and even if gamecenters are quite close from my place, I still play GGPO. In the game centers of my town nobody plays 3.3, so if I put my coin in the cab, I’m going to play against the CPU (I already tried several times). It’s maybe not like that everywhere else in Japan, but I may not be the only one in this case.
ps: excuse my English, I’m not a native speaker
Understandable. I’ve beaten the game many times with no one to play at some game centers.
My comment was more toward people who skip out on events like ranbats, tourneys etc.
Jonas are you french? I’m sure I remember playing you.
@womble: Yep it’s me.
About tourneys, rankings or events, I’d say it’s nice to go to thoses events but, usually when you want to organize that kind of things, you need other players. And the most obvious way to meet players would be going to gamecenters but if noone play…
Yeah, I heard that Okayama doesn’t have too many players, so I understand that. :T
I mean people who live in cities where there is a already a active community or scene for 3s.
I would kill to have an arcade anywhere closer than NYC. When I’m visiting in NJ though it’s still a $20 train ride, add subway, add food, etc. It adds up and right now I can’t swing that on any kind of regular basis (nor am I living close enough currently).
I would still be anxious though. Arcades aren’t just places with games. They’re communities. Being a random outsider and stepping into someone else’s community isn’t an easy thing. Especially if you’re not as good as that community yet. Still, if I lived in NYC I would at least go and watch and maybe play when there aren’t many people playing.
If you live in NYC though, or say within 30 mins of some place like denjin you really have no excuse if you play regularly on ggpo. That just seems silly. If you like the game why wouldn’t you want to experience it in it’s natural habitat.
I guess there are certain other factors regarding NYC, like the sticks. I’ve only been to CTF once and played on the showcase cab, but their sticks felt very nice. Then again, I’ve been playing on both American and Japanese sticks for years and I know how to adjust myself, but not everyone can do that.
Still, it IS worth going out just to play arcade 3S and put your practice and theories to the test. Can’t just stay in your cave and play an imperfect port forever.
I have dreams of opening up an arcade in Beverly, MA. I think it’s possible for it to work out. A friend from NYC told me there are grants for things like arcades if you find the right people. It’s considered a good community tool like the YMCA. Give kids/young adults something to do instead of graffiti, drugs, violence, etc. The hardest part would be finding like 2 sets of 3S. That and shipping cabs…
I never agreed with the attitude of being anxious about playing at the arcade if you are a newer player since arcades are businesses open to the public. even though there are communities and regular players, randoms show up to arcades including cf often. maybe it’s different for me because i look at fighting games purely for competition, rather than to socialize. i agree with people wanting to work their way up in levels according to available competition they can find. however, i think it’s best just to dive in if you have the means (money, transportation, etc.).
cuz its free