That should be cool.
I am down for that chicago trip anytime, sounds awesome.
Cool scene, hahaha. Not saying that I’d want that to happen to me or anything, though. No way!
But timing it with an event sounds good. When you guys decide to meet up, just say where and I’ll see if I can get there.
lololol I can just see andrew’s wife now if that were to happen hahahaha
man like one time andrew stayed at my place for an extra day and we didn’t even hear from him for a month
I’m definitely down to go there sometime. I was just reading about this last week and saw the youtube video tour. Definitely looks like a solid arcade. If anyone wants to ride with when I go I have a Durango that seats 7. All I ask is that people chip in for gas/tolls.
That’s the one thing I despise the most about traveling into IL, the god damn tollways. Ugh. Whatever, if this arcade is as good as I’m hoping, and it gets an active scene, it’ll be worth going there 1-2x per month.
Oh, man, that’s harsh! Sorry to hear, Arsenal.
I’m down, Foot!
I think if you take 41 south/Waukegan you avoid all the tolls tho. Soloist and I went to Chicago on Monday and avoided the tolls that way.
if we go to chicago, my mom could put us up for the night. also, SS2 is way, way more fun than SSF4. ultimate footsies game, everything you do matters super hard.
What do you guys think of Super Just Games/Nickel City or Gameworks down in IL? Any chance I’m in the area I check those out. GW has some sit down cabs and the BEST ARCADE GAME EVER 8 slot OUTRUN 2, and even though they’ve had the same games forever NC has a solid Capcom selection.
G3 Arcade looks awesome. I’d be totally down for a trip if I’m off of work!
Oh, dude, Carlos, if you do go, I’m going with you, man.
lemmie know if you guys end i’m going, i’ll meet you there too even though it’s a bit of a trip for me
My next two Saturdays (21st and 28th) are booked already, so if you all go before then, let everyone know how it is. Otherwise, I’m planning on riding down to Ghost’s on the 4th.
Dan if you’d ever wanna ride with I could always pick you up in Gurnee. It’s not like it’s out of my way.
I don’t think I understand fighting games at all
Block combos get hit block jump ins get hit, repeat, lose.
You just described my life.
lol ggs earlier today
when we were playing it seemed like you didnt know how to hit me unless i jumped in badly. I think you just gotta work on properly pressuring someone and your offnsive options. open me up make me do shit and punish.
and when ppl are pressuring you dont press any buttons unless you SEE a gap in what im doing. if I do a jump in and block string on you just block because if your mashing all the time chances are your gonna get even more dmg done to you then what was originally gonna happen. chuns legs and honda slaps arent gonna save you all the time. your at a disadvantage if you get knocked down but all you have to do is block, try to tech a throw, and stay patient. backdashing out of situations is also a viable option if your characters backdash is good btw (chuns = best in the game) but even if you abuse that youll get punished.
goddamn i was feeling completely free when i was playing - I didn’t know shit to do.
Thanks for the help. I just don’t understand what to do when I get under pressure and my whole game crumbles.
It’s probably a matter of learning how long other characters’ combos go on for and when you’re able to stop blocking. For teching throws do you just kind of need to guess when the throw is coming? it seems like a bad idea because if you don’t tech you end up throwing out an attack and eating the rest of the combo or the next attack coming?
I wish I could just get better at this game. I mash or try to get a strike in because I get desperate because I know a throw or an overhead or a jump in is coming and I’m going to get put in the same situation where another jump in is coming. I’m just not understanding how I end up eating hits on these blockstrings - cause arsenal was talking about the absolute guard where you block the rest of the string? SSF4 doesn’t actually work like that, cause you can get hit on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th hit etc if you try to get a jab out or something? I don’t understand.
I think the forum I’m looking for is the newbie dojo.
Absolute Guard does autoblock for you provided that you’re blocking a string that has no gaps. Once that gap occurs, and you happen to not be holding downback on your joystick, your character is now vulnerable.