How can you not like Fighters : )

Meh I threw in some others for good measure but I couldn't fit them all in. Maybe I'll take another one with the Virtua Fighters, Tekkens, the other DOA's and some others like Accent Core which aren't in the photo.

But seriously with all of these fighters and the sexy black beast of an Arcade Stick the supports two people at once. Man how can you go wrong?

*well unless your Dreamcast blows up in your face*

No more Street Fighter Alpha 3 :cry:

But getting a new Dreamcast next week :D

How long did you spend assembling that?

How long did you spend assembling that?

Jandurin

:lol: Horrible.

That's an awesome collection.

But aren't some of those 3d?

How long did you spend assembling that?

Jandurin

No assembly required.

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How long did you spend assembling that?

Blackbond

No assembly required.

No Street Fighter Alpha Anthology?CJL13

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How long did you spend assembling that?

Jandurin

No assembly required.

About a year.

How long did you spend assembling that?

Jandurin

and why is it taken in a bathroom? :)

I love fighters.. heck... lately... over the past year or so.. I've been taking fighting games differently. Before... I admit I was moreso the button masher, and I would play a fighting game for a while... beat the arcade/story mode with all characters on normal, maybe try buying/unlocking everything for a while then stop after about a month or less of playing that game.

Now... I'm kind of getting back into the spirit and really learning the fighting engines in the game, learning how to be better, fix my timing, perform more than my standard set of moves and learning when best to use a certain move.

Still... one drawback of fighters of today... it's not essily accessible to many wherein my problem ies..no one I know (friends/family) will take it seriously as I do or even care now... so I just battle button mashers, and when I'm really good at the game... they aren't a challenge so... they quit earlier and earlier to the point where they don't even bother wanting to play... :(

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How long did you spend assembling that?

Ontain

and why is it taken in a bathroom? :)

I was thinking the same thing.

[QUOTE="CJL13"]No Street Fighter Alpha Anthology?Blackbond

The controls. They're insufferably and needlessly complicated and I don't have the patience to learn them then master the timing of using them. It should come as no surprise then that the only figher I play a lot is Smash Bros Melee. That's the way fighters should be.Hoffgod

That's an awesome collection.

But aren't some of those 3d?

BuryMe

I don't like most fighters.

[QUOTE="Hoffgod"]The controls. They're insufferably and needlessly complicated and I don't have the patience to learn them then master the timing of using them. It should come as no surprise then that the only figher I play a lot is Smash Bros Melee. That's the way fighters should be.kage_53

[QUOTE="kage_53"][QUOTE="Hoffgod"]The controls. They're insufferably and needlessly complicated and I don't have the patience to learn them then master the timing of using them. It should come as no surprise then that the only figher I play a lot is Smash Bros Melee. That's the way fighters should be.Hoffgod

Complex controllers is what keeps the fighting genre a hardcore genre to the elitists. The lower the entry barrier for newbies, the better.

[QUOTE="kage_53"][QUOTE="Hoffgod"]The controls. They're insufferably and needlessly complicated and I don't have the patience to learn them then master the timing of using them. It should come as no surprise then that the only figher I play a lot is Smash Bros Melee. That's the way fighters should be.Hoffgod

Attacks: a, b, up a and b, down a and b, right and left a and b

Smash attacks: Up A, Down A, Left and Right A

Not much variety.

I probably would still play fighters every now and then if i still had my dreamcast :cry:Ontain

I feel you on that man.

I don't even want to know why you took that picture in the bathroom...jechtshot78

[QUOTE="Hoffgod"][QUOTE="kage_53"][QUOTE="Hoffgod"]The controls. They're insufferably and needlessly complicated and I don't have the patience to learn them then master the timing of using them. It should come as no surprise then that the only figher I play a lot is Smash Bros Melee. That's the way fighters should be.kage_53

Attacks: a, b, up a and b, down a and b, right and left a and b

Smash attacks: Up A, Down A, Left and Right A

Not much variety.

The problem with that argument is that it's hard to spam in Smash and get away with it. It also helps that the fighting system allows variety in terms of combinations despite the limited list of attacks. As a result, there is no set list of buttons to press to get X combo to work.

[QUOTE="Hoffgod"]Let me just put it this way. Ryu doing a fireball attack requires a quarter-circle combined with punch. Mario doing a fireball requires a press of the B button.
Not the best comparison, I know, but still, in comparison pulling off special attacks in other fighters just feels cumbersome and unnecessarily complex in comparison to Smash. I love the competitive spirit of fighters, but when it feels like I'm fighting the controls as much as my opponent, it sucks all the fun right out.kage_53

Attacks: a, b, up a and b, down a and b, right and left a and b

Smash attacks: Up A, Down A, Left and Right A

Not much variety.

Factor in all those attacks, grabs & throws (four moves there, as well as the ability to hit them while held), aerial attacks (five attacks there), and items, and then spread that out over 25 characters and you have quite a lot of variety. Hoffgod

Besides, like any fighter, you can spam the same attack over and over, but a truly skilled opponent will still demolish you if that's your technique. I can say this with authority, speaking as a Peach player who got demolished at tourneys a couple of times before figuring out I need more technique than "Use her down-smash". Hoffgod

If anything, I view the simplicity as not making it easier to be cheap, but making it easier to become skilled. It reduces the boundry between me and having fun. Frankly, I appreciate that. Hoffgod

I'm sorry, Kage, but if you are using Kirby and Yoshi, two of the lowest tiered characters in Smash Bros., as well as item balance (Items were never meant for balance anyways) as examples against SSBM, you obviously don't know much about the game to comment on it. Scrubs playing at your campus don't count. Keep in mind that I'm not comparing Smash to something like Virtua Fighter but it sure as hell ain't as simplistic as you make it out to be.

Also, keep in mind that games like Naruto aren't the only games plagued by easy as hell infinites. The MvC series is plagued by infinites (Wolvie's corner infinite) and broken to the point where it gets beyond silly.

Man I love playing on the Arcade Sticks. I've literally lost track of the entire night.

1. KOF 2002 (Enjoy it!)
2. KOF 2003 (Enjoy it!)
3. Guilty Gear Accent Core
4. Virtua Fighter 4 Evo (No 5 Yet)
5. DOAU
6. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
7. Marvel vs Capcom 2
8. Capcom vs SNK 2 EO

Oh man we just played fighters all night infront of the big screen in the lobby. I completly lost track of all the school work I needed to do. This is only going to get much worse when I come home Thanksgiving and get another Dreamcast! :cry:

I've having huge difficulties with Guilty Gear on the sticks though. Button placement is much different and I always think of the Burning Revolver as the Crack Shoot/Crack Shot/Kick Back move as the same buttom yet they aren't. Also using using a Medium Kick (Standard Capcom 6 Button) for a Shoryuuken Type move is just Akward. Ah Guilty Gear. You control as akward to me as your crazy lovable cast :D

Super smash brothers is not a traditional fighter, and should never be compared to Street fighter, KOF(Enjoy it!), Tekken, or Virtua fighter.....jechtshot78

Kage I noticed a learning curve going from controller to Arcade Stick. Everything is fine but it took me a bit to adjust to performing a Super Art in SFIII. Besides that now I'm good. Real good. You ever experience this with the stick or were you just natural with it?Blackbond

I'm sorry, Kage, but if you are using Kirby and Yoshi, two of the lowest tiered characters in Smash Bros., as well as item balance (Items were never meant for balance anyways) as examples against SSBM, you obviously don't know much about the game to comment on it. Scrubs playing at your campus don't count. Keep in mind that I'm not comparing Smash to something like Virtua Fighter but it sure as hell ain't as simplistic as you make it out to be.

Also, keep in mind that games like Naruto aren't the only games plagued by easy as hell infinites. The MvC series is plagued by infinites (Wolvie's corner infinite) and broken to the point where it gets beyond silly.

Redmoonxl2

I already know that the MvC games are a broken mess from a balanced perspective but it didn't stop it from being at EVO for what is seems like forever.

They are just characters. The entire game is built upon how fast the character is the better they are in most cases. Shiek is like the god tier of the game. You can get away with doing some things with Shiek that you cant do with other characters.kage_53

Shiek is not god tier. Not even close. Shiek has speed but lacks solid knockbacks outside of Smashes. Shiek's speed did get her up there in terms of tiers, however. Besides, if speed was always a major factor, Ness would be over Ganondorf and Ganondorf would not even rate that high. The fact is that weight, priority, reach, power and speed are all factors on who to choose as your main. The problem with Smash is that it's too unevenly spread out. Characters like Bowser simply don't have three out of the four things needed to succeed.

God tier would be Marth, who seems to have stupid reach, speed and power at everything he does.

**EDIT** Wow, I was really redundant in one of the sentences. Damn you, late nights!