When I was a kid, the concept of playing games with people from all over the world was foreign, and impossible. I would go to the arcade, play Street Fighter 2, and be content knowing I got past Zangief once. Look at how things are now a days. It's crazy to think that any given moment while online, I could end up going toe to toe with some of the best. I could fight with my friends, no matter how far they were from where I was. The internet was arguably the best thing that could of happened to gaming...

... Or the worst.

Do not get me wrong. Thanks to the internet, I've met some of the coolest people out there on the AiF scene, giving advice to others, and generally being friendly people. This place, quite frankly, has the most friendly and welcoming cast of characters I've seen. Shoryuken requires you to be kind of a douchebag, and Dustloop is... Well, Dustloop.


But when Street Fighter 4 came out, the person I mained was everywhere. If you didn't fight Ken at least 50 times in a single sitting of SFIV, you apparently played for less than 5 minutes. The person I took the time to learn became the joke of the internet. I'd be insulted for playing Ken, and it sucked. Thankfully that's changed now. But with every game now a days, the first question that is usually asked around the house I live in is - "So, how did online play ruin this game for you?"

The only two games that I can think of where online play didn't ruin the experience for me would be Battlefield Bad Company 2, and BlazBlue CT. BC2 is just a amazing experience for any FPS player, and BlazBlue CT was always a treat online, due to the fact there was never any lag, and the online community consisted of fun people. Also, Hyper and Loon, two people I love to fight against.

At the same time, however, ask yourself this: "Do you realize how much of a ******* you can be during ranked matches any fighter?" I become someone completely different when you switch the words "Ranked" and "Player" in front of the word "Match." I go from "Thank you for the match.", to "I will find you, and I will kill you!" It's a complete 180.

I've tried to be cool during ranked matches. Then when I lose to a D-heavy v-13 for the umpteenth time, I just become a flat out *******. I end up pissing off my friends, and I turn the game off, and go out for a smoke. I don't like that at all, and it only happens when I play ranked matches. Does anyone else suffer from this problem?

To sum it up: I believe that Online play was the best thing to happen to gaming, but the worst thing to happen to gaming at the same time.

I'd like to know what you guys think about it.

Final Word: So, being a daddy is out of the question. That's ok. I'm sure I'll find a woman who'll actually respect me. In the meantime, Beginner mode is allowed in ranked matches in BBCS? Uh... Are you sure that's ok?

Twintail Fox

This is a Offline  of the best players i've played in Tatsunoko. These players either defeated me, slaughters me or gives me a good match
   1) Vader Suicidez 










1) Vader Suicidez2) Barry Atiabet

1) TrueGamer2) Shinigami3) LOL Jrmints

1) II.nd

1) II.nd

1) RoyalFlush

1) Awesome

1) LaRence2) Alex
1) RoyalFlush
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1) OmegaXF2) PerfectedIddiot23) Devil

1) Phampy2) Devil

1) Tronzilla666(p.s "screw you! morrigan rules!)
Both Amazing Volnutts.1) Rayzyrbyrn2) Devil

1) Vader Suicidez2) Okinawa(too bad you quit)

Even though ryu is predictable and boring. there's only one rival i fought who constantly showed me that ryu is better than what he seems. but meh, ryu just isn't my character he never was in any of the SF games. anyway i look forward to facing you again...
1) TrueGamer

1) Tronzilla666

1) II.nd

1) Phampy2) Devil

1) Shinigami

1) .Shinigami.I'm telling you, this guy is the best vjoe if not in socal he's the best in the world dammit. just play him offline.

1) Kbeast

1) BBHood he is the only yattergirl besides me. he's not no scrub he claims to main her.


1) OmegaXF2) Perfectediddiot23) Awsm

http://media.eventhubs.com/images/2010/07/29_mvc3silversurf.jpg

The photo was taken by Denjetsu, who apparently snapped it while reading an article that has an interview with Ryota Niitsuma, MvC3's producer. Here are a few other points he went on to add from the write up.
• Niitsuma runs through the playable Fantastic Four cast of Doctor Doom, Super-Skrull, and now Silver Surfer, who will be shown off later this month. There are no screens of Silver Surfer yet, just a little portrait along with the other two fighters from that series.

• Silver Surfer is very quick and has a unique playstyle. He never stands on the ground, instead he's always hovering on his board, and he's recommended for advanced players. Doctor Doom was suggested as a good place to start for Fantastic Four fans who are new to the Vs. series.


(via EventHubs)

I would really like to see PN.03 get added (As it was one of my favorite games... Somehow), and of course, I would really like to see more of the Brotherhood of Evil making their appearances onto the game, except for Juggernaut. 

So... AiF, who would you like to see appearing on MvC3?

NOTE: It cannot be Phoenix Wright, Ghost Rider, Punisher, Emma Frost, Gene from God Hand, and Daredevil, as Ryota Niitsuma confirmed that these characters will not be in MvC3

EDIT: Changed title, looked weird. :V

i ha  t lk d to my f ie d and  e sug  sted I j st  tick to Arakun a d so o ce ag in teh Kune is b ck. H is t e o l y char  cter i c n us a yway. I w ll ge better  nd i'll t y t co bo as m ch as po s ble. =D
~RG
So ry abo t ye terday. I h ve depression a d I g t l ke t at. =)

I've been thinking a lot about this lately and I think I'm going to become a casual gamer if even a gamer at all. I will be playing pokemon, but other then that I don't think I'll be playing other games with a competitive spirit. I was never apart of any community and I never went to sessions all I do is waste money and act like I'm good at videogames when I'm not. I bought a ps3, a psp, 4 games and two fightsticks last summer and that adds up to some serious cash i could be spending elsewhere. I thought I was good at Blazblue CT, but that was only because Arakune was good. I can't combo, I have no defense, no spacing ability and my execution sucks. I'm starting to think I've wasted so much on something I love, just for it to backfire in my face...which happened a lot to me. during the past 48 hours I spent 20 of those on Blazblue and bear in mind i get 5 hours of sleep and go to work from 6:30am-3:00pm without work I would probably have spent 26+ hours on blazblue during a 2 day period. it's w/e though.

How to Grow or Start Tatsunoko vs Capcom Competitive Scene in your area

I borrowed this blog, from GC Guy on All is Brawl.com - the new home of the Super Smash Bros. community. but since smash is a dumb game and we rather play more manly games such as SF4 i might as well bring this blog to my home shoryuken and AIF



TatsuWho?

Ok, we are all aware, not everyone knows about tvc. mostly when you mention the game all they will hear is capcom. basically tell them its like Marvel vs Capcom 2 but your only using 2 characters and instead of marvel it's tatsunoko. obviously there not gonna know what tatsunoko is, and it's kind of hard explaining it so just mention Ryu vs speed racer 

My Hyping Method

One method I like to use is, go to a tournament in your area such as Street Fighter 4, you know sf4 tourneys have a lot of people or even that one horrible game brawl or watever. bring a seperate tv and the wii(TATSU OFCOURSE) and some friends you normally play with. play casuals with your friend(s), like show off some long combos, make zero look more badass than he already is, take a cycle through all the characters at the character select screen SOMEONE HAS TO LOOK, do zero's level 3 everyone ALWAYS orgasms at that especially people who've never seen TVC, give the crowd excitement! lastly leave the game there but leave the game on the title menu so it can go on attract mode(intro, cpu game play, records) like a regular arcade machine. 

Casual Encounters 

This means in your day to day lives you will run across people who are gamers, since this is more competitive gaming specific, hopefully they are willing to play tatsu competitively, either way they have VALUE. 
If they don't play competitively, introduce them to it and let them introduce you to their game of choice. 
As you meet these people, invite them over to play, or go with them to where ever they play. Get to know them. if you are much more skilled than them, DON'T GO DAIGO ON ALL OF THEM OR MARN(I WILL PRESSURE YOU UNTIL YOU START RIPPING OUT YOUR HAIR) Sandbag the hell out of them, in case you don't know what sandbagging is. go easy!. even if it's possible let them win a couple of times but not too many times or they'll start to be ****y and start talking trash(BUT! when they start talking trash why not rape them even money match them) after you raped the ****y guy....
Slowly talk to them about competitive gaming. It will be obvious to them you are better, so you do not have to prove it by crushing them. In this stage you are giving them Hope, not destroying them. Talk to people on Shoryuken, AllisFighter, tournaments or even TvC Casual Fests, etc... Slowly introduce them to competitive rules. 
Get them signed up on Shoryuken and show them the character specific forums for whatever character they play. They will either read the forum or not, does not matter. If they have an interest in getting better they will do it. If they do not, who cares. Do not PUSH anything on them, just suggest and introduce. Another thing i'd like to add in, do not judge the players character choice. e.x Player picks Frank West "Aw dude! Frank west is the joke character he isn't good!. NO! don't do that, that only discourages players. and don't mention ANYTHING about Tiers.

At some point they will ask you about tournaments or Casual Fests, or you will tell them you are going to miss TvC at whoevers house on this or that day or EVO2011 or whatever. If they are interested in Competitive Gaming THEY WILL ASK YOU. 
Its human nature to "want what you can not have", at this point in their Competitive Gaming Life, they can not have the tournaments, because they are Scrub Level. 

Get to know these people. Friend first, tournament buddy second. 
Even if these people never go to an event, no reason you can be friends with them. 
You are making new friends, which is far more important. You are developing your people skills, which later in life will pay you. 

At this point, I will move on to another scenario and then pick this back up, as the next stage is the same no matter how you found them. 


Put Your Self Out There(Recruiting Method) 

Not good at the Casual or Chance encounters? Then put effort out there to meet new gamers. 
Places to do this: Game stores, Game Centers, Malls, Hobby Stores, etc... 
Approach these retailers and ASK them if you can bring a couple of set ups one day and play some Tatsu. Offer to pay $2-$5 per person to just hang out one day and play. YOU bring the set ups, they provide the floor space (for a small fee that you pay so the retailer sees some sort of value in it). 
Ask to leave fliers about Casual Fests coming up. 

So you have managed to arrange a time to be at Store X and play TvC with 3 to 5 of you, do not try and turn it into smething big, unless it's some sort of gaming event.


So you have 3-5 ppl and 2 TVs set up in Store X for a couple hours. 
The goal of this is to TALK to people who have questions, or ask, or watch. The goal is NOT to be introverted and just Casuals like it is in your basement. You are there for ONE REASON ONLY, talk to people and hand out info. 
Bring fliers for your areas next TvC Fest, or have a time when you plan to just casually play with no goals somewhere. 
As people ask questions, put the controller down and answer their questions. 
Yeah yeah I know you are good at multi-tasking and playing and talking at the same time.... blah blah blah 
NO YOU ARE NOT. You are good at playing and talking to other people playing at the same time. 
When you are split attention, you will sound awkward and stupid to people who do not understand. 
PUT THE CONTROLLER DOWN. 
I noticed that this is what RoyalFlush does.

Invite these new people to come play sometime. 
RULE DON'T MATTER! EVEN IF THEY PLAY WITH 5 GAUGES ON TVC. *** Casual Encounters above. Slowly introduce them to our world of competitive video gaming. See the last half of Casual Encounters for where to go from here. 


From Casual and Recruiting to ?

Ok so now, regardless of how you found someone, you have done it. 
You have found new players. You have played tvc with them, they have asked some questions, they are (hopefully) on Shoryuken, they have at least seen some serious gameplay and have some interest. 

So what now? 
A TvC Casual Fest is happening or a TvC tournament (small tournament, local). Invite them to come. 
If a TvC Casual Fest - bring them. 
If a TvC Tournament - Work something out that they can spectate and play some friendlies, DO NOT let them enter (unless they are very adamant about it). 
The goal here is to now introduce them to the Scene. So far they know you and know you are part of something larger. How they want to see what that larger thing is. 
Introduce them to some people, let those people know this person is new to competitive tvc. 
This is where you will make or break them. This is where YOUR community will either help you or hurt you. 
So be smart about who you let them play with and intro them too. 
You do not want their first experience to be against people who are all about trash talk and money matches. That will blow this newb out. the people in your community who CARE about new players and want to grow the community not just take money.

Have this new person spectate the tournament, play a few matches in friendlies. Let them see how fun an event can be, but DO NOT let them get destroyed and trash talked to. They should be out nothing more then a Spectator/Friendlies fee, if not comped that fee since their are first timers. 

Your purpose at this event is not even to play, its to help your new friend get introduced to the idea of competitive video gaming.
You SHOULD pay your own entry fee for the tournament, even if you do not play in it. The tournament should not suffer in its prize pool because you have a new person with you, but you should consider not playing in the tournament to help protect your newb from the vicious Money Matchers who see this scrub as money making opportunity. 


Organize TvC Casual Fests and Ask Some People to Stay Home 

Some communities have players that are a-holes. Every part of life has that. Does not mean they are bad people. Does not mean you do not want them at events, but there are times when their influence could be bad for the community. 
Lets say three or four of you have worked hard to find 4 or 5 new players. 
This could be before you intro them to a tournament, or could be after, in any event they are still newbs and will get crushed by your cities 25th place person. 
You have spent time finding these new people. 
The goal is help them grow, help the community grow. 
Last thing you need is the a-hole coming in and trash talking them out of the community because the a-hole thinks he is all that (and may actually be...could be someone in your areas top 5 or all 5 of them whatever). 
Organize Casual Fests with your communities most helpful and most friendly people. 
Kindly ask the a-hole to not come to the TvC Casual Fest. If they want to know why, explain it to them. 
Your are not being a **** by asking someone who is a **** to not show up because they are a ****. 
Again, it has NOTHING to do with not liking them. It has nothing to do with not wanting to play with them, it has EVERYTHING to do with trying to encourage and keep new people coming back. After a couple of these "No A-Hole Allowed" TvC Casual Fests, the new person will be better prepared for the a-hole and able to deal with them. 

The purpose of these events is to really introduce the new players to competitive video gaming, but in an environment that allows them to grow and be encouraged, not one that has them playing someone who will tell them how terrible they are at a game they more or less just started. 
EVERYONE SUCKS when they just start, especially compared to someone who is a top level player. 
So why allow that top level guy to destroy a new person on Day 1 of their new video gaming career? 


TLR 
Find those people in your community. Organize TvC Casuals fest with the sole purpose to helping people get better. 


Other Ideas and Things 

Game Centers - Talk to the game centers in your area. Get TvC started at them. Not sure how to go about doing it? 
Game Stores - Fliers advertising TvC Casual Fests and events, TvC Casual Fests as described above to recruit new people. 

or even your school, yeshz ask your school counselors or even the principle can you organize a tournament.

Well That's about all Everyone i hope this all works. LETS GO TATSU!

-ShadowFiend out

Blazblue has always been one of my favorite fighting games of all time. It's definitely in my top five fighting games. When I first saw the japanese playing it at GameChariot.com I immediately became a fan of the game. I said to myself "THIS is the game I'm going to be great at. My main in CT was Arakune and I used Taokaka terribly as a second. In CS I'm dropping Tao in favor of Makoto because she bares the name of my favorite sf character and she uses tonfas like my main in Vanguard Princess. Eri Hatsumi. It's the best of both worlds lol. 
Today I bought CS and attempted to beat the arcade and got trashed by Unlimited Hazama. Before that I did challenge mode and now I'm 2 way from completing Arakune's challenges. My goal is the main Arakune, but learn how to use every character in the game. Thanks to challenge mode I learned a few combos via muscle memory and I'm starting to learn Ragna. Today, I clocked in 9 hrs of playing practically nonstop and I'll continue to play like this for a while. Tomorrow I'll be in training, challenge and tutorial mode. =D
~RG

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After playing a few sets of SSF4 with JaknDax and the rest of the crew the past weekend, I decided to pick up Juri with my arsenal of characters. Initially, I wanted to pick up Ibuki because I've been playing with her in 3s (GGPO) with Dance Grenade, and she's a lot of fun actually despite being pretty weak in the stamina department. 

I've noticed that besides Ken and Dee Jay, I rarely play with characters with average stamina: Seth, Chun Li, and Juri. With the exception of Chun Li, due to the fact that she has above average stun levels, I would have to pretty much learn how to play perfect matches and work on my execution. Which at times can be difficult, I consider 3s to be a incredibly hight execution game, and I just can not seem to link the simplest of all links and super cancels. 

Fortunately, I rarely have that issue in SSF4. So my main goal once I get my XBOX 360 up and running is to work on Juri/Chun Li/Seth. Time to get studying for these match-ups.

MP+MK (full), dash, HP(c) -> QCF+HP -> FADC, HP(c) -> QCB+LK, DP+LP -> FADC, HCB+HP!

I'm not good with SF lingo.

HOLY FFFFFFF.
hype get?

With so many announcements coming out regarding fighting games, it's hard to keep up with the constant feed. Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Street Fighter vs. Tekken, Tekken vs. Street Fighter, Street Fighter Third Strike Online Edition, Arcana Heart 3 coming out for the 360 and PS3, Mortal Kombat... God, there's just so much. It's like Christmas for all of us fighting game fans. They've got a flavor for whatever your heart desires...

But where is my new Guilty Gear?

I know that Sega holds the rights to most of the characters, and from what I'm hearing, ArcSys is slowly getting them back. Guilty Gear creator and mastermind to the whole series, Daisuke Ishiwatari even said himself: ‘I have the full intention to create Guilty Gear for PS3 and 360." And he's referring to a fighting game, nothing like Overture.

I mean, if you played Guilty Gear 2: Overture, you're probably like me: Crying softly into your pillow, wondering if you should like it or not. Personally, I liked it... When I was playing co-op with a friend. Outside of that, I like to think it isn't a Guilty Gear, seeing as it isn't a fighting game. I'm not sure if you guys think the same way, but to each their own.

Yeah, BlazBlue is the spiritual successor to the Guilty Gear series. And I won't argue it's a great game - I know it is. I play it more than nearly any other fighter I have in my collection, with the exception of Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus. We have so many Guilty Gear friendlies going on in my household per day, it's sad. As soon as they release a new Guilty Gear that has a method of online play, you may as well say your goodbyes, because you'll possibly never hear from me again. The only way that you're going to get me off that game is if you tell me that I have work in 30 minutes, or you're pregnant. Speaking of which...

I could possibly be a dad come February. The details to the whole matter are complex, so I'm not going to delve too deeply into it. Just as a sum-up: It may happen, It may not happen. So, I'm just going to rant about how awesome it would be to actually be a dad. If I (now or some other time) ever become a father, let me tell you... That little girl (It better be a girl, so help me God) at the age of 3 will know how to FADC like a pro, will burst when it's appropriate, and the first letters she will learn are going to be "K.O."

Being a dad would be badass. Yeah, the constant care and nurturing would be exausting, and I would have little time to play games in general. But wouldn't that time and effort be totally worth it in the end? I don't know, is any other guy here actually looking forward to being a father?

Apologies for rambling about the whole "dad" issue. It just feels like I kind of have something to look forward to... Also, a new Guilty Gear would be nice to look forward to, as well.

Final Word: I'd probably name her May, too.

Twintail Fox

Lord Anomaly, a genius crafted from the image of Mike Ross and J. Wong put together, is doing his best to start up the east coast scene in good ol' Jersey, and damn it if I wouldn't help em.

Check out his AiF account, and talk to me more! >:[ I'll make a blog for every update I get, right now we're looking at tournaments on the 6th and 11th, and some hopeful involvement of the CvS2, MvC2, and 3rd strike players. Hit me up, let's get this thing rolling!

http://shoryuken.com/content/arc-sys-porting-arcana-heart-3-ps3-xbox-360-1247/
Your Opinions?

So much things going on for fighting games right now. 

Arcade select screen for SSF4 shows two open slots : News : EventHubs.com 


Two new characters are to be shown off with the arcade version of SSF4. My instincts tell me that it will be Alex and Rolento who will be shown off. 



In fact, there was this random guy who joined shoryken.com like 2 days ago stating what will happen at Comic Con and etc and so far he has been spot on. If you're interested you can read on the following link. 


 Comic-Con details now made public ( Spoiler warning! )

There's a tournament this weekend in North Brunswick, hit it up! It's run by NJHalo, and I've talked to the tournament host, a pretty cool guy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB1VDHY6PIo

I am simply blown away, MK da bess got raped

Check out Game's YouTube channel for 2 new trailers and a gameplay footage video from San Diego's Comic-Con. LOTS of new information in this including:

 - New level 3 supers and old ones in HQ
 - New animations (Dante's Demon super)
 - New special moves, including some of the ones noted from EVO 2010
 - New characters
 - New supers
 - New music
 - New character entrances
 - New character victories (haha DEADPOOL FTW!)
 - New silhouettes (clearly see Viewtiful Joe in one of the videos)

DEFINITELY worth watching, guys. Also on a side note, the rumors about brand-new SSFIV characters being added to the arcade release may be true: http://media.eventhubs.com/images/2010/07/21_ssf4scan.jpg

UPDATE: Thor and Amaterasu from Okami have been confirmed in Marvel vs Capcom 3! Check out the screenshots here.

Also, Capcom Unity had a long and interesting interview with MvC3 producer, Ryota Nitsuma, and asked a lot of questions, revealing lots and LOTS of interesting information. Check it out: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8429873

 - JaKnDaX

It's located! California, Los Angeles. Hollywood Park Casino. This is just a place where we can get TvC Friendlies Pm me if your interested. JULY 28th!

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