Week of July 7th to the 13th, 2014.
Fighting Games Weekly is the weekly discussion thread for all things fighting games. News, events, streams, videos, players, drama, everything fighting game related.
Don't know what to watch right now? Check the FGCPros Twitch Group or Jaxel's Stream Viewer. If you want to watch multiple streams at once, you can use Jaxel's customizable multiviewer as well.
New to FGC-GAF is the FGC-GAF Index which lists the fighting games GAFers plays as a neat reference with some rough statistics to boot. To add yourself to the index, quote this post and use the survey link below. Please remember to save/bookmark the "Edit your response" link so you can edit your responses if/when you buy a game already on the list or a new game that releases in the future.
Last week's thread. An archive of previous FGW threads is available here.
Fighting Games Weekly is the weekly discussion thread for all things fighting games. News, events, streams, videos, players, drama, everything fighting game related.
Don't know what to watch right now? Check the FGCPros Twitch Group or Jaxel's Stream Viewer. If you want to watch multiple streams at once, you can use Jaxel's customizable multiviewer as well.
New to FGC-GAF is the FGC-GAF Index which lists the fighting games GAFers plays as a neat reference with some rough statistics to boot. To add yourself to the index, quote this post and use the survey link below. Please remember to save/bookmark the "Edit your response" link so you can edit your responses if/when you buy a game already on the list or a new game that releases in the future.
Last week's thread. An archive of previous FGW threads is available here.
EVO is upon us. All roads lead to this, the biggest stage and fighting game tournament in the world. Keep an eye eye out for the official thread, because when it goes up, that will be our home for the most exciting tournament of the year.
Every week, FGW will spotlight one GAFer to get a better picture of their history with fighting games, their preferences, and much more. For this week's FGW Player Spotlight, we will be taking a closer look at GAF's underage ninjagirl sexual predator, Passive Assassin!
What fighting games do you currently play, what are your all time favourites and why?
The only game I'm playing seriously right now is Ultra Street Fighter 4 since it's the game with the most competition in Sacramento. I dabble in KOF13, GGXXAC+R, BBCP, ST, 3s, CvS2, and TTT2 whenever someone wants to play it on the cab. My all time favorites are CvS2 and 3s. The music, characters, and system mechanics are amazing.
What are your favorite mechanics from the current selection of fighting games and why? What are your least favorite and why?
My favorite mechanic is the parry mechanic from 3s. It looks cool and makes you feel like DAIGOD.
My least favorite mechanic is X factor since it feels like an overpowered get out of jail free card.
What got you into fighting games? Are there any other genre of games you play?My least favorite mechanic is X factor since it feels like an overpowered get out of jail free card.
I never took fighting games seriously when I was a little kid and didn't know about the local arcades in Sacramento such as the Folsom Gameroom and Birdcage. But I did know about the games my brother brought home for the PS2, namely CvS2, GGXXAC, and Tekken 4. I only played those games when my friends dropped by and it was the typically mash to win and throws were cheap mentality. I was more of a Halo 2 player back during middle school to high school and liked the glitchy slide of the game, such as the BxB, BxR and sword canceling to get off the map.
Then one day after playing Halo 3, my friend decided to pop in Street Fighter 4. I got the hang of the basic game plan with Ryu and went to town on most of my friends until someone picked Akuma and I got bodied. I decided to pick up the game afterwards on PC and got a shitty Hori EX2 to start out with. I learned how to use a stick within three weeks and played within my group of friends for a year or two before finding out about GAF and the local scene.
I guess the time when I started to get more invested into fighting games was when I started playing with other Gaffers from the old AE2012 community thread and #gafranbats. I upgraded from my Hori EX2 to a Madcatz TE Round 2 in order to play better and have more control over my inputs. I learned a lot about my playstyle and how to change it up from being an total online scrub (well ... still an online scrub but I'm slowly progressing). Then I started going to a local tournament called Tap Ex tourneys ran by a guy I remember from high school and got introduced to other tournies in the area, such as CFD and the Davis fighting game scene. My first tournament was NCR this year in Sacramento and I'll be going to Evo this year too.
I used to play SC:BW back in elementary to middle school and then WoW from high school to my sophomore year of community college. Raided from Burning Crusade to the first few bosses in Ice Crown Citadel as a hunter on Dragonblight and Tichondrius Horde. Thank god I ended WoW during the beginning of ICC since the game started to die down around then. I play CS 1.6, CS:GO and Arma 3 on the side.
What is your favorite fighting game character and why?Then one day after playing Halo 3, my friend decided to pop in Street Fighter 4. I got the hang of the basic game plan with Ryu and went to town on most of my friends until someone picked Akuma and I got bodied. I decided to pick up the game afterwards on PC and got a shitty Hori EX2 to start out with. I learned how to use a stick within three weeks and played within my group of friends for a year or two before finding out about GAF and the local scene.
I guess the time when I started to get more invested into fighting games was when I started playing with other Gaffers from the old AE2012 community thread and #gafranbats. I upgraded from my Hori EX2 to a Madcatz TE Round 2 in order to play better and have more control over my inputs. I learned a lot about my playstyle and how to change it up from being an total online scrub (well ... still an online scrub but I'm slowly progressing). Then I started going to a local tournament called Tap Ex tourneys ran by a guy I remember from high school and got introduced to other tournies in the area, such as CFD and the Davis fighting game scene. My first tournament was NCR this year in Sacramento and I'll be going to Evo this year too.
I used to play SC:BW back in elementary to middle school and then WoW from high school to my sophomore year of community college. Raided from Burning Crusade to the first few bosses in Ice Crown Citadel as a hunter on Dragonblight and Tichondrius Horde. Thank god I ended WoW during the beginning of ICC since the game started to die down around then. I play CS 1.6, CS:GO and Arma 3 on the side.
Ibuki. She's a ninja with decent combos and she's a glass cannon, which fits my play style.
Describe your style of play, and how do you play (local, online, etc.).
I play full rushdown with little to no defense. Then when I get the opponent dizzy, I just practice Ibuki loops or SJC combos on them. It usually ends up with me dropping a link and everything going to hell afterwards.
I usually play locally at a local boba spot that has a gutted out astro city cab with a ps3 fitted in. It's nice since there's new hori buttons (thanks carlo!) and the drinks are cheap there. Before I found out about this spot, I used to play AE2012 on PC. There was little to no lag playing people from the East Coast or Canada. Wish the same could be said for Ultra for PS3 though ...
What do you feel are your biggest strengths and weaknesses as a player?I usually play locally at a local boba spot that has a gutted out astro city cab with a ps3 fitted in. It's nice since there's new hori buttons (thanks carlo!) and the drinks are cheap there. Before I found out about this spot, I used to play AE2012 on PC. There was little to no lag playing people from the East Coast or Canada. Wish the same could be said for Ultra for PS3 though ...
My biggest strength is execution and sometimes godlike reactions. I remember doing a reaction yoroitoshi against a local player who did ex dash straight and he thought it was an OS, and hashinshoing gouken's overhead from point blank range and many fireballs. 
My biggest weakness is patience. I don't like sitting still in and waiting for the one knockdown. I'll try to play footsies but that usually doesn't work out. Another weakness is overextending myself by going for fancy combos like SJC ultra where I could just do a regular neckbreaker into knockdown for more setups. And dropped combos :l OMG itZ pAss.
Best and worst moments in the your fighting game career?My biggest weakness is patience. I don't like sitting still in and waiting for the one knockdown. I'll try to play footsies but that usually doesn't work out. Another weakness is overextending myself by going for fancy combos like SJC ultra where I could just do a regular neckbreaker into knockdown for more setups. And dropped combos :l OMG itZ pAss.
Best moment was going 2-2 at NCR and pulling off Ibuki loops and SJC ultra on the people I played in losers.
Worst moment was when I played my first major tournament match on stream at NCR and got bodied free 2-0 against a Bay area Ken player. It was 10 am in the morning and I got the stream jitters. Other than that, the worst moments happen whenever I play online on PSN and lose to Mesmerman :l.
What do you want from future fighting games?Worst moment was when I played my first major tournament match on stream at NCR and got bodied free 2-0 against a Bay area Ken player. It was 10 am in the morning and I got the stream jitters. Other than that, the worst moments happen whenever I play online on PSN and lose to Mesmerman :l.
I want more ninjas and jazz hip hop in my fighting games.
Who should be on next week's GAF Player Spotlight?
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Super Desperation Radio [ 9:30PM EDT | 6:30 PDT ]
- Hellpockets and various other members of the KoF community discuss KoF and happenings in the FGC.
- Out of the ashes of Cross Counter Live rises a new discussion show from Gootecks and Mike Ross!
- Out of the ashes of The BOX Arena, comes the San Diego FGC's newest organized weekly for UMvC3.
- Weekly FGC show dedicated to match analysis, teaching, commentary, news, debates, and more! Hosted by UltraDavid and James Chen.
Kachitagari TV (JP) [ 9PM JST | 8AM EDT | 5AM PDT ]
- Bon-chan, Kazunoko and Fuudo's new show, focusing primarily on SSFIV AE ranked matches but is branching off into other games as well.
- NYC VF crew presents VF5:FS tournaments casuals out of The Next Level arcade in Brooklyn.
- New Jersey's largest weekly featuring UMvC3 and Injustice.
- JamessMK & DarKNaTaS host a raw and uncut weekly talk show discussing events in the FGC with various FGC personalities.
- Weekly FGC show dedicated to match analysis, teaching, commentary, news, debates, and more! Hosted by UltraDavid and James Chen.
- iPlaywinner hosts a weekly talk show featuring alpha stream monsters Harrison and Honzo Gonzo.
Game Spot Versus KoF Casuals (JP) [ 7PM JST | 6AM EDT | 3AM PDT ]
- KoF 1998UM, KoF 2002UM and KoF XIII C action from Japan.
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- NYC's biggest weekly at The Next Level Arcade in Brooklyn featuring SSFIV AE, UMvC3 and TTT2. If the Teamsp00ky link is not working, it is likely on the backup stream on Arturo's channel.
- Often, WonderChef will stream Injustice pools up until Top 4.
- SoCal's biggest weekly at Super Arcade in Walnut, featuring Injustice and SSFIV AE. Season details are available here.
HBTB Live [ 8PM EDT | 5PM PDT ]
- Hold Back To Block hosts a weekly roundtable discussion of various happenings in the FGC.
- A bi-weekly Smash podcast discussing recent events, news and issues in the Smash community, hosted by Scar, Prog, Cactuar and Sheridan.
- Galloping Ghost Arcade presents an Injustice weekly out of Chicago.
- A weekly FGC talk show hosted by iPlaywinner, featuring a varying, ensemble cast of prominent members of the fighting game community.
- Aris' new weekly show, discussing whatever he wants to! The format resembles old ATP podcasts.
- The UMvC3 and KoF XIII branch of Wednesday Night Fights also hosted at Super Arcade in Walnut, California.
The Smash Break Bi-Weekly [ 6PM EDT | 3PM PDT ]
- The Break hosts a new Melee bi-weekly to replace Rokunaya Bi-Weeklies which are ending.
- Arturo streams a BlazBlue and Guilty Gear bi-weekly out of Next Level arcade in Brooklyn.
- For those who know how to use Nico Live, also join the GODSGARDEN community page on Nico to know when Ura KaoTV! goes live.
- A weekly Skullgirls event hosted by members of the Skullgirls development team, often featuring preview builds of the game.
Rebel Up [ Secondary ] [ 7PM EDT | 4PM PDT ]
- Super Arcade's anime bi-weekly, featuring GG, BB, P4A, SG, Gundam and older anime games as well.
GGPO VanBats [ 4PM EDT | 1PM PDT ]
- Weekly GGPO Vampire Savior ranbats streamed by GAFer Rotanibor.
- Level|Up and Team OXY partner up to create a new weekly for the SoCal Melee community, featuring doubles and singles.
On GAF we have various members that stream fighting games from time to time too. If you would like to add your channel to this thread, send me a PM.
Additionally, if you want to really get involved, you may want to check out the various OTs for specific games:
Additionally, if you want to really get involved, you may want to check out the various OTs for specific games:
- BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma
- Chaos Code
- Darkstalkers: Resurrection
- Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate and Core Fighters
- Divekick
- Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost
- Injustice: Gods Among Us
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle
- Killer Instinct
- The King of Fighters XIII
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins
- Mortal Kombat
- Persona 4: Arena
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
- Project M 3.0
- Skullgirls
- Soul Calibur: Lost Swords
- Soul Calibur V
- Street Fighter X Tekken v.2013
- Tekken
- Tekken Revolution
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Ultra Street Fighter IV
- Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
- 8WayRun - Soul Calibur franchise community
- DOACentral - Dead or Alive franchise community
- Dream Cancel - King of Fighters franchise community and resource, more US-centric
- Dustloop - Forums/community for Arc System Works-developed games
- Eventhubs - Frequently updated news blog, resource and forums for all things fighting games
- FreeStepDodge - Dead or Alive franchise community
- Homing Cancel - Arcana Heart community
- iPlaywinner - Large fighting game news site and resource, and the home to Teamsp00ky and iPlaywinner
- Jet Upper - UK-centric news source and community
- Mayonaka Midnight - Persona 4 Arena community and resource
- Melty Bread - Melty Blood community
- Mizuumi - A resource for various "poverty" games
- Orochinagi - King of Fighters franchise community and resource, more EU-centric
- Reddit Fighters - Reddit's own fighting game community subreddit
- Shoryuken - The largest FG community and multigame resource on the web, with a large Capcom games community
- Skullheart - fan Skullgirls community and resource made official
- TekkenZaibatsu - Tekken franchise community
- Test Your Might - Mortal Kombat and Injustice community and resource
- UKFGC - UK-centric news source and community
- Smash Boards - The largest Smash Bros. Community
- VFDC - Virtua Fighter franchise community site
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If you have any suggestions for the OP, please do not hesitate to post in this thread or PM me to let me know.
