There are many different opinions on whether someone, when selecting a character, should pick a top tier character or a character that they like. A lot of times you will of course hear “Play the character that you like, the … Continue reading
Back on March 1st, 2012, a storm of Tweets flew around Twitter in response to a couple of articles that Kotaku posted on their website about the Cross Assault sexual harassment scandal. I don’t want to get into my opinions on Cross … Continue reading
For those of you who are trying to figure out when to use meter to switch out characters in SFxT, think about it this way: The game is about the life bars, and nothing else. Everything else is a tool to recover your life bar or deplete the opponent’s life bar. If you assign a life bar value to your “ex meter” it becomes a lot easier to think about what to do. Continue reading
May 9th, 2012 This past weekend at Battle at the Capital, I got an opportunity to interview Sacramento’s LilSicx, who at one point was considered by many to be Northern California’s best Ken player in Super Street Fighter IV. There … Continue reading
May 8th, 2012 Anyone can use a training partner. These games are meant to be played against another person and whether you are trying to win tournaments or just trying to have some fun shoryukening people in the face, a … Continue reading
As more and more players leave the convenience of their homes to go and play offline in tournaments, one problem almost always seems to arise. That of course is tournament nerves. In today’s modern world, we now have the convenience … Continue reading
Today I’m going to keep it short and sweet since there’s a lot to do before tomorrow and as I write this, I’m experiencing an Avengers midnight showing hangover. Tomorrow we’re starting our two day tournament to raise money for … Continue reading
Ok, so you’ve changed out the buttons and stick to be all Sanwa/Seimitsu, bought a plexi, put in your own custom art, dual-modded, installed LED’s, and maybe even changed the gate on your arcade stick, or maybe you haven’t done … Continue reading
We’ve been working on Battle at the Capital for the past few months, and now we’re just a few days away. If you’re wondering what the big deal is about BatC, read on as I share some of the background … Continue reading
Since the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) fighting game tournament in 2009, the standard low lag, high-definition monitor for fighting games has been the ASUS VH236H, dubbed the Evo monitor. The reasons it’s so popular? The low price tag (MSRP of … Continue reading