This isnt the whole match, this is just the part you want to watch if you are a Justin Wong fan, lol.
He gets really, really emotionally invested into the match and feeds off the crowd, I think its part of what makes him the 2nd best SF player in the world.
What makes Daigo so good is his adjustments. He can continually adjust to what his opponent does, and find an optimal strategy to counter it. Thats why he unbeatable, and its the hallmark of every great player in almost any game you can think of from baseball to chess to poker to Halo: being able to make the adjustment, and stay relaxed and focused and in the moment.
I love arcade sticks. It's the only way to play in my opinion. At least for street fighter and games with other shoto moves. The Joysticks on pads have wayyy to much throw and the d-pad sucks at rotation moves. Try doing a zangeif super with a d-pad. then do it for a few hours. then go to the hospital and have hem stitch up your thumb,lol.
Actually, a better example is charge characters. Going from left to right often, you'll lose tons of time on a pad joystick or, if using a dpad, rolling back and forth makes it easy to accidentally hit verticals.
Not everyone had his roots in the arcade. I grew up with d-pads, so my thumb can pull off 360's without getting injured. But still it seems you can react faster with a stick, which sucks for people like me. If I went to practice with sticks I would be starting from the beginning because it feels so unnatural to me, and it would take me months to get to that level of play.
There is no doubt that there are great pad players out there. There were some at Evo, especially when it came to Soul Calibur IV.
I think for me it's more nostalgia than anything. I grew up playing in arcades, so when I use an arcade stick, I feel like I'm right back in there. But a lot of it is preference. Some people swear against American parts (including myself now), but one of the players that almost made it to the finals was using a HAPP stick with all american parts. A lot of it is just preference, what's best for you, and what you can get used to. Bond kicks my ass in Street Fighter IV with his nasty El Fuerte and he uses a 360 pad (not that I'm a benchmark example of a good player - I'm mediochre)
Actually, I have no trouble pulling off charge moves with the fightpad. I can even pull off guile and vega's special with it. (although it's more difficult in the heat of action.)
SFIV is much better suited to using a D-pad than any other SF game.
The thing is, I learned playing a Street Fighter 2 cabinet in the arcade, it its more natural for me to use a stick.
Consider that you have a dedicated button for throw, ultra, and focus (I think) on a controller and you can see how for SFIV it has its advantages. Last night I went to throw Bond and just light punched him instead, because I hit the LP a nanosecond before hitting LK.
We had some really good matches. Im still a much, much better SF2 player than SF4. The ultras, EXs, focus cancels - it gets to be a bit much for me. Also, I really prefer the faster speed of SF2HD, characters like Blanka and Dhalsim really got the short end of the stick in SFIV.
I am insanely against using multi-input buttons. I don't care if others use them, but something inside me hates using them and wants to do everything as it was done in the arcade. I'm not really sure why. I think I actually love having to do button combinations for those moves. Its so gratifying. Maybe this ties in with my love of Ikaruga and the pain it inflicts on my soul.
But how this Street Fighter is best for pads, I'm not sure of yet. Doing a focus attack > dash-cancel> ultra, or even c.mk > EX fireball> focus attack > dash cancel > ultra with a joystick is hard enough. Then again, this is a slower street fighter. I imagine SF2T isn't easy to play with a pad simply because of the speed.
I wish there'd been someone using the original Dreamcast controller for Marvel Vs Capcom 2, so they could have embarrassed anyone they beat and shown they had special gloves made with an X-B-A-Y shaped protrusion on the right thumb.
Actually, I assume gloves are banned in competition right? What about talcing up like weightlifters?
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This isnt the whole match, this is just the part you want to watch if you are a Justin Wong fan, lol.
He gets really, really emotionally invested into the match and feeds off the crowd, I think its part of what makes him the 2nd best SF player in the world.
What makes Daigo so good is his adjustments. He can continually adjust to what his opponent does, and find an optimal strategy to counter it. Thats why he unbeatable, and its the hallmark of every great player in almost any game you can think of from baseball to chess to poker to Halo: being able to make the adjustment, and stay relaxed and focused and in the moment.
He changed his strategy constantly. What an awesome final match.
Stupid arcade sticks...
I love arcade sticks. It's the only way to play in my opinion. At least for street fighter and games with other shoto moves. The Joysticks on pads have wayyy to much throw and the d-pad sucks at rotation moves. Try doing a zangeif super with a d-pad. then do it for a few hours. then go to the hospital and have hem stitch up your thumb,lol.
Actually, a better example is charge characters. Going from left to right often, you'll lose tons of time on a pad joystick or, if using a dpad, rolling back and forth makes it easy to accidentally hit verticals.
Not everyone had his roots in the arcade. I grew up with d-pads, so my thumb can pull off 360's without getting injured. But still it seems you can react faster with a stick, which sucks for people like me.
If I went to practice with sticks I would be starting from the beginning because it feels so unnatural to me, and it would take me months to get to that level of play.
There is no doubt that there are great pad players out there. There were some at Evo, especially when it came to Soul Calibur IV.
I think for me it's more nostalgia than anything. I grew up playing in arcades, so when I use an arcade stick, I feel like I'm right back in there. But a lot of it is preference. Some people swear against American parts (including myself now), but one of the players that almost made it to the finals was using a HAPP stick with all american parts. A lot of it is just preference, what's best for you, and what you can get used to. Bond kicks my ass in Street Fighter IV with his nasty El Fuerte and he uses a 360 pad (not that I'm a benchmark example of a good player - I'm mediochre)
Actually, I have no trouble pulling off charge moves with the fightpad. I can even pull off guile and vega's special with it. (although it's more difficult in the heat of action.)
SFIV is much better suited to using a D-pad than any other SF game.
The thing is, I learned playing a Street Fighter 2 cabinet in the arcade, it its more natural for me to use a stick.
Consider that you have a dedicated button for throw, ultra, and focus (I think) on a controller and you can see how for SFIV it has its advantages. Last night I went to throw Bond and just light punched him instead, because I hit the LP a nanosecond before hitting LK.
We had some really good matches. Im still a much, much better SF2 player than SF4. The ultras, EXs, focus cancels - it gets to be a bit much for me. Also, I really prefer the faster speed of SF2HD, characters like Blanka and Dhalsim really got the short end of the stick in SFIV.
I am insanely against using multi-input buttons. I don't care if others use them, but something inside me hates using them and wants to do everything as it was done in the arcade. I'm not really sure why. I think I actually love having to do button combinations for those moves. Its so gratifying. Maybe this ties in with my love of Ikaruga and the pain it inflicts on my soul.
But how this Street Fighter is best for pads, I'm not sure of yet. Doing a focus attack > dash-cancel> ultra, or even c.mk > EX fireball> focus attack > dash cancel > ultra with a joystick is hard enough. Then again, this is a slower street fighter. I imagine SF2T isn't easy to play with a pad simply because of the speed.
I think we're breaking a record for comments in a single post on your blog!
I wish there'd been someone using the original Dreamcast controller for Marvel Vs Capcom 2, so they could have embarrassed anyone they beat and shown they had special gloves made with an X-B-A-Y shaped protrusion on the right thumb.
Actually, I assume gloves are banned in competition right? What about talcing up like weightlifters?
By the way, when the HELL is anyone going to finally get BlazBlue?!
they aren't
Im totally getting BlazBlue, everyone says its amazing. Should be in the next week or two.
Eat that Mr. Anonymous
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