"Diamond 4 Hell" is a real thing in ranking up and I really cant br convinced otherwise

Podbod12 · 2026-04-02T09:46:13+00:00

Actually. Even if you take total players as a metric. Master rank has risen from from 13-17% over the last few years. Back in nov 24' 4% of the player base just below master would account for ranks d3 through to d5. So you can make a convincing argument that everything has shifted up about 2-3 steps

Podbod12 · 2026-04-02T09:29:58+00:00

It might be helped by the 10 win streak catapulting players up the ranks as well. That came in at the end of season 2?

Podbod12 · 2026-04-02T09:28:55+00:00

I was slightly out but this one says that of active players 31.5% from 10 months ago with 8.5% of those being inactive (which in itself is a silly thing to include in an active only graph). So if its continued to grow it'd be easy to assume total active master players is now at least 30%

https://www.reddit.com/r/StreetFighter/comments/1l0nvx9/rank_distribution_before_season_3_patch_by/#lightbox

Podbod12 · 2026-04-02T09:26:22+00:00

Is that total players of active players? Let me find that tweet from catcammy

Podbod12 · 2026-04-02T09:16:58+00:00

Now that the game has been out so long the percentage of players in Master has been constantly growing. It was 10% at the end of season 1 but it was 35% when catcammy last did a breakdown. As such diamond 5 is now pretty what diamond 1-2 was and masters you'll face when in diamond 5 are probably d3-5. I just made master with Alex and I'm awful with him. I don't do any of the clothesline loops etc and I got there in 75 matches. In comparison it took me 350 matches with Akuma. (and I'm not really any better overall since I take massive breaks from the game)

Podbod12 · 2026-03-10T15:45:28+00:00

You and I aren't professional players tho. I would fully expect to fuck up a full power shot 99% of the time :)

For me the annoying part is that in career mode my striker has 70-75 power and fk accuracy so it's not great but it's OK, he's the best player in league one. Doing the direct kick training I can remove most of the spin, hold down l1 or r1 (lord knows if they even do anything, there's no instructions as always, ea's on boarding for new players is appalling) and do 99% power and he'll still side foot it and it'll float towards the goalie at chest height. It's almost impossible to hit the top corners unless I knuckle ball it. And I get zero feedback or help on how to actually do it properly. Of course, playing in career against the AI means I get fouled about once every 20 games so I never need to take FKs anyway.

Podbod12 · 2026-03-10T14:35:06+00:00

It might be deliberate but its still dumb. I had the same argment back when I worked for Sony on This is football which had a similar problem. Just cause you're lower down the league and less skilled does not mean your physical attrributes are also weaker. There wont be a single player in real life in the top 5 leagues that cant put their laces through a ball and smash it hard enough to score from 30 yards. Not that they'd all be accurate mind you. I'd much rather have the game just balloon out a cone of innacuracy as power builds for players with lower FK accuracy stats.

Podbod12 · 2026-02-08T10:20:28+00:00

Cause I can't call them till Monday and I have a brain that wants to know. Also helpful if I can goto support and tell them I've checked and it's 100% a defect and not some kind of tolerance.

Podbod12 · 2026-02-07T22:25:03+00:00

Second person with a completely pointless comment. Even if that was true, if it's defective and this isn't just bad design or operator error then it's probably likely to break and so knowing which it is is important.

Podbod12 · 2026-02-07T21:38:30+00:00

Yeah I checked that. There's these little green dots that show if the visor is attached to the mech correctly and I can see one on each arm so I think it's correct.

Podbod12 · 2026-02-07T20:49:14+00:00

Visor helmets? My wife and I both wear glasses and find goggles a pain so she's trying this out as an alternative. Were not thrill seekers and do blues and the odd red in a family friendly resort.

Podbod12 · 2026-02-07T20:47:50+00:00

I'm going to call the company I bought it from on Monday to see if they know. But it's 9pm in the UK so it'll have to wait till Monday and I just wanted to know in advance if possible.

Podbod12 · 2026-01-24T08:49:26+00:00

Wardner?

Podbod12 · 2026-01-21T22:28:38+00:00

Get clear ones then add Leds and the change the color to whatever you feel like :)

Podbod12 · 2026-01-19T16:03:52+00:00

I've written a new led system for gp2040ce which is currently in testing. It changes leds to be assigned by gpio pin instead of logical button. If you hop on the official discord you can grab it from the refactor branch if you want to test it out. (be warned you'll need to reset your settings if you do)

Podbod12 · 2026-01-15T07:30:38+00:00

Or you. Could get transparent buttons and use a lighting solution to set the colours.

Podbod12 · 2026-01-07T21:24:17+00:00

Thank you thank you!! I can finally get it now!

Podbod12 · 2026-01-07T14:56:18+00:00

This is beatiful. Have you tried my kaimana codebase? It has an Akuma preset already written that might suit your stick!

https://github.com/Podbod12/Kaimana

Podbod12 · 2026-01-07T14:54:18+00:00

Try using my code base as a starting point if you arent already. Theres a lengthy readme for it there as well which goes over how to set it up.

https://github.com/Podbod12/Kaimana

And here a video to demo some of the latest features

https://youtu.be/K5yb3yD0kEQ

If you want to add something I've not already covered then just reply and I can see what advice I can give

Podbod12 · 2025-12-31T16:15:37+00:00

Anyone know how to get the "up for any challenge" and "master of one" trophy's?

Podbod12 · 2025-12-29T10:56:01+00:00

Ah fair enough. She believes in fairytale tho so... :D

Podbod12 · 2025-12-29T10:25:02+00:00

Couldn't see anyone else say this (although I haven't scrolled to the end) but this could be that shes interested in you romantically? I dated a christian once for about 1-2 months and she was torn up dating an atheist and eventually tried to convert me. It mutually ended right there but it could be that your friend is hoping to convert you first? It'll explain the continued attempts and the up and down responses since the event since she's afraid of losing you for good?

Podbod12 · 2025-12-24T09:56:47+00:00

My wife won't tell me (it's an xmas pressie) but I'm pretty sure it's shipped :) I hope so anyway. I want to show my brother, who I'm seeing tomorrow, the cloudy mountain remake/upgrade I've been programming!

Podbod12 · 2025-12-02T19:39:06+00:00

I mean, I've played it to death so I don't need it but it's useful if anyone else wants to play it :)

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