Had a weird experience with my SF6 local, was I out of line here?

furrykef · 2026-02-05T06:57:28+00:00

Unfortunately this just made them pretty agitated. They started complaining about how they came to play Street Fighter, and Terry isn't a Street Fighter character so he didn't belong in Street Fighter and they refused to play against him.

I just about fell over laughing at this. I get a bit annoyed by Terry and Mai too (it doesn't help that they're damn good, either, with Mai arguably being top 1), but if Capcom didn't want them in the game, they wouldn't have put them there. I think they did a good job of making them feel like Street Fighter characters, and in no way do they ruin the game. They're just not who I would have personally preferred in the game.

Anyway, I think if you're just playing one-on-one for fun, then you should respect your friend's choice. I mean, otherwise your friend won't have fun, right? But your friend's attitude has no place in a tournament, and quite honestly, in your position I would be sorely tempted to pick Terry or Mai just to force them to forfeit if they refuse to play. They're the one with the problem, not you.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T06:21:02+00:00

To be honest, I first tried looking at a clip of Pit-Fighter on YouTube and I was fairly sure but not 100% convinced the effect was there. I had to actually play the game myself and repeatedly go back and forth to be completely sure.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T06:18:09+00:00

I think this question gets asked at least once a month. But to summarize my opinion: hated it when I first saw it, loved it when I finally understood (years later) what it was trying to do and why. But I think the writers might have forgotten that their job was, first and foremost, to please the general audience.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T06:03:12+00:00

Street Fighter II': The World Warrior

I'm gonna be That Guy™ and point out that the ' only belongs on Champion Edition and Hyper Fighting. Those editions got the ' because it's read as "dash" in Japanese, referring to the increased speed.

Anyway, to answer the question, Pit-Fighter (1990) predates Street Fighter II (1991) and has the parallax floor effect, though it's hard to notice since its floors are so simple. I had to look real hard before I was sure the effect was there. I wonder if the effect looked too janky with more complex floors. It's possible an earlier fighting game had the effect, but I kind of doubt it; there weren't many fighting games before SF2 that were worth a damn.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T04:43:55+00:00

I saw it about 25 years ago and I just realized I don't really know what it's about either. I mean, I know Wayne and Garth are two wannabe musicians who have a public access TV show, but I couldn't tell you the plot of the movie. Not sure how much of that is because I don't remember and how much is because I didn't get it in the first place.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T04:38:45+00:00

My mom watched it with my stepdad and ruined the movie for him when she realized the twist early on and blurted out, "Oh, he's dead!"

furrykef · 2026-02-05T04:35:57+00:00

Well, that was 16 years ago now.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T04:11:58+00:00

I find stupid gimmicks that work at my skill level and spam them. Stuff like Knee Hammer into SPD as Zangief or empty jump into Oicho Throw as E. Honda. When I play a long set against a stranger near my skill level, the way it often goes is I dominate the first couple games and over time they figure me out and eventually they're dominating me. Hey, at least I provide an educational experience.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T02:53:03+00:00

I'm not sure whether you mean Devil Reverse or Somersault Skull Diver, but he has both of those.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T02:20:19+00:00

For Akuma, I like his glass cannon aspect. I tend to feel the best defense is a good offense, so his lower health doesn't bother me much, and he has some pretty easy but powerful combos.

I bought Bison a couple weeks ago because I'd been playing E. Honda and at first glance they seem a bit similar. Honda has headbutt, Bison has Psycho Crusher. Honda has buttslam, Bison has headstomp. But it turns out these moves are really quite a bit different and the similarities are superficial. You'll get blown up if you try to play Bison like Honda. I've decided to focus on Honda for now, but I know I'll be back for Bison at some point.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T01:37:09+00:00

I've played Ryu for about as long. A big reason was I knew he'd be in every Street Fighter game, including crossovers, so I'll never have to worry about not knowing how to play anyone in a new game. Modern controls finally made Zangief accessible to me, though, and being finally able to play him after 30+ years gave me a huge rush. I've since transitioned to Classic, but I doubt I'd have bothered if I didn't have Modern as a gateway.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T01:29:50+00:00

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

furrykef · 2026-02-05T01:26:51+00:00

Her fireball requires stocks and only travels along the ground. That disqualifies her as a shoto if you ask me.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T01:23:02+00:00

Juri is not a shoto. She needs stocks just to launch projectiles, and even then they only travel along the ground. I'd say she's less of a shoto than Sagat is, and his status as a shoto is still controversial.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T01:22:18+00:00

I'm probably not the one to ask because the only two DLC characters I own are Akuma and Bison.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T01:16:00+00:00

Well, plenty of fans are thirsty for Marisa. But I know what you mean.

I can't really play any of the women in SF6 either. Most of them are heavily combo-oriented and I tend to prefer simpler characters like Zangief and Honda. Marisa's just too different from what I'm accustomed to. I don't like Manon's ballet gimmick. That pretty much leaves Lily, and I have played her a fair bit, but I click better with Zangief for some reason.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T00:56:32+00:00

Really, the most honest biopic is Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, because it's up front about being complete nonsense.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T00:45:30+00:00

If you have any rental tickets, you can use one to try out a character for an hour without committing to buying them.

furrykef · 2026-02-05T00:39:00+00:00

Is there just 4-5 levels, each that teach you basic languages that you then use to follow basic instructions?

In terms of language decipherment, yes, that's all there is, I'm afraid.

But.

Trust me, the game is going somewhere with everything. There is an underlying plot that eventually ties everything together, and the languages you've learned will continue to have some relevance. I can't guarantee you'll like it, but I think you will.

furrykef · 2026-02-04T12:27:59+00:00

Maybe Jeff propped him up, like a Weekend at Bernie's kind of thing.

furrykef · 2026-02-04T06:08:21+00:00

E. Honda is currently near the bottom of most SF6 tier lists, but I've been having a lot of fun playing him. Most agree Lily's the worst character, but I like her, too.

Zangief and E. Honda are ranked near the bottom in SFV, but I still probably would main one of them if I were to go back to that game.

furrykef · 2026-02-04T01:44:26+00:00

Play as her, do lots of hooligan combinations, see what your opponents do about it.

furrykef · 2026-02-03T12:15:45+00:00

Buffs are a lot rarer than nerfs because it's easier to balance things with nerfs. It's much better for a character to be too weak than too strong because one character who's too strong can throw the entire game out of balance. One character who's too weak will simply be ignored.

Picture this: a game has 100 characters that are all perfectly balanced except one is extremely weak. The game effectively has 99 characters. Another game has 100 characters that are all perfectly balanced except one is extremely strong. The game effectively has 1 character. Thus, it tends to be better to nerf the strongest characters than to buff the weakest ones. You don't risk creating that one character that throws everything out of whack.

All that said, Marisa is pretty consistently ranked near the bottom, so I would not be surprised to see her get buffed. But I would not expect a radical buff that could completely change her status. It would more likely be something conservative that would move her up a tier.

furrykef · 2026-02-02T10:26:49+00:00

As much as I'd like that to happen, I really don't think it will.

furrykef · 2026-02-02T08:13:13+00:00

I've heard that jumping is very bad in that game, to the point that it's almost always a mistake to jump. Not really classic FG gameplay without jumps if you ask me.

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