ummmmm Street Fighter IV anyone???

[Riot]

Get a TE from the cheapest place you can find it honestly. Amazon, Buy.com, Newegg have them up for sale every once in a while. No point in getting a crappy stick, might as well get the best that's out there. Plus the 360 one just plug n plays right into all PCs for emulators/3rd Strike.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... on&x=0&y=0

$120-140 ish. I've seen them go on sale every few months for like 90 bucks, but it's impossible to tell when that will happen. I paid 150 for mine more than a year ago and it's still working perfectly with all buttons barely feeling used, so I'd feel pretty comfortable paying "full" price. They made a second revision of the TE stick, but I dunno what people's reactions really were. It's thinner and has pointier edges I know that, and aside from a different design I don't think anything else changed.

120 and free shipping from buy.com http://www.buy.com/prod/official-street ... 74151.html

OR HELL YOU CAN JUST BOTHER JEREMY SINCE HE APPARENTLY HAS DOZENS OF STICKS JUST LAYING AROUND HUH

[Merk]

hahahaha

I see. I think my girlfriend is getting me one for our anniversary / my birthday present. At least that's what I hinted at when I asked if there was anything I wanted.

And by hint I mean I literally sent her an e-mail with the Amazon link to a TE2 fight stick. I am more pumped for using it with 3rd strike though to be honest. I might finally be able to pull of a 1-2-3 Genei Jin properly without having to put in a LP shoulder rush! Or fuck, I might be able to take my Urien to the next level and land the unblockable set-up after an air fireball or c.HP - all of which requires crazy tight inputs that I just cannot do on a pad.

You have no idea what I'm talking about.

[Riot]

I can "hint" it more for her.

[Ho]

I saw Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition in Japan. It was shiny.

[Riot]

fugly dudley player (marn): http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9759279

NOT BADE. He looks so bored... and hungry.

Here are the top 8 matches: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/9762632 some good stuff in there, including Marn (Dudley) vs. Daigo (Ryu) at the end.

also, really good Urien combo vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy6Nlsnv ... r_embedded

and one more edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlOn5qlv ... r_embedded just a pretty stylized combo video. nothing CRAZY but really good combos from a lot of castmembers, including a 76 hit combo from seth at the end.

[Riot]

http://shoryuken.com/f177/9-28-10-6-mad ... le-252430/

some stick deals

[Merk]

That's pretty neat. I'll try those codes tomorrow and see if they stick.

[Riot]

http://gootecks.com/ccguide/the_cross_c ... otecks.pdf

really good guide if you're bored or want to better your game. very thorough on a lot of subjects relating to sf4

very good mindset he talks about in here: "the key is not always to kill the other guy, it's to keep yourself alive"

[Merk]

Girlfriend is getting me a stick. Yay!

[Riot]

MAYBE NOW YOU CAN BEAT ME IN THIRD STRIKE BABY

[Merk]

Riot let's play tonight.

Please stop playing your horrible Chinese MMORPG

[Riot]

I will allow it EVEN THOUGH I AM FISHING AND TRYING TO CORNER THE MARKET ON DARK BASS, KEY INGREDIENT FOR FISH GLUE WHICH IS USED TO MAKE RANK 20+ AXES AND LANCES.

[Merk]

It is official.

I have a fight stick.

Chad I ordered two Octagon gates for both me and you. I think it will help you out quite a bit in your execution.

[Ho]

You will be ruined if you ever go to Japan. They seem to love their square restrictors there.

[Merk]

Yes, square gates are the standard there and it really is unsettling, especially for fighting games. I have a square gate on my stick right now and I played like garbage yesterday - I had to be extremely deliberate in executing all my moves.