Experience with Japanese players

[a_chris_1]

Possibly a new-guy question, but I'm a new guy. And I'm curious, how many of you have been to japan, or recently played japanese sc4 players (on an extended basis)? I heard akihabra (sp?) is the place to go for the best players and competition.

Oh those of you who have been, how do they play differently than us?

 

[Syrpiektre]

There are quite a few people here in Asia :D IMO there isn't as much a divide or difference between SC players, as there is in say Guilty Gear (this needs to fuckin' change!) and some Street Fighter playstyles. ...but who am I to talk, as I've no experience in this outside of hearsay :/

 

[Archangel]

It's not the Japanese players you have to worry about, it's the Koreans. They have the "win" button.

(I can't remember who came up with that)

 

[ShenOu]

Actually apart from Tekken.
Japan is pretty much the "FORCE" to worry about in Soul Calibur and VF5

Koreans don't even touch them when it comes to both games.
Singapore has a couple of players in both games which IMO, could make the Korean players run for their money. But we haven't seen any Shen Chan/Yuan vs Kura matches yet, so I can't say for sure.

But yeah, when it comes to RTS or MMORPG.
Korea has the "win" button by ethnic descend.

 

[Axzarious]

How are people like Koreans and Japanese so good at video games? I dont get how they get that good, but mabye thats because I dont take anything truly hardcore serious. Although I have played against DuskBringer in person (He was apparantly the top ranking player online in the PS3 realm at the time, which was a few weeks ago), and he is not a scrub. (I know this because he could pick any character and wipe the floor with them, It was like he had what every character could do memorized).. But hes not Asian either, and hes Canadian, lol.

The main tip he gave me was to play as other characters and learn thier combos and movesets... Well I guess ill have to shelf nightmare for a bit, lol.