Interview Time! Episode 6: 8WayRunners

[microgamer]

1. How did you start your SC journey?

SC2, it had Link in it.

2. When and why did you join 8WayRun.com?

During the mass exodus from SC.com to 8wr

3. Are you following the competitive community, or maybe you prefer being a casual player?

I follow competitive, though I've only really met a handful of fellow competitive players.

4. Do you watch SC tournament streams?

Not live.

5. Is SC the only fighting game you are interested in?

Yes, at least competitively. I watch match vids of Marvel and SF but I can't play them.

6. What controller do you find yourself more comfortable with?

I play on 360 pad usually. Will eventually learn stick.

7. Are you satisfied with SCV?

Quite. Other than the lack of a story mode and the unaccounted for missing characters, gameplay is good, and people still play it so that's good enough for me.

8. Are you looking forward more to another installment or maybe an enhanced version of SCV?

New (DLC) characters are all that would really excite me.

9. Who would you like to see interviewed in the upcoming episode of the Interview Time! ?

OOF or RTD

 

[Lemonforce]

1. It started for me after seeing commercials for SCIV and thinking "wow that looks cool" after seeing Nightmare and Seigfried. And around that time it was pretty close to my birthday so I decided to pick it up and started playing with a friend we played it for a few hours before deciding to go hang out at his house and since he didnt have SCIV we picked up SCIII that same day. So for following years of SCIV's life I alternated playing it and SCIII, although SCIV a lot more than SCIII. Then after researching more into the series past I played Soul Edge and SC2 on an emulator. Then my friend bought Soul Calibur on the XBLA and we played that from time to time when we were on Xbox's otherwise it usually was SCIV on the PS3. And played SCIV quite often until SCV came out and now have been enjoying that.



2. I joined 8wayrun one day after meeting CuteAndDeadly online on SCIV. Having had to figure out everything by myself up until then I was only barely decent with Taki at the time, so he was using a variety of different characters and easily stomping me each time so I asked him how he knows so many characters so well and thats when he told me about 8wayrun.com and ever since that day 3 years ago Ive been a member.



3. Yes I usually keep up with what happens at the tournys.


4. Yup I love seeing all the high level play and wish I could attend.




5. No, although it is the one I am the most active on. Before SC the fighting game I played the most was Super Smash Bros. so I still enjoy playing that whenever I get around to dusting off my gamecube or wii. I also am slightly interesting in Dead or Alive having had fun playing the demo of 4 with my friend I went out and bought 4 for only 10 dollars a few months ago and had some fun with that. MK is something I dont really mind watching but was kindve turned off by one of the early ones being too complicated for me to do the moves. And then I was never really interested in Street Fighter, Tekken, KOF, VF they all just seemed too slow and drawn out I remember watching some Street Fighter x Tekken matches just for kicks and they seemed to just take waaaaay to long for my liking. Although one other fighting game Ive always liked was Killer Instinct. My dad had it on the super old ass huge block gameboy and i played it every now n then on more updated gameboys and tried out the one on the snes, I think its on that I dont really remember haha.




6. Always have and always will be a pad player.



7. Yea I'm ok with how the game is currently there's some things I miss from older SC's but for the most part I'm ok with it.
8. Yea I would be. I hate seeing a series come to an end so I hope for a SCVI but, not because SCV is bad like some people do, rather because SC is one of my favorite game series and I would hate to see it end here.



9. Hmm there are many great players out there but I would like to see the guy who has been my friend for many years who has helped me greatly and is the best SC player I've ever seen be interviewed N3ver3nding68 previously D3lthm1n

 

[UnseenWombat]

1. How did you start your SC journey?
I'm an old timer. I used to play MK pretty seriously before SE came out, and about the time MK4 came out as the most horrible looking thing I'd ever seen, I was walking around the arcade looking for something better and saw Soul Edge on the other side of the bank of machines. Li Long and his nunchucks looked so awesome I had to play. I was able to dominate all my friends who played with me, and most of the random people I met in the arcade. Then I went to Tulsa in 1999 and learned how bad I really am.

2. When and why did you join 8WayRun.com?
I was a member of the first SC.com forums, (though there wasn't really membership, you just put the same name in every time in the name field when posting). Then we all moved to guardimpact.com, then that closed and we got shuffled over to SC.com again for a little while, then CF.com, and now we're here. I wasn't super active on the forums for SC4, but I was around. When SC5 got close to release, I began following the boards in earnest.

3. Are you following the competitive community, or maybe you prefer being a casual player?
As an SA mod and the Casual forum mod, I'm both, though I'm far from being the best at either. I've started going to the monthly offline tournaments here and being more active in the community like I did in SC2 days, and I placed 4th and 5th at the two monthlies we've had so far. I'm also a TO now.

I've always been interested in the casual aspects like story and aesthetics. I pick my characters based on how I like their look or their weapon, since the very beginning with Li Long, more than whether they're top tier. And SC has a fairly engaging story for a fighting game, though this latest installment has been a major let-down in that area for everyone except the Alexandras.

4. Do you watch SC tournament streams?
Not live. I watch replays of the most interesting matches after they're over. There's no way I'd have time to sit in front of a computer for 8 hours straight, especially watching mostly matches I don't even care about.

5. Is SC the only fighting game you are interested in?
No, I've enjoyed MK9 since it came out, but it's taken a back seat to SC. I've played Tekken since T2, (though I'm not very good at it) and I'm looking forward to TTT2. I played DOA2 a long long time ago and didn't really get into it. Maybe I'll try DOA5. I haven't decided yet.

6. What controller do you find yourself more comfortable with?
I played on a Hori FS3 for all of SC4, but now I have a Hitbox. It makes some things easier, like hitting diagonals and double or triple tapping, but other things like 236's and 41236's are tougher, and forget doing 360's. Fortunately SC doesn't require that.

7. Are you satisfied with SCV?
With the gameplay, yes. With the online, a BIG YES. With the story and other casual aspects, BIG NO. We all know it was rushed and they made the right decision to focus on the gameplay, but everything that made me fall in love with SC is gone. I really am not crazy about the new characters. There was something magical about the older games that I really miss. They really made you care about the characters. Maybe it's just from the stilted story mode, or from the old timers being like old friends after so many games, but all of the new guys seem very boring in comparison.

8. Are you looking forward more to another installment or maybe an enhanced version of SCV?
Always. I'm hoping for an enhanced SC5 with the missing characters brought back, a good story mode, and an actual arcade mode instead of the time attack we have in this one.

9. Who would you like to see interviewed in the upcoming episode of the Interview Time! ?
Maybe one of the casual guys like Gatsu or Pocky-Yoshi. We've seen a lot of competitive players already, which is nice, but maybe something different would be fun too.

 

[Nuez]

1. How did you start your SC journey?
I started playing from Soul Edge but only casually, SCIV was the first time I gave competition a shot.

2. When and why did you join 8WayRun.com?
During SCIV I was playing 2D's in tourneys and loved sc in general so I joined 8WR and started gathering info seriously.

3. Are you following the competitive community, or maybe you prefer being a casual player?
Yes to 'competitive' all the way.
4. Do you watch SC tournament streams?
On occasion, I watch the recordings later on most often.

5. Is SC the only fighting game you are interested in?
Nope, I play Street Fighter, UMVC3, and dabble in Virtua Fighter.

6. What controller do you mind yourself more comfortable with?
I prefer stick for 2D and pad for 3D in general.

7. Are you satisfied with SCV?
Actually, yes! I didn't like some system mechanic changes like the change to GI's and the mechanics of JG's but I generally think it's pretty damn good.

8. Are you looking forward more to another installment or maybe an enhanced version of SCV?
If another installment comes, great but I'm fine with SCV.

9. Who would you like to see interviewed in the upcoming episoded of the Interview Time! ?
Ramon...... lol.

 

[LoneWolfTifa]

1. I played SCIII at a friend's and when I got my PS3 about two years ago, I found a copy of SCIV and remembered how fun the series was.
2. By the time I got SCIV, it had been out for a long time and I was getting destroyed by players online. I wanted to get better at the game and I got pointed here. I'm still being destroyed online, but for the most part people here are willing to help you out.
3. I follow the competition, but I'm still a casual player, though I'm working hard on improving to be more competitive.
4. Yes, whenever I can.
5. Pretty much, but I do want to get back into Virtua Fighter, my first 3D fighter.
6. I recently switched from pad to stick and I'm still in the process of transitioning, but I do feel that button presses are a lot better on stick than pad.
7. Definitely. It needs more on the story though. On the gameplay side, it's very balanced and the netcode is amazing.
8. I would prefer SCVI over a new version of SCV, but if a new version did come out, I would buy it.
9. Kayane! Or RTD or WingZero. Or even Kerrigan.