Street Fighter 4!

xbox live is the one thats been having more of the issues with the actual game than PSN from what I've gotten from different boards. I was up when the update first came out and at first it didn't work AT ALL for live while PSN ppl were playing right off the bat :( lol.

yea... I think part of the issue is that because you block EVERYTHING low really... its harder to tell with the lag if you don't play offline as well and are to a point of skill in the game that you are using links and FA at the right times and what not. Which is why I get grumpy losing online because of something like a FA coming out weird or other weird timing errors. I'm no god at the game but I'd call myself pretty decent... enough to know who I'd be losing to in an arcade and who I'd be killing.

Which also makes me mention that I tend to like playing first to 3 wins instead of first to 2 so the fact you can't change that is a little annoying. Its one of those things that helps me deal with the lag. There have been plenty of matches online where I lose the first two due to a mix of me not realizing someone is going to SRK EVERY time I attempt a link, lag, and just some other random error on my part....and then go on to win the next three because I decide to stop my links to block his SRK spam and stuff like that.

Personally though I've seen mainly 3 characters in the new mode... cookie cutter balrog (and its funny cuz I love playing balrog with akuma because they never learn that you can ultra/super EVERY single one of his charge moves at a distance after throwing a fireball...), jump-trip-fireball-SRK ryu (I played ONE decent ryu so far... he befriended me..yay..lol), and "pound those punches" Blanka. Also the usual kens but not as much as those three. Not as many sagats as I would have expected though...
 
I officially love Champ mode.

Granted, Capcom cheated us with the modding of the bar rating system. However, I'm actually having fun playing Champ mode. Way more fun than I did with rank. I think it's mainly because there is finally VARIETY in my matches. I'm no longer CONSTANTLY having to tolerate Lariat/360 spam Giefs, flowchart Kens, or Hurricane humping Ryu players. Does it really take blind select for people to finally come out of the fucking closet with their character choice? Rather sad if you ask me. But hey, at least they are coming out. Finally.

Yes of course there are lag issues, but it's something to expected so I never take my matches seriously. I just play to play because I'm bored. I managed to get one of my matches uploaded as well. It's against a Abel player.
 
i never played ranked soooo.. lol.. but once I got into the G2 I found the games a lot more fun and the players a lot better. So overall I agree with you. I'm still getting screwed from the lag though ... baah. HAve you played in g2 yet though? It seriously right now feels like 95% balrog, akuma, ryu, (very few kens) and blanka... and of course a bunch of giefs. I saw 2 vipers though!! lol. And they were both pretty good. I don't think I've ever seen a decent viper before...lol..least not online. And I saw 3 or 4 decently good sims. I also found a GOOD fellow akuma player with a decent connection to me!!! HAZZA!!! lol. But seems even 4-5 bars tend to lag spike me at the wosrt times (mid combo) recently.... ... sometimes I realize it and stop the combos mid-way.. but othertimes I end up getting screwed and missing a SRK or something and getting punished hard.. BAAH.
 
alright, my shot at an overall console tier list...

top = sagat, viper, seth, akuma, ryu, dhalsim
upper-mid = gief, balrog, rufus, blanka, bison, gouken
mid = chun, fuerte, cammy, gen
lower-mid = ken, honda
low = guile, abel, fei-long, sakura, dan, vega, rose

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