Re: this is what i found in canal walk
- From: Ryan Williams <ryan820509@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:34:32 +0200
"Far more people were playing the hacks. Guess it's because it's 2 tokens
per credit."
If that's truly the case... SMH. I would have thought people would
naturally gravitate toward those cabs simply because they're new, even if
there is a 2 token requirement. Times have really changed. Back in the day,
any new cab at the arcades resulted in people queuing or crowding around en
masse.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 10:11 PM, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So yeah, AE and KOF13 at Canal Walk...
>
> Both cabs have those stock shitty buttons and sticks, but they seem to
> work. It takes a while to get used to them though. I couldn't do instant
> air burn kicks with Viper consistently, but I could do FFF and I could
> piano with Blanka/Honda very easily. Sometimes I would hold downback
> thinking I'm blocking, and I'd get hit anyway. The are lag spikes, which
> are admittedly very few and far between, but you will notice them if you're
> familiar with the game. There might be slight input lag, but the crappy
> controls are more of a problem. The machine's speakers are also REALLY
> loud.
>
> Here's the kicker: the rounds are set to 50 seconds -_- The timer says
> 99 seconds, but the clock runs at double speed. Fucking cheapskate
> wonderland owners. To prove that this is not a coincidence or mistake,
> KOF13's rounds are set to 30 seconds.
>
> KOF13 has nearly half a second of input lag. When I tap a button, my
> finger is off the button before the move even comes out. It also has an
> inexplicable delay between matches against the AI. I think it may be
> trying to search for networked machines. The button layout is stupid and
> almost unusable. A C B D, with A being almost a complete hands width away
> from D. It is the 1.1 version, which I believe is the one the console
> version is based on.
>
> Noone can play AE or KOF. Far more people were playing the hacks. Guess
> it's because it's 2 tokens per credit.
>
> I spent most of my time beating AE with different chars. I now have the
> top score on the game (jab xx hands with Honda FTW). Beat a coupla noobs
> who were totally useless at the game (couldn't even do atooget). Two guys
> played just before I left. They were obviously familiar with the game, but
> didn't really know much and it was obvious they were pad players. I mirror
> matched the Akuma player and blew his mind by finishing him off with a
> roundhouse cancel into demon.
>
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