ALOHA CORE!!! Hawaii's air-dashing scene.

[King33]

Ay I am bout to leave the island again prob for good this time so iam doin ggac at my place on thursday

[Kurokun]

Don't skip my discussion points, lol.

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Why are you hoping for arcade CS when console CS comes out next month?

version of BB

Do people even play BBCT at HBB?

808

BB

IS

SADLIFE

Question to the both of you:

Are you hoping for some sort of BB scene to develop here in Hawaii?

Ay I am bout to leave the island again prob for good this time so iam doin ggac at my place on thursday

NOOOOO!

I have yet to play you.

When do you leave/Where are you going?

If you leave, Bears won't have anyone on Oahu to play GG with anymore.

[Mystic d]

Question to the both of you:

Are you hoping for some sort of BB scene to develop here in Hawaii?

Nope not really. Just putting out the info for people who actually do play in case they are reading this so they don't waste their money. Console release in 3 weeks so I'm looking forward to that. I'm hoping HBB will update their machine to CS sometime around console release (or sooner) although it is highly unlikely. I just like playing in the arcade where people at least have the option to challenge me instead of sitting alone at home playing against computers. Online play sucks, so going to the arcade and hoping for an opponent is pretty much all i can do.

I can see that the BB scene here is low, almost nonexistent, considering we have one working cab on the island and its an american cab with a tv for a monitor, but regardless, I love the game and I'm going to continue playing and hope that others will start to play too. CS is more "noob-friendly" as well.

Regarding the CS changes, I'm looking forward to trying out mu-12 and makoto. I definitely wanna see a rebalancing *coughnerfbangcough* but that won't be out for roughly six months after console release. I don't know if there are any other new characters announced for DLC yet. Anyone else know?

[King33]

NOOOOO!

I have yet to play you.

When do you leave/Where are you going?

If you leave, Bears won't have anyone on Oahu to play GG with anymore.

Ya I no it sucks. And u still have a chance on thurs and we should have at least 4 people there this time. And also were going to be playin bbct on Thursday so the bb people should come.

And I'm really not into mk9 the game has never been that fun to me

I can't wait for bbcs its much improved from bbct. They should have been doing the dlc stuff a long time ago. MVc3 looks promising but doesn't look like its going to be as good as MVC2 although deadpool and dante look very cool..

[BearsWithKnives]

Mystic d- Thanks for trying out the cabs at Leeward Bowl. And amen about going to an arcade than staying at home(unless it's GG because we have no choice, and GG over internet would be horrible).

People have tried to get CS here. But their efforts were too little too late. I suggested BB:CT at King's place because I'm gonna give BB another chance for CS. Also hoping to get match-up experience against characters other than Tager.

In other news... I played Arcana Heart recently. Sad...

[Kurokun]

I can see that the BB scene here is low, almost nonexistent

BB scene? In Hawaii?

LOL

AFAIK, barely anyone plays BB in general, much less offline.

Shit, I don't think that many people that even play BB here in Hawaii know about DL and even post up in here. TBH, there's probably a small amount of people that play the game casually, possibly online more than offline.

Sounds like you barely have any comp at all when you go down to play BB at either Leeward Bowl/HBB. Aren't you also just visiting for the summer as well? You'd think the local BB scene here would be open to having sessions and such... If only there was an active and existent scene here in Hawaii, lol.

Ya I no it sucks. And u still have a chance on thurs and we should have at least 4 people there this time. And also were going to be playin bbct on Thursday so the bb people should come.

Hey, 808 BB players... If you exist and lurk this thread...

Show up to King33's place to play your game, even though it may be short notice.

Be thankful for this opportunity to play BB, cause King33 and Bears are taking valuable time off from playing GG to make this possible, also because they have some interest in BB as well.

Don't pull an 'Ihpsta', LOL.

I wish I could be there for GG casuals...

Inter-island plane tickets are expensive.

In other news... I played Arcana Heart recently. Sad...

HVGL event / Kuro and Bears are playing some AH casuals.

*HVGL guy sees AH being played*

HVGL guy: Do you guys know how to play this game?

*Kuro does Heart's IAD combos*

*Bears does Lilica's combo stuffs*

Bears: Yeah, we got this.

HVGL guy: Oh...

*HVGL guy walks away*

AH isn't sad, BB is.

LOL

We're probably the only 2 people that actually even play AH and DB in the 808 as well.

That 'petition' for CS was FAIL.

Long story short:

*March 2010*

Wishful thinking guy: Hey guys, would you support a petition to get an arcade version of BBCS into Fun Works?

Guy 1: Sure, I guess.

Guy 2: Yeah, I'd play it.

Guy 3: Sounds good.

Highlights:

- Only 4 people expressed some support for this.

- AFAIK, nothing really came of it in the end as it was 'too little, too late' at the time.

- The CS petition wasn't even posted up in here on the 808 thread on DL, only on the 808 SSF4 thread on SRK. WTF

Conclusion: No real support for BB in general, much less an active BB scene here in Hawaii.

[King33]

Kurokun is right everybody should come down to my house tonight just message me for directions gg ansd bb and whatever other fg's we can think of. 6 pm.

And ya the bb scene is one of the things I won't miss when I leave the island. Bbct just died so quickly hopefully bbcs will last longer. And its amazing how many bb players don't know about dl

[King33]

Kurokun is right everybody should come down to my house tonight just message me for directions gg ansd bb and whatever other fg's we can think of. 6 pm.

And ya the bb scene is one of the things I won't miss when I leave the island. Bbct just died so quickly hopefully bbcs will last longer. And its amazing how many bb players don't know about dl

[Mystic d]

wheres this happening? i wont be free till about 7:30, but i'm always down to play some bb

[BearsWithKnives]

I had a great time at King's place. It was nice meeting you Mystic D, hope to play you again in the near future and I hope we didn't overwhelm you with the tidal wave of GG info. King, have lots of fun at Tucson and take advantage of that huge scene. Also you friend is pretty beastly too. HVGL Jeff, work on them OHK setups and dolphin loop, and you'll be scurrrrrry.

[Mystic d]

Hey guys, thanks for having me over. it was great to meet and play against other bb players. i'll definitely be heading down to that tournament at HBB at the end of this month so looking forward to seeing you guys there. thanks for showing me gg although i still have absolutely no clue wat i'm doing. i think the most important thing i learned from the night is never push R2

[ein]

Wow. Flashy bulletin, it feels like it was only yesterday. Becoming serious in light of whenever the new GG approaches. Just a heads up ill bbl on the island, see if neone welcomes GG matches, when the time comes. Btw kurokun, I had an active acc on tekkenzaibatsu. Lol in fact I stirred up shit to the maui peeps for an upcoming oahu vs maui match, but I aint there, and gg over tekken anyday.

[Kurokun]

Kurokun is right everybody should come down to my house tonight just message me for directions gg ansd bb and whatever other fg's we can think of. 6 pm.

And ya the bb scene is one of the things I won't miss when I leave the island. Bbct just died so quickly hopefully bbcs will last longer. And its amazing how many bb players don't know about dl

My post was HYPE.

LOL

There's no BB scene in Hawaii, lol.

IIRC, people barely played the game at HBB, HVGL events, and offline.

IMO, there is no hype for BB in the 808.

CS may change that though, if 808 FG players support the game this time around and form a scene via offline groups and online forum stuffs. Whatever, lol.

I had a great time at King's place. It was nice meeting you Mystic D, hope to play you again in the near future and I hope we didn't overwhelm you with the tidal wave of GG info. King, have lots of fun at Tucson and take advantage of that huge scene. Also you friend is pretty beastly too. HVGL Jeff, work on them OHK setups and dolphin loop, and you'll be scurrrrrry.

Sounds like the session was hype.

What, HVGL Jeff was there too and playing GG?

Less dolphin spam, I hope?

Hey guys, thanks for having me over. it was great to meet and play against other bb players. i'll definitely be heading down to that tournament at HBB at the end of this month so looking forward to seeing you guys there. thanks for showing me gg although i still have absolutely no clue wat i'm doing. i think the most important thing i learned from the night is never push R2

Sounds like you had fun at the session, and you played some GG as well.

If you've got any Q's about GG stuff, just ask.

Wow. Flashy bulletin, it feels like it was only yesterday. Becoming serious in light of whenever the new GG approaches. Just a heads up ill bbl on the island, see if neone welcomes GG matches, when the time comes. Btw kurokun, I had an active acc on tekkenzaibatsu. Lol in fact I stirred up shit to the maui peeps for an upcoming oahu vs maui match, but I aint there, and gg over tekken anyday.

Sup.

Just post up when you are back on Oahu and available for some GG casuals.

Yeah, I read about that upcoming Oahu vs Maui match in the Hawaii thread on TZ. They must give you shit if you bring up anything GG related, lol.

I wonder if anyone even plays GG on Maui?

[Kronikhall]

Why are you hoping for arcade CS when console CS comes out next month?

because a month isn't exactly a short time? plus, the earlier the better.

[Kurokun]

because a month isn't exactly a short time? plus, the earlier the better.

*shrug*

If 'the earlier the better', someone who really cared about wanting to play CS would've probably bought a CS board back at the end of 09, instead of waiting for a future console release. That or try to get CS into an arcade via petition/support, but that FAILED miserably for various reasons that I covered in a previous post. Or, you could even get an import copy of CS if you were so inclined and couldn't wait for a US localized copy instead.

So, an arcade happens to get CS. Would people even go to the arcade to play CS once the console version dropped? This is in regard to a timeframe of a 1 month difference. Would there even be an arcade scene for the game, much less an offline scene in general?

More importantly though, there is a lack of support for BB in Hawaii, IMO. There isn't much of a local BB scene here and AFAIK no one really is standing behind the game. Do people even post up in a Hawaii thread on a FG forum and talk about wanting to play BB? Doesn't seem like it on DL anyway and on SRK it's all about SSF4 stuffs, lol.

Right now in Hawaii, you probably have some people who play BB casually and there isn't much of a competitive scene for the game either. There were some opportunities for a BB scene to develop and possibly flourish in Hawaii, but no one really supported the game or even took BB seriously. It is what it is.

Look at the people who attended the session at King33's place:

- King33, who mainly plays GG but dabbles in BB.

- Bears, who mainly plays GG but somewhat dabbles in BB.

- King33's friend, who mainly plays GG?

- HVGL Jeff, who mainly plays SSF4, IIRC.

- Mystic d, who plays BB and is on vacation in Hawaii for the summer.

Where were the Hawaii people that mainly play BB?

Nonexistent and not at King33's session. LOL.

[Kronikhall]

*shrug*

If 'the earlier the better', someone who really cared about wanting to play CS would've probably bought a CS board back at the end of 09, instead of waiting for a future console release. That or try to get CS into an arcade via petition/support, but that FAILED miserably for various reasons that I covered in a previous post. Or, you could even get an import copy of CS if you were so inclined and couldn't wait for a US localized copy instead.

So, an arcade happens to get CS. Would people even go to the arcade to play CS once the console version dropped? This is in regard to a timeframe of a 1 month difference. Would there even be an arcade scene for the game, much less an offline scene in general?

More importantly though, there is a lack of support for BB in Hawaii, IMO. There isn't much of a local BB scene here and AFAIK no one really is standing behind the game. Do people even post up in a Hawaii thread on a FG forum and talk about wanting to play BB? Doesn't seem like it on DL anyway and on SRK it's all about SSF4 stuffs, lol.

Right now in Hawaii, you probably have some people who play BB casually and there isn't much of a competitive scene for the game either. There were some opportunities for a BB scene to develop and possibly flourish in Hawaii, but no one really supported the game or even took BB seriously. It is what it is.

Look at the people who attended the session at King33's place:

- King33, who mainly plays GG but dabbles in BB.

- Bears, who mainly plays GG but somewhat dabbles in BB.

- King33's friend, who mainly plays GG?

- HVGL Jeff, who mainly plays SSF4, IIRC.

- Mystic d, who plays BB and is on vacation in Hawaii for the summer.

Where were the Hawaii people that mainly play BB?

Nonexistent and not at King33's session. LOL.

i was thinking about getting an import copy, but i have a 360 only, and it's region locked. as for the rest of what you said, it's all a sad truth. as for getting it in the arcade now, that's probably, as you pointed out, a waste of money and time, so oh well.

[Kurokun]

I wanted to use my last post as a counterpoint to the petition for arcade CS when it was brought up and first discussed back in March, if it ever made it's way here to the 808 thread on DL from the original post(er) in the 808 thread on SRK. I don't think he's coming back here anytime soon, for GG-related stuff at least, lol.

Don't stress out about it too much though. But like I said, the lack of interest/support is why there isn't an active BB scene in Hawaii at this time. Right now, you are probably the only person from the 808 that mainly plays BB that even posts up to talk about the game somewhat on here and that says a lot. There may be others but they have yet to post or don't even post anymore, in regard to this 808 thread on DL anyway.

FWIW, at one point in time, I tried to have some hype for BB. I almost even tried to get some sort of scene going here on the Big Island, but it wasn't meant to be, lol.

Long story short:

- I was gonna try to start up a BB scene in Hilo.

- I was gonna commute across the island to play the game and support the scene.

- I come to realize that BB is SADLIFE, the whole 'spiritual successor to GG' BS.

- What little hype that I had for the game was now gone.

*Recalls when I tried to get some Hilo peeps into GG, they flaked out on me.*

*Recalls a gaming experience with a scrub GG fanboy that said he "knew how to play GG", which then led to beatdowns in which he was hella FREE.*

*Recalls commuting to Hilo to play casual matches against scrub GG fanboy, which were a waste of time cause he didn't put much effort into practice and sessions became more training and less actual matches.*

- Decided that this shit (scene stuff) was not worth it, at all.

- Also considered flying up to Oahu once a month to play the CT cab at HBB, but chose not to in the end.

Sometimes, I still find it hard to believe that there is a DB cab at Pearlridge Fun Factory. Someone must have liked the game enough to have it brought in. But for one weekend, Bears and I were the only people that actually played the game at all.

[Mystic d]

ok good news for the BB players. i got leeward bowl to fix their machine today. pretty much everything works now except for Button 4 on P1 side which inputs about 40% of the time. the buttons are also now mapped correctly. if ur gonna play, try to play on P2 side since the P1 side does have that problem with the button. i also talked to them about upgrading to cs and the guy said he would talk to his manager about it. no guarantees, but at least there's some hope. if anyone wants to play some BB, i'm there every saturday morning (i bowl the morning league on saturdays) until around noon.

[Kurokun]

news for the 808 BB player(s).

Wow...

How is it that someone that's only visiting for the summer is supporting BB stuffs more than supposed 808 BB player(s) that somewhat exist. LOLZ

Mystic d even asked for the possibility of an upgrade to CS, alongside asking to get the CT cab somewhat fixed at Leeward Bowl.

What happens when Mystic d leaves at the end of summer?

808 BB stuff 'dies' again? LOL.

Who would even step up to support BB stuff when he is gone, considering there isn't really an 808 BB scene and all that?

Asking to get the cab somewhat fixed was the least anyone could do if they wanted to play arcade CT. IMO, asking for the upgrade to CS though was not needed, particularly because of the whole 'lack of support/interest for BB in Hawaii' and the console release of CS this month. Also, even if the upgrade to CS happened, it would be undeserved because no one in Hawaii that mainly plays BB came together as a scene to even propose and support the idea, at Leeward Bowl anyway.

How much does CT cost to play at Leeward Bowl and what is the round setting for vs. play?

I hope you told the Leeward Bowl guy about the patch stuff for arcade CS...

Would people even drive out to Leeward Bowl to play arcade CS once they have console CS?

[Mystic d]

How much does CT cost to play at Leeward Bowl and what is the round setting for vs. play?

I hope you told the Leeward Bowl guy about the patch stuff for arcade CS...

Would people even drive out to Leeward Bowl to play arcade CS once they have console CS?

CT costs a dollar (4 credits) to play. if you're a vip, it's 3.6 credits. games are best of 5, 99 second time limit. the comps are definitely set to easy since i can beat the game including the unlimiteds without dropping a round. yes, i told the guy about the patch for cs. i live on the westside, so leeward is much more convenient for me than HBB.

[BearsWithKnives]

ok good news for the BB players. i got leeward bowl to fix their machine today. pretty much everything works now except for Button 4 on P1 side which inputs about 40% of the time. the buttons are also now mapped correctly. if ur gonna play, try to play on P2 side since the P1 side does have that problem with the button. i also talked to them about upgrading to cs and the guy said he would talk to his manager about it. no guarantees, but at least there's some hope. if anyone wants to play some BB, i'm there every saturday morning (i bowl the morning league on saturdays) until around noon.

sigh* Junior league. Those were the days. I'll show up one saturday and watch some bowling and play cuz I don't live too far away from Leeward. Just a 3-5 minute drive. But I've nearly purged everything bowling related in my life. I just go to bowling alleys for the food.

[Kronikhall]

wait, so you guys are on the big island?

[Kurokun]

It's the same rate as the DB cab at Pearlridge Fun Factory.

$1 for 3/5 rounds.

You could easily spend a minimum of $10 if you play against good comp or even stretch $5 if you are by yourself and just practicing stuff. Also, maximizing rounds makes vs. mode fun as well as winning often to save money.

*recalls when Bears and I played DB for one weekend*

Good times.

Location is a possible issue cause I think people from downtown/eastside Oahu would be somewhat reluctant to drive out to Leeward Bowl just to play CS. Something about places being 'far' and stuff. This makes no sense to me seeing that Oahu has a freeway system, notwithstanding traffic stuffs. Considering that I either drove across Big Island from Kona to Hilo (100 miles) for a gaming session or fly inter-island just to play comp, 'far' on Oahu does not compute to me, lol.

Interest is the other issue as who would even play the game. Do you even have some comp when you play at Leeward Bowl and do you feel that the local comp actually knows what's up and puts in some effort? Doesn't arcade CS also have an 'easy mode' option? It could either help to ease in new players or encourage scrubby shortcut play.

It would probably be easier to host console CS sessions at someone's place with a group of interested players versus arcade CS where you have to pay for every game and have to deal with possible control issues and randoms. Hopefully someone (besides you Mystic d) takes the initiative to do this, someone in the 808 that mainly plays BB anyway, if they exist, lol.

wait, so you guys are on the big island?

AFAIK, 99.9% of the few Hawaii players that post up in this 808 thread live on Oahu.

Except for me. I live on the Big Island.

Read my sig.

[Mystic d]

Interest is the other issue as who would even play the game. Do you even have some comp when you play at Leeward Bowl and do you feel that the local comp actually knows what's up and puts in some effort? Doesn't arcade CS also have an 'easy mode' option? It could either help to ease in new players or encourage scrubby shortcut play.

No, there isn't really any competition at all. I've gotten a couple of my friends a little hyped after watching me do a bunch of flashy combos, but that doesn't really count. Only one of my friends has actually started to put in some effort and I'm gonna be teaching them small stuff every week. Arcade CS has a "sparring mode" option where you select your opponent, select their difficulty (beginner through hell) and you get a time limit to play against them. AFAIK, no easy mode though..

It would probably be easier to host console CS sessions at someone's place with a group of interested players versus arcade CS where you have to pay for every game and have to deal with possible control issues and randoms.

Hopefully someone (besides you Mystic d) takes the initiative to do this, someone in the 808 that mainly plays BB anyway, if they exist, lol.

WHYYYYY????

[Mystic d]

oh, i just remembered. if ur talking about the beginner mode control scheme, then there is that..