tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13331603072673958512024-03-05T15:52:42.974-08:00Stage 1 - 1 Fight!Bobby Reehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12388499656502073773noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333160307267395851.post-3750211538717712452010-08-18T14:21:00.001-07:002010-08-27T10:02:10.621-07:00STREET FIGHTER: A NEW JOURNEY BEGINS!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqmoh3yjAdPvwyVdEm_1pk3XFgMnc2F4aFEb_XKCg4W-xBKlL2i1Vcx9mjZDxDWevXhlkptC61j30zbA2K3MVKWAlcCawYp4h4ANsk0hb3ziqo9609yuq2C0uupHxbETrnfIL_dagquQ/s1600/jokerhitme.jpg"><br /></a><br />A Confession: I can't play Street Fighter. I've never been able to. But don't get me wrong, I loves me some Street <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Fighterin</span>'. Ever since grade 3, any time I played SF I'd end up getting wrecked, no matter if it was the CPU or a live opponent. up until two weeks ago I could never even get past the third guy in arcade mode. So <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">somewhere</span> along the way I resigned myself to a life in the peanut gallery, shouting "Yeah!" and "Nice Moves!" over the shoulders of my friends as they battled it out in the arcade. I always figured that it all came down to brain growth and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">neuroplasticity</span>. I was too busy learning the intricate ways of BOOM! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">HEADSHOT</span> with a mouse and a keyboard in my formative years to learn how to throw fireballs at the local donut shop. I was an FPS guy and they were fighting game guys, and that was that, right?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ianhoar.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/street_fighter_hd.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 222px;" src="http://www.ianhoar.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/street_fighter_hd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>BULLSHIT! (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Oough</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">aahh</span>..!)<br /></div><br />So to prove my own ignorant ass wrong, I have commenced on an epic quest to learn the ways of The World Warrior. And what a long road I have ahead of me. This shit <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ain't</span> easy for a dyed in the wool FPS junkie who is one year away from 30. My critical <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">physio motor</span> learning stage is long over. But this is my journey, one that will either take me to the very top, or at the very least allow me to finish the game on its easiest difficulty setting.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qsjDhktZeItn1ePTAprZYy04rE26AFEzPolprsC8CgCndIqoLjAEJexuFzVRFMr_TUZg7AIPWptv5Y9DVYQjlZ9D6YaWJXxCUGyod1ViIYU69ulFthHGCM7BjGtkjJk6Z5Z-qv-YWkc/s1600/sfIIopening.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qsjDhktZeItn1ePTAprZYy04rE26AFEzPolprsC8CgCndIqoLjAEJexuFzVRFMr_TUZg7AIPWptv5Y9DVYQjlZ9D6YaWJXxCUGyod1ViIYU69ulFthHGCM7BjGtkjJk6Z5Z-qv-YWkc/s320/sfIIopening.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510123360187044066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">THE JOURNEY BEGINS!</span> (Press Start)<br /></div><br />Now in learning the ways of Street Fighter, it is important to be mindful to not take it lightly. Street Fighter is a most serious sort of game, more akin to learning a new art such as playing and instrument or learning to dance than any other game I have tried (besides the new music <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">rhythm</span> games, which I cant really speak for as I have honestly never sat down and played one for more than two a few minutes).<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><br />In any art, one must acquire the skills <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">necessary</span> to execute the simplest of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">techniques</span> before they are able to form them into a practical pattern that makes sense. Each of these techniques must be performed flawlessly at the speed of thought as soon as you think it. Once this is accomplished, the art will begin opening itself up to you.<br /><br />So, considering this, I realized my greatest obstacle was simply technique; an inability to pull off any of the special moves in a reliable and consistent way. This limited my strategy to button mashing and happenstance. No wonder I sucked. How could I expect to play in a band when I couldn't even hold down my fingers in a proper chord?! So with that realization in my head, I decided to head off to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Training Mode! BEGIN!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5EPKrgYvzgHBDeBj2d4XjxzP_zd6SYiuLNjnTvBHU7-gjvaqOcvX7zvW6ml2IRl3hLdkBwCdCI0stgt564H3L3tTciw7uRsxetnXC0tBvtbfJruY4-VAD9buunfYfHRBxQJPvXIyhjw/s1600/shoryoucandoit.jpeg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5EPKrgYvzgHBDeBj2d4XjxzP_zd6SYiuLNjnTvBHU7-gjvaqOcvX7zvW6ml2IRl3hLdkBwCdCI0stgt564H3L3tTciw7uRsxetnXC0tBvtbfJruY4-VAD9buunfYfHRBxQJPvXIyhjw/s400/shoryoucandoit.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510128062370212034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">'<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">SHOR</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">YU</span>-KEN-DO-IT!'</span><br /></div><br />I think one of the most common n00b mistakes is to get into a state that I call Move-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">itis</span>. It's when you begin focusing on <span style="font-style: italic;">how </span>to do a move instead of focusing on the match at hand. At that point is when you start getting destroyed by your opponent, and once you start getting frustrated it is all to easy to forget your training and just start furiously mashing the buttons to try to hit the guy back. So the real trick is to train your muscle memory to the point where you can perform any of your chosen character's moves as soon as you think to do them, as flawlessly as brushing your teeth or using a fork. And once you master this ability, Street Fighter starts making a whole lot more sense.<br /><br />So at the beginning of every SF session, I make sure to get in a few rounds in Training Mode before I go into Arcade. I am currently training with Ken, so I practice my fireballs, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">shoryukens</span> and hurricane kicks until I can do them each ten times in a row without fucking up. After I can pull off the moves flawlessly, I load up Arcade. I play until my move-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">itis</span> sets in and as soon as it does it's back to training mode for me. I queue up the last opponent that beat my ass and fight them with an infinite <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">health</span> bar until I am not afraid of them anymore.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqmoh3yjAdPvwyVdEm_1pk3XFgMnc2F4aFEb_XKCg4W-xBKlL2i1Vcx9mjZDxDWevXhlkptC61j30zbA2K3MVKWAlcCawYp4h4ANsk0hb3ziqo9609yuq2C0uupHxbETrnfIL_dagquQ/s1600/jokerhitme.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqmoh3yjAdPvwyVdEm_1pk3XFgMnc2F4aFEb_XKCg4W-xBKlL2i1Vcx9mjZDxDWevXhlkptC61j30zbA2K3MVKWAlcCawYp4h4ANsk0hb3ziqo9609yuq2C0uupHxbETrnfIL_dagquQ/s400/jokerhitme.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510134775923840738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">'Hit me... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">C'mon</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">HIT ME!</span>'</span><br /></div><br />I've also come up with a crazy technique to aid me in losing my fear of the enemy. What I do is to purposefully allow myself to get my ass beat down in Training Mode while maintaining my calm and focus. Ill just act like Jason or the Terminator and walk slowly towards my opponent while hes beating me down, and just keep getting back up and walking towards him more. I think some of my favourite <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">baddases</span> are the ones who are so <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">badass</span> that they <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">dont</span> even care about getting hit, and it is that mentality I'm trying to incorporate into my game.<br /><br />So if I ever decide to pursue bar fighting and general fisticuffs as a new hobby, I'd pay two close friends to hold my arms and pay another good friend to just hit me in the face, belly and groin, over and over again with a two-by-four. I just figure that if your going to learn any sort of new language, the most reasonable approach would be to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">familiarize</span> yourself with it's most basic vocabulary first, in this case, the letter <span style="font-style: italic;">Getting Smashed In The Teeth.</span> Once you get hit enough times you'll never be afraid of your enemy ever again.<br /><br />At this point I still have yet to finish the game on 1 star. Sad I know, but with Ken I have gotten up to the third last guy, which is kinda like the beginning of the boss battles. That's not bad for two weeks of intermittent playing during my spare time. I hope to one day be able to take on my friends and at win a few games, but my journey has barely even begun. So it's back to practicing <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">hadoukens</span> for me. I hope these tips helped any burgeoning <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">SFII</span> n00b who is reading this blog.<br /><br />Anyway, its off to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">FANEXPO</span> for me!!<br /><br />See ya on the other side...<br /><br />B.<br /><br /><br />PS I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">fuckin</span>' hate Purple Ken.Bobby Reehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12388499656502073773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333160307267395851.post-29780675552700679002010-07-14T19:13:00.000-07:002010-07-29T00:50:15.981-07:00Memories of AboboUPDATE: <a href="http://mastersystem8.com/game/84/double_dragon/"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Holy Shit, It's Double Dragon on my browser!!</span></span></a><br /><br />If I was a rich man, I wouldn't be buying fancy cars or mansions and shit. All I'd be doing is flying to various comic book and video game conventions in my supersonic Lear jet to check out <a href="http://www.destructoid.com/exclusive-abobo-s-big-adventure-makes-a-comic-con-debut-178934.phtml">badass shite like this. </a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8Pm4akNB9Cg-bNNhHIO2v3EAw44R3iV068PtFkea1YArcYE4f3_t_gqvDP-trqypfFaqbbVSfG2_LbaGveear_L_ErCpOGB5tJVFv3nALhU9tpFRmY4yoDLj-Z07L9pNNcnCXSlXFas/s1600/abobo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8Pm4akNB9Cg-bNNhHIO2v3EAw44R3iV068PtFkea1YArcYE4f3_t_gqvDP-trqypfFaqbbVSfG2_LbaGveear_L_ErCpOGB5tJVFv3nALhU9tpFRmY4yoDLj-Z07L9pNNcnCXSlXFas/s320/abobo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493979409988059442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">'Shit! It's fucking Abobo!'</span><br /></div><br />That's right, it's <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Abobo's Big Adventure!</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </span>A fan-made tribute game starring one of my earliest and most feared childhood nemeses! He left an indelible mark on my seven year old psyche by being the first man to mercilessly kick me off a conveyor belt and into a pit of doom (which has actually happened quite often since then).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsUY3Se91xeyCeWSdAhBNsHD6j0Zs8RbuFIJRngX0-TKnTmEpUJaKrcvZ-GhHIZBhco6qp-lM0E4E9LdYr8CaIjX5QoI-9rGV2iamLFPhrhWaEf8pyKUNmL4z3aZrElWYob_FP0BWoTk/s1600/abobo_small.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsUY3Se91xeyCeWSdAhBNsHD6j0Zs8RbuFIJRngX0-TKnTmEpUJaKrcvZ-GhHIZBhco6qp-lM0E4E9LdYr8CaIjX5QoI-9rGV2iamLFPhrhWaEf8pyKUNmL4z3aZrElWYob_FP0BWoTk/s200/abobo_small.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493972905429324450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">'Abobo! Noooo...!!'</span><br /></div><br />Seven Year Old Me hated Abobo's guts. He made my blood boil. Many hours were spent in the schoolyard jumpkicking the shit out of imaginary Abobos with my best friend Perry Chan. Then we'd run home to my basement and beat the crap out of him on my Sega Master System until it was time for dinner.<br /><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" href="http://mastersystem8.com/game/84/double_dragon/"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mastersystem8.com/game/84/double_dragon/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDs-xhRlMQbDzIlPD8EM075OEX1mHfft0xRWu_ePeVp_Uoy_XElt9pyFvLobeOeNRF-dW1LKaSEVMAKhpH_AQG8ZfQIkD8tpMRxBbpwXUoy6FJ9y3jDbitfrtm4Db2lLIRrpAKKKHvkDc/s320/Double+Dragon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493973505278954802" border="0" /></a><a href="http://mastersystem8.com/game/84/double_dragon/"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">"Billy, get down! Abobo's right behind you!<br />...Juummp KICK! Hi-yahh!"</span><br /></a></div><br />Just about the only caveat of owning a Sega over an NES was its superior version of Double Dragon, which allowed you to play with two players at the same time just like in the arcade. So thanks Dad, for not knowing Nintendo was the one I asked you to get me for Christmas '87. You gave me some of my best grade 2 memories. Though I could have gone without you filling the Sega Master System box with newspaper, and then taking pictures of me weeping after opening the present. They are some pretty funny pictures tho.<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><span><br />So if I was totally stinking rich right now I'd be auditioning the <a href="http://www.kontraband.com/videos/23108/Slimer-Burlesque/">nerdcore burlesque dancers</a> that would be entertaining me on my thirty-five minute jet flight to the San Diego Comicon, where the fan-made extravaganza <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Abobo's Big Adventure</span> is being demoed on an arcade cabinet. There's also a <a href="http://www.i-mockery.com/abobo/">supposed flash demo</a> of the game, but it doesn't seem to be up or working. Dammit. Hopefully the full version will be released shortly after the Comicon.<br /><br /></span><span><span><span>Oh well. At least I have <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://supermariobroscrossover.com/">Super Mario Crossover</a> to tie me over until then. <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.explodingrabbit.com/videos/super-mario-bros-crossover-playing-my-own-game-1">Jay Pavlina</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> FTW!</span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> Downward thrust, motherfuckers!<br /></span></span></span><span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span>Bobby Reehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12388499656502073773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1333160307267395851.post-51648229560385258712010-07-11T20:28:00.000-07:002010-07-14T07:54:34.411-07:00This is a Message...Beware, O' Internet! For I have founded a blog beyond all of your wildest imaginings. Be prepared to have your skull ripped open and your brain sucked out through your eye holes, that is, once I figure out how to use this thing. Dang nabbit. Once I do it's gonna be a good time.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW94QbKew7qPBFjcQTnmCrSOHgVlVks0p87g5ZKV7ZhZeWGzSv2jxz1Voqi6ow6jk6CRSSj5ydianNET4dOmrDLVrNMeC0hHf7g0iMkzTZ5iQIDtkoclsH3Nn7HHQd48-ZYBbm6c0K99k/s1600/stiglitz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW94QbKew7qPBFjcQTnmCrSOHgVlVks0p87g5ZKV7ZhZeWGzSv2jxz1Voqi6ow6jk6CRSSj5ydianNET4dOmrDLVrNMeC0hHf7g0iMkzTZ5iQIDtkoclsH3Nn7HHQd48-ZYBbm6c0K99k/s320/stiglitz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493633329230964674" border="0" /></a>Bobby Reehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12388499656502073773noreply@blogger.com1