GGPO is still hosting SFIII, I installed it recently and it works great. I prefer it over SF4 so i was really happy when I got it working especially after I got hyped up after seeing some SF3 online videos. It will probably be taken down after Online comes out, but it should be enough to hold us over.
There are quite a few people on it regularly and they are all way better than me (i played years ago and quite casually). If anyone needs help setting it up or wants to play some games i welcome you to PM me.
afaik, ggpo avoids input lag by using rollbacks, aka allowing both clients to play in realtime and using timestamps to go "back in time" to fix discrepancies
again afaik (i might be wrong), ive heard that the current 3s ggpo does not implement this functionality properly, because the creator does not have access to 3s source code, so the rollbacks were done using save states in the emulator (causing glitches). 3s online should implement ggpo correctly in the source code itself, and should work much better if they do it right
SF3 is probably the worst SF ever because it ruins all the fundamentals of SF and a 2d fighting game, along with thr degenerate gameplay at the high level play (hit confirm into super)... With that said, I had a blast playing this back in the day and it took a lot of skills. I look forward to the new version.
On July 12 2011 17:17 Hokay wrote: SF3 is probably the worst SF ever because it ruins all the fundamentals of SF and a 2d fighting game, along with thr degenerate gameplay at the high level play (hit confirm into super)... With that said, I had a blast playing this back in the day and it took a lot of skills. I look forward to the new version.
a game where no move is safe is an amazing game ^^
On July 12 2011 17:17 Hokay wrote: SF3 is probably the worst SF ever because it ruins all the fundamentals of SF and a 2d fighting game, along with thr degenerate gameplay at the high level play (hit confirm into super)... With that said, I had a blast playing this back in the day and it took a lot of skills. I look forward to the new version.
a game where no move is safe is an amazing game ^^
hehe I agree to some extent. It's definitely a unique fighting game experience and the mind games can be crazy; which is why I hold 3s somewhere in inside my heart :D
I may get destroyed a lot in this game (I'm often playing on GGPO/Supercade) compared to SF4 but my main (Makoto) is so much more fun than its SSF4 counterpart, looking forward to the release (by the way I've never seen a trailer that hype, it's going to be awesome!)
I'll main Urien if they give him an alternate costume, but that thong, I just do not want to see that everytime i start up the game.
also the best part about 3rd strike is just how HYPE it can get sf4 the hype is not so much, having a balanced cast is what makes it good, you get variety (although thats currently being threatened) anyways this is a 3rd strike thread and the best thing/worst thing is the parry system which if youre good enough you will never take damage all game. That alone allows skillful play and setups that outweigh character imbalance, of course players just having flat out better normals/supers/cancels etc will cause you to think otherwise
On July 12 2011 18:21 Zlasher wrote: Are you saying the cast on 3rd strike is more balanced than SF4? Lol.
Even AE, which clearly has a best character, wouldn't be more balanced, consdiering the rest of the ~40 characters are very close.
3rd strike is Yun Chun and Ken. Urien has his place somewhat but everyone else blows.
no the cast is far from balanced, but the parry system allows so much room for "spectator magic" which is what all games need to be successful. 3rd strike isn't about characters as so much as it is about parrying, with parrying the game is broken unbroken and then shattered its unpossible to describe its potential.
3rd strike is Yun Chun and Ken. Urien has his place somewhat but everyone else blows.
Not true makoto is also up there with the high tiers. Also there has been a necro, hugo, Q, Gouki at SBO Finals an event thats like the starleague of fighting games.
Also dudley is a very good character.
I cant wait for this game even if i suck, hit confirms into supers are just too hard for me.
On July 12 2011 18:21 Zlasher wrote: 3rd strike is Yun Chun and Ken. Urien has his place somewhat but everyone else blows.
What? 3s has NEVER been just about Yun/Chun/Ken... maybe 7 years ago in the US scene it was only those 3 characters. Dudley, Makoto, Akuma, Yang, and Ryu are all up there in terms of tournament viability.
I think what Monokeros was getting at was the comeback potential in 3s is much higher than in SF4 (other than maybe vanilla SF4 Sagat l0l) which makes it seem like anyone can win in any circumstance. In 3s there are so many characters who can just blow shit up with one opening (Makoto and Urien especially), and there's always the parry factor. In SF4 there are match-ups where you just can't do shit (eg: melee against a Honda with large life advantage and full meter, wtf are you gonna do?).