We've tried SF4 before with TL people but there are so many people scattered about the globe on this forum that the lag and time differences make things really difficult. I consider anything above 100ms ping to the other player pretty unplayable in SF4, but it's going to be like that for a number of other fighting games as well.

Cel.erity

United States4890 Posts

July 06 2014 16:33 GMT

#1062

I voted for GGPO just because like Excalibur said, the ping times and skill differences mean this should be treated as a casual thing. Playing some older games with better netcode should even the playing field.

porkRaven

United States953 Posts

July 09 2014 22:02 GMT

#1063

On July 06 2014 11:18 Excalibur_Z wrote:
We've tried SF4 before with TL people but there are so many people scattered about the globe on this forum that the lag and time differences make things really difficult. I consider anything above 100ms ping to the other player pretty unplayable in SF4, but it's going to be like that for a number of other fighting games as well.

It would still be the same ping between players regardless of game? Or does ggpo's netcode just allow for better games/ping? Haven't played much ggpo anyway.

Trumpet

United States1935 Posts

July 09 2014 23:25 GMT

#1064

ggpo / skullgirls show you the ping and allow you to adjust delay accordingly. Skullgirls even recommends an appropriate setting if I remember right.

SF4 (and pretty much everything besides skullgirls) uses just more input delay instead of the rollback ggpo netcode, and you get no control over how much / keeping it constant, which I could see getting problematic when playing great distances.

sung_moon

United States10110 Posts

July 11 2014 15:24 GMT

#1065

GL to all the TL'ers attending EVO!

I know Trumpet and Kingkosi are there. Saya probably too, but he aren't really active here now.

Kingkosi

United States1215 Posts

July 15 2014 03:32 GMT

#1066

I know there are more people interested In team liquid league then the 11 people who voted so come on and vote! Remember that the net code for certain games isn't great especially over great distances so keep that in mind when voting.

porkRaven

United States953 Posts

July 15 2014 03:48 GMT

#1067

On July 15 2014 12:32 Kingkosi wrote:
I know there are more people interested In team liquid league then the 11 people who voted so come on and vote! Remember that the net code for certain games isn't great especially over great distances so keep that in mind when voting.

I voted for sf4 but i'd play on ggpo due to lag, i'd play any of the games i could get my hands on honestly.

gTank

Austria2564 Posts

July 15 2014 07:33 GMT

#1068

GGPO sounds incredibly cool, but since I have skullgirls, I voted for that game.

nFo

Canada56 Posts

September 16 2014 15:08 GMT

#1069

Ok, complete noob here.

Which fighting game has the biggest competitive scene?

Are there any big competitive fighting games that are primarily played on the pc?

2xNoodle

United States201 Posts

September 16 2014 15:15 GMT

#1070

On September 17 2014 00:08 nFo wrote:
Ok, complete noob here.

Which fighting game has the biggest competitive scene?

Are there any big competitive fighting games that are primarily played on the pc?

Ultra Street Fighter IV probably has the biggest competitive scene worldwide, Super Smash Brothers Melee is up there if you consider it a fighting game. In some regions, a different game might be more popular (ex: Tekken is the premier game in Atlanta and Tennessee for a while after a new Tekken game comes out).

I wouldn't say that there are any "big" competitive fighters played primarily on PC in tournament, but The King of Fighters XIII's online community is primarily on PC because the Steam version has playable net code while the console net code is absolute trash.

nFo

Canada56 Posts

September 16 2014 17:38 GMT

#1071

On September 17 2014 00:15 2xNoodle wrote:

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Following up on that, would buying the steam version of USF4 be worth it? If not, what console is it played on mostly?

Duka08

3391 Posts

September 16 2014 18:37 GMT

#1072

USF4 has a huge scene on Xbox Live, the largest of the three (360/PS3/PC) by far. The PC netcode has potential for being great however, but it's fairly young after the switch to Steamworks recently and they are beta testing some stuff still. So if you're playing with a friend you're pretty sure you'll have a good connection with, PC is more than fine. But if you want to play online with lots of people reliably, and with decent connections on average, go with 360.

Cel.erity

United States4890 Posts

September 17 2014 05:01 GMT

#1073

If you want to play on PC, your major options are basically SF4, KoF 13, Skullgirls, and Melty Blood, with SF4 having the crushing advantage in terms of playerbase.

But it's like I say every time a new player asks this question: it really doesn't matter how big the scene is for the game you like. You will be able to find matches 24/7 for any of the games I just listed if you network and meet people. Just play whatever you like.