Tournament Edition Stick/SSF4 Info!

What's up people? Q here, and guess what? Decided to get a blog. Figured it'd be a good way to rant and rave for the things that I enjoy, or the things I disagree with, and to just post my daily drama that I sometimes have to go through. Plus it's a good way for me to practice web design, I guess. Go me. Anyways, let's cut to the chase and get on with a massive first blog entry containing all sorts of stuff that you guys probably couldn't give 2 cents about.


So I got my Tournament Edition Fight Stick today. Hooray. Bad rhymes, I know. *I swear, it wasn't intentional. Seriously.* I got it for free, actually. Back when Street Fighter 4 came out in February this year, I got a message from some guy that was on the forums I was on, wanting some tutoring help. I went along with it, and helped him out for a few weeks. He had a tournament in his area that he was going to compete in, and he ended up taking top 3. For appreciation, he said he was going to send me a fight stick since he knew I wanted one. Awesome, right? Nope. He ended up getting kicked out of his apartment with his wife and kid, so I told him not to worry about it, and just send it when he could. Well, that was back in March/April, but then I got a message from him a week or so ago, saying he was back on his feet and moved into a new apartment/condo. He said that he got my Xbox Live message to all my friends, stating that I had traded in my Xbox 360 for a PS3. He had bought a Tournament Edition Fight Stick for the PS3 to send me, and he was sending it out. Totally cool with me.

So it finally gets here today. I open it up, and plug it in, all ready to test it out. Well, being that I live in "John's World", *fancy name for the "Twilight Zone", basically. Where nothing EVER goes as planned* I had a feeling it wouldn't go right. Of course it didn't. The guy had tried out some arcade parts he bought on the stick, and re-installed the joystick improperly. So out comes the toolbox to take this sucker apart. Re-positioned the joystick, but was only able to fasten 2 screws instead of the 4 required, because the mounting plate for the joystick wasn't meant to be put in the position it's in. But hey, it works, and it's solidly mounted, so it's not going anywhere. Time to test the buttons. Yep, you guessed it. He re-wired the buttons incorrectly. Away to the forums we went looking for the original wiring setup. Found it, and yet again, you guessed it. He re-wired it differently from the default wire setup. So after a few hours of trial-and-error, I finally got the right wires to the right buttons, and all was well. We did have a casualty, though. My hand accidentally slipped, and one of the quick disconnects came off the wire, so now I have to re-crimp the wire. I just swiped a same-color wire from the Xbox 360 fight stick I already have to make sure this works. Gotta head to the hardware store to try and replace it, or else it's a dead duck.



So that's taken care of. Now I got a Hori EX2 Fight Stick coming in for the Xbox 360 that I'm going to try and mod, just to see what I can do with it, and to try and learn how to solder, possibly. Who knows. Also got another message from the guy above, and he said he's sending some extra arcade parts for the trouble I had. Awesome. Good thing I kept my laptop box. That's right, I'm going to try and turn my laptop box into a fight stick, since I know for sure it's possible. If people can use shoeboxes and tupperware containers, why not a laptop box? Even has a convenient carrying handle.


In other news, picked up a Fallout 3 GOTY Edition Strategy Guide at Gamestop today. Over 800 pages big. It's like a bible, seriously. Everything you could possibly imagine is covered. Also, I had heard rumors of Super Street Fighter 4 being able to be reserved, so I asked the store associate. I was happy to be informed that they WERE taking reserves. I reached in my wallet and slapped down $5 faster than you can say "It's MAHVEL BAYBEE!" *inside joke, you probably won't get it* Turns out that store employees get first dibs, so other than the manager reserving his copy, I'm the first person to reserve it. Looks like their nickname of "The Street Fighter Kid" for me is living up and going strong.




Speaking of Super Street Fighter 4, we do have some quote-on-quote "Unofficial" character portraits of the new characters:

Dee Jay


T. Hawk


Dee Jay and T. Hawk were requested to be in Street Fighter 4, but never made the cut. Due to the demand for another Street Fighter game, and several petitions and hundreds of thousands of e-mails requesting that they be released as Street Fighter 4 DLC, they were a no-brainer to include in the cast for Super Street Fighter 4. Now for the new girl:

Juri


She seems to be an interesting looking character. Judging by the trailer, which you can see below, she seems to have the same "Psycho Drive" that M. Bison *AKA Dictator for you hard-core fans out there* has. Plus she's all kicks, so she'll be an interesting character to use, to say the least. Couple of things to point out from the trailer below:

At 1:47 she seems to have an attack that's similar to Dudley's "Cross Counter" from 3rd Strike. Interesting. That Ultra Combo she does at 1:52 looks pretty nasty, as well.

Here's the trailer showcasing all 3 characters:


So that should wrap it up. If you've managed to last this long and have read all of this, I applaud you. So in closing, I have 2 words:

GET HYPE.

This is Q, signing off. Robo-Ky says "Stay Cool."