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Let's go play Street Fighter IV.

kazuokazuo Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in PAX Archive
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So CapCom isn't on the exhibitor list, much to my dismay. This means two things:

1) No Tat vs Capcom. UGH
2) No SFIV. Double UGH

But, wait! There is hope!

And our hope... is a bowling alley in Tacoma.
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COME PLAY SFIV
Why? Cause I'm gonna. And It's SFIV. Besides, what else are you going to do friday night? Play Rock Band? Listen to Coulton?

No thanks, I'm good. I can do that all the time.
I can't play SFIV all the time. :)

WHO: Fight fans and people who wanna see SFIV in 720p... in an arcade.
WHAT: STREET FIGHTER FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUR
WHERE: Narrows Plaza Bowling, Tacoma, Wa. (30 min drive) DIRECTIONS: http://tinyurl.com/3kgnsk
WHEN: FRIDAY, 10PM. Roll out at that time, anyway. The bowling alley is open until 2AM, so that should be enough time (hopefully). I know this will be going the same time as the concert, but all I care about is the OneUps, so it's on you. Free will, etc.
WHY: Seriously? It's SFIV! If that isn't enough, then this expedition probably isn't for you.

RSVP here. I has a car but I only have room for two people. I am willing to give rides in exchange for buying me dinner afterwards lol.

POST UP OR GET OUT
see you at PAX

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  • sobjwsobjw Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The Gameworks right in downtown Seattle doesn't have a SFIV cabinet? That is dumb.

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  • Zig21Zig21 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Gameworks takes forever before getting new games. To this day, I don't think they ever got Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection.

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator mod
    edited August 2008
    You know, I just called them to ask, and the guy had to ask me if IV was the newest one before he could tell me that they don't have it.

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Honestly? I had more fun at Ground kontrol then I did at game works. Its not a great arcade. Its only alright. It would of been better if they had some of the best machines working.

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  • mavrick88mavrick88 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Street Fighter is the worst game ever.

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  • sobjwsobjw Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    mavrick88 wrote: »
    Street Fighter is the worst game ever.

    The original Street Fighter?

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  • mavrick88mavrick88 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    all street fighter games.

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  • sobjwsobjw Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    mavrick88 wrote: »
    all street fighter games.

    You must be a Mortal Kombat guy.

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  • super...super... __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    while i dig fighters that are approachable and deep (smash bros) i still respect deep fighters like street fighter and virtual fighter.

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  • The_SavesThe_Saves Magistrate of Crazy Town KirklandRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Never could get into Street Fighter. Especially trying to learn with the competitive creepers at Gameworks looming around the corner. If you walk up to it to try and learn they'll jump on against you and destroy you. I'm a Virtua Fighter guy myself, and luckily they have a beautiful sit down double cabinet.

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  • kazuokazuo Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Moe Fwacky wrote: »
    You know, I just called them to ask, and the guy had to ask me if IV was the newest one before he could tell me that they don't have it.

    Bullshit! :( There's posts on SRK and a few other spots that say it's there.

    I'll have to look into this. Thanks for the heads-up moe :P

    EDIT: Moe confuse me. Tacoma has it unless I find out otherwise. Just talked to a guy who played it there. $1 per play :P

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator mod
    edited August 2008
    I called Gameworks, not the bowling alley

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  • kazuokazuo Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Moe Fwacky wrote: »
    I called Gameworks, not the bowling alley

    oh, lol.

    Well, in any case, GameWorks likely won't ever get it. Here's why:

    1) It's not officially released in the US yet.
    2) The kit costs $12,000. That's right. $12,000. Reason is you have to buy it in a pair (for versus play).
    3) Home console release in the USA is scheduled for February.

    That equals little to no profit (even a loss!) for most operators. And that's assuming they're willing to cough up $12k for it in the first place.

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  • ArcoArco Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Viscountalpha wrote: »
    Honestly? I had more fun at Ground kontrol then I did at game works. Its not a great arcade. Its only alright. It would of been better if they had some of the best machines working.

    There's a Ground Kontrol in Seattle? There's an arcade called Ground Kontrol in Portland, OR, too. That place is awesome.

    I might be down for a field trip for some new Street Fighter.

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  • AvidAvid Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Sweet I dont know how I missed this. May have to check it out!

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  • neferioneferio Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    do they have the machine up allready or they just got it in?

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  • John_FN_SeilerJohn_FN_Seiler Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    There has to be a Street Fighter 4 cabnet somewhere at PAX
    but if there isnt
    I'm going to play that game one way or another

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  • kazuokazuo Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The machine is there and ready. People been rippin' on it for days apparently. Talked to a couple people out there that play it.

    If anyone wants to ride with me just let me know, I got room for two people at this moment.

    I seriously hope there is SFIV at PAX cause I'd rather not leave, but if there isn't... I'm so going to Tacoma hahaha.

    CapCom isn't on the list though so I'm not holding my breath. :(

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  • mentok1982mentok1982 I could never leave you PAX baby. BaltimoreRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    We can always steal it and bring it to PAX, then return it. Can you imagine the amount of coinage that the
    bowling alley would find in that machine? I bet they wouldn't even press charges...

    It would be awesome if we could convicne them to loan it to PAX. What do they have to lose? Seems to
    me that they could only profit from the situation.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I'd love to go check it out, if time/space allows.

    I didn't think it was out yet. Is it a beta testing place?

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    mentok1982 wrote: »
    We can always steal it and bring it to PAX, then return it. Can you imagine the amount of coinage that the
    bowling alley would find in that machine? I bet they wouldn't even press charges...

    It would be awesome if we could convicne them to loan it to PAX. What do they have to lose? Seems to
    me that they could only profit from the situation.
    I'd like to see this happen. Someone light a Khoo symbol. Burn a sheep. Cut out some Khoo puns.

    edit- visiting the site itself on a late saturday night for the only SFIV in the county? If it's anything like ANY popular arcade, you'll have a 15-30min wait to play.

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  • skarsolskarsol Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    There's one like 20 min away from here, not bailing out on JoCo for that. :P~

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  • TrainwreckXTrainwreckX Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Zig21 wrote: »
    Gameworks takes forever before getting new games. To this day, I don't think they ever got Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection.

    I never even knew they made a DR cabinet. And I was there just about 2 months ago and they did NOT have that.

    It's probably worth noting, to non-WA residents, that Tacoma isn't incredibly close to Seattle...

    That being said, I kind of want to go. I'm sort of in a rut though, as I may be in the TF2 tournament still if things go well for my team.

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  • neferioneferio Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    im going down to tacoma tomorrow as soon as i get off work at 10 or 11am so i can play it.

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  • DreamwriterDreamwriter Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    kazuo wrote: »
    Moe Fwacky wrote: »
    I called Gameworks, not the bowling alley

    oh, lol.

    Well, in any case, GameWorks likely won't ever get it. Here's why:

    1) It's not officially released in the US yet.
    2) The kit costs $12,000. That's right. $12,000. Reason is you have to buy it in a pair (for versus play).
    3) Home console release in the USA is scheduled for February.

    That equals little to no profit (even a loss!) for most operators. And that's assuming they're willing to cough up $12k for it in the first place.

    Gameworks isn't most operators :P Seattle Gameworks has a few Japanese games, has a generic sit-down dual-cabinet fighter setup (last I saw it had Virtua Fighter 5, one player per cab), occasionally gets ungodly expensive games... they imported a full deluxe cabinet of DDR2 Extreme when it was brand new, I'm sure that was around $10k. Of course, lately they've been rather slow at getting new games (and in fact recently removed their giant 2-story game), and even maintaining some of their most popular games.

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  • TrainwreckXTrainwreckX Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    IT's also worth noting that they are owned by SEGA. They seem to be fast at getting the latest peripheral-based SEGA machines.

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  • neferioneferio Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    sf4 was awesome. it was beautifull. -cries-

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  • SmidgetSmidget Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    I'd love to go check it out, if time/space allows.

    I didn't think it was out yet. Is it a beta testing place?

    You are correct, it isn't out. Nope, not a beta. There are a few locations in the US who are importing the kits (SF4 dedicabs are crazy expensive right now). By few I mean, less than 15 right now.

    And I'd be down for this but like PikaPuff said, there will be a long wait. And for me, that is not ideal-enough conditions to make a side-trip during my PAX trip. ah well, hopefully will get to play it sometime soon.

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  • mavrick88mavrick88 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I say screw street fighter 4 now cause im gonna be playing Fallout 3 at PAX.

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  • MisteriosoMisterioso Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Arco wrote: »
    Viscountalpha wrote: »
    Honestly? I had more fun at Ground kontrol then I did at game works. Its not a great arcade. Its only alright. It would of been better if they had some of the best machines working.

    There's a Ground Kontrol in Seattle? There's an arcade called Ground Kontrol in Portland, OR, too. That place is awesome.

    I might be down for a field trip for some new Street Fighter.


    No, Ground Kontrol is strictly Portland. :(

    The closest thing we have to a Ground Kontrol is Shorty's but it is a bar so it is 21+

    We are having a prepax gathering at Shorty's tonight, open to everyone. If you are in town, feel free to stop by and say hi.

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