I love Street Fighter 4. I bought it on the PC about 3 weeks ago because I didn't have a console I could play it on, and it was highly acclaimed. The problem is- I suck. I can't even beat Seth on Easy after 20 hours of playing, I get owned online by people with 100 GP, I have all the characters but Seth unlocked, and 2 of Chun-Li's Hard trials done (all the normal ones done as well). I can pull off moves if I want too, but I don't think I'm really understanding the tactics of fighting... are any PC players willing to show me what I'm doing wrong?

Do you have a good gamepad or are you trying to play it on a keyboard? And how do you have everybody but Seth unlocked if you can't beat Seth?

I still don't understand the third ryu trials about cancelling. I got through a few of them because of luck but can't pull it off often. Also, how fast do you have to do the quarter circles for metsu and shinku? hadokens?

I hope your not using a keyboard. Special moves are your friend, you can't really fight without them. I suggest you play more single player for now instead of online, alot of ppl has experience at this game. Also learn to block all the time, it's pressing back, or back down, you can't really do much if your defense is aweful. Also as i've said, if you don't learn your special moves, you have no offense.

" I still don't understand the third ryu trials about cancelling. I got through a few of them because of luck but can't pull it off often. Also, how fast do you have to do the quarter circles for metsu and shinku? hadokens? "

The charge attack is the 2 medium buttons together?

I just bought SF4 on the weekend Steam sale for $20, but I only have a pair of unmodded 360 controllers to play with (shitty D-Pad). I ordered a Hori EX2 360 arcade stick for it (it's also cool to have one for classic arcade games) for $60. Seems they are the same price as they were two years ago :(
 
It'll take about a week to show up, but I don't plan on playing the game until it gets here. Anybody else own one?

" The charge attack is the 2 medium buttons together? "

" I just bought SF4 on the weekend Steam sale for $20, but I only have a pair of unmodded 360 controllers to play with (shitty D-Pad). I ordered a Hori EX2 360 arcade stick for it (it's also cool to have one for classic arcade games) for $60. Seems they are the same price as they were two years ago :(  It'll take about a week to show up, but I don't plan on playing the game until it gets here. Anybody else own one? "

Ebay. I used Google shopping. 60 was the cheapest I could find including shipping (some were listed around 45 but had 17+ bucks shipping). Here's the query.
 
Things I read about it are that it's VERY Japanese as far as arcade sticks go. Ball top stick, square stick guide instead of octagonal, convex buttons, etc... but no American style sticks compatible for the 360 were even close to the price I was looking to pay (however I'm totally thinking of building a phat-ass MAME machine with an X-Arcade Tankstick some time in the future).
 
I almost bought the fightpad combo, but decided against it since I already own two MS 360 pads and am the only gamer in the household. But the 360 compatibility of the stick and multitude of modification guides on the net persuaded me to pay $20 more than I had planned on it.

" Ebay. I used Google shopping. 60 was the cheapest I could find including shipping (some were listed around 45 but had 17+ bucks shipping). Here's the query.
 
Things I read about it are that it's VERY Japanese as far as arcade sticks go. Ball top stick, square stick guide instead of octagonal, convex buttons, etc... but no American style sticks compatible for the 360 were even close to the price I was looking to pay (however I'm totally thinking of building a phat-ass MAME machine with an X-Arcade Tankstick some time in the future).  I almost bought the fightpad combo, but decided against it since I already own two MS 360 pads and am the only gamer in the household. But the 360 compatibility of the stick and multitude of modification guides on the net persuaded me to pay $20 more than I had planned on it. "

I'm still not sure though, I really want the TE to be honest, haha, but that beast is pretty expensive.   Anyway, I hope you enjoy your stick, and I will (hopefully) fight you some time next week ;) "

" I still don't understand the third ryu trials about cancelling. I got through a few of them because of luck but can't pull it off often. Also, how fast do you have to do the quarter circles for metsu and shinku? hadokens? "

" @Jolly_Lolly said:

I'm still not sure though, I really want the TE to be honest, haha, but that beast is pretty expensive.   Anyway, I hope you enjoy your stick, and I will (hopefully) fight you some time next week ;) "

Agreed, but after coming across that Tankstick, another $50 for a trackball and second player input seems pretty reasonable -- if one were going to drop $150 on a single arcade stick anyway.  Sounds fun, but don't rape me too hard. We had zero actual arcades around here when I was growing up so the only experience I got was beating up bots on the SNES. Haven't really checked 2D fighting since then (well I owned VF on Saturn, but had no body to play with and the bots were fkin tough -- the more simplified Fighting Vipers was more my style). I'm hoping this EX2 and some practice will be all I need to re-cement the necessary skills. "

Sorry, somewhat forgot about this thread. I bought a 360 controller before I bought this game (so I could use it for this and Burnout). If anyone plays on the PC and is willing to give me some tips, my XBL tag is forexviii.

" Sorry, somewhat forgot about this thread. I bought a 360 controller before I bought this game (so I could use it for this and Burnout). If anyone plays on the PC and is willing to give me some tips, my XBL tag is forexviii. "

I get awful matches online with the PC version, though that's probably due to my shitty wireless adapter I have on this computer.