First off, I'm not an AMAZING player.  However, I hold my own against folks.  With that out of the way:

You could face... me?

In over 1200 online matches I've never noticed a difference in the type of player between 3 and 5 round matches. I've played equal amounts of both. It must be just a coincidence that you're experiencing this.

"In over 1200 online matches I've never noticed a difference in the type of player between 3 and 5 round matches. I've played equal amounts of both. It must be just a coincidence that you're experiencing this."

I've never had anyone rage quit on me in that game....so yeah...maybe it's something you're doing?

The BP isn't dependent on Tiers, it's dependent on the difference between your BP and your foes BP. If you have 2000 BP and you foe has only 100, your only going to get 1 0r 2 BP. The closer your are in BP count the more BP you will get for winning.

"LiquidPrince said:

"The BP isn't dependent on Tiers, it's dependent on the difference between your BP and your foes BP. If you have 2000 BP and you foe has only 100, your only going to get 1 0r 2 BP. The closer your are in BP count the more BP you will get for winning. "

Hmm.  That's not the way it usually ends up happening to me, as I've fought characters within 200BP of me and it still happens.  The only thing I've even been able to think of that it could be would be tiers.  Maybe I just need to look into BP more, but honestly, it's not like it matters that much.

Shadow said:

"I've never had anyone rage quit on me in that game....so yeah...maybe it's something you're doing?"

You ARE playing Street Fighter IV, right?  I guess the only thing I could be doing is stomping their ass into the ground.  That would be a logical explanation for rage quitting, right?  =  /

MasturbatingBear said:

"MB said:

"In over 1200 online matches I've never noticed a difference in the type of player between 3 and 5 round matches. I've played equal amounts of both. It must be just a coincidence that you're experiencing this."

DAAAAAAMMMMNNN. MB givin it to ya real like."

Actually, I have heard almost the exact same thing as I'm talking about from my co-worker Matt, who plays at home.  However, I've heard the same thing that MB is talking about from my buddies J.R. and Mike, who also play at home.  Therefore, I have no clue how to explain it.  I'm just saying that it's an incredibly weird coincidence.

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Best thing I ever did during SF4: stop playing ranked matches. I've found that there are more higher skilled people playing player matches and you have less people quitting on you since there is no BP on the line.

"Best thing I ever did during SF4: stop playing ranked matches. I've found that there are more higher skilled people playing player matches and you have less people quitting on you since there is no BP on the line."

"MB said:

"Crayola said:

"Best thing I ever did during SF4: stop playing ranked matches. I've found that there are more higher skilled people playing player matches and you have less people quitting on you since there is no BP on the line."

Same, I don't play ranked anymore either. There is no reason to really."

Yeah, I've seriously been considering just going to player matches.  My only problem:  I NEED competitive numbers!  LOL"

Ranked is useless, it's Player Matches all the time, all randoms or just close friends. I despise 3/5 round matches, they annoy me. The update coming I really don't care about either, but I'll give it a shot to see how it all works.

I just want better matchmaking, and lobbies with spectators. Cmon Capcom...

I'm kind of starting to lose interest with the game, after coming off from SFIII and playing a game that is a step back. SFIV was fun at first now but I'm slowly backing away from the game. Hell,  I'm having more fun playing SFII HD than SFIV.

Maybe I will return to SFIV, I don't know.

Just to clarify, I mean 3 out of 5, meaning 5 rounds at the maximum what annoys me. I prefer a brisk 2 out of 3, only because I intend 10+ matches with any single person in player matches.

I'm the same way. 5 rounds is too much.

"Ranked is useless, it's Player Matches all the time, all randoms or just close friends. I despise 3/5 round matches, they annoy me. The update coming I really don't care about either, but I'll give it a shot to see how it all works.I just want better matchmaking, and lobbies with spectators. Cmon Capcom..."

Why do some of you say rank is useless?  Is it because of the BP? Because when I put ranked for priority searches on Arcade and I put to search for people with a higher skill than mine I always find a challenge.  I also get skilled players when I search for the same thing except for Player Matches, though. I choose to do Ranked because of the points but I'll probably stop soon because it gets rather frustrating to keep on searching for a new opponent.

What do you mean?  If you create a match instead of going to Quick Match you find an opponent pretty quickly.

Matchmaking shouldn't involve creating a match, NO ONE should have to create a match hence it being "match-making." That being said, there's a serious problem if I get the same three people (even in custom search) despite choosing different skill level options, and having none of them be joinable for a mysterious reason.

Yeah, it would be great to have the quick search fixed but I doubt that'll happen with the upcoming update.  But if it does that would be wonderful and I'd also hope they'd fix the problem with the latency display.  Most of the time I can't see my opponent's connection bar.  Oh, and I'd also like a fix for the text on Trial Mode for SD TVs... 

The 'quick match' system is a complete bummer. It took me literaly 20 mins to get into a game with that system the other week. All I got for ages was the same people and everytime I tried to join I got the unable to connect or if I did connect I got imediatly kicked. When I did finaly get a match the guy instantly picked Ken so I done what I do with Kens and picked Dan, the guy just kept jumping forward to me and hard-kicking and never blocked once. After 1 match of me toying with him (any of you guys done that? you know the guy's terrible so you soak up some damage, then get him low then humiliate with an ultra?).

I found that if I joined a match with my cowbow chicken icon and baddass title I got kicked more often then not but if I went in with a blank face I'd have more chance of actualy playing, anyone else find that?

You'd be surprised at how bad people can be at fighting games in general. I say this because I might be the worst of them all. Seriously, I can't even get past the first endurance fight in UMK3 without slamming the controller against my wall and turning off my Xbox.

"I found that if I joined a match with my cowbow chicken icon and baddass title I got kicked more often then not but if I went in with a blank face I'd have more chance of actualy playing, anyone else find that?"