🦊 Furry Dominique McLean / SonicFox - I'M GAAAAAAAYYYY

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Stasi said:
Some of the comments on the youtube clips of his recent loss are absolute gold.

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Dumb question - he seems to be one of the only people I see in the fighting game scene using a controller over an arcade stick. Does it actually make a tangible difference and he is using the worst of the two or is that just something game companies tell normies so they spend $$$ on expensive sticks to be like the pros?

I autistically follow Starcraft II/Brood War pro gaming and for the longest time the top pros would all use the same shitty logitec mouse because it was cheap, comfortable and did the job so in that scene the 'pro gamer gear' stuff is just cash grab bullshit.
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Pads and sticks have their own pros and cons, but Netherrealm games favor pads more than most.
 
I play fighting games quite a bit and have even been to a few major tourneys. Pretty much everyone I know who has interacted with Sonic Fox at all has said that he is a huge douchebag. He runs EVERYWHERE and if you aren't one of the major FGC contenders then he won't talk to you. I actually got a picture with Tokido right after one of his sets, he seemed pretty nice. Also got one with Infiltration (lol) who was more than happy to do so. I don't like any of the games that Sonic plays but one of our group tried to get a picture with him when he saw him in the hotel and Sonic blew him off.
Slimy Time said:
I don't think Ricki Ortiz, a well known tranny in the FGC is anywhere near as irritating as him.
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I've played Ricki and she really isn't that bad. Damn good Chun and pretty helpful.

Hell, LTG was at the last major I went to and people liked him more than Sonic Fox.
 
Slimy Time said:
Part of me is convinced he is an act, either that, or he learns to control himself when he leaves his house.
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Outside of his home, he knows that he better keep himself from acting like a massive sperg (like in his own streams, or twitter.)
Last time I know he acted like his usual self outside of his home was against viscant, and we all know how it turned.
 
DemonBox said:
The differences between controllers and arcade sticks is more that the arcade stick is more setup for the fighting games in general layout and design, so their more complex to use over a controller where things are consider more constraint and simple to press.

Most players that use arcade sticks are just players that are more of the technical type, they just like a more complex way to play because that's how they are and arcade sticks kinda widen that horizon, even more so to pull fakeout fireballs, something controllers don't have a dedicated button for.
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It's also based on familiarity.
Core-A Gaming did two videos on why people use different controller setups:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbT3UR5O1YQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzIYidgQeFI (First portion features clips of the man of the hour himself)

If about 15 minutes of videos is too long, the TL;DR version is essentially that
1. People use different setups based on familiarity; U.S and European players tend to play on controllers, whereas Asian players that grew up playing in arcades tend to use sticks.
2. Comfort; Some movements like charge motions are more elegant on Square Japanese stick gates, but controllers and American sticks are much easier for doing literal quarter-circle motions.
3. Usability; This one's covered a bit more in the second video, but arcade sticks allow for much more customization than first-party controllers (both in terms of cosmetics, and tactility), but also suffer from being after-market, and sometimes being shut-out, or penalized by the consoles themselves from being detected as such.

Overall, it's a mixed bag. If you play Tekken and are considering switching, play on console with what you're used to, then play in an arcade, and feel out what's best.
 
lepgang said:
It's also based on familiarity.
Core-A Gaming did two videos on why people use different controller setups:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbT3UR5O1YQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzIYidgQeFI (First portion features clips of the man of the hour himself)

If about 15 minutes of videos is too long, the TL;DR version is essentially that
1. People use different setups based on familiarity; U.S and European players tend to play on controllers, whereas Asian players that grew up playing in arcades tend to use sticks.
2. Comfort; Some movements like charge motions are more elegant on Square Japanese stick gates, but controllers and American sticks are much easier for doing literal quarter-circle motions.
3. Usability; This one's covered a bit more in the second video, but arcade sticks allow for much more customization than first-party controllers (both in terms of cosmetics, and tactility), but also suffer from being after-market, and sometimes being shut-out, or penalized by the consoles themselves from being detected as such.

Overall, it's a mixed bag. If you play Tekken and are considering switching, play on console with what you're used to, then play in an arcade, and feel out what's best.
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I find it comparable to playing in a stretched 4:3 resolution in current Steam games like CSGO; people do it because they're used to it from being kids, while newcomers do it to imitate their idols. Yes, sticks are yet to be replaced by "16:9" in that sense, but practically nobody currently age 20-24 could possibly have grown up going to the arcade every day. I remember seeing the stick on the back of my PSX Tekken 3 and wondering "why the fuck would anyone want that?".

It's just the controller of choice for this genre, while some of those hoodlum blacks who actually did grow up playing fighting games just bring their controller, cus that's how they came to know it. Sticks are a point between insufferable hipster and obvious familiarity.
 
Cactus Wings said:
I find it comparable to playing in a stretched 4:3 resolution in current Steam games like CSGO; people do it because they're used to it from being kids, while newcomers do it to imitate their idols. Yes, sticks are yet to be replaced by "16:9" in that sense, but practically nobody currently age 20-24 could possibly have grown up going to the arcade every day. I remember seeing the stick on the back of my PSX Tekken 3 and wondering "why the fuck would anyone want that?".

It's just the controller of choice for this genre, while some of those hoodlum blacks who actually did grow up playing fighting games just bring their controller, cus that's how they came to know it. Sticks are a point between insufferable hipster and obvious familiarity.
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Sticks do offer substantial advantages in a number of games (I've never once pulled off a tiger knee on pad, but it's dead simple on stick, for example), but I think the real selling point is durability and repairability. There's also the health benefits offered by specialty options like the Hitbox.

I'm really not sure what that CS analogy was about - people who do that are self-crippling idiots, but sticks are at least as good as any other method.
 
Meowthkip said:
This is what happens when your head gets too big. Motherfuckers can't wait to see you trip up.

He could have prevented this.
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Let's hope he actually learn from it and do not get to repeat his mistakes.

But also, deep inside me, I was hoping he'd react a little bit more over it. Ah well, still pretty amusing so far.

Kinda bummed he never tried to participate to a smash ultimate tournament, would have loved to see him get crushed down by the veterans!
 
Poto said:
Let's hope he actually learn from it and do not get to repeat his mistakes.

But also, deep inside me, I was hoping he'd react a little bit more over it. Ah well, still pretty amusing so far.

Kinda bummed he never tried to participate to a smash ultimate tournament, would have loved to see him get crushed down by the veterans!
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powerlevel me but

i was at the furry con in san jose and they had a smash tourney with actual tourney rules and brackets. sonicfox was there participating and i regret not staying and watching it to see who won, but that room was so small and full of BO.

i'll ask around to see if anyone knows who won it
 
Poto said:
Let's hope he actually learn from it and do not get to repeat his mistakes.

But also, deep inside me, I was hoping he'd react a little bit more over it. Ah well, still pretty amusing so far.

Kinda bummed he never tried to participate to a smash ultimate tournament, would have loved to see him get crushed down by the veterans!
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oh fuck that reminds me of when he accidentally started that whole twitter debacle when he was considering maining snake

and then salem decided to try and fight against the entire smash community and got BTFO, and resulted in the "years of research" meme
 
★ Lion ★ said:
powerlevel me but

i was at the furry con in san jose and they had a smash tourney with actual tourney rules and brackets. sonicfox was there participating and i regret not staying and watching it to see who won, but that room was so small and full of BO.

i'll ask around to see if anyone knows who won it
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I was at Furcon when they had a smash tourney, he was there, this was when Sm4sh was still the in smash to play, needless to say he lost in the first round and in losers. Smash isn't a game I'd say is for him because a patient, safe playstyle along with zoning will normally outdo a more aggressive one, unless you play Roy or Chrom, those two get into pretty easy.
 
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