ITT: what's you're local fighting game scene like?

>tfw no local scene anymore

Rhode Islandfag here, used to be a scene a few years ago, but as far as I've seen it's gone entirely silent. During the peak we had basically everything from SF to Smash to Tekken to mahvel to MK to SoulCal and even Arcana Hearts. Nowadays the closest scene I've found is somewhere in Boston.

Where in Utah? I'm in Salt Lake and I play KI. Although I'm a complete scrub.

>>323120510
SLC actually. Is there a local tourney scene for KI here?

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VT here, pretty sure it's just melee and sm4sh for our scene

Oregon here.

I've never looked into the local scene since I'm still really new and not good at any games in the genre. Are local scenes usually pretty supportive? Moreso than online lobbies?

>>323121473
Pretty much. Thats why I wish Utah had a local KI and MKX scene

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Upstate NY. We'll get shit in Albany from time to time but folks would sooner just go to the city.

Big stuff gets play with the occasional surprise dead game.

>>323120825
Not that I really know of, although I'm far too shit to go to a tourney as of right now so I wouldn't really know. All the Tongans at my work play a shitton of KI though.

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>>323118660
Minnesota here, there's almost nothing for Street Fighter.

It's mostly just Smash and BlazBlue.

What's a good state to play some Street Fighter?

>>323122340
Utah is pretty good for SF. Other than that I dunno. Southern California?

>>323122340
Whatever state has a shitton of blacks, mexicans, and chingchongs. So basically Califagia.

>>323118660
south Florida here
all I've seen is Smash and SF, mostly Smash

I've got a small circle of friends who are into KOF.

I live in georgia. It seems like every scene is anime fighters or smash, but the moment tournament time comes up EVERYONE is suddenly a SF and marvel master and willing to play hundreds of matches. I still cannot figure out where the fuck these faggots are hiding

Anyone in the philly area got shit goin? i play pretty much all 2d and anime

KY

pretty decent in Lex and Louisville desu

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>>323122516
Utah, huh? Is it a pretty cool state overall?

>>323122556
Doesn't it cost a fortune to live in California? Much like Ney York City?

Socal here, it's socal

I assume most of the people here don't actually go to their locals, it is /v/ afterall

>>323122934
As someone who moved to Utah from California I can confirm. California is complete and utter garbage tier when it comes to states. I'd even rather live in fucking Mishitgan.

>>323118660
The Vancouver Island scene is sadly just melee and street fighter.

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>>323123074
Fuck.

How difficult would it be to try to start my own local scene?

>Entire scene is just Street Fighter
I will never ever understand why people like Street Fighter. It's just so fucking bland and lifeless. Can someone explain why people find any of the characters interesting at all?

>>323122934
Utah is a damn nice state. As far as gaming we actually have a lot going here. Sf and smash are big here and other games are played to. Ive heard we might have halo and dota scrimms here.

/v/'s biggest complaint about the FGC is racist shit and the community playing "bad" games but with side tourneys and shit like this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_te04YqM9M
at Animevo I really can't see any room to complain.

>>323123368
Make a thread on SRK.

The guy who worked at the gamestop across the street for a bit said he was working on getting a toledo scene going, but I couldn't find any info about it online contrary to what he said

>>323123459
I TOTALLY agree. Sf is bland, slow, and boring as fuck. But its popular because its babbies 1st fighting game. It builds fundamentals and is a good entry point for new fighting game players but it should be abandoned for better games as soon as you get good.

>>323123695
SRK forums are pretty dead, most groups use FB or some other group messaging app.

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>>323123459
As for me, I prefer SF over anime fighters like Xrd, BlazBlue, ect.

I don't find it bland and lifeless at all.

i live in Los Angeles but i have never had the motivation to attend a local.

maybe when SF5 drops i'll start going to some.
It doesn't help that i don't have a job or a car to get around.

>>323123459

Because despite the blandness, it's got the best balance in a fighting game to date, which is quite a feat with a roster of its size.

Also, it's got loads of possibilities. Many other games turn into one-sided smackdowns at the drop of a hat, but SF generally tends to have a lot of back and forth, which is good for a fight. Beyond that, the characters themselves have many different fighting styles that lead to interesting matchups. Finally, it has simple enough mechanics to understand, but it still takes a long time to master them to the point that you can pull them off consistently under pressure.

>>323123695
I don't even know how I would even get the word out, make a stupid poster and plaster it somewhere at my campus center?

>>323124067
Anime fags just hate neutral game mang. They'd rather mash jab and reset for days with bursts and cancels then commit to something.

>>323124445
College campuses are good but mostly attract Smash and casuals. Finding facebook groups, gamestores were people chill and forums is a better bet for quality.

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Galloping Ghost is a few miles out from me and there is a bit of a scene there if Im not mistaken.

I might go out there soon and play some MK

>>323124504
That's something that I just can't get into with anime fighters, I've gotten to used to the neutral game of SF4.

>>323124647
Well, there are some local game stores but they're the ones that mostly play BlazBlue and rarely SF4. Last time I was there they told me that if I wanted to I could bring in some monitors and set up a table or two for SF players.

There's a small smash scene here in town but I'm max autismo and social anxiety to actually go
I would kick fuckin ass though

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>Bought a stick
>Square gate
>No way to put in a standard octagonal gate
>The only octagonal gate that can be put in without drilling a bunch of shit is always out of stock
Fucking Hori.

>>323125269
octagonal gates are a meme and used almost exclusively by shitters

>>323125510
I just don't like it feeling like I'm jamming my joystick against a wall mang. But I'm getting used to it so changing now would probably just fuck me up.

>>323118660
The scene in norcal is so thriving that I'm not sure I could ever leave, despite how shit everything else is. Gonna go to an anime local tomorrow actually.

>>323125017
As someone who goes to weekly meetups I can guarantee, most the ppl there are even more autistic/awkward than you.

>>323118660
No clue, I stopped keeping track of it when Super Arcade died.

Don't get why they didn't move to Santa Ana. No one fucking cares what you put there.

I don't even know if NorCal even has a scene.

>>323125269
>>323125739

Get used to it, man. I actually find octo to be awkward now. Feel like it's harder to shortcut or 'twitch/snap'.

>>323128085

SF has the Foundry. SF4 and Smash

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>>323118660
Toronto, very nice.
I'm waiting for SFV to come out, so I've been dropping by the USF4 locals.
Like, 20 or so people show up every week. Real friendly atmosphere.

>>323125017
Competitive Smash is packed to the brim with autism. If you're capable of controlling your voice you'll be twice as normal as anyone else you'll meet.

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>>323126332
>tfw Sacramento
Hate the fuck out of this place

>>323128085
>>323128361
San Jose has a local too, and I know Sac has some stuff

>>323128446
A&C?

>>323122764
The Lab in Horsham is mostly smash but they have a SF weekly on thursday and a monthly SF, MKX and Marvel. Thats the only place I know right now

>>323125017
>>323128553
This. as long as you dont project your thoughts out loud the whole time or annoy top players about playing friendlies youll be fine