New Street Fighter IV World Record

News Portal · **Posted:** 24 Feb 09, 9:02 am

When the arcade reigned supreme, every Friday afternoon found crowds huddled anxiously around the beat-'em-ups, gambling a whole week's worth of pocket money on the chance to take out the local champion. Some of those guys were simply amazing, and could get a whole evening's entertainment out of one token, sending dozens of hopefuls away disappointed. It seems this age has risen again, and on Friday afternoon, the first of Street Fighter IV's zombie lifespan, one bloke smashed his way into the Guinness World Records with 108 consecutive victories.

Read full article by Brenna Hillier

Minkelz · **Joined:** 26 Sep 07, 11:28 am **Posts:** 991

How the hell does this make a Guinness World Record? What a joke. I would have thought any decent competition level player could sit at an arcade machine for days undefeated.

Schwolop · **Joined:** 14 Jun 07, 7:57 pm **Posts:** 269

I just don't see how it's a fair record since presumably he could have paid off every single challenger to fight poorly and/or they could all have been idiots anyway. There's no control over the competition, hence it's not a repeatable challenge. In my mind that makes the whole thing moot.

Bronze_D · **Posted:** 24 Feb 09, 10:23 am

could care less of world record and yada yada yada..

more interested in the online component of SFIV, i mean how will that work?

considering that on time response on opponent's moves require response time in fractions of a second, how does that work? 3D fighting games are not so bad since they often have more leeway with the response and timing, but since SFIV plays more akin to regular 2D despite it's 3D visual the whole online part is rather puzzling to me.

Pearl · **Posted:** 24 Feb 09, 11:38 am

Bronze_D wrote:

could care less of world record and yada yada yada..

more interested in the online component of SFIV, i mean how will that work?

considering that on time response on opponent's moves require response time in fractions of a second, how does that work?

You'd be very surprised how well it plays online.

Dual · **Posted:** 24 Feb 09, 9:48 pm

The online so far on PSN has been smooth 90% of the time. I've played with Japanese and guys from Hong Kong and lag is no problem. The netcode is excellent.

The only complaint I have is almost everyone I play against are either Ken or Ryu. Oh and quitting during a rank match has no punishment.

2350 BP so far anyone wanna vs add me on PSN: Dualin

New Street Fighter IV World Record

Who is online