tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post1625742961852811130..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: Thoughts on Street-Fighter - The Storytelling Gamepjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-41772701310200222142020-05-27T03:37:53.258-07:002020-05-27T03:37:53.258-07:00NiceNiceOmprakash Sonwanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307594677336900835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-79281037958934045652020-05-11T08:27:56.645-07:002020-05-11T08:27:56.645-07:00Blanka was my favourite SF2 fighter, partly becaus...Blanka was my favourite SF2 fighter, partly because I thought an electric mutant Tarzan was cooler than some martial arts guy, but also because he was a good character for someone like me who was a total button-masher when I played. I could never be bothered learning strings of controls to do stuff (let alone combos) which is why I drifted away from the whole fighting game genre after the SF2 eraLiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08433343041511300943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-82286458699676586052020-05-11T08:25:10.669-07:002020-05-11T08:25:10.669-07:00As someone that grew up playing loads of Streetfig...As someone that grew up playing loads of Streetfighter in the arcades and on the SNES, and then got into ropey White Wolf games in the 90s, this totally spoke to me when it came out and I bought it as soon as I saw it. Then of course I went on to never actually run it or play it, which was the fate of about 90% of the games I bought Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08433343041511300943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-33850909382334589762020-05-10T07:30:57.504-07:002020-05-10T07:30:57.504-07:00They still have a site going!They still have a site going!pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-28390751114772599592020-05-10T07:30:30.637-07:002020-05-10T07:30:30.637-07:00Fuck I just watched bits of that on Youtube. The I...Fuck I just watched bits of that on Youtube. The Indian guy is SE Asian in brownface and he has an OWL. Life is wild.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-22470654450908747322020-05-10T07:26:42.257-07:002020-05-10T07:26:42.257-07:00There is a block move I think, but you have to be ...There is a block move I think, but you have to be faster than your attacker in the same turn to make it really count.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-71387174923010667592020-05-10T07:25:40.643-07:002020-05-10T07:25:40.643-07:00I actually have Blade of the Iron throne but have ...I actually have Blade of the Iron throne but have never run it.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-83624970135516588742020-05-10T04:58:17.356-07:002020-05-10T04:58:17.356-07:00The inspiration for streetfighter 2 might have be ...The inspiration for streetfighter 2 might have be the legendary movie The One Armed Boxer vs The Master of The Flying Guillotine. It has a martial arts tournament with various representatives of martial arts, one of which is a Indian yogi with stretching limbs. It doesn't really do the warriors from all over the world that much though but does have representatives from Thailand, India, Mongolia , and Japan , in addition to the Chinese martial artists.<br /><br />It also features a soundtrack by Krautrockers Neu, who managed to get 2 songs out of the one by just playing them at different speeds. scrap princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278801560026111482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-26481165081506309302020-05-09T16:16:59.853-07:002020-05-09T16:16:59.853-07:00I wonder, how does this combat system compare to a...I wonder, how does this combat system compare to a game like The Riddle of Steel and derivative games? This is the first time I've heard about this game, but the combat system sounds comparable. Kanosinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04428855108140806946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-48308141381003101132020-05-09T04:18:37.057-07:002020-05-09T04:18:37.057-07:00Much much potential fun to be plumbed here:
http:...Much much potential fun to be plumbed here:<br /><br />http://sfrpg.com/links/<br /><br />Judge Joe Kilmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561329102837374473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-36658763201060621202020-05-09T04:13:52.632-07:002020-05-09T04:13:52.632-07:00Yes, this is the first WW Engine game leading to A...Yes, this is the first WW Engine game leading to AEON, ABERRANT et al.<br /><br />I liked the expansion stuff found in the SFRPG companion book that encouraged players to move a bit beyond the "network of international street fighting leagues" trope and into the 60s & 70s pulp paperback "men's adventure" genre found in series like The Executioner and The Destroyer, TV shows like Man From UNCLE and I SPY, and movies like ENTER THE DRAGON and every Roger Moore and Sean Connery Bond movie. Very much a predecessor to FENG SHUI RPG.<br /><br />There is a small but fervid online community for the game, focused in South America, producing new fan material, on Facebook - usually in Portuguese.Judge Joe Kilmartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561329102837374473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-91934358826376990352020-05-09T01:44:57.848-07:002020-05-09T01:44:57.848-07:00My local kebabby also had a SFII machine, except o...My local kebabby also had a <i>SFII</i> machine, except one of the positions had a broken joystick so you could only ever play it solo.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-88917741306742602492020-05-08T23:59:44.573-07:002020-05-08T23:59:44.573-07:00Pour a Lilt on the sidewalk for our lost homie..Pour a Lilt on the sidewalk for our lost homie..pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-25739072565627509762020-05-08T23:53:05.270-07:002020-05-08T23:53:05.270-07:00Apparently people are still doing zines of this so...Apparently people are still doing zines of this somewhere.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-26123702557712953532020-05-08T23:52:44.822-07:002020-05-08T23:52:44.822-07:00Thats interesting. Thank you.Thats interesting. Thank you.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-43991594360399433222020-05-08T20:53:09.426-07:002020-05-08T20:53:09.426-07:00I had the RPG when it first came out. Later I pick...I had the RPG when it first came out. Later I picked up Magic and although one is cards and the other is dice, they have similar feel to them. <br /><br />Was this the first white wolf engine game? It might have been. Scott Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067161332003628237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-34136028254912451852020-05-08T20:20:14.349-07:002020-05-08T20:20:14.349-07:00combat is remarkably fast. One thing I've fou...combat is remarkably fast. One thing I've found with new games and players is you need a do over. New players typically mess up their character or make them unworkable initially. Refining that after your first session is almost a must.andy lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13399414384215930838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-50729749859172869702020-05-08T18:38:20.983-07:002020-05-08T18:38:20.983-07:00I loved this game when it came out, and probably s...I loved this game when it came out, and probably spent a good chunk of time creating my own rules for doing "Ranma 1/2" characters with alternate stats, ec.<br /><br />I think the weirdest thing about it was that there wasn't a mechanic in which a defending person could really affect the outcome of an attack. You could move away, but otherwise if you were adjacent you'd likely get hit. Which actually emulated the game quite a bit.WQRobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436898737750581192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-85167524876265146062020-05-08T17:52:58.876-07:002020-05-08T17:52:58.876-07:00Blanka was my favourite Street Fighter, too! I was...Blanka was my favourite Street Fighter, too! I was about ten years old when the local kebab shop installed a Street Fighter II machine, instantly transforming it into a place of pilgrimage for every preteen boy for miles. I was so excited by my first exposure to the game that I drew a crude but heartfelt picture in felt-tip pen of Blanka beating the crap out of Vega and pinned it on my bedroom wall.<br /><br />Of course he was taught how to use his electric powers by electric eels. Of course he was. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive. Before the colors deepened and grew small.Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-61306475913717919152020-05-08T13:50:31.071-07:002020-05-08T13:50:31.071-07:00One of the core strengths of the system imo is the...One of the core strengths of the system imo is the fast pace. Most of the math is done beforehand and recorded on the cards. Each round you only have to do one math (damage minus soak) and 1 roll (a number of dice equal to that math). <br /><br />This keeps combat very fast paced compared to D&D where I've seen people arguing for an hour about a single round of combat, (but still very deep, you just do most of the math ahead of time).Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144105712892030342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-87305291221033413832020-05-08T12:21:51.739-07:002020-05-08T12:21:51.739-07:00Interesting. I've often seen this held up as a...Interesting. I've often seen this held up as a good and underrated game but I've never had a close look at it. The idea of the White Wolf system powering a martial arts rpg seems absurd, but then again there's <i>Exalted</i>.<br /><br />(But then again, as the joke goes, there's <i>Exalted</i>.)<br /><br />The way you describe it makes me think there is something to it though. There's something quite interesting here, and I'd like to give it a go.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com