Is It Laggy or Is It Just Me?

An interesting video was shown to me about two boards used in arcade sticks. One of which "Qanba Q4RAF" is used in all of your sparkling new EightArc sticks.  The test is pretty much to show if there is lag, not between the console and board, but if one board responds quicker than the other. The person who did the test is called Toodles who has been around for a while in the FGC and is the person who owns Godlike Controls a site that serves in your arcade stick needs and the Cthulhu board being tested. The boards that are being tested are Qanba Q4RAF and MC Cthulhu.

Two different tests were done and you can check out both of them and some more information after the jump.

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STA Ranbats S3 - Old People Games This Sunday! (1-29) CVS2/3S/MVC2

Gettin' old, seein things!Don't get me wrong, I looooove our SSF4, UMVC3 and KOFXIII tournaments we run at Southtown Arcade, but there is something special about sitting around with a bunch of geezers just playing some CVS2 or 3S and talking 'bout the "good ole days".

Back in my day we didn't have these live streams, internet forums to hide behind or any of that crap. No sir, all we had was a bunch of games that had no chance in hell of ever receiving a patch, and damnit we played them anyway no matter how broken they were.

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SF x TK: Capcom Announces Fight Club in San Francisco, CA on February 2nd

Capcom just posted on their blog today they are planning another Fight Club that will feature Street Fighter x Tekken, UMVC3 for PSVita and some SSF4: AE Ver. 2012 action as well. The event goes down on February 2nd (Thursday) at Mighty in San Francisco, CA. I've seen a handful of DJ's spin at Mighty in the past so I am interested in seeing what Capcom does with the place. Keep in mind this event is 21+ (sorry Honzo). 

In any event, keep an eye on their Facebook event page for more details!

SEGA, Southtown Arcade and IPLAYWINNER Present the First Ever North American Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Tournament

We are proud to announce the first ever North American Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown tournament series that will take place at Southtown Arcade on February 10th at 7PM with a live stream by IPLAYWINNER. SEGA will be providing fans of the series a chance to get their hands on the game months before its Summer 2012 release via XBLA/PSN.

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The tournament will be played on an authentic Lindbergh board running Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown Arcade Code Version A -- straight out of Japanese arcades! Only two VF5: FS cabinets exist outside of Japan, which SEGA brought to PAX for the games initial console release announcement. 

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Skullgirls Community Manager Tells You Everything You Need to Know About the Game

A new video from Inside XBOX surfaced with Skullgirls Community Manager, Peter Bartholow giving everyone a full rundown of the game. if you've been following Skullgirls from the start there isn't too much new info here but he summarises what the game is all about not to mention all of the revealed characters very well to get everyone up to speed. Check it out after the jump!

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SCV: First Wave of DLC Content Unveiled by Namco Bandai Europe

The official European website for Namco Bandai Games revealed what I assume to be the first of many DLC packs for Soul Calibur V. Keep in mind that, again, this comes from the European website so details might be a little different for the North American packages. 

In short, three packs are scheduled to be released over the month of February, all which contain customization items for the characters. Check out the full rundown after the jump.

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KOFXIII: Mature Combo Video & Tutorial by Persona

Persona released another set of combo videos for who I would say to be one of the least used characters in The King of Fighters XIII: Mature. These videos go over not only all the basic bread and butters but some wild meter burning combos as well. Check out both after the jump!

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SCV: Yet Another Japanese Ad That Shows Off Ivy's Assets

If the "go big or go home" Soul Calibur V ad didn't turn some heads I'm sure this one will. This is another Japanese ad for the game that was posed on Famitsu.com where it appears Ivy assumes you'll be buying the game for one reason or another.

What do you guys think? Does this detract from what is important about the series or is it nothing more than just some playful advertising? Is the industry to old for this? Does anyone really care? Did man actually walk on the moon or was it a conspiracy?

Sorry, getting distracted here.  

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GameSpot Takes A Look At Street Fighter X Tekken and SoulCalibur 5

GameSpot's weekly live show On The Spot was covering fighting games this time around and featured live demos of Street Fighter X Tekken and SoulCalibur 5.

They also tried out a bit of SoulCalibur on iOS and shown some footage from the Namco Bandai community event. They also had a small section explaining some fighting game lingo for those who might not be aware of their meanings. Check out the full video after the jump!

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SF x TK: Additional Videos, Screenshots and Artwork of Mega Man and Pac-Man

Capcom released a few extra goodies for both Mega Man and Pac-Man who you probably know by now to be exclusive character for PS3 and PSVita. The video -- although low quality -- shows off their Super and Cross Arts, while the screenshots and artwork are just few promo shots to tide you over until more media is released. Check out everything after the jump!

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Persona 4: The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena Arcade Version Planned For March Release

Arc System Works and Atlus' Persona 4: The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena has now been dated for an early March release in Japanese arcades.

As a sequel to the popular role-playing game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena will feature the main protagonists from the game including Chie Satonaka and Yu Narukami as well as some from Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3. The arcade version of the game will be using the NESiCAxLive online card ranking system similar to other well-known fighting games.

Currently there isn't any info for the anticipated console version, which is aimed for a PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 release. Anybody hype for this?

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KOFXIII: Korean Stream Featuring Poongko

Besides beasting with Seth in Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Ver. 2012, Poongko has been known to also play other games like Capcom vs. SNK 2 and The King of Fighters games. Since release, Poongko has been playing The King of Fighters XIII showing off what he can do in the latest installment.

Korean stream Cafe ID has been doing a couple of streams the past week featuring players from the Korean scene and Poongko himself. If you want to keep updated on when they stream, follow them on Twitch.tv.

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SFxT: Mega Man Fans Rejoice! The Blue Bomber Joins the Fray, Along with Pac-Man in New Trailer

Capcom just confirmed via press release that both Mega Man and Pac-Man are guest characters in Street Fighter X Tekken. But wait! You can play as the hideous Mega Man 1 boxart Mega Man and Pac-Man riding atop Mokujin. On second thought, will this please Mega Man fans or be seen as yet another troll by Capcom? What do you think? Is some freakish version of Mega Man better than none at all?

Head past the break for the Mega trailer!

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BBCSEX: Dustloop Helping GODSGARDEN 5 In Restream

For those who are going to watch the GODSGARDEN 5 BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend tournament, Dustloop got the greenlight by the GODSGARDEN crew to restream the tournament for English-speaking viewers.

Conducted by Continuum Shift II EVO 2nd place paticipant Lord Knight and fellow St1ckBuG, they will be providing English commentary in GODSGARDEN's 2nd stream channel on Ustream. St1ckBuG will also be a doing a special prestream before the main event.

Make sure to tune in on Jan. 28 by 2 AM PST when the tournament restream starts. If you want to check the Japanese commentary, check here when it starts.

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UMVC3: You'll Go Berserk Over These Wolverine Swiss Cheese Combos

KenshinTL sent in a pretty cool UMVC3 combo video for Wolverine that features a number of ways to combo into his Swiss Cheese special attack. Wait, that's not even the official name for it anymore right? Well, who cares, check the video for those and some team combos featuring Spencer and Sentinel as well. 

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