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I did a thing: the 100 GAME KUMITE PROJECT.
I've been talking about this a bunch on Tumblr and Twitter, but I guess not here!
I decided, on my birthday, which was September 1, to stream 100 different fighting games before the end of summer. So I did. I finished the project last night.
Please see the "hundred game kumite" tag on my tumblr for all the vods.
Most of the people who came through, to be totally honest, were my IRL friends, and that was a great emotional boost. I’ve been lonely since quarantine started and I wish I could see them. There were some local FGC people who supported the endeavor too, either by encouraging me or showing up in the stream. Also a few random Twitch folks came through just due to the game I was streaming at the time.
Remarkably few Tumblr folks. Step it up, Tumblr folks :-O
Lindsey was really supportive of the project ♥ ♥. She tried being a co-commentator one evening, but she decided to just make that a one-time thing.
Games that I was happily surprised to get online matches: Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, Tekken 6, Vampire Savior, Mortal Kombat 2 and UMK3 (all on PS3!) – and Dead Or Alive 5 LR on PS4, it was still going down! Despite its successor not having any matches going. And the Steam version of Melty.
Also the "online arcade" mode in Super Turbo (in the SF Anniversary Collection) was quite active, and that was a bunch of fun.
Also, I probably did too many versions of Street Fighter II.
I FORGOT GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES, WHAT THE HECK. Somehow I never wrote it down in the planning spreadsheet?? That would have been way better than, say, yet another version of SFII, or Gang Beasts, which is a fine game, but turns out not to have any single-player content.
This series really renewed my love for KOF, Virtua Fighter, Darkstalkers and Killer Instinct; I want to git gud at a KOF game, VF5:FS, Vampire Savior, and KI 2013. Also I would really love to understand Fighting Vipers more. That game is super charming.
Aaaahhhhh maaaaan. And Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2. Maybe I’ll dig into GG Strive.
There are so many good fighting games in the world.
Thanks for reading ♥.
Here are all the games I streamed, by series...
I decided, on my birthday, which was September 1, to stream 100 different fighting games before the end of summer. So I did. I finished the project last night.
Please see the "hundred game kumite" tag on my tumblr for all the vods.
What did I learn?
Fighting games are really fun. Still. It’s a joy to fight other people, it’s a joy to stream and have friends come through.Most of the people who came through, to be totally honest, were my IRL friends, and that was a great emotional boost. I’ve been lonely since quarantine started and I wish I could see them. There were some local FGC people who supported the endeavor too, either by encouraging me or showing up in the stream. Also a few random Twitch folks came through just due to the game I was streaming at the time.
Remarkably few Tumblr folks. Step it up, Tumblr folks :-O
Lindsey was really supportive of the project ♥ ♥. She tried being a co-commentator one evening, but she decided to just make that a one-time thing.
Surprises finding online matches – some games more active than you'd think, others less so
Some games that I would have thought would have active online scenes, I couldn’t find any matches! The new Samurai Shodown game, for example – when I tried at least, no matches! Dead Or Alive 6 seemed dead; no good. Fighting EX Layer was empty when I tried it. Several more games too.Games that I was happily surprised to get online matches: Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown, Tekken 6, Vampire Savior, Mortal Kombat 2 and UMK3 (all on PS3!) – and Dead Or Alive 5 LR on PS4, it was still going down! Despite its successor not having any matches going. And the Steam version of Melty.
Also the "online arcade" mode in Super Turbo (in the SF Anniversary Collection) was quite active, and that was a bunch of fun.
Where did I mess up?
I had a few snafus getting some games going, either in general (input issues with Steam games, one time when I forgot my laptop was running Folding@Home), or particularly with my two-monitor stream setup. I could have done a better job making sure the games for the night were configured correctly before starting the stream.Also, I probably did too many versions of Street Fighter II.
I FORGOT GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES, WHAT THE HECK. Somehow I never wrote it down in the planning spreadsheet?? That would have been way better than, say, yet another version of SFII, or Gang Beasts, which is a fine game, but turns out not to have any single-player content.
What do we want to do in the future as a result of this?
Keep playing fighting games.This series really renewed my love for KOF, Virtua Fighter, Darkstalkers and Killer Instinct; I want to git gud at a KOF game, VF5:FS, Vampire Savior, and KI 2013. Also I would really love to understand Fighting Vipers more. That game is super charming.
Aaaahhhhh maaaaan. And Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2. Maybe I’ll dig into GG Strive.
There are so many good fighting games in the world.
Thanks for reading ♥.
Here are all the games I streamed, by series...
- Battle Fantasia Revised Edition
- BlazBlue series: BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
- Bloody Roar series: Bloody Roar, Bloody Roar II
- Bushido Blade
- Darkstalkers series: Darkstalkers, Vampire Hunter, Vampire Savior
- Divekick
- Dead Or Alive series: Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore, Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round, Dead or Alive 6
- Fantasy Strike
- Fighting EX Layer
- Gang Beasts
- Guilty Gear series: Guilty Gear XX AC+R, Guilty Gear Xrd: Sign, Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2
- Injustice series: Injustice: Gods Among Us, Injustice 2
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle
- Killer Instinct (2013)
- King of Fighters series and closely related games: King of Fighters ‘94, King of Fighters '97, King of Fighters '98 UM Final, King of Fighters '99, King of Fighters 2002 UM, King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition, King of Fighters XIV, SNK GALS’ FIGHTERS
- Koihime Enbu Ryo Rai Rai
- Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code
- Mortal Kombat series: Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
- Marvel vs Capcom series: Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Marvel vs Capcom Infinite
- Nidhogg series: Nidhogg, Nidhogg II
- Pocket Rumble
- Pokkén Tournament DX
- Punch Planet
- Samurai Shodown series: Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown II, Samurai Shodown V Special, Samurai Shodown VI, Samurai Shodown (2019)
- Schwarzerblitz
- Skullgirls Second Encore
- Soulcalibur series: Soulcalibur II: HD Online, Soulcalibur III, Soulcalibur IV, Soulcalibur V, Soulcalibur VI
- Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi
- Street Fighter series and closely related games: Capcom Fighting Evolution, Capcom vs SNK 2: Mark of the Millenium 2001, Pocket Fighter, Street Fighter, Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, Street Fighter II’: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Super Street Fighter II Turbo: HD Remix, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter III: New Generation, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Fight for the Future, Ultra Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter X Tekken, Street Fighter V
- Tekken series: Tekken, Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken Tag Tournament HD, Tekken 4, Tekken 5, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Tekken 6, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Tekken 7
- Them’s Fightin’ Herds
- Toshinden series: Battle Arena Toshinden, Battle Arena Toshinden 2, Battle Arena Toshinden 3
- TowerFall Ascension
- Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] (with uniclr update)
- Virtua Fighter series and closely related games: Fighting Vipers, Sonic The Fighters, Virtua Fighter 2, Virtua Fighter 2 (Genesis), Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown
- Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm