I live in South Philly and I met a bunch of guys around my neighborhood GameStop that seriously trash talk just like that while playing Halo 3. I thought it was annoying at first but now it makes me laugh at some of the things they say and associations they make.

DrunkenTrom

This is a newer variation of the Marvel shit-talk I used to hear back when I was running tournaments and MvC2 was released about a year prior. By that time NYC player and all around nice guy Justin Wong started making a name for himself at all of these tournaments. Another group of players in Philly kept a strong, friendly rivalry with Justin and his entourage of similarly skilled players.

Back then in 2001, Justin began exploiting Magneto in ways that other players haven't figured out yet. The constant triangle jumping confused many players back then, especially when he'd cross up with an assist. When these rivals (NY VS Philly) were matched up, some of the craziest shit you ever heard someone utter in a game would flap out of some spectators head.

It may not be this way anymore, but please be aware that this is all in good fun. Fighting gamers, especially those involved with the Street Fighter scene, are some of the most "gamey" people I know.

zeruel

Ah the days of before Xbox Live.

Witzbold

Make it rain!

DrFresh

LMAO! He's was saying "fuck the knicks" because of the colors on the sentinal. BTW what arcade was that? Was it that shitty ass arcade in Port Authority? When Storm did her super and he said "make it rain!" I had to laugh.

silkylove

Anytime I ever hear people trash talking through voice chat or text, I am always compelled to let them know that I would PWN them at Animal Crossing, and that they could never ever hang with my Fung Shui....

/you got no bells you broke @ss mofo....my crib is PAID OFF like the mafia....

r0Be

Huh?? Why?? What??

FiiFii

I prefer being silent as I reign on people. There's just a subtle classiness. To each their own.

P.S.- I really haven't talked trash since Goldeneye when I used to annoyingly yell "HEADSHOT!"

MJDeviant

This is just... I mean, I can't...
...
That's it, I'm done. Leaving the internet forever.

Infradead

I am with you all, WTF?

silvrbak

Um. Wow.

I just want everyone on Kotaku to know, if you're as confused as I am, welcome to reality.

Hitokage

Curly mustache and pringles..hagan daaz.. hrm..i think somebody is hungry. Only 25 cents a play can save these children.
:|

VoldtaEngler

say wha?

KeFkA666

Guys come on, that is the funniest thing I have seen in ages. I was laughing out loud the whole video :)

OH HE'S SO PRINGLES
WHERE YO CURLEH MUSTACHE AT

Astrofox

@silkylove: The same one but i guess these folks don't use strategy or counters much i guess. but seriously cheesing should of been dead back when street fighter alpha started. I hope they fix that when SF4 hits arcades.

wiitarded

I've never been so scared or confused by a single video in my life.

....

0_0

Big_Adam

YAY BLACK PEOPLE!

BostonK

@wiitarded:

MvC is pretty much ALL about doing the same combo over and over again. And throwing as many projectiles as possible. What game have you been playing?:/

silkylove

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Was that english? Iam really confused now.

all this vid showed me is to pay more attention in english class so i don't end up talking like that.
I think what's even more sad is that people are going to use that way too much in online games now so i have even more reasons to mute the volume.

I mean first it's woot in the dictionary now this i don't need to see fuck the knicks or curly pringles or any of that shit in it either.

P.S: having skill on MvC does not mean doing the same air combo over and over again.

Fail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wiitarded

wtf xD

Norellicus

hahaha!!!!! oh man this was pretty much exactly what playing WCW versus NWO with my cousins sounded like.

Dauragon88

OH! OH! OH! OH! OH! ICE CREAM CONE SYMBOLS!

Robotube

I love it!

tehmark

XMEN VS STREET FIGHTER 4 EVAR!11111111111

Witzbold

MVC2 WILL. NEVER. DIE. Marvel 08 see you @ EVO

GET HYPE!

bshidoheat

@Electroqueen:

That shit was funny. If you can't deal with shit talk you wouldn't last 5 minutes in an arcade. "Pringles" = Once you pop you can stop. That makes perfect sense. "Mango Sentinel" = obvious. His sentinel WAS mango O_O

silkylove

I love this video. Two thumbs up.

Fo' sho'..

Kiriphii

Here is the link for Capcom Naomi games also including Naomi specs.

[www.system16.com]

Japhei

WTF?! My god, people talk like that?! At least I know which friends I play with head to head. All I hear during a match is a smattering of cursing, laughter, and anguish. "Pringles" "Mango Sentinel" I cough up blood at that terrible trashtalk.

Electroqueen

@megahurtz: Marvel Vs Capcom 2 was released on Sega Naomi Motherboard ROM cart. It is under 172 MB which is the max allowance for ROM cart. See link for extensive Naomi Cart list
[www.system16.com]

I am sure its a liscense issue with activion holding it up. Maybe they and Capcom can work out the issue like Ubisoft and Konami did for TMNT Arcade.

Japhei

You should hear what me and my friends say on Xbox live and the Marvel Vs Capcom 2 Machine in my game room. CHUMSCICLES!!!! Nick Or Treat or Phuk Your Couch!

Japhei

I wish MvC2 would end up on Live Arcade. I think the game is just waaaaay to large, even given MS's *generous* 250 meg limit on titles now.

I played this so much using those horrible dreamcast pads that my thumb went numb from that wretched d-pad and my fingers locked into a vaguely claw-like shape.

God I hated those dreamcast controllers.

megahurtz

Scoop, Scoop..HAGAN DAAZ!

LMAO.

Ahh, That brings back the days of playing Street Fighter 2 in the Time square arcades after a movie...Hmmmm

Good Times.

heretrix

wow. i seriously had a double take that whoever was yelling knew they were watching a 'video game' and not some sort of underground 'crunking' competetion.

as yoda would say; hilarity, that is.

PGGB

I heart NY speak.

heyyywrestler

This made my day.

ProjectThanatos

MAG-FUCKEN-NETO :D

MissingNo

@SaintAnima: Whoops, Scoops*.

SaintAnima

@r0Be: Pshh! Cooking Mama is way better. If you can't slice and dice then you better find a new vice. Big up to Baby Jesus.

Tepoz

It may sound too urban for most people, but this brings back fond memories of a small arcade I used to go to called Champions in Northeast Philly.

A bunch of us would skip school and go down to play either Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter. SF was the major favorite, and you'd think you were watching a soccer game the way some of the onlookers would scream.

Good times, it saddens me that arcades are all but dead.

Culebra

after watching it again, i think the Pringles/Curley Mustache comment is his waying of saying that he is eating the guy up like potato chips.

Kind of like when you hear someone say in football or basketball, "that team got eaten alive on the field/court"

jp182

Scoop! Scoop! Hagan Daaz!

SaintAnima

@red: O_O;

SaintAnima

Hahah, brings me back. You had to smack talk your friends when playing any fighting game, and x2 smack talk if they're family.

Tepoz

@ShaggE: EXCELLENT IDEA! I can't wait to start yelling that in Team Fortress 2

jp182

yeah NY gamers are crazy bunch. Don't get the wrong impression ("don't get it twisted"); they are nice good people with their own way of talking.

Kinda like leet (l33t) speak.

jp182

what game was that?

red

I don't get it.

FlyLikeAMouse

Story of the Year 08.

NotAZombie

I'm adopting "Curleh moustache". Best. Line. Ever.

Randomgamer: OMG WTF NOOB LOL INTERNET

ShaggE: CURLEH MOUSTACHE, BITCH! FUCK THE KNICKS!

Randomgamer:....

Randomgamer has disconnected.

ShaggE

@Witzbold: Precisely.

Fuck the Knicks!

indiemike

MvsC2 is about as unbalanced a fighter as you can get. There's a reason you keep seeing those magneto/storm/sentinel teams (throw cable/blackheart in there too.) I never minded the shit talking at the arcade- even for this game which seemed to bring it out of people- I minded the really obese kids with thick jackets on playing and leaning into your spot, so you can barely hold on to the joystick/buttons (depending on the side).
Apparently EA has the license for Marvel stuff for another couple of years, also there's bad blood/hurt feelings between the Marvel & Capcom- too bad, because it would be pushing a button and making money.
This video is solid gold!

Roenick92

Now that I watched it with sound, it makes total sense.

silvrbak

"BOW"
-Yoshi

magicbologna

that is some crazy trash talking.. back in the day we used to say "get stupid!" or "don't look at me!" as we pulled of a combo haha :)

yairube

OH GOD, that clip reminded me of high school.

Good times....

Barob

Love it. Sadly I knew everything that they were saying. I've hung around urbanites enough to understand. LMFAO. That doesn't even come close to what my friends and I used to say in the arcades over heated battles. That was rather tame. "Motherfucker you ain't shit, bring the heat, BRING IT!!!!"

GameCasa

I loved this video, and I must say it's funny how everyone's deciphering the cryptic messages like "curly mustache" and the knicks stuff...

saxamo

Lawsuit?

[www.cedarstreetgalleries.com]

:D

silkylove

@djprozac: I think "mango sentinel" works better as a meme, or at least the name of an awesome Norwegian synth-pop duo. Not as many peopled found this as funny as I thought they would. Whatever, good find, Luke.
(Curleh Moustache)

monkeysaresilly

That has to have been shot at University Pinball in Philadelphia. That's the only place in Philly where not only are there a ton of MvC2 tourneys, but it's also the main place I've ever heard so much shit talking over a game of MvC2.

OneLetter

I think those on here who don't quite get the video are those who were not a part of the arcade Renaissance of the 90s, where people gathered to watch the fighting tournaments. Plus, I think they're used to trash talking over XBL, where it's more stupid, more offensive, and less creative, since they have the anonymity of the 'tubes' to protect their ass from being prison pounded for talking such crap.

geekay3

@RPGr: Not to mention the combos were much more free in XvS

Witzbold

I can't wait to call someone 'so Pringles'. A meme is born!

djprozac

@Witzbold:
Lol, I agree with Xmen vs. Street Fighter > MVC2.

Was much more balanced and not too over the top.

IMO MVC2 should have been a huge screen allowing 6 players at once (ala SSB) considering the wackiness level of it.

As for the trash talking, I hated trash talking in the arcade, not so much as the random schpiel but the fact that real losers liked yelling and spitting in your ear.

Of course a real life fist to the face solves that problem.

RPGr

"BANGIN' UP HIGH THE HANDLE HOMEY BEEF!"
See also: "DOWN STREET ON THE FLIPFLOP TIMEPANTS!"

Draconis

@wiitarded:

They ARE using strategy. MvC2 isn't about turtling or countering as much as it's about all out attack. You try to land a hit on your opponent so you can pop them up and then do your max combo. This isn't street fighter. It doesn't even have the full six buttons. And if you are anti-cheesing then you will get owned hard in this game by anyone halfway decent.

silkylove

Marvel's known for its shit talking. Usually, it's all in good fun. Any tourney has its shit talking- hell, I've seen shit talking for NGBC which is as crazy as that.

That said, I would love to see Monty Brown and Konnan get a gig commentating at Evo. If they understood anything about fighting games, it would be a commentary goldmine. Hippophants and Yaks galore.

arstal

@Witzbold:

AMEN Witzboid, amen. Though, smack talking did go on in some spots, but it wasn't the foul crap that comes out of the heathen little hellspawns on Live. Easy to feel empowered hiding behind a TV across the country, but the days of 'cades... yeah ... if you had the balls to talk smack then you needed to back it up, and yeah if you crossed the line without friends around prepare to get your ass kicked. Amen Witzbold, amen. Those were the days.

Daigoji Gai

Wow, this finally made it here?

For those not in the know. Pringles = once you pop you can't stop (launch combo after combo after combo.. etc)

suntorytime

Lmao, that was hilarious. I'd love to play against that guy.

argh

I love that this is apparently taking place in Philly. That's brotherly love, baby.

Fuck the Knicks.

StrangeLove

Back in the days of the `cades, you would get your ass knocked through the machine if you shit talked like that unless it was with friends.

Which usually happened when folks got too ballsy and lost their manners with strangers.

Damned fine medicine I say, which is why a lot of us who grew up from those days know how to respect other gamers, unlike the filth that fills most of the online gaming communities now.

Witzbold

All I gotta say is, old school NYC coinop gamers REPRESENT!

God I miss Playland at Times Square, back before Times Square was a tourist attraction and you could walk past two shops where you could by shops selling swords, knives and porn!

PLAYLAND! 94-98 baby! I was running the SF2 and Tekken machines!

Those were the days. This video makes me happy, the art of coin-op smack talking (simply for the face to face interaction vs. Live smacktalking) still lives!

HUZZAH!

Daigoji Gai

@SaintAnima: if you dont know either, why bother responding.

red

That was great haha! I know that when my buds and I play Gears of War and somebody gets exploded with the shotty, the shooter will yell, "GIBLETS!" lol. The faster you say it, the funnier it is.

And @ BOSTONK: It's NY speak....doesn't necessarily mean the speakers were black. :/

Knoxximus

Thats fine. Not everyone goes haywire in a polite manner.

At least he can prove himself, although not too great, and not just running his mouth.

Fyren

@silkylove: It's good to see I wasn't the only person who understood that!

@saxamo: It helps people to understand what they would otherwise see as gibberish. :D

Damnit, now I have to find a place to go that's like an arcade! Smack talk over Live just isn't the same. :(

DeejayKnight

Look, I know that I'm known for well reasoned, intellectual, and often elitist responses here.

But man that was amazing. I'm excited to play some COD4 or Halo 3... or well ... anything on XBLA tonight, because the first time I send ANYONE flying "Where your curleh mustache!?" is coming out, and the next orange master chief I see will be on the receiving end of "OH HE GOT DA MANGO SENTINAL. YO I THINK OF NEW YORK KNICKS!"

Good god, that was pleasing.

WreckTheLaw

I like it, it has balls.

I like balls.

Kamizzle

This, people, is what speech was invented for!!

Respect my moustache!

SuperSci

If that game ever comes to XBLA, I can only imagine the maddness.

Oh, and best 2d fighter ever :)

huginn

@Knoxximus: @Witzbold:

I always went to Kam bowling Alley on Wednesdays because my parents always bowled. Good arcade times there.

I guess I was too young to actually play arcade fighters competitively, only one I really got good at was The Last Blade playing as Yuki.

Dudemeister3

a-mazing.

I could watch that over and over... so funny :D

CaptLtrl

There's something about trash talk among friends that can cause the most glorious and random sayings. I would much rather hear about a Pringles reference than the generic STFU N00B. At least this way you get a laugh.

Fierfaerie

Dear Capcom, hire this guy to record commentary for your games, NOW.

supercrap

Man I can stop laughing. Especially at the Mango sentinel.

Dudemeister3

That was so kickass.

Ashurahori

@Knoxximus: Nope that sounds pretty right.

Used to play down in the Kahala Mc Donalds bowling alley a lot back in the days. Man have I seen one too many fights go down there over SF2 and folks who dont watch their manners lol.

Good times, good times indeed!

Witzbold

Wow, that was kick ass. Fuck the Knicks indeed. Wif yo curleh moustache.

I see some stuff like this around the arcade I go to (its in Chinatown but the ghetto people seem to swarm the MvC2 machine) but this is waaaaaaay sillier. XD

I generally tend to say "gg" and such after a fight or compliment someone on how they played with "x" character and made nice use of "y" attack, but I think I'm just gonna take out a boombox and blast "Smack My Bitch Up" and bust a move after every victory from now on.

Furious_Liver:TF2 name i_have_fleas. Frag me!

@Witzbold: Hey Witz! Remember the 'Honor Code' amongst SFII players in Hawaii?

1) Don't be cheap! No jab-n-grabs. If done accidentally, give your opponent a free throw.

2) If you absolutely kill your opponent in the 1st round, graciously give them the 2nd round (after you whittle them down to nothing).

3) SAY NOTHING. Let your actions and flair with your button presses speak for you.

4) Acknowledge your opponent. Be a gracious loser and be an even more gracious winner.

Did I miss anything?

Knoxximus

That is the most awesome thing I've seen today.

superbabyproject

That was awesome. I used to love MvC (the first one) for the trash-talking alone. Didn't have a way with words like the guy in the vid though. Fuck the Knicks, indeed.

Ningen

Sweet!

gam3r

@silkylove: It was cause if not it kills the whole capcom thing and it might as well be called Marvel super heros 2

MURDERFACE

Whoops...damn laaaaaag.

Knoxximus

@Witzbold: Yessir! Looks like Memory Lane had bumper to bumper traffic today. ;p

Knoxximus

@Witzbold: Yessir! WHEW! Looks like we took a road trip down memory lane today oh BOY! :)

Knoxximus

Yipes is amazing. I liked his commentary from breakpoint better. >.>

Dogysamich

1- How the hell is this "NY Speak" if he says he's from philly?
2-"YOITHINK HE NEW YORK KNICKS" is the worst censoring ever. That is, i'm assuming he was just trying to censor it.

To that point, i think that's what BostonK was refering to when he said "Black speak" or whatever.

Regardless, i would rather hear this 1000 times than hear some stupid kids running off at the mouth saying dumb stuff just to hear their voices and be annoying online. I think it's entertaining, witty at that. Mango Sentinel is classic. I don't what all this "arcade ethics" talk is about- if you don't want trash talk like that, don't play that game and get your ass handed to you! Its that simple.

BigSteve

As a southerner, I am horrified.

Bakeroo

@Knoxximus: lol @ last sentence.

Yeah man Castle Park! I used to get stuck in the bumper boat ride a lot, since I would take my foot off the gas which would kill the engine lol.

Ah the memories. Man those were the days eh?

Witzbold

Funniest video ever.

cannolikiller

@Witzbold: Dude, you're talking about Castle Park!?! Oh MAN! Only time I would get to go was on school trips, and I'd spend almost the WHOLE time in that majestic arcade they had...MAN I wish I had some pictures of it. I remember there was a cocktail Joust machine on the 3rd floor in the corner and someone hadn't locked the coin door so you could flick that quarter catcher thingy....I must have played Joust untill I was SPITTING feathers hahaha!

And speaking about Samoans, that brings me to the last rule of the SFII Honor Code:

If a Samoan politely asks you to give him the 3rd round.....LEAVE. ;p

Knoxximus

@NotAZombie: I second that motion!

equin0x

Oh wow what perfect timing! This past weekend I had some friends over I haven't seen in a while, and even though I just got a new HD TV and had the PS3 and Xbox 360 ready to go, it wasn't long before we fired up MvsC2 on the xbox (dreamcast was in storage).

Besides Goldeneye and Mario Kart 64, this was THE game that got the most sh-t talking back in the day. This video has nothing of the nonsense that comes out of peoples mouths while in a MvsC2 tournament. Great find Luke.

TKWarrior

@Knoxximus: Hah over there I remember I saw some Samoan guy break the Sonic Blast Man machine with his first punch it was the most majestic thing I have ever witnessed in my life.

Right after the punch connected the screen just went out lol. It was just beautiful. Everyone was cheering.

What was that amusement park that is where the K-mart now stands near Aloha Stadium? Something castle was it? Over there I remember playing the "Journey" arcade game. Man that was some trippy shit. Jumping on drums and other crazy stuff.

Witzbold

@Witzbold: My stomping grounds were the Fun Factory and Tilt at Pearlridge Mall. Best times of my life I swear!

Knoxximus

@Daigoji Gai: I played at Playland, Broadway, and Chinatown Fair an awful lot from 95-99. Those were the days indeed. I miss the original Broadway Arcade (The one that was actually on Broadway between 50th and 51st) and the money matches that used to go on. Having that spare income brought alot of fun to the table. :)

zeruel

Hahaha the east coast is crazy about that MVC2. No lie.

waterbottle

Mahvel would totally rock on PSN or XBLA. I would totally buy the psn version! Cross your fingers for CES announcements!

Weasel3689

I just loooooooooooove Mahvel!

Srsly, this needs to be on XBLA!

Pickens

When I went to NYC for the first time like a month ago, and being from Miami, FL I had never been inside a real deal arcade (we have none here) and when i stepped in side one and saw everybody playing ever game and 1 on 1 against each other on every great fighting game of the past decade and a 1/2 and DDR, I felt so happy to be there it was so real and all about the games it kicked so much ass. This shit talk might be low class, but at least there is totally passion for the game there.

You NYC people have an amazing city and an amazing arcade city to boot, never let it die, because you will miss it I promise. I missed it and I had never even known what it was till I went there.

-WPack911

WPack911

@red: Sorry man, I just figured that everyone knew what Marvel vs Capcom was, so your comment caught me off guard.

SaintAnima

I won't lie, the New Yorker in me doesn't see anything wrong with this video. Sure it's funny, but that's what smack talk is. As long the comments don't degenerate into senseless socioecomical generalizations, it's all good.

Kaosu

hahahaha, that's my kind of arcade experience. fuck the knicks.

aykay

@Knoxximus: Hey we were like that in NYC also. Sad to see a lot of "jab n grabs" on XBL when I used to play SF2T. Back on snes xband they barely even did that. Damn i miss the old arcades...putting your quarter on the top banner to show you had "next"

toneroni

@Knoxximus: It's NY speech? You sure you don't mean slang?

BostonK

I love telling people over xbox live to "please do us all a favor and return the game and get your money back".

ese_incoherent

You'd be asked to get out of a Japanese arcade if you were that loud, over there you just let your skill do the talking for you.

暇人

Ain't nothing wrong with 'Jab n Grabs' (tick throws), bout the only way certain characters have a chance at winning. You old schoolers need to wake up and start playing to win :D

pogfreak

@暇人: Yipes was announcing for matches, similar to what they do in tourneys IN JAPAN. Its not like he went to a random arcade and decided to start yelling at people.

HeartNana

@Knoxximus: Seriously eh? haha good times, good times indeed.

Witzbold

@silkylove: Yeah but it was not even the same combo it was the same move over and over again. Durring the oh,oh,oh,oh,oh part he used the same roundhouse punch a shit load of times. that is not skill.

MURDERFACE

Hahaahah, my friend's uncle owns University Pinball/Laundromat. We used to go in there(3 or 4 of us) and just just play free games. My boy had the keys the change machine!!! We just had to make sure what we took out went back into the arcades. Damn, those were the fucking days. These fools that had no idea what the people in the video were saying are probably like 14 year old white bread surbabanites.
@OneLetter:

GameCasa

@MURDERFACE: Of course it isn't skill to launch an assist to death, but it does take skill to get to that point. The reason he's doing doing the same move over and over is because he is killing the assist character. Using the launcher to kill the assist character is the easiest and safest way to do this. You do have other combo options, but why risk getting flashy and messing up a perfect opportunity to kill the character? This mistake can easily cost you a victory.

If you don't assist with care and/or block well. Your point character and your assist are gonna get snapped out and you can almost always kiss your assist goodbye.

Goodbye

@Witzbold: LoL, I never get tired of hearing that Sonic Blast Man story.

inaka503

[zachd.com]

The 2nd '1b' match. Right click, save as.

Goodbye

This was at a tournament I was at in Columbus, Ohio where players from Cali, Philly, and NYC attended. The match is between one guy from Cali and one from Philly. The dude doing all the shit talking is Yipes, from NYC. He won Evolution 2007 and is one of the top 3 MvC2 players in the world.

As far as a translation goes:

Mango Sentinel - Obvious

Pringles/Curley Mustache - "Once you pop, you can't stop" Magneto will combo you, then reset the combo, then do it again. Over and over.

Scoops - Magneto's grab looks like it "scoops" you up out of the air.

Make it Rain - Storm's Hailstorm super combo.

Fuck the Knicks - Mango Sentinel lost.

AxolotlRiot

IFC YIPES!

This footage is from a tournament in Ohio back in November I think. The guy commentating (Yipes) won the Marvel singles along with Evolution World in Las Vegas.

Some of the subs for the commentary is wrong though.
Old School!=Oh, Scoop!

Yo I think of New York Knicks = Yo that ni**a New York Knicks.

All of the commentary from that money match was godlike.

Get the match here:
[zachd.com]

the 2nd 1b video (Demon Hyo vs Potter), right click save as.

For the record: Yipes isn't black.

If you guys haven't made the connection yet, Curley mustache is referring to the pringles man. And scoops is...scoops. You get grabbed, you got scooped.

Goodbye

Marvel is amazingly balanced at high-level, which is all that matters for a competitive fighting game. No fighter besides maybe VF will see you playing average characters at high-level.

XvsSF is garbage, sorry -- easy infinites for EVERY char = don't get touched. Real fun.

The trash and intensivity as the hardest fighter to play make Marvel endure at the tourney level. Check out vids on YouTube (search Justin Yipes or Justin Sandford) or www.shoryuken.com/forums.

The yearly tourney circuit starts in Atlanta in March. Fighters are still alive and still hype like it's 1992 to the people who play.

GhaleonUnlimited

And arcades are dead btw -- even Evolution, the world tourney, is console. There are still majors on the annual circuit across the country that include all major fighters every year though -- Atlanta, Philly, Ohio now, Vegas, Cali, NY, keeping the comp alive.

www.shoryuken.com/forums!

GhaleonUnlimited

For the uninitiated, Marvel is pretty much the most intense fighting game ever made at high-level. If you call it unbalanced because Roll can't fight Sentinel, boo hoo. Most of the games people think of "balanced" like 3s or DR really aren't at all anyway. Marvel is AMAZINGLY balanced at the top level, which all that matters anyway, and it's why it's played so crazy and still the #1 fighter played competitively (although Smash and 3s have bigger numbers).

XvSF is trash btw. Easy infinites for every single character = don't get touched. Real fun.

Anyway Marvel is so hype directly because of the intensity of the game + the trash/rivalries. If you went to a fighting-game major nothing even touches it in terms of excitement. Watch matches on YouTube (search Justin-Yipes or Justin-Sanford) and witnessss.

GhaleonUnlimited

Further note, I was at this tournament. Though most players would rather play at an arcade, most tourneys these days are on console. This tourney was no different, this came from Seasons Beatings at in Ohio this past Fall (search Shoryuken.com for results).
The player that was so vocal is Yipes, who is arguably the current MvC2 top dog.

And Silkylove basically had it right:
Pringles: once you pop, you pop you cant stop. More specifically, once you've opened up a can (of whup ass, or whatevre you prefer), cant close it. Another popular variation of this was just chips at some point.
Curly Mustache: obv guy on pringles can
Scoops: this just kind of comes from basketball-ish slang. Scoop em up, drawing out an opening from a well-played offensive manuever.
etc...

My fave tho is the Skull and Crossbones.
ITS MARVEL BABY. BEST GAME EVER.

skisonic

Alright to start off, I have been to Evolution last year in the east coast side. And they had Mahvel vs. Capcom 2 where a crap load of people hovered the only two people playing it, with the winning combo of sentinal, storm and another character. These people went shit crazy over who the hell was going to win and it looked like it was about to be some gang related thing, but damn. I didn't even know that Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was that damn popular.

Riokenn

@RPGr: XvsSF was incredibly broken. Every character had an infinite. MvC2 is a much better game balance wise.

Groove4k

@wiitarded: Obviously, you haven't seen high level marvel play. What you saw was Magneto's rom infinite. Throw in a few resets and there you go. It's a lot harder and more complicated than you think.

Scoops/Pringles refers to the uppercut assist that Cyclops does or a move that lifts up the opponent (such as Mags launcher). That move "scoops" up the opponent (ice cream!) or "pops" the opponent (pringles!).

Groove4k

I would have hit him in the mouth.

Leatherneck89