Street Fighter Research Articles

Evaluating video feedback to improve eSports performance in Street Fighter V

AbstracteSports is a newly rising field with rapidly increasing cultural validity. Despite the wide array of similarities between eSports and traditional sports, behavioral skill acquisition interventions have yet to be applied to video game skills. Although video feedback has been established as effective for traditional sports, further research is needed to validate its efficacy as a standalone intervention. In this study, the effects of video feedback were analyzed with three participants in a nonconcurrent multiple baseline across subjects design. Participants performed a specific in‐game behavior (an anti‐air attack) in a controlled match against the researcher, then viewed recordings of their performance and received positive and corrective feedback from the researchers. The generalization of the skill improvement was evaluated through the rate of successful skill implementation in ranked online matches. Results showed that the video feedback intervention improved performance over baseline for all participants and generalized to online matches.

Console to Movie Success, Leveraging Nostalgia, and Introducing Subversion in The Super Mario Bros. Movie

This research examines the success of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" by leveraging nostalgia and introducing subversion. The adaptation process from video game to film often fails, as seen with previous attempts like "Warcraft" (2016) and "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" (2009). However, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" (2023) succeeded by retaining core elements of the original game while innovatively transforming its narrative and character dynamics. The movie's success is attributed to its nostalgic appeal, faithful yet refreshed character portrayals, and the subversion of traditional gender roles. By making Princess Peach a mentor and strategist and providing Mario a hero's journey from an ordinary plumber to a savior, the film connects with both old fans and new audiences. This study utilizes Andrew Tate's theory of fidelity and transformation, along with perspectives on nostalgia, audience engagement, and gender role subversion, to analyze the movie's reception and success.

RELOADING THE DRAGON LADY: READING THE CHARACTER OF CHUN LI IN STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN LI

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li movie revolves around the journey of Chun Li, a Chinese female fighter of the Street Fighter series, and her eventual fight against Bison. This study focuses on the portrayal of Chun Li as a representative of Asian women in an American movie, and compares it to her original portrayal in the game. There are two big groups of representation of Asian women in the Western media: the submissive ‘lotus blossom baby’ and the aggressive ‘dragon lady.’ As a form of content analysis, this study analyzes both textual and visual elements of the Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li movie and Street Fighter game series which represent the portrayal of an Asian woman character named Chun Li. Result shows that Chun Li character in the movie leans more towards the ‘dragon lady’ group with her strong and seductive characteristics, while her game self exhibits a broader range of qualities.

Detailed Review about Street Fighter Game using Python

This paper examines the varied cultural meanings of computer game play in competitive and professional computer gaming and live-streaming. A fighting game is a genre of video game that involves combat between two or more characters. Fighting game combat often features mechanics such as blocking, grappling, counter- attacking, and chaining attacks together into "combos". Characters generally engage in battle using hand-to-hand combat—often some form of martial arts. The fighting game genre is related to, but distinct from, the beat 'em up genre, which pits large numbers of computer-controlled enemies against one or more player characters. The controls for Final Fight consist of an eight-way joystick and two buttons for attacking and jumping respectively. Pressing the attack button repeatedly when attacking an enemy Pressing the attack and jump buttons simultaneously allows the player to perform a special attack that strikes all surrounding enemies, but will drain a small portion of the player's health. Enemies can be grabbed simply by walking into one of them. When an enemy is grabbed, the player can perform a grab attack by pressing the attack button or perform a throw by tilting the joystick left or right. A thrown enemy can be tossed at another for additional damage. Items such as weapons, health recovery items, and items awarding extra points can be picked up by standing over one and pressing the attack button. Weapons have limited uses and will disappear if the player is disarmed by an enemy too much or when the player moves to a new area.

A Phase‐Change Memristive Reinforcement Learning for Rapidly Outperforming Champion Street‐Fighter Players

The interactions with humans, and simultaneously, making of real‐time decisions in physical systems, are involved in many applications of artificial intelligence. An example of these conditions is maneuver sports. Movement‐type simulations, viz., the esports game Street Fighter (SF), recapitulate the complex multicharacter interactions and, concurrently, generate the millisecond‐level control challenges of human athletes. Herein, the physical and mental signatures of the SF agent (it is called SF R2) are controlled by utilizing a previously unreported model‐free, natural, deep reinforcement learning algorithm “Decay‐based Phase‐change memristive character‐type Proximal Policy Optimization” (DP‐PPO) through an assemblage of hybrid case‐type training processes; and an integrated training configuration for time‐trial evaluations, as well as competitions with a world's best SF player, is developed. A short length of time utilized by the SF R2 to defeat the opponent and, simultaneously, maintaining a good health level is achieved, as well as excellent handling of imperfect information settings. Training studies reveal a moderate maneuver etiquette in the SF R2, along with rapid, effective head‐to‐head competitions with one of the world's best SF player. This paves the way for achieving a broadly applicable training scheme, capable of quickly controlling complicated‐movement systems in fields where agents should observe unspecified human norms.

The Study of Religion on the Other Side of the Good Religion/Bad Religion Binary

One of the most resolute dichotomies in the modern and contemporary study of religion is that between good/bad religions. The bases for making such judgments are fluid, but the outcome is generally recognizable; “good” religions and good religious practitioners adhere to the expectations and norms of the bourgeois modern. The reasons for the endurance of the good/bad religion dichotomy are historical, rooted in the rise of the study of religion as an academic discipline, globally and in the United States; economic, reflecting recent trends in giving to higher education; and ideological. But in Meir Kahane, Shaul Magid upends the good/bad distinction, using a “bad” religious actor, in this case, a virulent anti-Black racist, demagogue, and violent street fighter as a lens through which to explore recent Jewish history in the US and Israel. Magid's steadfast refusal to render Kahane safely other to this broader religious story is a powerful challenge to scholars of religion.

Contours of virtual enfreakment in fighting game characters

Characters in fighting videogames11Hereafter we refer to videogames in the fighting genre as “fighting games.” such as Street Fighter V and Tekken7 typically reveal a phenomenon that we define as virtual enfreakment: their bodies, costumes, and fighting styles are exaggerated (1) in a manner that emphasizes perceived exoticism and (2) to enable them to be easily visually and conceptually distinguishable from one another. Here, using both quantitative and qualitative methods, including crowd-sourced surveys and analyses of game mechanics, we report on the contours of virtual enfreakment in those games. We specifically examine differences in character design across gender, national-origin, and skin-color lines. Disappointingly but not surprisingly, we find racism and sexism manifest as stark differences in character design by gender and skin color. This has strong implications because taking on the roles of these characters can have impacts on users in the physical world, e.g., performance and engagement, behavior, and understandings of others (Lim and Harrell 2015; Şengün 2015; Yee et al. 2012, Şengün et al. 2022a; Harrell and Veeragoudar Harrell 2012; Kao and Harrell 2015; Şengün 2014; Kocur et al. 2020). Although the differences are not always straightforward, female characters and darker-skinned characters (typically, characters of color) are enfreaked differently than their light-skinned male counterparts. Our results also reveal the strategic use of “unknown” as a country of origin for villainous characters. Through our mixed-methods analysis, we examine in detail how virtual enfreakment is influenced by sexism and racism, and our findings are compatible with information about the development history of the Street Fighter and Tekken franchises. However, we also find that recent characters designed in dialogue with developers from their regions of origin are some of the least enfreaked and most positively portrayed—suggesting the possibility of designing and deploying such characters for implementing anti-bias character designs within popular videos..

The Pleasure and Pain of Passing as (Dis)abled: Rudi Dutschke’s Exile in the United Kingdom (1968–1971) and the Ableism of the West German Student Movement

The Pleasure and Pain of Passing as (Dis)abled: Rudi Dutschke’s Exile in the United Kingdom (1968–1971) and the Ableism of the West German Student Movement

Street Fighters with Insurance Coverage: The Insurance System of the Nazi Storm Section (Sturmabteilung)

AbstractThe Storm Section (Sturmabteilung, or SA) was organized throughout the Weimar Republic as a paramilitary force entrusted with the ‘fight for the streets’ during the so‐called ‘time of struggle’ (Kampfzeit). To offset the potentially paralyzing effects of activism entailing risks of injury or death, the leaders of the movement devised and implemented an insurance system, which was retained throughout the following years. This insurance system smoothed the way for the most radical uncivility to hold sway without restriction during the final years of the Republic. Starting from late 1926, the National Socialist mechanism for overcoming the barriers to participation in violent activities that could potentially involve a high cost was to introduce an insurance system to facilitate their activists' willingness to ‘sacrifice’ themselves. The visceral anti‐Semitism of the Nazis was central to the negotiations and agreements reached with different insurers. The Nazis introduced an insurance policy for their activists that would cover them while carrying out their obligations as militants in the ‘fight’ against Social Democrats and, more often, Communists. By lowering the potential costs of participation in a high‐risk instance of activism, the insurance system contributed to stoking a ‘latent civil war’ in the German streets during the final years of the Republic. Relaying on archival and other primary sources and looking at them from a collective action perspective, this paper delves into the history of the SA insurance system, as well as on its functions.

Unifier: that is who I am (acceptance speech on behalf of the Simsan Award)

ABSTRACT Paik Ki-wan was a leading activist of the Korean unification movement and the labor movement. He passed away on 15 February due to chronic disease. During his grave illness, Shim San Prize was awarded to him on 10 November 2020, three months before his death. Therefore, the author, his eldest daughter, gave an award acceptance speech on his behalf. This essay was written for the speech. Paik Ki-wan has various names in South Korea, such as unifier, storyteller, street fighter, poet, white-haired warrior, Bulssam-ggun (revolutionist) grandfather. Whenever he was inquired to identify himself by the dictatorship and division ideology, he claimed to be a unifier. What he meant by unifier is a person who takes the lead in resolving the contradiction of division, which not only refers to the peaceful unification of the two Koreas, but also addresses the global division system that the US and the Soviet Union imposed on the globe during the Cold War era creating an all-around subordination structure in South Korea. Paik had dedicated his life to national unification and social liberation in the Korean Peninsula and Asia by people's power. This essay attempts to shed light on Paik Ki-wan's unique role and status in the Korean social movement. The concept of Nonamegi, the essence of his thought, means a plural-equal civilization world where every people has an equal right to work and live well materially and ethically, including practice to achieve it. He refused to retreat from the front line and become “historicized” by making age an excuse. Although he has already gone a long way and can no longer resonate with the world with his resounding voice, his spirit always will be the first to run into the place of tears and blood in the Korean Peninsula and Asia. Paik's poem, “Heaven Lake,” (Baekdusan cheonji), depicting his desire for unification, is added at the end of the essay.

Лимоновский “след” в прозе Захара Прилепина

The article is devoted to the intertextual polemic dialogue with E. Limonov, which is conducted by Z. Prilepin in the story “Matches and tobacco, and all that” (2016). In the culminating episode, Prilepin, with the help of a recognizable quote, refers the reader to Limonov’s pretext, which is the novel “Adolescent Savenko” (1982), as a result, an important element of the semantic structure of the story turns out to be a dispute about whether it is possible to combine poetic sophistication with courage and aggressiveness, necessary as a warrior and a street fighter. On this issue, the positions of the two writers differ sharply: from Limonov’s point of view, poetic activity leads to effeminacy, while Prilepin is convinced of the opposite.

The Street Fighter Lady: Invisibility and Gender in Game Composition

The international success of Japanese game design provides an example of the invisibility of female game composers, as well as of gendered identification in game music production and sound design. Yoko Shimomura, the female composer who produced the iconic soundtrack for the 1991 arcade game, Street Fighter II (Capcom 1991), seems to have been invisible to game developers and music producers, which is partly due to the way in which the game is credited as a team effort. Regardless of their personal gender identity, game composers respond to themed briefs by drawing on transnational musical ideas and gendered stereotypes that resonate with the Global Popular. Game music, as imagined as suitable for hyper-masculine game arcades, seems to draw on a masculinist aesthetic developed in Hollywood compositions. In turn, Street Fighter II’s music and the competitive game culture of arcade fighting games has been interwoven with masculinist music scenes of hip-hop and grime. The discussion of the music of Street Fighter II and the musical versions it inspired, nevertheless highlights that although seemingly simplified gendered stereotypes are reproduced within the game, gender identification itself can be complex within the context of game music composition.

대전 격투게임 캐릭터 동작 연구 -스트리트 파이터 캐릭터 류의 동작을 중심으로-

고속인터넷의 발달과 더불어 플레이어간의 경쟁을 통해 게임을 즐기는 게임들이 늘어나고 있다. 이러한 게임들은 기존 플레이어와 컴퓨터가 경쟁하는 게임보다 더 재미와 흥미를 유발시키기 때문에 지속적으로 증가하는 추세이다. 그중에서도 대전 격투게임 장르는 아직까지도 제작되고 있으며, 최근 〈스트리트파이터〉 및 〈철권〉 등 3D그래픽으로 제작된 게임들이 온라인을 통해 대인전을 즐길수 있게 되면서 꾸준하게 사랑을 받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 3D 대전격투게임 이전에 존재했던 2D 대전격투게임 〈스트리트파이터〉 캐릭터의 주인공인 〈류〉 의 동작을 애니메이션 원리적인 관점에서 분석해보고, 캐릭터의 기본동작과 타격동작, 필살기 동작이 시리즈별로 어떻게 변화했는지를 비교해보았다. 분석 결과 각 상태별 동작 애니메이션은 게임의 밸런스를 위해서 각 동작마다 프레임의 양과 동작 타이밍의 차이를 보였으며, 이를 활용하여 상대편 플레이어와 대전 시 동작들을 상황에 맞게 바꿔가며 사용하도록 만들어진 것을 알 수 있었다.

Analisis Target Laba Dalam Memaksimalkan Laba Umkm Alvo Archery Kota Sukabumi

This study aims to implement a profit target analysis at the Alvo Archery UKM so that the planned profit target is achieved. This study uses the method of observation and direct interviews with UKM Alvo Archery to obtain the required data. Research Results, Alvo Archery MSMEs must sell products: 108 horse bow units, 131 units of Batman, 95 units of brave units, 159 units of Adult units, Elegant Kids with 396 units, Adult Street Fighter with 193 units, Street Fighter Kids with 173 units, 143 units of elegant long bow, 128 units of Mindful, 157 units of Extreme, 128 units of Fight Black, 157 units of KZN 117, 1299 Arrows of Alvo Fiber, 2320 units of Arrow Bambu Sponge, 2320 Arrow Ramin Sponge unit, Target Board 50x50x5 as many as 773, Target Board 100x100x5 as many as 286 units. Conclusion, based on the above data, then Alvo Archery MSMEs must make profit planning in advance so that the desired profit can be achieved. From the results of the above calculations, Alvo Archery MSMEs must sell their products as much as calculated above so that the planned profits are achieved and get the maximum profit.
 Keywords: Target Profit, Profit, UMKM

Fighting the game. Command systems and player-avatar interaction in fighting games in a social cognitive neuroscience framework

Videogames often require players to control an avatar in order to act on the virtual world. In many cases, such as in fighting games, the avatar’s body often shares biological features with the player’s body, such as a human-like figure and a highly detailed and realistic movement. Many studies in social cognitive neuroscience focus on how humans understand biological actions, and in particular other humans’ actions. Models and theories that put in tight relation perception, imagination and execution of actions have recently impacted the field of human cognition and provided a considerable paradigm shift. However, the impact of these theories has been largely focused on modern mimetic interfaces, such as virtual reality, but only slightly affect traditional interfaces even if they still comprise the large majority of the human-computer interaction. Fighting games mostly use non-mimetic interfaces, such as traditional gaming pads, so that the player needs to act with a very restricted range of movements, limited to fingers, hand, wrists and arms muscles. While the player’s movements don’t match the avatar movements, the in-game meanings of the button presses, i.e., command system, may facilitate or interfere with the ability to understand, plan and perform motor patterns on the input device. Here I provide a framework to better understand human-fighting game interaction, but relevant for all interactions with avatars, as well as experimental evidence of this approach validity by using the most successful fighting games: Tekken, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Soulcalibur.

HRLB⌃2: A Reinforcement Learning Based Framework for Believable Bots

The creation of believable behaviors for Non-Player Characters (NPCs) is key to improve the players’ experience while playing a game. To achieve this objective, we need to design NPCs that appear to be controlled by a human player. In this paper, we propose a hierarchical reinforcement learning framework for believable bots (HRLB⌃2). This novel approach has been designed so it can overcome two main challenges currently faced in the creation of human-like NPCs. The first difficulty is exploring domains with high-dimensional state–action spaces, while satisfying constraints imposed by traits that characterize human-like behavior. The second problem is generating behavior diversity, by also adapting to the opponent’s playing style. We evaluated the effectiveness of our framework in the domain of the 2D fighting game named Street Fighter IV. The results of our tests demonstrate that our bot behaves in a human-like manner.

Street fighters: Bite force, injury rates, and density of urban Australian water dragons (Intellagama lesueurii)

AbstractIn an increasingly urbanized world it is imperative that we understand how wildlife responds to this novel anthropogenic landscape, both at the individual‐ and population‐level. Urbanization generally reduces biodiversity, but can also favour particular species and increase their abundance relative to wild populations. When population density increases, so too does the frequency and cost of social interactions. We studied Australian water dragons (Intellagama lesueurii), a species common in urban, semi‐natural and natural areas, to firstly test the prediction that urban populations occur at higher densities, and then determine the consequences of urbanization for combat rates (quantified using wounding) and bite force. We established that urban populations are denser than ones from semi‐natural and natural habitats. We also recorded significantly more wounds in females from urban populations than females from both natural and semi‐natural populations. Urban males also had significantly higher incidence of wounding than males from natural populations. We did not find a difference in male or female bite force among any populations across the urban‐natural gradient. Overall, we found evidence that urbanization results in a higher population density of water dragons and more frequent conspecific combat, but this was not associated with an increase in bite force. These finding suggests that there may be a physiological cost to living in urban habitats related to increased contest rates and wounding.

Tusslers, Beatdowns, and Brothers: A Sociohistorical Overview of Video Game Arcades and theStreet FighterCommunity

Alongside their material dimensions, video game arcades were simultaneously metaphysical spaces where participants negotiated social and cultural convention, thus contributing to identity formation and performance within game culture. While physical arcade spaces have receded in number, the metaphysical elements of the arcades persist. We examine the historical conditions around the establishment of so-called arcade culture, taking into account the history of public entertainment spaces, such as pool halls, coin-operated entertainment technologies, video games, and the demographic and economic conditions during the arcade’s peak popularity, which are historically connected to the advent of bachelor subculture. Drawing on these complementary histories, we examine the social and historical movement of arcades and arcade culture, focusing upon the Street Fighter series and the fighting game community (FGC). Through this case study, we argue that moral panics concerning arcades, processes of cultural norm selection, technological shifts, and the demographic peculiarities of arcade culture all contributed to its current decline and discuss how they affect the contemporary FGC.

Building Skill in Videogames: A Play of Bodies, Controllers and Game-Guides

In his now-seminal book, Pilgrim in the Microworld (1983), David Sudnow details his process of learning to play the game Breakout on the Atari 2600. Sudnow develops an account of his graduation from a novice (having never played a videogame prior, and middle-aged at time of writing) to being able to fluidly perform the various configurative processes involved in an acclimated Breakout player’s repertoire.

John H. Laragh MD: The Man.

John has been variously described as an inspiration, mentor, teacher, friend (fiend--a typo?), charming, warm, enthusiastic, visionary scientist, pioneer, innovator, egalitarian, and golfer. At other times he was called street fighter, competitor, and some unprintables. I believe he was all of these, and more. Join us in celebrating the life of Dr. John Laragh.