My name is Arindam Bhattacharya, and I have been an avid 3rd Strike player for more than 6 years. My first exposure to 3rd Strike was the famous Daigo video - at the time I'd never played any fighting game seriously, and I didn't have to foggiest clue what actually happened in the video. However, the reaction of the crowd caught my attention...
A couple of years later I moved to Austin, as I entered my freshman year of college, and had the good luck of stumbling across Einstein's Arcade, which was home to one of the largest competitive 3S scenes in the U.S. Although I initially went for the DDR, I saw the 3S cabinets, and I recalled the video which I'd seen years before, and figured it would be fun to derp around on the machine a bit. At the time I was little more than a button-masher, but my repeated trips to the machine caught the attention of a very strong 3S regular, who took me under his wing and helped me evolve from a button-mashing scrub to a real 3S player. 6 years later, I still find myself every bit as enamored with the game as I did when I first started over half a decade ago.
I was encouraged to start this blog by a close friend of mine, who I've known since elementary school - he recently started playing 3S with a bunch of his coworkers, and often asks me for advice regarding 3S. After one such conversation, he told me it would be a great idea to start a blog or website which could serve as a reference for beginner and early intermediate level players. Although I figured there were already plenty of resources out there - the game is more than a decade old, after all - he actually expressed a great deal of frustration at limited 3S resources are online.
Having had the benefit of learning 3S in one of the most competitive scenes in the U.S., I'd never really noticed or appreciated this - any time I had a question I could ask any number of elite players and would have an accurate, thorough answer in minutes. So I figured, why not? Although I don't consider myself to be a particularly strong player, I do think I have played the game long enough and at a sufficiently high level that I can provide good advice to players who are just starting out and looking to improve.
My primary goal with this blog is to provide accurate, easy to understand information that will help beginner and early-intermediate players improve their skills at the game. This isn't intended to provoke deep, advanced discussion for high level players; I wouldn't consider myself strong enough at the game to provide stuff like that. I do assume that the people reading this blog have a very basic understanding of the mechanics - if you need an explanation on what the 6 buttons do, or what the joystick motion for a shoryuken is, there are plenty of resources out there basic information like that. I will try to cover as much ground as possible, including general technical discussion, character specific information, and various common matchups, but this isn't intended to be a comprehensive, wiki-style page either. Most of my experience is with the higher tier characters, so if you're looking for tips on the Remy-Sean matchup, I'm afraid I can't really help you there.
So that should just about cover things; stay tuned for the actual content! I will try to update regularly, but the vicissitudes of work may mean long breaks between updates.
A couple of years later I moved to Austin, as I entered my freshman year of college, and had the good luck of stumbling across Einstein's Arcade, which was home to one of the largest competitive 3S scenes in the U.S. Although I initially went for the DDR, I saw the 3S cabinets, and I recalled the video which I'd seen years before, and figured it would be fun to derp around on the machine a bit. At the time I was little more than a button-masher, but my repeated trips to the machine caught the attention of a very strong 3S regular, who took me under his wing and helped me evolve from a button-mashing scrub to a real 3S player. 6 years later, I still find myself every bit as enamored with the game as I did when I first started over half a decade ago.
I was encouraged to start this blog by a close friend of mine, who I've known since elementary school - he recently started playing 3S with a bunch of his coworkers, and often asks me for advice regarding 3S. After one such conversation, he told me it would be a great idea to start a blog or website which could serve as a reference for beginner and early intermediate level players. Although I figured there were already plenty of resources out there - the game is more than a decade old, after all - he actually expressed a great deal of frustration at limited 3S resources are online.
Having had the benefit of learning 3S in one of the most competitive scenes in the U.S., I'd never really noticed or appreciated this - any time I had a question I could ask any number of elite players and would have an accurate, thorough answer in minutes. So I figured, why not? Although I don't consider myself to be a particularly strong player, I do think I have played the game long enough and at a sufficiently high level that I can provide good advice to players who are just starting out and looking to improve.
My primary goal with this blog is to provide accurate, easy to understand information that will help beginner and early-intermediate players improve their skills at the game. This isn't intended to provoke deep, advanced discussion for high level players; I wouldn't consider myself strong enough at the game to provide stuff like that. I do assume that the people reading this blog have a very basic understanding of the mechanics - if you need an explanation on what the 6 buttons do, or what the joystick motion for a shoryuken is, there are plenty of resources out there basic information like that. I will try to cover as much ground as possible, including general technical discussion, character specific information, and various common matchups, but this isn't intended to be a comprehensive, wiki-style page either. Most of my experience is with the higher tier characters, so if you're looking for tips on the Remy-Sean matchup, I'm afraid I can't really help you there.
So that should just about cover things; stay tuned for the actual content! I will try to update regularly, but the vicissitudes of work may mean long breaks between updates.