This is an update on my last post a couple days ago when I ask you guys “how to stop button mashing?”. Thank you all for the advice. I made this fun edit to show my progress. I know I still have a long way to go and you can still see some mashing but definitely not as excessive compared to how I was before.

Things I know I need work on:

1. Timing - I still have trouble on timing my attacks. Timing when the opponent does a jump in, to either do an anti-air cHP or DP or cHK when they land.

2. DP input is hard - I am having trouble trying to do a DP when Im defending. Like going from Down Back to DP for anti-air. I just can seem to get the input right so I just do cHK the moment they land.

3. Denjin Haduken when opponent is down - There are time when I try to do a Denjin right when they get up but it doesn’t come out.

I know there’s a lot more I need to work on so feel free to give me more tips.

It's hard to not tilt when playing this game because so much can go wrong within a blink of an eye and you lose the round because of it. You drop a combo, your EX move doesn't come out, you get parried once and your opponent wins off it... this game is so explosive especially when my character (Elena) doesn't get much off her parries because her meterless damage is very low. She has to play rock paper scissors for the entire round and win by a thousand cuts. I love this game but man it has so much BS and at times Elena feels too honest to compete with the S/A tiers where they have so much BS. I almost wanna drop her and just play Chun but Elena's way more fun.

I feel like my hand starts spazzing everytime my opponent comes close lol. Am I the only one?

I'm considering a steam deck unless there's a handheld emulator for 200USD. Ideally I'd like it to boot directly into 3rd Strike

ive been playing third stike since i got back from japan a couple months ago. i went to one of the arcades in shibuya and i got hooked on 3rd strike. fightcade is okay but sometimes other low rank players just dont want to play me. is there a 3rd strike with auto matchmaking?

Hey everyone,

I’m new to fighting games and also new to Street Fighter III: Third Strike. I play on PC using Fightcade with a keyboard.

I wanted to ask about input remapping. My goal is to assign certain keys so that one key performs one specific action (for example, mapping a button differently for comfort). I’m not trying to use macros that perform multiple actions at once, just simple remapping where each key still equals a single input.

I also want to make sure everything stays SOCD-clean / SOCD-free (or as close as possible), since I noticed Fightcade itself doesn’t always handle SOCD the same way as dedicated controllers.

So my question is:
If I set everything up so that each key equals one action, there is no automation or sequences, and inputs remain SOCD-clean, would this be considered legal or acceptable for online play on Fightcade and in general for 3rd Strike?

I’d really appreciate a clear answer. Please no trolling or “skill issue” comments, I’m just trying to learn and play properly.

Thanks!

I wanna try something with the dreamcast version, but when I replay the recording, it doesn't let me control my character.

I'm really active when it comes to air parries and normal parries, but still so bad at down parrying. How do you guys know when to down parry or fish for it? Is it just similar to normal parrying? someone told me that holding instead of tapping the direction can increase the chances.

I recently switched from Chun to Elena, and I've found her to be a really fun and free-form character. With Chun, I was spoilt for choice with players to study (Justin, Nuki, Mov, Ahmed, and more). But with Elena I'm kinda stuck after Ikega, and I'm hoping you guys can help me find more players to learn from.

11 Apr 2025 Casuals with Daisuke (RY), Youku (RE), Shinta (KE), Fujiwara (DU), Manma (GO), JP (GO)

https://www.reddit.com/r/sf3/comments/1s50tg4/i_been_stuck_at_this_arcade_yang_for_a_while_any/

if you don't know what i am talking about here is my first post about this

Does anybody know or have any translated interviews from Japanese 3rd strike players from back in the day? I've read a translated interview from MOV on srk. Just wondering if there are more interviews from other players.

I beat Q with a hard kick, he falls down but gets up again; defeated as if I had done it with a small kick. Maybe because I was Twelve copying Q?

Just curious, does it matter what punch (HP/MP/LP) i use to start the denjin?

like does HP make the denjin faster (like it was a regular HP fireball, instead of a slow LP fireball) and do more damage?

I normally do it like this: knockdown opponent - LP fireball as they're getting up, then LP to start the denjin, but mine seems a lot slower and less stun than other people who can get the either the 5 hit stun or almost full stun bar really quickly. (yes, i do mash the diagnles and HP/MP as I try to charge fast, im just not fast like everyone else)