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First of all you gotta prepare yourself for your visit to whatever arcade
you have in mind. There ain't nothing to it if yer already quite a personality
at yer local arcade, but if ya plan on venturing somewhere new, you can
take the first step towards crowd pleasing via the attitude you take with
you. Here are a few suggestions:
                                                                       
The M.I.B. Agent: Yup, wear a black suit, black everything, and shades.
                  Walk with your head held up high, chest out, stomach
                  in. Look everyone in the eye, be as stiff as you can
                  be, but look very comfortable once you sit on the MvC2
                  stool (don't slouch!). Show no emotion whatsoever, 'cept
                  maybe for an eyebrow raise once in a while, when he
                  lets you eat a super. Make no unnecessary and abrupt
                  actions. Stay calm, and never show any signs of surprise
                  or frustration when the opponent pulls off something
                  big. Be careful with your hands. Don't let them reveal
                  your true feelings of excitement.
                                                                       
The Nerd: The entire opposite of the M.I.B. agent. Wear clothes that don't
          match, thick eyeglasses, and DON'T comb your hair. Don't even
          shave if you usually do. Bring some school supplies, especially
          those ultra-thick Math and Science books, or even an encyclopedia
          if you really wanna dig in to the act. Now give a couple o'
          shy, very shy, smiles to some of the people before you play.
          Slouch a lot and keep your face very close to those buttons.
          Make sure you look more at those buttons than at the screen
          itself. When playing, be as oblivous as you can be from the
          world around you.
                                                                       
The Politician: Give everyone you see a nice, warm smile and welcome them
                with a handshake or even a hug. When you are challenged,
                comment on how cool his style is, and try giving him an
                optimistic speech even as he is already losing the match.
                Be very willing to give some advices as to how certain
                moves and combos can or should be used, but don't forget
                to tell him that his combos and style of play has potential.
                As for the audience, always talk to one or two or even
                all of them as if you're trying to convince them that
                the other guy is a very good player (only you are better,
                heheheh)
                                                                       
The Loudmouth: Well obviously the only thing you'll have to remember to
               successfully portray the Loudmouth is to never stop talking
               (correction: yelling) on just about everything that is
               happening in the game. Like when you've just been thrown,
               yell, "WTF WAS I THINKING!? WHY DID I FALL FOR THAT?" and
               when you get a super to connect, "IN YOUR FACE!! HOW DOES
               THAT FEEL!!??". Get the point? As for clothing, just wear
               something comfortable, or something really loose, and I
               mean really. Be as proud of yourself as you can be, but
               refrain from spilling any comments not related to the game.
               If you do your act right, even your opponent might laugh
               a bit. Try it, it feels good =p
                                                                       
The Professional: Wear the typical office-worker type of attire (coat
                  and tie, pressed everything, etc.) and greet everyone
                  with a quick nod. Bring some folders and binders with
                  lotsa files falling out---intentionally. An almost
                  useless pair of eyeglasses will also help improve your
                  image. Formally introduce yourself as someone who'll
                  either head an MVC2 Official Strategy Guide, an MVC2
                  website, or a reseach on the psychological effects
                  and/or epileptic tendencies of prolonged exposure to
                  video games. Now in the middle of the match cry, "Wait,
                  wait!" and proceed with taking down some notes. Ask
                  some personal info from your opponent like familylike,
                  working life, lovelife, etc.
                                                                       
The Pokemon Trainer: A scrubby red-and-white cap, a scrubby black shirt
[inspired by         and blue vest, scrubby jeans, and scrubby rubby
 Miguel Raya]        shoes and you're ready to go. Now choose some really
                     wacky characters like Amingo and Sonson or even some
                     serious yet out-of-this-world ones like Shuma Gorath
                     and Anakaris. And here's the fun part: let's take
                     Amingo for example: whenever you plan to do a super
                     or a special move, yell something like, "AMINGO,
                     RUSH ATTACK!" and proceed with the rush. If you're
                     gonna ask for Sonson's help, then yell first, "GO,
                     SONSON!" and if you're gonna switch to Shuma Gorath
                     then yell, "SHUMA GORATH, I CHOOSE YOU!" or "AWW,
                     AMINGO, R U HURT? RETURN! SHUMA GORATH, GO!" You
                     know you could even bring a Gameboy of some sort
                     and try to "analyze" your opponent's characters
                     or even your opponent! ;)
                                                                       
The Fanatic: Dress as your favorite arcade character. 'Nuff said.
                                                                       
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You enter the arcade and humbly look around. What do you see? (besides
the games, dammit!) Yup, people. There simply are many types, and by
deciding which type consistutes the majority of your future audience,
you should be able to decide what kinda strategy you'll pull off to please
most, if not all of them.
                                                                       
Types of players/audience: (these are just my opinion, ok?)
                                                                       
1) regular loner       - would probably range from the above average to
                         expert player. These are the types of people
                         who just play all day or whenever they have the
                         free time. They do not need to socialize, for
                         arcade games are their only lives. Easily impressed
                         by big, nasty combos, fairly impressed by flashiness,
                         but not impressed at all by someone who picks
                         the more uncommon characters in the game.
                                                                       
2) underage w/ parent  - knows abosulutely nothing about Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
                         in particular, and views all arcade games as one
                         and the same. And their parents usually know
                         even less. They'll just sit near you and mash
                         the buttons of the other player's side if it is
                         unoccupied. Easily impressed by loud moves and
                         supers, fairly impressed by bright moves and supers,
                         but definitely not impressed at all by the more
                         technical OTGs, Aerial Raves, etc.
                                                                       
3) scrub w/ girlfriend - thinks he's the greatest, and won't easily be
                         impressed by anything you throw at him. He can,
                         however, be highly pissed (AKA scared) by big,
                         nasty combos that end in supers, fairly pissed
                         by flashiness, and fortunately not pissed at all
                         with cheap, low quality beammers (because he
                         probably would be one himself). As for the cute
                         girlfriend, she'll probably know just one thing
                         that the underage won't: that Marvel Vs. Capcom 2
                         is a combination of people from Marvel Comics
                         and Capcom games! Easily impressed by colorful
                         and/or wacky supers, fairly impressed by an all-
                         girl's team, and unfortunately not impressed at
                         all by the more demonic characters.
                                                                       
4) worker              - is almost always an average player. There will
                         be some who are below average and some who are
                         above, but those are always rare occasions in
                         any arcade. Being an average player, he would
                         know of everything about the game, 'cept maybe
                         for those winning tactics only gained through
                         experience. Easily impressed by high-flying moves,
                         aerial raves, and Shinryuken type supers, fairly
                         impressed by the all-or-miss type of supers that
                         combo the opponent upon successful execution,
                         but, like the loner, will not be impressed at
                         all by someone who picks the more uncommon characters
                         in the game.
                                                                       
5) group of friends    - my favorite type of audience, this will be usually
                         composed of above average players, though one
                         or two of them could be either a newbie or a
                         toughie =p Either way, one of them is bound to
                         be highly impressed by any something you pull-off,
                         and when that happens his friends get fairly
                         impressed as well, thus you have already pleased
                         an entire crowd. Easily impressed by any Super
                         that drowns the opponent in energy (eg. Beam
                         Supers and Vacuum Supers), fairly impressed
                         by flashiness and Delayed Supers, still fairly
                         impressed by someone who uses joke characters,
                         and of course still fairly impressed by choosing
                         teams whose members have some sort of theme.
                         (eg. clothing colors) Not impressed at all by
                         those "prejudiced" characters like Cable, Akuma,
                         and Strider Hiryu.
                                                                       
6) first timer         - would know a thing or two on the other, older
                         games, but wouldn't know anything about Marvel
                         Vs. Capcom 2 in particular. He's the type that
                         actually still brings a mag or two in the arcades
                         for quick reference on moveslists and stuff like
                         that. Easily impressed by someone who choses
                         another game's boss (eg. Thanos from MSH), fairly
                         impressed by big, flashy combos, but not impressed
                         at all by someone who choses the joke characters
                         (mostly because he doesn't even know that they're
                         jokes, yet).
                                                                       
7) passerby            - THE hardest to please of them all, since, besides
                         the very short amount of time he'll allow you
                         to show-off before he continues towards his planned
                         destination, he also is, at this point, neither
                         interested in you nor in the arcade itself. He
                         is just, as his type suggests, a passerby. Your
                         best bets on impressing him would be limited
                         to three-man supers involving characters executing
                         wide-spread projectile supers. And if you ain't
                         charged up for that, any wacky super would do.