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[Shouta]

Hotel and Flight booked. Cheaper than 2013 when I got it hella late, lol.

Also Jazz, that stickbug event is in Japan during NWM weekend, so nope for me. I've got JP guests to take care of, lol.

 

[SolarKnight]

Ughhhhhhhh, plane tickets need to go down in price. I'm not paying almost 400 dollars just for the plane alone...

 

[xezuru]

Disappointed in no KoF, no idea if entry numbers were declining as bad in some of the more KoF focused countries, makes sense to drop out, but still would've liked to see it.

Super surprised BlazBlue didn't take the other anime slot after GG, had great finals and reception and Ark/Arc Sys Moneys was hype.

Anyone else have a problem with Evo major games being ones that come out like a month or two before Evo starts? I mean it's great that they're new and fresh things for the FGC, but I dunno, kinda don't like the idea of giving out an Evo title and cash moneys to super new games with young baby meta, not trying to deminish the title, but the games are suuuper new.

 

[Clawww]

Ughhhhhhhh, plane tickets need to go down in price. I'm not paying almost 400 dollars just for the plane alone...

there's a chance they might since right now they're out of proportion to cheaper gas

 

[Lazyslob]

maybe ive been out of the loop but twitch has been absolute garbage these last few days. shits not even loading blah blah blah. are they having problems or some shit?

 

[irfaanator]

Ughhhhhhhh, plane tickets need to go down in price. I'm not paying almost 400 dollars just for the plane alone...

ohio to vegas is like 400$ as well . Trying to determine if I can go to EVO and NWM this year.

 

[Professor Beef]

Will try and book everything sometime in Feb. I should still be able to go, if things pan out.

 

[Kumubou]

Poor UNIEL

Best anime game goes unnoticed again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-P7ozfo6Q

 

[Lazyslob]

an answer would be tight

 

[Kumubou]

an answer would be tight

I'm always under the impression that Twitch is shitting itself; it's a classic instance where it's growth is far surpassing the company's ability to keep up with it. It could also be your ISP throttling or packet shaping traffic from Twitch, because they use a ton of bandwidth and American ISPs in particular are amazingly awful.

 

[alstein]

Disappointed in no KoF, no idea if entry numbers were declining as bad in some of the more KoF focused countries, makes sense to drop out, but still would've liked to see it.

Super surprised BlazBlue didn't take the other anime slot after GG, had great finals and reception and Ark/Arc Sys Moneys was hype.

Anyone else have a problem with Evo major games being ones that come out like a month or two before Evo starts? I mean it's great that they're new and fresh things for the FGC, but I dunno, kinda don't like the idea of giving out an Evo title and cash moneys to super new games with young baby meta, not trying to deminish the title, but the games are suuuper new.

Fighting games are often the most fun before the meta stabilizes. That's when you see the creative thinkers like the Viscants of the world shine over the technicians.

 

[Lazyslob]

I'm always under the impression that Twitch is shitting itself; it's a classic instance where it's growth is far surpassing the company's ability to keep up with it. It could also be your ISP throttling or packet shaping traffic from Twitch, because they use a ton of bandwidth and American ISPs in particular are amazingly awful.

hmm last few days twitch has been borderline abysmal. the streams have been fine but pages havent been loading and the goddamn site itself doesnt even load. thats all im askin

 

[QisTopTier]

GG = arc
P4A = atlus

 

[Lazyslob]

GG = arc
P4A = atlus

oh yeah huh! foreal! tell us more

 

[Malice215]

Plane tickets should have been dropped in price. Airlines trying to ride cheaper gas and baggage fees for as long as they can.

I'll book my stuff in Feb.

 

[QisTopTier]

oh yeah huh! foreal! tell us more

No

 

[Dahbomb]

Tekken 7 had me legit shook.

 

[Lazyslob]

No

oh okay


"hey im gonna say some stuff" "no"

 

[Azure J]

lol rhapsody, everyone would be too pure to understand the glory of prison school.

Spoiler

hana is still the best girl.

My man. :lol

 

[Professor Beef]

Plane tickets should have been dropped in price. Airlines trying to ride cheaper gas and baggage fees for as long as they can.

I'll book my stuff in Feb.

Yeah, same here. I'll have more money saved up by then. A friend of mine is already talking about getting a suite, and I'm sitting here like

damn man wait until I get paid and we have a solid headcount.

 

[Dlent]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-P7ozfo6Q

EDIT: I'm blind

 

[poopninjamvc3mk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-P7ozfo6Q

Da feels

Time to go back to learning Sho

 

["God's Beard!"]

Persona is bigger in Japan.

Spoiler

We're screwed.

My boy Koromaru gonna take it.

 

[Rainy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-P7ozfo6Q

EDIT: I'm blind

LOL

 

[Morris]

Anyone who was genuinely hoping for UNIEL is delusional.

Also plane tickets are around $400 for me as well. Doesn't seem too bad considering it's an international flight. Still need to find someone to share hotel room, or convince one of my friends to go with me...

 

[toddhunter]

Anyone who was genuinely hoping for UNIEL is delusional.

Pretty much. It is like hoping for no KI. It just isn't going to happen.

 

[Kadey]

I've been up almost 24 hours. Too much goodness in the last couple of days.

 

[ThatCrazyGuy]

As a spectator? No?

I hope they dont pipe it in either.

 

[Tizoc]

EDIT: Just saw the list, KoF 13'll likely be a side tourney. It can't be any less anime than Xrd anyways~

 

[Thomasorus]

I didn't follow P4U so I ask: is there really a competitive community in the states on this game? Like bigger than Uniel?

 

[vulva]

hotel booked, staying at Bally's since I gather it's the same location as 2013, want to be as close as possible.

Flight won't get booked til like June since that's the cheapest time to book based on my experience

 

[Astarte]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-P7ozfo6Q

Incredible

 

[call_kotaku]

I didn't follow P4U so I ask: is there really a competitive community in the states on this game? Like bigger than Uniel?

I think it's bigger than UNIEL, and a ton of people picked up (and quickly dropped) the first game. At this point just being an EVO game will keep the community steady, which is good because I would guess a lot of the community would be willing to drop the game if GGXrd was the only anime game at EVO.

 

[BakedYams]

Yeah, same here. I'll have more money saved up by then. A friend of mine is already talking about getting a suite, and I'm sitting here like

damn man wait until I get paid and we have a solid headcount.

Nah man, we gotta be ready before then.

 

[Azure J]

So out of boredom I recreate the double Faust oil explosion with my brother who had never seen it before. The result was kind of amazing.

Spoiler

Dat 8GB GDDR5 RAM doe

 

[Lemstar]

I didn't follow P4U so I ask: is there really a competitive community in the states on this game? Like bigger than Uniel?

People here have been dumping on it since before release. People who are dedicated to it play it, but general anime players are more likely to be off in Xrd land. 2.0 sounds like it's better, but it's only been a few days since arcade release; no idea what the state of the game is going to look like once it plays out more.

I'm totally not salty that CP Extend didn't make it or anything. Not one bit.

 

[DryEyeRelief]

Persona is probably only in the lineup because of atlus. But I hope it confirms that Ultimax 2.0 will be out on console before July.

 

[Kadey]

What's that word that DB likes to throw around a lot? Begins with an m.

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

Persona has Labrys so it was guaranteed to make it in.

 

[Dlent]

What's that word that DB likes to throw around a lot? Begins with an m.

m'Vergil

 

[Dahbomb]

m'Vergil

It's money hats.

 

[Dlent]

It's money hats.

That's two words.

 

[A Pretty Panda]

What's that word that DB likes to throw around a lot? Begins with an m.

Member, Junior

 

[Professor Beef]

Nah man, we gotta be ready before then.

Fuck that, I don't book shit until I have the details. I nearly got burned waiting on someone to confirm last year at EVO.

 

[FindMyFarms]

Man im REALLY liking xrd, hopefully i get to play with some gaffers at evo!

 

[Shouta]

Atlus might have some hand in P4U2 but the strong international presence sure helps too. All the big P4U2 players are guaranteed to come considering they showed up for 2013 too.

 

[The Sarcastic Dude]

Well, shit they actually had both 4 and Melee and even had room for another game (Tekken 7). Pretty surprised. EVO line-up looks pretty good.

 

[toddhunter]

Well, shit they actually had both 4 and Melee and even had room for another game (Tekken 7). Pretty surprised. EVO line-up looks pretty good.

After 4 and melee they probably felt they should add another fighting game.

 

[Rentahamster]

And hopefully Wiz figures out a way to get commentary piped into the ballroom. I know it's on his list of improvements.

It might work for those RTS and MOBA events, but I prefer no commentary in the live audience for fighting games.

 

[Rentahamster]

Registration numbers are going to be massive judging by the fact they've been growing every year. SF4 was 1.6k in 2013 and almost 2k in 2014. This year after showing off dat e-sports money for SF5 and Capcom Cup bringing in over 90k viewers at peak internationally I predict 2.2k will be broken quite easily. Melee went from 700 in 2013 to almost 1k in 2014. It will probably bring in as many players as Apex if not more. The only game that might see a slight decline is Marvel. With all those new games like Smash 4, Tekken, and GG I don't know how they're going to have room to do anything in there! Best of luck to the staff. I don't envy them. lmao

Plus, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, the Bally's event hall isn't as big as the LVH's hall last year? Last year's hall was freaking huge, and it was awesome.

I don't recall 2013's hall being that large.