notworksafe
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Champ and Chris are obviously involved. Shocking that the two shadiest dudes are involved with a shady crowdfunding endeavor.
Fighting Games Weekly | Jul 6-12 | Freuds Among Us
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Lost Fragment
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So who the fuck is holding onto this money? Justin? I mean I guess I'd actually trust him more than others to actually pay out the donated money to the winner.
The existence of this thing is the 2nd dumbest shit in the world. The actual dumbest shit is the fact that people are actually donating to it.
The existence of this thing is the 2nd dumbest shit in the world. The actual dumbest shit is the fact that people are actually donating to it.
DryEyeRelief
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If they're fine with the results why wouldn't they buy into the excuses.
Xrd at 9 am in the morning is for international audiences because the ideal time for Japan is 1 am on Monday morning. Yeah that makes total sense.
Cue Vulva saying we don't care about your emo anime games
It's Justin running this and I'm not sure there's a less shady dude in the entire FGC.
notworksafe
Member
Justin isn't shady at all, I agree. That doesn't make this thing not incredibly moronic, ill considered, and shameless as all hell.
buy we know there are more players behind (At least Champ)
Title should be changed to
Fighting Games Weekly | Jul 6-12 | Go Fund Yourself
The saddest thing out of all of this is that the best Marvel 3 team tutorial was made 4+ years ago with Viscant's Marvel 1.0 video (Clockwork's was good too but it was yet another Dark Phoenix video).
Since then I have seen very few amazing tutorials for the game. Among the best ones I have seen is a damn near hour long Iron Man tutorial (it's really good and much more than the character actually deserves).
The type of content these guys are gating behind pot bonus stretch goals is stuff they should be releasing for free. In fact if they should've just said "donate us money to help us make more Marvel 3 tutorial videos" then that would be WAY more helpful to the community.
Since then I have seen very few amazing tutorials for the game. Among the best ones I have seen is a damn near hour long Iron Man tutorial (it's really good and much more than the character actually deserves).
The type of content these guys are gating behind pot bonus stretch goals is stuff they should be releasing for free. In fact if they should've just said "donate us money to help us make more Marvel 3 tutorial videos" then that would be WAY more helpful to the community.
Not really poorly though out when people are buying into it.
They clearly have an understanding of their audience.
I don't think Justin is shady at all. He was a very nice guy when he came to Peru and even paid for dinner the last day he stayed here with us. I'd go with poorly thought out as mentioned above. I'm sure there are other ways to "Bring the hype!". Also, aren't registrations closed already? How exactly are they bringing more hype? I'm sure people will still play to their full capacity in the tournament.
I agree with this.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
It's not just the best team tutorial.
It was Viscant saying "this is how I'm going to win Evo. Here are all the tricks and resets I'm going to use." and putting it out there for everyone to see.
And then several months later he won Evo doing exactly that.
Professor Beef
Banned
They managed to find people willing to actually throw money away. I can't be too mad at this, stupid as it is.
Crowd Funding is one of those things where I just can't be bothered to develop strong opinions one way or the other.
If people want to see higher stakes at a Marvel tourney and are willing to shell out their money for it? Good for them. I'm not, but I do think it might light a fire under top Marvel players who don't really have other games at high level. Guys like Clockwork, Jan, Kane, Ray Ray, etc.
I like that it pays out to top-16. I like that it's on top of the bounties Justin already put on himself, Chris and Ryan.
If people want to see higher stakes at a Marvel tourney and are willing to shell out their money for it? Good for them. I'm not, but I do think it might light a fire under top Marvel players who don't really have other games at high level. Guys like Clockwork, Jan, Kane, Ray Ray, etc.
I like that it pays out to top-16. I like that it's on top of the bounties Justin already put on himself, Chris and Ryan.
call_kotaku
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I feel like he's a dude that does all the semi-shady stuff a ton of people do (collusion, raffles, etc), but stuff never sticks to him because he knows when to hustle and when to lay low. I would never assume that he has legit intentions or take his word at face value, but ultimately he wouldn't do anything that would hurt his reputation.
Basically, I don't think he'd get involved with anything shady unless there were a bunch of other dudes that would look way more guilty if the whole thing falls apart.
same. I trust Justin only to that extent. He's done this collusion stuff before, I thought.
Immortal Technique
Member
Justin Wong not shady? The patron saint of bracket floating and collusion?
Like, it's pretty clear everybody involved just wants to get some money to support the game. That's cool and I don't think people should slam them for asking for money.
Asking for money a week before Evo with poor incentives this way is pretty absurd though. It sounds like a dinner plan drawn on a napkin scenario that wasn't thought all the way through. (Unless some random FGC politics happened and it had to be done this way)
Asking for money a week before Evo with poor incentives this way is pretty absurd though. It sounds like a dinner plan drawn on a napkin scenario that wasn't thought all the way through. (Unless some random FGC politics happened and it had to be done this way)
The money gets spread to the rest of top 16.
yasss
Parallax Scroll
Banned
I agree that it's poorly thought out.
For one, a group on reddit was already planning to set this up. Justin jumped the gun and made his own, so now it looks like he's trying to take money for himself.
No one even proofread it. People are confused about what the stretch goals mean because they're worded so poorly.
They could do way better on the rewards especially when they're asking for thousands of dollars.
For one, a group on reddit was already planning to set this up. Justin jumped the gun and made his own, so now it looks like he's trying to take money for himself.
No one even proofread it. People are confused about what the stretch goals mean because they're worded so poorly.
They could do way better on the rewards especially when they're asking for thousands of dollars.
The shit he stopped doing once it actually became controversial?
Collusion wasn't a word in the FGC until three years ago, yet was happening a decade ago.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
The Last Emperor
Member
I'm not surprised at all that Justin is trying to screw innocent people out of there hard earned money
This is the same person who told Capcom not to hire Combofiend because Peter went to Complexity and not EG
This is the same person who told Capcom not to hire Combofiend because Peter went to Complexity and not EG
This is exploitative for sure, but he's not screwing people over, they're doing that to themselves.
Professor Beef
Banned
FFS people, look who you're responding to.
biosnake20
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StriKeVillain
Banned
Is TheLastEmperor the new Astrolad of FG Weekly?
Astro could literally take a thread and throw it on it's head with one post. Derail troll monster.
Astro could literally take a thread and throw it on it's head with one post. Derail troll monster.
theprodigy
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What does the USF4 Evo payout look like anyway?
I know he's trolling but that 2nd comment looked oddly specific and I want to know if that was actually a thing.
DryEyeRelief
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Namco cup?
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Is it weird that I think Nintendo wanted a weird ass time?
Parallax Scroll
Banned
50k from capcom plus entrance fees
notworksafe
Member
Gotta catch Smash fans before naptime
DryEyeRelief
Member
Yeah because it's Saturday and not Sunday still
If this were a Nintendo thing, they would be in MKX top 8's timeslot and Melee would be the one getting screwed over
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
That's actually exactly what I was thinking except not like a dick like that.
It's on right after the Saturday morning cartoons are on anyways
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Could you even imagine an hour long video narrated by Chris G
So French Bread busted their ass on this series for a long time (over a decade!) and turned the game from a zero to one of the best damn 2D fighters made last generation. Too bad none of them have ever come out internationally, and none of them ever will because the Type-Moon tax is now criminally insane. ;_; Rumor is that they have a sequel/remake on deck to go alongside the Tsukihime remake that Type-Moon is making... so expect that in 20XX.
And for most people in this thread, that's probably way more than you ever wanted to know about some random anime fighter.
I still ask "Where's Melty Blood on Steam?" to this day directed toward random accounts that might have anything to do with type-moon.
DryEyeRelief
Member
Do they even have saturday morning cartoons anymore
