Lost Fragment
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Gootecks speaks like he's trying to seduce me during these things.
Fighting Games Weekly | September 10-16
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Gootecks speaks like he's trying to seduce me during these things.
Yeah, that was pretty gross, I just watched the second set just now- there were almost no matches they didn't let slip all night
Also, was it me or did Ultradavid kinda look like he wanted to smack Magus a couple of times?
toddhunter
Member
I think we all wanted to smack Magus a couple of times so I can understand it.
TTT2 GAF lobby.
http://www.twitch.tv/kadeybaybe
Wait till people like Degen come in and then the hilarity begins.
http://www.twitch.tv/kadeybaybe
Wait till people like Degen come in and then the hilarity begins.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
I think Magus would be mostly fine as a commentator if he didn't act so full of himself. It's fine for him to have opinions, but his constant attitude of "my opinion is the only correct opinion" gets old fast.
And the fact that he consistently discredits the players playing.
WesternHeretic
Member
I get hype for helm breaker... especially if it's a happy birthday helm breaker. Those are the BEST-EST-EST-EST-EST-EST!
Lost Fragment
Obsessed with 4chan
Magus is gatlyke. Y'all are trippin.
toddhunter
Member
Every time anchor sentinel comes in I get ready to rage. We know he has bad match ups on paper. We also have seen time and again that means nothing.
OK, I thought it might have just been me lol
I think that's it.
That, and his laugh bothers me.
I generally like Magus' commentary mostly because he actually knows his Marvel better than a lot of general commentators out there and really broke down the meta game really well. The way he outlined the match ups between KBeast and Knives was superlative, he really "gets" what Marvel is about.
I can give him some leeway in the commentary because he was supporting Norcal so he HAD to get hyped for Helm Breakers and happy birthdays, plus it all was falling in his favor when he was hyping up Vergil and Strider (and Viper too). I also give him some leeway in the bias when he comparing Falcomist's Nova to Infrit (Infrit's Nova is way better by the way, I have seen both).
What I don't like is how he completely dismisses legitimately strong characters in tough positions nor do I like how he claims that the game is going to boil down to 7 characters max and everyone else is going to be trash so anyone not picking those 7 characters is garbage. This especially comes to bite him in the butt when these aforementioned characters end up owning teams or winning matches. I am also tired of him not even considering Strider a character when not in XF, nothing can be further from the truth. Is anchor Strider the best position for him? Of course yes but Strider solo is still a very capable character it's just that Norcal hasn't unlocked that style of Strider play yet and would much rather rely on the XFLVL3 Strider.. and thus he has formed his opinion around this playstyle.
I can give him some leeway in the commentary because he was supporting Norcal so he HAD to get hyped for Helm Breakers and happy birthdays, plus it all was falling in his favor when he was hyping up Vergil and Strider (and Viper too). I also give him some leeway in the bias when he comparing Falcomist's Nova to Infrit (Infrit's Nova is way better by the way, I have seen both).
What I don't like is how he completely dismisses legitimately strong characters in tough positions nor do I like how he claims that the game is going to boil down to 7 characters max and everyone else is going to be trash so anyone not picking those 7 characters is garbage. This especially comes to bite him in the butt when these aforementioned characters end up owning teams or winning matches. I am also tired of him not even considering Strider a character when not in XF, nothing can be further from the truth. Is anchor Strider the best position for him? Of course yes but Strider solo is still a very capable character it's just that Norcal hasn't unlocked that style of Strider play yet and would much rather rely on the XFLVL3 Strider.. and thus he has formed his opinion around this playstyle.
BaroqueSampson
Member
Hellpockets would like a word.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Yeah, Magus loves to say the players on stream made bad character picks or are playing their characters wrong. I don't know why he thinks he knows the game so much better than them.
But he's not nearly as sexy as Rodger.
Big events in the next week? Seems like another slow one before SB.
Thing is, Magus sometimes isn't knowledgeable about what a player tried to do or something and he decides to call it "wrong" instead of admitting to potential ignorance. He does have decent knowledge, but how you express it is important too.
BaroqueSampson
Member
ultradavid seemed to agree with magus on non lvl3 strider
Nobody is as bad as Hak and Jago. I would pay for any events they go to for them not to commentate. If I wanted to be bored, I'd watch any of Smurf's matches. 
That's why commentary needs to be a duo thing. One for the hype and the other to sit there and look pretty being the butt of all jokes.
That's why commentary needs to be a duo thing. One for the hype and the other to sit there and look pretty being the butt of all jokes.
Sometimes he is right though even if the match doesn't play out like that. Starting Wesker against Viper is normally a bad idea, Viper wins the match up but Wentinel OCV'd Drew's team with Wesker. On paper the better thing to do would've been to start Magneto and that's what Magus commented on.
A lot of other things he said were right too like when he said that GCYoshi should've swapped Spencer in with Chris and used the Gunfire assist to back up Spencer in order to avoid the bad Chris match ups. Sometimes players ARE stubborn and there ARE ways to approach a match differently, Magus isn't shy to comment about it.
Sometimes he is way wrong though.
Ultradavid isn't always right either but he doesn't force his opinions down in commentary and is always willing to admit that he was either wrong or just didn't know. Also it's not that he thinks he is a bad character but that he just does low damage and in anchor position that's a pretty bad spot to be in without XF. Magus on the other hand thinks LVL3XF Strider or non-existent character.
Remember when people used to think regular Phoenix was a non-existent character until FChamp showed the way? Strider is very similar.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Hellpockets makes anything hype. Definitely my favorite in norcal.
Best commentary duo is Yipes/Matrix (for Marvel). Yipes is one of the most knowledgeable period, and Matrix AND Yipes can both be hype as hell.
Good vs. Evil was my favourite Marvel 3 event period. Shit was tense from start to finish.
One with morrigan would be cool but their aren't enough morrigans. There's Chris G Dieminion and Nerd Josh. Then there's 3J and Omni the latter hasn't been practising marvel at all.
toddhunter
Member
Yipes/Combofiend for me. Especially now Combofiend has plenty of time during tournaments and events.
People hated Pheonix but it is also always pretty hype and tense to watch. Vergil just isn't the same.
Professor Beef
Banned
My problem with Magus is that he can't be impartial on a damn thing.
SSF4 event at Seasons Beating:
EG vs the World
Floe, PRRog, Ortiz, JWong vs whoever
EG vs the World
Floe, PRRog, Ortiz, JWong vs whoever
It's the next best option to Phoenix from Vanilla. He is A) a villain B) associated with fraudulence C) enough top players play him D) gets enough hate among the community E) is a character that you have to know the match ups and utilize snap backs/mix ups... which always lead to hype.
toddhunter
Member
Needs more Floe
WesternHeretic
Member
I think he's in it. If he's going that is.
It would be weird if they do 4v4, most exhibition are 5v5 anyways.
Add me on steam FGC bruhs: enzo_gt
Will be playing at odd times though. I'm in the BL2-GAF group too if that makes it easier.
biosnake20
Member
I don't care about a good vs evil. Just give me an EC vs WC in Marvel. That would be Omega hype.
How odd? I will love this game to death so I will multiple chars for different co-op sessions.
The World is Laugh, Infiltration, Valle and one well known SF4 player making his SB debut.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Seconding Yipes and Chris Matrix as the best Marvel commentators.
I don't think they should do another good vs evil. There's no one that compares to what Phoenix was like last year.
I don't think they should do another good vs evil. There's no one that compares to what Phoenix was like last year.
At whenever I don't have school readings to do D:
If I'm on send a brother an invite.
LMAO!!!!
There is a girl coming from Mexico who wants to play Andre in Marvel....
I would watch that. It would be a shit ton closer then USA vs World. I mean if people got hyped for 5 Phoenix players getting clipped I think they can cheer again for 5 Vergils getting bopped.
There is a girl coming from Mexico who wants to play Andre in Marvel....
Yipes, Flocker, DrewGrimey/Padtrick, ShadyK, PRRog vs Justin, Combofiend, FChamp, ChrisG, MarlinPie?
I would watch that. It would be a shit ton closer then USA vs World. I mean if people got hyped for 5 Phoenix players getting clipped I think they can cheer again for 5 Vergils getting bopped.
I think that's the key point, Marvel is a game where you can make all the 'smart' moves and lose badly just because your opponents actions just happened to trump yours.
I don't think Marvel will ever be as much of a 'science' as say Street Fighter, and that's part of its charm.
You'll never be 'safe' in it.
-and because of that, acting like you have the formula for success or know what 'should be done' or not based on what you just saw work (that was a good move) vs what you just saw didn't work (he should have ___ instead) just comes off as kinda... eh....
(to me, anyhow)
Especially in Marvel where it gets crazy really fast and there IS a random factor in how things work sometimes.
Couple that with that 'huk huk huk huk' snicker he has as he sits bemused on his throne just gets under my skin.
though, I think it might all stem from his laugh....
differing theories about the game itself and it commentating theory be damned....
DAT LAUGH
"God's Beard!"
Member
...so the opponent made the "smart moves"?