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Norcal Regionals 2013 | Road to EVO 2013 Fighting Game Tournament | April 26-28

When I first saw that match, I was blinded by my Chris G fanboyism.

I read the tweets first (eventhubs), so I was watching that match with rose tinted glasses. Chris G said Senor Taxi's a bad player and I believed him, so I was trying to find faults in his gameplay.

Now, that I've seen the match again, well, Taxi's good, but his gameplay's very rough. He didn't finish his combos, and he won because of Dante comebacks. Heck, Dante was the MVP of that whole set, clipping morrigan and getting comebacks.
 
Catching the archives...

Oh my god.
YO CAN I GET A TAXI
woah nice shit
LET ME FIX MY FACE
HOLY SHIT TAXI!
HOLY SHIT!
TAXI TAXI TAXI
This set is amazing.
Awesome finish.
Holy shit, no name coming outta no where.
HOLY SHIT
Okay, that was a legit confirm. God damn.
awww yeahhh
What a wonderful night this has been, and it's not even the last night! Man...
LOLLLLLLLLL
That was COOL AS FUCK
Double devil trigger. I came.
OH. MY. GOD.
OMG. Avoided the choke.
TAXI! TAXI!
HOLY SHIT
Dang.
Just...
dang.
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That set, oh man.
I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I AM SEEING
DEVIL TRIGGER VS DEVIL TRIGGER
BIZARRO RICKY
CHRIS G LOSES IN MARVEL
Holy shit, amazing.
Lol dat dmc3 matchup
WOW
WOW
WOW
UPSET OF THE GOD DAMN MILLENIUM
HOLY FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
what the fuck
That was fucking wonderful
I fucking love this game. Hypest thing on the planet.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK I FIXED MY FACE. SOCAL IS BACK BABY
that was seriously the hypest match of the year
That was fucking intense. :lol
Good god that was so hype. That ending, devil triggers, oh man. So good.

And people say ChrisG killed the Marvel hype. =P

On another note, Magneto, Doom and Vergil are a horrible plague.
 
I just woke up after being high as fuck on hype from yesterday.

Click on this thread and it has blown up but not on the discussion of the match but ChrisG's attitude (which I think everyone agrees was a shit move).

But man I just saw the match again and it's still omega hype. You couldn't have scripted that finish better... Vergil vs Dante both DT activated no XF deciding the fate of the universe.
 
When I first saw that match, I was blinded by my Chris G fanboyism.

I read the tweets first (eventhubs), so I was watching that match with rose tinted glasses. Chris G said Senor Taxi's a bad player and I believed him, so I was trying to find faults in his gameplay.

Now, that I've seen the match again, well, Taxi's good, but his gameplay's very rough. He didn't finish his combos, and he won because of Dante comebacks. Heck, Dante was the MVP of that whole set, clipping morrigan and getting comebacks.

I think all three of his characters did a fair amount of work. The first game Chris assassinated Vergil which secured that game for him, and was constantly threatening the space Morrigan needs to get her work started and keeping Doom on constant notice. Spencer gave him the opportunity to get around Morrigan in another game with a well placed bionic arm that caught Doom too. Seems like a pretty nice team to me; I didn't like any of his team supers (I figure Spencer needs to be on point to get anything out of those for that team) but he has a solid setup.

Whether that team is a legit problem for Morridoom is another story. ChrisG played like shit so it's hard to read how that matchup would shake out long term.
 
Speaking of the n word. I saw Django Unchained finally. Great movie! Finally watched a good movie in the last 20 or so movies I watched.
And Chris G. Bad man. Me thinks he's been hanging around EVO hating people too much lately. Now. It's okay to whine and have your own opinions. But not at the expense of others. The real victim here is Taxi guy. He made his way to a tournament hoping to test his skills against great players and do well. He beats the best player in Marvel right now. And what does he get? He did not deserve that. He won fair and square and to discredit him like that while insulting him as well is despicable and just another bad look for the FGC. You are going to have big name people watching these streams now and then, they are going to look at this and wonder why they should bother with a community that has top players, who are supposed to set examples, acting like this. All it can take is one person to ruin everything for everyone.
I don't feel bad for Taxi guy at all. He won that fair and square and managed to make the best player in the game salty as fuck. Nobody is taking anything away from him except Chris G, and frankly everyone else only cares about the bottom line. No one else is making excuses. And the community has had worse in the past. If we survived BrazzersGate and Cross Assault, I think we'll survive one high profile player throwing a tantrum.

Men lie, women lie, numbers don't, etc.
 
No dude, hecklers do NOT give you the right to go attack them with those kinds of words.

True but you can't ban him when you are still guilty yourself for messing with him. I'm not saying Chris G right in calling him that but when you run the biggest FGC tourney you can't make fun of someone then ban him cause of that.
 
If you're not a part of that minority, you probably shouldn't be using those slurs out loud. If you're not gay, you probably shouldn't be caught out in public calling people homophobic slurs.

The Ghetto Pass isn't transferable. It doesn't work on a whole culture simply because you know a guy who lets you say it around them.



It's the concept of "watered down" that I'm picking at, basically. There are plenty of other, just as profane, ways to shit on a person with legitimate heat, without having to bust on a person's sexual orientation, or race. What you're essentially arguing is that it's somehow a negative if a person can't refer to another person using racist/homophobic/sexist terminology - and that using that terminology is KEY to the entertainment value of watching those streams. If people DON'T use that terminology, the quality of that entertainment is somehow lessened.

I don't understand this, and I don't agree with it. The hypest moments in fighting games have absolutely NO MENTION of homophobia or racial antagonization. Not one of them. So arguing that the ability to continue wallowing in that bullshit is ESSENTIAL to being part of the "community" seems pretty specious, to me.
I am curious to know what those words are, and I disagree with this sentiment. The reasons slurs are top tier insults is because they illicit visceral responses from the people they are insulting. If Chris G spits "PC Venom," he may as well keep his mouth shut and count to 10. If Chris G calls Mr. Wizard a "shitstain" vs "faggot," which is the better insult for Chris G to vent his rage? As an African American, I'd rather be called a nigger than a shitstain, but ymmv.
 
Wait what's happening guys...

I go to bed, and wake up, see some stuff about Chris G going ham on Twitter, and he loses to some guy? Is he out of Marvel completely? Does anyone have a link to the point in the archive where he plays?
 
all these quotes...

so is ChrisG still eligible for EVO?

Yes

I don't feel bad for Taxi guy at all. He won that fair and square and managed to make the best player in the game salty as fuck. Nobody is taking anything away from him except Chris G, and frankly everyone else only cares about the bottom line. No one else is making excuses. And the community has had worse in the past. If we survived BrazzersGate and Cross Assault, I think we'll survive one high profile player throwing a tantrum.

Men lie, women lie, numbers don't, etc.

Come on Enzo numbers do lie.
 
Wait what's happening guys...

I go to bed, and wake up, see some stuff about Chris G going ham on Twitter, and he loses to some guy? Is he out of Marvel completely? Does anyone have a link to the point in the archive where he plays?
Scroll up a bit to find the YouTube link. He's in losers bracket and has to play rattana then apology man. Lol
 
I am curious to know what those words are, and I disagree with this sentiment. The reasons slurs are top tier insults is because they illicit visceral responses from the people they are insulting. If Chris G spits "PC Venom," he may as well keep his mouth shut and count to 10. If Chris G calls Mr. Wizard a "shitstain" vs "faggot," which is the better insult for Chris G to vent his rage? As an African American, I'd rather be called a nigger than a shitstain, but ymmv.

You'd rather be called a nigger than shitstain? As an African american if somebody calls me that, they're getting a fist to the face.

Shitstain I would probably just laugh at.
 
I just love the random bionic arm comments. I saw 1 anti air bionic arm, and 1 bionic arm that punished an assit call while Chrisg was throwing out a soulfist mid air, mid animation.
 
I just love the random bionic arm comments. I saw 1 anti air bionic arm, and 1 bionic arm that punished an assit call while Chrisg was throwing out a soulfist mid air, mid animation.

ChrisG said that, or other people? They didn't look random to me at all; there weren't that many to begin with and most of them hit something.
 
You'd rather be called a nigger than shitstain? As an African american if somebody calls me that, they're getting a fist to the face.

Shitstain I would probably just laugh at.

I guess this goes back to Threi's point. I can shrug off nigger, you can't. You can shrug off shitstain, I can't. There is no political correctness when it comes to insults.
 
I don't feel bad for Taxi guy at all. He won that fair and square and managed to make the best player in the game salty as fuck. Nobody is taking anything away from him except Chris G, and frankly everyone else only cares about the bottom line. No one else is making excuses. And the community has had worse in the past. If we survived BrazzersGate and Cross Assault, I think we'll survive one high profile player throwing a tantrum.

Men lie, women lie, numbers don't, etc.

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

Some people will spin this as a fluke, a blemish on an otherwise dominant stream of wins, just like they swept his loss at the last tourney under the rug. It doesn't really matter, though - at this point in the game's lifespan, no one has managed to master every single facet of the roster, so upsets like this can still happen. Taxi had a legit win, and there's not much anyone can say to take that away from him.

I'm still kicking myself over missing that match, though - damn my body for needing sleep!
 
I guess this goes back to Threi's point. I can shrug off nigger, you can't. You can shrug off shitstain, I can't. There is no political correctness when it comes to insults.
Well insults aren't about being politically correct its about hurting the other persons feelings. If you know that's someone kypronyte in an argument is the n-word and you decide to call them that then yeah. I guess I'm agreeing
 
I guess this goes back to Threi's point. I can shrug off nigger, you can't. You can shrug off shitstain, I can't. There is no political correctness when it comes to insults.

I really don't want to debate right now its too early lol but I disagree. Certain things you can say and certain things you can't. Racial and Sexual Orientation slurs are almost universally accepted as being far worse on the PC scale than regular insults regardless of your personal feelings.

But anyways....when's Marvel or AE today? Hopefully I don't have to sit through Tekken or SFxTimeout:(
 
ChrisG said that, or other people? They didn't look random to me at all; there weren't that many to begin with and most of them hit something.

ChrisG: Do you really believe I would've got hit by random bionic arms.
Justin Wong: Well, to be honest, Chris shouldn't have lost. Random bionic arm doesn't work against Morrigan unfly.
 
I watched the match. I'm going to say it was staged because it was a fucking horrible match and the commentators were going on about "oh wouldn't it be MAGICAL if this guy could knock off Chris G?" For whatever reason he did lose he should not have thrown a shit fit for it. Neither should Beef.

"Black people" this, "black people" that. "Black people" don't think in a fucking hivemind. That in itself is why the word should not be restricted to a singular group. Who the fuck said that that is what "black people" want?

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When's mahvel?Always

When's drama? When Mahvel
 
Well insults aren't about being politically correct its about hurting the other persons feelings. If you know that's someone kypronyte in an argument is the n-word and you decide to call them that then yeah. I guess I'm agreeing

Which is why Fatboy Roberts point is lost on me. If I know you are using specific insults at me while not trying to throw certain groups under the bus, I'd consider you courteous.
 
ChrisG: Do you really believe I would've got hit by random bionic arms.
Justin Wong: Well, to be honest, Chris shouldn't have lost. Random bionic arm doesn't work against Morrigan unfly.

Haha, these dudes... whatever. I hope he plays even shittier today so we can get that meltdown.
 
Man that match was crazy, the sheer applause and cheering that busted up when SenorTaxi won was crazy. I really can't wait to see how things turn out today.

Haha, these dudes... whatever. I hope he plays even shittier today so we can get that meltdown.

"Bu bu bu bu but I'm a top player I have to win if I lose it isn't me its something else!"
 
I just love the random bionic arm comments. I saw 1 anti air bionic arm, and 1 bionic arm that punished an assit call while Chrisg was throwing out a soulfist mid air, mid animation.
Those 2 Bionic Arms were definitely not random. One time Chris got hit because he went in with Doom j.M and got clocked, another time he was in mid animation with Soul Fist while calling assist. You could say that in the second instance ChrisG could've flight cancelled out in time but the lag may have prevented him... however neither of those Bionic Arms were "random" they were well calculated actions and were in both situations the most optimal move he could've made.

The real random actions in that set were those 2 THCs with Chris that wasted 3 bars. That THC is better with Spencer and Dante not with Chris. In one instance he did force a play by Chris but it was not an optimum decision. Maybe if he had used the THCs when Morrigan was closer so that he had the threat of an instant Bionic Arm but in both cases she was full screen.
 
That match was really hype, but it was a gigantic fluke lol.
It wasn't a fluke. Flocker showed that the strategy used by Senor Taxi could be very effective against Morridoom (staying mobile in the air, getting random hits in, gaining a meter advantage), and Taxi had a team shell (Chris/Dante) better equipped to minimize her fireball pressure.
 
Some people will spin this as a fluke, a blemish on an otherwise dominant stream of wins, just like they swept his loss at the last tourney under the rug. It doesn't really matter, though - at this point in the game's lifespan, no one has managed to master every single facet of the roster, so upsets like this can still happen. Taxi had a legit win, and there's not much anyone can say to take that away from him.

Yeah, Taxi won fair and square. I'd say Chris was playing sloppy but I think that all came down to him being mind fucked in the first round when he had no idea how to deal with Chris backed up by jam session.

I just thinks his complaints about lag are pretty funny given how he wins every week on the Next Level monitors.
 
the fgc putting up with homophobic slurs is just as bad as that crazy bullshit that happened during the capcom-sponsored sfxt stream when that asshole was creeping on the female player

people need to be penalized for shit like that, it's the only way they'll learn
 
Chris G always gets scared like a little girl whenever he comes to the west coast.

My ideal scenario for this tournament would be Chris G getting knocked out early and KaneBlueRiver getting first.
 
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

Some people will spin this as a fluke, a blemish on an otherwise dominant stream of wins, just like they swept his loss at the last tourney under the rug. It doesn't really matter, though - at this point in the game's lifespan, no one has managed to master every single facet of the roster, so upsets like this can still happen. Taxi had a legit win, and there's not much anyone can say to take that away from him.

I'm still kicking myself over missing that match, though - damn my body for needing sleep!
Yeah I think that if Chris G met up with Taxi again he would body him, that tends to be how it works with Chris G. Now he's motivated. Even if it was a fluke, a win and is a win, and you have to hold that shit all the way down the losers bracket.

And damn, you're in the UK right? I can't imagine how late you stayed up if I was up until like 3AM on the EC O.o
 
Rootin' for Honzo Gonzo as always.

But yeah Chris G winning would be awesome too.

I think Scar made a comment on the Smash Top 8 that definitely applies here, so I'll work it around to Marvel-fy it:

You beat Winner's Bracket Chris G? That's great. Did you beat Loser's Bracket Chris G? No.

He's gonna be motivated today.
That cat on your avatar knows what's up.
 
Yeah I think that if Chris G met up with Taxi again he would body him, that tends to be how it works with Chris G. Now he's motivated. Even if it was a fluke, a win and is a win, and you have to hold that shit all the way down the losers bracket.

And damn, you're in the UK right? I can't imagine how late you stayed up if I was up until like 3AM on the EC O.o

I think Scar made a comment on the Smash Top 8 that definitely applies here, so I'll work it around to Marvel-fy it:

You beat Winner's Bracket Chris G? That's great. Did you beat Loser's Bracket Chris G? No.

He's gonna be motivated today.
 
Yeah I think that if Chris G met up with Taxi again he would body him, that tends to be how it works with Chris G. Now he's motivated. Even if it was a fluke, a win and is a win, and you have to hold that shit all the way down the losers bracket.

And damn, you're in the UK right? I can't imagine how late you stayed up if I was up until like 3AM on the EC O.o

Nah, I'm in South Florida. It's just that I was up all day; I fell asleep at my desktop, haha

I think Scar made a comment on the Smash Top 8 that definitely applies here, so I'll work it around to Marvel-fy it:

You beat Winner's Bracket Chris G? That's great. Did you beat Loser's Bracket Chris G? No.

He's gonna be motivated today.

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Agreed. He's gotta be chomping at the bit to shut everyone else up. He wants revengeance - he wants one more game!
 
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