katsubento
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Boggles the mind.
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Boggles the mind.
yes, he put himself 1st place after listing 7 very probable players in the top 8 lol
and i can't believe cpt doesn't have enough fight money to purchase balrog smh
ViewtifulJC
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BakedYams on stream with the trash Necali
sixteen-bit
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lol, Marn's not getting invited back
ViewtifulJC
Banned
the first round he had Mike and it looked like he was the Chosen One. Then he misses like every combo, never AAs, mashes jab, and punishes Mike with throw for the last two rounds and fails us all.
This sounds like the last time I played Yams like two months ago lol
It almost put me on tilt with him bc I knew he could do better
skLaFarebear
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Yams pls
ViewtifulJC
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could he do better tho
notworksafe
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For those that were wondering, Wizard said the Bang the Machine showing is gonna be Saturday afternoon. Again, I really suggest going if you haven't seen it before. It's a classic!
Professor Beef
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MikeBreezy92
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Yup taking that weekend off.
sf2fanatic
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Saw the commercial for EVO on Espn.
So TV or stream?
Rice-Eater
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I'm going to have both of them on. I hope everybody does the same to support EVO as much as possible.
BTW, I saw this tweet
https://twitter.com/SRKRanking/status/750310586651648000
Apparently their are 9589 unique players. But the numbers for each game don't match up with the numbers Wiz released last week. Apparently SFV has 5099 instead of 5065 and Pokken has 888 instead of 1165 for example. Still it's very cool to check out the site to see some of the stats like being able to see all the players from each country.
notworksafe
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Karsticles
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Wow, modders already have Decapre, all dolls, all Shadaloo soldiers, and the DLC characters on playable status on PC.
This is why we can't have nice things.
This is why we can't have nice things.
irfaanator
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Paying to see Ultrachen?
ultrachen need that booze money
PreyingShark
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It seems that what had happened was that some pools were missing or something like that.
EDIT: Yep they did indeed not have a lot of that game's pools uploaded. Guessing that site used those for the stats.
Rice-Eater
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That would explain some of the games that have less. But it's still kind of strange for others that have more than what Wiz tweeted a week ago. Maybe Wiz was a little off and the higher numbers are official? I mean the database says so and has a head count for every registered player. We'll see if it changes in the next week and half though.
Other interesting stats include how many dedicated players each game has and how many players playing a certain game also entered others. Melee has the most dedicated players with nearly two-thirds of their players only playing Melee. SFV and Smash 4 are close to half each with every other game having less than a third only playing their respective game.
DryEyeRelief
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so will sfv semi finals be off the main stage?
that's at least 8 hours dedicated to other games
ThatCrazyGuy
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I kinda wished tekken stayed all on Friday, haha.
Well, we're basically a week out from Evo (!!!!) so it's probably a good time to post this question:
Anyone got a good sort of "Survival Guide" for a first time (only time) Evo attendee? Or really just any general advice?
This will be my first (and realistically, probably only time) going to this event and I'm kind of at a loss of what to actually do when I get there. I've never been to any other FG tourney so I really have no idea what a normal day is going to be like. Do people normally spend their entire day just sitting in chairs and watching? On that note, can you hear the commentators while watching from the audience? I'm still not 100% clear on every game being played (I have no idea how Pokken works, for instance) and would be totally lost while watching something like that with no announcer explaining anything. I'm absolutely 1000% piss poor at playing these things, so playing a bunch of casuals is probably out. And I know the tourney's in Vegas...but I've been to Vegas plenty of times and that's not really the point of going to Evo.
I figure this is going to be my only real chance to ever attend this thing and don't want to miss something everyone else would consider a "Must See". At this point the only thing I know 100% I'm doing is 1) Attending Fri-Sat-Sun and 2) going to try and see "Bang the Machine" for it's 90's glory. What would be y'alls must-do list? See a random hilarious game (Dong Dong Never Die, Jackie Chan Fist of Fury)? Get into a Money Match room somehow to see the sets? Stay after hours in the main rooms to catch random stuff (Floe playing 'I wanna be the guy' was a few years ago, right?)?
And does FGCGAF meet up during these things?
Anyone got a good sort of "Survival Guide" for a first time (only time) Evo attendee? Or really just any general advice?
This will be my first (and realistically, probably only time) going to this event and I'm kind of at a loss of what to actually do when I get there. I've never been to any other FG tourney so I really have no idea what a normal day is going to be like. Do people normally spend their entire day just sitting in chairs and watching? On that note, can you hear the commentators while watching from the audience? I'm still not 100% clear on every game being played (I have no idea how Pokken works, for instance) and would be totally lost while watching something like that with no announcer explaining anything. I'm absolutely 1000% piss poor at playing these things, so playing a bunch of casuals is probably out. And I know the tourney's in Vegas...but I've been to Vegas plenty of times and that's not really the point of going to Evo.
I figure this is going to be my only real chance to ever attend this thing and don't want to miss something everyone else would consider a "Must See". At this point the only thing I know 100% I'm doing is 1) Attending Fri-Sat-Sun and 2) going to try and see "Bang the Machine" for it's 90's glory. What would be y'alls must-do list? See a random hilarious game (Dong Dong Never Die, Jackie Chan Fist of Fury)? Get into a Money Match room somehow to see the sets? Stay after hours in the main rooms to catch random stuff (Floe playing 'I wanna be the guy' was a few years ago, right?)?
And does FGCGAF meet up during these things?
ShadowSoldier89
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Play your pools, play casuals, visit vegas, play casuals, watch some fights, play casuals
For those going Vegas let me leave a suggestion
Border Grill Brunch (Inside caeser's palace. There is another but not sure where) $35-45 All you can eat small plates, add all you can drink Mimosas. This is fantastic and I highly recommend it
sixteen-bit
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Ross was right though; Yams had the best Necalli outfit.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Enjoy Vegas. Make a proper vacation out of it.
EVO actually isn't the best major tournament to attend if you're just going for the fighting game side of things. Too massive, too busy, too crowded.
My prep for VF at EVO 2012 involved watching a 2-hour how-to-play video by LA Akira, 30 minutes of combo practice, then not touching the game at all during the month between then and EVO.
My first match was on stream. It basically consisted of me flailing around while trying to remember the half dozen moves that I learned how to use before, getting my teeth kicked in on the first game, and then winning the set off of the one gimmicky back-turn setup I practiced and finally remembered.
EVO actually isn't the best major tournament to attend if you're just going for the fighting game side of things. Too massive, too busy, too crowded.
play casuals!!
my first match at SEGA Cup 2013 was on stream and i hadn't warmed up at all... not a good look
My prep for VF at EVO 2012 involved watching a 2-hour how-to-play video by LA Akira, 30 minutes of combo practice, then not touching the game at all during the month between then and EVO.
My first match was on stream. It basically consisted of me flailing around while trying to remember the half dozen moves that I learned how to use before, getting my teeth kicked in on the first game, and then winning the set off of the one gimmicky back-turn setup I practiced and finally remembered.
I'm worried playing casuals would be an awful option due to my innate ability to suck at all fighting games. But hey, as long as someone is willing to play someone awful I'll give it a go. Might be a good time to learn some stuff and try to get better or something.
Hah, I remember reading that story from you before. It's still hilarious.
My prep for VF at EVO 2012 involved watching a 2-hour how-to-play video by LA Akira, 30 minutes of combo practice, then not touching the game at all during the month between then and EVO.
My first match was on stream. It basically consisted of me flailing around while trying to remember the half dozen moves that I learned how to use before, getting my teeth kicked in on the first game, and then winning the set off of the one gimmicky back-turn setup I practiced and finally remembered.
Hah, I remember reading that story from you before. It's still hilarious.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
25% of the players who attend any double elimination tournament are going to go 0-2.
You're in good company.
nice! wish i played your opponent instead of this guy who's been in the community for ice ages. what character were you using?Enjoy Vegas. Make a proper vacation out of it.
EVO actually isn't the best major tournament to attend if you're just going for the fighting game side of things. Too massive, too busy, too crowded.
My prep for VF at EVO 2012 involved watching a 2-hour how-to-play video by LA Akira, 30 minutes of combo practice, then not touching the game at all during the month between then and EVO.
My first match was on stream. It basically consisted of me flailing around while trying to remember the half dozen moves that I learned how to use before, getting my teeth kicked in on the first game, and then winning the set off of the one gimmicky back-turn setup I practiced and finally remembered.
StriKeVillain
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This will be my second year at Evo. We have a lot of folks who go so we're mostly just hanging out all the time - there's not a specific "meet up". We exchange cell numbers, twitter handles, etc and then just hit someone up if you're bored or having something cool going on (Catherine tournament!)
I'll be flying in on Wednesday. Want to do Red Rock on Thursday morning, then check-in and get my badge later that day.
PM me when you get in and we can hang out.
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Thanks for that tip, ShadowSoldier89. I'll add it to my list. I bought a 3-day pass on the LV monorail so I want to get as much use out of it as I can. Figure I'll be doing a lot of shuttling from Westgate/CC to the strip proper.
with casuals, the outcome only matters in your capacity to learn from it. win or lose, doesn't matter, just learn. no one innately sucks at fighting games. rather, everyone is inherently bad at something they haven't learned how to do.
play casuals
ShadowSoldier89
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I just googled, apparently their other location...is in mandalay bay
Seriously check out this menu. They let you order 2 plates at once, and then jsut keep em coming
http://www.bordergrill.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/BGLV-FS-Border-Brunch-0715.pdf
lucebuce12
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StriKeVillain
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Holy shit. It's really close to the events center too. I know what I'm doing on Sunday...
I used to have a huge problem with this, and the advice I've been given from multiple top players (in both English and Japanese) is to not worry about it. Basically, most players enjoy playing the game (we haven't gone full e-sports yet) and the vast majority of them want to play a lot of different people too. That and if they really do want to play someone else (and that's not something you should take offense to, even if they are blowing you out), they will let you know. That and you'll probably be poked off the setup by other people wanting to play far before that happens.
I still remember my first match from the Evo 2012 VF5:FS tournament... mainly because it was against Jebailey, I had him pegged as a super scrubby Lion, my read was absolutely right and I still managed to get hit by Lion's 2KK less than a second into the match. -_-
I was actually training and playing online a bunch for this tournament and was hoping to get out of my pool, but I managed to end up having Kissa (who was one of Japan's top Shun players) and GentlemenThief (generally considered to be America's best VF player) in my pool, so that was... uh, highly unlikely. :X
Oh man, this place looks good. And GAF's suggestions for food in Vegas have almost never gone wrong, so I guess I know what I'm doing before Xrd finals.
Well that's discouraging, saying that they're not the only player who's bad
Eid Mubarak!
notworksafe
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Might as well repost my Vegas food suggestions post since folks are asking about stuff to do/eat. These are some of my favorite spots:
irfaanator
Banned
I think we tried to hit up Hash House before we left last year, but the wait was like over an hour so we decided not to
ShadowSoldier89
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I remember this conversation, always a fun one.
Bacchanal was pretty awesome, $65 or so for the buffet and crazy variety, most of which is good.
Another good steak option if you feel like traveling a little is Vic and Anthony's over in the Golden Nugget in old vegas. One of the best steaks i've ever had. Cost me around $75 for the meal though
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