Fighting Games Weekly | July 13-19 | Stream Monster Yearly: Evolution 2015

shaowebb said:
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Will certainly watch all of the Sunday top 8's, but USF4 and T7 are the only games I'll be watching from start to finish. Will also get in as much Marvel as I can from late pools/quarterfinals.

Don't really care who wins, I just hope for some American representation deep into the tournaments since otherwise the hype gets deflated in the venue and it really shows through the stream, and that's a bummer. Although I'm really pulling for Chris G to win Marvel since this potentially could be the last year people care about this game and I think his past reign of dominance needs to be rewarded with an Evo title so the history books look right.
 
smurfx said:
i think this question would go well with dahbomb's questionnaire. which notable players do you think won't make top 8 for their games? cloud is mine for umvc3. of course i'm picking daigo for usf4.
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That's too easy of a question IMO.

There are so many "notable" players you can list to get easy points.

Like I can say "man LPN is not making top 8 for USF4". I wouldn't be wrong because LPN is a "notable" player.


I thought about doing it but there's too loose of a definition for notable player to put it in and it's pretty easy to get guess who won't make it into top 8 as opposed to who will.
 
My survey responses

Dahbomb said:
FIRST ANNUAL NEOGAF FGW EVO 2015 PREDICTION COMPETITION!

1) 4
2) 3
3) 3
4) 1
5) Yes, dressed as the new kiwi character
6) 9
7) 30
8) 12
9) 2
10) No
11) Highest: Marvel Lowest: Xrd
12) 3
13) 2
14) Season 2: by 2
15) 2
16) Longest: Tekken 7 Shortest: Marvel
17) Yes: Jwong for UMvC3
18) No
19) 1AM PST
20)
P4A: Banana Ken
Smash 4: Zero
Killer Instinct: Max
MKX: Perfect Legend
Xrd: Ogawa
Smash Melee: Mango
UMvC3: Jwong
USF4: Momochi
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I believe in the banana man with the banana plan.
 
Aight I won't joke. My brand of humor ain't good in this current climate. Really though if ya are intresting in how DOA plays some good players appear in my stream. Check it out and see what is going on.
 
ShinMaruku said:
Aight I won't joke. My brand of humor ain't good in this current climate. Really though if ya are intresting in how DOA plays some good players appear in my stream. Check it out and see what is going on.
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I wouldn't call it humor, but instead a lack thereof. In any climate.
 
Dahbomb said:
I should probably make that a bit clear in that question because people have been misinterpreting it a bit.
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One thing about the questionnaire that's a little unbalanced is the fact that a couple of the bonus questions require that the preceding question be answered "yes". So anyone that says "no" only has a chance of gaining 5 points maximum while someone that is guessing "yes" has a chance of gaining 8 points maximum.
 
ShinMaruku said:
That is the beauty of humor it's subjective. The only universal thing in humor is delivery.
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Puns don't work when the words used are bad or in typed form dont hide the double meaning.

Also overly talking about ass titties and so on starts to paint a bad image.
 
Dahbomb said:
FIRST ANNUAL NEOGAF FGW EVO 2015 PREDICTION COMPETITION!

I am personally holding NeoGAF's first ever EVO prediction contest. I will be listing a bunch of questions and you have to predict as many as you can. The person who gets the most points gets awarded $20 by me personally!


Here are the questions (finals/top 8 means finals including all days):

1) How many US players will be in the top 8 of Persona 4, Tekken 7 and GGXrd combined?

4

2) How many US players will be in the top 8 of USF4?

2

3) How many “gods” will be in the top 8 of UMVC3 (gods are Justin Wong, FChamp, ChrisG)?

3

4) How many players will cry on stage (whether tears of joys or tears of sadness)?

All of them, minus USF4

5) Will Ono appear in a cosplay? If so then which character? (getting the 2nd question right will award you bonus points)?

As Blanka of course

6) How many different characters will we see in the top 8 of USF4 (counter picks included)?

6

7) How many different characters will we see in the top 8 of UMVC3 (counter picks included)?

14

8) How many different characters will we see in the top 8 of both the Smash games combined (counter picks included)? [Same characters from the two different games count as different characters so if there's a Fox in a Smash 4 top 8 and a Fox in Melee top 8, that counts as two separate characters as they are different games] See this post for a better explanation.

8

9) How many fatalities will we see in the top 8 of MKX?

0

10) Will Tekken x SF be at EVO? If yes then name two characters that they will unveil at the event (getting the 2nd question right will award you bonus points).

No

11) Which game will have the highest stream numbers at EVO in a top 8? Bonus question: Which game will have the lowest stream numbers in a top 8? (cannot specify same game for both in order to increase your changes to get at least one right)

Marvel ofc

Lowest: Persona

12) How many players will appear in more than one top 8 at EVO?

4

13) How many grand final bracket resets will there be at EVO?

3

14) Will there be more Season 1 or Season 2 characters in Killer Instinct top 8? Bonus question: By how much?

ummmm Season 1? (Complete guess as I dont follow KI)

15) How many different countries will be represented in the top 8 of USF4?

4

16) Which game will have the longest top 8 runtime? Bonus question: Which game will have the shortest run time in top 8? (Cannot specify same game for both in order to increase your chances to get at least one right)

Longest running: Smash4

Shortest: Persona

17) Will any player make a repeat win at this year’s EVO from last year?

Justin Wong

18) Will there be a brand new fighting game announcement at EVO? Bonus question: If so then what will it be?

No

19) At what time will EVO finish at (rounded to the nearest hour) on the final day?

2am EST

20) FINAL QUESTION: Who will win EVO for each individual game?

USF4: Mago

Marvel: Justin Wong

P4: BananaKen

Xrd: Ogawa

MKX: SonicFox

Melee: Mango

Smash4: N/A

Tekken 7: N/A


Getting a regular question right will give you 5 points. Getting a bonus question right will give you 3 points. Final question is worth 3 points per game you get right.

In the event of a tie, the questions that involved guessing with numbers will be used as tie breakers (ie. who got the closest to the guesses across all questions).

You can post your responses in FGW or you can PM me your answers. Deadline is before the start of EVO 2015.
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Watching Max' Ken breakdown now and I really like the dynamic they've created for the character. Short normals, offensive-based gameplay with V-Trigger to double down or sacrifice for V-Counters because of the lack of defensive options.

BadWolf said:
Any word on which company he works at now?
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It sounded like an indie thing.
 
AAK said:
One thing about the questionnaire that's a little unbalanced is the fact that a couple of the bonus questions require that the preceding question be answered "yes". So anyone that says "no" only has a chance of gaining 5 points maximum while someone that is guessing "yes" has a chance of gaining 8 points maximum.
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Yeah but some of those questions are already imbalanced anyway because stuff like Tekken x SF being announced has very little chance of happening.

So you can go for the easy points by saying no or you can go big with the yes and more answers.

Like at that point if you guess that Tekken x SF will be at EVO AND get the revealed characters right you deserve those 8 points.


Also some of the questions are deliberately made to be easy/soft balls. Mostly because I expect most people to get those right but they have the odd chance of being wrong and it would be cool if someone guessed those right.
 
What panels they got at Evo this year anyhow? Some of those things are much more intresting to me than some of the main things on stream.
 
Dahbomb said:
FIRST ANNUAL NEOGAF FGW EVO 2015 PREDICTION COMPETITION!

I am personally holding NeoGAF's first ever EVO prediction contest. I will be listing a bunch of questions and you have to predict as many as you can. The person who gets the most points gets awarded $20 by me personally!


Here are the questions (finals/top 8 means finals including all days):

1) How many US players will be in the top 8 of Persona 4, Tekken 7 and GGXrd combined?
4, 1 for P4, 1 for T7 and 2 for GG.

2) How many US players will be in the top 8 of USF4?
2

3) How many “gods” will be in the top 8 of UMVC3 (gods are Justin Wong, FChamp, ChrisG)?
All three will be in.

4) How many players will cry on stage (whether tears of joys or tears of sadness)?
4

5) Will Ono appear in a cosplay? If so then which character? (getting the 2nd question right will award you bonus points)?
Ono will cosplay as SFV Ken.

6) How many different characters will we see in the top 8 of USF4 (counter picks included)?
11

7) How many different characters will we see in the top 8 of UMVC3 (counter picks included)?
17

8) How many different characters will we see in the top 8 of both the Smash games combined (counter picks included)? [Same characters from the two different games count as different characters so if there's a Fox in a Smash 4 top 8 and a Fox in Melee top 8, that counts as two separate characters as they are different games] See this post for a better explanation.
14

9) How many fatalities will we see in the top 8 of MKX?
20

10) Will Tekken x SF be at EVO? If yes then name two characters that they will unveil at the event (getting the 2nd question right will award you bonus points).
No it won't be there.

11) Which game will have the highest stream numbers at EVO in a top 8? Bonus question: Which game will have the lowest stream numbers in a top 8? (cannot specify same game for both in order to increase your changes to get at least one right)
USF4 will have the highest, Persona the lowest.

12) How many players will appear in more than one top 8 at EVO?
4

13) How many grand final bracket resets will there be at EVO?
3

14) Will there be more Season 1 or Season 2 characters in Killer Instinct top 8? Bonus question: By how much?
More season 1 chars. 3

15) How many different countries will be represented in the top 8 of USF4?
4

16) Which game will have the longest top 8 runtime? Bonus question: Which game will have the shortest run time in top 8? (Cannot specify same game for both in order to increase your chances to get at least one right)
Tekken longest, Persona shortest

17) Will any player make a repeat win at this year’s EVO from last year?
Mango and Justin.

18) Will there be a brand new fighting game announcement at EVO? Bonus question: If so then what will it be?
No.

19) At what time will EVO finish at (rounded to the nearest hour) on the final day?
10.

20) FINAL QUESTION: Who will win EVO for each individual game?
USF4 - Infiltration
UMvC3 - Justin
Melee - Mango
Smash 4 - Zero
Tekken - Saint
MKX - Sonic Fox
GG Xrd - Dogura
Persona - Banana Ken
KI - Rico Suave

I'm not familiar with Persona or KI scenes.

Getting a regular question right will give you 5 points. Getting a bonus question right will give you 3 points. Final question is worth 3 points per game you get right.

In the event of a tie, the questions that involved guessing with numbers will be used as tie breakers (ie. who got the closest to the guesses across all questions).

You can post your responses in FGW or you can PM me your answers. Deadline is before the start of EVO 2015.
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enzo_gt said:
If you want to nominate someone or yourself, put the name in tags, like this: enzo_gt
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Shouta. I'm surprised our resident mod didn't do one.

Dahbomb said:
FIRST ANNUAL NEOGAF FGW EVO 2015 PREDICTION COMPETITION!

I am personally holding NeoGAF's first ever EVO prediction contest. I will be listing a bunch of questions and you have to predict as many as you can. The person who gets the most points gets awarded $20 by me personally!


Here are the questions (finals/top 8 means finals including all days):

1) How many US players will be in the top 8 of Persona 4, Tekken 7 and GGXrd combined?

8

2) How many US players will be in the top 8 of USF4?

3

3) How many “gods” will be in the top 8 of UMVC3 (gods are Justin Wong, FChamp, ChrisG)?

3

4) How many players will cry on stage (whether tears of joys or tears of sadness)?

2

5) Will Ono appear in a cosplay? If so then which character? (getting the 2nd question right will award you bonus points)?

No.

6) How many different characters will we see in the top 8 of USF4 (counter picks included)?

13

7) How many different characters will we see in the top 8 of UMVC3 (counter picks included)?

12

8) How many different characters will we see in the top 8 of both the Smash games combined (counter picks included)? [Same characters from the two different games count as different characters so if there's a Fox in a Smash 4 top 8 and a Fox in Melee top 8, that counts as two separate characters as they are different games] See this post for a better explanation.

12

9) How many fatalities will we see in the top 8 of MKX?

0

10) Will Tekken x SF be at EVO? If yes then name two characters that they will unveil at the event (getting the 2nd question right will award you bonus points).

No

11) Which game will have the highest stream numbers at EVO in a top 8? Bonus question: Which game will have the lowest stream numbers in a top 8? (cannot specify same game for both in order to increase your changes to get at least one right)

Highest:

12) How many players will appear in more than one top 8 at EVO?

6

13) How many grand final bracket resets will there be at EVO?

14) Will there be more Season 1 or Season 2 characters in Killer Instinct top 8? Bonus question: By how much?

More season 1 character. I think it will be by 3 more chracters.

15) How many different countries will be represented in the top 8 of USF4?

4

16) Which game will have the longest top 8 runtime? Bonus question: Which game will have the shortest run time in top 8? (Cannot specify same game for both in order to increase your chances to get at least one right)

Longest running game will be Super Smash Bros 4. Shortest will be Killer Instinct.

17) Will any player make a repeat win at this year’s EVO from last year?

Mango, CDjr, and Justin.

18) Will there be a brand new fighting game announcement at EVO? Bonus question: If so then what will it be?

No.

19) At what time will EVO finish at (rounded to the nearest hour) on the final day?

20) FINAL QUESTION: Who will win EVO for each individual game?

Killer Instinct: CDjr
Guilty Gear Xrd: Ogawa
Mortal Kombat X: Sonic Fox
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax: Banana Ken
Super Smash Bros. 4: Zero
Super Smash Bros Melee: Mango
Tekken 7: JDCR
Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3: Justin Wong
Ultra Street Fighter IV: Infiltration
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Finished. Most were easy to throw a guess at except Street Fighter. Results are so unpredictable with that game.
 
Onemic said:
BB still has by far the worst value for your dollar you can get relative to other fighters.
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What if I've put thousands of hours into it in comparison to maybe the 50 I've put into Persona or 200 in the SFIV series? Now that's relative value; you can't forget that time needs to be considered, too. You're assuming someone puts the exact same amount of time into each game from the sound of it. I'm not defending the practice, but I am pointing out that the value of something to someone is on a person to person basis. For somebody who puts in the same amount of time into each fighter you might as well be bending over.
 
The best American players have incredibly hard opponents out of pools before top 32. Strider has a run back with Mago, Smug has Infiltration, PR Rog has Xian, Dieminion has Luffy, Snake has the winner of Fuudo/Poongko. Juicy match ups.
 
QisTopTier said:
Puns don't work when the words used are bad or in typed form dont hide the double meaning.

Also overly talking about ass titties and so on starts to paint a bad image.
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I wish someone would tell the rednecks I work with at the plant this. God I am so sick of hearing about "getting fucked up", "cock", and dealers choice of graphic discussions about ladies. Every 2 fucking seconds...its like a damned high school locker room full of 14 year olds.

*mumble grumble* Works with skanky industrial workers *mumble grumble*
 
shaowebb said:
I wish someone would tell the rednecks I work with at the plant this. God I am so sick of hearing about "getting fucked up", "cock", and dealers choice of graphic discussions about ladies. Every 2 fucking seconds...its like a damned high school locker room full of 14 year olds.

*mumble grumble* Works with skanky industrial workers *mumble grumble*
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"I went to school for this?"
 
mbpm1 said:
The real reason you went to school, so you can prepare yourself for living with drunk fratmates...forever
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*shudders*
Gets back to working on character select graphics.

What I do pays very very well, but nothing comes for free. I'd love to hear some intelligent conversation and see people genuinely interested in technical skills, art, and music again. My career lets me pursue my passion, but who knows how my sanity will hold up to redneck-pocalypse.
 
From I heard pays very well the comments you hear and where I think you are located which is all conjecture. Would you expect to hear anything else from your field of work?

I hear some intresting things but that's because we grow modified e-coli for mass production of products.
 
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