Fighting Games Weekly | July 22-28 | Life's A Beech

Shouta

Member
I'm watching the top 8 EVO videos of MK9 and Injustice. And I'm noticing a lot of the players are just using joypads, rather than fightsticks. I thought fightsticks would always be better for fightgames than joypads?

More or less what everyone has said already. You get plus/minuses to each type of controller but it's ultimately a matter of you're most comfortable with.
 

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JDdelphin

Member

That dude in the background with the cammo cap looking miserable and cracking his back and neck looks like one of those guys that went to EVO just to be miserable in a cammo cap and crack his bones while not having fun.

HOW CAN YOU STAND HAVING ONO BEHIND YOU DOING THAT SHIT.
I thought 'oh man, this guys going to see Ono and mug a goofy face at the camera. What fun.'
NOPE.
MAH BACK NEEDS CRACKIN DON'T CARE BOUT NO CHINESE GUY
*neck crack*
 
That dude in the background with the cammo cap looking miserable and cracking his back and neck looks like one of those guys that went to EVO just to be miserable in a cammo cap and crack his bones while not having fun.

HOW CAN YOU STAND HAVING ONO BEHIND YOU DOING THAT SHIT.
I thought 'oh man, this guys going to see Ono and mug a goofy face at the camera. What fun.'
NOPE.
MAH BACK NEEDS CRACKIN DON'T CARE BOUT NO CHINESE GUY
*neck crack*

LOL

but the video did remind me that Zangief theme >>>> all
 

Dahbomb

Member
So how the fuck are you supposed to block that?
You block it by holding the stick in the opposite direction that FChamp held it.

It's a cross up so you have to hold forward on it. Nova did a slide, then a slight forward dash into back dash.
 

Shouta

Member
So how the fuck are you supposed to block that?

Forward (from the point of entering the screen) to block the hook then back to block the Nova shenanigans after. It's stupid hard to react to that unless you know it's coming though.
 

gutabo

Member
You block it by holding the stick in the opposite direction that FChamp held it.

It's a cross up so you have to hold forward on it. Nova did a slide, then a slight forward dash into back dash.

I know, I saw what he did, now that I have seen it like 5-6 times in a row I can tell that, and I'm also sure that Nemo can switch it up if he wants to. Seems like it's also safe if Phoenix does super and also seems like Nova can easily punish afterwards.
EDIT: And now that I think of it maybe he can even get an air grab if the hook is blocked?



Yup, that's what I meant.
 
Is anyone watching VxG out of expected catastrophic schadenfreude?

Is anyone watching for any reason other than that?

I'm keeping my fingers crossed - last year's matches were awesome, but I had to watch a bunch of matches 2 days after the event because of the stream problems.
 

Dahbomb

Member
I know, I saw what he did, now that I have seen it like 5-6 times in a row I can tell that, and I'm also sure that Nemo can switch it up if he wants to. Seems like it's also safe if Phoenix does super and also seems like Nova can easily punish afterwards.
EDIT: And now that I think of it maybe he can even get an air grab if the hook is blocked?
Oh don't get me wrong... the mix up is ambiguous as hell especially in a live match when you are already in a pressure situation. It's essentially a 50/50 with the way Nemo set it up. I would get hit by that shit all day.

Nova would only get an air grab if Phoenix push blocked the Wire.
 

Omnicent

Member
Is anyone watching VxG out of expected catastrophic schadenfreude?

VxG was unlucky enough to be the same weekend as Summer Games Done Quick.
Only one can be chosen and I choose the one with Funkdoc.

If Yipes is on stream, then I might reconsider.... a little.
 

Joule

Member
Indeed. Now to check out some Baiken.
Unfortunately there wasn't much Baiken play in that bulk of stuff but maybe Kuni turns it up in the yet to be uploaded videos. There's always this footage of Maruken massacring people in casuals for an hour to sate you.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
Better start consuming that stock pile!

In there!
 
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