Emperor Bohe
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Isn't Chicago one of the biggest KI scenes?
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Fighting Games Weekly | May 18-24 | Forget it Jake, it's Capcom Town
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Isn't Chicago one of the biggest KI scenes?
irfaanator
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if the shackzam in pool g2 for usf4 is the same that posts here, we are in the same pool
With a significant pot bonus as well, IIRC.
As a Chicago native I can tell you, you don't want to watch Chicago Marvel. That shit is sloppy. And yes we love our KI and MK.
ViewtifulJC
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LeMaximilian
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MiniBossBattle
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1 player game. I still love you Marvel.
Shouta
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Really glad to see MYST making a resurgence after all these years.
Competitive MYST. Kreygasm
SolarKnight
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I think the real shocker is that Skullgirls got more entrants than both of them
Lostconfused
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https://youtu.be/gpXganAM_qA?t=1h38m16s
Basically, you all just having the same conversation a year later. Cyclical conversations, now that's stagnant.
yo SG! damn
According to the testing done in our lab.... Marvel
is.....
NOT DEAD!
crowd goes wild
Well there's a work around.
Is it speedruns or something? I've never played myst before.
I always thought how games like Melty Blood and Aquapazza handle guard breaks was interesting. Both games have a standard-ish guard break system, but they also have a just defend mechanic that protects you from being guard broken. You can't get guard broken when just defending, and in both games players can actively avoid a guard break situation without having to forgo blocking, which reduces some of the silliness of guaranteed guard break setups and situations where both players start playing like idiots because one player is fishing for a guard break and the other is trying to avoid it.
Footnotes for people who don't know how the games work:
Melty Blood has a visible guard gauge, but whiffing shields (think parries; they're different from UNIEL's shields) also causes your guard meter to go down faster. So whiffing shields, even if not directly punished will lead to you getting guard broken faster -- and the effect stacks. Whiffing four shields and then being forced to block is a ticket to getting guard broken quickly. Also, one of the moon modes (Half) does not have EX guard as an option at all -- although the game does give you a 50% longer guard gauge to somewhat compensate for that.
Aquapazza has the emotion system (which actually effects a number of things), but when you are in low emotion you are at risk of getting guard broken, and blocking always lowers your emotion level over time. However, impact guard (the game's just guard mechanic) will raise your emotion and prevents guard breaks (and chip damage, which can be just as important in certain match-ups). The dumb thing about this is that when you are in danger of being guard broken, you take more damage, do less damage and build less meter than you would normally -- and the buff is significant (~30% buff/debuff on average, and they can stack). And supers do more/less damage in high/low emotion (and actually change), on top of the damage bonus/penalty, because why not.
Footnotes for people who don't know how the games work:
Melty Blood has a visible guard gauge, but whiffing shields (think parries; they're different from UNIEL's shields) also causes your guard meter to go down faster. So whiffing shields, even if not directly punished will lead to you getting guard broken faster -- and the effect stacks. Whiffing four shields and then being forced to block is a ticket to getting guard broken quickly. Also, one of the moon modes (Half) does not have EX guard as an option at all -- although the game does give you a 50% longer guard gauge to somewhat compensate for that.
Aquapazza has the emotion system (which actually effects a number of things), but when you are in low emotion you are at risk of getting guard broken, and blocking always lowers your emotion level over time. However, impact guard (the game's just guard mechanic) will raise your emotion and prevents guard breaks (and chip damage, which can be just as important in certain match-ups). The dumb thing about this is that when you are in danger of being guard broken, you take more damage, do less damage and build less meter than you would normally -- and the buff is significant (~30% buff/debuff on average, and they can stack). And supers do more/less damage in high/low emotion (and actually change), on top of the damage bonus/penalty, because why not.
KidA Seven
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I don't see Snake, Die, or Smug on there. Free points for team EG. Going to sneak their way in to CC.
meaning?
Games like Shovel Knight and the Binding of Issac.
Make it transparent as possible so that the player knows what they are getting into and not criticize on the game on its art. It sort of goes among the line of being consistent with what you do, is what I got from it at least. It won't do much though since you will be catering to a "niche" crowd who find nostalgia or joy from games that go within that direction. Although, in the long run, which is why I called it a work around, "pixel art" will still have the stigma it does. Just go straight into 3D unless you plan to hand draw every animation/environment for a 2D game, which is a hassle in it of itself without a multi-talented team with the money and hours to do so, which is the message I got from the person writing this article. I added in the hand drawn stuff myself cause some pretty damn artsy/breathtaking games that have been hand drawn to promote its fluidity and depth.
SolarPowered
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MiniBossBattle
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Marvel was a mistake. Its nothing but trash.
MvC2 was why it took Purity to graduate college in 8 years.
MvC2 was why it took Purity to graduate college in 8 years.
cool, combo breaker did really well in continuing the legacy of its predecessor. may i know how many unique players are participating in the tournament this weekend so far?
Chicago has a strong Skullgirls (and VS) scene.
That's me lol. I'll see you there
SolarKnight
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It's not that I'm surprised it has decent numbers, it's that Marvel is lower.
irfaanator
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alright lol
933 (up from 847)
Will definitely plan a trip their next year if I get a job by the end of the summer that isn't a gig. CB looks hype, plus deep dish pizza baby.
Rice-Eater
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Really impressive numbers all around. I hope you guys get Premier status for the CPT next year as well.
KidA Seven
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So are we going to do 1 thread for both Stunfest and Combo Breaker? When should the thread go up?
Bounty up to $750 now with Hyperkin throwing in an extra $250.
Was Zero this dominant in Brawl?
I swear no matter the game, Zero always ends up top tier :/
#Kappa
theprodigy
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I don't think Zero was ever considered #1 in Brawl, let alone dominant.
.la1n
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Supposedly the majority of entrants were prior to the pot bonus announcement.
Didn't people put their mortgages on the line for MvC2? lol
sanford kelly was practically homeless because of this game (and his determination to beat Justin). it's insane how much this game has affected people.
You could try counting it up on the TorontoTopTiers challonge brackets. I see 46 entrants for Xrd there, for example.
Damn... I hope he gets picked up as something like Combo was, dude has been in too much time lol
We had fewer than 10 new KI registrants after the pot bonus was announced. Those numbers represent KI fans coming to play KI first and win money second.
Fighting games made it 12 years for me, (with 9 of those years being lost)
Then again if it wasn't for that, I'd probably have done something even dumber, or become an objectivist asshole.
Spooky's stream someone is saying that Grr has great meter management because he plays Ferra/Torr, and basically sits on X-Ray the whole time.
...I guess he doesn't know shit about Ferra/Torr, because that is EXACTLY what you do. The combo set up from FT into X-ray always nets you 50%. Normal bnb combos are 30% bare minimum if you know what you are doing. That means between the X-ray, and 1 combo, all you need is some chip damage or piddly hits.
Plus, unlike the rest of the cast, EX moves for FT are ass in that variation so you are heavily encouraged to just save up for the X-ray or a breaker if you need it.
So really... he doesn't have great meter management. His character just doesn't use meter until it's all filled lol.
...I guess he doesn't know shit about Ferra/Torr, because that is EXACTLY what you do. The combo set up from FT into X-ray always nets you 50%. Normal bnb combos are 30% bare minimum if you know what you are doing. That means between the X-ray, and 1 combo, all you need is some chip damage or piddly hits.
Plus, unlike the rest of the cast, EX moves for FT are ass in that variation so you are heavily encouraged to just save up for the X-ray or a breaker if you need it.
So really... he doesn't have great meter management. His character just doesn't use meter until it's all filled lol.
EC > MW > WC for SG