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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 |OT| Awaiting the "Final Battle"
- Thread starter AAK
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Leaving for Toronto tomorrow... You guys might catch me at the CECC stream. Apparently Trevor aka TheInsaneBoss is going to be there. Things are gonna be tough but I'll do my best.
... Trying to get that sparking charm back and failing miserably haha.
... Trying to get that sparking charm back and failing miserably haha.
The lag was really bad for me too yesterday. I wish we could see more info on who we play online.
Sooo,
Winners: Russell vs Potatobrain
Losers: Me vs Teevo
Russell uses Paul + Bears. He's the tournament director but he's a real veteran of the game. He knew my characters inside out when he put me into losers. He would duck every high and succeed in mixing me up whenever he got the chance. Lost 3-0 against him and I think I just need to play more solid right now.
Potatobrain is the Yoshi master of Canada. He plays Yoshi/Armor King. He is a setup monster. After every move in his character's movelist he memorized all the options he can do from there. And with Yoshi he has so many unblockable sweep and windmill setups. A huge matchup issue right now.
Teevo is a Leo/Marduk player. From what I noticed in casuals he was playing, He is someone with unprecedented knowledge of the game. Knows all the frame data, and understands the system really really well. He just has a confidence issue when the game isn't going his way. I did beat him last time (many thanks to Manny's marduk training he gave me) but it looks like he's levelled up quite a bit.
Anyways, I'm gonna have to go to sleep now and try to go in tomorrow with a fresh mind and have the best status to play solid hopefully. Damn travelling is taxing on the body. Feel so tired
But I love this game too much. My parents would be so sad that I have this passion over something more applicable for a career.
Winners: Russell vs Potatobrain
Losers: Me vs Teevo
Russell uses Paul + Bears. He's the tournament director but he's a real veteran of the game. He knew my characters inside out when he put me into losers. He would duck every high and succeed in mixing me up whenever he got the chance. Lost 3-0 against him and I think I just need to play more solid right now.
Potatobrain is the Yoshi master of Canada. He plays Yoshi/Armor King. He is a setup monster. After every move in his character's movelist he memorized all the options he can do from there. And with Yoshi he has so many unblockable sweep and windmill setups. A huge matchup issue right now.
Teevo is a Leo/Marduk player. From what I noticed in casuals he was playing, He is someone with unprecedented knowledge of the game. Knows all the frame data, and understands the system really really well. He just has a confidence issue when the game isn't going his way. I did beat him last time (many thanks to Manny's marduk training he gave me) but it looks like he's levelled up quite a bit.
Anyways, I'm gonna have to go to sleep now and try to go in tomorrow with a fresh mind and have the best status to play solid hopefully. Damn travelling is taxing on the body. Feel so tired
But I love this game too much. My parents would be so sad that I have this passion over something more applicable for a career.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
TTT2 lag is a little bit of a mystery for me. I would accept 5 and 4 bar matches only to run into a lagfest for most of the match complete with terrible lag spikes throughout. For some reason, when I accept a 1 bar match, it sometimes run quite good though. Really strange.
Sooo,
Winners: Russell vs Potatobrain
Losers: Me vs Teevo
Russell uses Paul + Bears. He's the tournament director but he's a real veteran of the game. He knew my characters inside out when he put me into losers. He would duck every high and succeed in mixing me up whenever he got the chance. Lost 3-0 against him and I think I just need to play more solid right now.
Potatobrain is the Yoshi master of Canada. He plays Yoshi/Armor King. He is a setup monster. After every move in his character's movelist he memorized all the options he can do from there. And with Yoshi he has so many unblockable sweep and windmill setups. A huge matchup issue right now.
Teevo is a Leo/Marduk player. From what I noticed in casuals he was playing, He is someone with unprecedented knowledge of the game. Knows all the frame data, and understands the system really really well. He just has a confidence issue when the game isn't going his way. I did beat him last time (many thanks to Manny's marduk training he gave me) but it looks like he's levelled up quite a bit.
Anyways, I'm gonna have to go to sleep now and try to go in tomorrow with a fresh mind and have the best status to play solid hopefully. Damn travelling is taxing on the body. Feel so tired
But I love this game too much. My parents would be so sad that I have this passion over something more applicable for a career.
Why don't you take a shot at filling that gap that Filthie Rich left?
Man, I'd love to. I guess it can't hurt to try and apply.
EDIT: For those who didn't catch the top 4:
http://www.twitch.tv/torontotoptiers/b/471925068/?t=1h5m
... and I totally agree on TeeVo's commentary. I got insanely lucky that tournament.
I want to congratulate AAK for placing in CECC but at the same time I realize placing in tourneys is just usual business for AAK... Good stuff...
Boutdown.... Don't worry about the future, just enjoy now.
Sayah, just curious, what kind of career are you pursuing? And also, about learning PS...
1. The current move of Adobe is gonna be their downfall. As much as PS is a powerful tool right now, it can be outseated. This is kinda like QuarkXpress situation before, where Quark is the standard then got outseated by a cheaper and developing tool in Indesign (kinda ironic when I see Adobe now making history repeat itself). Keep your eyes open to other software around. In the end they are just tools, and tools are just as effective as the user makes it to be.
2. Also, learning PS is pretty straight forward TBQH. its like learning how to use excel, no kidding. Every single guy around who loves art can use PS. If you want to stand out, The thing you need to study about if you are going in the professional field is your art background. Go study things like color theory, figure drawing, painting etc. and start on filling up dat portfolio of your art. It won't matter if you use more Illustrator/Fireworks/Painter, if your art is good, they will take you...
Take my advice with a grain of salt though... I ain't a art major...
Boutdown.... Don't worry about the future, just enjoy now.
Sayah, just curious, what kind of career are you pursuing? And also, about learning PS...
1. The current move of Adobe is gonna be their downfall. As much as PS is a powerful tool right now, it can be outseated. This is kinda like QuarkXpress situation before, where Quark is the standard then got outseated by a cheaper and developing tool in Indesign (kinda ironic when I see Adobe now making history repeat itself). Keep your eyes open to other software around. In the end they are just tools, and tools are just as effective as the user makes it to be.
2. Also, learning PS is pretty straight forward TBQH. its like learning how to use excel, no kidding. Every single guy around who loves art can use PS. If you want to stand out, The thing you need to study about if you are going in the professional field is your art background. Go study things like color theory, figure drawing, painting etc. and start on filling up dat portfolio of your art. It won't matter if you use more Illustrator/Fireworks/Painter, if your art is good, they will take you...
Take my advice with a grain of salt though... I ain't a art major...
SUPARSTARX
Member
Picking up some Tekken again. It frustrates me that I can't consistently do Nina's ws1 loops. I drop it like half the time around 3-6 reps on certain setups. Q_Q
Congrats to AAK.
I drop it all the time and still can't do it consistently despite hours and hours of practice.
Right now I'm pursuing a concentration in Energy for my masters.
I'm not an art student but I have a great amount of interest in it. Plus, I'm also trying to hone web development/javascript and maya skills and an added photoshop skill bonus will always be a good thing. Aside from personal interest in the subject matter, today's job market also really requires selling yourself. And I view having interdisciplinary skills as a positive. Plus, if I ever want to pursue personal projects later on to work on over the weekends or something (aside from my actual main concentration of work), photoshop on a resume may seem more useful to a contractor/employer than gimp.
Your points are definitely well taken, though.
I drop it all the time and still can't do it consistently despite hours and hours of practice.
DEATH;86842276 said:
Right now I'm pursuing a concentration in Energy for my masters.
I'm not an art student but I have a great amount of interest in it. Plus, I'm also trying to hone web development/javascript and maya skills and an added photoshop skill bonus will always be a good thing. Aside from personal interest in the subject matter, today's job market also really requires selling yourself. And I view having interdisciplinary skills as a positive. Plus, if I ever want to pursue personal projects later on to work on over the weekends or something (aside from my actual main concentration of work), photoshop on a resume may seem more useful to a contractor/employer than gimp.
Your points are definitely well taken, though.
MrCookiepants
Member
Playing this today for the first time in a long time.
It's coming back to me slowly.
Player match is dead, though. There's only one guy in there and he keeps cancelling the match cause I beat him once. Ugh, time to go in ranked and get demoted.
It's coming back to me slowly.
Player match is dead, though. There's only one guy in there and he keeps cancelling the match cause I beat him once. Ugh, time to go in ranked and get demoted.
GrayFoxPL
Member
Playing this today for the first time in a long time.
It's coming back to me slowly.
Player match is dead, though. There's only one guy in there and he keeps cancelling the match cause I beat him once. Ugh, time to go in ranked and get demoted.
Quick player match can't be dead.
Btw I never played lobbys in T6 and Tag2.
MrCookiepants
Member
It was in my area, at least when I tried. Even set it to no restrictions. I don't play lobbys either.
Ranked was busier. I made a dummy account and trolled with JayCee. Was fun.
I love non-answers.
GrayFoxPL
Member
Geezus, what a scumbag commentary against AAK. Smh.
Especially from that Tee-vo. What a fucking sore loser. He got destroyed 3-0 like a 5 year old redhead and: "He's solid" - "I disagree", "Didn't he beat you?" "Uhh"
I hate people like him, spineless losers that have no honor to admit they lost to someone better.
The shitty excuses. Christ. I though they've gone and mentally regressed.
You beat Russel - no respect. Finals - no respect.
Seems like neither Sayah no AAK will get that on stream.
Congrats AAK, you showed you're better then 95% of those fucking tekken pseudo philosophers that think they know everything when give them a mic then lose like casual tards.
Yeah, Tee-vo was really being a baby about it. To make it even worse, his excuses during the finals of "Oh he's relying on strings that end in high" was shot down by the other commentator. He shouldn't have even been allowed to continue talking nonsense after that.
You should study his characters more and push his shit in even worse next time AAK. You keep doing better and better the more you compete, so the nerves will go away. Show this cat how much of a jobber he really is.
You should study his characters more and push his shit in even worse next time AAK. You keep doing better and better the more you compete, so the nerves will go away. Show this cat how much of a jobber he really is.
nailbombxx
Member
Good games to boutdown! Always enjoy playing matches with you. I think that I can do EWGFs with about 80% consistency now.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
It was in my area, at least when I tried. Even set it to no restrictions. I don't play lobbys either.
Ranked was busier. I made a dummy account and trolled with JayCee. Was fun.
Yeah, quick player matches are essentially dead for me also and it's been that way for a while. Out of approximately 6 matches, I fought the same guy 5 times in a row and 1 other guy.
Haha thanks guys for the support. I actually really respect Raymond, his passion for 3D fighting games and how much he tries to actively learn the games he plays. He was definitely angry but after watching the vids there were quite a few rounds where I won thanks to a dropped combo from my opponent... especially against Russell who I think dropped like 3 or 4 round ending combo's that could have really altered the results of the tournament. I will give myself enough credit for taking advantage of them while they weren't warmed up but it was a clear case of them losing to themselves more so than it was losing to me. Regardless, I know they'll be ready for me the next time we fight, I just have to be prepared for their reply in the next big tournament
If anybody else is watching Fab's stream, Naclam's animals team is so brutal. It's super scary.
http://www.twitch.tv/nycfab
http://www.twitch.tv/nycfab
FormallyFamicom
Member
Some days it's like I completely forget how to play this game. I think I just naturally lose my focus at night due to whatever, but it's the only free time I have.
A few days ago, I found a player match lobby with Setnomessej in it. They were playing against this Kuma/Panda & Nina/Anna Seriyu guy named Gagguni. I think he had a 15 win streak when I joined the room. It's cool seeing someone you met online play at WNF.
http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive/b/472946775
http://www.twitch.tv/leveluplive/b/472946775
Cosmic Forge
Member
Never got the whole fad about Gagguni thing. It was all the rage around Evo. I'm still scratching my head.
FormallyFamicom
Member
The story is simple. New player showed up to WNF, fairly girlish apperance in the face, played Tekken pretty well on stream. Steve interviewed him, he has a super high pitched voice, and Steve mistakenly called him a girl but Gagguni didn't correct him. Stream chat goes crazy for weeks about a girl that plays Tekken despite the whole matter of his gender being cleared up the next day. It's a meme at this point. IIRC he's from a European country and is here for school.
Flying Wonkey
Member
A bit late to it but, congrats AAK for getting 2nd! I found the commentary by Tee-vo funny although I can personally relate to him if he feels salty after losing to you.
Anyways.... Upcoming tournaments:
Oct 26 - Global Championship '13
Oct 26 - FilthyCup
Nov 2/3 - Tekken Extreme Tournament (Kor's Vid)
Nov 3 - MASTERCUP.6
Dec 7 - NEC
Dec 15 - RB5G Finals
Jan - KiT
Mar - Final Round
Anything I missed? Guess I gotta prepare for translating all 750 player's name in Mastercup. ~.~
Anyways.... Upcoming tournaments:
Oct 26 - Global Championship '13
Oct 26 - FilthyCup
Nov 2/3 - Tekken Extreme Tournament (Kor's Vid)
Nov 3 - MASTERCUP.6
Dec 7 - NEC
Dec 15 - RB5G Finals
Jan - KiT
Mar - Final Round
Anything I missed? Guess I gotta prepare for translating all 750 player's name in Mastercup. ~.~
DEATH™;87251701 said:
I suppose you have to be super on point to punish f,f+2 and other than that keep away from him. But alas, I do personally think Rolex is easily top 10 and arguably top 5 in the game IMO.
Europe? I'm pretty sure he's originally from Saudi Arabia.
A bit late to it but, congrats AAK for getting 2nd! I found the commentary by Tee-vo funny although I can personally relate to him if he feels salty after losing to you.
Anyways.... Upcoming tournaments:
Oct 26 - Global Championship '13
Oct 26 - FilthyCup
Nov 2/3 - Tekken Extreme Tournament (Kor's Vid)
Nov 3 - MASTERCUP.6
Dec 7 - NEC
Dec 15 - RB5G Finals
Jan - KiT
Mar - Final Round
Anything I missed? Guess I gotta prepare for translating all 750 player's name in Mastercup. ~.~
Woah.... that's a major 4 majors for the next 2 weeks!
And thank you Wonkey! I did after all use the stick I won from our battle to get 2nd place
GrayFoxPL
Member
So there are these strings that catch opponent that is tagging out and keep him in place. Tag out will never come out if repeated.
Beak's df+1,3 is one of those. I did this to one guy with about 650 win 200 loses.
Every time he was at low health I df1,3 him to death because he mashed tag to escape.
Of course hate mail, lol.
McFly! When you get hit 5,6,7 times in a row by the same shit it's time to use brain and think.
Beak's df+1,3 is one of those. I did this to one guy with about 650 win 200 loses.
Every time he was at low health I df1,3 him to death because he mashed tag to escape.
Of course hate mail, lol.
McFly! When you get hit 5,6,7 times in a row by the same shit it's time to use brain and think.
A bit late to it but, congrats AAK for getting 2nd! I found the commentary by Tee-vo funny although I can personally relate to him if he feels salty after losing to you.
Anyways.... Upcoming tournaments:
Oct 26 - Global Championship '13
Oct 26 - FilthyCup
Nov 2/3 - Tekken Extreme Tournament (Kor's Vid)
Nov 3 - MASTERCUP.6
Dec 7 - NEC
Dec 15 - RB5G Finals
Jan - KiT
Mar - Final Round
Anything I missed? Guess I gotta prepare for translating all 750 player's name in Mastercup. ~.~
Apex 2014 will feature TTT2 as well. Unfortunately, they've moved the location this time further away from where I live. :/
I'll try to see if I can take off from work to attend Filthy cup this Saturday. Probably not but hopefully yes.
Also, AAK, I only was able to watch some of your matches. The sound wasn't synced right so I turned it off and must have missed the commentary. But yeah, #2 is AWESOME. There will always be haters.
I was the only player from Ottawa there LOL. They were of coarse gonna root for their hometown players haha.
Yo Sayah that would be SICK if you go to Filthiecup!
Here is the info in case you missed it:
http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=127364
I fistbump you through the internet for playing Baek. Good stuff!
Yo Sayah that would be SICK if you go to Filthiecup!
Here is the info in case you missed it:
http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=127364
I fistbump you through the internet for playing Baek. Good stuff!
nailbombxx
Member
Just watched AAK's performance is CECC. That disrespect towards AAK even though he outplayed him was pretty pitiful.
Flying Wonkey
Member
That episode made me ejaculate. And scream DAYYYYTOOOONNAAAAAAAAAAAA.
.... Moving on....
Global Championships starts in like 16 hours from now, come watch it If you can:
http://twitch.tv/cafeid
Ricko Suave
Member
Shit like that is why I take the Oki... always.
Bronson was saying in the Facebook chat that him and Jimmy knew about this since T6, but nobody was listening to them when they were trying to share it.
He also mentioned that the moment people know about the set up, it gets weakened heavily because they will know not to tech. So the key to making the most of this is to find the most dangerous option you have to punish people that stay grounded.
And it's because of THAT that I intend to see if Marduk has a set up like this to mix up with his ground throws.
This is what happened at EC2 point whatever. Tom Hilfiger and some other cats had found out anti T. Ogre strats, and Devil strats.
df+2 on hit got you a cd+2 with Devil. Guaranteed launch if you didn't hold down, on any character.
Jin, launch, 1+4, !+4, df+1,2, 1+4, df+1,2, B+1+4 hits on T.O if he doesn't fly tech.
this was before tekken was balanced. This is when Tekken was cheap.
SuWon came from Korea. He got knocked out of the winners bracket by JOP, with double Ogres. He came back and won the tournament. That shit was dope. We had no stream. Its only memories. Here are some vids of high level double Ogres.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEMS-_mSxBQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGo_lqMpyGg
BTW, Flying Wonkey, and AKK, you guys are dope. I wont suck your dicks, but damn, if I was gay, or a chick, I would totally suck your man meat. But sadly, I am not... a chick or gay.
Terareflection
Member
Hey Bout, I think you asked for player match, sorry, I got sidetracked by real life and left the game on. Didn't see your message until I came back.