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[Karsticles]

Great story Karst, glad you had fun at what was a great tournament. My experience at April Duels was a myriad of issues but I had fun with my actual matches at least.

Also you didn't bold any keywords like you said in your post!

Glad you took another look at Skullgirls because it is the only game out of a trifecta keeping 2D fighters alive. KoFXIII, SG, Aquapazza. I would stick UNiB in there but no one gives a fuck about it since French Bread has no where near the same following. The upcoming version will hopefully make me do a total 360 on the game as well, since I was soured on it going in thinking it was MvC2-II, which I feel it is just not. But it will come into it's own light and I'm all for it.

I fixed the post - I copy-pasted it from the FGW thread and forgot that it doesn't carry over.

What's UNiB?

I felt like Skullgirls had MvC2-II potential. How did you find it unsatisfying?

There were a ton of anime games there, I couldn't tell them apart. I saw Melty Blood, maybe Aquapazza and ummm....I want to say the creepy one with all the young girls, but that's too general for this genre...

C'mon Karst, you know you miss those michigan winters

I tell you, there are two things I miss about Michigan:
1) GREEN. Chicago is a dump.
2) Sane drivers.

 

["God's Beard!"]

C'mon Karst, you know you miss those michigan winters!


I'll be up for a few games fairly soon.
EDIT: I'm logged on now if you're still interested GB.

Ok logging on now

 

[Solune]

What's UNiB?

http://inbirth.info/movie.html

I felt like Skullgirls had MvC2-II potential. How did you find it unsatisfying?

Particularly air combos and their transition, it's not like MvC2 at all, it's very much more the style of GG. Plus playing a 6 button fighter on pad is much harder when you have assist calls that aren't their own button. I couldn't find a control scheme that I could play comfortably with.

There were a ton of anime games there, I couldn't tell them apart. I saw Melty Blood, maybe Aquapazza and ummm....I want to say the creepy one with all the young girls, but that's too general for this genre...

Melty will always be king in my heart. Aquapazza is really good too. If you're talking about Arcana Heart, it's a very solid game that no one played. Unfortunately it's aesthetic isn't appealing to the minions of NA but aside from the sidebars, there's actually no gratuitous fanservice shots.

 

["God's Beard!"]

GGs Onion, I really need to drop Strider. I think Hawkeye/Vergil/Magneto is making more sense for me, and I'll play Hawkeye/Vergil/Dante against certain matchups. This way I can use the up arrows assist for Hawkeye.

 

[Dahbomb]

I think Skullgirls biggest detriment has always been its lack of sheer character numbers for a team game. If you have less than 10 characters with a potential for 3v3 game play... that means half the characters are used in every match! This makes for extremely stale synergies and team variations.

And like Solune mentioned, 6 button game play with no assist dedicated buttons.

 

[onionfrog]

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";59499785]Ok logging on now[/QUOTE]
Good Games God's Beard!
I especially liked your fullscreen combos with Hawkeye + Rapid Slash assist.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";59507449]GGs Onion, I really need to drop Strider. I think Hawkeye/Vergil/Magneto is making more sense for me, and I'll play Hawkeye/Vergil/Dante against certain matchups. This way I can use the up arrows assist for Hawkeye.[/QUOTE]
That should work, Hawkeye up arrows assist is pretty great in its own right. I use it on a side team of Jill/Dante/Hawkeye.

 

[Karsticles]

I think Skullgirls biggest detriment has always been its lack of sheer character numbers for a team game. If you have less than 10 characters with a potential for 3v3 game play... that means half the characters are used in every match! This makes for extremely stale synergies and team variations.

And like Solune mentioned, 6 button game play with no assist dedicated buttons.

That's why I never bothered before, but Painwheel is just so fun to play (and she's rarely used) that it works for me to some degree. Plus, I'd like to see this game get more support after playing it, so I'll throw my money in just for that.

http://inbirth.info/movie.html

Ah okay, I know that one. I just didn't know that abbreviation.

Particularly air combos and their transition, it's not like MvC2 at all, it's very much more the style of GG. Plus playing a 6 button fighter on pad is much harder when you have assist calls that aren't their own button. I couldn't find a control scheme that I could play comfortably with.

One guy I played against was on pad and did it fine, but I totally understand. I haven't used my 7th and 8th buttons on my stick outside of recording CPU actions in training mode since MvC3 was released. It's not easy to get used to (still not used to it).

Melty will always be king in my heart. Aquapazza is really good too. If you're talking about Arcana Heart, it's a very solid game that no one played. Unfortunately it's aesthetic isn't appealing to the minions of NA but aside from the sidebars, there's actually no gratuitous fanservice shots.

Arcana Heart! Yes, that was it. I'd give them all a try. I'm very open-minded to new experiences.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Good Games God's Beard!
I especially liked your fullscreen combos with Hawkeye + Rapid Slash assist.

Yeah, I'm getting better at confirming them online. Pretty soon I'll be finishing them, lol!

That's the one reason I'm hesitating on dropping Strider, he gives me ~650k meterless combos with Hawkeye, using most other useful neutral assists drop my combos by about 100k. Right now I can do about a million off of any arrow with rapid slash from any distance if I DHC and I don't want to give that up.

Hawkeye/Magneto/Vergil so you can DHC Vergil in safely!

Spiral Swords DHC lets me do kill combos from full screen, though. Totally erases Hawkeye's damage issues.

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

Anyone on 360 want to play?

 

["God's Beard!"]

Anyone on 360 want to play?

Sorry, PS3 only.

 

[Karsticles]

Anyone on 360 want to play?

Where's your PS3 copy?

 

[SolarKnight]

I think Skullgirls biggest detriment has always been its lack of sheer character numbers for a team game. If you have less than 10 characters with a potential for 3v3 game play... that means half the characters are used in every match! This makes for extremely stale synergies and team variations.

Well, the solo/duo/trio thing makes things more varied than that, but yeah it's certainly a big (inevitable really) fault it has.

And like Solune mentioned, 6 button game play with no assist dedicated buttons.

Thank god for 8 button sticks.

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

Where's your PS3 copy?

I prefer playing on my 360 because it's hooked up to my ASUS and I managed get a few months of gold for cheap.

 

[Nert]

Anyone on 360 want to play?

Sure, I'll hop on in a few minutes (username is FloralCat).

Edit: On now.

 

[Zissou]

After finally switching to play on monitor rather than my TV, it is really a night and day difference. I cannot go back. Fuck, I don't even know if I want to play other genres on a TV anymore.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Going back on if anybody's around.

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

GGs Nert. Connection was really good but man I've never played a skrull like yours. I was just trying to out random you half way through our set.

 

[Nert]

GGs Nert. Connection was really good but man I've never played a skrull like yours. I was just trying to out random you half way through our set.

Yeah, those were some great games! I would have sticked around for more than a FT15 if I didn't have to get up early for work tomorrow. Your Spencer was absolutely terrifying and I was really impressed with your Strange loops. And yeah, my Super Skrull gets away with a lot of cheesy stuff (thank you, dagger assist).

That random match where we both switched to our zoning B-teams was pretty funny

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

Yeah, those were some great games! I would have sticked around for more than a FT15 if I didn't have to get up early for work tomorrow. Your Spencer was absolutely terrifying and I was really impressed with your Strange loops. And yeah, my Super Skrull gets away with a lot of cheesy stuff (thank you, dagger assist).

That random match where we both switched to our zoning B-teams was pretty funny

I would go for FoF loops more often but playing online there's a much higher chance of me dropping it so I usually go for the guarantee kill. Tron really caught me of guard only because I've never practiced any of my combos on her and that led to a few drops.

Yea I thought I'd try and play my zoning team but that didn't work out so well. Doom is the only other character I know how to play outside of my 3 main characters.

 

["God's Beard!"]

GGs Sollune! Slowly figuring out this Vergil thing. So many close matches!

Hawkeye vs Nova is so momentum heavy.

 

[Solune]

Yup good matches. Nova definitely has trouble against hard zoning. Funny I lost the opening gambit everytime. I need to work on that.

More Rapid Slashes!

That was the first time I played with the entire plan to snap in the anchor other than against Jean.

 

["God's Beard!"]

I'm always so happy when someone snaps in Magneto.

Yay! Magneto time!

 

[Karsticles]

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";59538321]I'm always so happy when someone snaps in Magneto.

Yay! Magneto time![/QUOTE]
I never snap your Magneto in because he's not a good anchor. Though if I did, it would be right into an unblockable setup. ;-)

 

["God's Beard!"]

MAGNETO IS THE BEST ANCHOR :-(

 

[XxSlasherMcGirkxX]

GGs Jetman. You did so much better from the other day. It was a lot harder for me.

 

["God's Beard!"]

Anyone wanna play now?

 

[Professor Beef]

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";59577565]MAGNETO IS THE BEST ANCHOR :-([/QUOTE]

Not yours, at least. :3

Spoiler

I am scared of XF3 Magneto's speed.

 

[dwix]

Thinking about picking this up today, and I am wondering if now is a good time to hop in on the action (haven't placed since MvC2 on Dreamcast, jumping in cold)? And is there a preferred platform?

 

[onionfrog]

Thinking about picking this up today, and I am wondering if now is a good time to hop in on the action (haven't placed since MvC2 on Dreamcast, jumping in cold)? And is there a preferred platform?

You might as well pick it up now, there is no chance of capcom ever releasing another updated version.

Platform-wise, I think the 360 version runs a little better than PS3, but we've got more people here on GAF that play the PS3 version regularly.

There is a spreadsheet listed in the first page of this OT that lists information for everyone here that plays the game. Feel free to add yourself to it once you get the game.

EDIT: This quote below contains a link to the spreadsheet:

Being the heavily multiplayer-based game UMvC3 is, naturally you want to get some games in with your fellow GAFers. And there are a few ways to do so. Karsticles has created this handy spreadsheet that you can add yourself to, which is informative and helpful when it comes to finding matches with fellow GAFers.

 

["God's Beard!"]

GGs Jetman, that was some frustrating lag, though. Couldn't even get supers to come out most of the time :-(

 

[dwix]

You might as well pick it up now, there is no chance of capcom ever releasing another updated version.

Platform-wise, I think the 360 version runs a little better than PS3, but we've got more people here on GAF that play the PS3 version regularly.

There is a spreadsheet listed in the first page of this OT that lists information for everyone here that plays the game. Feel free to add yourself to it once you get the game.

EDIT: This quote below contains a link to the spreadsheet:

Thanks for the info! I'll definitely check that out.

 

[JeTmAn81]

GGs Jetman. You did so much better from the other day. It was a lot harder for me.

Go me! It probably helped me a lot to stick with the team I'm probably most familiar with. I think the reason I get frustrated losing so much to you is that I just keep thinking "I'm fighting the worst character in the game, how can I lose?". But regardless of how bad Mr. Wright is overall, you've obviously put in the work to come up with a lot of tech for that team and it's pretty daunting.

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";59619925]GGs Jetman, that was some frustrating lag, though. Couldn't even get supers to come out most of the time :-([/QUOTE]

Sorry about that, I'm still stuck on wireless unfortunately, without even a wired option at all now since the TV upstairs died. The weird thing is, lag tends to vary for me, and the fact that I was able to hit any Magneto combos at all means it was pretty decent on my end. But I was playing others earlier in the day when I couldn't hit anything. So I dunno.

 

[Professor Beef]

I think I'm gonna start practicing the VJoe infinite.

 

[Karsticles]

I think I'm gonna start practicing the VJoe infinite.

I'm surprised that GB doesn't have any infinites down, since half of the man's posts are about how much damage he can do for 1 bar of meter with Magneto.

 

["God's Beard!"]

I'm surprised that GB doesn't have any infinites down, since half of the man's posts are about how much damage he can do for 1 bar of meter with Magneto.

I do have a couple, I just never use them. Like Akuma's. And the more I play the less useful they seem. To be honest, practicing them really annoys me.

 

[Karsticles]

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";59658441]I do have a couple, I just never use them. Like Akuma's. And the more I play the less useful they seem. To be honest, practicing them really annoys me.[/QUOTE]
So they're Strider tier, you're saying? ;-)

 

["God's Beard!"]

So they're Strider tier, you're saying? ;-)

I like Strider, but man I just can't use him for crap.

edit: whoo 910k for one bar and one assist with Magneto ^_^

 

[Azure J]

s.L > Stinger is my new favorite blockstring. Everyone wants to push block s.M after a s.L, so throwing in a Stinger instead just blows everyone up.

One day people will realize there's more to Dante than box dash j.H and assist + teleport. One day.

Was messing around with some new block string ideas and I have one that would be great if I could find a way to condition people into push blocking a s.M. The idea is basically IAD j.H - dash up s.M *push blocked* - s.H xx empty cancel counterhit Weasel Shot.

 

[Professor Beef]

Anyone on PS3 wanna play?

 

["God's Beard!"]

Anyone on PS3 wanna play?

I'll play.

 

[Professor Beef]

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";59705609]I'll play.[/QUOTE]

Ok, lemme log on.

 

["God's Beard!"]

GGs Beef, looks like I got dropped.

 

[Professor Beef]

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";59711781]GGs Beef, looks like I got dropped.[/QUOTE]

You're not the only one. It keeps saying "Player data update has failed." Now I can't even access the online menu.

 

["God's Beard!"]

You're not the only one. It keeps saying "Player data update has failed." Now I can't even access the online menu.

Weird. Anyway, I was slowly figuring out the matchup, but you started overcoming your secret TAC weakness so it evens out. Joe is still better than Zero.

 

[Professor Beef]

So I learned just now that Nemesis' rocket launcher slam is actually an overhead.

 

[Zissou]

What the fuck happens here: http://www.twitch.tv/rickchunter/b/408939987 at 48:22? Ammy randomly starts getting hit in the middle of Akuma's second hyper...

 

[smurfx]

was the fooblat/kane blue river ft15 match uploaded anywhere? i don't want to watch from twitch.

What the fuck happens here: http://www.twitch.tv/rickchunter/b/408939987 at 48:22? Ammy randomly starts getting hit in the middle of Akuma's second hyper...

sometimes assist characters can get hit again after starting their standing animation. i remember sixfortyfive showing a vid of the same thing happening.

 

[Solune]

was the fooblat/kane blue river ft15 match uploaded anywhere? i don't want to watch from twitch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xkuH0-PhKDQ

 

[Professor Beef]

was the fooblat/kane blue river ft15 match uploaded anywhere? i don't want to watch from twitch.

Right here: http://youtu.be/xkuH0-PhKDQ?t=7m55s

The link should skip past the Gootecks shilling section, but in case it doesn't then skip to the 7:50 point.

 

[Zissou]

sometimes assist characters can get hit again after starting their standing animation. i remember sixfortyfive showing a vid of the same thing happening.

Ahh, thanks. I'd never seen it happen before.