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Viper's SJC low normal into Ultra is to be feared.
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Hopefully they will have Blazblue in the Tourney. I assume it will be Calamity Trigger since Continuum Shift probably won't be on consoles yet. Continuum Shift plays well and looks good as you can see in the footage I took at Arcade Infinity below ([www.youtube.com])
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Tsubaki looks really fun.
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I wonder how useful Rachel's new distortion is. Everyone is saying worthless, but i think i might try to fit it into my strategy somewhere, on the grounds that Rachel with the cat hood is just too cute.
The one change i really don't like is nitpicking as hell, but they changed Tao's hair color on her red costume. She has green hair on the red costume and she was blond before, so i would always play as "little red riding tao" which i found to be a barrel of monkeys.
ah well. Still trying to work on those taunt combos anyway. Screw arcade sticks, I'm using the 360 controller and going down with the ship.
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Good times.
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I hope they keep HDR, though, as those were some of my favorite matches to watch from this year. It's cool to see something fresh, instead of just Super Turbo year after year.
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Anyone else read that interview with Diago? Sounds like a nice guy, sure he's arrogant but for a damn good reason!
I particularly like how he said he has way more fun at American tournaments , not because the players are better, but because "The players have a sense of ownership of the scene and feel that the tournaments they attend are their event and that they have to take part to make them the best they can be."
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And before anyone with a chip on their shoulder flames me, I'm not saying one is better than the other, just saying its cool that its not always viewed as one is better then the other
I'll have to check up what Wong did, what did he do anyway?
12/07/09
Btw. Has anyone here been to the Shoryuken community? Its one of, if not the least friendly gaming community out there. The people jump on you if you ask a mere simple question and act like they are better than you even though its a fucking game forum for god sake and don't get me started on their mods. Its communities that turn people away from fighting games. Thank god for Kotaku.
12/07/09
[www.kineda.com]
The ones I watched were off Youtube, but they've been taken down.
Some would take Justin's actions as just "showmanship" but when you get up during a match and prance around, some cultures would look at it as just being disrespectful to your opponent (esp. since the matches were pretty good).
Events like this are fun to go to though, lots of fighting game junkies all hanging out not only at the location the tournaments are being held, but restaurants and stuff around the area too.
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I've hung out at Shoryuken.com for years, do you really find people that bad? There is lot of flaming and talking down, but it doesn't seem like it's any worse than other forums I visit.
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[www.capcom-unity.com]
"Right now, there's nobody younger than me that I feel threatened by. I haven't met anyone that I felt possesses the skill to surpass me in the future. I'm not over-evaluating myself. I can analytically see their weakness, their ineptitudes."
It's a good read, and out of context the quote sounds pretty arrogant, but if you read the interview I think he's right.
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Also keep in mind that translating a very polite and colloquial language such as Japanese into English, a tongue with very few honorifics, it's very easy to come off as aloof or brash, even though your intended tone was completely different.
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Japan's scene is better because it's much more dense population wise. You can find an arcade really easily over in the cities.
I have to drive for an hour to fight someone that can do Arakune's C-loop :P
Don't you dare suggest online, because that lag just makes me one sad prinny:[
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The interview as a whole was great. It really made me feel like Daigo was someone I would like to hang out with. I can't remember but there was another interview with him on some other site... Lol I can't remember. Eventhubs.com has both of them listed if you want to go through the archives. Both were pretty good.
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I've never met the guy, but since I'm from the Tekken side, I've heard he's pretty mediocre at the game despite having a large ego.
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I was just using Justin as an example of US players in tournaments held in the US vs other tournaments I've seen / been to in Japan. The mood / atmosphere is quite different, and I think it just depends on which you prefer. I have seen Justin live at an EVO before though, and I swear the guy was on drugs or something the way he was bouncing around. Was way too excessive (in my opinion of course).
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Unfortunately Wong adds to the tension and gives a great match. So while I agree he is show boaty he also gives great entertainment. So its kind of hard for me to give the guy too much crap.
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You are a Nu user. You don't have too many strict timing Combo's. Yeah, some of the other character's are unplayable in lag.
It's also why I stuck to Rachel.:P
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Any branching storylines at all in this game? #wwesmackdownvsraw2010
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And just many other unnecessary words, and damn and hell, which make Steve Austin and The Rock cry. #wwesmackdownvsraw2010
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People like wrestling for the same reason people like the circus; it's a display of acrobatic and, in many cases, improvisation skills. The soap opera bit exists for the same reason there are storylines in fighting games, and that is to give them a reason to be fighting. On rare occasions, just as with fighting games, the story can actually be good, and excellently complements the physical display.
So, the next time you think about wrestling as dumb, ask yourself if you've ever enjoyed a fighting game, an action movie, or any contact sport, and try to think of wrestling as being in the same vein, because it is.
As an aside, thinking that wrestling is "gay" just demeans you. Stop it. #wwesmackdownvsraw2010
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And if you don't like any of them, guess what? You can make anyone you damn well could ever possibly want. The CAW system in this game is, without a doubt, the most realistic and advanced one yet (although the points system does give a few limitations that need to be worked around in the clothing area), enabling you (or a faceless online entity, if you're not that skilled or creative to do so) to make any of those people you miss from No Mercy or Wrestlemania 2000, just with gameplay that feels far less sluggish and dated. In fact, you can create those people and then also create your own storylines so that the No Mercy, Wrestlemania 2000, WCW / NWO Revenge, and Smackdown! can finally be involved in real storylines rather than "The Rock has arrived at the arena.", with him then not being mentioned for the rest of the show. #wwesmackdownvsraw2010
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