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The damn tier brackets is the only thing holding this game back a bit, all the top tournaments are either Jack/Dragunov as the winner in the grand finals. Which makes Tanukana’s win even more impressive.
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Had a bit of time, so figured I’d provide the match commentary in English transcript form: Read more

The Starcraft 2 GSL finals were also this weekend, though really early (8am) since it was in Korea. The VOD is on their Youtube channel if anyone wants to watch.
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Now imagine all this but with the rest of Shonen Jump. At least 4 characters per franchise (max 12), this exact kind of care and attention. Read more

Oh god, that Spirit Bomb is hilarious. Way to go, DBFZ community. Read more

And this, right here, is why the FGC is the best. I’ve been part of it for over 10 years, and while I’m not playing FG at all these days, I have very fond memories of my offline scene. Read more

And we all have your back to, buddy. Get well. Read more

Bringing out the Asuka 120% guns? Big props to you.
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So I’m a huge NYXL fan but I gotta say, if we had lost I would have minded far less us losing to Philly than London. Even the grudge with them from last stage aside, Philly is just a charming team. Fraggi seems like somebody you wanna have drinks with, the tree house feature thing they did outside their house was… Read more

Words can’t describe my excitement for this full LP. Read more

Calculated! Read more

Shoutout to the casting, BTW. TastySteve is the fuckin’ god. Read more

He was in my pool for Pokken when I was playing at Frosty Faustings in January, and his promo was amazing. He also taught me how to play Windjammers. He is a great guy! Read more

Ahem. The term you’re looking for, Eric, is “ProZ”, thank you very much Read more

What an incredible finish. DBFZ is really having an amazing maiden year for tournaments, isn’t it? Read more

I’m really glad Japan showed up to represent in DBZ. Out of the top 8 standings, 5 of them were Japanese SF5 players too. Also, the final score between Goichi and SonicFox was 16 to 6. Read more

This is my kind of trash talk, if it barely qualifies as such. Even though it’s hardly trashing the opponent before the actual match, the whole speech exudes personality and character without being reminiscent of a real life dick.
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I honestly cant decide if this was the best outcome following this, or the worst.

I cant understate the comedic value of him talking big and then losing so badly, but goddamn, I would have loved to see him go the distance!

Guy is a real showman!
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