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It cannot be overstated how legitimate Sailor Moon S is as a competitive fighter. It can be compared with games such as Street Fighter II Turbo Hyper Fighting and Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Multiple characters have legitimate (and somewhat oppressive) strategies that force players to think and find ways around… Read more

“Kusoge is in the eye of the beholder.” Read more

That poor television was sent to its Final Destination. Read more

Hey, on the bright side, at least Richard Nguyen qualified for battle of the stones! If anyone deserved it, he did.  Read more

Great to see Rich Nguyen back again in Infinite, along with his crazy combos. Read more

Expecting this

Feel free to use this gif from Sonic’s victory video on ESPN that I made!

Du is a good kid, and a great role model for young competitive gamers. Read more

It’s not broken, they’re just gods. Read more

“but it’s still unsettled whether fighting game pros need to entertain spectators while trying to do so.”

Uh, no, that is settled. Players are under absolutely no obligation to do this. If boring to watch strategies are what come to dominate the meta then its on the developers to adjust the systems in place, not the… Read more

Coming from a fighting game background, it’s a case where if the exploit wasn’t banned at the tournament (and depending on how the exploit is executed, that may not be a realistic route), it’s fair game. It’d be on the organizers to make that call and the developers to patch it out, if it was to be removed. Read more

Fuck humble, he won, thank your opponent, then shout that shit from the roof. Read more

Me small brain, need pictures and YouTube thumbnails, Ian! Read more

There was a time I used to root for Chrisg mostly cuz he wasn’t fchamp, but per his comments about black females in the FGC, he can go to hell. Don’t waste ur time defending dude, cuz I don’t care. Either I’ve gettkng more and more into the Fgc and watching the Capcom cups I can’t wait Read more

Stylistically yes, mechanically no. Even among air-dashers Vampire Savior and Guilty Gear are almost night and day. Truly, there really hasn’t been any air-dasher like VSav, where the combos are short and the focus is on pressure and okizeme. Read more