Xie Posted December 23, 2011 Author Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) I'm still sick, but I'll try to do it today. 12/22/12 8PM PST. Edit: Welp, graphics card died. Guess they'll be no Christmas after all. Edited December 23, 2011 by Xie
7h30n Posted December 26, 2011 Posted December 26, 2011 I just started watching your show, currently watching Pilot. Although I know all the stuff in pilot, it's awesome! I'm sure later episodes are even better. Keep on doin' what you are doing, we are all really grateful! Get well soon!
Xie Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) So yaeah, this is now my Japan Bb blog. Yesterday I got beat up by some 600-700 Level players and club Sega in akihabara. Akihabara is some kind of hazama land, its like 45% hazama players and 55% everyone else.I didn't lose outright, but I often had trouble clinching the last game in 3/5 sets. There was this 150 psr arakune, I was beating him up but then my attitude toward him was getting kinda light and I dropped games to him. Lesson learned, kill everyone. I haven't gotten used to doing stuff in extend yet, all the proration and blockstring stuff isn't really in muscle memory for this version yet. Also my match exp is severely limited, but that's what the trip is for! Today there's a meetup at shinjuku sportsland. I'm gonna get beat up today as well. Edited December 29, 2011 by Xie
Tonberry Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 There was this 150 psr arakune, I think you deleted something here and didn't add it back. Good luck.
Solex Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 I'm gonna get beat up today as well. this sounds like a difficult task, but i believe in you. YOU CAN DO EET!
Critical Edge Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Oh, Xie, we should totally meet up for some BlazBlue at some of the arcades. Alpha Station in Shin-Okubo has BlazBlue for 50 yen a game.
St1ckBuG Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Xie, you should try to meet up with Stunedge and have him take you to "the wings place". He'll know what I mean. That place is fucking godlike. Have fun getting bodied in 3/5 sets.
Xie Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 Critical edge, I'm going to alpha today. There's a meetup there tonight I'm gonna get bodied at. Gonna update this post with the shunjuku sports land stuff later.
Critical Edge Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 Critical edge, I'm going to alpha today. There's a meetup there tonight I'm gonna get bodied at. Gonna update this post with the shunjuku sports land stuff later. Oh, you mean the tournament they hold there every Thursday? I'll be going there too. Hopefully we can get in some matches together.
Xie Posted December 29, 2011 Author Posted December 29, 2011 Yeah, I'm the dude in the trenchcoat. All else fails look for my nescia name.
Xie Posted December 29, 2011 Author Posted December 29, 2011 Last night I went to shinjuku sportsland. I thought it was just a gathering but it turns out it was a tournament. I died to a hakumen and konan tsubaki. I did beat someone but it was some girl playing hazama. Actually, I almost lost to her, more on that later. A lot of super strong people showed up. Konan, Mitsurugi, Souji, ishita, Dora, R-1, udon, and a bunch of 750+ people I didn't know. Needless to say, beating any of these guys is impossible at my level. But playing them was fun. I could take rounds, but a 3/5 set was definitely impossible at my level, given I haven't even perfected my combos yet. I hope I can get to a similar level before my stay is up. As for 650ish level players, I'm about 50/50 with them. Hazama is giving me tons of trouble right now, the mid level players of this character give me way more trouble than any other. I think I have a much better view on the matchup now, but anti air is so hard it's almost impossible from a practical standpoint. Random thoughts: Souji is like a supercomputer. He calculates your death. Dora says he is too strong and he can't win either. Apparently he is bad with nerves so he loses in tournaments. I guess supercomputers can overheat. Random pink Noel was super strong. Konan likes rcing his corner enders to get install meter when he's got plenty of heat. Didn't get a chance to ask him about it, but he rebuilt the meter when he successfully or in, so it makes sense so far. Today is comiket then alpha. Rough road ahead!
Critical Edge Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 Really good games over at Alpha Xie, I love your Platinum. Sorry I was so terrible - today really wasn't my day.
Xie Posted December 30, 2011 Author Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) Last night was alpha station. I was beat up again. I'm gonna run out of money pretty soon lol. I lost first round in the tournament vs yenge. I was able to beat him up somewhat before the tournament started, but I failed to break his throws in the tournament. Best of 1 is tough! Satoshi was also around, he was still looking super strong despite not taking the game super serial. He beat judo like 9 times straight in casuals, then lost to him in the tournament . Well, he said didn't really care so he just does whatever. Keba mu looked strong. I didn't get to play him but he looked good from what I could see. I beat kazehira tao twice in a row on my first two games, then he stopped playing me. I think he mistook me for a strong person haha, cause I think I was pretty lucky with my spacing and item rolls. I fought some 700 psr platinum like 10 times before winnin once. I think in terms of raw spacing I was better, but he was better at everything else, including combos and screen management. I ended up learning a lot about the matchup and started to beat him up, but then he would random Mami on wake up and kill me. Only after I conquered random Mami could I defeat him. Judo beat me up quite a bit. I think the score was 3-1, but after I beat him some 800+ psr bang sat down and killed me. At that point I was out of money, so I went home. Good shit to critical edge, gaijin smashing his way into the scene. Keep at it you can become a top player before you leave! Tonight I'm going to tachikawa. Make sure to check out alpha stations vids to see me losing! Edited December 30, 2011 by Xie
AcidAce Posted December 30, 2011 Posted December 30, 2011 how the community there compared to american xie(i mean in person besides level of strength)? is it player friendly with advice after match kind of or dead silent quiet where u lose u get off and wait in line to play again?
Roldy Posted December 30, 2011 Posted December 30, 2011 Xie, I'd like to ask you about Japanese arcades. How do people take turns on the cabs there? Here in Toronto we put down a coin to say we're next in line.
Xie Posted December 30, 2011 Author Posted December 30, 2011 In terms of community, it depends on who it is. Some people will talk to you and some won't. Personally I've never met anyone who wouldn't talk to me, but I rarely talk as I'm often reflecting on my loss or playing. In any case, most people seem nice. As for who is next, I don't actually know. For the most part, who is next is largely unspoken, and you can have a salty runback as much as you want unless someone specifically wants to play. I think the only real rule is to not play someone who doesn't want to play you anymore (ie you beat them up and they move to another cab).
Yggjrasil Posted December 30, 2011 Posted December 30, 2011 Xie, have you picked up some new technology with Plat while fighting these savage beasts and if you have, care to share with us?
St1ckBuG Posted December 30, 2011 Posted December 30, 2011 Xie, I'd like to ask you about Japanese arcades. How do people take turns on the cabs there? Here in Toronto we put down a coin to say we're next in line. When you lose you're supposed to get up and wait a few seconds. If no one else goes to sit down immediately then you're good to sit back down again. Players even do this when there's no one is standing around waiting 'in line' to play. The only players I saw in Japan not do this were the two French guys there for SBO, but I can vouch for them and say if no one told them about this unwritten rule then they would have no reason to get up from the cab after losing. Everyone is very passive. If I ever saw two guys go for the chair after someone lost, they would both make eye contact and then offer that the other person go first.
Xie Posted December 30, 2011 Author Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) When you lose you're supposed to get up and wait a few seconds. If no one else goes to sit down immediately then you're good to sit back down again. Players even do this when there's no one is standing around waiting 'in line' to play. The only players I saw in Japan not do this were the two French guys there for SBO, but I can vouch for them and say if no one told them about this unwritten rule then they would have no reason to get up from the cab after losing. Everyone is very passive. If I ever saw two guys go for the chair after someone lost, they would both make eye contact and then offer that the other person go first. I usually did that out of courtesy cause I have a tendency to GO IN, but yeah that's what they were largely doing at tachikawa today, so it makes sense. Also, new plat technology? Probably too much to even remember. The game and matchups have changed a lot in subtle ways. I need I commit a lot of the situations to memory myself, as some of it is still instinctive. Edited December 30, 2011 by Xie
Kujikawa Posted December 30, 2011 Posted December 30, 2011 Stupid question, but will your matches be up on Jourdal's channel?
Xie Posted December 30, 2011 Author Posted December 30, 2011 Yesterday's tachikawa 5v5 was crazy. There were 13 teams! It's crazy how many strong players exist in Japan that you never see videos of. Each team had at least one or two killers you've probably never seen in a video. In the tournament there were 3 random teams. Mine was pretty weak, save for hina and a Noel I've never heard of. We had two really weak players, not including myself for once, and we got peaced out by mitsurugi's team. Mitsurugi is godlike at air throwing no matter what game. I gave akira a box of chocolates as a visiting gift, which he ended up using as the tournament prize, lol. I didn't get to play him unfortunately, but he was busy with the tournament so it's understandable. As for the venue, it was crazy having like 60 plus people hovering over 5 cabs. There were a ton of really strong players, so for the most part I only got to play most people once. In particular, I dropped a game winner against fumo and goro, I really need time to grind 3c cure dot typhoon in practice mode somehow, because that's what I dropped. I finally got some relius and litchi experience from from tori and fio, but I beat them both up so I don't know if I learned much. Winning doesn't teach you nearly as much as losing. As I type this, I am freezing at the comiket queue to get in. I woke up an hour late so I am late to the queue as well. Well, I have no hopes of getting wall shit anyways, just gonna focus on the small circles I like and pick up the main circle leftovers. Tonight, well, this afternoon, is alpha station 3v3! There will probably be a stream on nico too. There was actually one last time as well, but I still don't know the URL. I'm sure there will be more vids of me losing.
Yggjrasil Posted December 31, 2011 Posted December 31, 2011 Can't tell you how jealous I am right mow,Xie. That sounds mad hype. I wish I was there...
7h30n Posted December 31, 2011 Posted December 31, 2011 Quick question about BlazBlue. I've been watching block string episode and you said that when you land a hit you make it into a combo. The question is, do people really react to doing a hit with their blockstring and continue the combo or do they anticipate a hit and continue with a combo blindly to give them more time to notice a hit? What I do with Noel is (in Calamity Trigger) 5D > d.6C and the d.6C gives me time to see if I can continue combo (if it is a hit I do 214A) or if it is blocked I usually end with d.5B > d.236D
Delrian Posted December 31, 2011 Posted December 31, 2011 Quick question about BlazBlue. I've been watching block string episode and you said that when you land a hit you make it into a combo. The question is, do people really react to doing a hit with their blockstring and continue the combo or do they anticipate a hit and continue with a combo blindly to give them more time to notice a hit? What I do with Noel is (in Calamity Trigger) 5D > d.6C and the d.6C gives me time to see if I can continue combo (if it is a hit I do 214A) or if it is blocked I usually end with d.5B > d.236D You react to when you hit your opponent, and start doing a combo based on the move that hit. Most of what you anticipate is what your opponent is going to do during gaps in your blockstring: punishing whether they're going to jump out, mash 2A, mash DP, stuff like that.
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