"Meet Your Mod" Episode 2: LunaKage

A big welcome to Dustloop's newest moderators! Here, we are committed to the competitive scene with organized information and active discussion to further everyone's game play. We feel these newest additions will elevate character boards and reflect active members who consistently contribute. Some may be familiar, while some of these users aren't "celebrities" (yet). We are going trough a QnA process to help our Dustloop community get more acquainted with our newest moderators.

LunaKage

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- Why did you choose that particular handle, is there a story or reference you'd like to explain?

My handle comes from the latin word Luna meaning moon and the Japanese word Kage meaning Shadow, these were chosen due to my favorite color combination, Luna always reminds me of Sky Blue, while Kage always reminds me of Black, which are my favorite colors, Black and Blue.

- What is your background with fighting games...Did you start with BB or are your OG like SFII?

My gateway fighter was "Dead Or Alive 3", which allowed me to feel cool by doing 6 hit combos just by mashing buttons, next up came "Soul Calibur 2", which taught me the greatness of blocking. Those games made me fall in love with fighters, and I used to think I was good at them, until I found my first competitive arcade scene with "Tekken 6", that was the game that taught me how to step up my game. I messed around a bit in "Street Fighter 4", but never got serious. Then came BBCT, only the second game I ever got serious with, but I'm certainly stronger in BB than I ever was at Tekken.

- What competitive scene are you involved with? (Ranbats, Arcades, XBL, PSN, Reload Online etc.) Would you elaborate the benefits of this particular scene?

While I haven't gone to a Michigan Ranbat yet, I hold casuals with the other MI guys at my house, or we all go to casuals together at the place that normally holds the Ranbats, work and school kind of prevent me from showing at Ranbats themselves, always leaving me disappointed, and with only slightly more money in my pocket. XBL is where you can find me more often than not, netplay has it's disadvantages, but as long as you play with people you have a decent connection with, its way better than just playing the computer.

- How strong do you feel your nation is as a whole, what is the next step to strengthening it?

All the jokes about overheads and purple throws aside. I think America is doing pretty good, we have newbs, scrubs, decent players, pro level players, tourney winners, tourney losers, etc. All that really matters is our love for the game, if we meet a new challenge(like a random Japanese player showing up to an American Tourney) we will work hard until we rise above that challenge.

- Which player(s) give you the most trouble and why?

I play Noel, so the more appropriate question would be: who DOESN'T give me trouble. Going against a good Tager like Axis, Xdest's Tao, LK's Litchi or anybody's Bang will always nullify my offense and break my defense. Skye's Arakune and good Carl players, because I can't seem to get my hands on them.

- What has been the most helpful tool while growing stronger in BB?

Getting pissed off, seriously, it helps. When I get angry, I always try to improve so that it doesn't happen again, I'm a very relaxed guy so if something breaks me, I try to eliminate that problem. Practicing, not giving up when times are tough, picking up a couple more characters so you can just have fun without taking the match too seriously. I also think there are 3 kinds of people that someone needs, in order to get better: 1. People with even skill level, to give you a challenge without breaking your spirit. 2. People who are better than you, to prevent you from getting cocky, and giving you a goal to strive for. 3. People who are worse than you, to make you feel better after getting bodied by the people who are better than you.

- Is there anything you'd like to share regarding your respective character or Dustloop in general?

lol Noel, she's lucky she's cute, or else I would have switched to Bang like R-1 did :P

I'd like to thank Dustloop by giving me this chance, and I promise to do my best. To all of the other Noel players: Keep your head up, don't let her position on the tier list get you down, and never quit, even when the road ahead looks rough.