"Meet Your Mod" Episode 8: Senkei

It's OG time as we take a look at some of our mods that were around before BlazBlue existed and people actually travelled to gatherings at arcades or console meet-ups just to play some Guilty Gear. First up is one of your Faust mods, and a Top 8 Finalist in Guilty Gear XX: Accent Core at Evolution 2009, here's

Senkei

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

Haha well this handle means "annihilate" so it just stuck. I'm not too fond of it and I've been meaning to change it but unfamiliarity tends to confuse people. Everyone locally just calls me Tsak.

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

Haha this is pathetic but my first fighting game was Naruto GNT for the Gamecube lol. I went from casual play to serious and got in touch with Willvolution's tournaments. Willvolution not only held Naruto tournaments but GG tournaments as well. The 1st tourney I went to I got 4th in Naruto and starting watching the GGXX Slash tournament that was going on. I was blown away by the pace and style of the game and that is what propelled me play what I play now.

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

I am actually very lucky since Central Florida has a pretty great Blazblue scene. Ranbats are held every 2-3 weeks and there is a BB tourney damn near every month. We may not get SSF4 numbers but 20-30 people for the 1st 3 C.E.O's is awesome!! Alex Jebailey runs them, they get streamed on iplaywinner so we can get more and more coverage. Alex has put a lot of faith and confidence into BB even thought he hates it lol so yeah having a committed organizer is top tier!!! I still play GG with Mike Song on occasion but yeah, BB is the most competitive.

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

I think we are very weak. Strong players are few and far between and on top of that we have a big problem with self-proclaimed "top" players which Zidane touched on in his interview. The biggest problem I see for players is they don't know how to lose. Losing and learning is so vital towards a players improvement and instead of making excuses (match-ups, equipment malfunction, drug addiction, etc. etc) see what you did wrong and progress from that.

I believe the way to strengthen our talent is to integrate the players more often (travel more guys!!) and good players really need to share the love. After every tournament I have at least 1 or 2 people that want to pick my brain and I give them all I have. This type of behavior breeds intelligent thought and betters the community.

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

As far as my area goes Hotnix's Mu-12 is really difficult to play since his characters body doesn't combo like everyone elses does for Arakune. That and Hotnix is an extremely smart player. He taught me GG and got me into it, so we've been playing each other for years.

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

Practice, practice, practice. I watch videos, study match-ups and constantly try to improve my game. I've been in the money (1st or 2nd) in the past 3 tourneys we've had here in FL and that is training mode showing it's benefits every time.

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

Arakune is the shit! Step-up that pre-curse games bitches....