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Darkstalkers Resurrection releases

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Darkstalkers resurrection is a coming out Tuesday & Wednesday!
See the announcement trailers for details on features and game comparisons.

This is advertised an an ARCADE PERFECT version of Vampire Savior.

Dirty Beret is former Arcsys. Baby brother of Guilty Gear is coming.




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Win a copy of GGAC+ for the PS3 and Xbox360!

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Cheap Ass Games and Arc System Works are having a free raffle where 10 lucky winners get a copy of Guilty Gear AC+ for consoles!

Either follow and retweet them here or comment in the thread on Cheap Ass Gamer to enter. You can do both for two chances to win!
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/competitions.php?competitionid=43
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Evo has officially opened registration at http://evo.shoryuken.com/

You can book a hotel here http://www.totalrewards.com/hotel-reservations/?propCode=PLV&groupCode=SPRKX3

In addition to Persona 4: Arena being an official game at Evo this year, members of the community will be running side tournaments for BB/GG.

Unfortunately, since no schedule for the games have been posted, it is currently not possible to schedule a time for these side events, but rest assured that they are happening!

Games: BBCSE (or BBCP import if it's out by then), and GGAC+R
Hardware: Both games will be on PS3. Rapid fire and macros are banned. You can use controllers with those functions, but you can't use those functions.
Tournament Format: Double Elimination Pools
Entry Fee: undecided, likely $5 per game.


We will likely need tvs/ps3s so if you're willing to help bring setups, please post up.
If you'd like to help run pools please post up as well.
http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?15787-EVO-2013-P4Arena%21-Also-sign-up-for-BB-GG-side-tourneys%21-July-12-14%21

I'm not much of a hype man, but kenja0 has a passionate plea for those considering coming:


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VSAV Quickies #3 Techhit-Advanced

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VMP Presents: TechHit Advanced strategies.
Enjoy the video & plz support Darkstalkers: Death & Rebirth

http://www.powerupfighters.com/2013/01/event-announcement-darkstalkers-death-rebirth/
http://www.facebook.com/events/386848238073620/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/197383233629950/
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VSAV Quickies #2 Victor-Advanced

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VSAV Quickies #2 Victor-Advanced


VMP Present; Victor's Advanced strategies. All inputs are shown in the lower corner.
Enjoy the video & plz support Darkstalkers: Death & Rebirth

http://www.powerupfighters.com/2013/01/event-announcement-darkstalkers-death-...
http://www.facebook.com/events/386848238073620/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/197383233629950/
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Dramatic story readings, random gameplay, dialogue requests from confirmed donors and more.
This event is to promote Skullgirls, raise donations for Breast Cancer Research, and secure a spot as the final game in Evolution 2013's lineup (The game with the highest amount of funds raised will win the final spot in the lineup).
Tune in to show your support, and consider donating: http://www.twitch.tv/eightysixed
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As most of you have heard by now, P4Arena will be an official game at Evo2k13! However the Evo Staff has set up a donation drive where the community that donates the most money will have their game added to the Evo lineup as an official game! All donations go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

https://www.wepay.com/donations/evo2013-ggxx


https://www.wepay.com/donations/evo2013-bbcp


https://www.wepay.com/donations/evo2013-sg


https://www.wepay.com/donations/evo2013-ds3


The donation drive lasts till the end of January, so there's not much time!
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Darkstalkers: Death & Rebirth

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June 15-16, Cincy Ohio

USA's Largest VSAV event

REGISTRATION
Darkstalkers: Death & Rebirth registration will be in-person only. An online tally will be kept on facebook

-Weekend Pass-
$30, which includes automatic entry into tournaments as listed below. You also receive unlimited access to games at Arcade Legacy for the entire weekend.

SATURDAY (DEATH)
Dante’s Inferno Single Elimination Qualifiers – Automatic Entry
Rookies’ Tournament – Selected Entry
Veterans’ Team Tournament (3-Man) – Selected Entry

SUNDAY (REBIRTH)
Vampire Hunter – Automatic Entry
Vampire Savior – Automatic Entry

EXHIBITIONS
Character Specialist 8v8
High Stakes Exhibition
Grudge Matches

SIDE TOURNAMENTS (subject to change and expansion)
Windjammers - Entry Fee TBA
Street Fighter Alpha 2 - Entry Fee TBA
Guilty Gear Accent Core +R - Entry Fee TBA
X-Men vs Street Fighter - Entry Fee TBA

PAYOUT & BONUS
TBA

SCHEDULE
TBA

More details to be released in the coming weeks and months

http://www.powerupfighters.com/2013/01/event-announcement-darkstalkers-death-rebirth/

https://www.facebook.com/events/386848238073620/

https://twitter.com/Osirun

https://twitter.com/VMP_KyleW

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Advanced Blocking in (at least) Guilty Gear

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About a month ago someone in the GG forum asked about different block types, and apparently people liked my response, so I made it into an article. I've barely edited this so it works better for the front page, including adding a bit of preface to make up for the lack of, you know, a question being asked in a thread as context:

Defense is the most important thing you can learn to do in a fighting game. With a solid defensive mentality and skillset, you are going to be better than average at pretty much any fighting game. However, in complicated fighting games like Guilty Gear, there are some specific defensive options that are very important to know about. The following is an attempt to explain what most advanced players know about Instant Blocking and Faultless Defense, and how each are used.

Basically, in order to understand how to apply FD and IB, you have to have a strong idea of what they actually do.

FD:

Blocks chip damage
Causes the defender to take MORE blockstun
Costs a small amount of meter
Increases pushback for the attacker
Cancels whatever you're doing instantly (IF you can FD)
Can block air-unblockable moves

Whereas IB:

Causes the defender to take LESS blockstun
Improves your meter gain slightly
Decreases pushback for the attacker


Core Usage: Escaping/Punishing Pressure

The most important use of FD/IB is creating holes in the opponent's pressure. To do this well, you have to know about the opponent's character: What are they doing right now? What can they do from it? Is the string they're doing solid, or is it part of a false gap mixup? How much stun is each individual move putting you in? How much pushback is each individual move doing?

With this in mind, you can start trying to get out of pressure in a few key situations. Most of the time, your opponent needs two things to keep you locked down: They need to be close enough to hit with an attack, and they need to be able to do another attack before or shortly after you're out of blockstun. With this in mind, try to think of situations where your opponent needs to connect in order to continue their pressure. This is true of most normal moves, since they need to connect to cancel to the next thing, but is often not true if the next thing they're going to do is move to close the gap (With a run, jump, or airdash, or with some special move that carries them forward) or throw a projectile. Places where your opponent needs to connect to continue their pressure are places where they can screw up.

Next, you need to identify which of these critical points are vulnerable to IBing or FDing. If a string of attacks will barely be close enough to connect, you can FD a single hit, or sometimes a few hits, leading up to that critical point, forcing them further away, and if you were smart about it, causing them to whiff (Or, against a smarter opponent, just stop attacking before they'd whiff). On the other hand, sometimes a string of attacks will have a point that barely keeps you in blockstun. If a string or a link almost lets you out of blockstun, but doesn't, or lets you out of blockstun, but not long enough to do something, it's a good time to instant block. This allows you some time to reversal, backdash, or even jump out sometimes. Often, an instant block will allow you to throw your opponent, because not only are you in less blockstun, but you are closer to your opponent than they expected you to be.

Being able to identify these situations comes with experience, and often differs greatly between individual characters you'll be facing. It never hurts to go into training mode and try out a string you're having trouble getting out of. See where it's vulnerable, and what you can do to break out of it. What move in the string do you want to interrupt, or avoid? What move should you be looking for to FD/IB?

Alternate Use for FD: Cancelling Movement

Since FD causes you to block immediately, it can be used to cancel a number of things. The most specifically useful ones are jump startup and run animation.

One Frame Jump: Jumping takes a few frames (3 for most characters, more for some) to get off the ground, during which you're fully vulnerable. If you FD during your jump, you will jump slightly faster (There's some controversy over exactly how many frames this gains you). This is useful not only for jumping more safely, but for getting off the ground quicker, and works with superjumps as well as normal jumps.

Dash cancel: For every run in the game, there's a short "sliding" animation that plays when you stop running. During this time, you can cancel into any attack, but you're completely unable to block or throw. But, if you FD while running or sliding, it will cancel it instantly, and allow you to do either. Note that airdashes cannot be cancelled by FD (But they can be cancelled by Slashback)

Animation cancel: Any ground normal, as well as most characters' j.Ds, can be cancelled into FD on the first 2 or so frames. This is usually pretty much entirely useless in most cases. However, you can sometimes psych out an opponent with the sound of an attack you don't end up doing (Audible overheads, for example). Cancelling j.D is also a way to option select airthrows into FD if you don't have burst (By pressing 4H+D and then instantly FDing, you get the throw if in range, and D->FD if you aren't.). This is a lot of effort for fairly limited utility, however.

Situational Uses for FD and IB when you can't escape

When you're pretty sure you're going to be unable to escape pressure, there are still uses for FD and IB. You probably already know that FD cancels chip damage, and IB will gain you meter faster (While also allowing you to improve your familiarity with the rhythm of your opponent's strings).

Another weird use of FD is cancelling the animation of a failed slashback. For reasons I'm not quite sure of myself, holding FD with, for example, K+S, and tapping H will allow you to attempt more slashbacks in the same amount of time than you'd be able to otherwise. This is pretty much only useful in theory, since anyone with the execution to do it reliably in a way that's useful could probably just time the slashback in the first place. But, you know, kinda cool.

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