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GET EXPOSED is Dustloop community project designed to introduce the internet to Blazblue communities from all over the world. If you and your community are interested in participating, please check out the thread here.

This week we bring you an interview from the Philippines.

Recently the Philippines scene had a big meet at Otaku Expo. McArthur wrote an article and filmed a lengthy interview covering the event. Here is a light version of the interview.
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Interviewer- McArthur
Interviewee- Sougo, Gomez Brothers, DLSU Boys, Michi, TwilightChild

BBPH The Scene I: Otaku Expo
Intro

McArthur: We’re at Ozine/Otaku Expo. This is Calendula BBPH Gfx head. This is TwilightChild.

Twilight: PALAG!

*fun & laughter*

Sougo
McArthur: Hi. I’m McArthur of BBPH and I will interview players and vets and people from all walks of life. First guy, this is Sougo. Please introduce yourself and how did you know about BBPH?

Sougo: Hi, Sougo, real name’s Jecth. I started playing BB on CT. As time went on, I roamed around DLSU (university) and found out BBPH from McArthur. After playing with him in Goks (a DLSU college), we played some game and I got introduced to… Dix’s Baptism *Explicit* you Dix.


Gomez Brothers aka “The Pilgrims from way North”
McArthur: Okay. So first introduce each other...

LoGo: This is the youngest among us. Name is FranGo. Uses Hazama. Me, LoGo. Uses Valk. Then, MiGo. Uses Taokaka.

(McArthur: Ok, I Think I haven’t fought you yet, let’s play later.)

McArthur: How did you know about BBPH?

LoGo: We went to Ozine Fest April 2011, and we saw a BB tourney there. At first we thought we can do well, but we couldn’t. We saw how strong BBPH was. Since then we trained 'cuz we want to get better.

McArthur: That’s a good message. 'Cuz usually people who just play at home would feel the same way. I used to think like that before too, but once you meet the community you’ll just be shocked and amazed as well as get better of course. Right? So far, you guys having a great time?

(LoGo: Yeah definitely!)

McArthur: Ayt, thanks! Okay. Now the Mu Brothers, First introduce yourself and how did you know about BBPH?

Jayson: Jayson Rex Gabriel, I use Carl. And this is…

(Jaypee: Jaypee Gabriel, I use Ragna)

Jayson: Since the CT days, we’ve been looking for online opponents. We looked for a scene in the internet on BBCS1. Barely Anyone was playing online. So we decided to join an event- The BBPH First Ranbats. Ever since then, I semi-regularly attend Cubao and Philcoa Casuals and Convention events like this too. I’ll be there!

(McArthur: Nice nice.)


DLSU Boys ( Patrick “GhostWail”, Mer, Jecth “Sougo”)

McArthur: Tell us about the exp you guys had on your first big casuals.

Mer: There were lots of players and I thought I was already good. But... nope.

Sougo: Cos it’s hard without PS3 /QQ

PatC: Before I wasn’t serious with Taokaka, but now I am cos of BBPH 'cuz there are lots of good players. And I want to own too.


Michi

Question: How did you find out about BBPH?

Michi: There’s a thread I happen to see about BBPH, and I think Dix started it. From there, I talked to people and went to my first casual “The Dungeon” and I met people and played people. I guess that’s how I started.


TwilightChild

Question: On what advice can you give to untapped players out there?

TwilightChild: Believe it or not, as long as you look hard enough, you will find “the community” in any game.


Post Otaku Expo interview with BlickWinkel – Otaku Expo Champ

Question: So what can you say to your fans?

BlickWinkel: Thank you! It’s so hard to be noticed.

(McArthur: What again?)

BlickWinkel: It’s so hard to be noticed by another COWntry *funny accent*.

(BG: YOU! ARE! A TEXAN MAN!) (Tsunderemi: Hey dude, where does DacidBROW live?
Isn’t it in KAYNsas? *using funny accent*) (BG: edit it out)


Zenith from Singapore
Question: Why do you play BB?

Zenith: I used to be a KOF player, but now I'm a BB player.

(BG: Ohhhhh ahhhhh. Why BB?)

(TC: Ikuso Niisan~~)

McArthur: So what can you say about BBPH?

Zenith: Yeah… SINGAPORE GONNA BEAT YOUR ASS!

(All: Challenge accepted.mp3)

(McArthur: So Rebel2 SG, lets get it on!)


Dix The Bully
Question : What shout outs can you give to a casual gamer or to those watching this?

Dix The Bully: We have a fun community. Just join us.


Tomogawa
Question: How do you find BBPH’s level, compared to ourselves and to the world?

Tomogawa: For me, I think we’re at 75% Cos im basing it to the Japanese. I don’t keep track of the US scenes. Whether we admit or not, there are … still… you know… (TC: “Gelo Burst”) We still lack certain things and that’s why we’re at 75%.

McArthur: It just means there's room for improvement.

Tsunderemi: Should have been higher if not for your bursts...

McArthur: Zen said that SG is ready for us, what can you tell them? *Points at guns* I’ll be there at March, so watch our youtube channels to study us. *Looks back at Zen* The chair will break, not me.

McArthur: What can you say to those with no consoles?

Arvi: Watch vids and go to casuals!

McArthur: It’s really as simple as that.

BG:IMAGE TRAINING!


Cokesakto

McArthur: So this is Cokesakto, I heard the scene in the north has been on fire recently.

Cokesakto: In Philcoa casuals (North) players play other FGames as well like SF and MVC. So we play several games, everybody’s welcome!

END


For those of you who are interested in the full version, please check out here.

Thanks again to the BBPH scene for all their hard work! Be sure to support them and look out for future events. Upcoming on the next episode of GET EXPOSED is Central Florida. Look forward to it!
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Face-2-Face Interviews

By Guest, in Home,

Fellow Dustloop member Shinsyn0021 has been putting together some great interviews featuring various fighting game players like Lord Knight, A.X.I.S. TheBeast, and Brandino. These interviews are meant to get Face-2-Face with the players and learn about how they got into fighting games, meets and tournaments in their scene, their interests in other games, the dreaded "playing online" question and many more. Be sure to check out my personal favorite interview feat. A.X.I.S. TheBeast below.
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Great job to Shinsyn for putting in the time and effort to make theses video interviews. Be sure the check out Shinsyn's youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/MrShinSyn for more interviews. Also if you have a certain fighting game player you would like to see interviewed or a question you would like answered be sure to email him @ cjshinsyn21@gmail.com
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Parasoul, Reporting For Duty!

By Guest, in Home,

The latest promotional video for Skullgirls highlights the proud and noble Parasoul, princess of the Canopy nation.

Parasoul is a veritable character with a lot of tools and options at her disposal; she can launch self detonating tears of napalm, call forth soldiers to drag you across the screen or protect her from projectiles, and even has some great normals with good reach. Her Super moves consist of concentrated gunfire and a barrage of soldiers on motorcycles. She also has a unique way of moving around as she walks in strides, the start up is quick (great for tick grabs) and then followed by a slow advance (good for spacing).
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All and all Parasoul is a very unorthodox character and will require some skill and dedication to master, but she will reward your loyalty by allowing you to crush your opponent beneath your heel.

This trailer also gives a very solid and uninterrupted listen to Parasoul's voice actress, Erin Fitzgerald. She is known for a variety of roles in various anime (Kekkaishi, Ranma 1/2, Saber Marionette, Bleach) and video games (Catherine, .hack//GU, Eternal Sonata, Sakura Wars: So Long My Love).

For more information be sure to check out the ever expanding Parasoul character thread in the Skullgirls section!

Skullgirls releases on Playation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in early 2012.
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BBPH Weekly Video Round Up

By Guest, in Home,

Hello fans of Blazblue and hello fans and members of BBPH!

McArthur here just wanna round up some videos from the BBPH scene as well as scene from other Asian (Non-Japanese) communities.
*Because Blazblue deserves to be famous and every scene from every country that has one deserves to be known*

so keeping things short here are videos that BBPH recorded last week:
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1. BBPH iPlay MatchVids:

Players on the playlist:

Aile - Mu-12 Makoto and even Tager
BlickWinkel - Makoto
Tomogawa - Noel Carl "The Destroyer"
Zanzet - Hakumen
Kebo - Arakune (thanks for joining!)
McArthur - Bang
Mer - Jin
Fed227 - Hakumen
SG.Zen - Jin (Zen is a girl gamer from singapore ftw)

2.GGAC 2v2 Tournament hosted by BBPH:

*brackets and results here:

Players & their char to watch out for:
The champs: Raffy and Long (Baiken and May)
Daigo: Clutch Testament
Dan: Epic Potemkin ( making potemkin execution look like ABC's )
Tuks: Eddie "I like me my unblockables"



Now for some sources on our neighboring countries:



3. Blazblue Arabia Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/BlazBlueARABIA

subscribe to their channel and see how they battle in the middle east!



4. REBEL2 SG Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Rebel2SG

they're gonna have a BB tourney this Friday so watch them out too!



That's it for last week! Gamers of all size genders and ages, make sure to tune in to BBPH and keep the scene within your reach. Better yet, be apart of it!

Join in and have a chat and/or play with us via:
1. Dustloop Thread:
2. Facebook GROUP

Til next time guys, enjoy~


SOURCE: "Instant Air Dash" IAD Philippines
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Dustloop Community Video - Ragna Tutorial

By Guest, in Home,

This community video is an effort made possible by all of the members of the Ragna forums as well as Dustloop itself. Video and recording work by yours truly.
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We hope you enjoy the video and we wish you good luck on your journey to become the best Ragna player.





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Continuum Shift Extend & News Roundup

By Guest, in Home,

BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend will be hitting Japanese retailers 12/17/2011 as a launch title on the Playstation Vita and simultaneously on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, with all 3 versions carrying a price tag of ￥5980 (approx. $78) confirming a retail release for the console versions. To recap Continuum Shift Extend brings all character download content from the original Continuum Shift and puts it all in one comprehensive disc, it also features a revised Calamity Trigger story, 4 new scenarios following all the newly added characters, and an additional 4 "joke" scenarios to be found as well. There will also be a new opening animation and theme (蒼穹の光 - Soukyuu no Hikari by Faylan)
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First print copies of the Japanese versions will include a special soundtrack that compiles all the new audio tracks added since the original Continuum Shift.

Mori has already confirmed downloadable content for Extend however he did not comment on the exact nature of it, but following the previous history of past games we can probably expect more color palettes and maybe even characters beyond Relius...

Aksys games has already confirmed that that will indeed be bringing over Extend to North American territories for the Vita but have yet to announce plans for the console versions (it should also be noted that American Vita titles are slated for a standard pricing of $39.99, and this was the same price the original Continuum Shift released under for the PS3 and 360 in region).

Relius has been promised to be patched into arcade versions of Continuum Shift II before this month's end, so we should be getting a good look at him soon enough, until then you can check out the promotional video for Extend.







In other news a new vocal soundtrack will be releasing around the same time as well, BlazBlue in L.A. -VOCAL EDITION- will be on sale 12/14/2011 for ￥3,150 (approx. $41), the title is reminiscent of a Guilty Gear soundtrack of a similar title. It will include vocalized versions familiar themes which include:

01: Rebellion
02: Gluttony Fang
03: Weak Executioner
04: SUSANOOH
05: Active Angel
06: Rubble Song
07: Black Onslaught
08: Under Heaven Destruction
09: Endless Despair
10: Lust Sin
11: Awaking The Chaos


And to finish out the news round up Arc will be continuing their collaboration with gravure idol Iiniku Ushijima in a series of photo shoots that started with Noel Vermilion, then Makoto Nanaya, and now Litchi Faye Ling. The latest set is planned to launch along side next month's Arcadia magazine (which hits retailers on 9/30/2011).
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GET EXPOSED is Dustloop community project designed to introduce the internet to Blazblue communities from all over the world. If you and your community are interested in participating.

This week we bring you an interview from Renton, Washington.

C0R interviews the entirety of PNW's crew to give you a better idea of what their scene is like!

Interviewer- C0R
Interviewee- sG, Huey253, PlasticChicken, Blargster, Kaigu, NiggaJoe, Bohemian Polka
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Huey: Sure, why not.
C0R: Ok, ok. We're recording, we're recording. Do you want to do the honors?
Blargster: Give him the chicken, the chicken!
Huey: Hello, my name is Landis, and I'm going to make some chicken and waffles.
NiggaJoe: Erryday I'm drizzilin!
Huey: See that? UNH
sG: Man get that shit out of here.
-Crowd vocalizes their horror-
Huey: WOA, WOA WOA WAIT, WE'RE NOT DONE. We're not done.
sG: So these are the kind of people I'm involved with.
Huey: AaaaaAaaaAAAAaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! WOO!
sG: I'm not sure how I've stayed in the scene this long.
C0R: Alright.
Huey: Thirty seconds homie, let's go.
PlasticChicken: There's not enough Jack Daniels...
sG: NOT ENOUGH JACK DANIELS?!
-Lots of people talking-
NiggaJoe: You can have, the rest of the Jack Daniels, if, you don't put a pussy amount of Tabasco sauce on it.
C0R: Oh, we have, the questions.
Blargster: You better open that damned door!
C0R: sG! sG we have the questions.
sG: Okay.
C0R: Can you give us a short introduction, about who you are, and what you're all about in the scene?
sG: I'm sG...
Huey: I'm gay!
sG: My real name is Derek...
Huey: I'm gay.
-Lols-
sG: I guess that's what the scenes' about.
Huey: Bromance!
sG: Bromance, and uh... some video games, I guess.
Blargster: Derek I'll see you tonight!
sG: ...Yeah. Uh, it's been largely the same for all four years.
-someone slaps sG on the ass, everyone looks at PlasticChicken-
sG: There you go.
C0R: How large, or active is the scene?
sG: If you pan the camera around the room, that's pretty much it.
-closeups on Kaigu > Spark > Tari > W0ki > Bohemian Polka-
sG: There's, there's some more people, but this is pretty much it.
Blargster: I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
sG: I'm not talking about you! Shut the fuck up!
Blargster: Why you gotta be angry?
Bohemian Polka: Yeah that's Derek, he's a cool guy.
C0R: And we have me!
-closeup on C0R-
sG: I hope you know that didn't do anything, I hope you know.
C0R: Shut up nigga.
Bohemian Polka: So, what are...
C0R: Oh, right right.
C0R: What are your meets...
sG: I like how everyone can see that we're reading the questions off the laptop.
C0R: Hold on, hold on. What are your meets generally like and how often do you hold meets?
sG: Uh, we meet up, generally, twice a week.
-Huey eats chiken and waffles-
sG: We usually meet at, at THIS GUY'S PLACE.
-sG fondles' huey's nipple-
sG: You're having a good time right?
sG: And we usually meet up at Spark's place, where we're at right now.
C0R: Alright. What do you like best about your scene, and what do you (tongue twister), ick, what do you think is the scene's strong suit?
sG: What I like best about the scene, is... well, you know, I'm sure you can tell.
sG: What was the other part of the question?
C0R: What do you... what do you feel is the strongest suit about the scene.
sG: Uh, we're all pretty friendly with eachother.
C0R: I see.
sG: Yeah, aside from that, and hitting Rebecca with the freezer door. Um, you know we don't always just play Blazblue. You know, we've gone like, out to the mountians and shit.
sG: And tomorrow...
Blargster: and Karaoke!
sG: And Karaoke. Tomorrow, me, Landis and Jason are going to the Casino, win big.
C0R: Oh, we're moving. We're moving.
C0R: Okay so. Hold on (x3).
C0R: What are some major tournaments in your area?
sG: We... don't really have any! Actually. We have Northwest Majors coming up soon, but we don't actually have a lot of tournaments. I guess it's something I would like to see more of, but I don't think it's actually that big of a problem.
PlasticChicken: Because we all love eachother.
C0R: Because we all love eachother.
NiggaJoe: I hate everybody.
sG: I think throwing money into the mix just... tears us apart.
PlasticChicken: It's true.
sG: Fuck you.
C0R: Uhmmm... Is tournament attendance important to your scene? I guess we already answered that.
sG: I don't really think so, actually. We meet up often enough that sometimes even our best players don't show up to tournaments. Alex doesn't really enter tournaments. Around here, ever.
Huey: No! His name must be a mystery on the internet, forever.
sG: Yeah, I know.
C0R: Not anymore! Unlike Bobby Maverick.
sG: Bobbeh! Shoutouts to Bobby Maverick.
C0R: If someone was interested in joining the scene, but wasn't sure if they should attend meets, what would you tell them?
sG: Get over it? You know, I guess uh, it can be a little intimidating to first get into the scene because everyone already knows eachother so well. But, I really don't think any of us are, mean or anything. I don't think it's hard to get into the scene.
sG: So, yeah. Throw a post up on Dustloop, and you're pretty much good to go.
C0R: Okay, okay. What else should people know about your area?
sG: Uh... Space Needle! And GUILTY GEAR.
Kaigu: And Starbucks... and Starbucks.
sG: Did you know there's a Starbucks at the bottom of the Space Needle, and one at the top, in case you get thirsty on the elevator ride.
Huey: There's no Roscoe's here, so we have to make our own.
sG: BUT, you know what we do have?
sG: We have DICK'S.
-lols-
sG: We have Dick's.
sG: It's a burger place.
sG: Is that the last question?
C0R: Yeah.
sG: Okay one more thing. Come here sir.
-grabs PlasticChiken-
sG: I would like to give a shoutout to my producer Jason Kim.
Huey: This guy made it possible.
sG: I wouldn't be this far today without Jason Kim.
Huey: Thank you dad... I mean Jason.
C0R: Okay, well, I think that... that wraps it up.
C0R: Okay, thanks guys! Everybody says bye.
Huey: Oh yeah, I won the last tournament.
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Super Battle Opera 2011 Results and Recap

By Guest, in Home,

This might be late to the case, but here's the results for this years Super Battle Opera!

BBCS2 1v1 Single Elimination
1st. Konan (Tsubaki)
2nd. R-1 (Noel)
3rd. Dora (Bang)
3rd. R-2 (Noel)
5th. Doritos (Makoto)
5th. Nao-san aishiteru/Yoshiki (Lambda)
7th. Galileo (Litchi)
7th. Sencha (Valk)

SSF4AE 2v2 Single Elimination
1st. Kazunoko (Yun) & Ojisan (Yang)
2nd. Nemo (Yang) & Kyabetsu (Viper)
3rd. Michael-tan (Ken) & Hashigashira San (Yun)
3rd. Daigo Umehara MCZ (Yun) & Iyo (Ibuki)

Aquapazza Dream-Match 1v1 Single Elimination
1st. GO1 (Riannon)
2nd. (Konomi)
3rd. Ogawa (Konomi)
3rd. (Touka)

Super Turbo 3v3 Single Elimination
1st. Okafei (Fei-Long), Seki (DeeJay), ShootingD (Ryu)
2nd. ARG (Claw), Otochun (Chun-Li), Gunze (Zangief)
3rd. YuuVega (Dictator), Yoshimura (Dhalsim), Keishin (Chun-Li)
3rd. KKY (Dhalsim), Kikai (Guile), Mattsun (Ken)

For those that did not have the chance to enjoy the live stream of SBO, Tougeki will be releasing their annual DVD recordings of the tournaments, so be sure to look forward to them.
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Vampire Savior DCC#6 & Exhibition Tournament

By Guest, in Home,

It's an exciting time b/c DCC#6 is in just a few days.

"Darkstalkers Combination Cup" is an annual Vampire tournament. This is the biggest of big, equivalent to SBO, It started right about the time Vampire left SBO.



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From Korey AKA Rainbowdash AKA Koreycore AKA Korey on Dustloop:

"Howdy everyone! As I'm sure you know, Darkstalkers Combination Cup will be going on September 23rd and the 24th. Japanese Sasquatch player Sasunii has been kind enough to link us videos of the qualifiers and information regarding teams for DCC. You can check that out if you're a part of our Facebook group. Also, DCC will be streamed via Sakamoto's uStream channel So check that out for dates and times. They will have a special 5 on 5 team event the night before DCC then the Main Events will start the day after with the Hunter tournament first, followed by VSav. Don't miss out on some high level Vampire play from some of the best players in the world.
Links:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/197383233629950/
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sakamotosan
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2011.9.23 Eve event
14:00 - "Vampire Savior" 5on5 tournament

2011.9.24 DCC6
12:00 - "Vampire Hunter" single tournament
16:00 - "Vampire Savior" 2on2 tournament
(Japan time)


From FleshPunder on Dustloop:
Just so we're all on the same "page", EST and DST:
The DCC Eve Event will start at 1 am 9/23 EST.
Vampire Hunter singles will start 11 pm 9/23.
Vampire Savior 2s will start at 3 am 9/24
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