OrionXElite

I don't think the issue with the setups are lag on the monitors, its the sticks being unresponsive for the most part. Most of the people I heard said they couldn't dash very well. I for one have a hard time doing complex motions like IB>720 or VTC>720 and doing tick grabs with Tager in general was much harder so I think if they could replace the sticks with new ones, that will hopefully remedy the problem.

Better be Gamecenter. I don't care if we have to pay a larger Venue Fee of like $5 for us to use it, its fucking worth it. This is hands down the best venue we've had and we should support Myung's Business and keep going there.

I only really noticed a few issues you could work on. And they're fairly simple issues to fix honestly: 1) I noticed you were trying to do the combo variant that uses 3 Beast Cannons after j.214B. You dropped it every time you tried it and I know why. You to put a slight delay between the jump cancel and the j.214B because this lets them fall a bit lower when you hit them and adjusts the height accordingly to let the [W]j.236A hit instead of whiff like it was. 2) You need to be in the air more with Wolf Form, fly around like an idiot, use lots of Beast Cannons with C-Dash cancels to maneuver and use a lot more Eisen Cannons as those are about +5 or so on block so it gives everyone a hard time. 3) More [W]5B AA. Against that Makoto, I noticed you started to not use it as much cause it kept clashing with j.2C. You can always OS on clash for stuff like this. 5B>5B in this case would be your OS. If it hits, whiffs or gets blocked, the 2nd one never comes out. If it clashes, the 2nd one comes out and hits them. And on CH, theres more than enough time to confirm it into a j.A and go from there if you need to.

All combo Rating does is scale Damage, Untech time and Hitstun are not effected by Combo Rating.

I honestly hate this matchup. The Nails are the ultimate offence against Valk. You can't Wolf effectively while he has the ability and desire to use DNails and when you don't use Wolf, you have to block Bang's pressure which easily some of the best in the game. Its a really frustrating matchup if you can't get the upper hand quickly. Your biggest goal is to get him to start blocking and try to just one hit into a knockdown, then go to town on him. He has no legit reversals without meter and his Guard Points are risky as all hell. Dont' be afraid of Ashura in Wolf Form on Bang's wake up. If he throws it, you can do 4C on Reaction to avoid it and punish it. Have the balls to throw 6A in human form every once in a while and you might catch them off guard with it. The guard point has decent time and the hitbox on 6A is REALLY tall so if gets predictable with a jump in, throw it.

Ok so I have recently found myself with lots of free time and boredom at home. I've decided that I should be productive and learn some new characters, so I'm starting with Tsubaki as I've been really interested in her since CS1 :3 So I do plan to take her semi-seriously actually and have a few questions to get me going in the right direction. 1) Who are some good Tsubaki players to watch matches of? I learn best from matching matches but I don't know who I should watch to get some ideas of how to approach things:v: I only know of Nezu who hasn't used Tsubaki as of recently to the best of my knowledge and Kaqn whos just a big troll :3 2) How character specific are her combos? Are there a lot of things that don't work on half the cast but work on the other? I usually try to get these down first as theres about a million character specifics you have to know if you wanna use Tager so its kinda in my nature now:v: 3) I've played around in a few casuals with her just with really barebones combos and noticed I would hit a lot of AA 5B in footsies but I had no clue how to pick it up. I know if you confirm it well enough, it can go into 2CC>IAD etc etc etc but most of the time my instinct was to jump cancel to chase them like that and would just kinda derp out with j.BB>dj.CC>j.236A>j.214C so I was wondering if there are any other kinds of confirms I could try to use for those weird hits? 4) Is there any use for 3C or 3CC??? I've been brushing up on her Frame Data and noticed that you can only RC it and both versions are unsafe as all hell on block. Not to mention that there seems to be no easy way to combo into it. As I'm not a Tsubaki player nor do I know very much about her, I'm really curious about what it is or CAN be used for :3 Thanks for answering my scrubby ass questions :3 I'm glad I have the time to learn this character now as I've been wanting to for a long time :3

I'm guessing that its not working cause you're mashing too hard. Mashing makes the inputs inconsistent and therefore won't work sometimes. I'm not having problems hitting [W]j.B>j.B so I'd guess just try and slow down your timing a bit and just do B>B and not try to mash it out. As for doing combos on heavier characters, its really just a matter of doing stuff like 2C>6B a little bit sooner than normal.

I play BB on a shitty CRT so I get thrown off when I see it in HD :3 I'll yell at Rod and the other GG guys next NCI to teach me GG at least :3

???(Valk) vs YSK(Ragna) ???(Valk) vs YSK(Ragna) ???(Valk) vs ???(Bang)

If someone will sit down and let me play them and teach me tons of shit for like 3 hours straight, I would be more than happy to start entering GG and MB. I've had a great interest in learning both but I sadly have no means of playing either:v: No PS2 stick, no copy of either game and a barely working PS2 that died on me for 3 months the week after I bought GG and then it went bat shit crazy on me:v: Not to mention a severe lack of funds to buy ANY of that stuff(Sounds a bit crazy right? But sadly its all too true...I make Dacid look loaded).

Are you guys proud of me??? :3

It wouldn't even work on Hakumen if you could get to a Just Frame timing cause he has Frame 1 counters :3

You better man up cause I will yell at anyone and everyone, I give no special treatment...Except maybe for Kayane :3c

I plan on coming assuming school doesn't fuck me over that weekend :3 I got a lot of people to troll up there so I look forward to it :3 There better be alcohol at this damn event so I can get hammered if I get knocked out and yell at everyone the rest of the time :3

I can help with brakcets too, I only plan to enter BB and Marvel so I won't be too busy hopefully :3

Easiest fixes that would make EVERYTHING better: -Start on time, Not 3 hours late like always. I shouldn't be able to make money off of betting with people over NorCal's awful time management. -People need to fucking show up on time. I don't give a fuck who gets DQ'd for it, show up on fucking time. If someone gets butthurt for showing up late and not getting to enter, they'll show up on time next time. -Cut the damn dinner breaks, they just screw everything over cause people decide to just dick around and take 2 hours. -Make at least BB run at just top 4. Each match takes the longest compared to every other game, GG/MB/AH3 would take roughly the same amount of time if they did Top 8 comparitively. I know people had a lot of hype over Catherine, and it was fun to watch for the most part, but until we can fix these problems, we SHOULD NOT be considering adding another game in any way alongside the rest of these. If we can't be efficient, we shouldn't be running tournaments at all, simple as that. I understand if something comes up and shit starts a half hour late or even an hour, thats at least manageable, 3 hours EVERY time is not manageable and it reflects really negatively on us as a scene when people are expecting to start at noon or 1 or watch the stream at whatever stated time and then they're left hanging around for 2 hours cause we can't get our shit in line. I mean no offense to anyone in particular and I'm not just saying this with JUST reference to Super NCI. But this is a serious problem with our scene and it needs to be dealt with before we try and expand further in terms of extra games especially with Skullgirls and KOFXIII coming out soon. Also, instead of testing a registration deadline, you should be ENFORCING it. If you want to run an efficient tournament, you can't be lenient with this. You NEED to be an asshole if the situation presents itself. I didn't want to DQ the couple of people we had to at NCI, but it was just gonna hold up the bracket if we didn't so we did. You need to be stern and make the definitive decisions in order to maintain a timely and orderly event. No exceptions. EDIT: Albeit there were problems, Super NCI was great either way :3

Hmm ok so Dusty has had a recent change of heart and has expressed interest in becoming the new Mod. Sorry that I didn't know this sooner but I kinda just woke up and haven't checked around everything yet so I'd say that unless there are any strong objections, we should let Dusty take the roll. The Staff Forums support him outright for taking the roll and I know most of the other members were supportive of him too. So lets keep the poll as a plan B should something fall though :3 My bad

Ok so I'll make a poll thread with the following contenders: Eclipse, Zeron_X25, ZeroRaider and LOLOLOLBro. Leave it open for a week and then the one with the most votes shall be Mod. Fair enough? :3

If you guys legitimately want help, I'm willing to offer any advice and critiques that will help improve your game :3 I just need a video of some kind to reference and offer proper advice. I can already guess one thing you guys might need help with is footsies cause even though Sean is a good player, he plays Tao and as such, he has absolutely horrible footsies :3

Eh with the way things are going right now, all of NorCal will eventually move to Hawaii since apparently thats a trend now :3 We've lost 2 to you guys, you've got about 25 more to go :3

You guys won't be free for long, just listen to Mystic D and you'll get better in no time :3 But then if any of us come to visit, we'll make him look like the free bastard he really his :3 PS Sean I kinda miss you :D PPS: Make sure you guys talk to BeaverDeity a LOT. Hes hype as hell on the Forum, but quiet as a motherfucker in Real Life, so break him our of his shell like I had to do to Mystic D way back in the day at SVGL :3

Ok so first and most important priority for deciding a Mod is their activity within the group. For that reason alone, I would not suggest Wuku or Stunedge. No offense to them as players, but they need to be active before considering them as Mods. Unless they outright declare interest in it, we shouldn't consider them. WBW is just us trolling, he has never expressed interest in becoming a Mod as he doesn't really play enough to be involved and helpful. As for Dusty, I noticed a lot of people felt him worthy but he declined due to lack of interest about the character. So unless he declares himself as willing to come back and continue to be a part of the group instead of just hanging around like he said he would, we should consider others. No offense to Dusty by any means, but its just how he felt as of now, so I feel like he may be put into a situation where he feels more obligated to stick around rather than WANT to be around, if that makes sense. So as far as I can tell, the 2 people who have expressed interest so far have been Eclipse and ZeroRaider. So I want the rest of the Forums opinions, are these 2 worthy of being a Mod? If so, I can make a poll thread and let you guys vote, simple as that. Just remember that if you REALLY wanna be a Mod, you need to be willing to spend the time necessary to organize, maintain and provide useful and accurate information to any and all players. So be sure you're willing to do this before you decide for certain :3

Real Talk, I LOVED playing CS1 Tager vs Carl. Yeah the unblockable Clap stuff was bullshit, but the neutral game was fun and blocking all the Mixup from Carl was always really fun for me. In CS2, its probably Valk vs Hazama as my favorite to play. Getting around chains is fun and just trying to Wolf around his zoning in general is really challenging. Tager vs Ragna is fun as hell too but thats cause I love to IB>720 and play footsies with Ragna :3 To watch, Mu vs Bang is always hype for me. Lasers vs Nails is insane :3

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Why not just make a poll of the 2 most deserving members and make the rest of the Top Hat crew vote? Leave it open for a week and a Mod(I could do this if Zidane never comes back) can relay the info to the Staff Forums and finalize the whole thing Would be the most effective way to go about this instead of having 4 people saying "MEMEMEMEMEMEMEME" :3