Digital Watches

Ack! Redef can't make it. I need a ride again.

Er. I don't nor have I ever lived near 82nd. However, I got a ride from Redefinition, so no worries.

Um. I just realized I probably need a ride to this. Anyone going in a car?

Hey "guy," I don't "like" your "attitude." Clearly you're one of those "pros" who don't really "know" how to "play" games, because all "you" care about is "money."

So yeah, that happened. Yeah, MBAA is the game that most deserves the title "Guilty Gear: Lite"

Huh. Sounds good.

New thread already, jeez.

When were you thinking of starting?

Wasn't Bertrand Russell also an atheist?

I dunno man, seems like anywhere I go I can find people who want to play, and that's a lot more than I can say about CvS2. I also see new people getting into the game on a decently regular basis, which is better than I can say for A3. People still hold tournaments for the game. They may not be huge evo-scale, but that doesn't mean the game is dead. Do I think it's a big and thriving scene? Of course not. That's just denying facts and numbers, and I'm not about to do that. But "dead" implies a lot more than "shrunk quite a bit since its peak." In conclusion: Oh SPRTJEWS, you're so cute when you're mad.

Hey nameless, come to Rod's on wednesday for drunkengear. Naw, it's valid regardless 'cause you're not, and you're the one saying it. That's a common logical fallacy known as Denying the antecedent. See, since my original assertion is that you only say GG's dead because you suck, the fact that I suck too doesn't imply that I'm wrong, since you're drawing the fallacious conclusion that since saying GG is dead implies that you suck, not saying GG's dead must imply not sucking. It's okay though. No one expects Americans to understand basic logic.

I'd say people still play GG. Sure, it's not as big as it once was, but there are still a bunch of old-school players left, there's occasional new blood in the scene... Plus NCI's GG tourney had only 6 fewer entrants than BB. Kinda telling that most of the "GG is dead" talk is coming from people who are salty 'cause they never got good at it.

Hey Rod, you should have something sometime this week so we can get that money match. I'm leaving friday.

Oh, so noonish? Where at/what is this IRC channel?

So if we're not going to Katana's place, where's Rod gonna (try to) take my money at?

You win a gold star. And actually, I'mna retract my "Maybe 3 or 4" It's 3, tops, and that's really generous.

12 AM to 11 AM? lolwut.

Also, the oki is nowhere near as ridiculous as you make it sound. Yeah, it's a man's game, and you can't defend perfectly forever, but to say you just "Have to guess" against most characters is complete bullshit. There is definitely one character against whom that's true, and there might be as many as three or four. And while we're at it, if 40% on abare is your figure, that means approximately 3-4 combos 'til death, when you consider guts scaling, even for characters with 1 guts rating.

Due to the way damage scaling works, the only characters with "magical lulz haymakers" in the sense you describe are really Slayer and May, and the versions of their combos that do the kind of damage you can't come back from have to be set up anyway. The fact that you can get a lot of damage in some situations doesn't mean every character is a magical abare-machine where their jab leads to a TOD. In addition, what most americans don't realize about why they're taking so much damage is because their half-assed attempts at blocking actually work against them, due to guardbar scaling. Pro tip: If you normal block three attacks then get hit by an obvious overhead into a big combo, your lifebar's going to be gone. If you successfully defend then get a few seconds breathing room, your guardbar goes back to normal, and most characters can't kill you with two combos. Sure, AC upped the damage barometer a little, but to say that "any mistake" leads to an unwinnable situation is well into the realm of delusional. tl;dr: For the most part, big damage combos like the ones you describe either need specific setups or some guardbar assist.

My matchup v. Knife is like, 6-4 at least.

Anyone playing anything this weekend? Kinda bored.

Gotta agree with Hellmonkey. Honestly, the whole "Primary game, secondary game, discounts" stuff doesn't seem like a very good system. Especially taking money out of the pot to discount pre-reggers. I don't have a problem with there being a discount for pre-registering, but it should come entirely out of the venue fee.

Higher entry fee plz.

I was wondering if you'd pick up on that. Also: I HELLA know how that triforce game works. I think I've got one in PNW with our baiken and Wuku.

It's okay, there's a secret hard-counter to Flacid built into reality for just such an occasion.