Digital Watches

Heh, I'm game.

Man, that means I have to actually find people to play.

Hey, I wanna play you guys some more before I leave. I'm here for a week or two. Hit me up on IM or by phone (Messed with to minimize crawlers): Five 0 tree six too won 6 zero nein! 3

Although Qwerty's humor is sometimes both.

Man, real talk: Commentators don't know what they're talking about. <3 you guys but uh...

Correct.

Yeah, I hear most spinsters hate AC. *Adjusts monocle*

Fun fact: Using sarcasm in a combo makes the opponent 80% more likely to get hit by a tech trap after. Seriously. It's in the bible. Hey, me too~!

Oh man. I'll still be in Norcal for this most likely. Too bad there's no GG.

As far as I know there's no explicit proration on 2S or 6K. I suggest less 2S and 6K because of guardbar scaling. Simply put, every hit in a combo takes off some of the guardbar that's right under the lifebar. That's how damage gets scaled. For exact values of how much you're getting scaled and how much guardbar each attack is eating, check frame data/guides, but the general rule is: Less unnecessary hits = more damage. You'll note that even though Axl Bomber has 90% forced proration on it, it still is one of the best moves for starting a combo with damage-wise. This is because the bombers themselves, along with other heavy-hitting moves like j.H and j.D, are doing most of the damage in the combo. Having them come BEFORE the guardbar-based damage scaling starts to kick in does a bunch of damage by itself. It's also why MAX damage combos will always start with Kokuugeki. 2S and 6K take off 9 guardbar points (Starting at 0, the guardbar goes from -128 to 128) each, almost as much as a bomber, which takes of 10 and is eating the guardbar more than most things in your combo. They also do negligible damage, taking about 40 life (Less even at normal guardbar, since the second hit is already prorated after the first), so they should be used as sparingly as possible. Another important thing that you should take away from this is how absurdly good it is to get someone to block a bunch of hits and then eat a combo. All damage that happens before the guardbar hits 0 is unscaled (except by explicit proration and guts scaling). So let's say it's the start of the round, and after some dodging and meandering, you get them to block a bomber and a K near the corner. This gives them +26 (20 for the bomber, 6 for the 5K) guardbar. Then you catch them jumping out of the corner with a 2S. 2S does a full 40 damage, and takes 9 (5, then 4) of that guardbar. j.D takes 7 guardbar and does 44 damage (Again, not scaled yet, because the guardbar's still positive.) Then the bomber does 60 damage and takes the remaining 10 off your opponent's guardbar, putting them back at 0. Now, even taking into consideration the 90% forced proration on Axl Bomber (Forced proration means it happens even if you didn't start the combo with the move), you now have 144 damage on them, plus whatever the rest of your combo would do if you STARTED the combo with it, which means with optimized reps, and depending on the character, you're probably going to break 300, if not 350 damage (Remember that GG lifebars have 420 health total) and still get whatever setup you want (Full knockdown from rensen-2, some extra taps into a tech trap, whatever). This is just an example, but it's not that hard to get a little guardbar up if you have your opponent blocking, but it nets you a TON of extra damage, even for that little bit of guardbar. (Remember, the thing goes up to +128, so +26 is hardly anything)

Oh man that tournament was cool. Hype for every game, even the ones I suck at. (Character)FTW: You's a pro the way you run everything. Sorry for running off for food and getting DQ'd from BB. Figured it was either that or be starving all day. Rodrigo de la Honnou~!: Way to be a cool guy and know how to play Isuka and everything. Seriously, is there a game you don't know how to play? Also sorry for bailing on festivities after. So tired! Mike Z: The kids love 'im! Skullgirls was cool, I didn't want to play it too much once finals started because I'm really bad at switching games, but I played a bunch with koogy and it looks like it's gonna be awesome. Even though I have nothing to do with that game, I was sad when you lost in BB. It's not easy being green. Max Zenmetsu: Still my favorite Jam, only guy who could stop the Hellmonkey train, and a chill dude to boot. Hope you're not salty over getting sent to losers by some scrub. Kugler: So have you heard of this guy Slayer? I bet you'd do good with him. Ben Spidey: CARD SHARK. Yeah, I don't know anything about melty so... good shit in Phillipines-rules 13. Sam: Way to be super hype all the time. I would have liked to play you in BB, but given that your brain has the power of math, I'm sure I would have lost anyway. Tell Stormlocke I said hi, then tell him to tell you I said hi. Katanadash: I dunno how you have the patience to run everything like that. You were super pro with your tablet laptop, and on the mic during finals/5v5. Sorry I wasn't super serious in casuals at the end. Lack of sleep must have been starting to get to me. David Hell/dodge/duckmonkey: I CAN'T BEAT YOU ANYMORE. Good games as always. Hopefully we'll get to play again before this game is really dead. Fred: Your may is still the scariest in California, and thanks again for fixing my stick and talking about marginal components at Denny's. Severin and Severin-except-straight (ZONG): Good to meet you folks in person. I dunno why people say I look like you. It's too bad we don't play the same game or I'd say GGs. IRL Hype dog: What the fuck? I would have accepted a do-over if Rod had asked for one due to your meddling. People I didn't mention: You're cool too and stuff.

Okay, so waking up early today + Tournament hype tiredness hit me like a brick in the face right when I got back to the hotel. Probably attempting to drive to Rod's right now would result in car death, if not me death. Unfortunately gonna have to take a pass. If any socal folks are still here tomorrow and still want to hang, I'd be down, if not, it was cool meeting y'all, hopefully see you again sometime soon.

Hell, I'll lend you mine if worse comes to worse. Granted, it's a bit wonky of late. Asking never hurt.

I'll be impressed when Spirit Juice can keep up with Americans in Guilty Gear.

Wait, there are over 110 BB entrants? Also: Hey Rod: When are casuals at your place/where is your place again?

Hello ladies. Look at your man. Now back to me. Now back at your man. Now back to me. Sadly, he isn't me. But if he stopped playing lady-scented fighting games and switched to Guilty Gear, he could smell like me.

Sev: Blade is like, the best ever. Seriously. Comedy gold. "You guys are good, therefore you don't enjoy the game." And yes, yay Rembrandt.

Also: Severin, the Blade quote in your sig is like, the best I've seen yet. Where was that posted?

I've always wondered if Severin is just Zong's gay twin. Or vice versa, whatever.

Well, a scholar anyway.

I've been known to be a little bit ninja.

As a show of good faith, I entered BB, even though I don't play it.

Probably because they do it in the dorms.

Half past never? If I'm gonna move to this balls-hot state, it'll likely be Palo Alto for grad school.

Naw man, the gypsy made it really clear in the official curse notification. My fingers ruin shitty computers and attract cat scratches. Also, inexplicably, they occasionally tickle an elderly man in hungary for a few minutes each day all through october. And to set the record straight, I did not know that chick was the gypsy's daughter, or that she was to be married the next day. Seriously, this whole thing just got blown way out of proportion.