LordPangTong

Greetings again, SoCal Anime players! The tournament run at everyone's new favorite pizza spot in El Segundo, CA is hosting its second tournament on April 16! Spread the word and follow me on Twitter for updates about the event! You have 3 weeks to plan out how to get here. (Twitter: twitter.com/lpt_actionwoman ) Tournament name: LA Battle Royale Address: Ugly Pie Co. - 2161 E El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA, 90045 When: Sunday Feb 21, Venue opens at 11 AM, tournament times listed below Venue Fee: $5 Tournament Fees: $5 Stream: twitch.tv/lordpangtong *If you can bring setups, let me know ahead of time and your venue fee will be waived! Games: Persona 4 Arena Ultimax- Starts 3 PM Under Night In-Birth- Starts 4 PM Blazblue Chronophantasma Extend- Starts 5 PM Guilty Gear Xrd- Starts 6 PM Pokken Tournament- 5 PM Just a few extra notes: Parking at the venue is free. (There is a small lot) It's located in a small plaza with a Farmer Boys and a 7/11. If you're taking public transportation to get here, take any metro to the either the Aviation Blvd stop or the Nash St stop and you'll be in walking distance. After paying venue fee, the Ugly Pie Co. will have discounted pizzas for everyone at the tournament. Take advantage of it! I only have two setups of my own so please let me know if you can bring anything =D If you plan on bringing a setup, let me know ASAP so that I can add you to the list of providers. I will be cutting this off after a certain point this time!

Greetings SoCal anime players! I'm going to be hosting a tournament for the above games at a restaurant in El Segundo called Ugly Pie Co.! Below are some details: Tournament name: LA Battle Royale Address: Ugly Pie Co. - 2161 E El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA, 90045 When: Sunday Feb 21, Venue opens at 11 AM, tournament times listed below Venue Fee: $5 Tournament Fees: $5 Stream: twitch.tv/lordpangtong *If you can bring setups, let me know ahead of time and your venue fee will be waived! Games: Persona 4 Arena Ultimax- Starts 3 PM Under Night In-Birth- Starts 4 PM Blazblue Chronophantasma Extend- Starts 5 PM Guilty Gear Xrd- Starts 6 PM Just a few extra notes: Parking at the venue is free. (There is a small lot) It's located in a small plaza with a Farmer Boys and a 7/11. If you're taking public transportation to get here, take any metro to the either the Aviation Blvd stop or the Nash St stop and you'll be in walking distance. After paying venue fee, the Ugly Pie Co. will have discounted pizzas for everyone at the tournament. Take advantage of it! I only have two setups of my own so please let me know if you can bring anything =D Any questions, post here, DM me, or message me on Twitter! (@LPT_actionwoman)

In terms of combo scaling j.a> j2c. I actually couldn't figure out a good combo off j2c (even level 2), including the combo that works off ja. Not sure if George still slightly unscales your combo like in CP, but as of right now ja is better in most situations. J2c is windless instant overhead option but other than that not so good. That said, j2c -> 6a 4b no longer works. The best I could get off of it was jbc jbc lobelia apparently there are new combos that involve mid-combo ivy set? Sounds hella good, I'm gonna test some time after NEC because I'm worried it will mess up CPEX execution lol

So this is a video of my playing from Round 1 in SoCal this past weekend against some Nine player. It was early in the day so my confirms were kinda crap. :X Anyways this version of Rachel is really solid feeling. Definitely a lot of fun to play. Was thinking about posting up some matchup analyses once the game has been out a little longer. Let me know if you have any questions or want to hear more about BBCF Rachel!

^ webs set post 623C are super charged. They don't get disarmed by things that normally would, so currenlty everyone is scared to move/poke when he puts you in the corner or else they get hit by webs lol yay Byakuya!

This is something about Byakuya: https://twitter.com/ohittou/status/601635616875360256 send help.

Socal team is: brkrdave, LPT, KFL, Kizzie_Kay, iPhail, Huey and 1 more

So this is actually going to be the location where the SoCal vs NorCal UNIEL clash is taking place! There will be a 7on7 as well as a singles tournament ($5 entry, not $1) Any UNIEL players, please make it out to this!

P4U2 Labrys actually troubles me. While the new gatlings/hop cancels help to improve her pressure, I don't think this makes up for the fact that her default axe level is now blue axe. Current P4U Labrys could spend 25 meter and bring herself up to red axe, which is where Labrys wants to be. Now, It seems the only way to go from blue -> red in one combo requires at least 25 meter plus a burst. Without that burst, the most you will get out of a 25 meter combo is yellow axe, which doesn't quite cut it. Her okizeme got a huge nerf with the removal of held sword trap so it is tougher for her to maintain momentum off a hit. Even moreso than in P4U, Labrys has issues holding her axe levels which severely limits her damage. All just my opinion, but after all's said and done considering she has worse oki and spends less time in red axe, I'd say Labrys got worse.

@papermarkis- Yes, the new auto combo is OMC-able. It is in fact the most common place where players are bursting the unblockable maragi setup. Haven't seen any JP Yukikos OMC'ing on reaction to burst there, however. If you hard bait without the reaction, the loss of damage would be huge. I'm pretty sure their mindset is that if anything, it will force the other person to use their burst after getting hit by 5AAA. @Etherlight- 5AA is jc-able, but I don't think 5AAA is. (No video has indicated so thus far) Some players do burst after 236D is input, but the 236D is active enough that it punishes the burst with it's second hit. Yukiko can't combo it obviously, but I think this may deter some people from bursting that point. On the note of Shadow Yukiko, I think the general consensus on her is that she's flat out inferior to regular Yukiko. Yukiko's new auto combo is an enormous buff because it leads to the unblockable setup that does large (and easy) damage. Plus, she has a burst to work with. Shadow goes back to the old auto combo, so she has no braindead unblockable to run. I have a hunch that she has untapped potential in shadow rampage mode that we haven't seen yet, but I don't know that it makes up for the loss of her unblockable in regular form. Luckily, I will soon be able to test her myself when I move to Japan in a little over a month.

@Toronto Where's K2?! And what the heck. I already signed up for BB but I'll fraud it up in GG as well =D edit: Are we running P4U teams? We should. And it should be 3on3

I'll play BB too!

Thanks for talking to the TO, SuperJ! Just a bit of my personal input regarding a few things you mentioned: -system should be PS3 since the majority of our P4U players play on that system -70/20/10 it standard most places so I think we should split the pot accordingly -I would personally prefer Saturday over Sunday to run P4U, seeing as I'm pretty much travelling to GUTS exclusively for anime games and it would be nice to have more than just casuals on Friday/Saturday -If you need help TO'ing anime tournaments at all, talk to me and MindGam3 And a quick question: can we stream?

This tournament was a ton of fun! Big shoutout to Daiandoh, Biscuits, LI Joe and everyone else on the staff who made the event run smoothly and possible! Another shoutout to Bibi and Sp00ky for streaming! Having top 4 on the big stage was hella hype. Level 5- Your Tsubaki was too ham for me. I gotta pay more attention to some chars in that game obviously haha. Tsunna- GGs in tournament and gratz on takin the BB tournament. Nasty Bang color too strong. Zealous- good job making top 8 man! Pretty cool seeing another Yukiko make it far =D Sucks we had to play a mirror on stream though. GGs! VR Raiden- great meeting you and fun tournament match. You'll qualify out of your pool next time I promise lol Grover- Why you so strong? Good stuff takin the P4U tournament Daiandoh- Yo, just so you know, abbreviation for Yukiko is (YK) and Rachel is (RC). As it is now, it looks like I play boring protag characters >=( Roku, Colpevole, Ril, Pochp and everyone else I saw over the weekend- great seeing you all again!

Hey guys, go to GUTS and play fighting games imo. Info thread here -> http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?16418-Game-Underground-Presents-GUTS-2-Boston-MA-June-14-16-P4A-BB-GG&p=1502499#post1502499 P.S.: Millia's new hat is pretty okay

Yeah what SKD said about transportation, Elochai. I used to take a bus from South Station -> NYC for BBG tournaments back when those were a thing, and it was only like ~$30 round trip. Bus ride is about 3-4 hours depending on when you go. If anyone from out of state takes a bus, public transportation is super cheap and easy to maneuver around the city once you get there! It would be awesome to see some NJ/NY heads at this. Regarding GG/BB, I'll get clarification and post up here as soon as I hear something definite

Hey all, GUTS, the New England major is having its second tournament in just a few short weeks in Boston, Massachusetts. Information below about the event was directly taken from the FaceBook page here -> http://www.facebook.com/events/571786106179023/ Boston's 3 Day Fighting Game Major! June 14th-16th 2013 www.game-underground.com Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sXmdSNPdY0 Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 Featuring a Stadium seating for 500 for Main Events!! Stadium Seating for 300 for Smash!! As well as several classrooms to break out pools and free play! Pricing and On Sale Now!!! Tournaments include: Super Street Fighter IV AE $500 Pot Bonus VXG Seeding Point Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 $500 Pot Bonus VXG Seeding Point Tekken Tag Tournament 2 $500 Pot Bonus Super Smash Bros Melee Singles $500 Pot Bonus Super Smash Bros Brawl Singles $500 Pot Bonus Melee and Brawl Doubles Mortal Kombat 9 VXG Seeding Point Street Fighter X Tekken Super Street Fighter II Turbo HDR Classic Mode KOF XIII Injustice Gods Among Us DOA 5 Skullgirls Persona 4 Arena Blazblue Continuum Shift (NEW!) Guilty Gear: Accent Core+ (NEW!) WWE 13 more games may be added! SRK Thread: http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/177225/june-14-16-2013-guts-2-turbo-game-underground-tournament-spectacular-2-boston-ma TZ Thread: http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.php?s&threadid=127269 TYM Thread: http://www.testyourmight.com/threads/jun-15-2013-game-underground-tournament-spectacular-2-guts-2-turbo-cambridge-ma.28980/ Smashboards: http://smashboards.com/threads/guts-2-turbo-melee-and-brawl-500-pot-bonus-each-umvc3-ae-ttt2-june-14th-2013-cambridge-ma.335286/ Some tournaments will be qualifiers for The Fall Classic! East Coast Event in September!!! Details TBA Hours: Friday June 14th 5pm-Midnight (There will be no pools this day if you can't make it to day 1 you will be fine to play in any of the Pot Bonus Games) Saturday June 15th 10am-Midnight Sunday June 16th 10am-Midnight Hotel Discounts: HOTEL DISCOUNT LINK!!! We managed to save over $100 per room! Click below! https://resweb.passkey.com/go/e7fb0084 Hyatt Regency Cambridge 575 Memorial Dr Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 492-1234 http://www.cambridge.hyatt.com/ 2013 Schedule Friday 7pm Project M Doubles 8pm (as soon as doubles ends) Project M Singles (if this goes past midnight it will be continued Sat) 8pm Super Street Fighter II 9pm WWE 13 Extreme Rules Saturday 11am DOA 5 11am Skullgirls 12pm King of Fighters XIII 12pm Melee Doubles 2pm Super Street Fighter IV AE 3pm Tekken Tag Tournament 2 3pm Melee Singles 5pm UMVC 3 Sunday 11am Persona 4 Arena 11am Mortal Kombat 12pm Brawl Doubles 12pm Street Fighter X Tekken 1pm Injustice 3pm Brawl Singles SUNDAY TOP 8 Main Stage 4pm Injustice 6pm Super Street Fighter IV 8pm Ultimate MvC3 *All times are subject to change *We intend to play through all tournaments in full at their scheduled times with the exception of the Top 8 games listed. We are still deciding if we will add Tekken top 8 to Sunday. Streaming by Team Spooky Game Underground WWW Smash Presented by Ultimate Gaming Spot Brainbox Replay'd BYOC - Bring your own controller for all events. XBOX 360: SSFAE, UMVC3, DOA5, P4A, WWE13, SFXT, KOF XIII PS3: TTT2, MK9, Injustice, Skullgirls Smash: Wii/Gamecube There will be a free play room for old school and other fun party games. There will be free play for all tournament games as well. The only exception to this will be during the first few rounds of that game's tournament where most setups will be being used. All fighting game tournaments will take place on ASUS monitors. All Smash will be played on CRT TVs. BB and GG are newly added! Post up if you plan on coming or need information on travelling from out of state!

Full results are posted here: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?16149-4-20-New-Challengers-Stratford-CT-Results!&p=1490052#post1490052

1. LPT (YK) 2. Biscuits (TE) 3. Jeremy/MindGam3 (AI) 4. Juan/Life (LA) 5. Metal Face (SL) 5. A3Religion (YU) 7. OYB Maidreamin (YO) 7. Cptn. Awesome (SL) 9. Jacope X 9. Nuclear Cheese 9. Freddy 9. Kenny 13. Jian 13. Outlaw Vinegar 13. William 13. Random 17. Ben Fox Medic 17. Wayde 17. Rashikal 17. Rainbow Mash 21 Entrants total. bracket is here -> http://challonge.com/p420 Great turn out for first P4U official tournament here! The guy in charge says if we keep our numbers up, there will be a big prize (!!) at our tournament in JUNE. More info on that to come later! Thanks to everyone who came out and played!

Tournament is in a little less than 2 weeks! If you can't make it to Civil War and are in the NY/NJ area, this is a much closer option!! Really hoping to reel in numbers for Persona so we can continue to have it at this venue

I think we can make it if we leave now inb4Statesville

I'm coming to this or something =D

Venue is very spacious but more setups are always welcome! Gonna try and get all NE's players to leave their caves for this

Great weekend! Big thanks to Big E, Stickbug, and everyone else that made this event possible. shoutouts to Bill and RyanKen for riding a damn bus for a day to be there. You guys are godlike and casuals were really enjoyable! shoutouts to everyone I played in tournament. GGs! shoutouts to SKD for taking it again. I'm still upset you blocked the fuzzy btw shoutouts to New England for being godlike shoutouts to Superscience, Colpevolte, Zomb, Brkrdv, Eshi and everyone else I played in casuals over the course of the weekend shoutouts to the Philly Ragna player who beat me twice in BB =o I'mma keep playing Yukiko even though she makes me sad sometimes. See you all at Evo!

In addition to the stuff Ryd mentioned in the above post, here's some other unblockable stuff that is worth learning imo: Combo into 236A+B midscreen: dash 214D ]A[ ]B[ dash 2A+B 236A/236C for oki This combo sacrifices a bit of damage off the Maragi loop in order to set up a safe, meaty unblockable. While this might not be something you want to utilize off a good starter like 236C/D or any OMB combo, I'd go for this midscreen if I land a 5AA anti air or any other somewhat negligible starter. This is also possible in the corner. For example, off All-out attack: (corner) 5A+B 5B 2C 5C 5B 236A+B 214D ]A[ ]B[ 2A+B 236A/236C Same situation. Sacrifice damage to go for guaranteed unblockable at the expense of 25 meter. Something worth considering