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hey mike, check out Squeenix douchebaggery here when you get a chance, have a good week and see you soon http://kotaku.com/5249897/square-enix-putting-the-squeeze-on-chrono-trigger-fan-projects

BMS, do you still play pad? Sick I-no on a pad man, I never got that far

good shit, sorry i only got to chill with you guys on friday girls name was ayumi, nothing happened, made a new friend tho, she was cool talked to sushi, this friday is going to be my birthday party at current, saturday party at my juke 80s place. can you come to both or just one? bring friends!

Um, just the inside scoop from Japan, but Suzume never went anywhere. He plays a lot from what I've seen, as he is present at many Tokyo and Chiba tournaments that I've been to, just doesn't get recorded enough sadly.

Wow, nice it'll be great to see everyone again after quite a break.

WHERES THE SIMS? Good shit getting these out, I'll check em

uh....2k, 5d? lulz 2k, IK

I dont know how mike forgot to write more about PSY and how EVERYONE took their shirt off too, jeez MAJOR DETAILS man ;o

yeah that was me bro...faggin BATAKO! I got beat by a zappa whose name sounds like some crazy japanese abbreviation for Baked Potato. ES: Just learn how to write エルフの影 lol that would be awesome.

Hey cool that your vid made it up bro! BTW I'm not super excited about this or anything, but there is an anime for Valkyria Chronicles coming out that I heard was good, and it premieres in April but if you just fill out the smallest form ever, you can be picked to check it out early at a sneak preview. I filled it out and you and matt should too. I picked the second time slot cos it's on a weekend IIRC and we could use the extra time to sleep in. http://kotaku.com/5167812/see-valkyria-chronicles-anime-early-if-you-are-lucky I forgot, did you or matt say you had extra DS styluses? Bring one if its cool. See you tomorrow.

Yeah it was 5 I think. But I'm not really holding you accountable for remembering how well others do haha, Matt didn't get my I-no either but that was before I "awakened"...I dunno I guess I finally settled on a color I like and did ok for once. lol at FAB: "uh I'm just gonna go home" procedes to lay some smack-down on Hintalove Props to Matt tho for getting a perfect vs him.

IIRC, I don't think it has ever been a problem before, and not having a comp of my own in Japan, I've always read it from different computers and it's been fine. Be lazy. BTW good type up of events, but did you forget to add how wasted Natsume got, and how I had my first on fire win streak ;(...Beat takuya for the first time too. Fuck Basara testament lol

The I-no player from that batch of Gamechariot vids cannot be Inoue, because you can't enter the same tournament twice, let alone with two different characters. If it was a casual, it'd make sense but it is a vid up displaying Shiai 2 (battle 2) so I'm guessing it's legit, from within the tourney. BTW I live in tokorozawa and play i-no too, but alas it is not me

many thanks again for hosting us and to your lady for the ramen, it was really nice and everyone had a great time. sorry for the no show on akiba, felt like shit and just slept slept slept until work rolled around. my bad, gotta get better at waking up on time. that was my bad, bro.

You should probably add mitsurugi to the Japanese zappa list, he still beasts on people all day long, but I don't know how many vids there are of him. I know in slash there were lots of videos of a "剣" (ken, also read as tsurugi) but i cant say for sure they are one and the same.

In Japan, not bursting can be just as good as a mixup but yeah it gets them killed sometimes too. Go figure. Suzume still plays, I saw him at the Sportsland G3 qualifier they held recently in Shinjuku.

Nice vid, music was a good choice (silverchairs great imo) and the whole concept came together really nicely. It'd be great to see more of this sort of collaboration between players on a broader spectrum.

best OS is hintalove, raped that FAB right proper I'm sure theres something better to discuss than whether or not KZO is good.

Hintalove beat him the other day, yay for Portland. I haven't gotten a win yet, but I'm getting closer. FAB is just a really safe player, great at slash backing, and yada yada the vids speak for themselves.

I learn a lot more of this matchup everyday and I'm going to try updating the forum more reguarly. Apologies for irregular activity.

Time for yellow johnny to come back and put a hurting on people this weekend. Let's skii! That next date you suggested is perfect for Tomoko and I!

Thanks to everyone for keeping discussion going!! Tips against Ky and Sol plus other chars for that matter too: 1) Learn to Slash Back (SB) fireballs and gunflames, especially if they were not FRC'd. If there was no blue, it's a free ticket out. Otherwise learn to block well. Ky can really apply pressure with orb force breaks, and good ol' fireball/stun dipper frc pressure. If you can SB the first hit of Stun Dipper, major props and Ky can't even frc in time to stop you from retaliating. 2) Learn to 1 frame jump. 1 frame jump out of that shit! Block well, but don't block what you don't have to. There are lots of times where after Ky frc's something, runs forward and hits you high/low/throw/backdash baits. Don't just randomly back dash, unless you can you look for something like a 2k/5s and do it appropriately. 3) Safe okizeme: This is key to fighting Shoryu characters, and once they learn that you can block every time they shoryu, they will most likely shoryu less and you can throw in some crazier okizeme later. I-no's 2k as oki will go under vapor thrust (not VV, that hits twice, once on ground once in air), I-no's well timed dash j.k/dash j.s work well (Dash j.k is harder to time, lower to the ground the better). 4) Mixup: more general tips, keep it fresh. Dash j.s is blocked: on some characters, possible on ky/sol, JC into a j.k/j.s VCL frc combo is possible, or anywhere, j.s, jc j.k/j.s k/s dive. A j.k will combo into a k/s dive IIRC on crouching characters. With this "FUZZY" mixup, it's a good combo for people who typically go low. 5) Know your limit! I-no is all about pressure, but not an "abare" character;you must know when to fight and when to back off and spam notes/dodge shit. If you don't have a safe way in, you either have to bulldog your way in with something random and risky, or you can let your opponent do something and try to counter. Whatever works for each player is fine, but just be aware of what can go wrong with each action you take. I've won lots of matches with random tk h dive, s dive RC 2k->combo, s dive RC s dive (lol), and such, but I've lost just as many games doing stuff that wasn't necessary. More risk/reward: If you can read lows well, 2ks and such, VCL over them. It surprises the opponent and forces him to keep on his toes. Read a 2k wrong and it was really Ky's 5s CH and you're fucked. But reading right turns the entire game around, esp. with an okizeme emphasis character such as I-no. Learn to save tension/spend it appropriately: If you can do 6p, 5hs, IAD j.k j.s VCL (fast drop ver.), HCL (knockdown), okizeme vs. ky, USE IT! Or use dive combos when in range too, such as 6p, 5hs, j.hs s dive, land, 5k-> whatever. When you do have good tension, using HCL 6FRC6 combos are worth it, even off a prorating low such as 2k. Just keep in mind that if you spend everything and then you get pressured later you may not be able to DAA/Super out. 5hs/ 2hs keep Kys in the corner from randomly stun dippering out. Hover dash can work too, but if you time it wrong you can hit by the 2nd hit.

I've been playing at Las Vegas for 4 months or so, but I don't recall seeing Gibson or Yossan much, not that I would recognize them anyways. I just don't see many i-no or eddie with the same style.

Maybe your body got weak and you were more susceptible to food that was starting to go... dunno. Hope you get better soon Mike! If you feel like coming to Tokyo this weekend, it'd be great to see you but #1 is taking care of your health. Have a great Christmas and New Years if I don't see you. When do you come back to Japan?