Mike Z

I stand corrected. I got FC'd enough times that I figured you couldn't 720 her. What I should say (after testing now) is: If she is around 3/4 max range of 720, she steps back enough that even with magnetism you won't get her. That's about the distance that 5ax4 puts her.

That was a pretty amazing turnout, congrats to everyone who is awesome! Special props to MAKOTO CAMARO and the TvC guy playing Mu. @$*^& I'll probably have to pay to unlock her just to learn how she works... Minor boo to FFA for buying a giant TV with noticeable lag, but I hear/hope we won't have the tournament on it again. :^) And super un-boo to FFA for putting Skullgirls in its very first arcade cabinet!

- 360A, Gadget works on her. (Mentioned elsewhere, but not here?) - 360A, 5B works on her without walking, so easy Spark. However if you do 5B->4D the 4D will whiff. - 360B, 2B works without moving. I couldn't get 2B->2C even with walking but maybe I suck. :^) You can do 2B xx AC if already magnetized. Blodia Punch super: The blue part is a projectile, but Makoto herself is a hit. You can BSledge during the flash and absorb the blue fist, but depending on distance you will either clash with Makoto's punch (and can 360) or get FC'd and die. Magnetized Spinny during the superflash either clashes (close) and gets you DP'd, or is blockable for her. Also note that you CANNOT 720 this super during the flash, even point-blank, because she moves back during the preparation far enough to dodge it and then you get FC'd and die. Also, she will trade with a Spark (in her favor). All in all, watch the f*** out when she has meter.

As said in other threads: walk forward. You'll actually get in pretty quickly, because IBing her long pokes is easy.

BTW, an alternate ender when they're magnetized and 5B->4D wouldn't work is AC whiff, 6B->4D. Been using this a lot more than GF recently.

For all the 262Ds, (should be 2[6]2D maybe?) you pretty much want to do 2 before Tager recovers from the buster, then [6] as long as the game lets you, then 2D. Also, there are some characters you can [6]22D instead, but I forget who...I think I saw that on Jin. Also we're missing the easiest anywhere FC combo, CH 2C, 2C/5C xx AC, walk BSledge, walk 5B->5C->6A xx AC, EGadget. And I have some extra research to do today.

Yes. Can punish Jin's C DP (crouch CH state) with CH 6A->6B->6B->6C etc.

ZONG's excuse for low win % online is now in place. Invalid though it may be. :^) Also, everyone, AKA will be at Rendsday the 4th, he said, so come ready to provide "some" comp. Heheheh...

Can I use the 1st place money from GG to enter BB? :^) (BTW everyone, they bought my CS so they have a board as well...)

Fubar was free in CT, it can only be freer in CS. ;^)

<---- Doesn't it say this next to one's info there? Anyway, PSN - MikeZWasTaken

;_; Jin's is 5... </whine>

FTFY. There you go again, spewing mostly-right advice that people don't examine closely enough. ;^)

FTFY :^)

A Wednesday that I'll be out of town, so go 'head. ;^)

Free couch for cristina if she visits, us Pots gotta stick together. Free floor for Zakuta. (^.~)

...what? Pot/Baiken is nearly free for Pot. Play dumb since you do more dmg until you get your knockdown, then Slidehead combo on wakeup, then Slidehead into super and done. Use empty jumps to bait counter attempts, and only use j.S vs. air. You should be having no problems at all with this matchup, no matter who the Baiken is, as long as you know Slidehead timing. Just watch out for that razor crane.

About that whole thing, the ENTIRE situation (instead of just "OMG they turned off grand finals") goes like this: They wanted everyone out at 9 to set up for Bang the Machine. From 9 to 9:10 they were telling everyone to leave over the mic, and they even flashed the lights a few times. Nobody playing or watching GG noticed - I know, I was one of them. :^) Around 9:15 Evo staff started coming down the row of BYOC monitors turning them off, and by the time we realized they were coming they were too mad to be intercepted and reasoned with - I know, I tried. :^) There was no way to tell our tournament apart from a large casual setup, either. From our perspective, wtf they turned off a tournament. We didn't tell them it was one, we didn't notice them telling anyone to leave, and we didn't look at the Evo schedule to figure out they would probably be telling people to get out at 9. From their perspective, wtf we hadn't noticed in 15 minutes. They were well within their rights to turn it off, since we had gotten an extra 15 minutes. They have been nice to side tournaments in the past, as well. I talked to the Cannons afterward, and the arrangement from now on is something like: They'll be adding to the Evo rules a section like "we reserve the right to turn off ANYTHING when the schedule says people are required to leave." We can look at the schedule (our first mistake this year), look at the time, and tell them we have a tournament running. They will let us finish whatever match is going on when we should be leaving, but we have to leave after that. The people I talked to stressed how important side tournaments and the community are to Evo, but they also stressed how important the schedule is when thousands of people are involved. (^.^)

Elbow/Gadget.

OMG (if Biscuits is the guy I met) she was HELLA GOOD. She just needs to enter more tournaments and not choke so much. Mad respect there, she best come back next year. For real, she's much better than I am. (O.o)

Carlakunang Cloneshigami?

Hey, that'd actually be pretty cool. I'd be down to do that anyway - I don't need to win. (^.^) Except for half the people not being there, of course. :^(

@ZONG - Results thread has points next to everyone. Points is why it's called a Ranking Battle series. (If there were no points, how the heck would I be in first? I didn't win either of the last 2, heh.) Maybe this is just a final tournament for who wins, but AFAIK points are the outcome. James? If you don't go, you get third, not second. Hah. Besides, if there are 16 people and I get knocked out early (as has happened before) then you can win anyway. Whiner. :^) Also, seeding just puts you somewhere in the bracket, like on the side with more scrubs, it doesn't start you any closer to winning. 1st and 2nd seed are placed at top and bottom so they can only meet in the winner's finals if they both win; 3rd/4th are placed halfway between, so they meet any other seeds as late as possible in the tournament, etc.

Yes, but that's how points work... 22 pts (BangCamaro) + 8 (if 1st tomorrow) = 30 26 pts (Mike Z) + 5 (4th tomorrow) = 31 and for completeness 20 pts (Zong) + 8 (1st tomorrow) = 28 26 pts (Mike Z) + 3 (5th tomorrow) = 29 (^.^)' I suppose that's true - my posts are filled to the brim with information and humour!