MetalMaelstrom

Well, as far as the changelog goes, the amount of time before you can do something after a chain-in has decreased, making his approach safer despite the decreased block/hitstun. You can combo off of throws (that aren't in the corner) again, his corner BnB has a new move in it (stance DP), and his blue aura stance moves break primers now, making that delayed stance overhead a bit more scary to block. Plus, we've been shown that he's retained his stupid damage output and heat gain. Also, if I am making an accurate conjecture, you should be able to link houtenjin with a mid-screen throw again. EDIT: By the way, Lisianthus' avatar is indeed Yozora... from a BwTgS Doujin cover. Eh, whatever, at least I know now that Lisianthus has good taste.

I think I might pick up Relius or Bang. I'm still going to main Haz, though. Haz has improved too much in this version (at least from how I see it) for me to drop him.

I never thought I'd see the day where Scott is acting tsundere... It's parents' weekend or whatever at UT, but yeah, I can bake some stuff on Friday.

Lisianthus, is your avy Mikazuki Yozora from BwTgS?

Even me?

In other news, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCELL. What are your fathers going to do for your birthday? My guess is that Tommy will give you a starring role in his next movie, and Tomonobu will give you an early copy of DoA5.

Look better than Tomonobu Itagaki or Tommy Wiseau.

I know. It's not a hard thing to do.

Marcell is the illegitimate butt-baby of Tomonobu Itagaki and Tommy Wiseau.

Marcell, trust me, I'm not talented enough to spike brownies with drugs and stuff. If I was, I would quit school and become the best chef ever.

Okay, that sounds good. I have a paper due Sunday morning, but it's for a class that I hate, so it's all good. When should I expect you to be there? Oh, and John, I'm going to bring brownies for all the tournament-goers. Is that okay?

It's okay, as long as he doesn't go to Philadelphia.

Any time is good for me, but 8 p.m. sounds better, at least to my knowledge of others' schedules. Also, wasn't there only like 4 entries for MK9 last night? I've played more people at BlazBlue than that. Please do your best at convincing Ryan to let BlazBlue be played. I mean, you might get Extend earlier than Nov 19th, but that doesn't mean you have to install it for the tournament.

I want BlazBlue in the line-up. Either option is great. If it's CS2, then it'll be cool, but if it's EX, then it'll be lulzy.

I want Jubei, and I want him to have a Thundercats color palette. The existence of Thundercats was, after all, the biggest push in the cat civil rights movement since Martin Luther Kitty Jr's "I can has dreamburger?" speech.

Is anyone else disappointed that Relius is the only new character for Extend? I thought they would at least have another character to go along with him since CS introduced 2 new characters and CS2 introduced four more on top of that...

I'm coming tonight cos I'm bored. In other news, what's with the anime avatars? Lumin has Kotetsu from Tiger & Bunny and C0R's avy looks like Sena from BwTgS.

The Relius and Relius vs Carl themes sound a bit like melodic thrash metal to me. I like Relius's theme the best out of the three new songs. I think I'm going to like Soukyu no Hikari as well. But I agree with Pozer, the Jin vs Tsubaki theme is so WTF because of the Engrish lyrics.

Are the songs up in the general section?

GGs to John, Scott, Marcell, and Josh tonight. I astral'd Scott's Valkenhayn, which makes it my first ever victory against one of the better players at UFO. I got a round in on Marcell as well. I'm slowly getting better I feel, even though John is probably going to disagree. Scott taught me some Platinum basics, thinking about picking her up. And @Marcell, thank you for pointing out my bad habits tonight. I'll work on that shit posthaste.

I guess I'll head down there in a bit as well.

Not anything that I know of. You seem Japan-friendly enough to play it. Are you going to wear your Mega Milk shirt while playing?

GGs to Jeff and Josh last night, didn't get a round in but I'm feeling a lot better about myself, despite not being able to confirm into big combos. Does anyone know who that Noel player is, though?

GGs to Scott and Jeff tonight. Man, it got busy from 11:00-12:00. Anyway, I got a legitimate round in on Scott, so I'm feeling well-spirited. Overall, I feel like I'm improving, especially with blocking on this particular night. Still need to work on inputs. Saw a lot of friendly faces as well, like John, Marcell, Enrico, and Brandon. Just to let you guys know: you're the best bloody bunch of blokes a boy like me could ever ask for. Y'all are some of the nicest people I've met in my whole life, and I look forward to coming to whatever community gatherings lie ahead. :3

When are you going to be at UFO, Scott? I'm going to be here as long as it takes.