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The uhm.. duck thing... yeah. MIND = BLOWN

You know, now that you mention it.. Me too. It is kind of sad.

Dacid you made me bust out laughing.

Record yourself singing "Baby" Zong.

I wanted to be cool too.

This thread makes me chuckle.

Yeah I'm the same way now, I was a semi-pro Gears of War player before the sequel, and just played casually after the sequel came out since I didn't like it. Play a lot of rpgs, etc. Trying to get into fighting games now though, and I have to say, learning these combos is a rough ordeal for me, my fingers just don't seem to do them right. xD Getting a stick soon though, so hopefully that will help.

Oh, nice. Did you have a fighting game background? And yeah, I would be nervous too.

Ouch man, that sucks. You still did well though, good enough to be proud. :D Haha, while I was watching the tourny I was just looking at it like 'doh..... since this is basically my first 2d fighter, and it just came out, I had no idea how you guys were doing that stuff. I'm learning though. :D

Ohhh okay, you did pretty well. You have an epic Jin.

Souseta, what was your handle there and who were you playing as? I don't remember seeing you. :o And thanks for the answer.

Does anybody know when the matches will be uploaded to youtube? I wish to watch the finals again, oh and spark and zong's matches too. For learning purposes. :>

I was really impressed with Kenneth, Jan, and Zong. Oh and umm, everyone else too of course. :D

So, I'm a new Carl player. I guess you could say I'm also new to fighting games in general, since sc4 is the only other fighting game I've played more than a couple of hours, and since that's a 3d fighter it doesn't really count or help in BlazBlue. With that being said, a lot of the combos are just out of my range right now. What are some of the core things I should know, easy stuff, so I can work my way up? Are there any more simple steps I can take, or do I need to learn these long ass strings immediately? I can do grapple loops with 8d, but those are impractical since anybody moderately decent can grapple break, especially after a couple of times and they realize what I'm doing. I'm not looking to jump into tournament play, like I said this is my first real 2d fighter and I want to work my way up. One of my major problems isn't actually doing the combos, it's setting them up, and also once I get pressure on me I just can't seem to get it off. I just get smacked around until I die. For example, my friend just got the game at the same time I did, and he's using Ragna and sometimes I win, when I can escape his pressure, but that's not always the case. Of course, Ragna is a more noob-friendly character so I hear, so it's understandable. I'm just using that as an example, because he's really bad and I still have trouble getting him off me. Any tips for a new carl player who is also new to fighting games, besides practice of course, because that's a given, and I'm doing that a lot. I'm willing to work to get better, I'm just not quite sure how. How do I actually practice setting up combos and escaping pressure?