Villainous

lol alright I'll shoot for 7:30 or so. Someone go get Sam!

I'll try to make it out. I dunno if I have much gas though so I probably can't make it to state, although I would like to. Maybe we can figure something out. What time you expecting people?

Yeah bro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZKZkC8u3_c

oh god damnit Roski. I just saw the damn PSN name. You mother fucker lol That is an incredibly good imposter.

Oh you're staying the night? Nevermind then. My sleep schedule is all fucked up anyway, I doubt I'd make it through the whole day awake. You guys have fun.

If I... perchance, am free before you guys leave, would it be cool if I called you and snagged a ride down Blake? RAMEN OUT

You were using old spice and you died? You shoulda just building kicked the dragon IMO.

There's Lucky's whenever those are in greensboro and then gamefrog in durham... I believe one is coming up October 4th. Also just talked to my job recruiter person again now, sounds like that job might pretty much be a shoe in. 12 bucks and hour to try and break games? I do that for free yo. It's only for a few months but fuck it, I need money and maybe I can get my foot in the door over there. Anyone play any of the gears of war games? I've seriously never touched them even though I've got a lot more respect for that series than Halo. Should I know anything about it? o_o Also Cliff Bleszinski being my boss would be awesome... that guy is pretty cool for a game developer.

So do some air moves have head and body attribute? What is this... an RPG? Yo I got mad body resist. Hardbody. Don't think you can fuck with my body defense. I'm pretty week to armpit attribute though.

Yeah I heard 2C is head attribute invulnerable or whatever but I had it lose to a few jumping attacks so I was a little confused about that. How does head invincibility work?

Ok yeah I was trying to anti back dash with 6C but that seemed sort of risky if you did anything else. I was tryin to get the instant block cheese going but it's hard online. I probably can't even do it offline lol. The other guy didn't seem to know that jump >>>>>> my tager though, so that was fun.

At the end of the movie we can have Ed falling before a giant dick sticking out of the sand, where the entire world is white people after he was transported into the future in a time machine he found in the ruins of the pyramids. "YOU DAMN DIRTY WHITE SUPREMECISTS" Blake: GGs, sorry bout the lag, dunno if you got my message, my dad was on youtube or porn or something I dunno, that shit was destroying our connection. Had to shake the rust off at first. Any tips for Tager? I was having trouble anti airing you. I think I might have just guessed wrong too much.

If by lately he means like the past week when I haven't spoken to him maybe. Calling me scum / whatever he said on SRK / saying I have downs syndrome / talking to me like I'm a damn kid / generally just constantly insulting me on aim, etc etc etc though? Wouldn't that piss you off just a LITTLE? And what does Matt, Q, Ron, ANGUS?! and everyone else have to do with this? I'm not hiding from him, just not in the mood to deal with bullshit is all. I'm trying to get my stuff straight and get a head back on my shoulders, I definitely don't need someone trying to bring me down in the process. edit: Not venting at you Blake btw, just put that up there since I figured he'd see it. I talked to him about it though. Stuff still bugs me but atleast I'll be alright going to gatherings there in the future. Not trying to drag even more drama to dustloop though. I feel all this talk makes it look like I'm making things out to be a bigger deal than it is... but people seemed willing to discuss stuff here so that's what I was doing. I should talk about games more. GAMES YEAH.

I'll ride the burnt roski dick to Lucky's and we can have a dick crash and everything will be really gay.

And yet doesn't really play games. I'm so confused!

Nah I just don't like people being on my case all the time, for realsies. Being able to go to a gathering or tournament and not having people discuss the merits / validity of my gameplay would be really nice, I guess it's just always confused me why everyone is so dumbfounded by what I'm doing when I'm just playing with what makes sense to me. I probably don't have the thickest of skin, and I probably could take criticism better. But the amount I get is definitely disproportionate to everyone else (not just you), on top of the fact I do pretty well most of the time so in my head it's like fuck why do these people not leave me alone about this stuff. The only real life parallel to gaming I see is that I like to make up my own mind because I KNOW I think differently than other people on some things... so generally I want to figure out things in a game and playstyle that make sense to me. I don't think I could play like you or Roski and have it work for me. I might get to that point somehow through my own processes but just trying to do it straight up wouldn't have all the necessary foundation, if that makes sense. I think if we singled you out enough you would probably start taking it personally too. Also on an unrelated note: I had a dream last night that me and Brent were gonna be on a reality show. There was some old rock band that was picking 1 person for each of the members to be their contestant and they were gonna see who won. I'm not entirely sure WHAT the contest was because it seemed like all we did was drive around and eat and play PSP on the tour bus though. The intro totally had chibi versions of us in it though... chibi Brent was godlike. Random dream is random.

Man y'all some lurkin niggaz. Sup, you can add me on PSN if you want, Saint_Villainous.

I don't have a real life to mix with the games. This much is true. Nah I get what you're saying, was saying flame kick PLUS the throws is what makes it more threatening but you're right it could be done with normals, but normals also lose to invincible shit and some other stuff that DPs beat. True, there was an article that said something about that a while back. Still feels like they'd just throw you repeatedly if they saw you were resolved to just defend. I guess I just gotta get comfortable with that. That's usually the only place I use it unless it's part of my footsie rotation for that character. I thought it was vs Bison, but apparently it's not so that won't happen again. Yeah I pretty much agree here. Will take note of that in the future. I was jumping so much because I couldn't catch up to you by walking but that was a terrible idea. I just got lazy / impatient. Definitely something I need to break. You should just say what you want really. He might be big and black but he's not going to beat your ass randomly like that. He knows the consequences for BEATING A WHITE MAN IN THE SOUTH. Well I appreciate it man, and it's definitely one of the reasons you're one of the few people i'd actually like to hang out with outside of this community. I guess I haven't been around for the sticking up usually. As for Roski, actually his stuff is the kinda stuff I want. I've never thought Roski was a disrespectful person, he's actually one of the people I LIKE having in the community. Definitely taking it to heart and I'd love to see more of stuff like this from other people. There's no condescension, no attitude, just straight talk. And yes Matt is out to get me sometimes. Not lately though. A good deal of it is personal attacks, a lot of it is in person, sometimes online, but yeah I'll try to point out what I think is personal next time I see it. Like I said, our talk has been good shit. I've never really thought you were making stuff personal so... to quote rick... I RESPECT THAT. Also lol at the whole post... amazing. he likes KOF12 because it's the holy grail no one beats him in because NO ONE PLAYS IT

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I must have a higher tolerance for certain types of bullshit or something, I dunno. But as far as not being personally offended enough with him, a big portion of the community has done WAY more of that than Ed ever has with me in the past, so I dunno what to say. I think he might be the only person I've ever heard stick up for me when people were talking shit about me around here, so I'll atleast stick up for him when I feel like some things aren't right. Lessee... as far as Brent goes, he does come off as condescending and smart assy sometimes and if you don't know him I can see why it'd bother you. We're all used to it but if you're a black guy who's edgy about white people putting theirselves above you, Brent is like the first thing that's going to set off alarms in your head. You just have to learn not to take Brent seriously and I think if Brent was around more, he'd probably be cool with him. But yeah, like I said, maybe I have more of a tolerance for it because I get where he's coming from on some of those things. As far as realizing things never change, it's usually true with most people. There are always exceptions and I think anyone is capable of change but not everyone is willing. I remember you used to be the most annoying / incredibly hard to get along with person ever back in the day Blake, but you've definitely made efforts to be easier to get along with and I respect that. But if I had said "man fuck that Blake guy he never changes" then we wouldn't be at this venture here right now. Well to be fair, Q is like the emissary of Matt. He seriously has a saddle on your dick.

See this is the thing, you guys are always trying to rationalize it one way or another. But just because YOU say it doesn't make that the absolute truth and really it's just spreading bad blood. He was bitchy towards me for a while when I was beating him in SSF4 and we just talked it out. I'm sure the same will be said in KOF after I get good at it, or any other game from here on out. But atleast he's straight forward about the stuff. If he says stuff I can just be like "yeah ok" and that's the end of it. With other people... it's never ending. If you want an example, the last like 900 pages of the NC thread have basically been something along those lines. We've been doing this since the soul calibur thread back in the day. I don't think anything ever really changes. But if you guys want to know why Ed dislikes some of you, I think it's because well... you get what you give. I don't think Ed dislikes you Blake, I've never heard him speak bad about you that I can remember, and the same goes for Brent. Maybe you got that vibe from him because you were giving off the same vibe. Just treat him like you do anyone else. I think he dislikes Matt and Roski because they both dislike him, and it's sort of like "I'll put on a face for you but in the end I'd rather you not be here" at tournaments and stuff. You might say you're cool with someone but then it's obvious when that's just an act. I just think NC community would be better if everyone didn't have to be right all the time and this need to put yourself above other people. I'd love to be in a community where everyone was just like... friendly with each other and we all just chilled, played games, and had fun. Nothing complicated. People just gotta stop caring so damn much. Like in regards to the specifics of what HE says or just when talking to anyone?

Yeah it's pretty unusual for people to be nice to me but I attribute that to the area. Couple of people think they can treat me like that and then other people see it and think they can do it too. Generally outside of the gaming community, I don't have a problem with it. I guess that's why it gets on my nerves because I'm used to being around mostly respectful people so then I come in here and everyone's like TEEHEE JON and it gets annoying. Case in point at the cheese gatherings, no one's been corrupted by like random older players acting that way and talking shit about me so everyone treats me normal, it's pretty nice. I think Ed likes me because I understand where he's coming from on some stuff IE: problems with how people act in this community and stuff. I have a pretty live and let live attitude and it just irks me when some people feel like forcing their views down your throat. I also don't make up my mind based on what other people think, I like to not judge and not get my opinions from other people's experiences. So the fact I gave him a chance and made up my own mind, and didn't treat him like he was the black plague (lol) probably garnered with some other stuff resulted in me and him being cool. I'm not sure WHY anyone would have personal issues with me though, I'm pretty easy to get along with. Just leave me be and I'll leave you be, basically.

10/7 frames isn't enough to react man. That's like saying you can react to jabs in Tekken consistently. And yeah, pretty much. Will has been a lot more personal about his stuff and constantly putting me down any time he messages me. Like I said I'd just rather not be around him. Also those charts are pretty cool Brent. So much Faust! Also Nero is top in MBCC?"

Thanks for taking the time to write all that. You know, I had it in my mind that the entire time we were fighting, you were just throwing out st.HK, I didn't even consider you could be reacting with it, since I didn't feel like it was something you could react with. I just thought it was more of a general "stay back" maneuver to put some shit in front of you that beats my moves. I know you did react to CW and what not but my plan then was to try to CW as you walked forward and catch your st.HK. As far as the Abel stuff, yeah, you are right, but I feel like holding up is as much of a commitment as holding back, as then they run the risk of getting thrown. You pretty much risk the same punishment either way. Opponent blocks... big punisher. Opponent jumps... bigger punisher. But then you say you can react to throws... do you visually see yourself being thrown and hit throw break or are you reacting to the pause > move forward of your opponent? Because if it's the latter then walk forward wait attack would catch you... and I find it hard to believe you can really react to being thrown visually, moreso the cues that a throw is coming I'd think. I do get what you're saying though. Guessing with moves that won't be punished horrendously is better than guessing with shit that gets you killed. I feel like DPs do cover a lot of bases though, but you give up safety in return for that. Still... I do feel our match could have gone either way, going back and watching it just now I actually think I just jumped too much and I should have sat on life lead. I think I need to calm down a bit... I get too eager to close out the match and I think that's where you got me, because it looked like I had it in the bag... unless you intentionally lost the first 3 fights to soul crush me. Also thinking about CW, it's pretty much weighted the same as far as risk / reward as a reversal option as EX psycho. If I fuck up I get swept probably, if it works I get a full combo, corner you, and get a knock down. Long as I don't use it too much or when I could get killed I think it's fine. I generally try to apply the same thought process to flame kick but sometimes it still isn't worth the risk. Without flame kick its hard to make throws scary though, IMO. But yeah go back and watch our match if you have some time, I know it doesn't have the whole fight but it's got the first 2 matches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhRdSQzy3l4 I actually think I was playing pretty well till I started jumping too much and moving forward constantly. Maybe if I just mixed up my advances and pulled back for a while it would have gone better. Thoughts? And yeah I would like to come down and play. I'd actually like to play at the gathering this Friday but Will has REALLY been bothering me lately and I just don't particularly want to be around him. If I could go and just not have to talk to him at all I'd be fine but it is his place after all and I don't want to have to deal with it.

It's hard to get a turtler out of their comfort zone really if you can't ever get the life lead. Match start... walk backwards. What now?