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I'll be there today not sure why

wurd, I should def be able to get you on the way to rutgers shoot me a pm and I'll work out the route today or tomorrow I'd say hit me up via phone but I don't have a working one right now hopefully I'll get that fixed today? philly anime traveling out, warms the heart

basic bitch millia :MIL:

might be down for gamejunkie saturday if anyone is interested in xrd? otherwise not particularly interested :EDD:

I believe the venue opens noonish and tournament's supposed to be around one? not entirely sure tbh ;_; EDIT i found it :MIL: https://www.facebook.com/events/354224421438416/

oi chodewranglers rutgers tournament on sunday afternoon, anyone down to go? I know P4U, Uniel, and Xrd are going to be there, I spoke with naotololololololollololloolloololo and he said other games could be run if people brought their own setups I am pretty much definitely going but I am probably going to NJ saturday first so I dunno if that works out for anyone else I am also planning on 3/28 tsb, don't feel like driving though

I will be there I will also bring a setup for gg because I don't trust jersey to come through :MIL:

NO because all the gamejunkers are coming to xandu with me right guys? right? :(

ouch not sure what part of my response merited such a stern rebuke lol, never said "don't training mode," just that training mode is not as, as you outright stated in your post, the only way to learn things like "understanding your normals and specials on a most fundamental level. ... what's safe or unsafe on block...simple things like what gatlings/cancels into what." If someone was to never enter training mode but played hundreds of matches against opponents of varying skill levels while also thinking about and processing what's going on the screen in a thoughtful manner, they could clearly learn these very basic things you listed, as character mechanics and move functionality do not change between training mode and versus mode... From my own personal experience I feel I get more knowledge on how to use normals and specials in actual play, in addition to the added benefits of playing against an opponent: the pleasure of competitive play, getting to try moves/techniques in a wide variety of situations, many of which I may not have thought of on my own. Yes, learning difficult/character specific combo timings outside of training mode is rough and probably ineffective for 95% of ppl, but I wasn't responding to these b/c they weren't mentioned until now. But yes, I totally agree that a combination of training mode and actual match play are the best way to improve yourself; I think you're sleeping on the number of actual games LK plays though lol :MIL:

Honestly this is incorrect, yes training mode is a good and simple and stress-free way to learn these things, but it is perfectly possible to learn gatlings/cancels, what's safe/unsafe on block and how to confirm in actual matches, and I think in matches the learning can sometimes stick more since you are forced to implement/try these things in a situation with pressure and an opponent who can react to your actions.

yo I am very interested in going to both TSB tournaments in March I am also interested in going to the Xanadu monthly this saturday, let me know if any of youse wanna go as well :toot:

I have a couple very specific ones that I am aware of and working on. I play Millia and I think these are partially her fault :MIL: When I'm pressured in the corner my default escape is to super jump straight up and then airdash out; the end result being that I'd land in the same place every time, and anyone who figured this out could sit at certain spots on the screen and punish either the airdash or the landing. Kinda problematic since Millia's airnormals aren't good enough to cover her landing, but I'm getting better with varying this. Also, from about 1/2-3/4 screen away from the opponent I have a tendency to dash right in and try to 2K into a combo. I had to have someone tell me I was doing this all the time; otherwise I would not have noticed. I do this partially because it worked a few times in the past and I'm greedy and not satisfied with getting random fS hits into no damage but it's easily punished when predicted. These are mostly movement and spacing habits where I fall into overusing a pattern that has worked in the past (including past games; both of these I think I partially got from F Arc in melty) and instead of playing mindfully, just doing things that my hands tell me to do. I think these kinds of habits are the hardest for me to become aware of because I too often think of fighting games in terms of buttons rather than movement

so yeah it's last minute but I still want to hit the break tomorrow I'm gonna get Ochi on the way up, I don't mind stopping for other peeps who are along the way, the tournament will wait for us lol etc hit me up text is better than internet, except when it's not

might still stop by if this kop tournament doesn't have space for casuals, seeing that they're not starting gg until 5 but I wanna mash

there's actually a tournament or something at the King of Prussia mall tomorrow -- Imma probably show up to that since it's 10-15 minutes from my house and I wanna xrd It's kinda expensive but for a bootleg comic book shop tournament but a number of heads on the facebook said they are going I don't feel like looking up info right now but it's called berserk or sum stuff :MIL: