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Don't take what I say too seriously Mellis. :P

My mother wanted to come up on Thanksgiving too... If she decides to come by while everyone's around y'all better be nice to her!

Let's talk Thanksgiving for a moment. Next week I have the day before and the day of Thanksgiving off. I'd like to spend it with all of y'all, and I'm willing to host at my place if you like. Only thing is that we have no furniture. Like literally. I sit on a CRT. SOOOOO, if you wanna come, fantabulous! There'll be games n shiz, as well as whatever the heck else we feel like doing. I don't have much and can't like, cook a turkey or anything swag like that but spending time with people is what it's all about! We got 2 TVs for vidyas, and the previously mentioned CRT because I've been playing alot of Project M lately (for better or for worse) I'll go into more details later but for now I'm just wondering who's interested.

I suppose this is the part where I pop in and say I can't make it due to work. Sorry.

Playstation 3 Consoles: 1 PS3 Persona 4 Arena Copies: 0 Playstation 3 Consoles w/Guilty Gear: 1 Playstation 3 Consoles w/Suguri: 0 Number of consoles that overlap games: 0 TV: 1

I'll be bringing a gear set up. TV + console. And yes Mellis, I'll run ABK on the cab, with your permission :P

Yes. You generally wanna loop it so that you get 3 or so sidewinders before ending the combo with a knockdown.

Sol forums have a good combo thread. Although it talks +R, you can pretty much take anything there and copy it over to AC, just don't take combos that use 41236HS (Fafnir) in them. http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?16181-R-Sol-Badguy-Combo-Thread-%28Updated-9-20-13%29 As for other stuff I can mention here: 5k 5s 2d 236k is a good basic midscreen combo that knocks down. for the most part your bnbs midscreen are gonna be [some kinda gatling shit] into 2D into bandit revolver (236k). If you wanna talk more damaging stuff, you wanna do sidewinder loop. The deal with Sidewinder is it has a property called a Clean Hit, which grants additional hitstun and a wallbounce when it connects properly. Each character has a specific Clean Hit hitbox that you have to punch with Sidewinder (air 236HS) the Wiki entry for Sol covers alot of stuff well too. http://www.dustloop.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sol_Badguy_%28GGACR%29 Again it's for +R, but a vast majority of stuff for him carries over easily between the two versions. A simple way to sidewinder loop is this: 623k command grab > jump forward j.S > sidewinder. the time in which you have to jump and start the j.s will change depending on the character's gravity etc. you just have to get a feel for it. It's not as complicated as it sounds, however. After the first sidewinder clean hits, you have a couple options. The idea is you're basically using normals as combo filler to sort of "line up" yourself to ensure you get the second clean hit. So the combo I use for example off wild throw goes like this: 623k > jump forward j.S > sidewinder > 2HS > jump forward j.S > sidewinder > j.S straight up > sidewinder > bandit revolver. After about 3 or so sidewinders you want to end the combo with a knock down. Usually done by bandit revolvering. Here's a diagram of all the cleanhit hixboxes of each character if you're curious, http://www.dustloop.com/guides/ggac/data/images/cleanhit/clean_hit_diagrams.html although the differences aren't as huge as you might think. I'm pretty awful at explaining things so I apologize if I've confused you further. Trying to just post bnbs for Sol is weird because the answer is basically "sidewinder loop." And the loop itself is kinda dynamic because how you go about it changes depending on the screen location and all that jazz. Here's a tutorial video by VR-Raiden that basically summarizes how it works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lyl-gavEn0

I love Survival Mode. I got to like level 600 something the other day and kinda died because I kinda derped around and got bored. Plus it gets kinda stupid past level 500 because then all you fight is black characters with the golds popping up as daredevils.

I figured that was the case. Thanks for the clarification! And yea, I've played Gear for a while and have been sticking with Sol for a good bit, but as my community grows (we're all kinda new at picking up Gear for the most part) I've found myself left in the dustloop so I figured I'd come to you guys for advice. Thanks again everybody. I really need to start playing with my local folks a ton more.

Thanks for the great responses folks. All of this has been really helpful stuff, even some of the stuff I already knew. It's nice to hear things solidified and know that some stuff you're doing is right :P Question about Gunflame and Bandit Revolver, though the wiki says they are -2 and -3 respectively, that's not always gonna be the case right? VR-Raiden mentioned that there are instances that Revolver can be + on block. So if Gunflame or BR hits a bit later it's probably gonna be better on block? Cuz there have been many times where I would end strings with Gunflame every now and then, and it'll hit on like the last pillar of flame (it shoots out like, 4 or something right) and it's always lurking in the back of my head "well shit that's like -2 so i probably shouldn't try to do stuff" even though it may not necessarily be the case. I appreciate all these responses haha. Y'all are like mice lurking in a wall or some shiz waiting for cheese. Nothin really seems to be going on around here then you see a new post and BAM tons of conversation. Thank you very much.

I'll kick this off I guess? Hi. Two questions. I hope they don't sound too stupid. How do I deal with the neutral game with Sol? I feel like most of my matches consist of me just kinda standing there afraid to press a button because every time I do so I seem to get counter hit. It's especially apparent with characters with better reach, such as Faust. Poking with f.Slash seems like the obvious choice, and if it hits then I can HS into fafnir to get closer. If they block f.slash what comes next? Gatling into 2S and look for another chance to poke? Gunflame? Bandit Revolver provided I'm not too close to get thrown? Next question, what do I do once I've got that knock down? There's the choice of going for a gunflame FRC and trying some sort of mixup, though Kyle had offered me the advice of "just do a jump in. go j.S into j.HS and do a mix up," which seemed to be working fine, but I can't help but wonder there are better options? Overall, I feel like matches seem out of my control. I work to be able to get in, and when I get in, I get some damage, but then I'm kinda flailing about and unable to mix up to keep myself in and press that advantage. I realize these are a lot of kinda vague and dumb questions, but this is the Q&A thread so... Also a tad off topic but, would any of y'all be interested in a Sol Badguy Skype chat group or something of the sort as a way to chat and shoot ideas back and forth to each other? A friend had an Aigis Skype group going for the Persona players and that seemed to work nicely for a while.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO A set against Yeti would still be hype though, even if it's the PC version

LOL LOOK AT ME BEING SUPER LATE TO STUFF GOING ON IN THIS THREAD Yes I am going to BADC Yes, an Akatsuki event of some sorts would be hype. I'm rusty as all hell but I still LOVE the game. Just having a cabinet there for it would be enough for me. I'm looking forward to this. Also I need a ride what is our situation lol EDIT: Tad, Naimat said you wanted to leave Friday at 8pm? The delima is that I don't get off work until 9:15. ..Also I live in fucking Bellevue so I'm probably super out of the way. I can give you my address , I assume you need it

I''m just gonna give my thoughts on that article even though this is days later. What he says kinda makes sense. the big idea of the SSE was the Nintendo teaming up against a super villain aspect, and with that is cutscenes that may come from all of that. The point of the mode was to go through and see all the cutscenes in context to the (lol) story. I can kinda see where he's coming from. Watching cutscenes on the internet with no context isn't nearly as interesting. Not that SSE was interesting at all BUTWELPY'KNOW.

That seems likely for me. It just depends on the future if/when I go back to College, work, and all that BS. I'd love to attend though. Answers bolded in the quote.

What does this even mean.

Mmm.. I have a 360 with Gear, a copy of P4U (360) and I can probly provide a monitor as well. My Wii is lying around somewhere though I don't have a copy of Brawl so lol.

I would enter a Suguri tournament if only for the fact that I love playing video games. If we do do it, I'll legit try to learn it before MWC.

I laughed way harder than I should've.

Do I only count as a Cookeville DP during the college semester?

Only if Sol lost all his hair, wears a sweater vest with a collared shirt, and fights with one of those 4 legged walker things.

I'll just share my thoughts on Xrd. I think it looks good. I'm iffy on models, but if they make them look nice, then it's cool with me. The movements and attacks are all still similar in look in feel as well which is ok. If it looks like GG and plays like GG it's GG. Though as Milln said I do hope they make some changes, more major than what they did in +R (characters got some new FBs and stuff, but to my knowledge, no new moves requiring new sprites. Might be wrong) I did notice that Sol's grandviper seems to be the older version, and I saw what actually looks like Order-Sol's 5k. His gunflame fake also looks slightly different. Overall I'm excited, but it won't change the fact that I still love AC and am excited for +R

I feel like a total ass for not being able to go every Friday now. :c

Ha! I excel at nothing.