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@Eb : did you seriously wake up at 8 PM? I haven't done that in such a long time. @Nolan : it's cool lol, I got some long overdue training done. I would've been free in that room anyways, dunno what to do vs noel... @Ken : The due date for the 10$ should be in a long time, but it's best to pay cranky as early as possible, to support our game. The more people sign up, the more it gets hyped up and other stuff. (I'd say chance of sponsor prizes etc. but I think no matter how many we get we're not big enough... yet). Oh and just be happy we were included in that video

Yeah I agree, let's really put an effort and step up the level on this game now that we know that the patch will be released in a month... this sounds stupid but I'm dead serious. Technically CS2 comes out in a month, and I still feel like we're behind the level of other communities, so since we'll have a major with that game really early, we should at least look decent at the game. Neutral game isn't THAT different between CS1 and CS2, but just working on fundamentals, patience, reactions should be motivation enough. I don't have that much to do next week, so I'm hype for more BB than usual if people are up for it. (no more class and I won't start studying seriously until the 24th)

Yeah CS2 news is pretty cool, don't think we'll run CS1 at the tournament at this rate LOL IMPLYING THERE WON'T BE DELAYS Not really sad about seeing the marvel patch. Desk will have to come up with new stuff, I'm kinda sure there's still a lot to discover. @Kr3wman : great hope you pick her up! There's a lot of cool stuff you can do with her, like unblockables, charge-cancel, install... I look forward to having you play BB with us. Oh and you can check out level5-chan's videos on our youtube channel (or on his) if you want to see match-practical stuff, you can also ask him about it.

Cranky, will you pass by the HQ on Sunday? I might show up next Tuesday, but if not, we'll all be at the HQ next week on Friday, so I'm guessing that's when I'll pay for that. Those prizes are hype, gj! Keep up the good work, we appreciate it. By the way, I was actually pleasantly surprised that we were included in the video at all. @Blade : have you seen this : http://duqs.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/278/

I dunno lol I'm beginning to think the logo is not that much of a mistake... if they put the CS1 logo but we end up running it on CS2. I dunno might as well put both, or not idc actually? I'm still vote CS2 as well. Anyways, gonna agree with air again here : I'm just happy we were at least slightly included in their trailer. On Sunday, Blazblue goes on the recordable head-to-head, okay? Haven't commentated in a while, don't want to get "rusty".

Oh btw, GGs at the meetup today guys. Calm101, your first time with us at the HQ, hope you enjoyed it, look forward to seeing you again. I'm gonna practice my AH3 this week so next time I won't drop everything Shoutouts to Nini for actually playing BB at the meetup (and blowing me up). And shoutouts to me for being a retard and going there on foot because I missed a bus, taking shortcuts that end up being detours, getting exhausted, playing bb badly, dropping every single j.2C-dash-2b, i probably didn't smell so good either. Have a quiz tomorrow, gotta get up at 6:30 and here I am posting on DL. What a genius.

I think we should have only one serious ad going around too, I'll agree with air here. However, a joke one that lasts <20 seconds could be a funny and original way of saying "hey we're not the main event but we're still here lol", nothing more though. Maybe we could record stuff on Sunday, be on extra hype mode, and take the best thing/moment that comes out of it. The tricky part is I have to remember to actually do it, I'll most likely do it this Sunday or next Tuesday, I'll let you know when I do. I'll most likely be driving to the event so beer is no. Cash is cool, but I'll really need Blade's oral abilities this time, apparently is more hype with more than one person . lol I think houston is a bit too far as well, I'll be surprised if we get anyone from the US. If we're free, it's definitely not worth the trip, IMO people travel more for the experience/fun/etc. than the prize. But hey, for anyone who comes, we'll be the best hosts we can, and I hope we get as many people from out of town as we can. Long term is the way to go. however, people (including me) need to play this more at meetups. At this rate we're going to be free for Rhannmah

O.O wut didn't want to blow you up lol, I'm kind of curious too, as I keep changing playstyles with Mu... well IMO CS1 5C is there to make your opponents kind of respect your range or kind of afraid to dash in and attack... yeah -_- indeed. The way I see it, if you're under pressure and manage to find a way out, you've lost your momentum. Her pressure and mixup is unsafe against an opponent that IBs, so it's only if you manage to get a knockdown or SoD that you can place steins and return to a situation that's in your advantage. So I just think that it's harder for her to recover compared to other characters in CS1 after a mistake (that your opponent manages to punish you correctly for). And by momentum I don't mean up close pressure, I just mean ex : having a stein ready to fire, placing another one, spacing your opponent, making it really hard for him to get in, doing safe stuff, forcing him to try something unsafe and punishing him for it. Heck, even returning to a neutral situation where you have no steins out so you can't do the command laser, if the opponent is too close, and putting a stein out isn't always a good idea, maybe I'm exaggerating a little, but anyways... This is matchup-specific though. I'm not complaining either though, I actually like this too

Ooh I'll do it, it's 25$, just making sure.

I'd like to see a "How do I Mu-12" section, with just general tactics, what good options exist at neutral, when/why to finish a combo with Super/SoD/oki setup (less relevant in CS2 but still there). Would be good to have a few blockstrings/mixups. Maybe some quick matchup stuff too, how to approach them, what mindset, like 3-4 lines per character (or more if necessary). Kind of like the stuff that was discussed about Tager in this thread recently, it was rather simple and straight to the point, but of course leaves a lot of depth and specifics for the matchup threads to discuss. Hopefully get an answer to this question in there : Oh and not really necessary but kind of helpful for people trying to learn Mu, screenshots of hitboxes for some moves to help demonstrate stuff (spacing, anti-air). Videos sounds like a good upgrade

Woah why hadn't I thought of that. Let's have a CT then CS1 then CS2 tournament. Blazblue Patches, the trilogy. More seriously though, I dunno. I think we should aim for the highest attendance and pleasing the most people. This is kind of big, and I wouldn't want some people to just not come and support the scene because they prefer version X. @Sphyra : yes please do! I might be later than planned though. We forgot to do some documentation.

Actually I was hesitating about posting more info and the trailer BECAUSE it said CS2. Now that it's announced, I say our stance is : "We'll have both the LAST CS1 tournament AND the FIRST CS2 tournament." well, if people want to. I don't think everyone will watch the stream though, people will probably be playing the game.

Says the hakumans. Mu is probably going to take a negative amount of time to get used to. Sometimes I try to do CS2 combos in my matches just because I've seen them. I guess we're on opposite sides, which is why I propose 2 tournaments either way, maybe one more official than the other, or one teams one singles, depending on interest. @Eb : quoted from cranky in the MTLSF thread on SRK :

Maybe.

Cranky will come to the HQ tonight to collect $$ for MAT8. If you're too lazy to go online and do it, just come to the meetup and give him the money while you're there. CS2 looks like it'll come out sometime mid-may, source is legit but not 100% sure it's CS2. (although with stuff like "Challenge mode updated to CS2 standard. Previous competitions transfer over." I can't see why it isn't) Anyways, now that the date is announced, I will give my opinion. Tell me if I'm mistaken, but the PSN store updates on Tuesdays, right? So here's the deal. If the patch comes out more than a week before the tournament, it's run on CS2. If it comes out the Tuesday before the tournament, people will QQ no matter the decision. Just an idea, but I say we pick the worst possible answer, 2 tournaments, one after the other (in order lol) and people can chose to participate in either or both whatever they prefer. We'll still have a GG tournament, no worries.

you know there's an arcade rip for PC? I think I still have it on my USB. I'll have it with me tonight, you coming? But yeah it's arcade only so no training mode, no DLC characters, not even Mu. Same game though.

I think I'll be there around 4-6 PM. We surprisingly finished our project ahead of schedule so we're going to practice our ORAL tomorrow and I'll come over once we're all set. Makoto and Hazama are incomplete in CS1, they were missing a few nerfs.

What CS2 character isn't what their CS1 counterpart should have been? CS2 just looks more "complete" than CS1, but we'll have to try it out to see how much fun it is. Although, it will necessarily be at least as much as CS1. If you want to hear sonic boom x n just go play the 3ds version I guess... and lol @M8TE. you could also remember it as MAT VIII to avoid ANY confusion. looking forward to sunday... shit is gonna be hype. (because I'll be on my "fake break right before finals that you just end up regretting when you actually start studying and realize you're in deep shit").

Well, SSFIVAE is coming out only a few days after MAT8 and it was announced... today or yesterday. ASW is a competitor and their arcade versions came out at a similar time, so chances are (well at least I hope) that they will release around the same time. Imagine if CS2 comes out the Tuesday before we have the tournament... it's a realistic possibility. Ha I watched those videos and realized it's like my most recent commentating, so... Rate my commentary plz.

yeah so the trailer for MAT8 was released, in case you haven't seen it, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd92vOOh9W8&feature=player_embedded And then you ask yourself the same question as me: if CS2 is released before MAT8, do we run with it or CS1? Anyways, I came up with an answer that should be satisfying enough : we'll discuss it when they announce the release date.

Maybe for Foonzo on Friday. Huge project due Thursday midnight, so we might end up celebrating on Friday, but we probably won't do much so I'll show up. You still coming to the HQ Sunday, right? @Nini : how did you know for the limit? Youtube generally gives it to accounts who don't upload copyrighted material after a while, or so I heard, so this is really good news. So @everyone who has access to the account, just don't upload anything like that (like a not original song, like music to a combo video for example) so we can keep the limit. Thanks to youtube I guess.

I dunno I think I'm more like this guy :

Yo cheating is bad never do it, you might get caught and it'll cost you. Like me. I got 0 for a uni assignment worth 18% and a note in my personal file. Except I have never ever cheated for school stuff in my life. What?

I think a road trip with you would be lots fun. If you have a job and are not way too indebted, I'd lend you the $$ for the trip at a 0% interest rate. (well, since by having you come along, it reduces the individual cost, I guess that could kinda be considered the interest I make on this?) Or you could just win MAT8. If you click on the link, you see it's called ECT 3, so it's not as old as let's say, evo, but it's not exactly brand new either. They have a website where you can see the results from their older tournaments, some big names. @Steb : huh hadn't thought of that, lol.

Ha thanks for the answers, it was really you two that I wanted to hear an answer from since you're the guys I remember doing road trips to play animu games with (and Nini but he'll be in Tunisia). I think Brice was interested last time I talked to him about it, so if anyone else wants to jump in and reduce the overall cost, we'd be glad to have come you with us. (just decide soon so we don't get screwed by passport delays) @Unsanctifier : o.O no one else goes with you to MI ever? Their scene seems fun, if only the trip wasn't over 10 hours from here.