LastStarSaviour

Could we please stop with the Street Fighter/Blazblue shit for god's sake? It wasn't funny the first fifteen times you said it and it definitely isn't that funny now.

Hm, if I had to say what MTNG is to me, it would be a place where people play games. Of course, there are some things I want to expand on when it comes to this. First, i'd say that MTNG doesn't necesarily have the depth required for me to grow as a player. I feel like I gain more from net-play when it comes to interaction with good players and characters in the games that I play. This is disheartening to me quite a bit, seeing as I usually hold almost most, if not every scene to an obligation to enhance the matches for themselves and everyone they sit down to fight since honestly off-line experience is supposed to be the best experience one can acquire. Most of the time I spend learning most of the characters I do in BB is usually so that I can have a good set against you guys and show you what a character is all about and to expect likewise from you all. But idk, just haven't really felt that lately. Another thing I would add, is that MTN feels so closed-off when it comes to the players themselves. It's hard to say that a lot of my ideas are respected and are at least given a chance before being batted out the window or tossed like trash. I generally feel this is due to the fact that most of the people I encounter have their heads so high up it's hard for them to see how close to the ground they are. Feels like more time is spent on their half trying to crush an argument so deep into the ground that it can never really surface again. This isn't to say they aren't good people, just that they are so dead-set in their ways that it's hard for them to comprehend what being wrong is. Third, i'd like to say I do feel pretty distant from most of the people at MTNG. I feel like I barely know anyone, not just as players, but as just normal people. It's hard for me to say that I can call anyone there more than aquaintances and only on the surface of that. From most of what i've seen or felt from other scenes, the players are definitely closer than that and knowing this makes me feel meh. I talked to a few people from other scenes and it's easy to say that they're cool friends with one another. I mean, a few of you have indeed known each other for quite a while, I get that. It just feels like as a new guy in trying to get to understand and accept it's hard to pretty much break down that wall that stops me from being just someone who shows up to play games to being friends with everyone there. Don't really like it too much but I guess i'll learn to get over it. In conclusion, what I think MTNG SHOULD be to me is a place where my friends gather, play games, talk crap, and grow in our endeavors to be competitive fighting gamers. It's just a shame that it's not.

*Shakes head*

*Sighs*

Wow, as more footage of these two games pop up, Under-night and Persona 4 Ultimate are looking to be my new favorite games. The pace on both gamess look pretty sick and i'm liking almost every character in both. I'll most likely take Under-Night more seriously seeing as it only has 10 characters which means i'll have less work to do in learning them all and eventually mastering the game. Needless to say, i'm fucking hyped! Edit: Just noticed that they both only have 10 characters, lol. I'll still be choosing Under-night though XD

I don't see anything wrong with the way BB is going in Middle Tennessee, keep running it. Turn-outs for majors and what not don't really matter when it comes to the communities themselves so low turn-outs there doesn't necesarily mean low turn-outs all the way around the FG spectrum. Let's just do what we've always done. I read somewhere that someone was saying that people only "play the games they are good at" which isn't necesarily true (since I play a few games like Third Strike that i'm not exactly gdlike at). I also heard someone say that BB players just bash SF without actually getting to learn how to play the game. To this I say that for some players that is true, but at the same time you do have BB players who have legitimately played the game and gave the game enough time to come to a concensus on whether if it is something worth continuing. Myself for instance, I had SF4 for about maybe a year and a half or two when it first came out (I trained regularly as any person who picks up a fighter shoud). Plus, everyone I knew liked it at the time so I tried to give it a chance but over time as I got to play it more it just became a boring process (therefore I legitimately dropped it). I see nothing wrong with people playing the games they actually love playing as apposed to just playing games so bigger communities can be built. If a community has to stay small but very active in a game, then so be it.

Idk why, but today was a hell of a good day. I'm pumped to kill you people in Extend in a few more weeks and maybe even Kof. Feels strange, could this be what happiness truly is? Nah...

Like Naimat said. I would pay for the chance to be in your shoes man, you need to enjoy it. Playing a high-level Kof player, i'm almost jealous.

Here comes the STORM!! @Naimat: Gdlike

I got smacked in the face by a ping-pong ball sized piece of hail, stuff is getting real niggas. You all better instant-block.

I'm not really focussing on any of that, just going to play it because it looks fun.

Just got home and saw some Persona 4 vids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XBF1Nws2D4E I'll probably pick this game up since I know I want to main Mitsuru.

Yeah, I can understand what you mean. @Middy- He doesn't play BB. A man like that has no true form yet in my eyes, just a hat.

Could've sworn BB requires you to learn twice as much when it comes to spacing. With the barrier-block system you really need to understand your characters normals and how they are used in any given situation. As for having learning how to manage meter, Kof has BB beat by a long shot. Also, Kof is the fastest game out there currently, even though matches are fairly long.

He's the shadow of the dude named Milln who used to have my respect.

I disagree with you in some aspects Grim, but I respect your opinion but honestly saying that i'm not used to having to acutally practice in the games I play was kind of insulting, just saying... Also, Blazblue isn't a game where you get almost 60% off of just any old random hit. There are characters like that but many others require you to actually either fish for counter hits (this requires reading, baiting, and understanding your opponent as well as having great executionm, punishes, and mind-games). In Kof, you hit someone, and you REALLY hit someone if you're playing with the right character. Honestly, I see Kof as a much easier game to learn but harder to master seeing as it's so much more simple in design and seeing as combos are simply "loop these specials over and over again." You play Relius, that dude pours damage out of his ass-hole for a living. Litchi barely gets 4k or decent corner-carry unless you get a counter-hit and Makoto isn't even a character to complain about.

If Astaroth is playing Platinum, and Naimat is playing Noel, and Jackie is playing Bang, and I'm playing all of the above and more/Tager, and Mill plays Blazblue, then Midnight must play Tsubaki. I really will do this, lol.

Do I smell an Extend side-event next MTN?

If Astaroth plays Platinum, and Naimat plays Noel, and Jackie plays Bang, and Midnight plays Ragna, then i'll play all of the above and more?

Naimat, I didn't denounce what you said at all, so if you thought that my bad. I was referring to what Klein was saying, since honestly it was... anyways let's talk about the issues: A)Correct B) You left out a lot with this. I do recall saying that 60% damage is indeed a big deal. But notice I said that if I get hit by a cross-up that I feel I did not block correctly, then this is okay. However, if I do try to block a cross-up but instead the move does not register as a cross-up even though it crossed me up IN THE EXACT SAME SITUATION I was in before, then i'm pissed. This is different then what you're saying I said. Now the thing that gets me is that you responded to me saying you were stating the obvious. The fact of the matter is, each character does have a job to do. Whether it's build meter, waste that meter, kill niggas regardless, or just whatever else. However, if I can't even attempt to achieve to do these things with my characters due to them dying by an error then there's honestly no point to me trying to play the game with a team-based theme. I'm better off just focussing on keeping my current character alive and out of the way of stupidity. Another thing that I would like to point out is that I appreciate Kof in its entireity (things I dislike and all). Yes, I do diss many games but never once did i say they weren't worth playing. Maybe I do come in with preconceived notions but can you really blame me? Playing fighters for a while usually makes you play many others the same way, so yeah...

You guys are twisting the context of my post around.

I don't think it's OP to take 60% of a character's life. I think it's OP to take 60% of someone's life for moving even the slightest bit. You would think the game would still register the move you do the same regardless if your opponent moved even the slightest bit, at least in my head anyways. This is one reason i'm kind of drawn away from the game. Also, I understand that Kof is a team-based game and the needs of one character does not out-weigh the needs of everyone else, etc... (the rest of what you posted was kind of stating the obvious)

idk, I doubt this is the case. Reason being is that the moves I get hit by and the angle I get hit by them normally are considered cross-ups. However, the occasion that I mention are when a move specifically is a cross-up however when it hits me as just a normal move. It's kind of weird to type and explain. It may have to deal with the state they're in in the air. But it feels more like a game error than a human one.

I know that obviously Kof isn't the only game with cross-ups, what i'm trying to get at is that i've planned and would have otherwise blocked the cross-up but for some reason I get hit for baiting it correctly. I'm not stupid Midnight. Edit: Also, many characters do possess combos that are 60% that do not require them using every last bit of meter they have.

I'll go ahead and make my first point: First, I want to start off with one thing that has been kind of annoying to get hit by, this is the cross-up. Now I know what you're all saying, "How can getting hit by a simple cross-up be annoying? It's a simple part of fighting game "fundamentals" and reacting to them is simple for any decent player." To this, I do agree and I have no qualms with the times that I am hit by a proper over-head that I failed to react to. But, what i'm not okay with is when i'm in the exact same position I was when my opponent threw out his last move which crossed up but instead this time it decided "Meh, kind of don't feel like crossing my opponent up today." and you, already reacting to what you thought was going to be a "proper" cross-up got hit. This leaves me in a "WTF!?!" state seeing as I have A) Learned how to deal with cross-ups with multiple characters who have them at every angle and possible space and B) Prepared myself to deal with the next time a cross-up was going to happen. The funny thing is is that I wouldn't even have a problem with getting hit by them if it wasn't for the fact that getting hit by this leads to you losing about 60% of your life (at least for any high-tier character to my knowledge, which are quite a few in the game) and any person with the execution and skill enough to do so (Not many people I have fought actually do have this level of execution due to them either not knowing combos or just don't have execution to begin with) but the people who do have punished me for this much of my health everytime. So let's review, fundamentally I knew what was taking place and i've prepared myself properly but still got punished and lost 60% of my health to bs? That's fair, Kof. Anyone who believes they understand are welcome to comment if they feel, but please try to give an educated response.