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All that Kokonoe salt. Those corner setups and damage look really good... but isn't that what a lot of the top tier in BBCP to do begin with? (OK, I don't think anyone has those kinds of setups with a super with that much invincibility.) One random thought: is anyone from AZ going to NEC? I still have room for a couple of people in my room in Philly. Also, Delta has tickets from Phoenix to Philly for that weekend for $240 right now, but that price is probably only going to be there for the next day or two.

I'm probably not going to show up Wedensday, as one of the reasons I was interested was due to the earlier start. The reality of having responsibilities... More time to grind training mode, anywah ahahahaha-oh who am I kidding. I should be good for Friday. I think a couple of people were planning on coming here... but it seems really silly to have sessions split like that on the same day. I don't know, I'll figure something out. Wait... people listen to Tempered???

Ruben's place confirmed for 26 setups. I might come by Wednesday (a rare sighting of me actually trying to learn how to play BB o_o ) and Tempered may be coming as well. We can bring a setup... and cookies!

Sounds a lot like recoil guard in EFZ (except RG didn't cost any meter)... which stole a lot of its mechanics from GG way back when.

I think the issue of availability is the biggest issue with MB right now. If someone wants to learn how to play the game, there is nowhere someone can actually go and buy the game -- which is kind of nuts, when you think about it. That's a far bigger issue than having some variance in input delay. I think one of the advantages of a PC release handled by Nyu (or anyone else) would be that... French Bread wouldn't have to be directly involved, since they're busy working on DBFC right now. That is what's delayed production of the PS3 version of UNIB, to my knowledge (to the point where you're probably going to see a home version of DBFC first). Now if there's anyone else that French Bread would trust the source code and raw data with... that's another matter entirely. EDIT: I think if a PC port happens and people are worried about performance issues in a tournament settings... you could always port it to SteamOS/Linux. The performance tweaks Valve has claimed to make seem like they would be a huge help for a fighting game in a tournament setting. That and it would probably be a huge help for getting the game on Steam in the first place.

I'll vouch for St1ckBuG on this (like he needs it; he'll probably just tell me to EAD :x ): I've helped run tournaments at NEC before, and there's a reason the side tournament is always run first: if you run the side event before the main event, people will still generally get their ass up for the main event. However, doing the main event first and then the side event and people would just flake out hard, not getting up on time or deciding to spend three hours at Denny's or WaWa or whatever, or just having to leave early. I know from experience that for stuff like MB and Arcana, teams on Saturday and singles on Sunday would work, but the other way around was always a hot mess. There's no way you could run anything Friday at the Copa even if you wanted to; it was ridiculously packed last year and I imagine that there's going to be even more people this year. It's a great time (and I'm thankful for St1ckBuG for putting it together again this year), but it's not the time to run anything even remotely serious. As for the single/team split, I always thought that teams was a response to Japan's horrible tournament format, and has no business being run as a main event at a US tournament.

Is there any practical way to get from the hotel to the Copabanana without having a car? Google Maps has it at about 45 minutes via public transportation and it's about a four and a half mile walk.

What happened to your Elizabeth? I was curious to see how well it would do and then... steak.

I'm not dead yet, and I'm hosting tonight. Hopefully Ryd can get out of whatever sadlife SRPG/VN he's playing and show up! We might be moving the sessions to Saturday night, as a couple of people are having their schedules change. Who knows, I'm still debating it.

Holy crap, this account still works?! I don't think I posted on Dustloop since GG/ came out.... The rumors are true; I've been hosting MB and other random animu fighters -- mainly Arcana Heart and now P4A (don't ask how VF got into the rotation -- but do ask if you want to learn more! ). So anyone who is not descending into GW2 madness can some on by; maybe I'll even bother to get my stream working. Sessions here are usually Sunday eveningish, people arriving at 6ish and staying until Tempered and I throw everyone out. It's usually Tempered throwing everyone out, as I'm an old fart who needs to go to bed early so I can wake up for early bird specials. Wait until I have plastic upholstery on everything!) My place is in southwest Mesa, right near Golfland -- anyone who needs the exact address can PM me or someone like Ryd or Tempered for it.