Star-Demon

Yup - I'm done! That's enough for tonight . GGs if you think so! NIGHT!

Thinking of playing a bit - don't want to stress myself out, though. Anyone?

That's what I was doing for a while - no one really wants to talk to me or be involved unless it's to troll - I can't get the people I'd like to get on so this is just where I am if I want to continue the show. I'll do it by myself if I have to. You guys don't really consider it useful or helpful, anyways. Lots of you thinks I should just quit or that i'm just misinforming people - I have no right, blah balh blah. Yet through the amazing volume of negative shit I've caught trying to do every thing I try to do with my stream - I can only count on my hand the number of people that see the same need for things that I do and have the guts and the ideas and attitude to do it. Sadly some of them don't like me very much or would rather avoid me, but hey ,I'm a social retard. So I'll just do it myself. If you don't want to be bothered, that's fine, you don't have to be on, if you don't want to be caught dead on the show, that's fine, I'll do it myself. If you think it's worthless, or I have no credibility, or I'm misinforming people. Don't recommend it and don't watch it, or work with me to make hte show better or come on and call the shit out. Instead, I've been walking around like an idiot beggar and pariah, trying to make something I want to do work. I had a feeling I might have been wasting my time because of who I am and what people think of me and the show, or maybe it's been a very busy set of months with a major every week or two weeks, so I just waited. I'd like to at least finish the roadmap episodes before I give up on doing this because the possibility exists I could change the format to something more social and casual after that. I don't know, but I'm angry and highly cynical of everyone now. If You think I'm being a bit of a dickhead - I think it's reasonable to understand how I arrived at this point. I'd like to not have to be mean about it or tell people off, but it's like nothing else reaches people these days. Everyone has already made up their minds forever and there's simply no convincing them, no matter how strong the logic is or how reasonably or kindly I approach them. So anyways, what was I talking about? yeah - I'm tired of asking people, and you're right, I don't know why I'm posting to passively ask anyways.

Go right ahead.

You're right - that sounds mean. Forget I asked.

July 26th. I'm tired of walking around hat in hand. Get me some big names or I'm doing it myself and you'll just have to deal with what I have to say about things.

RARE AKUMA

I think I should play some games tonight. Anyone? Correction: I'm going to eat ice cream THEN open my stream and room. COME ONE COME ALL! http://twitch.tv/starsickle

Elena <3

I don't remember - but you're welcome to invite or message me when you want to play. I'm usually available whenever.

"If we throw more books at people's heads, they'll like the game more and be better at it." The College metaphor is garbage - It's not about time. Time can most certainly be wasted, and other people and environment around you can most certainly waste your time. You can be obstructed from pursuing your research because there's no money in it or the department (or even one person) doesn't like it. Your professors and TAs can be non-existent or impossible to contact, reach, or even communicate with. The culture around you can be ill-suited to learning properly instead of cheating, collaberating or cramming like a fool - and of course - The learning environment can be the lacking tools and avenues to suit your own learning style or suit your own intelligence. College is not knowledge purchased for time. Neither is Fighting games, neither is anything! This makes no sense in the real world - Games are accessible because the culture is appealing, the game is appealing, and of course, it's easy and fun to learn and play. People can like it for whatever reason they want to. Now I'm gonna get AGGRESSIVE: I'm not going to say "go post on SRK" because to me, it's akin to saying "Dustloop is an excel spreadsheet, go join SRK." (and ofc, play their game and enjoy their community instead). Let's not bullshit ourselves - Dustloop is clearly not just an excel spreadsheet, so let's drop the idea that discussions like this don't belong in our community. If you guys really think Dustloop is for information only then please delete the forums and wiki and just link an excel spreadsheet on google docs. I'm sure it'll be cheaper to maintain and the admins can control easily who gets to say what and always be satisfied with the information. I'm also not going to say "you should like the game for the same reasons I do" - that's just really arrogant, elitist and self-important. You want my top 5 ways to influence people to play your FG, you just do what I try to do locally: 1. Act like you are the ONLY person that plays this game and you NEED to get others to play. 2. Stop being an asshole to other games. 3. Treat everyone with fairness and respect - that includes the game and the characters in the game. I can't tell you how many people do not do this. 4. Teach them how to beat you - be open and honest about your own weaknesses. You must WANT others to beat you. 5. CARE about them getting better and want them to succeed. I have gotten many people to play GG and BB when they otherwise would have shit on the game or been too intimidated to play it. I have gotten other people to become good community members and, if they ever joined us, they'd be making the people around them better players and better people. A lot of people don't feel like it's their job to make anyone better - it's not your problem or the community's problem, but their own, but the thing is you want people to play your game, play it the way you want them to, and be good contributors and competitors. You're going to HAVE to care about them as people, and in ways you already do, so what's the problem? Yes, It IS my job to make people better people - in every day life - and I'm going to do that so they play my game so we have fun playing it. You may now lock this thread.

Oh my god almost all of litchis standing staffed normals. That makes me hella sad. Anyways - Games today or you guys just wanna watch evo?

Everything I knew was garbage after 20 minutes and I couldn't stop making the same mistakes: I don't know what to say - I'm sorry I just don't learn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzWWIb2m3a8 When I look at this, it's like I listen to what I'm saying in response to why I get hit, and I know what I was thinking, and when I am playing AND when I'm watching the video it's like I'm still just watching myself continually pick rock to paper every goddamn time. It's like yelling at someone in a horror movie to not go into the woods alone. Why am I still doing this and why can't I stop myself? People tell me the match vs Baiken in America is pretty free - I should at least be a decent netplay bully. This is a pretty shameful embarrassment to me, but I'm posting it to remember and look at. Maybe someday I will finally learn how to properly play instead of all this gimmicky garbage that I rely on that even a new player can see right through. I suppose it wasn't a waste of time - I learned a few things about ABAs moves versus mine, but it doesn't matter if I still haven't mastered anything I should have learned by now to play the matchup properly. I don't know how I can expect to play a matchup properly when I don't even have basics down in netplay. I suppose I'll just go back to doing what I was doing before - setting shit to different things and pushing buttons until I can actually play the game. I'm a sad man right now, though. but I'll just go back and just keep trying to learn.

Starting to Learn Slashback. I'm not comboing right, though. Maybe because I was tired tonight and not really focused. Something with S or H isn't right. It's 1:30 AM - I really need sleep.

Bonus points for anyone screaming UNIVERRRRRSE after winning with Turn-A.

I know about it, that's why I mentioned it. I don't know how to use it. :| As far as I'm concerned I downback too much, especially on wakeup. Incredibly bad habit I still haven't shaken. I get hit crouching all the time. I don't think I've ever made anyone whiff lol.

GGs. I still can't believe they got Lauren Landa to make Litchi say "Simply put, Bitches..." 1:1 today... Also - how does Rachel's overhead not work on Litchi? She's a tall character, unless her crouching hitbox is really that much of a problem for rachel? To me - that match is all neutral game or Litchi is trying to block all sorts of shit.

LK once said Rachel vs Litchi was even "for first time ever" (perhaps I am thinking lambda?) - I'm not entirely sure given how the staff behaves against projectiles. You have to time the staff launch in a way that causes deflection in a way that leaves the ground open to advance. Rachel's instant overhead is really good and the way she can disguise or hide her mixups is dangerous, you really have to "just be good" and have excellent neutral to succeed. I will play games tonight - will be listening to OBS so no stream. Will be casual games.

Good for you? I don't think I've ever beaten him at full power level? I want to play you, Howling moon. I want more rachel time.

He likes using the damage on his characters to laugh his way to a win - his lambda mostly relies on Netplay unblockables and bad enemy neutral to win. his Hakumen is completely fraudulent. Best thing is watching for an upback without barrier and using the special to catch it. I didn't feel threatened at all on Litchi, because he was too busy trying to make me look bad instead of trying to take a win. I know he doesn't think much of me, so it makes it hard for me to keep my head down when playing him. I had no Focus to play his tager correctly.

Ummm...I don't even remember if we played. Rampage Chuck was bullying the room and his behavior and attitude really wears me down. I do enough of that myself. I was around 50% ratio in the room, though. That's not bad for me. Chuck was sandbagging Hakumen and ragna trying to embarass me. I couldn't focus enough to play his tager.

I'm sorry, I've worn my mood down and I don't think I should play for the rest of the night. Another night, for sure.

Meh. GGs.

As long as they are blocking you in the air there's a lot of buttons you can press that look like pretty much anything but changes what happens. When you eventually land they are disciplined to block or mash.

"It's not mashing, it's Yomi!" Games tonight? After I some E-SPORTS? You guys want a big room or a normal one?