Viridian

KBnova: Sounds awesome! It's not that far a trip and we might relocate to the East Bay too. Will try to show up soon when you guys meet up!

Is it a lost cause to have fairly regular casuals going on in the SF area for GG? Aside from the tournaments, of course... I was thinking of trying and get back into the game, but that'd take a while to practice.

What did you do to Venom, +R

Hey Quick newbie question: I'll probably be arriving late at around 3.15pm, is that fine to register for GG or is 3pm a strict cutoff? I've played a bit of AC a while ago and never touched +R, so looking forward to the beginners tournament too!

Hi Sorry for the broad question, but how's the scene in NorCal now? What sort of games are popular around here? I will be moving to San Francisco in a few months and I'm curious to know what people play so I can focus a little better (playing too many games right now :s). Thanks!

Has Platinum's command grab been made faster in CP? I know it can be RC'd now so it's a lot more rewarding, but it looks a little faster and easier to land too... though that's probably too much to hope for.

Haha, sorry, I was only on the Xbox website when you sent your invite, so I didn't see it :s

I'll have to try playing online with you guys... I'm in the Southern US but my connection with randoms is miserable most of the time (as in lag starts on the character select screen), with the occasional good game here and there. Gamertag is ViridianBlues and I play a matchup deficient Venom.

Okay, I was fearing it'd depend a lot on spacing and their own options, yeah... is the startup of the move taken into account when cancelling, so CR/SA is faster to come out when cancelled into than Dubious Curve? That's the other thing I can't really figure out yet.

Sorry, I mean not getting punished before the special move comes out (I know how safe the special moves are on block, except for CR/SA cancel feint, which is probably a little confusing).

A relatively easy question on Venom but I can't really find any answer anywhere on the forums: how safe is it to cancel into a special after a blocked normal? I understand cancelling into Dubious Curve or Carcass Raid can be punished, but I'm not too sure if Stinger Aim is perfectly safe (or ball summon), whether it's a good idea to sometimes cancel the CR/SA themselves, and how much it depends on the normal used and distance. I have the feeling I've been abusing cancels a little due to not really getting punished for them, but it's hard to tell for sure at a beginner level. Thank you

Thanks for the detailed response Defense does seem to mainly boil down to game/matchup experience, which is a little daunting to approach as a beginner in this game. IB in particular feels pretty difficult to time properly and (reasonably) safely, but I assume there's no real "shortcut" or trick to making it work other than practice.

Is there a tutorial somewhere on general defense and how to apply instant block/faultless defense and so on? Not the basic mechanics, but how to really use them effectively, when to use faultless for pushback, or general tricks. Thanks

Not sure if this is the right thread for this post, but I just got back into Blazblue and I'm looking for other beginners to practice with. Which may be a bit of a goose hunt since I'm in Europe (France), but we'll see!

How tricky do Litchi combos feel in Extend? I've wanted to play her in CS2 but I was a little intimidated by some of her combos (my fingers are made of wood) and a few things being character specific. I know she's changed quite a bit in CSE but I can't try her just now obviously (Europe) :s

It's annoying when your favorite characters in Blazblue happen to be Carl and Rachel (I'd like Arakune too aside from his character design) :s

Speaking as someone who is very much new to fighting games (a couple of weeks on CS2 and some very occasional SF play in the past)... I've found Challenge mode to be pretty daunting to be honest :s The timing for combos wasn't particularly intuitive to pick up whenever special moves are involved, and it took me a fair amount of playing to start being able to pull off very basic combos (that don't involve DDs). I'm probably just very bad though, but SFIV's equivalent felt like it had a smoother progression curve and was a bit more useful in getting the very basics down before getting fight experience. Just my experience anyway as an absolute beginner